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Mechanics
Starting with the fourth train, every other train will be a so-called chaos train.
Battle carriage
Immediately upon entering the carriage, you enter a fight. This can generally be any fight you would also encounter in New Wirral—including Ranger Captains and Archangels. On top of that, you may encounter Partners and other named NPCs that you would normally not be able to fight.
Each fight is annotated with a challenge level. The challenge level depends on the encounter (see table below). In non-chaos trains, all generated encounters are shuffled and then re-ordered by challenge level. This means that the encounter difficulty generally increases with the carriage number, and resets once a new train is entered. In chaos trains, re-ordering step is skipped, leading to a completely random progression in challenge level.
Partial Encounters
Partial encounters are accompanied by a second partial encounter with the same difficulty[1]. Especially in the later carriages, there is a lower chance of meeting partial encounters[2].
Minibosses
Every 8th non-café carriage is a miniboss fight. These fights have a challenge level that is generally 1 higher than preceding fights, though there are exceptions[3].
Bosses
Carriage #50 of every train is a boss carriage, where you fight against one of three bosses.
Levels
The enemy level starts at Lv50, independent of difficulty. For every visited carriage before the current one, the enemy level increases by 1. Since the first carriage is always a café carriage, the earliest possible encounter will start at Lv51 in carriage #2. Every miniboss or boss carriage has its level raised by 10, though this increase only applies to that carriage.
Encounters
Monster
Unique Monster
Unique monster encounters
| Species |
# |
Type |
Conditions |
| Khepri | #116 | |
Defeated at least one Khepri in the overworld. |
| Averevoir | #117 | |
Defeated at least one Averevoir in the overworld. |
| Glaistain | #118 | |
Defeated at least one Glaistain in the overworld. |
| Miss Mimic | #119 | |
Defeated at least one Miss Mimic in the overworld. |
| Anathema | #120 | |
Defeated at least one Anathema in the overworld. |
| Picksie | #128 | |
Defeated at least one Picksie in the overworld. |
| Minosteam | #??? | |
Encountered Minosteam. |
| Umbrahella | #??? | |
Requires DLC. Defeated at least one Umbrahella in the overworld. |
Generic NPC
Generic NPC encounters
| NPC |
Tape 1 |
Tape 2 |
Tape 3 |
Tape 4 |
Tape 5 |
| Tape Conditions |
| Aristotle |
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 3+
Difficulty 5+
Cultist
See below
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 3+
Difficulty 5+
Darwin
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 3+
Difficulty 5+
Decartes
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 3+
Difficulty 5+
Diogenes
—
Difficulty 2+[4]
Difficulty 4+[4]
Epicurus
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 3+
Difficulty 5+
Karl
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 3+
Difficulty 5+
Landkeeper
See below
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 3+
Difficulty 5+
Plato
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 3+
Difficulty 5+
Ranger
Same as monsters
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 3+
Difficulty 5+
Socrates
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 3+
Difficulty 5+
Zhuangzi
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 3+
Difficulty 5+
Portrait NPC
Portrait NPC encounters
| NPC |
Tape 1 |
Tape 2 |
Tape 3 |
Conditions |
| Tape Conditions |
| Clémence |
—
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Dorian

Mourningstar
Encountered Mourningstar.
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Frankie
Completed Recruit Training: Frankie.
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Hoylake
Met Hoylake.
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Jacqueline
Encountered Mourningstar.
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Kirby
Same as monsters, with randomized types
Met Kirby.
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Kuneko
Encountered Kuneko.
—
Travelling Merchant
—
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Doctor Pensby
—
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Vin
Completed Recruit Training: Vin.
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Ranger Captain
Full
Full Ranger Captain encounters
| Encounter |
NPC |
Tape 1 |
Tape 2 |
Tape 3 |
Tape 4 |
| Tape Conditions |
| Captain Buffy |
Buffy |
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Ranger
—
Difficulty 1+
Captain Clee-0
Clee-O
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Ranger
—
Difficulty 1+
Captain Codey
Codey
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Ranger
—
Difficulty 1+
Captain Cybil
Cybil
Difficulty 2+
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Ranger
—
Difficulty 1+
Captain Penny Dreadful
Dreadful
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Ranger
—
Difficulty 1+
Captain Gladiola
Gladiola
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Ranger
—
Difficulty 1+
Captain Heather
Heather
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Ranger
—
Difficulty 1+
Leader Ianthe
Ianthe
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Wilma
—
—
Captain Judas
Judas
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Ranger
—
Difficulty 1+
Captain Lodestein
Lodestein
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Ranger
—
Difficulty 1+
Captain Skip
Skip
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Ranger
—
Difficulty 1+
Captain Wallace
Wallace
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Ranger
—
Difficulty 1+
Captain Zedd
Zedd
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Ranger
—
Difficulty 1+
Partial
Partial Ranger Captain encounters
| NPC |
Tape 1 |
Tape 2 |
Tape 3 |
Tape 4 |
| Tape Conditions |
| Buffy |
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Clee-O
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Codey
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Cybil
Difficulty 2+
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Dreadful
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Gladiola
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Heather
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Judas
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Lodestein
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Skip
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Wallace
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Zedd
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Partner
Partner encounters
| Partner |
Tape 1 |
Tape 2 |
Tape 3 |
Conditions |
| Tape Conditions |
| Barkley |
Reached
with Barkley.
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Eugene
Reached
with Eugene.
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Felix
Reached
with Felix.
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Kayleigh
Reached
with Kayleigh.
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Meredith
Reached
with Meredith.
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Sunny[6]
Completed How Does It Feel.
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Viola
Reached
with Viola.
—
—
Difficulty 1+
Archangel
Full
Note: All Archangels have a reduced moveset on difficulty 0. This mostly affects passive moves. Check the respective Archangel's wiki page for details.
—
Difficulty 0
Difficulty 1+
Difficulty 2+
Mammon

Mammon
Encountered Mammon.
—
Nowhere Monarch

Nowhere Monarch
Encountered Nowhere Monarch.
—
Morgante

Morgante
Encountered Morgante.
Permanent debuffs Window and Berserk will not appear.
—
Mourningstar

Mourningstar
Encountered Mourningstar
—
Orb Fusion
Orb Fusion
Same as monsters, in an Orb Fusion
Defeated at least one Orb Fusion in the overworld.
—
—
Monster
Same as monsters
—
Pearl

Pearl
Requires DLC.
Encountered Gwenivar.
—
Poppetox

Poppetox
Encountered Poppetox.
—
Raven

Raven
Requires DLC.
Encountered Gwenivar.
—
Robin Goodfellow

Robin Goodfellow
Encountered Robin Goodfellow.
—
Rose

Rose
Requires DLC.
Encountered Gwenivar.
—
Shadow Lenna
Shadow Lenna

Shadow Lenna
Encountered Lenna.
—
Delvin

Lamento Mori
Difficulty 0
Difficulty
0–1
—
Difficulty 2+
Babelith

Babelith
Encountered Babelith.
—
Partial
In general, the partial Archangel encounters are the same as the full ones, with the following exceptions:
- Nowhere Monarch cannot show up as a partial encounter[7].
- Poppetox cannot show up as a partial encounter[7].
- Lenna and Shadow Lenna show up on their own, without Paige/Delvin.
- Morgante, when in a partial encounter, uses a significantly debuffed Coda Morgana move. Its power is decreased from 9999999 to 300, turning it from a OHKO move to a strong team-wide attack that can be survived even without the use of walls.
- An Orb Fusion shows up on its own, without the accompanying monster.
References
- ↑ In the case of a chaos train: any difficulty.
- ↑ This is due to details of the train generation. Partial encounters take their partners from the list of generated partial encounters after them, and if there is no partial encounter that matches the rules, the incomplete partial encounter is discarded and replaced by a generic monster or rogue fusion fight.
- ↑ This largely depends on the details of the train generation. In non-chaos trains, it's safe to assume the challenge level will be between 0 and 2 levels higher than preceding ones. The challenge level in chaos trains is entirely dependent on RNG.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 As of version 1.7, Diogenes' tapes 3, 4, and 5 are locked behind no difficulty, difficulty 2, and difficulty 4, respectively. This is different from all other generic NPCs (which use difficulties 1/3/5 as conditions) and may hence be left over from difficulty adjustments during development.
- ↑ As of version 1.7, Mardiusa actually appears twice in the cultists' spawn profile, making it twice as likely to appear compared to all other tapes. Whether this is deliberate or by accident is hard to decide without official feedback.
- ↑ Sunny is listed as a Portrait NPC in the game's files, as she was not a partner prior to version 1.8. Additionally, prior to version 1.8, her Pawprince was instead a Scampire.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 As of version 1.7, the files
aa_monarch.tres (Nowhere Monarch) and aa_puppet.tres (Poppetox) have no pair_-prefix equivalent. All other Archangels do. It is unknown if this is intentional.