Getting started in Epic Seven
Your first day on Steam, then your first hours: the Episode, the first battles, the guild.
Updated 29 October 2026
The answer in 30 seconds
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Energy
Episode stages cost Energy.
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Every episode
The 6th World, then Episode 1: every episode opens.
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Catalysts
Repeat Battle stages give catalysts, again and again.
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Friends' Defenders
Borrow a friend's Defender: 10 friendship points each.
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Quick battle
10 a day on stages you have already cleared.
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A guild
Catalysts through Support, and guild buffs.
Your first day on Steam
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What Epic Seven is
- In its Steam words: a turn-based Hero collection RPG alive with stunning 2D visuals.
- Collect unique heroes, and challenge Heirs worldwide in World Arena PvP.
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Keep your account, or start fresh
- Already on STOVE? Convert your account on the official STOVE website before signing in on Steam.
- The same account still plays on the STOVE PC version and on mobile.
- New to the game? Foundry is the new server, with its buffs and events until 31 December.
- Started on Steam with a new account by mistake? STOVE support deletes it, then you transfer.
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Your PC
- Windows only: Windows 10 64-bit or higher, 10 GB free.
- Minimum: Intel i5, 8 GB RAM, GTX 1060. Recommended: Intel i7, 16 GB RAM, GTX 1660.
- DualShock and DualSense: partial support; 8.7 announces support for external controllers.
- Family Sharing works; no Steam achievements are listed.
- A crash, an error or a blocked payment? STOVE support is the official contact.
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Claim your gifts
- First login: the New Moon Luna: Majestic Bunny Girl skin and its SD sticker.
- The mail gift comes once, until 26 November: claim it within 7 days.
- New players: 14 days of login rewards, each at an Account Rank, from Rank 1 on day 1 to Rank 24 from day 7.
- They come by mail; days missed for lack of rank can all be claimed once you reach it.
- Log in 2 days in a row or more for a bonus chest: 1 Leif and 20 Signets de l'épopée.
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20 free summons a day
- On Foundry, 20 free Covenant Summons a day, up to 1,260.
- Unused free summons vanish at the daily server reset: use them before it.
- Covenant summons use a wishlist: register it before summoning, with 5★ heroes and artifacts.
- A 5★ from a Covenant summon is one from your list; the total 5★ rate stays the same.
- Change it as often as you like; a recommended list can also be applied.
- Up to 14 heroes and artifacts; a filter shows only the heroes you don't own yet.
- The Covenant summon also gives one free summon a day.
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A 5★ Moonlight hero of your choice
- From 29 October, stage 5 of Dawning Trajectory gives a 5★ Moonlight Hero Selector.
- Its Essence of Radiance comes from spending Energy, Spectral Cores and Arena Flags.
- Step 5's selector on the starting track: Maîtresse de la Balance and every older 5★ Moonlight hero.
- Collaboration heroes are not offered, and a duplicate from it gives no Galaxy Coin.
- New Heirs: a Mystic summon offer at 40% off; reaching 200 summons in it brings a 5★ Moonlight hero you choose.
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Before you reroll
- Every new account gets these, with no luck involved.
- Stage 5 of Dawning Trajectory: a 5★ Moonlight Hero Selector.
- The starting track of the Milestones of Radiance: six 5★ heroes, steps 7 to 85.
- On Foundry, 5★ Luna at Account Rank 70 before 31 December, and 20 free summons a day.
- Which hero for the selector? Compare the hero sheets and the community tier list.
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The event dungeon
- Catalyst Search opens after stage 1-6 of the 6th World Episode, until 5 November.
- 5 entries a day, up to 3 more; then Ruins Reclamation takes over for a week.
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The side story of the moment
- The side story of the moment runs until 10 December; it opens after Episode 1, stage 6-8.
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Your first goals
- Account Rank 40 opens the Draft Arena: battles with lent heroes.
- Account Rank 70 before 31 December: 5★ Luna joins you.
The Episode
- The Episode carries the main story. Its stages open one by one as you clear quests, and they cost Energy.
- Clear the 6th World's Episode, then Episode 1, and every locked episode opens.
Stage types
- Small icons mark special stages: boss encounters, neutral stages with little or no fighting.
- And story-only stages.
- Repeat Battle stages can be cleared again and again, and give catalysts.
Region stars
- Each stage has missions worth up to 3 stars.
- A region's star count unlocks its region rewards.
Your first battles
- Battles are turn-based, and Speed sets the turn order; the hourglass button at the top left shows it.
- On your turn, pick a skill, then a target.
- Hold a skill icon to read it in full.
Before a stage
- Before you enter: your team (save four-hero teams for each content), your active Guardian,
- your Defender and the enemies you will meet.
- Guardians come as the Episode goes on.
- An empty team slot? The game can fill it with your highest-Attack heroes.
Defenders and friendship
- Borrow a friend's Defender: you both get 10 friendship points; 5 each with a recommended player.
- Spend them in the shop's Friendship tab.
- Set your own Defenders per class, or let Auto assign pick by CP.
Quick battle
- 10 quick battles a day, on Repeat Battle stages you have already cleared.
- A failed one still uses a chance, and past 150 turns it counts as failed. No Defenders, no friendship points.
Catalyst exchange
- Each region's points buy catalysts at its Catalyst Exchange.
- A stage shows how many points it gives before you enter.
Further in the Episode
- Some episodes lend strategy heroes: add them to your team without owning them, with fitting gear.
- Some stages have environmental skills: damage to both sides or buffs, shown by an icon top right.
- On Natalon, Adine l'Éveillée joins as a companion: her missions pay for her skills and her element change.
- Changing her element keeps her level, awakening, skill upgrades and element skill trees.
- On Erasia, the Arbre de la Genèse opens research stages after each chapter: no auto battle, a turn limit.
Join a guild
- In a guild, send and receive catalysts through Support, and enjoy guild buffs.
- A guild grows up to 30 members.
- Ask for runes, catalysts or crafting materials once a day.
- Helping others pays up to 200 Guild Crests a day.
- A weekly guild chest gives Skystones, Mystic Medals or crests.
- Weekly missions give catalysts, crests, ancient coins and Stigma.
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Médailles mystiques -
Stigmate
The Sanctuary
- Forest of Souls: after Episode 1, Chapter 1. Heart of Orbis: Chapter 4. Alchemist's Tower: Chapter 5.
Relationship heroes
- Clearing some Episode stages starts a relationship with a hero; finish all of that hero's missions and you recruit them.
- A hero already recruited cannot be recruited again.