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How to Progress Through The Battle Cats (Beginners)

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Key takeaways

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Storyline / Progression Focus

  • After beating Chapter 3: Moon, the video explains what to do next in The Battle Cats to avoid getting stuck.
  • It emphasizes a “smooth progression” approach: follow an order of unlocks/stages so your unit levels (cat levels) can keep up with your story progression.
  • Chapter 3: Moon is framed as the point where beginners often rush ahead and then hit difficult stuck stages.

Gameplay Highlights & Key Ideas

Efficient next steps after Chapter 3: Moon

  • The recommended path is to focus on Stories of Legend first, rather than immediately starting Into the Future.
  • Reason: Into the Future was added later, and rushing it can create a long problem where cat levels can’t catch up.

The core “getting stuck” mechanic

If you progress too fast through story/chapter stages:

  • Your progression level outruns your cat levels
  • You struggle on higher difficulty stages for a long time
  • Once your levels finally catch up, you progress again
  • Then the cycle repeats on the next harder stage

Solution: take it slow and be patient with cat level growth.

Crazed Cats as a checkpoint requirement

  • You don’t need every Crazed Cat right away.
  • The easiest early goal highlighted is:
    • Crazed Whale (and possibly Crazed Fish)
  • It’s suggested you can work toward this around level 25 cats.
  • This enables smoother progression later, especially for Into the Future Chapter 1.

Energy / flag management

  • Stories of Legend consume energy/flags.
  • Tips mentioned:
    • Don’t spend cat food on energy
    • Let energy/flags regenerate and clear as you can
  • Early Stories of Legend subchapters are described as relatively easier:
    • potentially 3-star, and sometimes 4-star depending on your gacha units.

Recommended Progression Route (Beginner “Order”)

After Chapter 3: Moon

  1. Start Stories of Legend first
    • Clear subchapters/stages for:
      • cat food (noted as ~30 per subchapter)
      • XP from clearing Legend stages
      • a flag reward (mentioned)
  2. During available events:
    • Run weekly / cat food and XP-related events
    • Do monthly events
    • Participate in special event cycles (example mentioned: 5-year anniversary)
  3. Get levels faster using tickets / extra XP routes
    • Do cat ticket chances
    • Example mentioned: “Siege of Hippo or whatever cat tickets stage it is”
    • Goal: gain enough levels early so later chapters don’t block progress
  4. When ready for Crazed Cats:
    • Work toward Crazed Whale / Crazed Fish
  5. Enter Into the Future—but in the right order
    • When you’re ready (after getting the needed Crazed Cat(s)), go to:
      • Into the Future Chapter 1
    • Do not immediately continue to:
      • Into the Future Chapter 2
  6. After Into the Future Chapter 1:
    • Go back to Stories of Legend
    • Finish/collect the relevant Crazed Cats
  7. Then:
    • Proceed to Into the Future Chapter 2 (and onward) more smoothly

Common Mistakes Mentioned

  • Rushing Into the Future immediately after Chapter 3: Moon.
  • Ignoring Stories of Legend and its easier early subchapters/rewards.
  • Spending cat food on energy.
  • Progressing too quickly overall, triggering the cat levels vs progression level “stuck cycle.”

Sources / Gamers Featured

  • No specific gamer names, channels, or external sources are clearly identified beyond general references like “guides on YouTube” and “wiki.”

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