Elements
The game of CrossWorlds is based on four elements: Heat, Cold, Shock and Wave.
Elements
Heat is the element of fire, it is linked to the Attack Stat and Melee skills and is the only elemental mode that is currently unlockable in the game. The Red Meerkat and the Kamikatze are associated with the Heat element.
Cold is the element of ice, with ties to Defense and Guarding. Although many of the enemies in Bergen Trail are meant to be associated with Cold, currently only the Cold Attack Robot and the Prologue Cold Attack Robot are.
Shock is the element of electricity, and is connected to Focus and Balls. It is not yet implemented in the game.
Wave is the fourth element, connected to HP and Dashing. It is also not yet implemented.
Neutral, or the lack of an element, is the default state in CrossWorlds, and is generally weaker but more balanced than the elements.
Element Modes
The primary way in which elements are relevant in-game is through the use of Element Modes. Element Modes are gameplay modes primarily relevant to combat, although they can be switched at any time. There is a mode for each element, along with a default Neutral Mode, although the Shock and Wave Modes are not available yet.
There are a number of differences that the current Element Mode makes to combat.
Stat Modification
The active Element Mode provides a passive multiplier to stats. Modified stats are shown when switching element modes, with the change in stats represented by a circle filling in with green or red. Note that these values are approximate:
| Name | Element | HP | Attack | Defense | Focus | Heat | Cold | Shock | Wave |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shizuka | Heat
|
+25% | -10% | -25% | +25% | ||||
| Lea | Heat
|
+100% | |||||||
| Cold
|
-10% | +25% | +25% | -25% | |||||
| Shock
|
-10% | +25% | -25% | +25% | |||||
| Wave
|
+25% | -10% | +25% | -25% |
Element Modes increase resistance to that element, and lower resistance to the opposite element.
Elemental Attacks
While in an Element Mode, all attacks take on that element, and are modified appropriately by the enemy's elemental resistances. There are also special arts for when you are in an elemental mode, changing how all arts work when in an elemental mode.
Circuits
Each element has a separate Circuit Tree which requires their own point to be upgraded so that you don't have to choose between which circuit to upgrade. The passive bonuses and Combat Arts in an elemental Circuit Tree only take effect when in the corresponding Element Mode. There is also a (substantially smaller) Neutral Circuit Tree. Combat Arts from this tree can only be used in Neutral Mode. However, passive bonuses from the Neutral Tree are always in effect, but they are only half as powerful when in an Element Mode.
Elemental Overload
Using Melee or Balls while in an Element Mode will increase your elemental load, represented by the element icon filling up with yellow. Elemental load transfers between Element Modes, and slowly decreases over time. If your elemental load reaches 100%, you enter into elemental overload. In this state, you are automatically returned to Neutral Mode, and prevented from accessing any of the other Element Modes for a period of time.