We explain the NIKKE Bond Level Rank system and how to quickly boost your rank with your favorite NIKKEs via advise, gifts and more.
Improving your NIKKE Bond Level and increasing your Rank will impact how well they perform on the battlefield. Plus, it also unlocks additional voice lines!
Improving your Bond Level should be a daily task for you, especially as you can earn 50 Gems for each Episode unlocked as you increase your Bond Level. Gifts are obviously another way to improve your bond, but if you're short on gifts, you can always give your NIKKEs some Advise or chat to them on BlaBla. Here is our Guide to Bond Level, how it works, and all the ways you can improve it.
What is Bond Level in NIKKE? (How to increase my Rank)
Bond Level in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE is essentially how well you "get on" with your recruited NIKKEs. When you recruit a new NIKKE your Bond Level Rank with them will be Rank 1. However, you can increase your bond with them through several methods, which over time will improve how strong your NIKKEs will be.
You have three ways to improve your Bond Level with your NIKKEs:
- Advise
- Gifts
- Responding to NIKKE Messages
You will have a separate Bond Rank for each NIKKE, and increasing your bond level with them will result in them performing better in combat - as well as unlock up to five Episodes each worth 50 NIKKE Gems. (Bond Level 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10).
As you increase your Bond Level with a NIKKE it will result in these benefits:
- Additional HP
- Increased ATK damage
- Increased DEF
How many of each of these stats you'll increase will depend on the NIKKE Type; Attacker, Defender or Support.
- Attacker: ATK is the primary stat gain, then HP then DEF
- Defender: DEF is the primary stat gain, then HP then ATK
- Supporter: HP is the primary that then ATK-DEF are similar
Your NIKKE Limit Break level will affect their maximum Bond Level. SR rarity NIKKEs can only upgrade Limit Break twice, meaning they're capped at Bond Level 30. However, SSR NIKKEs such as Rosanna: Chic Ocean can reach LB3 and Level 40 Bond Level.
Limit Break Level | Max Bond Level |
|---|---|
| No Limit Break NIKKEs | 10 |
| Limit Break 1 | 20 |
| Limit Break 2 | 30 |
| Limit Break 3 (Pilgrim/SSR NIKKEs) | 40 |
Advise in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE
In Goddess of Victory: NIKKE you play the role of Commander, and increasing your personal Bond Level with your individual NIKKEs should become part of your routine. To do this you can give them Advise, essentially answering a question of theirs correctly. Picking the "right" answer will impress your unit of choice, and help you boost your Bond Rank faster!
Correct Advise Answer = 100 Bond Level Points
"Bad" Advise Answer = 50 Bond Level Points
Either way you'll earn something to improve your Rank with them, but answering correctly earns you twice the rewards. Make sure to do this as part of your daily routine in-game.
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Where to give a NIKKE Advise?
Giving NIKKE Advise is not done via their profile but via the Command Center or via the NIKKE section. To access it follow these steps:
- Select Outpost from the Main Menu
- Open your Command Center and select Enter
- Select Advise
- Pick a NIKKE you want to bond with and select Advise
Alternatively select NIKKE on the main page and then click the Advise Tab.
FAQ and Tips
- Use all your Advice Attempts each day (a single NIKKE can only be advised once)
- Level up your Infrastructure Core to increase your Advices per day
- Advise ALL NIKKEs (even unplayed) as you can earn additional NIKKE Gems
- You can skip watching the Episodes by pressing a hotkey to just get the Rewards
Gifts to improve Bond Level in Goddess of Victory: NIKKE
Your secondary method to improve Bond Level with your NIKKEs is Gifts. Gifts are a very quick way to bond with your NIKKE and you'll collect these frequently in-game. Providing Gifts to NIKKEs is also sometimes one of the Weekly Missions.
There is no cap on how many gifts or different types you can give to a NIKKE in a single day. However, the required gifts to improve a Bond Level Rank will increase dramatically. It's best to just use your stash of gifts to quickly level up a new NIKKE to Bond Level Rank 10 to get all of the 250 Free NIKKE Gems from the Episodes.
Gifts can sometimes be tied to a Manufacturer or Squad. If a certain gift "matches" the NIKKE there will be a heart icon above it in the Gift selection Menu to tell you.
Messages via BlaBla
The third method to increase Bond Level is through Message. On the Main Menu you can click Message to open up BlaBla, the app of choice for NIKKEs to converse with you, their Commander.
By default BlaBla opens on the Mission tab, but there are two other tabs, one of which is Nikke. Click this Tab to respond to messages from NIKKEs you have recruited in-game. There's no right or wrong answers in these interactions but they're a fun way to get to know the personalities of each character a little better.
More importantly, certain Message conversations will lead to a reward of 100 Bond Level Points.
