Navigating the intricate world of alignments in Trails into Daybreak can feel like a daunting task. With numerous choices and their subtle impacts, players often find themselves lost without a clear path to optimize their gameplay. Understanding the Law, Gray, and Chaos alignments is crucial for unlocking various in-game benefits, including powerful Mare upgrades and strategic faction alliances. This guide provides detailed templates to help you effectively manage your alignment points, ensuring you achieve your desired outcomes in Trails into Daybreak. Forget feeling overwhelmed; let’s chart a course to master your destiny.
Understanding Alignment Templates in Trails into Daybreak
These alignment templates are designed to maximize your playthrough experience by strategically distributing points across Law, Gray, and Chaos alignments. Each template offers a unique path, influencing your Mare’s upgrades and the factions you can ally with. Whether you aim for a balanced approach or prioritize specific alignments to unlock particular advantages, these guides offer a clear roadmap. Let’s explore the templates that will help you tailor your Trails into Daybreak journey.
Balance Alignment: The Harmonious Path
For players seeking a balanced gameplay experience, this template ensures that all alignments are leveled up evenly. By choosing this path, you’ll gain the unique opportunity to team up with all factions during Chapter 5 and witness the full pre-final dungeon cutscene in the Final Chapter. However, it’s important to note that no single alignment will reach the maximum Level 5.
Results:
- Mare Upgrade Order: Chaos > Law > Gray
- Law Alignment: Reaches Lv3 (63/60) by Chapter 4 (Basel, Oct 24th) and Lv4 (98/120) by the Final Chapter (Edith, Dec 3rd).
- Gray Alignment: Reaches Lv3 (52/50) by Interlude (Edith, Nov 9th) and Lv4 (75/100) by the Final Chapter (Edith, Dec 3rd).
- Chaos Alignment: Reaches Lv3 (33/30) by Chapter 4 (Edith, Oct 18th) and Lv4 (52/75) by the Final Chapter (Edith, Dec 3rd).
Max Chaos & Gray, Minimal Law: The Power Playthrough
This template is tailored for players who want to maximize both Chaos and Gray alignments, achieving the highest levels in both at the expense of Law. This strategic choice offers significant gameplay benefits, including obtaining two extra drops of valuable Jet Black Steel. Crucially, it allows you to acquire Mare (Chaos) very early in the game, near the end of Chapter 3. Story-wise, you can align with all factions except Law in Chapter 5 and experience two-thirds of the cutscene before the final dungeon.
Results:
- Mare Upgrade Order: Chaos > Gray. Law upgrade is unattainable.
- Law Alignment: Stays at Lv2 (39/60) by Chapter 5 (Edith, Nov 19th) and remains at Lv2 (56/60) by the Final Chapter (Edith, Dec 3rd).
- Gray Alignment: Reaches Lv3 (51/50) by Chapter 3 (Tharbad, Oct 7th) and Lv5 (104/100) by the Final Chapter (Edith, Dec 3rd).
- Chaos Alignment: Reaches Lv3 (32/30) by Chapter 3 (Tharbad, Oct 6th) and Lv5 (77/75) by the Final Chapter (Edith, Dec 3rd). Reaching Lv5 in Chapter 5 is also possible with different choices after the Phase 3 Boss, though without significant benefit.
Max Law, Balanced Chaos & Gray: The Lawful Leader Approach
For those aiming to maximize Law alignment while still engaging with Chaos and Gray, this template is ideal. The abundance of Law points in Trails into Daybreak allows you to reach Level 5 Law and still achieve Level 3 in both Chaos and Gray. This path ensures you obtain all Mare upgrades and can ally with any faction in Chapter 5. However, achieving maximum Gray alignment, as in the previous template, is not possible with this distribution.
Results:
- Mare Upgrade Order: Chaos > Law > Gray
- Law Alignment: Reaches Lv3 (63/60) by Chapter 4 (Basel, Oct 24th) and Lv5 (124/120) by the Final Chapter (Edith, Dec 3rd).
- Gray Alignment: Reaches Lv3 (51/50) by Chapter 5 (Edith, Nov 19th) and remains at Lv3 (64/75) by the Final Chapter (Edith, Dec 3rd).
- Chaos Alignment: Reaches Lv3 (32/30) by Chapter 3 (Tharbad, Oct 6th) and remains at Lv3 (37/45) by the Final Chapter (Edith, Dec 3rd).
Prioritizing Law & Gray: The Strategic Alliance Route
This template is a variation of the Max Law build, focusing even more on Law and Gray by initially neglecting Chaos. This approach allows you to reach Level 4 Law by Chapter 5, granting access to all factions except Chaos. Chaos alignment is then swiftly raised to Level 3 during Chapter 5 events, unlocking the final Mare upgrade. By endgame, Gray reaches Level 4, enabling you to view two-thirds of the crucial pre-final dungeon cutscene.
Results:
- Mare Upgrade Order: Law > Gray > Chaos
- Law Alignment: Reaches Lv3 (65/60) by Chapter 3 (Tharbad, Oct 6th) and Lv5 (122/120) by the Final Chapter (Edith, Dec 3rd).
- Gray Alignment: Reaches Lv3 (52/50) by Chapter 4 (Basel, Oct 24th) and Lv4 (83/100) by the Final Chapter (Edith, Dec 3rd).
- Chaos Alignment: Stays at Lv1 (10/15) by Chapter 5 (Edith, Nov 19th) and reaches Lv3 (32/45) by the Final Chapter (Edith, Dec 3rd). Mare upgrade occurs during Chapter 5 (Oración, Nov 21st).
By utilizing these alignment guides, you can strategically shape your journey through Trails into Daybreak, ensuring you unlock the Mare upgrades and faction alliances that best suit your gameplay style and narrative preferences. Choose your path wisely and forge your legend.
