Symbol Encounters

In Main Story Part 3 The Empire Strikes Back, enemies other than Horrors will be shown on the mini-map, and if you run into them, a battle will begin. It's up to you whether to flee to safety, or stand and fight for experience and loot. In some locations, you may have no choice but to fight.

• Main Story Difficulty will determine the level of the Symbol Encounters.
• On maps with Symbol Encounters, there is no random encounter, with certain exceptions (e.g. Gold Digger).
  • Some special enemies can engage you without touching you.
• Symbol Encounters can travel in a vertical way that can make you miss them when running into their path.
• On map transition, all Symbol Encounters will respawn.
  • Some maps have more spawn points than Symbol Encounters. In such cases, a certain amount of Symbol Encounters will respawn at random positions.
  • Each Symbol Encounter's spawn point, type, sprite, movement pattern and enemy group fought upon encounter is preset.
    • This can be used during farming of 1/20/100 specific enemy defeat awards – by skipping encounters without desired enemy and/or choosing maps with higher number of desired enemy, it is possible to obtain awards for that enemy faster.
    • For some enemies, farming using the Monster Nest sub-area may be considered an easier strategy.
• Enemy Encounter +/- badges/ores will NOT increase/decrease the amount of encounters on the map.
  • Using >>spoiler<<Guilty Hades, you can avoid symbol encounters in locations where it can be utilized.

Enemy Types

• Green Arrow Circle Icon: Passive enemy; will not pursue you even if you draw close
• Red Arrow Circle Icon: Aggressive enemy; will pursue you if you draw close