Here's a collaboration of things we all, including some people from Gamefaqs have figured out about the Gameplay:

 

In the subject of Menus:

 

Starting from the top

 

Daybreak town - Takes you back to the day break town, this is where you see the Encounter Button when a Raid is going on, as well as some players form your current Group.

World - Returns you to the world you were in. If you weren't in any, it brings you to the select menu.

 

Status - Self explanatory, your name, level, LUX etc. is here

 

AP - What you need to do actions with, can be replenished by pressing the button beside it (Potion), the menu for potions comes up even if you have none

 

BP - What you need to carry out Boss Raids, can be replenished by pressing the button beside it (Ether), the menu for ethers comes up even if you have none

The grayed out buttons are also self explanatory since they're in English/numbers, Sound on/off, quality of graphics and Menu

Raid Boss (Purple) - Click this to go encounter a Darkside, only appears during events 

Gift Box - You get rewards from completing missions, you collect them using this

Mission List - Tells you the missions you have to do, and lists the most recent ones you cleared

Story - Recounts the story so far for you

Bottom:

World Select - Choose which world you want to enter with this

 

Raid Boss - Similar to the other Raid Boss button but this one is always here. If there isn't a Raid happening, it will show the LUX conflict of the two Groups competing(See: Raids)

 

Party Menu - Brings you to the party menu

Edit Deck - You can edit the cards in your deck 

Card Synthesis - You can upgrade and synthesis cards you have using other cards you have.

Keyblade Upgrade - Takes you to the menu to upgrade your Keyblade

Card Draw - Brings you to the menu to buy new cards using either Moogle Passes, or Moogle Points.

 

On the subject of cards:

 

The attack cards have two numbers one I believe represents attack power and the other defense. So when the battle starts the game will calculate your damaged dealt based on the attack number and how damage you take based on the defense number. I believe this is why for example at times enemies will deal obscene amounts of damage on a first hit and yet on their next hit they deal pathetic damage, or vise versa. You can switch the cards in your deck, and you can't fuse two cards that are in your deck. Combining two of the same card with the same rarity causes a "Limit Cut". This seems to and increasie its max level by 5 and reduce the number of times you can do another Limit Cut by 1. Though there could be other ways of increasing the max level.

Assist cards are HP bonuses and LUX increased rate. Each one will give a boost, so you should update as soon as possible.
On the subject of worlds:

 

WORLDS ARE NO LONGER BEING UPDATED IN THIS POST DUE TO NEEDING TOO MANY IMAGES AND BEING TOO HARD TO UPDATE. A THREAD WITH WORLD STORY GUIDES SHOULD BE MADE SOON. FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS FOR SOME WORLDS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE THREAD BUT WON'T BE POSTED IN THIS OP.

The story objective battles have the same music the encounter battles do, so if you're trying to figure out what to do challenging a few heartless and seeing if you get the boss music is a good way of doing this.

In Dwarf Woodlands it seems you have to kill the Large Body in front of the Dwarf 's house. After you beat the large body outside and talk to the one that gave you the mission to kill it. After you talk to him you then go talk to doc where the large body was. After this you have to wait until you are level 26 to continue the story.

In Wonderland first you need to speak to the doorknob who is probably telling you you're to big so you need to drink from the bottle, a bottle that a soldier heartless steals. Kill that heartless and talk to the doorknob again to shrink down and enter the forest. From there you need to locate and speak to Alice and eventually during the conversation the white rabbit comes out which she chases after. Chesire cat appears and speaks. You need to be lv14 to enter the Teahouse and talk to the rabbit. After that you can talk to the white rabbit and thanks to help from a friend translating we were able to figure out what he wants you to do. The general gist seems to be the rabbit was running through the earlier part of the forest, fell in the water puddles in there, got drenched, and broke his watch so its missing the 2, 4, 5, and 11. What you need to
do is go back to the water puddle section of the forest and you'll see some blue sparkly spots instead of the usual gold ones. Those sparkly spots contain what I assume to be the rabbit's missing numbers, either way you need them so grab them. Once you've got them talk to the rabbit to complete that story section. After that it's another level requirement for the next section this time level 24!

 

Agrabah's story begins with you finding Alladin collapsed in the sand.

 

There are 2 upcoming worlds, being Beast's Castle and Enchanted Dominion, as found in the game's database.

On the subject of collectible resources:

The sparkles on the maps are collectible items. Even if you can't read Japanese the things you collect are pretty much right where you expect. So if you see a picture of a flower then go to the dwarf woodland's flower patch to find them. These items restock eventually. Many of these items can be used to upgrade your Keyblade and completing quests.
A guide on where to find resources is currently being made on this thread.
 

On the subject of Lux:

Everyone of your union is collecting Lux. At the end of the week all unions will have all the lux they collected tallied up and the three highest ranked Unions all get prizes. (Prizes to be mentioned)

Collecting LUX each week(?) before the LUX reset gives you prizes:

3,500 gives you 2 potions. (a total of 20 AP when used)

5,000 gives 5 bronze moogle tickets.

7,500 gives 3 more moogle cards.

10,000 gives 3 silver moogle tickets.

15,000 gives 1 gold moogle ticket.

20,000 gives 5 ethers.

30,000 gives 5 potions.

50,000 gives 2 gold moogle tickets.

100,000 gives 5 moogle cards.

200,000 gives 3 gold moogle tickets.

300,000 gives 5 gold moogle tickets.

And there are weekly rewards for the people who collect most LUX. They are listed in the link below, in ranking:

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On the subject of Moogles:

 

Chest Moogles: Sometimes when you open a chest, a Moogle will pop out of it. If you have purchased the special purple orbs(?), you can trade them in for rare cards that can only be obtainable by trading them with the Moogle. You can also gain a free card by selecting the purple/blue orb in the bottom. It'll most likely be an N/N+ Assist card, but it is possible to find R and R+ cards too.

Card Draw Moogles: You can access these Moogles at any time by clicking the Card Draw icon on the menu. In the "shop", you can purchase cards by using:

 

SR Premium Passes: Extremely rare Moogle Passes that can be turned in for SR cards.

 

Golden, Silver and Bronze Passes: Rare Moogle Passes that can give N+ - R+ Cards. Golden Passes have a better chance to give R/R+ cards than Silver Passes, and Silver Passes have a better chance than Bronze.

 

Moogle Orbs/Pins: Special points that can be acquired easily through quests and as prizes in Raids. For every 200 points you can get a card, with a higher chance to get N+ than R/R+ cards.

 

On the subject of Raid Bosses:

 

Groups-

 

During Raids, each Union will be divided into groups, whose members will be switched every day. Groups can be seen here:

 

 

You can see which group you are in and which group you are going against that day.

 

 What they are-

Raids are competitions between two teams to see which can deal the most damage to the Raid Boss, and who can collect the most daily LUX through them.

 

Over at number 1 you have which team is currently winning the daily LUX competition, below the bar is how much longer the current Raid Boss will stay. Raid bosses always stay for 1 hour, and spawn 20 minutes after the previous one is defeated or escapes. When defeated, the next Boss will be 1 level higher than the defeated one, and when it escapes, it will decrease by 1 level.

Over at number 2 you have the health bar of the Darkside, red is the damage your team did, blue is the damage the other team did, and green is its current HP. Below that is your attack (damage multiplier) options, 1x damage, 2.5x damage, or 4x damage. Each one states its BP cost.

Using the 1BP option can be useful at keeping a Chain. 1 BP is recovered every 15 minutes. Not considering Chains, 4x damage is most efficient option.

Over at number 3 there is the image of a Keyblade. Using that Keyblade against that Raid Boss will give you a "Keyblade Bonus" and you will deal additional damage.

 

If the Raid Boss is low level, it is recommended to use as much BP as possible to kill it faster. However, it's also recommended to spare your BP to use it during LUX UP times.

 

Over at number 4 you have the Chain information. When a team member attacks within 4 minutes of another they get a chain bonus and extra damage is dealt to the Raid Boss. Even if you were the last person to attack you can keep the chain going in hopes others will raise it by attacking. (There is a timer telling you how long you have to do it.) And below number four, if you are on the 3rd tab, there is a history of who attacked last, how much damage they did, when they attacked, and what team they were on.

Your first attack on a Raid Boss doesn't cost BP and is a 4 times damage attack.

 

Every time you attack the Raid Boss, you gain great amounts of LUX, depending on how much damage you dealt to it.

 

Each time a Raid Boss is killed, the next one that day is more powerful. It has a bigger damage boost than HP boost if it has an HP boost. Though people will be doing less damage to it in the later "levels" of it because they won't survive as many hits. Each hour,the raid will be reseted.

 

You can give BP to another player in your Union, by clicking the lack button above the Union Sigil. As you give BP to other players, you will also regain as much BP as you give out. You can give 5BP to other players per day, so I recommend you use this only if you believe that you can defeat the current Raid Boss.

 

Regardless of which team wins, having more LUX or dealing more damage, if a Raid Boss is killed, everyone involved will gain prizes.

It is impossible for a player to survive more than 5 attacks from the Raid Boss.

 

On the subject of Keyblades:

You unlock a different Keyblade every time you finish a world's story, much like usual KH games. You can upgrade your Keblade with raw materials. Keyblades give you boosts based on the command slots. Starlight, for example, will give 10%+ boosts for magic cards when those are used in the second slot and a 10%+ boost for wing/speed/aero attack cards in the third slot. Upgrading you keyblade seems add additional boosts and improve the boosts you already have.

 

An in-progress guide on Keyblade can be found on this thread.

 

On the subject of items:

 

Right now, there are only a few kinds of items:

- Ether (allows recovery of power necessary when fighting bosses, BP)

- Potion (allows recovery of action power, AP)

 

These can be acquired by completing quests.

 

The GIFT BOX contains a lot of useful items for newbies, including a lot of Moogle Passes that unlock rare, powerful cards.

 

About Parties/Friends:

 

How to join a party.

Click the button with the two smiley heads.
 

Then click the bottom right red button.

A menu will pop up saying  "Search".

There are two tabs at the top select the second one.

List of other players with two red buttons out beside them.

Click the first red button. the one right beside the players level.

What you want to look for is a player that has more than one person in their party of 30.

Select the bottom right button when you want to join that persons party.

Select the left red button.

Then you'll be in their party with an AP upgrade.

Edited July 16, 201312 yr by Kinode

*glances up on the same page, and I not only did I mention it I killed it* Though I didn't put screenshots. I probably should start documenting things with screenshots to help people more.

 

Edit: on a more meaningful note, a level 21 non-boss largebody spawned for me.

Edited July 10, 201312 yr by Tigerruss

I got this REALLY weird card

 

Not only is it a different color, it's maximum level is 1 and it looks absolutely useless. But I'm not sure if it's special for something? You can't limit cut it either.

It seems to be 1 card rank lower than most, N+, but it still looks rarer...

I got the same thing, i just used it for upgrading my other cards.

 

Also, something's wrong with my game i think. I went to the menu with the 2 smiley heads, and the bottom right red button IS GREYED OUT. I cant join anyone's party for some reason.

 

And one last thing. How do you find those flowers for the ingredient recipes? I can't find them anywhere.

Edited July 10, 201312 yr by spiderfreak1011

The flowers are in the first room of the Dwarf Woodlands. right here.

 

I think you might have to go into Agrabah and talk to Aladdin again when there.
And possibly try the bottom left button for searching for a party and the bottom right to join when you find someone.

 

Edit: Though if you are looking for weird bottle things with leaves on them, they are either water droplets on leaves in wonderland, or part of the white flower things in wonderland.

Edited July 10, 201312 yr by Tigerruss

Do you think Level might effect where heartless spawn? Because a bunch of crescendos are spawning in the spooky woods of the Dwarven Woodlands I know for a fact for me at least that place used to be just Shadows and Blue Rasphodies.

 

Also that option is grey'd out for everyone spider, if you've been invited to a party to join all you need to do is go to your status page, hit the middle button, and then the person's party should appear and you just hit the left Red button to join.

Edited July 10, 201312 yr by KMH

Okay found Aladdin. Here's where he's at for 1-4

 

After speaking with him you go find blue sparkles

 

Then you talk to Aladdin again and that seems to be it for 1-4

I cant find Aladdin in the desert, do you have to be a certain level to find him in 1-4? Im only level 15.

The flowers are in the first room of the Dwarf Woodlands. right here.

 

I think you might have to go into Agrabah and talk to Aladdin again when there.

And possibly try the bottom left button for searching for a party and the bottom right to join when you find someone.

 

Edit: Though if you are looking for weird bottle things with leaves on them, they are either water droplets on leaves in wonderland, or part of the white flower things in wonderland.

 

Thanks. So i just click on the flowers themselves? Got it.

 

I talked to Aladdin twice, then i talked to the Guard at the top end of the city, and it let me clear story 1-3. Now im on story 1-4, and im searching in the desert for Aladdin BUT I CANT FIND HIM AT ALL. Do i have to be a certain level to find him?

 

Do you think Level might effect where heartless spawn? Because a bunch of crescendos are spawning in the spooky woods of the Dwarven Woodlands I know for a fact for me at least that place used to be just Shadows and Blue Rasphodies.

 

Also that option is grey'd out for everyone spider, if you've been invited to a party to join all you need to do is go to your status page, hit the middle button, and then the person's party should appear and you just hit the left Red button to join.

Ok then thanks.

I got the same thing, i just used it for upgrading my other cards.

 

Also, something's wrong with my game i think. I went to the menu with the 2 smiley heads, and the bottom right red button IS GREYED OUT. I cant join anyone's party for some reason.

 

And one last thing. How do you find those flowers for the ingredient recipes? I can't find them anywhere.

The bottom right button is to LEAVE a party, also, which flowers? do you have a picture?

The bottom right button is to LEAVE a party, also, which flowers? do you have a picture?

Hold up

 ill post it here

 

 

THERE! Those flowers AT THE BOTTOM, the one that if you find all 5 you get 1000 Moogle pins.

Edited July 10, 201312 yr by spiderfreak1011

I cant find Aladdin in the desert, do you have to be a certain level to find him in 1-4? Im only level 15.

 

Thanks. So i just click on the flowers themselves? Got it.

 

I talked to Aladdin twice, then i talked to the Guard at the top end of the city, and it let me clear story 1-3. Now im on story 1-4, and im searching in the desert for Aladdin BUT I CANT FIND HIM AT ALL. Do i have to be a certain level to find him?

 

Ok then thanks.

Did you ever talk to Aladdin in town? Sadly I didn't keep track of what I did at each part of the story.

Did you ever talk to Aladdin in town? Sadly I didn't keep track of what I did at each part of the story.

I If you mean after i cleared story 1-3, then no. I will, hold on.

 

Also i need to find flowers for ingredients.

The ones in the ingredient at the bottom of the list

Edited July 10, 201312 yr by spiderfreak1011

I'm curious but with the moogle shop using points rather than cards can you get anything besides bronze cards?

I did. I talked to him once, went up to the buildings,then came back, talked to him again, and talked to the guard at the top of the town and the story was cleared. thanks anyway. I just need to know where to find these flowers:

The ones in the ingredient at the bottom of the list

 

Oh, I think those flowers are from clicking sparkles on plant stems in Wonderland.

I'm curious but with the moogle shop using points rather than cards can you get anything besides bronze cards?

In theory you can get R cards, but not R+ cards by using points. Though I have never seen it happen.

 

For killing a level 1 darkside the entire team gets 3 bronze moogle tickets, and an ether. I don't know if the rewards vary on which team did the most damage, nor if the one who deals the final blow gets a bigger reward.

 

Yeah I dealt the final blow this morning actually and found myself with the prizes you listed + 5 more bronze tickets and a silver ticket. I don't know which of those I got from the final blow though. 

Oh, I think those flowers are from clicking sparkles on plant stems in Wonderland.

In theory you can get R cards, but not R+ cards by using points. Though I have never seen it happen.

 

For killing a level 1 darkside the entire team gets 3 bronze moogle tickets, and an ether. I don't know if the rewards vary on which team did the most damage, nor if the one who deals the final blow gets a bigger reward. 

Thanks ill check

 

 

 

About Parties/Friends:

 

How to join a party.

Click the button with the two smiley heads. 

Then click the bottom right red button.

A menu will pop up saying  "Search".

There are two tabs at the top select the second one.

List of other players with two red buttons out beside them.

Click the first red button. the one right beside the players level.

What you want to look for is a player that has more than one person in their party of 30.

Select the bottom right button when you want to join that persons party.

Select the left red button.

Then you'll be in their party with an AP upgrade.

Its the bottom LEFT Red button.

 

But thanks. NOW I JOINED A PARTY WITH 26 OTHER PEOPLE, I GOT 76 AP NOW!

Edited July 10, 201312 yr by spiderfreak1011

Oh, I think those flowers are from clicking sparkles on plant stems in Wonderland.

In theory you can get R cards, but not R+ cards by using points. Though I have never seen it happen.

 

For killing a level 1 darkside the entire team gets 3 bronze moogle tickets, and an ether. I don't know if the rewards vary on which team did the most damage, nor if the one who deals the final blow gets a bigger reward. 

No Tigress, you were wrong, i tried clicking sparkle on many plant stems in Wonderland, and i didnt get any flowers. WHERE ARE THEY???? I GOTTA KNOW.

No Tigress, you were wrong, i tried clicking sparkle on many plant stems in Wonderland, and i didnt get any flowers. WHERE ARE THEY???? I GOTTA KNOW.

Okay, next time I leave my computer and end up racking up a large amount of AP I am going to go and compile a list of what gives what. Edit: I know that it won't help you, but it will help the future of everyone.

Edited July 10, 201312 yr by Tigerruss

Okay, next time I leave my computer and end up racking up a large amount of AP I am going to go and compile a list of what gives what. Edit: I know that it won't help you, but it will help the future of everyone.

Its ok i understand. It'll help everyone else. Ill just keep searching, and elt you know if i ever find it.

Oh, I think those flowers are from clicking sparkles on plant stems in Wonderland.

In theory you can get R cards, but not R+ cards by using points. Though I have never seen it happen.

 

For killing a level 1 darkside the entire team gets 3 bronze moogle tickets, and an ether. I don't know if the rewards vary on which team did the most damage, nor if the one who deals the final blow gets a bigger reward. 

Also, i talked to both the guards in town(The one at the top of the area, and the one in the door to the left of the place when you first enter the city. Then i looked for Aladdin and found him in the desert. You only have to find ONE BLUE SPARKLE. Its where you found Aladdin in the beginning of the world.

Edited July 10, 201312 yr by spiderfreak1011

What I got for killing a level 2 darkside was: 1 gold ticket, 3 bronze tickets (one given as a single one and another given as two), and an ether.

Edit: I think the gold ticket was because I got above 15k lux.


Agrabah 1-6
Go talk to the skinny guard in the city. And then mission 1-7 is at level 38.

Edited July 10, 201312 yr by Tigerruss

What I got for killing a level 2 darkside was: 1 gold ticket, 3 bronze tickets (one given as a single one and another given as two), and an ether.Edit: I think the gold ticket was because I got above 15k lux.

How do you know what level it was?

 

Also, my team and I killed a darkside and i got: 5 Bronze tickets in all. I was hoping for something to help with my AP but oh well. As long as i get at least one good card from the tickets, ill be ok with it.

 

I used my bronze tickets, AND GOT A RARE SELPHIE! IT WAS SO WORTH KILLING THE DARKSIDE FOR.

Edited July 10, 201312 yr by spiderfreak1011

How do you know what level it was?

 

Also, my team and I killed a darkside and i got: 5 Bronze tickets in all. I was hoping for something to help with my AP but oh well. As long as i get at least one good card from the tickets, ill be ok with it.

 

I used my bronze tickets, AND GOT A RARE SELPHIE! IT WAS SO WORTH KILLING THE DARKSIDE FOR.

Nice, from mine I only got a rare Goofy and Yuna.

You can tell what level the darkside is by looking at the history tab, it will be a grey entry.

Nice, from mine I only got a rare Goofy and Yuna.

You can tell what level the darkside is by looking at the history tab, it will be a grey entry.

Thanks! You still got 2 rares, thats great!

 

Also i found out something REALLY COOL.

 

 

See that Green button right next to the amount of BP I have. When you use tht you can give BP to other players. But ITS REALLY USEFUL. See if you have no BP when you give BP to another player, as you gvie BP to them, Your BP is ALSO RESTORED. You regain as much BP as you gave to the other player. This helps BOTH OF YOU. Some people dont know that, so tell Kinode to put that in her openign post.

Thanks! You still got 2 rares, thats great!

 

Also i found out something REALLY COOL.

 

 

See that Green button right next to the amount of BP I have. When you use tht you can give BP to other players. But ITS REALLY USEFUL. See if you have no BP when you give BP to another player, as you gvie BP to them, Your BP is ALSO RESTORED. You regain as much BP as you gave to the other player. This helps BOTH OF YOU. Some people dont know that, so tell Kinode to put that in her openign post.

Thanks, I just assumed that it was giving your OWN BP so I never used it.

Thanks, I just assumed that it was giving your OWN BP so I never used it.

Yeah, but thats not the case thankfully. I told some people on the website by using that chat feature when you fight the Darkside, and they gave me BP. This is REALLY USEFUL, so we gotta tell Kinode to put it in the OP so people know and use it more often to help defeat Darkside faster.

Can someone create a post just for the Story Quests? Updating them is a little boring and has less to do with how to do things but more with what you have to do...

I updated with the info about the BP. Am I missing anything else?

Not that I know of, but a separate thread for just story information might be useful like you said, especially since this game has been granted it's own forums section now.