Exploration uses an overhead perspective for towns, fields, and dungeons. The party travels between locations, talks with residents, opens chests, solves environmental obstacles, and follows a time-spanning story.

Battles take place on a side-view field. The player directly controls one character while allies act through configurable tactics. Cless can attack, guard, jump, and use learned artes; other party members provide healing, physical support, or offensive and summoning magic. Experience, equipment, skills, and story events expand the party's capabilities.

Keep Mint protected, because healing access often determines whether a difficult encounter is survivable. Set allied tactics so healers conserve resources and casters avoid wasting their strongest spells on weak enemies.

Upgrade weapons and armor regularly, and use Cless's artes according to enemy position and weakness. Save important healing items before bosses, inspect towns for equipment and side events, and return to earlier areas when a new ability opens a previously inaccessible route.