When diving into Everlusting Life, you need to understand one thing first: this is basically an adult-oriented version of Teamfight Tactics—the kind of game that really appeals to gentlemen and whales. It's not that you can't play as a free-to-play user, but honestly, it's going to be a rough ride. I have to tell you that upfront. The core gameplay revolves around pulling cards, leveling up, and building team compositions—same as auto chess—but the character illustrations and interactive content are definitely top-tier. If you've decided to jump in, then read this guide carefully. I'll break down all the essential stuff like character power levels, upgrade paths, event schedules, and summoning strategies to help you avoid detours and dominate from day one.

1. Game Overview & Server Selection

Everlusting Life is essentially a fanservice card strategy game with gameplay similar to TFT—pull cards, build teams, level up and fight. But honestly, it's pretty tough if you don't spend money. You really need to think twice before jumping in as a free player.

Server Selection

Server choice is crucial in this game—the experience varies a lot between them:

1. Official Server

Official URL: https://everlustinglife.com/play. This is the developer's direct server with the largest player base and most stable experience. However, it requires a VPN to play—Chinese players must use an accelerator.

2. E-Server

E-Server URL: https://game.ero-labs.style/cn/cloud_game.html. The biggest advantage is mobile support, making it much more convenient to play. Also needs a VPN, but the mobile experience is better than official.

3. Steam Server

Available on Steam at: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3218710/Everlusting_Life/. Steam server is stable but updates might be slower.

My Recommendation: For long-term play, go with E-Server. Mobile convenience means you can grind events anywhere, anytime. While Official has more players, the network can be unstable sometimes.

2. Character Tier List

Characters are divided into 1-5 cost cards. Higher cost generally means stronger, but there are exceptions. This tier list is entirely my personal opinion—just for reference, but it's pretty accurate.

1-Cost Character Tier List

S-Tier: Inarrah

The only viable 1-cost card. Power spikes at max Memory—essential for early game. Best part? You can max her Memory through quests, making her great for free players too.

S- Tier: Supernova, Ariance, Cederill

All three have unlockable Memories with decent power. Memory unlock recommended for Supernova and Ariance. Cederill doesn't have Memory available yet, which is a shame.

A-Tier: Delilah, Ulla, Ingrid

Usable but not worth heavy investment. Use them early if you're short on cards, replace when you get better ones.

Trash Tier: Karahigi, Marilynn, Vingara

Pure garbage—salvage them immediately. Never waste resources leveling these.

2-Cost Character Tier List

Only a few 2-cost cards are usable: Columbina, Luadriill, Finnly, Martina, Blanca, Shiro. Ignore the rest—use them as fodder when you pull them.

3-Cost Character Tier List

S-Tier: Leoni

The only god-tier 3-cost. Must-build if you pull her—power comparable to 4-cost cards. Even stronger with Memory unlocked, viable into mid-late game.

S- Tier: AVA, Fox

Both are solid. Fox has top-tier artwork—worth pulling for waifu collectors.

A-Tier: Nox, Shaxa, Lorelei

Usable but not worth heavy investment—okay as temporary units.

4-Cost Character Tier List

S+ Tier: Blair, Kairus

These two need max Memory to reach full potential—absolutely busted at max. True T0 units. Dump all resources into them if you pull them.

S-Tier: Lilith, Elumi

Also need max Memory, slightly weaker than S+ but still top-tier. Lilith's artwork is god-tier—waifu collectors must pull.

A-Tier: Polly, Nephthys, Archer Mary

Archer Mary has a name bug—her English name is Katherina. These three are mediocre, not worth heavy investment.

B-Tier: Roxanne, Ripley, Ramilith, Holga

Usable but not strong—use as fodder.

C-Tier: Thea, Jasmine

Basically useless—salvage immediately.

5-Cost Character Tier List

S-Tier: Chainkiss, Bonnie, Healing Mary, Fifi

The big four of 5-cost cards—absolutely busted when you pull them. Healing Mary is the best healer, Chainkiss and Bonnie have insane DPS, and Fifi is an all-rounder.

S- Tier: All other 5-cost cards

Apart from the four above, all other 5-costs are about the same—usable but not top-tier.

Trash Tier: Daphne

The shame of 5-cost cards—pretend you never pulled her. DO NOT invest in her.

3. Character Progression Systems

Character progression has four dimensions, ranked by priority: Level, Memory, Arcane, Relationship. Here's the breakdown:

Level System (Most Important)

Level is the most direct measure of character strength—everything gets easier with higher levels.

1. How to Level Up

Character levels increase through summoning—basically pulling duplicates. Each duplicate card raises the character's level by 1.

2. Ascension Materials

At levels 10, 30, 50, and 70, you need ascension materials called Essence of Power. These mainly come from dungeons and events—they're scarce early on, so plan carefully who to use them on.

3. Leveling Strategy

Your core cards should be 10-20 levels ahead of your second team, and second team 10-20 levels ahead of third. This ensures your main DPS is strong enough to push stages without getting stuck.

4. Fodder Usage

Don't salvage trash-tier heroes immediately—save them for upgrade quests. When a quest asks you to level up a hero, use these garbage cards instead of wasting good ones.

Memory System (Second Most Important)

Memory System is like advanced character development—unlocking Memory gives huge power spikes.

1. Memory Shards Acquisition

Memory Shards mainly come from Time Rifts, which open every Friday with rotating characters. Wait for your target character's shard event before farming.

2. Memory Upgrade Costs

Memory upgrades require shards and Mirrors. Here's the detailed cost table:

3. Memory Upgrade Recommendations

Worth Maxing Memory:

  • S-Tier: Elumi Memory, Kairus, Blair, Lilith

  • S- Tier: Bonnie, Mary, Inarrah, Leoni

  • A-Tier: Asmodea

Worth Unlocking Memory:

  • Supernova, Ariance

Arcane System (Third Priority)

Arcane upgrades come from city leveling and boost entire faction stats. Don't rush it early—just progress naturally.

Relationship System (Fourth Priority)

Relationship upgrades come from books and boost individual character stats. Lowest priority—do it if you have spare resources, otherwise skip.

4. Faction & Class Analysis

Faction Power Ranking

S-Tier: Beastmen

The strongest faction, period. Beastmen characters generally have high power and useful skills—prioritize building them.

S- Tier: Netheria

Second only to Beastmen—some individual units are top-tier but overall slightly weaker.

A-Tier: Other Factions

Usable but not strong. Recommend mixing factions—don't force pure faction teams.

Trash Tier: Heavenly

Weakest faction—use as fodder, don't waste resources.

Class Power Analysis

Any class with 5-cost cards is strong except Bard. Main DPS comes from Rangers and Witches—these two are the meta.

There's no 5-cost Mystic yet, so Mystics fall off late game—not recommended as main. Unless you're a waifu collector, don't waste resources on Mystics.

5. Must-Do Tasks for Newbies

Newbie period lasts 7 days. During these 7 days you can't unlock Tournament and Rift—everything unlocks after day 7. So finish everything you can early, don't rush rankings.

1. Awakened Deer V Unlock

There's a special Awakened Deer V unlock quest during newbie period that rewards 3 5-cost cards—all good ones. Try to complete this for free 5-stars.

2. Dungeon Deer X Unlock

Dungeons also have unlock quests that give decent resources. You're starved early on, so grab these freebies.

6. Weekly Event Schedule

All events update at 6 PM daily—remember this timing. Here's the detailed daily breakdown:

Monday: Dungeon Unlock (7 days)

Monday opens Dungeon event where you fight for purple stones. This event doesn't disappear when it ends—if you're not desperate, you can save for higher tiers.

Critical Tip: Before 6 PM Monday, you MUST lower your tier (reduce max level by 5-10) or you can't beat it. If you don't, you'll just waste attempts.

Tuesday: Casino (2 days, weekly)

Casino event—usually stop after 5 pulls, or go all-in to reclaim everything. It's pretty RNG, so quit while you're ahead—don't get greedy.

Wednesday: Speed Dating

Garbage event—ignore it. Rewards are trash, not worth your time.

Thursday: Forging Event

One of the most important events—do city upgrades and Arcane leveling on this day.

1. City Upgrade

Upgrades forging level for rewards. Late game costs are massive—tens of thousands of diamonds per upgrade. I usually upgrade once at event start, then diamond-speed another upgrade near the end. Don't upgrade outside this event.

2. Arcane Upgrade

Save Arcane upgrades all week, then use them after 6 PM Thursday. This maximizes event rewards.

Friday: Awakening, Time Rift, Tournament, Dark Pass Update

Busiest day with four events at once.

1. Awakening

Three chapters that give event characters. Quests can be completed with Time Rift for efficiency.

Diamond Tips: Chapter 3 has a 2000 diamond reward—save diamonds for it. There's also a 6000 diamond spending event to prepare for. Don't waste Awakening tokens before finishing quests—exchange for needed characters first.

2. Time Rift

Daily rewards. Free players can only reach the 4000 Ruby Star spending node in Chapter 3. Memory Cloud lets you exchange Memory Orbs for past character shards—don't waste Rubies, save them for when needed.

3. Tournament

Daily rewards. I'll post video guides later. Tournament success depends on team comp and mechanics—practice makes perfect.

4. Dark Pass

Grab whatever rewards you can—don't force it. Sometimes has bugs that prevent completion, so just go with the flow.

Summon Rewards Event (biweekly)

This event runs every two weeks with bonus summoning rewards. Save resources and only pull during this event.

Miracle Caravan (biweekly)

Pro Tip: Submit weekly/daily quests after 6 PM Monday for an extra 200 points. Usually exchange for Essence of Power—this resource is scarce early game.

One for All, All for One (biweekly)

Also biweekly with mediocre rewards—but free resources are free resources.

Breath of Power (7 days, biweekly)

This event gives 30% off upgrades and ascensions—generally only do breakthroughs/upgrades during this week to save bottles and gold. One of the most important resource events—make good use of it.

7. Summoning Strategy

Summoning is the core mechanic—there's strategy involved, not just mindless pulling.

1. When to Summon

Summon opportunities increase with your level, so only pull when you're level-gated. Save resources otherwise.

2. Normal Summon (Blue Star)

Free once every 24 hours—don't forget to claim it. Low chance for good cards, but you never know.

3. Eternal Sanctuary (Purple Star)

Main summoning method with highest 5-cost drop rate. Save for 10-pulls—single pulls have too low odds.

Money-Saving Tip: After maxing Royal Pass (buy this blindly), Queen's Gift appears—500 diamonds for 2 Purple Stars, equivalent to 1250 diamonds for 5 pulls. So don't summon directly with diamonds—buy the pass first for better value.

4. Awakening Realm (Yellow Star)

Rarely used unless needed for Awakening quests. Otherwise don't pull.

5. Faction Summon

Occasionally used for Awakening quests, otherwise avoid. Whales can use it to complete the biweekly Monday "One for All, All for One" refresh quest, usually needing one Yellow Star.

8. Quest System Tips

Quests have traps too—here's what to watch for.

1. Epic Quests

Don't use Epic Quests until critical moments—save them. The rewards are generous but limited, so use them wisely.

Summary: Everlusting Life is all about resource management. Don't summon randomly early—wait for events. Don't upgrade randomly mid-game—wait for Forging events. Don't waste materials late-game—save them for core characters. Remember these tips and you'll have a much smoother experience than most players.