Shining Resonance Refrain
47 Achievements
1,000
40-50h
Prelude of Love
Viewed Excella's ending in Refrain mode.
30
1.65%
How to unlock the Prelude of Love achievement in Shining Resonance Refrain - Definitive Guide
You can get all of the character-specific endings during the same playthrough, and the process is the same for each character. Follow these steps:
Step 1: Affection Conversations
As you play through the game, there are chances to speak with your friends in town or at campsites. This walkthrough has all of the correct answers to choose during these encounters to maximize affection gains. You will know you selected the right one if a cloud of hearts pops into the air behind the character you're speaking to. There is one "main" conversation per chapter, per character.
Step 2: Night Events
Every time you fight in a certain number of battles with someone (usually 5-15 depending on the character), you will have the opportunity to use the "Invite" option to initiate a Night Event (find them in town or at camp). A moon will appear over their head if you're successful, and you'll need to Rest to start the event (either at the Inn if you're in town, or from the fire at a campsite). Consult the same guide from Step 1 here as well; many night events will have opportunities for further affection increases.
Note: If you wait until after you beat the final boss to work on the endings, you can speed this up slightly. Lisolette will begin selling items that you can give as gifts. Giving a gift will then immediately make a character ready for a night event, skipping the battle requirement. These gifts are expensive so you'll have to spend some time grinding money to afford them, or just spend the time doing battles as normal (which gives you experience, which you need for Level 100 anyway) - the choice is yours.
Step 3: Dates
After a few successful Night Events, you will have the option of inviting the character on a date. The next day you can find them in town with a heart over their head. Use the Invite feature to start the date and you'll walk around town with them and see the sights. After three locations, the date will end. You will have to repeat this process five times in total over the course of the game with each character to qualify for their ending. You will know you've been successful if the ending of the date is much different than before, and you are given the following traits:
- Agnum: Traveling Bandman
- Kirika: Dream to Reality
- Lestin: Elise's Disciple
- Rinna: Cuddly
- Marion: Fluttering Maiden
- Sonia: Princess's Feelings
Note: Jinas and Excella are a little unique for the ending achievements; they do not receive a trait for you to track this. After your first date with each, they will give you a sigil. Hold on to this item and still take them on five dates like everyone else to max their affection. You won't get that trait to know you've succeeded like with everyone else, but they are no different otherwise.
Note 2: For some reason, a few characters refused to give me their traits until I did 6-8 dates. One character I didn't get the trait for at all (after five dates) and when I went to the final boss, she qualified for the ending anyway. I would suggest just doing five dates with everyone, regardless of getting titles, and if you get to the boss and they are not ready for their ending, then you can leave and work on it some more. I think I wasted a bunch of time doing dates I didn't need to just to ensure I got the above traits.
Step 4: Endings
Once you arrive at the final campsite before the end of the game, you will see a heart above any character whose ending is ready to unlock (see image below). You need to speak to one of them and then beat the boss to see their ending. After the game is over, you will be placed right back before the final boss and can then select the next person to see their ending. Repeat this process, beating the boss eight times, to get all the endings. If you had not finished dating someone when you beat the game, you can repeat steps 1-3 above until you get their trait, then return to the final campsite and repeat this step.
Note: After completing a romance and earning someone's trait, switch them out for a new member to start the process anew. Make sure you have had Tuning Aspects on your benched characters so they're not useless when you need to swap them in. See the tutorial on that here.