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Brave Orders give the party a lasting bonus in exchange for Brave Points (BP). In Trails of Cold Steel III, any living party member's order can be activated on a party member's turn, even if its owner is in backup or cannot act because of a status effect.
Understand this choiceBrave Points are a battle resource spent to activate Brave Orders, which give the party lasting bonuses. The game overview also describes Brave Orders as providing effects such as buffs or healing. Activating an order does not consume the acting character's turn.
Understand this choiceIn Trails of Cold Steel III, enemies have a Break Gauge that represents their breakability. Attacks deplete the gauge; when it is depleted, the enemy enters Break state until its next attack turn. Breaking an enemy increases damage to it and cancels its parameter boosts.
Understand this choiceA weapon can have letter ranks in slash, pierce, thrust, and strike. These ranks interact with enemy vulnerabilities to determine the chance of unbalancing an enemy when the attacker has a combat link. A successful unbalance can enable a link attack.
Understand this choicePierce is one of the weapon types assigned a letter rank on a character's weapon. In Cold Steel III, weapon ranks and enemy vulnerabilities contribute to the chance of unbalancing an enemy when the attacker has a combat link.
Understand this choiceThrust is one of the weapon types assigned a letter rank on a character's weapon. In Cold Steel III, weapon ranks interact with enemy vulnerabilities to determine the chance of unbalancing when the attacker has a combat link.
Understand this choiceStrike is one of the weapon types assigned a letter rank on a character's weapon. Weapon ranks interact with enemy vulnerabilities to determine the chance of unbalancing a linked target. The source also notes that a high strike rank can let field attacks destroy hard objects such as columns.
Understand this choiceA tactical orbment uses orbal energy and installed quartz to provide effects, improve statistics, and enable orbal arts. In Cold Steel, the ARCUS orbment also enables combat links, while quartz directly enables specific arts rather than relying on the earlier elemental-value system.
Understand this choiceQuartz installed in a tactical orbment can provide effects, including statistical improvements. The supplied orbment overview says Cold Steel orbments allow multiple quartz affecting the same stat in one orbment, provided the quartz are not identical.
Understand this choiceIn Cold Steel, quartz equipped in an orbment directly enables specific orbal arts, replacing the earlier elemental-value system described in the source. Tactical orbments use installed quartz for a range of effects, including the ability to cast arts.
Understand this choiceCrafts are character-specific combat skills. Attack crafts generally focus on physical damage and status effects, while support crafts can heal, provide stat buffs, or have other effects. Characters may unlock new or improved crafts as they gain experience.
Understand this choiceEvidence-limited reference to combat systems in Trails of Cold Steel III: Brave Orders and BP, Break, weapon attack ranks, tactical orbments, quartz, and crafts. It does not provide a catalog of named individual options or promise an optimal build.
