A Guide to Cats of the Cosmos

Contents


Disclaimer

This guide is an unofficial sequel to the Into the Future guide. However, this guide does not cover Crazed/Manic units or SoL in detail, focusing on Cats of the Cosmos (CotC) only. It is recommended to read the ItF guide first if you haven't already, as it contains a good amount of useful information, namely treasure mechanics.

When should I start CotC?

It is strongly recommended to complete all three Into the Future chapters (and collect all available treasures) before diving into CotC. Even though ItF crystals do not affect the magnifications of starred aliens, unstarred aliens are a common occurrence in CotC. Plus, Awakened Bahamut is a powerful asset you will want to have by your side for this. Not to mention completing ItF also gives you access to talents.

Here's an example of progression you can use as a general guideline:

Why this order?

  1. You need Awakened Bahamut and Ururun Wolf for some Special-only restriction stages (which will be covered later).
  2. CotC chapters I & II aren't very different in terms of difficulty, so you should be able to complete the two of them in a row without much problem if you have good units on your side and make sure to collect treasures.
  3. CotC fruits are good to have for late SoL (as are ItF fruits).
  4. Starting with subchapter 43 (Area 22), SoL features starred aliens. You need at least the crystal treasures from chapter I to have a chance, and collecting the treasures from chapter II will let you breeze through until UL 13.
  5. CotC ch. III has a sharp difficulty spike. It is highly recommended to collect all treasures from the first two chapters before diving into the third one, as starred aliens in CotC ch. III have very high magnifications (around 100% in ch. I, 250-500% in ch. II and 1000-2300% in ch. III).
  6. While it is far from mandatory, having access to level 50 units and Legend True Forms is a nice plus, especially for some restricted stages.
  7. UL 13+ features starred aliens with very high magnifications (around 2000%), forcing you to collect all crystals from CotC I - III.

Treasures available in CotC, and why they matter

Whereas EoC and ItF feature frequent treasure festivals, CotC festivals are considerably less common (at least in BCEN). Nevertheless, collecting treasures is still as important as ever— possibly even more so here.

Mystery Mask

At the end of each chapter, you have to face Cat God. He has a default magnification of 1100%, and the only way to lower it is to collect the Mystery Mask treasure (1% on the treasure = –10% to Cat God's magnification). The Mystery Mask treasure only affects one chapter at a time (i.e. the one from chapter I doesn't affect Cat God's magnification in the other two chapters).

Farming priority: Mandatory

Crystals

Similar deal as ItF crystals. Once again, it is strongly recommended to get all treasures as you progress through the stages, as magnifications can ramp up in the middle of the chapter.

Farming priority: Very high

Fruits

Not mandatory, but good to have in general.

Farming priority: Medium

Energy and XP rewards

Not needed, but good for making progression easier without affecting in-battle gameplay.

Farming priority: Low

Supplemental notes on treasure grinding

Deploy Restrictions

Most stages in CotC have deploy restrictions, with one of them having two and a handful having none. Here are all the possible restrictions:

Gacha Units and Preparations

Mandatory Units

The following units/things are highly recommended and you should ideally obtain them before diving into CotC:

Asterisks* indicate units that need a boost from talents before being good enough for CotC usage.

Note: None of these true forms are mandatory. You can skip any of them if you wish, but they are among the most helpful to get.

Note: Again, none of these talents are mandatory. You can skip any of them if you wish, but they are among the most helpful to get.

A point on roadblock stages and "getting stuck"

It is likely you will encounter a roadblock at least once when playing through CotC. Here are some tips to help with the situation:

Thanks for reading!

Be sure to check out the ItF guide, as well as other links in the following section.

Communities
The official Battle Cats subreddit
The subreddit's Discord server
Public Battle Cats Fandom

Stats & Information
The official Battle Cats wiki
Mygamatoto
Spica

Guidemakers

(most of these have at least a few guides on CotC stages)

Wuffa
Jones
Waran
apg
yohane
Kaxzer

Credits

Tungnon#1337 (original guide redaction)
Huubinhdang#9005 and Mickey#9335 (providing feedback)
Waran-Ess#9801 (providing feedback, grammar checks, and web conversion)