Anime Zero Trials Guide

Rooms, class thresholds, Trials titles and the Zodiac evolution — everything the endless mode gates behind one climb.

Trials is Anime Zero's endless room-based mode, added in Update 3 (the TRIALSPATCH patch — the game's official page rebranded around it). Unlike Story acts or raids, there is no finish line: every room is a wave clear plus a damage check, and the mode exists to gate the update's three class unlocks and two titles. Most tier-list sites still only mention Trials in passing — this page tracks the mode in full, alongside our Trials mode entry and the Void Arbiter unlock guide.

How Trials works

• Enter from the Story mode menu → Trials. Rooms are numbered and your Highest Room Cleared shows in the Trials lobby — that counter is the source of truth (room and floor labels in guide videos often disagree with it).
• There is no next-room button — only retry or leave. You can AFK-farm a single room for kills, but you cannot AFK your way upward: every new room needs an active clear.
• After clearing a floor, take the leave prompt immediately — the ~5-second auto-timer adds up across hundreds of rooms.
• Difficulty and damage checks rise per room — mid-rolled accounts should expect the Room 325 climb to take multiple days, not one sitting.

Class unlock thresholds

The launch announcement quoted different room numbers than the in-game unlock cards — players report the cards are correct. Trust the card inside your Classes tab.

The full Void Arbiter unlock route and its 5-million-coin awakening bill live in the dedicated guide.

Titles earned in Trials

Two titles are pure Trials grinds — both are kill counters, so they progress while you climb rooms (source: in-game unlock cards, cross-checked with community title lists).

Zodiac Trials — the Update 6 evolution

The Artifacts update turned Trials into a raid family: Zodiac Trials, launched from the Play menu, has a wheel decide which Great Beast you face next — every entry is a different boss. The gimmick is the Posture Bar: parry (don't dodge) boss attacks to drain it, and a broken posture stuns the beast and opens a double-damage window. Key facts:

• Frost Heron, the limited Life unit, drops Nightmare-only — lower difficulties farm Artifacts, not the unit (see the Frost Heron guide).
• Artifacts — the new gear system's drops — come from both Zodiac Trials and Story Trials (see the Artifacts guide).
• Hold your strongest skills until posture breaks: the stun window pays double damage — raw DPS without parries is the wipe path.
• Weekend Double Coins and Double Material Drops events apply to raid farming — plan deep grind sessions then.

Best build for climbing Trials

• Run Shadow Monarch. His first evolution turns every kill into stacking damage (+4% per level, up to 40%) — exactly what the rising per-floor damage checks want.
• Stand mid-room. Mobs spawn all around; the center position lets cleave weapons hit the full ring.
• Dual-equip a clear + burst pair — wide AoE for floors, a single-target banger for bosses. Pairs with set bonuses are ranked in the synergy guide.
• Reroll traits on your main: Deadeye compounds hardest in long boss rooms; Supernova speeds trash floors. The full loadout math is in the best build guide.
• Claim the TRIALSPATCH code first (level 35+): 150 Lucky Spins, 300 Trait Rerolls and 1,000,000 Coins — the Trials update's own launch package, from the codes list.
• Farm a room you clear comfortably rather than one you barely survive — consistent per-hour clears beat wipe-retry loops.