Mastering auto battle mode in Princess Connect Re:Dive
Princess Connect Re:Dive pairs charming art with deep turn-based combat, but the grind between story beats can chew through your evening faster than a snag at a Bunnings sale. Auto battle mode has long been the quiet hero, running dungeon clears while players queue up the next episode. Learning how to make it work harder turns an idle tapper into a farming engine that practically runs itself.
Australian players lean into automation more aggressively than most markets, thanks to long commute windows on Sydney trains and Melbourne trams where quick sessions fit between stops. With energy refills costing premium currency and Clan Battle windows limited, smart use of auto mode is the difference between steady progression and falling behind the global timeline.
How auto battle mode actually works
Auto battle hands control back to your party after you set up formation, skills, and equipment. Once toggled, your units cast ultimates on cooldown and follow basic targeting rules. The system still respects the action order shown on the right-hand timeline, so faster characters like Pecorine and Summer Pecorine will still take more turns than slower tanks.
Skip tickets are the natural companion to auto mode. While a manual clear lets you wipe and retry a hard boss, a fully-geared auto team burns through exploration stages in seconds. For a deeper look at how auto play fits into event content, the event world boss guide walks through team building against the tougher timed encounters.
Building a team that handles itself
The trick to letting your phone do the heavy lifting is choosing units with self-sufficient kits. Characters like Monika, Tamaki, or Karyl can heal, buff, or hit multiple targets without needing babysitting. Aim for a frontline that survives the opening burst, because auto mode will not swap in a tank after the fight has already gone pear-shaped.
Speed tuning matters more than raw power in many farm stages. A faster roster means more ultimate casts per clear, which translates directly into more damage during boss phases. Players chasing the front of the Clan Battle leaderboard often keep a dedicated speed-tuned squad separate from their story team for exactly this reason.
Stamina, skip tickets, and the farming loop
Energy management is the unglamorous part of the game, but it is where Australian players often feel the squeeze. The shard dungeon resets at midnight AEST, and most working adults find themselves logging on after dinner to burn accumulated stamina. Pairing auto battle with a stack of skip tickets during this window is the fastest way to stockpile enhancement crystals and memoria shards.
For explorers saving tickets, prioritise hard mode exploration stages that drop the gear pieces you actually need. Running the same Normal stage ten times with auto battle is rarely worth it once your level is capped, and refining underwhelming gear eats resources you could spend elsewhere. A common tip from the Oceania Discord is to set your refresh macro for the hour before bed, then collect everything in the morning over a flat white.
Speed clears, macros, and replay options
The replay button sits at the end of every cleared stage and lets you re-enter with the same team and gear in a single tap. Combined with skip tickets, replay becomes the backbone of your daily farming routine. Most veterans set aside a dedicated farmer loadout featuring level-5 gear and stamina-down memoria so each clear is as cheap as possible.
If you want to push your account forward beyond just farming, check the rank up breakdown for how rank affects your stamina cap and team slots. Higher rank means more energy per day and more team presets, both of which multiply the value of your auto sessions.
Auto battle in Clan Battle versus story content
Clan Battle has its own rhythm that makes raw auto mode less effective. Boss enrage timers, phase transitions, and the need to coordinate ultimates with clanmates all favour at least partial manual play. Save auto battle for the opening seconds of each boss to gauge patterns, then switch to manual when the one-shot mechanics appear.
Story and exploration are where auto truly shines. With no human teammates to coordinate with and forgiving damage thresholds, your optimised squad can clear hours of content in the time it takes to walk the dog around Brisbane's South Bank. This is also where most of your memory piece farming happens, so leaving the game running on a charger during errands is a legitimate training strategy.
Tweaks that change everything
A few small adjustments can lift your auto team from adequate to exceptional. Make sure each unit has at least one memoria slot equipped, even if the bonus is minor, because every stat point adds up across a long farming session. Refining gear to level 7 or 8 unlocks the second passive, which often determines whether your team survives a bad opening round.
Finally, review your support slot. Many players forget that the borrowed character on the front line is usually slower than your roster, so put them in a position that does not disrupt your action order. A well-arranged line-up with the right support pick clears content faster than any amount of raw CP.
| Feature | Auto battle | Manual battle |
|---|---|---|
| Speed of clears | Very fast with skip tickets | Slower, requires input |
| Best for farming | Story, exploration, shard dailies | Boss phases, Clan Battle |
| Risk of mistakes | Low if team is tuned | Player error possible |
| Coordination needed | None | High in multiplayer |
| Energy cost per clear | Same | Same |
Set up your auto roster tonight, queue a stack of skip tickets before log-off, and let the game do the heavy lifting. Once your team is tuned and your macros are running, Princess Connect Re:Dive becomes a background rhythm that rewards you every time you open the app, whether you are grabbing a train at Central Station or winding down after a long arvo at work.