Glowslinging

How to unlock:

To unlock Glowslinging, you need to complete the quest The Light Fantastic. To complete this, you need

• The Light Fantastic BillyCon Effect, awarded for going to the Billy Idol when you have
  • The Rising Star Permanent effect at the Rave, from scoring 800+ Excellence
  • Mr. Smith as an ally
  • Visited Raging - Passionate - Melody at any point in time
• Mr. Smith
• The Glow or the Glowslinger permanent effect (finish the Rave at 1600+ Excellence¹)

Finishing the quest unlocks Glowslinging, and gets you the Overworld theme Power of Sound, which gives you +1 Glowslinging Attack Levels.

For an introduction and guide to progressing through Glowslinging, take a look at the GS Guide.

Practice your Glowslinging:

You can practice Glowslinging by going to the Billycon main page: the option is at the top.

Travel the land, testing your skills against other warriors!
Practice your Glowslinging >

You can pick different area to fight from: each has a number of Turfs you need to have to unlock it, a Base Levels value (the minimum level in each stat that opponents will have), and Base Talent (how much base Talent a win earns you). If you get 11 wins in a area, you unlock the option to fight that area's boss: defeating the boss turns that area into a Turf.

Fighting:

A fight consists of turns in which your opponent and you each pick an Attack Skill to use. Each skill has its own special effect, and defeats one skill and crushes another skill.
Each level in the skill you selected gives you a single die: if your skill defeats the one your opponent picked, you get +1 level, and if your skill crushes the one your opponent picked, you get +2 levels. The base range of the die is 6: in addition, your Spin is added to the range, and if you've already used the move once before, your Risk is subtracted from the range. You start with 1 Spin and 0 Risk, and some skills, equipment and EX attacks change your and/or your opponent's Spin and/or Risk.
The player with the highest sum wins and deals damage to the other player (in case of a tie, both take damage):

• Base 1
• -1 if both used the same move
• +1 if the damage-dealing player used a Skill which crushes the Skill the damage-taking player used
• +1 if the damage-dealing player used the Alpha Cancel Skill
• Some abilities, items, and EX Attacks can also influence the damage taken by both parties.

This repeats until one or both players are reduced to 0 or fewer HP. Your starting HP is 5 + 2x your Flipping Out level.
After a certain amount of turns (starting in turn 40 on Bridge), both players will take 1 damage each turn ("You both start to tire!") .
Every turn, each player's EX Gauge increases by 20 points (with a maximum of 300). If the opponent's move defeats their own, an additional 20 points are added. Finally, if the opponent's move crushes their own, 40 additional points are added, to a total of 60 points. When a player's EX Gauge is high enough, they can use EX Attacks along with their move, which uses up 1 to 3 "EX" (1 EX is 100 points on the EX Gauge). A player who uses an EX Attack does not gain any regular EX that turn.

See the Glowslinging Strategy Guide page for area-specific strategies and billy idol boss (particularly for the last one, who is a puzzle boss) strategies.

Gambits

Gambits are special move sequences that can be used while glowslinging. All known sequences give a boost to the player's EX gauge.

Name	Bonus	Sequence	Example
Triple Triad	+20 EX	Use any attack 3 times in a row	FA-FA-FA, GC-GC-GC
Crescendo	+40 EX	Use each attack once, in ascending order2	WR-TP-GC-FA-AC, GC-FA-AC-WR-TP
Denouement	+40 EX	Use each attack once, in descending order3	AC-FA-GC-TP-WR, GC-TP-WR-AC-FA
Deadly Rave	+300 EX	Use each attack twice in a row, in a specific order4	FA-FA-TP-TP-AC-AC-GC-GC-WR-WR

AutoSmash

After winning a lot in a turf, you can choose to "auto-win" duels.

• When you win a battle in an area, no matter how many fights you spent on it, you get 1 Streak. This continues until you have 11 Streak.
• When you lose / don't finish a battle in an area, and you have less than 11 Streak in that area, you lose all your Streak in that area.
• if you have 11 Streak in an area, you may choose as your attack to A: set your opponent's HP to zero with your attack AND B: turn off the perfect victory bonus AND C: turn off the nail-biter bonus, by selecting 'AutoSmash'.

Getting the Nailbiter bonus (finishing a fight with 2 or less HP) also makes you lose your streak.

Fights

Winning fights earns you the base talent of the area in which you fought. A loss gives 1/4 the Talent of a win, rounded down.
Talent is used to increase your Attack Skills or Talent Skills, at a 1-Talent-for-1-XP ratio: however, you cannot spend Talent on an Attack Skill that is 2+ higher than another Attack Skill, and your Glowsticking level is the maximum level you may raise Attack Skills to with Talent. You can also spend Talent to learn EX Attacks or Abilities from your allies, which you can then equip.

Winning 8 fights in an area gives you appetite depending on the lowest area you fought in. After you have received the bonus, fighting in a lower turf does not "take away" the difference in appetite.

Areas

Area	Turfs Needed	Ally Needed	Base HP	Levels	EX Attacks	MikuMiku	Base Talent	Lowest area bonus
Playground	0	Mr. Smith	5	1-2	-	-	20	None
Ice Cream Line at the Buffet	1	Bruce Sr.	10	3-4	Dark Strike, Wave of Discord, Shadow Focus	Gamma	60	+10 Appetite
Comic Book Store	1	Bruce Sr.	10	4-5	Dark Strike, Wave of Discord, Shadow Focus	Gamma	80	+10 Appetite
Parking Lot	3	Nadeshiko	20	5-7	Wave of Discord, Shadow Focus	Phi	150	+30 Appetite
Rooftop	3	Nadeshiko	20	6-8	Wave of Discord, Shadow Focus	Phi	200	+30 Appetite
Rickety Bridge	3	Nadeshiko	20	7-9	Wave of Discord, Shadow Focus	Phi	250	+30 Appetite
Dramatic Cliff	6	Nadeshiko Lvl. 2	30	8-9	Dark Whirlwind, Shadow Focus	Tau, Tango	400	+40 Appetite
Traintop	6	Nadeshiko Lvl. 2	30	9-10	Dark Whirlwind, Shadow Focus	Tau, Tango	450	+40 Appetite
Spire Summit	8	Lil Ro Lvl. 2	40	10-12	Wave of Discord, Dark Wave	Delta, Tango	600	+60 Appetite
Clock Tower	8	Lil Ro Lvl. 2	50	11-13	Wave of Discord, Dark Wave	Delta, Tango	700	+60 Appetite
The Portal of Awesome	10	?	111	11-14	Dark Whirlwind, Dark Absorption, Wave of Discord, Dark Wave	Alpha, Beta, Tango	1000	+80 Appetite

Bosses

Area	Name	HP	Levels	Abilities/Items	EX Attacks	Reward
Playground	Bully	8	4/3/4/4/4	Poi Cables	None	Poi Cables, Mr. Smith lvl. 2
Ice Cream Line at the Buffet	Ice Cream Headache	15	6/6/6/4/6	MikuMiku Gamma, Charge	Dark Strike, Wave of Discord	Charge, Bruce Sr. lvl. 2
Comic Book Store	Shoplifter	15	7/7/7/7/5	MikuMiku Gamma, Royal Wave	Dark Strike, Shadow Focus	Royal Wave, Bruce Sr. lvl. 2
Parking Lot	QuietMiku	26	9/9/9/9/9	MikuMiku Phi, Hunter Chain	Dark Strike, Wave of Discord, Shadow Focus	Hunter Chain, Nadeshiko lvl. 2
Rooftops	SimpleMiku	26	8/10/10/10/10	MikuMiku Phi , Taunt	Wave of Discord, Shadow Focus	Taunt, Nadeshiko lvl. 2
Rickety Bridge	BasicMiku	26	11/11/9/11/11	MikuMiku Phi, Wavedash	Wave of Discord	Wavedash, Nadeshiko lvl. 2
Dramatic Cliffs	FightingMiku	38	11/11/11/11/9	MikuMiku Tau, MikuMiku Tango, Decisive Strike	Dark Whirlwind, Shadow Focus	Decisive Strike, Bucketface
Traintop	PowerMiku	38	12/12/12/10/12	MikuMiku Tau, MikuMiku Tango, Dragon Punch	Dark Whirlwind, Wave of Discord, Shadow Focus	Dragon Punch, Bucketface
Spire Summit	RedMiku	49	14/12/14/14/14	MikuMiku Delta, MikuMiku Tango, Follow Through	Wave of Discord, Dark Wave	Follow Through, Lil' Ro. Lvl 3
Clock Tower	BossMiku	59	15/13/15/15/15	MikuMiku Delta, MikuMiku Tango, Flash Counter	Wave of Discord, Dark Wave	Flash Counter, Lil' Ro. Lvl 3
The Portal of Awesome	The Eleven	122	16/16/16/16/16	MikuMiku Tango, MikuMiku Beta, MikuMiku Alpha, Glowpocalypse	Dark Whirlwind, Wave of Discord, Dark Absorption	Glowpocalypse
Billy Idol boss 1	MemoryMiku	20	5/5/5/5/5	MikuMiku Phi	Dark Strike, Wave of Discord	Glissando
Billy Idol boss 2	HarmonyMiku	20	9/9/9/9/9	MikuMiku Phi	Dark Strike, Shadow Focus, Dark Whirlwind?	Semiquaver
Billy Idol boss 3	MelodyMiku	20	11/11/11/11/11	MikuMiku Phi	Dark Strike, Dark Whirlwind	Key Signature
Billy Idol boss 55	FutureMiku	11	11/11/11/11/11	Unified Field Theory, MikuMiku Tau, Glowpocalypse, MikuMiku Omega	Infinite Silence	Long Dream theme, The Long Dream trophy

Skills & Attacks

EX Attacks

Name	Description	Cost	Obtained
Noisy Cricket	+3 to Attack Total	1EX	Taught by Mr. Smith Lvl. 2 for 200 Talent
Flashy Thing	Set all move uses to zero	3EX	Taught by Mr. Smith Lvl. 2 for 500 Talent
Fang of Emptiness	+200 EX Gauge, -2 HP6	1EX	Taught by Bruce Sr. Lvl. 2 for 500 Talent
Judgement Javelin	Damage taken is done to opponent as well	3EX	Taught by Bruce Sr. Lvl. 2 for 1000 Talent
Mystic Eyes	If Crushed, +4 Levels	1EX	Taught by Nadeshiko Lvl. 2 for 5000 Talent
Look at my Horse	See opponent's next move (100% accuracy)	3EX	Taught by Nadeshiko Lvl. 2 for 2000 Talent
Mrrrphlmrph	-2 to Damage taken this round	1EX	Taught by Bucketface for 5000 Talent
HMMNHPRMMMMM	+2 levels	2EX	Taught by Bucketface for 8000 Talent
Koi-Koi Rekka	+2 Damage on successful hit	1EX	Taught by Lil' Ro Lvl. 3 for 5000 Talent
Kin Goku Satsu	+10 Damage / +10 Levels on successful Crush, -50% Talent	3EX	Taught by Lil' Ro Lvl. 3 for 11000 Talent
The Sound of Silence	Listen to how close you are to a Gambit	3EX	Obtained from Billy Idol boss 4
Dark Strike	+5 to Total	1EX	Unobtainable
Wave of Discord	Both Spins set to Zero	2EX	Unobtainable
Shadow Focus	Set User's Risk to Zero	3EX	Unobtainable
Dark Whirlwind	+3 Spin7	1EX	Unobtainable
Dark Wave	Permanent +2 Levels	3EX	Unobtainable
Dark Absorption	1 Damage8	1EX	Unobtainable
Infinite Silence	11 Damage	3EX	Unobtainable

Attack Skills

Skills	Description	Crushes	Defeats
Alpha Cancel	+1 Risk, +1 Damage if you hit	Wake-Up Reversal	Guard Crush
Frame Advantage	+1 Spin	Alpha Cancel	Tech Punish
Guard Crush	Opponent loses 1 Spin	Frame Advantage	Wake-Up Reversal
Tech Punish	Opponent gains 1 Risk	Guard Crush	Alpha Cancel
Wake-Up Reversal	-1 Spin, -2 Risk	Tech Punish	Frame Advantage

Talent Skills

Skills	Description
Glowsticking	Determines the max level you can raise your attack skills to with Talent
Flipping Out	+2 HP per level of Flipping Out
Dance	+10% Talent Gain per level of Dance

Bonuses

Glowslinging

Name	Bonus	Source
Bonus Duels
Trek for Extra Fights	+1 Duel per Trek	Glowslinging Main Menu9
Train	+2, +3 or +4 Duels	BillyCon Rave, only available once you have Fateful Encounter
Control Rod	+1 Duels	Permanent Item
Dramatic Battler	1: +1 Duels 2: +2 Duels 3: +3 Duels, +20% Talent	Awesome ability
Big Ro 2	+1 Duels	Big Ro Lvl 2 in team overnight
Firefly Cage	+2 Duels	FarmVale alternate A-Rank prize
Glowslinger	+1 Duels	BillyCon Effect
Booster	+5 Duels
Permanent Effects
Power of Sound	+1 level on attacks	Theme
Mr. Smith Lvl. 2	+1 level on attacks	Ally in team
Bruce Sr. Lvl. 2	+100 EX Gauge at start	Ally in team
Nadeshiko Lvl. 2	+10 Glowslinging HP	Ally in team
Bucketface	+2 Opponent Glowslinging Risk	Ally in team
Lil' Ro. Lvl 3	+3 Spin	Ally in team
Dance	+10% Talent for every Dance level	BillyCon Skill
Per Fight Bonuses
Perfect Victory	+50% Talent	Didn't lose HP from a normal attack
Nail Biter	+10% Talent	Won the fight with 2 or less HP
Stomping Grounds	+25% Talent	Won in a "Defeated" Turf

Other

Bonuses listed here are obtained from winning duels in a certain range. They are cumulative, and do not loop or carry over dayroll.

Name	Bonus	Source
N/A	+11% Mission AP per win	1-3 duels won
N/A	+11% Worldkaiju Damage per win	4-6 duels won
N/A	+11% Event Find Chance per win	7-9 duels won
N/A	+11% Ally Drop Chance per win	10-12 duels won
N/A	+11% Storm MPH per win	13+ duels won
Lowest Area Bonus	+X10 Appetite	8 duels won

Abilities & Items

You can equip up to three Items/Abilities at any one time.

Abilities

Name	Description	Cost	Obtained
Hit Confirm	20% Chance to steal a non-MikuMiku move in a non-boss fight(stacks)	100 Talent	Taught by Mr. Smith
Discerning Eye	+11% Talent	200 Talent	Taught by Mr. Smith
Limited Blade Works	Cumulative +1 to Total, max +1111 (does not count towards total slots)	11000 Talent	Taught by Mr. Smith Lvl 212
Eye of the Mind	Start with +100 EX Gauge (does not count towards total slots)	11000 Talent	Taught by Bruce Sr. Lvl 213
My Horse Is Amazing	+20% Talent for this match (does not count towards total slots)	11000 Talent	Taught by Nadeshiko Lvl 214
Nine Lives	+11 HP (does not count towards total slots)	11000 Talent	Taught by Bucketface
Avalon	-1 Damage Taken (does not count towards total slots)	11000 Talent	Taught by Lil' Ro. Lvl 3
Excalibur	+1d6 Damage (does not count towards total slots)	11000 Talent	Taught by Lil' Ro. Lvl 3
Playground
Aerial Rave	+10 EX Gauge per move	-	Stolen from Trash Can
C-C-C-Combo Breaker	+1 Level if took damage last turn	-	Stolen from Trash Can
Overhead Smash	Alpha Cancel does +1 Damage	-	Stolen from Trash Can
Ice Cream Line at the Buffet
Practiced	1 Use does not activate Risk	-	Stolen from Selfish Lady
Roundhouse	+2 Levels on Crush	-	Stolen from Selfish Lady
Comic Book Store
Priority	+1 Level on Mirror Move	-	Stolen from Tokyo Joe
Autoguard	+5 HP	-	Stolen from Tokyo Joe
Parking Lot
Leg Warmers	20% chance to not be affected by risk	-	Stolen from Slow Cart Lady
Final Stage	Starting HP is set to 1	-	Stolen from Slow Cart Lady
Rooftop
Pursuit Attack	10% Chance to steal a non-MikuMiku move in a non-boss fight (stacks)	-	Stolen from Roof Zebra
Rickety Bridge
Poke	Double chance to fight an enemy with a stealable move in a non-boss fight	-	Stolen from African Swallow or Bridgekeeper
Dramatic Cliff
Cross Up	+1 Damage if you did Damage last turn	-	Stolen from Shadow (magical)
Traintop
Weighted Weapons	Frame Advantage gets +1 Spin	-	Stolen from Train Robber
Fierce	+1 Level on Beat	-	Stolen from Train Robber
Spire Summit
Rushdown	20% Chance to steal a non-MikuMiku move in a non-boss fight (stacks)	-	Stolen from KickingMiku
Clock Tower
Whirling Blow	+1 Range to your least-used attack	-	Stolen from BerserkMiku
The Portal of Awesome
Unified Field Theory	EX gauge cannot be affected by opponent	-	Stolen from various PoA enemies
MikuMiku
MikuMiku Gamma	+1 to Total	-	Unobtainable
MikuMiku Phi	+5 to Total	-	Unobtainable
MikuMiku Tau	+5 to Total, +1 Damage	-	Unobtainable
MikuMiku Tango	+1d3 Damage, +20 EX per move	-	Unobtainable
MikuMiku Delta	+5 to Total, +1 Damage, not affected by Risk	-	Unobtainable
MikuMiku Beta	+8 to Total, +1 Damage, not affected by Risk	-	Unobtainable
MikuMiku Alpha	+11 to Total, +11 EX per Damage received	-	Unobtainable
MikuMiku Omega15	Heals to 11 HP at the beginning of each round, +1 Levels per round, Not affected by Risk or random damage	-	Unobtainable

Items

Name	Description	Cost	Obtained
Poi Cables	Wake-Up Reversal removes 1 more Risk (if you have it)	-	Acquired upon defeating the Playground boss
Charge	-5 starting HP, +1 Damage	-	Acquired upon defeating the Ice Cream Line at the Buffet boss
Royal Wave	11% chance to not have this fight count if won	-	Acquired upon defeating the Comic Book Store boss
Hunter Chain	+1 Range to your most-used attack	-	Acquired upon defeating the Parking Lot boss
Taunt	Start with +50 EX Gauge	-	Acquired upon defeating the Rooftop boss
Wavedash	+1 Damage if opponent uses the same Attack as you	-	Acquired upon defeating the Rickety Bridge boss
Decisive Strike	If Alpha Cancel Crushes, set Risk to Zero	-	Acquired upon defeating the Dramatic Cliff boss
DragonPunch	+1d3 Damage	-	Acquired upon defeating the Traintop boss
Follow Through	+2 to any move you've done 2+ times before	-	Acquired upon defeating the Spire Summit Boss
Flash Counter	+1 Damage to Wake-Up Reversal	-	Acquired upon defeating the Clock Tower Boss
Glowpocalypse	Opponent cannot gain EX	-	Acquired upon defeating the Portal of Awesome Boss

After Looping

You will need to reacquire allies of the at least the specified level in order to access their areas. Once you have won¹⁶ The Portal of Awesome you will always have access to it. Instead of winning a boss battle to level/acquire your allies, you merely have to win a fight in the appropriate area.
Nadeshiko (and likely Lil' Ro) do not have to be in your team in order to level by winning.

Footnotes

1. Requires Prime Target from VGT and Rising Star from the Rave.

2. Crescendo does not need to start on Wake-up Reversal. If it starts on another attack, it is earned by looping back around once you reach Alpha Cancel.

3. Denouement does not need to start on Alpha Cancel. If it starts on another attack, it is earned by looping back around once you reach Wake-up Reversal.

4. The order varies from player to player. The only known way to determine the correct sequence is by using "The Sound of Silence" EX Attack or trial and error.

5. The 4th Idol encounter has no boss fight, you simply learn The Sound of Silence

6. Does not count as losing HP for the purposes of Perfect Victory

7. Only used when you have more spin than your opponent

8. Does not count as losing HP for the purposes of Perfect Victory

9. Costs 1000 stamina, +1000 for each additional trek that day.

10. Based on the "lowest area" the player has fought in that day. See the "Areas" table for specific amounts.

11. Gives (+1) to your roll in the first round, (+2) in the second, and so on. Stacks with other (+) skills but cannot give more than 11 itself. Bought only once but counter resets between fights.

12. Only available after winning 5 turfs

13. Only available after winning 5 turfs

14. Only available after winning 5 turfs

15. Only on the final Idol (puzzle) boss

16. or perhaps just accessed?