FIELD NOTES / GETTING STARTED
Your first deployment.
A practical introduction to the hangar, boost movement, and choosing your first AI battle.
A new weapon is tempting, but your first few battles are also a chance to learn what your mech can do. Start with a simple goal: move comfortably, recognize your equipment, and finish a fight knowing what you would change next time.
1. Get to know Night in the hangar
Your loadout has three equipment choices: paired arm weapons, a left back unit activated with Q, and a right back unit activated with E. Check the equipment labels before deploying. Knowing which button calls your extra firepower matters more than filling every slot with something unfamiliar.
Keep a weapon you understand while trying one new back unit. That gives you a useful comparison between battles. The Night loadout guide explains the slots and different ways to combine them.
2. Spend a moment moving before committing
On a keyboard, move with WASD and aim with the mouse. Shift gives you dash and boost movement, while Space lets you jump and use jump jets. Mobile and tablet players have on-screen controls.
Watch how the boost meter changes when you accelerate or stay in the air. Try moving from one piece of cover to the next, then let the meter recover. You are learning how far you can travel while still keeping an escape available.
3. Make the first exchange simple
Choose a target you can see clearly. Fire your arm weapons, use a back unit deliberately, and notice how long you stay exposed. If several enemies can shoot you at once, retreat behind cover and look for a different angle.
Check your shield and hull rather than judging danger only by the effects on screen. A few seconds spent repositioning can give you a clearer shot than another straight charge.
4. Choose a mode that matches your goal
A 1v1 duel makes it easier to watch one opponent. A 2v2 battle adds an AI ally and more angles to consider. Battle Royale asks you to make longer decisions about survival, supplies, and the closing battlefield. All of these battles use AI pilots.
If you want repeated chances to practice recovering from a mistake, the respawning 2v2 variant keeps the match moving. If you want to practice staying alive, try elimination. See the mode comparison for each win condition.
5. Change one thing for the next match
After a battle, ask a specific question. Did you run out of boost before reaching cover? Was your weapon better suited to a closer fight? Did you forget to use Q or E? Change one habit or one equipment choice, then see what happens. A small experiment is easier to learn from than replacing your entire setup at once.
Put it into practice.
Take Night into a battle and try one new idea on your next deployment.