After several long years and multiple delays, Digimon Survive is finally here, and, for the most part, it was well worth the wait. The game features well over 100 Digimon for players to make friends with, allowing for endless combinations in battle. Initially, however, players will only have access to a handful of options, leading to many people wondering how to get more Digimon in Digimon Survive.
Thankfully, players won't need to wait too long to bulk up their teams, with new Digimon becoming available from the end of Part 1. The process is a lot more Undertale than it is Pokemon, though, so may well end up confusing one or two players. This guide should help in that regard and will cover everything that players could ever need to know about befriending new Digimon in Digimon Survive.
How to Befriend Digimon in Digimon Survive
In order to get more Digimon in Digimon Survive, players will need to take part in free battles. These are first introduced shortly after Aoi goes missing toward the end of Part 1, with more new "Free Bat." areas being added as players progress through the main story. Once in a free battle, players will need to start a conversation with the Digimon that they'd like to befriend by selecting the "Talk" option and then cycling over to the list of foes by using the shoulder buttons and clicking on their name.
After initiating a conversation, players will be faced with three questions or statements and will need to reply to each of them using one of four possible responses. Choosing the best response will fill up the bar above the Digimon they're talking to by two segments, with the other three answers leading to players either gaining one or losing one or two segments respectively. If players have three or more segments at the end of the conversation, they'll be able to invite the Digimon to become friends or ask it for an item.
Whether or not the Digimon accepts will depend on the percentage displayed on the screen. Sadly, this percentage is calculated based on the player's Karma heading into the battle, so weakening the opponent before initiating the conversation won't increase the player's chances of befriending it as it would in the Pokemon series. Of course, there's nothing stopping players from restarting the battle or reloading their save files until the Digimon accepts, though the game's long loading times can make this a somewhat laborious process.
Befriendable Digimon in Digimon Survive
Each befriendable Digimon in Digimon Survive requires a slightly different strategy, with players needing to consider the Digimon's morals and personality when selecting their responses. Though they'll only need to respond three times in any given conversation, each Digimon has seven possible questions or statements, so it can take a bit of time to figure out the best response to them all. There are also certain Digimon, like Numemon, who respond to actions rather than words, though the fundamental structure of the conversation remains unchanged.
Digimon Survive is available on PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.