This is a walkthrough and guide for A Shifting Tide in Unicorn Overlord. See a walkthrough guide for A Shifting Tide, its location and rewards, the stage's objectives, recommended units and formations, item locations, and battle strategies!

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A Shifting Tide Location and Rewards

Location

Map Location	Overworld Location
Region: Elheim Location: In front of Yaniss Town

Rewards

Rewards
・Greatwood Spear x1 ・Hot Cross Buns x1 ・Black Talon Thieves x1

A Shifting Tide Recruitable Characters

Recruitable Characters
Mandrin	Gammel	Celeste

A Shifting Tide marks the first stage where Celeste, Mandrin, and Gammel will join you upon successful victory. Note that Mandrin and Gammel will only join if you chose not to execute them on The Winged Knight and A Solitary Resistance respectively.

List of All Recruitable Characters

A Shifting Tide Recommended Units

Recommended Unit Leaders
Josef	Auch	Liza	Scarlett

Before doing this quest, make sure that you have expanded your units to at least 4 and 4 of your party's unit slots from 3 to 4. Additionally, if your Renown is at rank B, you can begin promoting any party member you want to. You can expand your units, hire Mercenaries, and promote your allies by spending Honor in Forts you own.

In A Shifting Tide, using 4 units will suffice since you will also be joined by Celeste's unit in this stage. We recommend the Unit Leaders listed above. Click on the leader's name to see our recommended Unit Formation for that leader in this stage.

Josef's Unit

Josef's Unit
Magellan (Sellsword)	Berenice (Sellsword)	Jeremy (Sellsword)
-	Josef (Paladin)	-

Josef's Unit will be your go-to unit for all enemy units, except thieves.

Josef's unit is built to have the highest damage among all. The Sellswords will make sure that multiple attacks will land with their Following Slash and Killing Chain, while Josef does the same with his Pursuit ability, all the while being able to Heal party members. Assign Josef as the leader for his mobility, which is useful when collecting treasures.

Auch's Unit

Auch's Unit
Auch (Wizard)	Mordon (Warrior)	Yahna (Witch)
-	Virginia (Crusader)	-

Auch's unit is the Anti-Hoplite unit. With Magick users at the back, Hoplites are sure to die in the hands of Yahna and Auch, pair that with Mordon's DEF ignoring attacks and you have the best team against shielded enemies.

Virginia will be in charge of guarding since she has high DEF and can counterattack enemies with her Maiden's Hammer. Have Auch be the leader of this unit so his Magickal Assist leader effect will be useful.

Recruiting Auch

Auch is a recruitable character and will join the Liberation after successfully finishing the The Self-Effacing Sorcerer side quest should you choose to spare him.

Recruiting Auch before starting this quest is recommended as he will be effective in this battle.

The Self-Effacing Sorcerer Walkthrough

Liza's Unit

Liza's Unit
Liza (Arbalist)	Hilda (Wyvern Knight)	Rolf (Hunter)
-	Alain (Lord)	-

Liza's Unit is best suited to target Thief enemies. Both Liza and Rolf can carry truestrikes and Hilda does massive damage to any enemy with her Diving Thrust especially Cavalries.

Alain will have no problem guarding them in the front as he has extremely high DEF and his Noble Guard is always a lifesaver. Have Liza lead this team for her Ranged Assist leader effect.

Recruiting Liza

Liza is a recruitable character and will join the Liberation after successfully finishing the Black Knight of the Dunes main quest

Having Liza in this unit is highly encouraged as not only does she deal damage to flying units and offer Ranged Assist, but she can also heal allies using her Medical Aid. Additionally, her Valor Skill, Smoke Bolt will prove useful in this stage.

How to Recruit Liza

Scarlett's Unit

Scarlett's Unit
Aramis (Swordfighter)	Scarlett (Priestess)	Melisandre (Swordfighter)
-	Bruno (Gladiator)	-

Scarlett's team is a balanced unit that's very effective against any combination of enemies, specifically with Cesar's Unit.

This team allows for maximum damage, both magickal and physickal, and maximum healing, with Scarlett's Curing Call and Bruno's Bulk Up. This unit can defeat almost any enemy in this stage without much difficulty. Have Scarlett lead this team so her Healing Assist leader effect can be of use.

A Shifting Tide Walkthrough

#	Step by Step Guide
1	Deploy and Move You will automatically be joined by Celeste's Unit in the beginning. Deploy all four units and proceed forward, except for Josef's unit, which will be getting the treasure near the bridge to the left. Pick up the treasure and acquire a Hallowed Corne Ash. There will be incoming enemy units on the way, feel free to switch your battle parties depending on the enemy unit you will face. Beware of the Magick Mine nearby as it will explode once a unit touches it. Also, thieves will be coming your way and Plunder gold from you. What you can do is use a Hallowed Corne Ash to increase your Valor Points and then use Yahna's Gravity Valor Skill so the thieves wouldn't be able to run away, or if you have Gammel in Celeste's team, use his Plunder II to get back your lost gold.
2	Utilize Your Valor Skills After clearing out the path of enemies, have at least one unit garrison in Fort Joperse to collect a lot of Valor Points. then you can move forward. On the way to Penilakssun Garrison, there will be Barricades and two Watchtowers with enemies on them. Now is a good time to consume your Valor Points and use Liza's Smoke Bolt to disarm enemy assists from the Watchtowers and use Mordon's Heavy Swing Valor Skill to destroy the barricades, plus damage the enemy unit in front of it. After doing everything, clear out the Watchtowers to prevent future Ranged Assists from the enemy. Once the Watchtowers are cleared out, have Liza's Unit garrison in one of them.
3	Use the Encampment On the way to the second Fort, there is a treasure near the Watchtower, get it to collect a Beckoning Bell. Now, you may proceed to garrison into Penilakssun Garrison to collect Valor Points, take Liza's unit off the Watchtower after defeating the enemy unit here, and have her follow the core team. By this time, your ally units may or may not have enough stamina points to continue. You must use the Campfire nearby to restore both HP and Stamina before going to the enemy command post. If your allied unit that has no stamina is far from the Campsite, use Smoked Nuts and have them go there. Wait until everybody has gathered near the radius before using it.
4	Defeat Cesar After regaining Health and Stamina, proceed to move forward and head to Cesar's command post. Also, while on the way, have Josef's unit pick up the treasure near the lake to collect a Magick Mine. It is advised that before you fight with Cesar, you should debilitate the Hunter enemy unit garrisoned in the Watchtower nearby first, using Liza's Smoke Bolt to disable their Ranged Assist. Go ahead and do so, then have Scarlett's team battle Cesar, ignoring the remaining enemy unit in the tower. Use Auch's Magickal Assist and Liza's Ranged Assist as you see fit. After defeating Cesar, you will receive a Golden Egg.

A Shifting Tide Stage Info

A Shifting Tide Stage Map
Enemy Level	17
Victory Condition	・Defeat Cesar
Defeat Condition	・The Liberation's command post is captured ・The time limit expires

Unicorn Overlord Related Guides

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All Main Quest Stages

All Main Quests

Main Story Stages
Prologue	The Unicorn Ring
Call to Action	The Ravaged Swamp
The Priestess, Abducted	The Winding Wood
The General in Black	Heir to the Dragonlands
O'er Wood and Water	Tempest of White

All Side Quest Stages

All Side Quests

Side Story Stages
A Solitary Resistance	As the Tricorns Ride
The Winged Knight	The Self-Effacing Sorcerer
Province of Famine	The Mercenary's Trial
Uprooting the Rock Rats	The Blade of House Meillet
The Unyielding Shield	The Tormented Helm
Beyond the Swirling Sands	Black Knight of the Dunes
The Champion of Order	The Resistance Lives On
A Shifting Tide	The Elven Knight
Bowman of the Setting Sun	A Half Elf's Resolve

All Overworld Quests

All Overworld Quests

Overworld Quests
An Angel's Request	Palevia's Escaped Chickens
Carved of Cornia Stone	Cemeteries of Cornia
Carved of Drakenhold Stone	Cemeteries of Drakenhold
Drakenhold's Escaped Chickens	-

All Liberation Quests

All Liberation Quests

Liberation Quests
The Battle for Barbatimo	The Battle for Paradis
The Battle for Lisiere	The Battle for Lonteria
The Battle for Fontille	The Battle for Mier
The Battle for Adopti	The Battle for Voryatan
The Battle for Solvaquad	The Battle for Plum Paferme
The Battle for Sorm	The Battle for Soiree Calme
The Battle for Portolle	-