Returning Players Guide (2025)
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Gundam UCE now has a bevy of new units, features, and a new meta for both old and new players. Read our guide to find out what's in store for returning players, as well as what they should watch out for in the latest version of the game.
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Returning Players Guide
Gundam UCE Has New Units, New Features, and a New Meta
With the release of Gundam UCE's huge updates throughout 2025, it's the perfect time to return to the battlefield. If you've been gone from the game for more than a few months, you'll be in for a surprise as the game now has much stronger mobile suits, a new system, a new game mode, lots of rewards, and an entirely different meta from what you may have seen when you last played.
One of the first things you'll notice is that there are now multiple new SS-tier units dominating the meta. Right now, the best unit in the game by far is The-O (Purple), commonly referred to as Purple-O. If you thought the Green one was overpowered, wait til you check out the Purple-O's skills.
When it seemed like a quality must-pull unit was few and far between, extremely powerful and impactful mobile suits seem to be releasing left and right these days, and your team that used to carry you into Elite Arena's top 100 is probably not enough anymore.
The game has also introduced Sub Mobile Suits, which refer to 2 of your units that accompany a mobile suit on your team, granting them a percentage of their stats as well as a set of unique skills.
If you've been gone since before February of 2025, the way the game calculates critical hits has changed (the much-anticipated "Crit Rework"), being much more effective and valuable than before.
This makes it a perfect time for many new and old alike to enter and get their hands on new units that take advantage of these shifting dynamics. Or, if you happen to have older mobile suits like the Gundam Ez8, then you will find that your investment did not go to waste.
What's New in Gundam UCE?
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Sub Mobile Suit System
This new system allows two mobile suits to accompany one of the units in your party to battle. While they won't directly participate in the battle, they assist their main MS by granting it a percentage of their stats, as well as a set of skills called "Sub Skills" unique to that Sub MS.
These Sub MSs can only be equipped alongside mobile suits of the same type. The potency of the buffs scales directly with the Sub MSs' Potential Level, with Potential Lv. 0 units not even granting any Sub Skills.
New Mobile Suit Meta
When you last played Gundam UCE, good chances are that the meta of the game back then was dominated by the Yellow Sazabi and the Zeong. If you've been gone for longer, it probably involved using a setup with The-O, along with AoE heavy-hitters such as the Gundam GP02A and the Hamma-Hamma. Maybe you left when the Zeta Gundam still dominated most Arena battles.
The-O (Purple) Meta
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 Armored
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 Purple
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The meta right now is dominated by The-O (Purple). It is a guard and Perfect Guard-oriented mobile suit with a 999% resistance buff for the first 15 seconds of combat, while also having the ability to heal on guarding.
Guarding also charges its EX gauge, so it can spam its Lethal EX skill that rains down giant laser beams on the battlefield and hits enemies with big AoE damage.
The-O (Purple) Best Builds and Teams
Statuses and Gimmicks Are Dominant
The Gundam UCE has shifted to players using a certain team that revolves around powerful statuses such as Absolute Evade, Perfect Guard, Bullseye, and Assault Status, which plenty of the recently-released units have in their kit.
Examples of these units include the Full Power F91 (MEPE), V2A Gundam, and the Purple-O we just talked about.
Plenty of units, such as the Alex (Chobham Armor), also do well in the meta thanks to unique gimmicks such as the ability to reflect EX damage back at the attacker, or the ability to resurrect fallen allies.
MS Power Creep
DPS units have also grown much stronger than the likes of the Yellow Sazabi and the Zeong, the two powerhouses of not too long ago, with much more impactful and relatively overpowered skillsets if you compare them to the mobile suits released last year.
For example, the Yellow Sazabi's combination of Bullseye for the first 18 seconds, damage buffs, and lifesteal made it so dominant for so long. The Generic Sinanju does all of that at a higher level, while also benefiting from built-in crit buffs, critical ATK buffs, and a much more constant access to Bullseye.
We don't have a lot of mobile suits from long ago that remain relevant today, other than a select few units.
These include the Gyan, which is still extremely valuable for drawing enemy aggro towards Armored units, especially with the arrival of the next generation of Armored juggernauts, and Char's Z'Gok, since its huge damage buffs against Gundam-Type units work very well against specific units.
DPS units from before have fallen off rather hard, given how powerful these new units are, especially those without a damage cap increase, while the older tanks' defenses can not last long at all against these new and overloaded DPS machines.
Crit Rework
Before Gundam UCE's 2/5/25 Update, whenever your mobile suit made a critical hit, the damage it caused did not go over its damage cap (a limit on how much damage a mobile suit can deal to an enemy with a single attack). This made critical hits weak for veteran players because their mobile suits' regular attacks would often max out, or come very close to the damage cap, effectively limiting crit damage.
Now, the extra damage dealt with critical hits is treated as a separate instance of damage. This allows mobile suit attacks "go over" the cap and deal more damage. As a result, many mobile suits that relied on critical hits to do damage or boosted the chances of their allies to deal critical hits became more powerful and valuable, such as the Gundam Ez8.
New Game Modes
Crossover Events
Crossover story events are limited game modes that feature original non-canon stories and cutscenes. The stories here explore hypothetical "what if?" scenarios with different characters from different points in the Universal Century timeline.
If you ever wondered how your favorite Gundam series protagonists would interact with each other and approach battle together, this new event should be a treat for you.
Rewards for these include Diamonds, Gacha Tickets, Custom Tickets, and lower-rarity units.
Crossover UCE Angel Halo I Event (Part 1)
Blitz Mission
Blitz Mission is Gundam U.C. Engage's newest event mode, where you will have to finish a series of missions in the shortest amount of time possible. The less time you spend finishing these missions, the more rewards you will get.
Rewards for this event include Haro Coins and Custom Tickets of all rarities.
Encirclement Breakthrough Battles
Encirclement Breakthrough Battles (EBB) is an event where you are supposed to hold out against enemies of a certain mobile suit color for a fixed amount of time.
What separates EBB from other events is how it grants players fragments of both mobile suits and pilots, occasionally featuring Fragment Quest units that will greatly contribute to your Haro Farm.
Encirclement Breakthrough Battles Event
Amuro and Char Mode, New Stories
New Story Quests are also waiting for you, helping you earn those valuable Diamonds to build your team back up to strength.
A relatively new Amuro and Char mode is also available, which, as its name suggests, explores the entire story of this legendary rivalry that started it all.
What's in Store for Returning Players?
Get Up to 21,000 Diamonds from the Comeback Login Bonus!
Players who have not played the game for more than three months are entitled to the Comeback Login Bonus. If you log in to Gundam UCE for 28 days straight, you stand to win huge amounts of Diamonds, UR Custom Tickets, Unit Enhancement Points, Recycle Points, Rainbow Haro Coins, and more!
| Top Comeback Login Rewards | ||
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 Diamonds
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21,000 | |
 UR Custom Ticket
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4,500 | |
 Rainbow Haro Coin
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6,750 | |
 Unit Enhancement Pt
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15,000 | |
 Recycle Pt.
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60,000 | |
The Diamonds and Haro Coins alone can help you get caught up with the latest mobile suits and Transcend them into more powerful versions of themselves. So if you're returning to the Gundam UCE grind, make sure not to miss a day of the Comeback Login bonus.
What Should Returning Players Do?
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Set Up New Haro Coin Farms
There are somewhat new free UR mobile suits that you can farm and turn into Haro Coin farms, giving you a steady supply of Rainbow Haro Coins to transcend your most powerful units. Some units to watch out for are the Qubeley Mass Production Type variants (Lyn, Rey, and Non). The Fragment Quests for these can be found in the Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. Engage section of the game mode.
Play Amuro & Char Mode for Free Diamonds
Recently, Gundam UC Engage came out with Amuro and Char mode, which can be considered a new story mode all on its own with cutscenes, an interconnected plot, and setpiece battles. What's also good is that, with each mission you clear, you can get 60 Diamonds through achievements. So play Amuro and Char Mode and relive the most intense rivalry that defined the Universal Century.
Amuro and Char Mode Announcement Reveal
Participate in the Arena
With many units becoming stronger than ever before, lots of rewards, and new mobile suits, you could consider climbing the ranks of the Arena. Not only do you get to test your mettle against mobile suit teams by other players, but the Arena can also be a rather lucrative way to earn Diamonds.
Consider Getting a Haro Pass or Haro Pass Pro Subscription
If you found your battles running too slow during your last playthrough, or you want an easier time farming modules and resources this time around, you may want to consider getting a Haro Pass or Haro Pass PRO subscription.
The Haro Pass PRO subscription, in particular, allows players to use skip tickets during Combat Power Augmentation Operations and Coop Quest I, play Coop Quests II and III without needing to farm for manuals, and get more Grand Coins among other perks.
Haro Pass PRO Perks and Benefits
Mobile Suit Gundam UC Engage Related Guides
All Tips and Tricks Guides
Arena Beginner's Guide (PvP)
Arena Guide
How to Get Started With the Arena?
Beginner's Guide: Tips and Tricks
Beginner Mistakes to Avoid
Daily Tasks Checklist
Intermediate Guide
How To Pair Pilots and Mobile Suits
Team Building GuideComment
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