Ensemble Stars! Master Guide

Ensemble Stars is a card collecting game that requires simple strategy, but leans mainly towards interaction with the characters and stories.

A key feature of the game is that, unlike many idol-themed games, it is not a rhythm game. According to the creators, they wanted to make a game that did not involve "skill" per se, but rather was able to be played and enjoyed by anyone. As such, the main focus is the story of the game, hence the simplistic nature of the gameplay.

Learning to strategically use your resources and time, in order to maximize your cards' strengths and optimize your teams, is the key to success in Ensemble Stars. Of course, luck is a component of the game, as with most card collecting games of this nature.

This guide serves as a compiled resource to help you understand the main mechanics of the game. If you are completely new to Ensemble Stars, and have just downloaded the app, you might want to check out the Tutorial Guide first! Clicking that link will bring you to a step-by-step guide on how to complete the in-game tutorial. And, of course, if you are looking for more information on a specific mechanic, feel free to look at the Guides page!

The links with a # will lead you to a different heading in the page. Any other links will direct you to other pages on the wiki, or outside resources.

(For example, will lead you to the first header.)

Note: Some pictures have translations edited in for easier reading--they do not actually appear that way in-game.

If there's any information missing, feel free to leave suggestions in the comments!

Tutorial
See Tutorial Guide

Items
More information on items can be found here

Story
See Story and Yumenosaki Private Academy

Cards
See Characters & Category:Cards

Sorting Options
Rarity (レア度): Choose whether you want to view all rarities (すべて = all) or a specific one. Attribute (属性): Choose whether you want to view all attributes or just Dance, Vocal, or Performance cards. More specific options below. These can be sorted by descending (降順, on the left) or ascending (昇順, on the right) order.

Produce Lessons
Officially Lessons are called "Produce Lessons", but people often just shorten it to "Lessons".

Lessons are the main way to level up your cards and increase your rank. See the Lesson Category page for a detailed list of all available lessons.

Jewels
Also seen in Items

Mini Events
See Mini Events for a list and translation of all the Mini Events with the correct options.

Intimate Events (Touch Events)

 * See the Intimate Events page for a list and translation of all the Intimate Events with the correct options.
 * For a simple chart of all the correct points to touch see here.

Scouting
See Scouting for a page of the current ongoing scouts

Limited Scout=

Officially, it is called a Campaign Scout, but many tend to refer to it as the Event Scout, or simply just as the newest Gacha.

A new Campaign Scout opens 1 day before an Event starts, and ends at the same time the Revival Event period does (about 4 days after the main Event ends). The end date and time are displayed in red.
 * This Scout will have cards that follow a specific theme and story.
 * There will always be one new 5★ & 4★ card released with this scout, as well as two new 3★ cards. All of these cards come with story nodes that you can unlock on their Idol Roads.
 * Generally, only the 5★ & 4★ card will get new outfit nodes. It is very rare for the 3★ cards to get new outfits.
 * During the concurrent Event with the Campaign Gacha, these cards will have 2x their normal stats when used in Event Lives as well as award a slight amount of bonus points. See #Scouting Bonuses in the Event Guide for more details.
 * If you are participating in a Revival Event during this period, the Gacha bonus will be active there, as well.
 * In this specific Scout, the new cards will have a boosted chance of appearing.
 * If you happen to draw a 5★, the 5★ you will obtain will ALWAYS be from the current scout.
 * It is impossible to draw a previous 5★ Gacha card here.
 * Any 4★s you draw from here will have a 50% chance of being from the current Gacha 4★. The other 50% can be any of the Initial/Starter 4★s, or Story Scout 4★s.
 * Cards from the current Gacha will be added to the other Scout pools after 1 month. Until then, they are only available during the Campaign Scout period.
 * There is a 4★ guarantee for the first 10x draw for every new Limited scout introduced.
 * This does not guarantee you will pull the current Gacha 4★.
 * Past Limited Scouting cards CANNOT be drawn from this box.

See a list of past Limited Scouts here.

Story Intro Scout= Also referred to as the Story Scout or the Intro[duction] Scout. Story Intro Scouts usually occur from the 26th day of the month (or 17hrs after the 2nd event of the month ends) to the 3rd or 4th day of the next month (roughly 7-8 days each). The only notable exceptions being the Valkyrie and Switch scouts, and the Subaru Story Intro Scout.


 * Story Introduction Scouts usually occur every month or so and will always introduce a 4★ card of a specific character.
 * There will also be three new 3★ cards that will appear with the addition of this Scout. All of the cards released in the Gacha are unrelated, and each come with their own individual story chapter(s). As such, Story Intro Scouts do not have a cohesive theme or story.
 * Cards from this scout will not give any Gacha boosts during an Event.


 * New characters often will get a Story Introduction Scout some time after they are introduced to the game. These cards function as their Initial/Starter cards when choosing their Unit at the start of the game.


 * Unlike Limited Scouts, these cards are added right away to the main pool as soon as they are released.


 * In this Scout, the new cards will have a boosted chance of appearing.
 * Cards from past Story Scouts also have a chance of appearing; however, cards from past Limited Scouts do not.

See a list of past Story Introduction Scouts here.

Diamond Scout= Also referred to as Regular or Dia Scout/Box.


 * This is the normal scouting pool where all Gacha cards eventually end up. In this box, you can draw from a pool of 3★, 4★, & 5★ cards.
 * 4★ & 5★ cards only have a small chance (6.5% and 1.5%, respectively) of appearing.
 * For the first 10x Scout of every new month, your pull will contain at least one 4★ or above card, guaranteed. Cards from Limited Scouting are put in the Diamond Scout pool after a span of 2-3 events (~1 month).
 * When it is a, scouting in this box will guarantee you 5 cards of that character per pull.
 * Birthday Scouts do not only contain cards of the birthday character. Even if you have the 4★ guarantee, you can still pull any 4★ in the pool.
 * Any free Gacha campaigns, such as Free 10x Scouts or guaranteed 5★ Scouts, will be effective on this box only.

3★ Producer Point Scout=
 * In the 3★ Producer Point Scout, you can only draw 3★ and 4★ cards.
 * 4★ cards have a very small chance of being scouted.
 * It takes 10,000 Producer Points to Scout once, and allows the player to do a 10x Scout for 100,000 Producer Points.

Note: There is no difference in rarity rates whether you scout once or 10x in the Scout. There are also no rarity guarantees either. Therefore, there is no advantage to saving 100,000 Producer Points to do a 10x Scout.

Beginners are encouraged to Scout in this box to build up their teams.

Producer Point Scout= Often shortened to PP Scout.


 * In a Producer Point Scout, only 1★, 2★, 3★ (very small chance), and a extremely small chance (.02%) of 4★ cards may be drawn from the scout.
 * It takes 100 Producer Points to scout once, and allows the player to do a 10x Scout for 1000 Producer Points.

Revival Events
For now please see here or Revival Event Guide for an explanation of Revival Events.

Other Campaigns
Click the banner to see the pages ''See Special Campaign category page for a list of past campaigns. ''

Additional Resources
The Enstars Reddit has some great strategy guides on their site, see their master post of them here.

Some notable ones are:
 * Beginner's Event Guide
 * Event Survival Guide
 * Jewel Grinding Guide