The fastest gem farm in Anime Squadron is to auto-replay the easiest GT City story chapter on Normal with auto-replay and auto-vote-start on and your best unit in slot one, which earns about 5 gems every ~18–20 seconds.
Anime Squadron released very recently, so its gem rates, unit tiers, and quest requirements are all still settling and will likely shift with balance patches. Even so, the gem grind already has a clear winner: a story loop that runs itself once it’s set up. From there, this guide covers where your gold should go first, which units are worth chasing by role, the quest that hands you the best DPS unit, and how to keep gems flowing for free.
That farming loop earns roughly 900 gems per hour — but read that number with one caveat. It assumes you’re running elevated (3x) game speed. At default speed each match takes longer, so your real hourly rate will be noticeably lower.
How to set up the GT City gem farm in Anime Squadron
Open Story Mode on GT City
Head into Story Mode and select the GT City map to start the farm.
Pick Chapter 1 on Normal
Any chapter works since you earn 5 gems regardless, but Chapter 1 on Normal is the easiest and fastest — you don’t need Hard.
Turn on auto-replay and auto-vote-start
In settings, enable auto-replay and auto-vote-start so the stage restarts itself with no input from you.
Put your best unit in slot 1
Open your team and place your strongest unit on number 1 so it’s the first one upgraded automatically each match.
Run 3x game speed if you own it
The 3x game speed pass cuts each clear’s time dramatically — this is what makes the ~900/hour rate possible.
Let the loop run
Each stage takes about 18–20 seconds at 5 gems a match, which works out to roughly 900 gems per hour at elevated speed.
Before walking away, double-check that auto-replay and auto-vote-start are both on — without them the stage won’t restart and the farm quietly stops paying out.
Video help
Where to spend gold first
Alongside gems you’ll collect gold, which goes toward your perks. There are three: Maximum Yen, Yen Generation, and Health. The right move early is to ignore Health entirely and pour everything into the other two.
The reasoning is simple. Some units in this game are expensive to place, and if your yen capacity is too low they simply won’t go down on the field — so Maximum Yen raises that ceiling. Yen Generation is the other half of the equation, since you want income high enough to actually fill that capacity during a match. A Health perk at level one does far less for you than either of those, so leave it there for now.
There’s also a merchant where you can spend gold, but hold off. Don’t buy anything from the store until both Maximum Yen and Yen Generation are fully upgraded — spending early just burns gold you’ll wish you’d saved.
Best units right now by role
The meta breaks down cleanly by role. For DPS, the top pick is Gogeta, pulled from the special quest covered below. After him comes Sung Jin Woo off the gem banner, then Madara from the legend stage and Shenron from the raid. Below those sit Naruto, Goku, Vegeta, and finally Kakashi.
For tanks, the best is Shield Hero, though it takes some grinding since it’s a level 50 battle pass reward; Whitebeard is the easy-to-get alternative. Speedwagon is the only dedicated money unit, so if you’re short on income in fights, slot him in. On support, Shanks is currently the best option.
| Unit | Role | How to get |
|---|---|---|
| Gogeta | DPS (best) | Primal Fusion special quest |
| Sung Jin Woo | DPS | Gem banner |
| Madara | DPS | Legend stage |
| Shenron | DPS | Raid (final-stage secret unit) |
| Naruto | DPS | TBD |
| Goku | DPS | TBD |
| Vegeta | DPS | TBD |
| Kakashi | DPS | TBD |
| Shield Hero | Tank (best) | Level 50 battle pass |
| Whitebeard | Tank | Easy to obtain |
| Speedwagon | Money | Only money unit |
| Shanks | Support (best) | Not stated |
A couple of names float around in slightly different spellings across early write-ups, but the ones above are the in-game spellings — treat any variant as the same unit, not a separate one. Some early reports also point to an Omega Gear Set as the strongest gear, with role-based traits to match (offensive traits on DPS, income traits on farm units, survivability traits on tanks). That’s still single-source and unconfirmed, so don’t burn premium rerolls chasing it until a unit’s role is settled.
Primal Fusion quest: awakenings and clears for Gogeta
The best unit in the game is actually one of the more reachable ones. Head to your quests, open the special tab, and start the Primal Fusion quest. As it currently stands, it asks you to awaken Goku and Vegeta, clear 500 infinite waves, finish 100 raid stages, and run GT City raid act 4 twenty times. Those exact counts come from the current quest and may well change with patches, so check the in-game text.
For the awakenings, you’ll pull materials from the first story map — stellar key quartz, limit break obsidian, gold, zeni, scouter key, resonant crystals, and senzu. None of that is especially hard to gather, so the quest is mostly a matter of putting in the clears.
For raid rewards, repeat Hidden Danger over and over until you’ve banked enough completions. With some luck you’ll pull the Omega chest, a very strong chest piece, and the other gear pieces drop across the other stages. The payoff at the end is the final stage, which can hand you a secret unit — Shenron.
Free codes through the official Discord
Codes are one of the best free-to-play sources for gems, trade charges, cubes, and gold. The cleanest way to get them is to join the game’s official Discord server, where they’re posted directly — no hunting around for working strings elsewhere. Codes for live-service games expire quickly, so being in the server is how you avoid missing them.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many gems per hour can you realistically farm?
Around 900 gems per hour at 5 gems per ~18–20-second match — but that figure assumes 3x game speed. At default speed each clear takes longer, so expect a meaningfully lower rate without the speed pass.
Which chapter or map is best for the farm, and does difficulty matter?
The easiest GT City story chapter on Normal is the primary pick — Chapter 1 because it’s fastest, and Normal because you earn the same 5 gems regardless of difficulty, so Hard just slows you down. Some early players instead point to Story 1-1 Hard, 30-minute challenges, the Raid Shop, or idling in the AFK chamber for passive income; those are reasonable alternatives, but none is clearly proven better than the GT City loop yet.
What’s the single best DPS unit right now, and how do you get it?
Gogeta is the top DPS unit, and you unlock it through the Primal Fusion special quest — awaken Goku and Vegeta, then complete the wave, raid, and GT City raid act 4 requirements.
Should you upgrade the Health perk at all?
Not early. Maximum Yen and Yen Generation do far more for you, since low yen means expensive units won’t even place. Leave Health at level one until those two are maxed.
Where do you get working codes?
From the game’s official Discord server, where codes for gems, trade charges, cubes, and gold are posted directly. Redeem them quickly, since live-service codes tend to expire fast.
