The Practical Route
- Decide whether you need learning, carry-over progress, recovery, status growth, or a private-life route.
- Separate teammate development connections from non-player contacts.
- Check Friendship, Star Level, game appearances, and ability-specific requirements.
- Advance private life without sacrificing the role, condition, and development the career depends on.
Two Relationship Networks
Star Player tracks non-player contacts and teammate relationships separately. Non-player contacts include team staff, journalists, trainers, agents, nutritionists, doctors, and other specialists. Their Friendship Rank, Friendship Level, profession, and effect are shown together.
Teammates use the Player Relationships screen. On a free day, you can spend time with one player or contact to deepen that relationship.
How Friendship Grows
| Choice | Effect |
|---|---|
| Contact a non-player on a weekly free day | Raises the relationship and strengthens contact benefits |
| Spend time with a teammate | Raises that player’s Friendship Level |
| Choose an activity matching their interests | Awards a major friendship boost |
| Have a higher Star Level than the teammate | Produces a larger friendship increase |
| Have a lower Star Level | Produces a smaller friendship increase |
Joint Practice and Best Friend Events
Once a teammate becomes friendly, they may be invited to practice. Joint practice can develop the other player’s abilities, and the difference in Star Level affects how much they develop.
Raising Friendship Level beyond the required threshold can trigger a Best Friend event. That event lets you choose one eligible ability or pitch from the player and register it as a carry-over target.
Carry-Over Learning Flow
- Raise the teammate’s Friendship Level and trigger the Best Friend event.
- Choose an eligible special ability, trajectory, or pitch from the candidate list.
- Start the game with the selected carry-over equipped.
- Appear in games or complete the displayed objective, such as recording hits.
- Fill the required EXP gauge to add the ability or pitch to the player.
Carry-Over EXP Examples
| Example | EXP condition | Displayed requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Ninja | Game appearance: +30 | 300 EXP remaining in the supplied example |
| Medium Trajectory | Each hit: +15 | 300 EXP remaining in the supplied example |
Converting Remaining EXP into Games or Hits
Divide the remaining EXP by the progress awarded for the listed action.
- Ninja example: 300 EXP remaining; each game appearance adds 30.
- Medium Trajectory example: 300 EXP remaining; each hit adds 15.
- 1
Ninja: 300 ÷ 30 = 10 game appearances. - 2
Medium Trajectory: 300 ÷ 15 = 20 hits.
This assumes every action qualifies exactly as shown and no other event changes the remaining EXP.
Private Life Is a Development System
Private Life contains relationships, hobbies, outings, purchases, and events. These activities compete for limited free days, but they can raise social status, Star Level, Friendship Level, hobby skills, and access to useful contacts or event routes.
Hobbies Have Their Own Levels and Skill Progress
The hobby screen makes private-life investment measurable. Compare the benefit with games, training, Condition, and relationship priorities before spending time.
Private-Life Progress
| System | How it progresses | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Non-player relationships | Contact one person on a weekly free day | Strengthens specialist effects and expands the network |
| Player relationships | Share activities that match the teammate’s interests | Builds friendship, joint practice, and Best Friend opportunities |
| Hobbies | Use related activities to gain hobby skill | Unlocks additional options and supports selected life routes |
| Social status | Gain EXP in Intelligence, Initiative, Communication, Critical Thinking, or Creativity | Changes event options and requirements |
| Romance | Develop one candidate and meet route conditions | Advances the relationship toward marriage |
The Repeatable Plan
- Friendship and learning are connected but not identical.
- Check the exact carry-over condition before investing time.
- Keep private-life progression compatible with the baseball schedule.