How to unlock characters in Duel Links

Each new character brings skills, cards and gems in its level rewards. Unlocking more characters is one of the best ways to grow in Duel Links without spending anything.

Quick summary

Most characters unlock through the world's stage level and unlock missions.
The missions almost always ask you to duel and win several times, sometimes with a specific character.
Some characters only come through events: once the event is over, it can take a while to come back.

1. Raise the world's stage level

Each world in the game has its own stage level, which goes up as you duel and complete missions in it. As it rises, new duelists start showing up on the map. For some of them, showing up is already the first step to unlocking them.

2. Complete the unlock missions

When a new duelist shows up, open the missions and look for the ones with their name. They ask for things like beating that duelist a few times, playing duels with another character or meeting a condition inside the duel. Once you complete them all, the character becomes available to you.

Example, Serenity (DM world): she appears on the map after a certain stage level, and her missions involve dueling and winning with Joey, plus beating Serenity herself. The exact list can change with updates, so always check the missions inside the game.

3. Keep an eye on events

Several characters arrive through events with a deadline. During the event, unlocking is usually simple: collecting points or winning event duels. After it ends, it can take a long time to get another chance. Playing a little every day during the event is what secures the character. See how the Raid Duel works, one of the most common events.

4. How to go faster

Keep the map clean: missions ask for lots of duels, and map duelists come back over time. Players who duel every time the map fills finish sooner. More in map duelists.
A deck that wins alone: with Auto-Duel and a simple deck, you complete the required wins without paying attention.
Missions that stack: pick the character and deck that complete more than one mission at once.

5. Unlocked? Now level it up

A newly unlocked character is level 1, with all rewards still waiting, gems included. Time to level up. See how to level up characters fast.

Missions asking for duel after duel?

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