Brown Dust 2 Beginner Guides

Selective Draw Recommendations

These are the most general purpose costume picks for a brand new account. Supports are always the safest choices, since the list will only grow to include new costumes without replacing anyone, but you will need more copies to make some of them useful. Damage costumes, on the other hand, are volatile due to power creep. These costumes were chosen because they're either useful without that character's other costumes or their second costume can be obtained by recruiting with a contract.

It might make you feel better to have a wide variety of high-value costumes when you're just starting out, but relying on +0 costumes won't get you very far. It's better to get your core supports (Diana, Lathel, Liberta, Helena, Rafina, Levia) to +4 or +5 as quick as you can and have at least one damage character with a large AoE at +3 or better. This will put you in a good positition to increase the amount of free draws you can obtain per month. Do keep in mind that the highest value supports go on rerun every 6 months (Anniversary in June, Half Anniversary in December).

Type Portrait Character Costume Purpose Min -1SP Ideal Notes
Supports Min -1SP Ideal
Universal Diana Adventurer of the Unknown Buff property damage +0 +3 +5 The most valuable 5* support when you have elemental advantage. It's better to give her upgrades and continue using Arines/Elpis than neglect her in favor of Lathel/Liberta/Helena. Pub recruitable.
Physical Lathel Homunculus Buff ATK +1 +3 +5 The highest ATK buff in the game, but only for the first 2 turns. For the remaining turns, the potency is reduced to about half. Requires +1 to be at least as good as Arines for the remaining turns. Buff can be kept up full time at +5.
Physical Liberta Dark Saintess Buff ATK + crit rate +2 +1 +5 Requires +2 and potentials to be better than Arines. 50% crit rate at +3. Pub recruitable. Her Onsen Manager costume is also quite valuable, definitely worth having a single copy of for Last Night, but lower in priority than the other support costumes listed here.
Magic Helena B-Rank Idol Buff Magic ATK + crit rate +2 +3 +5 Requires +2 and potentials to be better than Elpis. 50% crit rate at +5. Top Idol is a good complementary costume and is pub recruitable.
Physical Rafina Game Club Chains + Physical Vulnerability +0 +1 +4 Vulnerability potency increases at +2 and +4. Her pub recruitable costume is not used much outside of Fiend Hunt/Guild Raid and Tower of Pride 3F.
Magic Levia Track and Field Captain Chains + Magic Vulnerability +0 +1 +4 The main target receives a stronger vulnerability debuff. Vulnerability potency increases at +2 and +4. Night of Jealousy is a good complementary costume and is pub recruitable.
Magic Celia Descendant of the Great Witch Chains +0 +3 +3 An evaluable chainer for Fiend Hunt/Guild Raid when combined with her pub recruitable costume: The Curse. Without her limited costume, Masquerade Bunny, you'll need to get the cooldown potentials on both non-limited costumes to maximize her usefulness.
Universal Refithea Pure White Blessing Buff property damage + chain bonus +0 +1 +5 The Gluttonus is a good complementary costume and is pub recruitable.
Universal Zenith Robin Hood Chains + Concentrated Fire + Vulnerability +0 +3 +3 Upgrade to the 3* Rigenette. Concentrated fire is a taunt effect that helps characters reach enemies they wouldn't normally be able to, either by positioning or their targeting type (eg. since Zenith is a Skip/Vault, she can help Very Front attackers like Sacred Justia skip to increase their range). Costs 0SP at +3 with potentials.
Damage Min -1SP Ideal
Physical Sacred Justia Reclaimed Destiny Raw Damage +1 +1 +5 Damage increases the more enemies she hits. Her high SP cost can make her difficult to use at +0. Can be used every turn at +4.
Physical Blade Young Lady Chains + Physical Vulnerability +0 +1 +5 The vulnerability is only for the main target. Apostle is a strong secondary costume and is pub recruitable.
Magic Loen Last Hope Raw damage +0 -- +5 Her damage and 3 turn cooldown makes her useful even without her other costumes. Very similar to Maid Name R Liatris, but without a conditional.
Magic Venaka DJ Magic RES reduction +0 +1 +5 Both of her costumes are excellent, so it's hard to say which one is more valuable. Wind Dancer is pub recruitable, so DJ is the selective draw pick.
Magic Morpeah Beach Vacation Summons 2 units that can self-destruct +0 -- +5 Her damage isn't spectacular, but she offers a lot of utility. Her pub recruitable costume increases the damage her summons do and applies concentrated fire to the main target.

Newbie Banner

The paid Newbie banner is limited to costumes added before a specific date. If you check under Collection > Costumes in game, Granhildr is the oldest character that can appear. Refithea and everything added after that plus a few costumes for older characters are not available. Of the costumes listed above, only the following are available:

The best picks are Lathel, Helena, and either Diana or Rafina. Diana is higher priority than Rafina, but she can be recruited from the pub. Getting Diana upgraded as much as possible will put you at an advantage in Fiend Hunt/Guild Raid, which will help you increase the amount of draws you can earn early on. However, having a copy of both Diana and Rafina at +0 might be more useful for general content, especially if you find yourself with a physical heavy roster.

If the Anniversary/Half Anniversary reruns are happening, it might be worth drawing on something you're less likely to get: