Scarlet Nexus - Bond Episodes Guide

Bond Episodes are small, short episodes/missions with your allies that can raise bond level between you and certain ally, and of course, you need them all for trophies (with both characters!).

Usually you can initiate an episode when you end up in your Hideout. You can reply to Brain Messages (R1 + D-pad up) or by talking to your allies there. Some will require you to go through the dungeons and beat some enemies, some will just be simple conversations. If you miss your oportunity during some Phase, they all become available in Phase 11 when you are on standby for end game events. Additionaly, if you miss some during certain playthrough, when you finish both, you can change to Kasane/Yuito in your Hideout and finish what you miss, this making this not missable.

As mentioned, both characters you can play as have different bond episodes, so you need them all in both playthroughs.

You can advance bond levels by bringing that character into battle with you, by doing bond episodes, and by giving the gifts to them (gifts gets unlocked at the end of Phase 3). Giving a gift marked with red heart icon will raise the bond the most. Raising bond level from 5 to 6 takes rougly 2-4 red heart gifts, but some require more. You will mostly reach level 5 with your team/s, and you will just need to reach max level with one team (Yuitos Team for example). The required trophies require you to watch all bond episodes in BOTH playthroughs, so to unlock them all, you need to finish game with both characters using Clear Save game data of course. You can't really miss anything, and it's really easy to trigger them.

Kasane

Yuito Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 1 (you will have to reach the top of the area to get the Fountain Pen)
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 6 (read and reply on the brain message from him)
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 9 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 10 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 5 - Start at the end of the Phase 11 (talk to him in the base)

Hanabi Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 2 (read and reply on the brain message from her)
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 5 (read and reply on the brain message from her)
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 9 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 10 (talk to her in the base)

Gemma Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 4 (read and reply on the brain message from him)
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 6 (read and reply on the brain message from him)
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 8 (read and reply on the brain message from him)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 10 (read and reply on the brain message from him)

Tsugumi Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 2 (read and reply on the brain message from her)
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 7 (read and reply on the brain message from her)
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 8 (read and reply on the brain message from her)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 11 (read and reply on the brain message from her)

Kagero Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 5 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 6 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 8 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 9 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 5 - Start at the end of the Phase 11 (talk to him in the base)

Luka Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 5 (read and reply on the brain message from him)
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 7 (read and reply on the brain message from him)
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 9 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 11 (talk to him in the base)

Shiden Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 2 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 5 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 7 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 9 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 5 - Start at the end of the Phase 10 (talk to him in the base)

Kyoka Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 1 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 4 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 7 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 10 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 5 - Start at the end of the Phase 11 (talk to her in the base)

Arashi Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 4 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 6 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 8 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 10 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 5 - Start at the end of the Phase 11 (talk to her in the base)

Yuito

Kasane Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 1 by replying to the brain message
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 5 by replying to the brain message
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 9
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 10
• Episode 5 - Start at the end of the Phase 11

Hanabi Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 1 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 3 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 7 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 9 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 5 - Start at the end of the Phase 11 (talk to her in the base)

Gemma Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 4 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 5 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 7 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 9 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 5 - Start at the end of the Phase 11 (talk to him in the base)

Tsugumi Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 2 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 4 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 6 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 8 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 5 - Start at the end of the Phase 10 (talk to her in the base)

Kagero Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 5 by replying to the brain message
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 8 by replying to the brain message
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 10 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 11 (talk to him in the base)

Luka Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 5 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 6 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 8 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 10 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 5 - Start at the end of the Phase 11 (talk to him in the base)

Shiden Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 4 by replying to the brain message
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 7 by replying to the brain message
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 10 (talk to him in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 11 (talk to him in the base)

Kyoka Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 4 by replying to the brain message
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 6 by replying to the brain message
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 10 (talk to her in the base)
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 11 (talk to her in the base)

Arashi Episodes

• Episode 1 - Start at the end of the Phase 2 by replying to the brain message
• Episode 2 - Start at the end of the Phase 6 by replying to the brain message
• Episode 3 - Start at the end of the Phase 7 by replying to the brain message
• Episode 4 - Start at the end of the Phase 10 (talk to her in the base)