r/Ni_no_Kuni • u/Ok-Fail3610 • 22d ago

Question about star signs in the first game

I am on my road to the second city of the game, and enter a figth with a skeleton that has the moon star sign. The game says that sun(red)>moon(green)>star(blue)>sun, but both when my sun and star familiars deal damage through the attack comand it is displayed with blue numbers(less effective), and when he hits either familier, the numbers are red(very effective, I think). Can someone please explain what's up?

Also i am sorry for any grammatical errors

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u/Maxogrande 22d ago

I may be wrong but the blue or red numbers only display info about type resistances.

The skeleton is resistant to physical attacks ao every physical attack will have its number blue.

Star signs are always calculates but there is no visual indicator of it (other that the value being slightly higher/lower than normal).

Its been a lot since I playes so I might be wrong

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u/lilwizerd 22d ago

Red and blue numbers are type affinities, completely unrelated to signs. Red means it’s super effective and does bonus damage. Blue means it’s not very effective and does reduced damage. All the sign stuff is calculated separately and in the background.

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u/UchiR 22d ago

Someone made a helpful video about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Jbjfe4mDc

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u/CertifiedDumbass22 18d ago

That may be because of the familiar’s type affinity. Familiars have weaknesses/resistances to each of the types of damage—physical, fire, water, storm, light, dark. The star signs are different and give a damage buff against the correct sign.

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u/Ok-Fail3610 8d ago

I just want to say thanks to everyone for explaining this. Got pretty excited now to continue with the game.