Kemono Friends Kingdom

Kemono Friends Kingdom
けものフレンズきんぐだむ
Mobile Game
Romaji Title		Kemono Furenzu Kingudamu
CN Title		动物朋友-王国 (Simplified Chinese) 動物朋友:王國 (Traditional Chinese)
Developer(s)		?
Publisher(s)		Neocraft (Global) ZLONGAME/Zilong Game (Singapore/Malaysia, 2022 version only) Game Beans (Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan, 2022 version only) Taiwan Game Tree (Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan, 2022 version only) Topjoy (Mainland China, 2022 version only)
Genre		Roleplaying Game
Platform		Android, iOS, Windows
Release Date		May 31st, 2022 (Singapore/Malaysia server) July 13th, 2023 (global open beta)
End of Life		May 30th, 2026

Kemono Friends Kingdom is an officially-licensed Kemono Friends action-puzzle/strategy RPG first released in spring 2022 across a limited range, then re-released globally in summer 2023. Unlike previous Kemono Friends titles, such as the original mobile game and Kemono Friends 3, Kemono Friends Kingdom is set not in familiar Japari Park, but rather in a land called Kingdom—a theme park island where humans and Friends were meant to live and play in harmony, before mankind fled in the wake of the Cellien threat. The player assumes the role of a human who finds themselves waking up in Kingdom with no memories of how they arrived there, nor when or why, and who joins up with various new companions on a quest to discover their past, shed light on the mysteries of Kingdom, and to meet Friends from all over!

The game initially launched in May 2022, with servers only for the Singapore/Malaysia, mainland China, and Hong King/Macau/Taiwan regions being available. In April 2023, this version of the game was shuttered, and a global launch of Kemono Friends Kingdom went forwards in July 2023 with servers for the Americas (EST), Europe/Africa (EU), and Asia/Oceania (HKT). In June 2024, these three would be folded into a unified EST server. On May 30th, 2026, the game ended service.

Plot

Prologue

Story Quest: Prologue

The story opens with a human girl named Jinri waking up to find herself submerged in the depths of a river, surrounded by sunken ruins and near to drowning. Confused and fading fast, she snaps to attention at the sound of two voices beyond the water's surface; rallying her resolve, she is able to grab the attention of the strangers. One dives into the river and takes Jinri's outstretched hand in hers, pulling the girl out of the water and onto the shore just as she blacks out. Jinri soon wakes up, exhausted but alive—much to the relief of her saviors, who fret over the girl's condition and deluge her with questions, incidentally introducing one another in the process; the girl who first noticed Jinri's plight is the sharp but meek Chevrotain, and the the bold, white-clad girl who pulled her from the depths is called Least Weasel. Jinri notices the girls' fluffy ears and tails, but finds herself too weary and grateful to comment on their curious fashion sense. Little does she know that her rescuers were no mere humans in costume; they were beings known as Friends, and Jinri had unknowingly already taken her first step in a long journey on which she would meet Friends of all kinds, pursue her own lost memories, battle frightening monsters, and uncover the secrets of the ancient and mysterious land she'd found herself in.

Gameplay

In-game screenshot of the main page, as of November 2023.

Kemono Friends Kingdom is an action-strategy RPG, with some puzzle elements, designed for mobile devices. In Kemono Friends Kingdom, the player sends Friends riding atop a vehicle called a Patrol Plane into a 2-D battlefield, where they position themselves to fight enemy Celliens using their various talents and special abilities.

Friends

Main article: Friends

Friends are the focal characters of Kemono Friends Kingdom and the Kemono Friends franchise as a whole. In Kemono Friends Kingdom, the player will encounter a variety of these animal girls and build teams to battle through levels in the main story, events, raids, and more, as well as learn about their various lives and personalities through their interactions with the player character and with one another. A list of all Friends available to meet in Kemono Friends Kingdom can be found here.

Each Friend has a particular specialty within a team's composition, as well as specific types of enemies against whom they have a combat advantage or disadvantage. These are their role and their Radiance, respectively.

Role

A Friends' role determines what she will generally best be able to contribute to a team. There are six roles in total, some of which are very similar to others and some which are wholly unique.

Roles in Kemono Friends Kingdom

Role Name	Role Purpose	Example Friends
Guard	Enhances team DEF	Hippopotamus, Aurochs
Assault	High single-target damage	Least Weasel, Serval
Group Assault	High AoE damage	Crested Ibis, Northern White-Faced Owl
Support	Enhances team stats, typically ATK	Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Gray Wolf
Control	Reduces enemy stats and impairs enemy attributes	Shoebill, Jaguar
Heal	Restores HP for the team	Chevrotain, Suri Alpaca

Radiance

Kemono Friends Kingdom uses a "triangle-advantage" combat system, akin to rock-paper-scissors, wherein all Friends and Celliens possess one of three Radiance types. Friends will deal more damage to enemies of a Radiance they have an advantage over, and less damage to enemies who have a Radiant advantage over them; in turn, Friends are resistant to damage dealt by enemies of a Radiance that is weak to the target Friends' Radiance, but note that Friends do not receive bonus damage from Celliens possessing a Radiant advantage over them.

Radiance Types in Kemono Friends Kingdom

Radiance	Associated Archetype	Example Friends	Strong against	Weak Against
Splendor	Catapult Attack	Reticulated Giraffe, Chinese White Dolphin	Wonder	Brilliance
Wonder	Power-Up	Lion, Moose, Axolotl	Brilliance	Splendor
Brilliance	Dice	Tsuchinoko, Sand Cat, King Cobra	Splendor	Wonder

Level

The main way Friends become stronger is by having their level increased by gaining EXP from clearing levels and from the use of Kingdom Bun items. Kingdom Buns can be acquired as gameplay rewards, or can be farmed through the Bountiful Forest area in the Adventure menu's Supplies section.

Kingdom Bun Data

Item Name	EXP Granted	Flavor Text
Half a Bun	500	A bun bitten by someone before, but still edible. Moreover, Friends love sharing. Used to increase Friend EXP by 500.
A Bun	2,000	A Kingdom Bun freshly made that smells and looks delicious. Friends with a big appetite can finish one in one bite. Used to increase Friend EXP by 2,000.
A Plate of Buns	5,000	It seems to have many different flavors, such as sweet, salty, and fruity. Unfortunately, the flavor can't be told from its look. Used to increase Friend EXP by 5,000.
A Bag of Buns	10,000	A full bag that comes with a luxury volume and various flavors. Used to increase Friend EXP by 10,000.

Combat

Main article: Kingdom:Combat Mechanics Breakdown

Being a PvE game, the goal of any stage in Kemono Friends Kingdom is to reduce the HP—hit points—of all Cellien enemies present there to zero, defeating them and removing them from play. Friends also have HP, which must be managed in order to ensure they are not defeated by Cellien attacks. Because a team consists of at most seven Friends, a player must defeat any given stage within seven turns of play; if there are still any undefeated enemies by the time the seventh turn is resolved (ie. a Friend has been launched and all Friends and Celliens have taken their actions), the player loses that stage. Some stages also have their own criteria which must be met or avoided in order for a player to succeed; for instance, some advanced stages are automatically lost if any of the player's Friends are defeated.

Teambuilding

A team consists of at most eight Friends: seven of the player's Friends and, optionally, one Support Friend courtesy of another Kemono Friends Kingdom player. However, a typical stage must be cleared within seven turns, which prevents the use of all eight Friends for any one level.

Regardless of the order by which Friends are placed into the team building menu, a player can decide which Friend to send out in a battle by tapping on that Friend's icon, automatically queuing her up to fly on the Patrol Plane; however, it can be helpful to set the team's order to match the intended sequence of deployment for a given stage or strategy.

Positioning Friends

In Kingdom's gameplay, the Patrol Plane—a transport vehicle shaped like a paper airplane, originally used to help guests, staff, Friends, and Lucky Beasts to easily move around Kingdom and, when needed, defend against Cellien attacks—is used to send Friends onto the battlefield to a location of the player's choosing. When a unit is loaded into the plane,

Players should be mindful of where they send a Friend, as most of the cast cannot be moved manually once they are placed. Additionally, some types of Friend will automatically move themselves to group up with other Friends, some cannot attack Celliens on their own and thus should not be sent into a solo fight, and some Friends who lack the Flight trait can even get stuck on high ledges if there are no Celliens in range for them to fight and no way for them to access other Celliens on the screen. The latter event is rare, but can occur if a ledge rests above a pit and has no nearby ledges at the same height; Friends can ascend and descend ledges above and below each other vertically, and jump across small gaps horizontally, but Friends cannot move diagonally unless they possess the Flight trait.

Attacking

Enemies can be damaged by direct hits from the Patrol Plane, and Friends will automatically follow up with basic attacks after they land and on each passing turn. The turn order of Friends and Celliens on the field is determined by their innate Speed stat; typically, Celliens have a Speed stat of 0 and will thus strike last, making the Speed tier hierarchy primarily relevant to determining the order in which Friends should be deployed and when their abilities, called Miracles, should be activated.

Miracles

A Miracle is a Friend's unique special attack, able to be used once per battle. Miracle effects tend to vary by the role of Friend using them; they can deal damage to enemies, heal allies, or provide stat buffs for the team. To activate a Friend's Miracle, tap on the Friend's icon at the bottom of the screen before you send out your Friend for the current turn of battle; it does not have to be used on the turn a Friend is sent out, and saving use of Miracles for just the right moment is key to advancing in Kemono Friends Kingdom.

As indicated previously, if you activate multiple Miracles on the same turn, your team members will execute them in descending order—highest to lowest—of their Speed stats.

Raids

Up to ten times each day, players can challenge a Raid Boss Cellien at one of six varying difficulty levels—Casual, Easy, Normal, Hard, Nightmare, and Ultimate— to compete for the highest score in their home server. The player leaderboard resets with each new day and the active Raid Boss rotates weekly, each cycle featuring a different assortment of Friends who grant a percentage-based score bonus if used in battle.

Rewards are granted to players based on their score relative to others. These include Mutated Shards, a currency used exclusively in the Raid menu's Redeem Reward shop to be exchanged for copies of a rotating pool of Friends. Friends in the Raid Shop can be purchased multiple times over, but the cost in Mutated Shards increases each time a purchase of a specific Friend is made. The Redeem Reward shop is the only way to acquire Reindeer, and was initially the only way to acquire Shoebill prior to her being run in a special gacha banner.

One-time rewards can also be earned every time a player hits a certain scoring threshold in Raid battles. There are 30 one-time reward pools to be collected in this way; Fluorites and Kingdom Buns are always granted, but each tier also grants one of: 100 Radiant Crystals, 100 Stargems, 5 Memory Crystals, or an Encounter Ticket, as received in a repeating order.

Kingdom Raid Difficulty Levels

Difficulty	Damage Conversion	Point Cap
Casual	Low	2500
Easy	Mid	8000
Normal	High	20,000
Hard	Super High	75,000
Nightmare	Ultra High	200,000
Ultimate	Highest	Infinite

Kingdom Raid Reward Tiers

Placement (server-wide)	Stargems Earned	Mutated Shards Earned
1st	180	1000
2nd	160	700
3rd	145	500
4th - 10th	130	400
11th - 20th	115	330
21st - 50th	100	260
51st - 100th	85	200
Top 20%	70	150
Top 30%	60	115
Top 40%	50	85
Top 50%	40	70
Top 60%	35	60
Top 80%	30	55
Top 100% - Top 81% (Participation Reward)	25	50

Kingdom Raid Point Rewards

Challenge #	Points Required	Unique Reward	Kingdom Buns Earned	Fluorites Earned
01	500	Radiant Crystal x100	Half a Bun x10	10,000
02	1000	Stargem x100
03	1500	Memory Crystal x5
04	2000	Stargem x100
05	2500	Encounter Ticket x1
06	3000	Radiant Crystal x100	A Bun x5	20,000
07	4000	Stargem x100
08	5000	Memory Crystal x5
09	6500	Stargem x100
10	8000	Encounter Ticket x1
11	10,000	Radiant Crystal x100	A Bun x10	30,000
12	12,000	Stargem x100
13	14,000	Memory Crystal x5
14	17,000	Stargem x100
15	20,000	Encounter Ticket x1
16	25,000	Radiant Crystal x100	A Plate of Buns x5	40,000
17	30,000	Stargem x100
18	40,000	Memory Crystal x5
19	50,000	Stargem x100
20	75,000	Encounter Ticket x1
21	100,000	Radiant Crystal x100	A Plate of Buns x10	50,000
22	125,000	Stargem x100
23	150,000	Memory Crystal x5
24	175,000	Stargem x100
25	200,000	Encounter Ticket x1
26	250,000	Radiant Crystal x100	A Bag of Buns x5
27	300,000	Stargem x100
28	400,000	Memory Crystal x5
29	500,000	Stargem x100
30	1,000,000	Encounter Ticket x1

Park

Main article: Park (Kingdom)
The Park, formerly called Paradise, is a lobby where a player can collect resources and read stories about the happenings and goings-on in the lives of their Friends.

Development and Release History

The original version of Kemono Friends Kingdom launched on May 31, 2022 to a dedicated Singapore/Malaysia server, though servers for mainland China and Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan would follow closely. These aforementioned servers all used simplified Chinese as their only available in-game language. The game was licensed out for development and publishing to Chinese developer-publishers Game Beans (Gamebeans Entertainment Limited) (Hong Kong), Topjoy (Beijing Topjoy Game Technology Company Limited), and ZLONGAME (Zilong Game Limited) (Hong Kong), as well as Taiwanese developer Taiwan Game Tree (Taiwan Game Tree Limited Company). The Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan server was attributed to Game Beans and Taiwan Game Tree, the Singapore/Malaysia server is believed to have been attributed to ZLONGAME, and the mainland China server was likely published under Topjoy. These servers would all close on April 14th, 2023, in preparation for the next stage of the game's life cycle.

Around a month later, on May 17, 2023, a global version of Kemono Friends Kingdom was announced and slated for release within a few months. This localized release was spearheaded by Hong Kong-based developer-publisher Neocraft Limited, alongside Topjoy; ZLONGAME, Game Beans, and Taiwan Game Tree are not known to have maintained involvement with the project beyond this point. Select regions would gain access to a series of three closed beta tests through Google Play; these ran from May 18 to May 31, June 9 to June 21, and June 28 to July 3 respectively. On July 3, the region-locked closed beta servers would shut down and the global open beta would release on July 13, 2023 for Android and iOS, available in seven languages: Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

There were initially three main servers available: EST (Eastern Standard Time, serving the Americas), EU (European, serving Europe and Africa), and HKT (Hong Kong Time, serving Asia and Oceania). On June 13th, 2024, the EU and HKT servers would be unified with the EST server.

Gallery

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  Logo of Simplified Chinese Ver.

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  Logo of Traditional Chinese Ver.

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  Logo of English Ver.

See Also

KFK of mainland China

• Official website
• Official Weibo (@动物朋友王国)
• TapTap

KFK of Singapore/Malaysia server

• Official website
• Official Twitter (@KFKSGMY)
• Official Youtube channel (@动物朋友-王国)

KFK of Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan server

• Official website
• Official Facebook page (@gamebeansKFK)
• Official Youtube channel (@動物朋友王國)

KFK of global server

• Official website
• Official Twitter (@KFK_Global)
• Official Facebook page (@KemonoFriendsKingdom)
• Official Youtube channel (@KemonoFriendsKingdom-ph7rr)

Useful links

• Kingdom:Update History
• Kingdom:Installation Guide