Refraction Railway is a secondary game mode in Limbus Company in which the player must clear a series of high difficulty combat challenges in return for rare and limited rewards.
Each Season introduces a new Line and features a mixture of new enemies as well as ones first encountered during the story of that Season's respective Canto.
Overview[]
Manager will bring the current Team setup picked for the 12 sinner to enter the Railway which cannot be changed or altered of the level much like Story Dungeon. Unlike Story Dungeon, there will no (healing) event, nor will any E.G.O Gift be available. You will not be able to change the team once they are set up, but any E.G.O resources from clearing each stop will be retained for the next battle. Sinners who does not participate will be fully healed after winning the stage, whereas dead sinners stays dead for the railway duration.
If the stage is lost, the line will revert back to the last won stage with the previously retained E.G.O sin resources and the Sinner's state, allowing you to retry again. If there is a need to return back to the last lane, its possible to do so, albeit reverting to the last known state of all the sinner and E.G.O resources.
Each type of line provides with different varying length of mechanics and gimmicks, requiring the manager to think of a strategy suitable for the sinners to stay alive and clear the entire line in the least number of turns used.
Every stage pits you against a fixed difficult wave of enemies and abnormalities, which changes or depends on every new Line. All stages utilizes Sin resistance, even if the enemy is a human, and fights under method similar to Abnormalities (no additional action per turn on either side, and enemies have body parts that are targeted as well).
Reward[]
Clearing stages for the first time leaves behind rewards under the "Lost and Found" section, which can be accessed using Enkephalin Modules for the first time. Consecutive rewards can be claimed for free from that Line until they are closed off.
Furthermore, the game mode takes into account for how many turns it took to clear a stage, and are tallied across all the stages within that line. At the end of the last stage, expedition record will highlight the following from your own records:
- Expedition date
- Sinner, identities and E.G.O brought to the railway expedition
- Total Clear Turns taken in all stages
- Damage statistics on each stage
The logs are ranked based on the lowest number of turns taken to clear the expedition. Any Clear turns above 999 will not be accounted for.
Players who completed the content during the first half of the period are able to earn a special decorative banner, depending on their performance. Specific requirement are based on what kind of Line they participated.
At the end of the Operation Period, The player's best turn record is etched onto the banners.
Refraction Railway List[]
Line 1: MADNESS[]
Line 1 was the first Refraction Railway, using a mix of mobs from the first 3 Cantos, abnormalities from the N Corp. Inquisition, Mirror of the Beginning abnormalities Alleyway Watchdog and Headless Ichthys, and some original abnormalities first seen as events in Mirror Dungeon.
Line 1 focuses on one long line of 13 major enemies shown in silhouette per station (if they have not been beaten before).
Completion of Canto III: The Unconfronting was required to access this Line.
You can only bring up to 5 Sinners to this Line.
Banner[]
- Basic - For clearing the Line (in 899 turns or less).
- Decorating - For clearing the Line in 120 turns or less.
- Embellished - For clearing the Line in 120 turns or less before the first half of the Operation Period.
Line 2: Möbius[]
Line 2 is the second Refraction Railway, using mainly abnormalities from Reminisced League of Nine dungeon and some original abnormalities first seen as events in Mirror Dungeon.
Line 2 revolves around a circular line over 8 stations. Initially, you can only beat up to Station 3, which immediately unlocks Station 9. Every new cycle count allows you to access another Station if you opt to go to it, with one selectable Ally and Enemy buff, with a chance of allowing you to resurrect one fallen sinner if you have any. This will be marked as an added cycle count.
At any point after the first revolution, you can immediately start the fight at Station 9 to finish the Line.
Completion of Canto III: The Unconfronting is required to access this Line.
While all the sinners on their current Identity and E.G.O are brought to this line, you can bring up to 7 Sinners at any point to a station battle. No extra attack slots will be given when deploying less than 7 sinners however.
Banner[]
- Basic - Obtained by clearing Line 2 with 3 or more Cycle Counts
- Decorated - Obtained by clearing Line 2 with 5 or more Cycle Counts
- Embellished - Obtained by clearing Line 2 with 5 or more Cycle Counts and under 200 Total Turns before the end of Season 2
- ??? - Obtained by clearing Line 2 with 5 or more Cycle Counts and under 150 Total Turns
Line 3: MirrorClock OrangeRoad[]
Line 3 is the third Refraction Railway, using a mix of Canto V mobs and abnormalities from the same Canto's dungeon and some original abnormalities first seen as events in Mirror Dungeon.
Line 3 has a circular path with 13 stations, 10 of those being abnormality battles. The other 3 stations are rest stops where you can change your Sinners' IDs including supports. You can also rewind to any station at any time after beating it. However, rewinding will reset your progress up until that stop.
Completion of Canto V: The Evil Definining is required to access this line.
While all the sinners on their current Identity and E.G.O are brought to this line, you can bring up to 6 Sinners at any point to a station battle. No extra attack slots will be given when deploying less than 6 sinners however.
Banner[]
- Basic - Obtained by clearing Line 3 in under 100 turns
- Embellished - Obtained by clearing Line 3 in under 100 turns before the end of Season 3
Line 4: Masquerade[]
Line 4 is the fourth Refraction Railway, using a mix of Canto VI mobs, and some original abnormalities first seen as events in Mirror Dungeon.
Line 4 is in the shape of a line with many bends and has 13 stations, with three of them being healing stations. These stations fully heal and resurrect any dead sinners, but resets sanity of all sinners to zero. You can also change ID's and supports, along with rewinding back to these healing stations. This will also rewind progress however.
Completion of Canto VI: The Heartbreaking is required to access this line.
All the sinners on their current identity and equipped E.G.O will be brought to this line. You must bring all twelve sinners into the fight, but only six identities can be in battle at all times. When selecting Deployment order, each slot has a buff attached to it. The first six sinners selected will start the battle, and when a sinner dies in battle, you get sin resources equal to their skill slots and type and the next sinner in deployment order replaces them.
Line 4's battle system works around wave-based combat, with the next part of a section starting as soon as you finish a wave. There are four sections, two with three waves and two with two waves.
Banner[]
- Basic - Obtained by clearing Line 4
- Embellished - Obtained by clearing Line 4 in under 100 turns before the end of season 4.
New Enemies[]
Line 1[]
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Line 3[]
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Gallery[]
Line 1 PV
Line 2 PV
Line 3 PV
