TRIBE NINE Tension Cards Explained

What are TRIBE NINE Tension Cards? In this guide, we explain what they do, how to get them, and their rarities.

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TRIBE NINE Tension Cards

As well as obtainable characters, you can also pull for Tension Cards via the in-game gacha banners. Think of these Tension Cards as weapons, which you can equip characters with to increase their overall stats.

Each character can have 5 Tension Cards equipped at once. Depending on the effects of the card, a character’s abilities receive buffs and potential alterations. Naturally, 3-star Tension Cards come with the more powerful abilities and buffs. However, 2-star Tension Cards are also great options, and shouldn’t be ignored.

It’s the 1-star Tension Cards that you should more than likely avoid unless you have no better options for your team. The one positive thing about the 1-star cards is that they’re easy to Ascend as you always have spares!

Tension Card Drop Rates

Like the characters, Tension Cards have drop rate chances when summoning on banners. If you do not get the Pickup Tension Card for a particular banner, your next Tension Card is 100% guaranteed to be the limited Pickup Tension Card.

Standard Banner Rates

The normal drop rate chances of Tension Cards when summoning on a banner.

• 3-stars
  • 0.3% drop rate chance
• 2-stars
  • 1.70% drop rate chance
• 1-star
  • 94.3% drop rate chance

Guaranteed Tension Card Rates

The drop rates for when a Tension Card is 100% guaranteed.

• 3-stars
  • 0.3% drop rate chance
• 2-stars
  • 33.134% drop rate chance

The 3-star Tension Cards are the strongest, which is why they’re the rarest, but that doesn’t mean the 2-star Tension Cards aren’t good! The 1-star ones aren’t really worth using or upgrading, so it’s best to ignore them once you obtain better options.

Adele Wilson

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With experience working for GameRant and in SEO copywriting, Adele loves to combine her adoration for gaming with her writing craft. She'll talk your ear off about anything fantasy, and if she's not typing away at her desk, she's probably playing an RPG somewhere, watching anime, or reading a book.