Attack on Titan 3 Gameplay: Confirmed Systems

Boost Move expands ODM movement

Boost Move is a confirmed gas-powered movement action. The official examples show the player jumping and firing gas to rise quickly, pivoting rapidly around an anchor point, and sliding across the ground at high speed. That is enough to explain the mechanic before launch; claims about invincibility frames, exact fuel cost or combo timing remain unverified. See the ODM gear guide for the evidence boundary.

Combat Arts and equipment mechanism traits

Combat Arts are powerful attacks activated after filling a dedicated gauge. Official examples include repeated slashes, a wide attack along an anchor line and an attack that rapidly destroys Titan body parts. Customized equipment can also carry mechanism traits that add or strengthen actions, such as allowing more consecutive attacks after anchoring, enabling a charged attack that uses wire tension, or improving attacks linked to Boost Move.

Buddy Arts are squad attacks, not multiplayer proof

Familiar characters can accompany the protagonist and use cooperative attacks called Buddy Arts after a dedicated gauge fills. Koei Tecmo's examples include staggering a Titan to create a nape opening and destroying both legs at once. These are character-and-protagonist squad actions; they do not confirm online co-op or another human-controlled player. The current official listing remains one player.

Casual, Standard and Expert control styles

The game has three confirmed, customizable control styles: Casual for easier operation, Standard as the baseline and Expert for greater control freedom. These are control styles, not a published difficulty ladder. The separate difficulty list and the exact options within each style remain TBD; the control styles guide tracks that distinction.

How the ODM attack controls changed

Suzuki says combat has been simplified after a precise anchor attachment: approach and attack now connect more naturally instead of always requiring a separate, carefully timed slash input. The reason is to shift attention toward reading and dodging the more aggressive, varied Titan attacks. This confirms the design direction, but it does not confirm a classic-control toggle or every input in Casual, Standard and Expert styles.

Exterior Scouting Missions and supply bases

Exterior Scouting Missions let the squad explore outside the walls, search for development materials and fallen soldiers' belongings, fight Titans and expand humanity's operating area. A supply base can be established after clearing the Titans around a candidate location, extending the area the squad can explore safely. The exact maps, base costs, upgrade paths and reward values remain unpublished. The TGS interview adds that secured bases become starting points for later missions, functioning as fast-travel points that extend the survey range.

The environment is also part of the battle system. Koei Tecmo explicitly describes attacking from a blind spot, using a collapse to damage a Titan and trapping one in a pit to stop its movement. Whether these options work on every map or against the Nine Titans remains Unconfirmed/TBD.

Regimental HQ, recruitment and bonds

Squad members can be recruited during everyday interactions or gained through distress events during Exterior Scouting Missions. The developers now confirm that formally recruited squad members are game-original characters; canon characters can instead be requested as support for Scout Missions.

Three growth paths and pre-mission builds

The protagonist grows through three official “ways of life” tied to brave, intellectual and leadership actions. Performing related actions awards points that unlock skills and qualities on the corresponding skill tree. Those English labels are descriptive translations from the Japanese page, not confirmed localization names.

Before deployment, players can equip skills and Combat Arts and select their equipment, making builds an official part of preparation. The complete trees, point costs, respec rules and best combinations remain unknown, so no pre-release “best build” claim is verifiable yet.

Confirmed endgame activities

The interview identifies two long-term activities: collecting, combining, upgrading and modifying granular ODM gear parts, and strengthening the squad to defeat especially dangerous Titan targets in Scout Missions. These are confirmed endgame directions. A New Game+ mode, Another Mode, post-story free mode and exact reward tables remain TBD.

Character quests, cooking and room conversations

Regimental HQ includes character quests and “consultation” content. The developers also name cooking, room conversations, fighting Titans together and solving problems at headquarters as ways to build bonds and learn more about canon characters. Romance or dating mechanics have not been announced.

What returning players want improved

The previous games built a strong movement fantasy, but the community discussions we reviewed repeatedly ask for more predictable ODM collision and lock-on, shorter and more varied missions, squadmates who can contribute meaningfully, less repetitive material farming, and more refined anti-personnel combat for the Final Season arcs.