Anime Stars Relics
Relics are a strong equipped-gear and reward system that Anime Stars hands to your heroes to make them hit harder, survive longer, and push further into the worlds you explore. In the 2026 gameplay guides the whole flow is simple to picture: you search the island looking for a relic, then take what you find to the NPCs to create and equip it, and the equipped relic becomes part of how a hero performs in every fight that follows. One of the first island relics players can reliably reach sits behind the castle right there on the first island, which is the tutorial-friendly starting point you should check before you wander far from spawn. Because relics sit inside a larger incremental-simulator loop — explore worlds, unlock Heroes, defeat enemies, team up in co-op, join a clan, roll races, and chase star drops — the relic you equip is only as strong as the progression that backs it, and it is hunted the same way everything else is: by moving through each world and searching the island for what it holds. This page covers what relics are, where to search for them, how to create and gear them at the NPCs, and exactly which details the community has reported versus what still needs a dated developer confirmation.
Quick answer
Search each island for Relics — the first island hides one behind the castle. Equip one on your main carry and level it with your hero's star-level; Relics roll stats that are community-reported, not dev-published.
✓ Verified from 2026 gameplay · August 17, 2026
What are relics?
Relics are equippable items and collectibles that the game uses as a strong power-up and reward system for your heroes — effectively gear you slot onto a unit to raise how it performs when you run waves and clear content. In the dated 2026 gameplay videos the run is consistently: search the island looking for a relic, then bring it to the NPC made for you to create a relic and equip it so that hero carries harder stages. They are one more layer on top of the confirmed progression stack — stars, evolve, relics, hero roles, gems, gold, and races — and they feed the same core loop of exploring worlds, unlocking Heroes, defeating enemies, and running co-op where rewards are shared. What the guides verify is the mechanic and the search→create→equip flow; what is not yet confirmed is any exact stat table, per-relic bonus, or drop percentage, so precise numbers are community-reported until a developer-owned source appears.
Where to find them
The reliable early find is the first island relic, which the gameplay walkthrough shows sitting behind the castle on that first island — the narration literally points out that the first island relic will be behind this castle here, making it the dependable, repeatable spot to start your hunt before you explore further. From there, the pattern the guide demonstrates is that relics live out in the island and world maps you explore rather than on a shop screen, so the way to hunt is to move through each world, search the island for a relic, and note what you find rather than waiting for a drop list. Different relics are spread across the worlds, and the guide creator has stated plans to publish a few short videos showing all the relic locations, which means the community map of spawns is still being completed rather than finalized. Treat any coordinate beyond the flagged castle relic as a community-reported lead from dated 2026 gameplay — useful to check, but it can shift with updates until a developer source pins it down.
How to get relics
Step one is the search: as you explore worlds, hunt on the island looking for a relic the way the gameplay guide does, and a new player's smart first stop is checking behind the castle on the first island where the early relic is marked. Step two is creation: once you have one, the NPC that is here for you to create a relic handles turning it into equippable gear. Step three is retrieval and equipping: a separate NPC is here for you to retrieve your relic, which is how the relic actually gets onto a hero and starts working for your team. After the relic is equipped, it feeds the same loop as everything else — run waves and co-op for shared rewards, let your stronger hero clear more worlds, and reinvest what you earn into the stars, evolve, race, and clan systems that multiply your output. There is still no developer-published drop table, so expect the practical route to stay explore-and-search through the worlds, and keep an eye out for the creator's planned short videos that are supposed to map out every relic location and make future chases faster.
Evidence boundary
What is confirmed and shown on camera in dated 2026 gameplay: the relic system exists as searchable gear, you search the island looking for a relic, the creation NPC is there for you to create a relic, a separate NPC lets you retrieve your relic for equipping, and the first island relic sits behind the castle on that first island. These are community-reported from the guide videos and are consistent across the clips that exist. What is not confirmed: exact stat tables, drop odds, and the full list of every relic spawn — precisely because the creator has said they plan to make short videos covering all the relic locations, so that catalogue is still in progress rather than settled. Read any precise percentage, specific bonus number, or exact coordinate as community-reported until a dated developer source verifies it, and re-check current reports before building a strategy around a single number.
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