History VideoGame / RuneFactory5

** There are DLC costumes of characters from previous games for Ares and Alice: [[VideoGame/RuneFactory Raguna and Mist]], [[VideoGame/RuneFactory2 Kyle and Mana]], [[VideoGame/RuneFactory3 Micah and Shara]], and, [[VideoGame/RuneFactoryOceans Aden and Sonja]]. If you have a ''Rune Factory 4 Special'' save Doug and Margaret will also visit Rigbarth and an early quest from them allows you to get [[VideoGame/RuneFactory4 Lest and Frey's]] outfit as well. Additionally the Deluxe Edition makes clothing from ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' bachelors and bachelorettes available for the player.

* TurnsRed: Every boss has a secondary phase where they gain a [[BattleAura blue aura]] and become stronger, usually also gaining extra attacks and more aggressive as well.

** Bandit King's Old Base and Basara's Hideout themes are a rearranged version of [[VideoGame/RuneFactory Toros Cave]].

* RocketTagGameplay: Increasing the level from enemies many times will result in this. Your defense, if high enough, will hold up well, but some of the more dangerous enemies and bosses, especially bosses from Rigbarth Maze, will be able to knock you out in a few hits, but since their HP don't scale up very well with their levels ''they'' will also go down easily if your gear is strong enough. Fights end up becoming a matter of who lands the first good hit.

* GiantMook: Bigger and stronger versions of common enemies spawns in fixated locations of regions. For example, you'll most likely face a giant Wooly at the entrance of Meline Crystal Caverns.

* AutoRevive: If you have one Ayngondaia Lawn[[note]]"ain't gonna die alone"[[/note]] item you'll revive on the spot and use it up.

* AutoRevive: Ayngondaia Lawn[[note]]"ain't gonna die alone"[[/note]] which is spent if you faint in battle.

** The collapse of the Sechs Empire after the end of Arc 2 in ''[[VideoGame/RuneFactory4]]''. Like the fall of any major power in the world, the resolution was not peaceful and the foundation of SEED, which unified several town guards/watches, was a necessity to bring order back to these territories. Even decades later Doug still mentions many places need help and many people are still affected by it.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At the very start. Ares/Alice are seen exhausted with a young girl helping them and faint near the town's gate. Once they wake up one of the villagers, Lucy, ''does not'' trust them immediately and give a stern warning on how they could be dangerous, especially given the manner they arrived in Rigbarth. Even after a soulsphere check, which would indicate if they had done anything wrong in the past, that lets everyone know they're clean it still takes a while for Lucy to start lowering her guard around them.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At the very start. They're seen exhausted with a young girl helping them and faint near the town's gate. Once they wake up one of the villagers, Lucy, ''does not'' trust them immediately and give a stern warning on how they could be dangerous, especially given the manner they arrived in Rigbarth. Even after a soulsphere check, which would indicate if they had done anything wrong in the past, that lets everyone know they're clean it still takes a while for Lucy to start lowering her guard around them.

* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:Happens to a lot of characters, including most of Rigbarth, during the story, with [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Radea]] being a notable case.]]

* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:Happens to a lot of characters, including most of Rigbarth, during the story, with [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Radea]] being a notable case.]]

* BackStab: Attacking an enemy that's unaware of your presence will guarantee a CriticalHit on them. The Sneaking Shoes enforces this allowing you to get closer more easily and get that powerful first strike in.

* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:Happens to a lot of characters, including most of Rigbarth, during the story, with [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Radea]] being a notable case.]]

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Critical Hits and most [[GrappleMove Grapple Moves]] from Fist weapons will ignore the defense from enemies, even if your attack wouldn't do any damage at all.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Starfall Crops. They sell for a good amount of money, but you need to find meteors the day after a ''very'' rare weather event, the meteor shower, and you're not even guaranteed to get starfall seeds from said meteors. They'll never be sold in stores and you cannot level them up with the sickle either. Even as gifts they are superfluous since there are easier ways to please those who like them or recipes that use these crops.

* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:Happens to a lot of characters, including most of Rigbarth, during the story, with [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Laedia]] being a notable case.]]

* NowWhereWasIGoingAgain: Each save file has a reminder to where you should go next to progress in the story "To: [name of place]" so you don't feel lost if you stop playing the game for a while. If you have no active story quests (or has finished the game) it just says "To: Wherever you want to go".

** Once you've unlocked the upgrades for it, the Crystals for your [[spoiler:Farm Dragons]] can become this. Since your fields can be expanded and become so large it can become cumbersome to maintain all of them manually and each Crystal comes at a 50.000G each, and you need from 1 to 6 to trigger their farm field effects.

* StatusInflictionAttack: The Holy Spore item gives any weapon upgraded by it a decent chance of inflicting three statuses: Poison, Seal and Paralysis.

** Magic Shot is also back, and still shaped like [[VideoGame/Rune3 Marian's]] trumpet-like syringe tool.