Gamers playing Digimon Story: Time Stranger will have a great time with the core system called Load Enhancement. This is a ridiculously effective way to power up your favorite Digimon by “feeding” them others.
This means you can push your Digimon’s stats way higher than you normally could, which is awesome for hitting those super-tough stat requirements for some of the most advanced Digivolutions in the game. On top of all the stat boosts, Load Enhancements can also transfer Attachment Skills from the sacrificed Digimon, giving you a fantastic way to customize your Digimon’s abilities.
How to Do a Load Enhancement
Load Enhancement is a crucial system in Digimon Story: Time Stranger, and it’s how you can significantly beef up your Digimon by sacrificing others. The good news is that this process is accessible pretty early in the game; specifically, you can get to it once you’re well into the ADAMAS mission, which is the very first major mission, so you don’t have to wait long. To start a Load Enhancement, all you need to do is open your Digivice, navigate to the Digimon menu, and then select the “Load Enhancement” option.
Once you’re in the Load Enhancement menu, you’ll first pick the Digimon you want to strengthen. Next, you have to choose the Digimon that’s going to be used as fodder. Just a heads-up: if a Digimon is currently locked or protected, you’ll need to unlock it using the designated button (P on the keyboard or R3 on PlayStation) before you can use it as fodder. Once consumed, that sacrificed Digimon is permanently lost, but in return, it gives a ton of benefits to the recipient.
The advantages of using Load Enhancement are substantial. First, it lets your Digimon gain significant experience points and Talent Points without having to grind through a ton of battles. This is super useful for quickly boosting a Digimon’s level and overall potential. Second, and this is the big one, Load Enhancement allows you to completely bypass the Bond Stat limit that usually restricts how many cumulative stats a Digimon can carry over when it Digivolves.
By loading other Digimon, you can add those blue-highlighted Cumulative Stats to your chosen Digimon, and these stats are separate from their Main Stats and stick around even through Digivolutions. This means that a Digimon fed with high-level, high-scan-rate fodder will receive better overall stats, skills, and increased Talent. This method gives you a way to continuously improve your Digimon’s attributes way beyond what’s possible through just normal leveling and evolution alone, making it an invaluable tool for optimizing your ultimate team.
What Are Load Enhancements?
Load Enhancements are a new core system in Digimon Story: Time Stranger that lets you power up your Digimon by straight-up sacrificing the data of other Digimon. Basically, you pick the Digimon you want to make stronger and then choose another one from your reserve party to “feed” it. This process converts the sacrificed Digimon into raw data, which then gives a huge boost to the recipient. We’re talking about significant increases in experience points (EXP), Talent, and various stats. This is a massive time-saver, letting you potentially skip a lot of the usual grinding you’d do in battles or with DigiFarm training.
Unlike the standard Digivolution and De-Digivolution processes, which have a stat carry-over percentage tied to a “Bond Stat,” Load Enhancements give you a way to bypass those limits. When a Digimon gets stats using this method, they can become “Cumulative Stats”. You’ll see these indicated by a blue number in parentheses next to the main stat on the status screen.
These Cumulative Stats are a permanent addition and won’t get lost if your Digimon De-Digivolves later. This lets you strategically build up power over time. On the other hand, Load Enhancements can also transfer “Attachment Skills” from the sacrificed Digimon to the one you’re enhancing. Any Attachment Skills equipped by the fodder Digimon, as well as any unequipped ones, will be transferred, offering some really flexible customization for their combat role.
If you want to maximize the effect of your Load Enhancements, you’re going to want to use Digimon with higher levels and ranks as the fodder, since they yield more EXP and Talent. Also, Digimon that have been scanned to a 200% Scan Rate will naturally have an increased Talent stat, making them top-tier candidates for sacrificing to boost another Digimon’s Talent.
This entire system becomes available pretty early on in the game, specifically during the “ADAMAS” mission. This means you can start strategizing your Digimon’s growth and skill acquisition from a relatively early stage of your adventure. However, you’re cautioned to be careful about the rarity of the Digimon you’re sacrificing; you’re better off using species you can easily re-obtain rather than ones that are hard to get again.
Why Use Load Enhancements?
Digimon Story: Time Stranger is bringing something really cool to the table with Load Enhancements, which is a system that lets you power up your Digimon way beyond just the usual leveling and Digivolving. One of the biggest game-changers here is how it lets you completely bypass the annoying limits set by the Bond Stat when a Digimon Digivolves.
Normally, your stat gains are held back a bit by that Bond Stat, but with Load Enhancements, you can just stack on cumulative stats, giving your Digimon a serious boost that traditional evolution just can’t match. These extra, loaded stats show up as a little blue number next to your main stats. They even stick around after you De-Digivolve. This means you’re strategically building up power over time, so even if you De-Digivolve later to try out a different evolution tree, all that previously “loaded” strength is still there.
On top of that, Load Enhancements are an insanely fast way to grab experience points (EXP) and Talent. Sure, you could grind out battles for ages, but this lets you sacrifice weaker or easy-to-get Digimon to instantly pump up the recipient’s EXP and Talent. This just absolutely turbo-charges their growth, getting them ready for tough, high-level challenges way faster.
It’s especially helpful when you’re trying to meet those specific, stat-heavy Digivolution requirements. You’ll get the biggest bang for your buck by using Digimon that are high-level and have a 200% scan rate as your fodder, since they drop the most significant enhancements. This makes it a breeze to get a new or sidelined Digimon up to par with your main squad in no time, giving you a ton more flexibility for your team strategy without all the tedious grinding.
Finally, a unique feature in Time Stranger is that Load Enhancements also let you transfer Attachment Skills from the sacrificed Digimon to the one you’re enhancing. This is a game-changer for customization, letting you slap a diverse array of skills onto your favorite Digimon, even if it’s not something they’d naturally learn. You can create some truly optimized and versatile fighters in Digimon Story: Time Stranger this way.
