Within memories lies the true key to the truth, as described in Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & The Envisioned Land. You and your party set off on a course to find that truth and reputation of alchemy, which the Aladiss have long since declared taboo and dangerous.
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As you travel and gain party members, you’ll get to know them through trial by combat, sidequests, and stories of their own. Which ones are your favorites? Which ones are ours? We can’t tell you whose favorites are yours, but check out our favorite characters below!
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Lenja
The Party’s Baby Sister
It’s easy to underestimate the quiet member of the group. Lenja is shy, usually apologizing, and is on a journey of atonement due to the ostracism of her whole clan. You can’t help but love this gentle soul. Though gentle, she fights with a severity and strength that belies the potential for greatness that lies just below the surface with her large sword.
She is versed in Mana and applies elemental damage to all her attacks, as well as manifest daggers that take on elemental properties. Her Maximized Mana Surge, Lionhearted, takes all her accumulated daggers and turns them into pure power to take out a singular enemy. It’s the power of the quiet one that rings the loudest.
Along with her martial prowess, each of her physical attacks can reduce the cooldown of either an individual item that has the longest cooldown that’s been used, or, like with the case of the skill Accel Edge, it can reduce the cooldown of all items that have been used in battle, making her invaluable to an alchemist’s party.
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Nina Friede
The Mysterious Mercenary
A mystery wrapped in an enigma, Nina is here to accompany you, complete her job, and be done. Or is she? On the surface, she is an affable mercenary who is more than capable of protecting you, Yumia, while she makes her way across the continent, but during conversations with her, you get the sense that there’s more to this journey for her than meets the eye.
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In battle, you’d be lucky to even see her with your naked eye, as her attacks are lightning-fast. As she levels, her attacks scale with her Speed stats, meaning she only gets faster the more she sees combat. Soon, you won’t be able to see her coming; and with her ultimate, Zero Chance, being an almost guaranteed instant kill, you’re lucky it isn’t your bounty she’s out for.
Her skills primarily focus on increasing her speed, but there are a few, like Combat Techniquest, for example, that increase your overall crit rate, making your opportunity for explosive damage that much better.
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Rutger Arendt
The Sacrifice Of Life Is What Makes Him Strong
Don’t let the rough-and-tumble exterior fool you. He cares a lot about the investigation team he travels with. Sure, it takes a while, and there are several bumps in the road, some of which come from his personality, but soon, this prickly scythe master becomes a beloved and strong member of the team who sacrifices a lot for them.
What exactly does he sacrifice? His own life force whenever he uses certain attacks, such as Bloody Heart or Necromancy, which increases the critical rate of his attacks. It’s not all risk and reward, however, as he also has skills that he uses to replenish his HP and not leave Yumia and the rest of the party in dire straits.
The lower his HP, the harder his attacks hit the enemy, so sometimes, at least to him, it’s worth the risk of putting his life on the line to get the job done. Slowly though, with Yumia’s help, he’s learning that maybe…that’s not always the answer.
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Isla Von Duerer
The Fashionable Half Of The Twins
Isla is the shining ball of sunshine that makes everyone at the party smile, whether they want to or not! A fashionista who is adept with a sewing needle and loves to put together a cute look. Isla is a people person and emotionally intelligent, which makes up for her older brother’s stoic and sometimes off-putting personality. At least to those who don’t know him.
While not the fastest or the strongest fighter, Isla is still competently balanced in both of these categories. Her only drawback is that she’s slightly more squishy than the other members of the party, but if your parry reflexes are up to snuff, that’s not going to be much of an issue for you.
Stun is usually triggered by magic attacks.
Her biggest weapons are the skills she learns along the way, because not only do they deal decent damage, but they are the only physical skills in the game that innately cause stun to enemies, revealing their elemental weakness.
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Viktor von Duerer
The Shield Of The Party
Stoic wouldn’t be the right word to describe the elder von Duerer sibling. No, the seriousness that he carries with him doesn’t come from a place of professional knighthood; rather, it comes from a place of failure and melancholy, of a time when he couldn’t save the remainder of his loved ones. The vow to protect Isla wears heavily on his face, even now.
As the knight of the group, he uses his shield in both offensive and defensive situations by bashing enemies at close range and blocking incoming attacks, but he’s also got a surprise ranged weapon hidden inside his shield, too, with Charged Shot. Viktor is nothing if not thoroughly prepared for any situation.
His attacks also cause the widest range of random effects on enemies with varying levels of success. Helios’ Judgment causes AOE damage and reduces a random stat to anyone caught inside, while Cross Bind inflicts Daze to anyone caught slipping on the wrong end of the shield.
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Yumia Liessfeldt
Alchemist Of Memories
A gun-staff, melodic martial arts, AND a motorcycle to get around on? Yumia is just overall really fun to play with. Though this is true, if you aren’t careful in how you level her up, you’ll be in for a rude awakening in later parts of the game. Gaining levels through battle is all well and good, but this is an alchemist game down in its roots; that’s where Yumia’s power is.
The more you create items and level her alchemy skills, the more overpowered she becomes in battle, and the faster her cooldowns become, making her a nigh-unstoppable force of pain without the worry of waiting for attacks to come back.
Reducing cooldowns is just the start of it. Once she unlocks more skills, her passives allow her to increase the gauge of the party’s Mana Surge and increase the damage of the party’s Friend Actions and items as well. Yumia unlocks the party’s true potential when you invest in hers.
- Released
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March 21, 2025
- Developer(s)
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Gust
- ESRB
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Teen // Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood, Suggestive Themes, Mild Language
- PC Release Date
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March 21, 2025
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
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March 21, 2025
- PS5 Release Date
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March 21, 2025
- Nintendo Switch Release Date
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March 21, 2025
- X|S Optimized
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Yes
- Number of Players
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1
- Steam Deck Compatibility
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Unknown