Links & Game Resources [Japan ver.]
These are resources for PAD Japan version. For North America version & more general resources, see here.
Special thanks to: Appgle for some screenshots, rawrzcookie for writing up a guide, An00bis32 and RMagic for helping out on the iTunes account guide, Ancientmews and Paulo for suggestions.
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Downloading & Updating PAD
Some sites to find APK file for PAD
| Japan Version | North America Version |
News and events (translated)
Need some Japanese PAD news, translated? Keep in mind that JP news is 1 – 2 months ahead of Korea and North America servers.
Here’s where you find JP news:
Websites
| Site | Description |
| Blogging Mama | You’re here. Blog version of the #JP_news_translated channel of PDX Discord server, but with easier searching capabilities and more complete. |
| Reddit (PAD Subreddit) | JP News mostly translated by fether. All news and events are tagged with [JP] and/or [news]. You will almost never find PADR news there. |
Discord servers
| Site | Description |
| PDX Discord server (Puzzle Dragon X) | at the #JP_news_translated channel (ran by me, with help of Cate, Paulo, and more). Started in May 2017, with news and events. This is the faster version of the blog. Same channel is mirrored on the PAD Community Server. |
Official websites
These are official web pages from GungHo! Most of them are only in Japanese.
| Site | Description |
| Puzzle and Dragons (JP) Homepage | Official information, slower than Twitter typically. |
| Twitter (@pad_sexy) | 99% of the news are here. |
| High resolution images, posted in Japanese and English. Rarely updated now. | |
| YouTube Channel | Occasionally has news in videos, game play, streams, and PAD anime! |
Event schedules & general information
Unofficial websites that has information you need, including event schedules and information on cards.
| Site | Description |
| Skyozora (Chinese) | Taiwanese-based site, Chinese equivalent of PDX but for JP contents. All times shown are in Hong Kong/Taiwan times. |
| Game8 (Japanese) | Tier list, co-op boards, card analyses/ratings, and more. |
| GameWith (Japanese) | Similar to Game8, has news, tier list, co-op boards, card analyses/ratings. |
| PAD Unofficial Wiki パズル＆ドラゴンズ非公式wiki (Japanese) | Wikipedia page for PAD Japan. Basic guides, dungeons, etc. are there! |
| Pazusoku パズ速 (Japanese) | A Japanese blog-like site with quick updates and commentary. |
| Puzdlife パズドライフ (Japanese) | Quick news resource of anything PAD-related. |
| PAD-Plus パズドラ まとめぷらす (Japanese) | Another PAD news source, blog style. (Appears to have stopped updating since end of 2017…) |
| Pad Pad Blog (Chinese) | A Chinese blog on PAD, ran by a non-IAP player from Hong Kong. Contains news and random information about dungeons, and popular videos. Also one of the most popular PAD blogs out there! |
Daily dungeons & guerillas
Need to find out what dungeons are going on today? Besides seeing this in-game, in the Others menu (all in JST), there are these options:
| Site | Description |
| Skyozora (Chinese) | Equivalent to PDX for NA server, except no time zone changes (all Hong Kong/Taiwan time). |
| DadGuide (English) | Android-only app also developed by tactical_retreat, still under beta development. |
| PADguide (English) | App available on iOS and Android, unfortunately seems to be abandoned (hence nicknamed Dedguide). If you want alarm for your guerillas and in local time zones, this used to be amazing. |
Crown cutoff score tracking
| Site | Description |
| @Takenama2525 | Current crown cutoffs: JP Player Takenama took over and track crown cutoff scores! See the pinned post on his Twitter for graphs when a Ranking Dungeons is ongoing. |
| @sibonyan_pad | Older crown cutoffs (Prior to June 2018): Japanese player Sibonyan was the sole person working on charts to show current Ranking Dungeon cutoff scores, and predict the final cutoff score! |
List of all ranking dungeons
- See here for a compilation of Ranking Dungeons happened in JP, NA, and EU servers. Crown cutoff scores and top scores are included.
Tier lists
Just for general references. I personally do not rely on them since everyone has different play style and boxes. See here for the reasons why.
Keep in mind that some of the lists are weighed more towards selected dungeons, such as higher difficulties of Ultimate Arena.
| Site | Description |
| JP Aggregate Leader List (Bakadata) (English) | Tier List for JP leads, English commentary of all of the Japanese sites below. |
| Game8 (Japanese) | Scroll down to “最強キャラ（リーダー）ランキング” for the chart. |
| AppMedia (Japanese) | Ranking of monsters with explanations. |
| GameWith (Japanese) | Lists Top 10 leaders and more. |
| Altema (Japanese) |
Discuss in English / Find English friends
There are a bunch of English-speaking players but are in different platforms. Most of the discussion happen on Discord servers or Facebook groups.
| Site | Description |
| PAD Community Server (Discord server) |
North America-based Discord server with a few JP-related channels:
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| PDX Discord Server | #pad_general channel always have a few JP players hanging out. |
| Puzzle & Dragons Global (US/JP) (Facebook group) | Also has some JP players hanging out. |
| PAD EU Discord Server | Has a #jp_players channel for European players playing on the JP server (and a #NA_players channel for NA players). |
| The PAD Subreddit (Reddit) | Always have some JP players around too! |
| GameFAQs PAD Board | Has some discussions about JP version in the News & Updates thread. |
Finding friends (Japanese)
| Site | Description |
| Short-term Friend Recruiting (Japanese) | Find friends depending on needs. Left bar shows different post boards, sorted by attributes, types, resists, groups, or certain leads. |
Finding co-op
| Site | Description |
| PAD Community Server | Has a (sorta quiet) #jp_coop channel dedicated to coop on JP server. |
| GameWith (Japanese) | Get started with this guide (by Sipstrus @ Comm server) |
| Game8 (Japanese) | Many boards for your needs. Look for open rooms, or post Room ID / Lead(s) / Floor of dungeon like everyone there (In Japanese)! |
For Japanese sites, Google Translate may be useful. Refer to Sipstrus’ guide above for some formats in posting. Below are the basic boards available on Game8:
Japanese gift cards (for In-App Purchases)
Below are some sites suggested by various JP players outside Japan since IAP is region locked. Most of them send the gift code by email. This list is in no particular order, and there are many more sources out there for gift cards. You aren’t restricted to the options below!
| Site | Description |
| OffGamers Online | Need to make an account on their site, sends code on the site in less than 5 minutes generally. |
| Play-Asia | Many use this primarily. |
| Japan Code Supply | |
| Solaris Japan Cards | |
| Japan Codes | |
| Tao Bao (淘寶網) | Chinese online shopping website. Can be tricky since some sellers (Chinese) want you to contact them before purchasing. |
Miscellaneous
Other websites with tools that may interest you.
| Site | Description |
| Facebook Cover Photo Generator | Create huge banner or signature with Skyozora‘s photo generator! You can feature a monster, your common leaders, and your ID in the image. (Unfortunately not all cards are available…) In my example above, Ed is the leader I’d always put up, and Yog-Sothoth is backup leaders that may be up sometimes. |
| PAD Resume (Japanese, translation included) | Useful image generator by GameWith for showing your most common leaders, amount IAP, type of player, and dungeon clear achievements. |
PADW
PADW is the JP-only mini game found at the start screen of PAD. It’s a cute little game to get a few extra Magic Stones.
Things shared between PAD and PADW:
- Your PAD ID
- Secret Code
- User name
- Magic Stone count
- Friends
| Site | Description |
| Ava Tamadra catalogue | List of all outfits for the Tamadra, on Puzzle Dragon X Database. |
PAD Radar
PAD Radar (PADR) is a complimentary app of PAD, to look for monsters, search for orbs and get rewards that can be claimed in PAD. This also has a player vs. player mode.
See my PAD Radar mini guide to see what PAD Radar is all about!
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