Here are some tips, tricks, game help and information for the game Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM - Konami Digital Entertainment's online browser based social game.
The game offers a very good in-game tutorial at the start of the game. Follow Yugi's tutorial to guide you through the game's basic features like navigating around the maps, nodes and duels.
◄Back to Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM FAQ, Tips, Tricks and Strategy Guides List
◄Back to Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM FAQ, Tips, Tricks and Strategy Guides List
- Game Basics and Info -
Energy
- Energy is required for various actions like entering Nodes.
- Click on the nodes to play through the map and clear a path to the end of the chapter.
- Used for shuffling your hand cards into your deck to draw 3 cards during duel.
- How to Get More Energy
- Replenishes over time. 1 Energy per 1 minute.
- Gifts from friends. To check your gifts, click the "Notifications" menu (upper left corner).
- You can buy some at the store but it's better not to. Earn your DPs for powerful cards!
- Leveling up refills your energy bar.
Duel Points (DP)
- For buying exclusive or premium monster and spell cards, power-ups and other items.
- Earned by completing Chapters and objectives.
- You can buy a "Special Spells" pack at the Shop (Deals Section)!
- "Special Spells" pack includes Robbin' Goblin, Just Desserts and the powerful Mirror Force.
- I recommend to conserve your DPs for Spell cards so you can use them to any decks.
Card Pieces (CP)
- Some items in the shop can only be bought with these.
- Earned by winning duels against friends, quests, gifts from friends and more.
Coins
- Mostly used to buy monster and spell cards.
- For more info, go here: How to Gain More Coins - Tips and Tricks
Levels
- Similar to Character Level or Experience Level.
- Complete objective quests to level up.
Monster and Spell Cards
- Earned from duels, treasures nodes, duel stars and more.
- Use DPs, Card Pieces and Coins to purchase cards at the Shop.
- Through crafting existing cards. NEW!
- Higher attack power will destroy lower attack power. The remaining damage is taken out
of your opponent's or your Life points. If evenly matched, both are destroyed.
- The heart shaped icon represents your Life Points. Add them all up at the Deck Creation
page to determine your total Life Points.
- You can use spells to boost your mosnters or weaken your opponents.
Power-Ups!
- Equip them to the available slots during battle before hitting BAM. Use them wisely!
- Power-Ups are consumable items, once used, they are gone.
- Earned from duels, quests, gifts from friends, treasures nodes and more.
- You can buy some at the store but it's better not to. Earn your DP/CP for powerful cards!
Objectives or Quests
- Check your objectives at the bottom of your
game screen. Click to view more information.
- Complete quests to gain awesome rewards!
The Friends Bar
- "Help From My Friend" Objective: Use a friend to help you in battle.
- Click on their portrait and select GET HELP during Duel.
- Win or lose, you will still get rewards. Invite more friends to duel!
How to Send Gifts To My Yu-Gi-Oh! Friends Only?
- Click the "Send Gifts" button at the upper left corner of your game screen and select a gift.
- Look for the "All Friends" option and click it to bring out the drop down menu.
- Select "Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM Players" option then click all your friends in the box. Click Send.
______________________________________________________________________
- Quick Custom Deck Building -
- Unlocks after Chapter 3. Finish the tutorial first before customizing your deck to avoid
any game errors.
- When building decks, always keep the balance: Only add a maximum of 5 or 6 Spell cards!
- For more info on How to Create Decks, refer to the link below.
- How to Create and Use Customized Decks
- Building a deck should also have a decent Life Points. Target more than 7000 Life points.
______________________________________________________________________
- Duels and Encounters -
Friend Challenge Nodes Trick
At some points of the game, maps will randomly place your friends into some challenge
nodes. The problem is, it will give you a hard time passing those nodes if you can't defeat your high leveled friend!
- It would be better or easier if you have more friends whose level is lower than you though.
- Sometimes, friends will still use the story mode decks, regardless of their level.
______________________________________________________________________
Place your cards on the slots. Drag-and-drop monsters on the field, the hit BAM!
start the battle. Both your Monsters and those of your Opponent will attack each other, and
your Spells will take effect. The sequence always starts from the left-hand Channel.
- The duel ends when one player has 0 Life points or when you surrender.
- To learn more about the duel interface and how to duel, refer to the link below.
- Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM: How To Play or Duel - Player's Rule Book
______________________________________________________________________
Infinite Duel
- To play duels without using any Energy, enter any chapter and move around those
empty nodes or travel nodes that connect paths. Your goal is to find ambushes!
- If you get defeated, just click on the "Try Again" option.
______________________________________________________________________
- In-Game Tips (Loading Screen) -
- Out of Energy? No Problem! Check out the Shop for more!
- Your energy bar regenerates itself automatically by 1 point every a minute to a maximum
of 100 points.
- The easiest way to get gifts from friends is to send them gifts first.
- Check your objectives at the bottom of your game screen.
- Progress through the Story Map by completing the Duels in front of you.
- Travel nodes connect your path, but beware as ambushes may be here or there...
- You can toggle between a powerful, defensive and balanced deck before your duel.
- Visit the shop and purchase items such as unique monsters and spells, energy, and cool
Power-ups!
- You can only sell cards that are not used in a custom deck.
- Your Life Points is the total number of life points of the monsters in your deck.
- You can only use three copies of the same card in each deck.
- It's usually best to have more monsters than spells in your deck. A good ratio is 10 monsters
to 5 spells.
- Did you know that some cards can only be acquired through crafting?
- Not happy with your hand? Hit the Shuffle button on the right.
- Provided they have been played in the current Round, you can swap Monsters and Spells
from your Hand to the Field, at any point before you hit BAM.
- Hitting BAM locks down all monsters and spells on the field.
- Speed up your Duel by clicking on the 1x, 2x, 4x speed button beside your Hand!
- Need a boost in a Duel? Use the Buy option button beside your Power-Ups to access the
Quick-Shop!
- If you Surrender a duel, you still lose Energy.
______________________________________________________________________
Related Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM Tips & Guides:
Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM: How to Gain More Coins - Tips and Tricks
Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM: Suggested Decks and Game Walkthrough Guide
Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM: How To Play or Duel - Player's Rule Book
Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM: How to Level Fast - Objectives Guide
Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM: How to Create and Use Customized Decks
Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM: Monster and Spell Card Effects
Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM: Duel Stars Challenge - Type Deck Locations
Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM: Suggested Decks for Duel Stars Challenge
Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM: How to Beat all Type Decks in Duel Stars Challenge
or