Train45 First Playthrough Guide

Pick Reina or Mai, Not Both

Reina and Mai share the same XP curve and both cap at Lv8, gated by chapter (caps 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 8 across chapters 1–6). Successful exploration fills a lust / affection bar (cap 200, about +10 per clear). Hitting the number is not a rank-up. You must watch that rank’s main H event or the bar sits in a “pending” state. Shared XP thresholds: 100 / 170 / 230 / 300 / 380 / 500 / 600 / 700 / 850 / 1,000.

Reina is the calmer first pick — analytical gear and hot-spring navigation talks around ranks 5–6. Mai is the bolder pick — bunny CG at the Collaboration Car and roulette navigation talks. Konial’s bracelet chain still happens in chapter 6 either way. Butler affection is chests, not gifts. Pazuzu is story-gated; do not dump tickets trying to “max” her like Reina.

Starting-car chats update every rank. Return after each real level-up. Rank 5–6 talks are what teach the phone map. Details: How to Raise Affinity and Character Events.

Chapter Checklist

1. Chapters 1–2. Learn Sense. Buy Dim Red Lamp or Single Earbud. Open every chest. Do not spend gold tickets on cosmetics.
2. Chapter 3. Pazuzu window meeting (Next Customer, Please~). Keep one romance focused. Save before unfamiliar doors.
3. Chapter 4. Butler human form. Start the 11 lost-item boxes. Buy Hint -1- if you hate backtracking. Shop hints for terminals 9+.
4. Chapter 5. Collaboration Car (Mai bunny, wall 45) and Hot Spring (Reina, wall 54) when your ranks allow. Note the butler poster 8 / 31 whenever you shop.
5. Chapter 6. Equip Copper Bracelet, Konial Lv1 talk, Lv2, third training, OMEGA, unequip, then 8-31-45-54, then Take out Xiao Ke OMEGA. The lever is a second credits, not this run’s goal.

First visits to terminals permanently raise equipment capacity (Punishment Car +12 is the largest). Visit terminals for the bonus even if you skip the CG. Table: Puzzle Solutions.

What to Ignore Until Run 2

Opposite-heroine CGs, remaining Pazuzu terminals you skipped, leftover prize-machine pulls, and emptying the entire stall. Run 2 is the opposite romance plus bad-end / lever if you skipped it. Run 3 is shop leftover and Route Master. That schedule is on the 100% guide.

August 2026 still has no named Patch Note 4. Elniko’s 27 July letter promised an August event dialogue replay (community’s top request), more free updates, a sequel / epilogue in the works, and a new project reveal by late 2026. As of 20 August that replay is not in the public changelog. Play with Event Gallery + phone events 0–7. Handheld: Steam Deck after v1.0.5.1.