Getting To Grips With Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero's Wish-Granting Dragons

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero perfectly encapsulates what people love about the series: the giant energy beams, passionate screaming, and even the comedy is intact, with characters like Yajirobe creating an online meta with appropriate antics. And of course there are the eponymous mystical Dragon Balls, and the various dragons they can summon.

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Much like in the series, DBSZ’s dragons can grant you wishes, creating a fun, albeit ill-explained mechanic to unlock a variety of things. We’ll be going over the best way to collect the different Dragon Balls, as well as the highlights for summoning each dragon.

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Summoning Shenron gives you access to a single wish. I’d argue he’s middle of the pack in what he offers, but that depends entirely on what you want to unlock. Here are your choices with this dragon:

• I want more Zeni - Grants 300,000 Zeni
• I want you to raise my Player Level - One of the first things I did after the tutorial was summon Shenron and choose this wish. I was pretty happy with the result, as it increased my Player Level to 8 and expanded the Shop quite a bit.
• I want more Titles - These are titles for your Player Card.
• I want New Outfits - These are cosmetic options for specific characters. The options include Yamcha’s original Bandit outfit, Goku and Vegeta’s Outfits from Dragon Ball Super, and Master Roshi’s Jackie Chun outfit.
• I want to complete an Episode Battle - Offers a Dragon Orb item to make secondary objectives easier.

Things work a bit differently with Porunga. He can’t raise your Player Level or Outfits, and he provides less Zeni, but he has the advantage of granting you three wishes. You can also acquire Ability Items from him. Here’s the breakdown:

• I want more Zeni - Grants 120,000 Zeni
• I want more Titles - A different set of titles for your Player Card.
• I want Ability Items - Most of these will be available in the shop over time, but it’s a great way to unlock some early on.
• I want to complete an Episode Battle - Offers a Dragon Orb item to make secondary objectives easier.

Super Shenron offers an exclusive category, letting you wish for a character. There are a lot of methods to unlock every Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero character, but two of them can be acquired early this way. They’re both thematically appropriate to this dragon and they certainly are fan favorites.

The remainder of his choices are also pretty enticing. He gives you everything the other dragons can, and he grants far more Zeni and player experience. Here’s everything you can get from Super Shenron:

• I want more Characters - Allows you to unlock Goku Black or Fused Zamasu.
• I want more Zeni - Grants 1,000,000 Zeni.
• I want you to raise my Player Level - Using a different profile that was at a player level 2, this option skyrocketed it to 18.
• I want new Outfits - Offers the same outfits that Shenron does.
• I want more Titles - Super Shenron has some unique titles, and provides the same ones offered by Shenron and Porunga.
• I want Ability Items - Offers the same items as Porunga.
• I want to complete an Episode Battle - Offers a Dragon Orb item to make secondary objectives easier.

Every dragon can grant help completing an Episode Battle. Choosing that wish will give you an exclusive item called a Dragon Orb. These can be used only when hovering over an Episode Battle with branching paths, as they make the secondary objectives easier to meet. Even though a lot of these objectives just require you to win within a certain time, using a Dragon Orb for a bit more leeway can be a big help. The only caveat is that you won’t earn victory rewards from it, but that’s not too bad of a trade-off to see some really fun what-if stories.

This option won’t pop up until you’ve come across an Episode Battle with potential branching paths. Although that occurs early on in Goku’s story, those who immediately spent a lot of time in multiplayer modes or received a free Shenron summon—depending upon which edition they purchased—would likely not have seen this. Make sure to keep an eye out for this option if you didn’t see it during your first summon(s)!

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero doesn’t spend much time explaining the nuances of summoning the dragons, and leaves it all for us to discover. As fun as that idea is, nobody likes to feel like they made the wrong choice, especially with how rare it can be to see Porunga and Super Shenron.

The best choice for you depends entirely on preference and how far along you are, but you should be better equipped to select a more favorable option. Go out and make your wishes in confidence!