Fantasia Sango 3

Fantasia Sango 3 is the third standalone role-playing game in the Fantasia Sango series. Set during the Guanghe era of the Eastern Han dynasty, around the time of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, its story takes place more than a decade before the events of the second game and follows a new group of protagonists within the series’ established world.

Choose your protagonists

You can play as either the male protagonist, Xia Hao, or the female protagonist, Zhang Jie. The game has multiple branching routes and endings: your opening choice changes the perspective, reveals different backgrounds and personalities, and affects which characters join each protagonist’s team. Later, route decisions, relationship levels and special conditions shape the story and its outcomes. Xia Hao, Zhang Jie and the other major characters can develop relationships, including hidden endings; supporting characters also have relationship outcomes that can change in response to the protagonists’ relationships.

As the story progresses, the party may need to split up. Choosing which protagonist leads each group determines which characters adventure together and changes the team’s battle combinations. Routes can also affect which rare weapons and treasures are available through mysterious battle events. Side quests and battle events remain accessible regardless of the dual-protagonist structure, and characters who leave the party gain levels according to the protagonist leading the main route.

3D combo battles

Combat uses 3D battlefields and viewpoints, with knockbacks, detailed attacks, large-scale boss fights and camera angles that change as the story progresses. The series’ combo-based combat returns with combos that are easier to achieve. Repeated hits build extra damage, which can be combined with Secret Realm enhancements, martial arts bonuses and hidden divine weapons to deal damage exceeding six figures.

Battle events

Battles in both the main story and side quests can contain hidden events. By gathering information and following the clues during combat, you can meet special conditions to earn rewards. Challenges include ordered attacks, consecutive kills and timed trials, with some requiring particular strategies or combinations of resources and equipment. Their effects can extend beyond immediate item rewards, and route choices can influence what happens.

You can switch to easy mode or skip some battle events while still following the full story. Some equipment can carry over into a second playthrough, giving you another chance to overcome events you previously failed.

Secret Realm workshop

The Secret Realm is the hidden workshop of the legendary divine craftsmen Jiang Hao and Yu Hao, who are said to have played an important role in the ancient Battle of Zhuolu. It contains three artifacts, including the Essence Cauldron, which converts items into spiritual energy used to create or enhance weapons and equipment. Unlike the conversion system in Fantasia Sango 2, the cauldron may also produce mysterious treasures when processing items. The Secret Realm displays its level and current spiritual energy; higher-value items yield more energy, and upgrading the cauldron improves the treasures it can produce.

Antique Immortal

The Antique Immortal meets the protagonists and, in gratitude for being rescued, brings them to the workshop and guides them through its systems. You can exchange certain collected treasures with him for special items to equip. These items can change the protagonists’ appearance and may also have special abilities.

Key features

• Two playable protagonists and branching story routes
• Multiple endings shaped by relationships, choices and special conditions
• A workshop system with the Essence Cauldron and equipment upgrades
• 3D battles with combo attacks, boss fights and hidden battle events