Shadow Garden

Shadow Garden is the second of three Raid Mode arenas in Anime Apocalypse, themed after the Cid Kagenou / Shadow Garden organization from The Eminence in Shadow. The map is named in the official Trello “About Raid” card (w3KsrWKJ) — making the map name itself Tier 1 / Discord-attested.

Mode pairing: Raid only. Shadow Garden is not in the rotation for Survival, Infinite, or Titan Defense modes per the Trello roster.

IP tie-in: This map’s theming directly references the Cid Kagenou organization in The Eminence in Shadow, consistent with other anime-IP-named content in the game (Spin / SBR, Head of Hei / Darker Than Black, Saiyan / DBZ, Pride / FMA, etc.).

Reward economy: Raid completions drop Raid Coins spent at the Raid Shop. The exact drop rates and the specific boss roster for the Shadow Garden arena are not enumerated in any current source — both Trello and aggregator coverage describe Raid Mode at the system level rather than per-arena.

Recommended build: The site’s Reaper Burst Build (Spin · Head of Hei · Akaza · Coyote with Reaper trait, Battle Suit + Rage gadget) is the recommended Raid Mode loadout for all three raid arenas including Shadow Garden.

Why we flag this entry as verified_single_source: The map name and the fact that it is one of three raid arenas come from Trello (Tier 1). Aggregator coverage of Shadow Garden as a standalone arena is currently absent — none of Beebom, PGG, BloxInsider, FFBooyah, or AllThings.how name the three arenas individually. The arena will be promoted to verified once a second source surfaces concrete details on the boss roster or unlock gate.

Raid Mode economics that apply to Shadow Garden

Per the Trello “About Raid” card (w3KsrWKJ), the system-level rules that govern Shadow Garden along with the other two arenas:

• Co-op size: 1-6 players per raid
• Boss HP scaling: boss HP scales with party size; endgame players prefer solo for faster farming
• Ticket cost: the first three raids cost 1 ticket each; later raids (4/5) cost 5 tickets each — Shadow Garden as “Raid 2 of 3” sits in the 1-ticket bracket
• Coin reward: 31-76 raid coins per boss kill, spent at the Raid Shop for trait spins, lucky spins, cosmetics, and abilities

These per-raid economic numbers are the only public ones across both Tier 1 (Discord / Trello) and Tier 2 sources as of 2026-05-13; the specific Shadow Garden boss roster and per-arena drop tables are still unenumerated.

Cid Kagenou connection

The Shadow Garden organization in The Eminence in Shadow is led by Cid Kagenou (the protagonist). The Discord faq forum lists Cid as one of the six confirmed V-skill abilities (docs/05-units-heroes.md §1.3), but the per-skill description of Cid’s V-skill has not been published — only the credit line “cid v skill (credit Faith, posted by Lunatic 2026-05-03)” exists in the Discord thread. Whether Cid the ability is acquired through the Shadow Garden raid specifically, or via a separate gacha/quest path, is not stated in any Tier 1 or Tier 2 source — flagged in docs/05-units-heroes.md §4 Data Gap-list.

Relationship to the other two raid arenas

The Trello “About Raid” card names three arenas: Infinity Castle (Demon Slayer / Muzan), Shadow Garden (this page), and Western Land (Wild West / per docs/06-maps.md §3 mapped to PGG’s “Wild West Raid” with the ~55K HP “Gairo” boss — docs/06-maps.md §3 logs the naming reconciliation as still-pending Discord arbitration). None of the three arenas has aggregator-level per-arena coverage; only Western Land has any aggregator article (PGG) and that one focuses on the SBR+AOT update theme rather than per-arena mechanics.

Aesthetic & atmosphere

Per docs/06-maps.md §2.5, Shadow Garden carries a “high” IP-recognition rating with the IP referenced as Eminence in Shadow (Cid Kagenou organization). According to docs/06-maps.md §1.2.3, this map is one of the three Trello-named raid arenas — sitting between the Demon Slayer-themed Infinity Castle and the JoJo/SBR-themed Western Land. Per docs/06-maps.md §2.5, the IP-density framing in the same section calls out that map pages should call out the original anime in headline copy (“Shadow Garden — the Eminence in Shadow-inspired raid”) to capture cross-fandom traffic — which is exactly how this page positions itself in titling and metadata.

Mode mechanics

Per docs/06-maps.md §1.2.3, Raid mode is a boss fight in 1-6 player co-op format; boss HP scales with party size. According to the same section, Shadow Garden as raid 2 of 3 sits in the 1-ticket entry bracket alongside Infinity Castle (raids 1-3 cost 1 ticket each; raids 4 and 5 cost 5 tickets each). Per the same Trello “About Raid” card, the universal raid payout is 31-76 raid coins per kill, redeemable at the Raid Shop. According to docs/06-maps.md §4 (Data Gap-list), the Shadow Garden boss roster, phase structure, and per-arena drop table are not enumerated in any current source — Trello and Pro Game Guides both describe raid mode at the system level rather than per arena.

Why farm here

Per docs/06-maps.md §1.2.3, the documented raid drop table is generic across all three arenas — cosmetics, titles, abilities, lucky spin rewards, plus 31-76 raid coins per kill — so the practical farm motive for Shadow Garden is identical to Infinity Castle’s: the 1-ticket entry cost and a solo-run boss-HP scaling pattern for faster clears. According to docs/06-maps.md §4, there is no published drop-rate differentiation between the three raid arenas, so the choice between Shadow Garden and Infinity Castle reduces to IP preference and any unannounced per-boss difficulty curve. Per docs/05-units-heroes.md §1.3 cross-referenced from docs/06-maps.md §6, the Cid V-skill ability is one of the six confirmed Mastery-100 V-skills, but per the same cross-doc reference whether Cid the ability is acquired through the Shadow Garden raid specifically (vs. a separate gacha/quest path) is not stated in any Tier 1 or Tier 2 source — that gap is logged in docs/05-units-heroes.md §4 Data Gap-list.

Synergies & comparison

Per docs/06-maps.md §2.4 (map-mode pairing matrix), Shadow Garden sits exclusively in the Raid Mode rotation alongside Infinity Castle and Western Land — these arenas are isolated from the Survival/Infinite rotation (Shibuya, Impel Down) and from Trost’s Titan Defense. According to docs/06-maps.md §1.2.3, the three raid arenas share identical entry cost, coin payout, and party scaling — the IP layer (Eminence in Shadow here, Demon Slayer at Infinity Castle, JoJo / SBR at Western Land) is currently the most differentiated feature of each arena. Per docs/04-tier-list.md §3 cross-referenced from docs/06-maps.md §6 plus the Reaper trait page, Reaper is the consensus best Raid trait — the same Reaper Burst Build that applies at Infinity Castle is the recommended Shadow Garden loadout per the build link above. Per docs/06-maps.md §4, the Shadow Garden page will be upgraded from verified_single_source to verified once Discord or an aggregator publishes the boss roster.