Stands

Introduction

Stands are the headline system in Your Bizarre Adventure and the reason most players start the game. A Stand is a summoned ability that carries your entire build: its moves, its playstyle in duels and its role in boss fights all come from which one you hold. The official board tracks forty-six of them across four families, and the family you land in determines how much work the rest of the game will be. Arrow Stands come from the standard random pool, Ribcage Stands come from a different item that draws on the later parts of the source material, evolved forms are reached through Requiem Arrows, Corpse Parts or long questlines, and four Requiem Stands sit at the end of those chains. This section covers the roster, the three acquisition routes and the gates that stand between you and each one. It deliberately does not quote roll odds or combat statistics, because the game publishes neither.

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Stand Families

Core Mechanics

Acquisition works in three layers, and knowing which layer you are in prevents most wasted effort. The first layer is the roll: a Mysterious Arrow grants a Stand from the standard pool as long as your Worthiness is high enough, and using one while you already hold a Stand does nothing until you clear it with a Rokakaka. The second layer is the alternate pool: the Ribcage of the Saint's Corpse draws from a different set entirely, which is where Tusk ACT 1, Scary Monsters, D4C, The World Alternate Universe and Soft and Wet come from. The third layer is evolution, and it splits three ways. Requiem Arrows turn a compatible base Stand into its final form but require Prestige 1 before they can be used at all. Corpse Parts are targeted: the Heart evolves D4C and Red Hot Chili Pepper, the Left Arm drives Tusk ACT 2, and the Pelvis drives Tusk ACT 4. Questlines cover the rest, including C-Moon from a Green Baby applied to Whitesnake and The World Over Heaven from Dio's Diary and Dio's Bone. Naming matters too: the game's text filter renames some Stands, so the board lists Six Pistols and D4C rather than their original series names.

Advantages

The Stand system gives every account a route to the top without paying. Arrows and Ribcages spawn in the world, Requiem Arrows can be earned rather than bought, and the evolution recipes are deterministic once you know them, so a patient player can reach a Requiem Stand on time invested alone. The families also cover genuinely different playstyles rather than the same kit at different strengths: close-range Stands pressure in duels, long-range Stands punish from distance, and ability-type Stands bring utility that changes how a fight is approached. Evolution rewards commitment without discarding it, because most routes build on a base Stand you already own rather than replacing it with an unrelated roll. The reward structure is also legible: the game shows roll odds in its own Settings panel, so you can check what you are aiming at without trusting a third-party list. Finally, the trading layer means an unwanted Stand still has value, since several arrow and Corpse Part items and their results can be exchanged.

Challenges

The Stand track is the most gate-heavy part of the game. Worthiness blocks the very first roll, and an account that skipped it will own arrows it cannot use. The Ribcage route adds a second condition on top, since it only works when you have no Stand at all, which means clearing your current one first. Requiem evolution is worse: the arrow requires Prestige 1 before it functions, and the practical way to earn your first one is to place in the top three of a Steel Ball Run race, so a player who dislikes that mode is stuck behind it. Some evolution steps are also gated by other systems entirely, such as Tusk ACT 2 needing Spin equipped and Tusk ACT 3 needing a conversation with a randomly spawning NPC, which cannot be scheduled. On top of the mechanics, the information environment is hostile. The game publishes no per-Stand roll percentages and no combat statistics, and the official tier list that circulates ranks skin trading value rather than fighting power, so a player following it as a strength ranking will target the wrong Stands.

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