Getting Sovereign, the Sinbad-inspired Secret unit in Anime Expeditions, means following a portal chain: farm Djinn's Treasure, craft Sovereign's Portal, host the clear, then evolve the result into Sovereign (Djinn). The Tidal Siege event route covers the shop and portal menu. This is the Sinbad line, not the separate older Dark Mage (Sovereign) unit.
Get Sovereign through the Summer Portal chain
Sovereign is not a Summon Banner unit. Use the Tidal Siege route and keep the live shop and portal panels open for patch-sensitive details:
- Get a Tier 1 Summer Portal. Use the Tidal Siege shop and follow the currency and price shown in your live shop panel.
- Reach Tier 5. Clear and advance Summer Portals until you can run the Tier 5 version.
- Farm Djinn's Treasure. Collect 4 Djinn's Treasure from Tier 5 Summer Portals. A 4% drop chance and pity after 25 runs are the reported values, so check the portal's reward and pity text before farming around those numbers.
- Use the Crafting Station. At the lobby Crafting Station, combine the four treasures to make Sovereign's Portal.
- Activate the crafted portal. Open Items, choose the Portals tab, select Sovereign's Portal, and activate it. A host clear is reported to guarantee the Secret-unit reward. A guest clear has a reported 2% chance, so joining another player is not a guarantee.
- Check the reward name. If your inventory gives base Sovereign, continue to the Evolve menu. If it gives Sovereign (Djinn), inspect its passives instead. Use the name shown in your own reward and inventory screens when the labels differ.
Once crafted, the Portals tab should show the exact card you need:
Some augments are reported to improve reward chance or pity progress. Read each augment's text before using it, since exact effects can vary.
Evolve Sovereign with Sprites and Lightning Emblem
Select Sovereign in the Evolve menu and check the requirements before spending anything. The evolution needs six entries:
| Requirement | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sprite (Red) | 25 |
| Sprite (Purple) | 25 |
| Sprite (Green) | 25 |
| Sprite (Rainbow) | 3 |
| Lightning Emblem | 1 |
| Gold | 10,000 |
Sprites and Gold come from Challenges, and Grey Sprites can be crafted into the coloured Sprite types. Use the Crafting Station recipe for the conversion instead of guessing the ratio.
Lightning Emblem is reported in the Summer Fish Fest and Tidal Siege shop for 10,000 Sand Dollars. Shop listings can change, so check the live amount before spending. The general Evolve and Sprite steps explain the menu basics, while the Fish Fest progression guide helps with the event shop route.
Confirm the evolution after every requirement is filled to unlock Sovereign (Djinn).
Use Sovereign (Djinn) to switch from wave chains to boss control
Sovereign (Djinn) is a Storm/Physical unit with a three-copy placement limit and a boss-control kit. Place it where a Boss can enter its attack range, because that trigger changes the active Djinn form.
The tooltip below helps you recognise the boss form. If a percentage differs in your game, use the live Passive panel as the final check:
Djinn Combination. Without a Boss in range, Lightning Djinn is active. When a Boss enters range, Nine Tailed Fox Djinn becomes active without disabling Lightning Djinn.
Lightning Djinn. Each attack creates 5 chains. Each chain deals 20% of the unit's current Damage. The chains bounce among available enemies. If fewer than five enemies are available, an enemy can be hit again, and one remaining enemy takes every chain.
Nine Tailed Fox Djinn. While active, Damage increases by 50%. Attacks apply Freeze, the unit auto-targets the Boss, and the target remains slowed by 15% after Freeze ends. The Slow cannot stack.
Djinn's Judgment. Every 7 seconds, summon a Lightning Strike on the strongest enemy in range. It deals 75% of current Damage, then chains to three targets. Each chain deals 20% of current Damage and applies Freeze.
Use Lightning Djinn where chains can reach groups. For boss rounds, make sure the Boss can enter range so Nine Tailed Fox Djinn activates. A position that sees both waves and the Boss lets the unit use its full kit instead of leaving one form waiting on the sidelines.
The two names are easy to mix up, but Dark Mage (Sovereign) is a separate unit and does not use this Sinbad evolution path.
