Type: Intrinsic Skill (Saiyan)
A crimson battle aura that multiplies your energy pools far beyond their natural limit. The power is real — and so is the strain: Kaioken burns your body while active and leaves you exhausted afterward.
Kaioken is innate to the Medium Saiyan race (and higher Saiyan tiers). It cannot be learned with EP, and it stays with you as you evolve through the Saiyan line.
Press to activate; cycle modes to pick a tier. Higher tiers unlock as your EP grows — and the skill only ever lets you select tiers you currently qualify for.
| Tier | Energy Multiplier | Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Kaioken | ×2 | Always available |
| Kaioken x3 | ×3 | 100,000 EP (default, server-configurable) |
| Kaioken x10 | ×10 | 1,000,000 EP (default, server-configurable) |
| Kaioken x20 | ×20 | 10,000,000 EP (default, server-configurable) and skill mastered |
Duration: 3 minutes, or 6 minutes once mastered (defaults, server-configurable). Cooldown: 60 seconds per activation (default, server-configurable).
When Kaioken ends, the strain catches up: Weakness, Fragility, and Paralysis for 10 minutes (default, server-configurable). You cannot re-activate Kaioken — or any transformation — while the exhaustion lasts.
Kaioken is also mutually exclusive with other transformations (such as Beast Transformation): only one can be active at a time, and exhaustion from one blocks the other.
See the Skills overview for the full roster.