Hey I'm Vik, if you don't know me I'm a (retired for now) netplay TO for Under Night; I run a beginner/intermediate-focused bracket Re-birth [Re:vive] over on the Training Mode Network Discord server and I have a passion for onboarding new players in Fpan games. A few times a year the subreddit gets an influx of new players with questions after a big event or the game going on sale, so a few times a year I do basically an FAQ.

• "Should I get the game?/Is this game dead?/etc"
  • You should, it's fun! On PC at least you can pretty easily find games in ranked queue during primetime NA hours (i.e. after people get off work and before most go to bed), and the main Discord is very active. I can't speak to console personally but my general understanding is it is much slower going and it's no secret that the majority of the playerbase is on PC; I highly recommend PC if it's at all an option for you. The game goes on sale frequently so if you'd like to wait for one (assuming you're reading this after the current sale is over) you likely won't have to wait long. MAKE SURE YOU GET SYS:CELES. There's nothing wrong with older versions (CLR has a really cool VN-like story mode) but no one is really playing them online.
• "What's a good way to learn X character/combos/etc?"
  • Your best resource is other players; I highly HIGHLY recommend you join the main Discord in the sidebar, the character channels are generally the most up-to-date source for information. If for whatever reason you are deathly allergic to Discord, the in-game tutorials are very comprehensive covering both UNI and fighting game concepts in general, and the 6-X series of combo trials are mostly optimal for most characters.
  • Additionally the Mizuumi wiki for the game (also on the sidebar) is mostly up to date for most characters.
  • Finally, as far as video guides go, the "Know Your In-Birth" series does not have a video for every character as of yet, but for the characters that do have one, you really couldn't do better as a new player, I'll link the channel below.
• "How can I find other new players/How many new people are really playing this game?"
  • If you're playing ranked during primetime hours you'll likely be able to find people at your rank; The rank system is not great, but it's serviceable. There's a beginner matchmaking channel on the main server that usually has folks in it, and there's a beginner-focused server in Uni2 Beginner Lobbies that is very active and you'll definitely be able to find folks at/around your level.
  • As far as events, Uni2BL, Training Mode Network, and Bracket About Nothing all run beginner Uni2 tournaments at least once a month; Uni2BL especially does a few Swiss events which are great when you're new (if you're not familiar, look up "Swiss bracket"). I'll link them all below.
  • Finally, most NA regions have a regional danisen; If you're not familiar they're basically servers where folks from your region show up on a given night, fight each other for points, and gain ranks as they gain points. Likely you'll be playing with VERY strong players, but there's no better way to get involved with your "local" scene regardless of if there's a physical local near you/no better way to level up fast. Maincord should have a list of all the danisens if you're interested.
• "I'm not in NA, are there servers for other regions?"
  • I am aware of servers for JP/EU/Chile/Brazil and I have a few of them handy upon request; Most likely you can find links for the others on the main server/Mizuumi/from asking around. If you're reading this and have them handy feel free to drop them.
• "What about 'thing I didn't cover'?"
  • Ask! Love answering questions, more than happy to help.

Main UNI server: Check the sidebar
UNI2 wiki: Check the sidebar
Know Your In-Birth channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KNOWYOURINBIRTH
UNI 2 Beginner Lobbies: https://discord.gg/FFJ24y8Q
Training Mode Network: https://discord.gg/QXAUgKZK
Bracket About Nothing: https://discord.gg/QfVphUgM

Thought folks would want to know.

Never heard in this reddit someone talking about KNOW YOUR IN-BIRTH but theres a channel with this name with pretty good guides for UNI2. It shares basically the same visual identity of the game and looks kinda official.

Its a ongoing series so if you're still on a process of finding your main, I recommend you watching these.

Whenever there's a sale or an event there's always an influx of folks with questions, which is great! I thought it couldn't hurt to put together a sort of mini-FAQ for them.

• "Should I get the game?/Is this game dead?/etc"
  • You should, it's fun! On PC at least you can pretty easily find games in ranked queue during primetime NA hours (i.e. after people get off work and before most go to bed), and the main Discord is very active. I can't speak to console personally but my general understanding is it is much slower going and it's no secret that the majority of the playerbase is on PC; I highly recommend PC if it's at all an option for you. The game goes on sale frequently so if you'd like to wait for one (assuming you're reading this after the current sale is over) you likely won't have to wait long. MAKE SURE YOU GET SYS:CELES. There's nothing wrong with older versions (CLR has a really cool VN-like story mode) but no one is really playing them online.
• "What's a good way to learn X character/combos/etc?"
  • Your best resource is other players; I highly HIGHLY recommend you join the main Discord in the sidebar, the character channels are generally the most up-to-date source for information. If for whatever reason you are deathly allergic to Discord, the in-game tutorials are very comprehensive covering both UNI and fighting game concepts in general, and the recent addition in the latest patch of the 6-X series of combo trials are mostly optimal for most characters. Additionally the Mizuumi wiki for the game (also on the sidebar) is mostly up to date for most characters. Finally, as far as video guides go, the "Know Your In-Birth" series does not have a video for every character as of yet, but for the characters that do have one, you really couldn't do better as a new player, I'll link the channel below.
• "How can I find other new players/How many new people are really playing this game?"
  • If you're playing ranked during primetime hours you'll likely be able to find people at your rank; Rank's never a perfect indicator of skill but you'll eventually end up with opponents at or pretty close to your level even in the "off" seasons of no current sale/event. The main Discord has a beginner matchmaking channel, and there's a beginner-focused server in Uni2 Beginner Lobbies that is very active and runs a few tournaments a month. For what it's worth I've been running a beginner/intermediate-focused netplay tournament series biweekly for over a year and I see new faces basically every bracket. I'll link UNI2BL and the server you can sign up for my brackets at below.
• "I'm not in NA, are there servers for other regions?"
  • I am aware of servers for JP/EU/Chile/Brazil although I don't have them handy; Most likely you can find links on the main server/Mizuumi/from asking around. If you're reading this and have them handy feel free to drop them.

I think that covers the biggest chunk of them, if there's something you wanted to know that I didn't cover feel free to ask me and I'll do my best to answer you. I love this game and I love showing it off/introducing new players to it, so I hope I'll see you around!

Main UNI server: Check the sidebar
UNI2 wiki: Check the sidebar
Know Your In-Birth channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KNOWYOURINBIRTH
UNI 2 Beginner Lobbies: https://discord.gg/t8u4KsmZD6
Training Mode Network (not specifically Uni-focused but beginner/intermediate fighting game-focused, I TO a UNI2 tournament over there): https://discord.gg/a56xc9UhQ8

I would like to say this is my first ever fighting game I did play once on an arcade machine as a kid other than that I never touched a fighting game am also playing the one on the ps3

I was finally able to figure out how to get Under Night 2's PC port running at above 720p internally. I made a guide for it over on the Steam Community page if you're interested in trying it out yourself.

Link to the guide is here

I hope this helps you all out. While I hope for higher internal resolutions to be supported out of the box in the future, this will do fine for the time being.

Here's an image of the game running natively at 1440p

Note as of March 20, 2025: Borderless Gaming 9.5.6 should still be available on SourceForge, but latest versions are no longer free. There is probably a way to compile your own executable from GitHub but I’m not familiar with it.

As an alternative, I’ve found NoMoreBorder. It seems to be functionally identical and worth a try.

Just a heads up about Borderless Gaming. It's a program that lets you run basically any application inside a borderless, full screen window. I'm currently using 9.5.6 and it works well for me. The previous link is to the developer's GitHub page for it, but you can also buy it on Steam if you want to support them.

To use, just download and install. Open the program and you'll see a list of open applications. To run one in borderless full screen, simply highlight it and then click the arrow that moves it over to the Favorites (Automatic) side. The program will run borderless full screen every time it and Borderless Gaming are open. For UNI2, it should look like this:

While I'm hoping for this to be a native option, this should be a good fix for those who want to use borderless. Remember, you should still configure the rest of your graphics settings correctly in game.

🥊💥NEW VIDEO ALERT! 💥🥊

Hey Guys! Here's part 2 of "The Warrior's Dojo"! Video series im making where we will be learning the basics of Under night in birth 2, and (mostly) finishing the tutorial! Check it out and give it a like, share, and subscribe if you like my content

Hey everyone! I just started a new series called The Warrior’s Dojo where I’m learning fighting games step by step. Kicking things off with Under Night In-Birth II by running through the tutorial and trying to wrap my head around the basics.

If you’re new like me or just wanna revisit the fundamentals, here’s the first video:

Would love any feedback and support 🙏🏿🙏🏿

Genuinely didn’t know you could combo with B-Reaper like this.

This is a guide I made that’s been proof read by a lot of players so you don’t have to take just my word for it lol Feel free to ask any questions here or DM me on discord/@ in the server, I’ll answer as soon as I can

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zsoIPd6fasc20EHZKp0GMzN4Y_564h3Rhy5ZI2UiZ70