They are awarded to the player when certain conditions are met. These conditions vary wildly between medals; some are awarded for levelling up and trying out different functions of the game such as learning new skills , defeating enemies, or even visiting the credits page on the main menu , others are awarded for completing story-related events, and some require extremely specific events such as using a particular skill or item, or finding a secret in the game itself.
Medals primarily serve as bragging rights and replay potential, as players must work hard to find them all. However, some games and websites provide rewards for finding certain medals or a certain number of medals.
Of course, none of these are required to beat the game and typically just hold either a difficult challenge or extra equipment and items. They serve no in-game purpose, acting as a way of acknowledging the player's feats.
The third Epic Battle Fantasy game features three times as many medals as the previous one, and offers an in-game incentive to collect them. Each of the game's locations has a bonus area full of useful items and equipment, but the character blocking the path will only move if the player has a certain number of medals.
A new bonus area opens with every ten medals the player collects, with the exception of the one on the Volcano Peak , which requires all 60 medals to open. Two unused medal icons exist within the game's files: one depicts Akron and is found amongst other boss medals, and the other one is a screenshot of the icon displayed when a character eats an item they like , found amongst the bottom secret medals. Neither have a name or a description assigned, but there isn't much room to guess what they could've been intended for.
