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There are different means of upgrading characters, often requiring expending farmable resource. Most of these is accessed through the Boost menu.  
There are different means of upgrading characters, often requiring expending farmable resource. Most of these is accessed through the Boost menu, with the only exception  being intimacy is access through the Intimacy menu.  
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In addition to stats, Silver rank unlocks the character's splash art, as well give them new sprite art.  
In addition to stats, Silver rank unlocks the character's splash art, as well give them new sprite art.  


'''Note: There a couple of characters that may not have rank ups implemented. For more info, refer to [[Rank Up Release History]]'''  
'''Note: Some characters may not have a rank up yet. For more info, refer to [[Rank Up Release History]]'''  


=== Rank Up Requirements ===
=== Rank Up Requirements ===
The required items for rank up have a standard set of requirements depending on their class and rarity. Each class has its own upgrade material item, and a secondary material much harder-to-get item is shared between two of them. The expense of ranking up characters also increases depending on their rarity.   
The required items for rank up have a standard set of requirements depending on their class and rarity. Each class has its own upgrade material item, and a secondary material much harder-to-get item is shared between two of them. The expense of ranking up characters also increases depending on their rarity.   


Rank up items can be acquired from [[Exploration Quests]] and [[Event Quests|Event Exchanges]]. It's recommended to never miss class items on event stores, especially the secondary ones.  <center>
Class upgrade materials can be acquired from [[Exploration Quests]] and [[Event Quests|Event Exchanges]].  
 
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==Upgrading Skills==
==Upgrading Skills==
Upgrading skills is another way to enhance your character's combat effectiveness. Skills can be upgraded by giving characters Skill Manuals and Class Upgrade Materials. The amount of and types of resources required to upgrade skills vary depending on the character's rarity and class. Higher rarity characters require more items compared to lower rarity ones. These items can be acquired from [[Exploration Quests]] and [[Event Quests|Event Exchanges]]. These items are more difficult to obtain from exploration quests compared to Draco and Exp, so it's best to grab these from event exchanges. Each class has it's own upgrade item (feathers for vanguards, bottles for healers, claws for strangers, etc.) and an additional item that is used by two of the classes (both fighters and guards use polish).  
Upgrading skills improves the strength of skills through higher multipliers, improves their uptime through higher durations, lower sp costs, and higher starting sp, and potentially add an additional effect which may include more range or more buffs/debuffs. Skills are upgraded using skill manuals and class upgrade materials. The requirements are standard according to class and rarity. And the expense increases according to their rarity.   
 
Upgrading skills can do one or more of the following  


*Increase the numerical value in the skill's description.
Characters starting at bronze rank can upgrade up to level 3, and rank up is required to upgrade up to level 7.
*Reduce the SP required to use a skill.
*Increase the initial SP of the skill when the character is deployed.
*Add an additional effect to the skill or modify it's range.


If characters do not have a numerical value in their skill or there is no change in the skill's description, the enhancement comes from reducing their skill's cooldown time. For example summoners like Anima or Hanzo have their initial summon or resummon time reduced when their skills are upgraded, but the stats of their summons are dependent on the character's level.
Skill manuals and class upgrade materials can be acquired from [[Exploration Quests]] and [[Event Quests|Event Exchanges]].  


The maximum skill level for bronze rank characters is 3. Skills can be enhanced further by increasing the character's rank to silver. The maximum skill level for silver rank characters is 7. Generally the most significant skill upgrades occur at higher skill levels.  
'''Note: If an upgrade doesn't change anything on the skill description, it is likely improving it's uptime/cooldown via its sp cost or starting sp. (Sadly not displayed on the menu currently.)'''


=== Skill Upgrade Requirements ===
=== Skill Upgrade Requirements ===
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==Intimacy==
==Increasing Intimacy==
[[File:Example Intimacy.png|thumb|300x300px|Anima's intimacy bonuses are HP +5, Nature Boost, and DEF +13.]]
[[File:Example Intimacy.png|thumb|300x300px|Anima's intimacy bonuses are HP +5, Nature Boost, and DEF +13.]]
Intimacy is a stat that indicates how intimate the character is with Gaia / The Protagonist. Intimacy is rated at a value between 0% and 100% After reaching 100% intimacy the character opens their heart to Gaia and he's able to see into their pasts using his "Dragon Eyes." Additionally intimacy is supposed to give intimacy bonuses at 30%, 50%, and 100%. Intimacy bonuses vary between characters and can be viewed on the interaction screen. '''Currently the intimacy bonus mechanic is unimplemented and intimacy only unlocks a character's still01, they have no actual battle effect on characters.'''  
Increasing Intimacy unlocks small stat bonuses through certain thresholds, 30%, 50%, 100%. These require gifting characters gifts within the interaction menu.
 
'''Note: Currently intimacy mechanic may not be implemented at all outside of unlocking stills.'''
 
Giftboxes can be acquired from various ways, including [[Exploration Quests]] and [[Event Quests|Event Exchanges]].


Intimacy Bonuses can include:  
Intimacy Bonuses can include:  
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*RES +5 / +7 / +13
*RES +5 / +7 / +13
*Nature Boost
*Nature Boost
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==Increasing Proficiency==
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Increasing proficiency provides small independent stat bonuses which is gained through expending Draco and character memories. The required amount of draco and memories increases exponentially as the proficiency increases. Though the stat upgrades is considerably linear and small. Despite this, this is the few ways ASPD, and Reposition time can be improved. The cap for proficiency is up to +99, and would promise roughly 10% improvement in every stat.
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It's generally advised to avoid this system, despite having no other use for memories. For more information refer to [[Proficiency Data]].
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==Proficiency==
[[File:Chart Proficiency.png|thumb|524x524px|Robin's first 25 proficiency increases.The per level growths get worse the more system is invested in.]]
'''Generally, it's recommended to avoid this system entirely.'''


Proficiency is a small stat bonus gained through expending Draco and character duplicates. The maximum proficiency level is 99. Proficiency bonuses experience diminishing returns very quickly. At the moment, it's not a wise use of Draco to enhance any of your characters past +10 at the absolute most, with +7 or +8 being a fair stopping point. The stat gains at around +7 quickly drop and become very minimal. Since it's not easy to farm large amounts of Draco or duplicates, enhancing characters to high proficiency is very difficult with minimal gain. Due to the hundreds of dupes required and the extremely low success rates at the highest levels it's very unlikely you will ever reach +99.
==Upgrade Costs==
Upgrading characters to reach their maximum potential can be a long and tedious process. It's generally recommended to follow this pattern for most characters:


*Proficiency can enhance HP, Attack, Defense, Reposition, and Attack Speed. This is the only way to improve base reposition and attack speed.
# Level Up to Max lv. Bronze
*The cost and number of duplicates needed to increase Proficiency increases with Proficiency level.
# Rank Up to Silver
*At higher levels, upgrades can fail. These only consumes the Draco and not the duplicates.
# Generally Level Up to Lv.50 Silver
*Stat gains are different between characters, and there is no known formula for their gains.
# Skill Upgrade
*The stat gains are flat and works independent of what level your character is. You will gain the same stat boost between giving +1 proficiency to a Lv 1 Romanes, and a Lv 50 Romanes.
**Proficiency doesn't scale with Rank either, so a Bronze Rank Anima will have the same flat stat increases as a Silver Rank Anima.
*+1 gives the largest boost in stats. Subsequent boosts will give less stat gains and increasingly severe diminishing returns. At the moment, upgrading a character past +8 isn't much worth the cost unless you really like a character.
* The max Proficiency level is +99 and requires several hundred duplicates.
*The final proficiency increase for a 4-star costs 1,250,000 Draco, 7 Dupes, and has success rate of 0.5%.
*If you somehow manage to reach +99 proficiency for a specific character it doesn't affect any scouting pool. The character can still be scouted at anytime.
*Only a couple characters have been seen at +99, but they seemed to show an overall 10% increase in HP, Attack, and Attack Speed, and around a 30% increase in Defense (compared using max level Bronze rank).


==Conclusion==
Other upgrade aspects like Levelling Uping to Max lv. Silver and Proficiency upgrades may not provide substantial enough returns for their cost. And Intimacy is tied to unlocking stills for now.
Upgrading characters to reach their maximum potential can be a long and tedious process. It's generally recommended to follow this pattern for most characters:


# Intimacy (if they have a still01)
=== Max Level/Skill Investment C ===
# Level up
# Rank up, then level to ~50.
# Skill upgrades
# Finish leveling
# Proficiency (can be ignored entirely)
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Revision as of 15:25, 6 January 2023

There are different means of upgrading characters, often requiring expending farmable resource. Most of these is accessed through the Boost menu, with the only exception being intimacy is access through the Intimacy menu.

Upgrade Overview
Aspect Resource Acquire Method
Level Battle Records and Draco Farming Quests, Event Shops
Skill Skill books, Class materials, and Draco Farming Quests, Event Shops
Rank Class materials Farming Quests, Event Shops
Intimacy Gift Boxes Farming Quests, Event Shops
Proficiency Memories Scouting

Leveling Up

Levelling up directly increases character's stats, which improves their combat effectiveness directly. Instead of characters getting exp and the like from clearing quests, characters require battle records and draco to level up. And each character has their own stat growth, and benefits from levelling differently. The stats that grow through levelling would be HP, ATK, and DEF. After a character reaches their maximum level their Rank can be increased, in which they reset back to level 1 and can be levelled up further.

Level Up Requirements

Requirements to increase a character's level scales exponentially as their level and rank goes higher. There is a 1:1.1 ratio on the required cost for exp and draco. And the stat gains don't necessarily scale higher as they gain levels, instead grow linearly. Due to this, it is ideal to mostly cap a character's level if you're invested in ranking them up or simply maxing them out, and otherwise keep them at certain threshold where costs aren't too steep. The best way to acquire Draco and Battle Records is from Exploration Quests.

Rarity Rank

Max Level

Total EXP Total Draco
Any ★ Bronze 50 24142 26556
3★ Silver 55 78818 86700
4★ Silver 60 109103 120013
5★ Silver 70 207488 228237
0,6,7★ Silver 80 392233 431456
NOTE: Silver rank calculations start at Silver Rank Level 1

For more information refer to Character Level Up Data.

Rank Up

Ranked up character gets new art, sprite art, access to more skill upgrades, and a new level curve. Old stats are retained.

Ranking up will reset the character's level back to 1 while retaining their current stats, and allowing them to level up and be upgraded further. This also allows them to level their skills up to 7. This is done by maxing out their level and spending the needed draco and items to increase their rank.

There are three ranks: Bronze which is where all regular characters start, Silver which rarities 3★ and above can rank up to and is where all alternate characters start, and Gold which is currently locked.

It is important to note that growth of characters differ a lot, with some benefitting greatly through access to better stats, while others solely on access to higher skill levels.

In addition to stats, Silver rank unlocks the character's splash art, as well give them new sprite art.

Note: Some characters may not have a rank up yet. For more info, refer to Rank Up Release History

Rank Up Requirements

The required items for rank up have a standard set of requirements depending on their class and rarity. Each class has its own upgrade material item, and a secondary material much harder-to-get item is shared between two of them. The expense of ranking up characters also increases depending on their rarity.

Class upgrade materials can be acquired from Exploration Quests and Event Exchanges.

It's recommended to never miss class items on event stores, especially the secondary ones.

Rank Up Requirements for Bronze to Silver
Rarity
3★ x10000 x10000 x10000 x10000 x10000 x10000 x10000 x10000
4★ x15000 x3 x2 x15000 x3 x2 x15000 x3 x2 x15000 x3 x2 x15000 x3 x2 x15000 x3 x2 x15000 x3 x2 x15000 x3 x2
5★ x20000 x6 x4 x20000 x6 x4 x20000 x6 x4 x20000 x6 x4 x20000 x6 x4 x20000 x6 x4 x20000 x6 x4 x20000 x6 x4
6★ x30000 x10 x5 x30000 x10 x5 x30000 x10 x5 x30000 x10 x5 x30000 x10 x5 x30000 x10 x5 x30000 x10 x5 x30000 x10 x5

Upgrading Skills

Upgrading skills improves the strength of skills through higher multipliers, improves their uptime through higher durations, lower sp costs, and higher starting sp, and potentially add an additional effect which may include more range or more buffs/debuffs. Skills are upgraded using skill manuals and class upgrade materials. The requirements are standard according to class and rarity. And the expense increases according to their rarity.

Characters starting at bronze rank can upgrade up to level 3, and rank up is required to upgrade up to level 7.

Skill manuals and class upgrade materials can be acquired from Exploration Quests and Event Exchanges.

Note: If an upgrade doesn't change anything on the skill description, it is likely improving it's uptime/cooldown via its sp cost or starting sp. (Sadly not displayed on the menu currently.)

Skill Upgrade Requirements

Total Amount of Resources Required to Upgrade a Character's Skill from Level 1 to Level 7
Rarity
1★ x3 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1
2★ x3 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x1
3★ x3 x2 x3 x1 x2 x3 x1 x1 x2 x3 x1 x1 x2 x3 x1 x1 x2 x3 x1 x1 x2 x3 x1 x1 x2 x3 x1 x1 x2 x3 x1 x1 x2 x3 x1
4★ x4 x6 x7 x4 x3 x3 x2 x4 x3 x3 x2 x4 x3 x3 x2 x4 x3 x3 x2 x4 x3 x3 x2 x4 x3 x3 x2 x4 x3 x3 x2 x4 x3 x3 x2
5★ x8 x12 x12 x5 x3 x6 x5 x5 x3 x6 x5 x5 x3 x6 x5 x5 x3 x6 x5 x5 x3 x6 x5 x5 x3 x6 x5 x5 x3 x6 x5 x5 x3 x6 x5
6★ x10 x16 x16 x10 x4 x12 x7 x10 x4 x12 x7 x10 x4 x12 x7 x10 x4 x12 x7 x10 x4 x12 x7 x10 x4 x12 x7 x10 x4 x12 x7 x10 x4 x12 x7

Increasing Intimacy

Anima's intimacy bonuses are HP +5, Nature Boost, and DEF +13.

Increasing Intimacy unlocks small stat bonuses through certain thresholds, 30%, 50%, 100%. These require gifting characters gifts within the interaction menu.

Note: Currently intimacy mechanic may not be implemented at all outside of unlocking stills.

Giftboxes can be acquired from various ways, including Exploration Quests and Event Exchanges.

Intimacy Bonuses can include:

  • DEF +5 / +7 / +13
  • HP +5 / +7 / +13
  • RES +5 / +7 / +13
  • Nature Boost

Increasing Proficiency

Increasing proficiency provides small independent stat bonuses which is gained through expending Draco and character memories. The required amount of draco and memories increases exponentially as the proficiency increases. Though the stat upgrades is considerably linear and small. Despite this, this is the few ways ASPD, and Reposition time can be improved. The cap for proficiency is up to +99, and would promise roughly 10% improvement in every stat.

It's generally advised to avoid this system, despite having no other use for memories. For more information refer to Proficiency Data.

Upgrade Costs

Upgrading characters to reach their maximum potential can be a long and tedious process. It's generally recommended to follow this pattern for most characters:

  1. Level Up to Max lv. Bronze
  2. Rank Up to Silver
  3. Generally Level Up to Lv.50 Silver
  4. Skill Upgrade

Other upgrade aspects like Levelling Uping to Max lv. Silver and Proficiency upgrades may not provide substantial enough returns for their cost. And Intimacy is tied to unlocking stills for now.

Max Level/Skill Investment C

Average Time and Stamina Required to Fully Upgrade a 6-Star
Exp Totals
Quantity 416375 488012 10 12 14 12 10 16 16
Stamina 1700 2380 70 180 380 198 68 200 330 5506
Days 7.1 9.9 0.3 0.8 1.6 0.8 0.3 0.8 1.4 22.9
Average Time and Stamina Required to Fully Upgrade a 5-Star
Exp Totals
Quantity 231630 274793 5 12 3 9 8 12 12
Stamina 952 1343 40 180 80 162 51 150 240 3198
Days 4.0 5.6 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.6 1.0 13.3
Average Time and Stamina Required to Fully Upgrade a 4-Star
Exp Totals
Quantity 121690 148859 7 3 3 4 4 6 7
Stamina 493 731 50 45 80 72 34 75 150 1730
Days 2.1 3.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.6 7.2
Average Time and Stamina Required to Fully Upgrade a 3-Star
Exp Totals
Quantity 91405 110546 1 3 2 1 3 2 3
Stamina 374 544 10 45 60 18 17 25 60 1153
Days 1.6 2.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 4.8