Upgrading Characters

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

	Resource	Farm Method
Level	Battle Records and Draco	Exploration Quests, Event Quests
Skill	Skill books, Class materials, and Draco	Exploration Quests, Event Quests
Rank	Class materials	Exploration Quests, Event Quests
Intimacy	Gift Boxes	Exploration Quests, Event Quests
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 Cost

These tables compute the average time required to grind the materials necessary for max investment for level, rank, and skills through normal means of quest grinding.

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

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

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

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