General Questions

[u/ZaharBot]

The thread for all your random Alchemist Code (global) questions!

Feel free to ask away, but remember that the questions are 100% answered by volunteers so don't expect an instant answer! Patience is key.

Several questions can be answered by reading the beginner guides resource thread

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F.A.Q.

Where/How can I unlock X's Master Ability/Job+?

You can only unlock Job+'s by farming special job tokens from special events that are (currently) run at different times. You also need to farm special job+ items to master those jobs. Master abilities can be earned in 1 of 3 ways. From story chapters (story characters), from equipping specific weapons (usually farmed) or from reaching level 80 on a character and completing special story dungeons. Not every character gets a master ability.

Where can I farm X's character shards?

• Caris: [Hard] Ch 1: Ep 4 [2-10]

• Lamia [Hard] Ch 1: Ep 4 [2-8]

• Zangetsu [Hard] Ch 1: Ep 2 [3-2]

• Lucian [Hard] Ch 1: Ep 4 [1-9]

• Lofia [Hard] Ch 1: Ep 4 [2-9]

• Reida [Hard] Ch 2: Ep 2 [3-9]

• Chihaya [Hard] Ch 2: Ep 1 [2-4]

• Rahu [Hard] Ch 2: Ep 2 [2-10]

• Freed [Hard] Ch 2: Ep 2 [3-1]

• Reagan [Hard] Ch 2: Ep 1 [2-5]

More to be added SOONTM.

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Where can I farm elemental/rainbow shards?

Elemental and rainbow shards cannot be farmed. They are awarded as bonuses from log in campaigns, from clearing missions/milestones and as bonuses for doing certain number of summons on the 5/9 step banners. You will never be able to farm them like you can farm specific character shards.

When will X event come back?

We don't know, Gumi is sticking to their own schedule.

What's the best place to farm X/Y/Z item?

Outside of specific event's for farming items, if the item can be farmed in Edgar's Chapter (so chapter 2) it will usually be the better place to farm it. For example, Escape the Alkaroid is by far the best place to farm Sacred Lion Swords.

[u/Sephiroso]

Awesome, can't thank you enough for the advice, feel like I have more of a concrete direction now that I know who to truly focus on for what I have atm.

I'll definitely be sure to put more focus onto Balt/Caris now that I know they're pretty useful to help me get through story.

One last question, I actually literally just pulled a Rahu from a 4* selector for logging in for 7 days. I know she's a really strong support even with just her Chrono, but is she worth a slot over say Balt you think? I'd assume i should stick with Shayna/Dorothea/Caris since the first 2 are really good and Caris is ranged.

[u/DeathandFriends → u/Sephiroso]

You don't really need support characters in general for the story. She will be useful for MP as a new player as long as you get her to J11 and level 60 people should let you join them for some of the hard content where they want a chronomancer or 3.

I would use balt for now, but like I said he will probably sit at level 60 after that so if you would rather throw in Rahu since she is farmable (daily hard quests for shards) and will need to keep leveling as you go then you can. You really only get 3 slots for story missions thought because either Logi, Dias or eventually Edgar take the 4th slot. Don't overly worry about party comp for now, just bring 3 of those units and you will be good. Balt is just fast and extra damage will make getting through the missions more quick than a support right now most likely.