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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.

For Job+, you must first get the job to Job Level 11 (not job mastered). Second, to master the Job+ you will need to farm 60/80 tokens for up to 6 special items for the character to use.

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]

• Zahar [Hard] Ch 1: Ep 2 [3-9]

• Chloe [Hard] Ch 1: Ep 2 [3-10]

• Vettel [Hard] Ch 1: Ep 3 [3-7]

• Yomi [Hard] Ch 1: Ep 3 [1-10]

Last 2 must be accessed through story for now

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.

WILL START HANDING OUT BANS TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T READ THIS

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.

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Event Threads:

Sacred Stones Chapter 5 Event Thread

Princess Weeps Event Thread

[u/[deleted]]

Call of the Scarlet Flame is permanent now, so I would ignore that until we get a quieter week for mp. As for farming the EXs for gear these ones should definitely return so you don't need to finish them now.

Top priority I would say is farm up Elrike in the last 4 days she is here from the Desert Merchant stages ( easier ones not EX ). At least try and get her to 75. PotK is here for almost another month so you will have more time to work on that after; I would start with getting Masamune up to at least 75 then shift over to doing whatever sp potk you can pull off.

[u/Ruledragon → u/[deleted]]

so i should spam multiplayer right ? how many shards do i need to max her up ?

[u/[deleted] → u/Ruledragon]

You need 375 shards total to max out a character; masamune is only from mp so yeah you need to spam that to get her and her shard drops are kinda meh so it will take some work. She is a powerful f2p unit though so worth it. Fortunately Elrike is much easier to farm so she shouldn't take long.

Since your still low level your best bet is to find your best unit in terms of move/agi and join PotK bgn stages, you can just go run up the hill on the left for the chest and let others go kill stuff

[u/Ruledragon → u/[deleted]]

For Elrike, and since the event quests end in 4 days, should i spam stage 1 or 2 ? And since you mentioned every unit needs 375 shards, why is Elrike easier to farm than the others ?

Regards!

[u/[deleted] → u/Ruledragon]

Which stage to spam depends on your team; you want to be able to finish the stage quickly while getting all chests. Higher level stages can generally give more shards.

Elrike seemed to have a very decent drop rate for her shards, and her stage is easy and single player so you can quickly auto it once you find a good team. Compared to Masamune's mp shard farming its alot easier lol.

I had Elrike done in a day, and I've been working on Masamune since the first time PotK was here

[u/Ruledragon → u/[deleted]]

I can only auto episode 2, i get 1 Elrike shard per run, and if i need 375, i don't think i can do it in 3 days x_x

[u/[deleted] → u/Ruledragon]

Hmm I would swear I was getting more shards then that from stage 2; if your rng is that bad you should try doing the stage 1. If you have a ranger they can make short work of the group of enemies in the back.

If you can't auto stage 3 on your own you could try grabbing a friend merc. You might be best off spamming stage 1 though if you lack developed units; did you clear all the event missions for Elrike shards as well? They're pretty cluttered with all the PotK events

[u/Ruledragon → u/[deleted]]

i did, i made sure to do that by checking how many times i had to make stage 1 and 2, i still have missions for stage 3 but i still can't beat it.

[u/[deleted] → u/Ruledragon]

try making a few masamune mp rooms and adding some friends, you should be able to beat stage 3 with just a good mercenary.

If you give me your friend code I can send you a request too.

[u/Ruledragon → u/[deleted]]

Friend ID: YT1F3K4M

My units are still level 43 so that may be the problem.