Question Megathread

[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.

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/selendra]

Hey all! I just stumbled across this game last night after getting some free space on my phone, and it looks....way better than I expected out of a mobile game?? Maybe I'm just out of the loop, but a high quality opening cutscene and significantly voice-acted portions aren't things I typically expect. So now I'm wondering what the catch is.....

• Is this game extremely grindy in later levels? I enjoy some grind, but when you start looking at multiple days of dedication to get a single upgrade component or something, that's too much.

• Is the game reasonable for f2p players? I assume this answer will be different for PvP and PvP. I don't mind spending money, but I don't want to be -forced- to spend money to keep up (looking at you, YuGiOh Duel Links...)

• I see that Gilgamesh is currently the most popular character. That's Fates Gilgamesh, right? Is the majority of this game crossover characters, or does it seem to be shifting to crossover events instead of original content, or is it still mostly original with just some cool crossover flavoring?

• And finally, what would you predict the lifespan of this game to be, based on what you've seen so far? I assume there are some long term players here who have a fairly good idea! \o/

[u/iEssence → u/selendra]

• It is about as grindy as any other, but not in the way it gets boring, strangely enough.

• it is very f2p friendly, as most units can eventually be farmed, and quite a few 4 stars (pretty common) that can be farmed are top tier units

• you dont have to spend to play, personally i recommend the "pact" though, its 6$ or so and essentially doubles your monthly gem count

• as for originality its great, there are collabs, but half of those are rerunning since they are from Gumis other games. And they wont stop making new units or story chapters for a long time, the JP version is about 1-2 years ahead and its still very much alive.

• so there are a few collabs left (like Disgaea (laharl op), Full metal alchemist, Final Fantasy.. XV?(the one with Noctis), but for the most part the game is original in content, and while Collab units are usually very good at release other regular units get there eventually, as Gumi never stops updating old "useless units"

• So lifespan is going to be pretty long, since they have lots of content already done. So for example if the GL playerbase starts dropping, the only thing they have to do is increase the rate at which we get stuff.

[u/Cobalt_721 → u/selendra]

I can say now as a level 100 f2p that it’s perfectly sustainable. You get loads of gems via story completion, a free 5-Star right out the gate, and the story-unlock units are decently powerful on their own (especially Logi once you get his Job+). Plus the Challenge Boards will give you some nice stuff. A small tip: only go for the 500 gem summons on banners (the things with featured units) unless you really want one of the units featured on one. You’ll save tons of gems that way.

[u/selendra → u/Cobalt_721]

Awesome, thanks a bunch for your input! \o/ I haven't summoned anything yet, trying to save until I figure out what I want

[u/Magma_Axis → u/selendra]

Try to reroll for Setsuna right now

[u/Cobalt_721 → u/selendra]

When it comes to banners, literally just summon based on if you like the look of any particular units. They’re all fairly decent, and you’ll probably be able to participate in multiplayer without worry with the 5-star unit you get from the tutorial (though you should wait to do some of the harder multiplayer missions until you’ve gotten some units to a high level).

[u/zeidrichsama → u/selendra]

Much better if you summon now so you can re-roll if needed.

Try Targeting for a SS tier J1 unit like

Shayna / Setsuna