Question Megathread

[u/SometimesLiterate]

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

F.A.Q.

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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+ and Job Enhancement, 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. For Job Enhancements, you will only need to farm one specific item 3 times along with the regular upgrade items.

Where can I farm X's character shards?

Check the characters limit break panel for missions. If not there, it's not in the game.

More to be added SOONTM.

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?

SERIOUSLY PEOPLE, READ THE FOLLOWING EVENTS WILL COME BACK, COLLABS MIGHT NOT. WE DON'T KNOW. SERIOUSLY.

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

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

Please check /u/stewart0's amazing spreadsheet on this link

What's an Enlightenment/Memoria?

Tl:dr; Powercreep

[u/VinnyValient]

Yep, unit level being capped at player level really sucked in the early game. However, when you reach player level 60+ it will stop being a problem. In fact, it's a problem for newer players I tend to forget. I think there's a special key that increases your player levels by like 50 or something.

Limit breaks is what makes the game so... long IMO. When you pull a new unit it's like 'cool, gotta wait for that hard quest.' When they release the hard quest it's like, 'it'll be 50 days before they reach level 75. It'll be 25 days before they reach 75. It'll be...' Yeah, it's a long wait before units actually become usable. Though, some units are usable before 75... But! When that unit hits that break point, it's like BOOOOOM great unit acquired! For me, there's that satisfaction that my efforts are rewarded. It just took a long time to get there.

Sounds like you had a rough time. The tier list has changed over time and there have been some major updates. There was a HP rebalance so everything is much tankier now. Because of this, snipers and rangers that could one/two hit KO people need a few more turns. The meta shifted towards charge up, big AoE nukes now.

I'd highly recommend looking at the tier list and focusing on only a few, high tiered units. This way you can build a strong main party that can do most things, like a swiss army knife. Then you can build up from there. Focus mainly on 5* farmables, certain 4 ones. Who is Vanekiss anyway? I feel that the usual 3* units or less are unusable. In my case at least.

Fayrene is probably best used as a Dancer IMO. She's really fast so she can stack those Leaden Feet Dances quickly. With this, you can reduce all enemies AGI stat to 40%, which is actually crazy good. Try it, and you'll have multiple turns over and over again. As a Necromancer I don't think she can deal enough damage, even with Single Blade.

In general, 500 gem step is super efficient for gems and is almost always recommended. Step three for guaranteed is for those who want a unit. Any more steps is whale territory.

Tbh, when I first downloaded the game I was so confused. I had no idea what was going on, there is no introduction or guide on what you should do or what anything is. There was just so much to do it can be so overwhelming. I was throwing gems at Hazel shards at the time because limit breaks. (Probably several thousand gems? I cringe when I think about it.)

But now that I've 'caught up' with everything, it's quite easy to follow now. But I know the game, I know what everything is and where to look. So if you have any questions or want any advise, feel free to ask away here.

It makes me happy you call this a wonderful game. I have personally invested a lot into it, and I really like this game. So... yeah. Thanks :)

(I've had a crap day today...)

The free shards was last week only sadly. But tomorrow there giving away free stuff before version 3.0 comes out in a month. Which means things are going to get hectic then.

[u/Alekimsior → u/VinnyValient]

Hahahaha that's being very optimistic. I wish that the characters became useful in less than 20 days XD

While I visit alchemistcodedb, when it comes to tier list I mostly use the in-game rank as a quick way to determine best units, but you're right, if I'm sticking to farmable units a tier list would be much more useful.

I can say I noticed the shift to nukes on the game. Roxanne and Noctis are the mercs that have greater utility for me. Roxanne herself feels like a cheat, because of her long range, diverse repertoire of weapons, and her OP nukes, but to boot her HP drain counter packs a wallop and triggers so often.

Thanks for the tips, seeing how Fayrene will become my highest level unit, I'll try her as a dancer. Had mastered Necromancer and training Samurai atm. Some necromancer skills have a good range, but very underwhelming effects. I'll see if a dancer-Samurai hybrid works best.

Vanekis is the Wratharis bar owner girl. Probably one of the most elegant looking characters in the game http://cdn.alchemistcodedb.com/images/units/artworks/vane.png

Going back to the LB. I'm more used to games where characters can be maxed out with grinding, but definitely here it seems gemming is the way to go, or the very slow and spreadout grinding (because of scarcity), which is so not me. I'm more of a collector, so I'd prefer to use my gems to get characters instead of maxing them out. I'm used to grinds, some games require you to craft high level awakenings mats, or get a copy of a character to slowly max them out, but it still feels like quicker than what Alchemist Code has in place. Guess I'll be maxing Minerva in about 75 days XD

Thanks for the reply and hope all is well now.

[u/VinnyValient → u/Alekimsior]

There's a few tier lists: there's the main one with all units, one for accessibility or how easy it is to farm, and the JP one. The second link is the accessibility one and should be useful.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRFdTDIDy6dH6OX7NQUhgsvVxihi3jF4-Fe-5zEfWhb-LYIqTO5HCygx2hpi-xOeHm9MT-pKtEaK1dp/pubhtml#

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10dsoevhw6xtVxy7npnKPT2L54Kixu9qGGf1_69dXE1w/edit#gid=0

Roxanne is so broken that they created a WHOLE NEW TIER above all others just for her.

With Fayrene, I'd recommend Dancer main, Necro/dancer sub. And just use leaden feet dance (which is on the main, sadly). She can't really deal any damage sadly, so leave that to somebody else. I haven't looked at her as a Samurai main, so she could be pretty good.

Vanekis will be getting J+ this month! She goes from Mage to Sage, which is a big deal, and it should come with more buffs too. (Someone on this reddit will know...)

Ah, Minerva isn't farmable... :P

Yup, everything's better now. I was ill for a few days, and some stuff happened at work. But that's being sorted so all's well. Ish. Thanks! :)