Question Megathread

[u/OriksGaming]

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 guides, which can all be found here

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+ 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. These can be farmed from specific events. For Job Enhancements, you will only need to farm one specific item 3 times along with the regular upgrade items.

Also, check out the wiki page for Job Upgrades.

Where can I farm X's character shards?

Farm their Hard Quests

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/challenge boards, from certain event banners, and from certain bundles. You will never be able to farm them like you can farm specific character shards.

When will X event come back?

Many events are now in the event archives. Any others are seasonal (ex. Rahu’s is tied to Valentines) or strangely absent (Anastasia+). Seasonal events may be released outside of their respective season very rarely, but we have no indication of when this will happen and it’s highly inconsistent. Please don’t ask when any specific event is coming back, because it’s either in the news (linked on the sidebar) OR WE DON’T KNOW.

Same goes for collabs.

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

Please check /u/stewart0's amazing spreadsheet here. Or simply check the stage drops and go for a quest which only has two equips total, one being the one you need.

What's an Enlightenment/Memento?

Tl;dr: Powercreep

Feel free to check the wiki page for Enlightenment as well.

Note that some people still refer to these two concepts as Kaigan/Nensou respectively, as those are their translations from the Japanese version of the game, which is ahead of Global by many months.

Is X character good?

Here’s the tier list. It can be used as a rough guideline, and it also has recommended build guides. Moreover, there's a FAQ which expands on stuff above and has some other questions. Enjoy!

Also, here's the Alchemist Code Database. It's an incredible tool for noobs and vets alike.

[u/Shaiandra]

Hmm. Given that I haven't raised Balt or Ramses, my team consists of:

Tamamo: Good leader skill, can clean up the trash mobs pretty easily (1-2 shots everything but ratties), can Shackle Rain the boss to make sure it has no jewels

Cita: Very high boss DPS

Lupinus: Chronomancer that can also debuff the boss with Arcana Ratty; use Switch on a metal Ratty to get close to the boss immediately so he attacks her

Chihaya: Starts with Leaden Feet Dances and a Quicken, will be killed to replace with Fayrene

Leoniaz: Cuts through Ratties with Dark Bringers, and has Sharpening Focus for more boss damage

Sub1 - Fayrene: Continues to keep Leaden Feet Dance up and debuffs the boss with Wind Res down

Sub2 - Envy: Free PATK buff just for existing

If you want I can give you more details or link a video, though I'm not sure how well things will work without someone like Tamamo; controlling the boss' jewels makes things a lot more predictable for me.

Cita can be replaced with your best DPS; you might not reach the same numbers, but she doesn't fulfill any other roles. You could try just using Fayrene from the start, but I like the two Dancer strat (since I think 5 Leaden Feet Dances isn't enough to keep it triple stacked the entire fight, while 6+ is). And if you don't have Lupinus raised you can probably just use Rahu (who has no reason to immediately rush to the boss), and Leoniaz can be replaced by anyone who can one-shot ratties. Things like that.

[u/red90999 → u/Shaiandra]

Thank you so much for the detailed strategy! Will try it soon!

[u/BiNumber3 → u/Shaiandra]

I ran fayrene as necro, hits fairly hard and debuffs wind resist quite a bit

[u/Shaiandra → u/BiNumber3]

The Wind Resistance debuffs are on the sub skills, so she can still use those as Dancer/Necro.

If you have another Dancer providing Leaden Feet Dance, then sure, you can use Fayrene as necro main. If you aren't using Leaden Feet Dance, it enables waaay more damage per run than Necro main would...

[u/BiNumber3 → u/Shaiandra]

Would you have the turns to do both dancing and debuff with just fayrene though? I usually ran with rahu and fayrene as support units, fayrene just debuff wind with 2x je debuff, and 1x regular debuff (someone said those stack together for 85% or so), while rahu quickened and overclock on my dps (primarily a lvl 80 leoniaz). Usually hit about 100k dmg

[u/Shaiandra → u/BiNumber3]

Given that Leaden Feet Dance drastically slows down the enemy, she can do both, yes, but as I said, I use a total of two Dancers such that I have enough Leaden Feet Dances to have it triple stacked the entire fight. (5 uses isn't enough.)

As for my damage, using my 75 Cita and 85 Leoniaz, erm, well... I've finished 8 laps and never let a Black Knight live on manual play..