If it’s stationary, you can click to see the unlock conditions. If the lock is jiggling back and forth, you can click to unlock it. Some nodes have a lock symbol in the top-right corner. These can be changed after the initial unlock, but it costs 10 TC to do so. When unlocked, these give you a choice between different stat bonuses. Plain colored nodes apply their bonuses to only the character whose tree is selected, while gold nodes apply their bonuses across all characters on your account. If you look closely, you may notice that some nodes are colored gold. You can also see the total stat bonuses a specific character has from Character Strengthening at the top right. You can view character trees and what each node gives here. Unlocked nodes can provide a variety of bonuses, such as stats, weapon type bonuses, additional cost, SP reduction, and more. Letter rank (S/A/B/C) does not affect the amount of materials gained. Character Strengthening materials are primarily earned through Colosseum, with Colosseum wins providing four times the materials as compared to a loss. Pulsing circles around a node means that it is unlockable by spending Character Strengthening materials you currently own, and more nodes and branches are made sequentially available as you progress down a tree. System BasicsĪfter selecting one of the characters you own, you will be taken to a sort of branching skill tree with individual nodes. Going into Character Strengthening with a plan can provide a major advantage as compared to tackling it at random. Additionally, once materials are spent, there is no way to reclaim them with very few exceptions.

However, the material grind is fairly slow. Benefits a character gains through an account’s Character Strengthening progression applies to all of that character’s jobs, though some Character Strengthening benefits apply to all jobs across a single account.Ĭharacter Strengthening can ultimately be responsible for a significant portion of a player’s stats and more.

In it, players can use materials primarily earned through Colosseum to gradually strengthen specific in-game characters. (Last updated November 10, 2021) Table of ContentsĬharacter Strengthening is a system introduced to the game in June 2019 on the Japanese server, right around the game’s second anniversary.

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