Okay, so Firefly’s on the horizon, right? Decided I better get my act together and start farming stuff for her before she actually drops. Don’t wanna be scrambling on day one.
First Steps – Figuring Out the Basics
First thing, gotta figure out what she likely needs. She’s Destruction path, Fire element. That gives a baseline. Means Destruction trace materials, Fire character ascension stuff. Easy enough.
Then the relics. Heard Break Effect is gonna be big for her. So, gotta look at sets that boost that. The Watchmaker set seems like the obvious choice for the main relics. For Planar Ornaments, read somewhere that ‘Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern’ is probably the best bet for Break Effect, maybe ‘Talia Kingdom of Banditry’ as a backup if the Speed requirement is manageable.
The Relic Grind – Cavern Runs
So, I started hitting the Cavern of Corrosion for that Watchmaker set. Spent a good chunk of Trailblaze Power here over several days. You know how it is. You run it, get a piece, check the main stat… nope, trash. Run again. Maybe get the right main stat but terrible substats. Rinse and repeat.
What I looked for:
- Body: Probably Crit Rate/Damage, maybe ATK% depending on her kit details later. Hard to lock this down pre-release.
- Feet: Speed. Gotta have speed.
- Substats: Break Effect, Speed, ATK%, maybe some HP% or DEF% to survive.
Got a few potentially usable pieces. Locked those. Most of it was fodder, though. Just salvaged it for relic EXP later.
Simulated Universe Time – Ornaments
Next up, Planar Ornaments. Focused on World 9 in Simulated Universe for the ‘Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern’ set. This also took a while. Needed that Break Effect Link Rope, which took ages to drop. For the Sphere, aimed for ATK% or maybe Fire DMG Bonus if I got lucky. Again, substats were key: more Break Effect, Speed.
Ran SU over and over. Used up my weekly immersifier chances pretty quick. Got a decent Break Effect rope eventually, sphere is still kinda meh, but it’s a start. Talia set? Didn’t really farm it much, sticking to Kalpagni for now based on what I heard.
Trace and Ascension Materials – The Daily Chores
This part’s more straightforward but still a grind.
Daily Routine:
- Hit the Bud of Destruction Calyx (Golden) for the Destruction path trace materials. Got a decent pile of those now.
- Went to the specific Stagnant Shadow that drops Fire character ascension materials. Needed a bunch of these.
- Farmed the Calyxes for character EXP books and Light Cone EXP materials too. Can never have too much of that.
- And credits. Always need more credits. Ran the Calyx for that whenever I had spare power.
Just kept plugging away at these daily, using up the Trailblaze Power. Burned some fuel I had saved up too, just to speed things up a bit.
Checking the Stash
So, after all that, took a look at my inventory. Got a workable Watchmaker set, maybe not perfect substats but the main stats are mostly there. Got the Kalpagni Lantern set with a Break Effect rope. Got a pile of Destruction trace materials and Fire ascension items. Loads of EXP books and credits stocked up.
It’s not perfect, obviously. RNG is RNG. Could always use better substat rolls. But it feels good to have a foundation ready. When Firefly arrives, I can level her up, get her traces decently high, and slap some preliminary gear on her right away instead of starting the grind from zero. That was the whole point, really. Less stress on launch day.
