F.SCT Battle Operation

=Main= Full Name: F.SCT攻略戦

English Name: F.SCT Battle Operation

F.SCT Battle Operation is 21st event in Blue Archive and the 2nd Combined Operations and is directly linked to the main story's currently released Final. chapter. As such, it is recommended to read all the other main story volumes before reading this event story.

Notes: Players can still read the story from the Main Story tab if they missed it after the event period is over. Combined Operations is the only limited-time mode in this event.

=Event Summary=

Notice

 * Maintenance News
 * Event News & Details
 * Mika Banner News

Japanese Version

 * After the event period ends, players can still read the story as a main story event.
 * The event page will continue to be displayed and accessible on the lobby screen until February 22, 2023.
 * During the event period, there will be different banner happening on certain days.
 * New Limited Banner: Mika (★★★), banner will run for 7 days. In addition, limited character Wakamo (★★★) and Hoshino (Swimsuit) (★★★) will also be included in this banner.
 * New Banner: Megu (★★★) and Kanna (★★★), banner will run for X days.
 * Player must have completed Area 2-3 to participate.

Details
This event focused on the Combined Operations game mode, so there will be no usual mechanics like quest stages, achievement missions, or exchange shops (except for buying tickets).

The event story will be released after the maintenance, and the F.SCT Battle Operation mode will start at 11am JST the next day.

Unlike the previous combined operations boss, Wakamo (World Boss), the difficulty, cost, and reward will be vastly different.

Additional new separate content/updates alongside the Event:
 * Level cap raised from 83 to 85.
 * Add difficulty L for Commissions stage.
 * Unique gear for Shiroko, Neru, Junko, and Suzumi.
 * Add Izuna (Swimsuit) and Chise (Swimsuit) Eleph to Expert Permit Shop.

=Combined Operations= Combined Operations (also commonly referred to as World Raid) is a game mode that pitches all players against server-wide raid bosses with large HP pools. Any damage dealt during the fight is applied to the Combined Operation Boss, once the HP of Combined Operation Boss drops to 0, Decisive Battle stage that does not cost a ticket for entry will occur.
 * The raid has 6 levels of difficulty: Normal, Hard, VeryHard, Hardcore, Extreme, and Insane (Insane will be added later as the event progresses).
 * Each attempt against the Boss on other difficulties will cost 10 tickets.
 * Each attempt against the Boss on Insane difficulty will cost 20 tickets.
 * If players have not reached the maximum owned limit (40), 1 ticket will be granted every 30 minutes.
 * Players can purchase tickets up to 60 times per day, each costing.
 * There are no 1-hour time limit to challenge the boss and no sweep mechanic unlike regular Raids.
 * Even if the Boss cannot be defeated within the time limit, it is possible to re-challenge the boss with the Boss HP still the same from previous run. 1 ticket will need to be used to enter the fight again.
 * All 6 difficulties have separately tracked states and will not be reset until the Boss of that difficulty is defeated, so should you challenge the boss on other difficulties while still mid-run, you will still be able to resume fight at the old difficulty later. Ex:
 * You attempt boss difficulty "Extreme" but fail at 20% HP
 * Then you decide to challenge "Hardcore" and defeat it
 * if you challenge difficulty "Extreme" again, the battle will resume at 20% where you last failed to defeat it.
 * Tickets will be not be refunded if you forfeit mid-battle.
 * It is possible to use the same students to challenge the Boss again.
 * Friend/Club Assist function is available, and all difficulties allow for the use of 3 rental students per run. Any given unit can only be rented once per day; assist records are cleared during the daily server reset.

Rewards
If players defeat the boss, they will be able to obtain various rewards such as students' training materials (BDs, Tech Notes, Reports, etc.) and various students' Eleph at a certain probability rate.

Decisive Battle
Any damage dealt during the fight is applied to the Combined Operation Boss, once the HP of Combined Operation Boss drops to 0, Decisive Battle stage that does not cost a ticket for entry will occur.

Players can get items such as, , , and as clear rewards for each Decisive Battle.

Notes: If a Decisive Battle event occurs, the story will not progress until it is cleared.

=Boss= All of the boss's stats and skills are the same as the original, with the only difference being the Armor Type.
 * Binah: Heavy ➔ Light
 * Chesed: Heavy ➔ Special
 * Hod: Heavy ➔ Special
 * ShiroKuro: Special ➔ Heavy
 * Perorodzilla: Special ➔ Light
 * Hieronymus: Light ➔ Heavy

Hieronymus
The following table shows the HP of Hieronymus's holy lantern relics for each difficulty: The green/red lantern is classified as an ally, and starts at 5% health. It has 500 DEF (Normal~Extreme) or 2,500 DEF (Insane), and may be damaged by Hieronymus's attacks.

The purple lantern is classified as an enemy, and starts at 100% health. It has 2,000 DEF, 999,999 CRIT RES and cannot be targeted by normal attacks or basic skills.