User:Oom/sandbox

FAQs

Reroll help

How do I reroll?

- Play until the tutorial ends. Collect the mail and use all the free pulls you have. You want the essential 2*s for easier progression.
- Reset the guest account by Settings -> Account -> Reset Account
- You can bind potentially good accounts to dummy emails, then compare and pick one at the end.
- You cannot unlink an account and still save it. You’ll have to “close account” and wait a week for it to delete. (This action is reversible). Once it’s wiped, then you can bind your guest account to it.

How do I mass reroll?

- If you’re hardcore rerolling, do it on an emulator. Google how for your particular app. Bluestacks example.
- Install and patch the game in one instance. Make 4 clones of it. Sync them, reroll 4 at a time. Save any potential good accounts. Add more clones to replace them.

How do I login to a linked account?

- The game should prompt you which account to use on the title screen. If you’re stuck in guest mode somehow: Complete the tutorial on guest. Link the account to the email you want. It’ll say “this is already linked, do you want to login instead?” Say yes.

Festival banners, paid items

What are festival banners? When’s the next?

- They’re JP’s anniversary banners with double the 3✩ rate. Previous fest units can drop in it, but you can only spark the featured student. The next one is Mika’s.
- Rates on Mika’s banner:
—- 6% total for a 3✩
- 0.7% for Mika
- 0.3% for Wakamo
- 0.3% for SHoshino (the extra 0.3% cuts into the 1 star rate)
- There’s 68 three stars in this banner (65 permanent units and limited Mika/Wakamo/SHoshino). You can only spark Mika.
- See Midokuni’s “banner summary” tab for estimated dates.

What’s worth buying for real money?

- Worth is subjective, but the cheapest decent things are: New teacher packs x3, both monthly subscriptions, and the AP packs during good events. The Serika package is alright, but she’s easy to farm.

Should I buy the Start Dash ticket?

- The pool of 8 is small and offers a lot of great units. It also gives a rate-up for dupes (100 elephs instead of 30). However, 3 students are farmable (and Koharu will join the raid shop in several months).
- I probably wouldn’t buy it unless you’re already buying the 2 monthly subs and AP packs during good events.
- For more info on these units: Midokuni’s guide (“banners” & “farmables” tabs) and Stokkie’s Raid Ratings.

Will Global ever get another 3* selector?

- As of now, not yet. JP is ahead of us by 4-5 months, and we get the same products they do more or less. The closest thing was an RNG ticket where you’d choose an attack type (red/yellow/blue), and get a random permanent 3* from that pool.
- Always read the fine print before buying in case our ticket is different from JP’s.

Student Meta

How good is this unit? When will they come?

- Midokuni’s guide. Search the whole document as there are multiple tabs.
- Stokkie’s Raid Ratings (extreme tabs have more info).
- JP’s banner schedule we follow more or less.
- Our roadmap.

So overall, who’s meta and worth sparking?

- Causew’s advice on TYuuka & sparking supports/dps.
- There are great dps students, but they need decently high investment to shine. See Midokuni’s guide for insane raid investments.
- Koharu joined the raid shop when JP got Torment difficulty (on Toki/Nagisa’s banners). It will take ~2.5 months to summon her.

https://bluearchive.midokuni.com/doc/BannerSummary?full

Is this student limited, permanent, a welfare? Who has bond gear?

- Go to <http://schale.gg>. Set to JP in settings. You can search students individually or see the entire group by using filters.
- Label meanings:

• “Unique” - The character is limited. They do not join the general pool once their banner leaves. You can only summon them when their banner returns. (Includes the expert shop. You cannot summon limiteds from here even with 120 of their eleph).
• “Welfare” The character is a free unit from an event. You can only get them when that event is available. JP is adding old reruns of previous events so you players who missed out can see the stories & collect the welfare ????
• Permanent students won’t have a label. They are in the general pool and you can pull them anytime.
  
• If the student has bond gear, they have an “Item” tab. This tab shows the requirements needed to equip & craft up to T2. Aru example.
  

- For a whole search:
Hamburger icon top right > Students > Student List > filter top left > unique (limited) / permanent / welfare (from an event) / unique item (bond gear).

Sparks, Pyro planner

What’s a spark? Why is it important?

- BA uses the spark system, which is trading 200 recruitment points (200 pulls, or 24k pyro) to pick a featured banner student.
- There are only 2 guarantees; a 2* or better in every multi pull (10 pulls at a time), and the spark. __Recruitment points do not carry over__, they convert to small crafting shards when the banners rotate.
- We highly recommended only pulling if you can spark, in case you end up with nothing.
- The rates are 3% for a 3*, with 0.7% for the rate-up within that 3%. For full details, click the Rates Info button on any gacha page.

How can I plan my sparks?

> - Use the pyro planner (make a copy): > https://j163.au/#PyroPlanner Pyro Planner]. Instructions are at the bottom.
- Or estimate 12k pyro a month for F2P and use Midokuni’s banner summary for dates.
- The latest Reddit monthly pyro report.

Can I pull my favorites instead?

- Absolutely. Club & friend borrows help supplement your roster, but spark Ako and Himari too for a comfier gaming life. - Find good clubs & friends in discord recruitment & friend channels. You can filter for high lvl players in-game too and see who they’re lending via “i” button.

Beginner guides

I’m ready to play! Now what?

1. Read https://j163.au/#LifesBeginnerGuide Life’s guide] to learn the basics.
2. See Midokuni’s Teambuilding tab for student suggestions. 3. Boost Serina to 2✩ (Tsubaki to 3✩ if you want). Save your eligma until extreme/insane raids. You do not need 5✩s until then.
4. Use Yuuka & Tsubaki or other evasion tanks early on (before T4 bags). Non-evasion tanks need their T4 bag to tank properly.
- SHoshino is not a tank, she just *can tank* under the right circumstances. I wouldn’t use her until she can solo the frontline, which is usually after her T4 bag.
- Basic team examples per chapter.

I DONT WANT TO READ!!

- The casual’s guide to BA by ??????

I’m still struggling in general content…

- Don’t use auto team fill, auto fight, or auto skip battle (unless it’s safe). The AI is *really bad*.
- Level up, gear up. Shotgun tanks will be really squishy before T4 bags. Gear priority guide.
- Balance your aoe between teams, check your EX totals aren’t too high. Double check your teams with Midokuni’s Teambuilding tab.
- If you’re missing a lot of 2✩ essentials (especially Tsubaki, Mutsuki, Chise & Momoi who take a long time farm), consider doing a few more multi pulls.
- Stages become difficult 15-20+ lvls below enemies due to the level penalty.

What is the level penalty?

- The higher level unit gets a *damage reduction buff* against the attacker. Your units’ and the enemies’ stats do not change. It’s 2% damage reduction per level, capped at 60%. Basically, your student does less damage when they are below an enemy’s level, and vice versa.
- The recommended level and your account level doesn’t matter. The latter just limits your characters’ max lvl.
- Example:

• Lvl 60 Iroha vs lvl 70 boss. The boss takes 20% less damage from Iroha.
• Both same level: no effect.
  
• Lvl 80 Iroha vs lvl 70 boss. Iroha takes 20% less damage from the boss.
  
• Neither Iroha nor the boss’ stats change. Her stats given to strikers as a Special remains the same.
  

- Enemies in story chapters 13-15, bounties, commissions, and some events are higher lvl than the recommended (check with schale.gg.

Story gameplay tips?

- Focus fire elite enemies; they have a skull icon above their health bar. - Prep the last wave: pool energy and cycle through cheap EX skills to get your dps ready.
- Nuke the boss immediately with 2+ dps EX skills. Place overlapping aoe so it hits enemies multiple times (e.g. 3 with Hibiki, 2+ with Mutsuki).
- Tsubaki taunt when enemies do something dangerous (like Iori jumping back to EX, or the giant yellow robot charging up). This forces them to cancel and auto attack instead.

How do I do this map/event challenge?

- For maps: JP Wikiru & SchaleDB: JP Wikiru and Schale.gg (maps tab).
- YouTube is your best friend. There’s a video for every stage in the game. Watch a variety for team comp ideas and execution.
- For event challenges, use broad search terms like “Blue Archive Sweets challenge 2”, “Blue Archive bunny challenge 5”.

Spending AP

Where should I spend AP? Who do I farm, when, and how much?

> - <https://imgur.com/a/UQqzdid> > - Check <#897744941428658196> pins for an event guide and Justin’s event planner. They also list which events are worth pyro & pvp refreshing. > - Midokuni’s guide (“farmable summary” tab): > <https://bit.ly/MidoFarmSummary> > - Try to avoid commissions unless there’s a 2x or better event. Do it if you must for a raid clear. Commissions chart: > <https://imgur.com/a/Ilwad9g> > - Don’t farm BDs (Blu-ray discs) from normal mode unless you’re an end game player who doesn’t need gear, and you want to gamble. The drop rates are 1-4%. > - Gear priority guide: > https://j163.au/#GearPriorityGuide > You can also use Justin’s resource planner above (settings -> resource planner. Set up chars, click gear, click AP icon)

How do I level faster? Is it worth refreshing? How much AP do I get naturally?

- You gain 1:1 account experience for AP spent. Your AP does not regen if you’re capped, so don’t let it for long periods of time.
- If you care about optimizing, refresh 3x daily as much as you can afford. The sooner you get higher & max lvl, the more benefits you gain over time.
- You can use pvp coins, but events usually offer rare items, so hoard enough for those. You need 210 pvp coins a day x 7 or 14 days to max refresh (but you also gain coins everyday). - Free AP you get per week & expert permit shop info.
- Max your cafe comfort when possible for more more free AP per hour. Cafe upgrades are in every third chapter (3-5, 6-5, 9-5, etc.)

How long will it take to reach max level?

- Estimates.
- Account exp chart.
- Student exp chart.
- Level 1-69 is about the halfway point.
- The max level at launch was 70, and the game has been out for over a year. They slowly increased it to 83, which is why it feels daunting to new players.

Skills, gear, raids, and investing in units

Should I level and gear special units?

- Yes, if they’re a dps or healer (e.g. Hibiki, Iroha, Serina, Hanae, Ako). Give them their important gear. (3rd slot for dps specials is not as important as you won’t be crit malding in campaign, but you might in raids). Gear Priority guide.
- If they aren’t a dps or healer, you can hold off for later. Prioritize your strikers and dps/healer specials. - Specials give 10% ATK/HP and 5% DEF/HEALING to strikers, so you’ll want to level & gear everyone eventually. (Click the Support info button when looking at teams to see how much stats). - Some specials have unique situations. For example: Shizuko needs a minimum HP of X to reflect both balls on Shirokuro. So you’d hit that threshold via mix of stars, levels, gear, and EX lvls.

Who should I skill up? How?

> - Your main aoe dps for story, then prep for raids. You can boost healers, but EX3 at most (if you even need that). Tanks don’t have much stats to scale with. You can ignore scaling skills for now.
- Bricc Skill Leveling guide.
- Try to stick to the breakpoints; EX: 3, 5. Other skills: 4, 7, 10. These give the most “bang for your buck” since it gets very expensive. - You can use the wiki or Justin’s planner in <#905229231741628436> to figure out total resources needed for leveling. - SchaleDB has a quick overview of who uses what. Example: > <https://schale.gg/?item=183>

How do I raid? Why shouldn’t I spend eligma yet?

- You do not need 5✩s until extreme/insane raids. Prioritize well if you want comfy enough clears in every raid (see the question below for examples). - The eligma cost increases every 20 eleph bought, up to 5 cost. Eligma/Eleph chart.
> - Read Causew’s General Raid guide.
- Double check your gear & skills are up to par. Gear guide & Skill guide: Gear priority guide and Bricc Skill Leveling guide.
- Make team comps, check videos in that guide & <#1074577041527156736> for an idea of unit investment & execution. - Get feedback from experienced raiders, mock it with a strong borrow from your club/friends before you use a real ticket. Boost with eligma as a last resort (preferably on unfarmable important dps). > - For the raid schedule, see the pins in your discord’s raid channel. . . .

S. Hoshino Festival Banner

The festival banner doubles the pull rate for 3* units (6%) and features Hoshino (Swimsuit). She's a limited must pull support. Wakamo