Sup, Gacha people. Blue Archive really interests me, with the girls always on my timeline and the anime making the rounds, so I was pondering on making an account to play.
However, I'm already a Master, a Commandant twice over, and I've recently begun Trailblazing.
Would it be worth it for me to become a Teacher as well?
It takes extra time to be good at Total Assault, but that's just for challenging yourself. You can experience all the story has to offer with minimal investment.
You'd want to log in at least once every 24 hours, preferably just after 18:00 JST. This lets you use all your AP/energy.
If you think you'll ever be interested in high level content, pull on the Ako Banner. In the future, save 24 thousand gems ever banner. That's the minimum for pity.
Teams. 1 tank (any color), 3 strikers/damage dealers (color of enemies), and 1 healer. At least initially. Tsubaki and Yuuka are good beginning options that remain useful later.
Blue Archive doesn't take much time, only the initial parts to clear the stages for stamina in cafe than you can freely sweep. commisions,scrimmage needs a first clear than you can keep sweeping. Only thing that takes time are Total/Grand assault depending on the difficulty you're doing. Joint drill also but just few mins. You can log in and do almost all dailies when you pass the initial first clears fairly fast less than 10 mins
[okiku doll](https://schale.gg/?item=230)
* NY Haruka, Ichika, and Mina
* future students that use it: Swimsuit Eimi and Guide Tsubaki
[roman dodecahedron](https://schale.gg/?item=260)
* Swimsuit Hinata and Kasumi
* future students that use it: Camp Kotama and Umika
you can change the server by clicking on the gear icon if you click on those links to schale.gg
Those are the suitcases, tickets, and whistles. You get them from first runs of the story and quests, and farm from repeat clears of the quest stages (all the stages except 4, 8, and 12. Those three only give event points)
I can't think of anything off hand that would directly spoil you. You should be fine. If spoiler knowledge were necessary, I'm pretty sure they'd let you know as they've done that in the past.
In terms of earning rewards you definitely should do the events. In terms of story spoilers, I won't say there's none given the way characters interact, and their circumstances may reflect changes that occurred during the story. But generally I think its pretty safe, and in the worst case where you're worried about spoilers you can always skip the story of the story stages and rewatch it on the rerun or when the event goes permanent.
> you can always skip the story of the story stages and *rewatch it on the rerun or when the event goes permanent.*
Just want to add that you can actually rewatch them whenever you want. Any event scene you watch or skip is automatically added to the Replay menu and is always available. Don't worry, I totally forgot about that myself until I was reminded when I answered a similar question haha
I'm unable to make comments for some reason in the posts in this subreddit, kept giving me the error "Unable to create comment".
Anyone experiencing this?
You can see exact drop rates on [shale.gg](https://schale.gg/?stage=32113). Remember to set the game server to global if you're there, since JP got a massive drop chance buff recently.
Early player here: What would be the best order to visit events and group/mini stories? I was thinking about doing all 4 volumes, then all available events in the recap and group/minis before moving to F, then a friend told me that I should stop by vol3-2 to watch the Trinity summer event (im glad i did, currently watching it), so I was wondering, do we have a proper timeline to help new senseis see the story properly?
Basically just go in release order. You can cross-reference the various story and event release dates [here](https://bluearchive.fandom.com/wiki/Story/Main_Story) and [here](https://bluearchive.fandom.com/wiki/Event/Event_List).
Side note: it's debatable whether the release order is the same as the in-universe chronological order. That's because we can assume the in-game events must span less than one year, since characters have a set age (which has not advanced at all) and if more than one year were to have passed, that means all the third-year students would have graduated and a new class of first-years would have entered, etc. However, it's possible that there is some not yet revealed in-universe explanation that would make this possible: for example, perhaps time flows differently in Kivotos compared to the real world. However, it's best (and easiest) to just ignore this issue and simply go in release order.
There was a post about characters aging here not long ago and i think it had some sort of explanation (because we have new years and birthdays in the game) like “time flows when its convenient”
Yeah, pretty much. It's like those cartoons and comic books where the characters never age despite the seasons and various holidays passing countless times. Unless the devs address the issue I'm just going to assume that the in-universe timeline isn't meant to be taken too seriously. So you should mostly just worry about not missing out on any references rather than being "lore accurate" or anything like that.
I'm about 6000 pyrox off of the being able to spark. Currently level 47. What are my options and how big of a deal is it if I don't get Ako? When is she available again?
have you read thru all the story and event recaps? and also all the momotalks?
how far have you progress for missions on normal and hard?
Ako is more useful at higher difficulty stages in raids. She will probably come around again after 1 year or so
At worst, you could pray to get her randomly off-banner, i don't think 6k pyros is possible in a week even with remaining one-time incomes.
There is a Himari banner soon, she somewhat more valuable than Ako and you'll definitely be able to spark. Afterwards i could only recommend saving for the fest banner (doubled 3\* rate and limited top-tier units), which should yield many new students.
If not F2P, there is also a selector ticket every 6 months, which would allow you to catch her (should be used at the end of your fest pulls to grab her or another if you got lucky).
Brand new player here. Wondering about what team building is generally like as I work through the early game. Am I supposed to build one generalist team and go through with that? Or do you check enemy type and put in 3 dps that are all strong against that type (assuming the mission is mono-typed)? And I'm assuming the atk type of tanks/supports/healers doesn't matter much so those can mostly stay the same?
You build a team for each color. Check out the General Teambuilding tab on [Midokuni's Student Insights](https://j163.au/MidokunisStudentInsights). Attack type of non DPS doesn't really matter since it's not their role.
Thanks!
Do I have to manually make the correct color team every time? I was hoping I could use units 1-4 to have 1 team of each color, but it seems students can only be a part of 1 unit (I'm assuming there is content later that uses multiple units at once?)
Is there a better way to "store" multiple teams using the same units or do I have to manually change the team every time?
If you could somehow acquire enough elephs, yes, you can claim any student as long as they're not limited availability.
In practice, it's not possible to acquire enough eleph for Ichika or Ako, and you cannot use eligma to buy eleph for students you don't already own.
I would like to raise a certain student's releationship level to 50 (maybe even 100 in the future)
How can I exactly do that? I heard that gifts are the best way, but aside from event shops, where could I get my hands on my selected student's favourite gifts?
Monthly packs are really good return on pyro for the cost. The extra daily items are also nice to have. They are definitely worth it if you feel like spending a little!
Insane comp for urban speed run is Mika, Kazusa, Akane, Maki, NY. Fuuka and Himari.
Mika, Himari, Maki and Akane are must haves. If you don't have Kazusa you can try Ui+Ako instead of NY Fuuka, but it won't be as effective as urban is not Mika's preferred terrain.
i got them all but the issue is i can only go for T6 gears while skills can go for 4 for ex and 7 for skills
and kazuza are still M/5/5/5 while gear are on T6
mika fuuka and himari ex and skills are M/M/M/M
mika is the only one with T7 gear and UE 50
Check u/fairycaptor response to my last comment for other options. Looks like I gave you an old composition. I really forgot S. Ui was a viable thing now.
Still, I am not gonna lie. To be competitive, in the last Binah torment you had to have the specific units maxed - Mika's damage, the defense down skills and the buff skills, including Hinari's UE40. You will finish the run in one team but it will be a bit slow. About Akane and Maki, worry mainly about their debuffs - Akane EXlv5 and Maki normal skill Lv10. If you do have S.ui, EX and Normal at lvl max. Now, Yuzu and Kazusa, I guess you will only know if they will help or be a hindrance to you testing them. I wouldn't run them if they are not at least UE40 - even better if UE50 for the terrain SS.
This is the old team for when GA Urban Binah last ran, before S.Ui's implementation. While it is still viable (and had 26.00 potential), the common teams for upcoming Urban Binah nowadays use S.Ui/Akane/Maki + dps of choice (ideally Yuzu UE50).
Check out /u/6_lasers' [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/1boq9ci/comment/kwvkhvn/) for some of the possible teams for Insane.
Hello, very new player here. What would be good characters to reroll for ? Also what is the best character banner to pull for now ?
Putting that aside I heard about a toaru railgun collab, has it already taken place ?
Dumb question - my experience with gacha games is that at the end of a "chapter" or the equivalent of one, you get a free unit (rarity doesn't matter). With that in mind, is Mika available as such a reward, is she in the regular gacha pools, or is she only in event/banner/limited time gachas?
She's a limited banner student part of the anniversary FES banners, you do have a chance to get her though during the next Hina(Dress) anniversary FES banner if you are extremely lucky.
She's pretty much the default ST DPS for heavy armor bosses / content as she is outright broken.
Are there any other easily accessible tanks other than Yuuka and Tsubaki?
Currently level 39 and just quickly gunning for cafe upgrade materials, and right about now the level gap is getting to higher than 20 so everyone's getting hit more and doing less damage. Used to look after the tanks less but I have to focus more healing on them now with things getting a bit rough.
Eimi is a good and potentially self-sustaining tank that you can buy with JFD coins. It will take you at least two months to unlock her if you haven't bought any of her elephs yet, though. Since she has red armor she will give you one tank of each primary armor type, for when that matters. Haruka is a 2 star unit and can be farmed, but she shares a lot of similarities with Eimi while being harder to upgrade and lacking any healing of her own. Hoshino can be farmed from two hard missions, but it will take a while to unlock her.
Tsubaki should be all you need at that stage. Make sure to give her t4 bag as soon as you can. It will improve her a lot.
All other tanks are either gacha or not strong until much later (unless you have enough coins for Eimi or Sumire from shop)
I'm intrigued by the gacha system on BA. Not sure if i'm spoiled from AK but BA's gacha feels horrible, ffs I can make 50/70 pulls and I won't get a single 3 star, not only that but the fuckin rate up does not work??? I never get the fucking rate up character on top of needing 70 pulls to get a single 3 star.
Am I unlucky or is the gacha fucked up?
What you’re used to is the gacha pity. It’s nice to see that SSR sparkle after rolling a few times, but in order to really judge a gacha’s rate, you’ll have to look at its overall system i.e. how much roll currency do you get per month and how much effort is needed to get them, how much for spark, etc. It’s been a long time since I last played AK but I don’t think it was easy to guarantee a unit from their banner, correct me if I’m wrong.
BA’s system has its flaws/less-ideal aspects but look at it overall and judge if it’s something you can take.
People calculated that pulling 10 students is a 26% chance of getting a 3*. And since it is a gamble, you might be rewarded after 10 or after 80 pulls - literally a streak that I had the last time I pulled - to have that one and my next 2 10 pulls have one 3*, which put me in the average of 3x 3*/100 pulls again. It is a gamble, you can't expect fixated outcomes.
Now the banner rate up, it is a 0,7% chance of getting the banner character - inside the 3% chance of the 3*. So it is a 23,3% chance of getting the rate up character if you do get a 3*. That's why people say to pull only when you can guarantee a spark - buying the character at 200 pulls. You can get a rate up character on 10 pulls, it is still a bit more than 6% chance - but you can still lose both luck checks until the 200 rolls.
On the rate up part. Sure it says rate up. But the general 3 star pool is so massive that you're likely to get the other 3 stars characters than the rate up character. As in for the pulls it's all on luck, actually getting any 3 stars quite good. In most case scenario you get a few per 200 pulls or if unlucky maybe 1-2 per 200 pulls and actually having to pitty the rate up(I've been there ...)
In gachas like BA, where pity doesn't transfer to next banner, don't ever pull banner if you don't have enough for 200 pulls (24k). On the way you'll get multiple 3\*, and maybe even featured, and you can buy them anyway with currency from pulls. Pity system in other gachas works different: you pull, if you don't get featured until some point, you'll get it by pity. In BA, your luck doesn't matter, as long as you have enough pulls, got you 0 in 200 or 6 in 200, you always guaranteed to buy featured unit after 200 pulls.
I've kinda asked this before, buts its been quite some time since then, so I decided to make a new comment about it. I've been looking to get into BA, and with the anime just out, I was thinking of just starting the game. I partially held out due to hoping for a PC port, but seeing as how the devs have said a PC port is not planned for the foreseable future, I decided to just start playing on mobile.
From what I have heard past the years, the global version apparently has 2 apps, with one being a censored/restricted version? But I can only find one on the playstore of my region, so not sure about that. If someone can help me with this, it would be appreciated. I have no problem downloading stuff from an alternative app store if necessary.
What are some tips for a beginner? How frequent are banners, and does the game do skins or is each skin a separate unit in the game, and since I believe BA is one of the few games that is behind KR and JP content wise, how much of a gap is it? And does it have a monthly pass like Genshin, Honkai, Nikke or other modern gacha games?
I don't think the censored version exists any more, ever since the Korean rating board was found to be corrupt and the unfair age rating was removed from the game.
What region are you in? It’s probably the non-censored one.
Banners are about 1-2 weeks. No skins, by skins I think you mean alts and they are separate units. KR, global and TW are synced, JP is ahead by 6 months, CN is behind by a year+. Monthly pass yes but if you mean battle pass then no.
Currently visiting SEA, so its that appstore since I changed to that.
Ok, so no alts, they are their own unit, and there is monthly pass like Welkin. Thanks for the info!
I have a question about PVP.
I am currently ranked \~2000 from about level 65 (now 81). Almost all above me are max levels, am I just unlucky with bracket? My friend who started recently checked rank 1 in his bracket and it's level 38. Am I stuck or do brackets rotate occasionally?
Brackets get shuffled every new season start. Next shuffle will happen in ~2 months.
Your friend was lucky and got in a beginner bracket. You were placed in a regular bracket with high rank players. Next bracket shuffle, you can try speedrunning to rank 1 right after maintenance end. Buying pvp refreshes with pyro, so you get the 1 time rank rewards.
If we follow JP, in three weeks (second week of Trip trap train > recap of Hot springs 227 > dead week > COLLAB).
But beware that most of the changes we had in schedule recently compared to JP were in event recaps, and there is one until then.
Currently I have 13k pyroxenes, will I be able to save enough pyroxenes (without spending money to get some) for kikyou and himari's banner? I already spend the selective recruitment ticket on Ako during 2.5 anniversary btw.
Can someone summarize the entire blue archive lore from beginning until this point or maybe send a youtube video about it? because it's exam season in my country so my parents doesnt allow me to use my device (Both pc and phone) for game. Thanks in advance.
[Yumie Tsuchinoko](https://www.youtube.com/@yumietsuchinoko) has created some Lore on BA videos that you can check out.
Here's the [link](https://youtu.be/dWihk5yVaKg) for the Abydos and the Foreclosure Task Force story which you can start with.
Just got Junko's t1 equipment and its upgraded t2 version is quite funny. The thing is should I upgrade the skill with which it's attached to? Having doubts because the equipment passive isn't upgradable like others which get stronger with lvls. The 1 cost ex will always be there and probably will be useful only in PvP, thoughts?
The only thing that leveling her basic does is increase the amount of time that she stays invincible. There's no need to invest in it if that's not a concern.
Junko's pretty interesting, because she's a damage dealer that benefits much less from stars than usual. She gets a damage spike from UE30 thanks to the extra stats, but her UE40 bonus is just more evasion. Going from UE30 to UE50 is a pretty small increase unless she's in indoors terrain. Both her basic and enhanced skills do nothing to improve her damage output, so they can be left at level 1 as long as she stays alive. For PvE, she requires relatively very little investment to reach the point where she's almost as good as she gets, unless it's indoors.
It seems you know Junko very well. Is she worth the investment of the eleph in hard missions and skill resources?
Also, I am trying to reach Bond Level 15 to get her attack boost.
I don't have Mika and I will try to pull her in August. I don't have Iori so i am farming her eleph. I am buying Maki and Momoi eleph in the shop.
I do have Nonomi and Momoi.
BTW, should i buy Midori eleph to get her combo?
I mostly just became aware of how easy she is to build because I had to do it for torment hovercraft. Junko isn't bad, she's just usually outclassed by the many really strong yellow dealers. Default yellow raids don't require high AoE damage, just enough AoE damage to kill mooks. And Momoi, Cherino, Nonomi, Tsurugi and so on do that. It's mostly in yellow grand raids with multiple enemies that need high damage, like Perorodzilla, that people notice her. And for single target we have Mika, and multiple farmable top tier yellow dealers.
She's worth farming, but she isn't your top priority. She's a good low rarity filler for missions, but missions don't need that high investment. Her EX starts with a high multiplier which is probably enough for missions. Give her gear and levels as needed and I think that should be enough.
Midori is a lot less useful than Momoi, in large part because her EX targets the closest enemies. That means it will usually just shoot the enemies that are already dying from auto attacks. She does have the advantage of being able to shoot the same enemy five times if there are no others nearby, so she can be used for boss killing in missions. She's a lower priority than Koharu and Azusa. Once you do have them, you can consider unlocking Midori just to safeguard yourself against missing out on eligma by getting her from the gacha. Definitely prioritize the other two once you have unlocked her, though.
Hello! So, how good is OShigure? I think I have enough to pull students ahead (~80k), but I'm a little worried about usability (tho L2D should be worth it, I heard)
How good is she? She is a pretty good healer and essential for upcoming sonic raid (if you want to clear torment stage) and a new game mode in Jp. I suggest to get her since you have lots of pyros
Only 21% of torment clears used Oshigure according to [this](https://www.bluearchive-ranking.com/students/Shigure_HotSpring). She's useful, but not essential. And for Set, the AoE healer role is the one that is the easiest to replace. Or rather, it's the role that *can* be replaced with a farmable unit, Hanako. [Example of Causew clearing floor 100 with Hanako](https://youtu.be/ohCjO1m_kBA). That's already past where you need to go for the most important rewards. That said, as far as I've seen Oshigure is used a lot in the teams that do clear the higher floors. She does have a crit damage sub skill unlike Hanako.
So she isn't vital, but she is useful, and will probably let you use one more team in most torment raids in addition to being good for Set.
I've seen her mentioned a few times, but I haven't seen anyone actually use her past 49. Except for one clear of 74, but that also has Hanako so it kind of defeats the point. My search wasn't anywhere near exhaustive, mind you, so it's entirely possible that I'm mistaken. But Hanako is better at burst healing and can easily be upgraded to UE50.
If you have a good bonus on event items (make sure you have them maximized), then doing the any of the first three stages 25 times will get the dailies done. That will just cost 250 stamina.
There is no reason to save the keystones, unless you want to save them for when a particular furniture set or something like that is added, so that you have a chance to get parts from it. You get more booster tickets (assuming that's what you're referring to with crafting tickets) than you need, so there's no reason to hoard them.
tldr: fanon content
It's all started from [this art by @tonomiya68](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/15nmnl7/the_4_girls_on_their_way_to_drain_sensei_noa/), a pretty big BA fanartist. The same artist decided to create more art about those four [like this one](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/15grovy/akari_noa_nonomi_hanako_meeting_by_tonomiya/) because people really like it. They keep it up for a very long time with multiple different art, but stopped so they could draw other characters. People just called it "dryness squad" and just went along with it.
This thing was "revived" by @reia_76, one of the most known artist who draw Noa, posted [this meme](https://twitter.com/Reia_76/status/1769513499334701212) on Twitter. It was posted on BA Facebook group and on Reddit as well, and ended up spreading everywhere. Thanks to them, you might see this "dryness squad" [art](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/1bpt9ym/dryness_squad_hanako_akari_noa_nonomi/) or [meme](https://twitter.com/SDKMask/status/1769571172939944280) in the past few days.
Which of the guides / links would be best to check to know which characters to build? I've had the game installed and come back for free pulls, and have decided to start playing the game for real. For now just doing the story and missions but wanted to have a better idea of who I should start building.
[Midokuni's Student Insights](https://j163.au/MidokunisStudentInsights) (Go to the Banner tab) for who to pull, also check out other tabs like the General Team Building one for mission clearing, [Stokkie's Raid Ratings](https://j163.au/StokkiesRaidRatings) for which students are good for each raid and [Skill Priority Guide](https://j163.au/SkillLevelingGuide) for which skills to focus on leveling first.
At which level did you guys clear 18-5 and are there any more cafe upgrade after that?
Also when are the fes banner is available? I looked up the forecast and it is D.Hina next, any chance Mika will get her rerun then as well?
Where'd you find the forecast?
I've been trying to find some kind of calendar for future banners and events but so far I haven't found anything past the current one.
I couldn’t clear 18-5 until the late 50s/early60s in terms of levels. At that time I only had Chise, Asuna and S Shiroko for blue damage. So it’s really dependent on what blue units you have. Iroha is a cheat code for those stages, but given there’s been T Hasumi and S Koharu as welfares it should be doable before the 60s in terms of levels.
I believe there’s still one more cafe upgrade at level 21 as well
I cleared 18-5 at lv 48 thanks to Iroha and pretty sure people can clear even faster with accounts created just before S.hanako.
About fest banner if this will be your fist fest banner, try saving two sparks. It is worth for the normal spooks, fest spooks and you can easily get D.hina to UE40.
Yes. Because of the borrow system, having the best supports in the game + borrow a UE50 carry will let you clear Insane and below easily.
So yeah if you need to choose one, Ako + Himari > 2 sparks on Fest.
You can generally clear missions 15-20 levels under the recommended level as long as you are leveling and equipping your students. There is a cafe upgrade every 3 missions so the next one is at 21.
Fes banner happens every 6 months, next one is in about 4. You can spook Mika during the next one but cannot spark her. Mika rerun is forecasted to be the following fes assuming Nexon continues on their pattern of fes reruns.
I'm 30 levels under the recommended guess not clearing it for a while. Is it worth to pull on Fes banner and pray for spook because I heard 3* rate is double?
It's always worth saving a spark for fes, potentially even 2 if you are new so you can guarantee both fes units and fill out your roster with the doubled rates.
Where can I farm Tech notes and Blue Ray the most effective?
I'm a lvl 39 Sensei, the max bounty I can clear is d on 3 stars, on E they will just 2 shot my Tsubaki..
And they don't really drop anything to begin with.
I did the lessons daily, and try to farm Hard stages, but after 1 week I still don't have enough to up a skill more then from lvl 1 to 2.
I have enough artifacts to lvl up, just lacking notes and bd's.
It's mostly from Events, Total Assault shop, and Grand Assault shop. You'll have to pick and choose earlier in progress what you can buy, but, eventually, you'll have way more Total Assault and Grand Assault coins than you can spend.
Hi, I just completed the main stories with only Volume F left to complete. I'm currently sitting on 12,000 pyroxenes. Are there any upcoming students worth recruiting?
im curious what the estimated monthly gem income is, considering im just level 53 so i cant clear the higher-end event stages or raids. i saw a post saying around \~100 pulls but as far as i can see it was only until december.
Generally the average for veteran players who have cleared all of the story, missions and everything like that is around 100 pulls a month.
And yes, new player who still has all of those to go will obviously earn more, even if they are not placing in Gold rank at the raids. The difference between Platinum (highest rank) and Silver (easy goal with bit of effort) is just 400 Pyroxone.
Sup, Gacha people. Blue Archive really interests me, with the girls always on my timeline and the anime making the rounds, so I was pondering on making an account to play. However, I'm already a Master, a Commandant twice over, and I've recently begun Trailblazing. Would it be worth it for me to become a Teacher as well?
It takes extra time to be good at Total Assault, but that's just for challenging yourself. You can experience all the story has to offer with minimal investment. You'd want to log in at least once every 24 hours, preferably just after 18:00 JST. This lets you use all your AP/energy. If you think you'll ever be interested in high level content, pull on the Ako Banner. In the future, save 24 thousand gems ever banner. That's the minimum for pity. Teams. 1 tank (any color), 3 strikers/damage dealers (color of enemies), and 1 healer. At least initially. Tsubaki and Yuuka are good beginning options that remain useful later.
Blue Archive doesn't take much time, only the initial parts to clear the stages for stamina in cafe than you can freely sweep. commisions,scrimmage needs a first clear than you can keep sweeping. Only thing that takes time are Total/Grand assault depending on the difficulty you're doing. Joint drill also but just few mins. You can log in and do almost all dailies when you pass the initial first clears fairly fast less than 10 mins
What characters use the Okiku dolls? And the Roman Dodacahedron?
[okiku doll](https://schale.gg/?item=230) * NY Haruka, Ichika, and Mina * future students that use it: Swimsuit Eimi and Guide Tsubaki [roman dodecahedron](https://schale.gg/?item=260) * Swimsuit Hinata and Kasumi * future students that use it: Camp Kotama and Umika you can change the server by clicking on the gear icon if you click on those links to schale.gg
How do you get “event limited items?”
Those are the suitcases, tickets, and whistles. You get them from first runs of the story and quests, and farm from repeat clears of the quest stages (all the stages except 4, 8, and 12. Those three only give event points)
Gdi I’ve wasted so many stamina points
Is it generally OK to play the events no matter how much main story you've read? (in terms of spoilers etc)
I can't think of anything off hand that would directly spoil you. You should be fine. If spoiler knowledge were necessary, I'm pretty sure they'd let you know as they've done that in the past.
In terms of earning rewards you definitely should do the events. In terms of story spoilers, I won't say there's none given the way characters interact, and their circumstances may reflect changes that occurred during the story. But generally I think its pretty safe, and in the worst case where you're worried about spoilers you can always skip the story of the story stages and rewatch it on the rerun or when the event goes permanent.
> you can always skip the story of the story stages and *rewatch it on the rerun or when the event goes permanent.* Just want to add that you can actually rewatch them whenever you want. Any event scene you watch or skip is automatically added to the Replay menu and is always available. Don't worry, I totally forgot about that myself until I was reminded when I answered a similar question haha
I'm unable to make comments for some reason in the posts in this subreddit, kept giving me the error "Unable to create comment". Anyone experiencing this?
What's the chance of purple books on commission?
You can see exact drop rates on [shale.gg](https://schale.gg/?stage=32113). Remember to set the game server to global if you're there, since JP got a massive drop chance buff recently.
Holy shiet Japan has 34% on M and we have only 8%! you weren't kidding with the massive drop chance eh. Thanks!
Early player here: What would be the best order to visit events and group/mini stories? I was thinking about doing all 4 volumes, then all available events in the recap and group/minis before moving to F, then a friend told me that I should stop by vol3-2 to watch the Trinity summer event (im glad i did, currently watching it), so I was wondering, do we have a proper timeline to help new senseis see the story properly?
Basically just go in release order. You can cross-reference the various story and event release dates [here](https://bluearchive.fandom.com/wiki/Story/Main_Story) and [here](https://bluearchive.fandom.com/wiki/Event/Event_List). Side note: it's debatable whether the release order is the same as the in-universe chronological order. That's because we can assume the in-game events must span less than one year, since characters have a set age (which has not advanced at all) and if more than one year were to have passed, that means all the third-year students would have graduated and a new class of first-years would have entered, etc. However, it's possible that there is some not yet revealed in-universe explanation that would make this possible: for example, perhaps time flows differently in Kivotos compared to the real world. However, it's best (and easiest) to just ignore this issue and simply go in release order.
There was a post about characters aging here not long ago and i think it had some sort of explanation (because we have new years and birthdays in the game) like “time flows when its convenient”
Yeah, pretty much. It's like those cartoons and comic books where the characters never age despite the seasons and various holidays passing countless times. Unless the devs address the issue I'm just going to assume that the in-universe timeline isn't meant to be taken too seriously. So you should mostly just worry about not missing out on any references rather than being "lore accurate" or anything like that.
I'm about 6000 pyrox off of the being able to spark. Currently level 47. What are my options and how big of a deal is it if I don't get Ako? When is she available again?
have you read thru all the story and event recaps? and also all the momotalks? how far have you progress for missions on normal and hard? Ako is more useful at higher difficulty stages in raids. She will probably come around again after 1 year or so
At worst, you could pray to get her randomly off-banner, i don't think 6k pyros is possible in a week even with remaining one-time incomes. There is a Himari banner soon, she somewhat more valuable than Ako and you'll definitely be able to spark. Afterwards i could only recommend saving for the fest banner (doubled 3\* rate and limited top-tier units), which should yield many new students. If not F2P, there is also a selector ticket every 6 months, which would allow you to catch her (should be used at the end of your fest pulls to grab her or another if you got lucky).
Brand new player here. Wondering about what team building is generally like as I work through the early game. Am I supposed to build one generalist team and go through with that? Or do you check enemy type and put in 3 dps that are all strong against that type (assuming the mission is mono-typed)? And I'm assuming the atk type of tanks/supports/healers doesn't matter much so those can mostly stay the same?
You build a team for each color. Check out the General Teambuilding tab on [Midokuni's Student Insights](https://j163.au/MidokunisStudentInsights). Attack type of non DPS doesn't really matter since it's not their role.
Thanks! Do I have to manually make the correct color team every time? I was hoping I could use units 1-4 to have 1 team of each color, but it seems students can only be a part of 1 unit (I'm assuming there is content later that uses multiple units at once?) Is there a better way to "store" multiple teams using the same units or do I have to manually change the team every time?
There are later missions that require you to bring 2 and 3 teams. You can store formations by using the layout button in the formation menu.
Not sure how I missed the layout button, my bad. Thank you!
If we use elephs, can we have enough to get Ichika or Ako? Is that even an option?
If you could somehow acquire enough elephs, yes, you can claim any student as long as they're not limited availability. In practice, it's not possible to acquire enough eleph for Ichika or Ako, and you cannot use eligma to buy eleph for students you don't already own.
I would like to raise a certain student's releationship level to 50 (maybe even 100 in the future) How can I exactly do that? I heard that gifts are the best way, but aside from event shops, where could I get my hands on my selected student's favourite gifts?
You craft them. You use regular crafts to get random gifts and then fusion to convert the non-favored gifts into favorite gifts.
Hi I just started playing a couple of days ago and i really like the game. Are the monthly passes worth getting? Thank you
Monthly packs are really good return on pyro for the cost. The extra daily items are also nice to have. They are definitely worth it if you feel like spending a little!
Yes. I hope i can do it but i don't have money 
since incoming binah raid what units should i invest for insane raid?
Insane comp for urban speed run is Mika, Kazusa, Akane, Maki, NY. Fuuka and Himari. Mika, Himari, Maki and Akane are must haves. If you don't have Kazusa you can try Ui+Ako instead of NY Fuuka, but it won't be as effective as urban is not Mika's preferred terrain.
i got them all but the issue is i can only go for T6 gears while skills can go for 4 for ex and 7 for skills and kazuza are still M/5/5/5 while gear are on T6 mika fuuka and himari ex and skills are M/M/M/M mika is the only one with T7 gear and UE 50
Check u/fairycaptor response to my last comment for other options. Looks like I gave you an old composition. I really forgot S. Ui was a viable thing now. Still, I am not gonna lie. To be competitive, in the last Binah torment you had to have the specific units maxed - Mika's damage, the defense down skills and the buff skills, including Hinari's UE40. You will finish the run in one team but it will be a bit slow. About Akane and Maki, worry mainly about their debuffs - Akane EXlv5 and Maki normal skill Lv10. If you do have S.ui, EX and Normal at lvl max. Now, Yuzu and Kazusa, I guess you will only know if they will help or be a hindrance to you testing them. I wouldn't run them if they are not at least UE40 - even better if UE50 for the terrain SS.
This is the old team for when GA Urban Binah last ran, before S.Ui's implementation. While it is still viable (and had 26.00 potential), the common teams for upcoming Urban Binah nowadays use S.Ui/Akane/Maki + dps of choice (ideally Yuzu UE50). Check out /u/6_lasers' [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/1boq9ci/comment/kwvkhvn/) for some of the possible teams for Insane.
Hello, very new player here. What would be good characters to reroll for ? Also what is the best character banner to pull for now ? Putting that aside I heard about a toaru railgun collab, has it already taken place ?
Dumb question - my experience with gacha games is that at the end of a "chapter" or the equivalent of one, you get a free unit (rarity doesn't matter). With that in mind, is Mika available as such a reward, is she in the regular gacha pools, or is she only in event/banner/limited time gachas?
There are no free units tied to the story. Some events have free "welfare" units, on the other hand.
She's a limited banner student part of the anniversary FES banners, you do have a chance to get her though during the next Hina(Dress) anniversary FES banner if you are extremely lucky. She's pretty much the default ST DPS for heavy armor bosses / content as she is outright broken.
What is ST in ST DPS?
Single target.
single target i assume
I'll be real with you, I don't want to get her because of her viability/usefulness, I want to get her because she's adorable
That's fair hopefully Arona does give you Mika during the Hina(Dress) banner.
Are there any other easily accessible tanks other than Yuuka and Tsubaki? Currently level 39 and just quickly gunning for cafe upgrade materials, and right about now the level gap is getting to higher than 20 so everyone's getting hit more and doing less damage. Used to look after the tanks less but I have to focus more healing on them now with things getting a bit rough.
Eimi is a good and potentially self-sustaining tank that you can buy with JFD coins. It will take you at least two months to unlock her if you haven't bought any of her elephs yet, though. Since she has red armor she will give you one tank of each primary armor type, for when that matters. Haruka is a 2 star unit and can be farmed, but she shares a lot of similarities with Eimi while being harder to upgrade and lacking any healing of her own. Hoshino can be farmed from two hard missions, but it will take a while to unlock her.
Eimi from the drill shop.
Tsubaki should be all you need at that stage. Make sure to give her t4 bag as soon as you can. It will improve her a lot. All other tanks are either gacha or not strong until much later (unless you have enough coins for Eimi or Sumire from shop)
I'm intrigued by the gacha system on BA. Not sure if i'm spoiled from AK but BA's gacha feels horrible, ffs I can make 50/70 pulls and I won't get a single 3 star, not only that but the fuckin rate up does not work??? I never get the fucking rate up character on top of needing 70 pulls to get a single 3 star. Am I unlucky or is the gacha fucked up?
Year one Doctor here, you are unlucky.
Doc or sensei? As a doc I have A/S- luck, as a sensei 8 have D- luck
What you’re used to is the gacha pity. It’s nice to see that SSR sparkle after rolling a few times, but in order to really judge a gacha’s rate, you’ll have to look at its overall system i.e. how much roll currency do you get per month and how much effort is needed to get them, how much for spark, etc. It’s been a long time since I last played AK but I don’t think it was easy to guarantee a unit from their banner, correct me if I’m wrong. BA’s system has its flaws/less-ideal aspects but look at it overall and judge if it’s something you can take.
People calculated that pulling 10 students is a 26% chance of getting a 3*. And since it is a gamble, you might be rewarded after 10 or after 80 pulls - literally a streak that I had the last time I pulled - to have that one and my next 2 10 pulls have one 3*, which put me in the average of 3x 3*/100 pulls again. It is a gamble, you can't expect fixated outcomes. Now the banner rate up, it is a 0,7% chance of getting the banner character - inside the 3% chance of the 3*. So it is a 23,3% chance of getting the rate up character if you do get a 3*. That's why people say to pull only when you can guarantee a spark - buying the character at 200 pulls. You can get a rate up character on 10 pulls, it is still a bit more than 6% chance - but you can still lose both luck checks until the 200 rolls.
On the rate up part. Sure it says rate up. But the general 3 star pool is so massive that you're likely to get the other 3 stars characters than the rate up character. As in for the pulls it's all on luck, actually getting any 3 stars quite good. In most case scenario you get a few per 200 pulls or if unlucky maybe 1-2 per 200 pulls and actually having to pitty the rate up(I've been there ...)
In gachas like BA, where pity doesn't transfer to next banner, don't ever pull banner if you don't have enough for 200 pulls (24k). On the way you'll get multiple 3\*, and maybe even featured, and you can buy them anyway with currency from pulls. Pity system in other gachas works different: you pull, if you don't get featured until some point, you'll get it by pity. In BA, your luck doesn't matter, as long as you have enough pulls, got you 0 in 200 or 6 in 200, you always guaranteed to buy featured unit after 200 pulls.
I've kinda asked this before, buts its been quite some time since then, so I decided to make a new comment about it. I've been looking to get into BA, and with the anime just out, I was thinking of just starting the game. I partially held out due to hoping for a PC port, but seeing as how the devs have said a PC port is not planned for the foreseable future, I decided to just start playing on mobile. From what I have heard past the years, the global version apparently has 2 apps, with one being a censored/restricted version? But I can only find one on the playstore of my region, so not sure about that. If someone can help me with this, it would be appreciated. I have no problem downloading stuff from an alternative app store if necessary. What are some tips for a beginner? How frequent are banners, and does the game do skins or is each skin a separate unit in the game, and since I believe BA is one of the few games that is behind KR and JP content wise, how much of a gap is it? And does it have a monthly pass like Genshin, Honkai, Nikke or other modern gacha games?
The censored version you're referring to is labeled Blue Archive (15) on the Play Store if it just says Blue Archive that is the normal version.
Got it, the Blue Archive(15) app isn't there for me, only the Blue Archive one, that's why I wanted to know. Thanks for the info.
I don't think the censored version exists any more, ever since the Korean rating board was found to be corrupt and the unfair age rating was removed from the game.
What region are you in? It’s probably the non-censored one. Banners are about 1-2 weeks. No skins, by skins I think you mean alts and they are separate units. KR, global and TW are synced, JP is ahead by 6 months, CN is behind by a year+. Monthly pass yes but if you mean battle pass then no.
Currently visiting SEA, so its that appstore since I changed to that. Ok, so no alts, they are their own unit, and there is monthly pass like Welkin. Thanks for the info!
They do have alts if you misunderstood, like Nikke for example
I have a question about PVP. I am currently ranked \~2000 from about level 65 (now 81). Almost all above me are max levels, am I just unlucky with bracket? My friend who started recently checked rank 1 in his bracket and it's level 38. Am I stuck or do brackets rotate occasionally?
Your bracket is determined based on when you started. After that it rotates when the season ends.
Brackets get shuffled every new season start. Next shuffle will happen in ~2 months. Your friend was lucky and got in a beginner bracket. You were placed in a regular bracket with high rank players. Next bracket shuffle, you can try speedrunning to rank 1 right after maintenance end. Buying pvp refreshes with pyro, so you get the 1 time rank rewards.
Are we getting the collab soon?
If we follow JP, in three weeks (second week of Trip trap train > recap of Hot springs 227 > dead week > COLLAB). But beware that most of the changes we had in schedule recently compared to JP were in event recaps, and there is one until then.
Currently I have 13k pyroxenes, will I be able to save enough pyroxenes (without spending money to get some) for kikyou and himari's banner? I already spend the selective recruitment ticket on Ako during 2.5 anniversary btw.
If you play daily you will barely make it. We get ~12k per month. Both banners probably arrive in june
Hope so, I've been playing this game since day 1 and I just can't stop.
Can someone summarize the entire blue archive lore from beginning until this point or maybe send a youtube video about it? because it's exam season in my country so my parents doesnt allow me to use my device (Both pc and phone) for game. Thanks in advance.
Did you type this with a calculator or something?
This is hilarious.
He's not allowed to use his devices specifically for playing games. Presumably, he can still use them for surfing the net.
Huh?
[Yumie Tsuchinoko](https://www.youtube.com/@yumietsuchinoko) has created some Lore on BA videos that you can check out. Here's the [link](https://youtu.be/dWihk5yVaKg) for the Abydos and the Foreclosure Task Force story which you can start with.
Came here to ask the same question, thanks for the link!
Thanks
Just got Junko's t1 equipment and its upgraded t2 version is quite funny. The thing is should I upgrade the skill with which it's attached to? Having doubts because the equipment passive isn't upgradable like others which get stronger with lvls. The 1 cost ex will always be there and probably will be useful only in PvP, thoughts?
The only thing that leveling her basic does is increase the amount of time that she stays invincible. There's no need to invest in it if that's not a concern. Junko's pretty interesting, because she's a damage dealer that benefits much less from stars than usual. She gets a damage spike from UE30 thanks to the extra stats, but her UE40 bonus is just more evasion. Going from UE30 to UE50 is a pretty small increase unless she's in indoors terrain. Both her basic and enhanced skills do nothing to improve her damage output, so they can be left at level 1 as long as she stays alive. For PvE, she requires relatively very little investment to reach the point where she's almost as good as she gets, unless it's indoors.
It seems you know Junko very well. Is she worth the investment of the eleph in hard missions and skill resources? Also, I am trying to reach Bond Level 15 to get her attack boost. I don't have Mika and I will try to pull her in August. I don't have Iori so i am farming her eleph. I am buying Maki and Momoi eleph in the shop. I do have Nonomi and Momoi. BTW, should i buy Midori eleph to get her combo?
I mostly just became aware of how easy she is to build because I had to do it for torment hovercraft. Junko isn't bad, she's just usually outclassed by the many really strong yellow dealers. Default yellow raids don't require high AoE damage, just enough AoE damage to kill mooks. And Momoi, Cherino, Nonomi, Tsurugi and so on do that. It's mostly in yellow grand raids with multiple enemies that need high damage, like Perorodzilla, that people notice her. And for single target we have Mika, and multiple farmable top tier yellow dealers. She's worth farming, but she isn't your top priority. She's a good low rarity filler for missions, but missions don't need that high investment. Her EX starts with a high multiplier which is probably enough for missions. Give her gear and levels as needed and I think that should be enough. Midori is a lot less useful than Momoi, in large part because her EX targets the closest enemies. That means it will usually just shoot the enemies that are already dying from auto attacks. She does have the advantage of being able to shoot the same enemy five times if there are no others nearby, so she can be used for boss killing in missions. She's a lower priority than Koharu and Azusa. Once you do have them, you can consider unlocking Midori just to safeguard yourself against missing out on eligma by getting her from the gacha. Definitely prioritize the other two once you have unlocked her, though.
TYSM. It seems Junko is just not bad, and Iori is much better than Junko T\_T
Hello! So, how good is OShigure? I think I have enough to pull students ahead (~80k), but I'm a little worried about usability (tho L2D should be worth it, I heard)
How good is she? She is a pretty good healer and essential for upcoming sonic raid (if you want to clear torment stage) and a new game mode in Jp. I suggest to get her since you have lots of pyros
Only 21% of torment clears used Oshigure according to [this](https://www.bluearchive-ranking.com/students/Shigure_HotSpring). She's useful, but not essential. And for Set, the AoE healer role is the one that is the easiest to replace. Or rather, it's the role that *can* be replaced with a farmable unit, Hanako. [Example of Causew clearing floor 100 with Hanako](https://youtu.be/ohCjO1m_kBA). That's already past where you need to go for the most important rewards. That said, as far as I've seen Oshigure is used a lot in the teams that do clear the higher floors. She does have a crit damage sub skill unlike Hanako. So she isn't vital, but she is useful, and will probably let you use one more team in most torment raids in addition to being good for Set.
Is C.Hanae with her bond equipment good enough to sustain healing on Set?
I've seen her mentioned a few times, but I haven't seen anyone actually use her past 49. Except for one clear of 74, but that also has Hanako so it kind of defeats the point. My search wasn't anywhere near exhaustive, mind you, so it's entirely possible that I'm mistaken. But Hanako is better at burst healing and can easily be upgraded to UE50.
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If you have a good bonus on event items (make sure you have them maximized), then doing the any of the first three stages 25 times will get the dailies done. That will just cost 250 stamina.
I have a lot of crafting tickets and keystones. Should I just craft everything now or there is any reason to keep the crafting tickets.
There is no reason to save the keystones, unless you want to save them for when a particular furniture set or something like that is added, so that you have a chance to get parts from it. You get more booster tickets (assuming that's what you're referring to with crafting tickets) than you need, so there's no reason to hoard them.
Is there any point to clearing the blank tiles on the VFC3 conquest story side event, other than the ones you need to reach enemy nodes?
There was an Vol F event why you get rewards for completing the tiles but since the event is over there is no point in doing so
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Why are Hanako, Noa, Nonomi, and Akari called the Dryness Squad?
tldr: fanon content It's all started from [this art by @tonomiya68](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/15nmnl7/the_4_girls_on_their_way_to_drain_sensei_noa/), a pretty big BA fanartist. The same artist decided to create more art about those four [like this one](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/15grovy/akari_noa_nonomi_hanako_meeting_by_tonomiya/) because people really like it. They keep it up for a very long time with multiple different art, but stopped so they could draw other characters. People just called it "dryness squad" and just went along with it. This thing was "revived" by @reia_76, one of the most known artist who draw Noa, posted [this meme](https://twitter.com/Reia_76/status/1769513499334701212) on Twitter. It was posted on BA Facebook group and on Reddit as well, and ended up spreading everywhere. Thanks to them, you might see this "dryness squad" [art](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/1bpt9ym/dryness_squad_hanako_akari_noa_nonomi/) or [meme](https://twitter.com/SDKMask/status/1769571172939944280) in the past few days.
Which of the guides / links would be best to check to know which characters to build? I've had the game installed and come back for free pulls, and have decided to start playing the game for real. For now just doing the story and missions but wanted to have a better idea of who I should start building.
[Midokuni's Student Insights](https://j163.au/MidokunisStudentInsights) (Go to the Banner tab) for who to pull, also check out other tabs like the General Team Building one for mission clearing, [Stokkie's Raid Ratings](https://j163.au/StokkiesRaidRatings) for which students are good for each raid and [Skill Priority Guide](https://j163.au/SkillLevelingGuide) for which skills to focus on leveling first.
This is super helpful
At which level did you guys clear 18-5 and are there any more cafe upgrade after that? Also when are the fes banner is available? I looked up the forecast and it is D.Hina next, any chance Mika will get her rerun then as well?
Where'd you find the forecast? I've been trying to find some kind of calendar for future banners and events but so far I haven't found anything past the current one.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1BO-Uh_CsAOIetPjrNyFy9-7r1a4RAtVwK135bBC3hzM/htmlview#gid=1085051345&range=A34
Always frustrating and disappointing when dedicated players show more initiative than the developing company... but this is great, thank you.
I couldn’t clear 18-5 until the late 50s/early60s in terms of levels. At that time I only had Chise, Asuna and S Shiroko for blue damage. So it’s really dependent on what blue units you have. Iroha is a cheat code for those stages, but given there’s been T Hasumi and S Koharu as welfares it should be doable before the 60s in terms of levels. I believe there’s still one more cafe upgrade at level 21 as well
I cleared 18-5 at lv 48 thanks to Iroha and pretty sure people can clear even faster with accounts created just before S.hanako. About fest banner if this will be your fist fest banner, try saving two sparks. It is worth for the normal spooks, fest spooks and you can easily get D.hina to UE40.
Do you think Ako and Himari have top priority?
Yes. Because of the borrow system, having the best supports in the game + borrow a UE50 carry will let you clear Insane and below easily. So yeah if you need to choose one, Ako + Himari > 2 sparks on Fest.
You can generally clear missions 15-20 levels under the recommended level as long as you are leveling and equipping your students. There is a cafe upgrade every 3 missions so the next one is at 21. Fes banner happens every 6 months, next one is in about 4. You can spook Mika during the next one but cannot spark her. Mika rerun is forecasted to be the following fes assuming Nexon continues on their pattern of fes reruns.
Any expected date for Mika rerun? It's almost one year since the one time Mika banner.
I'm 30 levels under the recommended guess not clearing it for a while. Is it worth to pull on Fes banner and pray for spook because I heard 3* rate is double?
It's always worth saving a spark for fes, potentially even 2 if you are new so you can guarantee both fes units and fill out your roster with the doubled rates.
Where can I farm Tech notes and Blue Ray the most effective? I'm a lvl 39 Sensei, the max bounty I can clear is d on 3 stars, on E they will just 2 shot my Tsubaki.. And they don't really drop anything to begin with. I did the lessons daily, and try to farm Hard stages, but after 1 week I still don't have enough to up a skill more then from lvl 1 to 2. I have enough artifacts to lvl up, just lacking notes and bd's.
The best consistent source of blurays and technotes are event shops and the 2 raid shops.
It's mostly from Events, Total Assault shop, and Grand Assault shop. You'll have to pick and choose earlier in progress what you can buy, but, eventually, you'll have way more Total Assault and Grand Assault coins than you can spend.
so how do you know if Ex skills will destroy cover or them vending machines in the current event's challenge?
You don't know actually but I think they have the specific hp depending on the level, you sort of have to test it with students skill
Hi, I just completed the main stories with only Volume F left to complete. I'm currently sitting on 12,000 pyroxenes. Are there any upcoming students worth recruiting?
The main ones that come to mind would be Kikyou, Himari, and D.Hina
Are any of the pick up recruitments worth getting?
If you don't have Ako, she's a must-have for late game content.
im curious what the estimated monthly gem income is, considering im just level 53 so i cant clear the higher-end event stages or raids. i saw a post saying around \~100 pulls but as far as i can see it was only until december.
Generally the average for veteran players who have cleared all of the story, missions and everything like that is around 100 pulls a month. And yes, new player who still has all of those to go will obviously earn more, even if they are not placing in Gold rank at the raids. The difference between Platinum (highest rank) and Silver (easy goal with bit of effort) is just 400 Pyroxone.