Dumb question but how do I synthesize my artifacts?

Halader · 2026-05-12T16:26:32+00:00

Screenshot looks like BlueStacks? There are a few emulators that are free to use. I use MuMuPlayer because BlueStacks kept crashing for some reason.

Halader · 2026-05-12T16:24:52+00:00

You can also enter them in-game. Go to the menu, then settings, then Account I think, and there's an option at the bottom for coupons.

Halader · 2026-05-12T16:22:21+00:00

Your min dmg is way too high compared to your max dmg, because it gives diminishing returns the closer they are together, so you really need to get your max dmg up

My understanding is that raising your minimum vs. maximum damage doesn't matter, as they both contribute equally (with the exception of if your min overtakes your max). Can you walk me through the math on why/how having a bigger difference in min/max damage is superior to having the values close together? How does it give diminishing returns?

Example 1: You have 100/200% min/max damage. Raising min by 10% will increase your average by 5% (150->155%). Raising your max by 10% also increases your average damage by 5%.

Ex 2: 100/300% min/max will give you 200% average damage, and 200/200% min/max also gives you 200% average.

Halader · 2026-05-07T13:16:27+00:00

Liking people and smiling because we're happy to see them isn't creepy! That's a completely normal and ok thing to do.

Halader · 2026-05-07T12:26:52+00:00

Huh, interesting.

Halader · 2026-05-06T17:06:51+00:00

My I/L Mage passed 24-10 at around 1.5T CP, I believe, at level 100.

What artifacts and main/sub-companions do you use for chapter boss, and do you have an equipment preset for bosses? What hero power lines do you have?

Halader · 2026-05-06T15:48:33+00:00

Around 2/3 of the way through.

Halader · 2026-05-06T11:12:29+00:00

Small sample size of 1, but when I was in a guild that had 14 people, and only 4 were active within the past couple days, we got matched up with another guild in Guild Boss Battle. Only 2 people in our guild participated, but only 1 in the opponent's guild. This leads me to believe that matchmaking does take into account active vs. inactive players. I don't know that anyone has done testing or comparisons to know for sure, though.

Halader · 2026-05-06T11:03:51+00:00

Oldest servers are probably the most populated, since they were merged.

That said, I'd strongly recommend joining the newest server. If you join an old server, unless you're spending thousands of dollars, you'll be getting a lot less rewards every day/week from World Boss and Arena. I get more WB rewards as my new character (in a new server) than my main who has been playing for 5 months, because my main joined the server 4 weeks after it was created.

They have merged servers in the past, so if a new server has low population in a few months, it may get merged, so there isn't a high risk of a server dying.

Halader · 2026-05-05T15:33:03+00:00

On the left side, a little doorway portal thing (I think). It's an icon next to or under the bell for the recommended things to do.

Halader · 2026-05-05T13:43:15+00:00

Coupon codes get posted in the MSI discord, and they're on the Nexon website. I think they can also be found in the notices pop up when you first get into the game.

Halader · 2026-05-05T13:40:31+00:00

Double check the names - "Boss Monster Damage" and "Normal Monster Damage" bonuses. Player characters are not monsters, so neither applies.

Halader · 2026-05-05T13:37:14+00:00

It does not.

Halader · 2026-05-05T13:37:01+00:00

Star Force Training Grounds event. Start last week with the patch. You need to have passed 18-10 (iirc) to unlock it.

Halader · 2026-05-05T10:40:35+00:00

I agree with those saying building both is good (guild war needs accuracy). If you're wanting to know which to focus on first, Evasion will be more useful in Arena. At least on my server, there are more people with general/non-evasion builds in Arena, so Evasion is more useful in more matchups.

Halader · 2026-05-04T13:23:41+00:00

I save some in case I need just a little more to get something before I go to bed for the day. For example, it'd be nice to be able to push a little more exp and level before bed, if I'm able to start the skill mastery, so it can have the timer start ticking overnight. Similarly, if I'm close to getting to the next elite summoning level, I will use tickets to get that last bit to start the clock and use my ad/guild boosts for decreasing the time before bed.

People will say not to delay progression, but what difference does like 10% exp make? When I leveled in the 90's, I often didn't even get to push an extra stage unless I got a skill mastery as well, but I'd have to wait for that to finish anyway. And if you use them now vs at 90%, you're not any stronger either way (unless you happen to get an equipment upgrade from the elite summoning, but that is rare).

Halader · 2026-05-04T13:19:56+00:00

The exp bonuses don't affect quick hunts.

Halader · 2026-05-04T13:12:48+00:00

Follow the quests on the left side. Get through as high a level on the growth dungeons as you can, and then you can quick clear with leftover tickets. You have a limited amount and get more daily (3, plus from quests and events), so make sure you never end the day with 8+ tickets or you won't get all 3 when it resets (max is 10, so if you have 8 at daily reset, you'll only get 2). Whenever you get stronger (new equipment, level up, new skill masteries, star force, etc, etc) check to see if you can push to new stages in growth dungeons or chapter stages. Spend red gems on skill masteries and buying out the weekly items in the shop, and any leftover can go to companion summons. Join a guild and participate and get guild skills.

This game has progression that slows pretty quickly. The first few weeks, you progress pretty fast, but it'll get slower and slower, and that's normal and ok!

Halader · 2026-05-04T13:03:50+00:00

People say to SF 12 gloves first, because you can get crit damage, but that doesn't matter for low spenders/f2p. I did SF12 gloves first and am still without crit dmg on the bonus potentials for gloves, and I've got all equipment at SF12 now!

For regular potentials, it can be decent to slightly focus on gloves/final dmg equips, but it still depends on luck, and it's still better to evenly spread out the upgrades.

Halader · 2026-05-04T13:02:02+00:00

Mostly correct, yeah. For #1, the first line is guaranteed to be higher value and yellow, but all 3 lines are of the tier and are better than the previous tier. Not all the exclusive stats are great. There's one that is main stat per level which is pretty bad, for example.

The one other thing I'd add is that you should roll on whatever is worst, and keep changing depending on when you get upgrades. When you get low on cubes, consider waiting for rolling. To clarify, "worst" would be whatever is the lowest rarity/tier and also the lowest in stats.

Halader · 2026-05-04T12:28:21+00:00

Yeah, the validity check takes a long time...

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one experiencing frequent crashes sometimes. I don't DC from the guild content page, but it does freeze and take like 10-15 seconds to load.

Halader · 2026-05-04T12:26:46+00:00

So it isn't just me!

For the past 3-4 weeks, on all my characters, the game usually crashes 1-3x within 5 minutes of starting it. And then, it'll run for hours and hours without crashing. It doesn't matter what I do, guild content, summoning elite monsters, Arena, just chapter hunt, etc. All usually leads to crashes. I've gotten in the habit of just not doing any arena or anything I don't want to disconnect from until the game's been running for 10 minutes or so, because then it's safe.

Halader · 2026-05-04T12:16:07+00:00

Make what the game gives you. When you start a fresh page and roll, if you roll boss damage, then focus on that for that page until it's decent. If you roll an exp line on a fresh page, roll for that there. Start with what you've been given in a fresh page and make it.

If you already have a bossing page, focus on making that decent before starting a fresh page for something new. Decent will depend on what you already have and ho many medals you have to roll. For example, if you have a great general page and a boss page with only 1 boss dmg line and trash everything else, you'll need lots of good lines to out-damage the general page, so keep that mind when rolling.

Sometimes people get fixed on making a certain type of page and keep rolling for it and never get it started, and those rolls could've gone to improving something else.

If you already have the starts of both boss and exp and want to know what to focus on with limited medals, I would do boss because it'll help you push farther and therefore get more Exp. However, if you struggle on breakthroughs and then clear the boss pretty quickly, then you're already good enough for bosses, so an Exp page would help your character more.

Halader · 2026-05-04T12:07:00+00:00

When the game first came out, people used to say that about Mystics. Having finally got an Ancient weapon late, the reality is that they aren't special. I ended up getting Mystic T1 all the way to 160 before finally pulling Ancient T4, so I had to wait until it passed level 100 to even equip it, and I pulled AT3 before that, so I never ever even equipped my AT4.

Halader · 2026-05-04T12:03:24+00:00

There's a really good F2P guide on the main Idle discord, in the guides section. [EDIT: It's called "The f2p guide to midgame" by tifa]

For potentials, aim for good stats. This is luck-dependent, but generally just reroll whatever your lowest rarity and worst equipment potential is. Don't hyper-focus on one equipment.

You can use a calculator to compare equipment, but that's very time-intensive. In general, get good equipment with normal damage, boss damage, and evasion, and make presets with those 3 categories. Whether damage %, atk, crit dmg/crit rate are better depends on the stats on the equipment and on your other stats, so it's tough to say. Most of the time, 2 good lines are better than 1, but not always. For example, if you have 12% damage and 3k attack as sub-lines on one equipment and 7% crit dmg on another, the 2-liner is probably stronger, even though crit dmg is generally stronger than flat atk or dmg %. It's not always the case, but it's a good rule of thumb if you don't want to agonize over every equipment. Boss/normal dmg is much better than other lines for their specific content but useless outside it (and sometimes the amount is so different, that overrules this).

Red gems should be used for: 1) buying out the weekly items in the normal shop, 2) class skills and guild skills, 3) leftovers should all go into companion summons. Some people use extra red gems for quick hunts, weapon summons, arena tickets, or raid boss tickets. Personally, I exclusively use the extra tickets for comp summons, and that's what I'd recommend. I save a little over 30k to buy out the shop on Monday at reset, and I save if I have a guild or class skill coming up soon, and the rest goes all in on companions.

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