Leveling UpYour Shikigami

Initial Goal: Get your Damage Producing Shikigami (DPS) to Grade 6.
Method: You will need 5x G5 White Daruma.

  1. Your first focus is to build a G6 farmer. A farmer is an Area Of Effect (AOE) DPS.
  2. SSR/SP farmers in order from best to worst (in my opinion) include: SP Inferno Ibaraki, Tamanomaoe, Orochi, Ibaraki Doji, Ootengu, Inuyasha (limited edition), Onikiri, Susabi, Yoto Hime, SP Yoto Hime.
  3. If you didn’t start with one of the above SSR/SPs, then go with SR. SRs have the advantage that you can level their skills faster and they can be really good even at end game. Ubume is the standard choice, but Kuro, Kisei, Kyohime, and Itsumade are also excellent.
  4. Your first G6 takes a long time (2-3 months). While you’re doing that, also focus on building 1 orb provider, 1 accelerator, and 1 healer (see Building Teams). Do NOT spread yourself too thin by trying to build all your shiki at once. It will slow down your progress.
  5. First, raise 25x White Daruma to G2 Lv 20.
    1. Spend 50x Lv 1 N shiki (doesn’t matter what type) to upgrade the White Daruma. Your White Daruma are now G3 Lv 20.
    2. Raise 75x N shiki (see Fodder Farming) to G2 Lv 20.
    3. Spend 150x Lv 1 N shiki to upgrade the G2 Lv 20 N shiki. Your N shiki are now G3 lv 20.
    4. Raise the 25x White Daruma to G3 Lv 25.
    5. Spend 75x G3 Lv 20 N shiki on the White Daruma. Your White Daruma are now G4 Lv 25.
    6. Pick 5x of the White Daruma and raise them up to G4 Lv 30 (the remaining 20x White Daruma stay at G4 Lv 25). I signify which 5 are the Chosen Ones by locking them.
    7. Spend 20x G4 Lv 20 White Daruma on the Chosen Ones. Your White Daruma are now G5 Lv 30.
    8. Don’t forget you have to G5 your shiki too, so you’ll need another 36x N shiki + 4x G4 White Daruma
    9. Total per G6 shiki: 236 N shiki (87 of which need to be raised to lv 20) + 29 white daruma
    10. Before you have a G6 farmer, this process will take 2-3 months. After you have a farmer, you can pump out about 1 G6 per month if you’re dedicated.
  6. Blue and Red Daruma: These exist to help you get to G6 faster. My process is:
    1. Raise your Blue Daruma to Lv 10 or Lv 11. I do this in my realm.
      1. Alternatively, you can raise Red Daruma to Lv 4 or Lv5 and then feed to Blue Daruma. The amount of EXP needed is very small. I mainly use Secret Zones 1-3 to do this while I’m doing Daily Quests anyway.
    2. Feed the Lv 10 or Lv 11 Blue Daruma to a White Daruma. Your White Daruma is now Lv 24 (if you fed a Lv 10 Blue) and just needs a little more exp to reach Lv 25, which I do manually via farming explore zones.
      1. If you feed a Lv 11 Blue Daruma instead, your White Daruma is now Lv 25 but a small amount of exp is wasted.
  7. Black Daruma: These are the most precious resource in the game. They are hard to get and are the main way to skill up your SSR/SP. Getting a Black Daruma is like getting a SSR/SP! You can never have enough of them!
    1. Once you get one, lock it and don’t touch it. You do not need to level it up.
    2. Buy the weekly Skill Daruma from the mall for 500 Medals.
    3. Buy the weekly Skill Daruma Shards in the mall for 540 Honor/each.
    4. Buy the weekly Skill Daruma Shard Pack from the Shrine >> Feat Shop (200 Feats).
    5. Beat Nether World Lv 50 every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for 3x Black Daruma shards (or have a friend carry you to Lv 50).
    6. Beat the daily Demon Encounter Boss for 1x-2x Black Daruma shards.
    7. Go to Guild Feast twice per week and collect Cuisine (if your guild is high-level, you will get Black Daruma Shards as a RNG reward).
    8. Level up Usagi to Lv 30. His bio gives you a free Black Daruma.
    9. Visit Mall >> Pack >> Free Skill Daruma daily for 50x days.