Table of Contents
Updated for 13 March 2024 patch.
Resource Location Guide
Here's a quick guide to where you can find the most common consumable resources:
| Item | Use | Location |
 Gold | Levelling up units Upgrading and refining gears Purchasing ability pills Note: gear refining is very gold intensive in the late game. You can never have too much gold. | Path of Adventure (recommended, uses Cooked Rice) Daily dispatch ability Last Night rewards Story mode battles Golden Thread Shop |
 Slimes | Levelling up units Note: Prioritize farming slimes in the early game. Once you have your main team members at max level, switch to prioritizing gold farming. | Story mode battles Path of Adventure (recommended, uses Cooked Rice) |
 Ability Pills | Used for all field abilities (e.g. Cooking, Search, etc). Alchemy and Gear Crafting cost a lot of ability pills. | Purchase from any story mode shop (Preferably after completing a daily quest for 10% discount) Sylvia's Bargain does not work on Ability Pill prices. |
 Ability Books | Levelling up field abilities Note: Prioritize levelling up Dispatch (Olstein and Diana), Alchemy (Schera) and Gear Crafting (Layla). Levelling up Search (Lathel) is convenient to have but not a must. Other than those skills, levelling up other skills are not a priority. You get some free ability books from story mode achievements. | Devil Coin Shop (recommended) Golden Thread Shop |
 Rank Up Stars | Levelling up units Note: Level 4 Rank Up Stars are relatively hard to come by for beginners, so consider carefully who you want to use them on when starting out. You'll eventually have a surplus after maxing out your main characters, but it will take several months to get there. You get some free Rank Up Stars (mostly Level 2 and Level 3) from story mode achievements and events. | Mirror Wars Shop Evil Castle Shop Golden Thread Shop Powder of Hope Shop |
 3* R. Contracts | Recruiting from the pub (not the gacha banner) Note: It is recommended that you do not recruit 3* units or 4* units in the pub, as you can easily get them to max level anyway. Instead, save them up to recruit 5* units in the pub. In the main shop, 10x 3* contracts can be converted into a 4* contract, and 10x 4* contracts can be converted into a 5* contract. (i.e. 100x 3* contracts = 1x 5* contract) For beginners, this is a rare time-gated currency. However, once you have recruited all of the 5* units from the pub (which will take many months of play), you may start to build up a surplus. | Mirror Wars Shop Evil Castle Shop |
 Ancient Crystals | Necessary for UR Gear crafting This is a rare time-gated currency. | Evil Castle clear rewards Evil Castle season rewards Golden Thread Shop Last Night rewards |
 Refining powder | Used for refining gear stats after the gear reaches +9. Lowest gear refinement is C C C, highest is S S S. Gear refining costs a lot of refining powder, and you can never have enough. Note: refinements only affect main stats, not sub-stats | Daily quests Dismantling gears Note: you can dismantle in bulk from the inventory menu |
 Refining stone  Refining crystal | Used for changing gear attributes (other than fixed attributes). Refining stones are for N and R gears. Refining stones are not very useful, because N and R gears are not really worth refining. Refining crystals are for SR and UR gears. Refining crystals can be farmed by dismantling SR gears, but it costs a lot of gold and crafting materials. | Dismantle N and R gears for refining stones. Dismantle SR and UR gears for refining crystals. Refining crystal also available in Mirror Wars shop. |
 Elemental Crystals | Used for enhancing a costume's potential. For more information on potential, check out this guide. Elemental Crystals can be found in the Elemental Caves, which are accessed via the Path of Adventure Pack. This is a time-gated currency, because entry to the Elemental Caves costs torches, and you only get 60 free torches per day. There is a different color crystal for each element. Once you have cleared an Elemental Cave in a chosen difficulty, you can auto-farm from the field menu (same as gold and slime farming with cooked rice). | Path of Adventure: Cave of [Element] |
 Tear of the Goddess | Used for unlocking skill bonuses via the costume potential system. This is an extremely rare and time-gated currency. 3 Tears are required to fully unlock the skill potential of a single costume, so they should be used very carefully. | Golden Thread Shop Some event shops |
| Crafting material - Gold & Copper | Copper is used for crafting many SR gears Gold is used for crafting many UR gears Copper and gold are rarer materials and tend to run out before other materials | Hunting Grounds (Lizardman Altar Very Hard is best) Use Lathel's Search with Celia's Absorption to collect finds daily on Story Chapters 3, 7, and 8. |
| Crafting material - Wood | Wood is used for crafting all level gears Wood is a slightly rarer material and tends to run out before other materials | Hunting Grounds (Mountain Keeper's Shelter Very Hard is best) Use Lathel's Search with Celia's Absorption to collect finds daily on Chapter 9. |
Golden Threads
| Where to find it | Earned when you pull a unit that you already have at +5 |
| Where to spend it | Points Shop (from the main menu) |
| Items available | 5* costume 5* costume level up Tears of the Goddess UR and SR Gear exchange tickets Draw Tickets Rank Up Stars Ancient Crystals Ability Books Gold Slime |
| Recommended use | Always prioritize the 5* costume level up, which allows you to level up a non-limited costume of your choice. Get the featured 5* costume if it's something you want, otherwise, prioritize the draw tickets and Tears. Draw tickets are more helpful for beginners, Tears are more important for the late game. Purchasing Ancient Crystals is no longer recommended except for high spenders. Buying other items is strongly not recommended. Gear tickets are also not recommended as the 5* UR rates are low and the gears you get are completely random. |
Powder of Hope
| Where to find it | Earned every time you draw a costume or gear |
| Where to spend it | Points Shop (from the main menu) |
| Items available | 5* costume (monthly) Rank Up Stars |
| Recommended use | Powder of Hope is very scarce and should be used carefully. You need 200 gacha pulls to earn enough for 1 costume. Do not use Powder for Rank Up Stars, as they can be purchased elsewhere (Mirror Wars and Evil Castle) and can also be earned from seasonal event shops. |
Medal of the Fighting Spirit (Mirror Wars PVP)
| Where to find it | Earned when using Blood Cocktails to play Mirror Wars PVP, depending on the rank of your opponent +15-23 for successful attack +8-16 for unsuccessful attack |
| Where to spend it | Mirror Wars Shop (in the Mirror Wars pack) |
| Items available | 5* costume (monthly) Refining Crystal UR/SR Gear tickets Rank Up Stars 3* R Contracts Slime |
| Recommended use | Your priority should be the free 5* costume. If you play Mirror Wars daily and complete all quests, you should be able to earn comfortably earn the 18,000 medals per month to afford the 5* star costume. Once you have purchased the 5* costume, you can purchase Rank Up Stars, Contracts and refining crystals as required with your surplus medals. Purchasing slimes is not recommended (Farming with Cooked Rice is more efficient). Gear tickets are also not recommended as the 5* UR rates are low and the gears you get are completely random. |
Devil Coins (Evil Castle)
| Where to find it | Rewards for completing Evil Castle |
| Where to spend it | Evil Castle Shop (in the Evil Castle pack) |
| Items available | Ability Books Rank Up Stars 3* R Contracts Slime |
| Recommended use | It is recommended that you use Devil Coins to buy Ability Books when needed. Once you have enough Ability Books, you can use the rest of your coins to buy Rank Up Stars (as needed) and 3* R Contracts. Purchasing slime is generally not recommended. |
Blood Cocktails
| Where to find it | Automatically recharges daily. Some login events also give Blood Cocktails. Additional Blood Cocktails can be purchased with Dia from the Dia shop. |
| Where to spend it | Used to play Mirror Wars PVP |
| Items available | N/A (see Medal of Honor above) |
| Recommended use | You generally do not need to buy cocktails unless you are aiming to rank on the ladder in Mirror Wars PVP. If you are aiming for a high rank, the best time to use blood cocktails is in the last hour or so before the end of season. |
Cooked Rice
| Where to find it | Automatically recharges daily. Some login events also give Cooked Rice. Additional Cooked Rice can be purchased with Dia from the Dia shop. |
| Where to spend it | Path of Adventure Pack |
| Items available | Crafting Materials Slimes Gold |
| Recommended use | Depending on the day of the week, Gold and/or Slime rates are boosted. It is recommended that you spend Cooked Rice mainly on farming Gold or Slime, depending on which one currently has the boosted rates. Only farm for Crafting Materials when you need them. Gold, Copper and Wood are usually the materials you run out of most easily. Complete "Very Hard" on each level as soon as you are able, so that you can auto-farm with cooked rice from the in-game menu. |
Torch
| Where to find it | Automatically recharges daily. Additional Torches can be purchased with Dia from the Dia shop. |
| Where to spend it | Path of Adventure Pack |
| Items available | Elemental Crystals |
| Recommended use | Used to unlock potential. For more information about potential, check out this guide. Complete "Very Hard" on each level as soon as you are able, so that you can auto-farm with torches from the in-game menu. |
