Ability Trees

The Ability Tree system is a feature that was implemented into Kirara Fantasia on 24 June 2021 when the game was updated to Version 3.2.0. By using this system, you can upgrade your characters in any specific direction you want. For example, you can strengthen the DEF status of a character.

The system basically consists of 4 steps:
 * you unlock the Ability Tree for a character of your choice by using Scrolls;
 * you gather (regular) Principle Fruits to set onto the Tree, which strengthen a status of that character;
 * you unlock locked Slots of the Ability Tree by using Star Beads;
 * you set a Special Principle Fruit onto the last Slot of the Ability Tree, which gives the character a passive skill.

Step 2 and Step 3 don't have a specific order. These 4 steps will be explained now in detail one after another.

Step 1: Unlocking an Ability Tree with Scrolls
To get started with an Ability Tree, the very first thing you need to do is to get a Scroll, that is an item needed to unlock a character's Ability Tree. There is basically only one means to get Scrolls: You get one Scroll upon the first clear of a Trial Quest. Such a Trial Quest can be found at the end of any chapter of Arc 2 of the Main Story. Paying users have another way to get Scrolls: They can buy additional ones from the Item Shop for real money.

If you got a Scroll, you then tap on "Upgrade" button in the Main Menu, go to "Ability Tree" and choose a 4* or 5* character from the character pool. Now you need to choose a Scroll (see Note 2 below for details on the different types of Scrolls) and confirm your choice. Finally, the selected character gets their Ability Tree unlocked. You automatically move to the Ability Tree Screen. Here you can get start proceed with both Step 2 or Step 3.

(Insert Screenshot here of selecting a Scroll.)

Note 1: Please note that once unlocked, an Ability Tree cannot be reverted back to a Scroll. As Scrolls are highly limited items, you should choose very wisely whose Ability Tree you want to unlock.

Note 2: There are different types for Scrolls. Rather, every type is unique as of now (June 2021). But they basically are the exact same. The only difference occurs during Step 3, as the Star Beads have types as well and need to match the type of the Scroll. There is no difference in functions, or in rarity whatsoever, you just need to pay attention what Star Beads you need to gather for the specific char you want to proceed Step 3 on. Here is a list of all Scrolls and all Star Beads available from the chapters of Arc 2:

General Information about Principle Fruits
Once unlocked, you can start setting (regular) Principle Fruits onto your Ability Tree. These Principle Fruits can be obtained from drops on story quests or Trial Quests of Arc 2 of the Main Story. Since 10 December 2021, there are also Trainings that drop a handful of these drops, so you can also get them via Training. Because there are 5 different types of (regular) Principle Fruits, you should check which Principle Fruit drops on which Quest (to do so, you need to tap on the treasure box symbol of a Quest button). Here is a list of all 5 (regular) Principle Fruits:

As you can see, each Principle Fruit increases one status. There is no Principle Fruit that increases SPD.

To set a Principle Fruit, you need to return to the Ability Tree Screen. There, you tap on any of the + marks and select the Principle Fruit you want to set. (2 Screenshots need to be added: One for the Ability Tree Screen and one for the list of Principle Fruits.) Unlike Scrolls which can't be undone once they were used, Principle Fruits can be removed from an Ability Tree as many times as you want. So there is no need to hesitate about setting Principle Fruits onto an Ability Tree. To remove a fruit, tap on a set fruit, then on the right button to "Edit" the fruit. Now, above the list of all Principle Fruits, there should be a button to remove the fruit completely. Tapping on this will remove the selected fruit. (Here, another two screenshots are needed: One for the tree with at least one fruit, and one to demonstrate show the list with the "Remove" button.)

But there is another option for Principle Fruits: You can upgrade them!

Upgrading Principle Fruits
By merging multiple copies of the same fruit, you can increase the Grade of that fruit. A higher Grade equals to a higher boost of the status.

For the 5 (regular) Principle Fruits, you need the following amount of fruits is needed for an upgrade:
 * 30 copies of a Grade1 fruit can be merged into a Grade2 fruit. This upgrade costs 100k coins
 * 15 copies of a Grade2 fruit can be merged into a Grade3 fruit, which is the highest possible Grade. This upgrade costs 1M coins.

So you need 450 copies of Grade1 fruits to get 1 Grade3 fruit.

By upgrading a fruit, the color of the fruit's frame changes. Here you see the icons for the "Fruit of Life" in all 3 grades:

To upgrade a Principle Fruit, you go to the Ability Tree Screen and tap on a set fruit there. Now, you tap on the left button "Upgrade". (Here, a screen of the upgrading screen needs to be inserted.)

A list for the exact amount of boosts for each stat can be found here.

Step 3: Unlocking Slots by using Star Beads
You can place a total of 16 fruits onto an Ability Tree. But at first, only 10 Slots are available. To unlock the remaining 6 Slots, you need Star Beads, an item solely for this purpose. These Star Beads can only be obtained from drops at Excavation Quests, which can be found at the end of each chapter of Arc 2 after beating the Trial Quest in Step 1. But to enter these Excavation Quests, you need to use a "Quest Key - Tree". Before I get to explain how to unlock Slots, I first need to explain how to get these keys.

Collecting Quest Keys - Tree
There are basically three means to get Quest Keys:
 * You can gain up to 5 keys per week from Weekly Missions
 * You can gain up to 20 keys per month from the Trade Shop
 * (One time only) You get 2 keys as a reward for beating an Excavation Quest (1 as a reward for the first clear, 1 as a reward from Missions)

To unlock all Slots of one Ability Tree, you need a total of 111 Star Beads. As you get 2 Star Beads for each Excavation Quest, you need to gather 56 keys to fully unlock one Ability Tree.

Note: As the Quest Key - Tree is a highly limited item, you wouldn't want to waste them. But all Excavation Quests use some special gimmicks, which sometimes require special party setups to beat them. So make sure your party can beat an Excavation Quest.

Unlocking Slots of the Ability Tree
If you obtained enough Star Beads to unlock the next Slot, you go to the Ability Tree Screen. Now you tap on the first locked Slot. A button to "Unlock" the Slot appears at the bottom right corner. By tapping this, a prompt appears, where you need to tap the right button to "Confirm" (the left button is to "Cancel" the unlocking). Two screenshots are needed here, one with the "Unlock" button after tapping a locked Slot, and another one with the prompt.

The amount of Star Beads needed to unlock each Slot increases with the number of unlocked Slots of that Scroll. The following table lists the exact amount of Star Beads needed for each Slot:

Besides Star Beads, every Slot also costs 2M coins.

Note: As stated in Step 1, there are different types of Star Beads, but the only difference is that Star Beads of a type can only be used on the Scroll of the same type. If you need to confirm which character needs which type of Star Beads, just tap on a locked Slot in the Ability Tree Screen. Besides the "Unlock" button, you also see the name and the icon of the Star Beads needed. As the item's color is unique, you can tell which chapter has the correct Star Beads, either by looking at the list of drop items in-game, or by looking at the table listed for Step 1.

Note: As the Scrolls you can buy from the Item Shop also need Star Beads of the matching type, but there aren't any Excavations Quests that drop these types of Star Beads, the Scrolls in the Item Shop always come as a set with 111 Star Beads of the matching type, so you can directly unlock all Slots right from the start.

General Information about Special Principle Fruits
Besides regular Principle Fruits, there are also Special Principle Fruits. These can only be set onto the 16th Slot of the Ability Tree. They also don't boost a status of the character, but give them a passive skill that is always active while in battle.

There are basically 4 types of Special Principle Fruits:

Type 1: Fruits for increased elemental resistance

These Special Fruits increase the effect of buffs for elemental resistance. They do NOT extend the buff duration, only the effect. There are 6 different versions of this type, one for each of the 6 elements:

Type 2: Fruits for increased chance to apply abnormal status effects

These Special Fruits increase the probability to apply a specific abnormal status effect. There are 5 different versions of this type, one for each abnormal status effect:

Note: The abnormal status effects Cursed, Silenced and Isolation can't be applied onto an enemy, thus there are no fruits for these.

Type 3: Fruits for extended duration of skill effects

These Special Fruits extend the duration of specific effects a character applies by using skills. There is a total of 8 different versions of this type, each extending a different kind of effect.

Note 1: A buff/debuff only refers to alterations of ATK, MATK, DEF, MDEF, SPD and LUK (= chance to land a critical hit).

Note 2: The duration of other skill effects besides the ones mentioned above can't be extended. For example, it's not possible to extend the duration of an elemental resistance or of increased effective elemental damage.

Type 4: Fruit for increased amount of totteoki charge This Special Fruit increases the amount of totteoki charge of every skill used. There is only one version of this type: Note: If a skill has the effect to charge the totteoki gauge, then this effect is not increased by this Special Fruit as this is not counted as the totteoki charge value of that skill but as the effect of that skill.

Obtainability of Special Fruits

The first two types (increased elemental resistance, increased chance to apply abnormal status effects) can be obtained via drops from specific Story Quests in chapters from Arc 2. The drop rate is rather low, so you need to be patient to get these.

The other two types (extended duration of skill effects, increased amount of totteoki charge) are exclusively available at the Trade Shop and Item Shop. They cost Starlight Stones (mostly Paid ones), which are a precious currency themselves, so you should think carefully whether you want to get these fruits or not. But keep in mind that you can't get these fruits by other means.

The following table lists the costs for each fruit:

Notes:
 * Since most fruits require Paid Starlight Stones, they are not available for unpaying users.
 * If you want to get a specific fruit to Grade3, you'd need to buy 4 copies of that type, thus you need to multiply the costs stated in above table by 4.

Upgrading Special Principle Fruits
Just like regular Principle Fruits, you can also upgrade Special Principle Fruits. But for special fruits, the needed amount of fruits for the upgrade is much lower than it is for regular fruits:


 * 2 copies of a Grade1 fruit can be merged into a Grade2 fruit. This upgrade costs 100k coins
 * 2 copies of a Grade2 fruit can be merged into a Grade3 fruit, which is the highest possible Grade. This upgrade costs 1M coins.

So you need 4 copies of Grade1 special fruits to get 1 Grade3 special fruit.

Good to know trivia about the Ability Tree System
Now that you know how to use the Ability Tree System, you might want to know some tricks or other deeper information about the system, so you can get out the best from this system. For such information, see here.