Fate Board: Shadow - Stage 8 Added

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Event ended the 8/28/2023

Event period: 16 days

Fate Board - Shadow - Stage 7 Added - Banner.webp

Where to Start

We're back again with Fate Board: Shadow! Before getting into it, here's a few general notes:

  • Another stage has been added for this Fate Board; you may have some quests already completed if you had participated in that before.
  • This event focuses on both dark and light affinity enemies, so you’ll need to change up your loadouts accordingly for each quest.
  • This is a high-difficulty event, and the quests within will not be forgiving to new players with limited resources. Be warned!
  • This event's quests do not require you to grind quests many times over in order to receive the most valuable rewards. Stamina isn't much of a concern.
  • Many of the rewards involved with this event involve materials geared towards refining weapons, and exalting characters - make sure to use those materials wisely!

Objectives

Fate Board - Complete Quests.webp

This event will have you take on two stages of five challenging quests for a total of ten quests. Each quest has three unique quest missions that will require you to meet specific parameters in order to complete them. 

To help complete these quest missions, each quest has a specified Loadout Bonus which can grant fairly substantial buffs for your party, so make sure to take advantage of those!

Fate Board - Loadout Bonus.webp

Don’t forget - make sure to tap on the boss at the quest confirmation screen to get an idea of what weaknesses, resistances, special attacks, and other special conditions may be present while taking on the boss; this can certainly help prepare your loadout accordingly.

Fate Board - Shadow - Boss Details.webp

Below is a table with details of what to expect for each quest:

Stage

Quest

Enemy Affinity

Suggested Force

Loadout Bonus:

1

1

Light Affinity.webp

140,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 400%.

2

Dark Affinity.webp

180,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 400%.

3

Light Affinity.webp

230,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 400%.

4

Dark Affinity.webp

240,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 400%.

5

Light Affinity.webp

260,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 400%.

2

6

Dark Affinity.webp

300,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 400%.

7

Light Affinity.webp

310,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 400%.

8

Dark Affinity.webp

320,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 400%.

9

Light Affinity.webp

330,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 400%.

10

Dark Affinity.webp

350,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 400%.

3

11

Light Affinity.webp

353,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

12

Dark Affinity.webp

356,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

13

Light Affinity.webp

359,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

14

Dark Affinity.webp

362,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

15

Light Affinity.webp

365,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

4

16

Dark Affinity.webp

367,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

17

Light Affinity.webp

369,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

18

Dark Affinity.webp

371,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

19

Light Affinity.webp

373,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

20

Dark Affinity.webp

375,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

5

21

Light Affinity.webp

377,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

22

Dark Affinity.webp

379,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

23

Light Affinity.webp

381,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

24

Dark Affinity.webp

383,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

25

Light Affinity.webp

385,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

6

26

Dark Affinity.webp

387,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

27

Light Affinity.webp

389,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

28

Dark Affinity.webp

391,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

29

Light Affinity.webp

393,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

30

Dark Affinity.webp

395,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

7

31

Light Affinity.webp

397,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

32

Dark Affinity.webp

399,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

33

Light Affinity.webp

401,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

34

Dark Affinity.webp

403,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

35

Light Affinity.webp

405,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

8

36

Dark Affinity.webp

407,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

37

Light Affinity.webp

409,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

38

Dark Affinity.webp

411,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

39

Light Affinity.webp

413,000

Dark-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.

40

Dark Affinity.webp

415,000

Light-affinity weapons stats increased by 200%.


Recommended Character Costumes

You'll be setting up many different loadouts - not only to match up properly against the right affinity, but also to satisfy quest missions. Here's some suggestions for your dark and light affinity loadouts:

Dark Affinity Loadouts:

Reborn Beast.webp
Reborn Beast
Reborn Convict.webp
Reborn Convict
Yuletide Werebeast.webp
Yuletide Werebeast
Celebratory Student.webp
Celebratory Student
Celebratory Ruler
Frozen-Heart Truant.webp
Frozen-Heart Truant
  • Reborn Beast continues to be an all-star costume of all game modes, and no exception is to be within Fate Board: Shadow. Reborn Beast (EX Levania) is an incredible DPS costume, and provides longevity with the aforementioned damage resistance. Pair Levania up with the associated Recurring Sin IV for top-tier damage, or Blackhorn Hate for some extra light-damage resistance.
  • Reborn Convict (EX 063y) provides solid DPS performance, however can come in clutch if his HP is in a critical state - and provide huge killing blows at critical moments. 
  • Yuletide Werebeast's Vigor and Void Drive pushes her attack stats sky high, and using a dark-affinity weapon allows the “Snowman!” character skill to almost guarantee 7 million+ damage each time it's used.
  • Yuzuki has recently descended into the meta; Celebratory Student is certainly worth investing in. With high attack stats, Dark Pursuit, and a destructive character skill, this one's hard to pass up against light-affinity enemies.
  • Celebratory Ruler (along with most other high-powered gun character costumes) remains a recommendation simply due to her high damage output; pairing her up with Treason's Reward as a main hand allows her to have a quick trigger for her character skill's bonus damage - another easy way to get 7 million+ damage combos against the toughest bosses.
  • Despite having an off-affinity damage reduction passive for this event, Celebratory Captive seems to be a better recommendation over Reborn Sorceress (EX Saryu); having a lesser character skill gauge, slightly more healing, along with an AOE attack debuff makes for a better support character in comparison.
  • While not having the most destructive character skill out there, Frozen-Heart Truant provides an immense amount of attack power  to keep your regular combos pouring with damage. Light-damage resistance is definitively a plus as well.

Light Affinity Loadouts:

Frozen-Heart Contractor.webp
Frozen-Heart Contractor
Reborn Princess
Reborn Revolutionary
Celebratory Belle.webp
Celebratory Belle
Abstract Ruler
Celebratory Ruler
Phantasmal Boor.webp
Phantasmal Boor
  • Frozen-Heart Contractor provides a much desired combination: one-hand sword, dark damage resistance, and high attack power. With her character skill, the enemy will take on quite a beating, not only from Gayle, but from the rest of the loadout as well.
  • As a whole, Reborn Princess (EX Fio) serves well for the effort of obtaining her Cadeau Royal IV and the costume itself. Her character skill is certainly powerful, but will also self-heal for 50% HP; even without a dedicated healer, Fio will likely be the last to go down.
  • Reborn Revolutionary (EX Rion) serves as a great support and tank - while his healing and damage from his character skill isn't as potent as Reborn Sorceress (EX Saryu), his Void Guard will likely keep him in the battle for longer for this event. Pairing him up with the BSE_TypeMW IV staff will keep the heals unending.
  • Those lucky enough to pull in Celebratory Belle will now wield huge amounts of light-damage at their disposal. Pairing her up with her own Stellar Halberd, or with Noelle's Gae Bolg will do wonders.
  • Yurie's Abstract Ruler costume brought in a rare combination - high attack, light-affinity, and a gun. Her Lucid Drive will bring her attack levels to incredible levels, and her character skill will certainly help pile on more with both a defense debuff and light-damage received debuff.
  • As with dark-affinity loadouts, Celebratory Ruler remains a recommendation simply due to her high damage output.
  • Yudil's Phantasmal Boor costume is simply an extreme powerhouse. Super-high attack, a light-affinity pursuit bonus, a ridiculous character skill, and even more attack power from light weapons (at A3) makes this hard to turn down.

Rewards

There are lots of rewards to obtain!

  • There are various rewards obtainable by completing each quest; you’re also rewarded a Piece: Black Pearl for each quest mission you complete (3 obtainable per quest).
  • Similar to Abyss Tower events, there are rewards available based on the total amount of quest missions completed.
  • Period Achievement Rewards are obtained similarly to weekly Arena and Subjugation rewards - these are rewards for quests completed up to a point that can be obtained by logging in after the event’s availability period.
  • Lastly, there are Stage Clear rewards - upon completing a full stage, a treasure chest will appear on the stage/event screen - tap it to claim those rewards!

Quest Completion Rewards:

Quest:

Completion Reward:

Quest:

Completion Reward:

 

Quest:

(each of)

Completion Reward:

1

Verse of Truth.webp
Verse of Truth

6

Adamant.webp
Adamant
 

11, 16, 21,

26, 31, 36

Adamant.webp
Adamant

2

Adamant.webp
Adamant x2

7

Adamant.webp
Adamant x2
 

12, 17, 22,

27, 32, 37

Adamant.webp
Adamant x2

3

Adamant.webp
Adamant x3

8

Adamant.webp
Adamant x2
 

13, 18, 23,

28, 33, 38

Adamant.webp
Adamant x2

4

Adamant.webp
Adamant x5

9

Adamant.webp
Adamant x5
 

14, 19, 24,

29, 34, 39

Adamant.webp
Adamant x5

5

Verse of Truth.webp
Verse of Truth x2

10

Verse of Truth.webp
Verse of Truth x2
 

15, 20, 25,

30, 35, 40

Verse of Truth.webp
Verse of Truth x3

Stage Clear Rewards:

Stage

Stage Clear Reward:

Each of Stages 1 and 2

Gems.png
Gems x1000

Each of Stages 3 through 8

Gems.png
Gems x1500

Period Achievement Rewards:

 

Awards Granted:

Quests Completed:

Piece - Black Pearl.png
Piece: Black Pearl
Black Pearl.webp
Black Pearl
Adamant.webp
Adamant
Insignia of Quality.png
Insignia of Quality
Insignia of Skill.png
Insignia of Skill

1-4

0

0

0

0

0

5-9

5

0

5

0

0

10-14

0

1

10

1

1

15-19

1

1

12

1

1

20-24

2

1

14

1

1

25-29

3

1

16

2

1

30-34

4

1

18

2

1

35-39

5

1

20

2

2

40

6

1

22

2

2

Quest Mission Rewards:

 

Each of Stages 1, 3, 5, and 7

Each of Stages 2, 4, 6, and 8

Missions Cleared

Reward

3

Adamant.webp
Adamant x10
Adamant.webp
Adamant x10

5

Zenith's Brilliance.png
Zenith’s Brilliance
Zenith's Brilliance.png
Zenith’s Brilliance

6

Insignia of Skill.png
Insignia of Skill
Insignia of Skill.png
Insignia of Skill

9

Adamant.webp
Adamant x10
Adamant.webp
Adamant x10

10

Insignia of Quality.png
Insignia of Quality x2
Insignia of Quality.png
Insignia of Quality x2

12

Advanced Handbook.png
Advanced Handbook x5
Piece - Black Pearl.png
Piece: Black Pearl x5

13

Advanced Handbook.png
Advanced Handbook x5
Piece - Black Pearl.png
Piece: Black Pearl x5

15

Adamant.webp
Adamant x10
Adamant.webp
Adamant x10

Need additional help?

If you have any questions about this event or the game in general, there are lots of resources available on /r/NieRReincarnation/ as well as their respective Discord Server!

 

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