Tower of Ancient Progenitors
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The Tower of Ancient Progenitors is a high-difficulty survival dungeon that opens for limited intervals. You can arrange a large team of all Awakened Characters and continue exploring until all characters have fallen. Each floor has one battle, and as you clear fixed reward floors (every ten floors) you can gain Awakening Skills and other prizes.
Monsters and rewards vary each time the tower opens.
Participation ConditionsEdit
To play the Tower of Ancient Progenitors you must:
- Clear Arc 1 Chapter 1.
- Have at least one Awakened Character.
It also must be during the Tower's open interval.
The Tower does not consume AP and there is no limit to the number of times you can enter. As long as you meet the above conditions, you can challenge it.
Team FormationEdit
Team Formation
Only Awakened Characters can be added to the team. However, there are no restrictions on the number of characters that can be selected. The first four characters in the chosen formation will fight first. The remaining characters are treated as reserves.
Game OverEdit
When a character is KO'd in battle, the next character from the reserves will replace them. If all members are KO'd it is a game over. Unlike regular quests, there is no "Retry" option. The battle formation and KO lists for the Tower do not affect other quests.
Reward FloorsEdit
Reward Floor
By clearing floors at set intervals (every 10) you will earn rewards. To see the details for rewards, check the "Reward Details" button on the main screen of the Tower of Ancient Progenitors.
- First Time Clear Rewards: These rewards can be earned only once when clearing the corresponding floor. A receipt is recorded for each Tower interval, and rewards can be earned again the next time the tower opens. If a reward cannot be collected due to a full inventory, rewards will be delivered to the Gift Box.
- Anima Spheres and Awakening Skills: You can choose to gain either an Anima Sphere or Awakening Skills at each reward floor. Unlike the first clear rewards, these can be earned an unlimited number of times each time you clear the corresponding floor.
Leaving TemporarilyEdit
After clearing a reward floor you can choose to temporarily leave the Tower. After leaving you can play other quests, strengthen characters, or perform any other gameplay features. To return to the Tower choose "Tower of Ancient Progenitors" from the quest selection screen. Strengthening characters or changes made to character equipment are present in the Tower after resuming.
Special RulesEdit
The Tower differs from ordinary quests in some ways:
- Actions in the Tower do not count towards mission completion.
- Mirrage Gauge accumulation is different from regular quests. For characters with 0 Anima Spheres in particular, building the Mirrage Gauge is very difficult.
- When a party member is KO'd, the member that takes over will inherit their Mirrage Gauge.
- Mirrage Ratio is carried over to the next floor. However, it is reset after clearing a reward floor.
- Ix(/Kocis) Overray cannot be used in the Tower.
- There is no Retry option on Game Over.
- Passports do not apply to rewards gained in the Tower.
- Anima Sync does not apply in the Tower. However, the number of Anima Spheres held creates a similar effect.
- When all party members are KO'd, the next party resumes battle with the enemy HP as it was.
- When Anima Spheres reach 0 a character's HP is greatly reduced.
Anima SphereEdit
Anima Spheres are Character Enhancement Items that exist only in the Tower of Ancient Progenitors. A character's ability in battle is strengthened according to the number they possess. As you proceed in the Tower, characters gradually lose Anima Spheres. When Tower exploring ends (Game Over or Complete) all Anima Spheres are reset, and do not carry over to the next time.
Anima Sphere SyncEdit
Sphere Sync Bonus
Sphere Sync characters have more Anima Spheres for battle. Sync characters change each time the Tower opens, and more may be added during the open interval. Current Sphere Sync characters are listed on the main screen for the Tower.
Anima Sphere CountEdit
Here is how much Anima Spheres you gain by reaching and equipping Mirrage Weapons and Mirrages.
| Limit Break Bonus | 
| 
| 
| 
| 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirrage Weapon | +1 
| +2
| +3
| +4
| +5
|
| Mirrage | +2
| +3
| +4
| +5
| +6
|
Here is how the amount of Anima Spheres you have affect your stats.
| Anima Sphere Bonus | 0
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5+
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sphere Effect | +0% | +40% | +80% | +120% | +160% | +200% |
※ When Anima Spheres drop to 0, The character's max HP will drop to 25% of its original value.
Additional Information
- Base Anima Sphere
- All characters start off with 2 Anima Spheres.
- Sphere Sync
- Sphere Sync adds 2 Anima Spheres.
- Reward Mirrage Sphere Count
- Reward Mirrages will not give you Anima Spheres.
- Duplicate Mirrage Weapons
- Duplicate Mirrage Weapons, unlike events, will give you additional Anima Spheres.
Awakening SkillsEdit
You can choose whether to take all three or keep the previous skill set.
Higher tier skills appear as you draw lower tier skills.
Gaining Awakening SkillsEdit
You can select one character of all those brought to the Tower to learn Awakening Skills. All three skills are drawn at the same time. After seeing them, you can choose whether to take all three or keep the previous skill set. Awakening Skills apply not just in the Tower, but in Story and Event Quests as well. To see the skills a character has, go to the Character Status screen and select the Awakening Skills tab. When acquiring multiple Awakening Skills with the same effect, the effect is summed.
- There are Awakening Skills with an upper limit on the summed effect value.
- Some Awakening Skills (Backstep Distance, Backstep Iron Stance Break, Backstep Evasion, and Backstep HP Recovery) cannot be drawn as duplicates.
- Higher tier skills appear with higher probability as you draw lower tier skills. This effect is calculated across all Towers, and will be carried over the next time the Tower opens.
- Boss characters (Mithos, Barbatos, etc) cannot earn HP regeneration skills, however they can earn the Maximum HP Increase skill.
- 1st Cast Time Reduction has a maximum value of 90%, so the first spell used will always have at least 10% of its original cast-length.
Awakening Skills ListEdit
| Name | Tier 01 | Tier 02 | Tier 03 | Floor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Attack
|  (+3%) |  (+6%) |  (+9%) | 10F+
| Total Physical Attack increase. (P.ATK) |
| Physical Defense
|  (+3%) |  (+6%) |  (+9%) | 10F+
| Total Physical Defense increase. (P.DEF) |
| Arte Attack
|  (+3%) |  (+6%) |  (+9%) | 10F+
| Total Arte Attack increase. (A.ATK) |
| Arte Defense
|  (+3%) |  (+6%) |  (+9%) | 10F+
| Total Arte Defense increase. (A.DEF) |
| Stun Resistance
|  (+20%) |  (+40%) |  (+60%) | 10F+
| Increases the chance you will resist the Stun Ailment. Stun prevents movement for a short period of time or until character is hit again. |
| Slow Resistance
|  (+25%) |  (+50%) |  (+75%) | 10F+
| Increases the chance you will resist the Slow Ailment. Slow reduces movement speed. |
| Poison Resistance
|  (+25%) |  (+50%) |  (+75%) | 10F+
| Increases the chance you will resist the Poison Ailment. Poison damages character at regular intervals, until cured or their HP is 1. |
| Fatigue Resistance
|  (+25%) |  (+50%) |  (+75%) | 10F+
| Increases the chance you will resist the Fatigue Ailment. Fatigue ups stagger duration from enemy hits. |
| Weakness Resistance
|  (+25%) |  (+50%) |  (+75%) | 10F+
| Increases the chance you will resist the Weakness Ailment. Weakness increases CC costs and Arte casting times. |
| Paralysis Resistance
|  (+25%) |  (+50%) |  (+75%) | 10F+
| Increases the chance you will resist the Paralysis Ailment. Paralysis may cause Artes to randomly fail and cause character to stagger. |
| Terror Resistance
|  (+25%) |  (+50%) |  (+75%) | 10F+
| Increases the chance you will resist the Terror Ailment. Terror reduces CC recovery speed. |
| Backstep Distance
|  (+15%) |  (+30%) |  (+45%) | 20F+
| Increases the distance of your Backstep. |
| Backstep Iron Stance Break
|  (+1 hits) |  (+2 hits) |  (+3 hits) | 20F+
| The first attack you do immediately after a normal Backstep will have increased Iron Stance Break. |
| Backstep Evasion
|  (+0.1 sec) |  (+0.2 sec) |  (+0.3 sec) | 20F+
| Increases evasion time during Backstep. |
| Backstep HP Recovery
|  (+200 HP) |  (+400 HP) |  (+600 HP) | 20F+
| Recover HP after a successful Backstep. Successful implying that you were hit and your Backstep was executed in time for you to take 1 damage. |
| MG Gain at Start
|  (+5 MG) |  (+10 MG) |  (+15 MG) | 30F+
| Begin the round with additional MG. |
| 1st Cast Time Reduction
|  (+20%) |  (+40%) |  (+60%) | 30F+
| Reduce cast time for the first spell. |
| HP Recovery at Start
|  (+4%) |  (+8%) |  (+12%) | 30F+
| Recover HP at the start of the fight. |
| Beast Type Damage Reduction
|  (+8%) |  (+16%) |  (+24%) | 40F+
| Damage from Beast type monsters reduced. |
| Aquatic Type Damage Reduction
|  (+8%) |  (+16%) |  (+24%) | 40F+
| Damage from Aquatic type monsters reduced. |
| Plant Type Damage Reduction
|  (+8%) |  (+16%) |  (+24%) | 40F+
| Damage from Plant type monsters reduced. |
| Undead Type Damage Reduction
|  (+8%) |  (+16%) |  (+24%) | 40F+
| Damage from Undead type monsters reduced. |
| Crustacean Type Damage Reduction
|  (+8%) |  (+16%) |  (+24%) | 40F+
| Damage from Crustacean type monsters reduced. |
| Winged Type Damage Reduction
|  (+8%) |  (+16%) |  (+24%) | 40F+
| Damage from Winged type monsters reduced. |
| Golem Type Damage Reduction
|  (+8%) |  (+16%) |  (+24%) | 40F+
| Damage from Golem type monsters reduced. |
| Guard Damage Reduction
|  (+8%) |  (+16%) |  (+24%) | 50F+
| Increase damage reduction while guarding. |
| Movement Speed
|  (+10%) |  (+20%) |  (+30%) | 50F+
| Increase movement speed. |
| Stagger Time Reduction
|  (+5%) |  (+10%) |  (+15%) | 50F+
| Reduces the duration of your stagger. |
| Maximum HP
|  (+8%) |  (+16%) |  (+24%) | 50F+
| Raises your maximum HP. |
| Mirrage Ratio
|  (+5%) |  (+10%) |  (+15%) | 55F+
| Additional Mirrage Ratio when using a Mirrage Arte. |
| Earth Element Weakness Bonus
|  (+10%) |  (+20%) |  (+30%) | 55F+
| Deal extra damage if using Earth Element Artes against foes that have a weakness to it. |
| Water Element Weakness Bonus
|  (+10%) |  (+20%) |  (+30%) | 55F+
| Deal extra damage if using Water Element Artes against foes that have a weakness to it. |
| Fire Element Weakness Bonus
|  (+10%) |  (+20%) |  (+30%) | 55F+
| Deal extra damage if using Fire Element Artes against foes that have a weakness to it. |
| Wind Element Weakness Bonus
|  (+10%) |  (+20%) |  (+30%) | 55F+
| Deal extra damage if using Wind Element Artes against foes that have a weakness to it. |
| Light Element Weakness Bonus
|  (+10%) |  (+20%) |  (+30%) | 55F+
| Deal extra damage if using Light Element Artes against foes that have a weakness to it. |
| Dark Element Weakness Bonus
|  (+10%) |  (+20%) |  (+30%) | 55F+
| Deal extra damage if using Dark Element Artes against foes that have a weakness to it. |
UI GuideEdit
ReferencesEdit
| Navigation | |
|---|---|
| World | Playable Characters |
| Quests | Story Quest ♦ Event Quest ♦ Enhance Quest ♦ Tower of Ancient Progenitors |
| Gameplay Features | Order ♦ Experience Table |
| Gameplay Mechanics | Trust ♦ Strategy ♦ Enhancement ♦ Limit Boost ♦ Status Ailments |
| Currency | Gald ♦ Prism ♦ Diamond ♦ Mirrogem |
| Weapon Galleries | Basic Weapon ♦ Mirrage Weapon ♦ Reward Mirrage ♦ Summoned Mirrage |
| Misc. Galleries | Costume ♦ Default Poster ♦ Special Poster |
| Media | New Wall |
| Miscellaneous | Data Transfer ♦ Releases Timeline ♦ FAQ |
