This chart is going off of Initially Obtaining the S-Character starting at 15,000 on Pity. Each Copy obtained after will net you 30 Shards.
Phantom Pain Scar can be traded for up to 30 Inver-Shards belonging to a chosen character in the Phantom Pain Shop. In other words, you can Evolve an S-Rank Omniframe to SS-Rank for FREE. We highly recommend doing this where possible. This removes +1 copy from your total.
Rank
Shards Needed
Shards Total
Copies
Cumulative Cost
PPC
Base S
0
0
+1
15,000
15,000
S5
15
+15
+2
30,000
15,000 [1]
SS
30
+30
+2
30,000
15,000 [2]
SS3
27
+57
+3
45,000
30,000
SSS
90
+120
+5
75,000
60,000
SSS3
54
+174
+7
105,000
90,000
SSS6
108
+228
+9
135,000
120,000
SSS+
180
+300
+11
180,000
165,000
Notes:
[1][2] 15,000 + 30 PPC shards get you to SS free
A-Rank Omniframe
This chart is going off of Initially Obtaining the A-Character starting at 2,500 on Pity. Each Copy obtained after will net you 18 Shards.
During an A-rank Omniframe debut, the Event Shop allows you to buy 30 Inver-Shards via event currency belonging to a Debut character. In other words, you can Unlock a debut A-Rank Omniframe for FREE. If you are very low on or That would be a free option to initally Unlock the character.
However if you have enough to initally pull the character we highly recommend doing this where possible due to utilizing the Inver-Shards from Event Shop can quickly rank up your Omniframe for a cheaper price point. See note below for more details!
Rank
Shards Needed
Shards Total
Copies
Cumulative Cost
30 Event Shards
Base A
0
0
+1
2,500
2,500
S
20
+20
+2
5,000
5,000[1]
S5
15
+38
+3
7,500
5,000[2]
SS
30
+56
+4
10,000
5,000[3]
SS3
27
+92
+5
12,500
10,000
SSS
90
+144
+11
27,500
17,500
SSS3
54
+216
+14
35,000
25,000
SSS6
108
+228
+17
42,500
32,500
SSS+
180
+300
+21
52,500
42,500
Notes:
[1] 5,000 + 1 Interlude stage for the additional 2 shards = S-Rank [2] S-Rank + 30 event shards get you to SS-Rank free [3] Same as Above (would stop pulling at 5k)
Not Worth Spending BC on a A-Rank (aside from the 2 pulls since event shards give an easy SS-Rank) as you can farm interludes with Serum.
Uniframe
This chart is going off of Initially Obtaining the S-Uniframe starting at 2,500 on Pity. Each Copy obtained after will net you 18 Shards.
United Achievement Points can be traded for up to 30 Inver-Shards belonging to a chosen character in the Guild Shop. In other words, you can Evolve an S-Rank Uniframe to SS-Rank for FREE. We highly recommend doing this where possible. This removes +1 copy from your total.
Rank
Shards Needed
Shards Total
Copies
Cumulative Cost
Guild
Base S
0
0
+1
2,500
2,500
S5
15
+38
+2
5,000
2,500 [1]
SS
30
+56
+3
7,500
2,500 [2]
SS3
27
+92
+5
12,500
7,500
SSS
90
+144
+8
20,000
15,000
SSS3
54
+216
+11
27,500
22,500
SSS6
108
+228
+14
35,000
30,000
SSS+
180
+300
+18
45,000
40,000
Notes:
[1][2] 15,000 + 30 Shards from Guild Shop get you to SS free
Evolution System Expanded
In the future, PGR will use a new version of upgrade system that builds upon an already established system with Evolution Ranks. The current system as we know is detailed here Rank.
Its very simple, you collect shards from character duplicates to obtain small bonuses like additional HP or ATK. When you've obtained enough shards to reach a threshold, for example at S-Rank, collecting an additional 30 shards will allow you to Evolve into SS-Rank! This allows you to unlock the Rank Passive for that character, further enhancing their abilities!
While the system alone is ok, it somewhat punishes you for not fully committing into the next Rank up. In the case of you pull for an S-Character on debut and got lucky with 3 duplicates. You will have the character, then the additional 2 duplicates will be converted into 60 shards. 30 Shards are needed to reach SS rank, leaving you with 30 shards remaining. You can also obtain 30 shards through Phantom Pain Cage. Netting you a total of 60 shards after you've hit SS rank.
However your now left with a decision, Do you spend another 15,000 to obtain one more duplicate to reach SSS rank? If you choose not to, you lose out on having that SSS passive and will have to wait until another banner comes around to grab your remaining 30 shards to reach SSS.
What this scenario has created was a situation where if you are stuck in the middle, you are losing out on more power by staying in between ranks SS and SSS with very little benefits. However this is where the new and improved Evolution system comes in to remedy that loss of power.
New Evolution System
This new system will allow you to obtain passives in between Ranks S>SS>SSS>SSS+. In the event you cannot fully commit to reaching SS or SSS, you will still enjoy some passives that are available in those ranks so long as you can meet the shard requirement.
Every Construct released after A New Divide will enjoy this new Evolution system. Starting with Karenina: Scire, as the debut Omniframe for that patch. Lets look at one of her passive abilities and we'll explain how to understand it.
Karenina: Scire will have additional passives within her Ranks. Starting with S-Rank, she has 1 additional passive you can obtain before you reach SS-Rank
The "S5" is a two parter distinction that you will have to achieve to enjoy this passive. The first half is "S", meaning you will need to reach S-Rank to fulfill the first half of the requirement. Since Radiant Daybreak is an S-Character, Initially obtaining her will automatically have you start out at S-rank!
The second requirement is "5" meaning how many nodes you need to have unlocked in her Evolution via with shards of course!
At S-Rank, each node requires 3 shards to unlock. with 5 nodes needed, we will need a total of 15 shards to unlock the "S5" passive! Even if you don't have enough shards to reach the next rank of SS, you can still obtain some handy passives for your character.
If you had pulled for a second copy of Karenina: Scire, or purchased 30 shards from the Phantom Pain Cage shop. You will hit SS-Rank, obtaining any "in-between" passive along the way.
That is the very simple explanation of the new Evolution system. Feel free to check out Karenina: Scire or any other constructs released after her for all their passives. We will now show an easy to understand chart of how much shards and costs associated with obtaining specific ranks with the new system!
Chart
One more Important detail before you review the chart. Each Rank has a different shard requirement for each node.
- S-Rank requires 3 shards per node
- SS-Rank requires 9 shards per node
- SSS-Rank requires 18 shards per node
We have calculated everything into this nifty chart for your convenience!
on Pity. Each Copy obtained after will net you 30 Shards.
Phantom Pain Scar can be traded for up to 30 Inver-Shards belonging to a chosen character in the Phantom Pain Shop. In other words, you can Evolve an S-Rank Omniframe to SS-Rank for FREE. We highly recommend doing this where possible. This removes +1 copy from your total.
