Phantom Pain Cage

Overview

Bosses

Ultimate Zone

Phantom Pain Cage (also simply referred to as Pain Cage or PPC) is a game mode where users can battle simulated versions of boss-level enemies found throughout various points in the game. In this mode, users will earn a score based on the time to completion and total average health of the deployed team. It is unlocked after both reaching level 35 and completing Main Story stage 5-7 Humanoid on Normal.

Pain Cage Overview

Entry in Pain Cage is limited to 4 attempts per day on weekdays and 8 attempts per day on weekends.

All bosses encountered in Pain Cage have five difficulties: Test, Elite, Knight, Chaos and Hell. For each increase in difficulty, bosses will gain access to enhanced stats and attack patterns.

In Pain Cage, any given Construct or Transcendant will have a limited weekly entry count, denoted by an "AP" gauge. By default, any given character will possess 5 AP at the beginning of each week. Clearing any single difficulty stage will consume 1 AP of the character(s) deployed. Once a character's AP has been exhausted, they will become unusable until a new cycle begins the following week (note: entry count will not decrease if the user chooses to discard their score upon stage completion).

The number as well as potential pool of bosses that can be encountered will vary. Commandants under level 54 will be able to battle two bosses per week, whereas Commandants above level 54 will have access to three. Some boss enemies cannot be encountered in this mode unless the Commandant's level is 80 or above (such as Rosetta).

Users who have scored 1 million points during any given week will receive a special permanent badge.

Cumulative Progress Rewards

Total score	Rewards
50,000	x3 x1 x3,000
150,000	x1 x1 x5,000
350,000	x1 x1 x10,000
600,000	x1 x1 x20,000
900,000	x20 x10 x3
1,200,000	x1 x1 x30,000
1,500,000	x30 x10 x3

Total score	Rewards
30,000	x3 x1 x2,000
90,000	x1 x1 x3,000
210,000	x1 x1 x5,000
360,000	x1 x1 x10,000
500,000	x10 x5 x2
750,000	x1 x1 x20,000
1,000,000	x15 x5 x2

Total score	Rewards
25,000	x3 x1 x2,000
75,000	x2 x1 x3,000
175,000	x2 x1 x5,000
300,000	x2 x1 x10,000
625,000	x1 x1 x20,000

Total score	Rewards
17,500	x3 x1 x2000
52500	x1 x1 x3,000
122,500	x1 x1 x5,000
210,000	x1 x1 x10,000
437,500	x1 x1 x20,000

Ranking Rewards

Ranking	Rewards
1%	x56 x96
1%-5%	x50 x84
5%-10%	x44 x72
10%-30%	x38 x60
30%-95%	x32 x48

Ranking	Rewards
1%	x48 x20,000
1%-5%	x42 x16,000
5%-10%	x36 x12,000
10%-30%	x30 x8,000
30%-95%	x24 x4,000

Ranking	Rewards
1%	x36 x20,000
1%-5%	x31 x16,000
5%-10%	x27 x12,000
10%-30%	x22 x8,000
30%-95%	x18 x4,000

Ranking	Rewards
1%	x24 x20,000
1%-5%	x21 x16,000
5%-10%	x18 x12,000
10%-30%	x15 x8,000
30%-95%	x12 x4,000

Pain Cage Shop

Commandants can use their Phantom Pain Scars to purchase Inver-Shards corresponding to their currently usable Constructs (Inver-Shards for Constructs that the user has not yet unlocked cannot be purchased). Inver-Shards for Transcendants cannot be purchased in this shop.

• B- and A-Rank Construct Inver-Shards: 5 Phantom Pain Scar each for the first 10 purchases; 10 each for the remaining purchases from that point forward.
• S-Rank Construct Inver-Shards: 10 Phantom Pain Scar each for the first 10 purchases; 20 each for the remaining 20.
  • S-Rank Construct Inver-Shards have a total purchase limit of 30; once the user has purchased all 30 Inver-Shards for that Construct, the item sells-out. Further Inver-Shards for that Construct will thenceforth not be purchasable in this shop.

Ultimate Zone

The pool of enemy bosses that can be encountered in Ultimate Zone is larger than Advanced/Intermediate/Basic Zone. Additionally, users who have earned their 1-million point badge will gain access to Ultimate Zone where a further pool of additional bosses can be challenged. At the beginning of each week, the user will be given the choice between normal and Ultimate Zone for that week. Users who participate in Ultimate Zone will receive different ranking rewards.

Ranking	Rewards
1%	x56 x96
1%-5%	x50 x84
5%-10%	x44 x72
10%-30%	x38 x60
30%-95%	x32 x48