Granblue Fantasy: Relink: 10 Things I wish I knew before Grinding for Completionist

Reaho! After 268 hours I got the Completionist title and in this guide, I’m excited to share a some tips and tricks that I’ve gathered along my journey.

While much of this information may be familiar to veterans of the game, this guide is primarily aimed at players who are in the early to mid-stages of their adventure. That said, even seasoned players might discover some new insights.

The biggest enemy to this challenge Fortitude Crystals, since you have to level up 114 Weapons to level 150. If I recalled correctly, It takes me around 150-200 (L) crystals to max out from Lv. 1 -> Lv. 150 and that about 20k Fortitude Crystals (L) we are talking about here!

Are you grinding with your friends? Well do be sure to hit up these chest for some extra Fortitude Crystals!

Note that the fully silver chests would probably not net you any Fortitude crystals and the quantity of crystals scales based on your progression.

On the roof above the Trader where my spear is pointing

Go down towards the silver chest and make a right turn and jump on the balcony where my spear is pointing

These two are near the pool at the right side of the church

This one is at some slope near the pond where the crab boy is

This chest usually gives me 8x Crystals so do hit this one!

This chest sometimes give me crystals

This one rarely gives me crystals but might aswell

Where the tip of my spear is pointing

There are more extra mile chests out there but by this point my friends would have started another round already.

These missions give 27-30(L) Crystals. I’ll list down the average clear speed with a decent open party team comp

• [Maniac] Revenge of the Hordes | Don’t bother
• [Maniac] Serenity Upon the Mount | 1m, 15s
• [Maniac] Roost and Reign | 1m, 10s

Personally I would run a mix of Serenity (2x Nazarbonju) and Roost (2x Griffins) to mix things up and for another reason i’ll list in no.5

Optimally you would want 2 ranged disablers like Io and Eugen for their Thunder/Paralyzing Bullet, one for each boss. The other two should be DPS with one rusher to sprint as fast towards the boss arena ASAP*

*Note that the other players except the rusher can afk on the spot after all the adds are killed, having 1 person entering the arena is enough to get the boss to spawn and everyone will be teleported into the arena.

2nd note: Use your skills at the start of the quest to clear the mobs faster as your skills are refreshed when you enter the boss arena. Esp Io and Eugen players with the Flowery Seven and Sumrak skills.

Alternatively you can grind these proud missions for Silver Centrums and Exceptional Refiniums (which is your 2nd most annoying enemy in this challenge) and some Fortitude Crystals 17x (L)

• [Proud] Worst Vacation Ever
• [Proud] Trade Barriers
• [Proud] Melting Pot of Hostility
• [Proud] Banquet of Ice and Corpses
• [Proud] For a Freer Folca

I forgot the clear times for these since I haven’t grind them for awhile, but on an open party it should take around 2m, 25s avg.

This topic might be sensitive for some, so please feel free to skip this section if it makes you uncomfortable.

For those looking to avoid burnout, I recommend considering AFK farming.

To execute AFK farming you would need a macro tool like Logitech G Hub (You will need a logitech mouse) or X-Mouse Button control or Razer Synapse for example.

To set up your macro, configure it to toggle and execute the following key sequence: wqe12, with an advisable 50ms delay between each key press. This sequence should then loop after a 2.5-second pause.

Why wqe12?
w: moves the pointer up to continue the quest after the 10th run prompt.
q: activates SBA for faster runs when available.
e: triggers link attack when it’s an option.
1 and 2: employ skills to expedite the run.
Note: Some keys may be rebound, so adjust the macro accordingly.

What about keys 3 and 4? Key 3 could inadvertently trigger the mission repeat button, potentially interrupting your AFK farming, and key 4 could open the wishlist. Rebinding is an option, though it can be cumbersome.

It should look something like this on Ghub

For your character build, aim for a tank setup, ideally with ranged DPS characters like Eugen or Rackam. Focus on maximizing:
Max out the following:

• Regen
• Aegis
• Health
• Low Profile

Optional:

• Stun Up
• Crabvestment Returns
• Linked Together
• Garrison
• Self Revive

The goal is to achieve 99,999hp for optimal regen (though lower is workable), ensuring your character stays alive so AI companions can concentrate on DPS rather than revival efforts.

For the AI characters, gear them towards full DPS builds with emphasis on damage cap, war elemental, support damage, etc. The more powerful they are, the more effective your AFK farming will be. Higher the better since they are Touhou basement gamers anyway

Whichever DPS you built is fine, as long as it works for you!

Yes I mispelt it on purpose cause I dislike this guy

Stuff I would not want to trade away as it will be used for uncapping & Weapon Awakenings

• Alot

Stuff I can afford to trade some away (keep around 300-500)

• Legendary Merit (If not actively trying to do weapon awakening on Terminus weapns)
• Rainbow Prisms (Vice versa)
• Tempestone

Stuff I can afford to trade most away (keep maybe around 200)

• Frosted Flower
• Phondam Sulfur
• Valley Bloom
• Eternal Snowflake
• Electromagnetic Sand
• Vulkan Bolla Anima
• Furycane Anima
• Managarmr Anima
• Angra Mainyu Anima
• Terror Urn
• Reality Thorn
• Divinity Shackle

*Don’t trade away anima and bahamut mats if you wanna go for the ascension weapon trophy’s/terminus weapon awakening

Stuff I don’t really need

• Flawless Prism
• Machine Unit
• High-grade Scarp
• Black Dragon Scale
• People who miss their link when it’s 100%
• People who just so happen to be outside SBA range
• People who don’t have self revive/guts/potion hoarder
• People who don’t smash their controller/keyboard to revive themselves

After engaging in your Active/AFK runs, you’re likely to accumulate a notable amount of Rafale Coins and various materials, particularly Chilling Demon Eyes from Nazarbonju and Giant Beaks from Griffins.

And it turns out, you can use them to trade for Fortitude Crystals, Exceptional Refinium, and Silver Centrums!

Also: steer clear of purchasing character sigils from this guy. Instead, focus on buying items like Stout Heart. You’ll find that better character sigils become accessible through transmarvels once you reach proud.

Also also: [Subjective] I personally wouldn’t bother spending Gold Dalia Badges on anything unless it’s for the last character coupon, Given the potential for future updates and expansions, saving your Gold Dalia Badges could afford you more significant opportunities down the line, ensuring you can make the most of new content as it becomes available.

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Play the game on 0% Audio

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Turn on the music

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Make sure you have an autoclicker for transmuting/transmarvel rerolls between quests

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to avoid the carpal tunnel

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Anyway, personally I would zone out on Transmarvels and only look out for these 2 things
[All of these are subjective and it’s my own opinion]

• Character Sigils w/ Damage Cap
• Crit Hit Rate Wrightstones w/ Guts & Self revive or w/ Double Dmg Cap totaling to Lv.12

These two are the only rare things and should be kept at all costs unless you don’t plan on using the character or have differing opinions

1. Sigils featuring a Damage Cap as a substat are a rarity; most that I’ve encountered are paired with either Critical Hit Rate or Attack. These combinations are undoubtedly effective, but finding a Damage Cap can significantly enhance your character’s output.

2.The value of substats like stamina or Tyranny on a character sigil is highly dependent on the context. For example, a character like Vasaraga might benefit from Tyranny, making a sigil like Ebony’s Presence with Tyranny a strategic choice due to its “core” orange stat. However, simplifying your focus to just Damage Cap can streamline the optimization process, especially for those who prefer a more straightforward approach to character enhancement.

3. Prioritizing Damage Cap as a substat allows for more flexibility in your sigil setup, enabling you to incorporate additional offensive sigils. This strategy not only simplifies the enhancement process but also maximizes your character’s damage potential.

The decision to opt for Guts & Self-Revive in a Wrightstone, especially at lower levels, stems from a tactical perspective. If you’re confident in your ability to dodge or block effectively, fully maximizing these stats may not be necessary. Additionally, with a maximized potion hoarder skill, maintaining health becomes less of a concern. This approach allows for more substat slots to be allocated to other supportive buffs, such as Uplift or Cascade, enhancing overall gameplay strategy. Essentially, this method offers a balanced approach, ensuring survivability while leaving room for enhancing other crucial aspects of your character’s performance.

For the Double Dmg Cap you can refer to this post A Minmaxer’s Guide to Endgame Sigil Slot Economy by AshBrighter

First of all I would prioritize fun > everything so ignore this section unless you wanna min max some crap

1. Don’t use your crew mate cards until you fully clear the game (proud mode) so that the characters will come in as level 60 with 50% masteries unlocked. This would save you some MSP and Gold. Ignore if waifu/husbando

2. Prioritize leveling Rackam / Eugen, they are used often in late game grinding

3. Feel free to level up Dancho (Your MC) since you’re gonna max them out if you’re doing Completionist and/or [Subjective] Ultimate Story (You don’t need to max out for this)

4. [Subjective] Consider prioritizing gimmick/Disablers as future content might need them or make some fights faster. Characters such as Vane can cheese boss mechanics or disablers like Lancelot, Katalina, Io and Eugen can disable mechanics, allowing your team to skip some mechanics (esp in Bahamut since you can get <2m runs xd)

Then characters like Heavenly voice daddy Kenjiro Tsuda Id and Vasaraga can force a slow would be next. I would not prioritize them the same as the disablers since if timed wrongly, it would disable your team instead with their slow. Eg. Slowing Nazarbonju/Griffin/Bahamut when it’s about to fly up

Same goes for Narmaya and Zeta since they would rather spend more time pulling off a DMC Vergil or Insect Glaving the boss to increase their FF14 parse than to parry slow or paralyze
Credits to u/Dragonrusher21 on reddit

Forget about grinding mats for upgrading your sigils! Prismatic Slimes is where the fun is at!

Prismatic Slimes drop:

• 3x Damascus Ingots
• 500x Knickknack Vouchers
• MSP and experience
• 5x Azurite’s Splendor
• 1x Ambrosia

Who cares about the gold or the MSP or the tickets you get from the slime? What matters is the Azurite’s Splendors and the Damascus Ingots! with these babies you can Level up your V+ Sigil from 11 to 15! or Skip you Weapon cap from 125 -> 150! Value!!!

Enjoy 3 minutes of mind numbing pain as you autoclick spam away in the beautiful Seedhollow Castle!

What’s that?

Vern just said a Prismatic Slime just spawned? HOLY SH- WAIT I ONLY HAVE 4s ON THE TIMER
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So yea, I would recommend farming Slimepede from the time you unlocked maniac to the time you get all the terminus weapons during downtime. The rewards are just to value.

The spawn rate from my experience is once every 45mins, but best if you can find the datamined numbers somewhere else.

They would spawn anytime when the quest starts so do keep an ear out for Vern’s mic boosted voiceline when it spawns.

It will spawn rightttt here. This POV is from the position where you spawn.

Also: You get 19+3 Splendors from 100% Mastery/character so you can casually level your sigils if you are going for completionist :>

Also: I spent around 20-30m gold to get completionist

Is what I consider as the true endgame. The grind for Supp V+…
Ah… the holy grail of builds
As of writing this guide I have a total of 1 Curio based V+ Sigil and that’s Roll of the Die with Potion hoarder with 1698 quests cleared…

What?

You have 3 V+ Supp Dmg?

*Looks at your total quests cleared*
470 Total

*Looks at hours*
100hrs

Get outta my sight

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Don’t get dishearten if you don’t get that sweet Curio Sigil V+, the rate is 0.07% for a Supp V+ proven by the gigachad by the name of gattadohmwk who did the math

War Elemental with 3 Supp Dmg V is enough

I think most of the player base would know about this already but i’ll just post this here for the new players to find out

You can reroll the following:

• Overmastery
• Transmarvel

You cannot reroll the following:

• Curios (They are seeded the moment you pick them up)
• Friends with poop skills
• Your luck

How do you reroll?
1. Save your game
2. Transmarvel and/or Over mastery all the way till you are out of resources
3. Look out for any Sigil/Over Mastery you are looking out for
4A. You found the perfect thing, remember at which point you got it and continue
4B. You got nothing of interest
5. RETURN TO TITLE or quit
6. Continue game back to your save
7A. Roll again till you get your perfect thing and then save
7B. Cry
8. Either do a easy quest to quickly refresh the drop page or grind out a mission of whatever mats you need then repeat at step 1

Thank you for sticking with me to the end of this guide! I sincerely hope you’ve discovered a new trick or two!

If you have any tips, tricks, or pieces of information that you think could benefit others or that I may have overlooked, please don’t hesitate to share them in the comment section below!

And remember, if you ever encounter “Rea” in-game, make sure to bombard me with stickers! It’s a fun way for me to know that my guide has reached you and hopefully made a difference in your gameplay. Your engagement and feedback are what motivate me to keep sharing and improving!

Thank you once again for your time and attention. Here’s to many more adventures and achievements in-game!