Fate/Grand Orderplayers may be wrapping up intense farming during the last few hours ofBattle in New York 2020, but the next event is coming right afterwards. Starting after maintenance, the Halloween Strike! Demonic Climb - Himeji Castle War Revival will go from September 30th to October 13th.
Halloween 2019 originally starred Elizabeth Bathory, her other versions, and a host of returningFGOservants. Now the third Halloween story is back for one more rerun ahead of other new events in Fall. Veteran players should be familiar with the mission system and other mechanics, but newcomers can easily understand how to proceed through and earn a free welfare servant.
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Clearing Missions
Just like theGarden of Sinners event, players will need to complete 100 missions over the next 2 weeks. These missions have different requirements like defeating enough of a specific enemy and give event items, unlock new quest nodes, and even move the story forward upon completion. Note that the second half of the main story is timelocked until October 2nd so there’s no need to rush through initially.
Event Shop
During the climb up Himeji Castle, players will obtain 3 types of event currency that drop from quests. 8500 Beam Cookies, 7000 Missile Ramune, and 6600 Drill Gummy drops are needed to fully clear the shop of Craft Essences and ascension materials. The top priority should be purchasing the 2 copies of each shop CE, but the rest can wait until the best nodes unlock after the main story to maximize farming.
Event Bonus Servants
To help with the grind, servants related to Halloween 3’s story will get a damage bonus when used during quests.
100-Percent Damage Increase:Mecha Eli-chan, Mecha Eli-chan Mk. 2, Osakabehime
50-Percent Damage Increase:Elizabeth Bathory, Elizabeth Bathory (Brave), Elizabeth Bathory (Halloween), Tamamo-no-Mae, Tamamo-no-Mae (Lancer), Tamamo Cat, Kiyohime, Kiyohime (Lancer), Cleopatra, Carmilla, Yan Qing (Assassin of Shinjuku), Wu Zetian (Assassin of the Nightless City), Penthesilea (Berserker of El Dorado)
Event Craft Essences
There are 3 CEs that can be acquired which increase the chance that certain additional enemies will spawn. Note that players will get 5 guaranteed copies through the shop and missions, so they can MLB each CE without having to farm an additional drop.
3 more CEs can be summoned from the Halloweengachathat boost event currency drops.
Best Places To Farm
Much likeFGO’sGudaGuda 3and previous events, the best farming nodes will unlock after completing enough missions and the main story.
Mecha Eli-chan/Mecha Eli-chan Mk. 2
After completing the main story, players receive an item they can redeem for either Mecha Eli-chan or Mecha Eli-chan Mk. 2. While differing in appearance, both are 4-star Alter Ego servants with the same offensive skills and single-target Buster NP. New players will definitely benefit from either Eli-chan’s class advantage against the 4 Cavalry classes and Foreigners. After making a choice, players can raise their Eli-chan to Level 80 and NP5 by completing missions that award the ‘B-Pellet’ ascension item and ‘Spare Reactor’ for purchasing additional copies from the shop. Note thatFate/Grand Orderplayers who finished the original event last year can now get the Eli-chan they didn’t pick before.
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