Nightfall and Firstlight gear

A weapon’s three tiers

Here are the Nightfall Katana’s three steps. Each step keeps your refinement level (a +9 stays +9) and asks for the same drawing again without using it up. How to raise that level, or move it from a spare weapon, is on the refining page.

1. T1

   500,000 Wen

   The drawing, the Mythic (V2) weapon, 500 Metal Scraps, 500 Silk Thread

2. T2

   750,000 Wen

   The T1 weapon, the drawing again, 750 Metal Scraps, 750 Silk Thread, 6 Forged Ingot, 6 Reinforced Plating

3. T3

   1,500,000 Wen

   The T2 weapon, the drawing again, 12 Forged Ingot, 12 Reinforced Plating

All the way to T3: 2,750,000 Wen, 1,250 Metal Scraps, 1,250 Silk Thread, 18 Forged Ingot and 18 Reinforced Plating, on top of the Mythic weapon. The T3 step used to ask for 15 each of three materials at the same price; the V0.98 update cut the cost of upgrading both sets to higher tiers and refunded materials to players who had already upgraded. V0.195 lowers T1 to 500,000 Wen and 500 each of Scraps and Thread; Katana T2 and T3 Wen costs stay unchanged. Use the crafting planner to subtract what you already have.

Armour, and the six set materials

V0.195 splits T1 recipes by category: Nightfall Top and Bottom cost 400,000 Wen, 400 each of Scraps and Thread, and three of each required set material. Masks and Cape cost 200,000 Wen, 200 each of Scraps and Thread, and two of each required set material. Firstlight Mask uses the Firstlight materials. Your drawing is still required. The recipe images below show the older prices.

• Firstlight

  Forged Ingot, Star Ore, Weaver's Silk

• Nightfall

  Forged Ingot, Reinforced Plating, Weaver's Cloth

Togane’s Swap materials trades any of the six for any other, one for one, so a surplus of one set feeds the other. The Firstlight Forged Ingot drops 5% from an Ouwigahara Chest and 2% from a World Events Chest (see the Ouwigahara page). Creators count each worn piece as one of the five stat slots; how a Firstlight health build compares with the usual damage pieces is on the accessories page.

Where the Nightfall drawings are

The seven weapon drawings are listed on the weapons page. The Lost Cape comes from The Lost Slayer in Final Selection (0.9% from his chest) and can also be fished up. Hatsu takes a Lost Cape for the Nightfall Cape drawing, and Omi a Lost Outfit for the Firstlight Haori.

Where the Firstlight drawings are

When Retsu or the dock master will not talk

The War Fans lead is a chain about a woman with bandaged hands, and each person only mentions her once the one before has. Start with Shiori at Butterfly Estate (finish one of her quests first), then Dock Master Sofen, then Old Trapper Retsu at the Iceveil entrance, then Winter Store Rep Lynx in the settlement.

Retsu’s lantern branch answers Ask me after dark. by day, so come back at night, and take off any lantern you are wearing, since a worn lantern hides that line. If the mound you dig gives nothing, try a fresh server.

What the pieces give

A tier 3 Firstlight Katana carries the passive Daybreak Guard: Blocking a hit heals you and bites the attacker. Daybreak Guard now has a 1.5-second cooldown; Nightfall Bleed deals 0.5% of max health per tick.

The Mushroom Lit Lantern is what the blue-mushroom puzzle in Kuzan’s cave gives, on the way to the Firstlight Tanto. For the route and alternatives, compare the lantern guide. Unequip your lantern before lighting the mushrooms. It is not the Everburn Lantern, which is a different item. If the lantern will not appear, players report that the glowing mushrooms go dark after a while and the lantern leaves with them: step on the brightly glowing ones so they are all lit at once, and if that still fails, try another server.