Ascend

Unlocked after completing Chapter 5-3 in the Main Story. Ascend is another way to strengthen Karma by unlocking additional attribute stats, Karma Frame, Skill, Clothing and Voice. Requires  Memory Stardust and a minimum Karma level.

First unlocking Ascend gives an initial boost to all Attribute stats, it's a hidden bonus.

Rarity	Memory Stardust Required	Level Required		Initial Boost to all stats	With Evolve +45% Boost
R	75	20		+24 to all stats	+35 to all stats
SR	105	25		+35 to all stats	+51 to all stats
SSR	150	35		+48 to all stats	+70 to all stats

Items Required

Unlocking the Ascend nodes requires new materials obtainable through Heart Trial, Karma Pass, and purchasable through the 24hr Challenge Store and Wish Tree Store. The items are:

Category	Name	Use	Obtain
Emotion Items	Emotion Stone	Used for unlocking nodes	Heart Trial
	Emotion Flower
Boost Items	Low Decision Mid Decision  Adv Decision Epic Decision	Used for increasing Karma Attributes	Heart Trial - Decision Test
	Low Creativity Mid Creativity  Adv Creativity Epic Creativity		Heart Trial - Creativity Test
	Low Affinity Mid Affinity  Adv Affinity Epic Affinity		Heart Trial - Affinity Test
	Low Execution Mid Execution  Adv Execution Epic Execution		Heart Trial - Execution Test
Memory Items	Memory Starlight	Used for increasing Karma attributes	R Karma Pass
	Memory Starshine		SR Karma Pass 24hr Challenge Store Wish Tree Redeem Store
	Memory Starburst		SSR Karma Pass 24hr Challenge Store Wish Tree Redeem Store
	Memory Stardust	Used for unlocking Karma Ascension	All Rarity Karma Pass Dates Rumors and Secrets Sign In Bonus

Karma Frame

Karma Frames are unlockable decorations that appear on the edges of the Karma card. They will sparkle and obtain a deeper color.

Attribute	Karma Frame Name	Standard Frame	Ascended Frame
Decision	Decisive Leader
Creativity	Fertile Creativity
Affinity	Angel of Affinity
Execution	Man of Execution

Skill Node

The Karma Skill is a node in the middle of the Ascension path.
Once a Skill node is unlocked, it will randomly assign the Karma a Skill.
An example skill may be something like: Decision +1.6%, +24% Decision Pts (15% Chance During Shoot).

List of Ascension Skills
Category	Decision	Creativity	Affinity	Execution
LOW	Low Critical: Decision +365	Low Curious: Creativity +365	Low Listening: Affinity +365	Low Active: Execution +365
	Low Critical: Decision +5%	Low Curious: Creativity +5%	Low Listening: Affinity +5%	Low Active: Execution +5%
	Low Analytic: Decision +73; +20% Decision (15% Chance During Shoot)	Low Open-minded: Creativity +73; +20% Creativity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Low Caring: Affinity +73; +20% Affinity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Low Agile: Execution +73; +20% Execution (15% Chance During Shoot)
	Low Analytic: Decision +1%; +20% Decision (15% Chance During Shoot)	Low Open-minded: Creativity +1%; +20% Creativity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Low Caring: Affinity +1%; +20% Affinity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Low Agile: Execution +1%; +20% Execution (15% Chance During Shoot)
MID	Mid Critical: Decision +475	Mid Curious: Creativity +475	Mid Listening: Affinity +475	Mid Active: Execution +475
	Mid Critical: Decision +6.5%	Mid Curious: Creativity +6.5%	Mid Listening: Affinity +6.5%	Mid Active: Execution +6.5%
	Mid Analytic: Decision +95; +20% Decision (15% Chance During Shoot)	Mid Open-minded: Creativity +95; +20% Creativity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Mid Caring: Affinity +95; +20% Affinity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Mid Agile: Execution +95; +20% Execution (15% Chance During Shoot)
	Mid Analytic: Decision +1.3%; +20% Decision (15% Chance During Shoot)	Mid Open-minded: Creativity +1.3%; +20% Creativity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Mid Caring: Affinity +1.3%; +20% Affinity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Mid Agile: Execution +1.3%; +20% Execution (15% Chance During Shoot)
ADV	Adv Critical: Decision +580	Adv Curious: Creativity +580	Adv Listening: Affinity +580	Adv Active: Execution +580
	Adv Critical: Decision +8%	Adv Curious: Creativity +8%	Adv Listening: Affinity +8%	Adv Active: Execution +8%
	Adv Analytic: Decision +116; +20% Decision (15% Chance During Shoot)	Adv Open-minded: Creativity +116; +20% Creativity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Adv Caring: Affinity +116; +20% Affinity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Adv Agile: Execution +116; +20% Execution (15% Chance During Shoot)
	Adv Analytic: Decision +1.6%; +20% Decision (15% Chance During Shoot)	Adv Open-minded: Creativity +1.6%; +20% Creativity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Adv Caring: Affinity +1.6%; +20% Affinity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Adv Agile: Execution +1.6%; +20% Execution (15% Chance During Shoot)
EPIC	Epic Critical: Decision +725	Epic Curious: Creativity +725	Epic Listening: Affinity +725	Epic Active: Execution +725
	Epic Critical: Decision +10%	Epic Curious: Creativity +10%	Epic Listening: Affinity +10%	Epic Active: Execution +10%
	Epic Analytic: Decision +145; +20% Decision (15% Chance During Shoot)	Epic Open-minded: Creativity +145; +20% Creativity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Epic Caring: Affinity +145; +20% Affinity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Epic Agile: Execution +145; +20% Execution (15% Chance During Shoot)
	Epic Analytic: Decision +2%; +20% Decision (15% Chance During Shoot)	Epic Open-minded: Creativity +2%; +20% Creativity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Epic Caring: Affinity +2%; +20% Affinity (15% Chance During Shoot)	Epic Agile: Execution +2%; +20% Execution (15% Chance During Shoot)

The best Skills are the ones granting permanently a +10% Stat boost of the Epic Category - since the percentage based boost will be far higher later, as you progress through the Ascension Tree, than the one granting a fixed Stat boost.

The Skills which have the 15% chance of triggering During Shoot - are somewhat useless in the Box Office Contest and 24hr Challenge, since you can't retry indefinitely for them to trigger. They're better suited for clearing Normal or Epic Missions, Footage and Heart Trial for the first time.

A player can retry for a different skill for 25  Memory Stardust. After each retry you can choose to either keep the current one or take the randomly generated skill. Should you choose not to take the generated skill, the Memory Stardust is still consumed. The drop rates for retrying skills are as follows:

Skill Tiers	Rate for SR/SSR	Rate for R
Low	58%	60%
Mid	30%	30%
Adv	10%	10%
Epic	2%	0%

Some calculations

Is the fixed Boost EVER better than the Percentage Boost?
Let's take for Example: Kiro: Dazzling Thoughts Max Stat is Execution: 5.208 Let's look at the very beginning, assuming you reach the Skill node directly without doing any Side branches. The Ascension Boost is: see also: Node Breakdown (451(low) + 663(mid) + 48(initial))+45% from Evolve => 1.685 Total: 5.208 + 1685 => 6.893
Calculation for the 15% Chance Skills: (Low)21% of 6.893 => +1.448 (Epic)22% of 6.893 => +1.516 (Fixed Epic)20% of 7.103 (6.893 + (145 + 45% from Evolve = 210)) => +1.421 => Fixed Boost sucks
Calculation for the permanent Epic Skills: 10% of 6.893 => +689 Fixed Epic Boost: +725 => at the beginning the fixed boost is indeed better
When will the 10% Epic Boost become better than the fixed Epic boost? => Complete Low Side branch and 2 Nodes of the Mid Side branch (348(low side) +232+232)+45% from Evolve => 1.177 1.177 + 6.893 => 8.070 10% of 8.070 => +807 Fixed Epic Boost: +725
When will the 8% Adv Boost become better than the fixed Epic boost? (348(low side) + 696(mid side) + 887(adv main))+45% from Evolve => 2.800 2.800 + 6.893 => 9.693 8% of 9.693 => +775 Fixed Epic Boost: +725 The Adv percentage Boost is better than the fixed Epic one!
Is the 6,5% Mid Boost better than the fixed Epic one? 5.208 + 7.147 from full Ascension (see: Absolutely Ascended Karma) 6,5% of 12.355 => +803 Fixed Epic Boost: +725 Only in the Endgame, but yeah even that one is better.

How much higher is the 15% Chance boost than the permanent one?
Let's take for Example: Kiro: Dazzling Thoughts Max Stat is Execution: 5.208
Beginning: Ascension Boost of reaching the Skill Node with both Side Branches (low and mid): (451(low) +348(low side) +663(mid) +696(mid side) +48(initial))+45% from Evolve => 3.199 see also: Node Breakdown 5.208 + 3.199 => 8.407 Chance skills: (Low) 21% of 8.407 => +1.765 (Epic) 22% of 8.407 => +1.850 Permanent skills: (Adv) 8% of 8.407 => +673 (Epic) 10% of 8.407 => +841
Endgame: 5.208 + 7.147 from full Ascension (see: Absolutely Ascended Karma) = 12.355 Chance skills: (Low) 21% of 12.355 => +2.595 (Epic) 22% of 12.355 => +2.718 Permanent skills: (Adv) 8% of 12.355 => +988 (Epic) 10% of 12.355 => +1.235
If you have trouble with the Heart Trial, it might be worth considering.

Upgrade Skill Levels

Players can also upgrade skills using  Heart Clefs. The following Table shows the improvement of the Skill with each level:

Boost Type	Lvl 1	lvl 2	lvl 3	lvl 4	lvl 5
# of  Heart Clefs needed	0	1	2	3	4
Epic (permanent)	+10%	+11%	+12%	+13.5%	+15%
Epic (permanent)	+725	+800	+870	+980	+1090
Epic (15% chance)	+210;+20%	+?;+22%	+?;+24%	+?;+27%	+?;+30%
Epic (15% chance)	+2%;+20%	+2.2%;+22%	+?%;+24%	+2.7%;+27%	+?%;+30%
Adv (permanent)	+8%	+9%	+10%	+11%	+12%
Adv (permanent)	+580	+640	+695	+785	+875
Adv (15% chance)	+116;+20%	+1??;+22%	+140;+24%	+?;+27%	+?; +30%
Adv (15% chance)	+1.6%;+20%	+1.8%;+22%	+1.95% +24%	+?%;+27%	+?%; +30%

Node Breakdown

After unlocking Ascend, there is a Main Path with Nodes to unlock, you can't skip those nodes. Each Node unlocks additional attribute stats. You can also obtain Time Coupon, Karma Frame, Skill, Clothing, Background or Voice.

Each difficulty has an optional Side-Branch which unlocks additional attribute stats. The amount of materials and the stat boost is dependent on Karma Rarity. The <Attribute Stat> Item depends on the current Node color and branch difficulty.

Notes:

• R Karma can only be ascended till the Skill Node. (Low + Low Side + Mid) Branches.
• SR Karma can only be ascended till the Background Node. (Low + Low Side + Mid + Mid Side + Adv) Branches.

The detailed node breakdown is as follows:

Low Branch (Karma Frame)

Stat Bonuses and Materials Required for Low Branch (Karma Frame)
Node	SSR	SR	R	Boost to Attribute		Materials Required	SSR	SR	R
1	+129	+93	+63	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Low <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	500 5 4	350 3 3	250 2 2
2	+129	+93	+63	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Low <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	625 6 7	435 4 5	310 3 3
3	+129	+93	+63	to Second Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Low <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	760 7 10	530 5 7	380 4 4
4	+129	+93	+63	to Third Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Low <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	910 8 13	635 6 9	455 4 6
5	+129	+93	+63	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Low <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	1075 9 16	750 7 12	535 5 8
6	+64	+46	+32	to All Stats + Karma Frame		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Memory Star-item	1250 10 1	875 9 1	625 5 1
Total	+451	+325	+221	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone	5.120‬	3.575	2.555
	+193	+139	+95	to second Highest Stat		Emotion Flower	45	34	23
	+193	+139	+95	to third Highest Stat		Low <Attribute Stat>	50	36	23
	+64	+46	+32	to last Stat		Memory Star-item	1	1	1

Right Low Branch (Additional Attribute Stats)

Stat Bonuses and Materials Required for Right Low Branch (Additional Attribute Stats)
Node	SSR	SR	R	Boost to Attribute		Materials Required	SSR	SR	R
1	+174	+125	+85	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Low <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	1320 9 18	925 7 13	660 5 9
2	+174	+125	+85	to Second Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Low <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	1500 11 21	1050 9 15	750 6 11
3	+174	+125	+85	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Low <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	1700 13 24	1190 11 17	850 7 12
4	+174	+125	+85	to Second Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Low <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	1920 15 27	1345 13 19	960 8 14
Total	+348	+250	+170	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone	6.440	4.510	3.220
	+348	+250	+170	to second Highest Stat		Emotion Flower	48	40	26
	+0	+0	+0	to third Highest Stat		Low <Attribute Stat>	90	64	46
	+0	+0	+0	to last Stat		Memory Star-item	0	0	0

Mid Branch (Skill)

Stat Bonuses and Materials Required for Mid Branch (Skill)
Node	SSR	SR	R	Boost to Attribute		Materials Required	SSR	SR	R
1	+193	+139	+95	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Mid <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	1435 12 20	1005 10 14	715 6 10
2	+193	+139	+95	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Mid <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	1635 14 23	1145 11 17	815 7 11
3	+193	+139	+95	to Second Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Mid <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	1850 16 26	1295 12 19	925 8 12
4	+193	+139	+95	to Third Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Mid <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	2075 18 29	1450 13 21	1035 9 14
5	+193	+139	+95	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Mid <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	2310 20 32	1615 14 23	1155 10 16
6	+84	+60	+41	to All Stats + Skill Unlock		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Memory Star-item	2560 24 2	1790 18 2	1280 12 2
Total	+663	+477	+326	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone	11.865	8.300	5.925
	+277	+199	+136	to second Highest Stat		Emotion Flower	104	78	52
	+277	+199	+136	to third Highest Stat		Mid <Attribute Stat>	130	94	63
	+84	+60	+41	to last Stat		Memory Star-item	2	2	2

Left Mid Branch (Additional Attribute Stats)

Stat Bonuses and Materials Required for Left Mid Branch (Additional Attribute Stats)
Node	SSR	SR	Boost to Attribute		Materials Required	SSR	SR
1	+232	+167	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Mid <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	2700 22 34	1890 16 24
2	+232	+167	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Mid <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	2960 25 38	2070 18 27
3	+232	+167	to Second Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Mid <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	3240 28 42	2270 20 30
4	+232	+167	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Mid <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	3540 31 46	2480 22 33
Total	+696	+501	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone	12.440	8.710
	+232	+167	to second Highest Stat		Emotion Flower	106	76
	+0	+0	to third Highest Stat		Mid <Attribute Stat>	160	114
	+0	+0	to last Stat		Memory Star-item	0	0

Adv Branch

Stat Bonuses and Materials Required for Adv Branch (Clothing/Background)
Node	SSR	SR	Boost to Attribute		Materials Required	SSR	SR
1	+258	+185	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Adv <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	2825 27 36	1975 20 26
2	+258	+185	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Adv <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	3100 30 40	2170 22 28
3	+258	+185	to Second Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Adv <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	3385 33 44	2370 24 31
4	+258	+185	to Third Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Adv <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	3685 36 48	2580 26 34
5	+258	+185	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Adv <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	4000 39 52	2800 28 37
6	+113	+81	to All Stats + Clothing/Background Unlock		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Memory Star-item	4325 45 3	3025 32 3
Total	+887	+636	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone	21.320	14.920
	+371	+266	to second Highest Stat		Emotion Flower	210	152
	+371	+266	to third Highest Stat		Adv <Attribute Stat>	220	156
	+113	+81	to last Stat		Memory Star-item	3	3

Right Adv Branch (Additional Attribute Stats)

Stat Bonuses and Materials Required for Right Adv Branch (Additional Attribute Stats)
Node	SSR	Boost to Attribute		Materials Required	SSR
1	+290	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Adv <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	4500 40 55
2	+290	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Adv <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	4840 45 60
3	+290	to Second Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Adv <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	5200 50 65
4	+290	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Adv <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	5580 55 70
Total	+870	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone	20.120
	+290	to second Highest Stat		Emotion Flower	190
	+0	to third Highest Stat		Adv <Attribute Stat>	250
	+0	to last Stat		Memory Star-item	0

Epic Branch

Stat Bonuses and Materials Required for Epic Branch (Voice)
Node	SSR	Boost to Attribute		Materials Required	SSR
1	+322	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Epic <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	4460 50 60
2	+322	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Epic <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	5010 55 65
3	+322	to Second Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Epic <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	5375 60 70
4	+322	to Third Highest Stat		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Epic <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	5750 65 75
5	+322	to Highest Stat + Voice unlock		Emotion Stone Emotion Flower Epic <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	6135 70 80
Total	+966	to Highest Stat		Emotion Stone	26.730
	+322	to second Highest Stat		Emotion Flower	300
	+322	to third Highest Stat		Epic <Attribute Stat>	350
	+0	to last Stat		Memory Star-item	0

Absolutely Ascended Karma (AA Karma)

As soon as all Nodes (including all Side-Branches) are unlocked, the Karma Label on the top left corner will change. The new icon depends on the type of Karma excluding Anniversary R Karma which will have no change.

Karma Type	Normal	Absolutely Ascended
SP
SER
SSR
SR
ER
R
Victor Birthday Karma
Kiro Birthday Karma
Gavin Birthday Karma
Lucien Birthday Karma
Shaw Birthday Karma

Materials Required	SSR	SR	R
Emotion Stone	104.035	40.015	11.700
Emotion Flower	1.003‬	380	101
Low <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	140	100	69
Mid <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	290	208	63
Adv <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	470	156	-
Epic <Attribute Stat> Boost Item	350	-	-
Memory Star-item	6  Memory Starburst	6  Memory Starshine	3  Memory Starlight

The following Table differentiates between:

• the raw Ascencion boost for only unlocking all nodes and
• including the Evolve +45% Boost, just as well the hidden initial Boost from first unlocking Ascencion.
  

It doesn't include any Skill bonuses.

	SSR raw Boost	SSR +45% + initial	SR raw Boost	SR +45% + initial	R raw Boost	R +45% + initial
to Highest Stat	+4.881	+7.147	+2.189	+3.224	+717	+1.075
to second Highest Stat	+2.033	+3.017	+1.021	+1.531	+401	+616
to third Highest Stat	+1.163	+1.755	+604	+926	+231	+370
to last Stat	+261	+448	+187	+321	+73	+141
TOTAL:	+8.338	+12.367	+4.001	+6.002	+1.422	+2.202

Ascension Reset

You are able to reset your ascension progress of your Karma by spending a fixed amount of Gems. Resetting removes the gained attribute stats, all training materials such as books will be returned.

Ascension Reset Gem Cost
Node	SP/SSR	SR	R
None	50	35	25
Low - 1	53	37	26
Low - 2	57	40	28
Low - 3	62	44	31
Low - 4	68	48	34
Low - 5	75	53	38
Frame	95	68	48
Low - 6	102	73	52
Low - 7	111	80	57
Low - 8	121	88	62
Low - 9	133	97	68
Mid - 1	142	104	73
Mid - 2	153	112	78
Mid - 3	165	121	84
Mid - 4	179	131	91
Mid - 5	195	142	99
Skill	225	167	114
Mid - 6	242
Mid - 7	261
Mid - 8	282	208
Mid - 9	306
Adv - 1	327	240
Adv - 2	350
Adv - 3	375
Adv - 4	402
Adv - 5	432
Reward	472	346
Adv - 6	503
Adv - 7	538
Adv - 8	576
Adv - 9	617
Epic - 1	656
Epic - 2	698
Epic - 3	744
Epic - 4	794
Epic - 5	847