Talk:FAQ/@comment-68.4.233.43-20150612212153/@comment-93.211.102.94-20150615065344

First they need to be in moderate damage. To do this just put them as leader, uneqip everything and send them to a map where they can lose their HP relatavely safely (like world one or two; 1-1 doesn't work that well with Oodachis and Naginata because once they outspeed the enemies, they will oneshot everything there). When they hit moderate damage equip them again and send them to world 1 or 2 to do sorties again. Then you'll just have to wait until they trigger awakening mode. This should work. As long as they take damage you've got a change of getting their awakening sprites.It doesn't matter if it's only troop damage or actual HP loss. Both works just fine.

Or if you don't want to deal with high repair times, you can just use spares. Use another sword (doesn't really matter who as long as they don't oneshot all of the enemies in one go) as leader and put the spare in as the second party member. Do sorties until the spare is in moderate damage, then equip them with troops and go on sorties again (I always used 1-4 but went back to the citadel before the boss so that the map won't become KBC infected). Once you got their awaking sprite, you can just dismantle them or use them in the refinary but don't forget to unequip the troops first.