Talk:Underground Treasure Chest/@comment-26501688-20150626100302

Just cleared the Underground Treasure Chest event aka 50 floors of Yari hell! I’m lv 44 and my main team started off in their level 50s. I only used about 30 tokens in all and I hardly lost any resources from lv 60 onwards. I could have used less tokens if I wasn’t so impatient to finish the game by today. I finished the 50 levels in about 1 week, aiming for 10 levels a day.

My team is honestly not at all strong. I have 2 Oodachis (Ishikimaru & Hotarumaru) and a Tachi (Kogitsunemaru), 2 Wakis (Namazuo, Honebami) and 1 Uchi (Yamanbagiri).The last 3 have little hp to begin with, so I quite frequently rotate them with my next highest-levelled swords - Doutanuki, Kanesada, Aizen and Yasusada. I really only have 1 main team because I’m fairly new to the game (less than a month), and was only focusing on training one team.

But with the right strategy, it’s actually pretty easy to beat these 50 levels. Here are my tips for those who’re still struggling (wall of text ahead):

Don’t treat your swords like glass.

They’re not fragile so don’t panic and send them back as soon as they attain light or medium damage. You’ll never finish a level like that.

Just keep monitoring to see how much damage a yari can cause. Yari apparently cause a fixed amount of damage with each hit. Not sure if it varies according to defense and stuff, but in my case, all my swords get the same amount of hp loss in a specific battle. For example, my lv 30 Kanesada and lv 60 Namazuo lose about the same amt of hp with each hit despite the level disparity. The hp loss isn’t too bad either. At level 100, my swords only lose about 7 hp with each hit.

If yari only causes 6 hp loss per hit and you have like 17 hp and a boss node left, I’d say it’s safe to continue if you’re confident that your team can take the yari out in 2 rounds. Also bear in mind yari don’t necessarily attack the most injured or weakest sword each time. It’s pretty random. I once brought a lv 30+ tantou out of desperation, he was miraculously unmolested for several floors.

Basically, I only send the swords to the sick bay when their hp is in the low 20s and below before starting the floor. If they’re in the middle of the floor, I just stick it out and hope the yari doesn’t target him. I was lucky enough to get an omamori on one of the floors so I always give that to the sword that has the least hp left. I’m glad I didn’t have to use it.

On the final level, I did ensure that all my swords have max hp before sending them off.

What swords to bring:

The best swords to bring are those with high HP (Oodachi, Tachi). If I had higher level tachis than my Yamanbagiri, Honebami and Namazuo, I would gladly take them but alas I don’t so I just have to make do.

The higher the level/floor, the more the Yari tanks up. This means it’s harder for a sword to get rid of the yari in one or even 2 hits, opening the team to more Yari attacks (yikes). I’ve had encounters where the Yari took about 5 hits from my swords. Nightmare. So you still have to ensure that the swords you bring are able to do a decent amount of damage. This is not a training ground.

Another thing to note is that my swords are always in Sakura Fubuki mode, even when damaged. That might contribute to better overall performance somewhat. I don’t give them anything (am a scrooge saniwa), maybe they are masochists who enjoy being beaten up… *bricked*

Equipment:

Equip swords with troops that have some defense, especially those with lower defense to begin with. Not sure how effective this is, but I do it every time anyway. My swords hardly lose their troops. I use troops like heavy cavalry, heavy infantry and shieldmen. Even bronze and silver ones are better than none so don’t stress if you can’t make gold ones. For Oodachi, I make sure they have gold light cavalry to maintain decent speed and defence.

Getting help tokens:

I started the event with about 80+ help tokens. I ended the event with 73 tokens. Easy ways to get help tokens:

Daily missions - Smithing 3 troops/equipment - Refining 2 times - Repairing 5 times (well that shouldn’t be hard -_-) - Going for sorties - I can’t remember which specific one it is that gives the help token, but in any case, if you complete a floor, you should get a help token

Might have more, just remembering the super easy ones that don’t require resources, which I do as pre-battle ritual.

Expeditions:

Defense of Kamakura and Genkō Bōrui give help tokens. At night, I send my team to Defense of Kamakura (only have enough high-levelled swords to send them to one expedition X’D). If they have great success, they come back with 2 help tokens. It doesn’t seem to matter if the swords are damaged (I send medium damage swords too. I’m a horrible saniwa I know), they still experience great success. Sakura Fubuki *might* be helpful in increasing rate for great success.

Is all this effort worthwhile?

The post-victory euphoria and satisfaction is always worthwhile for a gamer, but if you’re thinking of actual rewards…

There are koban if you’re into buying backdrops (the 100th level rewards 10,000 koban on first clearance).

Troops - not much to be honest. I only get a gold troop very occasionally. I have better luck making them myself.

Swords - The only drops I really consider worthwhile are Ishikimaru (whom I already have -_-) and Taroutachi who will be my third Oodachi. Yes Taroutachi is worth all the effort, although knowing this game, I’ll probably end up getting him multiple times on the normal maps -_-

Leveling up - Leveled up my swords by about 10 levels… not too bad I guess

Shinken Hissatsu CGs - Everyone who got sent out went into Shinken Hissatsu mode at least once. I caught them all on my screencast tool and plan to make gifs later.

Hopefully the special gift that will be revealed later will be something awesome!

I hope the above tips help. I’ll be uploading videos of my gameplay later if I have time.