Buling Ascension Materials & Farming Guide

To fully ascend Buling to Lv. 90 and max out the forte board you need 60 Pecok Flower, 46 Blighted Crown of Puppet King, 26 Curse of the Abyss (weekly boss), plus the enemy and forgery series below: 2,200,000 Shell Credits in total (170,000 + 2,030,000).

At a glance

Material	Total
LF Whisperin Core	29
MF Whisperin Core	40
HF Whisperin Core	52
FF Whisperin Core	61
Blighted Crown of Puppet King	46
Curse of the Abyss	26
Pecok Flower	60
Lento Helix	25
Adagio Helix	28
Andante Helix	55
Presto Helix	67
Shell Credit	2,200,000

Buling ascension materials

Ascension moves Buling from level 20 to 90 in six breaches. Every row is the cost of one breach:

Level	Shell Credits	Materials
20 → 40	5,000	LF Whisperin Core ×4
40 → 50	10,000	Blighted Crown of Puppet King ×3 Pecok Flower ×4 MF Whisperin Core ×4
50 → 60	15,000	Blighted Crown of Puppet King ×6 Pecok Flower ×8 MF Whisperin Core ×8
60 → 70	20,000	Blighted Crown of Puppet King ×9 Pecok Flower ×12 HF Whisperin Core ×4
70 → 80	40,000	Blighted Crown of Puppet King ×12 Pecok Flower ×16 HF Whisperin Core ×8
80 → 90	80,000	Blighted Crown of Puppet King ×16 Pecok Flower ×20 FF Whisperin Core ×4
Total	170,000	every material, once each (table below)

Total buling ascension materials

Material	Total
LF Whisperin Core	4
MF Whisperin Core	12
HF Whisperin Core	12
FF Whisperin Core	4
Blighted Crown of Puppet King	46
Pecok Flower	60
Shell Credit	170,000

Buling forte materials

The forte board is five main nodes (each leveling 1 → 10), four tier-1 and four tier-2 stat nodes, and five single-rank nodes. The per-level rows sum the five main nodes:

Level	Shell Credits	Materials
Lv. 2	7,500	LF Whisperin Core ×10 Lento Helix ×10
Lv. 3	10,000	LF Whisperin Core ×15 Lento Helix ×15
Lv. 4	22,500	MF Whisperin Core ×10 Adagio Helix ×10
Lv. 5	30,000	MF Whisperin Core ×15 Adagio Helix ×15
Lv. 6	80,000	HF Whisperin Core ×10 Andante Helix ×15
Lv. 7	150,000	HF Whisperin Core ×15 Curse of the Abyss ×5 Andante Helix ×25
Lv. 8	250,000	FF Whisperin Core ×10 Curse of the Abyss ×5 Presto Helix ×10
Lv. 9	350,000	FF Whisperin Core ×15 Curse of the Abyss ×5 Presto Helix ×15
Lv. 10	500,000	FF Whisperin Core ×20 Curse of the Abyss ×5 Presto Helix ×30
Total	2,030,000	every material, once each (table below)

Total buling forte materials

Material	Total
LF Whisperin Core	25
MF Whisperin Core	28
HF Whisperin Core	40
FF Whisperin Core	57
Curse of the Abyss	26
Lento Helix	25
Adagio Helix	28
Andante Helix	55
Presto Helix	67
Shell Credit	2,030,000

Stat bonus and single-rank nodes

Nodes	Shell Credits	Materials
Single-rank nodes (×5)	30,000	MF Whisperin Core ×3 HF Whisperin Core ×3 Curse of the Abyss ×2 Adagio Helix ×3 Andante Helix ×3
Stat bonus nodes, tier 1 (×4)	200,000	HF Whisperin Core ×12 Andante Helix ×12
Stat bonus nodes, tier 2 (×4)	400,000	FF Whisperin Core ×12 Curse of the Abyss ×4 Presto Helix ×12

Where to farm Buling's materials

Pecok Flower

Local specialty. Found at Overworld routes.

Grows in the wild and respawns every couple of days; interactive-map routes cover a full loop.

Blighted Crown of Puppet King

Boss drop. Found at The False Sovereign (world boss).

Claim the reward for 60 Waveplates.

LF Whisperin Core

Enemy drop. Found at Tacet Discords across the overworld.

The Whisperin Core series drops from matching enemies; the Synthesizer converts lower tiers into higher ones.

Lento Helix

Forgery Challenge. Found at Forgery Challenge.

Open days rotate through the week, so check the Guidebook before spending Waveplates.

Curse of the Abyss

Weekly boss. Found at Threnodian Leviathan (weekly challenge).

Three reward claims per week, so the full 26 takes about nine weeks.

Shell Credit

Currency. Found at Simulation Training, quests and events.

About 2.2 million Shell Credits in total: 170,000 for ascension and 2,030,000 for the full forte board.

FAQ

How many Pecok Flower does Buling need?

60 in total: 4 at the first breach, then 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20 at each breach up to level 90.

How many Curse of the Abyss does Buling need?

26: twenty for the main forte nodes at levels 7 to 10, four for the tier-2 stat nodes and two for the single-rank nodes.

Where does Blighted Crown of Puppet King drop for Buling?

From The False Sovereign, the world boss; claim the reward for 60 Waveplates.

How many Shell Credits does it take to fully build Buling?

About 2.2 million: 170,000 for ascension from level 20 to 90 and 2,030,000 for the entire forte board.

Planning the full build? Buling's stats, skills, passives and resonance chains live on the Buling kit page.