Jinhsi Ascension Materials & Farming Guide

To fully ascend Jinhsi to Lv. 90 and max out the forte board you need 60 Loong's Pearl, 46 Elegy Tacet Core, 26 Sentinel's Dagger (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 Howler Core	29
MF Howler Core	40
HF Howler Core	52
FF Howler Core	61
Elegy Tacet Core	46
Sentinel's Dagger	26
Loong's Pearl	60
Waveworn Residue 210	25
Waveworn Residue 226	28
Waveworn Residue 235	55
Waveworn Residue 239	67
Shell Credit	2,200,000

Jinhsi ascension materials

Ascension moves Jinhsi 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 Howler Core ×4
40 → 50	10,000	Elegy Tacet Core ×3 Loong's Pearl ×4 MF Howler Core ×4
50 → 60	15,000	Elegy Tacet Core ×6 Loong's Pearl ×8 MF Howler Core ×8
60 → 70	20,000	Elegy Tacet Core ×9 Loong's Pearl ×12 HF Howler Core ×4
70 → 80	40,000	Elegy Tacet Core ×12 Loong's Pearl ×16 HF Howler Core ×8
80 → 90	80,000	Elegy Tacet Core ×16 Loong's Pearl ×20 FF Howler Core ×4
Total	170,000	every material, once each (table below)

Total jinhsi ascension materials

Material	Total
LF Howler Core	4
MF Howler Core	12
HF Howler Core	12
FF Howler Core	4
Elegy Tacet Core	46
Loong's Pearl	60
Shell Credit	170,000

Jinhsi 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 Howler Core ×10 Waveworn Residue 210 ×10
Lv. 3	10,000	LF Howler Core ×15 Waveworn Residue 210 ×15
Lv. 4	22,500	MF Howler Core ×10 Waveworn Residue 226 ×10
Lv. 5	30,000	MF Howler Core ×15 Waveworn Residue 226 ×15
Lv. 6	80,000	HF Howler Core ×10 Waveworn Residue 235 ×15
Lv. 7	150,000	HF Howler Core ×15 Sentinel's Dagger ×5 Waveworn Residue 235 ×25
Lv. 8	250,000	FF Howler Core ×10 Sentinel's Dagger ×5 Waveworn Residue 239 ×10
Lv. 9	350,000	FF Howler Core ×15 Sentinel's Dagger ×5 Waveworn Residue 239 ×15
Lv. 10	500,000	FF Howler Core ×20 Sentinel's Dagger ×5 Waveworn Residue 239 ×30
Total	2,030,000	every material, once each (table below)

Total jinhsi forte materials

Material	Total
LF Howler Core	25
MF Howler Core	28
HF Howler Core	40
FF Howler Core	57
Sentinel's Dagger	26
Waveworn Residue 210	25
Waveworn Residue 226	28
Waveworn Residue 235	55
Waveworn Residue 239	67
Shell Credit	2,030,000

Stat bonus and single-rank nodes

Nodes	Shell Credits	Materials
Single-rank nodes (×5)	30,000	MF Howler Core ×3 HF Howler Core ×3 Sentinel's Dagger ×2 Waveworn Residue 226 ×3 Waveworn Residue 235 ×3
Stat bonus nodes, tier 1 (×4)	200,000	HF Howler Core ×12 Waveworn Residue 235 ×12
Stat bonus nodes, tier 2 (×4)	400,000	FF Howler Core ×12 Sentinel's Dagger ×4 Waveworn Residue 239 ×12

Where to farm Jinhsi's materials

Loong's Pearl

Local specialty. Found at Overworld routes.

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

Elegy Tacet Core

Boss drop. Found at Mourning Aix (world boss).

Claim the reward for 60 Waveplates.

LF Howler Core

Enemy drop. Found at Tacet Discords across the overworld.

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

Waveworn Residue 210

Forgery Challenge. Found at Forgery Challenge.

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

Sentinel's Dagger

Weekly boss. Found at Sentinel Jué (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 Loong's Pearl does Jinhsi 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 Sentinel's Dagger does Jinhsi 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 Elegy Tacet Core drop for Jinhsi?

From Mourning Aix, the world boss; claim the reward for 60 Waveplates.

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

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? Jinhsi's stats, skills, passives and resonance chains live on the Jinhsi kit page.