Luuk Herssen Ascension Materials & Farming Guide

To fully ascend Luuk Herssen to Lv. 90 and max out the forte board you need 60 Edelschnee, 46 Suncoveter's Reach, 26 Gold in Memory (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
Fractured Exoswarm Pendant	29
Worn Exoswarm Pendant	40
Chipped Exoswarm Pendant	52
Intact Exoswarm Pendant	61
Suncoveter's Reach	46
Gold in Memory	26
Edelschnee	60
LF Waveworn Shard	25
MF Waveworn Shard	28
HF Waveworn Shard	55
FF Waveworn Shard	67
Shell Credit	2,200,000

Luuk Herssen ascension materials

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

Level	Shell Credits	Materials
20 → 40	5,000	Fractured Exoswarm Pendant ×4
40 → 50	10,000	Suncoveter's Reach ×3 Edelschnee ×4 Worn Exoswarm Pendant ×4
50 → 60	15,000	Suncoveter's Reach ×6 Edelschnee ×8 Worn Exoswarm Pendant ×8
60 → 70	20,000	Suncoveter's Reach ×9 Edelschnee ×12 Chipped Exoswarm Pendant ×4
70 → 80	40,000	Suncoveter's Reach ×12 Edelschnee ×16 Chipped Exoswarm Pendant ×8
80 → 90	80,000	Suncoveter's Reach ×16 Edelschnee ×20 Intact Exoswarm Pendant ×4
Total	170,000	every material, once each (table below)

Total luuk herssen ascension materials

Material	Total
Fractured Exoswarm Pendant	4
Worn Exoswarm Pendant	12
Chipped Exoswarm Pendant	12
Intact Exoswarm Pendant	4
Suncoveter's Reach	46
Edelschnee	60
Shell Credit	170,000

Luuk Herssen 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	Fractured Exoswarm Pendant ×10 LF Waveworn Shard ×10
Lv. 3	10,000	Fractured Exoswarm Pendant ×15 LF Waveworn Shard ×15
Lv. 4	22,500	Worn Exoswarm Pendant ×10 MF Waveworn Shard ×10
Lv. 5	30,000	Worn Exoswarm Pendant ×15 MF Waveworn Shard ×15
Lv. 6	80,000	Chipped Exoswarm Pendant ×10 HF Waveworn Shard ×15
Lv. 7	150,000	Chipped Exoswarm Pendant ×15 Gold in Memory ×5 HF Waveworn Shard ×25
Lv. 8	250,000	Intact Exoswarm Pendant ×10 Gold in Memory ×5 FF Waveworn Shard ×10
Lv. 9	350,000	Intact Exoswarm Pendant ×15 Gold in Memory ×5 FF Waveworn Shard ×15
Lv. 10	500,000	Intact Exoswarm Pendant ×20 Gold in Memory ×5 FF Waveworn Shard ×30
Total	2,030,000	every material, once each (table below)

Total luuk herssen forte materials

Material	Total
Fractured Exoswarm Pendant	25
Worn Exoswarm Pendant	28
Chipped Exoswarm Pendant	40
Intact Exoswarm Pendant	57
Gold in Memory	26
LF Waveworn Shard	25
MF Waveworn Shard	28
HF Waveworn Shard	55
FF Waveworn Shard	67
Shell Credit	2,030,000

Stat bonus and single-rank nodes

Nodes	Shell Credits	Materials
Single-rank nodes (×5)	30,000	Worn Exoswarm Pendant ×3 Chipped Exoswarm Pendant ×3 Gold in Memory ×2 MF Waveworn Shard ×3 HF Waveworn Shard ×3
Stat bonus nodes, tier 1 (×4)	200,000	Chipped Exoswarm Pendant ×12 HF Waveworn Shard ×12
Stat bonus nodes, tier 2 (×4)	400,000	Intact Exoswarm Pendant ×12 Gold in Memory ×4 FF Waveworn Shard ×12

Where to farm Luuk Herssen's materials

Edelschnee

Local specialty. Found at Overworld routes.

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

Suncoveter's Reach

Boss drop. Found at Starward Handmaiden: Hyvatia (world boss).

Claim the reward for 60 Waveplates.

Fractured Exoswarm Pendant

Enemy drop. Found at Tacet Discords across the overworld.

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

LF Waveworn Shard

Forgery Challenge. Found at Forgery Challenge.

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

Gold in Memory

Weekly boss. Found at Sigillum (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 Edelschnee does Luuk Herssen 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 Gold in Memory does Luuk Herssen 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 Suncoveter's Reach drop for Luuk Herssen?

From Starward Handmaiden: Hyvatia, the world boss; claim the reward for 60 Waveplates.

How many Shell Credits does it take to fully build Luuk Herssen?

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