Taoqi Ascension Materials & Farming Guide

To fully ascend Taoqi to Lv. 90 and max out the forte board you need 60 Iris, 46 Gold-Dissolving Feather, 26 Dreamless Feather (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
Gold-Dissolving Feather	46
Dreamless Feather	26
Iris	60
Waveworn Residue 210	25
Waveworn Residue 226	28
Waveworn Residue 235	55
Waveworn Residue 239	67
Shell Credit	2,200,000

Taoqi ascension materials

Ascension moves Taoqi 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	Gold-Dissolving Feather ×3 Iris ×4 MF Howler Core ×4
50 → 60	15,000	Gold-Dissolving Feather ×6 Iris ×8 MF Howler Core ×8
60 → 70	20,000	Gold-Dissolving Feather ×9 Iris ×12 HF Howler Core ×4
70 → 80	40,000	Gold-Dissolving Feather ×12 Iris ×16 HF Howler Core ×8
80 → 90	80,000	Gold-Dissolving Feather ×16 Iris ×20 FF Howler Core ×4
Total	170,000	every material, once each (table below)

Total taoqi ascension materials

Material	Total
LF Howler Core	4
MF Howler Core	12
HF Howler Core	12
FF Howler Core	4
Gold-Dissolving Feather	46
Iris	60
Shell Credit	170,000

Taoqi 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 Dreamless Feather ×5 Waveworn Residue 235 ×25
Lv. 8	250,000	FF Howler Core ×10 Dreamless Feather ×5 Waveworn Residue 239 ×10
Lv. 9	350,000	FF Howler Core ×15 Dreamless Feather ×5 Waveworn Residue 239 ×15
Lv. 10	500,000	FF Howler Core ×20 Dreamless Feather ×5 Waveworn Residue 239 ×30
Total	2,030,000	every material, once each (table below)

Total taoqi forte materials

Material	Total
LF Howler Core	25
MF Howler Core	28
HF Howler Core	40
FF Howler Core	57
Dreamless Feather	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 Dreamless Feather ×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 Dreamless Feather ×4 Waveworn Residue 239 ×12

Where to farm Taoqi's materials

Iris

Local specialty. Found at Overworld routes.

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

Gold-Dissolving Feather

Boss drop. Found at Impermanence Heron (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.

Dreamless Feather

Weekly boss. Found at Dreamless (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 Iris does Taoqi 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 Dreamless Feather does Taoqi 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 Gold-Dissolving Feather drop for Taoqi?

From Impermanence Heron, the world boss; claim the reward for 60 Waveplates.

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

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