Zani Ascension Materials & Farming Guide

To fully ascend Zani to Lv. 90 and max out the forte board you need 60 Sword Acorus, 46 Platinum Core, 26 The Netherworld's Stare (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 Polygon Core	29
MF Polygon Core	40
HF Polygon Core	52
FF Polygon Core	61
Platinum Core	46
The Netherworld's Stare	26
Sword Acorus	60
Cadence Seed	25
Cadence Bud	28
Cadence Leaf	55
Cadence Blossom	67
Shell Credit	2,200,000

Zani ascension materials

Ascension moves Zani 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 Polygon Core ×4
40 → 50	10,000	Platinum Core ×3 Sword Acorus ×4 MF Polygon Core ×4
50 → 60	15,000	Platinum Core ×6 Sword Acorus ×8 MF Polygon Core ×8
60 → 70	20,000	Platinum Core ×9 Sword Acorus ×12 HF Polygon Core ×4
70 → 80	40,000	Platinum Core ×12 Sword Acorus ×16 HF Polygon Core ×8
80 → 90	80,000	Platinum Core ×16 Sword Acorus ×20 FF Polygon Core ×4
Total	170,000	every material, once each (table below)

Total zani ascension materials

Material	Total
LF Polygon Core	4
MF Polygon Core	12
HF Polygon Core	12
FF Polygon Core	4
Platinum Core	46
Sword Acorus	60
Shell Credit	170,000

Zani 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 Polygon Core ×10 Cadence Seed ×10
Lv. 3	10,000	LF Polygon Core ×15 Cadence Seed ×15
Lv. 4	22,500	MF Polygon Core ×10 Cadence Bud ×10
Lv. 5	30,000	MF Polygon Core ×15 Cadence Bud ×15
Lv. 6	80,000	HF Polygon Core ×10 Cadence Leaf ×15
Lv. 7	150,000	HF Polygon Core ×15 The Netherworld's Stare ×5 Cadence Leaf ×25
Lv. 8	250,000	FF Polygon Core ×10 The Netherworld's Stare ×5 Cadence Blossom ×10
Lv. 9	350,000	FF Polygon Core ×15 The Netherworld's Stare ×5 Cadence Blossom ×15
Lv. 10	500,000	FF Polygon Core ×20 The Netherworld's Stare ×5 Cadence Blossom ×30
Total	2,030,000	every material, once each (table below)

Total zani forte materials

Material	Total
LF Polygon Core	25
MF Polygon Core	28
HF Polygon Core	40
FF Polygon Core	57
The Netherworld's Stare	26
Cadence Seed	25
Cadence Bud	28
Cadence Leaf	55
Cadence Blossom	67
Shell Credit	2,030,000

Stat bonus and single-rank nodes

Nodes	Shell Credits	Materials
Single-rank nodes (×5)	30,000	MF Polygon Core ×3 HF Polygon Core ×3 The Netherworld's Stare ×2 Cadence Bud ×3 Cadence Leaf ×3
Stat bonus nodes, tier 1 (×4)	200,000	HF Polygon Core ×12 Cadence Leaf ×12
Stat bonus nodes, tier 2 (×4)	400,000	FF Polygon Core ×12 The Netherworld's Stare ×4 Cadence Blossom ×12

Where to farm Zani's materials

Sword Acorus

Local specialty. Found at Overworld routes.

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

Platinum Core

Boss drop. Found at Sentry Construct (world boss).

Claim the reward for 60 Waveplates.

LF Polygon Core

Enemy drop. Found at Tacet Discords across the overworld.

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

Cadence Seed

Forgery Challenge. Found at Forgery Challenge.

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

The Netherworld's Stare

Weekly boss. Found at Hecate (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 Sword Acorus does Zani 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 The Netherworld's Stare does Zani 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 Platinum Core drop for Zani?

From Sentry Construct, the world boss; claim the reward for 60 Waveplates.

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

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