Zhezhi Ascension Materials & Farming Guide

To fully ascend Zhezhi to Lv. 90 and max out the forte board you need 60 Lanternberry, 46 Sound-Keeping Tacet Core, 26 Monument Bell (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
Sound-Keeping Tacet Core	46
Monument Bell	26
Lanternberry	60
Lento Helix	25
Adagio Helix	28
Andante Helix	55
Presto Helix	67
Shell Credit	2,200,000

Zhezhi ascension materials

Ascension moves Zhezhi 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	Sound-Keeping Tacet Core ×3 Lanternberry ×4 MF Howler Core ×4
50 → 60	15,000	Sound-Keeping Tacet Core ×6 Lanternberry ×8 MF Howler Core ×8
60 → 70	20,000	Sound-Keeping Tacet Core ×9 Lanternberry ×12 HF Howler Core ×4
70 → 80	40,000	Sound-Keeping Tacet Core ×12 Lanternberry ×16 HF Howler Core ×8
80 → 90	80,000	Sound-Keeping Tacet Core ×16 Lanternberry ×20 FF Howler Core ×4
Total	170,000	every material, once each (table below)

Total zhezhi ascension materials

Material	Total
LF Howler Core	4
MF Howler Core	12
HF Howler Core	12
FF Howler Core	4
Sound-Keeping Tacet Core	46
Lanternberry	60
Shell Credit	170,000

Zhezhi 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 Lento Helix ×10
Lv. 3	10,000	LF Howler Core ×15 Lento Helix ×15
Lv. 4	22,500	MF Howler Core ×10 Adagio Helix ×10
Lv. 5	30,000	MF Howler Core ×15 Adagio Helix ×15
Lv. 6	80,000	HF Howler Core ×10 Andante Helix ×15
Lv. 7	150,000	HF Howler Core ×15 Monument Bell ×5 Andante Helix ×25
Lv. 8	250,000	FF Howler Core ×10 Monument Bell ×5 Presto Helix ×10
Lv. 9	350,000	FF Howler Core ×15 Monument Bell ×5 Presto Helix ×15
Lv. 10	500,000	FF Howler Core ×20 Monument Bell ×5 Presto Helix ×30
Total	2,030,000	every material, once each (table below)

Total zhezhi forte materials

Material	Total
LF Howler Core	25
MF Howler Core	28
HF Howler Core	40
FF Howler Core	57
Monument Bell	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 Howler Core ×3 HF Howler Core ×3 Monument Bell ×2 Adagio Helix ×3 Andante Helix ×3
Stat bonus nodes, tier 1 (×4)	200,000	HF Howler Core ×12 Andante Helix ×12
Stat bonus nodes, tier 2 (×4)	400,000	FF Howler Core ×12 Monument Bell ×4 Presto Helix ×12

Where to farm Zhezhi's materials

Lanternberry

Local specialty. Found at Overworld routes.

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

Sound-Keeping Tacet Core

Boss drop. Found at Lampylumen Myriad (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.

Lento Helix

Forgery Challenge. Found at Forgery Challenge.

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

Monument Bell

Weekly boss. Found at Bell-Borne Geochelone (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 Lanternberry does Zhezhi 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 Monument Bell does Zhezhi 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 Sound-Keeping Tacet Core drop for Zhezhi?

From Lampylumen Myriad, the world boss; claim the reward for 60 Waveplates.

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

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