Granblue Fantasy Sixth Anniversary News

With the sixth Granblue Fantasy anniversary celebrations now in full swing, the livestream went live during the weekend to give a bunch of gifts and previews for upcoming updates to the game. You can watch the full livestream for the sixth Granblue Fantasy anniversary!

First of all, let’s knock out the viewer prizes given out for milestones. The end viewer count was a whopping 2 million! Prizes were:

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Rupees
4000 crystals
Half elixirs
Damascus ingot
5 gold spellbooks
3 gold moons
1 intricacy ring

There were also prizes for the on-stream challenges, which included the following:

10 Full Elixirs
100 Half Elixirs
200 Soul Berries
SSR guaranteed ticket
3 each of all Regalia Omega Anima

“Battle System 2.0” has been previewed, with the following features:

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Guard button where characters can stop attacking and take less damage
Indicators for targets for special attacks/triggers
New chain burst system
- Every chain burst will contribute 10% to the bar
- Will use main character element
- At 100%, deals damage and applies effect based on element

Beginning 10 March

Obtain any one weapon using the Granblue Fantasy sixth anniversary weapon ticket that includes the following series:

	Fire	Water	Earth	Wind	Light	Dark
Epic	Fire of Prometheus, Chains of Caucasus	Keeper of Hallowed Ground, Savior of Hallowed Ground	All-Might Spear, All-Might Battle Axe	Le Fay, Unius	Bow of Illiad, Adamantine Gauntlet	Hermanubis, Scales of Dominion
Proving Grounds	Ushumgal	Clarion	Dawn Rising	Windhose		Zwei Schaedel
Xeno	True Infernal Flamescythe, Wrathfire Longblade	Dante Alighieri, True Glacial Dream Staff	Last Sahrivar, True Judgment Lyre	Arkab Prior, True Conviction Flashspear	Flamma Orbis, True Purity Sunblade	Advocatus Diaboli, True Demon Phantomblade
Malice				Hatsoiiłhał		Majestas
Cerberus						Cerberus Order
Fenrir		Fimbul
Regalia	Hand of Brahman, Scimitar of Brahman, Trident of Brahman	Tyros Bow, Tyros Scepter, Tyros Zither	Nibelung Horn, Nibelung Klinge, Nibelung Messer	Last Storm Blade, Last Storm Harp, Last Storm Lance	Mittron’s Bow, Mittron’s Gauntlet, Mittron’s Treasured Blade	Abyss Gaze, Abyss Spine, Abyss Striker

Additionally, all players will get the following 5-star, max level, max skill level weapons, one each:

Fire	Colossus Cane Omega
Water	Leviathan Gaze Omega
Wind	Tiamat Bolt Omega
Earth	Yggdrasil Crystal Blade Omega
Light	Luminiera Sword Omega
Dark	Celeste Claw Omega

Everyone’s favourite roulette also returns, from 10 to 100 pulls max available per day. Mukku Mode with increased SSR rates is also in. The last day of roulette, on 30 March, will be a guaranteed 100 pulls during Premium Gala (double SSR rates and limited character pool)!

“Scratcher Cards” will be available until 31 March. Get coins each day, with 3 bonus on the first day, and scratch cards! Match three squares to get the item! Just keep scratching until you get something! Rewards include the following:

	One each
Special items	Siero’s Special Pick Ticket
Consumables	Sunlight Stone, Gold Brick, Damascus Ingot
Fire Summons	Agni, Shiva, Michael
Water Summons	Varuna, Europa, Gabriel
Earth Summons	Titan, Godsworn Alexiel, Uriel
Wind Summons	Zephyrus, Grimnir, Raphael
Light Summons	Zeus, Lucifer, Metatron
Dark Summons	Hades, Bahamut, Sariel
Fire Weapons/Characters	Benedia (Rackam), Ixaba (Sturm), Purifying Thunderbolt (Shiva)
Water Weapons/Characters	Murgleis (Katalina), Taisai Spirit Bow (Pholia), Blue Sphere (Drang), Galilei’s Insight (Europa)
Earth Weapons/Characters	AK-4A (Eugen), Ichigo Hitofuri (Cain)
Wind Weapons/Characters	Reunion (Lecia), Sky Ace (Monika), Vortex of the Void (Grimnir)
Light Weapons/Characters	Ivory Ark (Noa), Eden (Lucio), Certificus (Vira), Sacred Standard (Jeanne d’Arc)
Dark Weapons/Characters	Unheil (Ferry), Blutgang (Black Knight), Parazonium (Orchid), Fallen Sword (Olivia), Bab-el-Mandeb (Helel ben Shalem), Cute Ribbon (Zooey)

Up to 6 times Rank and EXP points, a maximum of 1 million for Rank, maximum 3 million for EXP until 31 March.
New anniversary skins for Aglovale, and Clarisse.

Special Star Premium gacha, two sets at 3,000 yen each: one guarantees a seasonal character or summon from 2018 or 2019, and one that guarantees a Premium Gala-exclusive character. There will also be a special pick ticket that will include up to the following SSR characters (summons not listed):

	Flash Gala	Premium Gala	Valentine 2019	Summer 2019	Christmas 2019	Halloween 2019
Fire	Shiva, Sturm	Rackam
Water	Drang, Europa	Pholia		Sandalphon, Cagliostro, Europa
Wind		Lecia, Rosetta		Yuel	Meteon, Seruel
Earth	Alexiel	Cain, Eugen		Jessica, Alexiel	Magisa, Narmaya	Zeta and Vaseraga
Light	Lucio, Vira	Io	Melissabelle	Halluel and Malluel		Hallessena
Dark	Black Knight, Olivia, Orchid, Zooey	Ferry	Clarisse	Anthuria

Seasonal 2018/2019 pool (starts 10 March) which includes the following SSR characters (summons not listed):

	Valentine	Summer	Halloween	Christmas
Fire		Ilsa
Water		Grea, Sandalphon, Cagliostro, Europa
Wind		Jeanne d’Arc, Yuel		Meteon, Seruel
Earth	Medusa	Rosetta, Jessica, Alexiel		Magisa, Narmaya
Light	Melissabelle	Naoise, Halluel and Malluel		Metera
Dark	Clarisse	Anthuria	Lady Grey

Premium Gala pool (starts 29 March) which includes the following SSR characters:

Fire	Rackam
Water	Katalina, Pholia
Wind	Lecia, Monika, Rosetta
Earth	Eugen, Cain
Light	Io, Noa
Dark	Ferry, Rei

New boss, Lindworm, an 18-man raid. A new quest must be cleared, requires 3 Genesis Fragments to host with a new series of Draconic Weapons craftable from its drops.

Next solo battles will feature the Six Dragons:

10 March: Fire
17 March: Wind
2 April: Water
9 April: Earth

Draconic Weapons all have 3 skills:

Skill 1: Progressive (elemental attack up based on turns passed)
Skill 2: From a list of 7 that includes defense up, reduced damage from [element]
Skill 3: Omega or Primal Majesty Large

Two new classes, Lumberjack and Cavalier. Their class champion weapons will unlock late April.

New Extended Mastery Skills for existing Row 4 classes:

A new sticker, featuring a quokka:

Arcarum passport limit will increase to 90, with it applying retroactively to those who already bought the expansion. Inventory limits will also increase, also applied retroactively:

Stashes: 300 from 200
Additional 20 spots for each inventory expansion

Fenrir and Cerberus weapons added to Renown Pendants. Two each are purchasable each month:

	2500 pendants	5000 pendants
Water	Gleipnir	Fimbul
Dark	Hellward Dagger	Cerberus Order

Quality of life update, where 10 single tickets can be used at once. Does not guarantee SR or better unlike crystal pulls.

Beginning 24 March

Vane 5-star upgrade.

Rank cap increased from 250 to 275.

Solo battle with Ultimate Bahamut Impossible, using one each of Primarch Halos and obtain the following buffs:

Infinite elixir usage
300% attack up
100% HP up
50% reduced damage
100% MA
50% cap up

This solo fight will not grant the trophy, but you can still obtain the same drops.

Grand Order and Kaguya will be receiving their 4-star upgrade:
Nightmare Dimension Halo quest will now be guaranteed after every 10th run of Angel Halo.
Skill upgrade changes to Skill Jewels, Skill Shards, skill up points for each weapon, auto-levelling skill fodder.
UI changes for swapping characters in parties.

Other March updates

New swimsuit character, Teena.

Bonus poses for existing swimsuit characters, for Heles, Narmaya and Sara.

Mugen as a new limited character.

Premium Friday trophy, providing 1% extra EXP from Friday to Sunday.

April updates

4-star uncaps for Primal and Old Primal series, which means the following:

Fire	Ancient Ecke Sachs, Ecke Sachs
Water	Ancient Auberon, Auberon
Wind	Ancient Nalakuvara, Nalakurava
Earth	Ancient Perseus, Perseus
Light	Ancient Artemis, Artemis
Dark	Ancient Cortana, Cortana

20 April will see the 000 event rerun. The free atma weapon will be unobtainable if you already got it during its original 2019 run.

30 April will see new Eternals weapon skins for those who have obtained the Guider to the Eternal edge skin.

May updates

Beelzebub raid, with Astral weapons, and using Battle System 2.0. See the Astral weapons here.
Six Dragons raid versions will also go live.
100 gold moon weapons will receive their 5-star upgrade, as well as balance changes for some.
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Upcoming

“Awakening Levels”, requiring treasures, to provide characters with extra stats and buffs.
“Tower of Babyl”, coming Summer, tentatively.
New non-PVP event for crews that will reward Valor Badges, where individuals and crews work towards various goals. Element rotation will differ from the existing Unite and Fight, alternating and/or replacing Unite and Fight.
Eternals uncaps, part 2, for 2020.

Happy sixth anniversary, Granblue Fantasy!

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Release Date: 2014-03-10

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