[Guide] Star Charts Discussion

Mkay, so, it's a horrible guide. Let's try to make a better one. I'm crappy with formatting so it'll just be plaintext.

Star Chart Guide

What are Star Charts?
Star Charts are equippable items that improve a number of stats. They can have 1 to 10 stat bonuses on them. These can be:
- Elemental Defense (wood/water/fire/metal/earth)
- Magic Defense (same as elemental but for all 5)
- Physical Defense
- Accuracy
- Hit Points
- Mana Points
- Physical Damage
- Magic Damage
- Physical Penetration
- Magic Penetration
The bonus MP and Penetration stats are unique to the Star Chart at this point.
A player can have multiple starcharts, but can only equip one at a time.

How do I get Star Charts?
Upon rebirth, Emperor Alexander will give a player their first Starglade Chest. When you use a chest, a random star chart will come out. The higher your Astral Level (see below) the better your chances on more stats.

Where can I find the Star Chart interface?
It's on your inventory screen (default key "b"). Look below the icon for accessing the Meridian. The icon does nothing if there is no star chart equipped.

What does all of this mean?
The star chart has 2 progress bars. The one to the left is the levelup bar for the equipped star chart. It is tied to the chart you have equipped. The one to the right is the Astral Energy bar, which is filled by doing the Horoscope (see below). This bar is tied to your character, and will not change if you swap star charts. The minimum amount of stats you get upon opening a Starglade Chest or doing Horoscope is tied directly to the Astral Energy level (IE Astral Energy at level 3 means you get a minimum of 3 stats) but it also improves your chances for a higher number of stats.
The star chart itself has 10 points. The outer points are called "Fatestars", and the inner points are called "Birthstars". For a Fatestar to be able to go active, both the Birthstar points it connects to must be active as well. A Fatestar point will give a much stronger stat boost, so having these active is a good thing.
The bonuses your chart gives are listed to the right. If you click on a bonus, it shows which star point it is associated with.
There are 4 buttons:
- Infusion: This is used to levelup your star chart. You can consume existing star charts, or Astrobana Pearls. If you infuse another starchart, ALL of the XP stored on that chart will transfer over, and you can choose to inherit the Aptitude of the previous chart too (an interface will open showing the aptitude levels of both stars, allowing you to pick which to keep - pick the highest of course).
- Stargazing: This will randomly reshuffle the stat-to-point assignment of your star chart. It can be used to get the best stats of your chart assigned to Fatestar points. The amount and location of your active points, as well as the type of stats the chart has, will not change. The item it requires is not obtainable through quests at this point.
- Horoscope: This will randomize your starchart, discarding all existing stats and randomly assigning new ones. It requires Nebula Dust Orbs. There are 2 kinds, one that gives Astral Energy on use, and one that does not.
TIP: If you have a good star chart already but still want to keep leveling up your Astral Energy bar, simply have a second Star Chart in your inventory, and equip that one to do your horoscope. You may even end up with a better star chart!
- Starshift: This improves the "aptitude" level of a birthstar point. The "aptitude" is a multiplier that gets applied to the assigned stat (rounded down to the next whole number). Fatestar points use the combined aptitude of the 2 birthstar points they connect to - their multiplier can be twice as high. Starshifting requires Astrospira Pearls.

So how can I get a better star chart?
There are many ways, so I'll just explain my own:
- To get Astrobana Pearls and Astrospira Pearls (to increase your Star Chart level and Aptitude) do Primal Dailies each day. Nebula Dust Orbs for Horoscope are obtained via Flowsilver Palace (Judgement mode) and one Primal daily. JFSP gives a Starglade Chest for the second boss. The boundary dailies on the Primal world map also give a Starglade chest.
- Level up your current star chart using Astrobana Pearls, and use the Astrospira Pearls to increase the aptitude. Don't use the Starglade Chests yet.
- Have a second Star Chart in your inventory. Switch to it and use the Nebula Dust Orbs that give Astral Energy - compare the resulting star chart to your good one. If you get a better one, infuse the old star chart (keeping the good aptitudes) and open a single starglade chest to get a fresh Star Chart.
- Wait until you're at Astral Energy level 3 (or higher if you want). This may take a month if you don't buy Nebula Dust from the boutique. After this, use all the Nebula Dust that does not give Astral Energy, and open all but 1 of your Starglade Chests to try and get the best star chart you can muster. Keep in mind that the reward for the Shifting Sky V boundary is 100 Nebula Dust orbs that all give Astral Energy, so reaching Astral Energy lvl 3 isn't too hard if you do the primal dailies each day.

@aeternusdoleo : Nice guide but what do you mean by "The bonus MP [...] stat [is] unique to the Star Chart at this point" ?

i want to know what level do these star chart come into play. i dont see the daily quest "preparing for war " on any of my avatars

wish it was like the meridian and my barb would stop getting magic attack and magic penatration bonus on the charts >~< but other than that pretty cool i guess

Also want ot add, it seems that there is overall aptitude increase but where on the chart it is applied is random, is this correct? When i do starshift, one point will light up then a different point next time. So begs another question, if you say, get a new chart you like better and infuse the old one into the new, does just the total aptitude get infused or also the various points where the aptitude was applied get infused into the new chart's points as well(ah yes, i mean the birthstar and fatestar points)?

joshuason said:

Also want ot add, it seems that there is overall aptitude increase but where on the chart it is applied is random, is this correct? When i do starshift, one point will light up then a different point next time. So begs another question, if you say, get a new chart you like better and infuse the old one into the new, does just the total aptitude get infused or also the various points where the aptitude was applied get infused into the new chart's points as well(ah yes, i mean the birthstar and fatestar points)?

i believe its exactly the same as the chart your keeping. wich also reminds me, we were playing around with astropira pearls after we saved a bunch up (forgot about them. seems the more you have the more effective they are, think its ever (2?) pearls they add another point to update, so after about 10 your updating all 5 nodes aptituids at once. what i don't know is if this means its distributed evenly out of a set aptituid, or if its giving full exp to each node. just thought i'd throw it out there.

And this Star Chart is another thing in the long list of changes for PWI to get our money. I predict this game wont last another year at the rate they are going.

Does anyone know the formula of how much increase on attribute value that we will get if we level up the starchart or by increasing its aptitude ? Does it follow a base or something, or multiply by x per level up, or what?

I notice the value increases everytime I level up my starchart, but I never see it increases when raising the aptitude. cmiiw.

I plan to maximize the aptitude on my Starchart to 20, but first I want to know exactly how much stats will I get before I do that and see if it's worth the money.

@darkonome : Thanks for the link and the formula post by aster, it's very useful to feed my curiosity where the numbers came from.

nitefire7 wrote: »

Does anyone know when the Daily Quest: Preparing for War starts or am I missing something???I'm needing an extra Star Chart any please help.

If you mean the daily "This War o'mine" I believe it will start on Astral X, if not then its at Shifting 1.