IDOLA JP Weekly Vol.128

May 25th, 2021

The 2.5 Anniversary is Here!

It’s been 2 and a half years since the Japanese version of IDOLA launched! To celebrate, campaigns are being held!

The staff behind IDOLA thank you for enjoying the game, and hope that you enjoy it for more years to come!

Daily Free 10 Pull Dream Star Festival

To commemorate the 2.5 Year Anniversary the current “Daily Free 1 Pull Dream Star Festival” gacha will be upgraded to a 10 Pull! 

Gacha Period

  • May 25th, 2021 @ Maintenance End ~ June 4th, 5:00 (JST)

※ During the daily 10 pull the old daily 1 pull will not be available.

2.5 Year Anniversary Step Up Nomination

Following the 3 selection gacha’s in the Anniversary Eve, another selection gacha will be held featuring all 15 characters featured before!

Gacha Period

  • May 28th, 2021 @ 12:00 (JST) ~ June 11th, 12:00 (JST)

2.5 Year Anniversary Login Bonus: Part 2

Part 2 of the 2.5 year anniversary login bonus sheet is here! You can get a total of 4 Limited Dolls and 5 Platinum Dolls, so make sure to log in!

Campaign Period

  • May 29th, 2021 @ 5:00 ~ June 11th, 2021 @ 5:00 (JST)

2.5 Year Anniversary Beginner Mission Board

When you complete the missions on this board, you can get some nice rewards! There are four parts of the boards, and you’ll receive the new unique weapon symbol “Ursa Minor” as a reward for completing the part 1 board. The board will also give you enough Ursa Minor fragments to level up the Ursa Minor weapon to level 10, and 3900 Star Diamonds.

Mission Board Releases

  • Part 1 and 2: May 26th, 2021 @ 5:00 ~
  • Part 3: May 31st, 2021 @ 5:00 ~
  • Part 4: June 7th, 2021 @ 5:00 ~
Part 1 Completion Weapon Symbol
Ursa Minor
Increase damage done to large enemies by 30 (60)%
[Potental Ability] Increase Status Effect resistance to 50%
※Brave only

2.5 Year Anniversary Brigade Coin Boost Campain

During the campaign, you’ll get x2.5 more brigade coins from Brigade Battles.

Campaign Period

  • May 25th, 2021 @ Maintenance End ~ July 6th, 2021 @ 2:00 (JST)

2.5 Year Anniversary Boost Campain SP

Various quest types will get plenty of boosts during the campaign period, so check them out!

Campaign Period

  • May 25th, 2021 @ Maintenance End ~ July 6th, 2021 @ 2:00 (JST)

Boosts

  • Daily Quests
    • x2.5 boost to EXP, Meseta, and Bond Points
  • Event Quests
    • x2.5 boost to Meseta and Bond Points
    • Half-off Stamina
  • Story Quests
    • x2.5 boost to EXP, Meseta, and Bond Points
    • Half-off Stamina
  • Biographical Quests
    • x2.5 boost to EXP, Meseta, and Bond Points
    • Half-off Stamina

2.5 Anniversary Platinum and Limited Packs

These star diamond packs not only give you 7500 Star Diamonds [Paid], but also 25 Dolls, and more!

Sale Period

  • June 8th, 2021 @ 12:00 ~ June 30th, 2021 @ 12:00 (JST)
Set Items Price # Available Per Account

2.5 Anniversary Platinum Pack 7500
2.5周年プラチナパック7500

Star Diamonds [Paid] (x7,500)
Platinum Doll (x25)
Rainbow EXP Book + 3 (x250)
Meseta (x2,500,000)

9,000 Yen 3

2.5 Anniversary Limited Pack 7500
2.5周年リミテッドパック7500

Star Diamonds [Paid] (x7,500)
Limited Doll (x25)
Rainbow EXP Book + 3 (x250)
Meseta (x2,500,000)

9,000 Yen 3

2.5 Anniversary Special Gift

Logging in during the anniversary will grant a special gift!

Claim Period

  • Until June 22nd, 2021 @ 12:00 (JST)

Gifts

  • Star Diamonds (x2,500)
  • IdoMag “IdoRappy” (x1)

※ IdoMags aren’t available until reaching player rank 7.

2.5 Anniversary Tower Assistance Quest

Every day until the new Tower Quest event starts, you’ll be given stamina potions!

Campaign Period

  • Until June 15th, 2021 @ 12:00 (JST)

Daily Potions

  • Stamina Potion [Large] (x2)
  • Stamina Potion [Small] (x1)

2.5 Year Anniversary Step Up Star Festival: Matoi [Innocent Resolve]

Matoi returns to the battlefield with the powers of the last 2 successor classes under her belt. She uses a powerful [Super Fastest] skill to both protect and strengthen her Allies making her deserving of being called an anniversary unit! Seeing her try so hard fills you with Innocent Resolve.

In a Step-Up gacha, you get can get discounted 10 pulls, bonus items, and guaranteed pulls depending on what step you’re on. You start at Step 1, and move up steps when you pull from the gacha. Once you reach Step 5, you’ll be moved to the next round’s Step 1.

In this Gacha, you’re guaranteed to pull Matoi [Innocent Resolve] on Round 1 and 2’s Step 5. 

Gacha Period

  • May 25th, 2021 @ Maintenance End ~ June 8th, 12:00 (JST)
Pickup Character
Matoi [Innocent Resolve]
Law | Guardian | n/a | Critical Hit

 

Rounds & Steps
 
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
Round 1

Half-off 10 Pull
(Bonus: Glorious Star Stone (x1))

x1.3 ★5 Character  Pull Chance
(Bonus: Glorious Star Stone (x1))

x1.4 ★5 Character Pull Chance
(Bonus: Glorious Star Stone (x1))

x1.5 ★5 Character Pull Chance
(Bonus: Glorious Star Stone (x2))

Matoi [Innocent Resolve]
Guaranteed

Round 2

Half-off 10 Pull
(Bonus: Platinum Doll (x1))

x1.5 ★5 Character Pull Chance
(Bonus: Platinum Doll (x1))

x1.7 ★5 Character Pull Chance
(Bonus: Platinum Doll (x1))

x2 ★5 Character Pull Chance
(Bonus: Platinum Doll (x2))

Matoi [Innocent Resolve]
Guaranteed

Round 3 and
Onward

Half-off 10 pull
(Bonus: Glorious Star Stone (x1))

(Bonus: Universal Fragment [Weapon] (x1))

Half-off 10 pull
(Bonus: Rainbow EXP Book +3 (x50))

(Bonus: Universal Fragment [Soul] (x1))

(Bonus: Platinum Doll (x1))

※ Once you reach Step 5 of a Round, you will be moved to the next Round’s Step 1.
※ The pickup character can be pulled at any step. On Round 1 and 2’s Step 5, you get the pickup character guaranteed.

 

Character Achievement Symbol
Adamant Staff Clarissa III
When you take a weak hit, Increase all elemental values by 2. (Once per turn)
[Potential Ability] Also recover HP by 15%. (Once per turn)
※ Guardian Only

※ [Potential Ability] is unlocked at Lv.10
※ This symbol cannot be disassembled.
※ Adamant Staff Clarissa III can only be strengthened with Universal Fragments [Guardian] and Adamant Staff Clarissa III Fragments.

Brigade Battle Coin Boost Period

  • Until June 8th, 2021 @ 1:59 (JST)

[Reprint] Descent Quest: Theater Delusion [Fire]

Dive in headfirst and take on the Delusion of Dark Falz Theater in this Descent Quest! Once you have a party that meets the strength requirement, you can face off against the Theater Delusion who has the chance to drop powerful symbols! Once you clear the quest, you’ll also get [Descent Medals] to trade for the power symbols in the recycle shop.

Quest Period

  • May 25th, 2020 @ Maintenance End ~ June 2nd, 2020 @ 12:00 (JST)
Event Weapon Symbol
Black Chronicle of the Imperials
When using a normal attack, remove the support effect with the most time left from the target.
[Potential Ability] Increase damage dealt by 10%
※ Saint Only

※ [Potential Ability] is unlocked at Lv.10
※ The symbol can’t be deconstructed.

 

Event Soul Symbol
【Calamity God】Theater Delusion
On the turn after a Reverse Rush, reduce all enemy’s elements by 1 (2).
[Potential Ability] Can trigger twice per quest
※Once per quest, unless [Potential Ability] is unlocked
※ This symbol cannot stack the effect with itself
※ This effect cannot be canceled out by other abilities and symbol effects

※ [Potential Ability] is unlocked at Lv.10
※ The value in () is the value at Lv.10

 

Requirements and Restrictions

Stage Requirements and Restrictions
Theater Delusion [Advanced (上級)]

Subjugation Request [Delusion] (x1)
Party Strength of 110,000 or Higher
No Continues
No Support Partners

Theater Delusion [Super (超級)]

Subjugation Request [Delusion] (x1)
Party Strength of 130,000 or Higher
No Continues
No Support Partners

Theater Delusion [Extreme (超級)]

Subjugation Request [Delusion] (x1)
Party Strength of 150,000 or Higher
No Continues
No Support Partners

 

First Clear Rewards

Difficulty Rewards
Clear Advanced (上級)

Descent Medals (x100)

Clear Super (超級)

Descent Medals (x100)

Clear Extreme (超級)

Descent Medals (x100)

※ The first clear status will be reset each time the event is brought back.

 

Limited Collection Quest [Part 1]

Collect [Fresh Milk] in the new Limited Collection Quest “Crula’s Ice Cream Operation” Part 1 and exchange it for the Star Diamonds! You can get a sum total of 1,500 Star Diamonds from trading in this quest.

Quest Period

  • May 25th, 2021 @ Maintenance End ~ June 15th, 2021 @ 12:00 (JST)

 

 

Tower Quest “Judgment Tower” Pre-opening

A new type of quest will be added in 2.9.0, Tower Quests!

As a response to the survey results asking for more solo content, a solo Tower Quest “Judgment Tower” will pre-open after maintenance! Use your own team to fight through difficult stages and get great rewards!

Quest Period

  • May 25th, 2021 After Maintenance End ~ June 15th, 12:00 (JST)

Clear Rewards

Floor Rewards
1

Mysterious Crystal (x1)

2

Universal Fragment [Weapon] (x1)

3

Universal Fragment [Soul] (x1)

4

Glorious Star Stone (x3)

5

Star Diamond (x500)

6

Illusion Map “Materials” (x3)

7

Limited Doll (x1)

8

Platinum Doll (x1)

9

10 Pull Symbol Gacha Ticket (x1)

10

Star Diamond (x750)

11

Illusion Map “IdoRappy” (x3)

12

Limited Doll (x1)

13

Platinum Doll (x1)

14

10 Pull Gacha Ticket (x1)

15

Star Diamond (x1000)

 

First Clear Rewards

Floor Rewards
5

IdoMag “Arkuma”

10

Star Diamond (x1500)

15

Additional Ability Kit: Starting Earth Value+1 (x1)

 

New Character Celebration] Platinum Doll Pack Sale

You know the deal, new character means a doll pack sale in Roxanne’s Shop! You can get a special set of Star Diamonds that comes with Platinum Dolls and more!

Sale Period

  • May 25th, 2021 @ Maintenance End ~ June 8th, 2021 @ 12:00 (JST)
Set Items Price # Available Per Account

Platinum Doll Pack 3600
プラチナドールパック3600

Star Diamonds [Paid] (x3,600)
Platinum Doll (x1)
Rainbow EXP Book + 3 (x100)
Meseta (x1,000,000)

4,280 Yen 3

Platinum Doll Pack 9600
プラチナドールパック9600

Star Diamonds [Paid] (x9,600)
Platinum Doll (x3)
Rainbow EXP Book + 3 (x150)
Meseta (x2,000,000)

11,500 Yen 3

 

Idola Phantasy Star Saga Ver 2.9.0

Version 2.9.0

Version 2.9.0 of Idola Phantasy Star Saga will be arriving soon with Story, QoL, Balance Changes and more!

 

Maintenance Notice

Maintenance Period

After the maintenance period, you must update to version 2.9.0 of the app to play.

※ Please refrain from creating an Idola before maintenance.
※ Battles interrupted before maintenance cannot be resumed after maintenance because of the balance changes.
※ Brigade Battles will be suspended on the day of maintenance. The next set of Brigade battles will start May 26th, 2021, @ 2:00 (JST).

 

Content Updates

EP2 Record 6: Recapture

A new chapter in the EP2 saga starts with Record 6: Recapture. This time the stargate squad has a vicious shoutout with Luther, who has regained his senses. There’s also the return of Rosalinde and another scheme by the traitorous Kaempfer in wait of discovery.

 

Tower Quest “Judgment Tower” Pre-opening

A new type of quest will be added in 2.9.0, Tower Quests!

As a response to the survey results asking for more solo content, a solo Tower Quest “Judgment Tower” will pre-open after maintenance! Use your own team to fight through difficult stages and get great rewards! More details about the quest to come later.

Quest Period

  • May 25th, 2021 After Maintenance End ~ June 15th, 12:00 (JST)

 

Updated Lineup for [First Time Limited] Paid ★5 Character Nomination

The lineup for the nomination gacha will now include 35 new 5★ characters to choose from including Star Fes! This selection includes all characters released by March 2021.

※ Collaboration and Seasonal characters are not available.
※ With the update to the [First Time Limited] Paid ★5 Character Nomination’s lineup, people who have drawn this gacha before are now eligible to do so again.

 

Shop Updates

Hero’s Insignia Shop

Arena Ranking Weapon
Star Support Virginias
When you apply a Support Effect that increases DEF to a Target, also increase their ATK by 15 (20)% (2 turns).
[Potential Ability] Support Effects that this character casts that last 2 or more turns are extended by 1 turn.

You can now exchange for Star Support Viriginas for 500 Hero’s Insignia.

※ Exchange limit: 1

 

Descent Medal Shop

When you exchange all 20 “Universal Weapon Fragment (Class)” another 10 will be exchangeable for 7.000 Descent Medals each.

※ The extra 10 fragments will only appear after you clear out all of the 4.000 Descent Medal ones.

 

IDOLA 2.5 Year Anniversary

Daily Free 10 Pull Dream Star Festival

To commemorate the 2.5 Year Anniversary the current “Daily Free 1 Pull Dream Star Festival” gacha will be upgrade to a 10 Pull! 

Gacha Period

  • May 25th, 2021 After Maintenance End ~ June 4th, 5:00 (JST)

※ During the daily 10 pull the old daily 1 pull will not be available.

 

2.5 Year Anniversary Step Up Star Festival: Matoi [Innocent Determination]

Matoi returns to the battlefield with the powers of the last 2 successor classes under her belt. She uses a powerful [Super Fastest] skill to both protect and strengthen her Allies making her deserving of being called an anniversary unit! Seeing her try so hard fills you with innocent determination.

Gacha Period

  • May 25th, 2021 After Maintenance End ~ June 8th, 12:00 (JST)

 

2.5 Year Anniversary Step Up Nomination

Following the 3 selection gacha’s in the Anniversary Eve, another selection gacha will be held featuring all 15 characters featured before!

Gacha Period

  • May 28th, 2021 @ 12:00 (JST) ~ June 11th, 12:00 (JST)

 

Improvements and Balances

Gacha Changes

Character and Symbol separation

Until now, both symbols and characters could be gotten from the same gacha. Following the update Symbols can only be gotten from the symbol gacha and characters only from the Character gacha. This will cause for a rebalance of the different rarity rates. The end result causes a higher odds to get ★5 characters!

※ All gachas such as the permanent one being held now and limited ones in the future are eligible to these changes

 

System Improvement

Reduce storage use

In order to help reduce the apps storage use, a new function Reduce App Storage Use (アプリデータ容量削減) can be chosen from the title screen under Transfer/Support (き継ぎ・サポート) and from Game Settings (ゲーム設定).

 

Fixed Brigade Battle Matching

There was a problem that brigades would fight each other multiple days in a row. This has now been changed so that you can only face a specific brigade once every 7 days.

 

Increased Party Formation Count

Increased the total of saved party formations from 10 to 12.

 

Balances

Collection Quest Changes

Increased the drop rate for the exchange currency. Also changed the lineup of the exchange shop.

Weekly Descent Quests

Starting with the patch, Descent Quest will go on a weekly rotation changing every Tuesday:

Schedule:

Starting Date DQ
25th of May

Theater Delusion (Fire)

1st of June

Theater Remnant (Wind)

8th of June 

Hydra Diablos (Water

15th of June

Cetus Eclipse (Fire)

22nd of June

Scorpio Abyss (Wind)

※ After Scorpio Abyss (Wind), Theater Delusion (Fire) will be held. The schedule will then just repeat.

 

Amane’s Special Training Dojo Change

“Amane’s Special Training Dojo” will be changed to: “Weekend Only: Amane’s Intensive Special Training Dojo”. This quest will be held every weekend.

Quest Period

  • Every Saturday @ 0:00 (JST) ~ next Monday 0:00 (JST)

※ Every week the Quest Clear Status will be reset so you can get the “First Clear Rewards” and “Mission Rewards” every week.

 

Character Upwards Revision

Various characters are getting a buff in version 2.9.0:

Stella
  • Adjusted the stats to match EP2 characters
  • Skill 2 (Shifta-Deband) now applies and

 

Rosalinde
  • Adjusted the stats to match EP2 characters
  • Skill 1 (Lion Knight’s Stance) now has a longer duration on and the power of is increased.

 

Jasper
  • Adjusted the stats to match EP2 characters
  • Additional effects will be activated on Skills and Elemental Blasts when in making you capable of having stronger attacks.