Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds || Familiar Summon from 10 Tickets & Bulk Hatching Results

The familiar system is undoubtedly an essential part of the Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds gameplay. For those who have no idea what a familiar is, its basically the Pokémon/ pet system of the game. While farming in the field or even battling in the duel arena (or lava valley) a character can be accompanied by at most three familiars. It directly affects the character power, so the stronger and rarer the familiar a player has the easier for them to finish their quests successfully.

Well, some might say that it's better to focus more on upgrading equipment and that's quite understandable because in the higher levels one really needs to set their priorities due to the huge volume of resources needed for upgrades, especially in terms of gold and territe. But with the update which involves the familiar arena and familiar adventure, upgrading them just became even more vital. I wouldn't dwell more on this two as I think they need a separate discussion due to the sheer volume of information we can talk about these topics.

The most interesting part for newbies is how and where to get the strongest familiar in the game. There are three popular choices to get familiars and number one is from the Gatcha summon. But be reminded that this method can be quite costly if you're targeting 4-star familiars. Summon tickets can be slowly accumulated by completing tasks mostly related to familiars. A player can also get some as achievement rewards say for upgrading a 4-star familiar to a 5-star one. Another option would be to burn cash as each summon can also be achieved with 100 diamonds each. Yes, this is one of the more popular bread and butter P2W options. With drop rates as low 0.05% for a special rare light/dark familiar just imagine how much money was burned by those guys who have special rare in 3rd awakening and above.

Luckily, because I finished the weekly missions I was rewarded by 2 familiar and 2 equipment summon tickets. I already have 8 so that additional two tickets filled in my 10-summon quota. Unlike Mir 4 which a player can get 1 extra summon for every 10 summons Ni no Kuni is quite the cheapskate as there's no free summon. I just saved my tickets because it's a hassle to make a summon individually. Also, the disappointment seemed to be more impactful in these individual summons. Trust me, I 've been there.

The result of my summon today was satisfactory as I obtained a 4-star Oroboros out of ten summon tickets. It's one of the most common 4-star earth familiars together with Disbeleaf, both have a drop rate of 0.35%. Because this is already my third time summoning this green snakey I managed to awakened it to tier 2. What I like about awakening 4-star familiars is that they have higher awakening success rate compared to their 1, 2 and 3- star counterparts. If I'm not mistaken awakening more common familiars at tier 2 has 50% success rate compared to 4-star ones that have 100% success rate in the same tier.

Of course, there are pros and cons of choosing what familiars to put into your decks. Although acquiring 4-star summons in the early game seems to be an achievement or maybe a status symbol one can brag to their friends I've seen super strong teams consisted of 3-star familiars albeit at maxed tiers and awakenings. As they say master the basics. Players can also upgrade each familiar to the next tier after maximizing their levels. Example, a level 30 3-star can be evolved into a level 1 4-star. There are many ways to strengthen a familiar but the biggest boost in CP comes from awakening. 1 and 2 stars are easiest to max out be it awakening or enhancing but aside for filling up your codex their practically useless in combat. 3-stars on the other hand poses a challenge to max out but it's doable even for F2P in their first 3 months of the game. If you're free to play and having a hard time getting lucky with your free draws why not try building your decks with upgraded three stars instead of waiting for those elusive 4-star rares.

The second popular option of getting familiars is by hatching them. Familiar eggs ae rewarded daily through different activities like completing the daily task in the missions, defending the familiar's cradle from the boars and also by receiving daily gifts from familiars residing in the farm. There are three egg slots available and they hatch in 2 hours. A player can shorten the hatching time by using the item 'sands of time'. On the other hand the item 'dream shard' increases the chances of the attribute chosen or wished by the player. I got 30 familiar eggs but only manage to bulk hatch 16 because I'm out of time shards. I think I used it to brew the Alchemy pot in Evermore. Anyways, below are the result of todays bulk hatching. I only got 2 3-star familiars but that's understand as the success rate in hatching is far lower than that in summoning. It's a free to play element so there's an obvious increase in difficulty to get the rare familiars. Take Oroboros for example, in summoning it has a drop rate of 0.35% but in hatching it only has a measly 0.053%. That is seven times harder to get.

The last and I think the least popular of the three would be familiar taming. This might be the cheapest way to get a familiar but it's also very tedious. Although taming items are not that rare you need to find this little blue butterflies called 'brighterfly'. What's with the naming sense? They are fairly common in any map but there's some sort of respawn time so you need to be patient or just use some gold to teleport to other maps to find others. Based on my experience most familiars you'll encounter would either be 1 or 2 stars. It's the cheapest way but I'd not recommend this one if you're eager to get say a 4-star familiar.

And that's all for today. Thank you very much for reading. hope to see you again soon!