Spending Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
This guide is for light spenders, helping you get the highest game benefits within a limited budget. The game is free-to-play, and no shop items instantly inflate combat power. Purchases mainly offer skins and items to speed up resource accumulation, giving a long-term growth advantage.
Top-Up & Currency (Changming Pearls)
- First Top-Up: Grants additional Changming Jade.
- Usage: Can buy fashion items directly or be used for the "Heming" appearance gacha.
- Recommendation: If buying fashion, check if you can use Zheyin Coupons first for a 10% discount.
Recommended Functional Mounts
These are widely considered worthwhile purchases for efficiency.
- Saluzi: Performs area gathering in a 30-40 meter radius. Cooldown is 9 seconds. Greatly improves gathering efficiency.
- Baiyi: Automatically picks up dropped items when set to auto-follow. Improves efficiency when farming monsters and materials.
- Qinma: Automatically takes you to the nearest treasure chest. Helps find resources and talent points faster.
Heming Gacha (Appearance Draw)
- General Advice: Not recommended unless you are a big spender. The perceived probability is low and the pity threshold is high.
- Better Approach: Use free Niaoniao Zhiyin obtained in-game for draws.
Monthly Card
- Cost: A small amount.
- Daily Rewards: 100 Changming Jade, 50 Battle Pass EXP, and 1 Niaoniao Zhiyin.
- Immediate Rewards: 300 Changming Pearls and 90,000 Tongbao.
- Value: More cost-effective than direct top-up. The accumulated 3000 Changming Jade can be used to buy important Heart Method books.
- Priority Purchase: Buy the Yishui Ge Heart Method from the Weiyang City merchants in Qinghe and Kaifeng.
Battle Pass (Season Pass)
- Two Versions: Elite Edition (Small Pass) and Collector's Edition (Large Pass).
- Recommendation: The Small Battle Pass is sufficient. The Large Pass costs double but only offers 2 extra Niaoniao Zhiyin and slightly increased storage, which is not a big difference.
- Is it Worth It? Yes, its cost-effectiveness is slightly lower than the Monthly Card. It provides fashion, a chance for Bayin Qiao, currency for martial arts materials, and extra late-game equipment farming items (Zhengzong Umbrellas).
Daily Must-Do Tasks
Follow this priority list to properly utilize resources.
- Daily Login & Rewards:
- Clear all red notification dots in the system.
- Claim daily login rewards in the 'Twilight Appreciation' event.
- Claim rewards from limited-time events.
- Pro Tip: If you are at the level cap, consider saving EXP reward claims from mail/events until the cap increases to level faster.
- Clear all red notification dots in the system.
2. Consume Mental Energy:
* Recovers 1 point every 9 minutes. A full 160 points takes 24 hours to recover.
* Do not let it overflow for long. It's crucial for obtaining martial arts, mental techniques, and combat power.
* Efficient Use: Spend large amounts (e.g., 180 points) on days when the level cap increases to rapidly gain levels, materials, and equipment.
3. Consume Stamina:
* Cap is 2500, with 450 replenished daily.
* Used for crafting consumables and ingredients (e.g., Frost Silk for attack, Liangyi Ointment medicine).
* Craft as much as possible to avoid long-term overflow.
Weekly Must-Do Tasks
- Multiplayer Heroic Realm:
- Claim the first-clear reward once per week. It does not consume Mental Energy.
- If in a Hundred Pages Guild, participate in the guild-exclusive Heroic Realm for extra free rewards.
- Claim the first-clear reward once per week. It does not consume Mental Energy.
2. Duty-Free Shop:
* Buy all needed items weekly. Prioritize Mental Technique books, Martial Arts Insights, and Zhengyu.
3. AFK Rewards (For limited playtime):
* If you can't max weekly Honor Points, AFK in Heavenly Fist Training, Prostrate Cultivation, and Martial Affinity System to claim daily rewards from these spots.
4. Fashion Collection (Cost-Effective Method):
* Weekly Purchase: Buy two 'Birdsong' from the Mall's Items section (Jianghu White Needle).
* Additional Purchase: Buy one more 'Birdsong' from the Duty-Free Shop.
* This method allows free-to-play players a chance to obtain outfits.
5. Obtaining Discount Vouchers (For direct outfit buyers):
* Go to the Harmony Name page and switch to Golden Growth Name.
* Use 'Lingering Melody' to draw 15 times to get 15 subsidiary 'Earth Brilliance' items.
* Purchase Discount Vouchers in the Earth Brilliance Shop.
* If you lack 'Lingering Melody': Buy it from the Mall > Items > Jianghu White Needle using 160 Hidden Fame Points (no quantity limit).
Additional Recommendations
If you have completed all the above and have extra time:
- Do 'Peaceful No-Eyes' and Trials for over 3000 Common Fame Points.
- Collect 'Clues' on the world map to significantly increase your character's abilities and get chances for extra equipment.