If you’re anything like me, watching Sunna strut onto the battlefield with the Angels of Delusion has already got your roster-planning gears turning. Now the second member of this hushed, dangerous faction — Aria — is on the horizon, and the question isn’t if you’ll pull for her, but when you’ll have her fully kitted out. I’ve been burned before by the dreaded “two-week grind after pulling” debacle, and that’s exactly why I’m breaking down the complete material checklist right now. Think of pre-farming like curing your own provisions before a long voyage at sea: do it early, and the journey is smooth; skip it, and you’ll be gnawing on hardtack while everyone else feasts.
Let’s paint the big picture first. Taking Aria all the way to level 60, capping every skill, and maxing her signature W-Engine is a marathon, not a sprint — but if you treat your stamina like a slow-drip coffee maker, you’ll be sipping victory before most players have even ground their first beans. The total resource mountain looks something like this: millions of Denny (it stings every time I look at the number), stacks of anomaly certification seals, and a heavy pile of specialized materials that only drop on certain days. And yes, that Denny cost alone could fund a small metropolitan bank. But you’re not here for the tragedy; you’re here for the tactical stockpile.
Before I dive into the numbers, here’s my golden rule: prioritize like a squirrel hoarding acorns for a nuclear winter. Time-gated weekly boss drops and rotating certification seal stages are the acorns. Denny and investigator logs — those are the leaves and twigs you can gather any day. If you only have scattered play sessions before Aria drops, hammer the limited stuff first.
Ascension Only — Level 60 Promotion
If you’re on a tight schedule and just want Aria to hit the field at her max agent level, focus down the ascension materials. I like to think of this as building the engine block before worrying about the paint job. To break through all of her ascension gates you’ll need:
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🔹 Basic Anomaly Certification Seal ×4
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🔹 Advanced Anomaly Certification Seal ×32
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🔹 Controller Certification Seal ×30
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💰 Denny ×800,000
That’s the skeleton key for unlocking her full stat potential. No skill tomes, no boss rarities — just the clean path to 60. Honestly, compared to the skill sink waiting below, this part feels almost charitable.
The Real Deep End — Maxing All Skills
Here’s where the Denny drain starts to feel less like a leak and more like someone blew a hole in the hull. Skill upgrades will vacuum up nearly 3 million Denny on their own, plus a healthy demand for those gated boss-specific drops. It’s the equivalent of building an elaborate clock tower: every tiny cog (skill level) requires precision parts, and you can’t rush the foundry schedule.
What you’ll be burning:
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A mountain of Ether Chips (Basic, Advanced, Specialized) — treat them like golden ration packs.
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Weekly boss materials unique to Aria’s faction progression.
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And that 3 million Denny… I’d say start saying goodbye to it now, but really, you’ll be seeing it vanish like morning fog.
Only commit here if you’re going all-in on the Angels of Delusion synergy long term, because the opportunity cost is massive. If you’re still on the fence, consider this the “engagement ring” portion of the build — don’t do it unless you’re ready for a commitment.
Signature W-Engine — the Cherry Price Tag
If Aria’s banner isn’t enough, and you’ve decided to pair her with her signature W-Engine, the shopping list lengthens. I like to see the engine farm as forging the key that turns a very loud lock — without it, she’s still functional, but with it, the whole build sings. To max the W-Engine, you’ll need:
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🔸 Anomaly Component ×4
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🔸 Reinforced Anomaly Component ×32
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🔸 Specialized Anomaly Component ×30
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🔸 W-Engine Energy Module ×200
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💸 Denny ×400,000
The energy module count alone could make a casual player weep, but spreadsheet warriors will delight in the symmetry — 200 modules is a steady drip you can plan around. If you’re pre-farming both the character and weapon together, you’re essentially packing the parachute and the backup canopy at the same time. Day-one max? Absolutely doable.
What If You’re Still On the Fence?
Not everyone buys a ticket for a ship that hasn’t docked yet. If you’re uncertain about pulling Aria, you can still turn your stamina into a flexible fortune. My fallback strategy is the “universal pantry” approach, which works for any future agent:
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🪙 Stockpile Denny — you will always, always, need more.
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📘 Farm Senior Investigator Logs — XP never goes out of style.
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⏳ Secure time-gated materials whenever they appear; even if you skip Aria, someone else will crave them.
These are the flour, sugar, and eggs of any character build. You’ll use them eventually, and you won’t have the creeping dread of “I just spent 40 stamina on nothing.”
My Step-by-Step Route if You’re Certain
If you know Aria is your next main — and I get it, that Angels of Delusion aesthetic is doing things — here’s the path I’m walking:
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Start with Ether Chips and Certification Seals. These often share limited-time domains, so check your daily rotations.
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Tag-team weekly boss hunts early, even if you’re doing it on autopilot with a coffee in hand.
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Lay in those W-Engine anomaly components in parallel, especially the reinforced and specialized tiers — they sneak up on you.
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Keep a spreadsheet (or a napkin) tracking your Denny outflows. It helps avoid the classic “why am I zeroed out with six skills at level 9” meltdown.
Imagine you’re constructing a suspension bridge: you wouldn’t wait until the towers were up to weave the cables, you’d braid them alongside. Pre-farming for Aria is weaving all those cables now, so when her banner drops, you snap everything into place and walk across with zero wobble.
Planning ahead is the difference between a day-one apex predator who’s already tearing through Shiyu Defense and a poor soul still scraping for certification seals three weeks later. With Sunna already teasing the faction’s potential, Aria might just be the missing note that turns the chord from good to spine-tingling. Stockpiling now turns hope into a certainty. I’ll see you out in the Hollow — fully built, day one.