Blossoming

*For blossoming resources requirement list, see Blossoming/Requirements.*

## Introduction

**Blossoming** (開花, *kaika*) is a feature where the player may improve the statistics of their writers. As writers gain levels, it is important to blossom their **Writer's Path** (文豪ノ途, *bungou no michi*), or better known as **blossoming/kaika tree**, along the way to ensure their survival in higher difficulty tainted books. Each writer's Writer's Path also contains **one special voice clip**, and three nodes which unlock the writer's **blossoming alternate outfit** for that particular writer along its forks.

All writers have three main stats: **Attack** (攻撃), **Defense** (防御) and **Evasion** (回避). These stats get determined by sub-stats that the blossoming raises (introduced properly later on this page) + the weapon type of the writer + the rarity and level of their outfits.

As of July 28th, 2021, all writers have **42 blossoming nodes**. Four of these nodes do not raise the writer's stats; one unlocks a new voice clip for the writer, and three give one copy of their blossoming alternate outfit (in total the outfit itself and two duplicates to raise it to its maximum rarity). In other words, **only 38 nodes raise stats**.

## Blossoming Process

The player may enter the Blossoming panel by first accessing Equipment (either through the Main Library, or any menu where the side-panel is accessible). Choose the tab **Writers** (文豪, *bungou*) on the right side, and you will see a list of all writers you have summoned. Pick a writer of your choice and you will see his profile showing his name, writer level (or ring level if he has one equipped), weapon type, state of mind, stats, slot for Ring, and last but not least, the Writer's Path.

Press the yellow **Writer's Path** (文豪ノ途) button, and you will be taken to the following screen.

At this point, the Writer's Road should be displayed on the screen. Certain nodes are locked until the writer reaches the indicated level (lvl 8, 20 and 35). Please do note that **only the writer's level can unlock them**; ring levels do not count! The player may only blossom a writer's nodes in successive order, as in a node before next connected one need to be blossomed, or the node won't be blossomable. Click and/or hold the arrow keys at the bottom of the screen to view the full path.

Select a node you want to blossom, and you will see info what stat the node will raise or unlock (in case the node is outfit node or voice clip node), and what materials it will need.

If you have the needed materials, press the yellow button **Progress** (進行) on the left to blossom the selected node. This will consume certain amount of the blossoming materials stated before the action. If you want to go back without blossoming, click the silver button **Back** (戻る) on the right.

You can check your owned blossoming materials from the silver button **View Materials** (所持素材一覧) on the bottom right corner of the screen.

## Node information

The type of Writer's Path is determined based on the writer's class. For example, blade-class writers' Writer's Paths all fork at the same points, and their nodes all correspond to each other. However, each writer of a certain class does not necessarily gain the same amount of stats with each node. Please refer to their individual blossoming pages, which may be accessed from their profile pages on this wiki, to view their stats progression.

Takahama Kyoshi and Kawahigashi Hekigotou are exceptional writers, as they have Blade class paths rather than Gun class paths. This is originally an error that was noticed after their implementation to the game, but fixing the problem would have been too complicated and caused many other problems, so they were left with the wrong paths.

The nodes pictured below are the different statistics the player may upgrade on the path. From left to right, they are **Technique** (技術), **Talent** (天才), **Aesthetics** (美), **Theme** (主題), and **Realism** (真実).

* **Technique (TECH)** - Increases ATK/DEF/EVA (All Classes)
* **Talent (TAL)** - Increases ATK/DEF (All Classes)
* **Aesthetics (AES)** - Increases ATK (Bows), or ATK/DEF/EVA (Blade/Gun/Whip)
* **Theme (THM)** - Increases ATK (All Classes)
* **Realism (RL)** - Increases DEF (Blade/Gun/Whip), or ATK/DEF/EVA (Bow)

*※ Note that Nagai Kafuu is the only known exception to the above, as his stat gains reflect that of the Blade/Gun/Whip classes rather than the Bow class.*

The nodes pictured below are, from left to right, **Voice** (声) and **Outfit** (衣装). If the player unlocks a writer's voice node and sets that writer as their assistant, they may thereafter hear the extra voice clip at random when tapping them on the Main Library screen. If the player unlocks their outfit node, they will receive a new outfit for that writer, which the player may change their assistant into in the Office or use it in their team for delving.

## Blossoming Materials

Blossoming will require various materials that can be acquired in multiple ways.

Small Soul
 Memory Gear

*(※) = Available from Auto-Delve only after beating book RU-1 "Madam Pearl" (真珠夫人) in Tainted Books.*

Souls are the most common materials, that will accumulate fast by daily delving. Gears on the other hand are something players must spend wisely, as they are rather rare and given only in very small amounts.

Players can purchase with real money the monthly pass feature Special Duty Aid Pass, that will give double amount of resources from Auto-Delve for a duration of 30 days to speed up the process of gathering blossoming materials, as well as other materials available through the Auto-Delve feature.