Resource Guide

Knowing where you can find the more hard sought-after resources in the game can make a difference in building your squad! There are a lot of different kind of resources and it can be hard to figure out what they're for and where to find them, as the in-game descriptions aren't always clear and/or complete. Here's a list of some of the more harder to find/rarer resources in the game.

### Intels / Biographies

Character intels and biographies are used to promote (limit break) your Sensates. Intels are character specific, whereas biographies can be used for any character of the corresponding rarity. When you don't have a given Sensate, you can also collect 20 intels of that Sensate to recruit them in the inventory menu.

Intels can be found in the following places:

* hacking (duplicate character pulls will turn into intels)
* shops
	+ Black Market (offers random intels)
	+ Arena Shop (only for Naren and Toya intels)
	+ Hack Shop (offers intels for banner focus Sensates)
* intimacy stages
	+ individual intimacy stages offer a chance for an intel
	+ clearing all four intimacy stages for a Sensate (requires intimacy level 26) guarantees an intel for that character

Biographies can be found in the following places:

* shops
	+ Hack Shop (offers 10 MR biographies monthly)
	+ Paid packs often include biographies
* Commission Center
* Special Command (battle pass system)
* League Trade Post
	+ 5 UR biographies weekly in a level 4 (?) league
	+ 2 MR biographies weekly in a level 6 league

### BCI ports

BCI ports are used in upgrading a Sensate's royal talent in the Royal MOD menu.

BCI ports can be found randomly in the Corner Store and as guaranteed drops in main story hard stages:

### Link Crystals

Link crystals are used to upgrade a Sensate's abilities in the Gene MOD menu, ascend (limit break) gear and to upgrade a Sensate's stats in the intimacy menu (also required to obtain/ascend personal gear).

Link crystals 1-4 can be found randomly in the Corner Store, as well as drops on the following stages:

### Memory Shard

All gear has additional stats added to them at random. When a gear piece is ascended (limit broken) twice, the player unlocks the ability to re-roll those additional stats by paying with memory shards.

Memory shards are most commonly obtained by dismantling any gear. Dismantling the SR gear "Shard Core" will reward the player with 320 memory shards. As a comparison, dismantling MR gear results in 240 memory shards.

Other ways to obtain memory shards are from:

* shops
	+ Arena Shop (6400 memory shards weekly)
	+ Black Market (randomly available)
* quest rewards
* Element Ration stages
* League trade post (500 memory shards weekly)

### Faction Symbol

Faction symbols can be used to level up a Faction Bond once it reached its max value for that level. The only known place to obtain them is from Quest rewards, where two Faction Symbols are given every time a player completes all hard stages in a chapter on the main story campaign.

### Intimacy gifts

Sensates can be given gifts to increase the intimacy level with that Sensate. Increased intimacy levels unlock permanent stat upgrades, the Sensate's personal gear and four stages with a background story for that Sensate which comes with the ability to farm that Sensate's intels daily.

Intimacy gifts are also commonly used as items that need to be obtained for League bounties.

Please check out the Gift page to check where to find a specific gift and who favors which specific gift.