Evolution

The **Evolution** / 進化 state, sometimes called **Awakening**, is one of the earliest stages of evolution. It is the process of going through **Evolution Synthesis** / 進化合成 to power up your knight.

## Effects

Like with Blooming, evolution resets their current level to one, but increases their max level. Evolution doubles the stat boost from Affection. Depending on the rarity of the knight, they may learn new ability or improve their existing abilities.

Evolution Effects
Max Level
Max Level
 6 Star | 60 | 70 | Learns secondary ability

The exception to the above table is Lilac who is a 4\* that learns a secondary ability instead of getting her primary ability powered up.

## How to Evolve

Click the Character button to get to the Character Management screen. Then click on the fourth tab from the left labeled **Evolution/Blooming Synthesis** / 進化開花合成. to select a flower knight for evolution.

In the **Evolution/Blooming Synthesis** tab, the game will list all girls that can be evolved or bloomed regardless whether or not they have fulfilled the requirements. Be sure to take advantage of the Sort / Filter options.

Selecting the knight will open a page where the evolution requirements, as well as the pre and post-evolution stats are listed. If you click on the cyan **Particulars** / 詳細 button, you can also see what abilities change/are gained.

## Requirements

All flower knights can perform the Evolution when the following conditions are met:

* The knight must be at *max level*.
* The required amount of *gold* must be sufficient in order to pay for the process.
* The required Evolution Dragons/Blums must be available for consumption during the process. The Blums must be the of the *same type* as the flower knight to be evolved.

Note: There is *no requirement* for the character's affection to be at any level before evolution.

**Blums** / ブルム, also called **Evolution Dragons** / 進化竜, are earned from Events and some Daily Missions. Blums come in three rarities and four different attributes.

A flower knight's rarity will determine what consumables are required for her evolution.

The exception to the above table is Golden-rayed Lily who, despite being a 5 star flower knight, has the same evolution requirements as a 4 star flower knight.

## When to Evolve

A flower knight will usually experience a stat reduction upon evolution due to their level resetting to one. That said, simply leveling them up a couple times will offset this stat reduction very quickly. Upon evolution, performing strengthening synthesis with 10 Manyus of any age/rarity should be enough to make the flower knight stronger than when she was not evolved. Also note that at the moment of evolution, flower knights may experience some stat *increases* if the flower knight has a lot of affection because evolution will double the effectiveness of affection.

Hence, evolving is probably most effective if you can do at least one strengthening synthesis after the evolution. This will only cost 1,000 gold for synthesizing 10 Manyus at once.

Finally, be aware that the maximum level of the flower knights owned by any Comrade in Arms is limited by the highest leveled flower knight you own, so getting the most use out of your friends will require evolving and fully leveling up at least one 5 star or 6 star flower knight. New players should aim for this as one of their first major goals.