Grasta/Basic Mechanics

At first, a Grasta has no ability, and cannot be equipped. To enable the effects of a Grasta, the player must visit a Cat Hokora, which can be found all across the present-era Garulea Continent.

There are three functions at a Cat Hokora: Bind, Separate, and Rescind.

Bind

The main means of unlocking Grastas' abilities. You must invest Grasta pieces and Git to upgrade the Grasta. There are two levels of a Grasta upgrade -- Activation and Awakening. Activation enables the Grasta's stat bonuses and lets you equip it to a character; Awakening enables an additional passive ability. You can Awaken an equipped Grasta without needing to take it off.

There are three types of Grasta pieces for an upgrade -- Fragments, Crystals, and Jadeites. Fragments are commonly found from monsters defeated all across Garulea, including its Another Dungeons. Crystals are commonly obtained from Horrors in the Another Dungeon, or from Separating Awakened mid-tier Grastas. Jadeites are incredibly rare and only obtained as rewards or from trading within the Another Dungeon.

Grastas come in four varieties -- offense, recovery, support, and special. Offense Grastas consume Attack pieces, Recovery Grastas require Life pieces, and Support Grastas use Support pieces. All types can be found from monster drops or in chests scattered around the continent (except Support, which can be obtained only in Past and Future, not Present). Not all Grastas are made equal; some bestow stronger abilities and/or better stats at the cost of requiring more components and Git to upgrade.

Some unique Grastas are obtained in their already-awakened state, so they can be equipped right away for full benefit without needing to expend any resources.

Tier	Activation	Awakening
Low	Fragment x20 50,000 Git	Fragment x40 100,000 Git
Medium	Fragment x40 100,000 Git	Fragment x100 200,000 Git
High	Fragment x100 150,000 Git	Fragment x300 Crystal x30 Jadeite x1 300,000 Git
Special	Special Fragment x20 50,000 Git	Special Fragment x40 Special Crystal x10 100,000 Git

Separate

You can destroy your unequipped Grasta to recycle them into components. Activated and Awakened Grastas can be destroyed for more components. Unique Grastas, which possess a golden rim, can never be destroyed this way.

Tier	Base	Activated	Awakened
Low	Fragment x4	Fragment x26 (Net gain 6)	Fragment x70 (Net gain 10)
Medium	Fragment x10	Fragment x55 (Net gain 15)	Fragment x165 (Net gain 25) Crystal x10 (Net gain 10)
Special	Special Fragment x20	Special Fragment x60 (Net gain 40) Special Crystal x10 (Net gain 10)	Special Fragment x80 (Net gain 20) Special Crystal x10

Note that the net gain for separating Medium tier grasta is max when you separate Awakened grasta. For Special grasta, instead, is far more efficient to separate their Activated version

Rescind

Unequip Grastas from a character. Before v2.3.200, you could only rescind all Grastas at once, and this came at a cost of 100,000 Git per Grasta removed. This function is now free, and you can rescind individual Grastas.

Hokora Pilgrimage

After completion of Chapter 53 and in v2.13.500 onward, an event with Nyanjiro at the Cat Shrine Hokora lets you unlock the ability to Bind/Separate/Rescind Grasta from your Grasta menu without needing to be at any Cat Hokora. You'll also be told to speak to the shrine maiden who tells you of the hokora pilgrimage.

See Bellwarden's Grace for hokora pilgrimage.