Straw Dummy Cultivation

Straw Dummy Cultivation is the system introduced in 2.2.1 with the release of 2.0 Goddess of Time - Volume 2 and is solely related to the Strawboy character obtained in Chapter 58.

What Does Cultivation Do?

Strawboy uses the "rebirth" mechanic, where the player can reset his stats and adjust his specializations for their team. To reincarnate Strawboy, he must be at least level 60. Reincarnating not only allows the player to change his specializations, but also increases his starting level (to a max of 60) to reduce the amount of grinding for subsequent reincarnations. Reincarnating Strawboy after he's reached level 80 increases his Guiding Light by 1, making him a Light battery for Another Dungeons that doesn't require a lot of Keys to max out.

How to start?

Through the events of Chapter 58 you will be tasked with collecting several items in order to grow your first Strawboy. This usually results in the Null-type Blunt Strawboy from using both Zami Water and Zami Soil, although this combination isn't specifically required to proceed. From then on you can level up your Strawboy and reset it at level 60-80 as you see fit (keeping in mind that level 80 gives +1 light), ideally reincarnating him at every element and role combination to fully unlock his Ability Board.

You perform reincarnation in the Straw Dummy Shell Palace by tapping on the flowerpot at the center of the place. You must have Strawboy at level 60 or higher, on top of a Vortex Turtle's Egg. The Egg can be obtained from fighting Vortex Turtles in the Sea Grotto.

Where's the Sea Grotto?

There is a door to the right of the counter of the Shell Palace. Enter it and you will also obtain the ability to quick-travel to the Sea Grotto. Travel further in and you'll reach the area where you can fight the two Vortex Turtles.

You'll also notice a number of frozen chests. These unlock as you reincarnate Strawboy in different class and element combinations. See the Additional Rewards section below for more details.

How Can This Affect Your Straw Child?

Strawboy has several different Classes, Skills, Elements, and Resistances that each of those classes could have. These are determined by the Soil, Seed, Water, and Fertilizer respectively that is used when it reincarnates. Only the Soil and Water items are required to reincarnate. Strawboy actually has 25 different forms to unlock in order to fully unlock its ability board as well as some rewards so it should be the primary objective to unlock each of these first.

Ingredient	Zami	Gadaro	Kuruchi Cove	Dragon God's Swamp	Ship Graveyard
Gadaro	Null - Slash	Fire - Slash	Earth - Slash	Wind - Slash	Water - Slash
Talgana Mountain Trail	Null - Piercing	Fire - Piercing	Earth - Piercing	Wind - Piercing	Water - Piercing
Zami	Null - Blunt	Fire - Blunt	Earth - Blunt	Wind - Blunt	Water - Blunt
Funeral Cavern	Null - Magic	Fire - Magic	Earth - Magic	Wind - Magic	Water - Magic
Hokishi Forest	Null - Healer	Fire - Healer	Earth - Healer	Wind - Healer	Water - Healer

The fertilizer will alter the type of resistance obtained from Strawboy's Ability Board, while the seed can either give a stat bonus or an ailment/element resistance. The bonuses given by fertilizer and seed are removed on reincarnation, so it's best to not use them until you intend to field Strawboy in combat.

When you reincarnate, any equipment and Grastas equipped to Strawboy are removed.

Where Do You Find These Items?

Soil and water are found in blue sparkles in the world and have an extremely quick respawn time (~5 seconds). They are in specific locations and are marked with a hand icon on the minimap. If the hand icons do not appear, progress further in the story.

Soil locations:

• Gadaro (east side, below the tavern)
• Talgana Mountain Trail (next to the northernmost cat)
• Zami (southeast corner)
• Funeral Cavern (first dungeon map "Upper Level Entrance" - directly left of the entrance)
• Hokishi Forest (west side)

Water locations:

• Zami (beach in the northwest)
• Gadaro (the well on the west side, directly west of the inn)
• Kuruchi Cove (middle of the map)
• Dragon God's Swamp (immediately left of the entrance)
• Ship Graveyard (First map - from the entrance, go left then up)

Seeds and fertilizer can be purchased and obtained at the shop. With each reincarnation of Strawboy, you receive a Reincarnation Stamp, and the Straw Dummy manning the shop will award you with a free seed. As you reach more reincarnation milestones, the quality of your free seeds will improve, and the shop's stock can also expand to provide greater varieties of seeds and fertilizer. Some sidequests may also reward you with seeds that can't be found in the shop.

Acquirable Fertilizer and Seeds

Purchaseable				Cultivation Only
Fertilizer		Seeds		Seeds
Name	Price	Name	Price
Poison Res.	50,000	Mystery Seed	25,000	Bind Res.+40 Seed	Earth Res.+20 Seed	PWR+20 Seed
Stun Res.	50,000	Poison Res. +20	25,000	Bind Res.+50 Seed	Fire Res.+20 Seed	PWR+25 Seed
Bind Res.	50,000	Stun Res. +20	25,000	Confusion Res.+40 Seed	Water Res.+20 Seed	PWR+30 Seed
Rage Res.	50,000	Bind Res. +20	25,000	Confusion Res.+50 Seed	Wind Res.+20 Seed	PWR+40 Seed
Slash Res.	50,000	Rage Res. +20	25,000	Darkness Res.+40 Seed	Physical Res.+20 Seed	SPD+20 Seed
Piercing Res.	50,000	Slash Res. +15	25,000	Darkness Res.+50 Seed	Type Res.+20 Seed	SPD+25 Seed
Blunt Res.	50,000	Piercing Res. +15	25,000	Pain Res.+40 Seed	END+20 Seed	SPD+30 Seed
Sleep Res.	50,000	Blunt Res. +15	25,000	Pain Res.+50 Seed	END+25 Seed	SPD+40 Seed
Pain Res.	50,000	Sleep Res. +20	25,000	Poison Res.+40 Seed	END+30 Seed	SPR+20 Seed
Confusion Res.	50,000	Pain Res. +20	25,000	Poison Res.+50 Seed	END+40 Seed	SPR+25 Seed
Stone Res.	50,000	Confusion Res. +20	25,000	Rage Res.+40 Seed	INT+20 Seed	SPR+30 Seed
Darkness Res.	50,000	Stone Res. +20	25,000	Rage Res.+50 Seed	INT+25 Seed	SPR+40 Seed
Fire Res.	100,000	Darkness Res. +20	25,000	Sleep Res.+40 Seed	INT+30 Seed
Earth Res.	100,000	Fire Res. +10	50,000	Sleep Res.+50 Seed	INT+40 Seed
Wind Res.	100,000	Earth Res. +10	50,000	Status Res.+20 Seed	LCK+20 Seed
Water Res.	100,000	Wind Res. +10	50,000	Stone Res.+40 Seed	LCK+25 Seed
		Water Res. +10	50,000	Stone Res.+50 Seed	LCK+30 Seed
		Slash Res. +30	50,000	Stun Res.+40 Seed	LCK+40 Seed
		Piercing Res. +30	50,000	Stun Res.+50 Seed
		Blunt Res. +30	50,000

Adjusted EXP Table

Strawboy requires half the EXP normal characters need. The table below is provided so that you can visually keep track of it since he increases his base level each reset. Once you reach level 60 on every reset you only need 37 High Class Scrolls, 6 Medium Class Scrolls, and 7 Low Class Scrolls to fully level Strawboy to Max level.

Level	EXP needed to Level	EXP needed to Max	Level	EXP needed to Level	EXP needed to Max	Level	EXP needed to Level	EXP needed to Max	Level	EXP needed to Level	EXP needed to Max
1	105	28245045	21	39798	28005799	41	210520	25887499	61	628888	18231930
2	355	28244940	22	44436	27966001	42	224426	25676979	62	659085	17603042
3	750	28244585	23	49430	27921565	43	238990	25452553	63	690380	16943957
4	1290	28243835	24	54780	27872135	44	254216	25213563	64	722773	16253577
5	1975	28242545	25	60487	27817355	45	270102	24959347	65	756265	15530804
6	2805	28240570	26	66550	27756868	46	286648	24689245	66	790855	14774539
7	3780	28237765	27	72969	27690318	47	303854	24402597	67	826543	13983684
8	4900	28233985	28	79744	27617349	48	321721	24098743	68	863329	13157141
9	6165	28229085	29	86875	27537605	49	340248	23777022	69	901214	12293812
10	7623	28222920	30	94432	27450730	50	359534	23436774	70	940340	11392598
11	9322	28215297	31	102483	27356298	51	379681	23077240	71	980852	10452258
12	11262	28205975	32	111029	27253815	52	400687	22697559	72	1022747	9471406
13	13443	28194713	33	120069	27142786	53	422551	22296872	73	1066029	8448659
14	15865	28181270	34	129603	27022717	54	445276	21874321	74	1110695	7382630
15	18528	28165405	35	139632	26893114	55	468860	21429045	75	1156746	6271935
16	21432	28146877	36	150156	26753482	56	493303	20960185	76	1204181	5115189
17	24577	28125445	37	161173	26603326	57	518606	20466882	77	1253002	3911008
18	27963	28100868	38	172685	26442153	58	544768	19948276	78	1303208	2658006
19	31590	28072905	39	184692	26269468	59	571789	19403508	79	1354798	1354798
20	35516	28041315	40	197277	26084776	60	599789	18831719	80	-	-

Additional Rewards

Each Class of Strawboy will also be able to unlock 5 chests for each combination of element(and null)+class (thus requiring all 25 to obtain all possible rewards). Your final reward for reincarnating in all elements in a single class is a Tier 3 Strawboy-exclusive Grasta.

The Straw Gloves can also be obtained by your first Healer class if you make a Healer before any Magic class. In this case the first Magic class you make will reward the Vortex Turtle Egg instead.

	Slash	Piercing	Blunt	Magic	Healer
1 Element	Vortex Turtle Egg	Vortex Turtle Egg	Vortex Turtle Egg	1. Straw Gloves >>> 2. Vortex Turtle Egg
2 Elements	High Class Scroll x3	High Class Scroll x5	High Class Scroll x5	High Class Scroll x5	High Class Scroll x5
3 Elements	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000
4 Elements	High Class Scroll x5	High Class Scroll x10	High Class Scroll x10	High Class Scroll x10	High Class Scroll x10
5 Elements	MP Consumption-	Power of Mind	Normal Attack Up	Power of Sorcery Mind	Healing Power

Once you have reincarnated Strawboy in each of the 25 attack type and element combinations, the back room of the Sea Grotto unlocks, allowing you to access Seed Cultivation. There, Mystery Seeds can be planted and to grow into seeds that you cannot obtain from the shop - usually high-stat ability seeds or high resistance seeds. It takes 30 minutes for a mystery seed to fully grow.

Awards

Rank	Name	Requirement	Reward
	Straw Dummy Witness	Reincarnate the Strawboy 5 times.	x10
	Straw Dummy Observer	Reincarnate the Strawboy 10 times.	x10
	Straw Dummy Informant	Reincarnate the Strawboy 15 times.	x10
	Straw Dummy Student	Reincarnate the Strawboy 20 times.	x10
	Straw Dummy Specialist	Reincarnate the Strawboy 25 times.	x10
	Straw Dummy Walking Encyclopedia	Reincarnate the Strawboy 30 times.	x10
	The Snow Country Straw Dolly	Become allies for the first time with the restore type straw dolly.	x10
	The Low-Class Ninja Straw Dolly	Become allies for the first time with the magic attack type straw dolly.	x10
	The Brawny Straw Dolly	Become allies for the first time with the blunt attack type straw dolly.	x10
	The Piercing Attack Straw Dolly	Become allies for the first time with the piercing attack type straw dolly.	x10
	The Self-indulgent Straw Dolly	Become allies for the first time with the slash attack type straw dolly.	x10
	The Extreme North Straw Dolly	Become allies with the straw dolly that has restore and all types.	x20
	The High-Class Ninja Straw Dolly	Become allies with the straw dolly that has magic attack and all types.	x20
	The Hero Straw Dolly	Become allies with the straw dolly that has blunt attack and all types.	x20
	The Raging Straw Dolly	Become allies with the straw dolly that has piercing attack and all types.	x20
	The Liberated Straw Dolly	Become allies with the straw dolly that has slash attack and all types.	x20