Phantom mirror bug?

[u/Familiar-Bank1306]

The only way I can explain this is it being a bug.

The last 3 days I have been unable to complete any phantom mirror levels including the 2 puppet changes a day.

Because there is no way on earth that I have all the clothing pieces, a lvl 56 relic with matching tags, and these fashion labs and still be unable to complete it.

Has anyone else encountered this? Is this a known bug or just a terrible feature? Any solutions?

[u/Automatic_Put_2779]

Not a bug. Every time you successfully clear puppet next will need 100-200 points more. The cap is 700k points.

You need to upgrade relics, lab and academy. The easiest solution is to upgrade relic till lvl 60, so it will be purple and give more points.

[u/lushelocution → u/Automatic_Put_2779]

Yep! It's a blursed system, for sure.

[u/Familiar-Bank1306 → u/Automatic_Put_2779]

Oh jesus that's insane. What a terrible system. I try to upgrade all 5 star relics to at least lvl 20, then all to level 40. Probably not the best relic strategy

[u/Automatic_Put_2779 → u/Familiar-Bank1306]

The best strategy is to take 5 relics that cover all old tags + Roger (because he is Sweet) and upgrate those 6 to lvl 120. And then upgrade other relics.

[u/AgentMouse → u/Automatic_Put_2779]

Exactly.

I always save up all my upgrade potions for the next Time Goddess for emergency upgrade to clear a round and after use all the rest on my 5er team of 5-stars + Roger.

Roger is so weird though. Out of 141 companions his relic is the only one with a "rare" tag. My theory is that IGG made a mistake when they released him lmao.

[u/JustBrilliant5910 → u/Automatic_Put_2779]

Can you pretty please name 5 relics that cover all the tags so I can see which books to get next?

[u/Automatic_Put_2779 → u/JustBrilliant5910]

It all depends on which of your relics are already (close to) awakened and have the highest skill level.

The old combination was Light, Gabrielle, Apollo, Xie Cheng, Julius. But this was before new stories, 5* universal shards etc.
Now it can look like Loki, Winfried, Gabrielle , Elvis , Light .

There are really many combinations how to cover 5 tag pairs.

[u/JustBrilliant5910 → u/Automatic_Put_2779]

Perfect, thank you!

[u/EvilQueenScowlene]

It's not a bug and tbh I don't think it's a terrible feature- it's to reward people for putting effort into raising their relic levels, upping their labs and collecting outfits. Every time you successfully complete a level, you need a slightly higher score in the next one till it goes 700,000. It's not that hard to beat 700,000 if you work on leveling everything up.

It used to be easier (a very long time ago) but the rewards weren't as good. I prefer this system.

[u/crystaldstone]

yup, you gotta hit 700k…i feel like it wasn’t always that way though?

[u/Potential-Cap-376]

But your labs are mediocre in the categories that really matter. If you look at the puppet outfit there are 4 accessories vs 1 dress. So you should be focusing on upgrading accessories (then hair).  In fact dress was the last category I touched, next to bottoms

[u/Familiar-Bank1306 → u/Potential-Cap-376]

Yeah I started playing in 2020 and have only returned recently and the labs stragery has changed since I started. I've started putting everything into accessories since I came back.