Aethers

Aethers are special materials introduced with version 39 in June 2021 to "Limit Break" Heroes, which allows leveling them beyond their default maximum. Aethers are obtainable through the monthly Mirages of Omega quest, they can also appear as loot from War and Tournament rewards.

Aether Crystals[]

Functioning similarly to Tokens, Aether Crystals can be accumulated through Path of Giants or offers and used in the Aether Summon to get various rarities of Aethers, including Alpha Aethers, accompanied by Trainer Heroes of corresponding rarity to use in the subsequent leveling. Unlike other portals, Aether Summon cannot be bought for Gems and requires 10 Crystals, or 90 for a 10-pull.

The portal appears every other week(twice monthly), they also provide 20 Crystals free each summon through the offers(split between two days).

Type of Aethers[]

Elemental Aethers[]

Aethers are available for all five elements separately and have 3 levels of rarity, designed simply in Roman numerals (III being the strongest; in the star notation for inventory, they are 3 to 5 stars, corresponding to the rarity of the Heroes who need them).

Alpha Aether[]

With version 56 in March 2023, Alpha Aethers were introduced for the second Limit Break; these are element-independent. Alpha Aethers are a further addition to the Limit Break mechanics. In combination with ordinary Aethers of the appropriate element, they Limit Break a Hero the second time, whereupon they can be leveled 5 more levels – see tables for amounts needed.

Aether Reset Token[]

Aether Reset Token has a function similar to Talent Reset Emblems . The token reverts all limit break levels and talent grid of the Hero and gives back all consumed items and 50% of estimated Food and Iron, at a maximum of 100 million, and some Trainer Heroes. The token isn't available normally during the game but three were given out to players as a compensation for the big rebalance in Update 58 (May 2023).

Limit Breaking[]

For Heroes[]

The tables list the needed amounts of each Aether in order to limit break a Hero. The simple mnemonic is "5 Aethers of the corresponding rarity, and where relevant 20 of the lower one and 35 of the lowest".

First limit break
Rarity	Level	Aether I	Aether II	Aether III
3	50 → 55	5	-	-
4	70 → 75	20	5	-
5	80 → 85	35	20	5

Second limit break
Rarity	Level	Aether I	Aether II	Aether III	Alpha Aether
3	55 → 60	1	-	-	1
4	75 → 80	5	1	-	3
5	85 → 90	10	5	1	10

For Costumes[]

The cost of limit-breaking a Costume is, like with Leveling, rather lower. However it is necessary also to Limit Break the base Hero first ("The costume's limit break can't be higher than the hero's limit break!")

First limit break
Rarity	Level	Aether I
3	50 → 55	1
4	70 → 75	3
5	80 → 85	5

Second limit break
Rarity	Level	Aether I	Alpha Aether
3	55 → 60	1	1
4	75 → 80	3	1
5	85 → 90	5	1

Aether Power[]

After they are fully leveled to the final maximum level, Heroes gain a new Aether Power, an immediate, six-turn buff at the start of battle and upon every new wave. There are 21 types of Powers, distributed to individual Heroes with various frequencies, possibly associated with their Class but also the type of their Special Skill and use in battle. The Aether Power is shown at the Hero Card right bottom, or the Limit Break screen before that.

Power	Ability
Ailment Immunity	Immune to new ailments.
Ailment Reflect	Reflects cleansable ailments onto a random enemy.
Attack Up	Gets +20% attack.
Boosted Regen	Regenerates 300 boosted health.
Bulwark	Gets +15% defense, and a further +1% increase every time they are hit.
Counterattack	Counterattacks with 60% of the damage received.
Damage Reduction	All damage received is reduced by -10%.
Defense Up	Gets +20% defense.
Dodge	Gets +20% chance to dodge Special Skills that deal damage.
Fiend Resist	Immune to new Fiends.
Gamble	Gets +60% attack with -20% accuracy.
Heal Increase	Gets +50% increase for any healing received.
Knight's Endurance	Gets a 15% chance to drop any received damage to 1.
Mana Boost	Receives a small amount of mana.
Rage	+15% attack, and a further +1% increase every time they are hit.
Regen	Regenerates 420 health.
Revive	If defeated within first 4 turns, the Hero is resurrected at the beginning of the next turn with 1% health; all status effects and stacks are removed.
Special Armor	Gets +40% defense against Special Skills.
Special Boost	The character's Special Skill deals an additional +30% damage.
Taunt	Gets Taunt that prevents enemies from using Special Skills on the character's allies. (This aether power has a duration of 3 instead of 6.)
Vampire	Heals 200% of dealt normal damage.

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Materials & Items
Ascension Materials	Adventurer's Kit • Arcane Scripts • Battle Manual • Chainmail Shirt • Compass • Dagger • Damascus Blade • Farsight Telescope • Fine Gloves • Hidden Blade • Leather Armor • Mysterious Tonic • Mystic Rings • Orb of Magic • Practice Sword • Poison Darts • Royal Tabard • Rugged Clothes • Scabbard • Sharpening Stone • Strong Rope • Sturdy Shield • Tall Boots • Tome of Tactics • Training Manual • Trap Tools • Warm Cape • Wooden Shield
Crafting Materials	Clean Cloth • Common Herbs • Crude Iron • Crypt Mushroom • Crystal Shard • Dragon Bone • Fine Steel • Firestone • Grimoire Dust • Hardwood Lumber • Large Bone • Leather Strips • Metal Ores • Meteor Fragments • Midnight Roots • Oil • Orichalcum Nugget • Potent Leaves • String • Sunspire Feathers Titan: Beak • Egg • Eye • Fang • Heart • Plume • Shell • Skull • Spine • Tail
Battle Items	Minor Healing Potion • Minor Mana Potion • Antidotes • Arrow Attack • Healing Potion • Bear Banner • Turtle Banner • Axe Attack • Potent Healing Potion • Mana Potion • Super Antidotes • Bomb Attack • Revive Scroll • Dragon Banner • Super Healing Potion • Dragon Attack • Super Mana Potion • Time Stop • Tornado • Miracle Scroll Giant Harpoon • Titan Banner • Titanium Shield • Panacea • Invisibility Potion • Valkyrie's Bane • Hunter's Caltrops • Hurricane • Scroll of Alteration • Time Freeze
Inventory Items	Aethers • Alkashards • Amulets • Bundles • Costumes • Emblems • Flasks • Harvesters • Loot Tickets • Tokens • Tomes of Power Dragonlings • Dragonstone • Fish • Food • Gems • Iron • Recruits