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How to get and farm Fragments of Afterimage and Memory in DragonSword: Awakening
This is a gaming guide from Destructoid explaining how players can obtain and farm Fragments of Afterimage and Fragments of Memory in the gacha RPG DragonSword: Awakening. These materials are essential for unlocking character-exclusive Karma cards, and unlike other resources they cannot be earned simply by completing quests, making the process a key progression bottleneck for players.
To get Fragments of Afterimage, players must visit Shanoa the Alchemist at Orbis Royal Castle and transmute one Whirling Thoughts, 100 Fragments of Memory and 100,000 gold; maxing out all Exclusive Karma cards requires 128 Fragments of Afterimage and over 10,000 Fragments of Memory in total. Whirling Thoughts, in turn, are earned by climbing the Tower of Trials mode (unlocked during the game's third main chapter), which offers over 160 Whirling Thoughts and more than 2,600 Fragments of Memory per variant if each floor is cleared within 90 seconds; Fragments of Memory can also be obtained from treasure chests, Mercenary Corps level-ups, and first-time quest or stage clears.
In short
- Guide explains farming Fragments of Afterimage/Memory in DragonSword: Awakening.
- Afterimage requires transmuting Whirling Thoughts, Memory Fragments and gold.
- Whirling Thoughts come from clearing the timed Tower of Trials mode.
Explained simply
DragonSword: Awakening is a gacha role-playing game where players collect and improve characters by gathering in-game resources. Two key materials for progression are Fragments of Afterimage and Fragments of Memory, both required to unlock special Exclusive Karma cards that boost character strength. Unlike other resources that can be earned through regular quests, these Fragments require specific farming methods to obtain in meaningful quantities.
The main sources of these materials are the Tower of Trials mode (accessible from the third chapter), treasure chests, Mercenary Corps levelling, and completing quests or stages for the first time. The Tower of Trials is particularly valuable, offering large numbers of Fragments to players who clear floors efficiently within time constraints. Fully upgrading all characters' cards requires accumulating over 10,000 Fragments of Memory and 128 Fragments of Afterimage in total.
Progression through the game depends on obtaining these Fragments, and the total amounts required are substantial. Because these Fragments are relatively scarce compared to other in-game resources, the methods available to farm them become a key factor in how players advance.