JJK Phantom Parade STARTING GUIDE - Timeline of JP release (Events, SSR Characters)
(self-made timeline, reblog and credit are appreciated, don't claim as yours)
Saving your Crystal-Cubes for your Favourite Character :
This timeline does not cover all banners (you can check the fandom wikia for all banners). The other characters (who you can see in the game tab) will all have their SSR released within a year except for the Headmasters. Several of them even had reruns already, such as Green!Gojo, Toji, Yellow!Nanami.
The Curse Users such as Hanami do not need Crystal-Cubes as you can trade for them in exchange for medals from Domain Investigation (the silver Phantom Medals). In JP server, Mahito was added in April and since then no one new joined the ranks, despite many players eagerly awaiting Sukuna. If you want to save your medals for now, you can, as it takes around 3 months of highest level Investigation (+ Event Rewards) to get the 1500 medals necessary to exchange for 1 copy of the character.
When will the highest-tier Characters drop :
Disclaimer : Character Tier-List are from the JP server, with manual battle and highly optimized teams in mind. They are tested against Enemies Event to measure up end-game damage. Do not assume that other Characters are not good enough to carry you thru the Story and Events, they are plenty sufficient for that.
Nonetheless, battles will become a lot easier if you get a hold of Yuta, Green!Gojo, Yellow!Nanami and the Headmasters as Support.
Going with that calendar in mind, you need to prioritize, because the game does not give you enough Crystal-Cubes to pull for 1 character per month, even less 2 of them in the same month.
Also, pulling the Limited-Edition Character on the Banner is not guaranteed. The only guaranteed way is to trade them for 250 gacha points.
At the moment, you can NOT gather gacha points from old banners and all your gacha points will be converted to Curse Energy Currency.
In the future, same as JP server, you will be able to use the orange Gacha Point Ticket to trade 20 gacha points into 10 reusable points for the future > it's a tradeable item to keep and reuse on other Banners, so only Gacha pulls done AFTER this feature is rolled-on will work.
If you have not yet spent the 16'000 Crystal-Cubes from the Game Launch, SAVE THEM NOW !
About Gacha Tickets & the Standard Banner :
You can NOT save Tickets and keep them for another banner, as most of them are only for the current Event. Check the little logo on them and spend them on the corresponding banner, or you will lose them.
The Tickets for the Standard Banner can be kept, so wait until you have 10 of them to pull together and get a guaranteed SR. On the Standard Banner, you can trade 200 gacha points for a SSR Ticket at the Shop.
About Characters Soul Shards / Duplicates :
You can trade for duplicates of Characters you already have at the Shop.
It starts by listing the Regular Banner SSR, then in JP server it extended to more regular story characters such as Green!Gojo and Yellow!Nanami for the 300-days anniversary. Since Soul Shards don't expire, you can save them until your preferred SSR is added to the Shop.
I recommend you do NOT use the universal Soul Gem (see item on the left of the screenshot) on characters who have their own nominative Soul Gems, because it's the only way to Awaken Limited-Edition Characters such as Yuta, Toji, the Headmasters, etc.
Hope it helps, good luck to all in getting the characters you want ~
