'Tis the Season for Bullets Best Stages to Farm

Hi Friends! You know, Santa's pretty busy, and he doesn't really have time to pass out gifts to every good girl or..still girl. That's fine though, we don't need to rely on Santa, this is Gensokyo! So get out there and throw bullets at everyone and everything you come across, snatch their points, and trade them in for fabulous presents! 

Look, it's fine, you're still a good girl, the system simply failed you and didn't provide you enough Dragon Scrolls.

All of the following stages are chosen because they are one wave battles - which means that you can end them immediately with a powerful enough Last Word, and thus get event points way faster.

Make sure you're farming these stages on the highest difficulty you can clear with as few units as possible in a single turn, on Full Auto if possible. Ideally, you'll be farming them with 1 unit in 1 turn, so if it'd take you 2 units to farm Lunatic, or multiple turns, it'd be better to farm with 1 unit on Hard, and so on. The goal is to minimize time and Spirit P spent, but it's perfectly okay to bring other units along to level them up, just try to keep it to only one or maybe two so you don't run out of Spirit P too quickly. 

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Drops:  Attack & Support Books, Chrysanthemum & Bamboo Tiles, Wind & Dragon Scrolls

We're going straight to beating up Santa? That sounds problematic for one's karma - oh wait, it's just Eirin. She's immortal anyway, so beat her up guilt free! Since she's the only enemy here, and has no special tricks, this is probably one of the easiest farms in the event - especially if you come packing Water or Star.

...With that much skin exposed, I imagine getting some water thrown on you in the cold, snowy night would kind of suck, no wonder she's weak to it. 

Drops:  Attack & Defense Books, Orchid & Chrysanthemum Tiles, Heaven & Phoenix Scrolls

The most natural utilization for a comfy set of pajamas? Shooting bullets at each other in the cold snow, of course! Aim your best Earth and Star shots at this sleepy princess and she will pay you back with a good amount of tiles and scrolls...if you're fortunate enough.

Drops: Attack & Support Books, Plum & Chrysanthemum Tiles, Earth & Serpent Scrolls

Before returning back to the Lunar Capital, Yorihime takes part of a battle of bullets to test your holiday cheer. Fortunately, both her and her moon rabbit pet are weak to the exact same elements: Metal and Star. Any All-targeting attack with either element should farm this stage relatively well. Reisen tries to stop you with her skill, but ironically she only makes All-targeting attacks even stronger (as long as her HP is over 50%, in which she will begin to provide All-targeting resistance). 

Drops: Attack & Defense Books, Plum & Orchid Tiles, Wind & Dragon Scrolls

Toyohime and Sagume need to get comfortable in their new clothes, making for the perfect excuse for another 1-wave stage. While having a little more health than her younger sister's fight, both of the opponents still share a common weakness of Star. Just unleash a barrage of a strong Star bullets, and you will be able to get the Lunarians comfortable in their new outfits! Oh, and have a good All-target stage to farm.

Drops: Attack & Support Books, Chrysanthemum & Bamboo Tiles, Cloud & Tiger Scrolls

The return to Solo-target 1-waves features a determined Mokou, determined to heat up your party in the shivering cold. Although a set of Burn barriers may sound appealing to stay warm, they will decrease the defense of your Friends and be broken by Mokou's Incineration bullets! Of course, there is nothing to worry about as long as you can shoot her down with a strong Last Word that targets her weaknesses. She will be on the defensive for any Yang attacks due to increasing her own Yang DEF, so any Yang-focused attackers are less ideal for this stage.

Mokou's own outfit seems to be as light as Kaguya's pajamas...is she really fine in those? And would huddling with her really make you feel warm?

Drops: Defense & Support Books, Plum & Bamboo Tiles, Heaven & Wind Scrolls

Kosuzu decides to fight you alone without any special assistance or tricks up her sleeves. Compared to the first few stages, she does have quite a bit more health than Eirin, but the same strategy of going for weaknesses still applies. 

...did her wish have to be for more regulars at Suzunaan though? I would assume more aggressive advertising would do the trick, and then she could have gotten a more petty wish.

Drops: Attack & Defense Books, Orchid & Chrysanthemum Tiles, Earth & Cloud Scrolls

Now it's time to judge the behavior of some more mischievous fairies...are we sure they should be called good girls? Well, their performance in the battle of bullets clearly matters more than their actual behaviors. Unlike the previous All-target stages, having 3 opponents means that each of them will have a lot less health, making for a somewhat easier farming experience. While Rumia and the fairies do not share a common weakness, their HP should be low enough to be taken down by a strong All-target attacker.

Drops: Attack & Support Books, Plum & Chrysanthemum Tiles, Dragon & Phoenix Scrolls

Once again the HP values for the Solo-target stages are scaling up to be higher and higher. Keine will also use her teacher wisdom to raise her own Yin DEF, making her a bit more difficult to take down. Focus on her Moon and Wood weaknesses to defeat her before getting trapped in her own lectures.

Drops: Defense & Support Books, Orchid & Bamboo Tiles, Tiger & Serpent Scrolls

The two shikigamis fortunately do not counteract all of their elemental weaknesses, so any Friend strong enough to nuke them should be fine for this stage. What I'm curious about is since when did Chen get more HP than her master...?

Drops: Attack & Defense Books, Plum & Orchid Tiles, Heaven & Serpent Scrolls

As a one wave involving three opponents at once, each of them have much less health compared to the stages with only two opponents. Therefore, it may be more efficient for slightly weaker All-target nuke Friends to farm on this stage, especially since none of the enemies will utilize any tricky skills. Additionally, it helps when the tengu and Yamanba are more focused on territorial disputes than actually fighting.

Drops: Attack & Support Books, Chrysanthemum & Bamboo Tiles, Earth & Phoenix Scrolls

This family is way too overprotective to be farmed by your friends. Kanako raises every opponent's All resistance to make All-target Last Words impractical to use, and Sanae rubs salt on the wound by supporting her gods with HP or barrier restoration if everyone was not taken care of in one turn. Just let them enjoy their new presents and leave them be.

Drops: Defense & Support Books, Plum & Bamboo Tiles, Wind & Tiger Scrolls

For a band of mischievous fairies, there are surprisingly no nasty tricks up their sleeves to make farming this stage inefficient. Maybe they have been pretty good this year to deserve presents!

Drops: Attack & Defense Books, Orchid & Chrysanthemum Tiles, Cloud & Dragon Scrolls

Koakuma comes with a return to Solo one wave stages with a rather high amount of HP. If the stage rewards are worth it for you and you have an efficient method of taking advantage of her Sun and Fire weaknesses, this stage is fine for farming. If not, an earlier story with less HP is likely the better option.

Drops: Attack & Support Books, Plum & Chrysanthemum Tiles, Cloud & Serpent Scrolls

Once again the fun of All-target Last Words are ruined by Sakuya's All resistance skill. To make matters worse, Meiling will attempt to paralyze your Friends on a stage that is not even worth farming on. No thanks.

Drops: Defense & Support Books, Orchid & Bamboo Tiles, Heaven & Dragon Scrolls

A group of magicians want to hold onto their tiles and scrolls, but a good All-target nuke should be enough to take their presents. Just be aware of Patchouli's plentiful elemental resistances- anyone strong enough should be able to bypass them at the very least.

Drops: Attack & Support Books, Chrysanthemum & Bamboo Tiles, Wind & Phoenix Scrolls

Not only does Hina have the highest amount of HP of any Solo one wave boss so far, but she will increase her own defenses to make your attacks even weaker. On top of that, she has one extra barrier on her even if you were considering to go for a full break...does she need an extra one to deal with misfortune?

Drops: Defense & Support Books, Plum & Bamboo Tiles, Wind & Cloud Scrolls

An additional high-HP Solo one wave stage. Nothing really special to point out for this one.

Drops: Attack & Defense Books, Orchid & Chrysanthemum Tiles, Dragon & Tiger Scrolls

Byakuren calls for a rematch from the last stage, only bringing a slight HP increase while keeping the same elemental affinities and (lack of) skills. She is offering a gift of dragon scrolls this time around at least, which can be worth the investment if you have a cheap way to take her down.

Drops: Attack & Support Books, Plum & Chrysanthemum Tiles, Phoenix & Serpent Scrolls

In a strong effort to fulfill her wish of amassing many offerings, Reimu battles hard with much desperation. Just as the many other late Solo one waves, her HP is much higher than the beginning, so farming this stage is likely not as efficient as the earlier ones.

Drops: Defense & Support Books, Orchid & Bamboo Tiles, Heaven & Earth Scrolls

This stage almost tricks you into disguising itself as a good farming spot since the two enemies share an Earth weakness with less HP than the previous Solo stages. But then Yoshika raises the opponents' All resistance and low-cost farming is made impractical.