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still not dead yeat, still doing my best

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📍Istanbul, October 2025

📷 Fujifilm X-T5 / XC15-45mm

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Illustration for Peterchen's Trip to the Moon — Hans Baluschek, 1920, Gouache and watercolor

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Lif Phantasmal EX-5 (Auto) Party Setup

Here’s my party setup for the Lif Phantasmal CB to farm Lif Awakening Runes. It also works for the currently running Lapis Lazuli Feast CB (July 2026 with Jubilant Fimafeng as the boss), albeit with gear changes while keeping the same hero lineup.

So far with this party, I’ve crawled through Lif Awakening to level 14. The rune drops have been awful (but they do dropped!).

Why is Darklight Dis, an old and outdated hero, in the party? Well, I saw someone use him, and when my setup teams kept on failing, I added him out of desperation - and surprisingly, it worked! His effectiveness comes from his Rune Chain, which targets Ranged heroes. I used to run Resplendent Skuld to complement Resplendent Hel - it also kinda worked but slower and hardly any runes ever dropped. Yet with this guy, the drops seem to come much more often. It’s such a mystery… (>_<)

⚠️ The team also requires Dark element Progenitors (such as Jotun Progenitor - Jotunheim, or Celestial Progenitor - Ginnungagap) as Leader. Here in my party, I use good old man Jotunheim.

Gears for Observer Ioscprus

Gears for Resplendent Hel

My Resplendent Hel is still Ruin Chain level 2, with Interference <Repudiation> (10).

Gears for Darklight Dis

My Darklight Dis is still graded Red. I was worried he’d be defeated instantly, but somehow he isn’t... This is also the first time I’ve used him in any battles.

Gears for Integrated Lif & Lifthrasir

Gears for Observer Uichusoph

Please note that my Uichusoph is max out: max gold graded, max role, max supercharged, max enlightenment and max primus.

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Heroic Wanderer Party Setups - Part 5

⚠️ Please note that my setups are not perfect, and the battles can take a long time. Apologies if the images are a bit blurry; my phone is pretty old.

⚠️ The Valkyrie Connect Global Family Community on Discord offers plenty of suggestions for party setups. I’ve planned many of my team builds based on the helpful posts there, which I’m really grateful for. There are also plenty of whales and experts ready to help if you’re struggling or have questions!

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This is the final battle of the Heroic Wanderer. If my party setup series can somehow help you clear the realms, that would make me really happy.

Now when I think about it, you only need the Aesir Progenitor (Asgard) and Human Progenitor (Yggdrasil) to clear the realms, so the best advice is to invest in those two first.

I’m not really into using Collab heroes like Beryl or Uzen; I prefer sticking with the original heroes, but I guess I just have to make do with what I’ve got. If you missed the collabs and don’t have those heroes/collab gears, please check out other references in Discord server for inspiration.

Heroic Wanderer (Observer Uichusoph) EX-3 (Auto)

Gears for Heroic Spellsword Dielle

Gears for Trickster Goddess Kyouka Uzen

Gears for New Year Celestia

Gears for Beryl Gardenant

Gears for Progenitor Yggdrasil

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Heroic Wanderer Party Setups - Part 4

⚠️ Please note that my setups are not perfect, and the battles can take a long time. Apologies if the images are a bit blurry; my phone is pretty old. ⚠️ My Vindicator Lif was not awakened when I set up these teams.

⚠️ The Valkyrie Connect Global Family Community on Discord offers plenty of suggestions for party setups. I’ve planned many of my team builds based on the helpful posts there, which I’m really grateful for. There are also plenty of whales and experts ready to help if you’re struggling or have questions!

MUSPELHEIM

Tbh, I can't remember how I beat this realm... I can only remember that it was quite a challenge...

Heroic Wanderer (Managarm) EX-3 (Auto)

Requires Aesir Progenitor (Asgard) as the Leader. Why do Ymir and Lofn lack a 4th piece of equipment? I have no idea. I think I ran out of gear to use at the time when I was setting up the teams.

Heroic Wanderer (Filsius) EX-3 (Auto)

Requires Human Progenitor (Yggdrasil) as the Leader.

Heroic Wanderer (Jormungand) EX-3 (Auto)

Heroic Wanderer (Ofnir) EX-3 (Auto)

Requires Aesir Progenitor (Asgard) as the Leader.

Heroic Wanderer (Hraesvelgr) EX-3 (Auto)

SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS

It was such a tough realm, I couldn’t defeat Rnecca at all for many many many months. But after they introduced the Rune Chain system, I actually managed to beat her - which feels like a miracle!

Heroic Wanderer (Scepis) EX-3 (Auto)

Requires Aesir Progenitor (Asgard) as the Leader.

Heroic Wanderer (Rnecca) EX-3 (Auto)

Requires Human Progenitor (Yggdrasil) as the Leader.

Heroic Wanderer (Austur) EX-3 (Auto)

Somehow I can beat him with Fire (which is not his weak element). I have no idea why.

Heroic Wanderer (Eilnol) EX-3 (Auto)

I think she’s the easiest of the Celestial bosses to beat - just use water to extinguish the fire!

Heroic Wanderer (Ioscprus) EX-3 (Auto)

Requires Human Progenitor (Yggdrasil) as the Leader. I had a tough time defeating her because I ran out of strong heroes, so I had to make do with the remaining Earth heroes I had.

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Heroic Wanderer Party Setups - Part 3

⚠️ Please note that my setups are not perfect, and the battles can take a long time. Apologies if the images are a bit blurry; my phone is pretty old. ⚠️ My Vindicator Lif was not awakened when I set up these teams.

⚠️ The Valkyrie Connect Global Family Community on Discord offers plenty of suggestions for party setups. I’ve planned many of my team builds based on the helpful posts there, which I’m really grateful for. There are also plenty of whales and experts ready to help if you’re struggling or have questions!

ALFHEIM

Heroic Wanderer (Nott) EX-3 (Auto)

Heroic Wanderer (Dinna) EX-3 (Auto)

Heroic Wanderer (Solstis) EX-3 (Auto)

Heroic Wanderer (Esquire) EX-3 (Auto)

Heroic Wanderer (Ipsum) EX-3 (Auto)

NIEDERBERRY

Heroic Wanderer (Fotma) EX-3 (Auto)

Heroic Wanderer (Iari) EX-3 (Auto)

Heroic Wanderer (Velfell) EX-3 (Auto)

Heroic Wanderer (Ulin) EX-3 (Auto)

Heroic Wanderer (Tholin) EX-3 (Auto)

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meikusakabe

[godkissedme]

cut flowers / mia forrest

[tiredsleepyhead]

Bilbo Baggins is my spirit animal because, kinda want to stay home, kinda want to travel, kinda hate people, but i still want to socialise a bit and everyone annoys me

[pmamtraveller]

Full Moon by Tao Lengyue

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As I dove into the latest scenario, Yggdrasil Sonnets of a Lover, my heart raced with pure excitement at the mere thought of Lord Odin making his entrance. It felt like ages since he appeared in any scene, and the anticipation of his return had me on the edge of my seat, filled with both nostalgia and joy. 🥹🥰

Elisil here really captured the feelings of my lovesick heart. I felt completely called out:

Honestly, while I was really glad to see him again, part of me kinda wishes Ateam would just let him fade from their thoughts so there’s no chance of another version of him being released. If that happened, I’d be right back in the same stressed-out state I was in before especially after the surprise release of Parallel Odin on last April that nearly gave me a heart attack. The idea of dealing with yet another Odin is last thing I need right now...

Just knowing he’s been doing well and having a great time traveling is more than enough for me.

Ateam, if you happen to see this post, thank you for bringing comfort to my lonely heart with this scenario.

[pmamtraveller]

Isolation (c. 1930) by Norwood Hodge MacGilvary

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Toile de jouy, mermaid grotto ~ wallpaper ~ littlepatterns

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Corey Lake, Michigan, 1921