#fw tips

[touhou-memories]

There's a safespot in Ubame's first spellcard, either in the top right or left, any difficulty. You might have to switch sides depending on where she moves.

Hello and thank you for the message! Took few tries to find the right pace to move on Lunatic (they're cut from the video, in case somebody wonders why the sudden jump in spellcard history)

[touhou-memories]

Balisman from Discord made a good strategy video for 月符「錦の上のイマジナリー」 Moon Sign "Imaginary Atop the Brocade" spellcard from Fossilized Wonders.

[touhou-memories]

During 生符「混沌の冬」 Life Sign "Chaotic Winter" spellcard from Fossilized Wonders, Ariya Iwanaga shoots four diagonal groups of coloured shard bullets, which will reflect few times on the sides of the screen before leaving. Ariya shoots one wave and the next one will be shot when there will be few bullets left on the screen.

However, if you are extremely close to the boss, she will shoot only two groups of coloured shard bullets (the closest groups to your current position), but she will shoot two consecutive waves, in a way compensating for the other two groups which are not fired.

[touhou-memories]

Serveral people have observed that there is a safespot in the first pattern from stage 5 of Fossilized Wonders. I've tested it and it works on all difficulties, however, it doesn't seem to work 100% of times.

Sometimes there is a chance that you will get hit and die. Others have suggested you have to go to the very bottom for it to work, but it doesn't seem to pose any difference than if you just stayed in the default spawning position.

[touhou-memories]

When you kill a Wonder Stone in Fossilized Wonders, it may give you a life or a bomb piece. However, the amount of resources given differ between the trial and the full version.

trial: nothing > nothing > bomb piece > life piece full: bomb piece > bomb piece > life piece

The trial version was scarcer in resources, the first two Wonder Stones wouldn't give you a life or bomb piece and the cycle was reset every 4 stones. In the full version all Wonder Stones give you something and the cycle resets every 3 stones.

There are other differences regarding the Wonder Stones between the versions, but they will be showcased in different posts. Please make sure to check the #trial20 tag for them.

EDIT (27-Sep-2025): Removed the detail about the health of the Wonder Stone since it might be a false impression due to the shottype difference (for example, some shottypes got stronger in the full version - one example is /post/795693731393175552/, which could mean the stones did not get weaker, instead the player got stronger). This needs more research.