#ds guide

[hananoami]

Pulse Hunter / Sky's Embrace Guide

to make the most out of this limited-wish banner here's a quick review of what to expect from pulse hunter/sky's embrace with some suggestions at the end. regardless if you're a new player pulling for the first time or a veteran player who has already experienced it during 2.0's launch i hope this helps prepares you. good luck with your pulls! may you get the memories you want 🫶

🍎 What is Pulse Hunter / Sky's Embrace / Xspace Echo?

Pulse Hunter is a limited-wish banner that was first introduced during Sylus's debut in Love and Deepspace version 2.0 - Opposing Visions (07/14/2024). This was the first time they introduced a 5-star selector banner like this, which is why you'll often see older players refer to this banner type as Pulse Hunter. It ran concurrently with Sylus's limited-time banner [No Defense Zone]. This special banner essentially guarantees that you will only pull one of the five selected memories within 70 pulls or less, depending on your luck. To differentiate between banner versions, they simply renamed this limited-wish banner as Sky's Embrace for or Caleb's debut in Love and Deepspace 3.0 - Cosmic Encounter (01/22/2025). Aside from the name change the structure of the banner is exactly the same as Pulse Hunter. This banner will also run concurrently with Caleb's limited-time banner []. Xspace Echo is the standard banner that's available permanently. It is NOT to be confused with the above limited-wish banners. ‼️ When pulling make sure you're on the correct banner ‼️ I cannot stress this enough. Do not mistakenly use your tickets on the wrong one.

🍎 What memories are available? How many can I choose?

In this special banner players are allowed to select up to five 5-Star Memories (5) of their choosing from the Xspace Echo wish pool - no more, no less. All of the newly added Caleb's 5-star memories (2 solars, 3 lunar) will also become available. Companions you can obtain are the following: ⭐ Xavier's Lightseeker (LS) ❄️ Zayne's Foreseer (FS) 🐟 Rafayel's Abysswalker (AB) 🐦‍⬛ Sylus's Relentless Conquerer (RC) 🍎 Caleb's Farspace Colonel (FC) Take note limited-time 5-star memories are excluded from the selector, as they do not get included into the wish pool after their respective banner ends.

🍎 Can you change your selected memories?

Once you confirm your selected 5 memories you CANNOT change them later on. It is important that you choose wisely.

🍎 What currency does it use?

There are two ways to pull on this banner-- Empyrean Wishes, obtainable through item shop / wish shop / chocolate shop / heartsand shop / completing agenda: weekly tasks. Diamonds.

🍎 How many times can we pull on this banner?

The cap for this banner is 350 pulls. After that you won't be able to pull anymore. With a maximum of 350 pulls you can obtain a minimum of five 5-star memories, potentially more if you're lucky to hit early or pull multiple 5-stars in one 10x.

🍎 What are the probability rates?

There are no rate ups for this limited-wish banner. The rates are the same, as seen in the image above from the standard banner, Xspace Echo. As mentioned earlier this special banner guarantees that you will only pull one of the five selected memories of your choosing within 70 pulls or less.

🍎 Does pity carry over?

Pulse Hunter/Sky's Embrace has a separate pity system. For veteran players, if you've pulled previously during Version 2.0 then your pity from [Pulse Hunter] will carry over into [Sky's Embrace]. You should be able to view your pull history once the banner is live. Your pity from the limited-time wish banner and Xspace Echo are different banners, therefore will not carry over into Pulse Hunter/Sky's Embrace.

🍎Banner pull rewards?

Incentive rewards for pulling on [Sky's Embrace] are as follows: 25 - Wish Crate: SR x1 75 - Wish Crate: SR x1 100 - Sun Crate: Random x1 (from your selected 5) 200 - Sunlight Crate x1 (can choose from your selected 5) You can select the memories from the SR crates, however, those crates only contain 4-star solar memories obtainable through Xspace Echo. All of the selectable crates can only be claimed ONCE so make sure you pick the correct memory of your choosing when opening them.

If you've made it this far thank you for taking the time to read all of this! As a veteran player who has pulled before here are my advice and tips!

This is the BEST way to get any of standard banner Companions that you haven't unlocked yet! I highly recommend selecting solar memories over lunars, as they are harder to come by when pulling. Lunar memories will eventually be available on a rotation via the Wishing Well exchange shop for 180 stardust (blue crystals).

You can exchange resources in game to obtain Empyrean Wishes to help save your diamonds for the limited-time wish banner instead. If you have to spend diamonds for pulls, the exchange rate is 150 Diamonds = 1 Empyrean Wish. HEARTSAND SHOP (weekly) * 5 Empyrean Wishes = 150 Memory Heartsand: SR (purple sands) * 10 Empyrean Wishes = 60 Memory Heartsand: SR (yellow sands) CHOCOLATE SHOP (weekly) * 1 Empyrean Wish = 600 Chocolates WISHING WELL* 10 Empyrean Wishes = 90 Stardust (blue crystals) [monthly discounted at 9/per] * 1 Empyrean Wish = 12 Stardust (blue crystal) [unlimited]

MAKE SURE YOU'RE PULLING ON THE RIGHT BANNER! I said this before, but make sure you're on [Sky's Embrace] and not Xspace Echo. It didn't happen to me, however, I have seen horror stories of players accidentally wasting their Empyrean Wishes/Diamonds on the wrong banner.

I know we're all excited to pull for Caleb, but I would highly recommend unlocking Caleb's companion / [With Him] via Main Story before pulling. That way you can start earning affinity points when doing your pulls for his memories. If you are also going to be pull for his limited-time banner, I would suggest pulling on that banner first before making your selection in Sky's Embrace. On the off chance you get that missing solar pair you can save that slot for another memory. Also note that we are going to get one of his lunar 5-star memories for FREE via event. So make sure you choose wisely when making your selection.

What to spend your selectable 5-star memory crates on? If you haven't unlocked a companion yet I would suggest doing that over a memory duo rank up, just because it will help you in the long run should you need it to clear a trial or stage. But don't let me tell you what to do. If you want that duo rank 2 for the alternate outfit color or R3 sole for getting a complete duo rank 3 pair then go for it~

...more will be added if I can thing of anything else. signal boosting: @hunters-association

[e-on-edge]

Caleb’s Posts!

All of these trigger Caleb to post your photo and as such is a way to up affinity with him!

1.) Fairy Wand Set (Save it as the collection, but the last two photos don’t matter)

2.) Holler Set (Same as above, last two photos don’t matter)

3.) Professional Portrait (No pose needed, save as single)

4.) Heart Pose (Can be purchased in chocolate shop)

5.) Glint Selfie (I think it’s also in the shop, been a while since I got it)

Hope this helps someone. It would’ve helped me!

[bokujou-monogatari]

[weheartstims]

hello!!! id like to request a stimboard of The Guide(the tv head fellow) from cheesy hfj's 'paregui', with neon blue and old tech themes! i only ask for no soap cutting

The Guide (Paregui) with neon blue retro technology!

🟦|◾|🟦 ◾|🟦|◾ 🟦|◾|🟦

[painfully-painful-pain]

Late night impulsive purchases from Japan are a curse

I only have 2 interests and it's pretty apparent isn't it

the yellow simpeople guide is an official guide btw! The only one Japan ever got I think.

EDIT: while trying to find a spot for the games and the guide I noticed.... my sims social credit card is actually unused?????

Still no value because sims social 🪦 but hey it's something

[grabby-smitten]

I remember seeing something about a moment post for this event and I spend 25 minutes trying to find it on twitter. Gave up. Tried to trigger the post by myself and failed miserably like 4 times. Until it happened (thanks Zayne for being my guinea pig).

So in case you need it. Here are the specifications:

tomorrow’s catch 22 event items: hair and clothes. Photo of the LI by himself.

Keywords: trigger / moment post , glint Photo Booth , message , increase affinity , Caleb , Xavier , Sylus , Rafayel , Zayne , photobooth , lads , love and deepspace (yes, I’m adding keywords bc I could find them when I searched. Let’s normalize adding keywords).

[sabrondabrainrot]

Clown weekly check in!!!

Hello once again!!!  It's been a full week and I'm here to check up in you! How has this week been? Good, bad, or maybe it was meh. Anything fun you did? Anything less than fun? 

Question of the week:

Do you have a favorite book? If you do please tell me!!!

This is in relation to last week but I had a wonderful week! I was productive at work and hit a work-iversary so It was exciting. I also have my Zine piece finished and plan to start more projects.

In terms of favorite books, I have MANY! It's thanks to @wrathofnature XD The ones that I'm currently obsessed with are mostly webnovels but I've also been reading some older comedy books. So first of all, big obsession of mine is "Lout of the Count's Family"

It just recently got a physical English release thanks to Seven Seas! I've been reading a fan-translation of the series to keep up with the Korean fans but it's hush hush where I get my sources. The MC of this series is a classic unreliable narrator. This series also has a manhwa with gorgeous art.

Next book I'm currently reading, but need to take constant breaks because it depresses me, "Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint"

This is another one where I'm reading fan-translation but it's hard to track down the translations and the English published novel is hard to find. The webcomic is wonderful but I like the written words of the series. The MC is such a sad little pookie.

Sorry I have so many novels I love. Another one is, "Scum Villain's Self Saving System"

it's a comedy BL also published by seven seas! I've actually read the series 5 times now. because the first 4 was some really broken fan-translations and then the final was the official English translation. It's so funny and insane. The tropes in it are great and I love the MC and how he's just an internet troll.

Another one I'm obsessed with is "The Third Wheel Strikes Back"

This is another special fan-translation novel so the sources are hush hush but it's a fun novel and the MC is just a guy who loves food, chilling, and learning healing magic. Somehow he forms a polycule- JK It's super cute and there's also mystery a foot.

For another one I've been really enjoying is the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

It's 40 years old at this point but MAN is it funny! It's kind of insane to see all the ideas in this book and how it inspires other big sci-fi stories.

I used to not be big on reading because I wasn't encouraged to try reading for fun as a kid. I do remember reading for assignments like "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Tangerine", and "The Hobbit" I enjoyed those immensely. I also obsessively read "Goosebumps", "Hardy Boys", and "Nancy Drew" because my child brain couldn't have enough of them. Otherwise, I've just been lurking and stalking on AO3 and fanfiction for my reading :)

[fictional-seviper]

If you've ever been interested in playing DS, 3DS, and Wii U games on something other than original hardware, this video's got you covered! In the video, I smoosh together my last year or so of covering dual screen gaming to give a concise reference guide for where folks should start their hardware journey.

[hananoami]

HANA MOMMA SEND HELP 😭😭😭😭

I need tips on how to use Colonel Caleb because I'm starting to really love Claymore, but Caleb just DONT get along with any weapon but his signature one, I swear to God I failed the abyssal chaos 3 times before I gave up and let the automatic battle do the thing while I looked like an incompetent clown 🤡

His bar never charges up enough, and I've seen a guide, but it looks like it's in another language. I just don't get it 😭😭😭😭

Save me momma save me 😭😭😭😭

My little darling @anxiousgoddest I can finally answer this ask with a useful guide and tips I found bc I too am still trying to figure out Caleb's kit and play style~

Redirecting you, and anyone else who is curious, to Deepspace Voyagers' Farspace Colonel Guide. Big shout out to their team for always coming through and helping players with their combat guides. You'll often see me reference them.

Farspace Colonel (FA) is Caleb's 5-star solar myth companion that unlocks when you obtain both Farspace Bloomfall and Farspace Deprivation. This single-target burst DPS companion grants the ability to always break a minimum of two protocore shields using the Resonance Skill (no skill energy required) and extends weakness state by two seconds. It primarily scales off DEF rather than Attack and its stellacrum is red. (DEF substats should be prioritised)

Here are DSV's protocore recommendations! BETAS should be chosen based on the Memory Pair Rank of your companion

*Rank 0 Oath Recovery Def% Bonus

*Rank 1-3 Def% Bonus Def% Bonus

*Optional Rank 3 Oath Strength Def% Bonus

DELTAS are chosen based on the type of fight. However for FA, it's discouraged to use him on mob stages.

*Mobs Stage (optional build) Dmg to Weak. Dmg to Weak. Crit Rate Def% Bonus

*Boss Stage Dmg to Weak. Dmg to Weak. Dmg to Weak. Dmg to Weak.

>> For Mobs Build, opt for Def% Bonus if crit is >40%.

And if you still have any questions they even did a FAQ, which you can view here!

[kinokoshoujoart]

cora’s bad time hell simulation steps or how to play “sprite station for girl” “harvest moon ds cute” the wrong way

(all ways are wrong this game is Accursed)

ok so here’s what my disorganized “guide” to myself for harvest moon ds for girl (aka indecipherable notes i wrote to myself as i played and revised as i tested various things and restarted due to mistakes) looks like. at some point when i become a real gamer i will write a legible guide meant for eyes to look at but uhhh this is how i play this accursed game personally

i’m not sure if anything i wrote will make any sense since i wrote it as notes to myself so probably definitely use fogu and fc2 jonason wiki (may not work but some pages should be archived) instead

ALSO if you’ve never played or barely played the game it won’t make sense at all! hmds was my first harvest moon so i am used to various horrors!

my play style is probably not fun in general HOWEVER if you are a grinding hell goblin like me then it’s GREAT!!!! if not you may still find it amusing that the game gives you permission to play like this

(it’s a great background task game while doing like productive stuff but otherwise playing this way would probably be unbearable)

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anyway after that the days go a lot faster, you’ll get the island on summer 1, so on spring 30 i put all my money into million G tickets and sell 200 of em, do the 5x money thing, and save the rest. so when thomas comes the next day to sell you the 900 million G island you can just sell 180 tickets and do the 5x money thing again with like ~600 million G tickets left over. it takes up inventory but you’ll get the shelf in a few days. basically you just need to remember to order from the TV shopping every saturday and place orders with gotz and gray whenever they finish stuff.

random tips

after unlocking the fuckass hot spring sprites (the ones that require you to spend a total of 700 1 hour sessions in the hot springs) i usually grind grazing points— if you put your animals outside for 5 hours you get a “Love Point”, but if you interact with them after they earn that LP then the timer switches over and you can get another LP after 5 more hours. if you wear the time ring the whole time it’s 2.5 hours. i’m not very good at explaining this but basically if you’re super efficient you can get way more animal LP than you realistically should, which is great because the touch glove petting minigame is Bad!!!!

i usually wait on getting the rest of the purple sprites (the ones that require you to hire the purple team and ask for healing) until i’m totally done with the indigo team, cuz i wanna get HG’s purple heart event asap, but you can switch the order if you want

by summer y1 you’ll basically have a feel for everything. aside from Skye, Leia, HG and WP everyone can be married early-mid autumn if you want

if you want to Gay (in the japanese version only) keira is the quickest to marry. leia is the quickest to max affection but it’s impossible to get leia year 1 because the bottle you need to fish up can only be caught in spring. you have to wait until at least year 5 for WP and iirc year 6 for HG.

[ajdrawshq]

thrilled to announce that twewy still goes hard as fuck

[letsgauxplay]

HELP!

1. how to do this achievement? do i just make sure to keep using regular (1 charge) and resonance skill (2 charges)? a little hard because we’re so OP in abyss. 😅 or is there a better way to do this?

2. also this. i’m just so slow or laggy…or do i have to make sure to reset until i get the item with the dash thing. 🥲 so tedious

[loveanddeepplot]

Hey there! I have written for OCs in various MMOs over the years, and never really gotten into fandom - only participating from afar - until now. Love and Deepspace has engaged me on an intellectual level... and on some other levels too... let's be honest. But when I'm not digging into Chinese culture or astrophysics, thanks to LaDS, I'm playing things like WoW or FFXIV. (Or other otome, like Ikemen Villains.) I'm an anime enjoyer, as well, if not as well seasoned in the genre as some. I'm not full on friends in LaDS yet, so I figured I'd toss my hunter number out, as well - 82002062245

Expect memes, fanfic, images, art, and thoughtful lore conjecture - as well as posts explaining/exploring the Chinese cultural references being made, when I come across such materials! As I collect useful lore information along the way, I'll try and compile the most relevant things I find on this post, so expect it to be a WIP for a long while! (Suggestions for useful guides/lore are welcome, as well.) Hidden Achievement Guides:

Official LaDS FB Group post (with a few, not all of them - but a useful explanation on how to get the 5% health wins)

A Reddit list (This is probably the most comprehensive list I've seen)

Nicknames That Trigger Voicelines (Reddit)

Masterlist of Moments posts triggered in Photo-booth (Reddit) - Certain specific combinations of clothing/background/pose will trigger a Moments post from your LI - here's ALL the known ones at present! (More posts = more affection!)

Lore Resources:

Angel's Corner - Angel runs a Youtube channel all about exploring LaDS lore, and the ways in which Chinese culture is interwoven into the story. I'll link the major videos from her channel that I recommend in particular, below - but I recommend going through various myths with her as she explores the lore, as well!

EVER holds all the strings in Love and Deepspace | let’s yap about it

Love and Deepspace & Mr Love Queen’s Choice: SAME UNIVERSE?! Let's yap about the connections - HIGHLY RECOMMEND, if you're a big lore nerd!!

MC Lore Deepdive (a lore spiral & yap sesh) - Highly recommended you watch the previously linked video above, first, then watch the one below.

Sylus’s Master Plan & MC’s Origin EXPLAINED | Death & Rebirth Breakdown - Recommended to watch the above video first.

Other LaDS Resources:

LaDS (Re)Translation Project - CN > EN Fan Translation Project Love and Deepspace. ( Having read their Sylus - Beyond Cloudfall - re-translation? I highly recommend this project for those who want more context! Many nuances are changed... sometimes seemingly for no reason.)

Cloudfall Myth's Chinese Cultural Context - This is tied to the Sylus re-translation project for Cloudfall; the cultural context sheds a LOT of light on everything in this myth - even that bit about whether or not they were dreaming!

Stellactrum Theorizing - A Reddit discussion breaking down everyone's colors, and debating their meanings. Nothing official, but it's excellent food for thought.

Abyssal Chaos:

Final Farewell (All LIs) - Reddit Compilation of how to obtain all Final Farewell Endings.

Finding Tobias (All LIs) - Reddit Compilation of how to obtain all Finding Tobias Endings

Combat Related Resources:

Which Protocore and Build to Prioritize? Here’s What To Do (YT)

Combat Guide, Weapon & Companion Combos, Tips & Tricks (YT)

Beginner's Guide to Combat (YT)

Ultimate Rewards Guide Without Spending $$ (30+ WAYS)

[torchiiko]

switch game cases should be way way smaller. ds size. & they should come with inserts why are they big empty cases. once again the dual screen is superior

[dualbrew]

How do I even run homebrew on a DS?

My own setup :) I use TWiLightMenu++ with Wood UI as a main menu, and the flashcard is used to run Moonshell, a media player for Nintendo DS

Fun fact: doing whatever to your Nintendo DS is easy and cheap, if not free.

Playing your game backups? Making your start menu pretty? Teaching the DS new tricks? These are all possible thanks to people contributing to hacking it for ages! This post will help you setup a basic way to achieve all of this on your system, regardless if you own a 3DS or that... weirdly thick first DS model.

Open below, and let yourself into the world of homebrew.

All systems - a DS flashcard

Someone's flashcart collection

They're also known as R4s pretty often, after the first kind of DS flashcarts. Being a first way to run unsigned code on a DS, it's essentially a Nintendo DS game card with a cool little SD card slot you can put things on, almost isolated from the system. For original DS and DS Lite, this is the only way to run homebrew on these systems.

There's A LOT of them and most are cheap - you can find them on places like AliExpress easily by searching for "nintendo ds flashcart", "r4 flashcart" or even something like "9999 in 1 ds game".

Resources like A Quick Guide on DS Flashcarts and Flashcart Guides can help you pick a good one, but to recap both those and my personal opinion: any flashcart that's reputable enough should work okay for most cases, and those guides (as well as flashcart's official site, if it still exists) can help you avoid the problematic ones and set them up.

Don't forget to buy a good SD card reader - even if its included with the flashcart!

Nintendo 3DS - Custom Firmware

"Hacking your 3DS is surprisingly easy"

Here's the guide. This will install a custom firmware (CFW) on your Nintendo 3DS, letting you run the unofficial software. You can either use TWiLight Menu++ to run DS backups and homebrew or put them as Home Menu icons using forwarders. Obviously, thanks to CFW you'll also get to use 3DS hardware to full extent and homebrew.

Nintendo DSi - Unlaunch and similar

A beautiful sight of a DSi succumbing to Unlaunch

See the guide here. This requires minimal risk (since you'll be pretty much installing something on DSi's internal storage - once) and no cost and lets you run even more software - like all of the DSiWare (although it's somewhat possible on a flashcard now too thanks to efforts of TWiLight Menu++ and nds-bootstrap!) and ones enhanced by or exclusive to DSi hardware. Do note that you may need to fiddle a bit with the settings or setup to fully run everything you'd want.

Any more questions?

Feel free to send asks here about how to homebrew your system, your experience or troubles regarding the matter!

As for further resources, you can take a look at GBATemp. It's a big resource for hacking Nintendo and other consoles, offering a forum for asking questions and sharing things about DS, various tutorials and more. DS(i) Mode Hacking and Nintendo Homebrew Discord are also useful for troubleshooting and advice.

I wish you luck in your (3)DS efforts!

-- Red

(Edit from June 5th 2025: Added additional resources for DS hacking and homebrew as "Any More Questions?" section)

[cold-open]

monster rancher isn't a very interesting game to play, moment-to-moment. it's very repetitive. progress can take a lot of time unless you're following very strict guides, especially in the older games. but it offsets this by showing you a lot of freaks and funny guys. and some legitimately cute or cool monsters, too, i guess.