Proving Grounds/December 2019

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This page only contains information unique to this iteration of Proving Grounds.
For event basics, see the Proving Grounds main article.

Event duration:	08:00 UTC, December 23, 201917:00 JST, December 23, 2019 - 09:59 UTC, December 28, 201918:59 JST, December 28, 2019
	Displayed time is based on your local machine's clock.

The New Year's-themed December 2019 iteration of Proving Grounds features Earth enemies. This event is treated as the New Year's event for the end of 2019.

For new players

• Proving Grounds is geared towards advanced players, but has significant rewards that even relatively new players can obtain.
• Obtain the SR/SSR Tickets and Proving Grounds SSR Ticket
  • Save SR/SSR Tickets for Premium Gala or Flash Gala banners, or banners with seasonal characters. This ticket is not affected by rate ups and does not provide Cerulean Sparks, but it can draw anything from the current Draw banner.
  • Proving Grounds SSR Ticket can be used immediately. This ticket has a static draw pool regardless of when it is used.

Notable Rewards

• Dawn Rising

New Character

Kumbhira (Event)
	Edit rating

Site	RatingThe character's overall rating out of 10.	GrindingThe character's general efficiency in repeatedly clearing menial content with an emphasis on real-time speed. GW Max Grade: SS KG Max Grade: SS	Full AutoThe character's general performance in Full Auto parties. GW Max Grade: SS KG Max Grade: SS	High DifficultyThe character's capability relative to the game's most difficult content. GW Max Grade: SS KG Max Grade: SS	Last Update
GameWith	7.5	N/A	N/A	N/A	2019-12-24
Kamigame	7.5	N/A	N/A	N/A	2023-06-08

Kumbhira (Event) joins you after viewing the opening cutscene.

Changes from the Previous Run

• Sortie parties can be formed before starting a sortie.
  • Tap the Event Parties button on the event page to form parties.

Event Battles

Disclaimer This section is still being written; it may be wildly inaccurate or missing significant data. If you can help please feel free to edit it but please write edit summaries, preferably with sources.

Sorties

CAUTION: Enemies take reduced damage from elements they are not weak to in these battles.

Lvl 1 Yellow Trooper Edit battle
Cost to Host: 20 AP	Unlock: Enter event

Wave	Name	Lvl	HP	Charge	Mode
Battle 1	Red-Spined Luckster	20	160,000	◇◇◇	No
	White-Spined Luckster	20	140,000	◇◇	No
	Red-Spined Luckster	20	200,000	◇◇◇	No
Battle 2	FRIED SHRIMP	20	500,000	◇	No

Rewards
First clear: Crystal ×50

Wooden	Silver	Gold
Gold Badge Earth Orb Brown Tome	Angel itemRandom R Angel weapon or Queen
Both battles can drop all items. Drop table last updated: 2019-02-09The game changes over time. If the drop tables become incorrect please notify the wiki staff., all stated drop rates are estimates.

CAUTION: Enemies take reduced damage from elements they are not weak to in these battles.

Lvl 2 Yellow Trooper Edit battle
Cost to Host: 30 AP	Unlock: Clear Very Hard

Wave	Name	Lvl	HP	Charge	Mode
Battle 1	Sky-High Red Hawk	30	1,100,000	◇◇◇	No
	Rosy	30	1,400,000	◇◇	No
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Triple Attack 3-hit Earth damage to random allies.
Battle 2	Joya	30	2,500,000	◇◇	No
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
			Doesn't attack normally.
N - Normal, OD - Overdrive, TR - Trigger

Rewards
First clear: Crystal ×50, Ye Who Tolls the BellRewards Crystal ×10

Wooden	Silver	Gold
Gold Badge Earth Orb Brown Tome	Angel itemRandom R Angel weapon or Queen Rumbling Orb Thunder Scroll	Archangel itemRandom SR Archangel weapon or Queen Dawn Rising
Drop table last updated: 2019-02-09The game changes over time. If the drop tables become incorrect please notify the wiki staff., all stated drop rates are estimates.

CAUTION: Enemies take reduced damage from elements they are not weak to in these battles.

Lvl 3 Yellow Trooper Edit battle
Cost to Host: 40 AP	Unlock: Clear Extreme

Wave	Name	Lvl	HP	Charge	Mode
Battle 1	Hog-Wild Hogback	50	10,000,000	◇◇◇	No
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Rush Multi-hit Earth damage to random allies. Targeting Hog-Wild Hogback gains ATK UpATK is boosted Duration: 1 turn Local status effect. Inflicts TargetMore likely to be attacked on one ally. (Bypasses VeilDebuffs will be nullified (1 time) "Veil" is an unofficial name used by the wiki for this status effect. Its actual in-game name is "Immune.".) Boar Smash Massive Earth damage to one ally.		When an ally has TargetMore likely to be attacked Casts Boar Smash. 50% Trigger Casts Targeting.
Battle 2	Nude Ears Sova	50	12,000,000	◇◇◇	Yes
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Under the Moonlight N Multi-hit Earth damage to random allies. Inflicts BlindedAttacks have a slight chance to miss Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining. on all allies. Nude Ears Slay N OD Earth damage to one ally. Inflicts DEF DownDEF is lowered Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining.. Removes 5 buffs from all allies. Honorable Grave OD Earth damage to all allies. Nude Ears Sova gains ATK UpATK is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect and DA UpDouble attack rate is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect.		50% Trigger Unleashes True Power. Casts Nude Ears Slay. 25% Trigger Unleashes True Power+ Base charge diamonds: 3 → 2 Casts Honorable Grave.
N - Normal, OD - Overdrive, TR - Trigger

Rewards
First clear: Crystal ×50, Soba Noodle-Noggined WeirdoRewards Crystal ×30

Wooden	Silver	Gold
Gold Badge Earth Orb Brown Tome	Angel itemRandom R Angel weapon or Queen Rumbling Orb Thunder Scroll Wasteland Fragment Fury Pebble	Archangel itemRandom SR Archangel weapon or Queen Seismic Whorl Rainbow Prism Damascus Grain Dawn Rising
Both battles can drop all items. Drop table based on previous Proving Ground iteration. Drop table last updated: 2019-02-09The game changes over time. If the drop tables become incorrect please notify the wiki staff., all stated drop rates are estimates.

CAUTION: Enemies take reduced damage from elements they are not weak to in these battles.

Lvl 4 Yellow Trooper Edit battle
Cost to Host: 50 AP, 1/day	Unlock: Clear Extreme+

Wave	Name	Lvl	HP	Charge	Mode
Battle 1	FRIED SHRIMP	100	72,000,000	◇◇◇	No
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Hundred-Leg Flail Multi-hit Earth damage to random allies. Inflicts DA DownDouble attack rate is lowered Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining., TA DownTriple attack rate is lowered Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining., and ATK DownATK is lowered Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining. on all allies. Fly-ed SHRIMP Earth damage to all allies. Inflicts BurnedHP is lowered on every turn Duration: 2.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 2 turns remaining.. FRIED SHRIMP gains UpliftedCharge diamonds fill more quickly Duration: 2 turnsLocal status effect		75% Trigger Casts Hundred-Leg Flail. 50% Trigger Unleashes True Power. Casts Fly-ed SHRIMP. 25% Trigger Unleashes True Power+ Casts Hundred-Leg Flail.
Battle 2	Nude Ears Sova	100	80,000,000	◇◇◇	Yes
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Nude Ears Slay Earth damage to one ally. Inflicts DEF DownDEF is lowered Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining.. Removes ? buffs from all allies. Honorable Grave Earth damage to all allies. Nude Ears Sova gains ATK UpATK is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect and DA UpDouble attack rate is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect.		50% Trigger Unleashes True Power. 25% Trigger Unleashes True Power+ Base charge diamonds: 3 → 2
N - Normal, OD - Overdrive, TR - Trigger

Rewards
First clear: Crystal ×50, FPF with GranblueRewards Crystal ×50

Wooden	Silver	Gold
Gold Badge	Flawless Prism Thunder Scroll	Dawn Rising
Drop table last updated: 2019-02-09The game changes over time. If the drop tables become incorrect please notify the wiki staff., all stated drop rates are estimates.

High-Difficulty Sorties

CAUTION: Enemies take reduced damage from elements they are not weak to in these battles.

Lvl 5 Yellow Trooper Edit battle
Cost to Host: 50 AP; 0 AP after first clear	Unlock: Clear Maniac

Wave	Name	Lvl	HP	Charge	Mode
Battle 1	Red-Spined Luckster	120	15,000,000	◇◇◇	No
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Somersault Earth damage to one ally and remove 1 buff.		50% Trigger Casts Somersault.
	White-Spined Luckster	120	15,000,000	◇◇◇◇	No
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Agile Chitin Multi-hit Earth damage to random allies. Inflicts BlindedAttacks have a slight chance to miss Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining. on one ally. Aqua Pillar Multi-hit Earth damage to random allies. White-Spined Luckster gains DEF UpDEF is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect.		50% Trigger Casts Aqua Pillar.
	Red-Spined Luckster	120	32,000,000	◇◇	No
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Somersault Earth damage to one ally.
Battle 2	FRIED SHRIMP	120	72,000,000	◇◇	No
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Fly-ed SHRIMP HP 100%－51% Earth damage to all allies. Inflicts Burned (1500)HP is lowered on every turn Strength: 1500Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining.. FRIED SHRIMP gains UpliftedCharge diamonds fill more quickly Duration: 2 turnsLocal status effect Hundred-Leg Flail HP 100%－51% Multi-hit Earth damage to random allies. Inflicts DA DownDouble attack rate is lowered Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining., TA DownTriple attack rate is lowered Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining., and ATK DownATK is lowered Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining. on all allies. Batter Cannon HP 50%－ Massive Earth damage to all allies. Inflicts -50% Charge CutInstantly reduces Charge Bar by -50% Strength: -50%. Life is Beautiful HP 50%－ Multi-hit Earth damage to random allies. Removes 1 debuff from FRIED SHRIMP.		50% Trigger Changes form. Casts Life is Beautiful. 25% Trigger Unleashes True Power. Casts Batter Cannon.
Battle 3	Joya	120	90,000,000	◇	Yes
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Gong of Silence HP 100%－51% Earth damage to all allies. Inflicts Skill SealedCan't use skills Duration: 1.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 1 turn remaining.. Gong of Gravitas HP 100%－51%. Earth damage to all allies. Inflicts Strong ArmedCan't be healed Duration: 1.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 1 turn remaining.. Decembell HP 50%－ Earth damage to one ally. Joya gains ATK UpATK is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect. Let Go HP 50%－ Massive Earth damage to all allies. Inflicts IntoxicatedNot really sure whom to attack / Will go to sleep after 1 turn (Substitute and Counter won't take effect) Duration: 1.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 1 turn remaining. and DemoralizedBuff effects granted by buff skills are nullified (Can't be removed) Duration: 1.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 1 turn remaining..		Doesn't attack normally until 50%. 50% Trigger Changes form. Base charge diamonds: 1 → 2 Casts Decembell. 25% Trigger Unleashes True Power. Base charge diamonds: 2 → 1 Casts Let Go.
N - Normal, OD - Overdrive, TR - Trigger

Rewards
First clear: Crystal ×50, Boar Tribe for LifeRewards Crystal ×50

Wooden	Silver	Gold
Gold Badge Prism Chip		Brown Dragon Scale Dawn Rising
Drop table last updated: 2019-02-09The game changes over time. If the drop tables become incorrect please notify the wiki staff., all stated drop rates are estimates.

CAUTION: Enemies take reduced damage from elements they are not weak to in these battles.

Lvl 6 Yellow Trooper Edit battle
Cost to Host: 50 AP; 0 AP after first clear	Unlock: Clear Proud

Wave	Name	Lvl	HP	Charge	Mode
Battle 1	FRIED SHRIMP	150	102,000,000	◇◇	No
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Hiss and Spatter HP 100%－67% Multi-hit Earth damage to random allies. Batter Up HP 100%－67% FRIED SHRIMP gains DEF UpDEF is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect and Debuff Res. UpDebuff resistance is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect. Inflicts BurnedHP is lowered on every turn on all allies. Fly-ed SHRIMP HP 66%－34% Earth damage to all allies. Inflicts Burned (3000)HP is lowered on every turn Strength: 3000Duration: 2.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 2 turns remaining.. FRIED SHRIMP gains UpliftedCharge diamonds fill more quickly Duration: 2 turnsLocal status effect. Hundred-Leg Flail HP 66%－34% Multi-hit Earth damage to random allies. Inflicts DA DownDouble attack rate is lowered Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining., TA DownTriple attack rate is lowered Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining., and ATK DownATK is lowered Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining. on all allies. Batter Cannon HP 33%－ Massive Earth damage to all allies. Inflicts -100% Charge CutInstantly reduces Charge Bar by -100% Strength: -100%. Life is Beautiful HP 33%－ Multi-hit Earth damage to random allies. Removes 1Verification needed. debuff from FRIED SHRIMP. Zwei'd SHRIMP HP 33%－ Earth damage to all allies. Inflicts Burned (3000)HP is lowered on every turn Strength: 3000Duration: 2.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 2 turns remaining.. FRIED SHRIMP gains UpliftedCharge diamonds fill more quickly Duration: 2 turnsLocal status effect.		Doesn't attack normally until 66%. Immune to PetrifiedStops enemy's charge diamonds from filling. , SleepCan't attack and takes big DMG (Ends upon taking DMG) Takes 25% more damage, ComatoseCan't attack and takes big DMG (Chance to end upon taking DMG) Takes 50% more damage Local status effect. 85% Trigger Casts Hiss and Spatter. 66% Trigger Changes form. Casts Fly-ed SHRIMP. 33% Trigger Changes form. Base charge diamonds: 2 → 1 Casts Life is Beautiful. 15% Trigger Casts Batter Cannon.
Battle 2	Nude Ears Sova	150	120,000,000	◇◇	Yes
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	Under the Moonlight N 5-hit Earth damage to random allies. Inflicts BlindedAttacks have a slight chance to miss Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining. and ShortedCharge bar is frozen Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining. on all allies. Nude Ears Slay N OD Earth damage to one ally. Inflicts DEF DownDEF is lowered Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining.. Removes 5 buffs from all allies. Nude Ears Sova gains ReslashDeals bonus earth DMG upon attacks (Can only be removed by dealing a total of 4,000,000 or more wind skill DMG) Duration: Indefinite. Honorable Grave OD Earth damage to all allies. Nude Ears Sova gains ATK UpATK is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect and DA UpDouble attack rate is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect.		50% Trigger Casts Nude Ears Slay. 25% Trigger Casts Honorable Grave.
Battle 3	Joya	150	140,000,000	◇◇◇	Yes
	Special Attacks		Triggers and Notes
	New Year's Retribution N Earth damage to all allies. Joya gains Bell TollDeals plain DMG to an ally at end of each turn (Can only be removed by dealing DMG 108 times) Duration: Indefinite. N TR only: Joya also gains TA UpTriple attack rate is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect. Decembell N Multi-hit Earth damage to random allies. Joya gains ATK UpATK is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect and DEF UpDEF is boosted Duration: 3 turnsLocal status effect. Demons of the Past TR Multi-hit Earth damage to random allies. Inflicts Skill DelayExtend the cooldown of skills currently on cooldown Strength: +3 turns on all allies. Removes 3 buffs from all allies.		Immune to ComatoseCan't attack and takes big DMG (Chance to end upon taking DMG) Takes 50% more damage Local status effect, SleepCan't attack and takes big DMG (Ends upon taking DMG) Takes 25% more damage Upon starting battle Casts New Year's Retribution. 75% Trigger Casts Decembell. 50% Trigger Unleashes True Power. Base charge diamonds: 3 → 2 Casts New Year's Retribution. 25% Trigger Unleashes True Power+ Casts Demons of the Past.
N - Normal, OD - Overdrive, TR - Trigger

Rewards
First clear: Crystal ×50, Here to Fry Noodles and Hit BellsRewards Crystal ×50

Wooden	Silver	Gold
Gold Badge Prism Chip Brown Tome	Flawless Prism Rumbling Orb Wasteland Fragment	Archangel itemRandom SR Archangel weapon or Queen Rainbow Prism Dawn Rising
Drop table last updated: 2019-02-09The game changes over time. If the drop tables become incorrect please notify the wiki staff., all stated drop rates are estimates.

Event Rewards

Sortie Completion Loot

Completing a sortie rewards a red chest with an assortment of random loot. Drop rates and available contents are affected by the difficulty completed. Loot that can be obtained from a lower difficulty can also be obtained in higher difficulties.

Very Hard	Extreme	Extreme+	Maniac	Proud	Proud+
Brown Tome Copper Spellbook Silver Spellbook (Rare) Yggdrasil Anima Yggdrasil Omega Anima Genesis Bud	Champion Merit Supreme Merit (Rare) Blue Sky Crystal (Rare) True Earth Anima Earth Pinion Dawn Rising (Rare)	Earth Crystal Damascus Grain (Rare) Evil Judge Crystal	Earth Quartz Earth Urn Coronation Ring (Rare)	Lineage Ring	—

Badge Rewards

Badge rewards are earned when the requisite number of badges is collected. You do not spend badges for these rewards.

	Reward
1	Rupie ×10,000
3	Half Elixir ×1
6	Soul Berry ×3
9	CP ×50
12	Copper Spellbook ×1
15	SR/SSR Ticket ×1
18	Rupie ×10,000
21	Half Elixir ×1
24	Soul Berry ×3
27	Rupie ×10,000
30	Coronation Ring ×1
35	Soul Berry ×3
40	CP ×50
45	Copper Spellbook ×1
50	Animus Codex ×1
55	Rupie ×10,000
60	Half Elixir ×1
65	Soul Berry ×3
70	SR/SSR Ticket ×1
75	Rupie ×10,000

	Reward
80	Half Elixir ×1
85	Soul Berry ×3
90	CP ×50
95	Copper Spellbook ×1
100	Dec 2019 PG SSR Ticket ×1
105	Rupie ×10,000
110	Half Elixir ×2
115	Soul Berry ×5
120	Silver Spellbook ×1
125	Rupie ×20,000
130	Half Elixir ×2
135	Soul Berry ×5
140	CP ×50
145	Copper Spellbook ×1
150	Dawn Rising ×1
160	Rupie ×20,000
170	Half Elixir ×2
180	Coronation Ring ×1
190	Silver Spellbook ×1
200	SR/SSR Ticket ×1

PG Points

Notable PG Point Rewards
Points	Item
300,000	Coronation Ring
500,000	Alexiel Anima
800,000	Blue Sky Crystal
1,000,000	Dawn Rising
1,500,000	Gold Spellbook
1,750,000	Alexiel Anima
2,000,000	Lineage Ring
2,500,000	Snow Hopper (Lyria) (Replaced by Crystal ×300 if already owned prior).
3,000,000	Coronation Ring
3,500,000	Blue Sky Crystal
5,000,000	Dawn Rising
6,000,000	Earth Urn
7,500,000	Lineage Ring
8,000,000	Blue Sky Crystal
10,000,000	Dawn Rising
15,000,000	Intricacy Ring

Trophies

	English Title	Japanese Title	Step	Description	Reward	Notes
	Ye Who Tolls the Bell	あの鐘を鳴らすのは	★	Clear Yellow Trooper (Lvl 2)	Crystal ×10
	Soba Noodle-Noggined Weirdo	不審な蕎麦	★	Clear Yellow Trooper (Lvl 3)	Crystal ×30
	FPF with Granblue	ＦＰＦにグラブルを	★	Clear Yellow Trooper (Lvl 4)	Crystal ×50
	Boar Tribe for Life	亥年ノ民	★	Clear Yellow Trooper (Lvl 5)	Crystal ×50
	Here to Fry Noodles and Hit Bells	天そばを 食して臨む 鐘叩き	★	Clear Yellow Trooper (Lvl 6)	Crystal ×50
	Hit Me If You Can	当たらなければどうということはない	★	Clear Yellow Trooper (Lvl 6) within 20 turns	Crystal ×50
	No Fly, No Fry	No Fly, No Fry	★☆☆	Clear the sortie Yellow Trooper 10 times in Proving Grounds	Crystal ×10
	Transfrymers, Toll Out	変形はロマン	★★☆	Clear the sortie Yellow Trooper 30 times in Proving Grounds	Crystal ×30
	Boarserker	猪武者	★★★	Clear the sortie Yellow Trooper 50 times in Proving Grounds	Crystal ×50
	Free Us from This, Our Daily Grind	煩悩からの解放	★	Defeat 108 foes in the sortie Yellow Trooper	Crystal ×50

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