Sword x Staff Dungeon Guide: How to Farm Updated Dungeon Tiers

Following the dungeon difficulty scaling update in Sword x Staff, check your selected dungeon tier upon logging in and advance to a higher tier if you consistently clear your current stage in under three minutes. Lowered boss health and damage thresholds make higher difficulty tiers more accessible, allowing you to maximize gear fragment drops without spending extra stamina.

When to Advance Dungeon Tiers

The updated difficulty scaling reduces boss stat spikes between tiers, prioritizing quick, repeatable clears over long endurance fights. To determine whether your team is ready for the next difficulty bracket, evaluate your clear efficiency using specific benchmarks:

• Clear time threshold: If your team completes a stage in under three minutes, immediately move up to the next difficulty tier.
• Drop frequency tracking: Run a stage five times and log the drop rates for blue-tier and purple-tier crafting materials. If higher-tier rewards drop consistently, stay on that difficulty level for your daily routine.
• Team composition tuning: Trade defensive support units for additional damage dealers or crowd-control characters. Reduced boss damage output allows offensive lineups to secure faster clears within target time windows.

Managing Stamina and Resource Allocation

Because stamina costs remain unchanged despite the lowered difficulty, spending stamina on lower tiers wastes potential progression gains. Adjust your resource management to align with the revised drop rates:

1. Verify tier selection manually: Check the dungeon menu every time you log in. The game does not automatically select your highest unlocked or most efficient difficulty tier.
2. Hold base crafting materials: Avoid crafting mid-tier gear that will quickly become obsolete. Save your raw materials to craft top-tier gear fragments obtained from higher dungeon tiers.
3. Conserve daily consumables: Avoid using limited consumables or temporary stat buffs to force clears. The reduced stat requirements mean standard rotations should suffice for stable farming runs.