Karma

Karma is mainly obtained by selling Demons in the Pandemonium which is the easiest way to get rid of demons you consider useless. Karma is not a farmable resource but more a resource that is accumulated. For non-veteran players, Karma is then mainly used for Arch-Shifters to change the Archetypes of Demons.

Archetypes

Barong's status page: his Awaken skill is Recarmdra, it is the skill maked by a lock. If Barong is Awakened the skill gets unlocked

Each demon may exist in 5 Archetypes : Common (clear/grey), Aragami (red), Elementalist (teal), Protector (yellow) and Psychic (purple). The color/archetype your demon has is visible on its status page.

• The Archetype of a demon only determine the Awaken skill it possesses (see each demon wiki entry to see the different Awaken skills it may have).
• Awaken skills are locked until the demon is Awakened in Pandemonium in exchange of Aether (items you can farm in Strange Signal).
• For a given demon, some archetypes may be better than others (see Tier List or its wiki profile page to know what is the best Archetype for a given demon).

• Archetypes are attributed to the demons when you summon (Gacha) it. Except for "Normal Summon" and "Hell Bun Summon" (both only give Common/Clear demons), the Archetype of the summoned demons is chosen completely randomly among the 4 non-Common Archetypes.
• However fusing a demon allows you to fully decide which Archetype the demon will get: you need 1 of the two fusion materials to be Clear, and the result of the fusion will inherit the Archetype of the other fusion material.

This poses a problem : whenever you pull/summon a demon, you only have a 1/4 chance of getting the demon's optimal Archetype. This is even more serious if the demon you wish to summon is not fusable.

This problem is solved by items called Arch-Shifters that allow you to change the Archetype of a demon. They are either obtained through events or in the Karma shop.

Shifting Archetypes Items

Picture of the different Arch-Shifters

Arch-Shifters are consumable items that can be used on a non-Common Archetyped demon that, when used, will randomly change its Archetype.

• 2 types exist : one that can only be used on Natural 4★ (Arch-Shifter 4★) and the other on Natural 5★ only (Arch-Shifter 5★).
• The random aspect of the Archetype change means you will often need to use more than one Arch-Shifter on the same demon to obtain the desired Archetype.
• Arch-Selectors will allow you to change to the Archetype of your choice. They also come in the 2 same types.
• On a price per utility basis, Arch-Shifters are better than Arch-Selectors (on average you only need 3 Arch-Shifter to get the desired Archeype while Selectors cost 5 times more Karma)

Managing Arch-Shifters

Arch-Shifters 5★ are very expensive: 3000 Karmas represent 10 non-Common 4★ demons sold... And 3 of them are usually needed. The 4★ version is also expensive for what it does. As such, Arch-Shifters should be kept for:

• Non-fusable Demons. Fusable ones should be fused with the correct Archetype instead.
• Demons you plan to use immediately and who would benefit a lot from having the correct Archetype. If you don't plan to use the demon in the near future, it is smarter to wait as there is a chance you would summon the Demon again but in its correct Archetype.
• Very expensive fusable demons. It can be acceptable to use Shifters on very high Grade 5★ demons (Lucifer, Metatron, Shiva etc.) if you absolutely need them now.

Aside from the very expensive Karma shop, Arch-Shifters can be obtained through events. It is not impossible to get one Arch-Shifter 5★ each month, from events, if Sega is being generous.