Line 5: Merry Go Round

Duration

Start Date	End Date
February 20th, 2025	TBD

No. of Stations
11

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Line 5: Merry Go Round is the fifth line of Refraction Railway introduced in Season 5: Oblivion. It is unlocked by completing Canto VII.

Line 5 is composed of 11 total Stations, divided into 3 Sections. Every Station offer difficult Encounters based on enemies encountered in Canto VII or Intervallo V - 1, Peccatula Invidiae of various Identities, 2 Abnormalities previously encountered in the Canto VII Dungeon, and 3 new Abnormalities that had E.G.O released as Seasonal E.G.O during Season 5.
Similarly to Line 4, the Stations in each Section are treated as multiple waves of a single Encounter.

Like Line 4, Line 5 also uses the Chain Battle mechanic, with all Sinners being required to be Deployed before the start of the battle, with the last 6 Sinners reserved as Backup. Sinners do not gain buffs based on Deployment Order, though Backup Sinners have extra initial SP when brought onfield. Identities also give additional E.G.O resources upon death according to their Sin Affinities: Identity death give 1 Skill 1-Affinity resource, 2 Skill 2-Affinity resource, and 3 Skill 3-Affinity resource.

No Rest Stops are present in this Refraction Railway line. Instead, the team loadout can be changed after the completion of each Section, with Identities' HP fully healed and SP reset to 0 in the process. The Identities Deployed for Section 1 cannot be Deployed for Section 2, though Section 3 has no restriction on Identities Deployed.

After the completion of each Station, a choice of 'Buffs & Trials' will appear, prompting the Manager to choose a Buff to the Sinners and accompanying Buff to the enemies. These Buffs and Trials persists for the entirety of the Refraction Railway run. Each Section (save for the last Station) has its own pool of Buffs & Trials; the last Station has a pool independent from the rest of the Section.

Duration

February 20th, 2025 12:00 - TBD (Line 6 Opening) 10:00 (KST Time)
Requires clearance of Canto 7-36

Reward

Banners

Basic - Obtained by clearing Section 3 of Refraction Railway Line 5
Decorated - Obtained by clearing Section 3 of Refraction Railway Line 5 with 100 or less Total Turns before the end of Season 5: Oblivion

Basic
Decorated

Business Card Decorations

Line 5 - Obtained by clearing Section 3 of Refraction Railway Line 5
Line 5: Merry Go Round - Obtained by clearing Section 3 of Refraction Railway Line 5 with 100 or less Total Turns before the end of Season 5: Oblivion

Line 5
Line 5: Merry Go Round

Stage List

Line 5: Merry Go Round
Section Number	Station Number	Image	Abnormality/Faction	First-Clear Reward
Section #1	First Stop: Attachment	Refracted Hurting Teddy Bear	Refracted Hurting Teddy Bear	Identity Training Ticket IV x50 Identity Training Ticket III x20 Level Boost Ticket V x1
	Station #2: Hunt	Refracted Rose Hunter	Refracted Rose Hunter
	Station #3: Fountainhead	Refracted Peccatulum Pigritiae Class 3 Refracted Peccatulum Morositatis Class 3 Refracted Peccatulum Irae Class 3	Refracted Class 3 Peccatula
	Station #4: Misting	Refracted Sleeping Bag of a Bygone Day	Refracted Sleeping Bag of a Bygone Day
Section #2	Station #5: Ironstrike	Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Full-Stop Office Rep Hong Lu Class 2	Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Assorted Identities with Ammo	Thread x200 [Season 5] Random Egoshard Crate x20 [Season 5] Nominable Egoshard Crate x60
	Station #6: Rampage	Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Kurokumo Clan Captain Ishmael Class 2	Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Kurokumo Clan Identities, assorted Identities with E.G.O, The Middle Identities
	Station #7: Oblivion	Refracted Der Fluchschütze	Refracted Der Fluchschütze
Section #3	Station #8: Motherhood	Refracted Dulcinea	Refracted Dulcinea	Decaextraction Ticket x3 [Season 5] 3★ Guarantee Decaextraction Ticket x1 Line 5 Profile Decoration Line 5: Merry Go Round Profile Decoration
	Station #9: Treason	Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - The Manager of La Manchaland Don Quixote Class 2	Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - La Manchaland Identities, Assorted Bleed Identities
	Station #10: Blood Sin	The Refracted Priest The Refracted Barber Refracted Dulcinea	Refracted La Manchaland Overseers
	Terminus: Yearning	Refracted Four-hundred Roses	Refracted Four-hundred Roses

Encounter Details

Note: all enemies with SP have the $Refracted Determination.png$ Refracted Determination $Refracted Determination.png$ Refracted DeterminationHalve the amount of SP lose when an ally is defeated as per the Identity's 'Base Factors decreasing Sanity(SP)'. (rounded down) buff, halving SP reduction from ally death.

Line 5: Merry Go Round
Section Number	Stage	Enemies	Reinforcements
1	Attatchment	Refracted Hurting Teddy Bear
	Hunt	Refracted Rose Hunter	Adds spawned on conditional Refracted Barbed Lasso
	Fountainhead	Refracted Peccatulum Pigritiae Class 3 Refracted Peccatulum Morositatis Class 3 Refracted Peccatulum Irae Class 3
	Misting	Refracted Sleeping Bag of a Bygone Day
2	Ironstrike	Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Full-Stop Office Rep Hong Lu Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Lobotomy E.G.O::Solemn Lament Yi Sang Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Twinhook Pirates First Mate Gregor Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - LCCB Assistant Manager Ryōshū Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - LCCB Assistant Manager Ishmael Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Full-Stop Office Rep Heathcliff Class 2	Support Passives Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Devyat' Assoc. North Section 3 Rodion Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Devyat' Assoc. North Section 3 Sinclair Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - W Corp. L3 Cleanup Captain Outis Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - W Corp. L3 Cleanup Agent Don Quixote Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Cinq Assoc. West Section 3 Meursault Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Seven Assoc. South Section 4 Faust Class 2
	Rampage	Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Kurokumo Clan Captain Ishmael Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Kurokumo Clan Wakashu Heathcliff Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Kurokumo Clan Wakashu Ryōshū Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Kurokumo Clan Wakashu Hong Lu Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Kurokumo Clan Captain Gregor Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Kurokumo Clan Wakashu Rodion Class 2	Reinforcements Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Lobotomy E.G.O::Magic Bullet Outis Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - LCE E.G.O::Ardor Blossom Star Faust Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Dawn Office Fixer Sinclair Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - LCE E.G.O::Lantern Yi Sang Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - The Middle Little Sister Don Quixote Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - The Middle Little Brother Meursault Class 2
	Oblivion	Refracted Der Fluchschütze	Adds spawned on conditional Refracted Old G Corp. Head Manager Refracted Downcast Veteran
3	Motherhood	Refracted Dulcinea Refracted Bloodfiend of the Joyful Parade Refracted Bloodbag of the Painful Parade Refracted Despairing Bloodbag	Adds spawned on conditional Refracted Disgraced Bloodbag Refracted Despairing Bloodbag Refracted Bloodbag of the Painful Parade Refracted Bloodbag of the Rear Parade Refracted Bloodfiend of the Happy Parade
	Treason	Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - The Manager of La Manchaland Don Quixote Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - The Princess of La Manchaland Rodion Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - The Barber of La Manchaland Outis Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - The Priest of La Manchaland Gregor Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Lobotomy E.G.O::Red Eyes & Penitence Ryōshū Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - R Corp. 4th Pack Rhino Meursault Class 2	Support Passives Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - The Ring Pointillist Student Yi Sang Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - The One Who Grisp Faust Class 1 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Kurokumo Clan Wakashu Hong Lu Class 1 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Kurokumo Clan Wakashu Heathcliff Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - Kurokumo Clan Captain Ishmael Class 2 Refracted Peccatulum Invidiae - The One Who Shall Grip Sinclair Class 1
	Blood Sin	The Refracted Priest The Refracted Barber Refracted Dulcinea
	Yearning	Refracted Four-hundred Roses

Buffs & Trials

One Buff and accompanying Trial may be chosen after each Station has been cleared in Line 5. Each Section has its own pool of Buffs & Trials, and the last Station in each Section has its own, unique set of Buffs & Trials.
Each Buff & Trial may only be chosen once throughout each Line 5 run, and applies for the rest of the entire run when chosen.

Buffs & Trials - Line 5
Section #	Station #	Buff			Trial
Section #	Station #	Icon	Name	Effects	Icon	Name	Effects
Section #1	Station #1	$Infliction Refraction Buff RR5.png$	Infliction Refraction	+1 to Burn, Bleed, Tremor, Rupture, and Sinking Potency inflicted against enemies with Skills & Coin effects	$Growth Refraction I Trial RR5.png$	Growth Refraction I	Enemy Level +1
		$Gain Refraction Buff RR5.png$	Gain Refraction	+1 to Poise and Charge Count gained by allies with Skills & Coin effects
		$Refracted Mind Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Mind	3 allies with the least SP heal 8 SP at Turn End (excluding: allies that are Panicked or Corroded)
	Stations #2~3	(In addition to Buffs & Trials from Station #1)
		$Refracted Burst Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Burst	Turn End: against all enemy Parts, inflict Wrath damage equal to Burn Potency on each Part; then, reduce their Burn Count by 1, trigger Tremor Burst once, and reduce their Tremor Count by 1 (activates only at 2+ Count)	$Growth Refraction I Trial RR5.png$	Growth Refraction I	Enemy Level +1
		$Refracted Rupture Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Rupture	Rupture Skills that inflict Rupture Potency or Count: Final Power +2
		$Refracted Sinking Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Sinking	Deal +(Sinking Potency on the target)% more damage against targets at less than 0 SP or without SP (max 45%)
		$Refracted Poise Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Poise	Deal +(10 + Poise Potency + Poise Count)% more damage on Critical Hit (max 50%)
		$Refracted Charge Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Charge	On Hit with Skills that consumed 8+ Charge Count: +0.1 to Envy Resistance on the target for this Encounter (once per Skill per enemy; max Resistance adjustment: 0.3)\nSkills that gain or consume Charge Count deal +(10 + (Count gained or consumed x 2))% more damage (max 50%)
		$Refracted Bleed Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Bleed	Turn Start: inflict 5 Bleed Potency and +3 Count to enemies at max HP (once per enemy per Part per Encounter)		Blossomed Blood	+1 to Bleed Potency and Count inflicted by enemies against targets with Bleed using Skill & Coin effects
	Station #4		Weakness Destroyed	Deal +30% more damage against Destroyed or Staggered Parts	$Growth Refraction II Trial RR5.png$	Growth Refraction II	Enemy Level +2
			Nebulizer	First Turn Start of a wave: all allies gain 5 Poise Potency and +5 Poise Count. If Pride Reson. was activated, all allies gain 3 Poise Potency and +3 Poise Count at Combat Start
			A Single Breath	E.G.O Skills deal +30% more damage
Section #2	Stations #5~6		Lasting Battle Spirit	Starting from #7 Deployed Sinner: at the start of the same turn it Substitutes in, heal 30 SP, gain 1 Attack Power Up for the Encounter, and gain 2 E.G.O resource for each one of the Affinities corresponding to their Base Attack Skills	$Clash Power Refraction Trial RR5.png$	Clash Power Refraction	Enemy Clash Power +1
			Resource Reaping	After using an Attack or a Counter Skill, if the enemy is defeated, gain 2 E.G.O resource of the Skill Affinity that was used (once per Skill, including E.G.O Skills)		Resource Vaporization	After using an Awakening E.G.O, also consume 1 E.G.O resource from 2 Sin Affinities with more than 1 E.G.O resource; consumed from Affinities with the most resources first
			Life or Death	All allies deal +30% more damage		Life or Death	-25% to max HP on all allies
			Wrathful Counter	When hit, gain 2 Offense Level Up next turn (max 6)	$Refracted Rage Trial RR5.png$	Refracted Rage	When hit by a Skill, enemies randomly gain 1 of the following next turn: Offense Level Up, Defense Level Up (4 times per enemy)
			HP Manipulation	+25% Max HP for all allies; remove the first Stagger threshold	$Health Refraction Trial RR5.png$	Health Refraction	Enemy Max HP +10%
			Bloody Banquet	On Hit, if the enemy lost HP, heal HP equal to 10% of the damage dealt. All allies lose 3 Bleed Count at Turn End	$Health Refraction Trial RR5.png$	Health Refraction	Enemy Max HP +10%
	Station #7		The Lone Gunman	Raise Min & Max Speed values for the #1 Deployed Identity by 1. The said unit loses a Skill 1, but gains a Skill 3	$Damage Refraction Trial RR5.png$	Damage Refraction	Enemies deal +10% more damage
			Pendant of Nostalgia	Combat Start: 3 currently earliest Deployed allies gain 10 Poise Potency
			Fell Bullet Deluge	Whenever an ally dies, inflict fixed damage equal to 50% of the dead ally's max HP against all Parts on all enemies
			Festival of Blood	Each ally deals +1% more damage for every 10 Bloodfeast they Consumed (max 30%)
Section #3	Stations #8~9	(In addition to Buffs & Trials from Stations #1~3 and Stations #5~6)
			Dogged Defense	All allies take -50% less damage		Dogged Defense	All enemies take -20% less damage
			Power Roulette	Turn Start: All ally Skills gain Final Power +1~3		Power Roulette	Turn Start: All enemy Skills gain Final Power +1~3
		$Refracted Wrath Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Wrath	Wrath Skills deal +30% more damage Change the Wrath Resistance of the Final Boss of Section 3 to Weak(x1.25)	$Hostile Refraction Trial RR5.png$	Hostile Refraction	Enemy Clash Power +1; enemies deal +10% more damage
		$Refracted Lust Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Lust	Lust Skills deal +30% more damage Change the Lust Resistance of the Final Boss of Section 3 to Weak(x1.25)
		$Refracted Sloth Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Sloth	Sloth Skills deal +30% more damage Change the Sloth Resistance of the Final Boss of Section 3 to Weak(x1.25)
		$Refracted Gluttony Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Gluttony	Gluttony Skills deal +30% more damage Change the Gluttony Resistance of the Final Boss of Section 3 to Weak(x1.25)
		$Refracted Gloom Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Gloom	Gloom Skills deal +30% more damage Change the Gloom Resistance of the Final Boss of Section 3 to Weak(x1.25)
		$Refracted Pride Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Pride	Pride Skills deal +30% more damage Change the Pride Resistance of the Final Boss of Section 3 to Weak(x1.25)
		$Refracted Envy Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Envy	Envy Skills deal +30% more damage Change the Envy Resistance of the Final Boss of Section 3 to Weak(x1.25)
	Station #10	$Refracted Slash Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Slash	Slash Skills gain Plus Coin Power +1, Minus Coin Power -1 Change the Slash Resistance of the Final Boss of Section 3 to Weak(x1.5)		Moderate Risk	Enemy Plus Coin Power +1
		$Refracted Pierce Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Pierce	Pierce Skills gain Plus Coin Power +1, Minus Coin Power -1 Change the Pierce Resistance of the Final Boss of Section 3 to Weak(x1.5)
		$Refracted Blunt Buff RR5.png$	Refracted Blunt	Blunt Skills gain Plus Coin Power +1, Minus Coin Power -1 Change the Blunt Resistance of the Final Boss of Section 3 to Weak(x1.5)
			High-risk	All allies deal +10% more damage Change the Slash, Pierce, Blunt Resistance of the Final Boss of Section 3 to Weak(x1.3)		High-risk	Enemy Plus Coin Power +2
			Comfy	Raise Min & Max Speed values by 2 for all allies; Max HP +25%	$Defensive Refraction Trial RR5.png$	Defensive Refraction	Enemy Defense Level +3