# Shadow Journey (Story 1 · Hard) The **Shadow Journey** is story 1 all over again, the same missions, the same enemy line-ups, just considerably harder. It opens after **fully completing story 1** (chapter 8, mission 12). Progress is tracked **separately** from normal story progress. Your stars and unlocks in story 1 stay untouched. ## How hard is "hard"? The Shadow Journey does not **multiply** the old enemies, it **continues the curve**: Shadow Journey mission 1‑1 is calculated like "story mission 69" and therefore sits just **above** the level of the story ending. The Shadow Journey final boss stands at roughly **2.3×** the normal final boss. The beginner damping falls away as well: in the Shadow Journey there are no weakened appearances, every enemy stands at **full health**. ## Rules | | Value | |---|---| | Energy per mission | **10** (on victory only) | | Completions per mission and day | **3** (resets at midnight) | | Gold & XP | **× 3** | | Gems on first clear | **× 2** | The daily counter only counts **completions**, never losses. There is no separate fragment cap here, the three runs **are** the ceiling. ## Eight exclusive Mebulis **One Mebuli per chapter that exists nowhere else in the game**. Fragments drop on that chapter's **mini-boss** and **final boss** missions. | Chapter | Area | Exclusive Mebuli | |---|---|---| | 1 | Misty Forest | **Dandishock** | | 2 | Mushroom Grove | **Champkin** | | 3 | Frost Peak | **Pinnio** | | 4 | Crystal Desert | **Xplosito** | | 5 | Emerald Ruins | **Scryer** | | 6 | Floating Gardens | **Psycholone** | | 7 | Twilight Isles | **Surfoon** | | 8 | Crystal Citadel | **Pantheratron** | The odds: **35 % for 3 fragments** at the mini-boss, **50 % for 5 fragments** at the final boss, rolled separately per run. ::: tip Budget about a week per Mebuli At 3 runs a day you collect roughly **10 to 11 fragments per day and chapter**. The 50 fragments for a new Mebuli therefore take about a week of focused farming. ::: ## Quick complete As in story 1, you can batch-run missions you have cleared with **3 stars**. Every run costs the full 10 energy and counts against the daily limit of 3.