Snowbreak: Containment Zone Manifestation Guide
Manifestations are locked latent abilities of your operatives that you can unlock by using their own Extracts. In our Snowbreak Manifestation Guide, we will provide in-depth information about how the system works and how it can help unlock your character's full potential.
At the same time, you can also check out our article for various methods of acquiring new weapons for your operatives. We also have a dedicated article about upgrading your weapons.
We also have a Weapons Tier List which will help you identify the weapons worth upgrading and giving to your operatives.
Manifestation Level in Snowbreak: Containment Zone
Each operative has 5 manifestation levels. And in each level, there are 9 nodes that need to be activated before fully unlocking the Manifestation Level. 8 of the nodes will each have permanent stat boosts to the operative, while the last node unlocks a new passive skill for the operative - usually significantly enhancing their skill set.
The manifestation levels and their respective nodes are unlocked in order so you don't have to worry and just focus on allotting extracts to nodes. The number of extracts needed to activate the nodes will increase as you go through the manifestation levels.
Manifestation Sources in Snowbreak: Containment Zone
Extracts are obtained through the following methods:
Obtaining a duplicate copy of the operative
Use the Echo (gacha) system. Duplicate copies of purple-tier operatives will generate 30 extracts while orange-tier duplicates will yield 60 extracts.
Personal Files
These are special missions that will allow you to easily farm extracts for specific operatives albeit on a limited amount daily. You'll get 12 Memory Chips daily which you can use to clear Personal File missions for an operative.
Each operative mission has five stages, but what will matter is the last Action stage where memory chips are consumed to get the extracts. After clearing an "Action 02" stage once, you'll be able to use the Auto-Clear function to instantly receive subsequent extracts easily. For orange-tier operatives, it's a bit different. You're only limited to get two Extracts a day (two Auto-Clears), with each Auto-Clear consuming 3 chips.
This means, you have the following daily limits:
- 6 purple extracts
- 4 orange extracts (two different operatives)
- 2 orange extracts, 3 purple extracts
Permanent Shop
Regular Supply
You can purchase 1 random extract for 20,000 silverbucks. This is refreshed daily.
Decomposition Lab
You can access this option via Shop > Circulation Hub > Decomposition Lab. Here, you can exchange "Mori Segments", which is a currency you'll get once you get further copies of an operative whose manifestation is fully maxed out. It will take a long while before you can start collecting mori segments but at least the option is there.
Limited event exchange shop
In some limited events, you can collect temporary resources that can be used to exchange for various items, including featured character extracts. In the example below, you can purchase up to 60 Siris Extracts for 900 Lucky Coins.
Summary
Unlocking all 5 manifestation levels is necessary in unlocking the character's full potential. The process of fully maxing out an operative's manifestation level is a tedious one that involves luck and consistent playthrough. Spending is optional and can make the process more streamlined and faster but for free-to-play players (which is most of us), it's a long journey but definitely worth it, especially if you're focusing on a handful of characters that you like the most.