SAO was bad for what it was, but I love the idea of their kind of VR.If you liked the VR idea, you should read a book called "Ready Player One." It's about a VR MMO that takes over the world after a huge economic crash. People go to school in this MMO, they make money in this MMO to buy things in the real world. They're living in this post-apocalyptic world where the people that made this MMO control the world's electricity and income. If you aren't making huge amounts of money in this game, you're simultaneously living in poverty in the real world. The creator dies and leaves an Easter Egg in the game -- whoever finds it inherits his entire fortune. Also tons of 80s pop culture and video game culture references. It's fantastic. Read it.
My sister told me not to watch Black Butler long ago.
This guide is a work in progress and is continuously updated with the help of the community. Pictures coming soon!
After completing the Mushroom Shrine theme dungeon, you can then raise the closeness of a number of NPCs that will allow you to use a skill once you reach a high closeness. To open the Threads of Fate window, you need to click the book icon on the left side of your screen, then click the mushroom shrine icon, followed up by clicking [Threads of Fate] Unraveling the Threads of Fate.
Talk to the NPCs in this window to gain closeness, and depending on how interesting the conversation is you will earn anywhere from +0-+3 closeness. Talking is limited, so you can't simply talk to them over and over to gain closeness. You must wait 1 full hour to speak to the same NPC. Also in the threads of fate window you can give gifts once daily to receive 3 closeness. You can equip up to 3 of these NPCs to gain stats on your Wings of Fate. Double click the NPCs while in the Threads of Fate window to equip them and their icon will appear in the area below. There are a couple of gifts that I don't know because I haven't unlocked them and JMS translations didn't provide useful info.
+3 Closeness daily
It's important to note that once you reach 50 closeness, talking will no longer give closeness. I will be listing the conversation options in order. The first conversation choice for each NPC will have 2 choices. If you don't get the first choice listed below, press Esc and start the conversation again until you get that option. Can repeat the same conversation hourly.
After reaching 50 Closeness, your options are limited. You either give daily gifts for 3 closeness or you can do Tengu boss runs (or you can do both). Closeness decays by 3 each day even after you reach 100 closeness. Each Tengu boss run gives 3 closeness to an NPC of your choosing, and you can do it up to 5 times a day. That's 15 closeness per day. Tengu runs take time, though, so it's best to do them with a party. One run for me, without any missed action prompts, takes about 10 minutes. That means it would take 50 minutes or more to max out your daily Tengu runs. I would try to find one or two people to go with you on Tengu runs so that they are finished quickly.
List of all combinations Not sure why this link isn't working, but you can find the list on southperry.
The best combinations:All of these effects occur at 100 closeness with all 3 characters. Anything lower than 100 closeness will yield a lower stat. Get your desired stat combination below and maintain 100 closeness with the 3 chosen NPCs by giving daily gifts and you're golden. Disclaimer: none of these numbers are confirmed. I got these numbers from the JMS version of this event, and GMS may have changed these numbers.
Kino Kinoko + Kubinashi + Yorozu - 4% all stats (the other %stat combinations only go up to 3%)
Kino Kinoko + Izuna + Yorozu - +20 Atk, +20 M.Atk
Takeno Kinoko + Nue + Izuna - +10% Max Crit Dmg
Takeno Kinoko + Nue + Yorozu - +10% Min Crit Dmg
Kamaitachi + Nue + Izuna - +5% Atk
Nue + Kubinashi + Kurama - +8% Crit Rate
Nue + Kubinashi + Yorozu - +8% Ignore Monster Def
Nue + Izuna + Yorozu - +5% Boss Monster Dmg
Kubinashi + Kurama + Izuna - +5% M.Atk
This guide will continually be updated as other information is discovered! Special thanks to the people of basilmarket for helping me compile this info thus far.