Boards tips & tricks

Written by Sefhi

Published on: 2024-12-29

Updated on: 2026-02-24

Intro

Although Trickcal is kind of a meme and casual game, there are some systems that if not properly used will brick your account long term considering how long it takes to level up and acquire some of those resources.

One of those systems are the Ultra Pastel Ultra Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger. and character boards that give you extra stats, like this one.

We will go into each topic more in depth below, but here’s a TLDR of the Pastel system:

• Each character board has a different layout
• There are 3 boards per character, which you can access by opening a “Gateway” when you finish the current one
• You don’t need to fully unlock every node to move to the next board, and you can come back at any time to finish previous nodes
• There are some nodes that absolutely YOU SHOULD ALWAYS pick and some that you can completely ignore, more on that below
• There is a game mode to farm Pastels, but you can obtain them in events and shops too
• There are 4 types of Pastels, Basic Pastel Basic Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger. , Average Pastel Average Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger. , Epic Pastel Epic Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger. , and the most important ones, Ultra Pastel Ultra Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger.
• Normal nodes apply only to that character, but glowing nodes apply to all characters, making them really important and the focus for most players

Where do I farm Pastels?

You can use your Star Candy Star Candy Description Basic stamina used for resource stages. to farm different resources every day, including Pastels.

Ultra Pastel Ultra Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger. only appear at level 9 or more on the resource stages, so DO NOT farm previous levels since it’s meaningless.

ps: On the global server they might appear on earlier stages.

Board nodes

1. Normal nodes: These nodes apply only to the current character and are usually cheap, costing only Basic Pastel Basic Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger. and Average Pastel Average Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger.
2. Dark gray nodes: These nodes apply TO ALL CHARACTERS ON YOUR ACCOUNT. They usually cost Epic Pastel Epic Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger. and are important to get
3. Dark gray rainbow nodes: Same as before, they apply to everyone and cost gold Ultra Pastel Ultra Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger. . They provide the best buffs in the board and are the priority for most characters

When to open Gateways

You do not need to unlock all nodes on a board to move to the next one. You only need to make your way to the gateway and pay the price to unlock the second (or third) boards.

It’s important to note that the price of unlocking nodes will increase on each consecutive board. It applies to all nodes, but here’s the example with rainbow nodes:

• Rainbow nodes cost 2 gold Ultra Pastel Ultra Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger. on the first board
• They cost 4 gold Ultra Pastel Ultra Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger. on the second board
• And 6 gold Ultra Pastel Ultra Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger. on the third board

A good strategy is to focus on unlocking the rainbow nodes on ALL YOUR CHARACTERS before you move and start unlocking gateways for your main units.

Ultra Pastel Ultra Pastel Description Crayons used to unlock character board nodes, making your Apostles stronger. are a scarce resource even at endgame, so don’t heavily invest in units you don’t plan on using more than the first board.

Stat priority

Some KR forums put higher priority on crit, while others say to focus on Attack and HP first, but global is a bit different.

1. ATK and HP nodes
2. Defensive nodes
3. Crit (rate & dmg) nodes
4. Crit resistance nodes