G.R.A.D.

Typical produce home menu screen in the G.R.A.D. scenario, showing Insights, Fan Satisfaction and the Ability menu button.

G.R.A.D. can be accessed from Produce mode scenario selection after completing Thanks Flapping Day.

G.R.A.D. is a Produce mode scenario that was introduced to the game in May 2020. In this scenario, your chosen produce idol participates in a televised idol competition known as Grand.Repute.AuDition.. The G.R.A.D. scenario features a unique story for each idol, as well as unlockable special abilities that will carry over when your produce idol becomes a Fes idol after completing production.

Gameplay in G.R.A.D. revolves around Insight tokens, which are earned through lessons or jobs together with support idols. You can spend Insight tokens by learning Abilities or exchanging them for stats through PR Activities.

G.R.A.D. is unlocked by completing the Thanks Flapping Day scenario at least once.

Production Timeline

Like the W.I.N.G. and Thanks Flapping Day scenarios, G.R.A.D. takes place across 4 seasons, each of which consist of 8 weeks. After season 2, your idol will participate in the G.R.A.D. Qualifiers. The game will continue into season 3 and 4 regardless of the outcome of the Qualifiers.

Losing the Qualifiers means your idol will get a second chance in the Repechage audition immediately after season 4. If you have won the Qualifiers, however, the repechage week instead becomes a regular produce week that can be freely spent on a lesson, job or PR Activity. The Repechage week is followed by the G.R.A.D. Finals.

Blocks

Block selection screen. The currently selected block, Block A, offers a boost to the vocal lesson room.

At the start of every season, you are presented with a choice of 4 'blocks'. The blocks represent city districts, each home to a different crowd of fans with independent Fan Satisfaction levels.

Each block also provides temporary benefits for the duration of the season:

Block	Map Location	Room Level Effect
Block A	Minato	Vocal Lesson Room Level +3
Block B	Shibuya	Dance Lesson Room Level +3
Block C	Shinjuku	Visual Lesson Room Level +3
Block D	Chiyoda	Radio Level +2, Talk Show Level +2, Photoshoot Level +2

Fan Satisfaction

Fan Satisfaction in each block starts at 0%. You can increase Fan Satisfaction in your currently selected block to up to 100% by making your idol perform PR Activities. There are various benefits to raising Fan Satisfaction:

• Higher stat gains from lessons and jobs
• Stronger Fan Cheering buffs during G.R.A.D. auditions
• Determines the #1 trend during G.R.A.D. auditions
• Unlocks abilities

Lessons & Jobs

When selecting a lesson or job in G.R.A.D., the Insight attributes of your support idols are displayed above their friendship gauge.

After a lesson or job, Insight tokens corresponding to the support idols in the room are added to your Insight tray.

All of the familiar lesson and job rooms featured in the W.I.N.G. and T.F.D. scenarios are back in G.R.A.D., but the base number of stats earned per lesson/job is comparatively low. Like in the other scenarios, these stat gains will improve as the room levels up, however do note that the room may only level up when there is no temporary room level boost from the Room Level Effect above. In addition to this, the fan satisfaction level in your current block and the total stats of your support idols will also contribute to stat gains from lessons and jobs in G.R.A.D.

Insights

Whenever you take a lesson or job together with your support idols, each support idol will give you an Insight token corresponding to their type. These tokens can be spent either by learning abilities or by doing PR activities. You can only hold up to 8 tokens at a time. Occassionally you will receive a double Insight token marked as 'x2'. These are worth 2 tokens, while only taking up a single slot in the Insight token tray.

There are 4 basic types of Insight tokens: Vocal, Dance, Visual and Mental. The type of Insight token earned by spending time with a support idol is tied to the idol herself, not to any specific support card.

Insight Attribute	Idols
Vocal
Dance
Visual
Mental

In addition to these 4 types, SSR support idol cards will sometimes randomly give you an SSR Insight token in addition to their regular token. This will happen more frequently for idols at a higher evolution stage. SSR tokens can be used as a wild card to substitute for any of the 4 basic types when learning abilities.

Unlike Ideas in the Thanks Flapping Day scenario, Insights are obtained even after a failed lesson or job.

PR Activities

When selecting a PR Activity, you will be shown the projected increase in Fan Satisfaction, as well as the stats obtained in exchange for your Insight tokens.

A PR Activity will always succeed. There are no failures, but also no 'perfect' or 'excellent' bonuses.

PR Activities are one of the two ways to consume Insight tokens, awarding stats and an increase to Fan Satisfaction in exchange for all of your currently held tokens. These PR Activities can be selected from the schedule menu, just like lessons and jobs. Unlike lessons or jobs, however, the amount of stats gained from PR activities is based entirely on the numbers and types of Insight tokens consumed.

There are 3 types of PR Activities to choose from:

• Webcast: boosts vocal stats and fan satisfaction earned by exchanging vocal tokens
• Shop Event: boosts dance stats and fan satisfaction earned by exchanging dance tokens
• Product Promotion: boosts visual stats and fan satisfaction earned by exchanging visual tokens

The stat gain for the attribute corresponding to each Insight token type goes up exponentially based on the number of tokens of that type. For example, consuming 2 mental tokens will earn you 9 mental, but consuming 6 mental tokens will earn you 82 mental. This means you will generally see much higher stat rewards if you bring many tokens of the same type, rather than many different types of tokens at once.

Insights Consumed	Vocal Insight (Webcast)	Vocal Insight (Other Activity)	Dance Insight (Shop Event)	Dance Insight (Other Activity)	Visual Insight (Product Promotion)	Visual Insight (Other Activity)	Mental Insight	SSR Insight
0	Vo +8 SP +10		Da +8 SP +10		Vi +8 SP +10
1	Vo +14 SP +12	Vo +3 SP +2	Da +14 SP +12	Da +3 SP +2	Vi +14 SP +12	Vi +3 SP +2	Me +4 SP +2	SP +10
2	Vo +21 SP +14	Vo +7 SP +4	Da +21 SP +14	Da +7 SP +4	Vi +21 SP +14	Vi +7 SP +4	Me +9 SP +4	SP +20
3	Vo +30 SP +17	Vo +12 SP +7	Da +30 SP +17	Da +12 SP +7	Vi +30 SP +17	Vi +12 SP +7	Me +15 SP +7	SP +35
4	Vo +55 SP +20	Vo +26 SP +10	Da +55 SP +20	Da +26 SP +10	Vi +55 SP +20	Vi +26 SP +10	Me +32 SP +10	SP +50
5	Vo +88 SP +25	Vo +44 SP +15	Da +88 SP +25	Da +44 SP +15	Vi +88 SP +25	Vi +44 SP +15	Me +53 SP +15	SP +75
6	Vo +131 SP +30	Vo +68 SP +20	Da +131 SP +30	Da +68 SP +20	Vi +131 SP +30	Vi +68 SP +20	Me +82 SP +20	SP +100
7	Vo +181 SP +35	Vo +96 SP +25	Da +181 SP +35	Da +96 SP +25	Vi +181 SP +35	Vi +96 SP +25	Me +116 SP 25	SP +125
8	Vo +239 SP +40	Vo +128 SP +30	Da +239 SP +40	Da +128 SP +30	Vi +239 SP +40	Vi +128 SP +30	Me +154 SP +30	SP +?
9	Vo +268 SP +45	Vo +144 SP +35	Da +268 SP +45	Da +144 SP +35	Vi +268 SP +45	Vi +144 SP +35	Me +173 SP +35	N.A.
10	Vo +296 SP +50	Vo +160 SP +40	Da +296 SP +50	Da +160 SP +40	Vi +296 SP +50	Vi +160 SP +40	Me +192 SP +40	N.A.
11	Vo +325 SP +60	Vo +176 SP +50	Da +325 SP +60	Da +176 SP +50	Vi +325 SP +60	Vi +176 SP +50	Me +212 SP +?	N.A.
12	Vo +354 SP +70	Vo +192? SP +60	Da +354 SP +70	Da +192? SP +60	Vi +354 SP +70	Vi +192? SP +60	Me +231 SP +?	N.A.

Abilities

The G.R.A.D. abilities menu, accessed by clicking the binder in the bottom right of the main produce screen.

In addition to the regular SP-based skill grid, G.R.A.D. introduces new abilities that can be learned in exchange for Insight tokens. Some abilities can only be learned after meeting certain conditions, like learning a previous ability or raising fan satisfaction in a specific block.

The table below shows the abilities available in G.R.A.D. and the tokens required to learn them. SSR tokens can be used as a substitute for any of the 4 other token types.

Name	Name (Translated)	Insights Required	Unlock Condition	Effect
Leader適正〇	Leader Aptitude 〇	Me x4		Position bonus +10% when in Leader position in Fes
Leader適正◎	Leader Aptitude ◎	Me x6	Learn Leader Aptitude 〇	Position bonus +15% when in Leader position in Fes
Vocal適正〇	Vocal Aptitude 〇	Vo x4		Position bonus +10% when in Vocal position in Fes
Vocal適正◎	Vocal Aptitude ◎	Vo x4 Vi x1 Da x1	Learn Vocal Aptitude 〇	Position bonus +15% when in Vocal position in Fes
Center適正〇	Center Aptitude 〇	Vo x1 Vi x1 Da x1 Me x1		Position bonus +5% when in Center position in Fes
Center適正◎	Center Aptitude ◎	Vo x1 Vi x1 Da x1 Me x2	Learn Center Aptitude 〇	Position bonus +10% when in Center position in Fes
Dance適正〇	Dance Aptitude 〇	Da x4		Position bonus +10% when in Dance position in Fes
Dance適正◎	Dance Aptitude ◎	Da x4 Vi x1 Vo x1	Learn Dance Aptitude 〇	Position bonus +15% when in Dance position in Fes
Visual適正〇	Visual Aptitude 〇	Vi x4		Position bonus +10% when in Visual position in Fes
Visual適正◎	Visual Aptitude ◎	Vi x4 Vo x1 Da x1	Learn Visual Aptitude 〇	Position bonus +15% when in Visual position in Fes
オールラウンダー〇	All-rounder 〇	Vi x1 Vo x1 Da x1 Me x1 SSR x1		Position bonus +5% in Fes
オールラウンダー◎	All-rounder ◎	Vi x1 Vo x1 Da x1 Me x1 SSR x2	Learn All-rounder 〇	Position bonus +10% in Fes
スペシャリスト	Specialist	Vi x1 Vo x1 Da x1 Me x1 SSR x1	Learn All-rounder ◎ Block A,B,C,D Fan Satisfaction >= 20%	All base stats bonus +5% in Fes
スロースターター	Slow Starter	Vo x3 Me x3		Increases appeal strength by 4~20% (effect increases as turns pass)
スタートダッシュ〇	Start Dash	Vi x3 Da x3		Increases appeal strength by 2~10% (effect decreases as turns pass)
人気者	Ms. Popular	Any x8		Increases judge interest by 3%
物静か	Quiet	Any x8		Decreases judge interest by 3%
除去：メランコリー1	Dispel Melancholy 1	Any x3		5% chance to remove Melancholy effect on turn start
除去：メランコリー2	Dispel Melancholy 2	Any x5	Learn Dispel Melancholy 1	10% chance to remove Melancholy effect on turn start
除去：リラックス1	Dispel Relax 1	Any x3		5% chance to remove Relax effect on turn start
除去：リラックス2	Dispel Relax 2	Any x5	Learn Dispel Relax 1	10% chance to remove Relax effect on turn start
注目の的	Center of Attention	Any x4		Increases attention by 10%
控え目	Modest	Any x8		Decreases attention by 3%
Vocal上限+	Vocal Limit+	Vo x3	Block A Fan Satisfaction >= 10%	Increases vocal stat cap by 50
Vocal上限++	Vocal Limit++	Vo x5	Block A Fan Satisfaction >= 60%	Increases vocal stat cap by 75
Vocal上限+++	Vocal Limit+++	Vo x8	Block A Fan Satisfaction >= 100%	Increases vocal stat cap by 100
Dance上限+	Dance Limit+	Da x3	Block B Fan Satisfaction >= 10%	Increases dance stat cap by 50
Dance上限++	Dance Limit++	Da x5	Block B Fan Satisfaction >= 60%	Increases dance stat cap by 75
Dance上限+++	Dance Limit+++	Da x8	Block B Fan Satisfaction >= 100%	Increases dance stat cap by 100
Visual上限+	Visual Limit+	Vi x3	Block C Fan Satisfaction >= 10%	Increases visual stat cap by 50
Visual上限++	Visual Limit++	Vi x5	Block C Fan Satisfaction >= 60%	Increases visual stat cap by 75
Visual上限+++	Visual Limit+++	Vi x8	Block C Fan Satisfaction >= 100%	Increases visual stat cap by 100
メンタル上限+	Mental Limit+	Me x3	Block D Fan Satisfaction >= 30%	Increases mental stat cap by 50
メンタル上限++	Mental Limit++	Me x5	Block D Fan Satisfaction >= 60%	Increases mental stat cap by 75
メンタル上限+++	Mental Limit+++	Me x8	Block D Fan Satisfaction >= 100%	Increases mental stat cap by 100
ボーカルマスター	Vocal Master	Vo x6 Me x2	Learn Vocal Limit+	Remove Vocal Down effect on turn start
ダンスマスター	Dance Master	Da x6 Me x2	Learn Dance Limit+	Remove Dance Down effect on turn start
ビジュアルマスター	Visual Master	Vi x6 Me x2	Learn Visual Limit+	Remove Visual Down effect on turn start
パーフェクトリィ	PerfecTri	Vo x2 Da x2 Vi x2 SSR x1	Learn each of the following: * Vocal Master * Dance Master * Visual Master	Increase appeal strength by 10%
ロマンチスト	Romanticist	Vo x2 Da x2 Vi x2 SSR x2	Learn each of the following: * Mental Limit+++ * Mental Recovery+	Increases memory gauge charge rate by 5% Increase appeal strength by 2~10% (effect increases at higher memory gauge)
メンタル回復量+	Mental Recovery+	Me x5		Increases mental recovery by 5%
メンタル回復量-	Mental Recovery-	Any x3		Decreases mental recovery by 5%
アピールUP(思い出高)	Appeal UP (Memory High)	Vi x1 Da x1 Vo x1 Me x2		Increase appeal strength by 2~10% (effect increases at higher memory gauge)
アピールUP(思い出低)	Appeal UP (Memory Low)	Vi x1 Da x1 Vo x1 Me x2		Increase appeal strength by 4~20% (effect increases at lower memory gauge)
アピールUP(思い出高&低)	Appeal UP (Memory High&Low)	Me x4 SSR x2	Learn each of the following: * Dispel Melancholy 2 * Dispel Relax 2 * All-rounder ◎	Increase appeal strength by 1~5% (effect increases at higher memory gauge) Increase appeal strength by 2~10% (effect increases at lower memory gauge)
櫻木真乃との絆	Bond with Mano	Mano x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Mano is in unit
風野灯織との絆	Bond with Hiori	Hiori x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Hiori is in unit
八宮めぐるとの絆	Bond with Meguru	Meguru x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Meguru is in unit
月岡恋鐘との絆	Bond with Kogane	Kogane x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Kogane is in unit
田中摩美々との絆	Bond with Mamimi	Mamimi x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Mamimi is in unit
白瀬咲耶との絆	Bond with Sakuya	Sakuya x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Sakuya is in unit
三峰結華との絆	Bond with Yuika	Yuika x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Yuika is in unit
幽谷霧子との絆	Bond with Kiriko	Kiriko x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Kiriko is in unit
小宮果穂との絆	Bond with Kaho	Kaho x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Kaho is in unit
園田智代子との絆	Bond with Chiyoko	Chiyoko x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Chiyoko is in unit
西城樹里との絆	Bond with Juri	Juri x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Juri is in unit
杜野凛世との絆	Bond with Rinze	Rinze x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Rinze is in unit
有栖川夏葉との絆	Bond with Natsuha	Natsuha x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Natsuha is in unit
大崎甘奈との絆	Bond with Amana	Amana x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Amana is in unit
大崎甜花との絆	Bond with Tenka	Tenka x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Tenka is in unit
桑山千雪との絆	Bond with Chiyuki	Chiyuki x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Chiyuki is in unit
芹沢あさひとの絆	Bond with Asahi	Asahi x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Asahi is in unit
黛冬優子との絆	Bond with Fuyuko	Fuyuko x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Fuyuko is in unit
和泉愛依との絆	Bond with Mei	Mei x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Mei is in unit
浅倉透との絆	Bond with Toru	Toru x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Toru is in unit
樋口円香との絆	Bond with Madoka	Madoka x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Madoka is in unit
福丸小糸との絆	Bond with Koito	Koito x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Koito is in unit
市川雛菜との絆	Bond with Hinana	Hinana x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Hinana is in unit
七草にちかとの絆	Bond with Nichika	Nichika x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Nichika is in unit
緋田美琴との絆	Bond with Mikoto	Mikoto x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Mikoto is in unit
斑鳩ルカとの絆	Bond with Luca	Luca x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Luca is in unit
鈴木羽那との絆	Bond with Hana	Hana x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Hana is in unit
郁田はるきとの絆	Bond with Haruki	Haruki x4		Increases appeal strength by 5% if Haruki is in unit
基礎能力値UP(+6%)	Base Stats UP (+6%)	SSR x3	Learn each of the following: * Vocal Master * Dance Master * Visual Master	Increase all base stats by 6%
打たれ弱い	Fainthearted	(Auto-learned)	Lose G.R.A.D. Repechage	Increases mental damage taken by 10%
打たれ強い	Unwavering	(Auto-learned)	Win G.R.A.D. Repechage	Decreases mental damage taken by 5%
思い出-(G.R.A.D.)	Memory-	(Auto-learned)	Lose G.R.A.D. Finals (Fan Satisfaction up to 200%)	Decreases memory gauge charge rate by 10%
思い出+(G.R.A.D.)	Memory+	(Auto-learned)	Lose G.R.A.D. Finals (Fan Satisfaction over 200%)	Increases memory gauge charge rate by 3%
思い出++(G.R.A.D.)	Memory++	(Auto-learned)	Win G.R.A.D. Finals	Increases memory gauge charge rate by 5%

Please note: Abilities that modify 'appeal strength' apply to your entire unit, rather than just the idol that has learned them. When the game calculates appeal strength, these modifiers are applied additively on top of the total buff/debuff percentage. This means that e.g. appeal strength +5% is effectively equivalent to a (perpetual) Vo/Da/Vi +5% active buff.

G.R.A.D. Auditions

Fan Cheering activates on the first turn of G.R.A.D. auditions.

The only auditions in the G.R.A.D. scenario are the G.R.A.D. Qualifiers after season 2, the G.R.A.D. Repechage round after season 4 (if you fail to pass the Qualifiers) and the G.R.A.D. Finals. These auditions play out much like those in the W.I.N.G. scenario, but the rivals and judges you will face are comparatively tough. Your idol must place 1st to pass.

Fan cheering

To help your idol overcome the challenge posed by G.R.A.D. auditions, the G.R.A.D. scenario introduces Fan Cheering. At the start of each audition, your idol will receive a number of fan support buffs. The strength and duration of these buffs depends on the total fan satisfaction level across all 4 blocks.

Total Fan Satisfaction Required	Buff Received	Effects
>=50%?	Fan Support	Vocal 30% UP (5 turns) Dance 30% UP (5 turns) Visual 30% UP (5 turns) Reduce incoming mental damage by 30% (once)
>=100%?	Fan Support+	Vocal 60% UP (10 turns) Dance 60% UP (10 turns) Visual 60% UP (10 turns) Reduce incoming mental damage by 60% (2 times)
?	Fan Support++	Vocal 100% UP (20 turns) Dance 100% UP (20 turns) Visual 100% UP (20 turns) Reduce incoming mental damage by 90% (3 times)

Trends

Trends in G.R.A.D. auditions are also based on fan satisfaction levels. Whichever block has the highest fan satisfaction level will decide the #1 trend for the audition:

• Block A: Vocal
• Block B: Dance
• Block C: Visual
• Block D: ? (Random?)

If you do not raise the fan satisfaction of any block, then the selected trend will be based on whichever block you chose for Seasons 2 and 4.