A single-use event challenge site for pilots who acquire a Criterion Cipher and can handle its timed trial.
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WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Where to farm
Criterion of Fitness site accessed with a Criterion Cipher from the event’s qualifying boss escalation.
Criterion of Fitness is a scored Crimson Harvest combat trial reached with a Criterion Cipher. The challenge involves timed waves, and the site’s reward outcome is tied to the Fitness score. Its single-use acceleration gate makes it effectively a solo activity, so prepare a ship that can sustain the trial before spending the cipher. The Cipher is obtained from boss escalations associated with Crimson Gauntlet or Tetrimon Base activity.
A Criterion Cipher earned from a Crimson Gauntlet or Tetrimon Base boss escalation.
A combat fit prepared for timed waves and the site’s gate restrictions.
Enough cargo space for the resulting cache contents.
A stable connection and uninterrupted time for the trial.
Acquire the Criterion Cipher through an eligible event escalation; do not assume ordinary site completion provides one.
Read the Cipher and site details, then bring a ship you can afford to risk.
Use the Cipher to locate and enter the Criterion of Fitness site.
Clear trial waves while balancing score opportunities against the damage your fit can sustain.
When the boss appears, destroy the Criterion Cache as required by the challenge.
Collect the cache contents and record the score or reward progress shown by the event.
Secure the loot before resuming ordinary event farming.
Farming tips
Do not use the Cipher until your fit and route are ready; the gate is single-use.
A higher score can improve the reward outcome, but survival is the practical limit on how aggressively to push.
Repeat, collect and use
This is limited by the Criterion Cipher supply and the single-use gate. Each run requires another qualifying Cipher; it is not an endlessly repeatable site on demand.
Common mistakes
Spending a Cipher before checking the ship: prepare for timed combat first.
Treating maximum score as guaranteed: score as much as your fit safely allows.
Expecting the trial to admit a group: plan around the effectively solo gate.
When to stop or switch
Stop the scoring push if your ship is near failure; complete the required cache objective if safe, then leave. Do not use another Cipher until you can improve the fit or approach.
