Chaos Zero Nightmare Resource Priority Guide: What to farm first daily

Chaos Zero Nightmare’s daily resources revolve around Aether (stamina) and limited‑entry stages: early on you prioritise combat stats (levels, promotion, potentials), then shift more and more of your bar into Chaos/Zero and Memory Fragments as you approach and hit endgame. If you only have time for a short session, clearing dailies and key capped content always beats mindlessly spamming random stages.​​

Non‑stamina daily essentials (do these first)

These are fast, free, and always worth doing before thinking about Aether.

• Must‑do dailies
  • Claim login rewards and complete the Achievement Schedule / Daily Missions for Crystals and account EXP (up to ~60 Crystals and 1,500 Coordinates daily).​
  • Check Policy Office and approve policies to progress Ark City buffs.​
  • Use Communication Passes to increase Affinity and grab extra Crystals and stat boosts.​
  • Visit Garden Cafe once:
    • Take 80 instant Aether if you can burn it that day.
    • Take the 60‑Aether recovery item if you’re short on time (max 4 held).​

These tasks take ~15–20 minutes and form the backbone of your daily progression.​

Early‑game Aether priority (story to pre‑Chaos / low Chaos)

Main goal: raise Captain level, get one strong team online, unlock higher difficulties.

• 1. Combatant level & promotion
  • Beginner guides and stamina tips are clear: most of your stats come from promotion materials, so your first Aether priority is leveling and promoting your main Combatants.​
  • Use Growth simulations for EXP manuals and promotion mats until your main trio is around level 30 and promoted appropriately.​​
• 2. Potentials and core nodes
  • Once you hit promotion/level caps for your main team, shift some Aether into Potential stages to unlock key nodes (Growth Stones, Shards of Condemnation), especially damage and survivability nodes.​​
  • Weekly Challenges/Weekly Bosses (3 entries per week) are very high priority since they drop materials for higher‑level Potentials; always clear your weekly attempts.​​
• 3. Light Chaos Manifestation for units & practice
  • For beginners, guides recommend low‑difficulty Chaos runs mainly for units and practice, not heavy Save Data optimisation yet.​
  • Run easy Chaos to gain Units and gear while learning routes and fights; don’t overspend Aether here if promotion/potential is still behind.​

Daily Aether rule early: Promotion/leveling > key Potentials > a bit of Chaos, with weeklies never skipped.​​

Mid‑game Aether priority (approaching Captain 40)

Goal: unlock Zero System and stop wasting stamina on low‑value farming.

• 1. Keep pushing growth until content‑capped
  • Continue prioritising Promotion and Potential until you hit current caps for your level, then move overflow Aether into other farming.​
• 2. Start targeted Memory Fragment farming
  • Once you unlock Difficulty 5+ on Memory Fragment stages, that’s when gear farming becomes worth serious Aether; before that, over‑farming low‑tier Memory is a known stamina trap.​​
  • Recommended approach:
    • Farm enough Memory to equip decent sets to enter Chaos/Zero.
    • Stop short of over‑min‑maxing early pieces you’ll replace soon.​​
• 3. Chaos Manifestation for gear and Save Data
  • With a stable main team, more Aether can go to Chaos Manifestation to farm Units, gear, and early Save Data for your favourite characters.​
  • It’s fine to run easier Chaos difficulties quickly for gear instead of forcing high D tiers that cost time and risk wipes.​​
• 4. Always do events and capped content
  • Limited‑time events often reward Crystals, units, mats, and even Aether refills; progression guides emphasize clearing event missions while they are active.​​

Mid‑game Aether rule: keep growth capped, start efficient Memory farming at higher difficulty, and let Chaos runs and events gradually take more of the bar.​​

Late‑game Aether priority (Captain 40+, Zero System unlocked)

After story and Captain 40, your stamina usage changes dramatically.

• 1. Zero System as primary sink
  • High‑level progression guides explicitly say that once Zero System is unlocked, “you should put most of your playtime and stamina towards farming it” because it effectively replaces standard Chaos.​​
  • Zero System runs give Chaos Orbs (for Chaos Matrix rewards), Save Data for your chosen carries, and high‑value gear/fragment drops.​
• 2. Weekly / capped content first
  • Before dumping into Zero, always clear:
    • Weekly Challenges/Weekly bosses (Potential mats).​
    • Seasonal Chaos or special event Chaos for points and unique rewards.​​
    • Any limited‑entry high‑tier growth/Memory stages that reset weekly.
• 3. Memory Fragment refinement
  • Once your core team is built, extra Aether goes into high‑difficulty Memory Fragment farming to refine sets (crit DMG sets, class‑focused gear) for your main builds and supports.​​
• 4. Chaos Manifestation as a secondary / flexible sink
  • Standard Chaos becomes mostly a backup Aether sink when you don’t feel like doing Zero runs or when specific Chaos areas drop gear you still need.​​

Late‑game rule: Zero System > capped weeklies/events > high‑tier Memory, with standard Chaos only filling gaps.​

Simple daily priority checklist (all stages)

Here’s a compact priority order you can plug into your routine:

1. Non‑stamina dailies
   • Login, Achievement Schedule/Daily Missions, Policy, Cafe, Affinity, Battle Pass tasks.​
2. Capped / weekly content
   • Weekly Challenges (Potential mats).​
   • Event/Seasonal Chaos missions and event shops.​
3. Stamina (Aether) use – choose based on your stage
   • Early: Combatant level/promotion → core Potentials → a bit of easy Chaos.​​
   • Mid: Finish growth caps → start D5+ Memory → more Chaos for gear/Save Data.​​
   • Late: Zero System first, then high‑tier Memory, with Chaos as backup.​
4. Leftover Aether
   • If you’re short on time, use “fast farm” builds (like Maneuvering Fire comps) to burn remaining stamina in a few quick runs rather than letting it cap.​​

Following that hierarchy keeps your daily farming aligned with long‑term progression: early stats and promotion first, then efficient gear and Zero System once your account is ready.