💎 What Are Star Gems & Why You Should Care

Star Gems in NGS are:

• A premium-lite currency shared between base PSO2 and NGS
• Used to buy cosmetics, storage passes, Mission Pass Gold, support items, SG Scratch, etc.
• Earned in-game from Titles, Tasks, login stamps, seasonal exchanges and campaigns

Important points:

• Account-wide: SG balance is shared, so anything you earn in base PSO2 can be spent in NGS and vice versa.
• No hard cap: You can hoard thousands if you’re disciplined.
• Very easy to waste: Random SG Scratch spam will delete your savings fast.

Think of SG as your “long-term convenience & fashion” currency. Meseta fuels normal gameplay; SG mostly unlocks comfort and cosmetics.

📊 All Free SG Sources in NGS at a Glance (2025)

Here’s a quick overview of where your free SG is hiding right now:

• Daily & Weekly Tasks – Weekly Tasks now include SG rewards; Titles for doing lots of dailies also give SG.
• Titles – Tons of Titles across NGS (exploration, levels, bosses, Tasks, Lookbook, etc.) reward SG one time each.
• Login Stamps & PSO2 Day – Regular login bonuses + special “Super PSO2 Day” campaigns that directly hand out SG.
• Seasonal Events & Reward Boxes – Seasonal tasks, event exchanges and Reward Box scratches often contain SG and SG-related tickets.
• ARKS Records & Badge Exchanges – Perform in ARKS Records, earn Badges, then trade them for 10 SG / 5 SG tickets every week.
• Alliance & Social Systems – Alliance Badge shop and Lookbook SG rewards can be turned into Star Gem tickets weekly.
• Item Recycle & Other Exchanges – Weekly exchanges in the Recycle shop and other traders let you turn N-EX Cubes and other materials into SG.
• Base PSO2 Story & Titles – Playing base PSO2 episodes and Hardcore clears can output thousands of SG through story rewards and Titles, all usable in NGS.

You don’t need to do all of these. But stacking a few of them together every week adds up insanely fast.

📆 Daily & Weekly Tasks – Your Core SG Income

Tasks are the modern combo of ARKS Missions + Client Orders for NGS. You pick up Daily / Weekly / Limited-time Tasks and get EXP, Meseta and other items.

In 2023 SEGA specifically adjusted Weekly Tasks to add more rewards like Star Gems, and those adjustments are still a key part of F2P income.

How Tasks give you SG

1. Weekly Tasks themselves

• On current NGS timers you can see a weekly task:

“Complete 25 Daily Tasks (Rewards 10 SG)”

• That’s a guaranteed 10 SG every week just from doing daily chores.

1. Task-related Titles

• There are Titles like Day-to-day Discipline II that reward SG for completing a certain number of Daily Tasks overall (e.g. 30 dailies → 5 SG).
• More Task milestones = more Titles = more one-time SG.

1. Limited-time campaign Tasks

• Seasonal or anniversary events often add temporary Tasks that directly reward SG or SG Tickets for doing simple things like “clear X seasonal quest” or “log in during campaign.”

Easy routine

• Log in, check your Dailies (they’re usually super quick: gather items, defeat enemies, run a quest).
• Aim to complete 3–4 per day, so you hit the “25 dailies per week” Title / Weekly Task easily.
• You get:
• Meseta + EXP
• Weekly N-Meseta cap
• 10 SG/week baseline, plus extra SG from Task Titles over time

Time cost: maybe 15–25 minutes per day if you play casually.

🏅 Titles – One-Time SG Bursts Just for Playing

Titles in NGS are account-based achievements for doing normal stuff: leveling classes, clearing quests, exploration, Tasks, social features, etc.

The important part for SG hunters is:

Many NGS Titles reward Star Gems when claimed.

Examples from the Title list:

• Titles for completing large numbers of Daily Tasks (e.g. Day-to-day Discipline series) give SG.
• Titles for content clears, boss kills, cocoon/tower completion, and more are also tied to SG rewards.

Since a single player on Reddit managed to obtain all 1,198 NGS Titles, they noted that many of them directly award SG (and some are now time-limited/retired), showing how huge this pool can be if you just play broadly.

Practical takeaway:

Whenever you do new content:

1. Open the Title counter.
2. Claim any unclaimed Titles – especially the ones with a little SG icon.
3. Don’t hoard them “for later,” because they don’t increase in value.

Early on, you can easily pull in hundreds of SG just by claiming Titles you didn’t realize you already qualified for.

📥 Login Stamps, PSO2 Day & Campaigns – SG for Showing Up

Login rewards aren’t just grinders and reactors anymore.

The official currency notes explain that SG also comes from login stamps and campaigns.

Normal login stamps

Modern login rotations include:

• Star Gems on certain days (e.g. 20 SG here, 20 SG there) mixed with Beta Reactors and other goodies.

So even if you don’t feel like playing much:

• Logging in for a minute each day still gives a trickle of SG over time.

Super PSO2 Day / Big campaigns

Events like Super PSO2 Day: Big Bang Burst show how generous SEGA can get:

• Example JP maintenance notes show 100 SG handed out just for logging in during campaign windows, with extra SG for Premium users.
• Other celebrations (anniversaries, collabs, festival campaigns) also list SG or SG Scratch tickets as rewards.

You don’t have to track every headline manually, but:

• Try to log in during major events.
• Check the campaign / update news in-game or on the site for SG rewards.

Over a year, these login + campaign SG sources add up to hundreds of gems for basically zero effort.

🎉 Seasonal Events & Reward Boxes – Time-Limited SG

Seasonal events are where SEGA goes wild with currencies.

For example, Super Genesis Festival ‘24 introduced a seasonal event with special enemies, tasks, and a shop full of notable rewards – including high-value items that indirectly save or generate Meseta and SG-related goodies.

Seasonal tasks & exchanges

Seasonal events usually include:

• Limited Tasks that award event currency, Special Scratch tickets, or SG directly.
• Seasonal Exchange shops where you can convert limited medals into items – sometimes including SG tickets or things that free up SG for other uses.

If you’re actively playing during an event, always:

1. Grab the Limited Tasks from the Task NPC or menu.
2. Clear the seasonal quest a few times.
3. Spend your seasonal currency before the event ends.

Reward Box systems

NGS also runs special Reward Box events where you obtain medals from Limited Quests and use them on a “box scratch” that can include Star Gems and SG-adjacent items.

You’re not guaranteed SG every event, but:

• Whenever Reward Boxes list SG or SG tickets in the prize table, that’s extra free SG for simply doing the current Limited Quest.

🏆 ARKS Records & Badge Exchanges – SG from Performance

ARKS Records are NGS’s leaderboard system: clear specific content during the event window, get ranked and receive ARKS Record Badges as rewards.

The key for SG farming is what you can buy with those badges.

Patch notes and wiki entries show that:

• The ARKS Record Badge Exchange Shop includes listings for 10 Star Gems and 5 Star Gems tickets.
• Current community timer tools show these as weekly items:
• 10 SG Ticket – 2 per week, costs 10 ARKS Record Badges each
• 5 SG Ticket – 2 per week, also for ARKS Record Badges

That means, if you participate in ARKS Records enough to earn badges, you can convert them into:

• Up to 30 SG per week just from that shop alone (10+10+5+5).

You don’t have to be top 1%. Many ARKS Record setups give participation badges as long as you play the targeted quest a few times.

Tip:

When an ARKS Record opens:

• Run the required quest a few times (not just once).
• Check your Badges afterward and visit the ARKS Record Badge shop before reset

👥 Alliance & Social Systems – SG from Being Social

If you’re not in an Alliance, you’re leaving SG on the table.

From current NGS timers:

• Alliance Task Reset happens weekly; you earn Alliance Badges from those tasks.
• The Alliance Badge shop offers SG tickets:
• 10 SG Ticket – 2 stock per week
• 5 SG Ticket – 2 stock per week

That’s another:

• 30 SG/week if you just stay in an active Alliance and do your tasks.

On top of that:

• Lookbook SG has its own reset timer. Players can earn SG by using the Lookbook system (sharing fashion, liking other players, etc.), plus Titles connected to that feature.

So:

1. Join any semi-active Alliance – you don’t need a hardcore group.
2. Do Alliance Tasks each week.
3. Buy your 10/5 SG tickets from the Alliance Badge shop.
4. Set a decent Lookbook entry and interact with others for extra SG & Titles over time.

♻️ Recycle & Item Exchanges – Turn Junk into SG

Another underrated source is the Item Recycle / Exchange system.

Official notes and patch details mention:

• New listings for 10 Star Gems and 5 Star Gems were added to certain exchange shops (ARKS Record Badge Exchange, Team Badge Exchange, etc.).

If you look at modern NGS timers for weekly resets, you’ll see:

• Item Recycle Weekly Reset includes a listing:
• 10 Star Gems – 5 stock per week, exchanged for 10 N-EX Cubes.

That’s:

• 50 SG per week if you have enough N-EX Cubes – all purely F2P, since N-EX Cubes are earned from leveling, EXP overflow, and recycling items.

Put together:

• ARKS Record Exchange: up to 30 SG/week
• Alliance Badge shop: up to 30 SG/week
• Item Recycle weekly: up to 50 SG/week

If you’re actively playing endgame content and collecting N-EX Cubes and Badges, you’re already looking at 110 SG/week just from exchanges.

📚 Base PSO2 Story & Titles – Massive One-Time SG

A lot of veterans forget this part, but it’s huge:

Base PSO2 still exists, and its SG sources feed directly into your NGS wallet.

Players on community threads report:

• Clearing PSO2 story content (especially on higher difficulties like Hardcore) can net around 6,000 SG or more total via story rewards and Titles.

On top of story rewards, base PSO2 has:

• SG from certain quests, rankings and exchanges that are still available.

There are also campaigns where clearing story chapters gives SG Scratch Selection Tickets or other SG-related rewards.

Efficient way to use base PSO2 for SG

If you’re mostly an NGS player:

1. Swap to PSO2 blocks from the block menu.
2. Play through the main story episodes on Normal first (for speed).
3. Later, if you’re motivated, clear them again on higher difficulty for more Titles & SG.

You don’t need to 100% everything, but:

• Doing story + key quests can easily dump thousands of SG into your account, which you can then spend entirely in NGS.

It’s a grind, sure, but it’s 100% free and often more SG-dense than anything else in the game.

🧮 Sample F2P Weekly SG Plan (Realistic Numbers)

Let’s build a practical, not-crazy schedule for one week.

Casual player (log in most days, not hardcore)

Rough plan:

• Dailies
• Do 3–4 daily Tasks per day → hit “Complete 25 Daily Tasks” weekly → 10 SG.
• Item Recycle
• Exchange 10 N-EX Cubes for 10 SG × 3–5 times depending on how many cubes you have. Even if you only afford 2: 20 SG.
• Alliance Shop
• Join a casual Alliance, do Alliance Tasks, buy at least the two 5 SG tickets: 10 SG.
• Login bonuses
• Over a 2-week cycle, expect maybe 40–80 SG; that’s ~20–40 SG per week.

Estimated casual weekly SG:

➤ Roughly 60–80+ SG/week, no sweat, just for normal play.

Mid-core player (does events, uses ARKS Records)

Add to the above:

• Item Recycle full
• Buy all 5× 10 SG listings = 50 SG/week if you have cubes.
• Alliance SG tickets full
• 2×10 SG + 2×5 SG = 30 SG/week.
• ARKS Record Exchange
• Do the ARKS Record quest enough to earn 40 badges, then buy:
• 2×10 SG + 2×5 SG tickets = 30 SG/week.

Now you’re at:

• ~10 (weekly Task)
• +50 (Recycle)
• +30 (Alliance)
• +30 (ARKS Records)
• +20–40 (login/campaigns)

➤ Around 140–160 SG/week pretty comfortably, plus random SG from Titles and seasonal stuff.

Try-hard SG farmer (also doing base PSO2)

On top of everything above, you:

• Spend chunks of time clearing base PSO2 story and claiming SG Titles.
• That can add thousands of SG over a month or two, depending how deeply you go.

So your weekly income looks like:

• ~150–200 SG from NGS sources
• Big one-time spikes (hundreds at a time) from finishing episodes, story campaigns and Title batches in base PSO2

That’s how people hit ridiculous numbers like 10,000+ free SG in guides – they’re stacking NGS routine income + base PSO2 clears + campaigns.

💳 What to Spend Your Free SG On (Without Regrets)

You earned all this SG for free – now what?

The official SG & SG Shop pages show a ton of options: storage, Mission Pass, SG Scratch, passes and QoL items.

If you’re F2P or low-spend, prioritize like this:

1. Material / Extended Storage

• Being able to store more items and materials makes everything smoother.
• You can grab 30-day storage permits from the SG shop.

1. Mission Pass Gold (when the rewards are good)

• Mission Pass can be upgraded with SG for extra cosmetics and items.
• Only worth it if that season’s rewards are things you actually want.

1. Fashion emergencies

• SG Scratch is fun but very RNG-heavy.
• Use it when there’s a scratch you really care about, not just because you’re itchy to roll.

1. Occasional support items

• Some SG shop support items (like temporary convenience passes) can be worth it if they save you grinding time.

Try to avoid:

• Blowing all your SG on random scratches while still having no storage and no Mission Pass.
• Spending SG on temporary boosts you don’t really need.

⚙️ Common Mistakes That Kill Your SG Gains

Quick list of “don’ts” so you don’t slow yourself down:

• Ignoring Weekly Tasks – You’re literally walking away from guaranteed SG.
• Never joining an Alliance – You miss out on Alliance Badge SG tickets and easy weekly rewards.
• Not checking exchange shops – Item Recycle, ARKS Record and Alliance shops reset weekly and quietly sell SG for currencies you’re already earning.
• Hoarding Titles instead of claiming them – They don’t grow in value; unclaimed SG is just stuck there.
• Never touching base PSO2 – If you refuse to play base at all, you’re skipping some of the biggest SG chunks in the game.

🏁 Conclusion

You don’t have to swipe your card to have a healthy SG balance in PSO2 NGS.

If you:

• Do your Daily and Weekly Tasks consistently
• Claim Titles and pay attention to SG icons in the Title list
• Join an Alliance and use its SG ticket exchanges
• Hit Item Recycle and ARKS Record Badge shops every week
• Log in during events, PSO2 Day and big campaigns
• And optionally run base PSO2 story for huge one-time payouts

…you can easily maintain a steady SG income and slowly build a big stockpile – all without spending real money.

Once you’ve got those habits locked in, your only real problem will be deciding which outfits, storage passes and convenience perks to spend all that free SG on.