In the Märchen Garten, you can freely build a party from any of the playable characters and explore areas that have been meticulously recreated within a virtual space.
Completing a specific mission in each sub-section of these areas will grant you access to the next, and you'll eventually be confronted by a powerful opponent after progressing far enough.
Defeating these bosses grants the party a number of unique and rare items, as well as lots of shard tokens, which are necessary for analyzing Mystic Cubes.
The Märchen Garten can be accessed at nearly any time while progressing through the main storyline. Even if characters are in different parts of Calvard during the events of the main story, they can still team up and form a party while inside the virtual space.
Mystic Cubes only exist within the orbal network, but can be analyzed by Mare in exchange for shard tokens. Shard tokens can be found either by exploring the Märchen Garten, or using Shard Search.
Analyzing these cubes will not only reward you with tons of sepith, but also consumable items, accessories, rare equipment, and other unique items—some of which can even be used to upgrade your crafts.
Special items can be obtained via Mystic Cube analysis that allows each character to upgrade their crafts and S-Crafts.
On top of improved power, stun values, etc., this can also reduce the amount of time needed before a character can act again after using a craft, which can make certain crafts a more optimal choice than ever before!
Also, strengthening a character's craft to a certain degree can grant additional status buffs to that character, such as increased accuracy or higher Max HP.
Craft enhancements apply even outside of the Märchen Garten, so exploring virtual spaces, analyzing Mystic Cubes, and buffing your crafts can do wonders for your overall combat ability.
The Marduk Company has dispatched service concierge Mirabel Aalton as your liaison within the Märchen Garten to provide you with all manner of unique support services.
These include the option to restore your CP (Craft Points), purchase items, and take on various mini-game style challenges. On top of all that, she can even help you build a customized soundtrack for play within the Märchen Garten.
This feature allows players to choose which tracks they want to play during field exploration, field battles, command battles, and on the Märchen Garten service menu.
While in towns, dungeons, etc. you can activate a function that will create a shard boundary around the party, revealing any objects in the vicinity that react to shards.
Outside of just finding shard tokens for use in Mystic Cube analysis, this can also reveal items, recovery devices, and breakable objects hidden underneath shard camouflage!