Mizuki & Caerula Arbor: Cognitive Shaping

Mizuki & Caerula Arbor features
Light	Die	Cognitive Symbol	Memory Mapping
Cognitive Shaping	Ecosequence	Caerula Recorder	–

Cognitive Shaping is Mizuki & Caerula Arbor's enhancement system, improved by spending Subjective Imagination and made up of multiple nodes spread out as a tree diagram divided into three categories:

• Efficiency-Enhancing nodes improve the effectiveness of friendly units, all of which costs 1 to unlock.
• Exploration-Expanding nodes expand the nodes that may be available during a run, all of which costs 3 to unlock.
• Squad-Extending nodes, as the name suggests, upgrades the three Squads exclusive to Caerula Arbor, all of which costs 5 to unlock.

To complete Cognitive Shaping, the player must spend 89 (112 from Expansion II).

Unlike The Preparations Behind Scenes in Phantom & Crimson Solitaire, Cognitive Shaping is applied to all modes, including Memory Mapping and Deep Dive.

Complete effects

Effects denoted in underlined text are added in Caerula Arbor's Expansion II.

Efficiency-Enhancing	Friendly units have their maximum HP, ATK, and DEF increased by 20%/max. HP and ATK/DEF increased by 20% and 30%, respectively. Increases the Command EXP from clearing operations by 40%. Increases the squad size and Unit Limit by 1. Increases the starting resources: +2/+3 +10/+15 +1/+2 +2 die rolls Earn 20% more Living Cells.
Exploration-Expanding	Obtains 1 Objective Shield when clearing operations without losing Life Points while having more than 8 . Unlocks the Drifting Cache feature and Duck Lord's Golden Brick (upgrades the player's die). Fortituous Opportunity, Emergency Dispatch, and Wander Into Wonderland are now accessible. If the player's die roll upon entering a new Chapter and in a Wish Fulfilled lands in unfavorable numbers, the player can re-roll the die at the cost of 1 die roll. Each can only be done once per run and per Wish Fulfilled. The Rogue Trader may give a 40%/60% discount to his wares after rolling the die there.
Squad-Extending	Mind Over Matter Squad: Now becomes more likely to receive a Collectible upon clearing an operation and the player can choose a second Regional Commissions reward; starts the run with Survivor Contract (an Operator gets +20% ATK/DEF on the next operation and every subsequent operations). Resourceful Squad: Now gives 2 die roll upon entering a new Chapter and starts with an eight-sided die; now has 15 die rolls in operations. People-Oriented Squad: The Hope cost reduction now also applies to promoting Operators and the player can choose a second Safe House reward; the Command Level is now capped at 11.

Nodes

Efficiency-Enhancing

Node	Effect	Previous	Next
Accumulation I	Increases Living Cells earned by 5%.	Curiosity	Leadership Drive II
Accumulation II	Increases Living Cells earned by 5%.	Survival Instincts II	–
Accumulation III	Increases Living Cells earned by 10%.	Survival Instincts V	–
Aggression I	Increases the ATK of friendly units by 2%.	Transactional Behavior	Aggression II
Aggression II	Increases the ATK of friendly units by 3%.	Aggression I	Sensibility
Aggression III	Increases the ATK of friendly units by 4%.	Self-Preservation I	Appreciation of Life I
Aggression IV	Increases the ATK of friendly units by 5%.	Sensibility	Self-Preservation IV
Aggression V	Increases the ATK of friendly units by 6%.	Aggression IV	Self-Preservation V
Appreciation of Life I	Starts with +1 .	Aggression I Self-Preservation III	Danger Awareness I
Appreciation of Life II	Starts with +1 .	Danger Awareness I	Danger Awareness II
Appreciation of Life III	Starts with +1 . Added in Expansion II.	Common Sense	Negotiation III
Gambler I	Starts with +1 die roll.	Survival Instincts III	–
Gambler II	Starts with +1 die roll.	Precautionary Measures I	Divine Duckforce
Hoarder I	Starts with +2 .	Resource Allocation	Hoarder II
Hoarder II	Starts with +3 .	Hoarder I	Rationality and Estimation
Hoarder III	Starts with +5 .	Negotiation I	Multi-Pass Information Processing Negotiation II
Hoarder IV	Starts with +5 . Added in Expansion II.	Precautionary Measures II	For Survival
Leadership Drive I	Increases Command EXP from operations by 10%.	–	Loot Awareness
Leadership Drive II	Increases Command EXP from operations by 10%.	Accumulation I	Habit
Leadership Drive III	Increases Command EXP from operations by 10%.	Habit	–
Leadership Drive IV	Increases Command EXP from operations by 10%.	Negotiation II	Common Sense
Management Strategy	Increases the squad size by 1.	Multi-Pass Information Processing	–
Multi-Pass Information Processing	Increases the Unit Limit by 1.	Hoarder III	Management Strategy
Precautionary Measures I	Starts with +1 .	Rationality and Estimation	Gambler II
Precautionary Measures II	Starts with +1 . Added in Expansion II.	Cognoscenti	Hoarder IV
Survival Instincts I	Increases the maximum HP of friendly units by 2%.	Loot Awareness	Survival Instincts II
Survival Instincts II	Increases the maximum HP of friendly units by 3%.	Survival Instincts II	Accumulation II
Survival Instincts III	Increases the maximum HP of friendly units by 4%.	Introspection	Gambler I
Survival Instincts IV	Increases the maximum HP of friendly units by 5%.	Practice	Survival Instincts V
Survival Instincts V	Increases the maximum HP of friendly units by 6%.	Survival Instincts IV	Accumulation II
Survival Instincts VI	Increases the maximum HP of friendly units by 10%. Added in Expansion II.	Self-Preservation VI	Matter from Mind
Self-Preservation I	Increases the DEF of friendly units by 2%.	Loot Awareness	Self-Preservation II
Self-Preservation II	Increases the DEF of friendly units by 3%.	Self-Preservation I	Aggression I Self-Preservation III
Self-Preservation III	Increases the DEF of friendly units by 4%.	Self-Preservation II	Appreciation of Life I
Self-Preservation IV	Increases the DEF of friendly units by 5%.	Aggression IV	Aggression V
Self-Preservation V	Increases the DEF of friendly units by 6%.	Aggression V	Emotionalization
Self-Preservation VI	Increases the DEF of friendly units by 10%. Added in Expansion II.	Self-Preservation V	Survival Instincts VI

Due to an oversight, the Accumulation II node and both Gambler nodes are named "Accumulation I" and "Gambler", respectively.

Exploration-Expanding

Node	Effect	Previous	Next
Cognoscenti	If the player rolls a 1 on a Wish Fulfilled, the player can re-roll the die at the cost of 1 die roll. This can only be done once per Wish Fulfilled.	Divine Duckforce	Practice Precautionary Measures II
Curiosity	The "At a Glance" Encounter (Wander into Wonderland) may now appear.	Resource Allocation	Accumulation I Rationality and Estimation Sensibility
Danger Awareness I	The player gains 1 Objective Shield after clearing an operation if they have more than 10 at the time.	Appreciation of Life I	Appreciation of Life II
Danger Awareness II	The player gains 1 Objective Shield after clearing an operation if they have more than 8 at the time. Overrides Danger Awareness I.	Appreciation of Life II	–
Divine Duckforce	Duck Lord's Golden Brick (upgrades the player's die) is now unlocked.	Gambler II	Cognoscenti
Introspection	If the player rolls a number that would give off Twists and Turns/Cursed results upon entering a new floor, the player can re-roll the die at the cost of 1 die roll. This can only be done once per run.	Sensibility	Survival Instincts III
Loot Awareness	Drifting Cache may now be obtained.	Leadership Drive I	Self-Preservation I Survival Instincts I Transactional Behavior
Negotiation I	The Rogue Trader may give a 20% discount to his wares after rolling the die there.	Habit	Hoarder III
Negotiation II	The Rogue Trader may give a 40% discount to his wares after rolling the die there. Overrides Negotiation I.	Hoarder III	Leadership Drive IV
Negotiation III	The Rogue Trader may give a 60% discount to his wares after rolling the die there. Added in Expansion II. Overrides Negotiation II.	Appreciation of Life III	All for One
Resource Allocation	The "Emergency Dispatch" Encounter may now appear.	Transactional Behavior	Curiosity Hoarder I
Transactional Behavior	The "Mutual Aid" Encounter (Fortituous Opportunity) may now appear.	Loot Awareness	Aggression I Resource Allocation

Squad-Extending

Node	Effect	Previous	Next
All for One	People-Oriented Squad now allows the player to reach Command Level 11. Added in Expansion II.	Negotiation III	–
Common Sense	People-Oriented Squad now also reduces the Hope cost to promote Operators by 1.	Leadership Drive IV	Appreciation of Life III
Emotionalization	Mind Over Matter Squad now further increases the likelihood for a Collectible to be awarded from operations.	Self-Preservation V	–
For Survival	Resourceful Squad now allows the player to roll the die in operations up to 15 times. Added in Expansion II.	Hoarder IV	–
Habit	People-Oriented Squad now also allows the player to choose a second reward from Safe Houses.	Leadership Drive II	Leadership Drive III Negotiation I
Matter from Mind	Mind Over Matter Squad now also makes the player start with Survivor Contract (a random Operator gets +20% ATK and DEF at the start of the next operation and every subsequent operations). Added in Expansion II.	Survival Instincts VI	–
Practice	Resourceful Squad now gives the player 2 die rolls upon entering a new floor.	Cognoscenti	Survival Instincts IV
Rationality and Estimation	Resourceful Squad now also makes the player starts with an eight-sided die.	Hoarder II Curiosity	Precautionary Measures I Survival Instincts III
Sensibility	Mind Over Matter Squad now also allows the player to choose a second reward from completing Regional Commissions.	Aggression II Curiosity	Aggression IV Introspection