How to get S-Chips in Tears of Themis: every free source, ranked

S-Chips are what you spend on pulls in Tears of Themis: 180 per pull, so 100 pulls to hard pity means 100 × 180. Nobody farms that in a week. What a free player does instead is build a routine that quietly collects 1,260–16,900 S-Chips a month and saves it for the banner that matters.

This guide ranks every free source by how much it actually gives, then turns it into a daily, weekly and per-patch checklist. If you only want the monthly number and what it means for your pity, the companion page has it in one table.

Where the S-Chips come from, best source first

Ordered by monthly yield. The top two or three lines are what separates an account that pulls every banner from one that does not; everything below is a bonus.

1Events (almost always one active): about 200–15,000 S-Chips a month, or 1–83 pullsdepends entirely on that month's event calendar
2Temple of Trials (weekly): about 960–1,600 S-Chips a month, or 5–8 pullsthe only guaranteed monthly source
3Codes: about 100–300 S-Chips a month, or 0–1 pullsseveral codes per month, 20–80 each
4Daily check-in & missions: real but irregular, amount depends on the monthmodest, not precisely documented

The routine that collects all of it

Split by how often each source resets. Missing a day is not a disaster; missing a whole endgame reset is, because that S-Chips cannot be recovered.

Every day

The steady base of any F2P account in Tears of Themis. Small amounts, but multiplied by thirty days they are usually the largest single line of the month.

Daily check-in & missions

Every week

Worth doing on a fixed day so nothing lapses. Weekly caps in Tears of Themis are generous per minute played.

Temple of Trials (weekly) · 5–8

Every patch or event

The line with the widest swing. A good patch can double the monthly S-Chips; a quiet one gives almost nothing. Always finish the event shop before it closes.

Events (almost always one active) · 1–83

Whenever they drop

Redeem codes and compensation mail arrive after livestreams, maintenance and anniversaries. They expire fast: redeem the day you see them.

Codes · 0–1

What costs F2P players the most

Spending S-Chips on the standard banner or on 10-pulls "to see what happens" instead of saving for a limited unit.
Letting an endgame reset in Tears of Themis pass without clearing it: that S-Chips is gone for good.
Ignoring the event shop and redeem codes because they are small: together they are often a full multi every month.
Pulling before checking the numbers. Your real chance of the featured unit depends on your pity and your pulls; the calculator shows it before you spend.

If you decide to spend

Only worth mentioning because the value gap is huge: the cheapest recurring pass in Tears of Themis pays several times more S-Chips per dollar than any bundle in the shop.

With the Monthly Card (~$4.99)+2,400–2,700 S-Chips / month ≈ +13–15 pulls

Now do the math

Knowing where the S-Chips come from is half of it. The companion page turns the monthly total into pulls, months to hard pity and your real chance of the featured unit, and the calculator takes your exact pity and savings.

S-Chips per month as F2P in Tears of Themis Open the Tears of Themis pity calculator

Amounts for Tears of Themis are a community estimate and move with the event calendar and your progress. Use them to plan, not as a promise.

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