Blox Fruits First Sea Guide: Best Fruits, Styles & Items for Fast Grinding
The First Sea in Blox Fruits is a notorious grind for many players, often feeling slow, repetitive, and leading to burnout. However, with the right items and abilities, you can make grinding significantly easier and progress much faster. This guide will reveal the best setups to help you dominate the First Sea.
The Importance of Fruits
Choosing the right fruit is crucial for efficient grinding in the First Sea. While some fruits like Leopard or Dragon appear powerful, they require high mastery to unlock their useful abilities and lack effective M1 attacks for beginners.
M1 attacks: Basic melee or ranged attacks, often the primary way to deal damage at low mastery levels.
Instead, focus on fruits that unlock quickly, deal solid damage, and provide elemental immunity.
elemental immunity: A passive ability that prevents damage from NPCs (and sometimes players) if your level is sufficiently higher than theirs, unless the enemy has Aura.
Most First Sea NPCs do not possess Aura, making elemental immunity a powerful advantage for safer grinding.
Light Fruit
Light is one of the best fruits for the First Sea. It offers long-range moves, fast cooldowns, and great area damage. Its attacks are easy to use and require low mastery to unlock. Light also provides elemental immunity, ensuring your safety against lower-level enemies. Additionally, it grants the ability to fly, drastically speeding up travel between islands.
Ice Fruit
Ice is another effective fruit for the First Sea. While not flashy, it's very efficient, featuring moves that can freeze enemies in place, simplifying NPC farming without taking much damage. Ice also grants elemental immunity and allows walking over water, which is incredibly useful for early-game traversal.
Flame Fruit
Flame is a solid fruit for grinding with good area damage, elemental immunity, and simple, effective attacks. Its moves unlock early, cover a nice area, and hit hard enough to farm groups of NPCs efficiently. It's an excellent choice for beginners seeking strong attacks without needing perfect aim.
Magma Fruit
Magma deals heavy damage in the First Sea, particularly to grouped enemies. While its moves are slightly slower, they compensate with raw power. Magma also provides elemental immunity, keeping you safe during grinding as long as your level is sufficient. Note that it does not allow walking on water in the First Sea; that ability is only available after Awakening.
Hidden Gem Fruits
These fruits are often overlooked but are surprisingly strong and highly recommended for beginners in the First Sea.
Smoke Fruit
Smoke is a cheap and strong elemental fruit in the First Sea. It's the cheapest elemental fruit in the game, requiring only about 50 mastery to unlock its moves, which deal decent damage. Its F ability allows you to fly over enemies while dropping smoke bombs that deal consistent low to mid-range damage, perfect for grinding large groups of NPCs. Smoke also provides elemental immunity.
Blade Fruit
Previously known as Chop, Blade is a cheap and strong fruit that costs only 30,000 Belly and is frequently available in the shop. After its rework, Blade offers fast M1s, low mastery requirements for its simple yet useful skills, and a unique immunity. It makes the player completely immune to any NPC or player sword attacks as long as your level is higher than theirs, even if they have Aura. This makes it incredibly effective for grinding in areas with sword-wielding NPCs.
Obtaining Fruits
In the First Sea, options for acquiring fruits are limited. The primary methods are:
Blox Fruit Gacha
Players can roll for a fruit every two hours using Belly at the Blox Fruit Gacha. This method provides a random fruit, offering a chance to obtain powerful options like Light, Ice, or Flame, but also less desirable ones. It's a free and simple way to try your luck.
Blox Fruit Dealer Stock
The Blox Fruit Dealer's stock refreshes every four hours. By regularly checking the stock, you can purchase strong fruits like Blade, Smoke, and Flame for affordable prices. This method allows you to acquire specific fruits without relying purely on luck.
Fighting Styles
Upgrading your fighting style is crucial for boosting your grinding speed. The default Combat style is weak with limited moves, slowing down progression. Switching to a better style as soon as possible is highly recommended.
Dark Step
Dark Step is an excellent early-game fighting style. It can be obtained in Pirate Village for 150,000 Belly. It's cheap, quickly unlocks all its moves, and significantly aids in grinding NPCs in the First Sea.
Item | Location | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Dark Step | Pirate Village | 150,000 Belly |
Electro
If you have more Belly, Electro can be acquired in Skylands for 500,000 Belly. It's a fast, smooth, and effective style for farming in various locations, favored by many for its simplicity and efficiency.
Water Kung Fu
Water Kung Fu is a solid choice once you've saved up more Belly. It costs 750,000 Belly and is found at the Underwater City.
Item | Location | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Water Kung Fu | Underwater City | 750,000 Belly |
Buddha Fruit Synergy
For players fortunate enough to get the Buddha fruit in the First Sea, melee damage becomes paramount. Start with Dark Step, then upgrade to Water Kung Fu once you have enough Belly. This combination is highly effective for Buddha users, making grinding even easier.
Swords
While often not essential if you have a good elemental fruit and fighting style, swords can be a decent option for players who prefer sword combat or want to use M1s without expending energy. If you have elemental immunity, you can approach NPCs without taking damage, allowing you to quickly finish them with sword attacks.
Saber
The Saber is one of the best swords to acquire in the First Sea. It is unlocked by completing a quest in the Jungle after reaching level 200. The Saber is a strong sword with good speed and damage, remaining useful even into the Second Sea.
Bisento
The Bisento can be purchased from the shop for 1,000,000 Belly. While expensive, it is a powerful option with great range for players focused on sword combat.
Item | Source | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Bisento | Shop | 1,000,000 Belly |
Guns
For grinding in the First Sea, guns are generally not recommended. Despite recent updates, they do not offer the same value or efficiency as fruits or fighting styles for early-game progression. Focus your resources and time on fruits and fighting styles for faster leveling.
Accessories
Only a few accessories are truly worth getting in the First Sea.
Black Cape
The Black Cape is the best overall accessory. It can be purchased at the Marine Fortress for just 50,000 Belly, providing extra health, energy, and a damage boost. It's a versatile choice that benefits any playstyle.
Item | Location | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Black Cape | Marine Fortress | 50,000 Belly |
Coat (Marine Cape)
Obtained by defeating the Vice Admiral at the Marine Fortress, the Coat (also known as the Marine Cape) provides more energy and boosts your fighting style damage, making it ideal for melee-focused builds using styles like Dark Step or Water Kung Fu.
Pink Coat
The Pink Coat drops from the Swan boss in the Kingdom of Rose. It offers a boost to health, useful for players who want to be tankier during grinding or boss fights, even without a damage boost.
Abilities
These extra abilities, all found at Frozen Village, can significantly improve your grinding experience.
Ability | Location | Effect |
|---|---|---|
Aura | Frozen Village | Attacks elemental fruit users; increases damage and defense |
Air Jump | Frozen Village | Provides increased mobility with multiple jumps |
Flash Step | Frozen Village | Allows quick dashes for dodging and faster movement |
Instinct (Observation Haki)
Instinct is a late early-game ability unlocked after completing the Saber puzzle and reaching at least level 300. It's best to acquire it around level 500 or higher. Instinct helps you dodge enemy attacks and provides an advantage in tougher fights.
Recommended Builds
Here are three simple, effective builds to try in the First Sea:
- Water Kung Fu & Light: This combination offers excellent range and fast grinding/travel. Water Kung Fu adds mobility, allowing you to move while attacking.
- Dark Step & Flame/Magma: Dark Step's V move ignites your legs, increasing damage and applying a burn effect. Combined with Flame or Magma's own burn damage, this build delivers high damage over time.
- Electro & Ice: Both Electro and Ice can stun enemies, making grinding safer and easier. Their damage output is good, and the stuns help you land hits while avoiding damage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the First Sea in Blox Fruits really that hard to get through?
The First Sea can be slow and repetitive, leading many players to get stuck or quit due to inefficient grinding methods. However, with the right fruits, fighting styles, and accessories, you can significantly speed up your progression.
How do I get elemental immunity in Blox Fruits?
Certain Blox Fruits like Light, Ice, Flame, and Magma provide elemental immunity. This means that if your character's level is a certain amount higher than an NPC, the NPC cannot damage you unless they possess the Aura ability.
What are the best early-game fighting styles in Blox Fruits?
For early game, Dark Step is highly recommended, available in Pirate Village for 150,000 Belly. Later, Electro (Skylands, 500,000 Belly) or Water Kung Fu (Underwater City, 750,000 Belly) are great upgrades. Avoid the default Combat style.
Where can I learn abilities like Aura and Flash Step?
Abilities such as Aura, Air Jump, and Flash Step can all be learned at the Frozen Village in the First Sea. These abilities are crucial for improving mobility, defense, and combat effectiveness.
What is the cheapest strong elemental fruit for beginners?
The Smoke fruit is known as the cheapest strong elemental fruit for beginners. It offers elemental immunity, decent damage, flying capability, and its moves unlock with low mastery, making it very effective for early grinding.
