Embers Blox Fruits: Draco race Awakening

Embers are the building blocks of Draco race awakening, introduced with Update 24. There are five in total: the first unlocks the transformation itself, the next three serve to choose your abilities, and the fifth extends the awakening duration and accelerates the gauge fill. They play for Draco exactly the role that Gears play for other V4.

How to get it

Complete the Trial of Flames: the glowing door at the exit opens, and passing through it teleports you to the Flames of Hearth, where several empty ember slots await you. The fifth ember, on the other hand, is obtained from the Dojo Vault NPC. If you disconnect or leave the server right after winning a trial, don't worry: you can still choose your ember when you return.

The five embers

First ember: unlocks the transformation itself.
Second to fourth ember: serve to choose your abilities.
Fifth ember: extends the awakening duration and accelerates the gauge fill. It's the only one that doesn't come from a trial: you retrieve it from the Dojo Vault NPC.

Red or blue: the ability embers

Embers 2 to 4 come in two colors, and you choose each time.

The blue ember generally gives a special active ability: offensive zone, projectile, variable buff.
The red ember gives more of a mobility move or passive buff.
Only one ability can reach tier 2. Once maxed out, your three ability embers are therefore distributed 2:1.

Race	Blue ember (left)	Red ember (right)
Draco	Cometic Field	Thorn Mail

Placing and swapping your embers

Empty slot: you freely choose between blue and red.

The selection menu, to choose between the blue and red ember.

If you've already taken the same color twice, only the other remains to place.
Once maxed out and the fifth trial completed, you can only swap: the game offers you to strengthen the ability you haven't upgraded, which amounts to downgrading the one you had improved. The choice is therefore always at the expense of the other.
Completing the fifth trial gives permanent access to the Flames of Hearth: you can change your embers there, once per server visit.

Inside the Flames of Hearth, where you can swap embers once per server.

Which ability to take

Cometic Field if you're looking for damage, for both you and your allies.
Thorn Mail if you're looking for defense, yours and your team's.

Good to know

Visually, the embers look like sparks. The first three are slightly larger than the last two.
The first and fifth are golden yellow; the three in the middle turn red or blue depending on the choice you made.
Mechanic added with Update 24, only for Draco race awakening.