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6 outta 10 and that ain't bad.
Version Content
This document is for the Hidden Pirate Island (a.k.a., Hong Kong) version of
Blue Dragon. Koreans are awesome. American Yankee version may have a different
localization of names, items, clothing, etc., which honestly, is no longer
simalcrum's problem.
Just as the 20th Century witnessed the end of one superpower, the 21st will
see the end of another.
Simalcrum is going to skip the basics, since there should be a manual of
instruction. Renting the game and it doesn't have a manual? You're earnestly
getting your money's worth.
Walkthrough - Disc 1
Attack of the Land Shark
After the first credit rolls, stand the hero guy (Shu) up and race his ass
down the ramp. The title of the game will appear and more bullshit will
appear. Have the big fat guy (Shu's father) talk to the villagers to skip to
the next cinematic. Note that if the game's developer's saw Tremors, or fought
the tenth colossus in Wander and the Colossus, they probably would've re-done
this intro.
When you have playable characters, take Shu back towards the village and talk
to the damn wiener kid for an HP up enhancement. You can use it now, or save
it for later. Attack the moving enemy by getting the hero close and suck up
the damage. When the green friend (Jiro) says there's a weak spot, move the
stick and attack that area. This triggers a cinematic with Jiro and Kluke
(some little girl) talking to Shu.
Approach the moving enemy once more and a cinematic will take place. Approach
the captured enemy and the three heroes get warped to a cave .... of death.
Ancient Ruins Cave
Enemies Encountered
- Poo Snake
Spells & Accessories Found
- Stone Bracelet
- Stone Necklace
Save point near the wreckage. There are some treasure chests that are not
protected by a blue forcefield. Investigate the chests available, and
slaughter the enemies here. One curious thing about this game is you can have
the party leader investigate random shit in the background (like the
machinery) and get items and money. Do that to collect the medals and other
goodies. There's almost no way for your party to die against the Poo Snake
enemy if all three of your lovable anime whack jobs attack the same guy and
rip it apart.
After looting the place, you will find accessories (stone necklace and
bracelet) which you should place on any character (Shu would be a good choice
since he is doing most of the damage). Note there are other chests around this
cave if you take the time to explore the rocky trails. If you take the chest
near the Land Shark (after killing all enemies) you get a movie. The party
then warps to the Sky City.
Flying Fortress
Enemies Encountered
- Nene, the non-Koei bad-ass kill-all freak version
- Mecha Robo, that crappy looking red robot reject from Megaman Legends
Spells & Accessories Found
- Nothing at this phase of the game
At the sky base, check all the surroundings for items and gold before going
through the very obvious center door. The center door leads to the first
serious enemies you will have the dubious privilege of being smashed by. The
guy in charge of the flying robot city will do about 100 to 400 points of
damage and kill your party. When their useless corpses are dumped into the
trash chute, they get a free revival.
City in the Sky: Robo Sewage
Save point near the center dais. After the cinematic with the light orb crap,
use the center structure to lose pursuing enemies and sic all three party
members on clearing the room of roaming robots. It takes about four to five
attacks at level 2 to trash a bot (unless a critical is scored). Fight only
until you're about out of healing items or if you plain suck and can't figure
out how to bend odds at 3-to-2. After taking out the robots, or fleeing, flee
out the unlocked door (note, fleeing early will skip out on items and gold
found randomly in the dais room with the creepy woman's voice).
For the door, press the GREEN button rapidly to close the damn thing. Do the
exercise three times to shut the door. If a robot gets through, you will have
a battle.
Eat the light orb when prompted, and watch the wieners grow some balls and
increase their stats. Use the free HP/MP refill to clear the room of robot
trash, as well as loot the place for items. By the time you off the whole
gang, the party should have gone up a few levels. Take the mechat (small
machine) to leave the place.
Mechat Crash Site
Save point near the river. After crashing, use the river to refill everyone's
HP and MP. Use this opportunity before entering the wasteland to level
everyone in your party several times using the different shadows to have cross
training. If there's one thing Squarecrap has taught everyone, is that cross
training, when offered, is vital for a special forces team in case one of them
turns out to be an outright wiener flower woman and refuses to dodge a fatal
sword strike even though the attacker is making more noise than a screaming
nympho at Mardis Gras.
Cross training with different shadows will also install new skills for each
character, allowing you more luxury and flexibility when making up teams. Note
that Kluke will be taken out of the party later (not a death scene, so
shaddap), so keep that in mind when increasing her skills and retaining
accessories. This means power levelling the most useful character, Shu,
because he's a man. A real man. A man who can fight.
Lot Wilderness / Wilderness Village
Enemies Encountered
- Ancient Katydid
- Apocalypse Moth
- Poo Snake
- Green Grunt
- Smirking Scorpion
- Scavenger Wolf Ghost
- Dragon (boss)
- Gotsu-Gotsu (warning)
- Green Soldier (warning)
- Lazy Bear (warning)
Spells & Accessories Found
- See Lot Wilderness section after Lago Village/Hospital Ruins
There is a village in the Lost Wilderness East/West that has a save point.
There is also an inn that restores the party's HP and MP. It's closer to the
action, but costs money to use. If you can stomach the thought of hoofing it
back to the Mechat Crash Site and using the free refill, you can do that (and
avoid enemies). The enemies in the wildnerness are fairly easy -- the most
dangerous ones at this this point are the Gotsu Gotsu (skeleton wizards) who
can cast an Earth-type spell (called Ground) doing about 60 to 80 damage to
your whole party. Avoid them until you have levelled your party; you can
ignore them now since they are enemies you can defeat 60 minutes later in the
game.
The Sheep Tribe's wilderness village also has the accessory shop; buy the
stone set of items (esp. the defence items) and equip them. Chances are you
will have levelled the party up enough so the members can take on more
shadows -- the first shadow choice determines how hard or easy time you will
have later. Choose carefully. Simalcrum, thinking way too far ahead, took on
all generalists before starting to diversify at character level 10; the extra
skill slots from the generalist shadow helps later when you'll have more
skills than you can shake a stick at. However, the non-speciality of the party
made them vulnerable to being focused attacked (pure magic or pure physical) a
little later, which required simple patience to take on the opposition.
Save at the Wilderness Village before heading west. There is a warning about a
lost tribe member (meaning boss fight). Prepare for this generally by buying
some decent accessories for everyone, as well as items (20+ medicine), etc.
Specifically prepare by placing Kluke in the back row and assigning her the
Black Magic shadow. She will cast the spell to bring down the boss; assign
Jiro and Shu the Sword Master shadows and bring them up to about rank 8. If
you have extra antidote items, trade them with the Sheep rancher in the
village for Phoenix Talons. These items may come in handy if the boss kills
your party members.
Make the boss vulnerable by having Kluke attempt a spell casting at the boss'
target head (or horn). Once the boss is stunned, attack the horn with the most
potent physical attacks you can muster. This boss can defend using its tail
(it will heal HP). It can also do several attacks that affect the whole party.
Killing it quickly is a good thing.
Save the game after killing the horned dragon.
Drill Machine
Enemies Encountered
- Mechanical Maintenancer
- Enhanced Maintenancer
- Intercept Electrogue
- Mecha Robo, that crappy looking red robot reject from Megaman Legends
- Marumaro the Mole with a midget Superman costume (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Warp Keys x23
In Lot Wilderness West, locate the large yellow drilling Mechat making the
craters. You can have the party loot treasure chests, but watch for the Gotsu
Gotsu enemies, as well as any other enemy who is very large, immobile, and
potentially intimidating (the Lazy Bears). Unless you spend a significant load
of time levelling up in the overworld near the Lot Wilderness, avoid the Lazy
Bears and Gotsu-Gostu and instead, head for the Drill Machine.
While there are chests your party should try to grab from the Green Grunts,
steer clear of any chests with a monster larger and tougher than a Green
Grunt. Don't forget that if you're having a tough time of things against the
Green Grunt, use the Wind Sword spell to lower its attack.
After you've taken your fill of the area (you can save any time in the
overworld -- a hold over from Squarecrap's FF7 model), head for the large
yellow Drilling Machine. Make sure you bought all the items (spells mostly --
better accessories are aboard the Drill Mechat) from the Sheep Tribe's
Wilderness Village. Be sure to loot the items around the Drill Machine's
landing before climbing the ladder, or you're screwed of items and gold.
When the party boards the Drill Machine, save on the first floor and loot the
place. Buy the copper accessories and new spells from the robot shopkeeper.
Save at the save point and use the robot inn if you need it. Don't forget, you
can use the robot inn (cheaper than items) if you're running low on fumes. Try
to level up your shadows as far as possible -- once you have the Black Magic
and White Magic shadows levelled enough, you will have access not only to
healing spells, but also to regenerating magic points when walking.
Enemies (Maintenancers and Electroguns) start appearing on 2F. Use the lifts
to go from 2F to 3F, work across that floor, and kill anything that looks
weird. From 3F, take the lift down to the other side of 2F and fight the
Enchanced Maintenancer. It's only hard if you don't keep the physical assault
going. Keep all members in the front rank and attack. Once the robot is
defeated, it gives up 23 Warp Keys, which you need to expend to unlock world
warps (you can use them later at no cost). This battle also unlocks the door
on 3F to the boss.
If you feel antsy, save on 1F before heading back to 3F and kicking that mole
boss' ass. The mole guy (later a party member) is easy. His thing is he
counters every attack you make, so keep everyone's HP around 20 to 30 to suck
things up. Group pound his ass and it will be over quickly.
Hospital Ruins
Enemies Encountered
- Medical Maintenancer
- Hover Alarm
- Intercept Electrogue
- Midnight Ghost
- Wandering Wraith
- Fire Wolf Ghost
- Snow Wolf Ghost
- Scavenger Wolf Ghost (from monster fight)
- Cerebi Wolf Ghost (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Magic Crystal Ring
- Magic Crystal Necklace
- Magic Crystal Bracelet
- White Magic Heart
- Black Magic Heart
The first save point is in the Drill Mechat's 1F; doing that will reset the
enemies inside the hospital, so use the chance to power-up a few times. A
second save point is on 3F of the ruins, so use that once you're ready to
rumble.
As for the Drill Mechat, loot the cockpit of items and use the side door to
reach the 1F quickly. Don't miss the treasures. While at the robot shopkeeper,
clean out his spell offerings so you have neat crap to cast. Outside the
drilling machine, check between the treads for neat crap. The hospital ruins
has enemies as well as a surgical theater that regenerates MP and HP. The
stairs to 2F is in the back, past the surgical theater. If everyone's Sword
Master shadow is rank 5 or more, add the skill Mow Down 1 to quickly destroy
the Intercept Electroguns (those small gun drones) quickly. Explore the
hospital 1F methodically for some extra gold and items.
Hopefully, you bought the spells from the shop to have the White Magic spell
Shine. That's probably your most potent attack against the Midnight Ghosts and
Wandering Wraiths who appear to ambush your party when chests are opened.
Luckily, there is a medical robot on the first floor (the surgical room) that
restores all of your party's HP and MP for free. So long as you don't have the
party leave the hospital ruins, enemies killed on all three floors will not re-
appear.
The 2F stairs are past the surgical room (the one with the medical robot).
Don't forget to look for red light switches in dark rooms.
On the 2F, there is a dark hallway leading to the head doctor's office, but
there is a key to a chest in the first room to the left on 2F. Hit the lights
and when you get the key, an ambush of ghosts will get you. Beat the shit out
of them and head into the head doctor's office. The office has a safe key
behind a painting. Get it and use it to unlock the White and Black hearts in
the desk. The locked chest has a helpful accessory. Getting that acccessory
will spawn more ghosts, which pretty much means SP city.
If you are running low on health, etc., head back down to the 1F and recharge
from the medical robot. The enemies defeated before remain so, until you leave
this dungeon.
There are stairs to 3F past the next few dark rooms (with ghost ambush). There
is a save point on the 3F, right after the cut-scene showing the monster
battle. Save there and explore the 3F as throroughly as possible (keep in mind
free healing on 1F, free save on 3F). There should be a Magic Crystal Necklace
Shu should most definitely use; the locked chest (in a dark room) has the key
down a dead end guarded by some of the ghost dogs; note that if you pull Right
Trigger for the encounter circle, you can group the dogs together so they
cancel each other's fire and ice effects out (you earn less EXP and SP).
Start getting into the habit of placing Kluke in the back rank so she can
support Jiro and Shu. Jiro can also be placed in the back rank if you intend
to use a few items to keep your main killer (Shu) alive to do damage.
Note there is an ominous checkpoint in the same corridor where the key to the
accessory is found; heading into the door will result in a boss fight, so
don't head in until you are ready. Shift the shadows so Kluke and Jiro can
both cast healing spells. You may want to place Jiro and Kluke in the back
rank to keep them from the attacks of the boss.
The Snow-Fire Cerebi Ghost has attacks that are both fire and ice, so any fire
spells (Flare) will heal it. Concentrate on casting heal to keep Shu alive so
he can attack the boss. This is a straight up, no-nonsense fight, so get to
it. Simalcrum had Jiro started on Barrier magic so the little punk could cast
shield spells on Shu. Keep the damage on the boss and it will die pretty quick.
After the boss fight, check the large room's treasure chests for a Magic
Crystal Bracelet. Don't miss the wreckage (those also have items). Follow the
mole peck to the Urn Room. Use the save point and the warp point. Inside the
Urn Room, avoid checking the Urns for the medicine; check the shelves first.
The medicine is in an Urn in the corner. When it is found, the party is taken
to the mole peck's village. Incidentally, the large rock blocking the way is
removed.
Lago Village / Lot Wilderness Revisited
Enemies Encountered
- Ancient Katydid
- Apocalypse Moth
- Poo Snake
- Green Grunt
- Smirking Scorpion
- Scavenger Wolf Ghost
- Gotsu-Gotsu
- Green Soldier
- Lazy Bear
- Ancient Moth
- Ancient Beetle
- Sonic Stunfish
- Cutlass Fish
- Ghost Crab
- Hunter Ghost
Spells & Accessories Found
- Ordeal Bracelet
Go into the main building (loot the chests in the village first) and get some
story bullshit. There will be a cut-scene of the Nene guy and some more of his
mecha-flunkies spreading purple fart everywhere. After cutting through the
crap, the little squit Marumaro will be gone. Find him by heading up the ramp
to the cave and then asking him to join you.
In the tradition of freaky looking characters being the most secure and
reliable allies in Japaheeno games, start plowing EXP and SP you find into the
Mole guy so he can catch up. Visit the shops and swap the copper and stone
crap for the silver stuff. Keep the best stuff on Shu and Marumaro. Shift Jiro
and Kluke to back rank and ditch the Mow Down skill. Focus on getting the
generalist shadow to high rank for more skill slots. Generalist would be the
one shadow Mole guy needs when he has the chance to take it.
Don't forget to loot the stores you venture into. Find the warp point at the
catwalk above the big building in Lago Village. Visit the spell shop, who is
inside the big building. She's the DeeVee near the building's entrance. Buy
all the spells to have them around. Now you can head out into the overworld
and start picking fights with confidence.
With the hospital ruins finished, the party should be in better shape to fight
off the Gotsu-Gotsu and Lazy Bears. Although the immediate goal is to head
southeasy (check the world map) to the Undersea Cave, there are better items
to be claimed past the Lazy Bears towards the mountain/ice area. Head there
now, keeping in mind that all the shadows should be levelled to rank 10 or
more (the ones you don't use, for example -- Shu's Black and White magic --
can be left around 10, to be levelled up later).
Past the Lazy Bear, there is a chest with an Ordeal Bracelet (place it on
Shu). This dramatically increases his killing power. Note spells can do some
serious hurt on enemies in rows or groups; note that flying enemies are
invulnerable to the Ground spell; for the Gotsu-Gotsu, it will heal them.
Looting the other chests will get some more items that may or may not be as
helpful.
Venture down the ramp to the sea. Don't be shy in exploring the area and
levelling up your party, since you want the extra power to spare. There are
chests down there with stuff. If you're not interested in cleaning house and
looting the place, you should ask yourself why you are playing an "RPG". Head
for the Undersea Cave when ready.
Undersea Cave
Enemies Encountered
- Cutlass Fish
- Ghost Crab
- Wizard Jellyfish
- Broadsword Fish
- Poo Crabs
- Hydra Head (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Water Earring
- L3 Flara
- Water Necklace
- Generalist Heart
The undersea cave has a save point at the start. It's fairly straight forward
(having one floor). There are many side paths with items in objects and
guarded chests. By now, your party should have the Black Magic shadows at rank
8 or more. The regenerating MP should give you the ability to heal your party
complete with spells, so there is no excuse for lack-luster conquest.
Broadsword Fish will be the toughest customers (apart from the annoying poison
spewing Poo Crabs); however, get the Poo Crabs into the mix and the armor will
be cut off from the Broadsword Fish. The Mole's attract aura skill may come in
handy if you exhausted all the Poo Crabs in the dungeon.
Without exploring all the nooks and crannies is impossible, since you need the
Hex Crystal to progress. Find it in a chest after finding a Fish Key. The
locked chests holds the Hex Crystal, which in turn, leads to a boss and
checkpoint.
The boss is Hydra Head, who is vulnerable to fire. Use the Flara spell found
in the dungeon and roast the sucker's four heads. For shadows, the Mole's
charge attacks come in handy. Shu's shadow can remain the one with the fattest
attack. Jiro and Kluke need the black and white magic skills, along with any
other magics you can cast on the back row. Put the spell casters in the middle
of the formation so they can reach other people with their spells. Each head
takes a few hundred damage, so overkill on the Flare Sword and Flara and the
boss pukes blood; you do not.
Get the hell out.
Island of the Dead / Sheep Forest Village
Spells & Accessories Found
- Earth Bracelet
The party appears near a village. Go in and get the warp point. Talk and loot
the place. There should not be any real new items to get, but check in on the
spells of the Lago Village spell shop after getting the warp. The White Magic
spell Shine is important here, since it does damage to the undead.
There is also a villager who offers Heaving Herb for a buddy in the Wilderness
camp. Do the back and forth crap a few times (the guy at the Wilderness camp
is the coughing guy) and warp the fat asses together. Get an Earth Bracelet
for the trouble. Stock up on items and save outside the Forest (House) of the
Dead. Simalcrum only likes that movie for Liberty. Hehehehe.
Forest of the Dead / Gabo Plant Grove
Enemies Encountered
- Scavenger Wolf Ghost
- Green Skeleton
- Purple Skeleton
- Ancient Moth
- Acornivore
- Grinning Ghost
- Thief Ghost
- Shooting Ghost
- Slime Roamer
- Ghost King (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Earth Bracelet
- L4 Shina
- Earth Ring
- Earth Necklace
- Water Ring
- Death Earring
The items to check for here are the red plants, which take HP but return MP.
Ancient Moth enemies also gather near chests, but as a rule, you waste
everything in a dungeon. It's like applying a small to medium tactical nuclear
device with micro-saturation cluster warheads to saturate an area and utterly
clean it of anything biological for the next 4.46 billion years. It's called
a "clean-sweep operation".
The purple robot machine fart is deadly, so stick to locating the Spirit of
the Elder Tree from a chest near a bridge covered by the purple fart. Get it
back to the tree across the other bridge (the one without the purple fart),
incidentally killing anything that refuses to stay dead. Shine and Shine Sword
can be used on the Grinning Ghosts.
The Thief Ghosts will steal your items (not your spells or accessories). Time
your attacks to kill the ghosts who stole your items to get them back. Thief
Ghosts flee once they steal an item, so make sure that doesn't happen by
timing the Shine spells and attacks to kill them before their action turn
comes up. If you haven't tried it already, holding the GREEN button during a
charge will loop the charge so you can have another chance to release it in
the sweet spot.
Find the machine making the purple fart and turn it off. Head back to the
Elder Tree and it'll tell you where to go next. Be sure to explore those areas
first before doing anything story related; you're never too sure with these
new RPGs when they decide to mess with your play-style. Head there when ready
and search all the spots for items and chests.
There will be a redundant warp point and save point right before the boss
fight. Warp out and save if you like. Warp back in and check all the red light
plants before approaching the obvious flower field. Picking up the flowers in
the field spawns the boss.
Shadow-wise, have Mole and Shu prepped as fighters. Kluke and Jiro need access
to Shine (or Shina); plug one as a White Magic person for now. The healing
spells can be picked up by the White Magic skill. For the boss King Ghost, it
has an ability to summon numerous ghost allies. You can interrupt the
summoning by attacking the boss' crown (infinite HP) with any spell or attack
when the boss concentrates with his staff; otherwise, continue using Shine and
Shine Sword on the boss' body and you get the story clear. Note that if the
boss summons allies, they will be three ranks deep; you need to shine/hack
through the front ranks to get to the boss once more.
Lago Village w/o The Influenza Plague
Spells & Accessories Found
- Fire Bracelet
- Ordeal Ring
- Ordeal Earring
Head back to the Lago village via warp. Get story bullshit. At night, have Shu
loot the house. Find the other party members in the large building. Again,
more bullshit. When things are playable once more, the goal is to get to Gul
Mountain.
Where is Gul Mountain? If you explored the area past the Lazy Bears and found
the Ordeal Bracelet, there was a large rock that blocked the way. Talk to the
DeeVee elder (the Mole with the Pope hat) in the main building (leaving the
village also does the same thing). Be sure to talk to the DeeVee chief again
to unlock all the locked chests in the village. This yields some items.
There is a mini-quest to do before leaving the village. Locate all six DeeVee
altars, then pray to the DeeVee god statue in the main building for an extra
accessory. The six altars are in the houses (access them by going down the
ladders on the catwalk).
- 2 are in the village elder's house (check/loot basement)
- 1 in Marumaro's house
- 1 in Plant Lover's house
- 1 in Young Couple's house
- 1 in Old Man's house
Pray to the large statue in the main building for a Fire Bracelet. There are
also new spells from the spell selling DeeVee in the main building. Buy her
out and sell extra stuff you don't want at the shop (accessories). Note that
Kluke's Aerith-esque disappearing act hasn't happened yet, so don't get too
excited about powering up everyone. The most important spell from the village
spell shop would probably be Zephyr, which mass heals your party. Get that
White Magic skill up, or the party will be lying dead in a puddle of their own
urine when they face off against a boss with mass kill effects.
Gul Mountain Cave
Enemies Encountered
- Paralyzing Scorpion
- Ore Hermit Crab
- Mist Walker
- Chain Gang Ghost
- Thief Ghost
- Bandit Ghost
- Stone Poo Snake
Spells & Accessories Found
- Earth Earring
- Wind Bracelet
- L2 Dizzy
- L2 Resist
- Ordeal Necklace
The cave uses white glowing radioactive sap as the item holders. There are
save and warp points. But first, you meet with Toripo, a medal merchant. He
sells shadow rank hearts and stat sources (elixirs) for medals found. You
should have about 80 some medals if you've been quietly looting everything up
till now. Buy one of each item if you like; just don't use the hearts yet
until the SP needed for a shadow is astronomically high.
Go east first (right) and loot all the chests. Note the water in the cave is
poisonous and drains HP. Head west (left) and systematically kill things. If
you see ghosts ahead, they will be thieves; temporarily change Jiro or Kluke
to the White Magic shadow so they can cast the Shina spell and whack everyone
at once.
When the screen goes white, it's a Mistwalker enemy (use Ground to get rid
of). Use the encounter circle to find who's in the area. The toughest enemy in
the cave is the Chain Gang Ghost (about 700 HPs). Shine and Shine Sword
attacks should shut it down in a hurry. With Shu and Mole up front, that's not
a problem. If you want an idea of the skills/shadows available to simalcrum
around this time:
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Shu Jiro Kluke Marumaro
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Sword Master Sword Master Sword Master Sword Master
Black Magic Black Magic Black Magic Black Magic
White Magic White Magic White Magic White Magic
Generalist Generalist Generalist Generalist
Guardian Barrier Magic Support Magic Monk
The way forward is straight-forward; not many hiding areas unless you didn't
keep track of what you inspected. There is no boss once you exit the cave, but
there are new enemies in the overworld near Talta Village.
Talta Village & Environs
Enemies Encountered
- Snakeface
- Mountain Crab
- Snakeween
- Purple Skeleton
- Skeleton Captain
- Rolling Ripper
- Mad Eye Cannibal (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Ordeal Ring
- Ordeal Earring
- L3 Heala
- L3 Winda
- Fire Necklace
So after a few hours of bullcrap, you're back in the starting village. Try
levelling up the shadows so you get the most able skills (like Skill Slots +4)
and keep on going. There is a Fire Necklace in a chest near the Gul Cave exit.
The other caves are for later.
The village is deserted and only has inifinte skeleton and rolling ripper
enemies at the bottom. There is a save point and warp point at the top. Get to
those first and be sure to visit the heroes' houses (Shu, Jiro, and Kluke).
Avoid the obvious checkpoint and the coughing guy. You will find a sound test
(Ancient Phonograph) in Kluke's house, as well as some spells around the
village and in Jrio's house. Loot the whole village (note the wreckage has
items in the debris) and save the game before fighting the boss.
The boss will guard after summoning skeleton allies to fight for it. It loves
using mass kill spells, so a potent magic defence is a must. Have Shu and Mole
attack the boss normally with charged attacks; Jiro and Kluke can use Shina or
Shine to level the playing field when the allies are summoned. Unless someone
is taking considerably more damage than the rest, a few Barrier spells should
be enough to protect your party from enemy magic.
Kill the boss and free the innkeeper for an item. Loot the place and locate
the letter in the workshop. It will detail what to do next.
Valley of Murals West
Enemies Encountered
- Evil Mural
- Hawk Eye, the non-Marvel version
- Misfortune Mural (Red)
- Shrike Cockatrice
Spells & Accessories Found
- Wind Necklace
- L4 Cure Paralysis
- Water Bracelet
- Fire Earring
Before entering the valley (the zig-zag path on the overworld map), save the
game. There is an immediate fight with an Evil Mural enemy, who should be
wiped with some dual close combat from your fighters. Take the chance to level
everyone's shadows (all should be rank 10 or above). In the chance that your
party's characters (not shadows) are well over 20, take on a new shadow set,
like assassin (to steal crap), but try to add monk to Shu's set so he can
start countering enemy attacks. Simalcrum, loving the safety of redundancy,
had Jiro and Kluke duplicate one another's Support and Barrier magic.
The map in the valley is not complicated; only long and tedious. Follow the
cliff trails to the very end, and check that you are not backtracking by
inspecting all the rocks and bridgehead posts. This will tell you if you're
backtracking -- empty item cells serve as the breadcumb trail.
Against the Hawk Eyes, use the encounter circle to get in the licks (your
character cannot dash off the cliff) and group them together for the SP bonus.
The Black Magic spell Water does wonders against the rows of this enemy if
powered up. Once you've defeated a set, you can quickly grab the SP by
installing the Field Barrier and running into the enemies without fighting
them. What you lose in EXP you make up for in time (which should be minimal).
Be sure to check out all the green rest stops on the way to the Mural Village
(there is a save point at the village). The green areas have Hawk Eye ambushes
but also plenty of items to loot. And despite what Jiro says about saving
time, defeating all the Mural enemies will yield a lot of good treasure,
including a new accessory.
Reach the Mural Village after cleaning the place of anything valuable. Save
the game there and start your exploration.
Mural Village - Creepiest Rest Stop Ever
Spells & Accessories Found
- L3 Anchor
- L3 Reflect (sidequest)
- Mystery Part Alpha (valuable item)
This inhabitation should be considered pacified ('poosi-fied'). Loot the
dedbris around the first town room and go to the storyteller room and get a
cut-scene about the Eternal Engine. The unlocked door is the town center,
complete with robot shops and inns. Buy the Mithril accessories if needed. You
can keep the rare accessories on Jiro and Kluke for a little longer, but have
some Mithril crap around for later.
The path leading to a room with three chests surrounded by forcefields has a
quick mini-quest. Talk to the child mural and count the small mural cats eight
times. You can count each one, or simply recount the same one once you know
the exact number. 8 Mural cats. Get a spell (L3 Anchor) for the trouble. The
other path leads to the exit chamber.
Talk to the blue Mural near the town exit for the Shabby Book quest. If you
want to save, do that now. Boss fight time.
Valley of Murals East
Enemies Encountered
- Flame Raptor (boss)
- Evil Mural
- Hawk Eye, the non-Marvel version
- Misfortune Mural (Red)
- Shrike Cockatrice
- Strike Cockatrice
- Poison Mural
- Chaos Mural
- Pungent Poo Snake
- Ruby Halbird
Spells & Accessories Found
- Jibral Earring / Ring
- Water Bracelet
The first bridge will cause the boss Flame Raptor to dive down and attack.
Remember that Wind attacks will power it up, so use water spells instead. Wind
also damages the boss, but the return damage is just as large. For shadows,
have Jiro or Kluke ready to cast Zephyr; barrier magic to reduce attacks will
also help. Magic sword for Shu and Mole will work, but stick to water sword,
unless you want to see the boss power-up and rip their faces off with a heated
meat talon.
New enemies will appear (Ruby Halbird, Poison and Chaos Murals), so consider
sticking Ordeal Earrings and Necklaces on your party to prevent the poison
status. The enemies here are annoying, but levelling a little in this section
of the valley is a good idea. An average of characters at level 25 and their
shadows around rank 15 puts them in a good position for the next area. If not,
expect to use a few more items to get dead (KO is bullshit -- Aeris was KO'ed
numerous times and got right back up).
There is a transformation box (leave it alone) as well as a new transformation
box that takes three items and makes one mega item. The Jibral Earring found
in a mural chest can be changed to a ring, but the magic defence is better
than magic offence. You can buy more Jibral Earrings in the next town; if you
want to, transform this item now for enchanced magical attack and stick it on
Kluke or Jiro (you don't lose either until after you swap discs).
While walking around, the bridge should collapse. A good thing; use the
collapsed bridge as a ladder. Before going down, grab the Shabby Book from the
rest stop and show it to the mural back in the town for a spell.
A second bridge collapse leads down to the valley floor and the exit. While
wandering this east area, loot and clean the place out. Even if you made
trades with Toripo earlier, exploring the debris gets your medal total back to
about 150. After the cut-scene with the party, investigate that last rock and
then head outside.
Jibral Road
Enemies Encountered
- Fat Pack Rat
- Steel Eating Tiger (warning) / (boss)
- Dullahan (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Not at this time
Save at the save point and use the waterfall to restore the HP and MP. Shift
the shadows and skills around so Shu and Mole can kill things with as few hits
as possible. Jiro and Kluke need to have the White Magic Zephyr and
Shine/Shina, as well as some other magic for doing mass damage to enemy
parties (you pick). Place the best physical defence accessories on Shu or Mole
(it will be rare to have enough for both) and make sure both fighters can
charge their attacks for more damage.
The bosses here are powerful normal enemies (like having to fight a Gotsu-
Gotsu right after the Mechat Crash); the Steel Eating Tiger can do impressive
damage from its own charged attacks and they attack in large groups. However,
since they only attack front row people, you need to have the back row task
mages stocked with MP and kept busy. Focus smash one of the tigers (pick one)
and keep everyone alive for the second part of the fight.
Dullahan is intimidating, but it's one enemy with less attack than the Steel-
Eating Tiger. Dullahan enjoys using Charge to change the formation of your
front row fighters; if your front row is empty, the party auto-shifts from the
back to the front, robbing your mages one turn to cast spells. Keep Shu and
Mole up front and attacking; one mage should keep the healing going, the other
should cast the Shine spell on the boss to keep it off balance. The boss will
guard but the Shine spells should disable the guard effect. Push the physical
attacks quickly and the boss should topple fast.
Talta Village Camp / Caravan Defence
Enemies Encountered
- Fat Pack Rat
- Steel Eating Tiger (warning) / (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Not at this time
Loot the place and be sure to make a separate save for this and the next
section. If needed, buy items to recover MP (not HP). Naturally, never speak
to Kluke until the whole place has been looted clean of items and gold.
Speaking to Kluke will change night to day and set the party to caravan
defence. Save if you want and set someone (preferably two to have more MP) to
have the Field Barrier.
Basically, this is like the Zelda Twilight Princess wagon defence, but not
retarded. Just stay close to the wagons to keep them moving; explor eshort
distances, then come back. When enemies appear, a pip-view will pop-up and
show where the enemy is. Head there and encounter it normally or kill it with
the Field Barrier. For the Fat Pack Rats, the normal counter lets you use the
Absorb HP skill to recover any stray damage; for the Steel Eating Tigers, use
the Field Barrier to kill them (costs 15 MP each time).
The party needs to push over the rocks to let the wagons keep moving. After
the small clearing of rocks have been traversed, switch one of the Field
Barrier people's skill to Double Item (White Magic), for Phoenix Talons (one
guess why). There is actually one rock that bars the way to the cut-scene
(this is what save games are for). Use that rock as a marker to change the
Field Barrier out for something more useful.
The bosses are again the Steel Eating Tigers. This time, an ally man-slash-
woman Zola (complete with hairy armpits - huah!) will join the party to fight
the tigers and probably die in the first round. Revive her if you want (the
EXP and SP counts for her since she replaces Kluke later) and use the same
tactics on the large group of tigers as before. Just keep everyone alive with
Heal and Zephyr; the counterattack and charge skills let your fighters wreak
havoc on the tiger line. Defeat all the tigers and move to the fortress town
of Jibral.
Jibral Town and Castle
Spells & Accessories Found
- Dog Collar (Jibral Inn)
- Magic Shoes (Jibral Inn)
- Leather Belt (Jibral Inn)
- L4 Resista (During Nene's attack)
- Nothing Man (see appendix)
There is a save point at the entrance. Use a new slot in case you want to
explore before all the caravan boo-hoo-ness. The Jibral castle is the final
chapter on disc 1. Note there are Jibral Earrings and Necklaces for sale in
the castle town, as well as several places to loot. Take your s-s-sweet time
and look through everything. There are some stores of note you should "mark
for death" and come back later:
[*] Rare Accessory Shop -- You cannot buy anything here, because you're not
high-born. The possibility of crafting custom magic rings means this is a game-
rapist's wunderstore.
[*] Shady Gorgo House -- You cannot look through the chests without being
thrown out by the giant Gorgo. Mark this place on your notes and come back for
looting later.
[*] Nothing Man -- This fellow is under the bridge to the castle. If you've
been smart and been cleaning out the dungeons and racking up "Nothing" as well
as gold and items, the "Nothing" counts will now pay off. After you swap discs
after the upcoming bloodbath, come back for more "Nothing" rewards, which are
much more than mere "Something".
Check the spell store for handy spells.
There are several save points; one is outside the town's gates, a second is in
the castle courtyard next to the warp point. Be sure to use them to save
progress (saving over the caravan would be acceptable unless you enjoy being
killed by Steel Eating Tigers). Look for the Grandpa at the inn (building next
to the castle bridge). Check the inn's insides for the special accessories
(boots, belts, etc.) that the Generalist shadows can use easily. Now you know
the reason for picking the all arounder Generalist shadow.
The castle's events can be run without fear of missing anything. In fact,
after man-slash-woman Zola (huah!) ends the conversation with the party, go
through the whole castle and loot the place (every room will be unlocked). If
you need strict guidance, you are obviously playing half asleep and should not
operate heavy machinery, firearms, or a motor vehicle. Go into the castle and
speak to the minister on the left; then the senior minister (the room on the
2F right side). Speak to the king and after the visit to the roof, go to the
basement. Loot the place, talk to man-slash-woman Zola (huah!) and get the
flock outta there after cleaning the place up.
There're about 50+ "Nothings" in the castle, so chances are if you're short,
you can get the next item from Nothing Man before retiring.
Don't miss the castle garden or kitchen.
When done with the castle, go to the inn and talk to the Grandpa for a free
inn stay. Before that, you may want to save.
Jibral Castle / Flying Fortress
Enemies Encountered
- Security Mecha Robo
- Mecha Robo, that crappy looking red robot reject from Megaman Legends
- Winking Medic
- Flying Mecha Robo
- Intercept Electrogue
- Hover Patroller
- Machine Gun Crab
- Tailgunner Robo Scorpion
- Double Axe (mini-boss)
- Silent Ku (boss)
- Turbulent Mai (boss)
- Heatwave Sai (boss)
- Ragin Kesu (boss)
- Szabo (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- L4 Trapfloora (Senior Minister's room)
- Jibral Bracelet (2nd Siege Gun Room)
- Supermetal Earring (3rd Siege Gun Room)
- Supermetal Necklace (4th Siege Gun Room)
Once the attack starts, Grandpa gives your party ten Phoenix Talons. If your
party is well equipped with Jibral accessories mixed with other stuff, you
won't need any. Note that man-slash-woman Zola (huah!) will join the party
later. The man-slash-woman Zola (huah!) has all Jibral accessories, but only
the Assassin shadow. Once she levels up, add at least the Generalist shadow so
the skill slot rapine can start.
If you are missing something, visit the spell and accessory store before the
castle. When ready, head into the castle and stop by the Senior Minister's
office on floor 2F for L4 - Trapfloora.
The roof has several cut-scenes. Skip through them and get the mash button
game. Quickly tap the button shown to reel in the flying fortress. Once that
occurs, the Korean -- er, Jibralese army takes to the air and assaults the
ship.
The inside of the ship is massive (like last time) and there are instances of
infinite enemies. Luckily, there is a recharge station near those spawn points
(and a save), so you can actually spend time levelling your characters if you
can stand the Korean rock music. Keep the party spread out for mass combat
(Mow Down instead of Magic Sword, etc.) and install the Steal skill to grab
some extra items (sell or use later) from the robots.
From the save point, look for an unlocked door. Get the elevator key from the
hanger and head into the ship proper.
The path forward is fairly linear, since all the extra doors are locked.
Still, check them and their panels for "Nothings". The goal is to disable the
six Eternal Engines by going into the central shaft (ala, Death Star). Once an
eternal engine is shut down, the blue laser barrier will turn off and allow
the party to proceed deeper into the ship.
Once the first engine is disabled, your party will be in danger of facing some
mean ass bosses. Checkpoints generally occur right before, but that means you
will need to use the skill Regenerate MP to keep your party healthy. Check all
nodes of description in the ship for gold, items, and "nothings". There will
be chests in the siege gun rooms with handy accessories you should hand to man-
slash-woman Zola (huah!), Mole, Shu, and even Jiro or Kluke. For Kluke or
Jiro, or whoever the hell your main healer person is, keep a special accessory
to prevent status change (the Ballet Shoes). This should prevent that
character from being silenced (or dizzy) to keep casting spells.
The first clue about the four robot bosses is the checkpoint in the large
storage bay. Ready the party by getting rid of skills like Regenerate MP and
Mow Down for boss skills -- Double Item, Enhanced Item, etc. will help.
The boss is the gunslinger Silent Ku, and like Revolver Ocelot, sucks ass.
Silent Ku uses "Gunman Mode" which lets him charge attack one target for big
damage (any row). He is able to silenced a magist with the Flash Bang attack.
Luckily its weakness is simply have Shu (or most potent attacker) stack the
Charged Attack, the best braceclet (man-slash-woman Zola's - huah! - Jibral
Bracelet most likely), Magic Sword and the most potent Watera or Winda spell
and kill the boss. Keep that fighter and the support crew alive; any party
member who successfully steals from these robot bosses should get some neat
stuff.
Shut off Eternal Engine #2 after defeating Silent Ku. Use the long walkway in
the central shaft to "Regenerate MP" and heal. Remove the regeneration skill
once the MP is topped off.
There is a checkpoint shortly after Silent Ku and the second engine that pits
your party against the robot boss Turbulent Mai. This boss is annoying since
it changes your party's formation (back to front, front to back) and
necessitiates more defence for your spell-tossers. You also need to keep at
least one person in the front rank or everyone defaults forward and gets
sliced to ribbons. Turbulent Mai's "Sonic Blade" is far more potent than
Dullahan's (the headless horseman); it can significant damage to the whole
party. Quicken your party if you have the time, but time the shield and
protect spells to come out before the enemy acts; have the best fighter use
Watera or Winda sword and keep the damage up. Simply changing formation and
getting ready will not kill the boss -- if in doubt -- attack. The skill
Absorb HP was built exactly for that purpose of supporting a physical attack.
Turn off Eternal Engine #3.
Afterwards, change skills back to mass combat (Mow Down, Regenerate MP, etc.).
Check the siege gun room past the laser barrier for some Supermetal accessory.
Switch up the accessories in your party to have three potent fighters and two
magists (this changes after the third robot boss).
A lone enemy Double Axe, will guard the central shaft to Eternal Engine #3.
Before that, there is a save point with a robot recharge point. Use it
(getting rid of the Regenerate MP skill) and focus on boss killing. The Double
Axe is a regular enemy, but is a mini-boss since it has about 2000 HPs. It
also has some support from the Winking Medic; isolate this tough nut (Double
Axe) with spells and focus drop the sum'bitch. Once killed, head back to the
recharge point and save if needed.
Switch skills to boss-killing mode.
Turning off the Eternal Engine #4 will cause the robot boss Heatwave Sai to
appear at the room with the save point and robot charge point. This boss has
straight forward attacks; it will throw a single explosive to any rank and
cause about 150 points of damage (depends on the defence - that is average for
rank 15 characters at level 25). Luckily this robot boss is vulnerable to
water and wind (more so to wind, but it could be the damage rating of the
fighter, which was over 160).
Focus on charged magic sword attacks on the boss and keep everyone alive with
Heal and Zephyr. Barrier magic helps in reducing physical damage. Keep
everyone's HP high because if the boss juggles a bomb, it will unleash a mass
attack doing the same damage as its bombs. Hitting the hand juggling the bomb
will prevent the attack, but unless you anticipate the attack, you may miss it
and get screwed. Don't forget to steal if you have the chance.
Recharge after killing this boss and save. Clear the rest of the hallway and
you notice you're back at where you started. There is a "Warp Device Hall"
opposite the room with the alarm lasers; that's the exit. Take the opportunity
now to clear the Flying Ship of enemies, recharge (for free), and change the
accessories from man-slash-woman Zola (huah!) to make Shu and Mole the most
potent fighters. Zola will not be present for the last boss fight and she is
unavailable immediately after the next boss fight (the fourth robot boss).
Exit through the Warp Device Hall and take the time to loot the vents in the
Eternal Engine #5 room before approaching the center dais. Make your party in
boss ball-breakers and get ready to rumble.
For the last robot boss (Ragin Kesu) man-slash-woman Zola (huah!) will
probably be a little less powerful from the accessory changing, so have her
steal and throw in her physical attack (or magic sword). Shu, over-powered,
and the Mole (similar) should deliver the hits while Jiro and Kluke should
keep people alive with spells. This boss' "Special Knife" is a silence/dizzy
effect, so hopefully someone will have the anti-status change accessory
equipped. Stick to physical attacks and the boss will puke motor oil fairly
quickly. The magicians, if in doubt of what to do, should attack and get in
their own licks. The Absorb HP skill will recover incidental damage.
Turn off the Eternal Engine #5. Once that occurs, man-slash-woman Zola (huah!)
will leave to take care of the last engine. The party (sans Zola -- huah!)
will take the other warp down to meet Nene.
The boss fight against Szabo will test your skill in manipulating the action
bar to take out the summoned robots with Water (or Watera) before the boss
sacrifices them to use his "Chest Laser" attack. If you thought the mass
bombing attack was devastating, this attack can do the same. Additionally, the
boss has a "Dispelling Punch" that removes protection from front row fighters.
Have Mole and Shu focus on the boss (Szabo) and use the Water spells to take
out the summoned robtos and damage the boss. Wind, Water, and Fire magic
swords all do the same damage to the boss; pick the cheapest and murder his
ass. Note that Shadow will not work as well against Szabo as you might think.
Mechat Gallery Shooting / Banquet
Spells & Accessories Found
- Cafe Jibral Gift Card (valuable item)
After defeating Szabo, don't make like a dumbass and take off after Nene. Loot
the hangar and save (if you want). After this next section, the game goes to
disc 2. For the mechat shooting, the Left and Right Triggers behave like
Panzer Dragoon's 90 degree view change. Tap the GREEN button to hose the
missiles and use the missiles (RED) to damage the various spots on Nene's
mechat.
The machinegun is for defence and picking up (shoot them) items. Once Nene's
mechat is devoid of all normal guns and weapons, it will have reverse leprosy
and start shooting blue spikey balls that are faster than missiles. Down the
spikes and warhead the engine to down the enemy mechat. Game over crippled old
man! Schpew! Bleyah!
At the banquet, loot the six tables of items. Be sure to talk to the caterer
near the first table (on the left) for the Cafe Jibral card. Speak to man-
slash-woman Zola (huah!) to get her back in the party and get a save to move
onto disc 2.
Walkthrough - Disc 2
Jibral's Ringknocker Game
Spells & Accessories Found
- Bow Tie (Jiro's father)
- Shield Earring (soldier in cafe)
- Water Earring (songstress in cafe)
- Kluke's Shu/Jiro Rings (Ringknocker mini-game)
- Royal Ring
After saving, get cut-scene talking with the King of Jibral. Net the bullshit
and be sure to check the various boxes in the Jibral City. Despite empotying
the spaces of items and "Nothings", you may find some have returned.
Additionally, speak to various townsfolk for items and other crap for being
smart enough to come up with a plan, stupid enough to carry it out, and lucky
enough to survive it (i.e., being a war hero). The people to talk to:
[*] Jiro's Father
[*] Soldier in the Cafe Jibral
[*] Singer in the Cafe Jibral
[*] Portrait seller on the street
[*] Flower girl (hubba hubba) on the street
[*] Hot chick in the spell/accessory shop
[*] Shyster real estate guy in the house for rent
[*] Mole/Deevee vase-maker
Once you've cleaned everything up in town and looted everything, rest that
night at the inn (talk to Grandpa). Again, it will be like the night before
and certain events will occur. Jiro and Shu will attempt to make a ring for
Kluke. Note you only need one good ring; however, take the opportunity to max
out as many/much of the bars as possible to make the little girl a bad-ass
kill-all mo'fugger'chugger.
The A.I. Jiro will naturally pick the stones to max out his ring's stats; you
should do the best to play along and get Shu's ring as potent as possible.
Note that Kluke is a magic-user, so a high magic attack with some other stats
will let her kick serious ass later. Do not worry about how well you peform in
this game; the computer will give both rings to Kluke. Your main objective is
make sure she has one good ring that lets her rip enemies apart like wet
tissue at a snot party with her magic spells.
Once the cut-scene is over (haha, little gold-digger), the party is free to
wander around the Jibral area, but not to warp anywhere. There is a quest in
the Gorgo town to be completed before the warp ability is available. Since man-
slash-woman Zola (huah!) is still fresh off the boat, take the next three
hours of your life and devote it to increasing the Generalist and other shadow
you chose. For reference, simalcrum at this point had:
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Shu Jiro Kluke Marumaro Zola (huah!)
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Sword Master Sword Master Sword Master Sword Master Sword Master
Black Magic Black Magic Black Magic Black Magic Black Magic
White Magic White Magic White Magic White Magic White Magic
Generalist Generalist Generalist Generalist Generalist
Monk Barrier Magic Barrier Magic Monk Monk
Guardian Support Magic Support Magic Assassin Assassin
By increasing the Generalist shadow, the skills made available from other
classes will be immediately usable. Additionally, increasing the special
accessory slots from that shadow will increase the protection and attack of
the party member, as well as giving them more battle options, etc.
Jibral Environs
Enemies Encountered
- Glutton Locust
- Fanged Skimmer
- Chief Rolling Ripper
- Cockatrice
- Crested Cockatrice
- Orange Grunt
- Orange Soldier
- Soul Stealer
- Shooter Scorpion
- Delirious Skimmer
Spells & Accessories Found
- Come back when you can destroy force fields
Jibral's environs cover everything from the castle to the mountains leading
north to the Laser Field. Loot the chests and play havoc with the local enemy
patrols. Getting the multi-monster battle is key to increasing the amount of
SP earned from the "party bonus".
Road To Jibral
Enemies Encountered
- Glutton Locust
- Fanged Skimmer
- Steel Eating Tiger (warning)
- Mad Eye (warning)
- Crested Cockatrice
- Fat Pack Rat
Spells & Accessories Found
- Come back when you can destroy force fields
The tigers here are still tough until after your party destroy enough enemies
to be able to slaughter anything that looks at you wrong with the flick of a
wrist. The Mad Eye enemy is the same boss in Talta Village; focus attacks on
the summoner and use secondary fighters and spells to wipe out the summoned
skeletons. The spring here can keep the Field Barrier charged indefinitely but
keep in mind only 1 SP is earned from enemies defeated in this manner.
Coast Road
Enemies Encountered
- Poison Helmet
- Broadsword Fish
- Land Crab
- Coquettish
Spells & Accessories Found
- Come back when you can destroy force fields
The coast road has nothing to be found except that one treasure chest. Maybe
if you can walk on water will this area be more interesting. Otherwise, fill
out the enemy cyclopedia and get the hell out. The enemies here are easier
than the one on the Road to Jibral; the waterfall will also serve as a neat
base to foray against these enemies until you're able to defeat them swiftly
with one or two hits.
Alumaru Village & Cave of Eternal Damnation (Exile Forest)
Enemies Encountered
- Poison Mist
- Gold Eating Tiger
- Parvenu Pelican
- Chief Rolling Ripper
- Gold Giant (boss)
- Gorgo Beastfolk Guard (boss)
- Jeelala (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Grand Tribe Necklace
- Scarf (behind Jeelala's mansion)
- Stomach Band (Treasure Vault)
- Grand Tribe Bracelet (Treasure Vault)
- Diamond Studded Ring (Treasure Vault)
- Belly Button Ring of Earth (Treasure Vault)
- Mystery Part Un/Uno (Treasure Vault) (valuable item)
This section covers the enitre Gorgo village fiasco, up to the part when you
can finally warp and start the DeeVee vase delivery. Follow the map to the
south and locate the road through the exile forest. The mystery voice coming
from the exile's cave starts the party on a mini-quest to see what the hell is
going on in teh Gorgo Village.
Go to village (loot chests, etc.) and start cleaning up the village's items
and gold. Sura-Sura is in the town square, ringing the bell. The story is much
like Bobby Lee's "Attitudes and Feelings, Both Dedsirable and Sometimes
Secretive", so you know this has gotta be good. Circle loot the village and
make sure to buy new spells at the shop. Any missing Jibral accessories? Buy
that shit at the shop as well. Recharge and make sure to activate that warp at
the village entrance.
At the back of the Jeelala's mansion, grab the chest (accessory) and head into
the Treasure Vault. There are several enemies in this mini-dungeon that are
somewhat easy -- have a force-focus skill set (killing bosses) but have one of
your potent fighters (say, Shu or Mole) have the more potent version of Mow
Down. Follow the blue light if you want, but it's far better to break through
the floors of the mine and grab items. The bottom of the mine has useful
accessories, as well as the second mystery part for the Alpha-Beta-Gamma
mystery (the part from the Gorgo Village is for the Uno-Deus-Tres mystery).
Following the blue light to the very end will cause a checkpoint after
fighting the relatively easy Gold Giant (simply beef up defence and focus
charged attacks). Walk around the area once cleared to heal your party and
regenerate MP. Cast aside all useless skills and focus on boss killing skills;
Jiro and Kluke must have access to both Zephyr, Quick, Shield, Wall, and some
black magic.
Upon entering the treasure vault, the boss Jeelala will attack with his Gorgo
Beatsfolk goons. Each Beastfolk guard has a sizeable amount of HP and can do
some serious damage. Additionally, they can "Threaten" and un-charge your
charg attack fighters (who do the most damage anyway). Keep the charge
attackers going to the sweet spot (if the Beastfolk threatens, they don't
attack, giving your spellcasters a turn to do chip damage). Kill the Beastfolk
using mass attacks like Ground (or GroundA) and damage the boss in the process.
Jeelala can spur his goonies to do triple digit damage by saying "Full
Strength Strike", as well as start doing weird shit with his sword. When he is
forced to the front row (by killing all his guards before his turn comes up),
he needs to defend himself. At that point, don't bother with the niceties and
simply focus physical (not magic sword) attacks on the ass-wipe. Clean it up
and loot the place.
After looting the mansion and vault of anything valuable, speak to Sura-Sura
and get an accessory. Head to the Exile's Cave and get another checkpoint.
Although Guru-Guru is listed as an enemy, letting him die is a bad idea.
Instead, force attack the Poison Mist enemies (use spells on the back row) and
kill the enemies quickly. Note Guru-Guru takes continuous damage from the
poison; if he dies, you're screwed. Once this quest is done, you're free to
warp once more.
The laser field is where you want to go next, since there's honesly nothing
really to do until that warp is activated and that section of the game is
completed.
Alumaru w/ Guru-Guru in Charge / Jirbal Shady House
Spells & Accessories Found
- Gem of Jibral (Gorgo Village)
- Grand Tribes Earring (Shady House)
- Grand Tribes Ring (Shady House)
- Grand Tribes necklace (Shady House)
When you warp to Jibral Castle, the songstress slut from Cafe Jibral will
mention new gossip. It refers to the new headman of the Gorgo Village, the
lame wiener dude rescued from Exile Cave. Warp there for some shennanigans and
do-good nonsense. Make that a neat ass accessory (Gem of Jibral).
Once this is done, warp to Jibral and talk to the Gorgo hooker outside the
Shady House. With Jeelala deposed, the bad elements of the Gorgo are gone, so
you can have the party leader head in and loot the place. It's a good idea,
since the accessories will help add to your fighting skill through the next
section. Grab that crap before heading out and you have an easier time of
things.
Non-Contra Laser Field
Enemies Encountered
- Flying Needle Mole
- Armored Shelled Turtle
- Horned Lazy Bear
- Pyro Rat
- Steel Monkey
- Centipede (mini-boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Dog Collar
- Grand Tribes Earring
- Grand Tribes Ring
Get the save point and warp point. Complete the DeeVee (mole) vase thing if
you want, but you'll be back. There are very few tunnels to inspect for items
and gold. The receptacles are black bored holes at about eye level and merge
well with the false (decorative) holes in the canyon. If you're hopped on EXP
and SP, dump the excess on man-slash-woman Zola (huah!) so she can catch up to
the rest of the party. All the characters should hit level 30 (the higher the
better) by the time one gets to Baroy Town. If not, the boss there can be
troublesome.
Check all the chests and keep in mind that only the rats, bears, monkeys, and
turtles stick around to fight. The pink floating mole enemy usually flees.
Grabbing all the chests insures that the rest of the Great Tribe accessories
are bestowed on the party. Guarding with the necklace replenishes HP; guarding
with the earring replenishes MP. Jiro or Kluke (probably Jiro) may want to
slot that earring to recover MPs.
Around the center of the field, the moon laser takes aim and starts blasting
the party. The laser will lose sight of the party in tight spots, and in any
case, the red targeting laser is visible. It's just an enemy that cannot be
fought; if you tire of being chased by an orbiting laser platform, you can use
the invisibility potion or the Field Skill Stealth (Assassins have this). The
only caveat is if the party leader bumps into an enemy, the invisibility is
lost once the fight is over.
The presence of the centipede monster marks the exit of the laser fields.
Shortly after, you can find a chest to an important accessory. Cut the balls
off the monster(s) guarding it and explore the area; near the chest with the
Great Tribe Earring, the party auto-flees to an underground tunnel so any
treasure you didn't get will be lost unless you decide to warp back to the
start of the field and run the gauntlet once more.
Baroy Town
Enemies Encountered
- Blazing Kirin (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Magic Shoes
- Blue Device (valuable item)
Save and warp points. The robot town is one way for now. There is a save point
in the town and a warp point near one of the houses. There are several robots
in this town who can restore HP and MP for free (#49 for example). Use them
after changing the accessories and shadows/skills around since you want to be
at the max before doing the next quest.
Note the houses with a 1F denotation have circular elevators to take the party
to 2F. Check all the houses before going to the temple. A cut-scene with #35
and #61 will occur. Head back outside and check with #99 (the guy repairing
the rusty door). This leads the party to the blue energy field and beyond that
will be the north towards your quarry (Nene).
Save the game.
To deactivate the blue field, head back to the temple. #35 will be near the
rusty door and will not interfere. Head into the side door of the temple and
go downstairs. A checkpoint will occur right before the fight in the center
room. The boss Blazing Kirin, is susceptible to Water. Focus the magic sword
(or simply assign Sword Master) to Mole, Shu, and man-slash-woman Zola
(huah!). Jiro and Kluke must be able to cast Zephyr and that Barrier spell
that reduces magic damage.
Having acccess to Revive (white magic skill 3) is important if you plan to
level under-developed shadows with bosses (you should avoid doing that).
Charged magic sword attacks on the body will pretty destroy the boss; the
WaterA spell from your magists should be devastating.
Once the boss is killed, the "Blue Device" lets your party pop the blue
forcefields throughout the world. A brief listing will be in the appendix
section, but during travels along the blue highway, there is a boss fight
covered in this walkthrough. Consider saving the game at Baroy Town and doing
some retroacive exploration. Don't miss the two chests in Kirin's room before
leaving dammit.
Retroactive Exploration (Blue Device)
Enemies Encountered
- Jumbo Poo (Ancient Cave)
- Corrosive Poo (Ancient Cave)
Spells & Accessories Found
- see color device appendix
Should you wisely decide to head back to earlier sections and loot the places
of blue field chests, you will find a nice horde of accessories and stuff for
the taking. By far the majority of the enemies will not be too difficult to
destroy. However, there are two enemies that may prove somewhat destructive if
you're not ready to handle them. Take a visit to the blue forcefield appendix
and check out the spots where there were blue forcefields. These should net
some items.
The problem comes when exploring the Ancient Cave Ruins (the Land Shark Cave);
a large Poo monster will be there guarding a good accessory. Take the time to
loot the cave first and save (overworld just outside the cave) before the
battle. Gear the skills to a single boss killing effort, using the Magic Sword
(water) as the prime hitter. Shu, if needed, can be the one doing the most
damage, with the Mole and man-slash-woman Zola (huah!) doing secondary damage.
Jiro and Kluke need access to Wall, Zephyr, Revive, TrapfloorA, and some
assist spells. Otherwise, a full load of MP from two skilled magists will
flatten the opposition in most regards; don't forget Kluke's ring should be
the killer one made for her by one of the two Korean dorks -- the killing
power of a "Kluke ring" with 150 magic attack should not be under-estimated.
The boss Jumbo Poo is tough due to its high preference for doing large amounts
of damage. Aged Vomit will hit any one target in any row; keep your spell
casters covered with protective spells (vs. physical damage) and healing
spells. Although you can try using the trapfloor spell to do extra damage (it
helps), the Jumbo Poo monster is most vulnerable to a Charged Water Sword (at
the sweet spot). Don't bother stealing too much and this boss should go down;
you honestly should've evened the fight immediately with an application of
Ground (to kill the mini-allies).
After defeating the Jumbo Poo, take the accessory and slot your party for a
second boss fight. A Corrosive Poo (the silver monster) will drop down into
the cave. Take down the monster using the same tactics, but keep in mind that
Trapfloor does less damage to this boss (still every bit adds up). The
Corrosive Poo takes pride in doing the "Trample" attack, which hits one target
on the front row.
Your magists will be safe for the most part in the fight with Corrosive Poo
(use a Shadow Crystal or Regenerate Magic to recover HP and MP). Since you're
trading blows of about 200 to 300 damage, have White magic handy or you may
suddenly find your front rank destroyed and your mages doing the fighting (not
a good sign). Meditation, a monk skill, helps in recovering HP for that one
ally without detracting from the attack spells. Shadow does reliable (but not
rules breaking) damage; the charge bar for Shadow attacks are erratic, so
either over-charge or fall back on something semi-reliable.
Underground River
Enemies Encountered
- Kelolon
- Hyper Kelolon
- Visage Viper
- Flying Fish
- Swashbuckler Fish
- Lazy Gummyfish
Spells & Accessories Found
- Ancient Sorcerer's Necklace
- Stone Shoes
- Belly Button Ring of Wind
- Ancient Warrior's Necklace
In Baroy Town, locate the side door and go through the blue barrier. The shop
robots here sell new spells (buy them now), some supermetal accessories, and
some mega items (have some). If you have any more medicine items, upgrade them
to mega medicine. Leave through the blue barrier and the party will be in the
Underground River. The underground is not all hidden from the orbital lasers.
Some bright patches of light indicate the cave is open to the sky and the
lasers fire into the cave.
The enemies here are fairly easy; search the rocks for items and be sure to
grab everything from the chests. The save point is a warning (hehe). Save the
game and go right to fight a mass of Kelolons. There are two chests there. The
achievement for fighting 10 or more enemy parties in one encounter may be done
in here (barely) if the Field Skill Stealth is on and working with Attract
Aura. Otherwise, slaughter the meek Kelolons and reap the SP party bonus.
Toripo is available before entering the factory. Note that the achievements
for L99 shadows mean you never use a heart, so if you're aiming for one, don't
use any hearts.
Ancient Factory (Aerith Time)
Enemies Encountered
- Double Lance
- Defence Mecha Robo
- Gnashing Imp Trap
- Fireworks rat
- Hover Claxon
- Flying Mecha Robo
- Coordinator
- Battle Mecha Robot
- Heavy Mecha Robo
- Jumbo Rat
Spells & Accessories Found
- Mystery Part Beta (valuable item)
- Ancient Warrior's Necklace
- Leather Belt
- L5 Shieldus
- Ancient Warrior's Earring
- Ancient Warrior's Bracelet
Make sure to save the game inside the factory (you'll get there and massive
enemies ambush your party), then once more after you get to the top of the
factory's Death Star tower (after taking the broken device). The second save
it needed in case you want to pull items of Kluke before she vanishes from the
party (Kluke leave for long time -- huhuhuhuhu).
In the factory, search the wall vents, barrels, and machine slots for items.
There are warp and save points at the entrance. If man-slash-woman Zola's
(huah!) Assassin skill is not up to earn the Stealth Field Skill, you will
find this first room annoying when searching for items. The Defence Mecha
Robot creates a red barrier that no one can destroy; attack one and the option
to flee will be your only recourse. Once back in control, add the Field Skill
Stealth and use it to go around the robots. Search the barrels and bag the
accessory over the catwalk. Slip past the Flying Mecha Robo and attack the
Coordinators. The Defence Mecha Robos do not wander from the first room; the
only other one is easily avoidable.
Loot the chests and use the conveyor belt to get to the next section of the
large room. Avoid the Defence Robo but kill the rest. Loot the chests and head
into the only door. The hallway is patrolled by Hover Claxons; evade them and
double back to the large room. Loot the place and note you can use the
conveyor to get back to the Underground River (and the area with all the
Defence Mecha Robos.
The save point in the Claxon hallway has a Double Lance; use Water and hose
the thing down for about 1000 damage. Use the save point and restore point for
max effect. At this point, you may be able to get away with not using
Regenerate MP for a little bit.
The tower has some Double Lance enemies guarding some chests; kill the rats
and the other mecha enemies here. When the party clears out the tower base,
restore the HP and MP, save and head up the tower. Kill the imp traps, rats
and other stuff until reaching the landing with a bunch of immobile Double
Lances and a Fat Pack Rat. Killing the rat will set off a Double Lance;
killing a Double Lance sets off the next one (get close). Kill all the Double
Lances for the Mystery Part Beta!
A Jumbo Ghost will block the path to the exit. Kill that with some choice
Shine; the final enemy is a broken Defence Mecha Robo. Kill it easily, take
the broken device and head back down the tower to the save point. You want
your characters completely healed and a save point made here. If Kluke has any
useful accessories (like Ballet Shoes, etc.) remove them and substitute them
with cheaper Leather Belts or whatever. She will not be in the party for a
while. Any useful accessories on her person you should re-allocate to other
party members. Jiro (apparently he doesn't disappear) can take on the magic-
user accessories.
Exiting the tower will engage in some heavy bullshit. When using Jiro, turning
off the barrier will make the game go on.
Ancient .... Turkish ... Prison
Enemies Encountered
- Defence Mecha Robo
- Sentinel Mecha Robo Head
- Sentinel Mecha Robo Body
- Sentinel Mecha Robo (Complete)
- Emerald Ghost (friendly)
- Big House Rat
- Copper Poo Snake
- Melancholy Ghost
- Security Mecha Robo
- War Mecha Robo (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Red Device (valuable item)
- Ancient Warrior's Ring
If you don't have a save back at the factory, and you needed some of Kluke's
accessories, you're screwed. Make sure to grab all the unique (Nothing Man)
acccessories from Kluke before she pulls her disappearing act. Okay, so she
didn't run off in the middle of the night like a dumb ass broad, but you'd
figure the amount of time put into the character allows you the luxury of not
having cast members captured for no good reason. Electronic "RPGs" are more
about rules raping than actual character development; capturing characters
means limiting access to them, which in turn, leads to players being pissed
off, murderous, and interested in ramming their controllers down someone's
throat -- with repeated vigor -- as soon as they find some giddy game
designer's scrawny neck to grab.
Playing as Shu means you're out of luck in terms of spells. Save and get the
warp point in the next cell over. Jiro will be in the same block as Shu. Head
out the door, whack the guard and bring the key back in to free your green
tunic buddy. Place Jiro in the back rank (reform your party) and make sure
Jiro has access to Water or Watera (the latter is better). Take the Contra
guys over to the next cell block and rescue man-slash-woman Zola (huah!) and
the Mole.
The green ghost (Emerald Ghost) casts Zephyrus (healing) on your party before
fleeing, so if you want, steal from it, but don't kill it. It's an interesting
way to keep your party alive, but with Jiro's access to so many spells and
skills, that's not necessary.
Kill everything else in the cellblocks and loot the place. Note there are
forcefield chests here too. To get the big door open, close all the cell doors
except the middle doors (in both cell blocks). This lights up the blue lights
and pits your party against a Sentinel Mecha Robo. That fight lasts about 30
seconds, so murder the sum'bitch and move on out.
The Baroy cleric robot (#61) will meet the party and some bullshit occurs.
Chase down the enemy for a checkpoint. The boss here is not a single entity,
but a mass of guys. Keep the Mow Down skill instead of the Magic Sword and
have Jiro cast Water to quickly erase the opposition. The robots are tough but
not invulnerable to water.
For the chasing mini-game, simply avoid the war mecha dropping down and catch
the large robot. Engaging in fights means you lose HP and MP but nothing else.
Catch the large robot twice and get a cut-scene. Bye-bye Kluke!
Snow Canyon East
Enemies Encountered
- Blue Grunt
- Mad Fang Mammoth
- Explode A Mole
- Cardinal Eye
- Assassin Ghost
Spells & Accessories Found
- None
- Come back and check chest east of Pachess
The fissure is too wide to hop across, which is why ninjas have kites. There
are several chests in this (western) part of the snow field), so try to grab
as many of the items (none are accessories). However, the walking around will
let you get used to the sheer number of new enemies here. The giant robot that
captured Kluke is to the north and west.
Note that going to rescue Kluke will end the game on disc 2 and moves you to
disc 3.
Before doing something rash, like missing out on treasures, explore the snow
field and level shadows. When you get tired of the exploration, head into the
village of Pachess. Before you do, consider saving, since you cannot leave the
village until a quest is completed within.
Pachess Village / Underground
Enemies Encountered
- Blazing Jelly
- Red Skeleton
- Goblin Crab
- Skeleton General
- Scything Skull Spider (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Mirror Ring
- L5 Flarus
Going into the obviously sealed village of Pachess will seal the party inside
for about 10 minutes. Talk to the crazy hoe at the village entrance, then the
passerbys, then the hoe to "use magic". Once that bullcrap is finished, head
up the hill to locate the village elder and get a cut-scene. OK. Everything
back to normal. There is a warp point in the village; don't forget to activate
it.
The shop will have the Platinum accessories. Buy a few to fill the Supermetal
and Jibral accessories in the party. There is obviously no spell shop. While
here, take the chance to stock up on about 40 of each item; you won't be using
them now, or even in the fights on this disc. It's for later. Hehehehehehehe.
Be sure to focus on the hard to find mega, grand, and super items so you have
a large stock of them handy.
Once the dumbass (Shu) tries the magic a second time (talk to the village hoe
at the entrance); there is a cut-scene at night. Head into the village elder's
house and search the vase in the 2F room. Use the switch to open the 1F door
(by the stairs). Head out to the back house and talk to the elder. Blah, blah,
blah. Simalcrum earnestly hopes you were smart enough to loot the east side of
the snow canyon and as much of Pachess Town before this, or you're not playing
like a game rapist. Head down into the Pachess Underground (where the enemies
are).
In the underground area, search the vents and maintenance boxes. There are
also trapped chests, so watch out. Water is a good element, until you hit the
checkpoint. In the second (large) room, explore the place fully for a new
spell. The party needs to flip a switch near a skeleton to "reverse the
direction of the conveyor at another place". That other place is the third
room. Sweep the rooms clear of monsters and items and go for the checkpoint.
The checkpoint here is for the Scything Skull Spider boss. Place the Death
Earring on Jiro so you have him alive to cast Revive on dead guys. The boss
here is vulnerable to physical attack; if you can pile on the attack ups on
one character and use his/her charged attack on the boss, it dies easily.
Access to Shina (not Shine) will get rid of the summoned skeletons quickly, so
you can resume ass-raping the boss. Kill the thing and get the prize.
Before leaving the boss room, explore further (items) and grab the magic ring
near the white forcefield. Walk back to the elder and get another cut-scene of
bullcrap.
Retroactive Exploration (Red Device) (Green Device)
Enemies Encountered
- Poison Hydrattler (Exile Cave)
- Missile Mole
Spells & Accessories Found
- Eternal Engine Bracelet (Talta)
- Green Device (valuable item)
- see color device appendix
After freeing Pachess of the color green, head outside (don't warp) and get a
movie of the "slender rock" being turned into a bridge to the snow canyon west
side. Get the device from the elder after; now you can warp, or not.
Head to the Ancient Prison (via the snow field or warp) and take the right
exit from the room where you encountered Nene; this leads to the area where
the Baroy suckers blew themselves up and Jiro was too much of a dumb ass and
turned off the red forcefield. The area known as "Wire Highlands" has some
chests.
There are several chests to find in the color appendix that are not as close.
Search for them all and get the accessories and elixirs inside. A note about
the Mirror Earring; if you have Jiro backing your fighters with spells, don't
use the accessory, or the spells bounce right off. Save the earring for later
(say, disc 3); just don't go over eager and don it until you have a way to
work it into your party's battle tactics.
Visit the Nothing Man and check for your "nothings"; with luck you may be able
to increase your SP gain with a new accessory.
If the villagers from Talta have gone back to the village, look for a team of
three Jibral engineers in Talta Village. One will have an Eternal Engine
Bracelet that he gives to the party.
There is only one enemy that may be tough -- the Exile Cave's Hydrattler.
Solve it's problem with some heavy charged attacks and be done with it. The
item is for another chest in a forcefield area. Warping around (using the
appendix or your own recollection) will net you some neat new accessories. To
wear them, you will need to increase the Generalist shadow by several ranks.
See next part.
Snow Canyon West
Enemies Encountered
- Ice Raptor
- Cardinal Eye
- Kochi-Kochi
- Gaudy Cutlass Fish
- Wandering Knowledge
- Gaudy Ghost
- Roball
- Thunder Bear
- Pelican
- Shocking Acornivore (warning)
- Ice Giant (warning)
- Machinegunner
- White Gear Defender Robo
Spells & Accessories Found
- None
- Come back and investigate two chests south of mecha factory
There are several new enemies and some more chests on this side of the canyon.
If you want to avoid the premature ending of this disc, avoid the snow-less
area of the northwest. Explore all the snow white areas for chests and grab
the items inside. The enemies here are fairly easy to slaughter, except the
Shocking Acornivore; it does some decent damage in counters (unless water
resistance is used) and its strength is pretty high. The Ice Giant is only
dangerous since its field skill lets it throw axes to knock out 50 HP from
your leading character; kill them quickly in groups or singles but know that
when blinking (after a fight), enemies cannot see your party leader for a
short while.
To level up your party quickly, use the Black Belt special accessory and slap
it on a character with the Generalist skill. This item, coupled with the mass
of infinite Roballs near the Mobile Mecha Factory, lets your party level up
from the monster SP and party bonus SP. Having two black belts do not stack
the multiplier (you game rapist).
Here, you can try to catch 10 or more Roballs in a single encounter for your
360 achievement if the Kelolons were uncooperative.
The Roballs are really weak, and there's almost no reason for your party (with
Absorb HP) to lose if they shift to the front rank and use quick charge
attacks. Be sure to avoid the Mobile Mecha Factory until you have everyone in
the low level 40s and their best shadow (for boss fighting) is in the rank
30s. In fact, this area is possibly best for increasing the levels for Shu,
Mole and Jiro. Along the way, man-slash-woman Zola (huah!) will also increase
in level, but she will be unplayable at the beginning of disc 3; don't worry
too much about her status for now.
Mobile Mecha Factory (without White Device)
Enemies Encountered
- Iron Poo Snake
- Grim Security Mecha Robo
- Sharkfly
- Bomber Mecha Crab Robo
- Roball
- Black Double Axe
Spells & Accessories Found
- L6 Magic Attack Up
- L6 Previve
You of course, can enter the moving robot fortress at any time (and leave any
time) in the snow field. Inside, check the pipes for items. Each circular room
is a security room; killing all the enemies will unlock the door to the next
part or a smaller room with treasure. Without the white device, the party's
shennanigans stop at the 2F (the floor with all the alarm lasers). Still,
getting the two spells will put you further ahead for the next part; being
able to kill the Black Double Axe enemy in two to three charged attacks is a
better bonus.
Because of the single enemy party layout, the SP gains here are not as much as
if the party stayed in the field and slaughtered Roballs all day. When you're
sure you looted all the pipes and glowing floor panels (in the lift room) of
items and chests, you can save and leave. Rescuing Kluke is the mission that
ends this disc.
Nene's Fortress
Enemies Encountered
- Glowing Imp Trap
- Steel Crusher Leopard
- Stone Giant
- Ninja Ghost
- Wandering Prophet
- Impossible Eye
- Horned Viper Trident
- Red Mask Robot
- Balloon Bomber
- Patchwork Puppet
- Flying Mecha Robo
- Battle Mecha Robo
- Versatile Mecha Robo
- War Mecha Robo
- Enforcer Robot
- Standard Defender
- Assassin Robot
- Servant Mecha Robo A
- Servant Mecha Robo B
- Land Shark A (boss)
- Land Shark B (boss)
- Silent Ku (boss)
- Turbulent Mai (boss)
- Heatwave Sai (boss)
- Ragin Kesu (boss)
- Grand Szabo (boss)
- Jumbo Mecha Robo (boss)
- Yasato #61 (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- L5 Regenera (2F)
- L6 Resistus (2F)
- L6 Cureall (3F)
- L5 Eraus (4F)
- L6 Extractus (4F)
- L5 Healus (5F)
- L5 Reflecta (5F)
- L5 Paralyze (5F)
- L5 HP Max Up (5F)
Nene's fortress is the patch of land devoid of snow in the northwest. It is
protected by a mass of Machinegunners and White Gear Defenders, so you can't
miss it. If you're not ready to end this disc (for sake of item grabbing,
levelling easily, etc.), don't go near it. You can save the game just outside
so you have the option to go back here.
Useful skills will be Field Barrier (or better yet) Stealth. Having the
special "nothing" accessories Shoes of Hermes on man-slash-woman Zola (huah!)
or any high agility character is a plus, since such a character can flee
immediately if caught by enemies. Stealth and the accessories/skills mentioned
is crucial if you want to get to the end of this dungeon before the 1 hour
time limit expires. If not, Kluke will have no magic; the device will not kill
her (this isn't Cyberia) but it robs you of her magic abilities and you fail a
small 360 achievement.
Since you are moving quickly, consider removing the Regenerate MP skill and
substituting the Double Item skill. The length of a battle will take time from
the timer (it is not shown); only by pressing START or going to the subscreen
will time be stopped.
Approach the crater and get a cut-scene. To rescue Kluke, press the button
indicated to catch her scrawny underage ass. After that's over, you have 60
minutes to defuse the device from her neck. There is a restoration robot near
the save point. Get to it. 1F is straight forward. Grab the chests and use the
Stealth field skill to get around enemies if you want. Note that not
encountering these enemies may mean you don't get them entered in the game
cyclopedia.
Kluke should have her items re-adjusted. The man-slash-woman Zola (huah!)
should be fine, unless you want a particular accessory from her (by the 4F).
Zola (huah1) will not be playable shortly after the moon shooting minigame.
Land Shark A / Land Shark B
The first boss is the Land Shark. The A-form is easy; use charged Magic Sword
(ShadowA) attacks and have Jiro use Support Magic to boost the attacks of
everyone. Kluke can set up barriers to protect the fighters and cast healing
(you pick). Chances are Kluke will be several ranks lower than Jiro, so keep
that in mind. There are also restoration machines (and save points) on each
floor, so all the HP and MP will be maxxed and reset. Do about 2500 damage and
the Land Shark becomes the B-form (many more HP).
The Land Shark will use the Heat Laser to attack everyone. Use Shield to
reduce the damage and cast Zephyr or Zephyrus. The "Jaws Knife" attack will
cause silence on magists, so make sure you have accessories to something to
prevent status changes. Items can be used if you're desperate for time. For B-
form, a charged ShadowA Magic Sword attack can do about the same damage as
boosted physical attacks; you just have to hit things perfectly. Level the
boss and move up the grav lift.
Szabo and his Mecha Robo Generals
On 2F, grab the two spells after getting your HP and MP filled. Consider
saving on this floor (2F), since the next boss will take some time to destroy.
The bosses are Szabo's four robosexual buddies from the Flying Fortress. This
time, all four attack at once. Only Silent Ku will be in the back rank,
sniping at your party with its "Multiple Shots" (random status ailment). The
other three (Turbulent Mai, Heatwave Sai, Ragin Kesu) will be in the front
rank and will do various combination attacks.
For Shadows, have access to White Magic, Water, some Barrier spells, and the
Attack Up (Support). Boosting physical attack will quickly end most fights.
Keep Mow Down on one fighter in the party (at least; having all the magic
sword and mow down choices are best) since there are multiple bosses.
"Raging Flames" and "Cowboy Formation" will prepare the bosses to damage your
party. Counter using Shield and Shell spells. Heal any damage and watch for
the silence ailment with the knife throws and gunshots from the ranged
attackers. Focus on one boss and smash it quickly to disable their teamwork.
Charged attacks and Water spells will work as before, but you need to do this
quickly since time is ticking.
Do not go overboard with the MP expenditure with these four losers, since
Grand Szabo will be the next fight (no battle roulette). To get to the boss,
use the Mow Down skill and quickly down the cannons. Do not use water (or
magic sword) since the cannons will absorb some elemental damage. Jiro and
Kluke, if they've casted their spells (healing, wall, shield, shell, but not
reflect!), can always defend or chip in a little damage from the back ranks.
Once all the cannons are vaped, force focus the attacks on Grand Szabo and the
loyal s.o.b. will be scrapped in no time.
Moon Destruction Game
On 3F, restore HP and MP, grab the spell and save. The moon shooting game has
a checkpoint, but it's kinda hard the first time. Read the turorial and know
there're only 7 moons to destroy (the first 3 and then 4 more). Firing
machinegun fire will get fewer points (and a lousier item). Keep the cursor on
the center moon(s). Move the cursor only if you see the moon flip completely
and start charging the laser; moons will flip and unflip to psyche you out.
Fire only when the moons are a clear target and keep all your people alive and
you get a high rank.
Jumbo War Mecha Robo
On 4F, restore the HP and MP again and grab the spells. Chances are you're
running low on time, so get the Stealth Field Skill out and use it. The boss
is the Jumbo Mecha Robo. Having Mow Down and access to WaterA for both
spellcasters makes this battle easier than killing babies with an axe. Attack
the head of the boss to decapitate it. Smaller War Mecha Robos come out to
attack. These mini-Robos will counter with their "Beam" attack; make sure to
hit them all with a sweet spot charged Mow Down or WaterA to kill them faster.
If all the rows of War Mecha Robos are killed fast enough, the "leader" falls
and the battle ends. Otherwise, they get back in the large body, heal, and you
have to do the process again. If you want to hit everyone regardless of front
or back, Grounda will also work but the number of counter-beams fired
increases if the spell doesn't kill all the War Mecha Robos.
On 5F, restore the MP and HP, save and consider pulling any useful accessories
(like those that restore HP when defending, or cause instant
death/petrification) from man-slash-woman Zola (huah!). Give her some
equivalent items but don't pull off the special accessories yet; get the
spells first (Stealth is best), get to the checkpoint, then pull the Shoes of
Hermes (if you have it) off Zola (huah!) and drop in something else. Take the
Black Belt if she is using it (this is what the remove option is for). Take
the time to install the Absorb HP skill on all characters now; it helps on
disc 3.
Yasato and Yasato's Vaccuum
The next boss is Yasato (#61) the cleric from Baroy Town. Like the fight with
Guru-Guru, this fight is mostly about preserving the boss and defeating his
mind-controller. Kill the front and back rank peons and when the "vaccuum"
cleaner presents itself, charge attack the damn thing until it breaks. A cut-
scene will carry on the game and remove Zola (huah!) temporarily.
Play the minigame to free Kluke. Pull down on the stick and press the
indicated button quickly to free her. More bullshit will arrive. When you have
the control over Shu once more, press the button to resist death. When the
command window pops up, choose the Flee! option and end this disc.
Walkthrough - Disc 3
Devour Village
Enemies Encountered
- Eat Yeet Tree
Spells & Accessories Found
- Come back with white device
Main engines off-line. Force fields off-line. We've no impulse engines, Cap'n.
Shu will be by himself. If you've been reading the "Tales of the Wizard"
books, you will notice the moral of the story being with power comes
responsibility. That lesson will come to play shortly (for about 5 minutes).
For now, begin a systematic grid by grid search of the village for items and
gold.
Buy the Diamond accessories (you'll need the increased stats for now) and if
you have an Ordeal Earring, consider equipping that on Shu. Meet the other
damn wiener kids and get the party back together. The party will be startled
at the villge's exit (near the save point). Get some bullshit, then attack the
tree in the middle of the town square. Get Shu killed quickly to end the fight.
After more bullshit, save the game (optional) and go to the inn. Get more
bullshit. Go to the cliffs behind the village for a checkpoint. There's no
boss, but equip the most solid attack and defence items you have. Do the
button pressing mini-game and rescue the wiener girl. Now you fight yourself.
The "shdaow" boss is easy, provided you have Absorb HP as a skill before.
Attack the enemy until the "Corporeal" command appears. Once this does, select
that command (above the Attack command) and watch the fancy limit break
(hehehe).
Okay, enough bullshit. Let's kill shit. Head back into the town and re-arrange
the party formation and shadows. Shu will need the White Magic skill (or
shadow) to cast protection on his allies while doing the fighting. The items
you bought will be used by everyone else in the back rank (Jiro, Kluke, Mole).
For special accessories, use Ballet Shoes (see Nothing Man) and anything to
prevent status ailments. Ordeal Earrings will also help the party (anti-
poison) since Shu is not always available for casting spells. Shu should take
on the Magic Sword skill to end the fight quickly.
Kill the boss Eat-Yeet tree; the earrings will prevent the party from dying
prematurely while the Ballet Shoes will keep Shu from being afflicted by
status attacks. With a charged magic sword (Flara) attack, time Shu's attack
to meet with the boss' face. The boss will block attacks with its hands, but
any attack (even from the shadow-less allies) will cause the hands to drop
away. Since the allies attack instantly, timing Shu's charge attack is
critical in delivering the 900+ damage of Flara and burning the Eat-Yeet's
face off.
The Eat-Yeet's attacks with poison spit (any one, any rank), "100 roots"
(everyone), and the most dangerous "Sticky Sap" since it paralyzes the only
reliable killer you have (Shu). Use as many items or special accessories you
need to keep this from happening too often.
Kill the tree and scram town. Don't forget the warp point near the Old Lady's
house.
Devour Forest
Enemies Encountered
- Kelolon Defender
- Blue Skeleton
- Razor Wing Skimmer
- Raveous Acornivore
- Stupefying Ghost
- Scavenger Wolf Ghost
- Zombie Monkey
- Skeleton Monkey
Spells & Accessories Found
- L6 Curse
- Crystal Earring
- Crystal Bracelet
- Crystal Ring
- Mirror Necklace
If you have the Mirror Earring from one of the color-field chests earlier,
equip it on Shu now. He will be casting spells on his allies, not himself.
This accessory will prove useful when fighting the ghost enemies in this area.
The forest has two machines that lowers the barriers to the exit. Each machine
has a special item in a chest. The chests are not hard to find, since the game
zooms in on one when the party leader gets close.
Get to each chest and explore the nooks and crannies for more accessories (and
a spell). The item holding objects are the dark logs and stone slabs in the
forest. Keep the party in the back rank and let Shu do his Mow Down crap. This
should be painless once Shu kills every monster in this mini-dungeon and takes
their faces.
Giant Snow Fields
Enemies Encountered
- Armaneedle
- Cardinal Eye
- Polar Lazy Bear
- Haunting Pelican
- Glacier Turtle (warning)
- Azure Scorpion (warning)
Spells & Accessories Found
- None
This area is dangerous since you have only one spellcaster. Although you can
explore and loot chests, the fastest way to get spells back (and start SP
earning quickly for Kluke) is to head west and locate the southern spur into a
village. This village will hold the next part of the quest.
Noluta Village / Unfreeze the Dead
Enemies Encountered
- Light from Shadow (story enemy)
- Azure Sentinel (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- White Device (valuable item)
The frozen village is the key to reactivating the shadows (and corporeality).
Talk to the first guy in the village (Frado), then talk to the parents (from
the text box) to reactivate Jiro's inner magic. For Kluke's inner magic, talk
to the old guy and the micro-midget granddaughter in the first house on the
right. For the Mole's magic, talk to all four wiener kids by the frozen
riverside. All three will deal with their own shadows, and do the corporeality
attack. Ta-da. Magic back.
Re-assess and re-arrange the accessories, skills, and shadows now. Note man-
slash-woman Zola (huah!) has not made an appearance yet. Investigate the
frozen village and warp out only after you find the warp device for Noluta.
Loot the place and the Jibral soldier at the inn will order you to speak to
King Jibral about unfreezing the village. Use the chance to upgrade your
accessories and other skills to boss killing mode. Don't forget about Nothing
Man at Jibral. The boss will have a countermove that does about 500 to 600
damage so strong accessories and high powered shadows will be your best bet.
Talk to the King of Jibral and he points you towards the head scientician at
the lab. Talk to that guy and get the "passcode". Warp back to Noluta only
when you're ready to rumble; Jiro and Kluke should equip Support and Barrier
Shadows but be able to cast Revive and Zephyr as needed. Very little black
magic will be used since the boss can be physically assaulted easily.
The boss will appear if the control device in the center of the town is
fiddled with. This boss will have a counter "Rocket Punch" that does massive
damage to whoever uses Magic Sword (Flare to Flarus) on it. However, fire does
the most damage to this boss, so timing the barrier spell that negates
physical damage is crucial (that or revive a lot). A Belly Button Ring of
Earth or similar anti or absorb earth accessory will help; the boss has
a "Ground Crash" attack that mimics GroundA.
When the corporeal option is available, use it and chances are, you will clean
its ass out. White device get.
Unless you're in a hurry to get man-slash-woman Zola (huah!) back, the white
device pretty much signals that you should go deeper into the Mobile Mecha
Factory in the west snow canyon area and loot the place. Just don't go too far
up, or you may meet a boss that finishes you off easily.
Mobile Mecha Factory (White Device)
Enemies Encountered
- Iron Poo Snake
- Grim Security Mecha Robo
- Sharkfly
- Bomber Mecha Crab Robo
- Roball
- Black Double Axe
- Spellcaster
- Gold Scything Skull Spider (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Ancient King's Bracelet (2F)
- Ancient King's Necklace (2F)
- Ancient King's Earring (3F)
- Gravitic Earring (3F)
- Prismatic Cyclone Bracelet (4F)
- Gravitic Bracelet (4F)
- Missile Upgrade Part A (4F - valuable item)
- Renew Ring (5F)
If you've been into the mecha robo factory before, the previous floors and
doors you fought to unlock will be unlocked. The only thing that barred the
path on disc 2 was that damn white barrier. Now with the white device, head in
and fight through it.
Note about unprepared parties: if you don't have the Death Earring or Shoes of
the Ancients (from Jibral's Nothing Man), you may be in serious trouble. Have
a few Phoenix Talons or Feathers and about 30 No-Ghost Devices.
Go through 1F and 2F as before; you may want to check and make sure all the
pipes in the hall on 2F are inspected for items and gold. On 3F, there is a
large mini-boss enemy called Spellcaster. The giant ball can smash the whole
party for 3-digit damage, so some physical protection would be nice. Use
charged attacks and the support spell Attack Up will pretty much wreck this
enemy without being fanciful.
As before, defeat all the enemies in the red security rooms to unlock the door
to the next floor.
On 4F, the lasers don't bar any cool rooms with spells. Still, don't get
caught by the Black Double Axes unless necessary, since you want to be in
reasonably good shape for the boss (preferably at max). Loot the items on this
floor.
If you are not ready to face the boss, or simply want man-slash-woman Zola
(huah!) along for the ride, go back to Noluta Village and solve the next
mystery first; otherwise, continue to 5F for the toughest boss fight (so far)
in the game.
The Gold Scything Skull Spider is like the one found under Pachess, but it has
attacks that jack with your party's formation and other attacks that kill your
party instantly. Dead allies are revived with the Zombie status and promptly
attack your party. Can't have that!
Unless you have access to the White Magic Cureall, you need to use the No-
Ghost Device (which is cheaper). Support Spells would be secondary (Attack Up
and Quicka mostly) and the Barrier magic almost last minute; this boss does
not attack except through mass-attack moves.
Be sure to equip the Ballet Shoes and Shoes of the Anicents (or Death Earring)
on Jiro (Kluke is unlikely since she is playing catch-up, but do what you
think is best if this is not true for your campaign). This lets Jiro cast
Revive, Zephyr, etc. Place the other anti-instant KO item on Shu or the Mole.
The Prismatic Cyclone Bracelet should be placed on a charged attack fighter
(Shu most likely) and used to hit the boss out of its death attacks.
The boss has these attacks -- "Arm Chopper", "Horn Chopper", and "Fatal
Blade" -- all which kill instantly. Once a party member is dead, the boss will
have send a magic skull to revive the party member as a zombie. Use Cureall or
the No-Ghost Device and get your guy back; this may be a useful tactic if you
want to focus on attacking the boss. You allow the enemy to kill your guy and
revive him for free. The skill Double Item may come in handy.
An alternate tactic is to cast the spell Previve on an ally; this resurrects a
killed ally instantly (albeit at low HP) immediately when a successful KO is
delivered. Lastly, don't neglect protecting your back row. The attack "Quick
Draw Scythe" will pull everyone to the front rank for a reaping. Kill the boss
and get the potent Renew Ring.
Lal Mountains / Glass Spires/ Zola (huah!)
Enemies Encountered
- Rock Hermit Crab
- Blue Infantry
- Blue Soldier
- Bloodsucker
- Piper
- Mega Beak
- Boreal Raptor
- Rockwind Ghost Wolf (boss)
- Gale Ghost Wolf (boss)
- Stone Ghost Wolf (boss)
- Chief Rolling Barb
- Rolling Barb
- Skillsucker
- Dulcet Katydid
- Sandworm
- Yellow Chirotrident
- Phantom Dragon (serious warning)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Kimono Sash (village)
- Mirror Bracelet (village sewing quest)
- Eyepatch (village Killer Bandit treasure quest)
- Kelolon Necklace
- Autographed Manuscript (valuable item)
After warping back to Noluta, head south through the gates and go through the
area. Don't miss the Sheep Tribe village and chat with some important people.
One of them needs help with sewing, which is easy. Warp to the other two camps
and talk with the fat Sheep women who sew and get the answer. The other
important Sheep is the fortune teller, who tells you how many forcefield
chests (not doors) you missed. If a forcefield leads to a treasure chest (or
area), that doesn't count. For the achievement, it is to down all the
forcefields (not just the chests) but since the hallways are mostly visible
and in your way anyway, that should not be a problem.
The only other person in the Lal village that is important is the guy looking
for the Killer Bandit's treasure. Get him the treasure (Autographed
Manuscsript) and get the accessory. Come back to this one after getting Zola
(huah!) back in the party.
Head south, avoid or fight enemies and jack your guys up to resist Wind and
Earth. Have options to do magic sword wind and ground on the boss. If you
fought against and killed the Gold Scything Skull Spider, these story bosses
are nothing. Slaughter the wolf boss with normal attacks, and once it splits,
unleash Groundus or Windus sword and watch the boss puke blood. Goal.
Touch any of the glass spines, watch the bullshit and recover Zola (huah!).
Without having to fight her own shadow, she will have corporeality available
already.
Mechat Exploring / Kelaso Village
Enemies Encountered
- Albino Mammoth
- Phantom Pelican
- Blizzard Dragon (serious warning)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Kelolon Necklace
- Ghost Crusher Bracelet
With the mechat, take to the air and watch some bullshit occur. If you want to
brave the next overworld, you can immediately chase after the Nene guy in his
crater in the north (you Planet fans should puke over this). Otherwise, take
your sweet can time exploring the (sweet can) of the world with your bright
shiny yellow flying submarine.
There is one more village you've not been to on this planet surface. Kelaso
village is west of Noluta and reachable only by mechat. Land and explore the
area around the lodge. To get in, head left or right from the village entrance
(the bottom of the stairs) and go into the cave. Loot the cabin's inside and
talk to the drunk guy for the fireplace key. Use the key and head downstairs.
Festival time!
Talk to all the inhabitants and Mole leaves for a while. Activate the warp
station, then follow the Mole into the Old Lady's house. Get the story from
her (loot the house) and have Mole join back up. Talk to the Old Kelaso Lady
again for a clue to where the five dragons are (for the Dragon Bracelet).
Don't go dragon hunting yet; if your party is at level 50, consider yourself
lucky to last half that number of turns. Nope, preparation is needed. Grab the
accessory near the warp point, save and head back out.
Mechat Exploring / East Desert Island
Enemies Encountered
- Poleaxe Ghost
- Melancholoy Ghost
- Ghost Yeet (warning) / (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Heatsink Parts (valuable item)
This may be your first stop after Kelaso. Notice an Eat Yeet Tree is on the
island. This boss regenerates each time you leave and come back to the
overworld. Have the anti-instant KO items (Shoes of the Ancients, Death
Earring) and hefty physical defence on your party. The boss Ghost Yeet is
vulnerable to fire (from the creature compendium) but Shine and Fire both work
well on it.
Shadow attacks heal this boss.
So long as you have some measure of Revival and Zephyr to restore your
teammates, this basically boils down to a tougher Eat Yeet Tree fight, but
with one that can kill your guys instantly with Death Blossom. Grab the ship
parts and get off this rock.
Mechat Exploring / Ancient Ruins Forest
Enemies Encountered
- Zebra Poo Snake
- Masked Skimmer
- Golden Scarab
- Blood Sucking Beetle
- Holwing Leopard
- Fire Archer
- Gorgon Hydrattler
- Soyo-Soyo
- Brain Eater
- Land Shark C (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Shadowstep Shoes
- Ancient King's Ring
- Black Belt
- Weapon Parts (valuable item)
- Magic Life Crusher Bracelet
- Gravitic Necklace (button pushing chest)
This area is west of the Ancient Ruins Cave near Talta.
Save the game upon landing here.
The area within has a Land Shark that immediately attacks without a
checkpoint. Go in and slowly weed out the area of enemies, items, chests, and
gold. The mushrooms here can stink your party or heal them (HP only). Be on
the lookout for machines that have a button to be pushed. There are seven of
them in this forest and require you to defeat the Land Shark C.
Land Shark C is nothing compared to the Gold Scything bastard, so again, rack
up on magic sword and hit it with Waterus and charged physical attacks. The
support spells of Attack Up helps. The seven buttons for the locked chest are
as follows:
1 - By the forest entrance
2 - Area north of the entrance
3 - North, then east of the entrance
4 - From entrance, head west (where the button chest is)
5 - East of the Hydrattler
6 - Land Shark C area
7 - Upper area with the Soyo-Soyos
After clearing this area out of enemies and all, you should be in better
condition. If you're not, you haven't been unlocking any colored chests, you
dumb ass.
Mechat Exploring / South Archipalageo / Dee Vee urns
Spells & Accessories Found
- Sun Necklace (southwestern island)
- Kelolon Necklace (south island)
- Mystery Part Trois (west island) (valuable item)
- Dee Vee Idol (urn quest)
Explore the southern archipalageo (near the Underwater cave) and get some
accessories, parts and mystery parts. Four out of six shouldn't be bad. Head
to the Jibral vase maker and talk to him about emergency urns. Take the
emergency urns to the Lago village chief for money and an accessory. If you
spotted an Upper Mecha Factory along the way, try not to enter it just yet.
You have more crap to do. If you haven't grabbed the eyepatch from the Lal
village guy (Killer Bandit treasure), grab the manuscript from the chest in
the Glass Spire desert and make the trade.
Mechat Exploring / Aurora Ruins
Enemies Encountered
- Stonesaurus (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Kelolon Necklace
- Lock On Part A (valuable item)
Locate the Aurora Ruins in the center of the map's north area. Land and have
your magic sword fighters use Windus on the Stonesaurus' head and body until
it pukes and dies a horrible, horrible death. For your trouble, Toripo will
give you a mechat part and lets you have a chance to loot the empty cavern of
a shitty one-room dungeon. Awesome.
Mechat Exploring / Mechat Modification
Head to Lal village and locate the Mechat repair facility west of it. Install
the various mechat parts you have found on your machine to make it more
potent. You're going to need it in a short while. Any new parts you find
during Split World may be taken back here to be installed.
Mechat Exploring / Sea Cube
Enemies Encountered
- Armored Fish
- Chain Gang Ghost
- Aqua Roamer
- Kelolon Defender
- Jelly Jolt
- Kelolon
- Coconut Crab Poo
- Crystal Giant
- Robber Clam
- Wandering Reflection
- Azure Abyssal Dragon (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Tech Crusher Bracelet
- L6 Wallus
- Renew Bracelet
- Infinity Ring
- Infinity Earring
- Mystery Part Deux (valuable item)
- L6 Shadowus
- Laser Barrier Parts
- Black Device (valuable item)
Nab the warp point. This place is straight forward, adds a few more nothings
to your count and a helpful anti-mecha robo accessory. Find the rooms with the
Kelolon Defenders, kill them all (if they flee, reset their appearance by
walking off, then coming back in the room) for the Layer Keys. Pick-up the
bracelet and the spell (bottom floor) and notice the black barriers in this
dungeon.
Because simalcrum was playing at 0330 hours (local time), simalcrum was too
fucked up to notice there were further tunnels leading into the dungeon. The
black device is here, and you can preferably get it long before you challenge
the Upper Mechat Base, in order to ease your pain.
Reaching the 4F (deepest level) of the dungeon, head north, then west for the
Kelolon Defender room. Get the "Deepest Level Key" and open the locked door
(south and west from the level's grav lift). From the locked door, go east and
kill all fleeing Kelolon Defenders for a bonus accessory. Head west to fight
the boss, who is only hard if you have low agility and attack. If you took
time off to level your shadows and rank up their skills (for dragon killing),
this boss will probably not have the chance to mount any sort of attack; this
is especially true if you've beaten Ultimate Szabo in the final dungeon, got
the last warp and came back in time to kill this guy -- just like in
Terminator.
The boss is weak against Fire (Flarus Sword) and you simply attack the body
sections (head, throat, chest, spine, tail) in order (you don't have a choice)
to kill it. Once one part is killed, you move to the next one, which is
honestly the simplest thing in the world. The Belly Button Ring of Water will
heal one person in the party, so if your shadow ranks are not around the gross
45+ simalcrum had, you may opt for that accessorized insurance.
Kill the boss, loot the place and take the Black Device. There are extra areas
(and items to inspect for "nothings") on floors 4F (Deepest Level) and 3F in
Sea Cube. Don't forget those by simply warping out. Now you can murder some
new mecha ass in the Upper Mechat Factory.
Mechat Exploring / Upper Mecha Factory
Enemies Encountered
- Clawed Bomber
- Thief Roball
- Red Defender
- Squinting Cyborg
- Rolling Ripper
- Chief Rolling Ripper
- Chief Rolling Babr
- Rolling Barb
- Sonic Sharkfly
- Black Double Axe
- Squinting Cyborg
- Rolling Ripper
- Rolling Barb
- Chief Rolling Ripper
- Chief Rolling Barb
- Clawed Bomber
- Security Electrogue
- Electrogue Part A
- Electrogue Part B
- Red Defender
- Soaring Globe
- Steel Giant (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Mystery Part Gamma (valuable item)
- Life Crusher Bracelet
- Eternity Ring
- Eternity Necklace
- Infinity Bracelet
- Lei
- Shield Badge
- Infinity Necklace
- Coating Part A
- Renew Necklace
All those parts you installed on the mechat pay off. Each time you want to
enter this dungeon, you need to shoot out the defences in mechat mode first.
Begin by blasting the red balls on the edge of the structure (these shoot
missiles). Only missiles hurt the red balls, so unleash hell. Don't miss the
other side -- the balls are on both sides of the protrusion.
Once the shields are down, use the machinegun on the spherical objects firing
the ring lasers; when they blow, red missile ports behind them shoot missiles
(these re-supply your mechat). Down the missiles, refill yours, and aim at the
light beacon on top of the base. Once that explodes, the mechat will land and
the dungeon begins.
Without the Black Device, your exploration will only go so far and stops on
the second floor. Trigger five lasers on the 2F and get booted out. This means
you can only go to one destination on 2F -- the southwest room, the northeast
room, or the exit to 3F. Since the exit is blocked by a black barrier, just
grab what you can now and leave. The mystery part gamma is in the 1F lift room.
Take the Mystery Parts Alpha, Beta, and Gamma to the science guy at Jibral's
lab and get a potent bracelet. That's only one of the three ulimate weapons.
With the Black Device, you get to ass-rape the rest of the dungeon. The way to
the forcefield is past six lasers (not five), so you need to wait for the
alarm to subside before you touch that final laser to reach the forcefields to
the 2F/3F elevator. Level 3F is not like the Mobile Mecha Factory (the ball
boss is on 4F), but take the time to loot the pipes and unlock the lift.
4F has the boss -- use boss-skills and take down the boss (Soaring Globe)
quickly. Should be quite easy. The boss is the Steel Giant, a rip-off of the
Noluta boss. It has the "Ray Beam" attack which dizzies your party (use Magic
Shoes to prevent). Notice that the first spell it casts is "Fifth Reflect",
which cannot be erased or removed; only magic sword attacks work on the boss --
all other spells get bounced back towards you. Ground works somewhat well
against this boss; kill it for the powerful Renew Necklace.
Mechat Exploring (Black Device)
Spells & Accessories Found
- see color appendix
There are several enemy free chests you should investigate first, before
heading deep into the Upper Mechat Factory. With the Black Device, you should
be able to assemble two of the three "Final Solution" achievement weapons
(Final War Necklace and Ultimate Weapon Bracelet). These are assembled from
the six mystery parts found from disc 1 to disc 3 by the head scientician in
the Jibral lab. These accessories, along with the ones found in the Sea Cube
(Infinity and Eternity) and Primitive Cube (Nene and Himiko), will help you
slaughter the five legendary dragons for the Dragon Bracelet.
Assault the Upper Mechat Factory after locating the Mechat parts and
installing them. The facility (or Mechat Chop Shop) is west of Lal Village,
about 0.2 seconds by flight. Ain't hard dammit. try to increase the class
ranks. A rank of 50 to 60 means you kill the last few bosses easily. A rank of
75 to 85 (or more) will start giving you the advantage when fighting the super-
rare gold monsters (Gold Mecha Robo, Gold Jumbo Poo, etc. - check your
achievements table) so they don't kill your whole party with 900 to 1200
points of damage.
If you want to level up your shadows, the Sea Cube and Upper Mecha Factory
have monster parties giving off 10 to 30 SP (depends on the party). However,
you have to recycle the maps (by warping -- in the case of Upper Mecha
Factory, leaving) to respawn monsters. Alternately, you can go to the
Primitive Cube and rank up encounters there as well. The Eyepatch and Black
Belts help immensely in SP gain (but their effects do not stack).
Split-World / Mecha Robo Cube
Spells & Accessories Found
- Kelolon Necklace
When you're ready to rip shit apart with your bare hands, head into the crater
made by Nene's machine. Drop into the hole and watch the bullshit happen. When
you get control back, use the mechat's upgraded parts to waste the pursuing
Land Shark. With so many missiles and a gun that never overheats, this should
be super-easy.
After killing the Land Shark in the gallery mode, steer your party to the
Mecha Robo cube for a warp point and town. Toripo's final medal shop is set up
here (he is behind the mechat on the landing pad). Take all the items you can
find and loot the town. There is a ring of robots who let you in on the extra
dungeons and other crap you should've found out on your own.
To go back in time, head to the north end of town. A portal will warp the
party and the mechat to the crater before splitsville. Take the crater portal
back to liquid space when you're ready. There is a portal in the north section
of the Mecha Robo Cube that lets the party travel back to the world before it
was split in half; this lets you grab items, monsters, etc., if you missed
them (or if you decide to mess around).
Zephyr Chocolate and Radiant Flour are sold in the Mecha Robo Cube shop;
Bananas as well (for the Lal Village monkey). If you missed the Jibral Nothing
Man, he got turned into a robot -- you can locate him on the Mecha Robo Cube.
Split-World / Primitive Cube
Enemies Encountered
- Mechasaur (boss)
- Jumbo Poo (boss summon)
- Blazing Moth
- Land Temple Turtle
- Bowa-Bowa
- Wandering Sage
- Robber Ghost
- Dark Poo Snake
- Lazy Spine Ghost
- Immortal Wings
- Fanatic Eye
- Cursed Spine Ghost
- Riot Puppet
- Mad Scarlet Spear
- Spin Laser Defender
- Flame Gunner
- Red Infantry
- Red Soldier
- Tornado Raptor (warning)
- Red Razor Ghost
- Hot Head Hydra (warning) / (boss)
- Spike Arm Sentry (boss)
- Scowling Dynamo (warning) / (boss)
- Pyro Dragon (boss)
- Mechataclysm (boss)
- Sneezing Cyclops (boss)
- Ultimate Szabo (boss)
- Nene (#1, #2, #3)
- Deathroy (boss)
Spells & Accessories Found
- Kelolon Necklace
- Black Magic Heart (x2)
- Generalist Heart
- Monk Heart
- Support Magic Heart
- Barrier Magic Heart (x2)
- Assassin Heart
- Sword Master Heart
- All Heart (x2)
- Prismatic Wind Bracelet
- Himiko Bracelet
- Himiko Ring
- Himiko Necklace
- Himiko Earring
- Nene Bracelet
- Nene Necklace
The Primitive Cube is the final dungeon of the game. After defeating the boss
Ultimate Szabo, the next teleporter ends the game (after cacking a few more
bosses). If you haven't done/fond everything you wanted by the time you head
for that grav-lift, you're screwed!
Consider saving at the Mecha Robo cube before coming here. A checkpoint will
occur and you fight a boss (weak against Wind). While it can shit and summon a
Jumbo Poo, focus killing the dino-boss and the fight will be over. The eye
beam and any other attack it does should pale compared to the dragons, so
gather the skills to boss killing and wind rape this enemy back to extinction.
Get some bullshit, then when you are playable again, explore the garden and
loot the flowers. The cave is the obvious way going down. Just watch out now;
enemies that look like they are weak against water (being fire) may not be.
The Primitive Cube has some damn annoying enemies, but if you took the time to
head back into the normal overworld, killed all the dragons, get the Dragon
Bracelet, and come back, the ranks you have for your shadows should be more
than enough to weak Mow Down most enemies save for the very few. The mini-boss
Sentinels should be killed in about 6 turns, possibly less after a dragon
detour.
The puzzles here are easy (just the enemy count is thick). Use the control
panels to move the black tiles (the ones over the lava) from one spot to the
next. The way forward is generally straight forward. The locked doors (Lunar
Eclipse and Solar Eclipse) have their keys found in the chests as you move
from one room to the next.
There are two rotating rooms -- the west and east -- which allow access to
different parts of the Borg Cube. Rotate these rooms, explore the small
spaces, grab the shadow hearts and keep going. The first door to be puzzled
upon is the Oblivion Door. Naturally, getting the key is about as easy as
getting the jail key in the Ancient Prison; kill every Spin Laser Defender and
get the keys from the chests.
The boss past the Oblivion Door (Hot Head Hydra) has an instant KO
attack "Snake Eyes", so wear the Shoes of the Ancients or Death Earring on
someone to prevent the death of everyone. Previve works, but it is expensive.
Waterus the four heads and move on into the grav lift to 2F.
On 2F, there is a save. Do a save now, since there are no checkpoints for the
bosses. Kill the sentry bosses on the east and west, then push the small
control buttons to open the next door on. The Scowling Dynamo has an instant
KO move "Murder", but the other boss is simply an annoyance. Kill them all and
get into the next puzzle.
Fight the Pyro Dragon (use water magic) and that should be zero problems. The
bonus dragons were far, far, tougher than this little red runt. Only
the "Crimson Blood Rain" is any danger, since it silences (and damages) the
whole party. Nothing a little Ballet Shoes won't prevent. Get the warp point
past the Pyro Dragon. You should have just one more Warp Key left if you've
been activating every warp till now.
The 2F puzzle here (2nd tier) is to move the center lava tiles to form a
bridge into the cauldron room and kill Szabo (see the movie). Either the right
or the left will do, but the side rooms have four accessories (Himiko and Nene
crap) that you need to go around to get. The side rooms, naturally, have ab-so-
fuggin-nuthin' to do with the exit bridge. There are two more no-checkpoint
bosses: the two floating heads will shock and stab you, but nothing too
troublesome. Kill both to get to the main room's side entrances; these lead to
switches to move the needed tiles to more switches. In turn, these switches
will move the central bridge into place.
After killing all the enemies (and bosses), head back to the save point and
spend 5 minutes (good time to use Regenerate MP) moving the bridge to the
center. The next boss is Ultimate Szabo, and he's only doing more damage. A
high agility, high damage party should rip this sucker apart in about 15 turns
(or less). Ultimate Szabo will always use "Heat Press" and smash your party
for 500 damage (at shadow rank 40, characters around 60), so make sure your
boys and girls are at max HP. As the dragons taught you, you can recover MP
later, but with HP, you can stomach the hits and keep going.
Ultimate Szabo only managed a "Blade Shield" (hits all the front row) before
it puked gears under the students of the simalcrum. That's right, simalcrum
rocks, you do not.
Once Szabo disappears into the teleporter, activate the final Warp Station
(achievement) and loot the four chests. There's nothing else here, so warp
back out if you are missing crap.
If you continue, the game will go into the next boss fight (Nene) and asks you
to make a new save after (it's self-explanatory). For Nene #1, simply fight
him but keep alive. After doing about 100 damage to him, a cut-scene bullshit
sequence migrates you to Nene #2.
Nene #2 picks up since he will try to kill you. Use Support Magic to speed up
and hit hard. Except for Shadow, Nene is somewhat vulnerable to everything
else. Whack his ass quickly and he will be a real challenge.
Nene #3 is hooked to an Eternal Engine. Attack him forcefully until he
uses "Eternal Engine" and recovers his HP and MP. Attack his four links to
permanently destroy them. Waterus and Windus damage multiple targets. Groundus
is useless. Once his links to the eternal engine are destroyed, Nene #3 enjoys
using "Marble Marble", when he calls in two magic orbs that damage your
party's HP and MP. Destroy one of the orbs and Nene will sometimes
use "Cataract" that destroys more MP. Ignore his attempts to tempt you and
keep using Magic Sword (any except Shadow and Erasus) and take his ass down.
Note, if you don't find Nene #3 using his "Eternal Engine" ability, you may
have killed him (possible) and bypassed that phase of its A.I.
Now you get to save the game (use a different slot) and you have to fight the
last two bosses in the game. Defend for three turns and the first boss will be
beaten. Killing this boss kills your party (simalcrum, being as pragmatic as
Kain, is a simple, ruthless individual). The final boss is Deathroy, which if
you think about it, spearing it to the floor back in disc 1 would've saved you
about 100 hours of gameplay.
Deathroy uses "Fire and Brimstone" to damage the party, but beyond that,
simalcrum pretty much racked the damage up on the boss and killed it. High
agility, coupled with high physical attack means your party becomes the
dragons hurting enemies in this world. When Deathroy leans forward (after the
brimstone attack), attacking its right and left eyes seem to drive it off;
however, the boss died so messily and quickly, there's nothing else simlacrum
needed to do except laugh maniacally and pee on this game.
Ending Crap
Move to the camera and take the flower. There may be "nothings" to be found,
not sure.
For Mole, move towards man-slash-woman Zola (huah!).
For the Village Cube, there are eight more "nothings" to get (outside the
house and inside). Talk to the Nothing Man before talking to Kluke and Jiro,
and maybe you may get lucky and get the final item (not sure).
Since simalcrum missed the Black Device (hmmm) and some forcefield chests
(more hmmm), going back to before applying the Final Solution on Nene, Szabo,
and Deathroy is netting some items lost the first time through.
Appendix - Hot Bitch Teasers
Shadow Skills
The initial party starts off with three shadows each after a brief start.
Swordmaster, Black Magic, and White Magic are not representative of the
animated blue asshole shadows of Shu, Jiro, and Kluke; instead, you should
consider the shadows more like FF8's guardian forces, but without the
graphics. Each shadow is a character's weapons and armor, in addition to
determining the skills (meaning battle commands) they will eventually have.
Starting with the fourth shadow, each character will start to differentiate
and develop different classes (unless you enjoy farming and power-levelling
everyone in a party).
Naturally, selecting which damn shadow is important since you don't want to
waste too much of your precious, irretrievable time. When a character's level
is a multiple of five (5, 10, 20, 30, etc.) he receives a choice to unlock a
shadow. Picking which one is very important to the party's success later,
otherwise, you can simply shoot all three dead right now and sell the game.
Each shadow collects SP (opposed to EXP) for levelling up. SP is earned from
battles with monsters. When you have an inexhaustable supply of HP and MP
recovery, it's highly suggestable you loiter in an area for a day or two
(meaning 6 to 8 hours) levelling your shadows to make them invincible Aryan
supermen. Shadow classes seem to stop gaining "mad new skillz" around levels
30 to 36 (depends on the class), so once you bump them all up to around rank
39 to 40, you should be able to handle most of the extra bosses. The
achievements to rank 99 are bonuses.
Once you have all the classes' skills, the class you stick with basically
increases some rank dependent skill (Ninja Swiftness, Magic Essence, etc.).
This power levelling insures that you will be able to take down and rip apart
everything extraneous your party encounters, and makes story bosses and
encounters easier than tearing apart wet tissue at a snot party. It's true --
some monsters that are not tied to the story and encountered in the field are
far more powerful and can kill your party early on if you didn't invest the
time perfecting their anime asses.
Sword Master
Rank 2 - Magic Sword level 1 (basic)
Rank 5 - Mow Down 1
Rank 8 - Magic Sword level 2
Rank 11 - Absorb HP
Rank 14 - Magic Sword level 3
Rank 17 - Mow Down 2
Rank 20 - Magic Sword level 4
Rank 23 - Boost Critical Damage
Rank 26 - Magic Sword level 5
Rank 29 - Absorb MP
Rank 32 - Magic Sword level 6
* Swordmaster is generally called for the magic sword attack, which adds an
element to the physical attack. Against element weak enemies, this is great;
against those who absorb elemental attacks, your character will heal them
instead. The most useful skills -- Mow Down and the two Absorb skills (MP is
much later) are the most useful apart from Magic Sword.
Guardian
Rank 3 - Guard (basic)
Rank 6 - Magic Defence Up
Rank 9 - Max HP Boost 25%
Rank 12 - Sentinel Shield
Rank 15 - Caution
Rank 18 - Charged Defence
Rank 21 - Vigilance
Rank 24 - Endure
Rank 27 - Max HP Boost 50%
Rank 30 - Total Guard
Rank 33 - Berserker
* A large portion of Guardian skills are only used during the defend command,
but other skills (HP boost, berserker) come in handy against the boss fights
with the dragons and boss fights in general. Simalcrum's Shu took Guardian
early on (Monk would be better) and served as the token decoy for the party
most of the time. The Guardian class is good to increase in rank as you
explore (without bosses) since the Sentinel Shield skill will increase defence
as the class ranks up. The Attack Amp skill only works with Charged Attack and
makes obsolete the Long Range skill for mass physical damage.
Monk
Rank 4 - Attract Aura
Rank 7 - Counterattack Boost
Rank 10 - Meditation
Rank 13 - Charged Attack (basic)
Rank 16 - Critical Hit Lift
Rank 19 - Battle Essence
Rank 22 - Repel Aura
Rank 25 - Attack Amp
Rank 28 - Less Is More
Rank 31 - Absolute Counterattack
* The mole's Monk class is probably the best compliment to the Sword Master
class. The charge attack is what gives your fighters the punch they need
against strong enemies. Take on the Monk class early (Shu's second choice,
after Generalist) and watch the blood fly. Note that the counterattack skills
mean a free looting if used with assassin skill (but not with Absorb HP/MP).
The Monk class has progressively higher damage (compared to other wussies) as
rank increases.
Assassin
Rank 2 - Steal
Rank 5 - Security (basic)
Rank 8 - Stun Bomb
Rank 11 - Negotiate
Rank 14 - Ninja Swiftness
Rank 17 - Stealth
Rank 20 - Surprise
Rank 23 - Loot
Rank 26 - Long Range Attack
Rank 29 - Control
Rank 32 - Treasure Hunt
Rank 35 - Double Strike
* The Assassin class is useful for its agility skill, the long range skill,
and around the middle of the game, the looting skill (steals automatically
with attacks). Agility is crucial for your magic users since they need the
agility to launch spells before the boss strikes; high agility means you can
attack that many more times than the enemy boss. The stealth field skill is
worth it in Nene's fortress to beat the 60 minute timer, but little else is
used. The long range attack, when coupled with a powerful Mow Down and high
attack, means you can destroy magic using enemies easily without using spells.
Level up the Assassin and watch your turn bar completely extend beyond the
reach of most enemies. Note once the Monk skill Attack Amp is earned, the
skill Long Range no longer is needed unless you intend to Loot or Steal from a
target in the back rank.
Black Magic
Rank 4 - Black Magic level 1 (basic)
Rank 8 - Regenerate MP
Rank 12 - Black Magic level 2
Rank 16 - Black Magic level 3
Rank 20 - Max MP Boost 25%
Rank 24 - Black Magic level 4
Rank 28 - Black Magic level 5
Rank 32 - Max MP Boost 50%
Rank 36 - Black Magic level 6
* Black Magic's one claim to fame -- regenerate MP -- will become useless as
your learn advance skills. However, early on, it is a life saver if you have
an enemy free spot to run around in. The MP Max Boosts it gets later pales
remarkably fast against the more awesome skills of other classes. Still the
spells are helpful once you can cast all of them.
White Magic
Rank 3 - White Magic level 1 (basic)
Rank 6 - Enhanced Item Effect
Rank 9 - White Magic level 2
Rank 12 - Double Item use
Rank 15 - White Magic level 3
Rank 18 - Regenerate HP
Rank 21 - White Magic level 4
Rank 24 - White Magic level 5
Rank 27 - White Magic level 6
Rank 30 - Quick Magic Charge
Rank 33 - Resurrection
* White Magic is the most beneficial. Aside from the item commands, the last
two skills are vital when fighting bosses and dragons. A free resurrection
means you can afford to use a turn to put in more magic support or hurt on
bosses. Vital and almost mandatory for all your party to have rank 33 in White
Magic.
Barrier Magic
Rank 3 - Barrier Magic level 1 (basic)
Rank 6 - Field Barrier 1 (field skill)
Rank 9 - Barrier Magic level 2
Rank 12 - Magic Fence
Rank 15 - Barrier Magic level 3
Rank 18 - Barrier Magic level 4
Rank 21 - Field Barrier 2 (field skill)
Rank 24 - Distress Barrier
Rank 27 - Barrier Magic level 5
Rank 30 - Barrier Magic level 6
Rank 50 - Field Barrier 3
* Barrier Magic has some helpful spells. Nullifying enemy attacks are its
forte, but so are killing enemies quickly in the field using Field Barrier.
Still, there's nothing special once you can cast all the Barrier Magics;
Distress Barrier only works if your character lives past a dragons' breath to
cast it.
Support Magic
Rank 3 - Support Magic level 1 (basic)
Rank 7 - Support Magic level 2
Rank 11 - Support Magic level 3
Rank 15 - Spell Duration 50%
Rank 19 - Support Magic level 4
Rank 23 - Support Magic level 5
Rank 27 - Magic Essence
Rank 31 - Support Magic level 6
Rank 35 - Double Cast
* Support Magic's Double Cast, coupled with Quick Magic Charge (White Magic)
makes your magic user the most deadly force in the game, unless the boss
absorbs magic attacks. Level this class to rank 35 for your spell casters
(more means more magic attack). Support Magic spells like Quick and Attack Up
are vital against bosses since they have high agility and many HPs.
Generalist
Rank 4 - Special Accessory +1 (basic)
Rank 8 - Skill Slots +2
Rank 11 - Skill Slots +3
Rank 15 - Skill Slots +4
Rank 18 - Special Accessory +2
Rank 22 - Skill Slots +5
Rank 26 - Skill Slots +6
Rank 29 - Skill Slots +7
Rank 32 - Special Accessory +3
Rank 36 - Skill Slots +8
* Generalists are the weakest of all the ranks. If a Generalist and another
class are equal in rank, the other class will beat out the Generalist in
stats. However, the skills the Generalist adds are vital to the party and
thus, it should be levelled up first. With extra skill slots and spaces for
special accessories, the Generalist is the one class everyone should have at
rank 36 early to get an easier time of things.
Forcefields
There are various energy fields that guard treasure chests and passages in the
world of .... whatever the hell it's called. These are magical barriers that
are deactivated by a special machine called Color Devices. These devices will
be found as the party progresses deeper in the mystery of their planet. The
first one will not be found until the party starts on disc #2, so don't bother
finding a way to open those fields. However, you should start noting down
where you found them, since you need to come back to them later. By then, your
memory may fail you!
Blue
- Wilderness Village (Ancient Warrior Bracelet)
- Lot Wildlands East (Cross Trainer)
- Drill Mechat 2F (Ancient Warrior Necklace)
- Hospital Ruins 2F (Ancient Warrior Earring)
- Undersea Cave (Flip Flops)
- Ancient Cave Near Talta (Belly Button Ring of Fire, Ancient Warrior Ring)
- Jibral Entrance (Poo Bracelet)
- Jibral Mechat Lab (Shell Earring)
- Gorgo Village, behind mansion (Alacrity Elixir)
- Baroy house by store (Generalist Heart)
- Baroy house by temple (Flawless Sapphire)
- Baroy mecha robo waiting room (Barrier Magic Heart)
Red
- Gul Mountain Cave (Chain)
- Exile's Cave (Epistle of the King Ghost - val. item)
- Mural Village Warpstation (Black Belt)
- Jibral Castle Basement (L5 Waterus)
- Jibral Garden (Chain)
- Jibral Guard Lounge (Shell Badge)
- Underground River (Shoes of the Ancients)
- Ancient Factory Conveyor Chest (Crystal Ring)
- Wire Highlands (Crystal Bracelet)
Green
- Lot Wildlands West (Belly Button Ring of Water)
- Gul Mountain Cave (Mirror Earring)
- Forest of the Dead (Crown of King Ghost, req. Epistle)
- Gorgo Village (Mirror Earring)
- Wire Highlands (Cross Trainers)
White
- Hospital Ruins 1F Door (L6 Trapfloorus)
- Hospital Ruins 3F Door (L5 Shellus)
- Mural Village Warpstation (Gravitic Ring)
- Jibral Castle Basement (L6 Groundus)
- Ancient Factory Tower Chest (Ballet Shoes)
- Ancient Prison Cellblock (Belt of Hermes)
- Ancient Prison Past the Big Door (Champion's Belt)
- Pachess Town Cliff (L6 Zephyrus)
- Pachess Town Alley (L6 Quickus)
- Pachess Underground (new area - Pachess Plateau)
- Mobile Mecha Base 2F Door (see walkthrough)
- Devour Village (Medals)
Black
- Exile's Cave (Lock On Upgrade B)
- Mural Village Warpstation (Eternity Earring)
- Ancient Factory, door near conveyor (Renew Earring, Shoes of Hermes)
- Mobile Mecha Base 1F (Ballet Shoes)
- Mobile Mecha Base 3F center room (Belt of Hermes)
- Mobile Mecha Base 3F northwest (Eternity Bracelet)
- Devour Forest, near 1st machine (Ribbon)
- Lal Mountain Village (Missile Upgrade B)
- Kelaso Village, hallway (Coating Part B, Eternal Engine Necklace)
- Sea Cube 3F (Renew Bracelet)
- Sea Cube 4F (Mystery Part Deux, Infinity Earring, L6 Shadowus)
- Mecha Robo Cube, landing pad (Mega HP Elixir)
- Mecha Robo Cube, near some robot (Mega MP Elixir)
- Primitive Cube 1F East Room (Himiko Earring, Guardian Heart)
- Primitive Cube 1F West Room (Himiko Necklace)
Something From Nothing
By investigating all possible manner of items, it is possible to get many,
many 'nothing' results. The number of nothings accrued from investigation will
be charged towards your party and you can claim them from the Nothing Man in
Jibral and the Mecha Robo Nothing Man on the Mecha Robo Cube (no duplicates).
It is suggested that once you start the game, you search all the rooms with
your party leader to get the maximum number of nothings (seems to be about
1800 or so) for the maximum number of special accessories for your party. once
you've reformed the party of five on disc 3, the total number of nothings
should be well over 1500 (preferably more). There are at least 8 more nothings
(and the Nothing man) at the end of the game (at Village Cube).
50 - Leather Belt
100 - Stomach Band
200 - Acorn Shoes
400 - Ballet Shoes
600 - Champion Belt
800 - Hermes Belt
1000 - Shoes of Hermes
1200 - Black Belt
1400 - Lei
1800 - Ribbon
* Remember to steal (or loot) from the Phantom Dragon and Ultimate Szabo for
the missing Nene accessories.
Dragon Quest
Unlike the old Enix game, these guys will kill you, then use your party's
remains to wipe their own asses. The Old Lady in Kelaso gives you the best
clues in finding these five monsters. Killing them takes some time and
levelling up. The Kelaso elder tips you off to the nearest one (the first
one), and even that "weak" dragon should be able to kill your level 40 / rank
30 party in about 2 maybe 4 turns. Have fun.
The key to beating these mo'fugger'chuggers is to level your party so they
have access to all the skills from all classes. This means you can customize
your party for each of the five dragons and kick their ass. Each dragon has a
particular weakness or method to beating them, so you need to find their weak
spots and drive the attack home.
Lastly, jack the party's HP up to the max 999. The dragons do a lot of damage
and not having the max HP means you have less room to play with. Having the
maximum HP is more important than the MP (which Shadow Crystals recover).
Exploration skills like absorb HP can be ditched for Berserker or Double Item;
your spell casters are doing the recovery for your fighters, so the skill
should be freed to get in a boss-killing skill instead.
When all five fangs are recovered, go to Kelaso Village and speak to the
village elder (top of the stairs, underground) and get the Dragon Bracelet.
South of Glass - Phantom Dragon
Find it in the Great Desert, south of the glass spires. This dragon absorbs
physical damage, meaning only magic hurts it. Its primary attacks are wind
based and delivers heavy damage with the wind element. Ground attacks reduce
its agility (say with a charged Groundus sword) but fire (Flarus) is the main
delivery if the magic attack approaches 340. Groundus Sword will do damage; do
not use any other element, since the physical damage will heal the dragon.
This dragon has "Fearsome Tornado", which does damage to the whole party.
Since it's wind-based, the Belly Button Ring of Wind will keep one guy (a
front fighter with Groundus Magic Sword) alive long enough to kill it. "Wind
of the Past" will target one target and do mass damage. Since it is wind as
well, keep the fighter stocked and locked. Obviously, the counterattack skill
is a no-no on this sucker. Replace it with something useful, like Meditation
or Resurrection.
West of Mural - Amethyst Dragon
Find it on the Coastal Road, near the blockage to Talta Village. This dragon
is based on lightning and not fire (whoops). Have the spell casters (Jiro and
Kluke or whoever) use the Ballet Shoes to keep from being paralyzed. Cure
Paralysis is a must, along with Previve and the rest of it. The Barrier Magic
spell that prevents Paralysis will work wonders at keeping your party in the
fray.
Since the dragon is flying, Wind attacks will hurt, but a standard Attack Up
and some charge attacks will bring it down. Just be ready to use a lotta
Previve and Revive or Zephyr. Resurrection will save your butt just once, but
it will restore all the HP and MP, so dying might be worth it if you run outta
MP during the fight (but not too early).
East of Aurora - Blizzard Dragon
Find it just west of Kelaso Village, on a snowy rise nearby. This dragon is
primarily water damage, but it has attacks to hurt physically. Fire would hurt
it, but after one Flarus, it will cast Reflecta on itself. However, this does
not block Flarus Sword, and if you keep at least one person in the back alive,
the dragon will keep casting "Blizzard" or "Ice Breath" so your Belly Button
Ring of Water fighter can keep chipping away at it until it does. Meditation
will heal some of the damage and don't bother with Trapfloor -- your guys die
so fast that any support spells disappear once they die. Save the MP for
healing and casting Revive.
Underground River - Moody Dragon
This is one of the two "indoor" dragons. Since you fight it in a dungeon,
expect it to be a little weaker than the overworld dragons. The Moody Dragon
powers up as you attack it, meaning it gives you free attacks until you
decidedly piss it off. High agility parties can probably kill it with a
massive dosage of spells and attacks before it even fights back. The problem
is actually getting it to appear.
Locate the large Kelolon infested waterfall area. Save first, then kill all
the Kelolon parties in the room (the area past the blue barrier). Mow Down
works great, but when you get to about one or two left, get ready to take out
the boss with your boss-killing skill set and accessories. The Moody Dragon
intercepts the party (and you get a checkpoint) if you leave the cave to the
Ancient Factory. Kill the dragon and get the fang.
Gul Mountain Cave - Spark Dragon
Locate the spot with the red forcefield to find this dragon in Gul Mountain.
Save first, since there is no checkpoint. Avoiding all the enemies should be
easy as well. This dragon likes using sleep effects, so the Stomach Band will
keep your spell casters alive and casting anti-sleep spells. Ramp the damage
up with Attack Up, charge attacks and maybe Berserker (if you have it). The
dragon's "Ancient Force" and "Black Wind" attacks are HP draining, which may
be the key to returning large damage to the sender (before the healing spell
is cast). Exploit the timing bar and this dragon should drop dead in no time.
simalcrum
Submitted by simalcrum -
Created 6/15/07
(Last Modified 8/27/07)
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