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Wild Arms 3
FAQ/Walkthrough
Playstation 2
By: Cyril [Stephanie Nutter]
Version 2.0
Last Updated: September 2nd, 2008
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There will be no storyline spoilers or discussion of the story in this guide,
though there may be minor spoilers when it comes to locations and character
names. You've been warned.
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Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Basics -bsics-
Section 3: Characters -chrts-
Section 4: Walkthrough -wlktr-
Prologue: -prolg-
Virginia -prlvg-
Jet -prljt-
Gallows -prlgw-
Clive -prlcv-
Chapter 1: -chpt1-
Beginnings
Guardians
Enemies or Allies?
Arrivals
Drifters
Chapter 2: -chpt2-
A Hive of Scum and Villainy
Playing Hero
Playing in the Sand
Ouch!
A Tale of Two Dungeons
Faraway Pasts
Sand Dancer
All work and no play...
Home Again
The Last Guardian Shrine
Three for the Price of Two
Life
Chapter 3: -chpt3-
Demolition
A Few Side Quests
Histories
Research
Gunner's Heaven
Capture
Lombardia
Teardrops
Infiltration
Deus Ex
Chapter 4: -chpt4-
Brotherly Love
Demondor
Revelations
Finale
Section 5: Bosses -bssgd-
Section 6: Optional Dungeons -optdn-
The Decaying Labyrinth
The Abyss
Section 7: Optional Bosses -optbs-
Ring Keeper
Bombur
Kraken
Emperor Marduk
Bad News
Heimdal Gazzo
John Dee
Power Trask
Lolithia
Adult Mag
Black Box
Arioch
Balal Quo Naga, Part 2
Section 8: Coordinates -crdts-
Section 9: World Map Items -wmits-
Section 10: Migrant Seals, Booster Kits-mgsbk-
Section 11: Millennium Puzzles -mlnpz-
Section 12: Telepath Towers -tlptr-
Section 13: Gunner's Heaven -gnshv-
Section 14: Other Side Quests -othsq-
Martina
Florina
EX File Keys
Section 15: Arcana -aclst-
Section 16: ARMS -armgd-
Section 17: Sandcraft -sndct-
Section 18: Item List -itmls-
Section 19: Music Guide -mscgd-
Section 20: Song Lyrics -snglr-
Section 21: Closing -clsng-
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Welcome to Cyril's Wild ARMs 3 FAQ/Walkthrough. This guide is meant to help
you through all of the game, step by step. This update has me going through
the game again and close to rewriting the entire guide. originally, this
guide was typed up based off of my handwritten notes, but this version will
also have edits made from playing the game at the same time.
Compared to some of my other guides, this one has a different approach to
directions. Because of an in-game Compass that is constantly on, I've
used terms like "north and then south" rather than "left and then right."
All directions will be based on the cardinal directions rather that up,
down, left, and right.
Also, like in any FAQ, you can use Control (ctrl) + F to search around
to get to the point you want faster. All you do is need to type in the name
of the section (such as Introduction, Basics, Walkthrough, or the names
of the Chapters and area you're having problems with.)
Unfortunately, due to real life circumstances I am unable to accept EMails
at this point. I thank everyone for their comments and I apologize for
being unable to answer any questions.
This guide is based off of the US version of Wild ARMs 3, but it can be used
in other versions.
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-bsics-
This section is going to run over all the basics of Wild Arms 3. This is best
recommended for players new to the series or RPGs in general. In here, I
will run through battle and field exploration and controls, along with menu
commands.
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The controls in this section are based off of the default control scheme. If
anything in particular really bugs you, you can change your configuration.
I'll go over the controls in battle and in the field in this section.
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Left Analog Stick/Directional Buttons:
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This, like in every other video game, moves your characters. Pressing it in
the direction you want to go will make the character move. Using the Analog
stick is easier to move, but the directional buttons are better in battle, and
on the menu screen; as they are more precise.
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The Almighty 'X' Button:
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This the the Almighty X button. X is the main command button in Wild ARMs 3.
It allows you to do basically everything. Its usually called the 'action'
button. You'll be pressing this more than any other button in the game.
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In Towns and Dungeons:
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*It allows you to talk to people when you are facing them.
*It allows you to examine objects and get items or messages from them.
*It allows you to sprint - but be careful with this, as you may fall off
a ledge in certain dungeons and puzzles.
*It allows you to push, pull, or do anything else.
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In the Menu or Battle screen:
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*Allows you to select commands.
*Basically a 'Yes' button.
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The 'O' Button:
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The O button is the button that contradicts the Almighty X button. When the X
button is Yes, the O button is No.
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In Towns and Dungeons:
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*Allows you to avoid random encounters when you have enough points on your
encounter gauge.
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In the Menu and Battle:
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*Allows you to cancel commands, or get off a certain screen.
*Basically the 'No' command.
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The 'Square' Button:
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The Suqare button is the second most used button, other than the X button.
It works to search areas, and use tools. Imperative for all the puzzles in
the game and to find new areas on the World Map using search.
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In Towns and Dungeons:
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*Allows the use of the current 'Tool' of the character at the head of the
party.
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On the World Map:
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*Uses the 'Search' command. It basically flashes out a pretty green light,
and searches the area around you for items, towns, dungeons, etc. This is one
of the most used commands in the game.
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On the Sandcraft:
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*Allows you to head to Jolly Roger on Auto-Pilot.
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The 'Triangle' Button:
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The Triangle button allows your party to access the menu screen. We all know
what we can do from there...
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In Towns, Dungeons, and the World Map:
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*Allows you to view/access the menu screen.
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* Allows you to see item, Arcana, etc. descriptions.
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On the Menu Screen:
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* Allows you to see item, Arcana, etc. descriptions.
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The R1 and L1 Buttons:
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These buttons allow you to see what you are, where you are, and what you are
doing. They rotate the screen.
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In Towns, Dungeons, and the World Map:
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*They rotate the screen so you can view different camera angles.
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The R2 Button:
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The most useless button, when pressed along with the 'X' button, allows you to
search for objects around you.
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In Towns and Dungeons:
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*Press R2+X and you will search for items around you. Such a signs, and other
puzzle related objects.
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The L2 Button:
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This button changes characters. it is a faster alternative to some of the
other buttons that change characters, and works well when you are doing a
puzzle that requires rapid changing of characters.
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In Towns, Dungeons, and the World Map:
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*Allows you to change characters.
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The 'Start' Button:
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This button allows you to change your characters' Tools. This is required
later in the game when you need to use different tools to get through harder
puzzles.
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In Towns, Dungeons, and the World Map:
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*Allows your party to change 'Tools'. Also changes characters if you select
the tool of a character not at the head of your party.
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The 'Select' Button:
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This button only functions on the world map and only works if you have the
World map item.
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On the World Map:
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*Allows you to view the world map.
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Battles, like any normal RPG, are the main focus of the game (other than the
story, of course). You will fight hundreds upon hundreds of battles by the
end of the game and with Wild ARMs 3's encounter rate you'll be so sick
of them that you'll never want to see the game again.
This section is meant to help you when you are starting the game and have no
idea how to fight battles. This will also help you if you need to have a
certain part of the battle screen or commands cleared up.
Battles start off with each of your four characters standing ready. There
will be five commands from here:
Medium
Auto-Battle
Formation
System
Get Ready
Each of these has its own uses.
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Medium:
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Mediums are generally prepared before battles, but there are times when you
will use this command. For example, if you're fighting a strong enemy and
only have Status 'Wards' equipped and need Elemental 'Wards,' you'll use
this command to change your points around.
You can also change mediums from one character to another by using this
command. It's basically the same as the menu screen.
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Auto-Battle:
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Auto-battle will help you a lot in the long run. It lets the AI do the
fighting for you. You will have three choices:
Manual: You can select the characters commands.
All Out Attack: Character only uses physical attacks. Best on characters like
Clive and Jet.
Balanced: Character will use Physical attacks, magical attacks, items and
skils to heal the party of kill off the enemies. This is best on a character
like Gallows and Virginia.
Use this command on normal enemies if you are mad at random encounters.
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Formation:
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Formation stands for the order you select commands for your party. If you
want to select commands for Clive before Virginia, you can change the
formation. This is probably the least useful of the commands.
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System:
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System is for setting your system prefrences. If you're really mad at
the controls or button configuration in the middle of battle, you can
set them here. Like the Medium command, you're more likely to use this out
of battle than in.
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Get Ready:
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This is the main command that you will choose in battles, it lets you choose
commands for each character based on their Mediums, Current FP, and special
abilities.
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Shoot:
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Shoot is in the center of the 5 commands.
This command allows you to attack physically. When your character runs out of
bullets, this will turn into a white hand and they wont shoot, but rather
attack with their ARM(s).
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Guard:
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Guard is on the bottom of the five commands.
This command allows you to reduce the damage taken from all attacks. This
also allows you to reload ammunition if you ran out, or are going to use
Gatling and need full ammo. Compared to many other RPGs where Guard is just
"there," you'll use this command quite often in Wild ARMs 3.
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Item:
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Item is on top of the five commands.
This command allows you to use one item on one party member. Scroll down to
see all the items you can use. You'll be using this one a lot, too.
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Force Abilities:
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Force is on the left of the five commands.
This command allows you to use each character's Force abilties. These include
the Personal ability, Gatling, and summoning a Medium in battle. The Personal
ability changes with the character, and you can summon one medium for all FP.
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Arcana:
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Arcana is on the right of the five commands.
Arcana is basically magic. You can use Arcana if you have enough FP to use
the spell. Depending on what mediums you have equipped, you can use different
Arcana spells.
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In Battle:
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After choosing your battle commands, you will watch the battles go out. What
character acts first depends on the speed of the character. A character with
fast speed will act before a character or enemy with low speed.
This is usually how batles will go:
Virginia
Jet
Enemies
Gallows
Clive
But of course, all enemies are not that slow, or that fast. But that is the
order that will likely dominate 80% of your game.
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Stats:
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Now that we have battle speed out of the way, we have damage. Damage is
determined by your ATTACK stat and how much damage you receive is based off
your DEFENSE stat. The higher both are, the higher damage you do and the
less damage you take, respectively. Also, enemies with high attack and
defense will be able to do the same to you. Some enemies have high physical
defense, but low magical defense. You need to plan accordingly, and be
prepared for every situation before battle.
There are a lot of other stats as well. AIM is your relative hit percentage,
REFLEX is how often you're going to dodge attacks. An enemy with high aim
and low reflex will hit often, but not dodge atacks. If he has low aim
and high reflex it will be hard to hit him with physical attacks, but his
attacks wont hit often.
Remember that there is a difference between magical defense and physical
defense. Magical defense defends against magic and physical defense defends
against physical attacks, as their names imply.
LUCK may actually be the best stat. The higher luck you have, the better
chance you have for doing a lot of things. Namely, doing critical hits in
battle, dodging attacks, and opening chests after battle.
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Other:
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You will notice that in battle, there will be a command that
says "Challengable." This is a very important command! When you see this,
you can press O to stop that command and make a completely new command to do.
Take note that this costs 25 FP though, and you wont be able to do it
otherwise. But this skill can save your life, if you use it properly. This is
usually called Inertia Cancel.
Also, certain enemies have elemental weaknesses and strengths. If an enemy is
strong versus Earth attacks, then earth wont do as much damage (if not any) to
them. And if that same enemy was weak versus Wind attacks, the damage would
rise. It is very important to try and find an enemies' elemental weakness in
battle.
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Status attacks in Wild ARMs 3 are very, very bad. Unfortunately for the
players, negative statuses occur quite often in Wild ARMs 3, more often than
what you're probably used to from other RPGs. You should have at least 20 items
that recover status effects in your inventory throughout the entire game.
The 'Item to Recover' is the item that heals the staus effect. The 'Personal
Skill Item' is the item that gives you prevention to the status effect through
Mediums and personal skill points.
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Amnesia:
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Item to Recover: Toy Hammer
Personal Skill Item: Memo Pen
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Amnesia stops your character from getting EXP from a battle. This status is
especially bad if you are fighting a boss or any other enemy who gives
you a lot of EXP. You need all the EXP you can get and this skill stops you
from getting it. Frustrating, but not deadly. This status effect lasts after
battle.
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Poison:
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Item to Recover: Antidote
Personal Skill Item: Moon Stone
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Poison will probably the most annoying status effect. Poison removes 1/5 of
your characters' Max HP at the end of each round, meaning that a character at
full HP can die in 5 rounds if not cured or healed. This status also makes
you lose HP when you walk in the field screen and lasts after battle.
Cure this status effect immediately, as it is very dangerous.
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Disease:
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Item to Recover: Medicine
Personal Skill Item: Hazel Spring
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This can be another very bad status effect if left uncured. A character hit
with disease can not be healed with Arcana or items, or even VIT. Said
Character's HP will be restored and his status removed if you stay at an inn,
but when this happens in the middle of a dungeon and you have nothing to cure
it with, you're in some trouble.
To make it worse, in battle the character can only attack, defend, and use
Force abilities. He or she can't use items or Arcana.
Disease lasts after battle.
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Misery:
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Item to Recover: Peppy Acorn
Personal Skill Item: Heart Leaf
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This staus effect wont let you use anything that has to do with FP. So no
Force Abilities or Arcana. You can use items though, so it's better than
Disease. Not as dangerous as some of the other statuses, but it can slow
you down.
This remains after battle.
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Sleep:
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Item to Recover: Breath Mint
Personal Skill Item: Alarm Clock
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Sleep is annoying. The character with the sleep status won't receive any
commands and can not take any action until it wears off. If the inflicted
character is damaged, sleep will wear.
This status will not last after battle.
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Confusion:
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Item to Recover: Pinwheel
Personal Skill Item: Clear Chime
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Confusion, like in all other games, is as deadly as it is annoying. What's
worse, in Wild Arms 3, you can not heal it with physical attacks as is
popular in some other RPGs. If a strong character, like Clive or Jet,
attacks a weaker party member (like Virginia) they can easily do 3 times or
more damage than to the normal enemies.
You should cure this immediatly, even using inertia cancel.
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Item to Recover: Magic Cleanser
Personal Skill Item: Ankh
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Bronze is an odd status effect. When your character is turned to bronze, he
has 5 turns (including the one he was turned on) or else he will become a
statue. During the time between the 5 turns and 0, the character will go
last, no matter what. Even fast characters like Jet and Virginia go last
when they are inflicted with Bronze. If you are turned to bronze, your
character wont take any damage, but he wont be able to move, either. If the
entire party is set to bronze, the game is over.
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Paralysis:
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Item to Recover: Pixie Dust
Personal Skill Item: Blue Bracer
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This status, like KO and sleep, will not allow your character to move or take
any actions. Unlike KO though, your party wont die if they are all
paralyzed. When paralyzed, your character can not enter any commands or
dodge atacks. This status effect usually lasts around 3 rounds.
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Glass:
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Item to Recover: Seed Powder
Personal Skill Item: Soul Feather
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Glass is one of the odder status effects. Basically, for a single turn (the
turn you are turned to glass, and the turn after) you are completey immune to
magical attacks, but you will not be able to act. It is rather like an
adavaced paralysis. Take note that if you are attacked physically in this
time, your character will be instantly slain. It is rather a double edged
sword.
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KO (Death):
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Item to Recover: Revive Fruit
Personal Skill Item: Holy Grail
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First off, the Holy Grail will NOT stop you from dying, it just stops you
from being killed instantly. Instant death isn't really a status effect,
rather an action that causes you be to be incapacitated instantly. KO is like
an advanced paralysis. Your HP will be set to 0, and you can not act or move
until your HP is restored. When your HP is restored, that is, you're revived,
your HP is only 1/4 of its maximum until you heal, so be careful.
The instant death status effect basically instantly kills a member (or members)
of your party. And remember, if your entire party is KOed, the game will be
over.
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The field screen is any screen other than the world map, battle, or menu
screens. This counts for dungeons, towns, ruins, etc. Anywhere you can
interact is technically a field screen.
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Towns:
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Towns are the main safe havens in Wild Arms 3. You will not get into any
encounters when strolling through a town. There will be people to talk and
interact with. Towns are also an excellent way to stock up and prepare for
dungeons ahead.
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Inns:
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Inns are one of the most frequently used facilities in the game. When you pay
to spend the night at one, your HP, MPC, VIT, and status will be restored
completely. The cost to stay at one rises each time you level up, so be
warned.
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ARMs Shops:
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ARMs shops are a place where you can upgrade the stats on your ARMs. Using
these shops is almost required, as ARMS greatly increase stats and the
character's performance in battle. You should check out the shop every time
you enter a new town.
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Item Shop:
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In some towns, you will see a strange man in green. This man is called
Roykman. He will sell you items and weapons. When you want to buy items,
select buy, and then he will give you a full inventory of status healing and
other items.
You can buy all items in white. If you dont have enough money for certain
items, the object will be in grey.
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Roykman Inventory:
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Antitidote 20
Medicine 10
Pixie Dust 40
Pinwheel 60
Toy Hammer 10
Peppy Acorn 40
Breath Mint 40
Seed Powder 20
Magicleanser 40
Call Whistle 100
WorldScreen 5,000*
*You can only buy the World Screen item once. But luckily, you wont be
needing more then one of them.
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Dungeons:
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Dungeons are what you will most frequently be visiting in Wild ARMs 3. There
are more of them than any other field screen in the game. Because you are in
them so often, I will give you a basic rundown of what to expect. Take note
that there will be no puzzle solutions here; I will save those for the
walkthrough.
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Encounters:
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As I explained earlier, you will get to random encounters in dungeons. You
can tell that you are going to get into a random encounter when a exclamation
point (!) appears over the top of your character's head. These exclamation
points come in three colors:
White
Green
Red
Each color has a specific meaning.
Now when anywhere, take a look at that weird gauge in the top corner of your
screen. That is called the encounter gauge. Wild ARMs 3's encounter system
allows you dodge encounters by pressing the O button when you see one of
these exclamation points.
The exclamation point will not turn green until you have a higher Migrant
level (raised by Migrant seals found throughout the entire game). This means
that dodging the encounter will not cost any points on that gauge, the ECN.
When the gauge is red, two things can happen, each depending on your current
ECN points. If the gauge is too low, and you wont be able to stop the battle,
then the exclamation point will be red.
The second red exclamation point is far more dangerous. You will usually
start seeing these in Chapter 2. There are two things that can happen with a
red exclamation point. Either your party will be back attacked (and the
enemies have an entire turn on your party), or ONE party member will have to
fight the battle alone. For 3 rounds the party member will be alone, and at
the enemies' mercy. This is very bad. Try to avoid both of these for your own
sake.
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Gems:
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In dungeons, you will notice oddly colored gems. These gems, found in White
and orange, are always beneficial to your party. The White gems restore some
points on your parties ECN gauge, and the Orange gems restore some points to
your party's VIT.
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The menu screen is where you will do all of your party preparations for
dungeons and battles. The menu screen is also one of the more used screens in
the game. Take note that to get to the menu screen, you have to press
Triangle (in the default control settings).
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Items:
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The item screen is the command on the far left of the menu screen. Here, you
can rearrange and use items as you see fit. There are three commands on
this screen.
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Use:
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This is the command that lets you use any items you have in your inventory.
You can not use items that are greyed out, only 'white' items. You can search
through an items description by pressing the Triangle button, to see what the
item does. Scroll up and down, and press X to use the item.
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Move:
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This allows you to rearrange items as you see fit. This is the long route to
rearranging them, but it works nontheless.
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Sort:
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This automatically sorts your items for you. This is definitely useful when
you have a wide variety of items and you don't have the time to move them all
into their proper places. You'll likely use this and the move command to
make your inventory nice and clean.
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Mediums:
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This second command allows you to equip, change, or invoke mediums. This is
an area you have to master if you want to conquer the game.
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Invoke:
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This allows you to invoke, or equip, a medium on a character. To do this,
select the command and then chose which character you want to invoke a
medium for. Then you should have a list of what mediums are available and
what mediums the character has equipped. Select what medium you wish to
invoke (or remove) by scrolling up and down, and then press X.
The stat changes are shown on the left side of the screen.
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Personal Skills:
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This command lets you set and choose personal skills for a character. When
you choose personal skills, your list of 4 characters will pop up, as well
as the PS available for use out of the PS abailable total.
You gain 1 PS skill point when you gain a level.
Now that you can see the skill points, you know if you can equip skills on
that character or not. Scroll up or down to the character that you want to
set skills for and then press X. You will be shown a screen. This screen
is for setting skills. You can only set skills if a Medium is invoked.
When you see the skills, scroll over to the one you want and you should see
how much FP it costs to make one level of that Skill (It's in the top right
corner of the screen). If you have enough, press X, and set one level of the
skill. You can set up asmany levels as the game allows you to with the
skill. Some skills only allow one level, and others allow four.
Those 'blocks' show how many levels you can power the skill up.
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Equip:
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This area is for equipping mediums with items. The items you equip on a
medium give additional personal skills to each medium. If you're to equip a
Clear Chime on one medium, the character equipped with that medium will gain
the Confusion Ward personal skill. It's very, very important to note that
THESE CHANGES ARE PERMANENT. In capitals because it's so important.
If you want to remove the item, the item that you used will be lost forever.
Choose wisely when selecting which items to place on Mediums.
Mediums can only equip 5 skills.
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Auto-Battle:
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Auto-battle will help you a lot in the long run. It lets the AI do the
fighting for you. You will have three choices:
Manual: You can select the characters commands.
All Out attack: Character only uses physical attacks. Best on characters like
Clive and Jet.
Balanced: Character will use Physical attacks, magical attacks, items and
skils to heal the party of kill off the enemies. This is best on a character
like Gallows and Virginia.
Use this command on normal enemies if you are mad at random encounters.
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Formation:
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Formation stands for the order you select commands for your party. If you
want to select commands for Clive before Virginia, you can change the
formation. This is probably the least useful of the commands.
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Status:
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This command lets you see each character's status. You can see their luck
and all of their other attributes with this command. You can use the
directional buttons to switch pages. Each page has different information on
it.
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Stats:
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LVL: This is the characters current level. Raised by getting more EXP.
HP: Characters Current HP/Max HP.
FP: Characters FP at the start of a battle. Goes up one point when you level
up.
VIT: Current VIT/Max VIT. VIT allows your character to resotre HP after battle.
MTC: Material count. If you have 1 or more of these points, you can 'Summon'
a medium in battle. Summoning a medium costs all FP. This can only be
restored by sleeping at an inn.
EXP: The characters' total experience.
NXT: This means next The less numbers here the better. Shows how much EXP
until you reach the next level.
ARM: The name of the ARM your character uses.
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Parameters:
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ATT: Attack. This shows how much damage your character does physically when
he or she attacks.
DEF: Defense. The higher this stat is, the lower physical damage the
character will take in battle.
MAG: The higher this stat is, the more damage the character does with magical
attacks. Also the higher the stat is, the character will heal more HP with
heal spells.
MGR: Magic Resistence. Basically magic defense. The higher this stat is, the
less damage the character will take from magical attacks.
RFX: Reflex. The higher this parameter, the better chance a character has to
dodge attacks. Also, the higher it is the faster the character will be in
battle. A character with high RFX will go earlier in the battle turn then
someone with lower RFX.
AIM: Self-explanitory. The higher this is, the better chance your character
will hit the enemy with a physical attack.
LCK: With a higher LUCK stat, your character will have better chance getting
pre-emptive attacks and have more of a chance of doing critical hits in
battle.
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Personal Skills:
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Here you can view the personal skills that a character has equipped, and can
use all around. Only skills in yellow are ones that the character has
equipped.
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Arcana:
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This area lets you view the arcana a character can use in battle and its FP
cost.
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ARMS:
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This lets you view what your character's ARM(S) parameters are. These can
only be changed in an ARMS shop.
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Options:
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This command lets you set your in game options to suit your styles. Most
people use default, but if you want to change them, this is the command you
will choose.
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-chrts-
This section is devoted to the playable characters in Wild ARMs 3. I will
give you a basic rundown on each characters, strengths, weaknesses, bio,
battle abilties, and ARM abilities.
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-=-= Virginia --=-=
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Virginia is a kind hearted young woman who becames a drifter while looking for
her father. She has a strong sense of 'justice' and will take down those who
she feels are 'bad.' Sadly, she is green, and tends to trust the wrong
people.
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Virginia In Battle:
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In battle, Virginia's Force skill is one of the most useful in the game. It's
called Mystic and allows you to use items on your entire party. That means
you can heal your entire party in one turn, using one item. It saves a
lot of items in the long run and is definitely worth the 25 FP it costs to
use. Both early in the game and late in the game this skill shines and gets
you through the tough spots. It also allows you to double your EXP in
boss battles with the Lucky Card + Mystic combo. Using four rare items
for the price of one is always fun.
Virginia in battle is meant for speed. She is the best healer in the game, as
she goes before almost every enemy. And because of her great Force skill, she
makes a better supporter than Gallows. Virginia has the weakest physical
attacks in the game, but she has the highest reflex. She has the second
highest magical attack, so she works better as a magical attacker then a
physical attacker. She has the lowest HP in the game.
Give her the Personal Skill Green Thumb for nice results.
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Virginia's ARMS:
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Virginia, like most female characters in video games, is meant for speed and
spells. Virginia is not a naturally strong physically attacking character,
and that is her main weakness. Other thea that, she has a good HIT, a low
CRT, and excellent skills in both WGT and BLT.
Because of this odd setup, you should probably use most of her upgrade slots
for SHT, HIT, and CRT. Since she already has the lightest weight weapon in
the game, you don't need to bring the WGT down as much as you do for some
other characters. But its a good idea to actually bring it up, because she
wont do as much damage with SHT as the other characters, and with a higher
WGT, she can use Gatling more often. Her SHT actually wont be needed as much
as you think it would, mainly because of the fact that Virginia will be the
main healer throughout the game, and will be on support and defense most of
the time. A good Critical skill is needed because of the lack of damage she
does normally.
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Clive is the studious character of the bunch. While he does havw a sense of
justice, he would much rather learn about the world than save it. He is kind
and caring, and very loyal to all of his friends and jobs he does. But he
also has a sharp tongue - get on his bad side, and you're in for some major
tongue lashing.
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Clive in Battle:
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Clive's force skill is called Lock-On. Lock-on allows Clive to hit a
single enemy with 100% accuracy. This means he wont miss no matter how high
evasion the enemy has. It also doubles his normal damage. This is probably
the least useful of the Force powers, because Clive already has the highest
AIM in the game and there is not much he can miss with his normal attacks.
Some players will find this more useful then Gatling though, as it comes at a
cheaper cost.
Clive is the strong man of Wild Arms 3, being this, he is the slowest
character, and will remain so throughout the entire game. He will almost
always go last, even when you are at level 80 or above. But his physical
attacks are the strongest, doing more then twice the amount of Jets and more
than three times the amount of Virginia's. Because he has such high AIM, he
rarely misses, as well. Surprisingly, Clive has decent magical power. While
it's not up to Virginia's, it isnt as low as Jet's, either. But his physical
attacks are so strong that you most likely won't be needing to attack magically.
He has average stats all around, but thats not a bad thing.
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Clive's ARM:
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Clive is actually just about the opposite of Virginia. he is yet another Video
game cliche, also like Virginia. He is the strong physical character that
can't do magic worth crap. He has both the highest attack (SHT) and the
highest Hit (HIT) percentage. He also is excellent at critical (CRT) (also
the highest...) attacks. His main weaknesses are his decently heave ARMS
weight, and his absolutely HORRID Bullet (BLT) count.
All right, since he is good at just about everything, the first stat Clive
needs
to level up is his Bullets. I suggest by the end of Chapter 2 Clive having at
least 5 Bullets. Because he is so meant for physical attacking, you may want
him to have a good SHT as well. Since his base SHT and HIT are high, and grow
faster then normal, he is the best physical attacker. He also has a high base
CRT, so put more on the WGT then that.
Actually, for Clive I find it useful to take a balanced approach. I suggest
getting to level 3 on each of the stats, if you want him balanced. He can
easily be a powerhouse, but what use is that if he isn't all around balanced
otherwise?
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Jet is the mystery in Wild Arms 3. He has no memory of his past, nor does
he care to find it. He can be cold, as he only cares for himself. He also
does things only for the prize: the money. Its hard to keep him on your side,
but it is doable.
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Jet In Battle:
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In battle, Jet's Force Command is called Accelerator. This skill is a mixed
bag. While it certainly is not nearly as useful as Extension or Mystic, it is
more useful than Lock-On. Basically, it allows Jet to use 25 FP to ALWAYS get
the first attack for that turn. That means whatever action he does will be
first in that round, even before Virginia. This is good when you need to do
some healing quickly, or when you want to revive a character, and have
Virginia Mystic the entire party. As I said...a mixed bag. You will most
likely use Gatling more then this.
Parameter-wise, Jet is the worst magical attacker in the game. While he is
always one of the fastest characters, you will want to use him soley for
physical damage. He has the second-highest evasion, so his average physical
defense can be excused. He has average all around stats, but his physical
attack is the second highest in the game, right behind Clive's. Depending
on which Mediums you rquip, it can easily get over Clive's. His high
speed makes him a great and powerful attacker.
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Jet's ARM:
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Jet is actually somwhere in the middle of Clive and Virginia. He has a great
attack(SHT) and HIT skill, and everything else seems a bit more balanced. he
is actually the most balanced characters, ARMS-wise. His main weakness is his
rather high base WGT, which really isn't all that high.
Since Jet has a good BLT and CRT, make sure to wait for upping those until
last. Start with his weight, actually. Since he has all around good stats,
his weight needs to be upped so he can attack more often. Then go for hit
SHT, and then HIT. And from there, you can go wherever you want, depending on
your play style. A good SHT skill will be great at the end of the game, as he
will be another main physical attacker.
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Gallows is our bad boy. He is wild and all he wants is freedom. He speaks
his mind often and will be quite brash - making decisions without thinking.
His quick tongue is usually the downfall for the party.
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Gallows in Battle:
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Gallows' Force Ability is called Extension. This is tied with Virginia's
Mystic for best skill in the game. Extension gives gallows the ability to
cast magic on all the enemies (or all of your allies) on screen. This is
obviously a lot faster than doing it normally and works especially well on
your party. He becomes an excellent character on defense and for healing when
you use Extension properly. Sadly, his slow speed makes him a bad healer, but
that does not mean you cant use Extension to cast support spells on your
entire party at once.
Parameter wise, Gallows has the worst stats of any character. Yes, he has the
highest HP, but he needs it. he has the lowest defense and dodge (well
Gallows seems to dodge less then Clive...but Clive is slower) of any
character. He is slow, to make matters worse. He also has average AIM, which
just goes downhill because of his absolutely crappy ARM. Luckily, he has the
best magical attack and defense in the game. His physical power is higher than
Virginia's, but you will use him for magical attacks and not physical attacks.
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Gallows' ARM:
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First things first: Gallows has probably the worst ARM in the game. Almost
all of his stats are low, and average at best. But I guess that does deal
with how the game was made, because he is actually the best physical attacker
in the game (*hint* Valiant *hint*).
Because of the sheer low stats of his weapon, I suggest actually mainly
leveling attack. Also, to make the game easier, use Gallows for defense.
Don't ever use his Gatling skill, and save all of his FP for his invaluable
Extension skill. this will, leave you with a better chance to level the
skills he actually needs to improve. In the latter stages of the game, he
needs all the physical attack power he can get, so make sure to up his SHT
well. And you probably noticed...but Gallows has the single worst hit
percentage ever( I mean +5? What were they thinking?). You will obviously
need to up that quite a bit to actually get it up to normal levels. Focus
mainly on those, and then go for his bullets and CRT skills.
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-wlktr-
This section is a full walkthrough for Wild ARMs 3. As I said before, this is
step by step, room by room, etc. So if you dont like FAQs that hands-on, this
FAQ may not be the one for you. But if you do, please, by all means, read on.
I will discuss all sorts of puzzles in here, and give their answers. Also,
remember: THIS IS A WALKTHROUGH! THERE ARE GOING TO BE SPOILERS! I will try
and keep the spoilers to a minimum though, and only say: watch a scene and
then go here. But if you want to look at the enemies, and then the latter
dungeons, things may be spoiled for you by names.
Read on, if you still want to, now that you know what you're getting into.
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************* Prologue *************
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-prolg-
During the beginning, just watch a scene. Soon, you will be given a choice.
There are four characters to choose from, each with a different story and
difficulty. I will start from the easiest, and go to the hardest. You can do
these in any order you want.
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Girl in First Class: Difficulty: 1/3
-prlvg-
Watch a few scenes, and you'll learn the backstory.
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***** Gob's Hideout *****
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Coordinates: X: 15,698, Y: 24,616
Enemies: Gob
Boss: Hobgob Boss
Items: Tool: Tindercrest, Heal Berry, Heal Berry, Mini Carrot, 400 Gella, Heal
Berry, Duplicator, Gimel Coin
Key Items: Torn Photograph
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You start out with the bare bones in items. Try to not use any Heal Berries
unless absolutely necessary, as you dont have enough of them to waste.
From where you begin, have Viginia head directly south until you reach a
wall. Then haver her go east, flipping that switch (press X when facing it).
This will open the door. Now go through the newly opened door to the west.
On this next screen, watch a scene and you are automatically forced into a
battle.
After the battle, head directly west (up on this screen) and go through the
door on the north wall. In here, break all the boxes, press the X button to
lift the boxes and then X again to throw them, to the north and northeast.
Once the path is cleared, open the chest in the corner for the Tindercrest.
To use this, have Virginia face an item (or a direction) and press the Square
button. Now, head south and exit this room. Take note that you will now get
into random encounters, so be careful.
Once back in the room where you fought that first set of Gobs, notice the door
to the west of you. Equip the Tindercrest (press Start and then X), and then
go over to the far side of the door. Face the unburning light and use
the Tindercrest. This will light the candle and open the path to the next
screen. Go through the door and on the next screen head west and then
north. Go up the stairs, and enter the door on the west wall.
Here is yet another puzzle. Well not really...
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Hold down the O (circle) button and walk directly west 5 blocks
(dont fall through the holes!). Then go north one, and west three more. Go
through the door on this side of the room.
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In this next room, head south from the entrance and follow the hallway to
doorway on the east wall. Head south in this large room, lighting the candle
here. This will open a door. Now head north and enter that newly opened
door. In this smaller room, head over to the chest, and open it for a Heal
Berry. Head back to the previous screen.
Back on this screen, head east and then south. At the end, light the candle
here to open yet another door. Now head back north and go through the second
newly opened door. In here, open the chest to the north for another Heal
Berry. Exit the same way you entered. Back in the upper level of the main
hall, head through the door to the southeast of Virginia. In here, head down
the stairs (two sets) and press the switch on the bottom to open the door
halfway up the stairs. Now, go back up the stairs (this time, only one set)
and go through the door at the halfway point. Open the chest here for a Mini
Carrot. Go back to the previous room.
Now, head back down the stairs and, at the bottom, go through the door on the
west wall. Watch a short scene, and Virginia gives you a hint on what to
do. In the center of the main hall, head north, and then you will notice a
handle. Press R2 and X at the same time if you miss it. Now go over to that
handle, and hold X. Virginia will grab onto it. Now twirl the left analog
stick counter-clockwise a few times, and the door will open.
Head through the open double doors and you will notice that this area is full
of fun treasures. Break all of the boxes, and open all of the chests for 400
Gella, a Heal berry, a Gimel coin and a Duplicator. Open the chest in the
north corner last (this is the one with the Duplicator). When you get it,
watch a short scene, and you will also get the Torn Photograph. You
cannot discard this item. After getting all the items in this room, exit
through the double door the same way you entered.
Now, back in the main hall, head directly south, where you'll notice an odd
door. Use the Duplicator you got from the previous room on this door and you
will be able to go through it. In this next room, heal, save with a Gimel
Coin, and go directly south through the door. Watch a scene.
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Boss: Hobgob Boss
EXP: 24
Gella: 30
Item: Potion Berry
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Hopefully, you got Virginia to level 3 or 4 before this battle. Hobgob Boss
(how original...) is strong compared most of the enemies in this dungeon,
doing 4 or 5 damage to Virginia. Luckily, Virginia has high RFX (evasion) and
he will miss her a lot of the time.
Have Virginia attack physically, her attacks should do around 30 damage.
Heal her if she gets around 10-15 HP with a Heal berry. After about 3 rounds
of trading blows, Virginia will freak out, and her FP will shoot up to 100.
Guard on this turn to get your bullets back, and then choose the Gatling
command. Virginia will atack Hobgob boss 5 times for over 100 damage each hit!
The battle will then end and you can reap the spoils.
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After the battle, watch a scene, and Virginia's POV will end. You must now
choose another characters POV.
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The Boy Who Broke In: Difficulty: 2/3
-prljt-
As with Virginia, watch a scene.
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***** Doomed To Obscurity *****
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Coordinates: X: 23,984, Y: 16,137
Enemies: Ascomid
Boss: Tatzelwurm
Items: Heal Berry, 600 Gella, Mini Carrot, Heal Berry, Revive Fruit x2, Gimel
Coin
Key Items: None
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When you can control Jet, head up the stairs to the east and then go north.
Go up the next set of stairs to the left (west). Up here, head north, and
then west. At the end, jump onto the lower level and head west up the
stairs. Go south and then go up the stairs to the north. Go up another set
of stairs, and circle around the top of the 'pyramid'. Go up another two
sets of stairs, and you will notice a barricade. Examine it with the X button,
and Jet will take out his Boomerang. Press Square now and the barricade will
break. Go down into the dungeon. In here, head north towards the chest, and
watch a scene.
Aren't we having a good day? From where you begin, head north and up the
stairs to the east. Jump down to the easternmost lower level, then go up the
stairs south of you. Here, head west, and jump onto yet another lower level.
Head west here, and open the chest for a Heal Berry. Go up the stairs to the
north, and then go west. Head north, go down the stairs, and go up the stairs
to the east. Open the chest up here for 600 Gella, and now head to the north
wall.
To unlock the door. . .
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Stay on the north wall and walk along the small platform west. At the end,
face south, and have Jet use the Boomerang on the Light (lamp?). This will
open your path for you.
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Head east, and jump into the newly revealed area. Exit through the door on
the north wall. In this room, be cautious. Head west, and some spears will
shoot out from the ground. Use Jets Boomerang on them 3 times (they have
3 'HP') and they will break. Continue down the path without taking any
damage and enter the door on the south wall.
Here, head directly south, and break some more spears halfway through the
screen. Exit through the eastern door, and watch a short scene. You can talk
to the people, if you wish, but it's not required. Head directly east and
exit through the door here. Head down this path, break some more spears
(Annoying aren't they? Well there's a lot more to go.), and exit to the west.
In this larger room, watch a short scene. Jet gives you a hint on what to
do next.
Crossing the Netting, 1:
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Start by going all the way south (do NOT drop down) and jump onto the netting
above you (press X and it will happen automatically). Holding onto the
netting, head all the way west, and drop down. Open the chest for a Mini
Carrot. Now, jump off the east side, and head east, being careful not to step
on any area where there are four holes. Now go up the ladder on the far side
and head south again.
Get back onto the netting, and head south. Drop down halfway (you'll see the
landing below you..if you miss it, try, try again), and go north. If you're
missing the drop, watch Jet's shadow to make it easier, also stay on the north
side of the net.
Jump onto the northern net and head east. Drop down near the eastern door and
go through it.
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On this screen, head south, picking up any crystals needed on the way. Exit
through the eastern door.
Crossing the Netting, 2:
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Here, head south, and jump onto yet another piece of netting. Press X near
the side of the netting and Jet will climb up onto the upper level. On top of
the netting, jump onto the second set, right above you, and climb this net by
pressing X at the side. Head north and jump off of the top of the netting and
onto another netting. From here, jump onto the northeastern-most netting.
Climb above it, opening the chest for a Heal Berry. Finally, jump off to the
far south, and go through the door on the southeast wall.
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Head north, breaking some more spears - there are two sets this time. Exit
to the west. On this screen, head north, and there will be three spears.
These come out of the wall at you, so you need to be careful. Break them the
same way you do the normal spears. After passing the spears, open the
chests to the west for Revive Fruit x2, and a Gimel coin. Use the Gimel coin
now, and head down the stairs to the north. Watch a scene.
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Boss: Tatzelwurm
EXP: 48
Gella: 52
Item: Dragon Fossil
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Have Jet start by attacking normally. Dont use any FP, as you are going to
need it later. Jets attacks are strong, doing 50-70 damage to Tatzlwurm.
Tatzel is fast, but not as fast as Jet. His attacks do about 2-5 damage,
which is nothing if you gained a level or so while running through the dungeon.
Baking Breath, his strongest move, does about 10 damage. After a few turns,
the Tatzelwurm will heal himself with Recovery. Jet will now tell himself what
to do.
Use Jet's Force Command, Accelerator, and Tat will be killed. If you don't
have 25FP when the cutscene starts, attack again to hit that. Guard if you
don't have any bullets so you can reload. If you have bullets, use
the Accelerator to end the battle, no matter how much HP the boss has.
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After the battle, head south and try to go up the stairs. Watch the scene
and go through the newly opened door.
Crossing the Netting, 3:
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Go west and jump onto the netting at the far western wall. Climb onto the
top of the net and jump and jump up onto the netting to the south. Climb to
the top of this, too, and continue south. Jump down onto the net on the
southern wall. From here, jump down to the north or east to the lowest net,
which is right above the ground.
Jump onto the netting to the north and climb onto the top of it. Head onto
the net to the east. Flip up this one, and climb up the ladder. to the next
screen.
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Crossing the Netting, 4:
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Here, jump onto the northeast net, climbing onto the top. Turn south, and
light up the crystal. If you're having problems hitting it, stand at the
far southwest corner and face that direction. You can control Jet's
boomerang by using the left analog stick.
When you get it, jump onto the netting above you to the west. Flip up and
continue up to the second net. Climb up that one, too, and fall down to the
lowest level to the far south. On this low level, stand at the northeastern
corner of the net and target the second lamp with your boomerang. This
lowers the path above you.
Jump up to the newly opened path and flip up onto the top. Climb onto the
far southern net and go up the ladder to the southwest.
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In here, watch a scene and head southeast. Examine the wall and watch a
scene. Jet's POV will end.
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A Suspicious Intruder: Difficulty: 2/3
-prlgw-
Watch a scene. And be careful to read Gallows' newspaper when the game closes
in on it...it has absolutely nothing to do with the article title! The Arc
Scepter article title has information about horses and Call Whistles...
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Coordinates: X: 13,005, Y: 10,912
Shops: Inn, Save Point
Items: Heal Berry x5, Gimel Coin x3
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Gallows is the only character that starts in a town. When you gain control of
Gallows, head east and talk to 'Ellen'. She will ask you three questions.
Chose the top answer first, and then chose the second answers the next two
times (basically you want to tell her you're leaving and the reason why)
he will hand you five Heal Berries and three Gimel coins. New items in hand,
head north and enter the northmost door (it's a cave). This is the
Sanctuary. Watch a scene here, and exit the screen to the south. Continue
going south on the main town screen. Speak with the man near the exit,
his name is Cordell. He'll teach you how to search on the World Map.
You can't continue the game without speaking to him, as you'll be unable
to search.
Exit the Baskar Colony to the far south.
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***** World Map: Filgaia *****
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Enemies: Balloon
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This will be your first time on the world map. Outside Baskar, head south,
and when you can, go through the mountains to the west, continuing south after
that. By the beach, head southeast, and before you reach the desert area,
search around the grass to the south. To search, press the Square button.
You'll emit a green light around you. If doing Square does nothing, you need
to head back to Baskar and speak to Cordell, who will tell you what Search is
and what it does. It also unlocks the search feature.
You'll soon find the Southern Sanctuary, AKA the Fallen Sanctuary.
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***** Fallen Sanctuary *****
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Coordinates: X: 12,945, Y:8,506
Enemies: Pillbug
Boss: Kesaran Pasaran (x4)
Items: Heal Berry, Tool: Freezer Doll, Gimel Coin
Key Items: Arc Scepter
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Note: All the enemies in the Fallen Sancutuary are weak versus Ice attacks.
Have Gallows use Refrigerate on all of them, and you will get ice gems after
battle. Now this is important. Get as many ice Gems as possible (hopefully
over 20) as you can sell them for quite a bit of Gella later on.
From where you begin, watch a scene. Head north, jump down to the lower level,
and pull the lever to the north. This will allow you to exit the Sanctuary
by bringing the stairs behind you out of the wall. Now, ignore those steps,
and go north some more. Go through the door to the far north and enter the
main dungeon.
In here, go north, and when you see a block, press X to push it. Push it 3
squares (basically steps) north, and onto the switch. This opens the door. Go
through it. In this room, head a bit north, and enter the room to the east.
In here, open the three chests for a Tool: Freezer Doll, a Heal Berry, and a
Gimel Coin. Exit the room the same way you entered.
Back in the hall, follow the path north. At the end, there will be a lone
flame. Have Gallows equip his Freezer Doll, and press Square when facing the
flame. This will put it out, and open the door. Go through it.
In this next room, head west, and then south. Go through the door at the
end. In here, you will notice that there are four fires, instead of one.
The Four Flames:
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Go into the center of all four of these flames, and hold the square button down.
Rotate the left analog stick (while holding square) and Gallows will turn all
the way around, putting all of the fires out. This will open the door. Unlike
Virginia's Tindercrest, Gallows can hold his Freezer doll on infinitely.
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Head through the newly opened door. In this next room, head east down the path,
and through the door at the end. In the next room, go north and through yet
another door.
In this room, there are two switches and a block.
The First Block Puzzle:
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Move the block 3 Spaces west and one south. It should be on the floor switch
now. Now, walk over to the newly lowered switch, and step on it. This will
open the next door. Go through it.
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In this next room, head north and ignore the floor switch. You wont be able
to access that for a long, long time. So go through the northern door.
Continue north through the next room, and go through yet another door.
Continue north in this room, and you will see more flames.
Multiple Flames:
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Do as you did before with the four flames. Have Gallows stand in the center
of the circle of flames and hold down the square button. Rotate the left
analog stick around in either direction and he'll put the flames out,
opening the door.
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Save, and then go through the door.
In here, watch a scene, and the inevitable happens...
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Boss: Kesaran Pasaran (x4)
EXP: 48
Gella: 52
Item: Ice Gem
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This battle is four against one, so things can get out of hand if you are
weak. Luckily, Gallows has high HP and should be able to survive a lot of
their attacks. But still, be cautious. Their attacks do 5-10 damage with
each hit. That means up to 40 damage a round. Gallows can't stand long
against that, so have him heal if he gets under 70 HP.
Gallows should physically attack as the battle starts. It will take two or
three physical attacks to kill off one of the bosses. The goal isn't really
to kill them off though, it's to hit 25FP. Depending on how often Gallows
evades the enemies, this may take three or so rounds.
Do not kill a second Kesaran Pasaran off if you kill the first before you
hit 25FP. If you do, the first two will respawn and you'll be back to where
you where right when the battle started!
Once you have 25FP, you can win the battle. Have Gallows use his Force
Ability, called Extension, and use it along with the Refrigerate spell. This
lets your normally single target refrigerate hit all 4 bosses for over
100 damage! The battle ends after this.
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After the battle, watch a scene and head south and out of the screen.
Continue south here, and go to the screen previous. Continue south, and watch
a scene. Talk to Shane, and he will tell you what to do. Now, open the Menu,
and chose Item. Use the Ark Scepter from your inventory. Now talk to Shane
again and watch a scene.
Gallows' POV will end.
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A Drifter Guardsman: Difficulty: 3/3
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Clive has the shortest introduction, but the hardest mission.
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***** Den of Miasma *****
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Coordinates: X: 11,969, Y: 16,942
Enemies: Barghest
Boss: Goldrake
Items: Heal Berry, Heal Berry, Revive Fruit x2, Gimel Coin, 300 Gella, Heal
Berry
Key Items: None
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The enemies here must be the slowest enemies in the game. They are slower
than Clive, which is not something you'll normally see. Clive's battles are
going to be a bit longer than the other character's because of his lack of
bullets in his ARM. He must defend to restore them, so be patient.
When you have control of Clive, talk to the villager, who will give you a
Heal Berry. Now head north, and folow the twisting path onto the next
screen. Next, go east and through the door onto the next screen. Here, open
the chest to the south for a Heal berry, and then head north. You will notice
that its a dead end. Rotate the camera so its facing the western wall, and
you will notice that it is oddly colored. Have Clive use his tool, the Bomb,
near the wall, and then the door will be blasted open.
There wil be an intersection here immediately. Go down the west path, and
enter the door on the south wall. On this screen, blow up those weird blobs
with some bombs, and walk over them quickly (they can regenerate). Open the
chest for Revive Fruit x2. Now head back over past the blobs and go back
through the door. On the previous screen, head east and north, bombing those
rocks out of the way. At the top go through the door. Here, walk north,
being careful not to fall off the edge. Go through the door at the end of
the 'bridge'.
In here, head north, and west when needed. Kill off some more dangerous blue
blobs (with more bombs...aren't we glad Clive has unlimited usage for them?)
and head through the door at the top of the screen. Follow the wall and cross
this 'bridge,' being careful not to fall off as the path twists west and then
south onto the next screen. Follow this next screen south and west. Destroy
two or three more of those blue blobs that look a bit like ameobas. Pass the
door to the west, instead opening the chest to the far south for a Gimel Coin.
Head into the western door. In here, head directly west, and bomb the wall. Go
through the newly opened door. In here, you will notice a mysterious red
orb. You cant do anything with this red orb until much later in the game, but
you can still look and ponder over what it does. Open the two chests in
here for a Heal Berry and 300 Gella. Head back through the door.
Break the rocks to the north, and bomb the blobs. Go through the door at the
end. Here, save, watch a scene, and head north along the wall. Watch another
scene.
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Boss: Goldrake
EXP: 64
Gella: 60
Item: Potion Berry
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First off, like 90% of the other enemies in the game, Goldrake will go before
Clive. This means you need to be on the ball with Clives HP. Clive has
excellent defense, but that doesnt mean he cant be in danger. Goldrake does 7-
10 damage with his normal attacks. Don't worry about Clive missing throughout
the battle, he rarely misses any enemy with his normal attacks. His normal
physical attacks do over 70 damage, even this early on.
Defend when you run out of bullets and continue attacking. After around 275
damage, the Goldrake will begin to fly, and then you can not hit him with
normal attacks. Now, Clive needs one bullet, and 25 FP, so defend if needed.
Now, use his force skill, Lock-On, and the battle will end.
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After the battle, Clive will be poisoned. You cant do anything about it at
this point, so deal with it. He will lose HP as he walks or all around
moves. And you also have to get out of here. This is going to be a long,
painful walk back to the enterance.
From the Goldrake's nest, bomb the wall to the far east and go through the door.
You have quite a few of the poisonous blobs to deal with here. Remember that
the red ones regenerate, so destroy the blue ones first with your bombs. Head
east and then south to watch a short scene.
A boulder falls into your path.
The Boulder:
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Admittedly, I had some problems with this my very first time through the game.
Get as close to the boulder as possible, stay in one place, and press the
square button as rapidly as possible about ten times. Each of these presses
will set a bomb. It needs to be done fast so the bombs explode in succession.
After about six or eight bombs, the boulder blows up.
If you're not fast enough, the boulder won't be destroyed and you'll have to
do it again. Head through the door.
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Here, jump down to the lower level, and go south. Jump down another level,
pass the first door, and enter the second. Continue south through the next
door. Finally, head west and go through the final door. Watch a scene.
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***** Ballack Rise *****
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Enemies: None
Boss: Goldrake
Items: Antidote
Key Items: None
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Watch a scene, and you will receive an Antidote. Shortly after, you're forced
into another boss fight.
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Boss: Goldrake (Round 2)
EXP: 72
Gella: 80
Item: Antidote
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Like the previous battle, the Goldrake will always act before Clive and you
should treat that as a threat. Clive has high defense, but the Goldrake is
much stronger this time. Also take note that this battle will be quite a bit
longer than the first one. Whenever Clive's HP hits around 30 you'll want to
cure him with a Heal Berry.
On the first turn, Goldrake will use his poison attack. Have Clive attack the
first round and on the second use the Antidote. The Goldrake will not use
the poison attack again. Now you need to attack the Goldrake as much as
possible. Because he is permanently flying in this battle, it is hard to hit
him. It takes a bit to get Clives FP up, so you may want to use a Mini
Carrot. But have him attack until he gets 25 FP, and every time he does, have
him use Lock-On.
Have Clive use Lock-On not once, but 2-3 times and he will die. This battle
can be annoyingly long if you are weak, but it's still doable if you keep your
HP up and remember to defend when you have no bullets.
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Clives POV will now end.
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Chapter 1 starts after you have finished all 4 of the prologues. You can do
them in any order, but Chapter 1 will start when you finish them all. Watch a
few scenes, and your party will be together. You won't have any chance to
upgrade and your levels and stats are kept from the time you finished the
bosses in each character's respective areas.
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***** Train *****
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Enemies: None
Boss: Janus, Romero, Dario
Items: None
Key Items: Arc Scepter
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Watch a few scenes, and you are forced into a battle immediately.
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Boss: Janus, Romero, Dario
EXP: 56
Gella: 200
Item: Heal Berry x2, Mini Carrot
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This battle is a lot harder than the previous boss battles. Even though you
have all 4 party members, this can still be a challenging fight. Especially
if your characters are under-levelled. Try to get all of your characters to
around level 5 in their respective dungeons. Virginia will be the hardest
character to keep alive here, as she most likely will only be at level 3 or
4. She has the lowest physical defense at this point, as well as the
lowest HP, so keep her at full health at all times.
You should start by killing off the weakest of the baddies, Romero, first.
You can kill Janus to end the battle more quickly, but it will be harder and
far more dangerous if you go that route. Janus himself is the worst threat of
the battle, doing 10-30 damage to all party members at once. The other two dont
hit very often, but getting rid of them will make the battle a lot easier.
Kill Romero with pure physical attacks. If you need to have the entire party
healed have Gallows use Extension-Heal or Virginia use Mystic-Heal Berry. But
have Gallows heal with his spells most of the time, and it should work. Jet
and Clive should constantly attack, and defend when they run out of ammo. If
Virginia is taking a lot of damage, you should probly just defend with her
until someone needs healing.
After killing off Romero, go for Dario. He is as easy to kill as Romero was,
but save Jets and Clives FP if you are saving it up. Just keep attacking and
keeping Virginia at full health. After killing off Dario, use all your FP for
Gatling, and use it on Janus. This should easily kill him off, but if it
doesn't, just continue to attack and heal and he should fall in no time.
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After the battle, watch a scene. Now you're on the world map.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Enemies: Balloon, Gob
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Your goal is now Baskar Colony. You may want to spend a bit of time levelling
up in the wastelands near where you were unloaded though, especially if
Virginia is weak. Also, remember that whenever you travel around, you should
use the Search feature (Square) over and over. You never know what you might
find!
From where you begin head northwest, and then west. When you reach the
mountains, continue west past Fallen Sanctuary, which should look familiar
to you. At the beach, go northeast and enter Baskar Colony.
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***** Baskar Colony *****
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Coordinates:X: 13,005, Y: 10,912
Suggested Level: 6
Shops: Inn, Save Point
Items: Revive Fruit, Heal Berry, Heal Berry
Key Items: 1,200 Gella, Ark Scepter
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When you enter the town, watch a scene. During this scene, you will get 1,200
Gella and the Ark Scepters. Head south and exit the town.
There's a Revive Fruit in a barrel in Gallows' house if you want to get that
before leaving town, too. There's also a Heal Berry in the barrel in the
house at the far southeast of town. There's another one in a barrel in
a house to the southwest.
It's time to go (yet again) back to Fallen Sanctuary. In case you don't
remember the way, it's another short walk. Head south and west from Baskar.
Once you reach the beach, head east and the Sanctuary is right there.
Save before entering, there are four bosses ahead of you!
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Suggested Level: 6
Enemies: Pillbug
Bosses: Grudiev, Moor Gualt, Fengalon, Schturdark
Items: None
Key Items: Fiery Rage, Aqua Wisp, Terra Roar, Gale Claw
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Inside, head north, and go up that set of stairs you ignored the first time
you came in. You should be out in the open and a scene should play. If this
is where you are, this is where you need to be.
After the scene, you need to approach any direction to fight the Gaurdians.
I suggest starting with the Earth or Water Guardians, as their support will
help you on the harder Fire and Wind. You can fight them in any order that
you want to, but be sure to equip the Medium you just won after each battle!
The directions are as follows:
Grudiev - Earth: East
Moon Gault - Fire: South
Fengalon - Wind: West
Schturdark - Water: North
If you speak to Halle in Baskar, she suggests you fight Gurdiev (Earth)
first, then Fengalon (wind), then Schturdark (water), and finally Moor
Gault. Again, it's your choice.
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Boss: Grudiev
EXP: 34
Gella: 0
Item: Terra Roar
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This battle is with the Earth Guardian. He has the strongest defense of the
guardians, as well as the higest HP. He doesn't hit the hardest of the
Guardians you'll be fighting, but his attacks do pack a whole lot of punch.
He has an area attack, Planet Breaker, that hits all of your party for around
50 damage to everyone! Whenever he uses this skill, have Virginia or Gallows
heal the party. Again, Virginia's low HP may prove to be a problem here,
especially if you didn't fight a few battles out in the wasteland. If you
can't keep her alive you may want to get her to level 6 or so.
Grudiev sometimes counters with 'Megasmash', but it rarely hits. If it does
hit, it will do around 40 damage. Keep your entire party over 80 HP
at all times and attack normally. You may not want to have Virginia attack
and risk the counters, even if she'll likely dodge them. Better safe than
sorry. This bosses counters will hit more often than that of the Water
Guardian, Schturdark's.
Save your FP for Gatling and pound away slowly with physical attacks. If this
isn't your first battle, equip a Medium to Gallows and have him use magic
on the boss instead of attacking physically. He'll do more damage that way,
especially if Gruidev raises his physical defense. Then stop attacking
with Virginia and Gallows at all, since they're not going to do much. Virginia
probably won't even break 10 damage. If you've beaten Fengalon, you can do
double damage with his Wind Arcana. This battle takes a bit of patience.
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Boss: Moor Gault
EXP: 34
Gella: 0
Item: Fiery Rage
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Moor Gault is the second fastest Guardian, just right behind Fengalon.
I suggest not fighting Moor Gault (and Fengalon, for that matter) until
you've beaten Schturdark and Grudiev so that you have the advantage of
being able to heal and defend your characters with Heal and Shield,
respectively. You may even want to wait until after Fengalon, since
Moor Gault can hurt you rather badly.
This battle is a lot faster than the other battles, as Moor has little
physical defense. He'll likely take full damage from even Virginia and Gallows'
physical attacks. Unfortunately, Moor is the strongest of the Guardians.
While he has the lowest HP, his attacks and counters can kill you quickly.
Vapor Blast, his special attack that hits everyone will do 80-100 damage and
is quite capable of taking out low HP characters like Virginia in one hit.
To make matters worse, his physical attacks do 80-90 damage and he counters
almost every attack with a high hit percentage. He also has Cremate, but that
spell is the least of your worries, as it only does around 50 damage.
So, ouch. As you'd expect, you want to keep everyone's HP at max. Don't
physical attack with Virginia, as you're just asking to kill her if you do.
Instead have her heal with Heal Berries, or, if you've fought other Guardians
before this (and I really hope you have, because it's rough) have her
buff or heal your characters. The battle will go quickly as long as you
keep everyone alive. If you have Grudiev, cast his buffs on the low HP
Virignia first, as it may be a struggle to keep her alive if you're
at low levels. If you've beaten Schturdark, he will do double damage
with his water or ice Arcana.
This is, in my humble opinion, the hardest of the guardian battles. You
may want to go outside and grind a bit before trying this one.
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After the battle, you receive the Fiery Rage Medium.
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Boss: Fengalon
EXP: 34
Gella: 0
Item: Gale Claw
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As you may (or not) have expected. Fengalon is very fast. He is faster than
most of your party. and so you must heal beforehand, to make sure he
doesnt kill you before your party can even react. You need to plan ahead
and make sure that, hopefully, each member can stay at full health at the
end of each turn.
Though he is fast, Fengalon has the weakest attacks of all of the Guardians.
He has average defense, so physical damage against him shouldn't be too
much of a problem. If this isn't your first Guardian, have Gallows and/or
Virginia attack with magic over their physical attacks, since it will do
more. The main problem with this battle is that Fengalon uses a lot of
support spells on himself, including one that raises his speed and one that
raises his evasion. The former isn't really a problem since Fengalon attacks
before you, anyway, so you won't really see the effects of it. However,
raising Reflex(Evasion) can be annoying for Jet, who can't hit as well as
Clive with physical attacks. You may want to use Lock-On if this proves to
be too annyoing.
Fengalon's physical attacks do about 50 damage and his magical attacks around
30. Hi-Speed Ripper, his special attack that hits everyone does around 50
damage. Like the other guardians, Fengalon tends to counter. Unlike some of
the others, his counters rarely ever miss, so be very careful when attacking
with Virginia, especially if she has lower than 60 HP. If you've beaten
Gurdiev, you can deal double damage on this boss with his Earth Arcana.
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After the battle, you receive the Gale Claw medium.
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Boss: Schturdark
EXP: 34
Gella: 0
Item: Aqua Wisp
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Surprisingly, this enemy is not a magical attacker. In many video games, the
water elementals are magical attackers, but this boss has its strength in
physical attacks. His special, attack-all move is called Assault Tide, and
it does around 30-70 damage. It seems to be weaker than the other Guardian's
special attacks. His magical attacks do around 30 damage to a single
character. Keep everyone above 80 HP so that they survive Assault Tide, and
after each Tide use Mystic - Heal Berry. You won't have Extension - Heal
until after this battle is complete, since Halle took Gallows' Medium away.
Schturdark is very slow and tends to attack last, so it gives you time to
heal between attacks.
Schurturdark has high physical defense, which is rather obvious, considering
that he's a turtle. Schurturdark counters your attacks with "Big press,"
but it will miss a lot of the time, even on low Reflex characters like Gallows
and Clive. Big Press' low accuracy means it's safe for Virginia to attack
physically to help her gain FP. However, Big Press, when it hits, can do
around 50 damage, so keep your HP up. Use Clive and Jet's FP for Gatling
while Virginia's is saved for Mystic. If you've beaten Moor Gualt, you can
do double damage with his Fire based Arcana.
If this isn't your first battle, have Gallows equipped with a Medium and
have him use Arcana instead of attack physically, since the turtle has
high defense.
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After the battle, you receive the Aqua Wisp.
Once you have all of the Mediums in your posession, it's time to head back to
Baskar Colony and talk to "Granny" Halle.
Head down the stairs and back into the main sanctuary. Watch a scene, and
your party is automatically brough back to the World Map.
Remember that Baskar Colony is just to the west, north, and northeast of the
Fallen Sanctuary.
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Coordinates:X: 13,005, Y: 10,912
Suggested Level: 7
Shops: Inn, Save point, Item
Items: Revive Fruit, Heal Berry, Heal Berry
Key Items: Fiery Rage, Aqua Wisp, Terra Roar, Gale Claw
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When you enter, watch a scene, and its time to 'Invoke' your new mediums.
This is a delicate process, and you will want to keep the same Mediums
equipped throughout the game. While you probably equipped them for the
Guardian battles, they actually have stats on them now, as well as
"Personal Skills."
Making a choice for Gallows is actually the hardest of the four. I suggest
giving him Terra Roar or Aqua Wisp. Because Gallows has the Extension
ability, both of these paired with it will help considerably. With
Aqua Wisp, Gallows can Extension - Heal, but with Terra Roar,Gallows can
use buffs on everyone. I suggest, early on, having Gallows with Aqua Wisp
to make healing easier, but giving him Terra Roar later so he can help buff.
My setup looks like this:
Virginia - Terra Roar
Clive - Gale Claw
Jet - Fiery rage
Gallows - Aqua Wisp
But it's your game, and I am here to guide you through it, not dominate it.
After you have Invoked all of your new mediums, head south and talk to the man
in green.
Note: If you did what I said, and had Gallows get quite a bit of Ice Gems
during his trip to the Fallen Sanctuary, you will be in luck here. Sell those
Ice Gems (you may want to keep around 5, just in case) for 100 Gella each, and
you should easily get quite a bit of money. I got around 3,000 Gella just from
those Ice Gems at this point. And if you do this, you will be able to buy the
World Map, for 5,000 Gella. You will need this, so I suggest buying it as
soon as possible. And if you can, why not now?
Select Chat, and the man will tell you where to go. Head out of Baskar, and
watch a scene.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 7
Enemies: Balloon, Gob, Beast Slug, Spartoi
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FOr once, we are actually leaving this horrid, tiny area. yay!
From Baskar, head southwest and then east past the Fallen Sanctuary.
Continue east and you will eventually get to a large, flat stretch of land.
From here, head southeast until you see some railroad tracks. Once here, turn
completely east until you see a small "land bridge" going over the south.
Cross over it onto the new stretch of land. Here, head southwest, searching
around the area with the Square button. Near the beach to the southwest
you'll find the town of Jolly Roger, your goal.
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***** Jolly Roger *****
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Coordinates: X: 15,368, Y: 5:457
Suggested Level: 7
Shops: ARMS, Inn, Item, Save Point
Items: Mini Carrot, Heal Berry, Dragon Fossil, Gimel Coin, Migrant Seal
Key Items: None
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Note: Take note of the item shop. The item shop is sometimes randomized from
all of the locales you have visited and it may take a while to find it. But
note that he will always be there the first time you enter the town. The
item shop is that man in green clothes.
When you enter Jolly Roger watch the scene and head west. Enter the first
door to the south (it has a sign that says: ARMS by it). In here, talk to the
woman, and you will get to the ARMS shop.
Note: there will be a lot of ways to customize your ARMS, but it mainly is
done by how you play the game. You may want Virginia weaker, but having a
good Gatling ability. That would be more WGT (less?) onto her ARMS. Or you
may want to have Gallows as a physical attacker and neglect all of his other
stats. Look in the ARMS section to learn about some suggestions I have
for upgrading ARMs.
Make sure to upgrade at this point, as you should have the money.When you are
done, exit, and head west. Enter the largest building in town (it has a sign
that says 'Bell Star'). In here, talk to the woman, and select 'Chat'. The
lady will now give you an incredible deal, so make sure you select 'Yes, it's
a deal' when you can, and watch a scene.
After spending the night and watching the scenes, head out of the saloon/inn.
Outside, watch yet another scene (which shows you the true creepiness level
of our dear rival's sidekicks) and then head east up the stairs, and out of
the town.
If you're looking for items in town, most items are found in barrels and
boxes. At the top floor of the Inn you'll find a Heal Berry in a barrel
near the exit to the outside. Outside, there's a Mini Carrot in the barrel
on the deck. There's a Dragon Fossil in the counter behind the ARMs dealer,
you get there from the same area behind the Inn as the previous two items.
The lower level of the inn has a Gimel Coin in a barrel near the counter.
Finally, there's a rare Migrant Seal in this town. See the large box near
the exit? Have Clive walk around the box using bombs. the souther side of
the box will give in and walk into it. You'll find the Migrant Seal in here.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 7
Enemies: Gob, Beast Slug, Spartoi
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From Jolly Roger, head southeast, searching every few steps. You should find
1,500 Gella. This is around X:17,393, Y:4427. Continue going southeast until
you reach the end of the peninsula. Search around the end, and you should find
your next dungeon, the Ruins of Memory.
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***** Ruins of Memory *****
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Coordinates: X: 18,169, Y: 3,779
Suggested Level: 7
Enemies: Annaberge, Blue Book, Spartoi
Bosses: Janus, Romero, Dario
Items: Heal Berry, 1,500 gella, Gella Card, Dragon Fossil, Lucky Card, Gimel
Coin, Mome Pen, Growth Egg
Duplicator Chest: Name Tage x3
Key Items: None
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Note: You may want to bring an Antidote or two or this dungeon, as some of
the enemies, namely the Annaberg, can cause the Poison status.
When you enter, head north onto the next screen. In here, continue north, and
into the main hall of Ruins of Memory. Watch a scene here. After the scene,
head north and east. Go through the northeast door, and the real dungeon
begins.
In this room, go south, ignoring the second door (for now). Here, you will
find a switch surrounded by blue. That blue is glass. Have Clive use his Tool
(bomb) on the side of the glass, and it will shatter. Step on the switch, and
the door will open. Go through it.
In this room, head south. At the dead end, go east and up the stairs. Face
the lamp (globe? Whatever are these things called?) and have Jet use a
Boomerang to hit it. This will light the lamp and open the door. Head back
down the stairs and go northwest. Go through the western door. In here, you
will notice that you are on an upper level. Put Gallows in the lead, and have
him use his Freezer Doll tool. Hold down square and rotate the left analog
stick like you did in Fallen Sanctuary, and when all the fires are out the
door will open. Go through it.
Head north down the stairs, and use Clive. Have him break the glass
surrounding each of the three items with his bombs. Start by opening the
chest to the far south, and you will get a Heal Berry. Now head north, and
push the block Five steps (spaces) north, and onto the floor switch. This
will open the door. Go through it.
In this room, immediately break the glass west of you and open the chest for
1,500 Gella. Now head north, and there will be two doors. The door to the
south is unless (It will be useless until much later in the game), so enter
the door to the north. Start by breaking the glass north of you, and getting
the Gella card from the chest. Now head west and follow the path north.
Ignore the eastern door for now and go through the northern door. Open all
three (jackpot!) chests for a Dragon Fossil, Lucky Card, and a Gimel Coin.
when you have all of them, exit the room the way you entered. Now go south
and enter the eastern door. The door closes behind you.
The Locked Room:
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You're locked in here until you solve a short puzzle. Go east and pass
under the bridge. The northeastern statue on this side is missing an arm.
Bomb this statue and you reveal a floor switch. Step on it, and both doors
will open. Go through the far eastern door.
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In here, head south, and break the glass to the west. Flip the switch here
for a shortcut back to the main hall of the ruins. Don't go there just yet,
instead head back east and then north, entering the northmost door. In this
'study', head west and bomb the far western wall, where a door should be
revealed. IGNORE THE BOOK THAT NEEDS A DUPLICATOR, it's just a waste of
a rare item. Go through the door.
In here, open the chests to the south for a Memo Pen and a Growth Egg. You
cant open the sealed chest yet, so dont worry about it. You need to open
that door.
Hitting the blocked Lamp:
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Walk over to the far western edge of the upper level (that is, the level with
the chests on it), and you should see a Lamp. You will need to -steer-
Jet's Boomerang if you want to be able to hit the lamp that is positioned
behind the pillar. To steer it, you just use the left analog stick when
the boomerang is in mid-air.
Once you hit the lamp, it may take a few tries, the door will open.
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Head down, and go through the northern door. You're immediately faced with
another puzzel.
Multi-Colored Flames:
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Put Gallows in the lead and have him put out the single blue fire with his
Freezer Doll. Switch leader to Virginia and walk her over to the platform that
was just lowered by putting out the blue flame. Make sure she's on top of it.
Turn her south and line up with the flame. Use your Tindercrest on the
candle, which will light the flame again. However, with Virginia on the
platform, you're taken up to the lower level and can exit the room through the
northern door.
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Save and go through the north door. In here, go north, examine the wall,
and watch a scene.
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Boss: Janus, Romero, Dario
EXP: 112
Gella: 250
Item: Duplicator
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This is basically a longer version of the previous battle with the trio.
Each of the enemy's attacks do more damage this time, but nothing too extreme.
You should approach this battle a bit more cautiously than the previous battle,
as they do have some new attacks.
Trinity is their most devastating move. This does 100+ damage to a single
party member. So keep your HP above 150 at all times or your character will
die. Dario has a move called Zip Up that ups his physical defense, and Romero
loses his will to fight, causing his evastion to rise. Everything else is just
a powered up versions of their older attacks. The worst of them is probably
going to be Janus' attack-all, Multiblast.
First off, have Virginia cast support spells on the party. Or use her as a
healer and nothing else. You want to get her up to 25 FP though, so attack
until you reach that amount. Once you have that amount, you need to have
Virginia use Mystic. Now have her use a Lucky Card on the entire party for
the cost of one. This will double everyone's EXP after you win the battle!
You will need to do this a lot throughout the game, and should do so in every
boss battle possible.
Gallows should have either Aqua Wisp or Terra Roar and should use them. Have
Gallows use Extension-Heal or Extension-Shield. The latter will help reduce
the damage your party takes. If Virginia has Terra Roar, have her spend a few
turns casting the Shield on herself and Jet. Other than that, have her heal
with Mystic - Heal Berry. Keep everyone as healthy as possible.
Now that we have the basics down, we can work on strategy. Janus is the
strongest character in this battle, attacking all of your party members for 20-
30 damage. He also tends to counter most of your attacks, making him harder to
safely kill off. Unfortunately, this time you have to target Janus before his
sidekicks though, as strong as he is. At the beginning of the battle, don't
try to attack Romero or Dario, as Janus will just feed them Heal Berries,
which pretty much negates any damage that you can do to them. You just
have to eat their damage for a while until you can kill Janus. To make
the battle a bit easier though, the three will only buff themselves up
(making the battle harder later on) and use Trinity Attack.
Foucus all of your attacks on Janus. Attack normally, or with magic.
Whatever you want will do. After Janus dies, he will leave the battle, and
then Romero and Dario lose the ability to use the Trinity attack. Now you
have to deal with these two alone. Start with Romero, as always. He's
stronger than Dario, technically. However, the problem with Romero is
that during the first part of the battle he raises his evasion, making it
hard to hit him with normal attacks. You'll probably want to use magic
with Virginia and Gallows, while using Lock-On whenever Clive has the FP
for it. Jet should just attack and hope he hits. Fortunately, he has low
HP and will die after a few critical attacks.
Dario is more resiliant, since he raises his physical defense. Magical
attacks work well, as does anyone with Gatling and FP left from after
Romero. Alone, Dario isn't a threat anymore, he just might last a bit
longer than his brethen due to higher defense and HP.
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After the battle, watch a scene, and you will be brought back outside.
Note: I suggest you go back into the Ruins and open that chest with your
newly acquired Duplicator. It shouldnt be that hard to find at this point
and the enemies should be simple. It only contains a Name Tag x3, but still,
you want to open every chest in the game.
Head southwest to Jolly Roger.
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***** Jolly Roger *****
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Coordinates: X: 15,368, Y: 5,457
Suggested Level: 9
Shops: ARMS, Inn, Item, Save Point
Items: Any Items you find in boxes
Key Items: None
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Now that you are back, I suggest going and spending the night at the inn. You
should also have quite a bit more money, so upgrade your ARMs some more, if
nescessary. Head west from the entrance and talk to the NPC Dennis. He will
tell you about Midland Station, your next goal. Do everything you need to do,
save, heal, shop, etc., and head out of the town. We are going to a new area
of the world map!
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Coordinates: X: 14,552, Y: 6,868
Suggested Level: 9
Shops: Train Station
Items: Any Items you find in boxes
Key Items: None
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You should know this entire area of the World Map rather well by now, but
still I am going to give directions in case you've stopped playing for a few
days and forget.
The goal is where you first started Chapter 1, near the railroad tracks
between Fallen Sanctuary and Jolly Roger.
From Jolly Roger, head northeast and over that odd land bridge again. On the
other side, head west. Eventually, you will reach some railroad tracks. Once
you can see the railroad tracks, search around them, and you will eventually
find Midland Station to the far southwest portion of the tracks. This area
is your goal.
The Midland Station is, as you probably guessed, a train station. It's
basically a safe haven. Talk to the man in the ticket booth to the west. You
need to buy a ticket to Westwood at this point, for 120 Gella. This isn't
optional, you must buy the ticket to continue the game. If you need money,
head outside and kill monsters with magic, selling their Gems for 100 Gella
each.
After buying your ticket, head east and talk to the man in the train. Tell him
that you're ready, and you'll immediately head out to the Westwood Station.
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Coordinates: X: 9,642, Y:7,149
Suggested Level: 9
Shops: Train Station
Items: Any Items you find in boxes
Key Items: None
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Now that you're here, talk to the man in charge of the train station, and then
chose 'chat. Ask him about the area, and then he will tell you about a town
called Claiborne. That is your next destination. Head east and out of
Westwood.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 9
Enemies: Dryad, Pordarge
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Back on the world map, head directly east. You will be on grassy plains with
some new enemies, but it still wont be too hard. Keep going east until you
hit the railroad tracks. Search around near them and you'll find Claibone.
It shouldn't be too difficult to find.
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Coordinates: X: 11,739, Y: 7,141
Suggested Level: 10
Shops: ARMS, Item, Inn, Save Point
Items: Any Items you find in boxes: Revive Fruit, Mini Carrot, Gimel Coin,
Heal Berry, Revive Fruit, Pinwheel, Duplicator
Key Items: Horses (2,000 Gella)
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Note: This is the very first chance you have to buy horses. if you have 2,000
gella to spare, by all means buy them. But they are not required until a bit
later in the story. If you DO chose to buy the horses, this is your first
chance to do The Secret Garden Sidequest. Take note, though, that it will be
very difficult to do at this point. Even if you have better levels than most
people. You'll need to be well over five levels higher than the suggested
level to survive well in there. It's your choice though.
When you enter Claiborne, head directly north into the inn. Talk to little
Martina in the corner a few times, asking whenever you can. This starts the
Martina sidequest that you will do throughout the entire game. Then head
over and talk to the innkeeper (bartender, whatever) and choose chat. Ask
some more questions and you will learn some more about Martina. Sleep, if
you need to, and leave the inn/Saloon.
Outside, head east, and talk to the lady roaming around the eastern side of
town. Becky will tell you about a dungeon that some Drifters were asking
about and its location. Now that you have this information, head west and
south, and exit Claiborne when you're ready.
We are going to head for that dungeon.
If you're interested in items in Claiborne, there's a Revive Fruit in one of
the boxes you can break near Becky (the eastern side of town). There's a
Mini Carrot just nother of her in a barrel under the stairs. If you head up
those stairs into the house, you'll find a Gimel Coin inside one of the
barrels in there. In a barrel behind the Saloon/Inn you'll find a Heal
Berry. Inside of Otto's ARM shop, you'll find a Revive Fruit inside of
another barrel. In the empty house across from the ARMs shop you'll find
a Pinwheel in the barrel near the bookshelf. Finally, one last item. The
Duplicator in this town is inside the barn where the horses are raised. In
here, head through the eastern door to reach a small room. Examine the large
stack of hay to the far east to find the Duplicator.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 10
Enemies: Dryad, Pordarge
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From Claiborne, head directly east. Eventually, you will pass a railroad
tunnel. Continue east here, and search around the area. You should find the
dungeon in the center of this little side area.
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***** Serpent's Coils *****
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Coordinates: X: 13,768, Y: 7,806
Suggested Level: 10
Enemies: Jelly Blob
Bosses: Blonde, Timid Boy, Afro, Cat(?), Janus, Romero, Dario
Items: Gella Card x2, 2,000 Gella, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Gimel Coin,
Lucky Card x3, Clear Chime, Migrant Seal
Duplicator Chest: Nectar
Key Items: Andro Shield
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Sadly, this place lives up to its name. It is rather large and very
confusing. Luckily, there is a little switch that will make this area
easier. Just wait until I tell you where that is though...
Note: The Jelly Blobs here can only be damaged by magical attacks. They are
immune to physical attacks, so dont try it on them. Also, have whoever has
Gale Claw use Inspire (the Lightning elemental attack) instead of Vortex, as
that is what the Jelly Blobs are weak against. But this is a great time to
level up. You get Gems each time you kill an enemy with magic, and each gem
sells for 100 Gella. That means you get a minimum of 300 Gella per battle.
If you ever need Gella for a while, level up here and it will come quickly to
your pocket. You'll want at least a few thousand to buy your horses with
later, as well as any spare pocket change to upgrade your ARMs.
When you enter the Coils, watch a scene and head north onto the next screen.
Here, head north, ignoring the side doors, and go through the most northern
door. In this larger room, head northeast and go through the door. In here,
head north, and flip the switch. Now, jump off the platform, and go through
the eastern door. In this room, head east, and open the two chests for
2,000 Gella and Gella Card x2. Now, flip that switch. It works as a
virtual map, telling you what floor you're on inside the dungeon. This
navigator will show you that you are currently on Floor 9 (bottom right
corner).
After setting the navigator, head back to the previous screen. Here, (F8),
head northwest and through the door. Now head west and go through the south
door. Now you should be on 4F. Here, go south, and go up the stairs to the
west and go though the door on the western wall. Open all three chests here.
Each will have nothing in them, but you still need to open them for them to be
part of your chests total. After doing this, exit this room.
Head south and jump off the end of this platform. Here, go east and up these
stairs. Enter the northern door on the upper level. In this room, head north
and jump onto the lower level (not the bottom level, but the mid level). Go and
press the switch and watch a rather interesting scene. After the scene, jump
off the platform to the south and head through the eastern door. In here,
jump down, and head north. Go through the western door. Next, go west and
through the southern door. Continue south and go up the second set of stairs,
to the east, once again going through the eastern door.
Now you are where you need to be. Head north through the door that you opened
by pressing that switch. Dont worry, you aren't timed in this area (it isnt a
race, even though the game makes it seem so). Go north through this next
door and you should be on 11 F. Head north, and pull the eastern lever. Go
north again, opening the two chests to the east for a Gimel coin and Lucky
Card x3. Now, go through the western door.
Here, go south and up the stairs. Pull the lever to open the door. Ignore
that door for now, and head a bit east and then north. Go through the eastern
door, and beyond, watch a scene. Go back to the previous screen. Now on 12F
once again, head south, and then north. Go through the western door (this is
NOT the door to the far south).
In this hall, follow the path south down the stairs. Go through the door, and
there will be three chests. You wont be able to open the chest that is sealed
by magic just yet, but you will be soon. Open the other two for a Clear Chime
and a Migrant seal.
Note: Migrant seals are rare and very valuable items. Your Migrant level
goes up one number with each Migrant Seal you get. The higher your Migrant
level, the less points dodging an encounter (by pressing O) will take from
your ECN gauge. Get as many of these as you can, as you will be needed every
one of them.
After getting these chests, head back to 12 F. Once back on 12F, go south
and go through the door you opened with the lever. Jump off (or climb
down...) and go through the southern door. Here, go south, and go up the
second set of stairs once again. On 6F, head through the northern door and
into 10F. Go north through 10F and onto 11 F. Press the switch here again,
continue north, and go through the western door. FINALLY!
Here go south, up the stairs, and through the eastern door. Head east across
the area (careful not to fall off, you don't want go through all that again)
and go through the door. On 15F, head east and down the stairs to the
north. Go onto the next screen. You'll find an icy switch.
Tricking the blonde:
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Start by using the Tindercrest to defrost the switch. Once defrosted, pull
it so that the door to the west opens. Change to Gallows and use his
Freezer Doll on the switch. You can pass the area freely without any more
intervention from the blonde, now.
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Head west down the stairs and watch a scene. Save your game now and go
through the door at the bottom. Watch another scene, and it's time to fight!
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Boss: Blonde, Timid Boy, Afro, Cat(?)
EXP: 184
Gella: 200
Item: Potion Berry
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This is one of the first challenging bosses in the game. I suggest getting
the Clear Chime item, and then equipping it on one of your characters.
preferably one of your characters that has strong physical attacks. Use most
of your PS points on the Confuison Ward skill, as you will need it.
This battle is somewhat like the Janus, Dario, and Romero battles, except that
there are four foes instead of three, and they are a lot stronger than Janus'
party. Afro is the worst of them, as he heals, and also has the strongest
attacks.
Your first priority is getting rid of Afro. He does over 100 damage to a
single member with some of his attacks, and can confuse your members. His
normal attacks do around 50 damage, so he is a serious threat. If your entire
party is confused, it will wipe out itself without the enemies even getting a
chance to attack you. Obviously, wiping yourself out isn't a good thing, so
you need to go after Afro first.
Remember the trick we did with the last Janus battle? Where Virginia used
Mystic-Lucky Card? You want to do that in this battle as well. This battle
will give you quite a bit of EXP, and with the Mystic-Lucky Card combo you
will get even more. After having Virginia do that, have her use Shield on
herself. You may even want to Shield the party BEFORE the Mystic.
Have Gallows use Extension-Heal or Extension-Shield on the party. He is not
strong physically, but you need those FP, and so have him attack just to get
it. Jet and Clive should stick to normal attacks, their main strength.
If anyone goes below 150 HP, have whoever has Aqua Wisp heal them.
Now, you have a choice. You can get more EXP by killing off all the enemies,
or you can finish the battle quickly by killing the Blonde. I suggest doing
the former, but if you want to just finish the battle quickly, go after the
blonde.
If you chose the former, kill off Cat(?) before the Timid Boy. Cat does 30-50
damage with his attacks. Take note that Blizzard Breath is a lot stronger
than the normal Fire Breath. He doesnt have the highest HP, but he will still
take a while to kill off.
After Cat(?) go for the Timid Boy. The Timid boy himself is the weakest of
the enemies and isnt much of a threat, even to the lower defense characters.
Timid boy should die within a few turns. Dont waste any strong attacks on
him.
Now that you only have Blonde left, use all of your strongest attacks on her.
If Jet and Clive have enough FP, have them both defend to get their bullets
back and have them both use Gatling (or have Clive use Lock-On, whatever
floats your boat) and she should easily be killed by that. if not...just keep
pounding and she will die fast enough.
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After the battle, watch a scene, and then you will learn your new rival's
name. After Maya leaves, follow her through the door. Here, head north to
the end of the room. there will be two small sets of stairs. Go up the
eastern set, and head south. Open the chest here for a Duplicator. Now jump
off, and head north again. Go up the stairs on the west, and then go south.
Open the chest here, and you will get a Gimel Coin. Jump off, and head north
once again.
Note: You can go back to 14F and open that sealed chest, now that you have a
Duplicator. It contains a Nectar, and is well worth the effort of getting
it.
Before going through the door, save your game. Go through it, head north. Go
up the stairs, examine the wall, and watch a scene.
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Boss: Janus, Romero, Dario
EXP: 150
Gella: 164
Item: Mini-Carrot
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Compared to the battle with Maya, this one is childs play. Janus is still a
threat, though. He has gained quite a bit of power since we last fought him,
so be warned. His attack all spell does about 50+ damage and he counters
some attacks.
As always, Janus is still the biggest threat of the battle. Also like the
Maya battle, you can kill Janus off first and the battle will end. But if
you do that, you wont get all the EXP possible for the battle, and is not
really worth it.
Start with Romero first. He sems stronger than Dario in this battle, with
high accuracy attacks. Both Dario and Romero's attacks do around 40 damage,
as well. Just keep your HP over 120 and you'll be fine from their physical
attacks. You may want to use Shield on Virginia, though, just to be on the
safe side. Also, you'll notice an incredible defense bonus on Romero compared
to when you last fought him. He doesn't start off with the bonus of naturally
raised evasion this time, since you don't have to kill Janus off before him.
It will probably take a few rounds to kill Romero just because of his rather
large increase in strength and stamina. Save your FP while killing Romero
so that you can kill off Dario quickly with Gatling attacks.
I'd also like to note the Mystic - Lucky Card combo once again to help you
double your EXP in this battle. From here on out you'll want to use this
on every boss. Gella Cards are good on single target bosses, but don't work
as well with multiple targets. I will remind you every now and then to use
Mystic and Lucky Card, but you should do it yourself just to make the game
easier.
After Romero, go with Dario. He should be a faster kill then Romero was, as
he has lower evasion. It's really your own choice whether or not to use
Gatling attacks on him, since you probably have the FP for it after killing
Romero. If you use them, he'll fall incredibly fast, but you'll need to
builf up your FP for Janus again and killing Janus, the strongest of the
three, will take that much longer. I suggest having only Jet use Gatling on
Dario, while Clive saves FP for Janus. Virginia should be saving FP for
Mystic and Gallows should be saving his for Extension, so they'll likely
not get the chance to use Gatling.
Last, go after Janus. Keep your HP higher, because Janus counters your
attacks. He retains multiblast, which does around 40 damage to all of your
characters. Attack him however you want, I suggest magic with Gallows while
keeping Virginia on healing duty. Use Gatling (or Lock-On) with Jet and Clive
and Janus should fall quickly once Romero and Dario are gone. Do whatever
you like to do and the battle will end quickly, it's a bit easier than the
previous battles with Janus and his goons.
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After the battle watch a scene. You will get the Andro Shield and information
on where to go next. You also automatically exit to Claiborne.
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Coordinates: X: 11,739, Y: 7,141
Suggested Level: 12
Shops: ARMS, Item, Inn, Save Point
Items: Any Items you find in boxes
Key Items: Horses (2,000 Gella)
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You are atuomatically brought here. Watch a scene, and your party will then
decide what to do. Head south, and exit Claiborne like you would normally.
Make sure to stock up on items before you leave. Also, sell all of your
elemental gems from the Goos in the Serpent's Coils. You'll probably earn
a few thousand Gella from alone. Use the money to buy the Horses in the
stables or to upgrade your ARMs.
Once you've exited Claiborne, head southwest, past a plateau, and onto the far
peninsula. Head all the way down past the beach and search the area. In the
center of the souther portion of the peninsula lies Ka Dingel, the next
dungeon.
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Coordinates: X: 9,710, Y: 4,408
Suggested Level: 12
Enemies: Pordarge, Gagison, Annaberge, Empusa
Bosses: Trask, Janus
Items: Lucky Card x2, Duplicator, Gella Card x3, Gimel Coin, Heal Berry,
Revive Fruit x2, Blue Bracer, Gimel Coin, Mini-Carrot
Duplicator Chest: Booster Kit
Key Items: None
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Well, this is the last dungeon in Chapter 1. It isn't the hardest, but it is
decently long. Just keep your HP up and you shouldn't have any problems.
You will want to buy a few medicines and Antidotes before taking on this
dungeon, otherwise you're going to end up killing your characters to remove
negative status effects, and we never like to do that.
From the entrance, head directly north and into the second screen. You are
immediately confronted with a puzzle.
Block Bridges:
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Head north, and jump down onto the lower level. Go to the two blocks to the
west and push the eastern block one step north and two steps east.
Abandon that block for a second and go back to the western block. Push this
one three steps east so that they are lined up with each other.
Now, head north and go east around the room. Head south and up the stairs,
then walk over that block bridge you just made.
You have to push the third block around now. Push this third block two steps
east and two steps north off of the edge. Cross the new path you made and
open the chest here for Lucky Cardx2.
Finally, fall down on the eastern side of the block and push the block you
just used to get the Lucky Cards four steps to the west so that it makes the
path to the door to the next level.
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Once the puzzle is completed, head back over the two block bridges and through
the door in the northwest corner of the room.
In here, head west up the stairs, and through the eastern door. In this room,
step on the floor switch and then head south. There will be a lever for you
to turn, like in Virginia's prologue. Hold X, and rotate the analog stick
clockwise. The platform will slowly raise itself to the higher level. Once you
reach the upper level, head east and jump down to the north, to a slightly
lower level. Go through the door here to find three chests that contain
a Gimel Coin, a Gella Cardx3, and a Duplicator. Head back to the previous
room.
Back in this larger room, jump off to the west, and step on the floor switch
once again. Go rotate the lever once again. Back on the upper level, go
east, and jump off to the far side (inaccessable normally). Over here, step
on the floor switch and roate the lever to go up to the upprt level. Use
the second lever to bring yourself up to the highest level in the same way that
you did the previous two levers. Go through the western door to the next area.
On the next screen, head west through the area. Save your game before heading
through the door to the south.
Once through the southern door, continue south and you're forced into a
random encounter that isn't all that random. . .
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Boss: Trask
EXP: 250
Gella: 1,500
Item: MoonStone
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As you can see, trask is well armored, to say the least. If you try
attacking him, he will just reduce the damage. Even your strongest attacks
damage will not do more then 5 damage or so. That is the first problem you
will face. Don't even try to damage him physically at the beginning of the
battle.
The second is Trask's frequent counter attacks. He will counter your party
with an attack called Bio-Missle, which does around 90 damage. This means
that you need to keep your party's HP over 200 hundred at all times or else
they can be slaughtered by the counter attacks alone. Limit the amount of
attacks that you do to him per round to lower the damage that you take.
Finally, Trask likes to cause multiple status effects, including Poison.
Be absolutely sure to use an Antidote on the poisoned character, as he'll
start killing himself every round just by acting.
You should just attack with Virginia physically until she gets 25 FP. After
this, use Mystic - Lucky Card and then have her stop attacking. On the
same round, have either Virginia or Gallows use a Gella Card on the boss. He
drops an amazing 1,500 Gella! When doubled, that is up to 3,000, which you
desperately need this early in the game. Once the Gella and Lucky cards
have been used, have Gallows focus on healing and Virginia on buffing.
It's not worth it to attack with either of them because of the bosses
defense.
All right, now that the basics are out of the way, I'll tell you the trick to
beating the boss. As you'd expect, it deals with cracking through the bosses
defense. If you've been reading most of the books through the game, one of
them in Claiborne tells you about this trick. Since I'm assuming you haven't
been, I'll tell you right off.
First off, have whatever character you have with Fiery Rage the very
beginning of the battle by casting Cremate on Trask. That very same round
(or the next, but the same round saves you time) have the character with
Aqua Wisp invoked use the Refrigerate spell, so you go from Fire -> Ice.
This will crack the Trask's armor and he'll not longer be impenetrable.
Now that Trask's armor is broken, all physical attacks do around 200+ damage.
Take note that he will still counterattack, but this time with the attack Big
press, which you should know by now, doesnt hit very often. Big press isn't
nearly as bad as his Bio-Missile counter-not only because it misses, but
it just doesn't hit as hard. Now you can attack him, and he should die within a
few rounds. Even Virginia will do over 100 damage with her physical attacks.
Reap the wonderful 3,000 Gella spoils!
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After the battle, head south, and through the door. You can't do anything
with the floating red ball until much later in the game.
Here, go northeast and west onto the next screen. Now you are in yet another
large room, and you need to get to the other side.
Oh look, another Netting Puzzle!
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Climb the ladder to the north. Go west and jump onto the netting. Continue
west and jump off the netting at the far southwest corner, hopefully landing
on an upper platform. Now go south and jump down to the chest. Open it to
find a Heal Berry. Jump back down to the lowest level and climb back up
the ladder at the northeastern corner of the room to start over again.
Climb back onto that net to the west and jump off at the far southwest corner,
like you did the first time. Head all the way south and jump on the net over
here. Continue west and fall off at the end of the netting onto an upper
level. Make your way north to the third net and jump onto that. head over to
the northwest corner of the net and fall off, opening the chest for some
Revive Fruitx2. Wow!
Now we have to start all the way back over again. Don't worry, getting all
of the chests will be worthwhile later on. Head all the way back to the
northeast ladder and climb up, following the three nettings south and then
all the way west. Once you're at the northwestern netting, jump up onto
it and Flip/Climb up. Remember how you did that with Jet? Stay near the
edge of the netting and press X to flip up to the top.
You're done with this big room now.
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Once on top, notice that there will be two doors to the west. Start by going
through the north door. Head east down the stairs and enter the southeastern
door at the bottom. There will be two chests in here. Open the first chest
for a Blue Bracer and use a Duplicator on the second chest to get a rare
Booster Pack. Now, exit the room the same way you entered. Head west up the
stairs, and go back into the larger room where the netting puzzle was.
In the larger room, head south and go through the southern door. Follow the
stairs up to the next puzzle room.
Lights and Levels:
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There are two fires in here that you need to manipulate on and off to get
through this room. Stand on the southernmost platform with Gallows in the
lead and have him put -only- the souther (that is, left) fire out with his
Freezer Doll.
Once you're on an upper level, fall down to the north, leaving that fire out.
Keep Gallows in the lead and walk as far north as you possibly can to the
third platform. From here, use the Freezer Doll to put out the second fire.
This brings you tp the upper level again, where you can jump off to the
north and go up the stairs.
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Head through the northern door of the puzzle room. Continue southeast up
this next set of stairs to the final room.
There is no puzzles in this final room. Open the chests immediately south of
you for a Gimel Coin and a Mini-Carrot. Now, go east, and watch a scene.
Now would be an excellent time to use that Gimel Coin. Continue east, and go
up the final elevator.
On this top floor, watch an excellent scene, and prepare for the final battle
in Chapter 1!
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Boss: Janus
EXP: 310
Gella: 380
Item: Mini-Carrot
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Janus fights alone this time, but he is about 5 times stronger than he was in
the previous battles. He is faster and he always counters your attacks. Be
warned that you have to be very cautious in this battle. If you go on an all
out attack spree, Janus will slaughter your party with counter-attacks, and I
can promise you, that will not be fun. You will not want to attack (even with
magic) with Virginia and Gallows unless you're trying to get 25FP for
Mystic or Extension.
Janus ghas a shiny new attack called Rising Nova this time, too, to help
add to his damage from counters. This ability hits for well over 200 damage,
so keep everyone above 300 HP and you may even want to use Shield to save
yourself some damage.
First off, do not use magical attacks on Janus. He will just heal himself for
300 HP with a Heal Berry. So you are limited to physical attacks and
defensive spells. Virginia may want to Shield your party, and use Mystic-Heal
Berry. Of couse, have Virginia use the Lucky Card combo first. You may
actually want to use some of those Mini-Carrots you may have stocked up on
before this battle if you haven't already.
Janus's attacks do 50-60 damage to the entire party now, and his normal
physical attacks do 40 damage. Janus's physical attacks are stronger then his
normal attacks, and do 60 or so damage. He has 2-3 attacks per round, as well
as the counters, making him a very fast, and strong opponent.
Attack him only with physical attacks, and soon he will start COUNTERING
with Multiblast (the attack-all ability he uses) this point is the most
dangerous time. He can kill off characters that dont even attack him! Becuse
of this, you need to limit your attacks, or else have Virginia and Gallows on
constant healing duty. When he starts this, things can get extremely messy.
As I mentioned with Mini Carrots just up there, you can get FP without having
to worry about damaging your party and it will help you Gatling faster.
For an offense, have Clive and Jet use Galting. As I said, use Mini-Carrots
to do more damage to Janus. This battle will be fast, but like the Moor Gault
battle, it is deadly. Kill Janus as fast as possible, and dont let your party
members die off. Damage piles up fast with the counter after counter, and once
Janus starts using multiblast over and over, make sure everyone stays above
300 HP. Hopefully Janus will die quickly enough once his HP gets low that
Rising Nova and Multiblast won't kill you.
PS: Use a Gella Card.
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After an epic battle, Chapter 1 will end. Watch the scenes and your party
is automaticaly back in Claiborne.
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***** Claiborne *****
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Coordinates: X: 11,739, Y: 7,141
Suggested Level: 14
Shops: ARMS, Item, Inn, Save Point
Items: Any Items you find in boxes
Key Items: Horses (2,000 Gella)
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As you enter, your path is already laid out before you. Head south, and
exit the Saloon/Inn. Outside, head east and talk to the odd looking woman
(Becky) once again. She will tell you where to go. Now, if you havent bought
the horses already, you must at this point. If for some reason you're lacking
the money to buy them, head into the Serpent's Coils and kill the Goos there
for elemental crystals, which sell for 100 Gella each.
The barn where you buy the horses is just east of the Saloon. Speak to the
man inside and agree to pay the 2,000 Gella. You can use Horses anywhere
that you can walk on Filgaia, but you need a Call Whistle to call them from
a distance.
After buying the horses, you are ready to go. Exit the barn and head west.
Go south, and exit Claiborne. As you exit, watch a scene.
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Enemies: Dryad, Pordarge, Oak, Orc, Axe beak
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Note: before you head to Little Twister, you should go to the Westwood
station and speak with Martina there to continue her side quest. Speak to
her twice in Westwood. You'll see more of her later on.
Your goal is the town 'Little Twister'. From outside of Claiborne, jump onto
your horse with the X button and head directly west. Pass Westwood and you
will see some land that is barren. Dont slow down, and head over to the
area. If your horse stops, back up, and run over west once again. If he
jumps over, you are where you need to be. If he keeps stopping, back up
farther each time. Jumping over the ridge can be rather annoying sometimes
with the horse controls.
After you're able to jump over the ridge, head southwest, and walk along the
area at the edge of land. Once you see a beach, head a bit north, and
search. You will find Little Twister.
Before entering town though, you may want to head just a tad bit southeast and
search around. Over here there's a little bag of Gella around X: 6,620 and
Y: 7,810. If you find it, you get an easy, and much needed, 3,500 Gella.
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Coordinates: X: 6,105, Y:8,301
Suggested Level: 14
Shops: ARMS, Item, Inn, Save Point
Items: Grab Bag, Potion Berry, Peppy Acorn, Revive Fruit, Gimel Coin,
Duplicator, Black Market items (not yet)
Key Items: None
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This is Little Twister, the Mos Eisley of Wild ARMs 3. Everyone here is
engaged in illegal activities, like the Black Market. Also, this is the
birthplace of the now infamous Janus Cascade.
From where you enter, head north, and follow the town as it curves east. Go
through the door in the middle of the Sheriffs office and the Saloon/Inn.
This is a tiny house. Head north and examine the lever on the wall. Press and
hold the X button by it and rotate your left analog stick clockwise until the
door to the west opens up. Head through the newly opened door.
Once back outside, you are on the far, less populated, side of Little Twister.
Break the box east of the door and head outside the towns boundaries (dont go
too far, or else you will leave town). Head northwest, and open the chest
here for a Duplicator. Head back to the doorway where you entered this side
of town and head west. A bit in the western direction you'll notice an empty
shack just past the building that says "ARMS SMITH" (where, as you'd expect,
you can upgrade your ARMs). Upgrade if you wish and continue south. Stick to
the western wall and toss those boxes behind an empty building. One of them
contains a Grab Bag.
From here, follow the wall very closely Once to the north. You'll find a
hidden building situation slightly to the north of the abandoned house.
Inside this building, head down the stairs. In a barrel to the south you'll
find a Gimel Coin. There's nothing else you can do in here right now, so
head back up and go through the door we raised back into the main town.
Back in the main town, head west and enter the largest building in town, which
is the Saloon. Kinda makes you wonder what they do with their time, doesn't
it? In here, make sure you have 500 Gella, and then talk to the
owner/barkeep/inkeeper. Now choose chat, and when given an option, choose
1: "Point to the 500 Gella bottle". Now, watch a scene. Talk to the lady in
charge once again and select chat. She will tell you where you need to go.
Now head out of the inn. Head in either direction, prepare your party, and
exit Little Twister.
If you're looking for items, there's a Potion Berry in a barrel by the eastern
exit. In the empty shack on the outside of town, there's a barrel inside the
house that has a Peppy Acorn inside it. There's a Revive Fruit in a barrel
by the save point, too.
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Coordinates: X: 7,282, Y: 9,552
Suggested Level: 14
Enemies: Orc, Pordarge, Gerbug, Mimic
Bosses: Robed Woman, Janus
Items: Gella Card x2, Lucky Card x2, Gimel Coin, Mimic(Duplicator x2)
Duplicator Door: 3,000 Gella, Dragon Fossil, Heart Leaf, Heal Berry x3
Key Items: None
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To find this next dungeon, once you're back on Filgaia, head north. Circle
the mesa to the east and head for the far northeastern coast. The dungeon
is rather close to Little Twister, so it shouldn't take you too long to
find it.
When you enter, head north and through the western door. On this screen,
watch a scene. Now, your goal is to open that door.
The Gem Door:
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These "Gem Doors" can be extremely annoying to open, mostly because if you get
into an encounter while trying to open them, your bombs will be reset and you
have to start over.
Put Clive in the lead and position yourself near the center of the four gems.
You need to have him bomb the four gems in rapid succession, without having
an encounter before each of the bombs goes off. There is something of a time
limit, so move quickly.
When all four are lit at once, the door will open.
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Go through the northern door.
In here, head north and use a Duplicator on the western door. Go through the
door, where you will see quite a few chests. Open all four chests for 3,000
Gella, a Dragon Fossil, a Heart Leaf, and some Heal Berry x3. Now exit the
room the way you entered. Back on the previous screen, head east, and through
the southern door.
Now, head east, and go south onto the small platform. Watch a scene, and when
you can control your character head north, and dodge the trap. That is, the
moment the cutscene ends head north or south to walk out of the way. Speak
with Claudia. Now, head north again, go east and through the newly opened
eastern door.
In this hall, immediately go through the door to the east (your right). There
are four more chests in here, another nice jackpot! Open all four of them for
Lucky Card x3, a Gimel Coin, some Gella Card x2 and a Mimic. The Mimic you must
fight off. The Mimic is a normal enemy with a ton of HP and hits extremely hard
(over 400 damage a character) so keep your HP up. After you kill him, you get
the item in the chest, which is 2 Duplicators! Well worth the risky battle.
Exit the room the way you entered.
Back in the hall, head north and west. Go through the western door. In here,
head south, and west. When you can see a lamp to the side, stop, and face the
lamp. Stand about directly above it, and have Jet throw Boomerang at it. It
if hit the wall, the Boomerang will rop and fall onto the lamp. The door
should open. If it misses, do it again until it DOES hit. Go through the
door.
In here, watch a scene, and talk to Claudia. Hold down the X button, and you
will run across the path. Don't let go of the X button until you hit Claudia.
When you're across, talk to Claudia and continue through the door. Head
north, and through the door at the end to get to the next screen , where
you'll find another puzzle waiting for you.
Danger Room:
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Put Clive in the lead, and step on the switch. Run "into" the blocks and set
bombs the entire time around the same place. You need to be fast here or
you'll be pushed off the edge. If done correctly, the bombs will blow up some
of the first blocks, leaving you still on the platform.
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Head through the eastern door once you've destroyed the blocks and are safe.
In this hall, head south and ignore the block and floor switch. You'll use
that later, but for now you can't access them. Go through the eastern door.
Another, easily the worst puzzle in this dungeon, awaits you.
Gem Door, 2:
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This one will likely be extremely annoying. Hopefully you have a full ECN
Gauge, as you're going to need to dodge encounters throughout this puzzle.
Like the first one, if you get into an encounter while the bombs are un-
exploded, the bombs will be gone after the battle ends, making it so that you
must start all over.
Start by noticing the 8 gem blocks in the room, in two sets of four. With
Clive and his bombs we need to turn them all on at the same time. There is
a time limit, as the blocks do go off after a short time.
Head north through one set of blocks and turn the screen south. Place a bomb
between these two gems and walk south. Put another bomb inbetween these two
gems as well. Going quickly, put two bombs through the "main" path on the
second set of gems (that is, the second set of two, not the center two)
and walk north doing the same over there. It will probably take a few times
to get it right.
A short little figure, the numbers representing the lights you must light in
that order. Put the bomb between the two 1s, then the two 2s, then the 3s,
and finally, the fours.
1 1 4 4
2 2 3 3
This puzzle will probably take a few times to complete.
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When the puzzle is complete, head through the newly opened northern door.
In here, walk up the stairs to the east, and have Jet throw a Boomerang to
light the lamp. Now that the path is clear, Claudia will go ahead. Head
north, following Claudia. At the second "block" (or platform, whichever you
prefer) spears will jump out of the wall, like in Jet's prologue. Use his
Bommerang to destroy the spears and continue to the third block/platform.
More spears come out of the third wall, so destroy them with Jet's boomerang
to continue on. Save your game as you continue into the final room..
In this final room, talk to Claudia and then search the area to the south.
You will get the Gem she was just mentioning. This also releasing a trap, so
move towards Claudia quickly in order to avoid taking damage. If you do eat
the damage, be sure to use a Heal Berry on everyone, since it does quite a
bit.
Talk to Claudia again and watch a scene.
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Boss: Robed Woman
EXP: 390
Gella: 420
Item: Potion Berry
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Your first battle with this...mysterious robed woman is easily the easiest of
all the battles with her, but she can still be dangerous. This will be a
quick battle, usually only lasting two rounds, but the woman can still do some
serious damage to your party.
First off, the Robed womans main attack is called 'Eliminate Scanner'. This
attack is exceedingly strong, and does from 250 to 350 damage to a single
character. Because of the sheer power of this attack, have your entire parties
HP over 400 at all times. Note that the damage is not reduced, even if you're
defending. She'll start with attacking Clive only (in her anger) so just
focus on keeping him alive. He'll die in two hits, so someone needs to be
healing him every round if you want to keep him alive. Unfortunately, the
Robed Woman is quite fast, and you'll need either Jet or Virginia to do the
healing. Also, unfortunately, if you let Clive die, it will be close
to impossible to revive and keep him alive.
Attack her physically, as magical attacks dont work too well. She doesnt have
a high dodge, so almost all of your attacks will hit. Just keep your HP up,
and this battle should be done in a flash. Remember to wait to kill her until
Virginia has done the Mystic-Lucky Card combo though. Maybe have one of your
main atackers defend on the second round...
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After the battle, follow the woman into the northern door. You may want to
save again...
Watch another scene, and you are forced into yet another battle.
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Boss: Janus
EXP: 540
Gella: 580
Item: Baselard
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Unfortunately for your party, the previous battle was the easier one. This
battle will be much harder. Janus has gained a hell of a lot of strength
since your last encounter with him on top of Ka Dingel, so be warned.
Janus has completely different attacks in this battle. His big damage dealer
is called "Negative Rainbow". This attack does 200 damage or more to the
entire party. This is probably the most serious threat Janus presents.
Luckily, Janus can not do the attack every round, but he CAN do it every other
round. And he will.
So now you know Janus does 200 damage to your entire party every other round.
But his attacks dont stop there. He counters your physical attacks with Dark
Spear, which does 90 damage to the party member that attacked. His normal
attack does around 100 damage to a single member. Take note that after a
certain point of damage, Janus will start to counter more often. Don't
attack with Virginia or Gallows unless you're trying to get the FP to use
Extension or Mystic, as they'll just eat items and turns as you try to
recover their HP from the counterattacks.
Luckily, to make things more survivable, Janus is much slower in this battle.
He may even go after Clive, depending on your level. This allows your party
to be healed with Extension-Heal or Mystic-Heal Berry and so you can continue
with the offense. Just start playing defensively if one of your attackers is
in critical HP - you don't want the counters to kill you.
Attack however you want. Physical attacks do normal damage to him, and
magical attacks, with a strong magical attacker (Gallows) do quite a bit of
damage as well. Do whatever suits you. You may want to have whoever has Gale
Claw cast Turbulance so the characters attacking physically can evade Janus'
powerful counters.
One last note...you may want to use Mini Carrots on Virginia so she can keep
the party constantly healed with Mystic and Heal Berry.
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Note: The Baselard you get after the battle is definitely an awesome item.
this gives a Guardian the ability to Inertia Cancel (when you see
Challengeable!) for free (0 FP) and at any time. This will definitely save
your hide, so do whatever it takes to equip it on one of your characters.
After the battle, watch a scene.
Back in Filgaia, head south and enter Little Twister.
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Coordinates: X: 6,105, Y:8,301
Suggested Level: 16
Shops: ARMS, Item, Inn, Save Point
Items: Grab Bag, Potion Berry, Peppy Acorn, Revive Fruit, Gimel Coin,
Duplicator, Black Market items (not yet)
Key Items: None
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When you enter, watch a scene. Now head north, and enter the Saloon/Inn. In
here, talk to Claudia, and she will tell you information on where you need to
head next. Now exit the Saloon and Little Twister and you will head to your
next dungeon.
Note: Before you leave town, you'll want to buy a few status recovery items.
The next dungeon introduces the status Amnesia, which stops you from getting
EXP after battle. The boss at the end gives you Disease, Misery, and Amnesia
statuses in a single attack, so be sure that you have items that can cure all
three of these.
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Coordinates: X: 7,800, Y: 6,613
Suggested Level: 16
Enemies: Orc, Marid
Bosses: Slickster, King of Anglomois
Items: Tool: Steady Doll, 3,500 Gella, Gella Card x3, Growth Egg, Lucky Card
x2, Gimel Coin, Duplicator
Duplicator Door: Migrant Seal, Tiny Flower, Revive Fruit x2
Key Items: Moon Spark
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It's time to find our next dungeon.
Once again back on Filgaia, head southeast from Little Twister and stay near
the edge of the continent. Pass the beach and search every few steps. It's
southwest from the railroad tunnel in the wall. This is the dungeon.
At the entrance, head north. Step on the switch to the east, and the door to
the north will open. Go through it. In here, there are three chests. They
contain Tool: Steady Doll (which will go on Gallows and is required for
finishing this dungeon), 3,500 Gella and some Gella Card x2. Exit the room
the same way you entered.
Back in the first hall, have Gallows lead, and equip him with his brand new
Steady Doll tool. Now, head over to the west, and use it on that switch
behind the barrier you could not reach normally. This will lower the barrier
and you will be able to see a door. Go over to the door, and use a Duplicator
on it. Now go through the newly opened door, and reap the spoils from the
chests here. A Migrant Seal, a Tiny Flower, and Revive Fruit x3 are your
prizes for using the Duplicator. Well worth it. Now, exit back to the hall.
Back here, head west, and use the Steady Doll on the switch to the west. If
you're having problems hitting it, remember that you can control the Doll
when it's out, as long as you stay within the box range. It can fly around to
wherever you move the analog stick. By hitting the switch to the west, the
platform descends and lets you continue into the dungeon. Use a Duplicator
on this door. There are three chests in here. The lower two chests contain
a Tiny Flower and Revive Fruit x2. To get the top chest, you must stand
across from it and use the Steady Doll. You'll receive a rare Migrant Seal
after you open this chest. Exit the room.
Back in the first hallway, use the Steady Doll on the switch to the eastern
side of the room this time, and the platform lowers. Enter the far eastern
door to continue on with the dungeon. The dungeon's first puzzle is in here.
Block Pushing, 1:
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To move the block to the east of the entrance you must use the Steady Doll.
Stand on the west side of the block and push it one step east, it should be
against the far eastern wall. Heal around the wall and face north from the
south of the block. Use the Steady Doll on the block, and it's pushed up
onto the switch. The door opens.
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Go through the door and head south, west, and then north up the stairs. Go
through the northern door to the upper level and then head directly west to
the next screen. Continue west across the bridge and enter the southwestern
door. Our second puzzle is in this room.
Block Pushing, 2:
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This one's a bit harder than the last one, with three blocks instead of one.
Walk up to the upper level to the west and face south. use the Steady Doll
to push the block on top of the other one down to the ground to the south.
With all three blocks on the ground, push the far norther block (that is,
the one we just pushed the top off of) three times to the west by standing
on the east side and using the Steady Doll on it three times. It should be
on the switch. That's exactly where we want it, so leave it there and move
to another block.
The center block is next, that is, the one that is to the east. Stand
north of this one and hit it South two times with the Steady Doll. Now walk
around the small area to the eastern side and hit it to the west twice, where
it will be on the switch. This is in place.
The last one is rather easy with both gone, just hit it once to the south
while you're facing the north direction twice.
Once all three blocks are on the switches, the door opens.
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Head back up the stairs, go west, and through the northern door.
In here, go up the stairs, and go through the southern door. Now go west, and
south up the stairs. Face the button on the wall to the north and use the
Steady Doll to press it. This will open the door. Go through it.
In this larger room, head north until you reach an intersection at the far
northern wall. Up here, head west and follow the far western wall as it
goes south. At the very end, jump off, hopefully landing on that stuck floor
switch. This will un-stick it and the door will open. If you miss, head back
and try again.
Once the door is opened, head to the far north wall and this time head east to
the far eastern wall. Head south all the way and open the chest here to find
a Growth Egg. Head through the eastern door.
Here, open the two chests for some Lucky Card x2, and a Gimel Coin. Now head
southeast and stay against the wall. At the far southern wall (stay at the
wall!) and turn towards the switch. Use the Steady Doll on the switch, and
you will rise up when the platform rises. You need to stay as far south as
you can while still being in range of the switch. Go west and through the
door on the upper level. Head west through another door, and in the new room
head up the stairs, continuing through yet another western door.
Now you should be outside. You need to light three gems.
Outdoor Gems:
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Once you're outside you have a new puzzle to do. Remember, if you run out of
boxes to throw, just change areas and come back - they'll all be restored.
Start by heading east and up the stairs. Go south, and at the center, pick up
a box with the X button. Face west towards the gem and throw the box at it.
It should be lit now. If you miss, just throw another box at it until you hit
it. Once this one is lit, open the chest to the southeast and you'll find
a Duplicator. Head back down the stairs.
Pick up a box and go to the far west near the center. Stand on the stairs right
before the upper level. The problem you'll have with this one is trying to
find a range close enough but also far enough away so that you don't hit the
wall. The best place for this is to stand right at the very top of the stairs,
your feet on that white-ish "line" in the grass. One more left.
Pick up another box and head to the far southwestern corner, right below
where you tossed the last box. This one is off the screen a bit, but if
you rotate the angle you'll see the gem. Face the game and throw the box
at it. This one can be a bit tricky, too.
Once all three gems are lit, the door in the northeastern corner opens.
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Head through the newly opened northeastern door. In this room, immediately
turn west and use the Steady Doll on the lever across the way from you. This
lowers the path and lets you cross. Jump off to the west and go through the
door. This would be a good time to save your game.
In this final room, head west and then north. Ignore the revolving object
and head north through the door. Watch the scene.
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Boss: Slickster
EXP: 480
Gella: 500
Item: Clear Chime
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This battle is quite different from the previous battle with the Robed Woman.
First off, Slickster is a fan of status attacks. That is his main offense,
though he also has a few attack skills. The Slickster likes to use a
status attack called "Tri-Injury" over and over again. It is by far his
most annoying attack, as it causes Amnesia, Disease, and Misery. As I
mentioned earlier, Amnesia is easily one of the most annoying statuses
in the game, as it stops you from receiving EXP after the battle. Cure
the Amnesia first. The Disease shouldn't be a problem, since you
probably won't need to heal too often in this battle.
One of the major threats that Slickster poses is the confusion status effect.
Without a fast cure, confusion can be devastating and your party can wipe
themselves out. Have a Confusion ward on as many of your characters as
possible (even if you only have one, that will help). This will prevent at
least one character from being confused and may even save your party.
The only attack that Slickster has is Elimiate Scanner. This is not nearly as
strong as Robed Womans, doing only 200-250. This will only be a threat if he
does it on the same character two turns in a row, which is very rare. The
only other time it will be bad is if the character has Disease and you can't
heal them.
As you'll likely notice, the Slickster is radiating and blurred. This means
his evasion is buffed up. Whenever you fight the Slickster he starts the
battle off with this advantage. You won't be able to hit him very well at
all when this is on. The cure? The Decelerate Arcana. This will lower his
speed and evasion down to normal levels where you won't have problems hitting
him.
Attack the Slickster with physical attacks once you've used Decelerate on him.
This battle will be long because you should be healing status effects over
and over again. While the Slickster isn't particularly strong, he is very
annoying. You'll want one or two characters to be curing statuses every round
just to make sure that everyone keeps Amnesia off. I suggest not trying to get
Disease or Misery off, since that just takes extra time. You can just kill the
Slickster with physical attacks, so there's no need for anyone, except maybe
Virginia to have the Misery off until after the battle.
Remember not to kill him until you have all of your characters cleared of
the Amnesia status so that everyone can get EXP from the battle. This makes
the battle a bi more challenging and possibly drawn out, but why lose the
EXP?
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After the battle, watch a scene and you get the Moon Spark Medium. Now you
need to head out of Lunatic Garden. Unfortunately, there's no automatic
exit for us this time - we have to walk it.
Now, head south, and exit east. Here, go south, press the switch and jump off
to thr east. Go through the southern door. Now go all the way west and
exit back into the main dungeon. Jump down the stairs, and go through the
door at the bottom. Continue east through two rooms and fall off the
northern ledge. Go through the western door and watch a scene.
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Boss: King of Angolmois
EXP: 600
Gella: 650
Item: Dragon Fossil
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This is a rather...odd battle. The King has a hell of a lot of HP and is
physically strong. It would take a long time to kill him off normally, but
luckily, the game sets up a trick for you to do beforehand.
Start by equipping someone With the Moon Spark Medium, preferrably on Gallows
or Virginia. This will make the battle a lot shorter and easier. The Moon
Spark as a spell that rarely works on bosses called 'Grav'. This is somewhat
like a Demi spell from Final Fantasy. It takes off a certain number of HP
based on the enemy's current HP.
Start this battle with a small precatution. While Grav does a lot of damage
to the King, he is a very strong enemy nonetheless. His attacks do about 200
damage to a single party member, and you wont be able to stand up to that for
too long without healing. Have Gallows or Virginia Heal (whichever of them
doesn't have Moon Spark) whenever anyone gets attacked so that everyone's HP
stays around or above 300. The King has a special skill called "The Seventh
Moon" which does around 170 damage to everyone, so everyone's HP definitely
needs to stay up. To help prevent some damage, equip whoever has Moon Spark
with the Dark Ward.
Now that you know the preparations...Have the character with Moon Spark cast
Grav every turn. For the first 5 rounds of battle, this will take away about
1,600 HP. Have your other members attack as well because Grav can not kill
the King. Your attacks will do a bit less than normal damage, but attack him
anyways.
After baout 4-5 turns, the damage Grav does will go down, and you will know
that he is alsmot dead. Continue attacking, but this time only with physical
attacks. He will die within a few turns, and the battle will be won.
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After the battle, watch a scene and NOW the game will get you automatically
out of Lunatic Garden. This time you start automatically in Little Twister.
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Coordinates: X: 6,105, Y:8,301
Suggested Level: 17
Shops: ARMS, Item, Inn, Save Point
Items: Grab Bag, Potion Berry, Peppy Acorn, Revive Fruit, Gimel Coin,
Duplicator, Black Market items (not yet)
Key Items: None
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After watching a few scenes, talk to Claudia again and exit the inn. Head
south, and talk to Cormano near the entrance of town. Ask him about what he
has to say, and he will tell you about where to go. Now, exit Little Twister.
Note: This is a good time, if you are VERY confident of your abilities, to go
and do the Decaying Labyrinth Side Quest. I will give you a walkthrough for
getting there now. After the walkthrough for Decaying Labyrinth, I will help
you go forward in the game. If you don't feel ready for Decaying Larbyrinth
-just- yet go ahead and skip it until later. First, you need to head to
Midland Station.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 20+
Enemies: None
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From Midland Station, you should use a Call Whistle. With your horses, you
are ready to head over into the area where Decaying Labyrinth resides. Head
northeast from Midland Station and jump over that rift to get onto the grassy
area. (Remember, if you dont make it over the rift the first time, you can
turn around and try again). Now stay on your horse, and head east around the
forest (you can go directly through, if you wish, as well). At the end you
will see a little circle of grass. Search around here, and you will find a
town.
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***** The Secret Garden *****
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Coordinates: X: 17,709, Y: 8,239
Suggested Level: 20+
Shops: None
Items: Heal Berry x10, Duplicator
Key Items: None
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Though this is technically a town, there is only one inhabitant. When you
enter, head north and talkl to the girl. Watch a rather interesting scene,
and you will receive Heal Berry x10. Now you have a mission, should you
choose to accept it.
While you're here, head into Florina's house. In a barrel in here you'll
find a Duplicator.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Enemies: None
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From The Secret Graden, head north and then west, staying along the edge of
the continent. Search along the way and you will find 2,000 Gella at
around X:16,341 and Y:10,248. On the far western side of this side area you will
find the Decaying Labyrinth: Home of Video Game annoyances.
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***** Decaying Labyrinth *****
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Coordinates: X: 15,339, Y: 9,627
Suggested Level: 20+
Enemies: Rachael, Rat Monkey, Undead Reptile
Boss: Ring Keeper
Items: None
Key Items: Curse (Corpse?) Ring
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*sigh* well to start off, you need to figure out if you are strong enough to
take on this dungeon. You need to have both Virginia and Jet faster than the
Rachael's and be able to kill off at least one of them before they can go.
The Undead Reptiles need to do 0 damage to at least one of your party members
with their attacks. And you need to have some decently high evasion rates, as
well. If you have all of these, you can proceed. If not, you should level a
bit more, and make sure you are ready. The beginning of the dungeon is the
easy part...
Note: I was able to do this dungeon with little problem at level 17. It is
possible to do it earlier, but I was not willing to risk that much. You may
have some problems if you go before level 17, but it is possible. However,
if you do this battle early in the game, expect to get three or so levels
off of the boss and to use at least the 10 Heal Berries from Florina.
Also, expect at least a few Game Over screens from the Rachaels in sets
of four, so bring a few Gimel coins with you.
Last Note: Dont dodge any encounters for the first half of this dungeon. I'll
tell you when you can dodge encounters, but you need to fight all of these.
When you enter, head north, up and down some stairs, and enter the inside of
the dungeon. Head north down the stairs and onto the next screen. On the
next screen, continue north, and through the next door you will face your
first puzzle.
Well, not technically a puzzle, you need to walk around this room making sure
you dont fall off. Head north, and go east along the thin platform. Head
east, north, east, and go down the second path to the south. Go through the
eastern door onto the next screen. There's another set of short catwalks in
here, this time with their own puzzle.
Catwalks and Boxes:
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In here, go east and push the block east one step (space). Now go north, and
east when you can. Be careful not to fall off the platforms, or the puzzle
will reset! Step on the floor switch in the center of the room. Now head
north and west. Pull the block one space east, and go back to the floor
switch. Go west, north, and through the western door.
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Here, head south and west down the stairs Go west, and through the northern
door. Now go north, and step on the floor switch under the bridge. This will
open the door. Before heading through it, save your game, and dive on in. In
here, the door closes behind you. Head north, and jump down the different
levels and onto the floor. Examine the chest and you are forced into a boss
battle.
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Boss: Ring Keeper
EXP: 3,900
Gella: 4,000
Item: None
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Depending on when you do this battle, the Ring keeper is either hard, or
extremely easy. The earlier in the game you do the battle, the harder the
battle will be.
Ring keeper has two main attacks: a physical attack and an attack-all magical
attack. the magical attack is Dark elemental so the Moon Spark Medium and
whatever other Mediums that are equipped with Dark Rings will do well in this
battle. Both of his attacks do around 200 damage. The attack all does 200
damage to all members who don't the Personal skill Dark Ward. Also take note
hat he counters at times, doing even more damage to the party. Be careful while
attacking with Virginia and even Jet, who has naturally low HP.
Now, depending on your level, the above may seem kinda crazy. And it is. The
Ring Keeper is decently fast, but nothing too bad and nothing Virginia can't
handle. Have Virginia on constant defense. You probably shouldnt even have
her attack, unless you are out of Mini-Carrots. You probably wont have to
even use Mystic other then the Lucky Card Combo. But if you dont, Gallows
will be needing to be on healing duty as well. Everyone needs to stay over
450 HP at all times or the counters paired with his attacks will kill you
before you can heal.
Have Jet and Clive attack normally, saving up FP for Gatling. Use Gatling
whenever you can and you will slowly whittle the Ring Keeper down. Magical
attacks work, but are not the strongest. If you are going to use magic, use
support spells first. Especially spells that up your defense and evasion.
You'll probably want to use Shield on every character.
After a certain point of HP, the Ring Keeper will start casting Anti Arcana
zone. This will stop your entire party from using magical Arcana attacks, but
the Ring keeper can still cast his. You need to heal soley with Heal and
Potion Berries now, so you need quite a large amount of them. Anti-Arcana
zone stays for 3 turns. Try to use Shield before you get the Boss' HP too low.
Even at a low level this isnt the most challenging battle in the game and at
higher levels, it is one of the easiest. Just attack however you wish, and
heal when a character gets under 500 HP, and you should do just fine. He has
no extremely nasty tricks up his sleeves as long as you're willing to
dedicate more than one character to healing every round.
PS: Gella Cards are your friends.
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After the battle, choose NO. I repeat: Choose NO. Now save your game, and if
you are POSITIVE you are ready, select yes.
Now, this is one of the most annoying parts of the game. Your HP is set to 1
maximum. In battle you will only have 1/1 HP, and you have no VIT. You will
not be able to save, or use any healing items. This is a time where you have
to dodge every encounter you have, even if it means falling off the edge of a
platform to do it. This is also why I told you NOT to dodge encounters
throughout the beginning of the dungeon. You still have a lot to go, so good
luck!
Note: You may want to turn the music down in this section...they want to make
you go crazy, and it does work. It will also be annoying and throw you off.
After getting the Curse ring go north through the first door. Sprint north
through this second screen, and go through the door to the west. In here, go
north, west, and south through the southern door.
Catwalks and Boxes, 2:
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This is where things get extremely annoying and you'll probably be forced
into encounters if you want to finish the puzzle.
Push the first block one space south. Go west and step on the first switch.
Now, head south and push the next block one space to the south. Go east from
here and step on this switch. Now, go west, and step on yet another switch
in the cleared path. From the western side, head south and push the box here
one step to the south, Head east and step on the final floor switch.
This opens the door.
To get out of the room once the door is open, continue east and push the block
here one space east. Head south through the door. One annoying part is done!
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In here, go south down the western path, and go through the door at the end.
Head south through the eastern door. And in this next screen, head east onto
yet another screen. Now WALK (yet another screen you need to not fall off on)
east, south, east, north, south, east, and north again. Go through the
northern door.
Catwalks and Blocks, 3:
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Here is yet another block puzzle. Start by pushing the first block one space
north and press the western switch. Now head east, going north when
possible. Push the blobk north one step. Now go east, and south, pushing the
block south. Step on the eastern switch. Go back to the block, and pull it
two spaces north.
Continue north and push the block to the far north one space north. Step on
yet another switch to the east. Now pull the block you just pushed to the
north two spaces south. Head south and go west when possible. Head all the way
to the western side of the room and go north. Push the block up here one step
north and then walk all the way east to where you pulled a block south. To
the north is the next switch.
After doing this, head back west and push the center (that is, the middle of
the screen) block three spaces to the south. Head over to the western side
of the room and -pull- the northwestern block two spaces south. Head back
to the center of the room and go north and then west, stepping on the
remaining switches.
This should open the door. Now, fall off the side of any catwalk to
reset the puzzle.
Once the puzzle is reset, push the first block one space north, and go east.
Push the far eastern block east, and go through the southern door. This
puzzle will finally be completed, as the absolute worst part of the
dungeon is over!
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On the next screen rush sout, and go through the western door. Next, head
north, west, and then south, and go through the southern door.
Now that you are in another walking room (where you nered to walk across the
platforms) head all the way over to the west, pressing the switch. This will
open the door. Go through the newly opened door and head south. Drop down
to the lower level, and continue south. So close!
Continue south through two more screens, and the curse will be broken! Your
HP, VIT, ENG, and everything else will be set to maximum and you are invited
to take a deep, and very much needed breath. Head south and exit the
Labyrinth, being happy you never have to enter it again.
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Enemies: None
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Now that you are back on Filgaia, you need to head back to The Secret Garden.
Head east, past or through the forest, and re-enter the garden. Talk to
Florina, and she will reward you with the excellent ability to Garden plants.
This side quest is finished, and you should be relieved never to have to do it
again.
BIG NOTE: This is the end of the side quest. You are going on in the game
now, and I will assume you are at Little Twister from my directions at
Filgaia.
From Little Twister, head northwest. There's a hard to see path that leads up
the plateau to the northeast, north, and then west. Head all the way out to
the end of the peninsula where you'll find the Sand Canal.
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Coordinates:
(First Entrance): X: 4,215, Y: 10,937
(Second Entrance): X: 2,294, Y: 12,079
Suggested Level: 16
Enemies: Cave Taurus, Mimic
Boss: Jansa, Vendidurt, Wisraspt (Battle One), Jansa, Vendidurt, Wisraspt
(Battle Two), Jansa, Vndidurt, Wisraspt, Jasteuch (Final Battle), Janus
Items: Lucky Card x2, Gimel Coin, Heal Berry, Gella Card x3, 4,000 Gella,
Duplicator, Seed Powder x2, Gimel Coin, Mimic (Soul Feather)
Duplicator Door: Name Tag, Holy Root
Key Items: None
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*sigh* People, please bare with me. This is going to be one of the hardest
dungeons in the game for me to write for. It has a lot of: 'take one step
here and take another step in this direction' crap.
Note: If at this point you haven't switched Aqua Wisp from Gallows to Virginia
I suggest you do so in the near future. Gallows just isn't fast enough to be
your main healer anymore, and instead should focus on area buffs, like Shield.
When you enter the Sand Canal, you are automatically brought into a scene, and
then into a battle.
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Boss: Jansa, Vendidurt, Wisraspt (Battle One)
EXP: 360
Gella: 420
Item: None
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You will, most surprisingly, be fighting these guys more then once. You need
to master your technique in the first battle though, so you can fight them all
later and finish them with ease.
Now, since there are three of them, they can do what your party does. One of
them heals, one casts support spells, and one attacks. Jansa is the healer,
Wisrapt casts support spells on his party, and Vendidurt attacks. Also, take
note that they will dispel the support you spells if you cast them, so they
will be worthless in this battle.
Kill off Jansa, the red one, first, because he is definitely what makes
this battle a pain. He is the main healer of the group and he is -fast-. He
also has an instant death attack, which instantly kills the party member it
connects with .Because he is the biggest threat and the healer to boot, he gets
top priority on the death order.
After Jasna, go after Wisraspt. He casts support spells and will dispel the
support spells cast on the party. Not only that, but he tends to cancel
your actions over and over again, which is very annoying, at times even deadly
when you're trying to heal. Wisrapt makes the battle longer than necessary
Vendidurt attacks for maybe 150 damage and that is all he really does.
The others attack for the same amount.
Now that you know the damage and the order to get rid of them, you just need
to attack them. Magical attacks work, as do physical attacks. Any style of
gameplay works well in this battle. If any of them gets the Shield status,
have whichever character is equipped with the Moon Spark Medium use "Eraser"
to dispel the effect and you'll be able to damage the bosses effectively.
Take note that you probably dont want to use Mystic-Lucky Card because of the
lack of EXP the battle gives you.
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After the battle watch our little power-rangers run with their tails between
their legs and you will gain control of your party. Head northwest, and go
onto the next screen.
Now you are in the main dungeon. Continue northwest, and step on that blueish
tile in the sand. Have Gallows lead, and use his Steady Doll on the switch.
To hit it, make sure you're facing southwest. With the switch on, the blue
block moves across the sand, bringing you to the other side. Once you are on
the other side, open the Duplicator door to the north. In this room, open the
chests for a Name Tag and a Holy Root. Exit the same way you entered.
Out in the sand hall, head southwest and through the northwestern door. In
here, break the boxes in front of you so you can pass. Now go north, and put
Jet in the lead. Have him throw a Boomerang, and steer it (remember, we did
this at Ruins of Memory and Doomed to Obscurity?) at that Gem lamp hidden
behind the pillar. When it hits the lamp, the door will open. Go through it
and onto the next screen.
In here, head north and follow the path as it goes northwest. A the end, open
the chest for a Lucky Card x2. Now, head a bit south, and you will notice an
odd wall on the sand side of the room. Dash (with X) into the wall, and it
will fall over. Cross the sand to the southwest, and go northwest through the
door onto the next screen.
In this room, go southwest, and walk through the area below the waterfall. Go
northeast and break the boxes around the chest, and proceed to opening the
chest. You will get a Gimel Coin. Now, head back under the waterfall, and go
south. There's a hidden door under the waterfall. It's a bit hard to see, but
that's where you go next.
On this screen, you may want to save your game. Head northwest, and watch a
scene.
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Boss: Jansa, Vendidurt, Wisraspt (Battle Two)
EXP: 360
Gella: 420
Item: None
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This battle is a lot like the last one. In fact, it's nearly identical, but
remain cautious just in case.
Remember that Jasna heals and has the instant death attack, Wisraspt casts the
support spells, and Vendidurt is the attacker. If you remember this
formation, you can take them out to your lesuire. The order you want to kill
them in is Red -> Blue -> White, staring with the healer, then the supporter,
and finally the attacker. As with the previous battle, if Wisrapt uses a
particularly annoying buff on his party, you can dispel it using Moon Spark's
Eraser Arcana.
The enemies do seem to do a bit more damage in battle this time. They do from
100-150 damage. Most of the time it seems to be closer to the 150 mark
though. Keep your HP over 300 to stay safe.
As in the previous battle, you should go for Jasna (the red one) first. He
still has that instant death attack and is ready and willing to use it. He
also heals himself and his other allies for 200-300 HP, making him the most
annoying enemy in the battle. If you have all of your characters attack him
you can kill him in one or two turns, even if he has healed himself twice.
After Jasna, go for the ever annoying Wisraspt. He casts spells that lower
magical and physical damage to his party, and causes the battle to drag out
longer then it should. He is far more of an annoyance.
Lastly, Vandidurt. All he really does is attack, and rarely a few others
things. he is the least annoying of the three.
One last thing, you shouldnt use Mystic-Lucky Card here, either. You dont get
that much EXP from this battle, so its probably a waste. Wait until the next
battle, and you will do well.
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After the battle watch another scene, and the Power Rangers come back at you,
this time with their strong friend!
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Boss: Jansa, Vendidurt, Wisraspt, Jasteuch (Final Battle)
EXP: 480
Gella: 560
Item: None
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This battle poses are far more serious threat than the former battles with our
Power Ranger friends. You would be surprised how much more dangerous it is
just because of one extra enemy.
Well, first off the enemies attacks seem to do a bit more damage. More to
the 150 level than the 100. And Jasna still heals while Wisraspt casts
support spells. use Moon Spark and Eraser to dispel any of the positive
status effects that Wisrapt causes on his party.
But even with Jasna's instant death attack, he isnt the biggest threat in this
battle. Jasteuch is. Jasteuch has an attack that does 100-200 damage to the
entire party. He is also extremely fast, making healing annoying. His
physical attacks do around 200 damage, so keep your HP above 400 at all times
in this battle, or you will find yourself in critical condition. Use Shield
on lower HP characters so that they'll take less damage.
As always, start with Jasna. He is still the healer, and still has that
annoying instant death attack. He is the second worst of the bunch. After
Jasna, you will want to go for Wisraspt, as always. He still casts support
spells on his allies, and is as annoying as ever.
You can get Jesteuch and Vendidurt out in whatever order you want, but
Jasteuch is the FAR bigger threat. I personally prefer taking out Vendidurt
first, since he seems to have the lowest HP of the bunch and it only takes a
few attacks to kill him.
One last thing...you may actually want to use Mystic-Lucky Card in this
battle. This battle gives you 100 more EXP then the previous two, and is much
more worth it.
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Sadly, after beating these Power Rangers, the battle is won but the war is
far from being over. You still have to finish the longest parts of this area.
From here on out, it may be a bit confusing, but this is difficult to write,
since the area is taken, literally, one step at a time.
Watch a scene, and head west and through the northwestern door.
In this new section of the Sand Canal, head northwest, and go south through
the door. Open the two chests in here for a Heal Berry and a Gella Card x3.
Exit the same way you entered. Back in the hall, head northwest up the
stairs and go through the northwestern door.
Sand and Floating Blocks:
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In here, step on that first floor switch. Now, walk onto the white block to
the northeast. When you can, walk onto the second block to the north you
encounter. Stay on this block until it reaches some stable land. Open the
chest here for 4,000 Gella. Fall into the sand, and you start over at the
entrance.
Back at the beginning of this area, head onto the northwestern white block,
and when 3 blocks meet, go onto the far northeastern white block (the on the
farthest from you). Hop off the block and open the chest once you're on
stable land for a Duplicator. When the block comes back over to you, step on it
and let it take you to where the three blocks intercept each other. This time,
step onto the center block. When this block meets a second block, hop onto it
and when two blocks meet on the way, you must -very very quickly- walk from
the block you're on to the block it passes for only a second. You may fall
a few times trying this, though. Hop off onto dry land and open the chest for
Seed Powder x2.
Now, when the white block comes back to the platform again, step onto it, and
step off at the next platform. Now, walk onto the southwestern white block,
and when it meets with two others, go onto the south block. When the blocks
meet yet again, go onto the northern block. Head onto the next block, and
when on dry land, step on the switch to start the second part of the puzzle.
Now there will be two colors of blocks moving, black and white. From the
switch, jump into the sand to be back at the entrance. Once here, go onto the
northwestern white block and when it meets the other blocks, step onto the
farthest block. On this block, wait until it meets two other blocks, and then
step onto the northeastern block and wait until that leads you to a platform
where there was a Treasure chest. Now, this will be the first time you get
onto a Black block. Jump onto the black block to the east, and then walk onto
the last switch. Fall into the sand and go back to the entrance once again.
Back at the entrance for the last time, step on the blue block to the south
and ride it. Head through the southwestern door and be glad that this first
room is done.
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Just when you thought you wouldnt have to deal with a block puzzle another one
comes immediately. Sadly, this one is even longer and harder to explain then
the previous. *sigh* This is going to be a long strategy.
Note: You may want to stop the game after every block and try to read this.
this can be a very annoying puzzle, as you have to step perfectly.
Sand and Sinking Blocks:
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Start by stepping onto the far side of the white blocks, and waiting. When
some black blocks come up, step onto those. Step south onto the lone blue
block, and west onto the white block when it rises. Continue onto the lone
black block. When the blue blocks rise, step onto them, and then the white
blocks to the north. Step onto the black blocks to the north, and onto the
blue block to the west. Now step onto the lone white block to the west, and
then the black block.
Go onto the next blue block, and go north onto a set of white ones. Go west
onto a black block, and then south onto a blue set. Step west onto some
whites, and then west onto a lone black. Go south onto some blues, and take a
deep breath. This puzzle is FINALLY done.
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Head south, and off the screen. In here, go northwest, and then south. Open
the two chests her for a Gimel Coin and a Mimic which contains a Soul Feather.
Head northwest, and through the northern door.
Time for yet another sinking block puzzle. This one is a bigger and the same
rules apply. This is a bit hard to write, but I'm doing the best I can.
Sand and Sinking Blocks, 2:
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Walk onto the white blocks, and go onto the southern black blocks. Now go onto
the southern blue blocks, and then go onto the southern white block. Go onto
the southern black block, and east onto some blue blocks. Go south onto a
white block, and then south onto another black block. Go west onto a blue
block, and then west onto more white blocks. Go west onto a set of black
blocks, and step onto the southwestern (middle) blue block. Go onto the two
white blocks, and then step south onto some black blocks. Go south onto a
blue set, and south onto another white set. Continue south onto some black
blocks, and and west onto a blue block. Step west onto a set of whites, and
south onto a black. Go south onto yet another blue, and onto another set of
whites. Go south onto a black, and onto the western blue. Go west onto a
white block, and then south onto a black block. Now go west onto some blue
blocks, and west onto some whites. Go south onto a black block, and and east
onto a blue. Go east onto a white, and step off onto (FINALLY!) dry land.
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Head east, and flip the swicth here. This opens the door, and allows you
never to do that evil puzzle again. Now go west, and up the stairs. Ignore
the floor switch, save, and go through the northern door. Watch a scene.
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Boss: Janus
EXP: 540
Gella: 600
Item: None
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After all those annoying puzzles, this battle will probably be WELCOME. Well,
sadly, you dont have to win and you most likely wont. All you need to do is
survive for 3 rounds, and the battle will automatically end.
Janus isn't too much stronger in this battle. His negative Rainbow still does
200 damage to all members, and his physical attacks do 100. He does counter
every attack though, so keep your HP over 400. Proton Beam hits for around
180 damage.
As I said, you only need to survive three turns, so attacking isn't really
nescessary. But if you want the EXP, you need to have Virginia and Gallows
use Mini Carrots, and have the party attack. Use Gatling, and continue
attacking. Its very hard to win, but it is doable. (or so I have heard)
If you dont beat him, you wont get any EXP or Gella, so dont use any of those
boosting items. You wouldn't want to use a Gella Booster (Card) in this
battle, anyways. It would be a waste.
After three turns, Janus will cast UltraNegative Rainbow for 800 damage to the
entire paryty, or bringing your parties' HP down to one. Clive should attack
after this, so have defend on the final turn of battle so he isnt countered
and killed.
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After the battle, watch a scene, and you automatically exit.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 17
Enemies: Trilobite, Cursed Corpse
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You are probably a bit mad after that Sand Canal. I know I was after those
annoying puzzles. There's a short break to find the next town now,
fortunately. Just head west as far a possible, ignoring the path to the
north. At the far west, search and you will find the town you are looking for.
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***** Little Rock *****
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Coordinates: X: 25,292, Y: 12,559
Suggested Level: 17
Shops: ARMs, Item, Inn, Save Point
Items: Any Items you find in boxes: Duplicator, Mini Carrot, Name Tag, Heal
Berry, Dragon Fossil, Gimel Coin
Key Items: None
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When you enter, head north and enter the Inn. This is a very special Inn. It
allows you to listen to music for FREE. This is an awesome feature if you are
into the music in Wild Arms 3. Event 12 is highly recommended. After healing
and spending the night, exit the inn, and head over to the west. Talk to
Kovahn here, and he will tell you about a decaying ruins. Now that you have
this information, you can exit Little Rock.
If you spoke with Martina in Westwood station, you'll find her here in the Inn.
Speak with her to continue her quest.
If you're interested in items, in one of the boxes to the far west near Kovahn
has a Duplicator. Inside the ARMs shop one of the Barrels has a Mini Carrot.
At the very top of the area to the far west inside of the win cellar you'll
find a Name Tag in one barrel. There's another chest that you can't get until
later on up here, too. Also on the upper level, head to the top of the Inn
and examine the barrel for a Heal Berry. In the Mine shafe in the far east
you'll find a Dragon Fossil in a barrel. There's a Gimel Coin in a barrel
on the top floor of the Inn.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 17
Enemies: Trilobite, Cursed Corpse
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Back on the world map, head a bit east, and go up to the north. Follow the
path north, Before the beaches is 5,000 Gella at around X: 837, Y: 13,835.
After the beaches you will find the dungeon that's your goal. For now, ignore
it, and continue northwest. Search, and eventually you will find another
dungeon. this one should be familiar. This was Jet's first dungeon, Doomed to
Obscurity.
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***** Doomed To Obscurity *****
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Coordinates: X: 23,984, Y: 16,137
Suggested Level: N/A
Enemies: Ascomid
Boss: None
Items: Any items you did not get previously, Migrant Seal
Key Items: None
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This is basically the same as before, except now you have the ability to get
another item that you missed the first time.
Head up the stairs to the east, and then go north. Go up the next set of
stairs to the left (west). Up here, head north, and then west. At the end,
jump onto the lower level and head west up the stairs. Go south, and then go
up the stairs to the north. Go up another set of stairs, and circle around
the top of the 'pyramid'. Enter the room where Jet originally fell down, and
you will notice the chest is still there. Have Gallows use the Steady Doll on
the Chest, and you will get a Migrant Seal. Very cool.
Head out of the room, jump south off three levels of the pyramid, and exit
Doomed to Obscurity. There is nothing more to do here.
It's time to continue the game, so head back to the southeast to the
dungeon you originally passed. Make sure you come prepared though, it's a
doozy!
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***** Glimmering Emblem *****
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Coordinates: X: 23,317, Y: 15,496
Suggested Level: 17
Enemies: Hobgob, Fairylight
Bosses: Mono-eyed Titan, Hecto-eyed Titan
Items: 4,200 Gella, Heal Berry x2, Mini-Carrot, Gella Card x3, Duplicator,
Gimel Coin, Lucky Card x2, Growth Egg
Key Items: Flash Hit
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This is going to be a long, hard dungeon. If you need to, feel free to go
back to Little Rock at any time and stay the night at the Inn. The switches
you press will not reset themselves.
When you enter, you will automatically be faced with 3 paths. Meet this
dungeon: You have to solve 4 puzzles to get to the switch to open the path.
Basically this dungeon has about 10 puzzles that need to be solved.
Note: I am adding a header to the path areas. This will make it easier for
you people who only use the walkthrouhgh for one puzzle or so.
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East Path 1
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Start by taking the eastern path up the stairs and into the eastern door. In
here open the chest for 4,200 Gella. Now go east, up the stairs, and through
the door.
Now you face your first puzzle.
Lots of Lights:
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Put Virginia in the lead. You need to light four fires with the Tindercrest.
lThe ones to light are: the one in the northwest corner, the one in the center
of the row closest to the glass, the one south of the northwest candle, and
the southeastern most candle. This should open the door.
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Have Clive break the glass with a Bomb and head through the newly opened door.
In this room there are two chests to the north. Get them by walking into the
center of that thin platform and using the Steady Doll on both of them. They
contain a Mini Carrot and some Heal Berry x2. Now head west and exit the
screen.
Here, Equip Gallows with the Freezer Doll.Face the edge where you can jump
off, (DONT jump) and spray around the window. This should solve one half of
the puzzle. You know you did it if a short scene starts to play. Once you
have cleaned the window, jump off the ledge, and head south. Exit the screen
and you will be back on the original screen.
Back on the original screen, go south, and head up the west stairs and through
the go through the door.
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You're immediately confronted with a puzzle down the western path.
Blocks and Lamps:
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Jump down to the lower level and go up the western set of stairs.
Equip Gallows with the Steady Doll, and face east. Push the northern
block 2 spaces east with the Steady Doll. Now go north, and look south. Push
the second block here two spaces. Now, have Jet lead and use his Boomerang
to light the Gem lamp. The door will now open. Go north and through the
door.
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The second room contains a puzzle, too.
Blocks and Blocks:
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In here there are 3 blocks to the east. Take the block to the farthest north
and pull it west two spaces. Now push it north one space. This block will be
in place.
Now get the block that was once in the center of the three and pull it three
spaces west, and push it two spaces north.
Now get the last block, pull it three spaces west and then push it one more
space west. Now push it three spaces north, and the puzzle is done.
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Head up the stairs and cross east over the two sets of blocks that you made
into a bridge. Exit through the eastern door.
In here, open the chest to the south for a Gella Card x3. Now go north and
spray the window the same way you did the previous (with the Freezer Doll) and
the second path will be open. Jump down, and you will be done with this path.
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Once on the ground, head north and through the newly opened door. In here,
use Clive and bombs to break the glass and go through the northern door.
This room is part two of the dungeon. As with before, there are three paths,
and I will give you a walkthrough for both as I did in the previous manner.
Start by going up the eastern ladder. Now go through the eastern door.
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When you start the east path, go southwest, and you will notice a lone box.
Pull the box on the lowest level two spaces North and then two west. Push it
once more west, and the door will open.
Go through the door and onto the next screen. There's more fires in here.
Lots of Lights, 2:
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This one is a bit different from the earlier fire puzzle. Put Virginia in
the lead and have her light the center, northwest and southeast candles.
However, this will not finish the puzzle. Now go south and you will notice
3 boxes. Break the box to the far northwest, and then the puzzle will be
solved.
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Have Clive break the glass with a bomb and go through the newly opened
door. In this room, go down the stairs and open the chests to the north for
a Gimel Coin and a Duplicator. Go through the western door onto the next
screen.
In here, go north and pull the switch. This will solve the first part of the
puzzle. Now jump down to the south, and continue south back onto the
intersection screen. This time go up the ladder to the west, and go down the
longer western path. Make sure you pick up the Lucky Cardx2 before you enter
the door!
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In here you are immediately confronted with three blocks and, as you probably
guessed, another puzzle.
Blocks and Switches:
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Jump off, and pull the center block one space west and then push it once
space north.
Now get the block to the far south, and pull it once west. Push it once west
and push it two times north. This is only the beginning.
Now go up the stairs and walk over your new block path. On the other side, you
need to open the door. Pull the block in the center seven (yes, 7) times
south, and push it two times east. This will put the block onto the floor
switch, which opens the door.
Now, go back to the other two blocks. Pull the eastern one three spaces south.
For the last one, pull it one space east and then one space south. Now push it
two spaces south, and you will be done.
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Go up the stairs, over the blocks, and through the northern door. You're
immediately given a second puzzle.
Only two Blocks this time!
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Go as far east as possible, face north, and use the Steady Doll on the block
twice. Now, move back toawards the stairs. Stand near the stairs, face east,
and use the Steady Doll again on the second block here, so that both are on
the ground.
First we are going to get the chest. Start by pushing the eastern block
three spaces south, and one west. Now go get the other block. Push that one
one space east, five steps south, and then one west. Go back up the stairs,
go south, and then east. Cross over the block path and open the chest here
for a Growth Egg.
Now, lets finish the puzzle. Jump off the blocks to the west, and push the
southern block east twice. Now push it south two more times, and it will be
in place. Now go and get the second block. Push this one one time east, and
then south three times. This one will be in place. Now, go back up the
stairs, head east, and go over the block path. Continue east, and go through
the eastern door.
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In here, go north, and pull the final switch. Jump off to the south, and head
north through the newly opened path.
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Save your game in here. Now have Clive break the glass, and continue north.
In here, go north and watch a scene. You will now get the Flash Hit medium,
which I suggest equipping on Gallows at the start of...
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Boss: Mono-eyed Titan
Weakness: Light
Resistant: Dark
EXP: 900
Gella: 1,100
Item: Dark Ring
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The Mono-eyed Titan attacks with mainly dark spells. Though he sometimes
physically attacks, the spells are the far greater threat. Whoever has Moon
Spark should cap their points in Dark Wards, if only for the next battles.
The first thing you may have noticed in this battle was his weakness, which is
Light. Dark Spells (Grav) wont work on Mono-eyed Titan, so dont worry about
using those. But because of his direct weakness for Light spoells, you can
use your newey acquired Flash Hit. Using Spectre on this boss will do
upwards 500 damage to him. Flash hit also has the extremely broken (in a good
way) spell called "Valiant" (see the note after this boss strategy) that can
raise your attack when you've lost a bit of HP.
The bosses main attack is the Arcana spell Dark Matter. This spell does from
100-300 damage to a single character. If a character has the Dark Ward from
Moon Spark on them, they will lower the damage, even nullify it. So even if
your party is weak, you can win the battle with the character with the Dark
Ward almost unharmed.
Attack him physically. Build up FP and go all out. The character with Flash
hit should use Spectre, as that will be your strongest offense in this
battle. You shouldn't need to heal too much in this battle, but be cautious
and stay over 400 HP just in case. If you're willing to use a turn to attack
and Buff, you can have Gallows use Extension - Valiant and keep Clive and
Jet slightly away from full HP. This raises their attack power quite a bit.
PS: From now on (or when fighting any enemy who gives more then 750 Gella
after a battle) you should use a Gella Card. Since Gella Cards sell for 1,500
Gella, using it on an enemy who gives less then 750 Gella is a waste. But on
any enemy or boss that does, it is well worth it.
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Big, huge, super note: Flash Hit has the spell Valiant, which is, arguably, one
of the most broken Arcana spells in the game. At later levels when you're
missing about half of your HP it will add thousands of damage to your attacks.
I highly suggest using Flash Hit on Gallows so he can use Extension - Valiant
throughout the rest of the game. I consider Valiant to be one of the two
abilities that make this game "Cheap and easy." However, if you're fine with
the broken strength of the Arcana, go ahead and use it.
After the battle, head north onto the next screen. In here, go north and
examine the black object at the top of the screen. Watch a disturbing scene,
and then head south back onto the previous screen.
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Boss: Hecto-eyed Titan
Weakness: Dark
Resistant: Light
EXP: 1,200
Gella: 1,400
Item: Mini-Carrot
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This battle is almost exactly opposite of the previous battle. The Hecto-eyed
Titan is much stronger then his other breathen. He has stronger attacks, and
counters 90% of the time. Where the last boss is weak, this boss is strong.
His counters do around 100 damage, as does his normal physical attacks. He
doesn't attack with magical attacks often, but his counters make up for his
lack of damage he may lose from that. Just for this battle you may want to
put Moon Spark onto Clive or Jet, since they'll be the ones attacking most
often and the boss counters with the Dark based Dark matter spell.
Also, unlike many bosses, Grav works on Hecto-eyed Titan. It will start by
doing a good sum of damage, but as you attack him it will go down by
quite a bit. It will work for a few turns, but when the damage goes under
100, its not worth it to use it anymore. Grav is a main offense in the
battle, though it is very easy to win the battle without it.
When the Hecto-eyed Titan does attack magically, they are light-elemental. So
the character with Flash Hit can be immune to Light elemental magical
attacks. This will lower the damage he can cause to a person. Sadly, he
doesn't attack with magical attacks as often as his Mono-eyed breathen, and so
it is harder to lower the damage he does. His magical attacks are mostly
limited to dark based counter-attacks.
Hecto-eyed Titan is stronger versus physical attacks then most monsters, and
so if you have a party on the weaker end of the scale, you may want to rely on
Grav more. He is still damaged by physical attacks, just not to the sheer
extent of some monsters. I highly suggest using Extension - Valiant to help
your damage a bit.
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After the battle, watch a scene, and as always, you automatically exit the
dungeon.
Once back on Filgaia, head south all the way. At the end of the continent,
go west back to Little Rock.
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Coordinates: X: 25,292, Y: 12,559
Suggested Level: 18
Shops: ARMS, Item, Inn, Save Point
Items: Any Items you find in boxes: Duplicator, Mini Carrot, Name Tag, Heal
Berry, Dragon Fossil, Gimel Coin
Key Items: None
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When you enter Little Rock, head west and talk to the man to the far west.
This is Goodwin. 'Ask' him about Leylines, and you will learn your next
destination. Save, prepare, upgrade, sleep, do whatever you need to, and head
back onto the world map.
From Little Rock, head east and north when you came. Continue to Glittering
Emblem and from there, head all the way southwest (dont cross the land
bridge). North of the land bridge should be a small peninsula. Check around
here to find the dungeon that Godwin mentions.
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Coordinates: X:22,890, Y: 14,384
Suggested Level: 18
Enemies: Cursed Corpse, Targum, Comic Book, Bonedrake, Mimic
Boss: Asgard
Items: Lucky Card, Heal Berry x2, Tool: Radar, Dragon Fossil, Call Whistle
x3, Magicleanser x3, Gimel Coin, Gella Card, 4,500 Gella, Dragon Fossil,
Mimic x2(Holy Ankh)
Key Items: ID Card, Taped Photo
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When you begin, watch a scene, and head north onto the second screen. In this
hall, go north and through the first door to the west. In this room, open the
two chests for a Lucky card and Heal Berry x2. Now, go north and search the
thrid and fourth locers, and you will find a new Tool for Jet. Its the Tool:
Radar. This is the only tool in the game that you are not required to have to
beat the game. After getting the Tool: Radar, exit the room through the
southern (not northern) door.
Back in the hall, head directly east and enter the eastern door. In this
rectangular room, head north and examine the console at the end. Enter the
password "Inkapilia" with a capital 'I', and watch a scene. Now head south
and exit the room the same way you entered. You can get this password by
reading one of the books in the staff room where you found Jet's tool.
Back in the hall, head north all the way, and go through the top eastern
door. Go up this elevator and onto the next floor.
Up here, head south and go through the first door you see (its on the west).
In this room, go west, and examine the metal near the bookshelf and you will
get a Dragon Fossil. Now head south, and open the two chests here for Call
Whistle x3 and Magicleanser x3. Now go back east and exit the room.
Back in the hall, head south, and go through the southern door. In this room,
head southeast, and examine the table. You will find an ID Card, which you
need to continue. Exit the room back into the hall. In the hall once again,
head north and use the ID card on the console near the door. Head through the
door and ride the elevator to the next floor.
Here, head south and go through the southern door. In here, open the three
chests for a Gimel Coin, 4,500 Gella and a Gella Card. Exit the room to the
north.
Back in the hall, head north, and go through the first door to the west. In
here, head west and open the chests for a Dragon Fossil. Fight two Mimics
and you will get a Holky Ankh from the chest. Head back east and exit the
room into the main hall. Before leaving, I suggest reading the books at
the north of the screen. One tells you that ARMs stands for Artifacts from
Ruins: Memories. Most of the bookshelves in this area have some nice tidbits
in them that help explain the story.
Once again back in the hall, head north and go through the far eastern door.
now the music will change. Talk to your party members, and head north.
Examine the console, and chose to look at the expermental records. You have
to check not only the ones to the north of Clive, but to his left (that is,
the south of him) to trigger the cutscenes. Speak to Jet once you've read
all of the experimental data.
Head west and through the newly opened door.
In this new area, head north, and through the most northern door. In this
room, save, and enter the password "Guiding Word". Note that it has to be
perfect. G and W need to be capitalized, and there needs to be a space
between the two words. You can get this password from the bookshelf in
the room you just left.
After getting the password right, go north and through the door.
In this final room, go to the north and examine the gray object on the table.
Now, use the Right Half at the same place you were when you examined the item
the first time. Now watch one of the best scenes in the game.
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Boss: Asgard
EXP: 2,000
Gella: 2,400
Item: None
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This is one big mofo. He is as strong as he looks, so sadly, that means he is
extremely strong. He only attacks physically, so that is one big advantage
you have over him.
In this battle, support spells are your friends. Spells like Shield and
Turbulence are wonderfully useful in this battle, and will save you more then
you realize. Since Asgard's attacks do around 300 damage, this is extremely
important. Hopefully by this point you've switched Virginia over to Aqua
Wisp and Gallows to Terra Roar so that Gallows can focus on area buffs while
Virginia focuses on healing.
To make matters worse, Asgard will sometimes cast a Barrier. This Barrier
will stop all damage from physical and magical attacks. It will last two to
three turns. Remember how Meledy mentioned that Asgard can "learn?" Well
he uses the command "Optimize Data" during this barrier to "learn" your
attacks and how to better defend against them. Basically, during the
barrier, you don't want to attack physically, but stick purely with
magical attacks. If you do this, he'll constantly raise his magical defense
since he's "learning" that you attack magically over physically. His
physical defense lowers when this happens, so attack him normally when
he's out of his Shield and attack him with magic while he's on his shield,
even with Clive and Jet.
Another, simpler, strategy to go about this battle is to build up FP. Attack
Asgard physically even when his shield is up so you can build FP up for
Gatling Combos when the shield is down. When you have enough FP, Defend and
wait until he lowers his shield, then attack full on with Gatling.
That will get rid of him fastest, but you may want to use Valiant on a low HP
character, if you have one. Valiant may be a little cheap, so if you want a
"pure" game, then you won't want to use it.
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After the battle, watch a scene. Rather, a long SET of scenes.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 20
Enemies: Trilobite, Cursed Corpse, Twin Tails, Moss Fungus
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Now your goal is not Little Rock again, finally! From your starting location
outside of the Leyline Observatory, go south and west over the land bridge.
Continue south, keeping near the edge of the continent.
Near a beach, search around, and you will find the town you are looking for.
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***** Humphrey's Peak *****
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Coordinates: X: 23,079, Y: 12,020
Suggested Level: 20
Shops: ARMS, Item, Inn, Save Point
Items: Grab Bag, Potion Berry
Key Items: None
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This town has all the works in it, as do most towns. It's also home to a
side quest that you will not be able to do at this point. When you begin,
watch a scene. Now head north, and talk to the nerdy looking guy standing
near the Save point. Watch a short scene. Now, head a bit west,and go
north. Enter the large house with the blue roof.
This is Clives house. Watch a scene, and when you can control Virginia, talk
to your party members. Use the Taped Photo from your inventory. Now watch
another scene and you automatically spend the night.
In the morning, you wake up in a small room. Head south and examine the
drawers beside the bed (pervert!) and you will get a Grab Bag. Now head north
and out of the room. In here, talk to Catherine, and choose "chat". She will
tell you one place you need to go. Now talk to Kaitlyn, and she will tell you
the other place. Exit the house. Head south, and talk to the NPC right
outside. Datson here will tell you about a dungeon "blessed with luck."
It'll be useful for you later on.
The only other item in this town is a Potion Berry in the ARMs shop, so head
out.
Note: You can go to either of the two dungeons next. You have to do them
both, but you can do them in either order you want. The second dungeon is
easier, but with a harder boss. The first dungeon you will find far more
annoying, though.
From Humphrey's Peak head northwest. Use a Call Whistle to summon your Horses
if you haven't already. Hop onto them and jump north over that small rift
(this may take a few tries to time getting over). In this small little side
area, head straight north to the far end of the landmass and search around.
You'll find the dungeon against the rock wall.
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***** Gemstone Cave *****
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Coordinates: X: 21,593, Y:15,210
Suggested Level: 20
Enemies: Rock Baboon, Hodac
Boss: Maya, Alfred, Todd, Shady
Items: 5,000 Gella, Gella Card, Gimel Coin, Revive Fruit, Amulet, Heal Berry
x2, Lucky Card
Key Items: None
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Note: The enemies here are very weird. They will attack each other until one
species or the other is slain. They will completely ignore your party until
only one species is alive. Because of this, you can get through most of the
battles in this area with 0 damage. Especially if you plan right. Auto-Battle
works well in this area.
When you begin, watch a somewhat creey scene and head west down the path,
north, and through the eastern door. In here, go east, and then south. Go
east through another door. In here, watch a scene, and the game is on! Bomb
the rocks to the north (with Clive) and open the chest here for 5,000 Gella.
Now go south, and east up the path. Go through the door.
In here, watch another scene, and then head east. Go north and then west onto
the next screen. In here, head west over the bridge, being careful not to fall
off, and through the western door onto the next screen. Continue west and go
through the door on the northern wall.
In here, watch a scene and you are confronted by your first puzzle.
The Giant Boulder:
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Remember the Trask in Ka Dingel? Well this is somewhat like that, except
without spells. Start by having Virginia use her Tindercrest tool some
8 or so times until the boulder is glowing a bright red. Quickly use the
L2 button to switch memebers to Gallows and equip his Freezer Doll Tool.
Srap the boulder with ice quickly. If done correctly, the boulder will turn
black. If not, youll have to start over with Virginia and her Tindercrest
until you get it right. It needs to be one after the other, in rapid
succession.
Next is the annoying part. Remember from Clive's prologue we had to get
rid of a boulder there? Well we need to do the same thing here. Have him
set to leader and press the Square Button about 10 times rapidly, one after
the other. This should set a few bombs that will blow up in succession.
Like the Fire -> Ice part, this needs to be done quickly, or the boulder
won't explode. Even a second of delay will make it not explode.
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After that annoying puzzle, go through the northwestern door. In here, go
north, and open the chest to the east (you'll have to rotate the camera to see
it) with the Steady Doll. You will get a Gella Card. Now go north and stay
along the west wall. Behind a pillar is a cleverly hidden crack in the wall.
If you can't find it, try using R2+X and it'll be pointed out for you.
Use Clive to bomb the crack, and go through the hidden door.
In this hidden area, go north and up the path. Open the chest to the east for
a Gimel Coin. Go a bit west, and bomb the wall that has a crack in it.
Ignore the door for now, as it doesn't do anything important (just leads you
out to the world map) and is best for later. Head down the slope and go east
up another slope. Bomb the rocks here, and go through the southern door.
In here, open the chest for a Revive Fruit. Now jump down onto the lower path
to the south, and go through the eastern door. In here, watch another scene,
and go southeast down the slope. Go through the door onto the next screen.
Now watch a scene, and you are automatically brought onto the next screen.
Down here, go southeast, and northeast up the slope near the end. Before
going through the door, jump off to the west, and open the chest here for a
Lucky Card. Jump down, go southeast and then north through the door at the
top.
Here, head east up the slope and go south through the door. Up here there are
a whole lot of holes. You need to fall through specific holes to get to the
next area. Start with falling through the far southwest hole. This is the
hole that is more west than south, but could still be considered "southwest."
Down here, open the chest for an Amulet and then jump off the ledge.
Now head east and up the slope. Go through the door. Here go up the slope,
and south through the door. Back in the hole room, you need to go through the
hole to the farthest south. This one is west-ish, but still far south. Once
you do this, you should be on an upper level. On this upper level, head east
and before going through the door, watch a scene.
In this new section, head east and open the chest for a Heal Berry x2. Save
your game and jump off the slope to the north. Head through the northern door
on the lower level.
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Boss: Maya, Alfred, Todd, Shady
EXP: 2,400
Gella: 2,600
Item: Duplicator
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Since your last battle, your enemies have gotten much stronger. Fortunately,
you're probably better prepared to fight them this time compared to the
first time. However, the battle needs to be fought quickly, as the longer
it draws out, the more likely Maya will be to overwhelm you.
During the entire battle, keep your HP over 600 at all times. If all of their
attacks are aimed at one member, they can easily kill off a member with HP
lower than that. Whoever has Moon Spark equipped should have the Dark Ward
personal skill equipped. Elemental wards are more important in this battle
than status wards - However, remember that Todd can cause the confusion
status effect, so if you have that ward, I suggest you use it.
As always, go after Todd first. He not only heals Maya and Alfred for 300
damage when you attack them, but he has the strongest attacks. He also has
that confusion attack still. The Confusion can be annoying as hell, but at
this point you can probably counter it better than you could the first
battle. Other than his confusion and healing, Todd's attacks do around 200
damage. You need to get rid of him fast, so use Gatling when you can. Once
he's gone the battle becomes easier.
Other than Todd, Maya has gotten a lot stronger. She now attacks your entire
party at once for 150 damage! She casts support spells on her own party and
can be an all around annoyance. While you do not want to attack her until
last (you want as much EXP as possible) she is still a major threat. Her
"Suppresed curse?" can hit over 300 damage! Also, she uses what could be
said to be the equivalent of Extension - Eraser. In other words, you can't
buff, else she'll just dispel your effects. Maya's fast area damage will
make it so that you have to have more than one character healing every round
to avoid deaths.
After killing off Todd, go for Shady. He does about 80 damage with his
attacks, and he is one of the fastest enemies. He is far more of a threat
than Alfred will ever be, so get rid of him. He has a whole lot of HP, but
weak defense.
Go for Alfred next. He is still weak, doing at max 100 damage with his
attacks. He also has quite low HP, so you really don't need to worry about
him being a threat. He is so slow that it amazing he is actually able to
contribute in this battle.
Lastly, Maya. She has weak physical defense, so dont attack with magic.
Especially if she has cast refect on herself. Take note that after damaging
her, she will start using stronger spells (Vortex does around 150 to all).
She will also usually stop casting defensive spells when she is alone and
focus on attacking you. If you can live long enough to get to her alone,
she isn't a threat. It's the first portion of the battle that can be somewhat
difficult.
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After the battle, watch a scene, and you will be done with the dungeon.
While the game itself says to go back to Humphrey's Peak, you really do not
have to. You can of course, and I actually suggest you do to rest and recover
your VIT from the previous dungeon, but I will lead you directly to the next
destination.
Head south and get onto your horse. Head over that damned rift and
back onto the main continent. Head south to Humphrey's Peak, and from there
go west. Search around the railroad tracks to the southwest of town and you
will find the train station.
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Coordinates: X: 21,152, Y: 11,975
Suggested Level: 21
Shops: Train Station
Items: None
Key Items: None
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Here, talk to the man in charge of the Train station and buy a ticket to Dune
Canyon for 200 Gella.
Note: This is the appropriate time to the Decaying Labyrinth Side Quest. I
went through it earlier in the walkthrough, but you can go now and look at the
Side-Quest section for a complete Walkthrough for the area. To start it, head
to Midland Station instead of Dune Canyon.
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***** Dune Canyon *****
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Suggested Level: 21
Shops: Train Station
Items: Duplicator
Key Items: None
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Note that before you exit this area, you have to chat with the train station
headmaster. He will tell you about a mysterious monster who attacks people on
horses.
There's a Duplicator in a barrel to the far east.
Exit after learning that piece of info and picking up the item.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 21
Enemies: Crab Bubbler
Boss: Diobarg
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Here, immediatley use a Call Whistle to get your horse. This part is optional
at this point, but I suggest doing it now, as you wont have to do it later
when it is required. It'll save you some time. When you are on the horse, run
around, and when you see a green exclamation point above your head, let
yourself get into a battle. You will fight the boss.
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Boss: Diobarg
EXP: 3,500
Gella: 3,800
Strength: Lightning
Weaknesses: Water, Ice
Item: Dragon Fossil x15
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This boss is quite odd. You fight him on your horses and so the battle will
be a bit faster than normal. The Diobarg has looks awesome, but he is
not the hardest boss you will have to fight.
First off, the Diobarg is rather slow. He usually attack after Gallows, and
that definitely shows a major weakness. You won't have any trouble healing
during this battle. He gets one attack per round, too, and it's not the
strongest.
Diobarg has two main attacks. He can paralyze a single member of your party
with Paralysis Bite. This attack does not work that often, but if it does,
it will incapacitate a party member for a few rounds. His other attack is a
normal physical attack that does from 150-200 damage to a single party
member. You'll want to cure Paralysis with a Pixie Dust whenever you have
the chance.
Attack him normally. If Gallows has Aqua Wisp, have him use Refrigerate.
Because Diobarg is weak versus Water and Ice, Aqua Wisp is your best friend in
this battle. You may want to to actually use Mini Carrots on the character
with Aqua Wisp, and then have him/her summon the Medium in battle. If the
character has a good enough magic stat, and high enough FP, you can put an
extremely large dent in Diobarg. Even Virginia, who has rather low magical
attack power, can do more than 500 damage to this boss with Refrigerate.
Other then with water and ice, use Gatling and physical attacks. He has a LOT
of HP and may take a while to wear down. Use Gatling when you can and defend
when youneed to get your bullets back, like most normal battles. This battle
may take a while, but it shouldn't be too difficult. As you'll probably
notice (if you haven't already) you can't use melee attacks other than
guns when on horseback, so you're forced to defend.
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After the battle, head back into Dune Canyon station.
This is another non-required part of the story. All you do here is talk to
the man in the train station and choose CHAT. This will allow you to start
the Millenium Puzzle side quest. After talking to him, you can exit the Train
station. Now that this conversation is out of the way, it's time to start
the next side quest. This one will last you the entire rest of the game!
It's also one of the most annoying quests in any game.
From Dune Canyon, go east all the way, and search to find the dungeon. But if
you want to do that hidden side quest, head north, and you will find Millenium
Puzzle 1.
Note that this section is optional, as this is one long side quest you qont be
able to beat completely for quite a while. But you an start now.
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This is how Millenium Puzzles work. Theer are 20 hidden all over the world,
and when you complete each of them, you get a prize. There are four colored
blocks in the puzzle, and when two blocks of the same color touch each other,
they disappear. The goal is to clear all blocks in the puzzle.
While I do enjoy the Millenium Puzzles, I'm of mind that the designers of
Wild ARMs 3 were incredibly sadistic in designing them, as running off the
edge is far, far too easy and I can't tell you how much it annoys me when
I accidentally do that, resetting the puzzle in the process, when I'm 3/4
done.
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Location: North of Fortune Gear dungeon
Coordinates: X: 20,480, Y: 10,549
Difficulty: 1/5
Hint: You can't just eliminate any block. Keep in mind how many are left!
Item: Cait's Boots
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Solution:
You start by a center yellow block. Start by pushing the red block to the west
of you one space north. Now push the yellow block west of you to the north.
Now go to that center yellow block, and pull it one space west. Push it
another space west. This should get rid of the first two yellows. Now push
that red block you originally pushed north three spaces west, where three
red blocks will disappear.
Now go east, and push that blue block one space north. Now get that lone blue
block and push it one space north and four spaces east. This gets rid of
three blue blocks.
Now go all the way east, and push the red block in the second row into the red
block in the third row. Now go get the red block to the west (in the second
row) and pull it south two steps. Four more red blocks will be done now.
Once those are gone, pull the yellow block to the east in the original second
row one space south. Now get that far yellow block to the west and pull it two
spaces to the south and then push it three spaces to the east. Three more
yellows are gone.
Now get that blue block in the center of the third row. Pull it one space
south and then push it three spaces east, causing three blue blocks to
disappear. Get the green block to the far east in the third row and push it
to the north. This gets rid of two greens. Now get the lone yellow block
that's slightly to the west and push it one space east and two spaces north.
Three yellows disappear after this. Next, pull the red block in the third row
one space east and then push it one space north. RED IS DONE!
Now that one color is done, you need to get the rest of the blocks. Push the
eastern yellow block in the third row one space north, and then one west. This
causes the two yellows to disappear. Head to the far south and get that green
block from the very first row and pull it six spaces west and then push it
two spaces north. Get that lone yellow block from the second row and push it
once north and once to the west. YELLOW IS DONE!
Push that southern green block one space east and then one space north. GREEN
IS DONE!
Now for the final blues. Pull the far western blue block one space south and
now then two spaces east (DON'T let them touch other than at the corner).
Get the far eastern block, pull it one space south, and then pull it one space
west. Push it four spaces west, and you are done!
After beating this Millenium puzzle, head out. Go back south, and enter the
Fortune Gear dungeon. If you're interested in more Millenium Puzzles, there
are only three more that you can do at this point, #8, #9, and #19.
#19 is very annoying and is ranked by the game as 5/5 in difficulty.
#19 is outside of Claiborne, just to the north. To get back to Claiborne, hop
on the train a Dune Canyon and go to Westwood. To get to #9, go back to East
Highlands and head north from there. The Millenium Puzzle is very close. #9 is
rated a 3/5. Finally, #8 is over by The Unclean Mark, which is by Little
Twister, so do this one when you're at Westwood doing #19. It's southeast
of the dungeon.
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***** Fortune Gear *****
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Coordinates: X: 21,743, Y: 9,265
Suggested Level: 21
Enemies: Griffin, Critter
Bosses: Olivier, Janus
Items: Growth Egg, Gimel Coin, Migrant Seal, Gella Card x2, 5,000 Gella,
Lucky Card x3, Gimel Coin, Duplicator x2, Call Whistle x2
Key Items: Adventure 2, Lucky Hand
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When you begin, head north around the stairs and into the next screen. In
here, go up either set of stairs and go to the top northern door. Here, use a
Duplicator, and go through. In here there are two chests. Open one for a
Growth Egg and open the second to find out how many chests you have opened.
This is for a boss later in the game. Don't worry about the chest for now.
Exit the room the same way you entered.
Go back down the stairs on either side and go through the bottom northern
door. In this hall, head north down the path, and turn the screen east
when you hit the north wall. There's a rather large black "crack" in the
wall here. Have Clive set a bomb by it and a secret passage opens, which
leads to a treasure screen. In this new room, open the chest for a Gella
Card. Open the magically sealed chest with a Duplicator for what should be
your fifth Migrant Seal. Exit the room the same way you entered. Back in
the hall, head west, and through the door onto the next screen.
You're immediately faced with a puzzle.
Colored Lamps:
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In here the goal is to light the matching colored lamps. You only have 12
chances to get them all before the puzzles resets, so be sure you do it
right. It is randomized, so you have to play the memory game here. There
are quite a few predetermined versions of this puzzle, far too many for me
to mention here.
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After finishing this puzzle, go through the newly opened door. In here, go
east down the stairs, and go into the northern door. In here open the three
chests for 5,000 Gella, Adventure 2 (Key Item), and 3 Lucky Cards. When you
have all three, exit the room the same way you entered.
Back in the hall, continue south and onto the next screen. There's another
puzzle there.
Colored Lamps, 2:
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In this room, ALWAYS tiptoe. The floors will give away from under you if you
do not. Tiptoe by pressing O. You need to match the colored globes again.
Remember that they will turn white again if you dont match them. There is no
limit to how many times you can press them this time.
However, like the last time, it's randomized each time you enter the room and
there's too many choices for me to list here. Just be sure you keep pressing O
and don't move without it. This one is easier than the last one because the
puzzle doesn't reset if you fall and the matches you have stay on until the
puzzle is completed
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After you have lighted all of these, go through the newly opened door (to the
east). In here, watch a scene.
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Boss: Olivier
EXP: 800
Gella: 1,000
Strengths: ABSORBS ALL ELEMENTS
Item: Hazel Spring
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Well...this is only a sub-boss, but that doesn't make him less annoying. He
has quite a bit of HP, so the battle may take a while.
First rule in this battle. NO MAGIC! Well, at least no elemental magic. he
absorbs it and it will heal him. The only magic spell you can use is
Devastate, and that won't do too much damage unless it is on Gallows or
Virginia.
This means you are limited to physical attacks. Have Virginia on constant
healing duty. She will heal the multitude of statuses that Olivier causes.
Because Olivier uses mainly statuses, you wont have to worry about healing
HP. This is why Virginia is the best healer in this battle. Take note that
BRAWWWWWWW does a small amount of damage and has a chance of causing disease
to the entire party. Do not worry about healing the disease, you probably
will not need to heal as it is.
Since HP doesnt matter, Gallow, Clive, and Jet will probably be on attack duty
throughout the battle. Gallows should heal anyones status that Virginia
misses. Make sure to get rid of the Misery and Amnesia statuses first, as they
will make the battle drag on.
As the battle goes on, Virginia should constantly heal, with Gallows sometimes
assisting. Clive and jet should attack constantly, and then use Gatling when
possible. Dont worry about Mini-Carrots. This battle is not supposed to be
TOO challenging.
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From Mark (Email Removed)
If you keep using magic something pretty cool happens, he gets larger and
larger until he dies (I guess he gets so big that he explodes). It only takes
about 3 turns. Try it.
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After the battle, watch a scene, and continue east onto the next screen.
There's another puzzle in here.
Strange Statues:
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Have Gallows equip his Freezer Doll and stand in the middle of all four
of those weird statues. Now spray 3 (NOT all 4) of those weird statues so
that they freeze. Next, just walk onto the platform on the statue that
-isn't- frozen (whichever you chose) and a short scene plays. This
lights the statue and the door opens. Head through the eastern door.
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In this hall, continue east, and go north. Before going through the door,
Dash (X button) into that odd brown button in the wall. This opens the door
to the south. Go through the door in the south and onto a treasure screen. In
here, open the chests for a Gimel Coin, 2 Duplicators, and 3 Call Whistles.
Exit the room the same way you entered and go back onto the hall screen. Back
in the hall, head north and go through the door near the switch.
Colored Globes, 3:
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In here, you need to light the matching globes. This puzzle is not timed, but
the globes are. Say you lighted a green globe and then turned away for 5
seconds, that green globe would be unlighted within a few seconds. So
basically you need to do these very fast.
Now this puzzle is possible to do with running back and forth (I know, I did
it) but it is the hard way. The best way to do it is to have Gallows lead and
have him use the Steady Doll on the matching globes. If you do it this way,
it will be faster and easier. Just remember that it is timed, and should be
done quickly. Some will take multiple times to do. There's no limit to how
many chances you get, like in the first puzzle, so take your time.
Like the previous globe lighting puzzles, this one is random and there's not
a lot that I can do to help you with it other can give you some advice.
After matching all of the globes, the door opens and go through it to the next
screen.
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In this room, head north and circle around the circling object (Chock). At
the top of the screen, SAVE. Now go through the door. In here, watch a
scene, and you will fight a boss.
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Boss: Janus
EXP: 1,600
Gella: 1,700
Item: None
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Wow...talk about strong. Janus seems to have gotten at least twice as
powerful as he was in his previous battles, and that is not a good thing. He
easily has the power to obliterate your party. Fortunately, there are two
ways you can win this battle. One I like to call "uncapped" and the other is
"debuffed." The "uncapped" version is extremely powerful, while the debuffed
version is the one you'll want to fight if you're having a lot of problems
with the uncapped.
Now Janus not only attacks with Dark Spear, but he also attacks often with
Negative Rainbow (he doesn't have to wait a turn) and a new, extremely strong
skill called Proton Beam. This spell is hell, doing 500+ damage to a single
character. I have seen it do well over 800 damage to lower level characters.
That is easily strong enough to pick off a weakened character.
And, as always, Janus has the Negative Rainbow attack. this time, instead of
200-300 damage to all members, it does 500 damage to all members. He seems to
use this a bit more then he did in his previous battles, which is definitely
not a good thing.
First off, Janus is very capable of killing your party off. And it is not
only his sheer strength. He is actually FASTER then Virginia. Thsi emans that
you need to be somewhat wary. If you have the Baselard on Gallows, switch the
Medium with Virginia, as she will need it most. Do the same with any other
character, even if only for this battle.
With the Baselards, Virginia will be able to Inertia cancel without a FP cost
and be able to heal your party asfter one of Janus' devastating attacks.
It doesn't matter which Medium the Baselard is on, just make sure Virginia
has it equipped for this battle.
Well...for an offense, physical attacks work, though not well. Virginia
should be on constant healing duty, as should Gallows. Keep your HP as close
to max as possible to stop him from killing off a party member instantly with
Proton Beam. Clive and Jet should physically attack. Janus is strong versus
physical attacks, but they work better then magical attacks, so pound away,
using Gatling whenever possible. It may be better to have Gallows use Mini
Carrots on Virignia every round after she uses Mystic - Heal (or Potion)
Berry so that she can use the FP move over and over and not risk Janus'
counters.
Also take note that Janus gets a bit stronger versus physical attackas as the
battle goes on. And oddly, he doesn't counter your party members' attacks,
like in the previous battles. Thsi will be the only relief you have from
Janus's constans and very powerful strong of attacks.
If you're having a hard time beating him the normal way, you can always
do it the easy way. The easy way, in all caps for those who are just looking
for help, USE ERASER ON JANUS. It's perfectly possible to beat him without
using it, but since he's powered up, Eraser can weaken him quite a bit.
If you do choose to use Eraser, the battle becomes one of a much more normal
strength boss, where Janus can't overwhelm you so absolutely with Negative
Rainbow over and over again. Janus won't be faster than Virginia anymore,
though he will still have rather high physical defense. Use Extension -
Shield to lower the physical damage you take and make it easier to survive.
Still, keep your HP over 600, as his attacks can do over 300 damage each.
Luckily, for winning this battle, you get some good rewards, so remember to
use Gella and Lucky Cards.
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After the battle, take a deep breath and be happy it is done. You are
automatically brought back to Filgaia, as always.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 22
Enemies: Crab Bubbler
Boss: Diobarg (If not killed before)
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First off, if you didn't kill Diobarg, DO IT NOW! This will save you some
money later on, and it is well worth it to kill him now as it is.
From Fortune Gear, head west, and re-enter Dune Canyon.
Buy a ticket in Dune Canyon to East Highlands for 200 Gella. Take the short
trip over there and exit the station at East Highlands.
Once at East Highlands, head south and avoid the mesa and head east into
Humphrey's Peak.
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***** Humphrey's Peak *****
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Coordinates: X: 23,079 Y: 12,020
Suggested Level: 22
Shops: ARMS, Item, Inn, Save Point
Items: 2,000 Gella
Key Items: None
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NOTE: This is for once you have done BOTH dungeons. Namely Gemstone Cave and
the Fortune Gear. If you do not do both, you can not view the scenes and go
on with the game. But if you have gone on and done both dungeons, feel free
to continue with this chapter.
When you begin, watch a long set of scenes. When you gain control, exit
Clive's house. In the main town, talk to the man standing by the light pole
(Albert). Now watch a scene and you get 2,000 Gella. After the scene, talk
to Albert again and you will learn the location of the dungeon. Prepare your
party, and head south to exit the town.
From Humphreys Peak, head directly west. Cross over the railroad tracks, and
search the large area to the far west. Your next dungeon will be here.
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***** Faraway Lands *****
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Coordinates: X: 20,944, Y:10,897
Suggested Level: 22
Enemies: Unknown, Vacuumon, Mimic
Bosses: Vacuumon, Asgard, Melody, Asgard
Items: Name Tag, Full Carrot, 5,500 Gella, Gimel Coin, Heal Berry x2, Lucky
Card x2, Tool: Mighty Gloves, Duplicator, Mimic x2(Robbers Ego), Gimel Coin,
Gella Card, Dragon Fossil
Key Items: Kizim Fire
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Note: Fight as many Unknowns as possible. They are immune to physical
attacks, but they give you one of the best items in the game: The Baselard.
As you remember from the Janus battle, this brings down the Inertia Cancel FP
cost to 0, and works wonders for the rest of the game. Take note that it IS a
rare item and may take a while to find, but you will want to try and get at
least 2 more at this point. Equip them on the level one Mediums.
Just for this area, you may want to equip Gallows with the Fiery Rage medium
so that he can use Extension - Devastate on the Unknowns. Devastate will be
the strongest spell you have at this point.
When you begin, watch a scene. Head north, and go down the stairs to the west.
Go through the northern door onto the next screen. This room will become very
familiar to you for the next few areas. So get used to it!
Start by heading down the stairs to the east. Now go a bit north, and up the
stairs to the north. Ignore the first door, and continue south and onto the
next screen. In here, keep going south and open the sealed door with a
Duplicator. Go into the treasure room.
In here, open the three chests for a Name Tag, 5,500 gella, and a Full
Carrot. Exit the room the same way you entered. Back in the hall, go north
and onto the previous screen. In here, go north down the stairs and go into
the door you originally ignored.
In here, head northwest and over that button. Ignore the button for now, and
continue west. Go through the door on this side.
In here, open the chest to the west, and you will get a Gimel Coin. Now go a
bit south, and jump onto that netting. Countine south while holding onto the
netting, and drop off at the very end. Open the chests to the south, and you
will get 2 Heal Berries and 2 Lucky Cards. Drop down to the floor to the
east, and go through the eastern door.
Back in the familiar room, head east and go north up the stairs. Head north
through that door once again.
Turning the Power on:
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In the power room, go northwest, and step onto that switch. It won't do
anything just by stepping on it. Change your leader to Virginia and turn
her to the south. You'll notice that the boiler is open (if you step off
of the switch, it closes). Use her Tindercrest about six or seven times
in a row to light the boiler and turn the power on. You'll know you hit
it right if a fire starts and a notice flashes on your screen.
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After turning the power on, head southeast and into the large familiar screen
again. Down here, go south down the stairs, and then turn north. See that
weird black square? Walk onto that, and search the console on the eastern
side. This will bring you down onto a different level.
Down here, go south, and then west. Go up that small set of stairs, and then
jump onto the netting. Head a bit to the east, and drop down onto that yellow
switch on the floor. If you land on it, a door will open. Now go west again,
and jump onto the netting once more. Go over the the edge of the netting, and
climb up to the top. Go through the southern door.
In this room, Head over to the treasure chest, and you get a Tool for Clive,
the Tool: Mighty Gloves. After getting the item, you are forced into a VERY
short boss battle.
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Boss: Vacuumon
EXP: 64
Gella: 140
Item: Dragon Fossil
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Well, this battle will last less than one round. You need Virginia and Jet as
strong as possible to actually win, as well. He is a bit stronger then a
normal Vacuumon HP wise, but he will not attack you.
He takes normal damage, but has quite a bit of HP.
All right, to win, you need to kill him off before he has a single turn. Jet
needs to critical attack, and Virginia needs at least to magical attack or to
Gatling. Without some strong atacks you will not be able to beat him. Maybe
having Jet with a Baselard, and then have Virginia use a Full Carrot, and then
have Jet use Gatling. If he gets four attacks, it will kill him.
If you do not kill him off before he has a turn, he will cast Retreat. This
will send your party all the way back to the entrance of the dungeon.
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Now, there are two things that can happen at this point. If you were ejected,
you are back at the entrance of the dungeon. If this is so, head north, east
and through the north door. In the large room, head north, and down the
elevator once again.
If you were not ejected, just head south onto the previous screen, and jump
down to the lower level.
Whatever happens, you now need to be on the level with the netting. In this
level, head east, and put Clive in the lead. Equip him with the Mighty
Gloves, and stand to one side of the block. use the Square button to lift it
up, and put it to the side. Go through the newly opened path.
A Heavy Box:
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In here, have Clive go down the stairs and have him move into the space
north of the box (between the upper level and the box). Have Clive lift the
box up and put it to the north onto the upper level. Now move up to that
upper level, and stand between the box and the switch. Have Clive pick up the
box, and put it down on the switch. This opens the door.
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Now go south, and through the newly opened door.
Four Light Boxes:
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In this room, you have four blocks. These slide all the way in one direction
when you push them one way. Start by pushing all of the blocks to the north
(except the far north block) so that they are in a line touching each other.
Now Push the far north block to the east so that it lands on the switch. Do
the same to the second most northern block and the same to the third. On the
fourth block, push it north, and then push it east. After all 4 blocks are on
the switches, the door will open.
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Head east up the stairs, and open the chest for a Duplicator. Now go through
the far eastern door.
In this room, go east, and west up the stairs, Go through the northern door.
Head north and through the far eastern door. In here, open the chests for
Mimic x2 (Robber's Ego) and a Gimel Coin. Head out of the room the same
way you entered.
Note: This Robber's Ego is a great item that I suggest equipping on the Lucky
Hand Medium. It gives you a higher chance of disarming trapped chests for
their rewards. Since it's rather luck based (literally, the character's
Luck effects it) having it on Lucky Hand gives the character not only
increased luck (which helps in disarming) but the slat higher chance of
disarming chests. Very nice, especially in dungeons like this where the
rare items are from chests.
Back in this large room, head south and west and go down the stairs. There are
a HELL of a lot of blocks here.
That's a lot of Blocks:
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Walk into the crevice where two blocks are missing. Stand on the eastern side
of this crevice and face north. Have Clive take the first block down (from the
north) and put it to the west. Do the same with the second block. Move him
north a few steps (continuing to face north) and move the box to the north
and place it behind Clive (to the south). Do the same with the next box.
Do this two more times, moving up each time and putting the boxes behind you.
You'll be in an open area now. Head up the stairs and step on the switch to
the west, which opens the door. Now you need to head back to the other side.
Head into the little crevice that you made on the way and do the same thing
that you did coming here, except in the opposite direction. Lift the southern
boxes and put them down to the north, heading a bit up each time.
When you reach the open area at the other side, you're done with this puzzle.
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In here, go south and open the two chests for a Gella Card and a Dragon
Fossil. Now go north and through the door onto the next screen. In here, go
west, and down the stairs. Go through the eastern door.
Two Boxes, Two Switches:
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In this room, there is two switches and two blocks. Let's start with the
southern block. Start by moving the block one space north (stand to the east
of it). Stand to the east again and lift the block, putting it down to the
east. Stand to the north of the block, lift it, and put it down to the
north onto the northern switch. Basically, what you're doing is putting the
block on the switch opposite of where it started.
Now for the second block. Stand to the east of the block and put it down to
the south. Again, stand east, lift, and put it down to the south. Repeat
this once more and it should be on the switch. The door opens, allowing
your passage.
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Head through the newly opened door.
In here, save your game. Now go north, and down the stairs. Before going
through the north door, make sure you have saved. Enter and watch a scene.
You get the Kizim Fire. Now go south, and exit the room. Out here, watch a
scene.
Note: I mentioned this before earlier in the game after you got the Medium,
but I feel this is a good time to mention it again. There's an Arcana on
the Flash Hit Medium called "Valiant." This spell ups your physical attack
attack power by the number of HP from max you are at. So if you have a
maximum of 2,000 HP, but your HP is at 1,500, your attack will be raised
by 500! This spell is somewhat cheap in the normal game and if you want to
have a completely "clean" game, I don't suggest using it. But you can if
you don't mind using spells that break the game. In some battles, such as
the next ones, it helps considerably.
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Boss: Asgard, Melody
EXP: 0
Gella: 0
Item: None
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Well, Asgard starts alone. Melody will not join the battle until the second
turn, so you don't have to worry about her at this point. All there is is
your party, and Asgard. Just have each of your characters physically attack
him on this first turn, to build up some FP. On the second turn, Melody comes
into the fray. After this one round, he does Flood Barrier, for 500-600
damage to your entire party.
NOW the battle gets hard. Now is when you need to start taking caution and
start worrying about strategy. Both Melody and Asgard get to attack your
party, but you can not attack Melody. Asgard uses an Auto-Defender skill
which stops you from doing any damage to Melody until he's dead. How
completely unfair.
Well, Asgard is the main threat, and since you can only attack him, he is the
one you are going to kill off first. Asgards physical attacks do about 100-
150 damage, which is a lot weaker than Melody's. He doesnt attack with Flood
Barrier again, luckily. He mainly attacks with his physical attacks. His
stronger physical attacks do 200+ damage, but they hit rarely.
Melody, sadly, is stronger then Asgard. She does 250-350 damage with her
Elimiate scanner, and paired with Asgards physical attacks, the damage they
can both do in a single round can go upwards 600 damage. So keep your HP
above 700 at all times. Unfortunately, Melody doesn't focus soley on
Clive this time like she did in the first battle. She'll attack everyone,
so you need to keep everyone's HP up.
Melody is rather normal speed, going after Jet and before Gallows. But that
makes it harder for Gallows to work as a healer. Asgard is slower, usually
going after Gallows. But that still makes them both dangerous (poor Clive).
Make sure Virginia is always with FP. She will be the character on healing
duty mainly throughout the battle, and she needs to have the FP for mystic.
Since she wont be using a Lucky Card in this battle (0 EXP) then she will save
at least 25 FP. Have the character with a Baselard (Gallows, hopefully) be the
secondary healer to Virginia.
Just keep your HP up, and you shouldn't have TOO much problems survivng. As
always, jet and Clive should attack normally, building up FP, and then using
Gatling when possible. Asgard is strong versus physical attacks, but he is
still damagable. Unfortunately, he still uses the High Powered Barrier from
the first battle, but this time he doesn't raise his defense based on what
attacks you use on him.
After a few rounds (taking off all of his HP), he will cast Wide Barrier,
which will kill all of your party members, no matter what.
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After the battle, watch a scene.
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Boss: Asgard
EXP: 3,500
Gella: 4,000
Item: None
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This battle is about 10 times easier than the previous, which is a good
thing. Your party starts without their max HP (because you finished the last
battle with all your characters dead). And if you didnt have enough VIT left,
they may not even have their max/max HP in this battle. Luckily, that isn't
big of deal.
The first thing you should do, is heal your party. That is, if your party
didn't have good VIT and is low on HP. Virginia with Mystic does that well.
If you have a high level, Virginia can do it on the first turn in battle.
Lucky for your party, Asgard is a LOT weaker in this battle. he attacks once
per round, and that attack isn't particularly fast. It does about 200 damage,
even to weaker defense characters, like Virginia. That means even the weakest
of your characters can survive 5 or 6 of his attacks. You aren't likely to
die in this battle, but it is possible. If you're worried, have Gallows use
Extension - Shield to lower your physical damage taken.
Just attack. Physically works well, and even Virginia does decent damage to
Asgard. Of course, Virginia wont be too strong against him, but she will do
more damage then she did in some other battles. Dont worry about building FP,
and constantly attack. Gatling when needed, and Asgard should die before you
even have FP for Gatling.
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After the battle, you automatically exit the dungeon.
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Back on the world map, our goal is to go back Humphreys Peak. Head directly
west, and enter the town.
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***** Humphrey's Peak *****
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Coordinates: X: 23,079 Y: 12,020
Suggested Level: 24
Shops: ARMS, Item, Inn, Save Point
Items: 2,000 Gella, 3,000 Gella
Key Items: Kizim Fire
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When you enter, head north, and talk to Albert (the man by the light pole).
You will get 2,000 Gella for doing the job of retrieving the Kizim Flame.
Continue watching a scene. You will get a new job, and 3,000 Gella. Head
into Clive's house, sleep to get your HP back at maximum, and exit the town.
Well, your goal is actually Jolly Roger, but there is a very short sidequest
you can do before going there.
Anyways, head east, and into East Highlands train station from Humphrey's
Peak. At this point, to continue the game you'd normally be buying a ticket
to Midland Station. However, if you want to do a short little side event,
buy a ticket to Westwood instead. It costs 840 Gella.
Once you're at Westwood, head south and exit to the world map.
On the World map, use a Call Whistle to call your horses. Head west over that
annoying rift towards Little Twister. But instead of town, head over
to the dungeon "The Unclean Mark."
Also in this area is Millenium Puzzle #8, if you haven't done that yet.
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***** The Unclean Mark *****
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Coordinates: X: 7,282, Y: 9,552
Suggested Level: 24
Enemies: Orc, Pordarge, Gerbug, Mimic
Bosses: None
Items: Any items you did not get before, Grab Bag, Elder Record, Name Tag,
Duplicator
Key Items: None
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Luckily, you have already finished this dungeon and there is no need to do all
of those annoying puzzles again. You are here for four treasure chests that
you can not get until after Faraway Lands.
Head north and west onto the second screen. In here, go north, and onto the
next screen. Go north, east, and south onto the next screen. And in here, go
east and north through the door to the next screen. Follow the hall in here
onto the next screen. In here, go south and west through the door. Go north
through the door, and continue north through the next hall. In here, go east
and though the door.
This is where you want to be. Have Clive lead, and have him equipped with the
Mighty Gloves Tool. Now stand to the south of the block, and lift the block,
and place it to the south. Now stand south, and put it to the east. Stand
east of the block, and put it east again. Now stand to the south, and put it
south. Stand south between the block and the switch, lift the block, and
place it south onto the switch. This opens the door.
Go through the newly opened door to the south and come into a treasure room.
Open all four chests for a Name tag, a rare Elder Record, a Grab Bag, and a
Duplicator. After getting all four of these, you are done with this minature
side quest. Exit onto the world map.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 24
Enemies: Dryad, Pordarge, Oak, Orc, Axe beak
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The goal is now Westwood. Head past Millenium Puzzle #8, finishing it now if
you didnt before, and back over the rift with the horses. Enter Westwood
station.
You need to head back to Midland Station. Buy a ticket for 120 Gella and
hop on board the train.
This is where you want to be. Head south, and exit onto Filgaia for a short
walk. The goal is Jolly Roger. Follow the side of the continent and go over
that land bridge. Head right on into Jolly Roger.
Before heading to Jolly Roger you may want to go see Florina if you did the
Decaying Labyrinth Side quest. She probably has some healing items ready
for you. If you haven't done the Decaying Labyrinth quest yet, now is a
good time to do so.
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***** Jolly Roger *****
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Coordinates: X: 15,368 Y: 5,457
Suggested Level: 24
Shops: ARMS, Inn, Item, Save Point
Items: Mini Carrot, Heal Berry, Dragon Fossil, Gimel Coin, Migrant Seal
Key Items: Sandcraft
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Make sure you have fought Diobarg by this point. If you haven't fought
Diobarg, go back to Midland station, buy a ticket to Dune Canyon and fight
him. Remember that you encounter him while on horses in the green exclamation
point random battle.
If you have fought Diobarg, head north, and enter the ARMs shop. Talk to the
woman, and choose CHAT. Say that you will help her and you will give her 15
Dragon Fossils for the Sandcraft. Don't buy any upgrades just yet, even if
you have the ability to.
Note: Enemies will start to drop Dragon Fossils now. Even if they did not
before, they may now.
Now head south and exit Jolly Roger.
Note: If you didn't get the Migrant Seal from Jolly Roger initially, this
is a good time to do so. Remember, bomb the large box near the entrance
and the south side will open up. The Seal is in here.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 24
Enemies: Garpike, Ruffleshia
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Note: Now is an excellent time to level up. The Sandcraft Battles are not too
hard at this point, if you have the right party. Have Virginia as the
steerer, and Jet as the Gunner, with Clive as the Harpooner. Have Jet "Shoot
all Ammo At once" And have Gallows "Reload Ammo" on each of their turns. You
get from 400-800 EXP a battle. Try and at least get to level 26, if you're
not already.
Outside of Jolly Roger, west, and pass to beaches. Continue southwest (and
west, and land on the third beach. Now head west, and search around At X:
10,236, Y: 22,813, you will find 5,000 Gella. Now go west and search around,
and you will find the Ark of Destiny.
If you head a bit south of the Ark and land on the brown continent there
(you'll come here in just a bit) and walk south down the plateau to the
far south of the main continent (ignore the land bridge to the west) you'll
find another bag of Gella. This one contains 10,000 Gella and is around
X: 11,720 and Y: 22,824. I'll remind you about this later, too.
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***** Ark of Destiny *****
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Coordinates: X: 9,191, Y: 2,259
Suggested Level: 26
Shops: Inn, Save Point
Items: Map Scope, Dragon Fossil x10, 5,000 Gella
Duplicator Door: Warp Star x3
Key Items: None
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Wow...Well, this place has a LOT of sealed doors. About 80% of them you can
not get the items in at the moment because you need certain tools to get it.
I will tell you how to get certain items that you can get at the moment,
though.
As you enter, watch a scene and go through the far eastern door. In here go
down both sets of stairs, and through the western door.
Here, this is the room with all the Sealed doors. Start by using a Dulpicater
on the first door to the south you see. You can't do anything with whats in
the door at the moment, so head back. Continue west, and ignore the
next door. Go through the third door.
In here, you have three blocks. Have Clive with the Mighty Gloves equipped
face south and place the block to the east or west. Now go open the chests
for a VERY useful Map Scope and 10 Dragon Fossils. Exit the room the same way
you entered.
Back in the Sealed door hall, head west, and use a Duplicator on the fourth
door you see (fourth door from the east). In here open the chest for a Warp
Star x3, and exit the same way you entered. Now head a bit east, and go north
when possible. There are two more sealed doors here. Unseal them with
Duplicators, but dont bother entering them. You will not be able to get the
items at this point. Now, go all the way west and through the far western
door. In here, go up the two sets of stairs, and go through the eastern door.
Back in the main hall, go through the far northern door onto the next screen.
Here, continue north and onto the next screen. Now watch a scene, and you
will get 5,000 Gella. Continue watching and when you regain control, talk to
Albert (in this same room). He will tell you the location of Survey Point #17
which is your next goal. Now head south and exit the room.
Continue south through the hall, and south through the main hall. Exit the
Ark.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 26
Enemies: Garpike, Ruffleshia, Kobold
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From the Ark, go directly south, and stay south as the sand goes southeast.
Land on the first beach you see here. It's a bit to the southwest.
This is where you want to be. At X: 11,781, Y: 22,813 you will find 10,000
Gella. Now, when you see a little hill on this area (remember, DO NOT cross
the land bridge)head west, and search, and you will find the dungeon, Survey
Point #17.
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***** Survey Point #17 *****
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Coordinates: X: 10,360, Y: 23,635
Suggested Level: 26
Enemies: Captor, Urchin Bug
Bosses: Hound, Feline, Donkey, Flier, Humpty, Dumpty, Maya, Alfred, Todd, Shady
Items: Gella Card, Heal Berry, Gella Card, Gimel Voin, Lucky Card, Mini-Carrot,
Heal Berry, Lucky Card, Heal Berry, Gime Coin, Lucky Card, Gimel Coin
Key Items: ...Ouch
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This area has no chests, so all the items you find are in boxes, urns, etc.
When you enter, watch a scene. Ignore the stairs for now and circle the area
to the west. At the far end, break the three boxes up here to find a Gella
Card. Head back south to the start. Go down the first set of stairs and jump
to the lower level. Head north and into the area.
Inside, head north, northeast, and north onto the next screen. Here, go north,
and at the top of the intersection, go east and then south up the slope. Break
all of the boxes here for a Heal Berry and a Gella Card. Jump off the side of
the upper level, and head west through the door.
In here continue north for a scene, then head east onto the next screen. In
here, go east and south. Before going east again, examine a barrel for a Gimel
Coin. Now go east, and examine the urns near the exit for a Lucky Card. Go
through the north door and watch another scene.
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Boss: Hound, Feline, Donkey, Flier
EXP: 3,500
Gella: 3,150
Item: Gimel Coin, Bullet Clip
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This is like a battle against a weaker version of your party. The four
enemies dont have the highest HP in the game, but they cast a lot of support
spells on their party, and cast stat decreasing spells on your party. Because
of this, the battle can get annoying if you dont take out the certain monsters
first. Oddly enough, not much seems to happen when you kill the Donkey
first, like Malik says.
Each of these monsters has a certain duty. The Donkey uses soley physical
attacks, which do 150 or so damage. Alone he's not too strong, but he has four
other companions to help him out. The Flier dispels support spells cast on
your party, so don't cast any spells like that or you will have just wasted a
turn. Spells such as Valiant or Shield are support spells. The Feline casts
support spells on his own party and is very fast to boot. The Hound mostly
attacks, but sometimes uses support spells. The hound's worst skill is
decelerate.
I suggest going after the Feline before the Flier. Though the Feline is very
annoying and dispels support spells, the Flier DISPELS NEGATIVE STATSUES!
That means that the decelerate status the Hound causes will be removed when
the Flier uses Eraser! He actually ends up helping you, so you don't want
to kill the Flier until after the so that he can cure your statuses.
Also note the Feline -does- have the lowest HP and should only take
a round or so to kill.
After killing off the Feline, who buffs his party, go after the hound, who
uses decelerate on you over and over again. Again, keep the Flier alive since
he'll just cure the statuses on you with Eraser. The Hound uses weaker physical
attacks mostly, but decelerate can be quite annoying. He has much higher HP
than the Feline, but low defense.
The Flier is next, since there's no more enemies that causes negative statuses
to you. Just keep your HP over 500, save your FP for the Donkey, and you
should get rid of him quickly. After the Flier is dead feel free to use
Extension paired with Shield or Valiant to make the battle a bit easier.
Donkey is last. He only physical attacks, and the damage for the attacks isn't
that high. He has the highest HP, and will take a bit longer to kill if you
haven't been saving up your FP for Gatling attacks.
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After the battle, watch a scene. Continue north and onto the next screen.
In here, go north, and as the direction changes, search around the boxes to the
east for a Mini-Carrot (Remember, the Radar makes it easy to find these items).
Go west and examine the sideways urn, and you will get a Heal Berry. Go west
and through the door.
In here, (for once!) you and Maya will work together to get through the
dungeon.
Teamwork 1:
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Walk up the stairs (Virginia leading) Face the north, and light the
candle. Now things will move really fast. Go west, and and light both
candles to the west as you continue with Maya. Use the Tindercrest to light
the last candle to continue. Follow the path to the end. Go north, through
the newly opened path.
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Here, go north and northwest. Pass the door, and break all the boxes here for
a Lucky Card. Go east and through the door.
Teamwork 2:
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Here, you will work with Maya again. As Maya steps on a siwtch, your path
opens and you need to go as far east as possible. Light the candle with the
Tindercrest so Maya can go forward. Maya will step on the next switch which
allows you to move forward. Light the next candle and go forward. You'll
probably get stuck here, so you'll need to relight that candle that just went
out. It's a bit hard to targe if you get caught in-between the two blocks, so
to help you'll want to use R2+X to have Virginia face it. Head west and then
south. Step on the switch at the end to open the door.
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Head through the northern door and onto the next screen.
Continue north and examine the urn for a Heal Berry. Go east, and examine
another urn for a Gimel Coin (lots of these here). Go through the eastern
door. Here, continue east, and break the boxes for a Lucky Card and a Gimel
Coin. Continue east and onto the next screen.
Teamwork 3:
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This is by far the hardest puzzle in the dungeon. You have to move extremely
fast to actually do the puzzle, and if you dont, you'll have to start over.
As always, you are working with Maya and you need to have Virginia lead.
First off, Have Virginia go as far as possible. Now before you light
that candle, take note that blocks will start following you. You need to
stop both of those (one on YOUR side and the second on MAYAs side). You stop
them by attacking them with the Tindercrest. And at the same time, you need
to light the candles to finish the puzzle (huff puff). This is basically all
in one motion, and don't expect to get this on your first time. Start with
stopping Maya's Status and then yours, then light the first candle. After
that you need to head towards the second candle, stop Maya's statue again,
light your candle and stop your statue. WOW!
Anyways, after lighting the candle, Maya will walk forward and press
her switch, you need to walk forward, and light the next candle and right after
you need to attack BOTH of the statues to stop them from hitting you. Watch a
scene, and hurry forward to the end of the room. Take a deep breath, save your
game, and go onto the next screen.
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Here, watch a scene.
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Boss: Humpty, Dumpty
EXP: 3,100
Gella: Use Gella Cards on both
Item: Duplicator, Mini Carrot
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This battle is surprisingly difficult. Don't let their unassuming appearance
fool you, these two can be deadly, even to an overlevelled party.
Humpty and Dumpty each have their own jobs. Humpty casts support spells on
Dumpty and never attacks. Though Humpty never attacks, Dumpty is a huge
threat as it is. You need to get as many elemental wards on your party
members as possible. Ignore the status wards and go all elemental. Dumpty
himself is a huge threat because he can attack with all the elelements.
How big of threat IS Dumpty? He does around 300-400 damage to the entire
party every round. That may not seem like much, but it is. Especially in
this battle, where there are two targets. This makes the decision of who to
attack rather difficult. Have both Gallows and Virginia on healing
duty in this battle. Have Gallows use Extention - Protect to lower the
amount of damage that you take from Dumpty.
I suggest going for Humpty first. Though Dumpty is easily the stronger of the
two, Humpty casts support spells on Dumpty and makes it harder to kill both
of them off in the long run. Some spells Humpty has: Shield, Protect, and
Reflect. Obviously, each of those makes the battle more annoying. While
attacking Humpty, don't use any FP on Gatling, save it for Dumpty so that
you can get rid of him as fast as possible. Attack him physically with Jet
and Clive while Virginia heals and Gallows buffs.
It may take a while to kill Humpty off, as they are rather strong versus
physical attacks. I also suggest attacking one, and not both at one time.
Sadly, at the same time, Dumpty will continually wear down your party, so if
you haven't bred some Potion Berries at the Secret Garden, then you will be
having a tough time staying healthy in this battle. Gallows will need to be
on healing duty, not only Virginia. And don't worry, use all the Mini
Carrots needed on Virginia, as you will definitely need them to keep up
with Mystic and healing duty.
After killing off Humpty, you will go for Dumpty. He may have some support
spells still cast on him, so dont use Gatling or any super-strong skillls
until you are positive those have worn off or you have used the spell
Eraser (found on the Moon Spark Medium) to dispel the effects. Once
spells like Shield are gone, attack with full force!
If you didn't use any Gatling/FP to attack Humpty, your FP should be through
the roof by now. If you saved your FP Dumpty will fall very quickly after the
first two Gatlings.
Just keep your HP over 700 at all times during this battle and you will
survive. Easier said than done, sometimes.
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After the battle, head north onto the next screen. Here, continue north,
SAVE, and go through the next door. *sigh* Not again.
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Boss: Maya, Alfred, Todd, Shady
EXP: 4,400
Gella: 4,800
Item: Dragon Fossil
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Like the previous battle, Maya takes on a different...form. This time she is a
physical attacker. She is very fast and quite strong. Though this time, she
only atatcks one member at a time, instead of the entire party. All of her
allies have gotten stronger in this battle as well. Keep your HP above 900 at
all times. To help lower Maya and Todd's damage at the start, have Gallows
use Extension - Shield to protect against physical damage.
As always, start with Todd. He can still confuse your party and his physical
attacks do 200-300 damage. The confusion is just as devastating as ever, and
Clear Chimes are hard to find, even now. Todd also heals more often in thia
bttle. Now, 300 damage healed isnt as much, but it is still a round or two
and can be more of an annoyance then anything else. He has a new ability
called Divide Shot that can do over 600 damage to a character!
If you're willing to sacrifice a round of damage, you can cast Cremate on Todd
to make his afro catch on fire. He'll take damage every round this way. It's up
to you to decide if it's worth it do so little damage for one round on him, it
only does around 100. No matter what you choose, it's obvious that Todd needs
to die immediately.
Alfred and Shady have gotten a lot stronger, as well. Alfred does about 100
damage with his blast attacks, and Shady does around 150 damage. Compared to
the last battle, this is a severe improvement on their pathetic damage from
the previous battles. Not only are they strong, but they're much faster. No
longer will Alfred attack last, he's at least as fast as Shady, if not
faster.
Maya does around 200-400 damage with her physical attacks. But it is easy to
lower the damage done with support spells. She also does not seem to have the
highest HIT percentage, because she misses quite often. Attacks that once did
150 do around 250 at this point.
When Todd is dead, Maya powers up,and starts using her ultimate attacks.
Those do around 300+ damage, and Maya's stats generally increase. At this
point, she is far more dangerous but still, dont get rid of her. You want the
maximum experience from killing all of the enemies.
After getting rid of Todd, go for Shady, as always. Shady does more elemental
attacks, Ice and Fire this time, which is no change from the previous
battles. Though he does seem to have less HP this time. He wont take too
long to kill. After Shady, go for Alfred. Alfred is easily the weakest of
the bunch, and a round of physical attacks (mainly with critical attacks) can
kill him off easily. He will not last more then three turns against a full
onslaught of physical attacks. Save up for FP on Shady and Alfred to use on
Maya.
Lastly, go for Maya. If you have been building up FP, use Gatling with Jet
and Clive as soon as they have the bullets. Maya seems rather resiliant in this
battle and has high HP. It seems like after each of her allies falls she gets
stronger and stronger, her normal attacks finally ending up around 400 a hit!
You need to kill her fast once she's alone.
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After the battle, watch a scene, and *sigh* Well...lets say that you have 15
Minutes (plenty of time, I usually end with around 13 minutes on the clock) to
get out of the dungeon. The time only runs when you are standing/moving on
the field, or when fighting (NOT choosing commands) in battle. When you are
choosing commands in battle and when you are on the menus screen, the timer
does not run. Try to avoid battles as you flee the dungeon just to make sure
you have plenty of time left.
So when you gain control, head south and onto the next screen. Contiunue
south straight through two more screens, and exit to the west.Continue west
through two screens/rooms, and go south onto another screen. Now go a bit
south and west onto the next screen. Continue west, and go south onto the
next screen. Continue south, east, and through the eastern door onto yet
another screen.
Go east, and then south, go through the southern door. Here, continue south,
and onto yet another screen (damn this place is a lot of screens!). Go south,
and west onto ANOTHER screen. Continue west and south onto guess what?
Another screen! Go south, east, and south onto another screen. Continue
south and go through the southern door. You will -Finally- be out.
Watch a scene.
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***** Ark of Destiny *****
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Coordinates: X: 9,191, Y: 2,259
Suggested Level: 29
Shops: Inn, Save Point
Items: Any of those items you didnt get before, 10,000 Gella (or not. . .)
Key Items: None
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You are automatically brought back to the Ark. Watch a scene, and apologize
(that has gotta hurt).
When you regain control, talk to Albert once again (in the main control room)
and he will tell you how to get to where you need to be. Now, head south, and
onto the next screen. Head south through this hall and into the main hall of
the Ark. In here, go through the northwestern door, and into the library.
Now search the fourth bookshelf from the left and watch a scene.
Now, exit through the southeast door. Head south, and exit the Ark.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 29
Enemies: Garpike, Ruffleshia, Kobold
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Head back onto your Sandcraft, which should be on the only beach on the
island. There, Press the Square button, and then select yes. This will bring
you back to the beach near Jolly Roger. Here, land your Sandcraft. Head to the
landbridge, walk over it, follow the tracks, and enter Midland Station.
Here, try and buy a Ticket, but you will notice that a new train station has
mysteriously appeared in your abscence. Select Southfarm for 880 Gella, and hop
the train.
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***** Southfarm *****
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Coordinates: X: 18,861, Y: 900
Suggested Level: 29
Shops: Train Station
Items: None
Key Items: None
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Go northwest, and exit the train station.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 29
Enemies: Bogle, Cob
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From Southfarm, head southwest, and west. Near the First beach you see (to
the north) search and you will find Boot Hill.
If you look around a bit, to the south of Boot Hill is Virginia's prologue
dungeon, Gob's Hideout at around X: 15,707, Y:24,620. Also, if you follow
the continent to the far west and then north to about the very end, you'll
find the Millenium Puzzle #13 at around X: 13,059, Y: 2,719. The enemy
encounters around the puzzle are quite a bit harder than the ones around Boot
Hill though, so be careful.
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***** Boot Hill *****
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Coordinates: X: 15,729, Y: 513
Suggested Level: 29
Shops: ARMS, Inn, Item, Save Point
Items: Gimel Coin, Tiny Flower, Name Tag, Gimel Coin, Revive Fruit, Warp Star
Key Items: None
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When you enter, head north, and enter the first shop on the west. This is the
ARMS shop. Not only does it have upgrades, but if you check a box in here
you'll find a Gimel Coin. Exit when you're ready.
In the main town, head all the way north and east into the Graveyard. Examine
the tombstone to the far east, where Virginia had a cutscene at the beginning
of the game. You'll get a Tiny Flower. Head back and head all the way west
south into the farm. Examine the shed here and you'll get a Name Tag.
Now, go up to the house to the north, but don't enter. Instead, go inside the
fence, go east, then north, and then west. Break the boxes behind the house,
and you will get another Gimel Coin. Now go back to the house's entrance and
enter it. Here, watch a scene. There's a Revive Fruit in a barrel in the
house once the scene is over. Exit the house. Finally, there's a Warp Star
in the house on the far eastern side of town inside a barrel.
Now head east and south. When you exit the town, watch a scene.
If you talk to Gunther by the exit with characters other than Virginia,
he'll mention a Giant statue to the east. This will help for later on.
You can actually go find the place now, it's on the peninsula to the far
north of Southfarm, but it won't really do anything for you yet.
Also, you can stay the night for free in Boot Hill, like you can at
Humphrey's Peak and the Baskar Colony.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 30
Enemies: Bogle, Cob
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From Boot Hill, head west, and then northwest. Make sure to fight all the
enemies you can, because you need those Dragon Fossils. Enter Southfarm.
if you haven't played around with it already, Dragon Fossils are used for
upgrading your Sandcraft with new weapons and armor.
When you enter Southfarm, buy a ticket to Midland Station for 880 Gella.
At Midland Station, head south and exit. When you are back on Filgaia, head
north and west to enter Baskar Colony...again.
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***** Baskar Colony *****
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Coordinates:X: 13,005, Y: 10,912
Suggested Level: 30
Shops: Inn, Save point, Item
Items: None
Key Items: None
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When you enter, head north, and enter the Shrine (the far northern door).
Here, watch a scene with Halle/Granny.When you can control your party again,
Exit the house, and immediatly re-enter. talk to Halle/Granny again, and she
will tell you where the Infinitum is. Now exit the house, and go south. Exit
Baskar.
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Suggested Level: 30
Enemies: Balloon, Gob, Garpike, Kobold, Maticore, Botis
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Now, you need to get back to Jolly Roger. Head all the way west, and go
southwest over the land bridge. Go onto the sandcraft.
On the Sandcraft, head southwest until you pass a beach with fertile land near
it (Ka Dingel is also here), turn northwest, and follow the edge of the
continent. When you get to an island with a beach on it (its in-between the
two entrances to Sand Canal), land and search around. If you spoke with the
man in Boot Hill who mentiuoned the Giants, you'll find another status here.
Examine it and they'll point at the location of a dungeon for later. Hop
back onto your Sandcraft.
Go north and then turn immediately southeast. Follow the southeast continent
to the east and you'll eventually hit fertile land again.
To the far east will be two beaches. One is near Baskar Colony (go there and
sleep if you wish) and the other is where you want to land.
On this new continent, go west, and search. At X: 9,437 Y: 10,849 you will
find the dungeon you need. This is called the Infinitum.
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Coordinates: X: 9,437, Y: 10,849
Suggested Level: 30
Enemies: Premium Delphin, Delphin, Maticore
Bosses: Pyrodrake, Asgard, Asgard
Items: Potion Berry, 7,000 Gella, Gella Card x2, Gimel Coin, Revive Fruit,
Gimel Coin, Growth Egg, Lucky Card x3, Duplicator
Key Items: Adventure 3, Cosmic Cog
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Watch a scene, and head north onto the second screen. Go east up
the stairs, south, and south up these stairs. Go through the western door.
Now you are presented with your first puzzle in this dungeon.
Cogs:
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Here, there will be a single switch and two levers (the type you need to
rotate the left analog stick to move). Don't press the switch until last,
or nothing will happen. Start by going to the eastern lever and rotate
it about 8-10 times (you know you rotated it when you hear a squeak...you want
this one far away from you, but touching both Cogs).
Now go to the western lever and pull that one 6-7 times. You want it about in
the middle, but it depends on how many times your game wants to make you rotate
your controller. The cog needs to move towards you three times to be in
place.
When these are done, go and step on the switch. It should finish the puzzle
and open the door. If it doesnt, go over to both levers and make sure that
they are touching the cogs on both sides.
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Go through the western door.
Here, go south and up the stairs, go west and up the next set as well. Save
your game if you wish, and go through the northern door.
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Boss: Pyrodrake
EXP: 3,800
Gella: 4,000
Item: Dragon Fossil
Strength: Water (Half)
Weakness: Ice
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Like his name implies, the Pyrodrake IS a fire elemental monster, because of
that, all of his magical attacks are fire based. The character with Fiery
Rage and Fire Ward will be invulnerable in this battle.
Like many fire elementals, he is somewhat weak versus physical attacks. They
only do slightly more than normal, but still there is a slight weakness there
that you will be able to exploit. You will also notice the weakness versus
Ice. Have Gallows or Virginia equipped with Aqua Wisp, and you can do 800 or
more damage to Pyrodrake each round just with that character. He is decently
fast, going before Gallows, but that should not be anything new for your
party.
Oddly, he isnt immune in any way to fire attacks. But you won't want to use
magic other than Ice magic on him, because that is his main weakness. With
Ice attacks and physical attacks, he will die faster than normal enemies.
So you basically have one command for your party chosen. You should use Ice
magic every round, that is the best offense in this battle, without a doubt.
Now you need your other characters. Virginia/Gallows (Whichever doesnt have
Aqua Wisp) should be on healing duty, and Jet and Clive should physically
attack every round. They should use gatling whenever they can, and dont worry
about conserving FP, as it wont matter much anyway. Do not use any Mini-
carrots in this battle.
The boss Volcannon Trap does around 200 (Fire Elemental) damage to your
party. He uses Caloric Sphere, another fire elemental attack. Since
these attacks are magic based, you may want to have Gallows (or Virginia)
use Protect or Extension - Protect to lower the damage the party takes from
the magical attacks. He gets two attacks per round, usually one is the
Volcannon Trap and the other Caloric Sphere. He also has a physical attack
that you'll probably never see, called Giant Groans. It does around 100
damage to a single characterand is easily the weakest of his attacks.
Because this is a "mid-way" boss, he isnt as strong as normal bosses, but he
does have a lot of HP, so be warned that it may take a while to kill him.
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After the battle, you dont even have to watch a scene and you are forced into
your next puzzle.
Blocks after the Boss:
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Go to the east, and there will be four blocks. Have Clive equipped with the
Mighty Gloves and have him lift the far southern block. Put it down to the
north. Now, stand north of this block, and put the block to the east. Now go
get the other block on the upper level, and put it down to the south. Stand
south of this block and put it to the east. The blocks should be in a line.
The puzzle isn't over yet! Stand near the center blocks who were originally
on the lower level when the puzzle reset. On the south one, lift it and put
it down to the south. For th north, stand west and put it down to the north.
There's a hidden crack in the wall!
Now, still with Clive in the lead, have him use his Bombs on that crack.
This should blow up the wall. Go through this newly opened door.
In here, there are four chests. They contain Adventure 3 (Key Item), a Potion
Berry, 7,000 Gella, and 2 Gella Cards. When you have all four items, head
west and exit.
Back in the block room, the blocks will be on top of each other again. Face the
southern block, pick it up, and put it down to the north. Get near the northern
block on the upper level, stand west, pick it up, and put it down to the south.
Stand south and put it down to the east making the bridge once again.
Now that the blocks are in place, head to the south and go up the stairs to
the east. Head north over the block path. Go all the way to the top of the
screen and go all the way west and then go south. Put Gallows in the lead,
and have him examine that odd looking object. This will open the door. Now
head north, and go through the newly opened door.
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You will go up an elevator. At the top is another puzzle.
Pendulums:
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Go down the stairs to the west and head south a bit. Have Jet as the leader.
Move the camera so that it faces east, and have Jet use his bommerang on the
Gem. This starts a pendulum. Continue all the way south and open the chest
at the end for a Gimel Coin.
Go back to the north, go up the stairs, and go down the next set to the east.
Head south over here and open the chest at the end for a Revive Fruit.
Go back north and go up one set of stairs. Face south, and you will notice
the pendulum swinging back and forth. Your goal isnt to go past it, but to be
hit by it. When the Pendulum is to the west, stand in its path and it will
push you onto the switch. The next Pendulum now starts. Jump down to the
lower level so that you start at the door at the beginning of the area
again.
Now, you need to run pass that first pendulum (make sure you time it properly)
and at the second one, wait until you can time it right, and let the Pendulum
hit you onto the western platform. Have Gallows examine the object, and the
door will open. Jump down, go north up the stairs, go south through both
Pendulums and go through the newly opened door (to the south).
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In the hall, go west up the path, and then go north. Go through the eastern
door.
This is the hardest room in the dungeon. You have to time things perfectly,
or you will fall down and have to start the room over. You will notice two
revolving cogs. We will need to work with both of those.
Sart by going east, and walk onto the first rotating cog when you can. When
the cog rotates about 50%, walk off onto the northern path. Head east, and go
up the stairs to the north. Up here, wait until you have an open path (there
are open and closed spokes on the cog) and walk into the center. Stay onto
one of the cogs with the open spoke, and when to cog rotates about 75% of the
way, walk off to the north. On normal land again, step on the floor switch.
Once you have stepped on the switch, walk back onto one of the open spokes
and wait until it is about 70% from where you were and you will notice a
swing moving back and forth. You will need to run back to the open spokes to
get it. Once you time it perfectly, you will be able to get onto the swing.
Once on the swing, wait until it reaches the other side, and walk off. Step
on the switch over here. Walk back onto the swing when it comes over to you,
and time it perfectly so you can get back onto the Cog.
Back on the cog, wait until it goes about 75% around (from where you were) so
that you are facing south. You'll notice the second swing. This one
is a lot harder to time than the previous and there is no special trick to
timing it, so just keep running back on the Cog and you will eventually get
it. When you do, walk off onto the other side, put Gallows in the lead, and
have him examine the item. The door will now open. Go through it and be
happy this room is done.
Now, head east up the stairs, and then go north up the next set. Go through
the western door into the next room. This is another puzzle room.
Clock:
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This one is more challenging than tricky, making it the opposite to the
last room. Virginia needs to lead, so make sure to have her with her
Tindercrest in charge. Now, if you dont know Roman Numerals (aren't they
supposed to teach those in first grade?), you are going to have quite a bit of
trouble with this puzzle. Basically, you need to start at the Roman
Numeral 1 (which is I) and light that, and then go clockwise all the way
around lighting all the candles. This IS timed, and if you do it in the wrong
order, you will have to start over. In simple terms, you want to light 1-12
in proper order.
Try and get two or more at a time if you can,but settle for one at a time if you
can't get the two. Once all 12 are lit (it takes a few times, so dont get
discouraged), the door opens.
Note: Here is a roman numeral chart for those of you who never learned them.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII
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Go through the newly opened door and automatically up an elevator. Here, go
east and open all four chests here for a Gimel Coin, a Growth Egg, 3 Lucky
Cards, and a Duplicator. Use the Gimel coin now (a boss is coming up) and go
through the northern door. Watch a scene.
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Boss: Asgard
EXP: 4,200
Gella: 4,500
Item: None
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This battle is quite odd. Most unlike any battle in the game actually.
Asgard can not attack you. He has a skill called Fortress of the Gods, but it
doesn't actually damage you directly. He will waste every turn he has using
that skill over and over, and it will do absolutely nothing on your party.
This may make the battle seem like a total breeze. It isn't. It actually has
a hidden effect that makes the battle quite difficult. Eraser does not work,
you have to live with it.
Asgard will ALWAYS counter your attacks. There is no might or maybe about
it. He will always counter your attacks with Barrier Knuckle. Normally this
wouldnt be such a bad thing, but Asgard has gotten a lot more powerful since
your last encounter with him. This time his physical attack does 400-500
damage! Well, not really an attack, but it is a counter. Lucky for your
party, it doesnt have the highest hit percentage, but when it does hit, it
packs quite a wallop.
So obviously, you are needing to keep your HP up and wont want to attack
often. I suggest having only Jet and Clive attack while Gallows and Virginia
are on healing duty. After the original Mystic-Lucky Card and the Gella card
from Gallows, (while Clive and Jet attack) Virginia and Gallows should be able
to heal Clive and Jet easily. Virginia using Heal Berries/Potion Berries
(Potion Berries if you have been breeding them at the Secret Garden, Heal
Berries if not) and Gallows using Heal if he has Aqua Wisp. If he doesn't,
you may want to move it onto him for just this battle. However, don't
move it until he's done an Extension - Shield on your party to help lower
the physical damage that you take from Asgard's counters.
With Gallows and Virginia on healing duty, Jet and Clive are free to attack
with any means necessary. Dont allow them to attack when under 700 HP, but
attack with a full force when they have anything above that. You may want
Virginia to use Mini-Carrots on them so that they can attack with Gatling more
often (Mystic-Mini Carrot works amazingly well).
Sadly, Asgard has high physical defense, so this battle will take a while.
You'll probably eat a lot of healing items keeping yourself alive, too.
To raise your attack, you may want to use Valiant if you're impatient.
Remember, since Asgard is purely a counter boss, if you're having trouble,
STOP! It's that simple. if you don't do anything to him, he can't do anything
to you, so stop attacking and spend a round or two healing with everyone.
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Boss: Asgard
EXP: None
Gella: None
Item: None
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This is another odd battle. This one will remind you more of the battle with
Janus in the Sand Canal than it did the previous battle.
First off, you have three party members, which is obvious. Gallows will take
no part whatsoever in this battle, as he is busy elsewhere. So you have to
rely on Virginia for all healing purposes. Normally this would be a bad
thing, but there is one thing you have on your side.
This battle lasts 3 rounds. No more, no less. And luckily, Asgard wont
counter your physical attacks like he did in the previous battle. If your
party has a high enough level, you may not even have to heal.
First off, Asgard has a single attack. This is called Barrier Storm. Barrier
storm does 300-500 damage to your entire party (all three members)! This is
mainly a threat if it is more on the 400 side of the damage then the 300.
Have Virginia, and possibly, Jet heal the party with Heal Berries to keep
yourself alive. Unfortunately, this is the only move he uses, so you'll
need to have more than one character on healing duty to survive the three
rounds. Don't worry too much about someone dying here, just make sure at
least one character has enough HP to survive the final attack on the third
round.
Asgard has lower Physical defense than in the previous battle, but you can not
kill him this time. As I said, this battle will last three rounds whether you
want it to or not. In fact, you may want to just defend with all your party
members. This will be over quickly.
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After the battle, watch a scene, and you get the Cosmic Cog Medium.
As always, you automatically exit the dungeon.
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Suggested Level: 32
Enemies: Kobold, Maticore, Nak, Capricorn, Jumbo Critter, Jenny Green Teeth,
Triffid (thats a whole lot of enemies)
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Now, you have a choice. I will automatically lead you to the Nidhogg pass.
If you've spent the time looking for the "Giants" on the world map, the
short little side quest will make it easier, but it is far from something that
you must do to find this dungeon. The two Giants are statues - one found near
Southfarm and one on the island between the two Sand Canals. Again, you
don't -need- to find them, but they do point to where you're supposed to go.
You find the information on how you're supposed to do this in Virginia's room
in Boot Hill.
You may want to go to Baskar/Jolly Roger to upgrade all your ARMs and heal but
I will lead you to the dungeon from the Infinitum beach.
On the Sandcraft, head west (you will pass Baskar Colony beach) and then go
north until you see a path to the west. Both of these paths lead to the
dungeon, but if you decide to get off the sandcraft to land before the
dungeon area, there are some nasty monsters, so be careful.
On the way to the pass, you'll see an area with three beaches if you head
west instead of north (it's a circle, so you'll get there either way). Be
careful if you land on any of the beaches, as the monsters are strong. You'll
want Paralysis wards on at least one character. There's a Millennium
Puzzle on the third beach, about as far out as you can go. Use Extension -
Spectre on the Remnants to make them fall instantly. The puzzle is
around X: 4,429, Y:13,769 and is Millennium Puzzle #17. This one is actually
pretty easy, despite its 4/5 ranking.
Once you're done with the Millennium Puzzle, head back onto your Sandcraft and
head back east to the intersection with the beach. From here, head north and
follow this path north and then northwest until you see a beach. The land is
yellowish here, so it's easy to see where to land. Search around the trees
to find the dungeon.
Note: The Triffids in this area drop Earth Rings, which teach the Earth Ward
skill. You may want to get a few of these for later. Also, the Jenny Green
teeth on the Sancraft drop Water rings. You'll -need- 4 of these for an
optional boss at the end of the game, so I suggest spending some time fighting
them, too.
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Coordinates: X: 3,341, Y: 21,815
Suggested Level: 32
Enemies: HelterSkelter, Mushussu, Amduscias
Bosses: Nidhogg
Items: Potion Berry, Gella Card x3, Revive Fruit
Duplicator Door: Mini Carrot, Migrant Seal, Adventure 4
Key Items: Adventure 4
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Note: Read the name of the chapter section. There are 3 Nidhogg passes,
though you have to only find two of them on the World Map. You can either do
this one first, or you can do the second. The other is actually probably
easier, but this one is easier to find. Though you can do either first, you
must do both eventually.
When you enter, head south and you are immediately brought into an
unavoidable battle.
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Boss: Nidhogg
EXP: 4,000
Gella: 4,400
Strength: None
Weaknesses: Light, Dark
Item: None
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Nidhogg is a surprisingly weak boss for this point of the game. The only real
things he has going for him are his status effect, and everything else is just
like a normal enemy.
And thats what Nidhogg basically is. A strong normal enemy. He has a hell of
a lot of HP for a normal enemy, but his attacks do about the same damage as a
normal enemies, if a bit more.His normal attack does around 100 damage, which
should be slightly more then the normal attack at this point.
He does have a few status attacks though. Namely the ever evil confusion,
which he causes with an attack called "Luminous Moss". He can also cause
Misery, but luckily, not Amnesia. As always, use Inertia Cancel if you must
to cure it. Downhearted causes Misery, which stops you from using spells or
FP moves. This will slow the battle down more than it will actually damage
you.
Hopefully, Virginia and Gallows have the Moon Spark and the Flash Hit mediums
equipped respectfully. Because Nidhogg is weak versus Light and Dark,
Virginia and Gallows can use magic on him to do quite a bit of damage. On the
first few turns (one or two) a Casting of Grav (yes, it works in this battle)
does over 3,000 damage. Of course, the damage will go down fast after casting
it. Spectre (from Flash Hit) does from 800-1,200 damage to Nidhogg and will
work as your main offense in this battle. Take note that in the end, multiple
castings of this will be more useful than Valiant, so use Spectre instead of
Valiant (if the Flash Hit is on a stong magic user - anyone but Jet works).
Physical attacks work, as always, but the magical attacks from Virginia and
Gallows will do more damage in the long run. Have the party attack (remember
that before you kill him to use Gella Cards/Lucky Card), as if you attack with
the strong magic, you will kill him within two or three rounds. Maybe even
one round, if your party is strong enough.
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After the battle, Continue south, and onto the next screen. In this
hall-like area, continue south, and onto the third screen.
Here you are confronted with your first puzzle...Well not realy a puzzle, just
a tricky area. Walk south, and press the O button to tiptoe over the bridge.
Tiptoe three steps, and then walk one normally, so that you fall onto that
lower level. Use a Duplicator on the door, and go through it onto another new
screen. In here, open all three chstes for a Migrant Seal, Adventure 4, and a
Mini Carrot. Now, go south, and exit through the southern door.
Here, jump off to the south, and go through the western door. In here, go
west, and open the chest for a Potion Berry. Use the Steady Doll on the chest
and you will get Gella Card x3. Head east, and exit to the previous room.
here, go south, southeast, and south through the door.
Short Box Room:
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This puzzle is particularly annoying because of the encounters throughout.
In here, put Clive in the lead and jump south off the edge. Here, there will
be two boxes. With the Mighty Gloves, stand to the west of the box in the
upper level. Pick it up, and put it down to the south. Now stand to the west
of the same box, pick it up, and put it down to the west. Now, go to the north
up the stairs and walk south over the new block path. Open the chest for a
Revive Fruit, and go through the door.
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Here, flip the switch, and you are technically half done with this three part
dungeon. Now, you just need to get out. head north onto the previous screen,
jump off to the north, go up the stairs, and go through the north door. Here,
go north and tiptoe (O button) over the path, and exit through the northern
door. Go north through two more doors, and exit the dungeon.
If this is your first dungeon, you have one more to do. If this was your
second, then you'll be able to continue onto the third portion of the
Nidhogg's Pass, but I'm assuming this was your first.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 33
Enemies: Nak, Capricorn, Jumbo Critter, Jenny Green Teeth, Gara Diablo, Crab
Bubbler, Triffid
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Back on the world map once again, headwest, northwest, and then south. get
back onto the sandcraft. Once back on the Sandcraft, head south, and east
when needed. Pass 3 beaches (one of them has a Millenium Puzzle, if you are
doing that side quest) and go south again. Continue south all the way, and
eventually you will be back at Baskar beach. This is an excellent time to
prepare, buy items, and level, as it will be quite a while until you have a
chance to do that again.
When you are sure you are all ready, head to Baskar Beach..
From Baskar beach, head west, pass the Infinitum beach, and when you get to the
area with the island with a beach between the two entrances of Sand Canal,
continue northeast on your side (ignoring the other side) and follow the
continent east.
At the very tip of the continent (there's a long peninsula, so you'll know
when you hit it), head east and north to the next continent. You'll go a -long-
way, but keep following the continent (keep it to your right). On one island
this way you'll find Millennium Puzzle #4. This puzzle is very easy and you
shouldn't have much problem with is.
From the Millennium Puzzle, head directly east and hit the small piece of land.
Follow this continent a short ways and you'll find another beach. The land
on this beach is yellowish green, signifying that this is where you want to
be. Land here and search around the forest to find the second Nidhogg Pass.
If you're having problems finding this dungeon, it's in the far northwest of
the world map, but you have to take the long way around to get to it.
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Coordinates: X: 5,508, Y: 22,676
Suggested Level: 33
Enemies: HelterSkelter, Mushussu, Amduscias, Mimic
Bosses: Nidhogg
Items: Lucky Card x3
Duplicator Door: Mimic (Tiny Flower), Name Tag x2, Grab Bag
Key Items: None
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This is just like the previous Nidhogg Pass. The puzzles are different, but
you can actually SEE the other pass in this one. This is basically just the
other side of the original dungeon.
When you enter, head west, and you automatically enter battle.
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Boss: Nidhogg
EXP: 4,000
Gella: 4,400
Strength: None
Weaknesses: Light, Dark
Item: None
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This battle is the exact same as the previous, and should be treated as such.
Nidhogg still gives all those nice EXP/Gella bonuses though.
Nidhogg is a surprisingly weak boss for this point of the game. The only real
things he has going for him are his status effect, and everything else is just
like a normal enemy.
And thats what Nidhogg basically is. A strong normal enemy. He has a hell of
a lot of HP for a normal enemy, but his attacks do about the same damage as a
normal enemies, if a bit more.His normal attack does around 100 damage, which
should be slightly more then the normal attack at this point.
He does have a few status attacks though. Namely the ever evil confusion,
which he causes with an attack called "Luminous Moss". He can also cause
Misery, but luckily, not Amnesia. As always, use Inertia Cancel if you must
to cure it.
Hopefully, Virginia and Gallows have the Moon Spark and the Flash Hit mediums
equipped respectfully. Because Nidhogg is weak versus Light and Dark,
Virginia and Gallows can use magic on him to do quite a bit of damage. On the
first few turns (one or two) a Casting of Grav (yes, it works in this battle)
does over 3,000 damage. Of course, the damage will go down fast after casting
it. Spectre (from Flash Hit) does from 800-1,200 damage to Nidhogg and will
work as your main offense in this battle. Take note that in the end, multiple
castings of this will be more useful then Valiant, so use Spectre instead of
Valiant (if the Flash Hit is on a stong magic user...anyone but Jet works).
Physical attacks work, as always, but the magical attacks from Virginia and
Gallows will do more damage in the long run. Have the party attack (remember
that before you kill him to use Gella Cards/Lucky Card), as if you attack with
the strong magic, you will kill him within two or three rounds. Maybe even
one round, if your party is strong enough.
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After the battle, continue west and onto the next screen. In here, walk a
bit west, and then turn the screen south. You will see a gem in the south-
western corner. This gem is hard to hit, but you need to. Have Jet with
his boomerang and target the wall -above- the gem (the key word there is
"above.") so that the boomerang falls off the wall and hits the gem,
When you are able to do this correctly, the door to the west will open.
Go through it.
Continue west, and onto the next scree. Now, go directly south, and jump down
to a lower level (close to the wall, not by the ladder). On this lower level
there is a chest that contains Lucky Card x3. .Continue south and jump down
again. Go down the stairs, and through the southern door.
Here, go south and west. Push Virginia in the lead (not for now, but for a
puzzle in a few seconds), and go south. Use a Duplicator on the door, and go
through. open the chests in here for a Mimic (Tiny Flower), Name Tag x2, and
a Grab Bag. Head out of the room the same way you entered.
Candles:
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Back here, use Virginia and her Tindercrest to light the first candle on this
lower level, which is just to the north of the Duplicator door. You may want
to turn your screen to the east to make it easier to see. When this is lit, go
halfway up the stairs and face south. Use the Tindercrest on the second
candle.
Continue all the way up the stairs and at the very top of the stairs, face
the last candle. Light it the same way and the door opens.
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Head through the far southern door. In here, flip the second (or first switch,
depending on if you did this pass or the other pass first) and the path
opens.
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Coordinates: X: 5,142, Y: 18,659
Suggested Level: 33
Enemies: HelterSkelter, Mushussu, Amduscias
Bosses: Leehalt, Balzas
Items: Duplicator, Tool: Galecrest, 8,500 Gella, Potion Berry, Amulet, Gimel
Coin
Duplicator Chest: Full Carrot
Key Items: None
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Note: Completely ignore the Coordinates. Those are the Coordinates to the
exit, which is the only direct entrance to Nidhogg pass 3. You would normally
get there through a door after completeing Nidhogg Pass 1 and 2..which you
should have just done.
Also note that you wont be able to access this dungeon until you have finished
Nidhogg Passes 1 and 2 both, not just one or the other. So dont worry about
this area until you have done them both.
After finishing both Nidhogg passes, go through the newly opened door to the
south to enter the last part of the dungeon.
Immediatley go south, and jump down to the lower level. Head west, and up the
stairs at the end. Go through the western door. In here, open the two
chests for a Duplicator and a Tool: Galecrest for Virginia.
Note: The Tool: Galecrest is different from the other tools you have gotten so
far. It allows you to travel one space (or one block distance) over an area.
If the path has enough blocks in it, you can easily get all the way across
with just a single Square button press. You can get over small gaps with this
tool, so it is quite useful, and quite fast.
Exit the room the same way you entered.
Equip the Galecrest of Virginia, and face east. Have Virginia use the
Galecrest. If you are facing the right direction you'll go flying to the
other side of the room at the wall. That's all there is to it. Head through
the door to the south. Follow this next path to the south and through the
door at the end. A short puzzle awaits you.
Making your own path:
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In this next room, jump down to the south. Over to the east is a switch for
you to step over. Continue south and open the chest here for 8,500 Gella.
Head west and pull the southern switch. Head back east and use the Galecrest
to teleport over the switch (if you accidentally step on the switch, you
need to head back southwest and pull the lever again). Once you're on the
other side and west and then east up the stairs. Turn the camera south and
use the Galecrest to get over the blocks, which should be perfectly in place
at this point.
Go through the southern door.
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Two Puzzles in a row:
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Another puzzle is in this next room.
In here, jump down and break the boxes to the west. Step on the switch here
to open the door. Put Clive in the lead and equip the Mighty Gloves. Walk
over to the block on the upper platform, and stand north of the western
block. Lift it up, and put it down to the east.
Now, put Virginia in the lead and head up the stairs. Face the block that is
still on the upper level and the block you put down onto the lower level
(they should be in a vertical row). Use the Galecrest and Virginia will
teleport over to the block, but will be stopped by the block on the upper
level. Put Clive in the lead again and have him lift the block on the
upper level and put it down to the west.
Have Virginia use her Galecrest and teleport to the western side of the
screen. Go through the door.
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This one is easy. Go all the way west, and Tiptoe (remember, the O button)
north. Step on the switch here. Now, Tiptoe south and go a bit east.
Tiptoe north up the center path, and open the 2 chests here for a Potion Berry
and an Amulet. Tiptoe back south and go north up the far eastern path.
Tiptoe up this last one, and go through the door.
Here, head east, and use the Galecrest at the end, and go onto the next
screen. In this hall, continue east, and go through the eastern door for
another annoying puzzle.
Multicolored Blocks:
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Here, there are three blocks. If you look closely, they're slightly different
colors. The far west one is "brown," the center one is "Blue," and the last
one has a greenish tint to it. Paying attention to the color in this part
is very important.
Put Clive in the lead, with his Mighty Gloves on, and stand to the south of the
brown block. Lift it and put it down to the south. Now stand to the
west of it, and put it south. Stand to the west of it once again, and put it
west. Finally, stand to the south and put it down to the west. Next, stand
east of the blue block (notice the block change here), and push it to the
the west and then south, where it should hit the far wall.
Now, get that last block (greenish) and push it west three times and south
twice. After this, push the blue block west and then the green block once
more to the south.
Now, put Virginia in the lead and head up the staits near the entrance.
Use the Galecrest to get over two blocks to the south, and then face east.
Go over those with the Galecrest, too. Go through the southern door.
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Almost done!
In here, jump down to a lower level and go south. Go up the stairs and
through the western door. Open a chest in here for a Gimel coin
(which is actually smartly used now). Use a Duplicator on the other chest,
and you will receive a rare and very useful Full Carrot. I suggest saving
this and giving it to Florina to grow later on.
Blocks and Teleports:
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Exit the room after getting both items and now you can finish the puzzle.
Head down the stairs and go south. Break all three of the boxes on the upper
level. You can pick them up from the lower level, so don't worry about
doing anything special. Head back north and go up the stairs, but not
through the door.
Face East and you'll notice a block on the upper level. Use the Galecrest
and make sure you hit that box so that it stops you on top of the large
crate. Have Clive put on his Mighty Gloves, lift the box from where you're
standing and put it down to the south. Jump down to the lower level.
Stand to the south of the eastern block and put it down to the east. Now
get the western block. Stand to the east of the block and put it down to
the east twice so that it's lined up vertically (or horizontally depending
on your camera angle) with the first block. Head back up the stairs and
teleport all the way east with the Galecrest. Hop down onto the block that
you lined up with the wall and the second block and then use the Galecrest
to teleport south. This will likely force you through the door onto the
next screen.
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Here, watch a scene.
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Boss: Leehalt
EXP: 4,300
Gella: 4,500
Item: Potion Berry
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Fighting Leehalt is like battling no other enemy in the game. Leehalt rarely
attacks your party, which is something essential to your own survival. Why
might you ask? Well read on and I'll tell.
Leehalt counters everything you do. And it isn't like the Asgard counters,
either. Leehalt counters with an attack called "Rule of vengeance" which does
the exact same damage to your party member (that attacked) that the attack did
to him. So if Virginia attacked for 200 damage, Leehalt would counter for 200
back. Leehalt's counters always hit and there is no way to lower the damage
they do.
Now the question is, how do you attack him without your own party being
decimated in the process? And the answer to that is: You don't. First off,
your weaker attackers (Gallows and Virginia namely) should not attack at all.
if you want them to get FP, use Mini Carrots and dont risk attacking. Clive
and Jet will take over 500 damage per round,if they are strong. Virginia
and Gallows can heal that (one character each), as long as they are both on
healing duty.
Now, with Gallows and Virginia on healing duty, you have two choices and ways
to go about this battle. You can have Clive and Jet use Mini Carrots on
themselves so that they get max FP, and then use Gatling when both are at
max. The danger to this is, when you use Gatling, Leehalt doesnt just counter
the damage of one attack, he counters the damage of ALL the atacks (so if you
do 300 damage with 3 attacks, he will do 900 back, not 300.) This will almost
always kill the member that used Gatling .That is the fastest and easiest way
though, if you're willing to sacrifice members a few times.
The other way is to only attack with Clive and Jet normally. Dont use
Valiant, as that will up the damage Leehalt does back to you. You can keep
your HP up (dont let it go under the amount double the damage they do
normally, as you never know when your characters can critical attack) with
Virginia and Gallows, while Jet and Clive attack.
Either way works, but just remember to keep your HP up, and remember that
Healing is your friend. Without healing, you are going to be screwed quickly.
Caution is what this battle is all about. If you go into it head on, you will
be slaughtered.
What might help a bit is to have Virginia use a Mini Carrot on herself on
the second round (After a Mystic - Lucky Card on the first) and then every
round or two after this use Mystic - Mini Carrot. This will recover not only
her used FP from Mystic, but give everyone else 25 FP as well. Not having
Virginia heal is a bit risky, but you can kill Leehalt rather fast by doing
this.
Like the Asgard battle, if you find yourself overwhelmed or with a KO'd
character, you can pretty much stop the damage on your party by just not doing
any actions against Leehalt. Spend two or three turns recovering and then get
back to attacking. Don't hesitate to stop every few rounds if you find
yourself being slaughtered by your own damage.
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Boss: Balazs
EXP: 2,250
Gella: 2,400
Item: Full Carrot
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Like the previous battle, you will fight no other enemies in the game like
this one. This is even odder than the previous battle though. Balazs has two
attacks. Though those attacks are some of the strangest you'll ever see. To
make it even worse, you may not have had enough VIT to restore from the last
battle, so you may not be in top condition.
His first attack is called Otherworld. This incredible looking skill will
reduce your entire parties' HP by half (so if you have 1,000 HP, it will do
500 to that member). This attack can not kill your party, which is a major
plus.
Throughout the duration of the spell, Balazs will be invincible and not take
any damage. Fortunately, the effect only lasts one round. To actually do
some damage to Balazs, you need to attack before him. Unfortunately, at this
point the only character fast enough for that is most likely only Virginia.
You can use support spells from Gale Claw to boost your speed and help a bit,
too. The only other way to damage the boss is to attack after the spell wears
off.
How do you attack after the spell wears off? A little friend called Cosmic Cog.
Use Mini Carrots on the character with Cosmic Cog until he/she has 100 FP.
Then, use the Arcana "Replay" on the character you want to attack
(probably Clive). Don't use Gatling, as you would have wasted all your FP
previously in the turn and won't restore it. Attack normally with the character
and though your chosen character will not damage Balazs throughout the normal
turn, on the "Replay" turn your character will damage him.
Of course, Jet has Accellerator that can help him attack first no matter
what so you don't even have to worry about Cosmic Cog if you're willing
to only use him as a damage dealer. If you use Quicken, you won't even need
to use Accellerator. Also, since the boss CAN kill you (even though most of
the time he just halves your HP) keep your HP over 400 for everyone so that
his only attack that can kill you - doesn't. This is a good battle to use
the broken Valiant spell, since your HP will remain low throughout.
Now that you know how to hurt him, you just have the other basics. Balazs has
one othre attack, which attacks one member for 200 damage. Keep your HP over
300, and that one shouldnt be a problem. Just focus on his immunity, and he
will die rather fast.
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Continue watching.
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***** Greenlodge *****
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Coordinates: X: 5,366, Y: 17,243
Suggested Level: 34
Shops: Inn, Save Point
Items: Potion Berry
Key Items: None
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Note: Virginia will have no VIT for this area and the rest of the next
dungeon. She can not restore it, either. She can restore her HP through the
use of Berries and Arcana though. Just realize that her HP won't restore
after battle. That's supposed to happen.
Watch a scene. Note that the red and white box works the same as an inn, and
will restore your party's health, VIT, MGC, etc. Talk to all your party
members, and then exit the room. Watch a stunning scene.
Another note: You can't get to this area in any other way except for Nidhogg
Pass, so make sure you do everything you can now, so you dont have to waste
your time later. You will come back here later if you plan on finishing all
of the optional bosses.
If you head back into Greenlodge, you'll find a Potion Berry in one of the
boxes.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 34
Enemies: Blue Snail, Shrieker, Okypete
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This small, secluded part of the world map has the next dungeon you're
looking for. However, there's also a Millennium Puzzle in the area. You'll
want to do the puzzle now so you don't have to walk through Nidhogg Pass if
you choose to do the puzzles later on. The puzzle is around X: 4,449 and
Y: 18,219. It's Millennium Puzzle #15.
From Greenlodge, go all the way north and you will pass a lake to the west.
Follow the lake as it goes west and soon you will see a litle area of green
that screams: "Something is here!". Well, that is your goal. Search around
this area, and you will find the dungeon.
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Coordinates: X: 4,240, Y: 19,100
Suggested Level: 34
Enemies: Okypete, Clay Puppet, Cocatrice, Mimic
Bosses: Melody, Malik, Leehalt, Janus, Leehalt, Melody, Malik
Items: Duplicator, Lucky Card x3, Gimel Coin x2, Revive Fruit, Gella Card x2,
Minic x3 (Mini Carrot), Gimel Coin x2, Lucky Card x3, Potion Berry, Baselard,
Name Tag, Gella Card x2, Mimic (Cait's Boots), 10,000 Gella, Gimel Coin
Duplicator Chest: Booster Kit
Key Items: None
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Be prepared for a loooong dungeon here folks. We have about 5 boss battles,
and over 10 puzzles...be prepared to get frustrated and annoyed. This is one
bitch of a dungeon. Make sure you set aside a few hours before you start.
Finally, remember to watch Virignia's HP after a battle. She won't recover,
so you need to do it manually.
Watch a scene and head north, then east up the stairs. Go northwest, and
up another set of stairs. At the top, go west all the way, and you will notice
an opening in the southern fence. Turn the screen west and jump off the
level, making sure you land on the switch. When you do, the door opens and
you can go to the next screen. Head east up the stairs, go west, and through
the northern door.
Here, have Virginia lead, and use her Tindercrest (from a distance, or else
you will lose HP), to destroy those guns. The Galecrest does not work to
dodge these. Near the end, stay against the northern wall and use the
Tindercrest on the last two guns, which are definitely the hardest to hit.
The easiest way to hit these is to stand diagonally from them at the corner.
Once all of the guns are gone, get rid of the barrier by using the Tindercrest
on one of the orbs that transmits the power (basically, the little globe on
the side). Once the path is clear, head through the door.
In here, go southeast, through the hall, and west through the door onto the
next screen. Here, stay away from the guns, destroying them from a diagnol
distance like the previous ones. Continue down the path and by the door is a
ladder. Climb up it, and open the chests to the north for a Duplicator, and 3
Lucky Cards. Jump down to the west, and go through the door. Watch a scene.
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Boss: Melody
EXP: 2,500
Gella: 2,700
Item: Potion Berry
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Unlike the previously Melody battles, she actually counter attacks this time.
Melody isnt that strong, actually. Its more your own mistakes that will
destroy you in this battle, and not her. She doesn't even directly harm you!
Melody does have an odd new ability. The game states it (and I quote
directly):
* Melody's barrier fends off attacks that do less than 350 points of damage.
Your ARMS and Arcana attacks must exceed the barrier limit in order to damage
Melody!
If you have played Breath of Fire V, it will be familiar to you. This is the
same as the ABD (which was on the Regents). Basically, you have to do 350
damage to Melody, or else your attacks will have been worthless. Note the
fact that each Gatling shot has to do above 350 damage to harm her. This
actually isn't as much of a problem as it may seem. Melody has low physical
defense, so most of your attacks should do over 200 damage, at least
Clive and Jet's hopefully. If you can't damage her well with physical
attacks, have Virginia use Mystic - Mini Carrot a few times to feed the party
FP to damage Melody more easily with Gatling.
You won't want to attack with other then the two of your main attackers
anyways. Melody's counter is called Venom Strike, and causes Poison to a
target. If you have Poison Wards, this will be worthless and Melody won't be
able to touch you. But if not, Poison can tear you apart quickly. If
you don't have the wards equipped before battle you can always spend some
time in-battle with the Medium command before you start giving commands to
your characters. Moonstones give the Poison Ward trait.
If you're having problems damaging Melody, you should take off the Poison
Wards and let her poison Jet and Clive for a round. Have Gallows use
Valiant once they've lost around 800 HP and then there won't be any problems
damaging her. Eraser does not get rid of Melody's barrier.
While Clive and Jet attack, Virginia and Gallows should be healing Poison and
HP as needed. They will do best with Magical attacks, but only if the damage
exceeds 350. If not, dont bother, and use Mini Carrots on Clive or Jet (if
you have enough, that is). If you build Virignia or Gallows up past
70 FP (probably with Mystic - Mini Carrot) have them use the Summon command
and they can break over 700 damage on Melody, too.
This battle isn't that bad, if you are strong or high levelled. If not, it
can last a while. Just make sure to have those Poison wards! This battle
is actually a decent way to get EXP if you keep attacking for low amounts.
Everyone gets .1% extra EXP every time that they ward off her poison. You
can easily break five or six thousand experience in this battle if you
use a Lucky Card and let it drag on a bit.
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After the battle, heal any members that may be poisoned and head south onto
the next screen.
In the hall, head northwest and go east through the door.
Fire and Ice:
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This is the most annoying puzzle in the dungeon and most likely the game.
Virginia needs to lead, so ignore the sign and what it says about water.
Equip Virginia with the Tindercrest and go to the western side of the
puzzles (that is near the door where you entered). Have Virginia use the
Tindercrest on the first and fifth (the outer) "lights" in this row. This
causes two lines of lights to turn green.
Now go to the southern row and use the Tindercrest on the second and fourth
rows (not the outer rows or the center, the second in on both sides). If you
do this correctly, a door will open.
Here's a nice little graphic for you. Each "|" is a lamp.
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2 -> | | | | |
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3 4
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Light the rows in order 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Go through the newly opened door and you automatically go up an elevator.
In this new area, have Gallows lead, and equip the Steady Doll. Face east,
and use the Steady Doll on the two chests here for 2 Gimel Coins and a Revive
Fruit. Continue west and go south at the intersection. Go through the southern
door. In here, open two chests for 2 Gella Cards and Mimic x3 (Mini Carrot).
Exit the room back to the main screen. Head north and through the western
door onto the next screen.
In here, go northwest and south through the door. Now, with Gallows still in
the lead, have him use the Freezer Doll and go shoot those steaming pipes. If
you hit them, they will freeze, and stop shooting steam. After getting the
first two, continue south, and freeze two more pipes. Now, before you go
through the eastern door, SAVE. Go through, and watch a scene.
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Boss: Malik
EXP: 2,700
Gella: 3,000
Item: Potion Berry, Dragon Fossil (rare)
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Wow, talk about ouch. Malik is about 10 times more dangerous than Melody and
much worse than he was in the previous battles. If you aren't cautious,
Malik can easily obliterate you.
Like in the previous battle with Malik, he starts off blurred and radiating.
This is something he retains in all battles with him. Use Decelerate on your
first round to get rid of the effect. Other than that, everything he does
is new. One problem I recently faced in this battle was that I had Terra
Roar on Gallows, who was meant to Decelerate Malik. However, each turn
before he could get the Decelerate off (after I cured Misery) he would
use Tri-Injury and cause the Misery status again - basically stopping me
from damaging him at all. Long story short? Put Terra Roar on Virginia
before this battle so she can get the Decelerate off before Malik can act.
I would suggest putting it back onto Gallows afterwards, though, so he
can use Extension - Shield on your party.
Malik basically acts like this: Before you use Decelerate on him he'll use
the Tri-Injury skill over and over again, maybe annoying you by using it on
the person who has Terra Roar, making it difficult to actually use the
Arcana. After that, he switches strategies to. . .
Malik has an attack called Chaotic Dimension. Like the previous fight, this
causes the confusion status on members. But it isnt only one member
this time, it's your entire party! This is a serious threat, so have as many
characters with the Confusion Ward as possible. Virginia is the most
important character to have it on, so she can use Mystic - Pinwheel. If
You don't have confusion wards set on characters, spend some time using
the Medium command before the battle to prepare yourself.
As you likely know, with confusion your party will slaughter itself. If your
characters are strong, it will be even worse. Sadly, Confusion isn't Malik's
only skill. This time he has an ability called Anihilator, which does 300-400
damage to your entire party at once. This, paired wioth the attacks
internally, can cause some chaos.
So...Now that you know what he does, wheres the strategy? Well, as I said,
Virginia is the most important character to have a Confusion ward on. The
second (and/or third character) is your choice. Gallows can be good because
he may be able to heal your parties' status with Extension and Flash Hit.
Flash Hit has the Cleansing Arcana, which removes negative statuses.
Of course, you may want it on Clive, since he has the strongest physica
attacks and can easily decimate your party when he attacks you. Jet is fast
and good for healing quickly, if needed.
Keep your HP above 1,200 at all times. That is probably the max damage your
party/Malik can do to one character at any set turn. Your party members can
probably do 800 (put together) and Malik can do 300-400 damage with his
Anihalator. As I said, thats the worst situation, but you can't take too many
chances.
Go all out on Malik. Because this battle can be annoying as hell, use Mini
Carrots, and Gatling whenever you can. Dont hesitate to use Inertia Cancel to
heal your party members of Confusion, either. You may even want to attack
with Virginia and Gallows, though they dont do much damage. Anything to get
this battle done in a hurry so that Malik wont be a threat. He takes a lot
of damage and seems to have low HP, so as long as you can keep confusion off
of your attackers, he'll fall quickly.
Remember to cure any Amnesia on your party before the battle ends so that
everyone can get EXP.
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After the battle, examine the tank for a rather interesting comment. Now head
through the eastern door onto the next screen. Here, go southeast, and through
the northern door.
Stuck:
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Head north in this room and some walls will come up. Use Clive as the leader
and have him equip his Bomb. Face the wall to the north and press the
Square button as quickly as possible for about 10 seconds. This is pretty
much the same as with the large boulders. Clive needs to have about 6 or
7 bombs detonate one right after another, so the Square button needs to be
pressed in rapid succession. When done correctly, the wall breaks.
It's only required to do it to onw, but you can break the other wall, if
you wish.
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Head through the northern door.
Here, tiptoe west over the western bridge, and go south through the
door. Here, open the three chests for a Gimel Coin x2, Lucky Card x3, and a
Potion Berry. Exit the room the same way you entered.
Flimsy Floors:
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Back in the puzzle room, Clive should lead, equipped with the Mighty Gloves.
Stand to the south of the dark block, lift, and put it down to the south.
Now, push the other block, the shiny one, to the south so that it hits the
first block that you moved. Then push it to the east over that flimsy
bridge you had to tiptoe over. It will land on the switch, opening the
door.
Now, tiptoe back over the bridge, and go through the northern door.
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Here, go southeast, and west through the door. Go northwest, and turn the
screen south. Have Virginia use the Tindercrest on the guns here. Kill them
diagnally and from a distance to get rid of them. Once they are gone, go
south, and climb up the eastern ladder. Open the chests for a Baselard (If
you dont have 4 of these, you are in luck. Be happy, these things are
amazing) and a Name Tag. Jump off the edge, save, and go through the southern
door. Watch a scene.
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Boss: Leehalt
EXP: 3,000
Gella: 3,500
Item: None
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Before I get into the strategy, DO NOT use Mystic-Lucky Card on this boss.
Nor should you use a Gella Card, as if you do, you will just be wasting the
items/FP.
Now onto the strategy. Like the previous battle, Leehalt is deadly.
Though he only has the same attacks as before. He rarely (mainly when you
aren't attacking him) uses Eliminate Scanner for 400 damage, but everything
else he does relies on counters. Eliminate Scanner paired with Rule of
Vengance can hurt badly.
Also as with the previous battle with him, his counter attacks do the same
amount of damage that your normal attacks did to him. Because of this, only
your strongest attackers should attacks, and let the weaker ones be on healing
duty. Virginia and Gallows should make sure Jet and Clive have over 1,200 HP
at all times, or else they may critical attack Leehalt and accidentally kill
themselves.
Just remember to STOP your damage if you need some time to recover. while
Leehalt attacks this time, he won't be able to do more than 500 damage to
a single character.
Other than that, the battle is the exact same as the previous (and I copy from
my previous strategy):
Now, with Gallows and Virginia on healing duty, you have two choices and ways
to go about this battle. You can have Clive and Jet use Mini Carrots on
themselves so that they get max FP, and then use Gatling when both are at
max. The danger to this is, when you use Gatling, Leehalt doesnt just counter
the damage of one attack, he counters the damage of ALL the atacks (so if you
do 300 damage with 3 attacks, he will do 900 back, not 300.) This will almost
always kill the member that used Gatling .That is the fastest and easiest way
though, if you're willing to sacrifice members a few times.
The other way is to only attack with Clive and Jet normally. Dont use
Valiant, as that will up the damage Leehalt does back to you. You can keep
your HP up (dont let it go under the amount double the damage they do
normally, as you never know when your characters can critical attack) with
Virginia and Gallows, while Jet and Clive attack.
Either way works, but just remember to keep your HP up, and remember that
Healing is your friend. Without healing, you are going to be screwed quickly.
Caution is what this battle is all about. If you go into it head on, you will
be slaughtered.
What might help a bit is to have Virginia use a Mini Carrot on herself on
the second round (After a Mystic - Lucky Card on the first) and then every
round or two after this use Mystic - Mini Carrot. This will recover not only
her used FP from Mystic, but give everyone else 25 FP as well. Not having
Virginia heal is a bit risky, but you can kill Leehalt rather fast by doing
this.
Like the Asgard battle, if you find yourself overwhelmed or with a KO'd
character, you can pretty much stop the damage on your party by just not doing
any actions against Leehalt. Spend two or three turns recovering and then get
back to attacking. Don't hesitate to stop every few rounds if you find
yourself being slaughtered by your own damage.
NOTE: Make sure you are healthy when you kill Leehalt. Don't pound him so
much that your party gets hurt more than it should. There is a battle
right after this and you'll have no time to recover.
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Watch a scene.
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Boss: Janus
EXP: 6,500
Gella: 7,000
Item: None
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This battle is annoying, and luckily, it will be your last battle with Janus.
You should know Janus' attacks by now. They haven't improved much, but the
main problem with this battle is your stats. You start with the same HP/FP
etc abilities that you ended the Leehalt battle with. This means any dead
characters or low HP characters will remain that weak. This makes this battle
a pain.
First thing: Get your party healthy. The battle with Leehalt may have left
you quite weak, so make sure your HP are up to max again. After that, then
you can focus on attacking Janus, and killing him once and for all.
Unfortunately, you, literally, start the battle right off where you left
the Leehalt battle, even any unfinished commands that were used then will
be used now. You'll need to use a Mini Carrot or two just to get your
party back into shape. I suggest using a Mini Carrot on Virginia and
then having her use Mystic - Mini Carrot. After that, then you can use
Mystic - Lucky Card.
Janus attacks much more frequently than before. He can use Negative Rainbow
(for 300-500 to all party members) as many turns in a row as he wishes. If he
uses it three turns in a row (which I have seen him do) he can easily decimate
a weak party. So keep your HP above 1,500 at all times, or else be prepared
to suffer. Dont hesitate to use Mini Carrots on Virginia so she cxan use
Mystic-Potion Bery, either. You need all the health you can get, and Gallows
with Extension-Heal probably wont get it to you. I suggest using Extension -
Shield, though.
Other than Negative Rainbow, Janus can attack single party members. Proton
Beam does around 500 damage to a single member, which is Janus's strongest
attack. He has a Dark Spear attack, which he uses rarely, as well, that does
200 damage to a single member.
Now, while Virginia is on constant healing duty, have Clive/Jet attack, while
Gallows is on Support. Depending on how you play, you may want Gallows to use
Mini Carrots on your attackers so they can use Gatling more often, or you may
want to use Valiant (ugh...so early on, it feels like you are cheating).
Extension-Valiant is your friend if you decided to play that way. But as
always, Gallows works best on Support.
Take note, you should use Gella Card/Mysitc-Lucky Card in this battle. it was
only the Leehalt battle in which you shouldn't use them in.
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After the battle, watch a scene. Go south, and onto the next screen. Here,
go northwest, and though the eastern door.
Memory:
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Step on the switch in the center of this room. This is a memorization puzzle
and is randomized, so I can't help you on it. Just say the path over in your
head with each new button that is lighted in the beginning and you should be
able to do it.
Press X by each of the little poles (test tubes?) in the row they were lighted
in the demonstration. When you are able to light all of them, the door opens.
Don't be discouraged if this takes a while. If it takes too long, turn away
from the game for a bit to rest and then come back in 10 or 15 minutes.
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Go through the door and up the elevator.
Here, go west, south, and through the southern door. Open the chests her for
Gella Card x3, a 4 Mimics (Cait's Boots), and 10,000 Gella. Exit the same way
you entered.
Block and Gem:
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Back here, head east about halfway, and face south. Line your party up with
the block and have Gallows use his Steady Doll to push the block once to
the south. Switch to Jet and use his Boomerang to hit the block so that it
falls onto the Gem below.
When it does so, it will open the door.
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Go through the western door.
In here, go northeast, and through the southern door. Put Virginia in the
lead immediately, and use the Galescrest ASAP. Make sure you are facing the
path. If done fast enough, your party will be able to make it across. If
not, just do it again until you get across (don't wait until it starts,
immediately do it!). On the other side, go up the western ladder, and go
north. Open the chest at the end here, and you will get a Gimel Coin. Use a
Duplicator on the second chest, and you will get and ever useful Boster Kit.
Now, head south, and jump off at the end. Go through the eastern door.
Watch a cutscene and head again through the eastern door.
Now, go southeast, and north through the door.
I really hate this type of puzzle. . .:
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In here is a damn button stepping Puzzle. There are 9 buttons that you need
to step on in order to light them all up. Red is "lit" blue is "unlit."
There are tons of ways you can beat this puzzle, too many to actually
mention. But I'll list one short-ish way.
Face the camer to the north and step on the far eastern block (the center
east, not the north or south) and then step off the puzzle. Step on the
southern western block and then step off. Step on the top (northwestern)
block next. Hop off and walk down to the southeastern block.
Here's a small little graphic of the above. This is the very first set of
actions.
N
3 X X
W X X 1 E
2 X 4
S
Next, you need to step on the western block twice in a row, but staying
on the puzzle after the first press. Walk to the center of the puzzle and
step on the center, too. Walk off the eastern center of the puzzle.
Then you'll want to step once onto the top right (northeast) block, which
sets you up for, finally, being done. Step Southeast (bottom right) block
Last and you'll finally be done.
N
X X 9
W 5/6 7 8 E
X X 10
S
The puzzle should be finished.
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Save before going north through the door.
Watch a scene.
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Boss: Leehalt, Melody, Malik
EXP: 8,400 (2,800 each)
Gella: 9,000 (3000 each)
Item: Full Carrot
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Well, for the last battle in Chapter 2, this surely isn't as bad as one might
expect. First off, none of the thre prophets have their special abilities.
This means Melody doesnt have her Poison counter or her 350 damage barrier,
Malik doesnt have his Confusion attacks, or his high evasion, and Leehalt wont
counter you with the same damage you do to him. The battle isn't nearly as
difficult as it would be if all of your foes were at full strength.
Because your enemies don't have their special abilities, it's an all out brawl
rather than a fight of strategy.
Malik's speed changes drastically throughout the battle. Sometimes he goes
last, other times before Virginia. Because of his erratic speed, he can be
considered the worst threat of the bunch. You may want to put Gale Claw
onto Gallows at the very beginning of the fight and have him use Extension -
Quicken on your party, but it's not necessary. It will just make keeping up
with Malik a bit easier.
Leehalt is probably the strongest, with the most powerful Eliminate Scanner,
but he doesn't have the speed to back it up.
Eliminate Scanner is the only attack each of the prophets are capable of using
in this battle. Malik's is the weakest, and Leehalts is the strongest. They
do from 300-500 damage to one character. This isn't so serious, luckily, but
if they attack one character a round, that is 1,500 damage, and can easily
dlaughter a low level character.
So, keep your HP above 1,500, if possible. If not, just keep your HP at max,
and you should survive. Make sure to use Gella Cards on all of them, and you
will get quite a hefty sum of Gella after the battle (18,000, actually).
Mystic-Lucky Card, as always, as well. But dont let anyone die, because thats
a nice amount of EXP you will get from winning this battle.
Pound on Melody first, as she has the lowest defense and HP. She will go down
in two or three rounds. Then go after Malik, as his radical speed can be
annoying, especially if you are trying to heal a dying character. Leehalt is
last. Though leehalt is the strongest, he is also the hardest to kill off
(and the least annoying).
This battle isn't supposed to be too difficult, dont make it so, with all the
pretty special effects and such. Just slaughter them and be done with it.
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Watch a looooong scene.
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************* Chapter 3 *************
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***** Boot Hill *****
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Coordinates: X: 15,729, Y: 513
Suggested Level: 36
Shops: ARMS, Inn, Item, Save Point
Items: Any items you did not get before
Key Items: None
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You are automatically brought to Boot Hill from the end of Chapter 2, so you
do have to walk out of that horrid Yggdrasil dungeon. Watch a scene.
Note: Immediatley in Chapter 3, you can get the 'airship'. The Airship isn't
exactly an airship, but functions the same as one. It is not required until
later in the quest, but you can get it as soon as you wish. I will have it
under the "Lombardia" chapter.
Now is a great time to upgrade your ARMs, since you probably have a good
deal of money from the Nidhogg passes and Yggdrail.
When you're ready, exit town.
From Boot Hill, head south and then west. Get onto the Sandcraft, which
should be on the beach. Once on the Sandcraft, head northwest, and land on
the yellowish green beach that is home to Ark of Destiny. Enter the Ark.
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***** Ark of Destiny *****
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Coordinates: X: 9,191, Y: 2,259
Suggested Level: 36
Shops: Inn, Save Point
Items: Name Tag x2
Key Items: None
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Once her, head north through two screens, and talk to the head honcho Lamium
once again. You will learn of your next mission. Now talk to Albert to the
west, to learn the location of the dungeon. Now head south two screens, and
exit.
Also inside the Arc is a new item you can get. From the first screen, head
east and down the stairs to the very bottom floor to the passage that
originally had all of the sealed rooms. In here, head west and when you can,
go north. Enter the western door up here and have Virginia use her new
Galecrest tool to get across the northern side of the room. Open the chest
here for Name Tag x2.
From the Ark, head west and hop onto the Sandcraft. Albert tells you that
the dungeon is halfway between Jolly Roger and Claiborne, which is actually
excellent directions. Head northeast once on your sandcraft. Pass up the Ka
Dingel beach and land on the small empty beach. Walk over to the northeast,
and search, and you will find the dungeon.
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***** Iron Dragon's Nest *****
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Coordinates: X: 13,580, Y: 6,451
Suggested Level: 36
Enemies: Okypete, Black Pudding, Basilisk
Bosses: Buer
Items: Potion Berry, Tool: Radical Sneakers
Key Items: None
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This is actually a suprisingly short area. Throughout the dungeon, you will
notice panels on the floor. Through the first time in the dungeon, these have
absolutely no meaning. On your way out though, they will help considerably.
As you enter watch a scene. Head the short distance onto the next screen. In
here, head northwest, and pick up a box from the north. head a bit south, and
face that gem. Throw the box at the gem (it may take a few tries to get the
timing correct). When it hits the gem, the door opens. Go through the newly
opened northern door. Watch a scene.
Note: This dungeon is more for movies than anything. You'llsee more movies
in this dungeon than any other dungeon. Of course, when I say watch a scene,
it will only be a partial scene, as more of the story will be told with each
scene. It's actually quite interesting.
Also, Black Pudding Monsters are completely immune to physical attacks.
Use Extension - Spectre to kill them quickly and give you all sorts of
Light gems to sell and use in a boss in just a few moments.
Head north, and watch another scene. After the scene, continue north and onto
the next screen. Here, continue north, and then go east. Break all the boxes
and then step on the switch. Now, go through the northern door. In here,
continue north, and flip the switch to the east.
Watch another scene. Go through the northern door.
Continuing on, go north and east at the top of the screen. Continue north
and then flip the eastern switch. Watch another scene and exit to the west.
Continue west, south, and then west through the door. In here, go west and
break the boxes for a Potion Berry. Now go north, and through the eastern
door. Here, head east, and flip the northern lever. Watch yet another scene
and go through the eastern door.
Here, head east and then north through the door here. Go west, and open the
western chest for Tool: Radical Sneakers. This is a great Tool for Jet that
allows him to jump. This will allow you to get a whole lot of new items now.
Head down to the west, continuing west. Equip the Radical Sneakers and have
Jet jump onto the upper level. Now stand on that odd pinkish panel and press
square to jump. Jet will be uber propelled to the upper level. Save now.
Now, before you pull that switch, remember that you will be timed on your way
out. This is like Survey Point #17, except you have 20 minutes to get out,
instead of 15. Also note that you can either take the long normal way back to
the entrance, or you can take a shorter way, which I will lead you through.
Its really your own opinion, though keep Jet in the lead, eqipped with the
Radical Sneakers.
When you are ready, press that switch, and jump down to the south, going
through the southern door. In here, go south, and use the Radical Sneakers
(the square button) on that pink panel. This will propel you to the top of
the screen. Go through the western door. Here, head west, and then jump up 4
layers of land, and go through the southern door. In here, use the Panel to
jump up to the east. Now go through the southern door, and here, jump south
off the levels. Go through the southern door.
Here, go south, and jump up two layers. Go through the southern door. Now,
jump down and go through the southern door. Continue south, and go through
the next door. Jump on the south panel, continue south, jump down, and go
through the souther door. Watch a scene.
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Boss: Buer
EXP: 9,000
Gella: 10,000
Item: Duplicator
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This battle will either be very long, or very quick. It just depends on how
you play.
Buer says he is afraid of the light, though this does not mean that he is weak
versus light elemental attacks. He is usually 'closed' (attack him and you
will see what I am talking about). This 'closedness' will prevent you from
doing quite a bit of damage to Buer. In fact, even your strongest attackers
will only do 80 or so damage.
Buer has a few main attacks. He has that normal physical attack, like all
bosses. It does about 100 damage. He has an attack all called Coyoctus, which
does 300 damage to the entire party. This is the main threat that Buer poses.
Right after the Coyoctus attack, Buer will open up. It's for a very short
period of time, but if you attack him then, you will be able to damage him
fully. You can kill him instantly with a critical attack, if you are lucky.
Other than that, you need to attack normally and wait for this opportunity.
The only other way to get him to open up is to use Light elemental magic,
as the game suggests. He's not weak to it in any form, but it does cause
him to open up until the next attack. What I suggest doing is having
Virginia start off with a Light Gem to open him up, have Jet attack, which
closes him, and then have Gallows use Spectre, which opens him up again. This
way both Jet and Clive get a chance to attack with their full strength.
And unlike other battles, in this one I DO suggest using Valiant. Especially
after a few attacks, so your party will be weaker. This will alow you to
damage Buer better and end the battle faster. There is not really too much
to this battle, as he will probably die before the time limit anyways.
The Buer likes to use paralysis attacks, so have fast characters cure the
status immediately each round so you don't lose the chance to do damage.
One last note...Use Gella and Lucky Cards immediately. You might accidentally
kill the Buer before you are able to. He gives some nice bonuses.
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Watch a scene.
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***** Ark of Destiny *****
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Coordinates: X: 9,191, Y: 2,259
Suggested Level: 36
Shops: Inn, Save Point
Items: 15,000 Gella, Duplicator
Key Items: None
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Now you need to head back to the Ark to get your pay. Hey, at least you didnt
really scew up this time. Head southwest and hop onto your sandcraft (note
that you cant enter the Nest again). Go southwest and pass one beach. Land
on the second (Ark) beach. Enter the Ark.
When you enter, go through the far western door. In here, go down the stairs
and talk to Helga. She will give you a nice hefty reward of 15,000 Gella.
Now, continue down the stairs, and go through the door onto the next screen.
Now, you should be in the room with all the Sealed doors. Head east and pass
2 doors, going through the third. In here, put Jet in the lead, and jump down
to the lower level. Stand on the panel, and have Jet (with Radical Sneakers
equipped) jump onto the treasure level. Open the chest and you will get a
Duplicator. After getting it, jump back down, and go through the door back to
the previous screen. Back on the Sealed door screen, head east, and go
through the far easter door. Go up both flights of stairs, and through the
door. Back in the main hall, head south, and exit the Ark.
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Note: THIS PART IS ENTIRELY OPTIONAL! Though it does make the game easier,
and will help you in the long run. Why would you want to ignore some very
short side quests anyways? Especially ones that make the game much easier
in the long run. . .
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 36
Enemies: Kobold, Garpike, Zazan Bronzo
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Head out onto the Sandcraft and press Square to go back to Jolly Roger
beach. Now, try and have an upgrade for your main attack cannon. If you
don't, it will be virtually impossible to do what you are going to do next.
If you haven't been upgrading your Sandcraft, you do so by speaking to the
lady in the ARMs shop of Jolly Roger and then asking her about the Sancraft.
You can "buy," with Dragon Fossils, new weapons and armor for your Sandcraft,
making battles much easier.
Now, after you are sure you are ready, head east from Jolly Roger and pass
under then Land Bridge. At the end of the continent, head north and you will
see some rocks. Approach them, and watch a short scene.
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Boss: Balal Quo Nega
EXP: 20,000
Gella: 30,000
Items: Suitcase
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This is easily the hardest enemy you will face on your Sandcraft. Though it
can become much easier if you have a strong cannon. In fact, you can kill him
in one hit with the second or third cannon upgrades.
Balal's attacks do around 20,000-30,000 damage. This isnt that much compared
to the stronger monsters in the sand (if you have faced them). The bad things
is that he attack often and he has high (VERY high) defense. Oh, and the fact
that every two or three turns he completely restores his HP with a healing
spell which is shown as "Critically Heals".
Because of this Healing, you need to kill him off fast. With the first
cannon, this battle is all but impossble. Seriously, dont even attempt this
battle if you only have the first cannon. With a strong cannon, Select "Fire
all Ammo at Once" and, if you are strong enough, you will kil him instantly.
If not, have the defender reload the ammo, and then do it again. You should
be able to take him down in two shots, but usually by the third round he will
be annoyed and heal himself again, leaving you back at square one. Just
continue the pattern, and if you are srong enough, he will die.
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After the battle, you will get the Suitcase. Now, press square, and head
back to Jolly Roger. Land at the beach and enter the town.
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***** Jolly Roger *****
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Coordinates: X: 15,368, Y: 5:457
Suggested Level: 38
Shops: ARMS, Inn, Item, Save Point
Items: Any Items you find in boxes
Key Items: Goddess Idol
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Here, enter the ARMS/Sandcraft Shop and talk with the woman. Choose
to "Chat", and you will need to give her the Briefcase. In return, she will
give you a Goddess Idol. We will use this later in this chapter. After
getting this, head out of the ARMS shop, and back onto Filgaia.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 38
Enemies: Kobold, Garpike, Zazan Bronzo
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Back on Filgaia, head North, east, over the land bridge, and then go west.
Enter Midland Station.
There, buy a ticket to East Highlands for 720 Gella. Now hop on the train.
Once at East Highlands, head west and exit back onto Filgaia...again.
Back once again, head east, and then northeast over the land bridge. Continue
northeast, pass Gilttering Emblem, go south, and then west. Enter Little Rock.
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***** Little Rock *****
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Coordinates: X: 25,292, Y: 12,559
Suggested Level: 38
Shops: ARMS, Item, Inn, Save Point, Music
Items: Migrant Seal
Key Items: None
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Here, head northwest and up the stairs. Go up to the top level and then
head west. Go a tiny bit south and put Virginia in the lead. Use the
Galecrest and teleport over the hole. Not face south, and use the Galecrest
again. Open the chest for a Migrant Seal. Now, jump down. Talk to the
little boy here and he'll tell you about some "deep crevaces." We'll use
this information about The Abyss later on.
Exit the town and head east. Head all the way out onto the peninsula and
enter the Sand Canal (second entrance).
And no, I promise you wont have to do those horrible block puzzles again.
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***** Sand Canal *****
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Coordinates: (Second Entrance): X: 2,294, Y:12,079
Suggested Level: 38
Enemies: Cave Taurus
Boss: None
Items: Grab Bag
Duplicator Chest: Nine Lives
Key Items: None
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Since you have mostly cleared this dungeon out already, you are only here to
get a few extra items that were impossible to get the first time. Head
southeast off the first screen and on the second screen, continue southeast.
On the third screen you will be reminded of that nightmarish block puzzle, but
we arent going to do that again. Continue, and have Jet lead, equipped with
the Radical Sneakers. Have him jump on that switch that normally wont budge,
and the door will open. Go through.
In here there are two chests. Open one for the Grab Bag, and use a
Duplicator on the second, and you will get a rare Nine Lives item. Exit the
same way you entered. Now, head nothwest through three screens and exit. Be
glad you never have to come here again.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 38
Enemies: Trilobite, Cursed Corpse, Twin Tails, Moss Fungus
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From Sand Canal, head west, and then north when you can. Go northwest, and
pass over the land bridge. Head west, and re-enter East Highlands.
When you enter East Highlands, buy a ticket to Southfarm for a whopping
1,600 Gella! Hop the train, and once you're at Southfarm, exit to the
southeast.
Back on the world map, head southwest and you'll reach Boot Hill again.
From here, head south and search around. If you didn't find it the first
time you were in the area, the Gob's Hideout, the first dungeon in the
game, is around here. Enter it.
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***** Gob's Hideout *****
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Coordinates: X: 15,698, Y: 24,616
Enemies: Gob
Boss: None
Items: Gimel Coin, Tiny Flower, Gimel Coin, Duplicator
Key Items: Wolf Idol
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You are probably wondering what the hell you are doing here at this point
in the game.
When you enter, head north through two screens and on the third screen
go north and through the eastern door. Next, head north, up the stairs,
and go through the western door.
Here, go west and then south, goin through the far western door. In here,
head north, and though the eastern door. Now, tiptoe north, and use Jet
equipped with the Radical Sneakers. Have him jump onto the upper level (which
was previously inaccessable) from the south. There's an area that's a bit
lowered that he can jump onto. Jump up another level and climb the ladder
to the west. In here, open the two chests for a Wolf Idol and a Tiny Flower.
Break the lone box in this room, and you will get a Gimel coin. The book on
the shelf is an interesting read, too. Now, exit this screen to the south
(in thecorner opposite from where you entered) and walk down two sets of
stairs. Open the chest on the way for a Duplicator.
Continue south and put Virginia in the lead, having her equipped with the
Tindercrest. Face south and have her light the candle in the southwestern
corner to open the door here. Head through the newly opened door.
Go south and exit to the east. Here, head east and through the eastern
door. GO down two sets of stairs, and go through the western door. Now, go
south two screens, and exit Gob's Hideout for good.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 38
Enemies: Bogle
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Almost done! Now it's time to use those two Idols we just spent all that
time getting.
Head west and enter Southfarm once again. Spend 880 Gella and buy a ticket
to Midland Station. At Midland Station, head south and exit the area back
to Filgaia.
Fom Midland Station, head north and then west. Go south, and enter the
Fallen Sanctuary. You may want to head to Baskard to save and heal, first,
though.
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***** Fallen Sanctuary *****
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Coordinates: X: 12,945, Y:8,506
Enemies: Pillbug
Boss: Luceid, Raftina
Items: None
Key Items: Lust Jaw, Love Charm
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Head north and go up the stairs onto the top of the Guardian Shrine, where
you originally used those Ark Scepters. Up here, put Jet in the lead and have
him equipped with the Radical Sneakers.
Now, save, and use the panel to jump onto the northeastern pedestal. Head up,
and use the Wolf Idol on the wall.
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Boss: Luceid
EXP: 8,400
Gella: 0
Item: Lust Jaw
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Luceid is the easiest of the Guardian Lords, without a doubt. Note though,
that you normally would not fight these lords at this point of the game and
even a very high levelled party may take a while to kill them.
Luceid has a few main attacks. Unlike most bosses, he rtoates his attacks,
which means you never can know what to expect from him. His Lifedrain is
probably the most annoying, doing 250-350 damage to a character. This also
heals him for whatever damage it did to your character. So if it did 300
damage to your character, Luceid will gain 300 HP. His other main attack is
called Full Moon. This basic physical attack does about 300 damage to a
character, though at a higher level it will do less. Luceid also has an odd
magical attack. Sometimes it will do no damage, and others it will do an
astounding amount.
His last attack is his ultimate attack. This is called Dark Destruction. The
animation is a little weird, but the attack does 400-500 dark elemental damage
to all. Having at least Virginia equipped with Dark Wards is a must in this
battle. You never know when Luceid will use this attack either, so keep your
HP over 900 at all times. This may seem like an overkill, but Luceid can
use this attack twice in a row if you're unlucky.
Now, Luceid has average defense versus physical attacks, which is obviously a
good thing. Though he is quite fast and his can be a problem if you need
to heal. Virginia should be the one on healing duty constantly to keep
everyone at around full HP. Gallows should use Extension - Shield and
Extension - Protect to lower the damage done from Luceid's physical attacks
and from Lifedrain. Lifedrain is just going to prolong the battle and with
Luceid's already high HP you need all the help you can get. Expect this
battle to take some time.
Attack him however you wish, though as always, physical attacks work better
than magic. Whenever Gallows isn't on support have him attack. Even though
he isn't as stroing as Jet or Clive, every little bit counts, right? Use
Gatling as often as possible, depending on your character's weapon weight.
I don't suggest using Mini Carrots on them just for Gatling, but if you are
impatient, you may want to. This is just a battle to outlast Luceid, since
his damage is rather slow but he has a ton of HP.
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After the battle, you receive Lust Jaw (Medium) and the choice of powering up
two of your older Mediums. it doesnt matter what order you do it in, as
eventually you will have all of your older mediums powered up. Just power up
the mediums you use most, and it should be fine.
I like to start with Flash Hit and Terra Roar. I like to put Lust Jaw onto
Gallows, but again, it's your game and your choice.
Remember to save your game after the long Luceid battle.
After choosing to power up your mediums, we have another Idol to use! Jump
down and use Jet to jump up onto the northwestern upper level. Here, use the
Goddess Idol at the top, and you start another battle.
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Boss: Raftina
EXP: 8,400
Gella: 0
Weak: Earth, Water, Ice, Fire, Wind, Thunder Dark, Light (possibly)
Item: Love Charm
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Raftina is definitely one of the harder bosses in the game. That is, unless
you dont know the secret to success (AKA: how to beat her).
Her first move is called Copy Abilities, which will give her the ability to
use all of the Arcana your party has. She will mainy use attack Arcana,
though she sometimes uses status effecting Arcana.
Now that doesn't seem to bad does it? Well it isnt...except for the fact that
she has extremely high magical attack power and she atacks your entire party
each time. No single character attacks for her! She is on a constant
Extension-Arcana thing here. Even worse, all her Arcana attacks do over 500
damage. This battle is going to be painful.
Because she attacks with those Attack-all Arcana's, Raftina is incredibly
strong. You will most likely need to heal every two turns, but keep
Virginia's FP over 50 at all times so she can heal at a moments notice. Only
use Potion Berries to heal.
Though the 500 damage a round may seem kinda rough, it isn't if you follow one
trick. Have Gallows equipped with Flash Hit (as it should already be on him).
Now, on the first round, have him cast Extension-Reflect. This spell will
single-handedly save your life. Every turn she will cast her attack all
Arcanas, and it wont damage your party. Instead, it will reflect back to her
and do around 300 damage. You will need to recast it every few rounds though,
because it does wear off. just in case, you may want to use Extension -
Protect before the Reflect to help save yourself some damage later.
With Reflect being cast every 3 rounds or so, Gallows should attack. Virginia
needs those FP, so she should as well, as should your other members.
After 3 or 4 of her rounds...Raftina does the annoying. She casts a spell
called Sacred Blood on herself. This spell heals Raftina for 4001 HP. So
basically in 3-4 rounds you need to do upwards 4001 HP, or you will have
attacks for nothing. She does this every four rounds from here on out!
This isn't as hard as it seems, though, unless you are underlevelled.
If underlevelled, feel free to use as many Mini Carrots as needed, as you will
need them all. If not, attack normally for a few turns and then attack with
Gatling. You should easily be able to penetrate that 4,000 damage. Though you
will still need to attack her after that, all you need to do is get over it to
damage her. Remember, she DOES heal herself again every three to four rounds.
You need to keep the damage up, or else she will constantly heal herself for
more damage than you can do.
Raftina uses a spell called Weaken that is her own. You -really- want
to have Reflect used before she gets this spell off onto your party.
When it reflects onto her, it does hit and remains for the duration of the
battle. What this spell does, oddly enough, is make Raftina weak to all
forms of elemental damage. If Raftina uses this spell and it gets Reflected
back at her, I suggest using Gallows to attack with Spectre every round and
that should help him break 1,000 damage each round. Virginia should stay at
25FP (through either physical attacks or Mini Carrots) and after that have her
use whichever Medium she has equipped to attack magically. You should be
able to keep up 1,800 damage or so per round with Arcana abilities alone if
you get lucky. Unfortunately, if this ability hits -you-, you're going to
end up taking a ton of damage too.
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After the battle, you get the Love Charm Medium and you get to power up
another two mediums.
Now, head down the stairs and onto the main floor of the dungeon. Go south,
and exit the dungeon...for now.
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NOTE: Though I mentioned this a while back, I'll mention it again. You may
want to change the Aqua Wisp Medium from Gallows to Virginia at this point.
Extension - Heal no longer heals enough HP to be effective, and Gallows
works better as a supporting character using Extension - Shield and
Extension - Protect or even Extension - Valiant. Terra Roar in place of the
Aqua Wisp Medium will make your game quite a bit easier.
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***** Baskar Colony *****
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Coordinates: X: 13,005, Y: 10,912
Suggested Level: 38
Shops: Inn, Save point, Item
Items: None
Key Items: None
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This is the point where I'm continuing on with the main storyline, so these
are events you must do to continue.
Back on Filgaia, head north, west, and east. Enter Baskar.
As you enter, head all the way north and enter the Shrine at the top of the
screen. Watch a scene and you will know your destination. Save, prepare,
etc., and then head south and exit Baskar.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 38
Enemies: Kobold, Drill Mandrill, Nak, Capricorn, Jumbo Critter, Jenny Green
Teeth
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Back on Filgaia, you have a large amount of area to travel. Head south, and
all the way east. Go south over the land bridge, and go to the Jolly Roger
Beach. Hop onto the Sandcraft.
On the Sandcraft, head west, and southwest, turning west before the Ark of
Destiny beach. Follow the continent past the Little Twister Beach. When you
reach the Island between the Sand Canal entrances, go north, and at the
intersection, go southeast. At the Baskar beach, go north and follow the
continent until you see a big crater. Here, head slightly west, and land on
the first beach you see (to the south).
Make sure you have at least one character equipped with a Paralysis Ward
before you start fighting in this area.
Once back on land, go south, and east until you can descend to a lower level.
Now, search a bit southwest, and you will find the dungeon.
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***** The World's Footprint *****
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Coordinates: X: 9,386, Y: 15,514
Suggested Level: 38
Enemies: Christine, Apocrypha, Wise Man
Bosses: Scarecrow, Steamgears, Leonhardt
Items: Lucky Card x2, Warp Star x2, Gella Card, Gimel Coin, Growth Egg,
Weather Vane
Key Items: Adventure 5
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This area is somewhat like Iron Dragon Nest. There are a whole lot of movies
to watch and you'll spend a lot of time learning more of the story. With all
of these Demons now in, things can easily get confusing and even strange.
As you enter, watch a scene. Now go north and onto the next screen. In this
larger room, continue north and onto the third screen. This is the dungeon's
first puzzle.
Step on the switch, and tiptoe (O button) over to the door. If you don't,
the door will close and you need to step on the switch again. Once you're
through the door, watch a scene. Head northeast and onto the next screen.
Ignore that odd block, as you cant do anything with it now. Go north, and
through the northern door. Watch another scene here. Go northeast and
through the next door. Now, go east, and through the eastern door.
Floor Panels are Everywhere:
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Here is another puzzle. The first of the floor panels are already lit and
you need to light all the others. Note that if you do it out of order all
the blocks will turn back to blue. This is an easier version of the puzzle
at the top of Yggdrasil.
Start by stepping on the center panel and then stepping on the southwestern
switch. Now get the center eastern floor panel (this one's directly at the
top) and then the far northern (center, to the left) panel. Next is the
northeastern panel and then the southern. Go for the northwestern next and
then the far western, which is last. After you have them in order, the
eastern door will open.
And for those of you visual learners, I will add the order in which to step on
them. G is the first one, which means "Given". I've used it in place of 1.
E
6 4 G
N 5 2 7 S
8 9 3
W
The 2 is the first one you technically need to step on.
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On the next screen, watch another scene. Head southeast and onto the next
screen. Here, head south and there will be two doors. Go through the
eastern door and there will be three chests. Open them, and you will get 2
Lucky Cards, 2 Warp Stars, and a Gella Card. Exit the same way you entered.
Go through the southern door and watch yet another scene. Go southwest and
through the door. Here, head west, and when there will be two doors, go
through the southern. There are three more chests in here. These contain a
Gimel Coin, a Growth Egg, and a Weather Vane. Exit the same way you entered.
Go through the western door. Watch a scene and after, go northwest and
through the door.
You are now confronted with yet another puzzle, which will be the last in the
dungeon.
Colored Panels and Blocks:
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There are four blocks and you need to match the colored panels up
with the blocks themselves. Have Clive equipped with the Mighty Gloves, and
have him stand south of the southwestern block. Lift it up, and put it down
to the west.
Now, go to the northeastern block, and stand to the east of it. Lift it and
and put it down to the north. Don't move it onto the panel just yet. Now, put
Virginia in the lead, and face south. USe the Tindercrest on the southeastern
block and it will turn red. Now you are prepared to finish the puzzle.
Stand north of the newly red block and have Clive with the Mighty Gloves lift
and put it down to the west. Stand west and put it down to the north. Stand
noth once more and put it down onto the switch. There should be two greenish
blocks in the northeastern corner now. Stand north of the southern one and
put it down east onto the panel. Then stand east of the western one and put
it down to the south. Stand east and put it south again. Finally, stand
south and put it south onto the switch. The door opens.
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Go north and through the door.
In this hall, continue north and onto the next screen. Here, continue north
again and watch a scene. After the scene and head south, onto the
previous screen. Watch another scene.
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Bosses: Scarecrow, Steamgear, Leonhardt
EXP: 9,900 (3,300 each)
Gella: 10,500 (3,500 each)
Elements:
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Scarecrow:
Strengths: (Half): Earth, Water, Ice, Lightning, Fire (Null):Dark
Weakness: Light
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Steamgear:
Strengths: None
Weaknesses: Lightning
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Leonhardt:
Strengths: None
Weaknesses: All
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Item: Dragon Fossil, Adventure 5
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This battle is a lot harder than those other boss battles with three enemies.
This set of enemies is a lot more balanced than any other set and can wreck
some major havock on your party if you don't be careful.
The main threat is definitely the scarecrow. He has an instant death attack,
and is not afraid to use it. In fact, he will most likely use it more then
his normal attack, making him especially annoying. His normal attack does
about 200 damage, which isnt that bad, but when coupled with the other
monster's attacks, it can cause some problems. The Scarecrow also has the
ability to reflect Arcana attacks. When you see him cast a spell about Arcana
effects, dont use any Arcana on him, as it will only be reflected. This means
you probably will have to kill him with physical attacks.
The Steamgear is definitely the least threat of the three. He has the weakest
attacks of them and will rarely do over 150 damage if your party is strong.
Leonhardt can be annoying, and he is the hardest to kill. Leonhardt
counters all of your attacks with (surprisingly) an Arcana attack. This
attack, called Surpessed Curse? (which you have seen before) does about 200-
300 dark elemental damage to the character that attacked. Attack him
magically, instead of physically, as that will do more damage. Dark Wards
will help reduce the damage that he does, if you have any other than on
Moon Spark.
Oh, and one more thing. One of them has the ability to cast a spell
called "Critical Heal". This ability will completely (100%) heal the entire
party of enemies. So even if you have done 4,000 damage, it will heal all of
it. This is the most annoiying factor and the reason why you need to attack
one of them at a time, so you dont waste all the FP and items.
Now, go after the Scarecrow first. He is the biggest threat, and by far the
most annoying. Use all of your Gatlings on him and use Spectre as often as
possible, before he casts his reflect ability. use Gatling as soon as your
FP is ready and hope the Scarecrow dies before he can kill anyone.
Once the Scarecrow uses his Reflect, just attack physically. He needs to
fall fast.
After the Scarecrow casts the reflect spell, you may want to have your magic
users go after Leonhardt with their magical attacks. This will let you
wittle down both enemies, but kill the evil Scarecrow first. Remember that
the Leonhardt is weak versus all elements, and so you'll want to use magical
attacks on him.
Kill the last one however you wish. He is the easiest of the three to kill,
as his attacks are the weakest. Use whatever you want, as it wont make a
difference. once the other two are gone, he is nothing. He can cause the
Confusion status with one of his attacks, but it seems to miss often and
only targets one character.
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After the battle, watch a scene. You automtatically go back to Baskar.
Watch a few scenes. You will automtaically get the Map Shred key item. Now
head out of Halle/Granny's house, and head south. Exit Baskar.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 39
Enemies: Vermillion, Simugh, Nak, Capricorn, Jumbo Critter, Jenny Green Teeth
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Your Sandcraft will, luckily, be at the Baskar beach, making it a lot faster
to travel for you. Head west and hop onto the Sandcraft.
Once on the Sandcraft, head west, past Infinitum Beach, until you reach the
island area between the Sand Canals. Now, stay on this side of the islands,
and continue going going west, following the continents. Pass the beach by
Glimmering Emblem, and now you will see a large open area. Once here,
continue west and you will notice an island with a beach to the south. The
beach is in the small area filled with rocks and islands.
Land on that beach and search. You will find the dungeon.
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***** Ruins of Dreams *****
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Coordinates: X: 20,091, Y: 16,679
Suggested Level: 39
Enemies: Zaebos, Grabsh, Myconoid
Boss: Humbaba
Items: Lucky Card, Duplicator, 12,000 Gella, Revive Fruit, Gella Card x2,
Potion Berry, Gimel Coin, Grab Bag, Name Tag, Imitator (Amulet), Mini Carrot
Key Items: None
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Note: Enemies in this dungeon drop Baselards, too. If you didn't get any
from the Unknowns in the Faraway Lands, you can still get some here. The
drop rate seems much higher here, so if you don't have four by now this
will be the best place to finish them off. The hard part is, of course,
deciding which Mediums to put them on. I like Aqua Wisp (Virginia), Flash
Hit (Gallows), Gale Claw (Clive), and Fiery Rage (Jet) for my Baselards.
As you enter, watch a scene. Head north and for once, don't go through the
door. Stand under the netting, and with Jet, use the Radical Sneakers and you
will grab onto the netting. Now go to the edge, and flip up to the top of
the netting. Now, there will be two paths. Go east, and through the eastern
door. In here, there are two chests. They contain a Lucky Card and a
Duplicator. Exit the same way you entered. Now, head west, and go through
the far western door. In here, there are three chests. These contain 12,000
Gella, a Revive Fruit, and Gella Card x2. Exit the same way you entered.
Back on the original screen, head east and jump down to the north. NOW you
can go through the northern door. In this room is your first, and extremely
simple puzzle. Line your party up with the switch, and rotate the left analog
stick about 15 times, and the door will remain open permanently. Go through
it and onto the next screen. Walk down the stairs here, and go through the
western door. Watch a scene, and head north down the stairs. Go through the
eastern door.
Now, turn your sound down as that horrid noise will not go away. For now at
least. Either that, or plug your ears and play with one hand. Now, head
east, ignoring the lasers, and go through the easiern door. In here, go
north up the stairs. Now, pick up one of those boxes, and head back down the
stairs. Face the east, and throw the box at the gem (which is behind the
grate). Once the box hits it (it may take a few tries) the door will open.
Now go back up the stairs, and go through the western door. In here, you will
be back in the laser room. Put Clive in the lead and equip him with his
Bombs. Now have him Bomb those objects that look like file cabinets but
are really power generators. After bombing all three of them, the horrible
noise goes away and the lasers will be down. Now, jump down, and go through
the northern door.
Oh look, more netting:
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Here is another puzzle. Have Jet lead, equipped with the Radical Sneakers,
Walk up the stairs to the east and use the Radical Sneakers to jump onto
netting. Flip up, and open the chest here for a Potion Berry. Now, jump down
and stand under the second, lower netting. Use the Radical Sneakers on this
and flip up. Use the Boomerang on the Gem and the door will open. Jump
down, and go through the eastern door.
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In here, go down the stairs. At the bottom, go north, and sprint (X button)
into the switch on the west wall. This will open the door. Go through this
door, and watch a scene. Now, go down the stairs, and go through the western
door onto the next screen.
Here, head west, and open the chest for a Gimel Coin. Now, go north all the
way, and jump down to the west. Now, have Jet lerad with the Radical Sneakers
equipped. Now, go to the north wall, and use the Radical sneakers to jump
onto the netting (you wont be able to reach it unless you are near the
northern wall). Once on the netting, go a bit south, and line yourself up
above the switch. Let go of the netting, so that you land on the switch, and
land on it. If you land on it, the door will open. Now, go to the north wall
again, jump up, and flip up to the upper level. Go through the eastern door.
In here, have Jet lead, and equiped with the Boomerang (do this before
crossing the path). Now, make your way across the path, and when the wall
starts going in, face south, and use the Boomerang on the Gem. After doing
this, go eastand through the door. Now, head up 3 sets of stairs, and SAVE
before going through the western door. When you go through the door, watch a
scene.
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Boss: Humbaba
EXP: 10,000
Gella: 12,000
Strength: None
Weak: ALL
Item: Holy Grail, Dragon Fossil
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This can easily be categorized as the most annoying battle in the game.
Before anything else, check your Mediums. Put Cosmic Cog on Virginia, and
make sure she has all 4 points on the Death Ward, as she will need it. You
can take it off after the battle, but it needs to be on for this one.
Now, every three turns, Humbaba will screw you. it is simple as that. ON the
third round, he will cast Stench of Death, and then his ultimate spell (or
THE ultimate spell) Humbaba Curse, which instantly kills all members of your
party without the Death Ward equipped. It isn't a 'maybe' it is a WILL. You
WILL be killed by this attack if you do not have a Death Ward with maximum
protection.
Now, for the strategy. There is an easy way, and a hard way to go about this
battle. The hard way is to beat him normally. Because Humbaba is weak
versus magic, this is your ticket to success. First, use the Mystic-Lucky
Card combo imediately, as you probably won't be able to kill him in 3 rounds.
Also use a Gella Card immediately. This will make it so you can focus on
survival later in the battle, instead of trying to power him up for the
Goodies.
Now, attack him with Magic. Any magic works. Gallows with a strong Spectre
does 1,500 or so damage. Jet and Clive should attack normally, unless you try
their magical attacks and they are stronger then their physical attacks.
Virginia should focus on gathering 25 FP, so she can use Mystic-Revive Fruit
after each Death spell. Then you can continueally repeat the process (though
dont heal the other 3 members, as it wont do anything).
The extremely cheap and easy way to beat this boss takes less time then any
other battle in the game. On the First, have Virginia use Mystic-Lucky Card
with Jet use a Gella Card. Have Gallows use Spectre, and have Clive use a
Full Carrot on Virginia (NOT a Mini Carrot). Now, with Max FP, have Virginia
summon a Guardian (most likely the Water Guardian, if the Medium is equipped
on her) and this will do about 7,000-8,000 damage. If this doest kill him, go
all out with the other characters, and he will not take long to kill after
that. Of course, Full Carrots are very very rare items and you'll want to use
them sparingly.
There is another easy way to win this battle if you want to mess around with
your Mediums a bit. Put Love Charm onto Gallows temporarily and have him use
Extension - Status Lock. This will prevent you fron being killed instantly,
but not from dying when your HP hits 0 (that's what the message means). If
you keep this on, you'll be safe. If you don't have Love Charm yet though,
you'll need to do this battle the other ways. You'll need to recast this
every few rounds once it wears.
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Note: After the battle, take the Cosmic Cog off Virginia, if it wasnt on her
originally.
After the battle, watch a scene Now, go through the southern door, open the
chest, and you will get a Grab Bag. Go back to the previous room, and go
north. Go through the door, and watch a scene.
Since you're pretty much forced through the dungeon after the battle with
Humbaba, you may have missed one room in the area. Re-enter the dungeon
once you exit and head to the room where you fought the boss. There's a door
to the west in this room, before you go down the stairs. The three chests in
here contain a Name Tag, an Amulet guarded by a single Imitator, and a Mini
Carrot.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 40
Enemies: Vermillion, Simugh, Nak, Capricorn, Jumbo Critter, Jenny Green Teeth
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Now, your goal has been set for you. Fila Del Fia. The once floating city.
now, like all dungeons in Wild Arms 3, you need to talk to someone before you
are allowed to find it. Now, from the island of Ruins of Dreams, head
southeast. Pass Glimmering Emblem beach. Once at the Sand Canals/lone
island, pass onto the south, and go southeast. Continue following this
continent, and land at the first beach, which should be right near Little
Twister. Enter Little Twister.
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***** Little Twister *****
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Coordinates: X: 6,105, Y:8,301
Suggested Level: 40
Shops: ARMS, Item, Inn, Save Point
Items: Black Market Items (soon!)
Key Items: None
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In here, head north, and talk to Claudia (whom you should remember). She will
tell you about a Crater and a floating city. That crater, which I have
metioned many a time in my directions is your goal, though you can not access
it from Baskar beach. I will, as always, give you directions. Go whichever
way you wish, and exit Little Twister.
Now, we go to Fila Del Fia. Since we know where it is, we can head there
now...*sigh*. I hate getting directions. Now, go back onto the Sandcraft,
and head northwest. When you reach the Sand Canal junction, go north (onto
the other side), and head northeast all the way. Pass Glimmering Emblem.
Once you reach Ruins of Dreams, continue west, following near the southern
continent. Pass the first beach, and land on the second (which is after some
rocks). Once on land, head west, and into the crater. Search, and you will
find the dungeon.
Another way to get there is to head the the northern Nidhogg Pass (the
second entrance) and then follow the continents southeast.
Note: The name Fila Del Fia: It's pronounced Fihlah Dell Feeya. Put that
together and say it fast, you get Philidelphia! Which, for a small history
lesson, was the location of the first White House. Pretty nifty name trick
they put in there.
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***** Fila Del Fia *****
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Coordinates: X: 10,469, Y: 18,320
Suggested Level: 40
Enemies: Seabos, Walking Dead, Barbarossa, Imitator
Boss: Chameleon Man
Items: Tool: Grappling Hook, Gella Card x2, Potion Berry, Lucky Card, Warp
Star x3, Migrant Seal, 15,000 Gella, Adventure 6, Gimel Coin,
Imitator (Pocketbook)
Key Items: None
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When you enter good 'ole Phili, watch a scene. Head up the stairs, and go
through the door onto the next screen. In here, head northwest and jump down
to the south. Go through the southern door. In here, there are three
chests. Open them and Get the Tool: Grappling Hook (for Clive), 2 Gella
Cards, and a Potion Berry. Exit the room the same way you entered. Now, back
in this hall, head as far as possible. Equip Clive with your new Grappling
Hook. Stand about in the middle and use the Grappling Hook. If you are in
the right place, Clive will attach to the pole (look up, and you can see it).
When he is, press O, and he will jump off. Back on the upper level, go
northwest and stand under the next pole. Use the Grappling Hook, and then
jump off. Go through the northern door.
In here, go north and west. About halfway across the screen, search the blue
orb to the north and watch a scene. In here, go west, and through the door
onto the next screen. On this screen, have Clive stand under the Gem and use
the Grappling Hook. If aimed correctly, it will light the gem and the door
will open. Instead of going through, head up the ladder to the north(it's
actually quite difficult to see) and then go west. Open the chest here for a
Lucky Card. Jump down to the south and go through the western door onto the
next screen.
In this room, go west, and tiptoe all the way north. On the northern side of
the room, go east, and down the stairs. Here, fact south, and use the Steady
Doll on the chest. You will get Warp Star x3. Go back up the stairs, and
near the wall with the white Gems, you'll see a large crack. Here, use
Clive's Bombs on the crack. Go through the hidden doorway. Open the three
chests in here for a Migrant Seal, 15,000 Gella, and Adventure 6. Exit the
same way you entered, go west, and through the northern door onto the next
screen.
In here, go north and then east. Watch a scene, and continue east onto the
next screen. In this hall, go southeast.
Clive's Turn:
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At the end, you have a Clive only puzzle. Start by equipping Clive with the
Mighty Gloves and stand north of the two blocks. Lift the top block and put
it down to the north. Do the same to the second block. Now have Clive
equip the Grappling Hook stand slightly west of the blocks. Use the Hook and
Clive will be taken up. Hop off onto the blocks and go through the door to
the west.
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Head north through this next room and through the far northern door.
You are immediately confronted by an unavoidable battle.
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Boss: Chameleon Man
EXP: 12,000
Gella: 13,000
Strength: None
Weakness: Ice
Item: Duplicator
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This battle somewhat reminds me of the Balazs battle in Nidhogg Pass 3, mainly
because the enemy becomes somewhat invincible. This battle is easily more
annoying than most, so just control yourself and work with me.
Chameleon man is not that strong. He rarely does any damage with his attacks,
as he prefers status changes. This isn't THAT bad, since it is mainly Misery
(annoying) and Poison. Both of which are easy to cure in a turn. he is also
very slow, making him less of a threat.
The true problem with this battle is the fact that you will not be able to
physically attack him often. When you physically attack him, he becomes
immune to physical attacks for 3 turns. He also becomes MUCH more dangerous.
I quote directly from the game:
*Once it is physically attacked, the monster will activate stealth mode, which
nullifes all physical attacks. However, it's stealth mode wears off after a
number of turns.
That number of turns the game mentions is three. If you don't attack him
at all the turn after you damage him physically, just have everyone defending,
you can get him out of his Invisible state after one round.
Now you know the main problem. First off, do not attack Chameleon Man
physically unless it is with Gatling, so that you can do more damage. Yes,
magical attacks hit while he is in Stealth mode, but they do little damage.
Even the strongest attacks from Gallows and Virginia do 300 or so damage,
which is extremely weak. Even Ice attacks, which he is weak to, do that
little damage.
Another reason not to use physical attacks on him often is simple. He gets a
whole lot stronger. He only uses instant death attacks (backstab) once he's
invisible and those hit quite often. This can be very annoying, especially
if your character was saving FP up. Try Extension - Status Lock to avoid
this threat.
Feel free to use as many Mini Carrots as you want, though only use them
when your enemy is not in stealth mode, or it will be a waste. Having
Virginia use Mystic - Mini Carrot will be nice, but remember to use Lucky
Card first.
Once the Chameleon Man is out of steal mode, you can attack him (only once,
remember) so make sure that it is strong. In three turns, you can easily get
100 FP through Mini Carrots, so whichever character is strongest, attack with
Gatling. This probably wont kill Chameleon man, but it will severly damage
him. You may also want to try and summon any Mediums with Gallows, since
he'll likely be building FP fast if you're using Mystic - Mini Carrot.
Please Note!
Clive's Lock-On Skill should be able to hit this monster even when he's
invisible.
Just keep that up, and the battle will be won. It may take a while though.
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After the battle, go north and then east through the eastern door.
Here, go east and follow the path south. Go west, and up the stairs.
A Stubborn Door:
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At the top of this area is another locked door. Rotate that level to the
north with your left analog stick until the Gem right above you is facing
downwards (the ground). Once it is, use Gallows and the Freezer doll to
freeze the lever like you did in the Serpent's Coils.
Head back downstairs and put Clive in the lead with his Grappling Hook. Stand
underneath the gem that you made face the ground and have him hit the gem
with his hook to light the gem. Once the gem is lit, the door opens.
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Go back up the stairs and through the western door.
Here, go north and through the door. This room will look familiar, but rest
assured, it isn't the room you think it is. Go north and jump down to the
lower level. Jump down to the second lower level and go through the northern
door. In here, there are two chests. Open one for a Gimel Coin. The other
chest has a new enemy called an Imitator. This chest holds a Pocketbook
once you clear the mimics out. Exit the room the same way you entered.
In the hall again, head south and use the Grappling Hook to propel yourself
back onto the main path. Go northwest and enter the door. This is a dead
end. Examine the console to the north of the door and watch a scene.
Exit the room the way you entered. Watch another scene.
You automatically exit this surprisingly short area.
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You can actually visit this area much earlier in the game, but this is really
the point that you want to do it. There's a sign around the tip of the
northern portion of the continent that says "Gunner's Heaven, looking for
all drifters level 25 and higher." if that tells you anything on when you can
do it.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 41
Enemy Areas: Sandcraft, Baskar, Jolly Roger, Boot Hill
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Once back outside, head southeast, and hop back onto the Sandcraft. Press the
Square Button, and go back to Jolly Roger. Once back, land. On land, go
north over the land bridge, and then west, into Midland Station.
At Midland Station, but a ticket to Southfarm for 880 Gella. Take the
train. Once at Southfarm, exit onto the world map. Back on Filgaia, head
west and enter Boot Hill.
In Boot Hill, put Virginia in the lead and have her speak with Ginthan, who
is the man closest to the entrance. He will tell you about a location, but
not mention its name. This is the directions to your next area. Exit Boot
Hill.
Head back to Southfarm and take the train back to Midland Station for 880
Gella. Exit back onto the World Map. From here, head east and over the
land bridge back to Jolly Roger. Hop onto your Sandcraft (you may want to
save and upgrade your ARMs in Jolly Roger if you didn't do so in Boot Hill).
Once on the Sandcraft, head southeast and pass under the land bridge here.
Continue southeast across a small expanse of sand until you see a brown
continent slightly to the south of you. You should be near the bottom right
(southeastern) corner of the world map. Follow this continent around and
you'll see a beach immediately around the tip of this continent. You should
be at the northeastern part of the world map now. If you've done Millennium
Puzzle #4, you'll find yourself somewhat near that.
Head west slightly and search around. There should be a sign here that
mentions Gunner's Heaven by the large rock right off the beach. If there
is, you know you're on the right continent. You might want to summon your
horses with a Call Whistle, as you have a long walk ahead of you.
Follow the continent west and then south. Soon you'll hit some railroad
tracks as you start going south. Continue south and southeast for a bit
and you'll hit the other side of the tracks that were going through the
mountain. Follow these south and right where the tracks end search
around. The next area, Gunner's Heaven, is found here.
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Coordinates: X: 2,044, Y: 15,965
Suggested Level: 41
Shops: Inn, Item, ARMS
Items: Antidote x3, Heal Berry x4, Revive Fruit, Potion Berry, 5,000 Gella
Key Item: Item Scope
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This is unlike any other town in the game. This area lets you fight
in "tournaments" against sets of enemies. You have to pay money to do it,
though you get some good prizes for it.
Head north, and talk to the man behind the wood to the west. Select Arena,
and then "Novice League". You need to pay 2,000 Gella, but do so anyways.
Here's the deal. You have to fight five sets of enemies which you have to
beat in 25 turns or less. If you go over the turn limit, you lose. If you
die, you lose. Basically, kill all the enemies as fast as possible, but
conserve at the same time. The battles are like the Leehalt-Janus battle in
Yggdrasil. Your HP, FP, and status from the previous battle is brought into
the next, and is not cleaned or replenished.
After each battle, you have two choices, Yes, or No. If you are healthy, ahnd
want to continue fighting, choose Yes, if you dont think you can make it,
choose No.
Note that you do not get Gella or EXP from these battles, though you can get
MTC points.
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Battle 1:
Enemies: Ganga x3
These are basically like their brothers, except hardier. They can cacnel your
turns, but they are rather slow and won't get to it that often. They are
rather weak and do maybe 100-200 damage with their physical attacks. Only
use one character's Gatling, maximum. Unless you are going to use Mini
Carrots later, that is. Start off slow, as this is definitely the easiest
enemy set to kill normally, with just physical attacks.
Hopefully, you'll at least be able to kill one of these per round so that
this battle doesn't last more than three rounds.
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Battle 2:
Enemy: Wendigo
This is a single enemy. He is stronger than the previous set, doing 300 HP
damage with his physical attack, but he still isnt much of a threat. Have one
character use Gatling on the first round, and then have everyone else attack
normally. He is actually easier to beat than the previous because he is a
single enemy. Save some FP for Virginia, about 80 is good, though you may
want 100. (you can also use Gallows, instead of Virginia, both work).
Be careful with this one, though, he counters all of your attacks with an
attack of his own that does around 400 damage!
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Battle 3:
Enemies: Shambling Mound x6
You can easily slaugter this party of enemies. These use status effects, but
the key is to make sure they dont get a chance to attack you. Whochever
character you have the highest FP with should summon a guardian. Even if you
dont ever use the summons, it will kill of these enemies instantly, making the
battles easier for you.
This one shouldn't take more than one round unless no one has any MTC.
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Battle 4:
Enemy: Balor
Like the Melody battles, you probably wont die here unless you kill youself.
This enemy mainly attacks with status attacks, which are not that bad. It can
be a pain though, if you are effected by Disease and then by poison. This
combination can be surprisingly deadly and you'll want two characters to
heal it the same round. Fortunately, this boss rarely attacks physically,
but the status effects are threat enough. Gallows with Extension - Clearance
can help quite a bit here.
Try to kill it in less than 5 rounds so that you have time for the final boss.
Save your FP a bit, if you can.
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Final Battle:
Armordrake
As with the previous battle, the main problem with this one is the turn
limit. Amordrake is not really strong, only doing 300 or so damage, but he
does have quite a bit of HP, and rather good physical defense. These packed
together can make the turn limit a bit tight. Since this is the last round,
dont be afraid to go all out. Use Mini Carrots if needed, and use Gatling
with your strongest characters. Magic works well, though is not the
strongest. Don't use Earth, as he's strong to that. Use Wind, that's his
weakness. If your time is running short, use Extension - Valiant to secure
an easy win.
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After the battle, you get your prizes. And a whole lot of them at that! You
get Antidote x3, Heal Berry x4, Revive Fruit, Potion Berry, 5,000 Gella, and
an Item Scope.
You'll be able to do more fights later - or now, if you choose.
Now, head out of Gunners Heaven. With your new Item Scope, search just
outside of Gunner's Heaven to find a Duplicator around X: 1,874 and Y: 15,822.
Also, if you're willing to take a bit of a walk, follow the continent all the
way north and then west as it heads back south. There's a Millennium Puzzle
on this continent quite some distance from Gunner's Heaven, but it's here
nonetheless. It's around X: 7,315 and Y: 21,239. This is actually the
Millennium Puzzle #2 (talk about out of order. . .) and is quite easy.
While on your way there, keep scanning for items, since there's a Gimel Coin,
too.
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Suggested Level: 41
Items: Booster Kit
Enemies: Oak Warrior, Oak Shaman, Orc Warrior, Orc Shaman
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Use a Warp Star to go to Southfarm. Once there, head west, and past Boot
Hill. At the beach where there would normally be the Sandcraft, search a
bit west. At X: 13,194, Y: 25,070 you will find a rare item, a Booster Kit.
Ah I love these things. Now head back east, and into Southfarm.
Spend 1,600 Gella and buy a ticket to East Highlands. Hop on the train.
Once at East Highlands, head west and exit the area back to the world map.
Use a Call Whistle to get a horse. Hop onto it and head north. Jump over
the annoying gap and enter the Gemstone Cave. Don't miss the Gimel coin just
outside of the Gemstone Cave, around X: 21,348, Y: 14,102.
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Coordinates: X: 21,593, Y:15,210
Suggested Level: 41
Enemies: Rock Baboon, Hodac
Bosses: None
Items: None
Key Items: None
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When you begin, head west down the path, north, and through the eastern door.
In here, go east, and then south. Go east through another door. Now go east
up the path. Go through the door.
In here, head east. Go north and then west onto the next screen. In here, go
west and through the western door onto next screen. Now go west and through
the northern door onto the next screen. Go through the northwestern door.
Now go north, and stay along the west wall. Go through the once hidden door.
In this hidden area, go north and up the path. Go a bit west, and go through
the door in the wall. Continue on this path, and out of the Gemstone Cave
onto the World Map.
With the Item Scope, you can now find a new items here. Search around, and at
X: 20,891, Y:16,522 you will find the Lion Idol. After getting this item, Use
another Warp Star to get back to Midland Station.
Once back at the Midland Station area, head north and then west. Go south,
and renter Fallen Sanctuary.
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Coordinates: X: 12,945, Y:8,506
Enemies: Pillbug
Boss: Justine
Items: None
Key Items: Brave Seal
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Head north, and go up the stairs onto the guardian level. Now, have Jet
equipped with the Radical Sneakers lead, and have him use the southeastern
panel to jump onto the upper level. Approach the shrine and use the Lion
Idol. You will fight a boss.
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Boss: Justine
EXP: 8426
Gella: 0
Item: Brave Seal
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Justine is the common RPG Cliche foe. He is big, strong, can take a hell of a
lot of damage, but is pathetic magically. That just about sums Justine up.
His magical attack does like 100 damage or less, and his biggest attack,
called Justine attack (how original), which instantly kills all party members,
never works. So basically all you have to worry about are his main attacks,
which are average powered. Just in case though, you may want to switch Love
Charm over to Gallows and have him use his Extension - Status Lock to
prevent instant death.
Heres a rather entertaining piece of information. Justine casts Hyper on
himself, though it only lasts one turn. This means that it is a complete
waste of his turn, as he wont be able to attack while it is in effect. Hyper
is only good when you pair it with a certain broken ability that makes your
buffs permanent through the battle - unfortunately, Justine doesn't use
that ability.
Justine doesn't really require any special strategy. Since his attacks rarely
hit, he wont be able to damage you much. The one thing you DO need to watch
out for is his very high HP. Even an extremely overlevelled party, this
battle will take quite a while. Justine only has average defense (magically
and physically) but that high HP can make this battle last longer then almost
any battle previous.
Just be glad it is not as annoying as Raftina.
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After the battle, you get the Brave Seal Medium. Now you are done here. Head
north and west down the stairs. Head south, and exit Fallen Sactuary.
Also at this point, we can get another item from the Ark of Destiny, since we
have Clive's new tool - Grappling Hook. Remember, head west from Jolly
Roger while on the Sandcraft to find the area quickly.
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Coordinates: X: 9,191, Y: 2,259
Suggested Level: 41
Shops: Inn, Save Point
Items: None
Duplicator Door: Full Carrot
Key Items: None
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Head through the eastern door and down the stairs to the very bottom floor.
In the hallway that had all of the sealed doors, head west until you can
go north, and then enter the western door up here. Jump down to the ground,
put Clive in the lead, and equip him the Grappling Hook. Stand near the south
wall and use the Hook. Jump off and open the Chest. It holds a rare
Full Carrot.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 41
Enemy Areas: Sandcraft, Claiborne
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Head back onto your sandcraft and then head east. Land at the beach by Ka
Dingel (that's the tower on the green land). Here, head over to Westwood
station and head directly west to Claiborne. In Claiborne, enter the Inn
and speak with the Inkeeper with CHAT. She mentions the area you need to
go to next, a tower in the northwest. Exit Claiborne.
Head back towards Westwood Station. Between Westwood and the Millennium
Puzzle, in a little area of land that's out to the west is the dungeon
you're looking for. To make it even more simple, it's, literally, directly to
the south of Infinitum. You can see Infinitum on the brown continent to the
north and just position yourself south of that and search.
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***** Caging Tower *****
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Coordinates: X: 9,359, Y:9,079
Enemies: Barbarossa, Gorg, Nybbas, Imitator
Bosses: Maya, Alfred, Todd, Shady
Items: Lucky Card x2, Potion Berry, Revive Fruit, Gella Card, Grab Bag, AP
Ammo, Gimel Coin, Mega Berry, Imitator x3 (Growth Egg), 17,000 Gella, Call
Whistle x3, Gimel Coin, Duplicator
Key Items: Black Pass
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For once, when you enter, don't watch a scene. Go north and east up the
stairs. Go through the eastern door onto the next screen. In here, go south
and up two sets of stairs. Go through the western door.
In here, you will notice odd, clearish globes. These I am calling bubbles.
If you get stuck in one, rotate the left analog stick as fast as possible to
get out, or you will be sent to a bad, bad place. Dodge as many of these as
possible. Now, head west, and go north up the stairs. Go northeast up some
more stairs. Use Clive to bomb that odd device on the floor. This will stop
the bubbles in this room. Now, jump down to the south and open the chest for
2 Lucky Cards. Go west and through the door.
Go north and through the northern door. Open two chests here for a Potion
Berry and a Revive Fruit. Exit the way you entered, go south, and through the
eastern door. In here, ignore the cells (you only want to go in those if you
have been bad) and go east through the door. In here, go south, and up two
sets of stairs. Go through the western door.
Here is more of those evil bubbles. This level is filled by faster bubbles
and a different formation. Have Jet with the Radical Sneakers lead and go
north. Use the panel to jump onto an upper level. Here open the chest for a
Gella Card. Jump down to the south and hop onto that first panel. Jump up
with Jet and you get into a new area. Go south and use Clive to bomb the
device over here. This stops the annoying bubbles from trapping you.
Now go north and through the door.
In here, go north and through the northern door. There will be three
chests. They contain a Grab Bag, AP Ammo, and a Gimel Coin. Exit the room
the same way you entered go south, SAVE, and go through the door. Watch a
scene.
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Boss: Maya, Alfred, Todd, Shady
EXP: 12,400 (3,100 each)
Gella: 12,800 (3,200 each)
Item: None
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This battle is almost identical to the previous battles with Maya and party,
except your opponents are a whole lot stronger this time. No more lame
damage, they go all out! You had better be warned. Keep your HP above 1,000
at all times.
The hardest part in this battle os the beginning. In the begging, when all 4
enemies are alive, the party can be killed within 3 turns. Especially a weak
party. Todd, Alfred, and Shady do a special attack together, called Wild
Bunch. They can only do it once a turn, but it does over 500 damage to your
entire party. This is a huge threat, as you will need to immediately kill one
of those three off.
As always, go for Todd first. As always, he heals, but this time for 300 HP.
At this point, 300 HP is about what Virginia does with an attack and it
won't save him this time. But this is not what makes him dangerous. The
main threat is his Meteor Dive, which does from 300-500 damage to a single
character. This can easily kill off a weakened character. Like the previous
battles with Todd, you can do fire damage to him to make his afro catch on
fire, but depending on who Fiery Rage is on (likely Clive or Jet) it won't
be worth it to waste the turn for the minimal damage it does every round when
you can spike more damage with physical attacks in the first few rounds. Todd
has a ton of HP, so even if you use Gatlings with CLive and Jet on the first
few rounds, it will still tske three or four to kill him - that's entirely
what makes him dangerous.
Of course, Todd won't DO those attacks if you kill him first. He will
constantly do Wild Bunch with his friends when all three are alive, which
basically means 600 per round with these three, plus Maya's damage.
After Todd, go after Shady. He is good for building FP on, since he has low
defense and HP. He also does more damage than Alfred does, making him more of
a threat.
And, as always, go for Alfred next. The only thing Alfred has gained in his
time away from battle seems to be HP. He's gotten a bit stronger, this time
doing 250 or so with each attack. Again, save FP on him so that you
can use it on Maya. Also, at this point you may want to have Gallows use
Extension - Shield to prepare for the final part of the battle.
Normally, Maya alone is not much of a threat, but this time that is
different. She gets MUCH stronger. She gains an attack called Calamity Jane,
which attacks maybe 5 times and does about 2,000 damage to a single party
member! After this damaging battle, that can easily kill a weakened member.
Make sure you keep your HP over about 1,200 at this point, as you never know
when the damage will reach its peak. Maya is the most dangerous now, though
she does have the lowest HP of the bunch. Her normal attacks do around 400
damage too, so definitely keep your HP up and Shield on. Maya will likely
start killing Virginia in one hit at this point, so use Power Cancels to
revive your characters before the round ends.
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After the battle, watch another scene. Now go north, and have Jet jump onto
that switch with the Radical Sneakers. This will turn the power of the tower
on. Now, go to that door, and select 1F. You automatically go down an
elevator. On 1F, go south and open the chest for a Mega Berry. Use a
Duplicator on the other chest for the ever useful Black Pass. Go back north,
and near the door, choose 5F.
Back where you fought Maya and co., go east, and through the door. Here, go
south, and up two sets of stairs. Go through the western door. In here is
another annoying bubble puzzle. Go south, and then west across the platform
(dodging bubbles here is hard). On the other side, go south, and have Clive
equipped with the Grappling Hook. Place yourself under the pole, and use the
Grappling Hook. Jump off, and use a bomb on the mechanism, so that those
annoying bubbles go away. Now, jump down to the north and go all the way
north, then west. Use the Grappling Hook when you cant go any farther, and
open the chests for Imitator x3 (Growth Egg) and 17,000 Gella. Jump down to
the south and go through the western door.
In here, go north up two sets of stairs. Go east through the door to confront
the last bubble puzzle. Have Jet lead (with the Radical Sneakers) and use
the first panel. Go west, and open the chests here for 3 Call Whistles and a
Gimel Coin. Fall off the edge of the platform and start over. Now, go onto
the second panel, and jump to the other side. Here, go west, and open the
chest for a Duplicator. Now, use the eastern panel, and go to the far north
side of the room. Go east, and use the bomb on the device to FINALLY stop
these bubbles. Now, go west, and use the last panel. Go all the way east and
through the door.
In here, go south up two sets of stairs. Go through the western door, and
watch a rather long scene.
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Suggested Level: 42
Enemy Areas: Claiborne, Little Twister
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Head southeast (directly) and enter Claiborne.
Here, you need to talk to two people. Enter the first house on the east, and
talk to Dessinsey. He will tell you a bit about the Tower. Now, exit the
house and go north into the Inn. Talk to the Innkeeper/Bartender,and choose
"Chat". Now, head south and exit the inn and the town. A scene will play.
This scene will only play if you talked to both the Innkeeeper and Dessinsey.
If not, you can't go on with the game.
Back on Filgaia, head east to Westwood. Use a Call Whistle and have
your horses jump over the Crevice. Head over to Little Twister for a short
side quest.
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Coordinates: X: 6,105, Y:8,301
Suggested Level: 42
Shops: ARMS, Item, Inn, Save Point
Items: Black Market items
Key Items: None
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With your new Black Pass from the Caging Tower you can now finally get into
the "hidden" Black Market in Little Twister. From the entrance, head north
and enter the door between the Saloon and the Sheriff's office. Head to the
back area of the town where the ARMs shop is. Break that box and you'll
be able to access the far back of town. Remember, don't go too far out or
you'll exit the area. Follow the wall closely to the west and enter the small
shack you'll see.
In here, head directly north and use the Black pass when you're near the
door. This opens the door. In here, talk to the man and you can buy items
from the Black Market. One item costs 9,999,999 Gella! This item is for a
sidequest that would be considered "completionist only" later on. There are
quite a few Ex File Keys throughout the game from here on out. You likely
won't be able to buy this one yet, but it's good to know it's here. This
is also the only place that you can actually -buy- healing items. Normally
it's not really worth it to buy them though, you should just use Florina.
Note that you won't be able to buy any healing items here until you've
fully bred them with Florina using the "Breeding" command. That means you
must sacrifice 40 Heal Berries to her to make the Black Market sell the
berries, and the like. You'll want to finish breeding eventually, but it
will probably take a while.
There's a few more little secrets with the Black Market. First off, don't
buy that Ex-Key until you have the item that halves the price of all items
in the shops fom the fourth Optional Boss (Heimdal Gazzo). Also, you can
actually buy ELEMENTAL RINGS here! These are the items that teach the
elemental ward personal skills to characters. To do this, you need to sell
the original item (Such as "Dark Ring") to the man and he will start selling
Dark Rings for 100,000 Gella. This will prove to be extremely useful to you
when you start fighting the optional bosses, who require multiple elemental
wards.
You'll probably have to wait a while to use the Black Market to its full
extent, but when you can, it's certainly worth it!
When you're done here, exit Little Twister and head back to the World Map.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 42
Enemy Areas: Claiborne, Little Twister
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Either use a Warp Star to warp to Midland Station or hop on your horses, jump
over the crevice and take the Train from Westwood to Midland Station for
120 Gella. Once you're at Midland Station, head over the land bridge and south
into Jolly Roger.
!This is important! I'm adding Jolly Roger to a new area just so people who
skim through the guide know to go there next.
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***** Jolly Roger *****
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Coordinates: X: 15,368, Y: 5:457
Suggested Level: 42
Shops: ARMS, Inn, Item, Save Point
Items: None
Key Items: None
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Again, this is important. Head west and then north. Talk to Herman on the
docks and he will tell you the location of Laxisland. You won't be able to
find Laxisland without talking to this man, and since that's your goal next,
you need to speak with him.
Once you know how to find the area, exit Jolly Roger.
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Suggested Level: 42
Enemies: El Bucky, Masa Knome, Pantagruel, Grodine, Forneus
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Head onto the Sandcraft (which should be at Jolly Roger beach) and head east.
Pass under the land bridge here and at the end of the continent, hug the
land to the north. What happens next is based on if you did everything in
my "A Few Side Quests" section at the beginning of Chapter 3. If you didn't
do it, then you'll have to fight a boss when you examine the rocks that block
the path here. His name is Balal Quo Nega, and you have no chance of winning
unless you've upgraded the weapons on your Sandcraft, so make sure you've
done that first in Jolly Roger.
If you did the side quests, the path will be open and you won't have to
fight the boss again.
Either way, head into the new, closed off area of the sand sea.
In this new area, head directly north and there will be two beaches. To
one of the beaches to the south (near a large crater, you'll come back here
in a bit) there's an Ambrosia around X: 18,671, Y: 14,695.
On
Land on the eastern beach. Once on land, head north, until you reach a Mesa.
No go Northeast. At X: 17,776, Y: 19,029, you will find Laxisland.
On top of a Plateau around the Mesa you'll find a Millennium Puzzle that you
can't get to until you've completed the next dungeon.
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***** Laxisland *****
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Coordinates: X: 17,776, Y: 19,029
Suggested Level: 42
Shops: ARMS, Inn, Item, Save Point
Items: Revive Fruit, Tool: Kramer Dolls, Revive Fruit, Name Tag, Gimel Coin
Key Items: None
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When you enter, head north, and examine the barrel near the ARMS shop. You
will get a Revive Fruit. Enter the ARMs shop, and select "chat" with the man
in charge. Say yes to his question(s), and you will get the Tool: Kramer
Dolls. You also get information about the Dragon. Exit, Now, go to the far
north of the town, and go all the way east. Break all the boxes here, and you
will get a Revive Fruit. Inside the Inn/Saloon, you'll find a Name Tag in one
of the barrels to the southwest on the first floor. On the second, there's
a Gimel Coin upstairs in a barrel.
While you're here, head to the far western upper side of the screen and speak
to the man here. His name is Roswell. Ask him what he's talking about and
he'll mention "invaders from the stars." After a few dungeons, talk to
him again and he'll have some more information for you. But for now it's
just important to speak with him.
Exit Laxisland when you're done.
With the Kramer Dolls in your possession, you can now do many of the optional
bosses. Remember those floating red orbs you've seen throughout the game
in areas like Ka Dingel and Clive's first dungeon, Den of Miasma? Use this
by them to fight the optional battles. Most every optional fight in the
game requires a special strategy or special Wards to fight, so you'll need to
prepare beforehand.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 42
Enemies: El Bucky, Masa Knome, Pantagruel, Grodine, Forneus, Thunderdrake,
Hidden
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Head west and then south. Hop onto your sandcraft. Go directly west, and
land on the beach a few seconds from you. Here, head north, and search. You
will find a Migrant Seal at X: 15,955, Y:18,192. Head back onto the
sandcraft.Now, go directly south until you pass a continent. Then go east,
and land on the beach. On land, circle the volcano/mountain, and at X:
17,975, Y: 13,130, you will find your next dungeon.
If you didn't get the Ambrosia in this area before, it's at X: 18,671,
Y: 14,695.
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***** Dragon's Lair *****
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Coordinates: X: 17,975, Y: 13,130
Enemies: Thunderdrake, Necrosaurus, Virsago
Bosses: Lombardia
Items: Imitator x2 (Call Whistle), Gimel Coin, Potion Berry, Gella Card, 10-
Gal Hat, Duplicator, Lucky Card, Name Tag
Key Items: Lombardia (really an item?)
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Note: Use Love Charm's Requiem on the Necrosaurus' to instantly kill them!
As you begin, go east and climb up the eastern ladder. Go north and through
the eastern door. No north, and up the northern ladder. Continue north over
the bridge, and climb down the ladder. Go through the northern door.
In here, go west, and climb the ladder to the south. Go east, and then
north. Open two chests here for Imitator x2 (Call Whistle) and a Gimel Coin.
Now, go south, and bomb the southern wall with Clive. It's just a bit to the
west of the ladder. Go through the newly opened door. Here, go south and
fall down the hole. Climb up the southern ladder and open the chest for a
Potion Berry. Bomb that obviously weak wall to the east and go through the
hidden door. In here, climb up the northern ladder and open the chest for
a Gella Card. Keep heading northwest and bomb the weak northwestern wall.
Go through this hidden door.
In here, stay on the upper level and go east. Go through the southern door.
Open two chests here for a 10-Gal Hat and a Duplicator. Exit the same way
you entered. Here, jump down to the north and bomb the eastern wall. Go
through the new door.
Now, go south, and open the two chests for a Lucky Card and a Name Tag.
Climb up the ladder onto the next screen. Here, go south and climb the next
ladder. Go south, and then west through the western door. In here, there is
a hole to the southwest, fall down it. Now, go through the southeastern door.
Go east, and then jump down. Climb up the ladder to the north, and get to the
next screen. Go north, and bomb the northern wall. Go through the door.
In here, continue north, and watch a scene. Go north onto the next screen.
You can not save, so have Gallows use the Kramer Dolls, and watch another
scene.
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Boss: Lombardia
EXP: 13,000
Gella: 14,000
Item: Gimel Coin
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For her (yes, Lombardia is female) size, Lombardia is definitely a lot weaker
than she looks. Or maybe it is just the fact that she uses more support magic
than she attacks with. Any way you do it, if your party is strong, you may be
able to kill her off before she uses her strongest attacks. Make sure you
save your FP until a bit into the battle, though.
On the first three turns, Lombardia uses defensive spells on herself. These
spells include Cerebal Matter, which increase her evasion ans her rexflex by
over 200 points, Epidermal Shell, which reduces all (magical and physical)
damage you do to her, and Mighty Might, which ups her attack. This takes
three turns. So on these turns, you need to attack normally, so you can
damage her as much as possible. You may want to have Virginia, or whoever is
equipped with Moon Spark, dispel the Arcana effects that Lombardia buffs
herself with using the Eraser spell. This lets you damage her more easily.
After she casts the support spells on herself, she will attack for two to
three turns. She attacks once per turn, and the attacks do about 200-500
damage. They only hit one member. Make sure you save your FP and keep your
bullet count around 3 or 4 for everyone so that when the battle changes in
3 or so rounds you'll be prepared.
After those turns, you will note that Lombardia will begin to flash red, at
this point, ATTACK WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT!
There's no message when she flashes, she just begins to. At this point,
your attacks do a whole lot more damage, (even Virginia's do over 1,000
damage), so use Gatling as much as possible on this round. If you attacked a
lot before hand, you should be able to kill her now. If you're lucky enough to
get a normal critical attack with Jet or Clive you can even break 9,000
damage (no, not the meme, literally, breaki 9,000)!
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After the battle, there will be four choices. Choose:
"I want what you want."
"Yes."
"I will give you something more."
"Something to quench your desire."
After answering these corectly, watch a scene, and Lombardia, the Dragon, is
yours!
Make sure you head back to Laxisland and speak with Roswell before you
continue, as you'll need to speak to him again later on to start his quest.
Note: At this point you can do and finish off all of the Millennium Puzzle
quests. If you've searched around a bit and followed this guide, you've
probably done 8 or 9. There are 20 in all!
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If you haven't gotten the Wolf, Lion, and Goddess idols from the various
parts of the game, you MUST get them at this point. One is found in the
Gob's Hideout, one is from killing Bala Quo Nega and giving the Suitcase to
the lady in the ARMs store in Jolly Roger, and the last is from the back exit
of Gemstone Cave onto the World Map.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 43
Enemies: None
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From where you begin, head directly north, until you reach a green land area
that you could not reach without Lombardia. Here, search around, and you will
find your next dungeon.
Also, around X: 18,150, Y: 24,686 you'll find a Lucky Card. It's just to the
northeast of the dungeon.
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***** Dissection Facility *****
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Coordinates: X: 17,711, Y: 24,127
Suggested Level: 43
Enemies: Chimera Geo, Chimera Muse, Chimera Fray, Chimera Wing
Bosses: Sadas, Sadas jr.
Items: Potion Berry, 18,000 Gella, Mini Carrot, Heal Berry, Gimel Coin, Lucky
Card, Big Grab Bag, Gella Card x2, Potion Berry, Gimel Coin
Duplicator Door/Chest: Name Tag x3, Holy Root, Nectar
Key Items: Paperback, Card Key
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Watch a scene and go west. Use a Duplicator on the western door, and go
through it. In here, open the chest for 3 Name Tags. Exit the same way you
entered, onto the first screen. Back on the original screen, go north and
through the door onto the next screen. Here, go through the eastern door onto
the next screen. Go north and approach that big box.
That's a Big Box:
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Ppt Clive with the Mighty Gloves equipped as the leader. Push that big box
three times east. Now, walk up the stairs and put Virginia in the lead with
her Galecrest. Use it to get over the block and go through the eastern door.
Open the chest in here, and you will get a Potion Berry. Exit the room the
same way you entered.
Back in the box room, have Clive with the Mighty Gloves equipped lead. Stand
north of the block, and push it six times south. Now, stand south and push
it two times north. Go up the stairs, over the block path and through the
western door.
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In here, go through the northern door.
Now, sprint (X button) into the door of the first western cell. Open the
chest in here for 18,000 Gella. Now, sprint into the third door, and open the
chest in here for a Mini Carrot. Break all the boxes to the north and you
will get a Heal Berry. Examine the red door and watch a scene. Head through
the next door to the north.
Now, go all the way north, and open the chest for a Gimel Coin.
Walls and Switches:
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Now, go south,and onto a slightly upper level. Stand on the second "strip"
(literally, you want to be on it.) on the ground. Have Gallows lead with his
Steady Doll equipped. Have him face west and have the doll hit the wall. Lead
the steady doll to the south and press X at the far southern switch.
This will make you go up to the upper level.
Here, go south and through the door. DO NOT FALL DOWN.
Go through the eastern door here and you will be in a treasure room. Open the
chest, and you will get a Lucky Card. Head out of this screen and go back
two screens to the puzzle room.
Back on the puzzle screen, jump down, and stand on that same northern strip
you did the first time. Use the Steady Doll, and hit the Southern switch.
Jump down to the north, and go through the northern door.
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Examine the red door in the next room for a short scene and exit to the north.
Two Big Blocks:
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In here, put Clive in the lead once again. Jump down to the lower level and
push the southern block two times east, so that you can have access to a
hidden door. Go through it. Open the chest here for a Big Grab Bag. Use a
Duplicator on the Sealed chest, and you will get a Nectar. Note that the globe
will allow you to fight a strong optional boss when you use the Kramer Dolls
by it, however he is -very- strong. Don't attempt this boss without
at least 4 Dark Wards, or you're going to be slaughtered. if for some reason
you've gotten 4 Dark Wards as drops (it's possible at this point!) or you spent
a few hundred thousand Gella on them, go ahead and try the boss.
Otherwise, don't try it.
When you exit the room, one of the blocks will be placed quite conveniently,
allowing half the puzzle to be done for you. Push the western block once
north and then three times east. Once they're lined up, head west and climb
the ladder on the south wall. Jump down onto the first block and have
Virginia use her Galecrest to cross the area.
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Open the chest to the east and you get 2 Gella Cards. Go west and through the
western door.
Here, go north, and sprint into the center cell. Open the chest in here, and
you get a Potion Berry. Go north and through the door onto the next screen.
In this larger room, go up the western stairs, and go south. Break the boxes
here and you will get a Gimel Coin. Now go to the western side of the room,
and use a Duplicator on the Sealed Door. Go through the door. You
automatically enter a battle.
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Boss: Sadas, Sadas jr.
EXP: 14,000
Gella: 15,000
Item: Potion Berry, Revive Fruit
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Note: This is an optional fight. You only have to fight them if you enter
this side room.
This will be the fastest boss battle ever. On your very first turn, have
Virginia use a Gella Card on Sadas, and have Jet use one on Sadas jr. It is
important for you to do it to Sadas first, as he wont last long.
On Sadas's first turn, he will self destruct. This attacks a single member of
your party for 2,400 HP. At a low level, this will easily kill a party
member, so make sure to have a Revive Fruit on hand. Take note that until
Sadas dies, you will not be able to damage Sadas jr.
After Sadas self destructs (or takes his journey, as the game puts it), you
are free to attack Sadas jr. Dont attack him til after Virginia has use
Mystic-Lucky Card though, because this battle gives some rather good spoils.
After you use the Mystic-Lucky Card, attack physically, and Sadas jr. should
die in a single round. He is weak versus physical attacks.
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After the battle, open the chest and you will get a Holy Root. Go back to
the previous screen. Back in this larger screen, examine that odd brown
object on the floor, and you will get the Paperback item. Go north, watch a
scene, and head north onto the next screen. In here, Use the Paperback, and
you will get the Key Card item. Now, examine the small console on the eastern
side of the room (the one near the larger console that isn't broken), and
watch a scene.
You automatically exit the area.
Head directly north and when you reach a greenish yellow land, head east, and
you will be back at Ruins of Memory. This is your goal.
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***** Ruins of Memory *****
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Coordinates: X: 15,368, Y: 5,457
Suggested Level: 45
Enemies: Annaberge, Blue Book, Spartoi
Bosses: Melody, Malik, Leehalt
Items: None
Key Items: Teardrop
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Head north through two screens. On the main hall screen, go east and through
the northeastern door. In here, go through the northern door. Go east, and
then north, going through the first door to the west. Head west, all the way
through this room, onto the next screen. Now, go south, and enter the first
door you see. You will be back in the MAIN HALL. This is where you want to
be.
Face the northern wall and you will read about the Teardrop. Now, use
Clive's Grappling Hook and you will be able to get up to an upper level.
Jump off, and go through the northern door.
Here, you will find the second part of the Ruins of Memory.
Lanterns:
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Approach the second statue and press the X button. The lantern lighting
changes. Press the X button by the far eastern statue and then press X by
the far western statue. This will light all of the lanterns and open the
door.
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Go through the newly opened northern door. Continue north to the next screen.
Art Gallery:
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In here, there are a whole lot of paintings. use the Tindecrest on the big red
painting to the north, and a door will appear. That was a short and easy
puzzle, yes?
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Go through the newly opened door to the north.
In here, go north, and use your Card Key on the door. (If you dont have the
Card Key, "Use" the Paperback from your item inventory, and you will get it).
Go through it. In here, go north, and examine the blue gem. Watch a scene.
Now, head five screens south and try to jump down to the lower level. Watch
a scene.
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Boss: Leehalt, Melody, Malik
EXP: 15,900 (5,300 Each)
Gella: 16,500 (5,500 Each)
Item: Potion Berry
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Now THIS is how the final battle in Chapter 2 should have been! Each of the
once prophets have their own powers back, as well as all their strongest
counters. Sadly, both Malik and Leehalt have actually gotten weaker, while
Melody has gotten stronger than she was before the Yggdrasil final encounters.
This is like fighting all of them alone at their prime, except together.
Malik still has his area confusion skills, making him by far the prime target
in this fight. If your character have a Confusion Ward, be absolutely sure
to put them on. Melody attacks more often than her comrades and her
Eliminate Scanner does 600 or so damage. Leehalt, as always, will not attack
your members until he is attacked, so he is harmless and can easily wait for
last.
The first thing you should do is cast Decelerate on Malik. As always, you
wont be able to hit him until you do. Then, as with the previous battle, your
attacks have to do over 300 damage to damage Melody at all. Luckily, at this
point, it is a whole lot easier then it was when you did it in Yggdrasil. She
is also weak versus physical attacks. Melody not only causes the most damage
with Eliminate Scanner, but she constanly counters attacks with her Venom
Strike, like in Yggdrasil. She's probably the worst threat this time.
Choosing either Malik or Melody to target first is really the main problem
in the battle.
I suggest going for Malik before Melody for two reasons. First, Confusion
is extremely dangerous. The second is all he needs is a Decelerate to
debuff him, while Melody has the strong barrier that reduces any damage
done to her by 350. Melody will take longer to kill, even with her lower
physical defense. Depending on how strong your party is you may want to
start off with Gatlings immediately and then use the rest of his HP and
Melody's to build FP for Leehalt. Unfortunately, Malik has the highest HP
of the three, making him unattractive to target first.
Once Malik is gone, attack Melody. Only have one of your characters use
their Gatling on her though, because you know Leehalt will need all the
strength of attacks you can muster. Melody has much, much lower HP than
Malik did, but she has the natural 350 HP barrier. keep Poison Wards
on while you attack her so that you won't be eaten alive by her poison
counterattacks.
After Melody comes Leehalt. He is a whole lot weaker this time. In the
previous battles, he would counter with the full damage from your attacks
(even Gatlings). This time, with Gatling, he only counters with the damage of
the first attack. This makes his counters a whole lot more survivable, that
is, if you are still healthy and kiled Malik and Melody off fast.
Have the srongest attacking characters keep their HP over 2,000 (for Critcical
attacks) at all times and you shouldn't even die. This battle will be won
soon enough.
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After the battle, watch a scene, and you lose the Teardrop item. You
automatically exit the Ruins.
Now, you really need to do a few side quests. Because from now on I am going
to say something, and if you haven't done a certain side quest, you wont be
able to do what I am asking.
First, hop onto Lombardia, and head to Dune Canyon. Now, go south, and land
on the islands around there. Search, and you will find Millenium Puzzle 14.
You need to solve this puzzle, and get a key item that will be useful for the
rest of the game.
BIG HUGE NOTE: Head back to Laxisland after this series of events. Speak to
Roswell there if you've spoken to him twice before (once when you first got
to the town and a second time after either Dragon's Lair or the Dissection
Facility). At this point you can -finally- start the Telepath Tower quests!
I highly suggest doing this side quest, along with finishing the rest of the
Millennium Puzzles, as I've been suggesting since you received Lombardia.
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***** Millennium Puzzle #14 *****
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Location: South of Fortune Gear and Millennium Puzzle 1, On an island. (Need
Lombardia)
Coordinates: X: 21,386, Y: 5,748
Difficulty: 4/5
Hint: "You already know that putting two blocks of the same color together
will eliminate them. But dont forget that they can be put together vertically
as well as horizontally."
Item: Teleport Orb
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Solution:
Pull the eastern yellow block three times west. Push it once north, making
both yellows go. Pull the eastern green block four times west and push it
once more west. Push it once north, making both greens disappear. Jump down
to the east. Pull the western blue once east, making two blues go. Pull the
western red block two times east, making two reds go.
Now you can finish the puzzle. Pull the western blue once east and then once
north. Pull it six times east, and BLUE IS DONE!
Pull the western yellow once east, and push it seven times east. YELLOW IS
DONE!
Pull the western green block two times east, and push it seven times east.
GREEN IS DONE!
Pull the western red block once south, and then once east. Push it seven
times east, and THIS PUZZLE IS DONE! Nice and short. Very easy for a 4/5.
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After getting the Teleport Orb, you can do what is needed. Now, teleport to
Baskar Colony. Hop onto Lombardia here, and go north. When you reach a
continent (it's brown) that you couldn't get onto without Lombardia, land,
and search. You will find Clive's first town, Ballack Rise.
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***** Ballack Rise *****
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Coordinates: X: 11,905, Y: 14,176
Suggested Level: 46
Shops: ARMS, Inn, Save Point
Items: Mini Carrot, Duplicator, Grab Bag, Mini Carrot, Migrant Seal
Key Items: None
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Put Clive in the lead here and you will get a few nice comments. Remember,
Clive saved this town from the Goldrake. Anyhow, head north, and climb up the
western stairs. Use the ladder to the east, and use Jet with the Radical
Sneakers to hop onto the box to the south. Break the boxes here, and you will
get a Mini Carrot.
Jump down to the east and check the barrel. You will get a Duplicator.
Go through the northern door. Go north two screens through the building and
west up the ladder. Go through the western door. Here, circle south, and go
east. All the way east, open the chest and you will get a Grab Bag.
Go west and enter the ARMs shop. Here, go east up the stairs and through the
northern door. Open the chest outside, and you will get a Mini Carrot.
Finally, enter the Inn and go upstairs. Up in the far corner of the Inn, by
the bed, you'll find a Migrant Seal. Use the Radar if you can't find it.
Exit the Inn and then Ballack Rise. There's nothing much more you can do here
for now.
Remember, you can find the Den of Miasma just to the north of Ballack
Rise. There's an optional boss there you can fight now or later.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 46
Enemies: None
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Now, with the Teleport Orb, teleport to Little Rock, and enter the Town.
You are here for some information. Talk to all the people, but Mock is who
you really want to talk to. "Ask" him and he will tell you the location of the
Abyss, which is your next dungeon. Exit Little Rock once you have this bit of
Information.
Hop onto Lombardia and go south. Land on the light brown land right before
the end of the continent (and into a the sand sea). If you are in the right
place, you will see some rocks will be in the path. Hop back onto Lombardia,
and press the R2 button, and blow those rocks up. Land again, and go west
through that path. Go north, and then northwest. At the end of the path,
search, and you will find the Abyss.
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***** The Abyss *****
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Coordinates: X: 25,205, Y: 10,200
Suggested Level: 46
Enemies: Alleo, Baskerville, Cannon Buffalo, Madgasser, Calupdis, Balphon
Bosses: Ephrem Zein
Items: None (gasp)
Key Items: Dragon Idol
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NOTE: For those of you who want to take it on completely, make sure to have
4 Weather Vanes, and characters with ALL elemental and status resistances
possible. Without that, you wont get very far. Also, try and be on at least
level 80, or you will have quite a few problems.
The Abyss is a dungeon unlike any other. Once you get in, you can not get out
until you reach certain levels with teleporters that allow you to go out.
Those levels are 10, 30, 60, and 100. Though for now, we are only going to
floor 10, you may want to come back later and go all the way down to level 100.
Also, make sure you have 4 Weather Vanes going into this dungeon. You can get
one from Worlds Footprint, and the other two from Millenium Puzzles. You will
get ambushed constantly here, but if you have Weather Vanes (4) you never will
be. Take note, that you will only NOT get ambushed if you have 4 of them -
Any less than that will still ambush you.
Also, there is no way I can do a walkthrough for this area, because the order
you get the levels is randomized. It pains me to tell you this, but you are
going to have to do this on your own. Though the levels are short. Get the 5
White gems on each level, and the teleporter opens, allowing you to go to the
next floor. Each White Gem heals 1/10 of your ENG gauge, and 1/20 of your VIT
gauge. This makes your trip a whole lot easier.
Note: Feel free to fall off the edge at any time. in fact, this makes many
levels go so much faster, as you dont have to travel back from point one, all
the way to the other side of the level to get another Gem. this can also
avoid encounters if your ECN is low. This trick is extremely useful, as the
gems will not reappear.
After getting all 5 gems on each floor, go through the teleporter onto the
next floor, in which you should repeat the process over again.
On the tenth floor, do the same, and when you go through the teleporter...
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Boss: Ephrem Zein
EXP: 17,000
Gella: 20,000
Strengths: Light (Half)
Weakness: Dark
Item: Dragon idol, Dragon Fossil
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Odd is not the work I would use to describe this boss. Messed up is. This
battle is different from most other battles. Like Leehalt battles, the enemy
will not attack your party, but only counters. Sadly, this counter is good
and bad. It's VERY strong and attacks all members at once. Luckily, it
doesnt do the damage you did to him. Try and have as many characters as
possible with Light wards, as this makes his counter completely useless.
Start off by having Gallows use Extension-Protect (even if Gallows does't have
Terra Roar, you should move it onto him just for this battle) to reduce the
damage Magical attacks do. This will be your lifesaver in this battle.
Virginia and Gallows should NEVER attack. Unless of course, either one of
them Have Moon Spark and the Grav Arcana.
Why dont you want them to attack? The counters. Ephrem Zein's couunters do
1,000 (unprotected) to the party. He will never attack you, but will always
counter your attacks, and he can counter four times a turn. Your party most
likely wont survive four counters, so only two people (maximum) should attack
each round. Virginia should heal each round (Mystic-Potion Berry is your
friend), and Gallows should make sure that everyone who has less then 1,500 HP
gets their HP up. Whoever has the Grav spell (even Clive) should use it until
it gets weak.
Attack with physical attacks (Jet and Clive ONLY) as he is weak versus them.
You may only want to attack with gatling (using Virginia and Gallows to give
them mini Carrots each round, while they defend) to lower the sheer amount of
damage that Ephrem can do. With more then one character using a Light Ward,
this may not be needed, but it certainly will reduce the damage you take.
Against your strongest physical attacks, Ephrem wont last long, but neither
will you if you attack full on! Patience is a virtue, and you must use it in
this battle.
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After fighting Ephrem, Select yes, and go back to the surface. Be happy you
dont have to go here again for the story (it is an optional dungeon you can do
later for the story).
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***** Fallen Sanctuary *****
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Coordinates: X: 12,945, Y: 8,506
Enemies: Pillbug
Boss: Zephyr
Items: None
Key Items: Hope Shard
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With the Dragon idol now in your posession, you can fight the final Guardian
Lord and get the last Medium in the game. Use the Teleport Orb and go to
Baskar Colony. Save and rest at the Colony and then go south. Enter the
Fallen Sanctuary.
When you enter, head north, and go onto the upper guardian level. Use the
Radical Sneakers to get to the southwestern upper level. Make sure you have
saved after getting out of the Abyss, and use the Dragon Idol on the statue.
Select yes.
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Boss: Zephyr
EXP: 8,426
Gella: 0
Item: Hope Shard
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Many consider Zephyr the strongest of the Guardian Lords. Well, Raftina is
harder (if you dont use the Reflect ability), but Zephyr is well capable of
obliterating your party.
Zephyr's main attack is his 'ultimate' attacks. He uses it a lot more than he
uses his other attacks. it is called Phantasmic heart, and does about 500-700
damage to all party members. This isn't that much, compared to some bosses
(Ephrem, who you just fought, namely), but his other attacks are the main
problem.
The hardest part about this battle is Exploder. this turns one character red,
and when that character acts in any way (other then defending) then he will
explode, doing damage to the entire party. The higher the HP the character
has, the more damage the party receives. The character who exploded dies.
Now, you have two things to worry about. The best thing to do when a
character is Red (has exploder cast on him) is to let the character die. This
will allow your party not to become fully screwed over by exploder. (If all 4
members have exploder, no member can act and you are screwed). So do an
action with the character who was Explodered, and then heal your party.
Revive the character with a revive Fruit, but dont heal him, because if he is
Explodered (eh...?) again, then he will do less damage to your party members.
Now, Exploder is the main problem, but paired with Phantasmic heart, your
party can easily be wiped out. How to solve the problem? Have a whole
lot of Revive Fruits on hand and have Virginia heal EVERY round. Use as many
Mini Carrots as needed, as you will need all the FP you can get with her
healing. With the characters at low HP when they are exploded, it will be
easier to survive. But keep your HP over about 800 or else you WILL die.
This battle is all about playing defensively, but attacking as often as
possible. Gallows should never attack and nor should Virginia, both should
be focused on healing.
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After the battle, you get the Hope Shard. You also get to turn the last two
Mediums Gold.
Now that you have all 12 mediums, you can decide which ones you want on whom.
It is really your own opinion, and only Gallows' really matter to a full
extent, since Virginia usually heals, and Clive and Jet usually attack.
A lot of people like this set on Gallows:
Love Charm
Flash Hit
Hope Shard
This allows Gallows to be on support constantly. I personally prefer to
change the Love Charm for Terra Roar, but it really how you play. That combo
is good because you can Extension-Status lock, Extension-Valiant, Extension-
Permanence to have those support spells cast throughout the entire battle.
Everything else, you should change depending on the way you play. I know I
play more magically then others, so some may want a completely different
Medium setup then I do. Explore for yourself, and try and find what one works
best for you. I am here to help, not to dictate how you play.
After getting the last medium upgrades, head south down the stairs, and south
out of Fallen Sanctuary.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 47
Enemy Areas: Laxisland
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Use the Teleport Orb, and go to Laxisland. You should start the Telepath
Tower quest NOW, you wont have a chance later on, and the chance will be
forever lost in obscurity! Basically, you won't be able to start it later,
so start it noiw, even if you dont plan on finishing it for a while) Hop onto
Lombardia, and go west. Land on the plateau, and search. At X: 14,484, Y:
17,509, you will find the dungeon, Cradle of the Metal Gods. Try to enter
it, and you can not. So, you need to find another way in. Use the Teleport
Orb and head to Ark of Destiny.
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***** Ark of Destiny *****
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Coordinates: X: 9,191, Y: 2,259
Suggested Level: 47
Shops: Inn, Save Point
Items: None
Duplicator Door: Any that you didn't get before.
Bosses: Bombur
Key Items: None
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In the main hall, Head all the way west, and through the western door.
Go down the set of stairs and talk to Helga. Ask her about Survey Point 8
[Cradle of Metal Gods] and then go back up the stairs through the door. Go
north through two screens and talk to Lamium. He will tell you more about the
Cradle and tells you to look in the library. Go south two screens into the
main hall.
In the main hall again, go through the northwestern door and enter the
library. Go to the far west, and use the Grappling Hook to get onto the upper
level of the library. Search the far book, called "Full Account of Survey
Point 8" and you will learn the location of Dim Root path. Note that you
should NOT use a Duplicator on the the Ice Queen book, as it is about a hidden
boss, and I can tell you about it in the hidden boss section (see "Emeth").
Jump down to the lower level of the library, save (rest, if needed) and exit.
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***** Filgaia *****
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Suggested Level: 47
Enemy Areas: Boot Hill
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Before we go on with the game, we are going to continue our sidequests. Use
the Teleport Orb to go to Boot Hill (or a Warp Star to go to Southfarm). From
Boot Hill, go east and enter Southfarm.
Spend 1,600 Gella, and buy a ticket to East Highlands. Before boarding the
train, "Chat" with Tony, and ask him about the missing passengers. Now,
depart, and you will end up slightly off track...
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***** Sunset Peak *****
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Coordinates: X: 18,861, Y: 900
Suggested Level: 47
Shops: None
Items: EX-File Key
Key Items: None
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You can't really do much here, so just exit. On the world map are some very
strong enemies and you can find Millenium Puzzle 20. Also in the area is a
Migrant Seal and Telepath Tower #15. The Migrant Seal is at X: 6,542,
Y: 11,254. To get to the Telepath Tower, you need to hop on a horse and
jump over the crevice to the west.
One you're done in this secluded area of the World Map, use the Teleport Orb.
I AM AN IMPORTANT NOTE PLEASE READ ME: In Sunset Peak, you can get one of the
first EX-File Keys in the game (if you haven't been fighting optional bosses
yet)! To do this, you just need to enter Sunset Peak, which is all but
abandoned, Sprint (X button) into the tall clock here and you'll find an
EX-File Key. Be sure to remember to get this item.
Why is this note so important? Well, EX-File Keys allow you to unlock special
features once the game is completed. There are 15 in all you need to find by
completing the game.
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