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| Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga Walkthrough |
| By: JaggedJim |
| Date: April 27, 2006 |
| Version: Jinana |
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This is my walkthrough for Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga. You can
always find the latest version of this guide at:
http://www.gamefaqs.com
http://www.geocities.com/jagged_jim/FAQ
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If you have any questions, comments, or you have something you want added to
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Version History [#001]
Introduction [#002]
Basics [#003]
Characters [#004]
Mantras and Hunting [#005]
Hints and Tips [#006]
Walkthrough [#007]
-The Black Haired Girl [#007.1]
-An Ill-Fated Alliance [#007.2]
-Two Princes [#007.3]
-A Three Hour Tour [#007.4]
-A Brutish Encounter [#007.5]
-Journey to Nirvana [#007.6]
Side Quests [#008]
-Omoikanes [#008.1]
-Coordinate 136 Revisited [#008.2]
-Subduing Beelzebub [#008.3]
-Anahata Waterways [#008.4]
-The Four Guardian Beasts [#008.5]
-Metatron [#008.6]
-Huang Long [#008.7]
-Junkyard Nocturne [#008.8]
Appendix [#009]
-Key and Wall Checklist [#009.1]
-Combo List [#009.2]
-Physical Combos [#009.2.1]
-Fire Combos [#009.2.2]
-Ice Combos [#009.2.3]
-Elec Combos [#009.2.4]
-Force Combos [#009.2.5]
-Earth Combos [#009.2.6]
-Almighty Combos [#009.2.7]
-Expel Combos [#009.2.8]
-Death Combos [#009.2.9]
-Human Form Combos [#009.2.10]
-Healing Combos [#009.2.11]
-Support Combos [#009.2.12]
-Vendor and Cell Price List [#009.3]
-Mantra List [#009.4]
-Physical/Hunting Mantras [#009.4.1]
-Elemental Mantras [#009.4.2]
-Healing Mantras [#009.4.3]
-Support Mantras [#009.4.4]
-Extra Mantras [#009.4.5]
Miscellaneous [#010]
Frequently Asked Questions [#011]
Contributors [#012]
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0.1 – 4/26/05
1.0 – 7/9/05
Jinana (1.3) – 4/27/06 – This is just a minor update with a few typo
corrections and of course the new version name.
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Digital Devil Saga is the latest game in the long running Megami Tensei (or
MegaTen, as it’s referred to by fans) series. The game is the first part of a
two-part story about the inhabitants of the Junkyard and their struggles to
reach Nirvana. Although the game does re-use a lot of game play elements
(like the graphic engine, battle system, and even several of the demon
models) from Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, the game is unconnected story-wise
to Nocturne. (And anybody who tells you otherwise is wrong.)
Some differences between Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga:
-You only have three characters in battle, instead of four.
-You can’t recruit enemies into your party this time around. There’s no
Fusion, either.
-The game is a lot more forgiving than Nocturne was. This is mostly due to the
fact that the entire party has to be killed for a game over, instead of just
a single character. I also noticed that there are also a lot fewer Physical
Immune monsters running around the Junkyard.
-A whole new skill system. The big difference is that you can change your
equipped skills at will instead of just at level-up and un-learned skills are
NOT lost forever.
-There is now an Earth Element to go along with Fire, Ice, Electricity, and
Force.
-Some of the demons that were in Nocturne have had their resistances switched
around. So to you Nocturne veterans out there don’t be surprised if you cast
a spell expecting to hit a weak point and instead just do normal damage or
worse, get blocked.
-Turn order is decided by party order and not by each character’s agility.
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Controls
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-Directional Buttons/Left Analog Stick – Moves that silver-haired dude on the
screen around, and it moves the menu
cursor around too. Amazing!
-Right analog Stick/L1+R1 Buttons – Rotates the camera. Note that the
shoulder buttons moves the camera around
a bit faster than the analog stick.
-X Button – This button lets you talk to people, open doors, and make menu
selections. In other words, it’s the all-purpose “Action” button
that all RPGs have.
-Circle Button – This button cancels selections.
-Triangle Button – This button brings up the map and turns on/off Auto-Battle.
-Square Button – Opens the menu. If you use it during a battle you will
automatically pass your turn.
Facilities
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-Karma Terminal – These come in two varieties, Large and Small. All Karma
Terminals regardless of size allow you to save your game
and purchase Mantras. You can also use them to teleport to
any Large Karma terminal in a dungeon. Finally, you can
restore your HP and MP at Large Karma Terminals, but it
will cost money to do so.
-Life Terminal – These allow you restore your HP and MP.
-Vendor – You can buy and sell items here.
-Rejuvenating Light – These Rejuvenating Lights will completely restore your
party, and unlike Large Karma Terminals and Life
Terminals they are completely free to use.
Unfortunately there are only two of these in the game:
one in Manipura and one in the Deserted Ship.
Solar Noise
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If you look in the upper left you will see a black circle with a number
inside it. This number represents the current amount of Solar Noise there is.
Solar Noise works kind of like Kagutsuchi did in Nocturne, where there are
eight (well technically there are nine, since we are including zero here)
levels of Solar Noise and is represented by the current level of Solar Noise
over eight.
After about every 15-18 steps you take, the amount of Solar Noise will shift.
Solar Noise starts at MIN (0/8) and the amount of Solar Noise will steadily
increase until it reaches MAX, (8/8) at which point it will steadily decrease
until reaches MIN again, and then it will cycle back around towards Max
again, and so on and so on.
Truth be told, you shouldn’t worry too much about Solar Noise too much,
because it doesn’t really affect the game all that much. Solar Noise affects
things like the price of Cells, along with certain skills like MIN Critical
and MAX Critical, and the effects of the Estoma Spray and Magic Reed will
only last until the next MIN Solar Noise. If a character is suffering from an
ailment there is a 50% chance of that ailment being cured at MIN Solar Noise.
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Digital Devil Saga uses a unique battle system called the Press Turn System.
If you have played Nocturne before you already have a good idea on how the
battle system works, because DDS uses the same battle system as Nocturne with
a few minor tweaks.
Battles in DDS are turn based, with one side acting first, and then the other
side gets to act, and so on until one side is defeated. If you look in the
upper right hand corner you will see a number of hexagonal shaped icons. Each
of these icons ostensibly represents the number of actions you can do, but
depending on the result of those actions you can either end up with
additional or fewer actions. The total number of icons that each side gets
for their turn is equal to the number of living characters that side has.
(Although this is not always the case, as some random enemies along with most
bosses will get 2-8 icons per turn, and some enemies can use Rage/Psycho Rage
to boost the number of icons the have by two or four flashing icons
respectively. Nobody ever said life was fair.)
Normally whenever you attack or use a skill or an item then it will consume
one icon. If that attack or skill is a Critical or hits the target’s
weakness, however, it will cause one icon to start flashing. The next action
will then consume this flashing icon, basically giving that side an extra
action. If you already have one or more flashing icons and the next action is
another critical/weakness it won’t consume that flashing icon, it will
instead cause the next icon to start flashing too. This will continue until
all the icons are flashing, at which point every action will consume one
flashing icon regardless of whether it was a critical/weakness or not. Watch
out though, if an attack fails or is blocked then two icons are consumed, and
if it is repelled or drained then ALL remaining icons are consumed and it
becomes the other side’s turn.
-Note: For skills that have a probability of working (like Hama or Mudo) there
is a difference between a failed attack and one that just didn’t work.
If it didn’t work then you will see a “Miss” and it will only consume
one icon, but if the attack fails then you will lose two icons.
Finally, If you decide to Pass a character’s turn and there are no flashing
icons then it cause an icon to flash, but if there are already flashing icons
then it will always consume a flashing icon.
____________________________________Ailments___________________________________
As you go through the game you will inflict and be inflicted with a variety
of status ailments. The following section lists all the ailments in the game,
along with how to prevent them from happening and how to cure the ailment if
you are affected. Some ailments will only last until the end of the current
battle, while some are permanent, they will last until they are healed by an
Item or a Life Terminal. Ailments that are not permanent may also end at the
start of a turn, depending on the afflicted character’s Luck stat. Also, a
character can only be affected by one ailment at a time; if another ailment
is inflicted then the first ailment is cancelled.
-Note: If you use a physical attack skill that has a chance of causing an
ailment and that attack gets Blocked/Repelled/Drained than the ailment
will have no chance of affecting the target.
Stone
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Permanent? – Kinda. You won’t recover from this mid-battle, but it does wear
off after the battle is over.
Prevent – Anything that protects you from Death
Cure – Dis-Stone, Petradi
When a character is turned to Stone they will not be able to act and will
automatically lose their turn. If a character that has been turned to Stone
is hit with a physical attack there is a very high chance that they will
shatter and be killed. Despite what it may look like, a shattered character
is treated like a dead character and can be revived with a Revival Gem or
something like that.
Curse
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Permanent? – Yes
Prevent – Anything that protects you from Death
Cure – Dis-Curse, Cursedi
When a Cursed character attacks they will receive the same amount of damage
as they inflicted. If the target is killed then the cursed character will
receive no damage. If a Cursed character doesn’t attack then nothing happens.
Poison
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Permanent? – Yes
Prevent – Void Poison, Null Poison
Cure – Dis-Poison, Posmudi
When a character is poisoned they will take damage after every action they
make. A poisoned character outside of battle will also lose a few HP every
few steps Serph takes.
Mute
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Permanent? – Yes
Prevent – Void Mute, Null Mute
Cure – Dis-Mute, Closedi
A character with the Mute ailment will be unable to use any skill that costs
MP to use. It is kinda fun to inflict Mute on a magic-heavy enemy and watch
them fruitlessly try to cast their spells.
Charm
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Permanent? - No
Prevent – Void Charm, Null Charm
Cure – Panacea, Patra, Me Patra
A charmed character will automatically do one of the following actions: do
nothing and lose a turn, attack their own party members, or heal the enemy.
This is a pretty nasty status ailment to be hit with; you definitely want to
heal this as soon as possible.
Panic
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Permanent? - No
Prevent – Void Panic, Null Panic
Cure – Panacea, Patra, Me Patra
A panicked character might do what you tell them to do... Or they could
randomly use one of their skills, Revert to human form or withdraw from
battle completely, or they just do nothing and lose a turn. Thankfully
panicked characters don’t drop Macca like they did in Nocturne...
Sleep
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Permanent? – No
Prevent – Void Nerve, Null Nerve
Cure – Panacea, Patra, Me Patra
A sleeping character will automatically lose their turn, and when they are
physically attacked there is a high chance of a critical hit. Unlike in
Nocturne, characters do not recover HP or MP while they are sleeping.
Stun
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Permanent? – Yes
Prevent – Void Nerve, Null Nerve
Cure – Dis-Stun, Paraladi
When a stunned character attacks they have a much higher chance of the attack
failing. When they are attacked they also have a much higher chance of being
hit with a critical.
Ache
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Permanent? - Yes
Prevent – Iron Stomach, not using Hunt skills
Cure – Dis-Ache, Achedi
This ailment is a bit different than the others, as the ache status is a
direct result of using Hunt skills. A character with a stomachache will
randomly lose their turn. Also, they will NOT gain any AP after the battle.
Freeze
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Permanent? – No
Prevent – Anything that protects against Ice attacks
Cure – N/A
Whenever an Ice attack is used there is a chance that the target will be
frozen. Any physical attack against a frozen target will automatically be a
critical. A frozen target will also lose any Null, Repel, and drain
protections they had. Frozen status will last only until the next turn. Also
Hunt skills are much less effective against frozen enemies. (I guess demons
don’t like frozen food...)
Shock
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Permanent? - No
Prevent – Anything that prevents against Elec Attacks
Cure – N/A
Whenever an Elec attack is used there is a chance that the target will be
shocked. This status ailment is more or less just like Freeze, except shocked
targets don’t lose their protections like they do when they’re frozen.
Frightened
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Permanent? – No
Prevent – N/A
Cure – N/A
The frightened status ailment can only affect enemies. An enemy that has been
frightened will take triple damage from damaging Hunt skills, and instant
death Hunt skills are guaranteed to work. Enemies will only remain frightened
until their next turn.
Bat
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Permanent? - No
Prevent – Nothing
Cure – Wait a few turns
Your character has been transformed into a bat. A character that has
transformed will have their stats lowered to next to nothing, and they will
also become weak to Force attacks. You only have to deal with this ailment
during a single battle.
Mad
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Permanent? - No
Prevent – Nothing
Cure – Wait for Sera to use Song of Grace
There are only two times in the game when you can be hit with the Mad
ailment. A character under the Mad ailment will either attack one of their
own party members or take damage and lose a turn.
_____________________________________Macca_____________________________________
When you are victorious in battle you will be awarded with among other
things, Macca. The exact amount you get, however, depends on how quickly you
can defeat the enemy party.
If you can defeat the enemy party on your first turn you will get the maximum
amount of Macca, but if you can’t then the amount of Macca you get will
decrease. On the second turn the amount of Macca you get will decrease by a
fifth. After the third turn the amount of Macca is reduced by a further
sixth, which is the lowest it will go. Obviously it’s in your best interest
to try to kill the enemy party as soon as you can.
If your characters level is higher than the monster you are facing then you
will be assessed a penalty to the Macca that enemy will give at the start of
battle. This penalty is equal to one-forth of the maximum Macca they give.
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Trying to get enough AP to master your mantra, along with the money to
purchase the Mantra in the first place can be a major pain. Fortunately there
are a number of places in the game where you can gain large amounts of both
Macca and AP quickly and (relatively) painlessly.
Before you take on these areas there are a few skills you should have. First
off you want to have either Consume or Insatiable, along with Iron Stomach,
AP Divide, and Atma Bonus. You also want either Rakunda or Taunt to lower the
enemy’s defense, and Tarukaja and Power Charge to raise your attack power.
Pixie Farming
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This is the earliest of the level up areas you can get to, you don’t have to
do anything special to get here as its part of the story. About two-thirds of
the way through the Svadhisthana Waterways you will sometimes encounter a
lone pixie. Don’t attack the Pixie or it might run away, instead have your
characters heal, cast Tarukaja, or just have them pass their turn until the
Pixie uses Reinforcements to summon a High Pixie. When this happens kill off
the Pixie and then wait for the High Pixie to use Reinforcements to summon a
Queen Mab. When Queen Mab is summoned use Power Charge and then Consume to
devour the Queen Mab. After this heal up, Wait for the High Pixie to summon
another Queen Mab, devour that Queen Mab and repeat until satisfied.
3F Brutes Base
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To get here you must first defeat Asura Ravana in Ajna, this will unlock the
Anahata Waterways. Go to Anahata and enter the Waterways. Follow it to the
end, past Orochi and all the way up to Brutes Base 3F. On this floor you will
encounter Horus exclusively here, and with a Magic Reed in effect you will
often have several extra Horus show up as reinforcements. They are weak to
Death so a single Mudoon will take them out. Watch out though, they can cast
Magic Repel which will prevent Mudoon from working.
Although Horus do give better Karma, Macca, and AP than Titanias do, (Horus
gives up around 950 Karma and up to 21000 Macca each, while a single Titania
gives around 800 Karma and 15000 Macca) and that you don’t need anything
other than someone who knows Mudoon to take advantage of this area I can’t
really recommend this area for leveling up because of the simple fact that
this place is so freaking remote. If you need to change Mantra then you need
to hike all the way back to the Small Karma Terminal in the Waterways and
back, and if you need healing it’s an even longer march. (YHVH help you if
you need to visit a Vendor...)
Titania Hallway
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After defeating Beelzebub (Human) in Svadhisthana the Manipura Waterways will
unlock. Enter the Manipura Waterways and from the first Large Karma Terminal
follow the path west through the door. Climb up the first ladder you come to
and go through the door to reach a long hallway. While you are in this
hallway just about the only enemies encounter here is a battle against three
Titanias. (You do occasionally get into a battle against a lone Pixie here,
but this Pixie doesn’t use Reinforcements to summon a High Pixie, so you
can’t do any Pixie Farming here.) There is also a chance of meeting two
Arahabaki as Reinforcements after the Titania are dead.
This is a good area for Macca as the three Titanias give up to 45000 Macca
total, and if Arahabaki shows up they will add another 60000 Macca to that.
Also Titanias will often drop Theory Cells (worth up to 60000 each) and
Arahabaki rarely drop Fusion Cells. (Worth up to 192000 Macca each)
To be able to take advantage of this area you will need to have everyone set
an all-target physical attack (Attack All or Chi Blast or Bloodbath) along
with Cocytus. When fighting the Titanias have everyone use their all-target
physical attacks, and hopefully you should be able to kill them in a single
turn. If the Arahabaki show up pelt them with Cocytus until both are frozen,
then hit them with physical attacks. If you have a reasonably high (60+)
Strength you can try hunting Titanias instead. Have the character in your
first slot set Insatiable and Power Charge, and then set Taunt on the second
character. When you get into combat have the first character use Power
Charge, the second taunt, the third pass, and finally have the first
character use Insatiable and you should be to devour all three Titanias at
once.
_________________________________Noise Hunting_________________________________
If you are looking to buff up you characters even more you can win noises
from certain enemies in the game. These noises will permanently raise a
character’s stats by 2 when used, so it well worth the time spent trying to
get them. Probably the easiest noises to acquire are Magic (there is an area
in the game where you fight nothing but Horus) and Luck (Use the Pixie
Farming method described above, but keep the Pixie around and go after the
high Pixie instead) Noises, while the hardest noises are Strength and Quick
Noises because the enemies that drop them are so freaking rare. Anyway,
without further ado, here is the list of enemies that drop Noises and where
to find them.
-Power Noise: Ongyo-Ki – These guys are VERY rarely encountered in the second
half (Elevation: 4000+ft) of the Karma Temple. They
can also show up as reinforcements in the battle
with a Kin-Ki, a Sui-Ki, and a Fuu-Ki in the Anahata
Waterways. Their only weakness is to Guns, so when
you fight them, it is probably best to have one or
more characters revert to Human Form and shoot them.
-Vital Noise: Arahabaki – Shows up as Reinforcements in the Manipura
Waterways. Just hit them with Cocytus until they
are frozen and then Critical them to death.
-Magic Noise: Horus – These guys be found either in The Karma Temple after
the Temple 4 Large Karma Terminal or on 3F of the
Brutes Base. On 3F of the Brutes Base you will fight
Horus exclusively, so if you are looking for Magic
Noises then that is the place to go. They are weak to
Death, so using (Ma)Mudoon or the Murder Rock will take
care of them quickly.
-Quick Noise: Garuda – These guys are found in the Karma Temple after the
Temple 4 Large Karma Terminal. They don’t appear very
often, but at least they show their faces more often
than Ongyo-Ki...
-Luck Noise: High Pixie – She can either be summoned by a Pixie in the
Svadhisthana Waterways or encountered as regular
enemy in the Brutes Base. Oddly enough she can also
be summoned by Girimehkala.
-HP Noise: Girimehkala – They can be found in the Brutes Base or the Karma
Temple. The best place to find these guys is in B1
of the White Configuration of the Brutes Base. These
guys can be a pain, not only do they repel Physical
attacks, but they also use nasty attacks like Demon
Rage and can use Rage/Psycho Rage too...
-MP Noise: Isis – They are found in the second half of the Karma Temple and
occasionally in the second half of the Manipura Waterways.
They also repel Physical attacks, but they don’t really
have any attacks worth worrying about.
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====================================|Serph|====================================
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-Demon Form: Varna – Strong: Ice, Weak: Fire
-Human Weapon: Handgun – Targets a single enemy.
Serph is the leader of Embryon and the main character of the game. Serph is
also the only character that you have direct control over stat distribution.
I usually concentrate on Strength, Vitality, and Magic, while putting a point
into Agility and Luck every second or third level.
With this build you end up with a well-rounded character that can use both
magic and physical attacks equally well. He won’t be able to match the raw
damage output of either Heat or Argilla, but he’ll be able to more than hold
his own.
As for skills, I usually have him concentrate on learning the –Kaja and
–Kunda skills, while taking time out to learn the Fire and Ice Elemental
Mantras and Healing Mantras.
If you are looking to “max out” your characters then have Him put a point in
Strength and Agility every level, because Strength and Quick Noises are the
hardest Noises to get. (or at least the enemies that drop those noises are
the rarest...)
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=====================================|Heat|====================================
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-Demon Form: Agni – Strong: Fire, Weak: Ice
-Human Weapon: Grenade – Targets all enemies.
Heat concentrates on Strength and Vitality almost to the exclusion of
everything else. This makes him fantastic at physical attacks, but rather
deficient at magic. This can leave him at a disadvantage at the end of the
game, when you start running into Physical Immune monsters regularly. His low
Magic score also means he will take more damage from magic attacks. Have him
concentrate on the physical and hunting Mantras, since it is about the only
thing he can do.
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===================================|Argilla|===================================
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-Demon Form: Prithivi – Strong: Earth, Weak: Force
-Human Weapon: Rifle – Targets a single enemy.
Argilla uses the classic mage build, with high Magic and rather mediocre
Strength and Vitality. She can easily be your biggest damage dealer when she
uses –Dyne level spells with the corresponding Amp and Boost spells set. Also
her high Magic stat means that magic spells cast against her will do a lot
less damage to her than the other characters in your party. (She can get hit
with a Mazandyne spell and still take less damage than Heat does.) You want
to concentrate on having her master the Elemental and Healing Mantras,
obviously.
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=====================================|Gale|====================================
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-Demon Form: Vayu – Strong: Force, Weak: Elec
-Human Weapon: Assault Rifle – Targets random enemies.
Gale is a rather well balanced character. He puts most of his stat points
into both Strength and Magic. I usually have him concentrate on learning the
Elemental Mantras and use him as a backup spell caster for Argilla.
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====================================|Cielo|====================================
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-Demon Form: Dyaus – Strong: Elec, Weak: Ailments (ack!)
-Human Weapon: Submachine Gun – Targets random enemies.
I don’t like Cielo; first he puts all his stat points into Agility while
leaving his Strength, Vitality, and Magic scores lagging behind. But the real
killer is that he is weak against status ailments. As such I hardly ever use
him outside of the one dungeon where you are forced to use him.
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Before you can set and use a skill they must be first learned from a Mantra.
Mantras can be purchased from any Karma Terminal (Small or Large) soon after
completing the first dungeon. Every Mantra has one to four skills attached to
them, but before you can use those skills the mantra they are on must be
mastered first. To master a Mantra you need AP, and you get AP by defeating
enemies. After a battle every character (whether they participated in the
battle or not) will gain AP.
Mantras are arranged along several linear pathways, when you master a Mantra
it will unlock the next Mantra in the path, and when that Mantra is mastered
the next one will unlock, and so on. Remember that each character has a
separate Mantra Grid which is independent of the other character’s Mantra
Grid. (...and yes, that does mean you will have to purchase every Mantra five
times. That’s just the way it is.)
-Note: If you purchase a new Mantra before mastering the old one you can go
back and re-download a Mantra that you have purchased but not Mastered.
To re-download a mantra, just go through the steps to purchase the
Mantra on the Mantra Grid again. It doesn’t cost anything to
re-download a Mantra you have already purchased and it will retain all
the AP it had before you switched Mantra. It is still in your best
interest to master Mantra one at a time, but if you learn a different
skill quickly don’t worry about losing your progress on the old Mantra.
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===================================|Hunting|===================================
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The main difference between Digital Devil Saga and Nocturne is that you don’t
talk to demons, you EAT them! The basic idea behind the Hunting system is
simple enough, you use a Hunt skill to defeat an enemy and you get extra AP
when the battle is over. Of course, if you just randomly use Hunt skills you
won’t get very far, as damaging Hunt skills by themselves are rather
ineffective, they just don’t cause that much damage and the instant death
attacks have such a pitiful chance of actually working.
-Note: Only the character that devoured the enemy will get the extra AP. The
other characters will get no AP from that enemy.
To be able to Hunt effectively you must first make your opponent frightened.
To do this you must first hit them with a critical attack, hit their weak
points, or Block, Repel, or Drain one of your opponent’s attacks. (Every one
of your opponents will be frightened if you block an attack, and if the enemy
becomes fightened because of a blocked attack then they will automatically
lose any turn icons they had left and it will become your turn.) When an
opponent is frightened they take about three times as much damage from Hunt
skills and instant death hunt skills are guaranteed to work. Unfortunately,
enemies will only stay frightened until their next turn, when they’ll return
to normal. So you had better be ready to take advantage if the enemy does
become frightened.
Every time you successfully Hunt an enemy there is a chance that your
character will come down with a Stomachache. A character with a Stomachache
will not only randomly lose their turn but they will NOT gain ANY AP. You can
either use a Dis-Ache or the Achedi skill to cure the Stomachache, or you can
set the Iron Stomach skill to prevent your character from getting a
Stomachache in the first place. Other useful skills for Hunting are AP Divide
(Gives AP to the non-hunting party members) and Atma Boost. (Gives more AP
for the character that sets this skill.)
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=================================|Field Hunts|=================================
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Scattered throughout the Junkyard are areas where weak demons congregate.
When you find one of these areas, (marked as a purple area on your map) you
can participate in a Field Hunt. A Field Hunt is a mini game where you have
to destroy a certain number of demons to make a Mitama appear. You can then
battle these Mitama in a normal battle and if you kill them you will get a
LOT of Macca and AP for your troubles.
When you start a Field Hunt Serph will transform into Varna and you have to
destroy all the orb-like demons before the time limit runs out. The demons
will appear in groups, and you have to destroy all of the demons in a group
for the next group to appear. The key to successfully completing a Field Hunt
is efficiency. Never stop moving and try to destroy each group as quickly as
possible. Fortunately the demons all appear in the same places every time you
do this, so you can memorize the order they appear and destroy them quickly.
Killing Mitamas
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Okay, so you’ve managed to get a Mitama to appear, so now what? Well, Mitamas
are nearly invincible, as they don’t take much damage from physical attacks
and block nearly all elemental damage. They do have an elemental weakness,
but they still take next to no damage from it. So what are you supposed to
do? Make them frightened and eat them, of course. To do that you need a
couple skills:
-A party-targeting elemental spell corresponding to the Weakness of the
Mitama you are facing.
-A hunting skill, obviously. Preferably one that does instant death, as you
might not be able to cause enough damage to kill them otherwise.
-Iron Stomach. You do NOT want to get a Stomachache and miss out on all that
delicious AP now, do you?
-Atma Boost, AP Divide. Getting more AP out of this encounter is always nice,
isn’t it?
When you battle a Mitama just hit them in their weaknesses until they become
frightened and then use hunt skills to devour them. The Elemental Weaknesses
of each Mitama are:
-Ara Mitama: Ice
-Nigi Mitama: Fire
-Kusi Mitama: Force
-Saki Mitama: Elec
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-Explore every place thoroughly and use your map to look for places you might
have missed.
-Save often. Although you are not one Mudo spell away from a game over like
you were in Nocturne, battles can still go south on you pretty quickly if you
aren’t careful.
-Know thy enemy. As you go through the game try to keep track of things like
what the enemy’s Resistances are and what skills they use. Knowing how to
best attack the enemy and defend yourself is a key part of being successful
in combat.
-On a similar note, you should always try to exploit an enemy’s weakness. Doing
more damage and getting extra turns is always a good thing, right?
-Don’t be afraid to retreat. If the battle starts to go against you it’s
usually better to just run away and regroup instead of trying to stick it
out.
-Hunt skills don’t count as physical attacks and will work even on Physical
immune monsters. Just thought you’d like to know.
-Do NOT ignore Agility and Luck when you are raising Serph’s stats at level
up. Although they don’t have immediately noticeable effects like Strength,
Vitality, or Magic does, Agility and Luck does play an important part in how
effective Serph is. (Without Agility Serph will hardly ever hit anything or
get to attack first in battle, and Luck effects how often you critical, what
items that your enemies drop, and a bunch of other things.)
-Make sure that you use the Elemental Boost and Amp skills. These skills can
significantly enhance the damage of elemental magic and makes them the most
effective attack in the game, but watch out for resistances when you use
them. (Getting an Amped Mazandyne bounced back in your face is not fun...)
-The elemental Resist skills will override a character’s weakness to that
element. For that reason you want to try to get each character to the end of
the Elemental path of their weakness as soon as you can.
-Remember that the various shield skills will only last one turn and you can
only have one of them up at a time. If you already have a Shield skill active
and you use a second one then the effect of the first shield is cancelled.
-When a character leaves your party for story reasons and returns, they will
have mastered the Mantra they had equipped when they left regardless of how
close they were to mastering it when they left. Keep this in mind when you
know that a character is about to leave.
-Try to fight in demon form as often as you can. Although there are demons out
there that are weak to Guns, it’s usually a waste of time to spend a turn
reverting back to take advantage of the weakness. You also can’t use any
skills while you are in human form, either.
-A character’s human form has different resistances than their demon form.
They take normal damage from all elements and they are immune to Expel
attacks.
-Remember that most of your money should be put into purchasing Mantras, not
buying worthless crap at the vendor. Try to limit your purchases to Healing
Items and even then only if you are about to run out of that Item.
-Never EVER buy ammo from a vendor. Like I said before, you will hardly ever
do any fighting in human form, and the Ammo found in the field should be more
than enough when you do.
-The price that Cells... sell for fluctuates depending on the amount of Solar
Noise there is. Always sell your Cells at MAX Solar Noise for maximum profit.
The sole exception to this is the Jack Cell, which sells for the most at MIN
Solar Noise. Go to a place where you won’t get attacked outside a Vendor
(like Svadhisthana or Ajna) and run around in circles until the Solar Noise
reaches MAX.
-The effects of an Estoma Spray or a Magic Reed will only last until the next
MIN Solar Noise. To get the most out of these items, use them while Solar
Noise is at MIN and it will last until the next MIN Solar Noise.
-Make sure that you save before attempting a Field Hunt, and if you mess up
during the Mitama battle, (you get a Stomachache, or a Mitama runs away)
reload and try again.
-It’s a good idea to use one of your inactive characters as a mobile Life
Terminal, have them set a Dia- spell and as many ailment-curing skills as
they know. After battle if anyone is injured or suffering from an ailment
have the inactive character heal them.
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For the most part this walkthrough will not hold your hand through the
dungeons, as I will assume that you have explored each area thoroughly and
therefore I will only point out the important spots. I have included a
listing of the Items you can find in each area. The Items in parenthesis
indicate items that are found in Ammo (yellow) Nodes.
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SPOILER NOTE: Although this walkthrough is more or less spoiler-free, it is
NOT totally free of spoilers. So if you are trying to avoid
spoilers, don’t read ahead of the spot you need help in.
You have been warned.
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========================|The Black Haired Girl [#007.1]|=======================
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___________________________________Muladhara___________________________________
-Items: Revival Bead
Chakra Drop x 3
Soma Drop
Dis-Poison x 2
Ration x 5
After the opening cinema you start the game inside the Embryon base. There
really isn’t anything to do here other than searching the place for some
goodies. When you are done here leave the area. Your destination is the
Vanguard’s base in Svadhisthana, but before you go there make a pit stop at
Ground Zero. Talk to an Embryon Member there and he will give you five
rations.
__________________________________Svadhisthana_________________________________
-Items: Soma Drop
Panacea x 2
Ration x 3
Chakra Drop x 3
Revival Bead
Chakra Drop x 3
Soma Drop
(Charge Shot)
Ice Blast
Chakra Drop
Revival Gem
There are no enemies in the first part of the fortress, so take your time and
search for treasures. When you come to a wall blocking your way eastward you
can just flip the switch in this room to lower the wall, but before you do
that take the south door and climb the stairs. You will be able to cross over
the raised section of wall to reach an Item Node. Just past the first Small
Karma Terminal is the first battle of the game, a pair of Ghouls. Just have
Serph cast Bufu on them and the other characters attack physically and they
will go down quickly.
After you defeat the Ghouls you will start being randomly attacked. Also,
Argilla will not gain any AP while you are in this dungeon, and since you
can’t buy Mantra yet you are stuck with the ones you are currently equipped
with. (In case you were wondering, Serph currently has the Devourer Mantra,
while Heat has the Fire Spirit and Argilla has the Earth Spirit Mantras.)
Chase after Harley and when he tries to block your progress with a wall go
back and climb the first set of stairs you find. Cross over the raised wall
to find a Vanguard Member who will turn into a Cockatrice and attack. He is
weak to Ice, so hit him with Bufu and he should go down quickly.
Continue on and past the Small Karma and Life Terminals you will be ambushed
by a pair of Empusa. Have Serph cast Void Ice and the other two use normal
attacks for an easy fight. In the next room you will see Harley run off
again, but don’t go chasing him around like an idiot, because he’s running
around in a circle and you’ll never be able to catch him that way. Instead go
through the other door and up the stairs there. Flip the switch you find up
there and there is a cut scene of Harley running through the newly opened
door. Follow him through that door and just past another Small Karma and Life
Terminals you will finally corner Harley, who transforms into Hayagriva and
attacks you. Before the battle make sure that Heat has mastered the Mantra he
has equipped and that he has set the Void Fire skill.
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Asura Hayagriva
-Null: Fire/Expel/Death/Ailments, Weak: Ice
-Recommended Level: 6
Since this is the first boss of the game, don’t expect anything too
challenging. He has a lot of Fire attacks that can hurt, (especially if he
targets Serph, since he’s weak to Fire) but if Heat has Void Fire set this
shouldn’t be a problem. Have Serph use Bufu (If Hayagriva uses Void Ice then
have him attack normally) and Heat use Void Fire while Argilla either attacks
or heals with Dia. He should go down with out too much trouble.
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After Hayagriva is dead and the cut scene is over leave Svadhisthana and
return to Muladhara. After some more scenes here your next destination is
Sahasrara. Go to Sahasrara, and head north and enter the Karma Temple. Inside
go north, go north, go north, and so on. Ride the tram and enter the
Dissemination Room for yet more cut scenes. After they are done, go back the
way you came, and as you leave the Karma Temple you will be stopped by an
Embryon member who will inform you that you can now purchase Mantras from
Karma Terminals. Let’s do so now.
----------------------------------Mantra Check---------------------------------
-Serph: You should start him on the Ice Demon Mantra so he can learn Mabufu.
After that have him learn Shura and Battle Demon Mantras, and finally
give him the Protection Mantra so he can learn Dia.
-Heat: Have him get the Devourer Mantra so he can learn Devour, and then set
him up with Battle Demon and then Raksas Mantras.
-Argilla: She hasn’t mastered the Earth Spirit Mantra yet, but since she has
finally started to eat she should master it pretty quickly. When she
Masters the Earth Spirit Mantra have her learn the Devourer, Shura,
and Battle Demon Mantras. After she masters all that, give her the
Fallen Hero Mantra when you get the money so she can learn Media.
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Return to Muladhara, and after still more cut scenes you decide to go to
Manipura.
------------------------------Digital Devil Saga 2-----------------------------
When Serph is asked what he thinks about the plan, answer “We will help them
without betrayal” Heat will call Serph naive, and when you get to DDS 2
Argilla will learn a new skill.
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Before you go to Manipura head back to Svadhisthana, and make your way back
to the room where you fought with Hayagriva and talk to the Ex-Vanguard there
and he will give you the Blue Key. You can now use this key to destroy Blue
Walls. There is one in the Vanguard’s base which leads to a Vital Noise and
Power Noise, and one in Muladhara that leads to an elevator that takes you
down to the Lower Layer. Here you will find two MP Noises and two HP Noises
along with another Blue Wall that leads to a Great Chakra. When you have
finished with all that, head out for Manipura.
____________________________________Manipura___________________________________
-Items: Revival Gem
Dis-Poison x 3
(Error Cell)
(Active Cell)
Brave Ration
(Frigid Shot)
(Active Cell)
Chakra Drop x 2
Dis-Ache x 3
(Devil Cell)
(Battle: Ikusa x 2)
Revival Gem
Odd Morsel
Chakra Pot
After the cut scene is over but before you enter the Maribel’s Base swing
around to the east to find a side entrance that leads to an Item Node. Enter
through the main gate, here you will find a Vendor and a Large Karma
Terminal. Continue on and when you reach Gate #1, flip the switch right next
to the gate to open it. You will find another Blue Wall here, with a Wild
Card and a Quick Noise behind it. You will also be attacked by a Cockatrice
as you explore this area, but it shouldn’t be any you can’t handle by now.
When you go through Gate #2 you are attacked by 4 Pretas and a Yaka. Take out
the Pretas first then use Bufu on the Yaka to take it down. You will find
another Blue Wall here, which leads to a Great Chakra. Gate #3 is a bit
different than the others as the switch to Gate #3 is not right next to the
gate, instead you will have to climb a ladder and then run along the rooftops
to reach it.
When you go through Gate #3 you will be ambushed (you start the battle in
Human Form) by three Macha. Just transform back into demons on your first
turn and then fight them. In this area you will also find your first field
hunt in the game.
-----------------------------------Field Hunt----------------------------------
-Time: 60 seconds -Mitama: Ara Mitama x 3
This field hunt is pretty simple, it has you running back and forth between
two rooms, just keep doing this until Ara Mitama shows up in the northern
room. The problem here is that you probably haven’t had a chance to learn any
of the skills needed to take down a Mitama. Hopefully Serph has learned
Mabufu and Heat has learned Devil Feast from the Battle Demon Mantra because
there is just no way that you can take one of these guys down otherwise.
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Continue on and climb down the ladder, you will soon be attacked by Three
Yakas, then another Five Yakas, and finally a Gyu-Ki. Use Mabufu to take out
the Yakas quickly, but the Gyu-Ki is much tougher. He gets two turns per
round and usually uses them to do a Power Charge + Body Rush combo that can
take off 70+ hit points off of a single character. Ouch. Heal anybody that
gets hit with Dia and hit Gyu-Ki with Tera.
After Gyu-Ki is defeated unlock Gate #5 which opens up a shortcut back to the
beginning of the dungeon, then go through Gate #4 which leads to a boss
battle.
-Note: Before you fight the boss you should go back to the Vendor at the
beginning of the dungeon and sell the Cells you have collected so far
and stock up on supplies, as you are going automatically to the next
dungeon and there is a section in there where you will be cut off from
the Vendor for a while. Be sure to buy some Dis-Mutes and Dis-Stuns
too, they will come in handy.
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Asura Camazotz
-Null: Expel/Death/Ailments
-Recommended Level: 13
Before the battle make sure Argilla has the Tera and Media skills set and
rearrange the party so that she goes first. At the beginning of the fight
just hit him with physical attacks. As he takes some damage he will start
using Rage to him two turns, then Spiral Edge which hits everyone, and then
Guard which blocks all damage except Earth. Have Argilla hit him with Tera to
knock him out of his Guard stance, and then follow up with more physical
attacks. If you need healing have Argilla cast Media. He should go down
pretty quickly.
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After you beat Camazotz you are taken directly to Anahata, your next
destination.
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____________________________________Anahata____________________________________
-Items: Dark Veil x 2
Shock Bomb x 2
Blast x 2
Wind Wall x 3
Bolt Wall x 3
Moldy Roll x 3
Dis-Mute x 2
Chakra Drop x 3
Dis-Stun x 3
(Error Cell)
(Damage Trap)
Revival Gem
Medical Kit
Dis-Poison x 2
(Code Cell)
Revival Gem
(Active Cell)
Vital Noise
(Battle: Nue x 2)
(Code Cell)
Brave Ration
Soma Drop
Revival Gem
The Citadel can be bit tricky, as it’s a lengthy dungeon and you have to go
through a good portion of it without any access to restoration or Vendors
outside of the items and skills you brought with you. There are no enemies in
the first part of the Citadel, so take the opportunity to search the side
rooms for goodies. Just past the first Small Karma Terminal you will be
attacked by a pair of Archangels. These guys are supremely annoying, as not
only are they resistant to physical attacks, but they can also use Mute Blow,
which does good damage and can cause the Mute ailment. (This is why I told
you to stock up on Dis-Mutes earlier.) If you happen to know a Mudo spell you
can try that on them, as they are weak against Death magic.
----------------------------------Mantra Check---------------------------------
-Serph: He should have mastered Protection by now, when he does start him on
the Angel Mantra. After that is mastered follow the mantra path with
both the Throne and Spirit Mantras.
-Heat: Unfortunately, the Mantras in the physical path get expensive pretty
quickly, and are probably far outside of your price range at the
moment. You can either wait until you scrounge up the money for the
more expensive physical Mantras, or have him learn some low-level
elemental mantras to pass the time.
-Argilla: After mastering the Fallen Hero Mantra start on learning the various
Elemental Mantras, Starting with the Earth Shrine Mantra and working
your way up. Your goal is to try and get her the Ma- Level spells
for each element.
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Continue on. There is a Blue Wall at the bottom of the stairs that leads to a
Magic Noise. Past the second Small Karma Terminal you will run into the main
gimmick of this dungeon, the statues. If you step onto the floor tile in
front of a Statue whose eyes are red you will be caught in a pit trap and
dropped into the lower levels of the Citadel. Statues with Green eyes are
safe to cross, and ones with yellow eyes will change to either Green or Red
(usually Red) as you get near them. Unfortunately, at the moment the only
place you can go is right in front of a red-eyed statue. Go ahead and stand
in front of the Red-Eyed statue and get dropped into the lower levels.
-Note: When you get dropped you will not be able to get back and are basically
cut off from being able to heal and buy stuff for a while. Make sure
you are ready before continuing.
This area is filled with “Poison Gas.” It really isn’t that dangerous despite
what Heat and Argilla say. All that happens is that you occasionally get a
message that you are feeling Dizzy and it will turn you around 180 degrees.
If this happens to you just use the map to re-orientate yourself and continue
on in the right direction. While you are down here if you get a message that
says something about a commotion in the next room when you try to go through
a door down here, you will get attacked by a Gyu-Ki when you go through them.
It is worthwhile to fight them, as after they are dead you will find Item
Node containing goodies in the room. Climb the ladder in the southern area to
leave this area.
Continue on and in the next room you will see a door blocked by two Red-Eyed
Statues. Your goal is through that door, but to get there you first need to
find two keys to change both statues’ eyes from red to green. Take the
northern exit and you will come to an area with a very welcome Large Karma
Terminal and four exits. The southwest and northeast doors just lead to
treasure. (There is a trapped Ammo Node in the southwest area, so be
careful.)
Go through the northwest door and weave your way through the room with the
Red-Eyed Statues until you came to a Small Karma Terminal. In the next room
you will be attacked by a Valkyrie, Not only is she strong against physical,
but can also counterattack, so you should probably use magic against her
instead. (Don’t use Fire, though, as she’s immune to it.) When you beat her
take the L Statue Key from the Ammo Node and unlock the door here to unlock a
path back to the first area of the Citadel.
Take the Southeast door and you will come to another room full of statues.
Your goal here is the northeastern door, to get there you will need to cross
in front of a Yellow-Eyed Statue that turns green as you get close. You will
be attacked by a Tarrasque, He will attack with Zio spells, hit him with Tera
or Agi. When Tarrasque is dead take the R Statue Key from the Ammo Node.
There is also a Blue Wall here that leads to a Field Hunt.
-----------------------------------Field Hunt----------------------------------
-Time: 60 Seconds -Mitama: Ara Mitama x 4
This one is even simpler than the last one, as you are basically just running
up and down a single long hallway with a small room at the end. You do have
to be quick though, as you don’t get a lot of time here. When you reach one
of the ends of the hallway, remember to use the circle button to center the
camera behind you, as it’s quicker than using the shoulder buttons to spin
the camera around 180 degrees. By now everyone should have Devil Feast set
and both Serph and Argilla should know Mabufu, so everyone should be able to
eat a Mitama with one leftover.
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With the two keys in hand go back to the two Statues. Turn the R Statue Key
to the Left and the L Statue Key to the Right, if you do this then it will
turn both statues’ eyes green. Be aware if you turn a statue key the wrong
way then it will cause the statue to turn and face you, dropping you down a
pitfall.
Continue on and past the Large Karma Terminal you will come to Mick’s room.
Inside you will have to fight your way through two waves of four Ikusa, then
finally a Turdak with another two Ikusa. Take out the Ikusa with Zan spells,
the Turdak is a bit annoying because he can both poison and curse you, but
you should be able to take him out without too many problems. After the
battle is over continue on until you reach ANOTHER Large Karma Terminal and a
Vendor. (Yay!) Sell off those Cells you’ve no doubt accumulated during your
time in the Citadel. When you are done go out the front gate for a Boss
fight.
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Asura Usas
-Minion: Unicorn x 2
-Null: Expel/Death/Ailments
-Recommended Level: 21
Make sure that someone has Void Expel set before the battle, if you don’t you
could be in big trouble. At the start of the battle attack her physically
until she summons a Unicorn. When she summons a Unicorn make that have a Void
Expel shield up at all times, as not only do the Unicorns cast Hama, but Usas
can do a Combo attack called Seraph Lore that takes off 9/10 of your current
HP of the entire party. Concentrate on Usas and as long as you keep up a Void
Expel shield you should do okay.
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After you defeat Usas leave Anahata and return to Manipura.
____________________________________Manipura___________________________________
-Items: Dis-Poison x 3
(Code Cell)
Dis-Stun x 2
(Quantum Cell)
Dis-Curse x 3
When you arrive here there is a cut scene where Gale joins your Party.
----------------------------------Mantra Check---------------------------------
-Serph: By now you are probably noticing that Media is starting to have
problems with keeping up with the damage that you are taking. So you
should concentrate on getting both Serph and Argilla the Fierce Spirit
Mantra and have them both set Diarama. This way you can combo Diarama
with Argilla to get Mediarama. After that is done start him on
mastering the Elemental Mantras for Fire and Ice.
-Heat: He’s going to be leaving your party in a moment, so be sure that you
buy him a new Mantra and he will have mastered it when he returns to
the party. I would recommend the Demon Lord Mantra.
-Argilla: Have her learn Diarama from the Fierce Spirit Mantra as soon as you
can. After that is done send her back to mastering the mid-level
Elemental Mantras of Elec, Force, and Earth.
-Gale: You know the drill, first master the Devourer, then Shura and Battle
Demon Mantras. After that is done start him on mastering the Elemental
Mantras.
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-Note: You are heading into another area where you are cut off from leaving
the dungeon or accessing a Vendor for a while. Make sure you are ready
before continuing on.
When you first arrive here all the enemies you meet here will run from you
the first chance they get. Just ignore them and head to the place where you
fought Camazotz and... guess who?
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Asura Camazotz (Again)
-Minion: Baphomet x 2
-Null: Expel/Death/Ailments
-Recommended Level: 22
The first thing you should do is switch out Heat for Gale, since Gale comes
with Void Death pre-set, which is absolutely vital for this fight. It is also
a big help to set Hama on either Serph or Argilla. At the start of the fight
Camazotz will use Psycho Rage to give him four turns, then he will summon two
Baphomets, Go into his Guard stance, and finally casts Void Expel. To get him
out of his Guard stance you need to first kill the Baphomets.
Be sure to cast Void Death every turn as those Baphomets love casting Mudo
spells, and have the other two characters use Hama to soften up the Baphomets
and finish them off with physical attacks. (Camazotz does cast Void Expel
however, so watch out for that.) When the Baphomets are dead Camazotz will
finally get out of his Guard stance and start attacking you.
He mostly attacks by first using Rage/Psycho Rage and then hitting you with
multiple Spiral Edges. Just attack him and heal when necessary and you should
come out on top here.
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After the battle Heat will run off and the rest of the party gets locked in.
Head south and you will find a room with a Small Karma Terminal and a
Rejuvenating Light, which will heal you completely and for free too. Cool
beans.
When you go through the west door you will have to fight your way through
several waves of Kelpies. These guys are pretty annoying, as they love to put
you to sleep with Comatose. Hit them with Fire spells to make them go down
quicker. Watch out for Nues in this area, as they can cast Mudo. Or curse
you. Or just be general nuisance. Keep up a Void Death shield and use Mazan
or Gale’s Shock Wave to finish them off quickly.
Continue on until you reach Gate #7. The gate is unlocked, but as you
approach it the Solids will lock the gate. When you reach the Switch you will
have to fight another multi-wave battle, this time against Nues. Keep up a
Void Death shield while pounding them with Force spells.
Make your way to Gate #5 and you will have to fight yet another multi-wave
battle with Onkots. They are weak against Elec, so hit them with Mazio for an
easier time.
Go through Gate #5 and you are almost home free, but standing in your way to
freedom is an Atavaka. Fortunately you only have to fight one of them this
time. He is strong against Physical attacks, and uses strong physical attacks
like Executioner on you. Keep your health up and pound him with Earth spells.
After you beat Atavaka leave Manipura and return to Muladhara. After more cut
scenes Heat returns to the party and your next destination, Coordinate 136 is
revealed.
====================
=============================|Two Princes [#007.3]|============================
====================
Hooray for foreshadowing!
_________________________________Coordinate 136________________________________
-Items: Magic Noise
(Quantum Cell)
MP Noise
Moldy Roll x 3
Soma Drop
Chakra Pot
(Battle: Taown X 2)
Luck Noise
(Nerve Shot)
Revival Gem
(Yellow Key)
This is one of the more story-heavy dungeons in the game with several puzzles
standing in your way.
----------------------------------Mantra Check---------------------------------
-Serph: Try to have him master Fire Leader as soon as you can, and then work
on mastering Ice Leader Serph can use Agilao and Bufula. When that is
done get him started on the Cherubim and Karma Mantras so that he can
learn more of those wonderful stat-changing spells.
-Heat: Is he working on those Physical Mantras? Good. Keep him working on
them.
-Argilla: Have her master the Hiten Mantra so she learns Zanma first. After
that have her master the Ancient God and then Outer God Mantras so
she knows Chakra Walk.
-Gale: Even if you’re not planning on using him here, make sure that you keep
him mastering Mantras and have him participate in some battles so that
he gains experience, if you don’t you will likely regret it in the next
dungeon when you are forced to use him. Have him concentrate on
mastering the Healing Mantras through Fierce Spirit so he can learn
Diarama. After that have him continue to master the Elemental Mantras.
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For the first puzzle start by examining the Princess’ Portrait. This will
unblock the eastern and western doors. To continue on you have to Make your
way through this area and find the Good Prince’s Portrait. If you stand in
front of one the Evil Prince’s Portraits you will activate a pitfall and be
dropped down to B1 and you will have to make your way back. While there are
some good treasures down there, but it is annoying since you have to spring
nearly every pitfall trap to get everything. (...to say nothing of the
Baphomets that prowl the area...) For the correct route through this area
consult the map I made at:
http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/digital_devil_saga_136.png
Examine the Good Prince’s Portrait and then return to the Princess’ Portrait.
Examine the Princess’ Portrait again and the gate blocking the Stairs up will
be opened.
On 2F there is just a pair of Yellow Walls and the stairs up. When you try to
climb the stairs, however, you will be attacked by the HipHop brothers, A
Jack Frost and a Pyro Frost. Concentrate on one at a time and use Bufu(la) on
the Pyro Frost and Agi(lao) on the Jack Frost. One annoying thing about the
Jack Frost is he tends to use Mediarama when he gets low on HP, so you will
have to be able to do over 200 HP per round on him to make any headway
against him. When you win you get a Jack Cell, (remember to sell this one at
MIN Noise) continue on to the next floor.
On 3F you will need to solve three puzzles where you manipulate mirrors to
shine a beam of light from the Princess Statue to the Good Prince Statue. If
the light hits an Evil Prince Statue the light will be broken. There are no
battles inside the puzzle rooms, so just take your time and they should be
easy to figure out. If not, well that’s what this walkthrough is for.
Probably the easiest way to explain this is to use my poor ASCII art skillz
to draw up a crude diagram of each puzzle. The symbols of each diagram are:
P – Princess Statue
E – Evil Prince Statue
G – Good Prince Statue
1, 2, 3, 4 - Movable Mirrors
/, \ - Set Mirrors
-First Puzzle:
+---------+ ^
| | N
| / 1 |
| |
| G E P |
| |
| / |
| |
+---------+
This one is easy, turn the Princess statue to the right and move mirror 1.
When you solve this puzzle the treasure chests in this room will be unlocked,
(Organic Cell, Revival Gem) and the door to the second puzzle will open.
-Second Puzzle:
+-----------+ ^
| | N
| / 1 \ |
| |
| E |
| G E P |
| |
| 3 2 |
| / |
| |
+-----------+
Turn the Princess Statue to the right and move mirrors 1, 2, and finally 3.
Solve this puzzles and the treasure chests in this room will be unlocked,
(Quantum Cell, HP Noise) Continue on to the third Puzzle.
-Third Puzzle:
+----------------+ ^
| / \ | N
| |
| 4 E3 2 \ |
| |
| G E P |
| |
| 1 / |
| |
| \ / |
| |
+----------------+
This one is actually a lot simpler than it looks at first glance. Turn the
Princess Statue to the left, then move mirror 1 and the light should be
shining all the way to mirror 3. If it isn’t, just move mirror 2 so that the
light shines on mirror 3. Move mirror 3 and the light will shine on the Good
Prince Statue. Mirror 4 is not used in this puzzle. Not only will the
treasure chests in this room be unlocked (Magic Noise, Soma) but the stairs
to the next floor will also be unblocked.
On 4F you have to bring a Statue of the Good Prince to face the Statue of the
Evil Prince. To do this you will need to ride the coasters in this room.
Again, this puzzle isn’t as difficult as the game makes it out to be. Before
I get into the solution I should label each coaster using another of my ASCII
diagrams.
4 3 ^
2 N
1
Ride coaster 1 and you will end up next to a switch, flip it and you will
move a section of the track. Make your way back and ride on coaster 2 (the
one with the Good Prince Statue on it) and it will take the Good Prince
Statue to face the Evil Prince Statue and open the door to the next level.
On 7F is the final puzzle of the dungeon. Examine the cracked plaque next to
the ladder and Heat will use an “Illogical Outburst” to break the plaque and
shine a ray of light into the room. To continue on you have to shine this ray
of light onto the picture at the northern end of the room. Start by riding
the two western coasters down to the lower level, after that flip the switch
on the lower level to move a section of track. Go back to the upper level and
ride the eastern coaster and you will end up on a platform with a moveable
mirror. Move the mirror then ride the coaster back to the upper level. Return
to the lower level and flip the switch again to return the track to its
original position. Go back to the eastern coaster and ride it and when you
reach the end you will complete the puzzle and the picture will be destroyed,
revealing the path ahead. Before you leave this area go back and flip the
switch to move the track while the eastern coaster is on the lower level.
Ride the coaster and you will end up on a platform with an Ammo Node that has
the Yellow Key in it.
With the Yellow Key in hand you can backtrack to 2F and destroy those two
Yellow Walls you passed earlier. The western wall will lead to a Quick Noise,
two Magic Mirrors, and a Chakra Pot, while the eastern one leads to a Field
Hunt.
-----------------------------------Field Hunt----------------------------------
-Time: 90 Seconds -Mitama: Nigi Mitama x 4
This is another one of those “run back and forth between two rooms” Hunts.
First go to the northern room and destroy the demons there then make your way
to the southern room and destroy those demons. Go to the hallway in between
the two rooms and destroy the demon there then go back to the southern room
to find the next batch of demons. Form here on out its just running back and
forth between the two rooms until the Mitama appears. Remember that Nigi
Mitama is weak to Fire.
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Continue on up the tower until you reach the Princess’ Bedchamber. Go inside
the Bedchamber and out onto the Balcony for a bunch of cut scenes culminating
in a boss battle.
------------------------------Digital Devil Saga 2-----------------------------
But before you get to the boss battle there is the first a in a series of
dialog choices that determine whether or not you will get a hidden character
to join you in Digital Devil Saga 2. Choose “No, I can’t” here for the first
step in getting that hidden character. The second dialog choice is
inconsequential, although if you say that you forgot Heat will say that Serph
sucks. :-)
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Well, anyway, on to the boss battle.
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Asura Rahu (Body) + Asura Rahu (Head)
-(Body) – Null: Force/Expel/Death/Ailments, Weak: Fire
(Head) – Null: Fire/Expel/Death/Ailments, Weak: Force
-Recommended Level: 32
Have everyone equip a single target Fire and Force spell. (...along with the
corresponding Boost skill if they have it) Having someone with Void Earth set
is not a bad idea either. This boss is actually two separate enemies. On the
first turn the Head will use Dragon Thrash to capture one of your party
members and the body will use Dragon Quake, a powerful earth attack. When a
party member is captured by the Head they will be drained a little bit of HP
after every turn that your non-captured party member’s makes. The only way
the Head will release the captured party member is if the Head drains off the
captured party member’s entire supply of HP, or you kill either the Body or
Head.
Concentrate on the Body, because it has less HP and is the one that does all
the damage. Pound on the Body with Fire spells, you may want to set up an
anti-earth shield, but I would prefer to focus you efforts on killing the
Body as quickly as possible. When you kill the Body you still have to get rid
of the head, but the Head alone isn’t that much of a threat. (Unless you have
Gale in your party, as he does cast Zionga regularly) Use Force Attacks to
take the head down.
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After Rahu is dead Cielo will join the party and you will automatically leave
the castle. Talk to Argilla, Gale, or Cielo and you decide to finally do some
trapping of your own at the Deserted Ship.
But before you go there you should use that Yellow Key to destroy those
Yellow Walls you’ve come across during your travels. Start by going to
Svadhisthana, In B1 There is a Yellow Wall that leads to a Vital Noise. At
Manipura there is one Yellow Wall that is located in the area behind a Blue
Wall that leads to a Soma Drop and another that leads to a Power Noise. In
Anahata there is a Yellow Wall on 3F that has an Iron Shot.
==========================
==========================|A Three Hour Tour [#007.4]|=========================
==========================
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
_________________________________Deserted Ship_________________________________
-Items: Medical Kit x 3
Hero Ration x 3
Attack Mirror x 2
(Quantum Cell)
Medical Kit x 3
(Theory Cell)
(Organic Cell)
Chakra Drop x 3
Revival Gem
Magic Noise
Hero Ration x 2
(Neutron Shot)
(Battle: Mothman x 2)
(Organic Cell)
Before you enter the Deserted Ship make sure that you take moment to check
your Mantras.
----------------------------------Mantra Check---------------------------------
-Serph: For this dungeon MP is going to be at a premium, so you will want to
have both him and Gale master the Ancient God Mantra so they can use
MP Thief. After the Ancient God Mantra have him concentrate on the
Earth Elemental Mantras through Earth Temple, as Terazi is useful to
have against the boss.
-Heat: He’s just about to leave the party again, so purchase a new Mantra for
him and he will have it mastered when he returns.
-Argilla: She’s going to be leaving your party too, so give her a new Mantra
and it will be mastered when she comes back.
-Gale: After mastering the Ancient God Mantra have him concentrate on
mastering the Earth Temple Mantra.
-Cielo: Say it with me now, Devourer, Shura, Battle Demon. After that have him
work on mastering the Healing Mantras.
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When you are ready talk to the Embryon member outside the ship and you will
enter the dungeon. Be careful, when you enter this dungeon you will not be
able to leave, so be prepared. Heat and Argilla will also leave the party at
this time, so you will be stuck with Gale and Cielo for this dungeon. Be sure
to put Gale and Cielo into your active party before you enter the dungeon, as
the game doesn’t automatically put them in when Heat and Argilla leaves.
Some enemies to watch out for in this dungeon are Phantoms, Not only do they
cast Mudoon, but they are immune to physical attacks too. (The first physical
immune demon of the game) They are weak against Force, but it’s probably
better to just run when you encounter them. Keep an eye out for Chatterskulls
too, as not only do they use Mudo, but when their HP gets low they use Death
March, a kamikaze attack that does a LOT of damage to your party. (I’ve had
this thing wipe out my entire party more than once) Use Fire or Expel and try
to take them out in one turn.
After the cut scenes are over make your way to the bottom of the ship. (Gale
will yell at you if you try to go the wrong way.) When you reach 1F Gale will
explain that you have to set eight bombs, one for each floor. You will have
to make your way back to the beginning of the dungeon, planting the bombs in
set rooms as you go. The locations for each of the rooms that you need to
plant the bombs in are as follows:
1F
--
After planting the explosive here you can go back the way you came or you can
continue on to find some goodies along with another Rejuvenating Light. While
you are in this area you will be attacked by three Nagas, use Fire attacks
and they will go down quickly.
3F
--
No, I’m not doing this out of order; you reach the bomb room for 3F before
the one on 2F. The bomb room is to the west of the elevator you came down in.
there is also a Life terminal nearby. When you leave the bomb room you will
be attacked by two Taown, Don’t use physical attacks against them because
they have High Counter, use Earth against them instead to finish them off
quickly. Go north to find an elevator up to 4F and 5F, but first...
2F
--
To get to the bomb room you have to take the stairs down from 3F. The stairs
you need to take down is directly south of the elevator up to 4F and 5F.
4F
--
This one is simple, just ride the elevator to 4F and the bomb room is right
there along with a Small Karma Terminal. Go back to the elevator and ride it
up to 5F.
5F
--
From the elevator go west and then north and you will eventually find a room
with a Small Karma terminal and the bomb room to the east of that. When you
set the explosives here watch out, because you will be attacked by three
Chatterskulls. Try to finish them off quickly using Fire or Expel attacks so
they don’t have a chance to use Death March. Return to the elevator room and
take the eastern path to find the stairs up.
6F
--
There’s nothing here other than a Life Terminal and the bomb room.
7F
--
The bomb room is located to the south of the staircase. When you set the bomb
you will be attacked by a Gurr and two Phantoms. Be sure to keep up an
Anti-Death shield at all times, and then use Elec to take out the Gurr and
Force to take care of the Phantoms. There is a Small Karma Terminal located
in the northwestern part of the map.
8F
--
Immediately after you climb up the stairs you will be attacked by three
Sui-Kis. Put up an Anti-Ice shield and use Fire attacks to take them out. The
bomb room is in the southern part of the map. Once that bomb is set you are
finally ready to take on the boss.
From here you just have to make your way back to the beginning of the dungeon
to meet an old friend for the last time...
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Asura Camazotz (Heaven or Hell)
-Null: Expel/Death/Ailments, Strong: Force
-Recommended Level: 38
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FORCE REPEL/DRAIN SET FOR THIS BATTLE! You also want to
have everyone set Tera(zi) along with Earth Boost. Argilla will join the
party for this battle, but since you don’t have a chance to set any skills
for her you should probably leave her on the sidelines for this one. He still
has his Guard stance that makes him immune to everything except for earth,
but this time he also has a really nasty new trick. He now uses a skill
called Zotzilaha Bane that transforms one of your party members into a bat
for a few rounds. (...as well as giving this walkthrough writer a really bad
mental image...)
When a character is turned into a bat their Max HP and MP are halved, their
statistics are lowered to next to nothing, and they will also have a weakness
to Force in bat form. The Force weakness is bad because Camazotz will use
Wind of Hell, a strong Force attack that can kill a transformed party member
in one hit. When a party member is transformed have an Anti-Force shield up
at all times and keep them at full HP. Don’t bother with having the
transformed party member attacking, as they won’t do much damage and will
likely miss anyway, so just have them pass and wait for the transformation to
wear off. As long as you can keep your transformed party members alive you
should do okay.
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After you beat Camazotz for the final time you are automatically taken to
Embryon Base 2 for more cut scenes. (Although the dialog choice after the
Camazotz battle seems important, it really isn’t.) After the cut scenes are
over Heat will rejoin the party and your next destination is revealed to be
Svadhisthana.
-Note: Since the Deserted Ship has been destroyed you will obviously not be
able to return to it.
============================
=========================|A Brutish Encounter [#007.5]|========================
============================
__________________________________Svadhisthana_________________________________
I would recommend using an Estoma Spray while you are inside the Vanguards
Base, as the enemies here are the exact same enemies you fought way back at
the beginning of the game and are little more than annoyances now.
The game is a little vague on exactly where you are supposed to go in
Svadhisthana. Take the stairs in the room with the Vanguards Base B Small
Karma Terminal down to B1 and out of the base. Outside of the base talk to
Lupa and the next dungeon, the Svadhisthana Waterways will be open.
----------------------------------Mantra Check---------------------------------
-Serph: Try to get him to master both Seraphim and Illusion Mantras. After
that have him work on mastering the Insane God Mantra, as being able
to cast Dekaja and Dekunda without having to resort to a combo will be
a big help in the coming battles.
-Heat: Physical, Physical, and more Physical. I’m running out of stuff to put
here...
-Argilla: As soon as you get the money, have her purchase the Calm Spirit
Mantra so that she can learn Mediarama. After that it’s more
Elemental Mantras for her. Try to get her through the mid-level
all-target Elemental mantras for Elec, Force, and Earth.
-Gale: He should also be working on those Elemental Mantras.
-Cielo: Unfortunately, Cielo will likely become a casualty of finance from
here on out, as there just isn’t enough Macca to keep all 5 characters
continually learning Mantras.
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_____________________________Svadhisthana Waterways____________________________
-Items: MP Noise
(Logic Cell)
Chakra Pot
(Organic Cell)
Revival Gem
(Theory Cell)
(Battle: Gorgon x 2)
Luck Noise x 2
Great Chakra
Revival Gem
(Forged Shot)
Power Noise
Ration x 2
Some monsters to watch out are the Decarabias, which are not only this
dungeon’s resident Mudo user, but he also has Revert, which will transform
you back into Human Form. The Tan-Kis that you run into in the second half of
the dungeon definitely fall into the “more trouble that they are worth”
category. Not only do they have a lot of HP, but the only way that you can
really do any damage is through Earth attacks. Finally, if you run into a
Pixie, she will either try to cast Megidolaon (she doesn’t have enough MP) or
will use Reinforcements to summon a High Pixie. This High Pixie will then use
Reinforcements herself to summon a Queen Mab. (A nifty little Nocturne
reference there...) You can keep the Pixie or High Pixie alive and repeatedly
kill the High Pixies/Queen Mabs that are summoned for extra experience and
AP. (High Pixies also drop Luck Noises)
In the first area you will be attacked by a Sui-Ki and a Fuu-Ki when you
enter a treasure room. Use Fire on the Sui-Ki and Elec on the Fuu-Ki.
Continue on and talk to the Wolves member near the Small Karma Terminal and
he will give you the Oxygen Tank that you will need to navigate the upcoming
Water Pump Maze. When you enter the maze the Solar Noise will be set at MIN
and every time you ride a current the Solar Noise will be advanced by one.
You have until the Solar Noise reaches MAX to complete the maze, otherwise
you will be swept out of the maze and you will have to try again. To get
through the maze go North, West, North, North, North.
After you get through the Water Pump Maze there is a Large Karma terminal.
Further on there is a Yellow Wall that leads to a Theory Cell and a Small
Karma Terminal. (?) Continue on and you will eventually be forced into a
battle against a Kin-Ki, a Sui-Ki, and a Fuu-Ki. Watch out, because they can
do Megidolaon as a Combo attack. Try to get rid of one of them as quickly as
you can. Use Earth on the Kin-Ki, Fire on the Sui-Ki, and Elec on the Fuu-Ki.
Deeper in the dungeon you will come to a Life Terminal. Near this Life
Terminal is a sorta-hidden passageway behind a waterfall that leads a Yellow
Wall that blocks another Water Pump Maze. This Water Pump Maze is much more
complicated than the last one, not only do you have a full Solar Cycle (MIN
to MAX and back to MIN) to complete the maze, but you will also have to use a
Valve that will reverse the flow of all the currents when turned. The quick
and dirty solution get you through this is South, South, West, South, South,
North, turn the Valve, South, East, East, North, North, East, East, South.
Your reward for going through this maze is the Red Key.
When you have the red Key you can return to the Red Wall in the first part of
this dungeon that leads to an Attack Mirror, a Fusion Cell, and a Field Hunt.
-----------------------------------Field Hunt----------------------------------
-Time: 90 Seconds -Mitama: Saki Mitama x 4
This Hunt has the largest and most complex floor plan of all the Field Hunts.
Start by destroying the five demons on the path in front of you, and then
cross over onto the inner path and destroy the two demons there. Quickly
return to the outer path and destroy the three demons there, and along with
three more demons that show up further along the outer path. Go to the inner
path and destroy four demons on the inner path along with two demon hiding
inside the room. Go and destroy the two demons on the outer path and the next
batch of demons will appear in front of you. After they are destroyed return
to the inner path and destroy the four demons there, along with the two
demons that will show up inside the room there. Destroy the three demons on
the outer path and the Mitama will show up at the end of the path.
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There is another Large Karma Terminal up ahead. Here you will see a Blue Wall
that leads to a Logic Cell along with a Yellow Wall that leads to another
Logic Cell. You can also find two rations on the corpse of a Wolves Member
here. Approach the ladder to the north of the Large Karma Terminal and you
will have to fight a Boss battle.
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Asura Cerberus (R) + Asura Cerberus (C) + Asura Cerberus (L)
-Drain: Fire, Null: Expel/Death/Ailments, Strong: Elec/Force/Earth
-Recommended Level – 44
First of all, you must be able to cast both Dekaja and Dekunda (through
combos if nobody knows the skill) to have a chance in this fight. You should
also set whatever –Kaja and –Kunda skills (Preferably Tarukaja and Rakunda)
you have along with Void Fire/Fire Drain.
Although this is technically a single demon, the three heads are each counted
as a separate enemy and all three heads must be destroyed for you to win. The
Right Head uses –Kaja and –Kunda skills and occasionally throws up an Ice
Repel shield, He is also the only one with Dekaja and Dekunda. The Center
Head is the attacker of the group, with several powerful Physical and Fire
attacks. Also if he is the only head left he will start using Psycho Rage and
strong attacks like Gate of Hell. The Right Head primarily casts Diarama on
the center head. He also has a combo attack named Pyriphlegethon, (if you
have taken out one head then it will just be called Phlegethon) a fire attack
that hits all your party members for big damage.
The strategy for this battle is to concentrate on killing the Right head
first, then the Center Head, and finally finishing off the Left Head. You
could also start on the Left Head if you want, but I think the healing is
much less annoying than the –Kaja and –Kunda. Whatever you do, do NOT leave
the Center Head for last, as he will probably slaughter your party with
multiple Gate of Hells if you do. Make sure you keep up an Anti-Fire shield
while using Physical and Amped Bufudyne to take out the Right Head. After the
Right Head is gone spend a few turns using whatever –Kaja and –Kunda spells
you have, as he cannot counter them with the Right Head is gone. Concentrate
on the Center Head next; you will have to deal with the Left Head casting
Diarama, but with 4 x Tarukaja and/or Rakunda you should be able keep up with
them. When the center head is gone it’s just a matter of finishing off the
Left Head.
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After the boss battle you will automatically enter Ajna.
______________________________________Ajna_____________________________________
-Items: Revival Gem
Dekaja Rock
Magic Mirror
(Theory Cell)
(Battle: Titania x 2)
(Poison Trap)
(Fusion Cell)
Attack Mirror
(Logic Cell)
HP Noise x 2
(Logic Cell)
MP Noise x 2
You know, I was expecting the Brutes’ base to be something completely
different...
----------------------------------Mantra Check---------------------------------
You know what? By now you should have a pretty good idea on how to build your
characters, and Macca and AP should be plentiful enough to master most of the
low-to-mid level Mantra easily enough, so having this section is unnecessary.
(Plus I’m getting sick of making these sections...) Just make sure that
everyone who is going to participate in the upcoming battles to have mastered
the Force Elemental Mantras through Hiten so that they know Force Repel.
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This dungeon is unlike any you’ve been in before; it sort of reminds me of
the Amala Temple in Nocturne. This dungeon has four different configurations
with a boss at the end of each. At the start of the dungeon you will only be
able to access three of the configurations. When you defeat the bosses of all
three configurations the final Configuration will be unlocked. To change the
configuration of the dungeon, examine the Columns of Light in the lobby.
Blue Configuration
------------------
Go through the northwestern door and keep on going until you reach the Stairs
up to 2F. There is a Red Wall here that blocks a Fusion Cell. After that go
through the door to the west for a boss fight.
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Dragon Nidhoggr
-Minion: Nidhoggr x 4
-Null: Expel/Death/Ailments
-Recommended Level: 48
For this boss you want to set the strongest multi-target attacks you have.
Multi-target elemental skills with the appropriate elemental Boost (and Amp,
if you have it) skills, or physical attacks like Chi Blast or Power Wave are
a good choice.
Although there are five Nidhoggr at the start of the battle, the real boss is
the one in the center. The other four only have about one tenth the HP as the
center one. Every turn the center Nidhoggr will use Cannibalize to devour one
of the other Nidhoggr and grow bigger.
The key to this battle is preventing the center Nidhoggr from devouring his
comrades. To do this you have to be able to wipe out the other four Nidhoggr
within one or two turns using multi-target attacks. If all of his buddies are
dead then the center Nidhoggr will use his turn to summon another Nidhoggr.
As long as you can keep killing the Nidhoggr the Center Nidhoggr summons then
he won’t be able to attack.
If the center Nidhoggr does manage to get to full size, however, this battle
becomes a lot trickier. He will buff himself with Tarukaja and Makakaja and
then pound you with strong Physical and Ice attacks. Be sure to counter his
buffing with Dekaja before hitting him with your best attacks.
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Green Configuration
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Go through the southeastern door and up the stairs. Continue on until you
reach the boss.
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Deity Isis
-Repel: Phys, Null: Expel/Death/Ailments
-Recommended level: 48
This battle is absurdly easy once you know the secret. Start by picking an
element, (it doesn’t matter which element you use here, I usually chose Ice
because of the chance to freeze) then have everyone set their strongest
attacks for that element along with the appropriate Boost and Amp. Next have
someone set a Repel/Drain shield of the same element.
You see, when Isis attacks she will use the same element as the last attack
you have used against her. (So if you used a fire attack she will use Agidyne
against you. If you haven’t attacked her yet she will physically attack you.
Watch out, if you use an Almighty attack she will start using Megidola
against you.) Just have one character concentrate on keeping up an elemental
shield while the others pound her with you’re your chosen elemental and she
will never touch you.
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Red Configuration
-----------------
First go through the Northeastern door to a Yellow Wall that has a Soma
behind it. After that is done return to the lobby and go through the
southwest room to reach the stairs to 2F and a boss battle.
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Beast Catoblepas
-Repel: Elec, Drain: Earth, Null: Expel/Death/Ailments, Weak: Fire
-Recommended Level: 48
You absolutely must have Void Death (or Death Repel) set for this fight.
Catoblepas uses Stone Eye and Gate of Hell with alarming frequency, and an
Anti-Death shield is the only way to prevent your characters from being
turned into stone and then shattered. He is weak to fire, so hit him with
your best Fire spells while keeping up an Anti-Death Shield and he should go
down quickly.
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White Configuration
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Go through the Northeastern door and continue on to the north and west until
you reach the boss room.
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Asura Ravana (Form 1)
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-Null: Expel/Death/Ailments
-Recommended Level: 52
Have every character set Force Repel for this battle along with their best
elemental attacks.
This boss has two different forms. The first form is completely invisible;
you are given six targets with Ravana hiding in one of them. Attacking
wily-nily here won’t get you very far, since guessing wrong will count as a
failed attack and cost you two turn icons. (...And don’t think you can use an
all-target attack here, as it won’t work.)
After a few turns of hitting nothing but air Sera will help you to locate
Ravana. She can be a bit vague, however. (For example, when she says right
she can mean the far-right target or the second to the right target) Still,
it’s better than nothing. Fortunately, the first form doesn’t have a lot of
HP and doesn’t have any really nasty attacks, so as long as you keep at it
you should make it through this part of the battle alright.
Asura Ravana (Form 2)
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-Null: Expel/Death/Ailments, Strong: Phys
This form has an attack called Hunger Wave that has a chance of causing the
Mad status to all characters. A character under the Mad status will either
attack one of your own party members or do nothing and take damage. Mad
status can’t be cured by normal means; instead Sera will use Song of Grace to
cure one (and only one) character of the Mad status at the start of every
turn. (this is a free action and won’t consume a turn icon.)
Ravana also has an attack called Infinite Wind that does a lot of Force
damage to the entire party. You want to keep up a Force Repel shield at all
times while hitting Ravana with your best Elemental skills.
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After Ravana is dead go up the stairs and into the room up there for more cut
scenes.
------------------------------Digital Devil Saga 2-----------------------------
Here is the second choice in DDS 1 that decides whether or not you get a
hidden character in DDS 2. Answer “It doesn’t matter” here.
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After these are done it’s time to go to Sahasrara and finish the game.
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=========================|Journey to Nirvana [#007.6]|=========================
===========================
What is it with MegaTen games and really tall towers?
___________________________________Sahasrara___________________________________
-Items: HP Noise x 2
(Fusion Cell)
MP Noise x 2
(Fusion Cell)
Soma Drop
Magic Noise x 2
Revival Gem
Chakra Pot
(Layer Cell)
Earth Wall x 2
Fire Wall x 2
Soma Drop
Dekaja Rock x 2
Revival Gem
Chakra Pot
Great Chakra
(Fusion Cell)
The first thing you notice when you enter here are the pair of Temple Guards
blocking the path to the Karma Temple. They aren’t going to let you into the
Temple without a fight, so give it to them. They are immune to physical, so
pelt them with your strongest Elemental magic until they fall. After they are
dead continue on into the Karma Temple.
------------------------------Digital Devil Saga 2-----------------------------
Outside the entrance to the Temple you will see an Ex-Solids hanging out with
your party members. When you talk to him he will ask you for a favor. He
wants you to deliver a message to someone named Amelia. Agree to do this and
you will open up a little side quest in DDS 2.
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Inside the Temple you will have to face another pair of Temple Guards. Defeat
them and continue on until you reach the Dissemination Room. Take the
elevator in the center of the room down to the Sea of Milk. When you try to
enter the elevator to the west of the one you came down in, Vasuki will show
up and attack.
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Dragon Vasuki
-Drain: Ice, Null: Expel/Death/Ailments, Strong: Phys, Weak: Fire
-Recommended Level: 54
Make sure that someone has Void Ice or Ice Drain set for this fight. Vasuki
uses Hima Alaya, real nasty Ice attack that hits everyone and has a good
chance of freezing your characters, and Vasuki will then proceed to critical
any frozen characters with impunity. Unfortunately, Vasuki is pretty smart
and won’t blindly cast Hima Alaya when you use an Anti-Ice shield, instead
Vasuki will switch to casting Maziodyne and try to shock you. This is a good
thing, because Maziodyne has far less of a chance to Shock you than Hima
Alaya has to freeze you. (Unless you bring in Gale without the Elec Resist
skill set)
Overall this is a simple battle, just pound Vasuki with your best Fire spells
while keeping up an Anti-Ice shield.
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After Vasuki is dead go into the elevator that Vasuki prevented you from
entering and ride it up to Elevation: -492ft. (The floor names in Karma
Temple are all listed as elevation.) Climb upwards until you reach
Elevation: 0ft and you will find a Large Karma Terminal. Continue on until
you reach Elevation: 98ft and you will find two Yellow Walls right next to
each other, one leads to a Great Chakra, the other one leads to a battle with
Samael. Samaels are the toughest non-boss enemy in the game; they have a lot
of HP and nasty attacks like Bloodbath and Marevert. About the only thing
that you can really do here is try to poison him with Venom Claw or Fang and
then try to outlast him. Continue on until you reach another Elevator and
ride it up to Elevation: 394ft.
Up ahead you will have to deal with glowing sections of the floor that will
either drop you down a pitfall or pull you through the wall. Take the
elevator up to Elevation: 1902ft, the elevator you need to take up is right
there, but to get to it you will have will have to cross a glowing section of
floor which will drop you down to Elevation: 1837ft and work your way back
up.
First go down to Elevation: 1804ft to find a Red Wall with a Fusion Cell
behind it. After that is done go to Elevation: 1837ft and you will find
another Red Wall with a Field Hunt behind it.
-----------------------------------Field Hunt----------------------------------
-Time: 60 seconds –Mitama: Saki Mitama x 3
This Field Hunt has a rather simple floor plan; it’s just a door, some
stairs, and a small room. The problem is that you are hardly given any time
to complete this hunt, so you have to be quick. Start by destroying the two
demons in front of you and go through the door. Destroy the two demons on the
stairs then the three demons in the northwestern corner of the room. Another
demon has appeared on the stairs; when you destroy it turn around as seven
new demons have appeared inside the room. Destroy them and climb the stairs
and go through the door to find another demon at the end of the hall. Destroy
it, along with a second demon that will pop into existence right in front of
your eyes. Go back through the door and destroy the demon on the stairs and
then the lone demon in the southwestern corner. Climb the stairs and go
through the door then destroy the two demons at the end of the hall. Turn
around and go through the door and destroy the three demons in the eastern
part of the room, and then the three demons that are in the western part of
the room, after that destroy three more demons in the eastern part of the
room, and then ANOTHER three demons in the western part of the room. Destroy
the lone demon on the stairs, and then destroy the demon in the northwestern
corner of the room. Go through the door and destroy the demon at the end of
the hall and the Mitama should appear right in front of you.
That wasn’t so hard, was it?
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Continue on up and on Elevation: 1870ft there is yet another Red Wall with a
Layer Cell behind it. On Elevation: 1902ft there is ANOTHER Red Wall with
ANOTHER Field Hunt behind it.
-----------------------------------Field Hunt----------------------------------
-Time: 60 seconds –Mitama: Saki Mitama x 4
This has the same floor plan as the previous Field Hunt, just rotated 180
degrees. Go through the door and destroy the eight demons in the room. After
that climb the stairs and go through the door and destroy the two demons at
the end of the hall. Turn around and go through the door, destroy the two
demons on the stairs. After that destroy the three demons in the western part
of the room, then the three demons in the eastern part of the room, after
that destroy three more demons in the western part, and then another three
demons in the eastern part of the room. Destroy the two demons on the stairs
and go through the door. Destroy the three demons at the end of the hall and
then go back through the door. Destroy the demon on the stairs and the demon
in the southeastern corner of the room. Finally go back through the door and
the Mitama will be waiting for you at the end of the hall.
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Take the elevator up to Elevation: 4100ft, in the next area are walls that
will either appear or disappear as you approach. It’s not too difficult here,
just pick your way through and you’ll find the right way eventually. From
here on out you will start running into Laksmis, watch out for them, because
the will use Dormina to put your characters to sleep, then use Calm Death
witch will instantly kill anybody who is asleep. To prevent this from
happening have everyone set the Null Nerve skill to prevent Dormina from
putting you to sleep.
When you climb to Elevation: 4264ft you get to go outside for some fresh air.
Make you way around the outside of the tower, flipping switches and then
stepping in the Columns of Light that appear. When you reach the end of this
section those two that have been circling around the tower will attack.
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Aerial Jatayu
-Repel: Earth, Null: Fire/Elec/Expel/Death/Ailments
-Recommended Level: 58
With the proper skills set this boss shouldn’t be too much trouble. He does
get three attacks per turn, though. He spends most of his time casting –Kunda
skills, but he does throw in an occasional Mamudoon. An interesting thing to
note is that although he can dish out –Kunda skills, he can’t take them
because he doesn’t have Dekunda himself. Make sure that you can cast Dekunda
here, along with some kind of protection from Death. As long as you
immediately Dekunda his stat changes you should do all right.
After Jatayu is dead then Garuda will show up as reinforcements.
Aerial Garuda
-Null: Ice/Force/Earth/Expel/Death/Ailments, Strong: Fire/Elec
Garuda’s strategy here his simple, he will try to use powerful attacks like
Power Wave and Megidola augmented with Power Charge and Mind Charge and try
to pound you into the ground. There isn’t much strategy to this fight; just
try to keep your HP as high as you can then hit him as hard as you can with
your best physical attacks and hope you can come out on top.
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After both Jatayu and Garuda are dead head inside to see the final Large
Karma Terminal of the Karma Temple. As you might expect from the last leg of
the final dungeon, the enemies from here on out are the strongest the game
has to offer. Both Jatayu and Garuda will show up as random enemies, and you
will also start running into Samael here too.
Take the elevator up to Elevation: 12694ft. You get to deal with both glowing
sections of floor and appearing/disappearing walls together. (joy...) The
elevator you need to take is right in front of you, but there is one of those
invisible walls blocking your path. You are going to have use the nearby
glowing section of floor to drop down to Elevation: 12300ft and then work
your way back up.
Take the elevator up to Elevation: 21832ft, use the Life and Small Karma
Terminals here then climb the stairs. You will run into Ananta who will make
a last-ditch attempt to get you to go away, but when that doesn’t work he
will attack.
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Dragon Ananta
-Drain: Earth, Repel: Force, Null: Expel/Death/Ailments
-Recommended Level: 62
This guy gets seven attacks per turn and he uses a lot of status attacks, so
needless to say this can be an annoying fight if you’re not properly
prepared. Having everyone set Null Nerve and Null Panic can go a long way in
this battle. With both of these skills set he won’t be able to Stun, Panic,
or put you to Sleep so he’ll be stuck with normal physical attacks against
you.
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Well, this is it, the final room of the game. Before continuing on be sure to
spend all the Macca you have on a Mantra-buying spree, as purchased Mantra
will carry over into a new game, while Macca does not.
------------------------------Digital Devil Saga 2-----------------------------
If you are planning on importing your save data into DDS 2, however, you
should NOT spend anything here, as the Macca you have affects your starter’s
purse in DDS 2. You want to have at least one million Macca for the most
effect.
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-Note: If you are trying to get the Four Guardian Beasts to appear just making
it to this room is not enough, you have to climb up the stairs and
stand on the platform that Heat and Gale are on before they will
appear. The location indicator in the upper-right hand corner of the
screen should say “Topmost Floor.”
When you are done here talk to Gale and tell him you are ready. Climb the
stairs to the top and face the final boss of Digital Devil Saga.
--------------------------------------Boss-------------------------------------
Onmyo Harihara
-Null: Expel/Death/Ailments, Strong: Almighty
-Recommended Level: 64
You know, for the final boss of the game she is kind of a disappointment.
With the proper skills and the right strategy Harihara will probably be
little more than a speed bump on your way to the ending. For this battle
elemental magic is the way to go. Have all of your characters set an
all-target –Dyne level elemental skill along with the appropriate Amp and
Boost skill. Make sure that each character is using a different element and
that your lead character has the single target –Dyne level elemental skill
too. Stay away from Almighty damage skills, as they will hardly do any damage
to her.
This boss has three different forms. Well, technically she has five forms;
you have will have to fight through each of the first two forms twice.
(Form 1)
Her first form primarily uses –Kaja and –Kunda skills. She also has Hunger
Wave and an attack called Vaikunta which hits everyone and has a chance of
turning them to Stone.
Her first two forms only have about 1000 HP, so this form should go down
quickly.
(Form 2)
This form is a bit more direct than the last one, she uses –Dyne level
elemental along with powerful physical attacks like Genocide and Executioner.
This form’s big attack is Bhairava, which can easily do enough damage to kill
a character outright. (I’m talking 1000+ damage here) Be ready with
Samarecarm or a Revival Gem when she does this.
After you beat the second form she will go back to her first form for round
two. After going through the first and second forms again she will finally go
into her third and final form.
(Form 3)
This forms starts out with six Cores: one for each of the five elements and a
Gold Core for Physical. Each Core will repel their chosen element and will
extend a Repel shield to Harihara herself. Each core has about 400-500 HP,
but Harihara can replace one destroyed Core per turn as a free action. Be
careful, if there are two or more Cores alive she can use a combo attack
called Reincarnation, which does a lot of Almighty damage to all characters.
The key to this fight is killing those Cores as quickly as you can and
keeping them from coming back. If you have a decent magic score along with
Amp and Boost set then you should be able to take out a core with a single
–Dyne level elemental spell. With her Cores gone she is left with her
physical attack, (which hits your entire party) along with using Vanity and
Hunger Wave. The status effects can be annoying, but without her Cores
pounding you with –Dyne level Elemental Spell and nasty physical attacks she
really isn’t that much of a threat.
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After Harihara is defeated sit back and enjoy the ending.
-----------------------------------New Cycle-----------------------------------
After the credits are over, you will be prompted to make a “New Cycle” save.
When you load this data you will be able to start a new “Cycle,” (basically a
replay of the game) with some stuff carrying over from your previous game.
-All mastered, purchased, and unlocked Mantra will carry over into the new
cycle. All of your skills will carry over.
-Your combo list and Time Played will carry over.
-All characters will automatically learn the “Human Form” skill. When you set
this skill you will always start battles in human form. (um... yay?)
-Your character’s Levels, Stats, Macca, and Items will NOT carry over into
the New Cycle.
-The Vendor’s item list resets. You will also have to earn all of the Cell
bonuses all over again.
-You will be able to battle a very special super secret Boss during
subsequent playthroughs.
Importing New Cycle data to Digital Devil Saga 2
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You can also load this data into the sequel to this game you can get some
nifty bonuses depending on what you did in this game. Remember that if you
play through the game multiple times, then only the last play through will
count toward getting bonuses.
-First off, the Mantra and skills you learned in DDS 1 will NOT carry over
into DDS 2.
-Just importing a DDS 1 save will unlock Hard Mode in DDS 2.
-A character will get a bonus to their stats depending on how many Mantras
they mastered in DDS 1. The maximum Bonus a character can get is +5 to all
stats with all DDS 1 Mantra mastered.
-The amount of money you start out with in DDS 2 is affected by how much Macca
you had in DDS 1. For best results you want to have at least one million
Macca at the end of DDS 1.
-Gale will learn a unique skill when you import any DDS 1 save.
-Before going to Manipura for the first time you will have a dialog choice,
answer “We will help them without betrayal” and Argilla will learn another
unique skill.
-If you agreed to deliver a message for the Ex-Solids outside the Karma Temple
to Amelia you will be able will find her in DDS 2.
-If you defeated certain optional bosses in DDS 1 you will be able to acquire
Special Karma Rings. The Bosses that you need to defeat are King Frost,
Beelzebub, (Fly Form, beating the Human form of Beelzebub doesn’t count)
Metatron, Huang Long, and the Demi Fiend.
-You can get a “secret” character (he’s not really a secret, you’ve met him
before...) to join your party in DDS 2. To do this you need to make several
dialog choices over both games.
-In Coordinate 136 when Heat challenges you, answer “No, I can’t...”
-In Ajna after defeating Ravana answer “It doesn’t matter.”
Of course this is only the first step, you then have to import into DDS 2 and
make two more dialog choices over the course of that game. I would recommend
getting the correct choices in DDS 1 and then deciding on whether or not you
want the secret character in DDS 2.
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To be continued... In Digital Devil Saga 2!
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==============================|Omoikanes [#008.1]|=============================
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This really isn’t a side quest, but this is about as good as any place to put
it. Anyways, as you’ve traveled the Junkyard you’ve no doubt run into a
strange Brain/Squid monster called an Omoikane. These monsters will babble
something about their treasure before they hit you with Debilitate a couple
times and then run away. Not only that, but just about every thing you throw
at it will barely scratch it. They do take damage from guns, but when you
revert they will definitely escape the first chance they get. So how can you
defeat these guys, you ask?
To even have a chance of taking down an Omoikane you will need to have at
least Forged Bullets and some way of countering their Debilitate. (Preferably
Taunt, but Dekunda, Rakunda, or Debilitate can also work.) Equip either Serph
or Argilla (Heat doesn’t do enough damage to single enemies, and Gale and
Cielo are too random to be reliable) with the ammo of choice and stick them
in the second position. Then put the character with the support skill in the
lead, and put whoever you want in the third slot, as they won’t be doing
anything during the Omoikane fight. (You should give them a hunt skill,
though)
Now it’s time to find one of those damn things. Omoikanes can show up in any
dungeon in the game, from the start of the Vanguard’s Base to the top of the
Karma Temple. They have the exact same chance of appearing in each place.
(Which is to say, not bloody likely...) I would say to do your Omoikane
hunting in an earlier dungeon where you can handle the enemies without too
many problems, but still give enough experience and Macca to make it worth
the time you spend waiting for an Omoikane to show up.
When you finally encounter an Omoikane, it will say its little spiel and then
hit you with Debilitate. When it’s your turn have the first character Pass,
the second Revert, the third pass, back around to the first character who
casts their support skill, and finally have the second character shoot and
hope you score a critical. (Yep, that’s the entire strategy...) With this
setup, if you score a critical and the Omoikane still doesn’t go down, there
is still a chance that the Omoikane will be fightened and you can Hunt it.
(Yes, they can become frightened. Don’t count on it happening too often,
though.) If you can’t kill it with a single shot you will either need to find
stronger bullets, or you can try and risk spending a turn just casting
Taunt/Rakunda/Debilitate on the Omoikane before trying to kill it. This is
risky as there is a chance that the Omoikane will run away. So what do you
get out of all this madness? Why, a LOT Karma and Macca, of course.
-Note: The exact amount of Karma and Macca you get from an Omoikane depends on
where you fight them. An Omoikane in the first dungeon will only give
about 2000 Karma and 15000 Macca, while an Omoikane in the final
dungeon will yield 50000 Karma and 225000 Macca.
An alternate strategy is to put your shooter in the lead and the support
character in the second slot. When you face an Omoikane have the lead
character Revert, the second cast their support skill, the third Pass, and
finally have the first character shoot. The problem with this strategy is
that when it comes time to shoot there is only a half-turn left, as opposed
to a full turn with the above strategy. (Or, you could put the shooter in the
first slot and the Taunter in the third slot and go Revert, Pass, Taunt,
Shoot. Whatever.)
Alternate Omoikane Strategy (submitted by SteveO 528)
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First off, make sure that you have these skills set:
-Equip each party member with their most powerful/lethal Hunt Skill.
-Equip Dekunda/Debilitate/Sukukaja.
-Make sure your Luck stat is high, and equip the Critical skill on everyone.
-If you have leftover skill slots, equip the MIN and MAX Critical skills.
Attack the Omoikane with your normal attack each turn, or use a support skill
like Dekunda/Debilitate, and then begin your assault. Since the Critical
skill has no effect while you're in Human form, everyone must be in Demon
form for this to work. With a bit of luck, you can land a Critical Hit,
Frighten the Omoikane, and devour it right away with a powerful Hunt skill
such as Consume or Ingest.
Even if you screw up with that method, there's a fair chance that the
Omoikane will stick around, since no one's in Human form. Just make sure you
keep your Agility high with Sukukaja/Dekunda, and you should be able to pull
it off pretty often.
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======================|Coordinate 136 Revisited [#008.2]|======================
=================================
You can do this at any time after you defeat Asura Rahu at Coordinate 136.
When you return to Coordinate 136 you will notice that a gigantic treasure
chest has appeared in the lobby of the castle. Talk to the Pyro Jack standing
(well, floating) in front of the treasure chest and he will say that if you
can find the key to the chest he will give you what’s inside.
Head deeper in the dungeon until you reach the puzzle where you rode the
platforms to bring the Good Prince to face the Evil prince in a duel. This
time ride the number 3 platform and you will find a Titania. Talk to her and
she will attack you, kill her and take the Sugar Key she drops.
-Note: You can also find a Silver Key, a Gold Key, a Wood Key, and a Metal Key
scattered around Coordinate 136. These keys are absolutely useless;
they don’t do anything at all. Don’t worry about them.
There is also a Red Wall nearby; behind it you will find another one of those
light puzzles. This one is a bit more complicated, you have to shine light
from two Princess Statues onto two different Good Prince statues to lower the
bars around the two treasure nodes. Here’s another crappy ASCII map of the
Puzzle.
+-----------------------+ ^
| | N
| 1 \ |
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| 2 4 5 |
| |
| G E P P E G |
| |
| 6 E 7 / |
| |
| \ / |
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Starting from the Wes