============================ Dragon Warrior VII RTA Notes ============================ These notes are primarily adapted from Ketta's PB, supplementing with HS's notes for alternative boss strats and backup/safety items that Ketta skips. Some item names and junk may be slightly off, because I watched a JP VOD and wrote down the name I know the item as, rather than the correct PS1 localization. ============================ HS PB: https://www.speedrun.com/dqvii/run/kz5xxwey HS Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KvaSmukx7PPDDSJ-CV12e4cbEHmJPhJLYhb5yFz9Jcc/edit# Ketta VOD list: https://com.nicovideo.jp/video/co1948464?page=1&sort=c&order=d (Have to follow him on Nico to view them) Nico Board: http://niconamarta.sakura.ne.jp/wiki.php?game=%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%EF%BC%97 DQRTA Compendium: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1whommcG5l3LcN4ZSpOuygWqLACu6Gtj6HMj-bM5vGYM/ Pingval DQ7J Routing History: https://github.com/pingval/DQ7/blob/master/history.md ============================ JRTA timing begins when the console is powered on. Use a 90k/70k PS2 Slim and Fast Disc Speed. Name yourself "A" if you wanna be fast, "Cow" if you don't care about losing probably-over-a-minute to extra text. There are 3600 frames in a minute -- does the hero's name get printed char-by-char 1800 times outside of combat? Probably not. I'd expect like, 100 times or fewer? Even an 8-char name probably only loses seconds, not minutes. PART 1: FISHBEL (Scene) To Maribel say YES SRC Timing begins when you start walking. 10G downstairs dresser 110G chest upstairs Leather hat in dresser SLEEP Rotate camera 90Β° right downstairs (scene) Herb in bags downstairs Downstairs Movement: hold DR and tap R2 twice Herb in right barrel outside item shop SHIP Herb in second dresser MARIBEL Rotate camera to face Maribel as you walk through the ship Antidote in first dresser on the way back up Maribel's room - hairband in right dresser Leave Maribel's house, rotate camera to face away from Maribel's house Down the stairs outside toward town (scene, SAY YES to Maribel) Swap Hero's clothes for Maribel clothes, don't equip ITEM SHOP - Sell Hero Hairband (Bottom item) - Buy 9 Herbs -> Maribel On the way out of town, Maribel talks to you, say YES ESTARD CASTLE Talk to King SAY YES x2 RUINS Talk to Kiefer Use Ancient Scroll Talk to Kiefer SAY YES ESTARD Talk to old lady @ well SAY YES Enter well, get pearl RUINS Use Pearl on statue (from side) ESTARD NE stairs, go down, talk to old man SAY YES THEN NO ESTARD CASTLE Talk to Kiefer in his bedroom (2nd floor, left) SAY YES Back to old man Walk outside Walk to ruins RUINS Statue (scene) SAY YES x2 Walk through ruins until big ol' torch Interact with torch from left -> button -> door -> Saint Helm Proceed to saints Give helm to 3rd statue Go down stairs Left, stairs Hop on scales, push blocks and run past cage before it falls Go up a bunch of stairs Get key from lion Back downstairs -> locked door Left, Right, Left, Left Push forward -> GIANT LADDER North, grab orb, place across bridge DOWN GIANT LADDER Move raft right a lil' bit, go down and north Golem -> Windbeast -> Flame -> Merzon Get Armor Back to raft, south to LifeAcorn chest Back to raft, south and around to sword chest Up stairs, more rafting, more stairs, more rafting, Shield chest Right to left, sword -> Shield -> Armor North Blue torch, then red: R _ R _ B _ B R B North through door Grab shard Go counter-clockwise to Land Pedestal room (NE) Grab another shard, place both shards in NW land pedestal Portal room, SE room (Blue Portal) FISHBEL Talk to fisherman by boat Home -> Talk to Dad Ruins, shortcut back through blue portal, NW land pedestal PART 2: REXWOOD jesus christ slimes - Change message speed to 8 - Turbo A to victory Maribel needs 6 total EXP before Golem. The Slimes give 1 XP each, but can run. - Can fight any solo enemy, a weaker duo? Eggplants (2 ea.) & worms (3 ea.)? Run to town NW to center house (down by river) 12 gold in pot Talk to merchant, buy club for Kiefer (Equip) Remove Kiefer's armor - Optional, I've stopped doing this before the deathwarp Go N to shack (scene) SAY YES Talk to boy again Exit town, head to mine MINE Left for Matila convo Go left for barrels - Str seed & 40 gold In battle, Str seed on Kiefer COLOR PUZZLES IN A JRPG YEAH Inspect green gem Deathwarp - All manual tactic, use items REXWOOD Equip-turbo everyone Swap Hero fish sub for Hero LifeAcorn Use LifeAcorn on Hero (Maribel later?) Talk to little boy in shack (Story revival, 1.5 min scene) Back to shack, talk to Hank SAY YES TOWER GOLEM HP: 280 | MP: 0 | ATK: 32 | DEF: 20 | AGI: 12 Little faster than Maribel, lot faster than the rest Kiefer Offensive Other two mostly parry, or heal/herb N Down -> S Down -> NE up -> Up -> Chest (Leather Shield) Down to double chest (Flame Shard, Bronze Knife) Item: Hero's Hat -> Kiefer's Bronze Knife (E) Item: Bronze Knife -> Maribel (E) Item: Equip Hero's Leather Shield Left side, go up to the top Walk a circle counter-clockwise, hitting all stairs Clockwise after a lap, down to chests (80G, Def seed) CRABBER DABBER DEATH HP: 310 | MP: 50 | ATK: 42 | DEF: 21 | AGI: 24 Hero Def/heal Maribel Blaze or attack after Hank Saps twice (Or heal) Drops Defense Seed Run from Matilda Talk to Hank (SAY YES) Back to town REXWOOD Talk to Hank's son again (Thanks a million!) Walk back to ancient fane (scene) SAY NO FISHBEL Talk to Mom SAY NO ESTARD Talk to Hondara, get holy water SAY YES x2 Go toward Old Man House, talk to Kiefer SAY YES FISHBEL Cave past house Down secret stairs to boat Sail N to Rexwood REXWOOD Agi seed beside inn, back barrel Merchant left of inn: Buy Copper Sword for Kiefer SW house, get Wind Shard SAY YES N Talk to old man by pond MINE NW first barrel for Magic Nut Trade Kiefer club for Hero def seed (E) Use Kiefer DEFSeeds x2 on Maribel Use Kiefer MagicNut on Maribel On bottom floor, N has Fire Shard Walk out Sail back to Estard Castle ESTARD CASTLE Talk to left guard Go to NE corner and talk to guard at cell Follow old man, talk to him again, talk to less-bald old man Raft around the castle to side-entrance and go down Agi seed in pot Shove bookcase to get fire shard ANCIENT FANE NW Room, NW Pedestal: Engow Part 3: ENGOW Fight your way to town, until you run out of MP Tactics: Kiefer manual? He may not finish off weak enemies on charge. Use up Hero's herbs before his MP Tonguerat, Florajay < Catmage, Swordaroo < Forester Hero + Mari can easily kill first group, usually second group, Forester unlikely Swordaroos might focus one character? Sometimes they don't? Foresters have Sandstorm; Maribel can Retaliate turn one if there are 2+ Foresters Florajay Heart sells for 200 gold, Swordaroo's Copper Sword drop would buff Hero Need ~190 more XP before the boss (Kiefer 340) Go to mayor's house, get horned hat from leftmost drawer Talk to mayor SAY YES Equip horned at on hero (turbo equip menu) Use inn Talk to Pamela at well SAY YES (scene) Go upstairs (scene) Buy nine herbs for Maribel Talk to Pamela in item shop SAY YES x2 Finish getting level 5/5/5 + one battle Stay at inn NE flame, get potion from pot Talk to mayor by well SAY YES Talk to Pamela in the item shop NW flame, get LifeAcorn from pot Talk to mayor by same flame SAY YES (1+ min scene) Go to mountain MT FLAME Keep fighting stuff - Want Kiefer level 6 before boss Cut in line, talk to Horned Hat Guy at the top SAY YES to mayor Spin camera 180, talk to Pamela around back Down, W Down, N Down, S -> E Down (Force a fight?) N (skip herb chest) and down, S Up, S outside Knife chest Use Kiefer life nut on Maribel Kiefer equip knife Circle, X to select copper sword, trade for Hero bottom item, (E) Back inside, keep going up Jump down twice, get two chests (110 gold + antidote) Force a fight if Kiefer isn't level 6 (7 HP, 3 str at level 6) Use heal tile Jump down x2, fight a big ol' head FIRE GIANT HP: 310 | MP: 0 | ATK: 47 | DEF: 24 | AGI: 13 Maribel faster but not guaranteed (18 agi, 70%), Hero a little slower (10 agi), Kiefer significantly slower (8 agi) Fire Giant attack pattern - TURN 1: Attack (20) or Breath (<10 to all) TURN 2: Build-Up or Crush (<10 to all) TURN 3: Attack (20, 30 if built-up) REPEAT Tactics: Kiefer Charge, Maribel stay Manual Hero: Attack or cast Heal Maribel: Sap x2, Herb or attack Expect turn order to be: Maribel -> Giant -> Hero -> Kiefer Can't refresh Sap before it wears off, so no reason to count turns I guess. Parry anyone who won't survive the built-up hit Hero needs this XP, but if Maribel dies after the second set of Saps, it's not a huge loss. Maribel dying probably forces an extra inn in the next grind Drop down Grab Str Seed Follow path to top floor, Rotate camera 180 and go to the black flame Use Holy Water (Turbo Bag) Item shop: Sell Hero Club and Copper Sword, need 410 gold Item shop: Buy Mallet for Kiefer (E) Kiefer knife -> Hero (E) Use Str Seed on Kiefer Talk to Pamela for AquaShard Exit/Re-enter/Re-exit town (No encounters on first exit) Grind outside town to 8/8/8 (Hero 8 for Return, 1353 XP (+1k from start , +250 over Maribel 8)) Leave Kiefer on Charge; he should one-shot things and Hero+Maribel should more reliably take things out together ~15 min grind Maribel at 7 learns Sleep, good for big groups (Swordaroos) Maribel's MP refilled at level 7, but not 8? Is it because she learned a spell? Head back to the present Exit Ancient Fane through blue-flame warp shrine On the way out, grab the RainbowDew from the river/lake (My save states forget this) WALK to Estard like a peasant ESTARD CASTLE Talk to King SAY NO TO DAD FISHBEL Go to bed Leave house SAY YES Go to ship-cave hidden staircase Exit to get Kiefer Go to ship Return to Rexwood Sail N to Engow ENGOW Safety items in town: Boxers in well (50g), potion in NW torch pot Boxers not necessary but HS grabs them (to buy the shield in Orph?) Potion makes EvilMech and Cavemon more consistent Enter town to encounter cancel, go to volcano VOLCANO Drop down to very bottom WindShard from chest that was str seed in the past Walk out and back up to the top Head down to 350G chest (knife chest in past) Cast Return from chest, to Ancient Fane SE room NW ped: Dialac PART 4: DIALAC DIALAC Talk to old lady statue on left twice Talk to old man in back (turn camera left 90Β°) to get Angel Tears Enter inn, sleep NW corner, interact with guy-statue blocking door Enter house, left bookcase SAY YES Girl statue behind church (face camera north) Dress lady north of her NE to Old man Inn again Secret base in SW behind tree Use Hero Angel Tears on top of monument Talk to real actual child SAY NO Go downstairs to collect LandShard from barrel Talk to old man by the well again Back to the present (Return works now!) OVERWORLD Return to Fishbel Sail SE to immigrant town Grab WindShard Return to Ruins SW room, NW pedestal PART 5: ORPH Note: Left of the portal there's an encounter zone you can step into to reset depletion. Might be worth taking two steps left, then north, then to town? N to town ORPH NE shack, Gabo scene (HS buys kite shield for Maribel here (9 def)) Back to present PRESENT Return to Fishbel W to woodsman's hut Recruit Woodsman Talk to squirrel behind hut for MysticNut Take woodsman to Orph (SW room NW pedestal) ORPH Unequip Maribel TIDY ALL (!!!!!!) Item Shop: Buy eight herbs for Hero, nine for Kiefer, five for Maribel Item Shop: Buy eight holy water for Maribel Enter back of item shop Safety - grab DEFSeed from hanging sacks Talk to lady upstairs Get LifeAcorn from chest upstairs Eastern house, talk to old man in pen Talk to guy outside manor Enter manor, talk to lady in bed (SAY NO) Talk to Gabo in shack Enter house in front of shack from behind, get Copper Sword Exit town, NW to Mt. Ceide MT. CEIDE Run from most things. Can sleep some things before running (Babbles!). Heal with Hero's MP. Go all the way up and inside Safety - 110G to the right Head straight back and upstairs Encounter cancel on second door on left, keep going Str seed chest Use Str Seed, Life Nut, optional DEF Seed on Hero (bottom items in bag) Back to door you canceled on AquaShard chest Exit S through the other path Head around clockwise (follow interior wall) and upstairs Head around clockwise (follow interior wall) and upstairs SE out the back Around the back and enter/exit Deathpal's room Keep going to get Aquashard Back to Deathpal, heal with MP before entering his cave (Save 1 MP!) Walk south in his room to trigger him DEATHPAL HP: 520 | MP: 20 | ATK: 52 | DEF: 35 | AGI: 20 | 1-2 Actions Maribel only a little faster (25 agi, 67%), others slower (inc. woodsman). Hero: Attack or Herb Kiefer: Charge Maribel: Holy Water->Parry or Herb or Retaliate Deathpal can blind you which sucks. Ketta doesn't use Retaliate. Retaliate can reflect Windbeast for 30 damage, or the blind attack. It doesn't really matter if Maribel dies here, so she may as well Retaliate if she would otherwise Parry. Help woodsman push the lid back on (Push Right during the text box) Gaboshack, talk to farmer Back to present PRESENT Return to Estard Sail west to Orph ORPH Enter weapon shop from behind, WindShard chest Go to the mountain (No overworld encounters) Fight comfy fights only (HS gets Gabo level 3, Ketta stays level 1) MT CEIDE Get Stone Fang from "safety gold chest" right of entrance More safety gold - 120G in str seed chest Go talk to Deathpal for AquaShard SAY YES TWICE Bunny Ears from AquaShard chest past Deathpal's room Return to Ancient Fane SE room, NE pedestal PART 6: FALROD FALRISH Enter W door under stairs Str seed from pot in front of chest FireShard in chest Upstairs, into church, downstairs, scene Back outside, under other stairs, get Leather Armor TIDY HERO (!!!!!!) WEAPON SHOP - Sell Kiefer's leather hat and mallet, bag copper sword, etc as needed (1150+ gold) - Buy Kiefer Spear (1000) Head straight S (one step E) into the "wall" ITEM MERCHANT - Buy 8 herbs for Hero - Fill Maribel with herbs (7?) - Buy up to 8 more herbs for Gabo MENUS - Hero Horned Hat -> Kiefer (E) - Hero Clothes -> Gabo (E) - Maribel Use Strength Seed on Hero - Maribel Stone Fang -> Gabo (E) - Maribel equip bunny hood (?) (Usamimi Band) - Maribel Leather Armor -> Kiefer Traveler Clothes (E) - Maribel equip Traveler Clothes - Bag Bronze Knife -> Maribel FireShard (E) - Bag Potion -> Hero - Bag Agi Seeds (x2) USE on Gabo - Bag MysticNut USE on Gabo - Give more bag-herbs to Gabo if needed - Heal with bag-herbs - Re-Order: Kiefer > Hero > Gabo > Maribel FALROD CASTLE Right guardhouse Join the army (SAY YES x2) FALROIDER HP: 360 | MP: 4 | ATK: 50 | DEF: 32 | AGI: 25 Gabo is faster, Maribel ties His big hit deals about 28 damage. TACTICS: Gabo->Charge Kief/Gabo Charge, Hero attack, Maribel Sap 2x/Attack or heal Free revives/heal (NO MP RESTORE) after the fight. Ketta loses Gabo at the start being greedy. This is actually bad, because Gabo doesn't learn Bark for the first Mechsoldier fight. SAY YES Talk to right guard at front door Get Scale Armor from King's bedroom Talk to King SAY YES Go to meeting room - HS drops from above instead of walking out, looks <1 sec slower? Talk to guard on right side of table (Trad) Hold turbo to talk to guard across table (Hanes) Then, go around the room clockwise talking to everyone else Talk to Trad again Talk to Hanes again Leave and go W to Zebbot's house ZEBBOT'S HOUSE Get SeaShell Hat from dresser Equip SeaShell hat on Gabo (equip-turbo or move it) Equip-turbo on Hero (equip chain shirt) Talk to Zebbot SAY YES FALROD CASTLE W guardhouse, E guard (Hanes) SAY NO, then SAY YES Go to room above guardhouse (hole room) Upstairs to trigger scene Jump in hole ZEBBOT'S HOUSE Scene in Zebbot's room Scene outside the house FALROD CASTLE Go inside and talk to guard at stairs Go out and fight MechSoldiers MECHSOLDIER x2 HP: 60 | MP: 0 | ATK: 46 | DEF: 42 | AGI: 15 TACTICS: Gabo -> Manual Hero Attack, Gabo Bark/Attack, Maribel Blaze. Talk to Zebbot SAY YES SE tower on mid-level, str seed in leftmost corner pot Jump in hole Wooden Hat from Far Dresser (hold right) Talk to Zebbot SAY NO Talk to Trad SAY YES W Guardhouse, talk to Hanes (left of table) E Guardhouse, talk to Trad W Guardhouse, talk to Trad SAY YES E Guardhouse, talk to Zebbot, Trad Outside, right guard on bridge, Trad Leave, E to Mechsoldier base MECHSOLDIER BASE Trigger scene at back of pit SAY YES Head down into the cave Go down NE elevator SAFETY: NW elevator left chest -> 250 gold Go all the way south, talk to mech, go down elevator Grab far chest, then close chest (Str seed, iron shield) Trade bag herb for all of Gabo's items (Str seed x2, wooden hat) Trade bag herb for any Falrod-items Maribel has Fill Maribel's inventory with herbs Trade bag iron shield for Kiefer herb (E) Trade bag wooden helmet for Hero herb (E) Use Bag Str Seeds on Hero Go back up, then go down middle elevator Head north, fight Clockmech x2 HP: 60 | MP: 0 | ATK: 40 | DEF: 38 | AGI: 8 Slower than MechSoldiers, but they have Rainslash which is annoying Ketta has Gabo 3 here but still doesn't use Bark Maribel should just parry; save her MP. Mantan (Plan->Full Heal) Make sure Hero has a potion on him, if you have one. Head north, fight Clockmech x3 Ketta still parrying Maribel and attacking with the rest MACHINOID HP: 250 | MP: 12 | ATK: 48 | DEF: 40 | AGI: 45 | 1-2 actions Faster than everyone Machinoid attack pattern - Turn 1: Call for Help (Clockmech) Turn 2: {Attack, Defense, Swing Furiously, Attack, Swing Furiously} REPEAT Kiefer Charge, Hero Attack Machinoid, Gabo Bark backup (or Machinoid), Maribel Sap Machinoid Kill Machinoid first, because the backup is going to happen. End fight with high/full HP EVILMECH HP: 380 | MP: 8 | ATK: 80 | DEF: 70 | AGI: 38 | 1-2 actions Barely slower than Gabo Can afford two MagicWalls Evilmech attack pattern - TURN 1: Dazzling Light or Attack TURN 2: Attack or Magicwall TURN 3: Breath or Twinslash REPEAT Kiefer Charge, Hero Attack (Upper?), Gabo Bark/Herb, Maribel Sap/Herb MagicWall makes Sap and Bark harder to land Stack 3+ Uppers on Kiefer How about this: Upper Kiefer until first Sap lands, then go offensive until MagicWall goes up. After MagicWall, stack more Uppers and Recast Upper every 4th turn. Save 8 MP for Outside, or use a potion on Maribel afterward. I generally do NOT cast Sap while MagicWall is up. Instead, I stall out MagicWall and try again later. "Safety strat" -> If you don't get Sap off before Magicwall (or if Maribel dies), stack three Uppers on Kiefer and Hero, and then do patterns of attack twice, re-Upper both, repeat. EvilMech should die before you hit the defense cap and can't refresh Upper anymore. Hero may run out of MP and need a potion. Note: Upper stops working after you've gained 200 defense power from it. It wears off between (I think?) 5-7 turns, so if you cast it every fourth turn, it won't wear off unless you cap out and can't cast it anymore. Right side of room, 100G pot FireShard from chest Cast Outside (Maribel should have it now) FALROD CASTLE Talk to king, receive bug knife W Guardhouse, talk to Hanes (Right) for 1200 gold πŸ’°πŸ’° Back to Present PRESENT Outside/Return to Fishbel Sail SE past immigrant town Sail E around south side continent to Falrod FALROD CASTLE Go to throne room (scene) Get Noble Clothes from king's bedroom dresser Talk to king Go downstairs (scene) Talk to bald man (Armand) Leave castle, W to Zebbot's House ZEBBOT'S HOUSE Enter and exit house (scene) FireShard from chest in shed FALROD CASTLE E guardhouse, scale armor in second dresser King's room (scene) Walk out onto wall, downstairs Go to Armand's cell and talk to him SAY YES Get WindShard from chest Go outside, Return to Falrod Walk to Falrish FALRISH SE building/wall, talk to little girl Stay in inn Right inn room dresser - get Tights Main wall, go under church, outside where dog is Break barrel for Mechparts Return to Falrod FALROD CASTLE Walk all the way to Armand (scene) and talk to him twice E Guardhouse (2 min scene) Return to Falrod, walk to Falrish FALRISH Talk to little girl again for FireShard SAFETY/BACKUP: HS goes to MechSoldier camp - Str seed down first elevator, up NW elevator, left chest - On the bottom, Iron Claw and EvilPot over on the right Return to Ancient Fane NW room, SE pedestal PART 7: VERDHAM Walk LEFT around the swamp to get to Verdham (threat-reset when you move back east) VERDHAM Head to the big ol' house in back, up to F2 First room, far dresser = Glam Armor Inventory: - If Hero hasn't used herbs, trade herbs for everything Maribel/Gabo have picked up - Hero Bug Knife -> Maribel Bronze Knife (E) - Hero Tights -> Maribel (E) - Hero Glam Armor -> Gabo Clothes (E) - Hero Noble Armor -> Kiefer Herb (E) All Bag Herbs -> Gabo Go upstairs RAINMAKER HP: 450 | MP: 10 | ATK: 65 | DEF: 39 | AGI: 38 | 1-2 actions Gabo barely faster; don't get greedy. He can cast two Healmores. Rainmaker attack pattern - TURN 1: Attack TURN 2: {Breath or Attack or Healmore or Lushlicks or Breath} REPEAT Kiefer: Charge Hero: Attack (Upper?) Gabo: Attack/Bark (Bark if no Saps up) Maribel: Sap Use Bag Angel Tears Go outside, behind the house Scenes along the way Talk to turban guy blocking gate Talk to Iwan (scene) Go into front door of mansion (scene) Scene on second floor of mansion (2nd bedroom) Go out through the top SE to Weapon Shop (Start w/ 2039+ gold, target 4784) - Sell Kiefer Noble Armor (600) - Sell Hero Divine Knife (100) - Sell Hero Bronze Knife (75) - Sell Hero (extra) Scale Armor (225) - Sell Gabo Stone Fang (170) - Sell Maribel Tights (1100) - Sell Maribel Bug Knife (475) - Buy Blade Boomerang for Hero (2300) - Buy Blade Boomerang for Gabo (2300) W to Stay at Inn (40g) W to Item Shop -> scene upstairs - Buy nine herbs for Gabo (72g) - Buy nine herbs for Maribel (72g) W to next building, upstairs first drawer: Bunny Hood Hut behind manor, talk to balding across table Leave town, W to cave let's go - Safety save in inn? MARSH CAVE E to dodge pits, around to NW corner, downstairs E, S, down E to NE corner, down W, Jump in hole N Up, up, chest: WindShard Down, Fall, W up, heal up Follow to stairs down, head north Heal with Hero's MP and REMOVE ALL ARMOR before boss CAVEMON, JEWELBAG x2 HP: 450 | MP: 24 | ATK: 70 | DEF: 40 | AGI: 27 | 1-2 actions (Alternating!) HP: 110 | MP: 5 | ATK: 48 | DEF: 36 | AGI: 49 | Cavemon uses Firebal (4 MP, ~15 damage) and Firebane (6 MP, ~30 dmg) Jewelbags use Defense and usually open with it (can only cast it once) All Manual, EQUIP ALL ARMOR turn two Kiefer: Flame Slash bags, then Cavemon Hero: Attack Gabo: Attack, Herb Maribel: Retaliate turn 1, Heal/Herb, Sap Cavemon once bags are gone Ketta heals pretty aggressively. Stay over 50 HP, consider parrying under 40. Cavemon cannot use two Firebals or two Firebanes in the same turn, but he can cast once of each. Also keep in mind he alternates between taking one action or two. If you turtle until Cavemon runs out of MP, the fight gets free. You can use Upper on Hero/Kief to make it safer. If Hero has a potion in his pocket, he and Kiefer can duo this guy if Maribel dies. Don't use the potion until the bags are gone or they'll keep stealing your magic. South past all the treasure chests to get WindShard Cast Outside Walk back to the portal NW pedestal (Engow) ENGOW Use Bag repellent (the one that didn't fit in Maribel's inventory before Deathpal) Note - If Kiefer died so much he didn't hit level 10, the repellent won't work. How much EXP does he usually have? Would one fight get him to level 10 if he wasn't there? Walk to Engow town Talk to Pamela in mayor's house Talk to Pamela in item shop Walk back to Verdham (SE pedestal) VERDHAM Scene, SAY YES Go to shack behind manor Use Mila Drug on Pepe (Scene) At banquet, talk to Borlock on right side of table NW corner of town (scene) Talk to Borlock again NW corner of town again (scene) Pepe at town entrance Go back to Ancient Fane PRESENT Outside/Return to Engow Sail NW, walk W to Mentare MENTARE Turban merchant left at table - Buy 3+ Spider Web (35G) for Bag Two chests in main house: Slime earring and 250G Second floor, second room dresser: Garter Belt Top floor SE (closer) chest: LandShard Out door, Return to Mentare W to "Verdham" WindShard on ground Back to Ancient Fane SW room SW pedestal PART 8: DEJA NOTE: If Hero isn't level 10, fight encounters until he is. This gives him enough HP to not get one-shot by Inopp's critical hits. DEJA CAMP Far back right tent, talk to dude and lady (across table) Next tent counter-clockwise, talk to old woman, man Outside, old lady on blanket Next tent, kid Next tent, lady Main tent guy (scene) (1+ min!) (SAY YES to Chief) Safety: HS grabs a def seed out of second chest in the tent here Talk to Kiefer SAY YES Inside Kiefer tent, talk to Layla Exit, SAY YES Talk to old lady on blanket again Talk to Kiefer Enter tent, talk to Kiefer (Scene) (SAY NO) Exit tent (3 min scene) (SAY YES) Leave camp, go west/north to godpath GODPATH Left pot in back has Agi seed Enter N tent, talk to lady to rest Continue straight S to Godplace GODPLACE Talk to old lady on red carpet (far right) Enter N tent, sleep Enter N cave Hug left wall to S exit W side has stairs down to torches W through torches Follow path to stairs down for tombstone scene Right at fork Left at fork Next right, then south, then left for MysticNut chest Continue south to stairs Take first two invisible bridges, then go south before third to get Wizard Ring Backtrack to third bridge to go down for chime cutscene - Note: There are no more monsters in this cave after this cutscene Walk S out of this room, then go upstairs Head back to the torch room Take secret E path to get bug knife out of right chest Go W again, jump down hole this time Head N, then through E wall for fur coat Backtrack and go through W wall for Agi seed Back out of this floor Back out of torch room Go to NE corner to go outside In front of temple, talk to rightmost lady Read plaque (Scene) Enter temple and talk to Jann (Scene) Leave temple (3.5 min scene) Head back into the cave (Scene) Talk to Kiefer (Scene) Talk to Kiefer again Exit camp (50 sec scene) PRESENT Outside/Return to Estard Castle Talk to King (SAY YES x2) Return to Rexwood Sail WNW to dig site Talk to guy in front of tent Jump in well (Thanks DQ6) AquaShard from right dresser Climb out, Return to Ancient Fane SE room SW pedestal PART 9: Dharma LEVEL UPDATE: Ketta 10/10/4, HS 10/11/4 Optional-but-recommended: Go to the inn and manipulate Lucky Panel to get some extra armor Enter the inn and sell stuff until you have 2000+ gold (100g per play) Get Agi seed from inn back pot DO NOT sell the boomerangs. Sell anything that's unequipped, most armor's fine. Go buy as many casino coins as you can (multiple of 5) Save the game Reset the console, get to the Lucky Panel table as fast as possible Use this tool - http://cowness.net/speedrunning/DW7LuckyPanelStats/DW7LuckyPanel.html At minimum, get all of the items the tool highlights. You want as much defense power as possible to blunt Inopp and Gonz's crits. Twenty plays usually gets you set on gold for the rest of the run, but you can also get weapons and armor that are better than what's purchasable. Notably: Hacksaw, Steel Armor, Heavy Armor (very rarely!), Viking Helmet Walk to Dharma and talk to the priest (Hold turbo) (Scene) PENAL TOWN TIDY ALL (!!!!!!) Armor Shop: - Sell to 7778 Gold - Sell Hero Scale Armor (225) - Sell Maribel Travelers Clothes (35) - Sell Gabo Glam Armor - Sell Bag Lucky Panel drops - Buy Clothes Hiding for Maribel (3000, NO E) - Buy Clothes Hiding for Gabo (3000, NO E) - Buy Silver Tray for Maribel (1000, NO E) Inventory: (If no Lucky Panel manips. If manips, fish out all best armor.) - Bag Iron Shield to Hero for Leather Shield (NO E) - Bag Fur Coat to Gabo for Glam Robe (NO E) - Bag Glam Robe to Hero (NO E) - Bag Wizard Ring to Maribel (NO E) - USE Bag Agi Seeds (x2) on Gabo - USE Bag Mystic Nut on Gabo - USE Bag DEFSeed on Hero Item Shop: - Buy eight herbs for Hero - Buy eight herbs for Maribel - Buy Thief Key for Bag (470G) - Buy 3+ moon herbs for Bag - Buy nine antidotes for Bag Wrap around to the downstairs and watch the scene Go north and watch another scene SUIFU - Flee - Get owned Scene... Upstairs, scene... Talk to Flower and he'll join West to West Cave WEST CAVE NE through swamp to reach stairs As north as possible to stairs W through swamp to stairs Follow path to stairs Immediately up stairs North to boss INOPP, GONZ - Flee - Get owned PENAL TOWN Scenes... stairs, scenes... Go inside weapon shop WorldLeaf in SE corner Upstairs, LifeAcorn in barrel Go down stairs to bar Scene Back upstairs, go to middle of town (1.5+ min scene) WEST CAVE Turbo-Equip Everyone Back to past where Inopp and Gonz were CLIFF TOWN Watch scene, talk to Flower Enter Top House (scene) E to cave entrance, scene Enter cave CLIFF TOWN CAVE Hug left side, go down ladder/stairs Left, down N, E through wall, get both chests (DEFSeed and Chain Sickle) Up NW stairs E, downstairs S, E into wall, upstairs E, around, downstairs E N stairs First cell on right, STRseed in pot SW and around, jump in giant hole SW, world leaf chest INVENTORY: - Use Gabo Life Nut on Gabo - Use Gabo DEFSeed on Gabo - Use Gabo Str Seed on Hero - Trade Gabo World Leaf for Hero Herb (Hero/Gabo each have one) Wrap around room clockwise to NE exit Re-Order: Maribel, Hero, Gabo Priestess Puzzle: - Go down right stairs - Push right block down 4 (intersection) - Push left block down 7 (intersection) - Push right block right 3, up 2, down 1, left - Push left block left 3, up 1, right 1 INOPP, GONZ HP: 440 | MP: 0 | ATK: 90 | DEF: 38 | AGI: 73 HP: 400 | MP: 0 | ATK: 79 | DEF: 35 | AGI: 64 WHEW they're fast Maribel: Parry every turn Hero: Attack, parry if not full HP Gabo: WonderRock, Attack only if everyone is at full HP These guys are awful, and can easily kill you even with Lucky Panel armor. If Hero has a single-target weapon from Lucky Panel, equip it and attack Gonz (and hope Kasim targets him). The faster you get down to one enemy, the better. Maribel use herb Maribel trade herb for WonderRock Go to previous room, jump down to SW stairs S to Iron Shield in chest Get MysticNut in leftmost cell pot Backtrack all the way out (scene) Big House scene Talk to priestess for Dharma Key CLIFF TOWN CAVE AGAIN Back into cave, take a right this time (Scene) (SAY YES) MANEATER HP: 400 | MP: 25 | ATK: 75 | DEF: 44 | AGI: 76 ZOOM FAST YEAH WonderRock, Fight, Fight UP up up up up up up N all the way in maze room then W to stairs NW exit (not stairs) W, SW, NW (WorldLeaf in chest), E, S, E stairs Right chest, then left (Kitten Shield, Agi Seed) Make your way through this confusing room... 350G chest in NE corner on tallest building 200G chest before the stairs (May not need this but why not?) ARENA Go to Weapon Shop: - Sell to 2500... - Sell Maribel Iron Shield (460) - Sell Gabo Chain Sickle (850) - Buy Chain Whip for Maribel (2500) Inventory - Trade Maribel WonderRock for Gabo top item (World Leaf) - Trade Maribel World Leaf to Maribel (Send to bottom of inventory) - Use Gabo MysticNut on Gabo - Use Gabo Agi Seed on Gabo - Gabo Equip Kitten Shield - Bag Use MysticNut x2 on Gabo - Bag trade Moon Herb for Gabo Herb - Bag trade Moon Herb for Hero Herb - Bag trade Moon Herb for Maribel Herb - Bag heal everyone with herbs Enter arena, go to back room, trigger scene Re-Order Hero > Gabo > Maribel Head toward arena entrance (scene) Go S, Talk to Zaji (punk kid) Sign up for arena (EvilBeast) - Revival money: Scale Armor in back room dresser NEPRO, DRAKSLIME x3 HP: 345 | MP: 100 | ATK: 70 | DEF: 47 | AGI: 25 HP: 45 | MP: 0 | ATK: 45 | DEF: 45 | AGI: 33 Hero: Attack Gabo: Attack, WonderRock Maribel: Sap Nepro x2, Attack GARCIA, BOLTRAT x3 HP: 350 | MP: 50 | ATK: 105 | DEF: 56 | AGI: 35 HP: 73 | MP: 0 | ATK: 61 | DEF: 50 | AGI: 88 Hero: Herb until Surround hits, Attack Gabo: Bark BoltRats (100%), WonderRock Maribel: Surround Garcia -> Sap Garcia THOMPSON, GOOPI x3 HP: 280 | MP: 150 | ATK: 90 | DEF: 60 | AGI: 30 HP: 35 | MP: 0 | ATK: 40 | DEF: 13 | AGI: 17 Sleep -> Attack -> Infermore -> Infermore -> Attack (?) -> Healmore Hero: Attack/Heal Gabo: Bark Thompson, Attack, WonderRock Maribel: Sleep Thompson, Sap Thompson NAPUTO, SMOOCHER x3 HP: 270 | MP: 0 | ATK: 80 | DEF: 55 | AGI: 95 | 1-2 Actions HP: 52 | MP: 0 | ATK: 40 | DEF: 30 | AGI: 27 | Windbeast hits for about 50 Hero: Attack Gabo: Bark Smoochers Maribel: Surround Naputo, Sap Naputo DON JOSE, BEAKRAT x3 HP: 300 | MP: 0 | ATK: 75 | DEF: 40 | AGI: 100 HP: 52 | MP: 0 | ATK: 50 | DEF: 48 | AGI: 37 Hero: Attack Gabo: Bark Beakrats Maribel: Surround Don Jose, Sleep Beakrats, Sap Don Jose NERIS, SLIMENITE x3 HP: 460 | MP: 23 | ATK: 90 | DEF: 57 | AGI: 74 | 2 Actions, has Snowstorm and Icebolt HP: 70 | MP: 10 | ATK: 53 | DEF: 55 | AGI: 38 | Hero: Upper Self 3x, Attack Gabo: WonderRock Maribel: Heal, Sleep SlimeNites Hero should be fine if the Upper stacks get up HS says a few Uppers causes them to attack not-Hero So don't bother reviving anyone I guess Dharma In Dharma basement, go into room on left side under stairs Grab Str Seed in chest Use Str Seed on Hero Bag Trade all Spider-Webs for Hero Herbs If Hero used his leaf, give him Gabo's/Maribel's. Head up to confront the boss ANTORIA HP: 700 | MP: 55 | ATK: 85 | DEF: 63 | AGI: 75 | 1-2 Actions Attacks, Magic Barrier, Firebane, Boom, BALLS. Balls are only a 6.27% chance but they're the big danger. Hero: Spiderweb until Sleep lands, Upper Self, Attack Gabo: Bark/WonderRock Maribel: Sleep, Sap x2, Attack Ketta's Gabo and Maribel die and he leafs Gabo Down SE stairs Down NE stairs, enter E Lots o' Pots and get Wizard Ring from N chest, 120 gold from other chest Go through lower room -> damage tiles to get Life Nut and Land Shard Change Classes! - Hero: Dancer - Gabo: Thief - Maribel: Mage PENAL TOWN - 1st house, far chest Str Seed, then LandShard Safety: Lucky Panel Inn has an Agi Seed and an iron shield Get outta here: NW room, NW pedestal (Engow) PART 10: CLASS GRIND ENGOW GRIND - Use No MP on the hills until Gabo hits Thief 3 (KnockDown, 17 battles) - 13 Maribel hits Mage 2 - Ketta's grind is about five minutes long PRESENT Return to Falrod Sail SE to Mezar Enter Bar (scene) Enter Inn, Pirate shirt in 2nd dresser House on hill, talk to Nicola at table SAY YES Run SW into the trees (scene) Follow dude down stairs and up a rope Talk to him, get Magic Carpet SAY YES Get Healer Heart from chest on southern wall Walk out of town Inventory: - Use Hero LifeAcorn on Gabo - Use Hero Str Seed on Hero - Give Hero Healer Heart to Gabo - Use Magic Carpet - Hero Equip Pirate Shirt Return to Orph Sail S to Dharma Reclass Gabo to Healer Back to Ancient Fane NW Room, NW Pedestal - Engow ENGOW GRIND Resume grind for another 36 battles (Hero SideStep) [53 total] - 26 Maribel hits Magician [43 total, 10 to go] - 28 Gabo becomes Altruist (learns nothing) [45 total, 8 to go] - Ketta's grind is about 9.5 minutes long Back to Present Dharma Hero -> Warrior (Hold turbo) Back to Past Engow Resume grind until SwordDance & HealAll (56 fights) [109 total] - 52 Maribel gets Boom [4 to go] - 55 Hero gets Sword Dance [1 to go] - 56 Gabo gets HealAll [donezo] - Ketta's grind is about 15 minutes long PRESENT LEVEL UPDATE: 13/7/13 (Bandit fight gives Ketta Gabo 8, I got Gabo 10 without dying to any bosses) Back to present Dharma Go to weapon shop - Sell Hero Glam Dress (1250) (Need 4360G) - Buy Iron Axe for Hero (E) TIDY ALL (!!!!!!) Item Shop: - Buy 9 MoonHerbs for Hero - Buy 9 Antidotes for Bag SE corner downstairs NE corner downstairs Top room has LandShard Dharma Priest Gabo -> Mariner Maribel -> Mariner (HS went to the Lucky Panel inn earlier and grabbed extra potion and Iron Mask, +16 DEF for Hero) South to Penal Colony Talk to priest, get into a fight SAY NO BRIGAND, SHRUBMAGE, BANDIT, EPONG HP: 200 | MP: 0 | ATK: 80 | DEF: 46 | AGI: 71 HP: 140 | MP: 30 | ATK: 65 | DEF: 50 | AGI: 72 HP: 180 | MP: 0 | ATK: 75 | DEF: 40 | AGI: 96 HP: 230 | MP: 45 | ATK: 68 | DEF: 40 | AGI: 77 Tactics: Gabo Manual, Maribel Charge Hero SwordDanc, Gabo Knockdown Bandit, then attack or heal Maribel will spam Boom. HS takes her off of Charge after one turn, Ketta doesn't. Exit to map, head toward hideout Talk to Left Guard, pick option #3 Heal with Hero's MP Fight the FooHero BANDITWIG HP: 500 | MP: 19 | ATK: 92 | DEF: 45 | AGI: 74 | 1-2 Actions Hero: SwordDance Maribel: Charge Gabo: Heal Receive LandShard Outside/Return to Ancient Fane NE Room, Center Pedestal: Dune PART 11: DUNE Ketta and HS both fight encounters on this island N to Dune Castle DUNE CASTLE E entrance, E doublestair, W doublestair Enter graveyard (scene) SAY NO Walk out of the castle DUNE (scene) Talk to Chief Go up-ladder and sleep (Free heal) Talk to Chief DUNE CASTLE Back to graveyard Battle Bonerider BONERIDER HP: 500 | MP: 4 | ATK: 60 | DEF: 26 | AGI: 32 SwordDanc, Charge, Charge Head out, talk to Hadeed (scene) Talk to Hadeed downstairs (longer scene) Talk to Hadeed Back to Dune Talk to Overworld Hadeed DUNE Talk to Hadeed In Chief's House, talk to Hadeed again Talk to Chief (scene) Talk to Chief again, Hadeed twice (He leaves) Talk to Chief again, get DuneCharm Talk to Chief again SAY YES Talk to old man W of manor SAY YES Enter hut on E side of town SAY YES Talk to NE bag in first cell SAY YES Leave town Go NW, enc. cancel in castle Go to Nila Walk up to the river (scene) Return to the portal PRESENT Outside/Return to Rexwood WNW to dig site Talk to scholar twice SAY ALL THE YES (FOSSIL GET) Back to Dune (NE Room, Center Pedestal) DUNE CASTLE (scene) DUNE Chief's bedroom, talk to old woman Talk to Chief Downstairs, talk to woman across from ladder Attempt to leave (scene) Upstairs, Talk to Hadeed SAY YES Downstairs, talk to Hadeed (Scene) Talk to Hadeed at funeral Talk to Hadeed after funeral, he moves out of the way Use fossil at river bank (1:30 Scene) Board the dinosaur, talk to Hadeed SPHINX Talk to Hadeed Talk to Pigmon PIGMON HP: 400 | MP: 10 | ATK: 62 | DEF: 30 | AGI: 24 Swordance, still charging Free heal Use DuneCharm on center plaque Statues to opposite corners, order matters: NE to SW SW to NE NW to SE SE to NW StrSeed from NW pot Upstairs Run through SE spikes to stairs Talk to Queen (Free heal) Counter-clockwise to NE stair Pit E of first barrier tiles, can walk on right side after that Treasure room: S Chest = Speed Ring W Chest = 350 Gold Turbo-Equip Gabo to equip Speed Ring Upstairs Re-Order: Hero Maribel Gabo Walk around the raised section to get the Silver Shirt Hero trade MoonHerb for Maribel Silver Shirt Hero trade MoonHerb for Gabo StrSeed Use StrSeed on Hero Hero Equip Silver Shirt Under bridge, outside, around PIGMON SwordDanc Up, Up, Out SETO HP: 900 | MP: 8 | ATK: 80 | DEF: 59 | AGI: 40 | 2 Actions/round Tactics: Maribel Manual, Gabo Heal Hero: SwordDance Maribel: Blazemore (Scene) SAY YES Up on left side, remove dark ruby (River scene) Talk to Hadeed's corpse DUNE E storage room, LandShard and leather whip from chests DUNE CASTLE Talk to NERD DITCH THE NERD PRESENT Outside/Return to Engow Sail NE and around E continent, get off right after mountains/shoals SE to Dune Village NOT THE CASTLE Center door on E building, S pot has LifeAcorn Gabo Speed Ring -> Maribel LifeAcorn (E) Use Gabo LifeAcorn on Gabo Jump into the pot and grab a LandShard Return to Ancient Fane NE room, SW Pedestal: Krage PART 12: KRAGE LEVEL UPDATE: 14/14/11 W to Krage (big ol' tree) KRAGE N house, talk to mayor in bed Exit (Scene) N to World Tree Talk to Girl Back to Town (Scene) Back to Tree Talk to guy in red vest (Right) WEIRDGUY HP: 350 | MP: 0 | ATK: 95 | DEF: 60 | AGI: 80 Tactics: All Charge Hero: SwordDance Talk to Girl (scene) Girl SAY YES Talk to Girl again, get jar Collect dew from tree (Use Elven Jar) Use HolyDew on Girl Back to town Use HolyDew on Mayor Use HolyDew on Well (Blessed be DQ6 πŸ™) Back to tree Talk to Girl Enter Tree TREE S to first root room Far S ladder W, then N to ladder W and down ladder E and down ladder Follow path E, third fork S, E, S to SE ladder up N to ladder Heal up with Hero Jump down, SE ladder and up up up up up up, jump down EVILWELL HP: 580 | MP: 40 | ATK: 105 | DEF: 70 | AGI: 85 | 1-2 Actions/round Tactics: Gabo Heal Hero SwordDance Use HolyDew on Inner Well WOLF DEVIL HP: 600 | MP: 50 | ATK: 115 | DEF: 85 | AGI: 85 Can cast Twinhits, deals >70 damage afterward Tactics: Maribel Manual Hero SwordDance, Maribel Sap x2 -> Charge KRAGE Talk to Mayor SAY YES Talk to E farmer to get FireShard Tree, talk to Girl to get Bless Staff Back to the Present PRESENT Outside/Return to Mezar Go to Well EVILWELL (Easier/PZer) leave tactics (Maribel Charge), Hero SwordDance Get LandShard N to Main House, talk to Nicola SAY NO Go back through secret tunnel to Nicola's room (scene) Leave without talking to him Sail S to Krage Enter mansion from back, E stairs, get FireShard chest Go to tree and get FireShard (and Leaf if needed) Return to Ancient Fane NW Room, Center pedestal: Litorud PART 13: LITORUD Go to Armor Shop (Sell to 8090) - Sell Hero Pirate Shirt - Sell Maribel Leather Whip - Sell Maribel Evade Shirt - Sell Gabo Fur Coat - Sell Bag Blade Boomerang (HS sells Mari chain whip instead) - Buy Magic Robe for Maribel - Buy Magic Robe for Gabo - Optional: Use Lucky Panel manip gold to buy a Platinum Shield for Hero, skip Magic Shield in Mardra later Go to S "Doc" house (scene) Grab Turban out of dresser Go to inn, stay at inn Leave town, NW to bridge Talk to guard Back to town Stay at inn Back to bridge Talk to guard SAY YES E to Baloch's House Ketta runs from a Metal Slime Talk to Baloch to get clock Key SAY YES x3 Back to Litorud Top of Clock Tower, pull lever Basement of Doc house, jump into painting PAINTING Head West Break first pot to get Speed Ring SW at fork Fall off at chest to get AGLSeed (When to use this?) Portal E, E, W, SW, S, N Head N to XII, counterclockwise all the way around Open first chest to get magic potion Step on the XII MAKI MAKI, TIME SAGE, MAKI MAKI HP: 780 | MP: 120 | ATK: 135 | DEF: 85 | AGI: 90 HP: 230 | MP: 40 | ATK: 85 | DEF: 73 | AGI: 52 Hero: SwordDance, baby After Maki Maki both die, Maribel to Manual and Sap x2 Break hourglass, get time sand LITORUD Trade Gabo Wizard Ring for Maribel extra Speed Ring Equip Gabo Speed Ring Stay at inn Go to bridge Talk to left red vest guy, priest, step forward Left, talk to old man Eavesdrop on Baloch Talk to Baloch, then Creyney (Guy Baloch is talking to) HS goes across the bridge to Mentare here, Ketta doesn't. Optional? HS gets a StrSeed, AGLSeed and a Str Ring (+7 str) here. Also sells Speed Ring for two AGL Scarves (+30 Agi instead of +15; HS didn't pick up a second Speed Ring?) There's also a DEF Seed in here he picked up on accident On English without Turbo: Everything-but-str-ring is about a 2:30 investment Str Ring is an extra two minutes; I'd rather buy another AGL Scarf tbh PRESENT Return to Engow, sail W to Baloch's Tower Cross damage tiles on right to get Bow Tie Continue E through door, push statues onto blue lines, go upstairs W conveyor (mind the pit) N through columns COLUMN, COLUMN HP: 180 | MP: 20 | ATK: 102 | DEF: 67 | AGI: 46 Tactics: Gabo Manual Hero SwordDance, Gabo Knockdown And again... Outside, back in, fall down Button Go through E dragon fire Heal up Get SilkTux from chest OOB Clip: Shove rock while "half stepping" until you're in the wall, then walk OoB and to the W exit Head up to the top, pull lever, jump down E through damage tiles, hit button SW through tunnel, hit button NW behind slab, hit button Hit final button, open NW chest for LandShard NE chest for WindShard Outside, walk to Litorud LITORUD Walking toward "Doc House", pick up/throw one pot, lift second but don't throw cuz it costs time Doc House basement, chest has WindShard Step outside house, Return to Litorud Sail SW to dig site Go to bottom of dig site, get LandShard from chest Return to Ancient Fane NE room, center pedestal (Dune) DUNE CASTLE Go down hidden stairs under statue behind bedroom Open third chest (FireShard) TIDY ALL (!!!!!!) Open first chest (Golden Bracelet) Back to the present SE pedestal: Hamelia PART 14: HAMELIA AVON Go to far N house, talk to Chieftain (Old lady) (SAY YES) (sleep) Go downstairs, follow path, down outside-stairs HUZU Stay at the inn SE lil' hut by puddle, LifeAcorn in middle barrel Leave, NE to Hamelia Head to the weapon shop - Need 7700 - Sell Hero's Iron Axe (2000) - Sell Maribel Chain Whip (1250) - Sell Gabo Blade Boomerang (1150) - Sell Bag Bow Tie (1200) - Sell Bag Silk Tuxedo (1750) - Buy Fire Claw for Gabo (7700) (NO E) Walk to the middle of town (scene) Stay at the inn Go outside, enter portal Climb to the top of the tower - NW corner, SW corner, lever, kid, loop to center, up Talk to Jann Climb all the way back down to the raft Sail SW to portal UNDERSEA CITY Note: If someone dies in here, you get a story revive at the boss NE house (church), AGLSeed from SE pot Inventory~ - Use Hero AGLSeed on Gabo - Use Hero LifeAcorn on Gabo - Give Gabo WonderRock to Gabo (Fire Claw 1st position) - Trade World Leaf onto Hero if needed - Use Bag AGLSeed on Gabo - Give Bag Sands of Time to Gabo - Give Bag Wizard Ring to Gabo - Give Bag Turban for Hero Wooden Hat (E) - Give Bag MoonHerb to Maribel - Give Bag MoonHerb to Hero - Give Bag Antidote to Hero Leave church, interact with back of center statue -> downstairs Go N, upstairs NE and enter right door into building Follow follow until throne-room-lookin' place Bop NW button, lever, NE stairs Pot Button Room - Throw pot at N button - Proceed S/E, chuck pot at button - Cross, push button - Grab first pot from, throw it left to S-facing button - Grab from the north, hold left, rotate until camera barely off-screen, throw - Two-camera-frame setup: take a half-step first, rotate until 1/2-3/4 of button off-screen - If you miss twice, just hit it normally - Another pot, cross, chuck to next button - Cross, push button you just hit - Chuck pot to the left - Cross, upstairs, chest (Bounce Sword) - Turbo-Equip Hero to equip sword - Back down, cross, chuck pot left - Press button to cross N - Angle pot to throw it at the W-facing button from the bridge - Stand in far corner of bridge-metal, face S, rotate camera 1-2 frames - Pull lever to drain water - NE, push 1st button - Down ladder - To SW corner, climb ladder to stairs Pot Button Room II - NE corner, lever - Down NW corner up ladder - Up near ladder, E button, grab WorldLeaf from chest - Button to lower bridge again - Clockwise around bottom of room to NE button - NE lever again - SE stairs Talk to Gracos SEAGRUDGE, SEAGRUDGE, SEAGRUDGE HP: 150 | MP: 50 | ATK: 80 | DEF: 50 | AGI: 75 It's okay to lose this fight. Story-heal/revive after. To win - All manual, SwordDance, Boom, Bark To lose - Hero/Maribel use a useless item, Gabo Tackle (γΆγ€γ‹γ‚Œ) GRACOS HP: 1400 | MP: 90 | ATK: 165 | DEF: 85 | AGI: 65 | 1-2 Actions/round Gabo's a little faster, Maribel's a little slower, Bard fastest (and has AngelSong) Tactics: All Manual Hero: Upper Self x3 -> SwordDance x3 -> Upper -> SwordDance Maribel: Blazemore Gabo: Use Fire Claw (Scene) Talk to Jann Walk out to tower-portal (Scene) (Wizard Ring get) Go behind guard tower in NW, raft W into cellar WindShard left chest, Merm Moon right chest (HS gets str seed out of guardhouse, costs 18 seconds) Walk toward cave, enc. cancel in church Go to cave treasure room, right chest has Pirate Shirt Back to the present! SW room, NE pedestal - Probina! PART 15: PROBINA PROBINA (scene) - Say NO Armor Shop - Need 9500 gold - Sell Hero Golden Bracelet (1000) - Sell Hero Silver Shirt (3000) - Sell Maribel Speed Ring (1550) - Sell Maribel Pirate Shirt (2100) - Sell Gabo Speed Ring (1550) - Buy Heavy Armor for Hero (9500) (E) N and up the mountain Walk into the middle of the church (scene) Aaaand back down Grab the free Platinum Sword from the weapon shop here - Needed for Probina Skip; the boss you skip drops 1500 gold and the sword's worth 1500. In Probina, walk half a screen to the right and go up to exit south Go to bridge Probina Skip - Need to talk to Razuel without triggering the cutscene - Go straight left after entering the bridge - Stand between the two rocks in the dirt path directly behind the people at the bridge - Back touching 3rd rock, kinda in the middle of a triangle of three rocks. - Walk north until Hero's head overlaps the tree trunk (not precise, but don't hug the tree) - Full leniency: The second frame Maribel steps north works, the second frame Hero's head overlaps the tree's leaves works, and all in-between (six total positions) - Tap R for one frame to rotate the camera away from Razuel - This is the most precise part of this; reset with L2 if you're unsure whether you held too long. - Two frames of camera movement should work if you're on the first or second usable position from the previous step. - Walk back down to Razuel, to the same north/south coordinate you started on. - Tap R2 twice to spin the camera and hold turbo triangle to talk to Razuel. (Island is now marked as "cleared") - Step forward to trigger the cutscene and continue the chapter until you get the Priest Key. - ALTERNATE: You can also press triangle or X on the frame you step into the cutscene trigger. It's precise, but marginally faster if you get it. Just spend the 3-5 seconds doing the setup above and don't risk it. Go back into town and walk up the mountain Talk to the priest Step out of church (scene) Go behind church, into cellar Chest behind nearest pot for LifeAcorn Talk to basement dude Scene... Heal in the goddess pool thing (unless you didn't do the skip) Down the mountain, walk through town (SCENES) Open the baby chest to get GoddessPic and Priest Key Probina Skip - Exit out E side of town, leave the chapter Failed Probina Skip, or Glitchless (5-6 minutes) - If you fail the skip, you have to do more stuff here. - Go to bridge, pick up pieces of statue - Unequip Hero, Maribel if alive - Deathwarp - Hero use LifeAcorn on Gabo then use useless items - Gabo Tackle - Turbo-equip Hero, Maribel as needed (Do NOT equip Maribel Bless staff) - Shrine behind church, fix statue - DRAGONMAN HP: 9999 | MP: 65535 | ATK: 190 | DEF: 150 | AGI: 60 | 1 Action/round Flee until you die - DRAGONMAN II HP: 1200 | MP: 0 | ATK: 98 | DEF: 52 | AGI: 43 | 1 Action/round Tactics: Maribel Charge Hero: Sword Dance Maribel: Charge Gabo: Fire Claw - Walk out of the chapter PART 16: MELVIN PRESENT Outside/Return to Mezar General Store (Immediate left upon entry) - Sell Hero Platinum Sword (1500) - Sell Maribel Silver Tray (500) - Buy White Shield for Maribel (2000) (E) (Fire Damage -10) NW house talk to maid Show her the Maribel MermMoon SAY NO Search lil' rock behind church Open chest, get carpet (scene) Walk out of town Swap carpet to top of Hero's inventory Use carpet, go E to shrine Get Wind Shard from chest Talk to ghost Get LifeAcorn from pot on right Leave, Return to Estard Go to inn, talk to Hondara Return to Krage Enter mansion from back Talk to guy in library (R room) Walk out front door Return to Orph Carpet N to mansion Downstairs in kitchen, Right chest (LandShard), left chest (Shell Armor) Upstairs, S room, Magic Key from bottom chest Talk to Bruego (HS gets a Bow Tie in here, 1200 gold) Leave mansion (Scene) (SAY YES) Return to Fishbel Sail E a little past the SE corner of continent, NE to Undersea City SE building, FireShard from chest Cast Outside Sail E, carpet E to Hamelia Talk to Azmov twice (NERD talking to fisherman N of entrance) SAY YES SE house, talk to Azmov again Leave Carpet NW, land, walk W, carpet to tower WORLD'S TALLEST TOWER N to stairs E of center Open chest for Agi Scarf, cast Outside Back in, immediate E for N stairs W to stairs W to wall, clip inside, walk N to stairs - Unsure how to do this? Just spend five seconds walking around I guess. Up the BIG STAIRS Go clockwise to about 5:00, enter maze to SW stairs Up the BIG STAIRS In this maze, S, then go to NE corner, then S on second-to-last column Ladder #2 Kind of a clockwise pattern around the maze to the W stairs (Move inside a bit when forced) Top floor, scene, SAY YES Gabo equip Agi Scarf Gabo use HotStone on pedestal Talk to Melvin SAY YES x3 Get Fireshard (Just hold turbo while talking to Melvin from the center of the pedestal) Downstairs, jump off tower Re-Order: Melvin Hero Gabo Maribel Return to Hamelia NE to Tower MOUNTAIN TOWER Head downstairs, fight Kingslime KINGSLIME HP: 670 | MP: 70 | ATK: 150 | DEF: 90 | AGI: 60 | 2 Actions/round Hits for about 50-60 damage Hero SwordDance Gabo Fire Claw Maribel Bless Staff, Blazemore Up to THE TOP balcony, hit the top shortcut lever along the way GIGAMUTE HP: 1050 | MP: 0 | ATK: 160 | DEF: 82 | AGI: 62 | 1-2 Actions/round Attack -> Strong Ice Breath (50) -> Attack -> Weak Ice Breath (15) -> Attack -> Weak Ice Breath (15) Hero SwordDance Gabo Fire Claw Maribel Double Sap/Blazemore/Bless Staff Stay over 80 HP? He bops for 60. Return to Hamelia Talk to NERD in SE house Back to NE tower (scene) Go out on the E side around to N, get FireShard from chest Leave tower/re-enter Go up and talk to Azmov Cast Outside, walk back to Hamelia Raft to hidden chest room Left chest LifeAcorn, right chest LandShard Back to raft, Return to Orph Carpet SW to Probina S house (under bonfire), LifeAcorn in pot Make the climb... LandShard in chest on the way up (3rd floor NW corner) WindShard in chest in the church understairs rooms (This is why you need the Priest Key btw) Full heal off the shrinewater Return to the Ancient Fane NW room, NE pedestal: Loomin (HS does NW room, SW pedestal, Raguraz) By starting Loomin first, we get the Tempt Sword on Hero, which is +10 ATK and I think ConfuseHit on SwordDance? HS has Platinum Sword on Hero which Ketta doesn't pick up; Tempt Sword is still +5 ATK over that. My route sells Platinum Sword so it's still +10 ATK. PART 17: LOOMIN I Enc Cancel on the hill, go to town BABYGOYLE, BABYGOYLE HP: 250 | MP: 32 | ATK: 105 | DEF: 65 | AGI: 212 lol Party chat bug - Make Melvin use Guardian and BoxerDance at the same time Tactics: All Manual Melvin turbo skill menu 3 Hero Luredance Gabo KnockDown Back all the way out (Press Square) Change Melvin's tactic to Heal Spam Party Chat until combat starts Next turn, Gabo KnockDown and everyone else just parry Alternate: HS just does Guardian/KnockDown. His notes say to cast Sleep. Go NW into the well and talk to the nun Top floor of mansion, ambush Borunga in the tub BORUNGA HP: 1000 | MP: 0 | ATK: 180 | DEF: 100 | AGI: 60 | 1 Action/round Hits HARD after building up power -- parry Gabo/Maribel Hero SwordDance, Gabo Fire Claw/Healmore, Maribel Blazemore HS has Melvin spam Guardian, but it seems unnecessary? Sap does work on this guy Get Tower Key from NW dresser Go downstairs (scene) SAY YES Exit town, walk W to tower PINKORC HP: 300 | MP: 35 | ATK: 155 | DEF: 78 | AGI: 145 KnockDown, Bless Staff. Melvin should BoxerDance. Upstairs Outside, E stairs Button, upstairs E stairs NE stairs Loop under the bridge downstairs Tempt Sword chest Inventory - Use Melvin Life Nut x2 on Gabo - Use Hero Life Nut on Gabo - Use Maribel Life Nut on Gabo (Where did Ketta use these last two?) - Trade Gabo Agi Scarf for Melvin Temp Sword (NO E) - Trade Gabo Tempt Sword for Hero Bounce Sword (E) - Gabo Equip Fire Claw Back upstairs, continue upward again Walk through the damage tiles to the NE stairs Backup potion in this room, NW corner Starting at NE stairs... - E button - Enc Cancel NE stairs - NW button - E button - Enc Cancel SE stairs - Center button - Enc Cancel NE stairs - Mantan - Up S stairs BABYGOYLE, BABYGOYLE (Again!) - Exactly the same strat as before DARKDRACO HP: 1350 | MP: 0 | ATK: 195 | DEF: 80 | AGI: 105 I guess the idea with moving the scarf is that he'll always go first. Has a breath attack or two, but not too worrying Tactics: Gabo Heal (Melvin should be on Heal already, Maribel should be on Manual) Hero: Sword Dance Maribel: Sap x2, Blazemore or Bless Staff Get outta here (Enc. cancel on town/hill) PRESENT Outside/Return to Engow Sail NE to Loomin Enter Loomin, hold up/turbo to talk to Melvin as he walks Go to DarkDraco's tower After button on first floor, go out the back to get Lipsy Heart - There's actually another one in present-Probina but this one's a few seconds faster to get. Now go to the top, and get the ? shard Return to Ancient Fane NW Room SW Pedestal: Raguraz PART 18: MARDRA Go to southern of the two castles (Mardra) MARDRA Walk through town to actual castle HS gets a bow tie and a MysticNut in the town Talk to Left Guard SAY YES Left room, back-row chest has Str Seed Upstairs and N to weapon shop tower Upstairs, talk to queen at mirror SAY YES x2 Walk on out, get thrown out SAY YES Walk to town screen Walk W to exit town quickly Walk S to checkpoint Talk to E guard SAY YES Walk S to Great Fane GREAT FANE Enter main building from E side Go upstairs Talk to Big Ol' Pot Dude SAY YES x2 Get outta here W to Basin Cave BASIN CAVE NW and around to exit NE to N exit E stairs S, W, N to stairs N to waterfall Backtrack to house Talk to gnome across table, then lady SAY YES Pass waterfall into cave up up up up up up up Grab sparkly StarShard Backtrack to cave Cast Outside Walk to Fane GREAT FANE Talk to Big Ol' Pot Dude SAY YES Leave and head back to checkpoint E Guard again MARDRA Talk to swordsman in front of building on left Enter building, all the way N, upstairs All the way S, talk to baldy outside Leave building Left barrel in front of N building is magic water Head to castle Watch idiot girl set the town on fire Talk to left guard SAY YES x2 Head N to king room (scenes) SAY YES This whole chapter is scenes deal with it Leave after robe dude leaves Talk to priest who got Blazemost'd (2:15ish scene) Safety: HS grabs a Magic Shield from the weapon shop here (2500 gold) - Give it to Hero. This ensures you have enough gold to give him an Ice Shield later, too. Back through checkpoint GREAT FANE Talk to Big Ol' Pot Dude Inventory: - Use Melvin Str Seed on Hero - Trade Hero Heavy Armor for Melvin Chain Mail (E) - Equip Hero Chain Mail - Give Hero Wizard Ring to Melvin (E) - Trade Maribel White Shield for Melvin Agi Scarf (E) - Give Maribel Agi Scarf to Gabo (E) Back to Mardra MARDRA ZOEMAGE HP: 1390 | MP: ∞ | ATK: 101 | DEF: 81 | AGI: 113 | 1-2 Actions/round Tactics: All Manual Melvin: Guardian Hero: SwordDance Gabo: Bounce Sword, Rip (Howl?) Maribel: Parry Enter school on left, head N (scene) Head downstairs (scene) Leave school, N to castle ZEPPEL Flee, die Enter castle E tower, Evade Armor from E chest Upstairs, W balcony, talk to Big Ol' Pot Dude Go outside and fight Zeppel for real ZEPPEL HP: 2200 | MP: ∞ | ATK: 165 | DEF: 90 | AGI: 82 | 1-2 Actions/round Blazemost, Firevolt, strong ice breath Melvin: Guardian Hero: SwordDance Gabo: Bounce Sword, Howl, WonderRock if Melvin is <150, Time Sand if it gets really bad Maribel: Bless Staff Melvin Refresh Bounce Sword after a couple of turns; it usually wears off 1-2 turns before Zeppel dies. (Scene) MysticNut from chest Back to the present NE Pedestal - back to Loomin PART 19: LOOMIN II: LOOM HARDER Back to town, fight VineRoot blocking side entrance to main house VINEROOT Tactics: Melvin Heal Hero: Sword Dance Gabo: Fire Claw Maribel: Parry Go down the well Into the cave Chase the VineRoot into furthest exit Fight VineRoot again, same deal as before Keep on chasin' it Head down, chase it more. NW corner chest - Devil Armor Kill one more vine. Onward to the boss Menuing First: - Trade Melvin Blueprint for Hero Evade Shirt - Tactics: All Manual - Re-Order: (Turbo Hero) Hero -> Gabo -> Maribel -> Melvin VINEROOT, HELLVINE, VINEROOT HP: 1300 | MP: ∞ | ATK: 180 | DEF: 80 | AGI: 100 | 1-2 Actions/round Hero: Upper Melvin x2, SwordDance Gabo: HealAll Melvin, Fire Claw when Maribel runs out of MP Maribel: Boom, Sap after VineRoots are dead, Bless Staff when out of MP Melvin: Guardian, equip Evade Shirt after Uppers Cast Outside, back to present PRESENT Outside/Return to Loomin Wow it's still owned (talk to Melvin again) Carpet S to Sphinx Up big ol' ladder, around to... museum exhibit? Pick up priceless AquaShard laying on the ground Outdoors, Return to Ancient Fane NW room, NE pedestal AGAIN LOOMIN Enter main house Rotate camera as much as you can Talk to Sieble (scene) Go outside and talk to Bottom Guy - I think No is actually both faster and morally correct, so say Yes and kill Chibi. HEART Talk to Sieble Go to hill Get LandShard Talk to Sieble Walk toward hill exit (Cry) Leave hill HEARTLESS CHIBI HP: 1260 | MP: 0 | ATK: 185 | DEF: 160 | AGI: 132 | 1-2 Actions/round You can kill him, and continue on the HEARTLESS route, or die to him and you'll go to the start of HEART route. Leave the house (scene) HELLWORM HP: 500 | MP: 0 | ATK: 140 | DEF: 113 | AGI: 112 | 1-2 Actions/round Tactics: All Manual Hero: SwordDance (SquallHit and hold turbo if you know it's the last turn, kinda applies to any fight though) Gabo: Fire Claw Maribel: Sap Melvin: Guardian, Attack if Hero sleeps it Pop into/out of first NW house Enter weapon shop (W) and grab far chest, then other chest (Iron Axe, Iron Mask) Pop into/out of SW house, SE house, NE church Enter main house HELLWORM Exactly the same fight Talk to Siebel (Scene) Leave House (Scene) HEART (Scene) (More crying) (More scene) HEARTLESS After saving Sieble, he drags you into the well. Talk to him, say yes. Inventory: (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) - Trade Melvin Heavy Armor for Hero Chain Mail (E) - Trade Melvin Chain Mail for Maribel Magic Robe - Melvin Equip Magic Robe - Maribel should only have a Bunny Hood equipped now Back to the present... PART 20: AIRA & CLASS GRIND PART 2 PRESENT Naked Maribel and her Bunny Hood leave the party. Finally. Return to Litorud Carpet NW across the sea to Mardra Leave and go to Great Fane In courtyard, exit/enter W, exit E, enter N, exit S. Go downstairs. Get WindShard from nearest chest. Leave, Return to Dharma Gabo -> Healer Melvin -> Lipsy Return to Litorud Carpet SSW/Walk S to Deja Camp Talk to first guy If you enter from N, W direction first pot has a LifeAcorn (You're talking to everyone; don't need NE tent or SW tent) Keep going that way, enter tent, talk to guy Talk to old lady, child near fire Enter S big tent and talk to guy Talk to both people on carpet N, talk to people in tent Talk to three people on other side of fire Talk to guy in front of main tent, Aira pops out Exit SSW Walk W to hill (Scene) SAY YES Leave Back to Deja Camp Main Tent (Scene) SAY YES LifeAcorn in 2nd chest Talk to Chief Talk to Aira (2 min cutscene) Return to Ancient Fane Inventory: - Trade Gabo Agi Scarf for Hero Tempt Sword (E) - Trade Gabo Tempt Sword for Melvin LifeAcorn (E) - Use Gabo LifeAcorn on Gabo - Trade Gabo Bounce Sword for Aira Deja Sword (E) - Trade Gabo Deja Sword to Hero (E) SE Room SW Pedestal (Dharma) GRINDING Tactic: All "No Magic", Gabo "No Fight"; Hero SwordDance Grind 35 battles until Aira matures - Melvin becomes Pouty right before this? Present Dharma: Aira -> Dancer Grind 33+ battles until Aira learns SwordDance, Gabo HealUs, Hero EvilSlash Aira needs 30 fights to get SwordDance for some reason? Gabo needs 33 battles from HealAll to HealUs. Hero needs 6 fights + these 68 to learn EvilSlash. (130 - 56 - 68) HS needed one more battle for EvilSlash than HealUs. My save states are the same. How many required fights are there between Dharma and here? 30 per my notes? Do bosses not count? Present Dharma: Everyone -> Mariner Return to Ancient Fane SW Room, SE pedestal: Gorges PART 21: GORGES NW to the gorge Cross bridge to children (scene) Inside, upstairs Armor Shop: Buy Magic Skirt (8700) for Aira (E) Up the Big Stairs, E up up Re-Order: Turbo on Melvin (Melvin > Aira > Gabo > Hero) N to Cave, enc. cancel on town DARK CLOUD MAZE W, E, door W, N, fall down Open Chest (World Leaf) Menuing: Equip, remove Gabo Fire Claw TIDY ALL (!!!!!!) Give Hero Agi Scarf to Gabo (E) Give Bag Sands of Time back to Gabo Use Bag LifeAcorn on Gabo Trade Bag Bless Staff for Gabo WonderRock Trade Bag Iron Mask for Aira Silver Tiara (E) Give Bag Wizard Rings x2 to Gabo (NO E) Give Bag MoonHerb to Gabo Trade Bag MoonHerb for Hero Deja Sword Trade Bag MoonHerb for Aira Bounce Sword Trade Bag MoonHerb for Melvin Tempt Sword Give Bag Bounce Sword to Gabo Give Bag Deja Sword to Aira (E) Give Bag Tempt Sword to Hero (E) Stairs Interact with each statue, walk away from them Talk to Hell Genie HELLGENIE HP: 2500 | MP: 100 | ATK: 171 | DEF: 94 | AGI: 86 | 1-2 Actions/round Hits for 70+, AoE for 30, sometimes Infermost for 50 on Hero TACTICS: All Manual, Melvin No Fight Aira: SwordDance Gabo: Fire Claw, Bless Staff anyone under 100 HP Hero: SwordDance N to Wind Fane WIND FANE NE stairs Take stairs a little NW from entrance Step on switch to rotate walls, take first stairs Follow path to BlissRock Cast Outside, enter cave, cast Outside, back to Gorges (enc cancel on village) GORGES Fall down ledge, cross bridge to Pendragon's house (above inn) Kitchen scene Talk to old lady (scene) SAY YES After sleep, return to house (scene) Talk to guy (+AgiScarf) Give Melvin World Leave to Aira Cross bridge, climb up to the top Jump down after Firia Talk to Firia Back to Pendragon's house (1 min scene) Talk to old lady SAY YES Back to Wind Fane WIND FANE Go back to the BlissRock room Put rock on altar Examine door, downstairs Take 2nd stairs up Start in NE corner and go clockwise... Hit 1st N button once Next W button Next W button twice Next S button Next S button twice Next E button twice (scene) Step on same button again HELLCLOUD HP: 3080 | MP: ∞ | ATK: 185 | DEF: 91 | AGI: 96 | 1-2 Actions/round Attacks for 60ish, Vacuum for 60ish (90 Hero), calls for babies Tactics: Melvin Heal (Others stay Manual) Aira: SwordDance Gabo: Fire Claw (Target babies before boss) Hero: SwordDance Melvin may Infermore the babies if he doesn't need to heal Inspect statue for Wizard Ring Cast Outside Walk back to Gorges Remove all armor (Ketta does this on the world map, probably to pick up extra damage) Walk back to Pendragon's house (1.5 min scene) Back to the Present PRESENT Outside/Return to Probina Carpet to follow left mountains, get off when they stop Walk E to Wind Fane Enter N room, NE subroom with chests Middle chest is LifeAcorn, left is AquaShard Head upstairs, after first switch go S for WorldDew chest Go to BlissRock altar, get LandShard Walk outside, return to Ancient Fane NE room, NE pedestal: Labres PART 22: LABRES S to hill (scene) Fight TreeGuards TREEGUARD, TREEGUARD Just die Tactics: All Manual Melvin use LifeAcorn on Gabo Aira use a useless item Gabo Tackle Hero use a useless item LABRES Re-equip armor, equip Melvin Agi Scarf (not Wizard Ring) Go downstairs (scene) Talk to Prefect (baldy) SAY YES Talk to red vest across table Upstairs and talk to SE nun Go out, Talk to old man W of slope staring at lake NW to church graveyard Backtrack a bit to shack (scene) Exit and re-enter shack (avoids a text box) Talk to shack boy Back to Prefect's house Talk to Prefect Talk to child Follow child, talk to him again Talk to Prefect twice SAY YES x3 Talk to Prefect at the door Back to graveyard, talk to Prefect again Talk to priest twice (scene) Talk to Lukas on the right Walk back to the left (scene) Talk to Prefect Walk into the door N to cave MOUNT TOR N and around to E exit Climb ladders, pass first cave on W side, go W at ladder-fork to enter cave NW and S to cave exit Down, enter next cave Go to the far E bridge, wrap around outside to W exit Enter next cave E to stairs Up up up up Talk to fake priest BOTOK HP: 2500 | MP: ∞ | ATK: 155 | DEF: 93 | AGI: 83 | 2 Actions/round Single-target poison, attack for ~20 damage, Stopspell. Attacks on a rotation. Tactics: Melvin->No Magic (He'll spam SickLick) Aira: SwordDance Gabo: Bounce Sword, Heal or Howl (Bounce Sword protects him from Stopspell) Hero: SwordDance (scene) Back to Labres - Note you get faster overworld speed due to Shack Boy talking to you LABRES (scene) Talk to Lukas twice SE pot has MysticNut Go to Prefect house (Scene) Talk to Prefect Back to priest's house Leave town with priest (scene) SAY YES x3 Back to the present! PRESENT Outside/Return to Loomin Sail E to Labres W tent, chest has AquaShard Return to Ancient Fane for ONE LAST ISLAND SE room, SE pedestal: Coastal PART 23: COASTAL COASTAL Go to inn (N door) Downstairs, talk to Horned Hat Guy Back to entrance, upstairs to church Talk to less-old lady (Apron) in church N to castle Talk to minister in front of king Go to inn, talk to innkeeper Head upstairs, use bed Pirate Shirt in S dresser Back to King Room Upstairs Go outside, talk to Bard (S C E N E, 3.5 minutes) Go back to inn (scene) Go to building behind inn break both pots, move bookcase Get ? Shard from chest Talk to King SAY NO Leave town Go NE and around to Halfling Cave HALFLING CAVE Right, to ladder Straight S through wall, to ladder Clockwise to SW corner Down steps, first cave Talk to halfling Talk to Grand Halfling Head to NE exit, talk to halfling, take ladder SW to ladder down SW to moss (scene) SEAHORSER, GAMADIUS, SEADRAGON HP: 248 | MP: 62 | ATK: 110 | DEF: 90 | AGI: 135 HP: 1300 | MP: ∞ | ATK: 170 | DEF: 100 | AGI: 95 HP: 314 | MP: 82 | ATK: 90 | DEF: 140 | AGI: 85 Tactics: Melvin Manual Melvin: SickLick Gamadius, Seadragon, Gamadius to stun Aira: SwordDance Gabo: KnockDown Seahorser, heal, Fire Claw Gamadius Hero: SwordDance Get moss Cast Outside TIDY Melvin (!!!!!!) Sort Bag (Type) Back to Coastal (enc cancel on tower) COASTAL Approach monster Inventory - Use Bag MysticNuts (x2) on Gabo - Use Aira Glim Moss (scene) Leave town, N to lighthouse GREAT LIGHTHOUSE Go where the footprints go, take shortcuts where you can In first lift room, you can hold toward the stairs to skip third platform In second lift room, W chest has LifeAcorn At the top, use the RainbowDew on the chalice N to boss BELIMAWR HP: 1580 | MP: 85 | ATK: 190 | DEF: 105 | AGI: 90 Can crit for up to 190, but don't worry about it. Attacks on a rotation. Melvin: SickLick Aira: SwordDance Gabo: Fire Claw/Heal Hero: SwordDance Backtrack to Lighthouse, cast Outside Walk to Coastal COASTAL Talk to King Get outta here PRESENT Return to Engow Talk to Engow's mayor Talk to merchant at entrance of house to get PilotFire Back to Ancient Fane SE room, SE pedestal (Coastal) Walk to lighthouse GREAT LIGHTHOUSE Back up to the top. Again! Inventory - Give Melvin World Dew to Aira - Use Melvin LifeAcorn on Gabo - Give Melvin AgiScarf to Aira (E) - Use Melvin PilotFire (1 min Scene) - Walk up through a door (2.5 min scene) - Scene re-orders party for some reason, puts Hero in front Remove armor from Hero, Melvin, Aira Armor Shop - Sell to 28,200 - Sell Hero Tempt Sword (3650) - Sell Melvin Magic Robe (2000) - Sell Hero Shield (Magic or Platinum, 2625 or 3750 gold) - Sell Gabo Fire Claw (3850) - Sell Bag Steel Sword (1400) - Sell Bag Iron Axe (2000) - Sell Bag Shell Armor (1900) - Sell Bag Evade Shirt (1500) - Sell Bag Pirate Shirt (2100) - Sell Bag Devil Armor (3500) - Buy Water Flying Clothes (16800) for Melvin (NO E) - Buy Ice Shield (3800) for Aira (NO E) - Buy Ice Shield (3800) for Gabo (E) - Buy Ice Shield (3800) for Hero (NO E) Walk to Halfling Cave HALFLING CAVE Down first ladder S through tunnel, second ladder Down NE stairs SE chest has Viking Helmet NE pot has World Dew Come on down to Halfling Town Talk to Grand Halfling NE chest has ? Shard NW chest has Sea Roar staff Up out of town, cast Outside Get outta here PART 25: SKYSTONE PRESENT Return to Mezar Carpet N through trees to Coral Lake shrine Upstairs, talk to guard SAY YES Down, through door to flower NE to NW stairs Follow overworld path to next lake Go straight through fork to stairs down (2nd from left) Chest in bottom of lake has ? shard Backtrack to fork, W stairs up up up Stand on emblem Inventory - Trade Gabo Kitten Shield for Hero Viking Helmet - Gabo Equip Viking Helmet - Trade Gabo Seashell Hat for Hero Sea Roar Staff (NO E) - Give Gabo Sea Roar Staff to Melvin (NO E) - Give Gabo Bounce Sword to Melvin - Use Bag BlissRock Walk to platform Hold UP to fly NW Step on emblem Use pedestal PAST CORAL LAKE Walk E to Coral Lake Shrine Walk behind shrine to flower NE, NW to stairs Follow path to second lake... Re-Equip Hero, Melvin, Aira (press Down for Ice Shields) Use BlissRock on altar at the end Walk all the way back? Was Ketta expecting to take more damage and deathwarp? HS deathwarps. Back to the present PRESENT Step outside, Cast Return to Sky Can heal inside building if needed Get on platform, head S Go inside (N facing door), upstairs Talk to priestess (scene) Go outside, get on Sky Stone Land/re-board Sky Stone for speed buff Head N to desert shrine and talk to cultist for ? Shard Return to Litorud Fly S to dig site Re-order, turbo Melvin (Melvin -> Aira -> Gabo -> Hero) Downstairs twice, fall into Big Hole Down a rope Left at fork Down a wall Down some stairs Altar (1.5 min scene) PART 26: DEMON LORD'S LAIR 1st room, E then enc cancel on first stairs and follow invisible path to second stairs N to center stairs S to upstairs W->N to more stairs S to enc cancel on chest stairs, then S to real stairs W to downstairs N and up until you get to him Make sure you heal up and have at least one Full Moon Herb on everyone, Gabo 1-2 Wizard Rings ORGODEMIR 1-1 HP: 3000 | MP: ∞ | ATK: 182 | DEF: 127 | AGI: 107 | 1-2 Actions/round A and B both act 1-2 times, transition can cause a third attack to happen A Pattern: Blazemost β†’ Attack β†’ Magma β†’ Freezing Waves β†’ WindBeast β†’ Switch to B B Pattern: Attack, Energy Balls, Lightning, Explodet, Lullab-eye, Switch to A Tactics: Melvin Heal Aira: Sword Dance Gabo: Howl or heal Hero: Sword Dance AFTER MAGMA: Melvin Manual, Bounce Sword -> Guardian Gabo HealUs Melvin continue to Guardian until you see Blazemost, and then wait for Magma, Bounce Staff/Guardian again Use Full Moon Herbs to wake people up ORGODEMIR 1-2 HP: 4200 | MP: 0 | ATK: 230 | DEF: 90 | AGI: 82 | 1-2 Actions/round Attack, Scorching (Fire Breath), Ice Breath, Shoulder Tackle (160+), Vacuum, Freezing Rays Tactics: Melvin Heal Kinda just the usual strat. Keep HP high (160+). Use Wizard Rings when Gabo drops under 20 MP. Walk out of the room Disc swap! PART 27: NOT QUITE DONE YET Go downstairs and into the portal PRESENT Return to Estard Talk to maid at dining room SAY YES Talk to king Sit in chair (scene) SAY YES Talk to maid to leave Return to Mardra Head to castle (HS goes into secret basement to get Party Dress, takes 25 seconds for 5900 gold) Talk to queen SAY YES Return to Madra Walk to Great Fane Talk to queen on pedestal (4.5 min scene!!!) Return to Litorud Fly thine rock WSW to Deja Camp (Lake, not the original camp) (scene) Enter N tent and talk to younger lady for sleeps Same path as before, interact with alter at the end to place TerraCharm Also same as before, walk out to the shrine Talk to the people who are in your way Talk to the elder in front of the shrine MALNOURISHED GOD SCENE (3 minutes) Leave Ancient Fane out NW side FISHBEL Enter ship Talk to chef on bottom floor SAY YES Talk to old man at entrance of town Head to Estard Talk to the king SAY YES (2 minute cutscene) Back to Fishbel ship Talk to cook again Talk to baldy in front of church Back to Estard Talk to baldy in throne room SAY YES Talk to left guard in front of dining room Sit at table next to king SAY YES x4 (2:20 cutscene) CRYSTAL PALACE Go all the way downstairs Take E door down to the basement Get Final Key In cell opposite key, get LifeAcorn from pot HS also gets MysticNut in here Upstairs once, take other door Enter tower Silk Bodice from bottom dresser Use bed Back outside, keep going right Back inside tower LifeAcorn from right pot Back outside, keep going right Downstairs, back into the main room Up to God Room where you left the king Talk to right guard, upstairs Talk to right guard again, upstairs Talk to sword guy on right side, left side, bottom Try to leave (45 sec scene) Walk out of the tower SAY NO (2 min scene) ESTARD Head all the way to the castle basement SW chest is Kings Sword, SE is Platinum Shield, NE is Str Seed Leave the castle Walk to Fishbel Go to Maribel's house and talk to her Walk to the Ancient Fane Inspect SW statue Enter plate, hop into portal Jump into opposite room's portal (Scene) SAY YES x2 PART 28: FIRE SPIRIT Walk outside, N to lighthouse Talk to guard Leave SE to Halfing Cave Head on down to Halfling Town Go into E room Trendy Suit from left dresser Talk to King twice, SAY NO Downstairs, cast Outside Walk to Lighthouse GREAT LIGHTHOUSE Head on up In 1st platform room, WorldDew in NW chest Twelve second wait for the platform to come back :) Keep going up Second platform room, MysticNut in W chest Unequip Melvin (except Iron Mask) Poke the beacon MT FLAME Leave room, re-enter, take portal Menuing - Re-order: Aira -> Gabo -> Hero -> Maribel - Give Aira Agi Scarf to Maribel (E) - Use Aira LifeAcorns (x2) on Aira - Use Aira Str Seed on Aira - Trade Aira Platinum Shield for Hero Final Key (E) [Unless he has an Ice Shield] - Aira Equip Sword of Kings - Use Bag MysticNut on Gabo (E) - Give Bag Water Flying Clothes to Maribel (E) - Give Bag White Shield to Maribel (E) - Give Bag Bless Staff to Gabo - Give Bag Sands of Time to Gabo - Give Bag Wizard Ring x2 to Gabo (NO E) - Give Gabo Magic Shirt to Bag Step into the cave Cast Outside Walk to Engow ENGOW Talk to guy by NW torch Talk to old guy in mayor's house Go upstairs (scene) SAY YES Talk to Pamela SAY YES Go to Pamela's shop, talk to maid Head back to Mt Flame MT FLAME Talk to merchant - Sell Aira Silk Bustier (3900) - Sell Bag Trendy Suit (6600) - Sell Bag Sea Roar Staff (7000) - Buy Water Flying Clothes for Gabo (E) At the top of the mountain, talk to S guard twice, dumbass in the vest falls into the god damn volcano Jump down hole 5x to where the big ol' head was Exit N, skip tiny hole Down... Down... SE stairs Lava Staff chest in pyrotechnics room More SE stairs S, down... W to SE chest (WorldDew) N to NW exit (past lavafalls) At door, SAY NO Through door SAY YES Waddle up to lava bowl (scene) Use FlameAqua FLAME SPIRIT HP: 5000 | MP: ∞ | ATK: 220 | DEF: 120 | AGI: 100 | 1 Action/round Can single-target for 160 with some fire attack but can't 100-0 someone. Aira: SwordDance Gabo: Howl or Heal Hero: SwordDance Maribel: Sap x2, Heal/Parry Cast Outside Walk to Engow, ditch Pamela SAY YES Walk back to Mt Flame, use portal cast Outside, back to Fishbel PART 29: EARTH SPIRIT FISHBEL Talk to lady at exit to get past Go to dock, talk to Mom SAY YES Talk to Amitt on ship Below deck, talk to Amitt again (5.5 min cutscene!!!) SHARKEYE'S SHIP Go toward front of ship Get Pirate Shirt from furthest drawer [May not need this?] - First drawer you pass has a captain hat you can skip (1400) [Faster than the Pirate Shirt?] - There's another pirate shirt in the SW corner of the ship (2100) Upstairs Talk to guy on far right to get off ship Get back on ship Go N to wheel, automatically sail north Downstairs, inside to Armor Shop (further merchant): - Sell Maribel Pirate Shirt (2100) - Sell Aira Lava Staff (4750) - Sell Aira King Sword (22500) - Sell Aira Magical Skirt (4350) - Buy Gigant Armor for Aira (35000) (NO E) - Extra money: Buy Mithril Helm for Bag (10000) (Melvin later) Re-Order: Aira -> Hero -> Gabo -> Maribel Turbo-equip Aira (Deja Sword, Gigant Armor, Flame Charm) Talk to SE sailor to leave ship Walk back to Ancient Fane Take Yellow portal (NE) Walk to Dune Castle DUNE CASTLE (Scene) E door, downstairs toward queen Talk to either queen attendant Talk to queen SE to Dune DUNE Go to Chief's house (scene) N pot has MagicNut Talk to Chief across table Go to mud-igloo behind Chief's House Talk to the dude, he'll join you when he's done with his cats Jump in Big Ol' Pot Talk to wise old man fishing in the sand SAY YES Talk to him outside of the pot Leave the city and talk to him on the overworld Talk to him in the hill zone (40s scene) Back to the castle DUNE CASTLE Talk to the queen Go downstairs and talk to these three tools CLAWBEAST HP: 1800 | MP: 0 | ATK: 202 | DEF: 90 | AGI: 90 | 1 Action/round SwordDance, SwordDance, Bark, Double Sap -> Parry STARFISH HP: 1300 | MP: 80 | ATK: 160 | DEF: 140 | AGI: 100 | 1 Action/round SwordDance, SwordDance, Bark, Double Sap -> Parry He can cast Bounce, but shouldn't get a chance to. Use TimeSand if he does lol. BONEFISH HP: 1500 | MP: ∞ | ATK: 180 | DEF: 100 | AGI: 94 | 1 Action/round SwordDance, SwordDance, Bark, Double Sap -> Parry were you expecting something else Leeeeeeeeave Back to Dune DUNE Big ol' Pot Portal SPHINX Talk to girl N of stairs Follow path until you enter the Millenium Puzzle Close west coffins, then center right, top right, bottom right, grab Seer's Gem Keep truckin' Welcome to DOOR ROOM Just go south then northwest and then south I dunno Stare at the face on the wall until it gets hungry, get Rogue Gem Down more stairs until a fork E, Down more stairs Search water platform to get nose gem Back upstairs Backtrack to last stairs, then go south instead of east Get heart gem Cast Outside Trade Hero first item (Iron Shield) for Gabo Heart Gem Use Hero Heart Gem Portal Back to hill Talk to old man (1.5 min scene) Back to Ancient Fane Opposite portal (Green, if you can see green) PART 30: WIND SPIRIT WIND FANE In switch room, hit first button, then hit opposite-corner button once to exit on the side Get outta here, go down every stair Go to Gorges GORGES Head to Pendragon's house (scene) Talk to guy blocking tunnel E of church-tunnel SAY NO, SAY YES Enter Pendragon house, talk to Sefana (Wing Lady) SAY YES x3 Leave Gorges through that tunnel, head S and around to Wind Tower WIND TOWER Guard will let you in Navigate through first stupid room to NE stairs, make like an S shape Miracle Sword in chest in second room NW stairs NE stairs Ladder in middle Up more stairs Up more stairs Jump in hole Right chest AGLSeed Up two sets of stairs Left ladder, all the way right, up ladder, left stairs This place is actually really linear At the top, inspect statue CUBE WORLD N, enter house Left pot AGLSeed Inventory - Trade Aira Earth Charm for Hero Miracle Sword (E) - Aira Equip Miracle Sword - Use Aira MysticNut on Gabo - Use Gabo AGLSeed x2 on Gabo Clean up this guy's room and talk to him Leave house, W to inn, use inn - HS just uses Gabo's Wizard Ring turn one against Nengal instead of using this inn W again into shrine Warp AWFUL MAZE NE to corner, N off edge twice, warp E to stairs, push forward as far as you can. When you hit a wall: W off edge E off edge E off edge E off edge W off edge Go over to hole, N off edge, down hole W, Warp How to even describe this one. Good luck? HS gets lost here with his own directions meanwhile Ketta's rotating the camera the entire time lol Away from chest off edge twice Walking toward camera on narrow part, go off left side Honestly just do what Ketta does and memorize this whole dungeon. I'm out. I'M OUT. Before Nengal, Re-order and flip the party order (Turbo Maribel) - Maribel -> Gabo -> Hero -> Aira Open the Nengalbox NENGAL HP: 4680 | MP: 0 | ATK: 267 | DEF: 32 | AGI: 99 | 1 Action/round He can single-target for 130+, or SwordDance for 60x4 He can also crit and one-shot Gabo. Maribel: Parry Gabo: Parry, Heal Hero: Upper Self x1, SwordDance Aira: SwordDance HS also Uppers Aira but Ketta has more DEF on her. Less on Hero though. Re-Order, turbo Hero (Hero -> Aira -> Gabo -> Maribel) Remove armor from everyone but Gabo Deathwarp (Usual strat, use items, Gabo Tackle if he's alive) Turbo-Equip Hero, Aira TIDY All (!!!!!!) Head to shrine statue Use Wind Dress from bag (1m20s cutscene) Enter and re-exit to talk to wing lady Head back into the Ancient Fane PART 31: AQUA SPIRIT SE Warp (Blue) back to Fishbel area Enter ship (3.5 min cutscene) Hey, we got the aqua spirit. PART 32: CRYSTAL PALACE Leave Estard after cutscene Inventory - Give Hero Earth Charm to Melvin (E) - Trade Hero (Bag?) Wind Charm for Gabo Agi Scarf (E) - Trade Hero Water Charm for Aira Fire Charm (E) - Equip Hero Fire Charm - Give Hero Magic Carpet to Bag - Give Aira WorldDew to Gabo - Give Bag Sands of Time to Gabo - Give Bag Water Flying Clothes to Melvin (E) - Give Bag White Shield to Melvin (E) - Give Bag Deja Sword to Melvin (E) - Give Bag Bounce Sword to Melvin - Give Bag Wizard Rings (all) to Gabo (NO E) - Give Bag World Dews (all) to Gabo - Give Bag MermMoon to Aira (NO E) (It removes confusion in battle) - If you bought a Mithril helm, give to Melvin to replace iron helm (E) - Re-Order: Hero Melvin Aira Gabo - Put Aira in the front if you're getting the Fuego Helm. Aira Hero Melvin Gabo? - Ketta puts Magic Shirt at the top of Melvin's inventory; I don't know why and can't think of a reason to equip it. Grab World Leaf if you don't have any. Give one to Melvin, one to Aira, rest to Melvin. Return to Rexwood SkyStone to Crystal Palace CRYSTAL PALACE Fall off N W and downstairs Fall in the hole Move off landing zone N, enter from NW Downstairs Down ladder, N stairs down Right side, down steps, N through door Counter-clockwise around to E stairs Push statues onto panels (Unlocks front door), downstairs Down into hole-stairs S to stairs Immediate stairs Get eaten by... whatever the hell... by SW chest... World Leaf chest Enter cave S of chest Down stairs twice Optional: E into the "room" to collect the Sorrow Shield Fight NE eggs. HS notes say to flee but you can't... Enter northmost "room" - How about: Melvin No Magic, Hero/Aira SwordDance, Gabo KnockDown or heal Fight extra eggs to kill 2-3 King Metals (Ketta/HS try for two, HS runs out of eggs and settles for one) Flee turn one from solo Metal Slime Then, Melvin/Aira to No Magic, Hero EvilSlash, Gabo Bark 1: Hero 21 HP 13 ATK, Aira 8 HP 7 ATK, Gabo 28 HP 6 Agi, Melvin 26 HP 2: Hero 42 HP 27 ATK, Aira 16 HP 14 ATK, Gabo 44 HP 10 Agi, Melvin 44 HP 3: Hero 56 HP 36 ATK, Aira 20 HP 18 ATK, Gabo 60 HP 12 Agi, Melvin 52 HP More levels really don't help Aira, but 10-15 more HP on everyone else doesn't hurt. Push north until The Wall Climb wall to immediate right Then immediate right Rocks on left Left south-path (hold SW) NE, SE, SW, Cave At Altar: - FireCharm for Fuego Helm - ~2.5 min investment for Confusion resist on Aira - 1/2 chance of 2-3's confusion hit turns into 1/16 - Straight east after using the charm - TerraCharm for Gaiala Armor - Hero +75 defense, +30 Blaze/Firebal/Bang protection, +15 Flame (+Megamagic) protection, -15 less ice protection (vs Heavy Armor) - Take W stairs, then bust through back walls and take the left chest. - Use AquaCharm last. This is the only one Ketta uses in his JP WR. - Instructions below. Use AquaCharm on Altar Head N to door Around clockwise to stairs, enc cancel, S to second stairs Down again N past waterfall to get Oceano Sword Inventory - Trade Hero Oceano Sword for Aira Miracle Sword (E) - Trade Hero Miracle Sword for Melvin Deja Sword (E) - Give Hero Deja Sword to Bag - Give Hero Platinum Shield to Bag - Give Hero AGIScarf to Bag (May not have this) - Give Bag Magic Water to Hero, Aira if you've got any (to use on Gabo) - Give Bag MoonHerbs x1-2 to everyone - Give Bag Antidotes x2 to everyone but Gabo - Equip Hero Sorrow Shield if you think you'll forget to do it in battle (4.5 second jingle) - Confirm Hero and Aira each have a WorldLeaf, Hero has a WorldDew, Gabo has the other three WorldDews. - Alternatively, Melvin could have Hero's WorldDew, or one of Gabo's, but I find Melvin often has to parry on the double WorldDew turn in 2-2. Portal (Free Heal) ORGODEMIR 2-1 HP: 3500 | MP: 254 | ATK: 330 | DEF: 200 | AGI: 80 | 1 Action/round Attack (120), WhiteFire (100-130 AoE), Freezing Blizzard (85-125 AoE), tail swipe attack (150) Tactics: All Manual EQUIP HERO'S SORROW SHIELD Hero: Equip Shield -> SwordDance Aira: SwordDance Gabo: Howl turn one -> Spam HealUs Melvin: Attack -> Heal tactic Gabo is 99% to go first (175 vs 80 agi) Near the end of the phase, change Melvin to "Heal" tactic and cast Upper on him once. - Without Upper, it's dangerous to Guardian both Blazemost and Explodet. Use the Bounce Sword as close to the end of the phase as possible. Aira does a little under 200 with Sword Dance, Hero about 250, Melvin about 35 attacking, Gabo about 150 with Howl. - Use Oceano Sword to increase the range where you can SquallHit to push the phase. You can also use party chat to get a priority FlameSlash off, but since Gabo doesn't get a turn in that situation anyway, you can just add Howl instead of party chatting. - Aira SquallHit does about 100 damage, Hero w/ Bikill also about 100, Howl about 150. - Bikill doesn't really help in phase 2-2; you don't really want that phase to die early because he usually dies on the turns you're bouncing stuff, when he's doing the least damage to you. Strat summary: - EQUIP SHIELD OF SORROW and All attack turn one (SwordDance/SwordDance/Attack/Howl) - Count his HP! Assume SwordDance and Howl deal 200 damage each. - SwordDance/SwordDance/Attack/Bless Staff or HealUs - Switch Melvin to Heal Tactic around 2k HP if you killed three King Metals, or a little later if you only killed two (~1-1.2k). - Under 800 HP: Oceano Sword Aira, Upper Melvin, hopefully Hero doesn't outrun Melvin or you lose a turn of Upper - Next turn, double Sword Dance, Bounce Sword Melvin -> have him Healmore himself until the end (1st Upper turn) - Under 400 HP, if you're (Melvin specifically) low on HP use ChargeUp, SwordDance, Healmore Self, and HealUs or Bless Staff. If good on HP, use two SquallHits and Howl. (2nd Upper turn) - If you healed, Don't continue stalling or Bounce and Upper will wear off. Either use two SquallHits+Howl, or have Aira SquallHit+FireSlash for like ~450 damage (command her to use SquallHit, back out, change her tactic to Charge, party chat) ORGODEMIR 2-2 HP: 3300 | MP: ∞ | ATK: 330 | DEF: 200 | AGI: 135 | A 2 Actions, B 1-2 actions Part A: (Attack + Blazemost) β†’ (Explodet + WindBeast) β†’ (Lullab-eye + Transition) Part B : Intense Flames (?) -> Attack -> Energy Balls -> Freezing Waves -> Spirit Punch -> Transition B's fire attack descriptive text doesn't match the usual text for Scorching, Whitefire, or HellFlame so I dunno what it is. This is the only phase Gabo doesn't have a reliable chance to go first against - Only 78%ish (175 vs 135) Bounce Sword immediately if it's not already up, and Bounce Sword again after Freezing Waves. Guardian Blazemost if you have Bounce up, definitely Guardian Explodet because that's 500 damage. Use dew as necessary - Have Melvin throw his after Explodet, Gabo might also use one (or just HealAll) on the same turn depending on your situation This phase should die on the second Explodet if it all goes well. Maybe Blazemost if you reflect the first one. I've seen this guy skip Explodet before, which is disgusting. Maybe because I had one dead + one Bounced? Summary: Turn 1: Melvin Guardian (or Bounce Sword if you didn't use it in phase 1), Gabo Bless Staff Turn 2: Melvin Guardian, Gabo Bless Staff Turn 3: Melvin Heal Tactic, Hero Dew, Gabo Dew (or Bless Staff/HealAll but this turn is why you have four dews) Use Leaves as necessary, Wizard Ring when you get a chance. After Energy Balls, Melvin uses Bounce Sword. Hopefully it gets in before Blazemost (nothing you can do if Balls/Waves and Punch/Transition are double actions) Phase change should happen after Blazemost or Explodet. ORGODEMIR 2-3 HP: 3000 +20/turn | MP: 0 | ATK: 350 | DEF: 170 | AGI: 116 | 1-2 Actions/round (Magma (0-40 AoE) or Terrifying Cry (120-140 AoE)) β†’ (Confusion Attack or Freezing Waves) β†’ (Heave (220 dmg)) or Deadly Poison Breath (Single-target)) β†’ Repeat Melvin will start this phase Bounced, but he'll probably quickly die or get wavesed Heave and Cry are the dangerous moves, but Gabo should outrun this guy (90%ish). Keep everyone above 220 HP (Yes, Aira has like 225 max HP) to survive Heave. ORGODEMIR 2-4 HP: 4500 +50/turn | MP: 254 | ATK: 300 | DEF: 140 | AGI: 85 | A & B 1-2 Actions/round, C 1 Action/round A part: Paralysis Attack, Crush (~50 AoE damage), WhiteFire, Ice Attack (Not WhiteAir?), Freezing Waves, B Transition B part: Meditate, Call for Help (Bulbose), Call for Help (Dragula), MagicWall, Freezing Waves, C Transition C part: Madante (Megamagic) β†’ Dark Prayer (MP Recovery) β†’ Freezing Waves β†’ Attack (Coil) β†’ Sleep β†’ Move to A Phases are easy to recognize: - A: Damage or Freezing Waves - B: Support (also Freezing Waves) - C: Megamagic Melvin should use SickLick here - 1/7 chance per HS? (93/1000 or 1024/10,000 per my own testing) Gabo is 99% to go first (175 vs 85 agi) Use Bounce Sword after Dark Prayer to Guardian Sleep. He can definitely skip from A to C (probably even C to C) if he picks two transitions in a row. Unsure if he skips Freezing Waves without buffs/debuffs up; seems to use it if you're debuffed (Bulbose Defense) This phase is a bit safer than phases two and three; unless he sits on A for a while and then jumps straight to C, there's a lot of recovery time built into the rotation. You're hosed if he does an A-pattern AoE and Megamagic in the same turn, though (~11% chance any time he starts a turn in Pattern A?). BULBOSE HP: 500 | MP: 50 | ATK: 240 | DEF: 92 | AGI: 90 | 1 Action/round DAGORLACH HP: 600 | MP: 0 | ATK: 200 | DEF: 120 | AGI: 80 | 1 Action/round English SRC timing ends when Orgo dies. PART 33: VICTORY TOUR Enter shrine Go downstairs and talk to the soldier Outside, talk to W platform-soldier Board platform SAY YES x2 Talk to Dharma priest, W counter guy Leave Gorges, cross bridge and talk to lady in garden Leave NW house talk to Nicola SAY YES Leave Talk to girl in front of queen, talk to queen Leave Engow party, talk to chief outside twice SAY YES x2 (scene) Talk to queen Leave (don't follow her) Talk to soldier next to bonfire Leave lol Talk to King Head to boat Talk to Maribel below deck Head up top Credits! JRTA timing ends when the "The End" quill completely fades out. Below taken from: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/197152-dragon-warrior-vii/faqs/54482 **************** JOB LEVEL LIMITS **************** If character is level 10+ in the ocean, they don't gain job EXP. Repel line may be three levels below this? Ocean Present...................................................Level 9 Rexwood Past....................................................Level 9 Colorstone Mine Past............................................Level 9 Eastern Tower Past..............................................Level 11 Colorstone Mine Present.........................................Level 12 Engow Past......................................................Level 13 Mt. Flame Past and Present......................................Level 14 Dialac Past.....................................................Level 15 Orph Past.......................................................Level 15 Mt. Ceide Past..................................................Level 15 Mt. Ceide Present...............................................Level 16 Falrod Past.....................................................Level 17 MechSoldier's Base Past.........................................Level 18 Verdham Past....................................................Level 19 Marsh Cave Past.................................................Level 20 Deja Past.......................................................Level 21 Lake Altar Cave Past............................................Level 22 Dharma Past.....................................................Level 23 West Cave/Under Dharma Past.....................................Level 24 Dune/Dune Palace Past...........................................Level 25 Evil Statue Past................................................Level 26 Krage Past......................................................Level 27 Sacred Tree Past................................................Level 27 Litorud Past....................................................Level 28 Time Pocket Cave Past...........................................Level 29 Baloch's Tower Present..........................................Level 30 Avon Past.......................................................Level 30 Avon Tunnel Past................................................Level 31 Mountain Tower Past.............................................Level 31 Ocean Past......................................................Level 32 Underwater City Past............................................Level 32 Mountain Tower Present..........................................Level 32 World's Tallest Tower Present...................................Level 35 Probina Past....................................................Level 33 Mt. Prob Past...................................................Level 34 Loomin Past.....................................................Level 34 DarkDraco's Tower Past and Present..............................Level 34 Loomin Cave Past................................................Level 35 Mardra Past.....................................................Level 35 Basin Cave Past.................................................Level 35 Gorges Past.....................................................Level 37 Dark Cloud Maze Past............................................Level 99 Wind Fane Past..................................................Level 99 Great Lighthouse Present........................................Level 35 Coastal.........................................................No Limit All Disk 2 New Areas............................................No Limit ****** SHARDS ****** The following is a list of all the Shards in the game, their location, and what land they restore. Rexwood - LandShard beside monolith in the Ancient Fane - LandShard beside the Rexwood tablet in the Ancient Fane - LandShard given to you by Borkano Engow - FireShard in treasure chest in Eastern Tower - FireShard on the floor of Present time Colorstone Mine - FireShard in treasure chest in Estard Castle Dialac - AquaShard received from defeating FireGiant - AquaShard received from Pamela Orph - WindShard received from defeating the Golem in the Eastern Tower - WindShard lying on a table in Present Rexwood house - WindShard in treasure chest in Present Mt. Flame - WindShard lying on ground near Sim in Immigrant Town Falrod - AquaShard in treasure chest in Past Mt. Ceide - AquaShard in treasure chest in Past Mt. Ceide - AquaShard received from Deathpal in Present Mt. Ceide Verdham - FireShard in treasure chest in Past Falrish - FireShard in treasure chest in Past MechSoldiers Base - FireShard in treasure chest in chest behind Present Zebbot's house - FireShard received from Armand's granddaughter in Past Falrish Deja - WindShard in treasure chest in Present Orph - WindShard in treasure chest in Present Falrod Castle - WindShard in treasure chest in Past Marsh Cave - WindShard in treasure chest in Past Marsh Cave - WindShard lying on the ground in Present Verdham ruins Dharma - AquaShard in treasure chest in Deja camp - AquaShard given to you by King Burns - AquaShard in dresser of the well at the Excavation Site Dune - LandShard in barrel in Dialac - LandShard in treasure chest in Mentare - LandShard in treasure chest in Past Lake Cave after water is drained - LandShard in treasure chest in Present Dharma Temple - LandShard received from defeating BanditWig Krage - LandShard in treasure chest in Past Dharma Temple - LandShard in Past Dune Village - LandShard on floor of giant vase in Present Dune Village Litorud - FireShard from farmer in Past Krage - FireShard in treasure chest in Brugeo's mansion in Present Krage - FireShard lying on the ground near the Present Sacred Tree Avon/Huzu/Hamelia - LandShard in treasure chest in Penal Town Bank after defeating Antoria - LandShard on the floor in Mezar well - LandShard in treasure chest at Excavation Site - LandShard received from defeating TimeSage - LandShard in treasure chest at Present Baloch's Tower Probina - WindShard in treasure chest in Present Litorud - WindShard in treasure chest at Present Baloch's Tower - WindShard received from Jann in the Past Mountain Tower - WindShard in treasure chest in Past Hamelia after the flood Loomin - FireShard in treasure chest in Past Dune Palace after the Palace is rebuilt - FireShard received from defeating GigaMute - FireShard in treasure chest in Present Hamelia Mardra - FireShard in treasure chest in Present Underwater City - FireShard received from awakening Melvin in the World's Tallest Tower - FireShard in treasure chest in Present Mountain Tower Gorges - WindShard in treasure chest in Present Soldiers of God Shrine - WindShard in treasure chest in Present Probina Temple - WindShard received from defeating HellVine - WindShard in treasure chest in Present Mardra Fane - WindShard received from Aira in Present Deja Camp Labres - LandShard in treasure chest in Present Brugeo's mansion north of Orph - LandShard in treasure chest in Present Mt. Prob - LandShard on floor in Past East Hill east of Loomin - LandShard on the BlissRock platform in Present Lefa Fane Coastal - AquaShard on floor in Present Sphinx - AquaShard in treasure chest in Present Lefa Fane - AquaShard in treasure chest in Labres Pedestal of Resurrection - ?Shard on floor in Present DarkDraco's Tower - ?Shard in treasure chest in Past Coastal - ?Shard in treasure chest in Past Grand Halfling's Cave Pedestal for Demon Lord's Lair - ?Shard received from defeating BeliMawr - ?Shard in treasure chest in Past Coral Lake - ?Shard received from man in Unknown Shrine Pedestal for First Bonus Dungeon - ?Shard received from defeating Gracos V in Present Underwater City - ?Shard received from the spirits of the children in Past Coral Lake - ?Shard received from the Medal King after collecting 100 TinyMedals - ?Shard received after beating the game and putting LostShard in the chest Pedestal for Second Bonus Dungeon (Zion Cave) - ?Shard purchased from Present Coastal Casino for 2000 Tokens - ?Shard received from monster in Coral Cave if you spoke to Undersea King - ?Shard in treasure chest in Dark Palace Aqua Charm route - ?Shard in treasure chest in Immigrant Town Normal Town form - ?Shard received from defeating God in less than 20 turns - ?Shard received from defeating God in less than 20 turns - ?Shard received from defeating God in less than 20 turns Unknown pedestal??? - ?Shard under Priests altar in Present Coastal ********************** ANCIENT FANE PEDESTALS ********************** FireShard Room To Bonus Dungeons LandShard Room +----------------------------+--------^--------+----------------------------+ | | | | | Engow Loomin | | Rexwood Labres | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Litorud > < Dune | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mardra Verdham | | Krage Hamelia | | | | | +----------------------------+ +----------------------------+ WindShard Room AquaShard Room +----------------------------+ +----------------------------+ | | | | | Orph Probina | | Dialac Falrod | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > < | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Deja Gorges | | Dharma Coastal | | | | | +----------------------------+ +----------------------------+ Movement Speeds Fishbel church door diagonal to cliffs South: 4.96s 100.8% speed (We'll call 5s 100%) North: 4.93s 101.4% speed Left: 6.67s 75.0% speed SW: 5.58s 89.6% speed NE: 5.60s 89.3% speed Diagonal against a wall, the edge of the dock behind Maribel's house Against wall: North: 2.30s 65.2% NE: 2.52s 55.5% Right: 3.18s 47.2% Along the wall: North: 1.48s (Call 1.5s 100%) Initial position to BED (getting items) 17.03 fastest time with no rotation 16.57 fastest time with rotation RAM Addresses 0F265D Depletion Counter (Counts down to 0 -> Random encounter) (Two bytes but my RAM Watch file only looks at one.) 0E0XXX Character battle stats? If you edit the HP to 1 you'll die when it hits zero, but this is strangely independent of the HUD. How things work: Turn Order: https://wikiwiki.jp/dqdic3rd/%E3%80%90%E3%81%99%E3%81%B0%E3%82%84%E3%81%95%E3%80%91 - Assuming the same as DQ6, (Agility +20) * (rand(50,100) / 100) Guardian: - Guardian forces enemies and items to target the user, but not friendly spells. Use Bless Staff to heal Melvin regardless of who you target with it, or cast spells to heal anyone else. Vivify is 50/50