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.===========================================================================.| Lunar Knights

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by Darth Nemesisv2.6 01/01/2008

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- Version History ................................................. [HIST]- Overview ........................................................ [OVER]- Frequently Asked Questions ...................................... [FAQS]- Game Mechanics

- Controls ...................................................... [CONT]- Character Stats ............................................... [STAT]- Weather System ................................................ [WTHR]- Elements ...................................................... [ELEM]

- Walkthrough ..................................................... [WALK]- Chapter 1: The Dark Swordsman ................................. [CH01]- Chapter 2: The Apprentice Gunslinger .......................... [CH02]- Chapter 3: With Sword and Gun ................................. [CH03]- Chapter 4: A Reason to Fight .................................. [CH04]- Chapter 5: Ruler of the Planet ................................ [CH05]- Chapter 6: East of the Sun, West of the Moon .................. [CH06]- Epilogue ...................................................... [EPIL]

- Side Areas & Minigames .......................................... [SIDE]- San Miguel .................................................... [SANM]- Istrakan ...................................................... [ISTR]- Shooting Battle ............................................... [SBAT]- Boss Rush ..................................................... [RUSH]

- Equipment- Dark Swords ................................................... [SWDS]- Solar Guns .................................................... [GUNS]- Headgear ...................................................... [HEAD]- Upper Body .................................................... [BODY]- Lower Body .................................................... [LEGS]- Shields ....................................................... [SHLD]

- Loot- Treasure ...................................................... [LOOT]- Junk Parts .................................................... [JUNK]

- Items ......................................................... [ITEM]- Valuables ..................................................... [VALU]- Hints & Secrets

- Crossover Quest ............................................... [XOVR]- Item Conversion ............................................... [CONV]- Removing Curses ............................................... [CRSE]- Ancient Weapon Fix ............................................ [WPFX]- Boktai Solar Sensors .......................................... [SOLR]

- Quests .......................................................... [QUES]- Enemies ......................................................... [ENEM]


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- Shops ........................................................... [SHOP]- Titles .......................................................... [TITL]- Sound Data ...................................................... [SOUN]- Credits ......................................................... [CRED]

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=============================| Version History|=============================/ '-----------------' [HIST]\

2.6 01/01/2008 Added more sections and Japanese version info.

2.5 12/24/2007 Warrior equipment info, more stats, corrections.

2.4 12/17/2007 Boss Rush done, added more stats/vambery chests.

2.31 11/29/2007 Added more Ryuusei no Rockman item locations.

2.3 11/25/2007 Added more descriptive locations and monster stats.

2.2 10/24/2007 Updated all room names and item locations.

2.1 10/21/2007 Epilogue done, all Nightmare chests covered.

2.0 10/18/2007 Major overhaul, all Normal/Hard chests covered.

1.9A 07/23/2007 Added character stats and more treasure info.

1.99 06/25/2007 Added more Hard Mode chests and info on stats.

1.98 05/15/2007 Epilogue 80% done, started in-depth quest section.

1.97 04/25/2007 Epilogue 70% done, restructured TOC, added FAQ.

1.94 04/09/2007 Epilogue 60% done.

1.93 03/24/2007 Epilogue 50% done.

1.92 03/21/2007 Epilogue 40% done.

1.9 03/20/2007 Epilogue 30% done, various corrections.

1.8 03/19/2007 Epilogue 20% done, revamped Items section.

1.7 03/14/2007 Second sidequest walkthrough.

1.6 03/12/2007 Full story mode walkthrough complete!

1.57 03/11/2007 Walkthrough Chapter 5 70% done.

1.56 03/10/2007 Walkthrough Chapter 5 60% done.

1.5 03/06/2007 Walkthrough Chapter 4, minor corrections.

1.4 03/05/2007 Walkthrough Chapter 3, added more missing info.


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1.3 03/04/2007 Walkthrough Chapter 6, added more missing info.

1.2 03/03/2007 Started Epilogue section, added more missing info.

1.1 03/02/2007 Walkthrough Chapter 2, corrections and more item info.

1.0 03/01/2007 Walkthrough Chapter 1, filled in missing items names.

0.9 02/28/2007 Initial release.

0.8 02/27/2007 Filled out some incomplete sections.

0.7 02/26/2007 Pre-release version.

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================================| Overview|=================================/ '----------' [OVER]

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Lunar Knights is a continuation of the Boktai series, which was notable forits use of a solar sensor peripheral to affect the sunlight level in thegame itself. The games pit humans against vampires in an eternal struggle,with the main character assuming the role of a vampire hunter. Boss battlesin Boktai took place in two stages - a standard battle in which yourcharacter defeats the vampire and seals it in its coffin, followed by a

sortof minigame in which the coffin must be dragged through the dungeon backoutside to be purified in a sunlight-powered machine. This incarnationabandons the solar sensor for an internal day/night cycle, and replaces thecoffin-dragging section with a space shooter not unlike Kingdom Hearts'.

You begin the game as Lucian, an infamous vampire hunter and swordsman witha shady past. You soon join up with Aaron, the son of a previous SolarGunner following in his father's footsteps. Once you control bothcharacters you can switch between them in real-time, making use of theircombined abilities to take down the vampires and free the world from theirblanket of eternal darkness.

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=======================| Frequently Asked Questions|========================/ '----------------------------' [FAQS]\

- Is anything permanently missable in this game?

Always leave a few open slots in your Accessory inventory and store therest in the Solar Bank. When your inventory is full, the game is supposedto automatically store earned accessories in the Solar Bank, but there's aglitch that makes you lose them forever instead. To avoid this, don't letyour Accessory inventory fill up completely.

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playthrough. There are a limited number, and once you use them they're goneforever.

Complete all quests before you clear the Dark Castle. You won't be able toobtain some quests after that point. You can still get them in your nextplaythrough, but you may have to complete earlier quests again.

There are patrolling robots in a few areas that only show up the first timethrough. You'll probably want to evade them early on, but make sure to killat least 1 in the Dark Castle to add their entry to your Monster Guide. Youcan still get the entry on your next playthrough.

- Why aren't any quests showing up on the Info Broker's list?

You get quests by talking to people. Everyone has two lines that theyalternate between, but if they have a mission for you, they'll give itafter saying both of those lines. Just keep talking to them. Some peoplehave multiple quests for you, but you have to beat one before they'll giveyou the next.

- I'm on my second playthrough and I can't get a certain quest. What gives?

When you start a New Game+, you lose any quest progress as far as NPCsare concerned. Make sure you re-complete the first quest in an areabefore trying to get the second.

- How do I activate weather statues?

Weather statues do not affect the weather, but are affected *by* it. Theyexist solely to point out an area that can only be accessed under certainweather conditions. You'll have to use a Burst attack with the appropriateterrennial or change the climate at Sheridan's mansion (sometimes both) inorder to get the conditions just right. Leave the room and re-enter toactivate the path.

- What's the best way to earn money quickly?

Collect items that are worth a lot of money and sell them off. The bestway to do this is with dungeon-specific breakables, such as the luggage inSanta Cecilia Station or the amber crystals in Dark Castle Auguste. ForSanta Cecilia, set the climate to Tropical Rainforest then head to a roomwith lots of the breakables (the open train cars are great for this). Youwill get Duke Photos under most conditions, but it's possible to get themore valuable Poster Girl Photos during a rainstorm (not a Tove burst,not a thunderstorm, not normal rain - you'll hear a warning buzz when itstarts).

- How should I distribute my status points from leveling up?

Skill is by far the most useful stat - enemies can't hurt you if you cankill them first. Spend at least twice as many points on Skill as you do onany other stat. After that, Spirit is important for Aaron (since he can'tattack without Energy, and needs a lot of it if you're out of sunlight),while Lucian doesn't really need it at all. Lucian benefits from Vitality,since he'll probably get hit a lot when fighting close-up, but Aaron stillneeds some too. Once you start getting into the bonus content with high-level monsters, you may find Aaron to be more useful than Lucian, so spend


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all of your Warrior's Ethics on him. Don't use any Warrior's Ethics if youplan on resetting your stats when you start a New Game+, since you can'tever get them back.

- What's the best way to get Junk Parts?

Most parts can be bought from the store once you're far enough along inthe story, but the last four types have to be found. If you've alreadybeaten the game you can do the minigames at Sheridan's Mansion, but that'sa lot of work. Your best bet is probably to set the climate to BalmySubtropical and hope for a meteor shower on a clear night. Find a room witha lot of enemies that drop the part you want, and harvest them repeatedly.You might have to re-enter the room twice to get some enemies to respawn.

- How do I break colored blocks / activate elemental switches?

Equip the terrennial of the opposite alignment (Sol/Dark, Flame/Frost,Earth/Cloud) and attack the block/switch. If there are multiple switchesin an area, you may have to turn them all to the same color (try both).

- Why can't I use a certain terrennial / weapon?

Lucian cannot equip Toasty and Aaron cannot equip Nero, but if there areother terrennials that don't show up when you hold down L, chances areyou accidentally disabled it under the Terrennials menu. Highlight theterrennial and press A to enable it again. The same thing can happen withweapons.

- Why do I keep getting kicked back to the world map after a boss fight?

See that screen that says Ready! [Hold on]? It's a decision box, and youneed to press left to highlight Ready! in order to continue.

- I need Aaron to hit a switch, but he's dead. What do I do?

Just let Lucian die too and you can both be revived for a small fee. Youwill lose any progress in the current room, as well as your TRC gauge. Aninn will also heal you at the expense of your TRC. Alternatively, if youhave reached Armed Train Irving, you can head back to the first car therefor free healing and you won't lose anything.

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================================| Controls|=================================/ '----------' [CONT]\

___________| Main Menu | D-Pad: Move around the top screen

A Button: Select

B Button: Cancel


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Start: Close the menu

Select: Display actual Life/Energy values in place of barsFast-forward through descriptions

L/R Trigger: Cycle between sub-menus

Touchscreen: Tap a sub-menu on the botton screen to select itTap the portrait to switch between available characters

_____________| In Dungeons | D-Pad: Move up/down/left/right

Tap twice to run (or to hop when stationary)Can be rotated with the map in the Config menu

Y Button: Hold to wield your weapon; release to swingTap repeatedly to perform a combo, if availableDouble-tap the D-Pad while wielding to hop (Zero Shift)

Attack switches to activate them(attack elemental switches with the opposite element)

B Button: Hold to guard against enemy attacksPress right before an attack to Quick GuardDouble-tap the D-Pad while guarding to hop (Zero Shift)

X Button: Hold to use the D-Pad to look around with the camera

A Button: Hold to gather energy while outside or under a skylightHold to call Terra Bugs over to youActivate Hint Panels and puzzle switches

Start: Open the menu

Select: Switch between available characters

L Trigger: Hold to display all equipped Terrennials and weaponsPress Up/Down to cycle between equipped TerrennialsPress Left/Right to cycle between equipped weaponsHold to display actual Life/Energy values of bars

R Trigger: Hold to lock on to the nearest enemy (even invisible ones)Quickly tap to cycle between on-screen enemies

_________________| Shooting Battle |

Touchscreen: Tap an enemy to fire at itTouch and drag your ship to move itTap to advance dialogue

Start: Pauses the game

Select: Fast-forward through Terrennial descriptions


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L/R Trigger: Hold to display all available TerrennialsPress Left/Right to cycle between Terrennials

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=============================| Character Stats|======================[STAT]=/ '-----------------'\

Lunar Knights uses the stats Life, ENE, VIT, SPR, and SKILL.

Life: The amount of damage the character can take before dying.Energy: Stamina reserves used for running and attacking with terrennials.

Vitality: Boosts a character's maximum life.Spirit: Boosts a character's maximum energy.Skill: Boosts a character's attack power.

Your characters improve their abilities by leveling up, which requires EXP

from defeating enemies. When a character levels up, he gets a Life and ENEboost. In addition to those direct boosts, a character gains Status Pointswhich can be used toward upgrading the three secondary stats. Don't forgetto use these, as your stats won't automatically improve when you level up!Both main characters have the same level growth chart:

.------------..------------..------------..------------..------------.|Lv|SP| Next ||Lv|SP| Next ||Lv|SP| Next ||Lv|SP| Next ||Lv|SP| Next ||----------||----------||----------||----------||----------|| 1| 0| 10||21| 4| 24330||41| 5|112950||61| 6|294690||81| 7|598350|| 2| 3| 180||22| 4| 27000||42| 5|119610||62| 6|306750||82| 7|617250|| 3| 3| 390||23| 4| 29850||43| 5|126480||63| 6|319110||83| 7|636540|| 4| 3| 720||24| 4| 32820||44| 5|133590||64| 6|331770||84| 7|656220|| 5| 5| 1140||25| 6| 36000||45| 7|140940||65| 8|344760||85| 9|676260|| 6| 3| 1650||26| 5| 39330||46| 6|148530||66| 7|358050||86| 8|696690|| 7| 3| 2280||27| 5| 42870||47| 6|156390||67| 7|371700||87| 8|717540|| 8| 3| 3030||28| 5| 46560||48| 6|164520||68| 7|385650||88| 8|739260|| 9| 3| 3900||29| 5| 50460||49| 6|172860||69| 7|399930||89| 8|760410||10| 5| 4860||30| 7| 54540||50| 8|181500||70| 9|414540||90|11|782460||11| 4| 5940||31| 5| 58800||51| 6|190380||71| 7|429480||91| 8|804900||12| 4| 7170||32| 5| 63270||52| 6|199560||72| 7|444780||92| 8|827790||13| 4| 8520||33| 5| 67950||53| 6|208980||73| 7|460440||93| 8|851070||14| 4| 9990||34| 5| 72840||54| 6|218700||74| 7|476400||94| 8|874770||15| 6| 11610||35| 7| 77910||55| 8|228690||75| 9|492750||95|11|898890||16| 4| 13350||36| 5| 83190||56| 6|238950||76| 7|509430||96| 8|923430||17| 4| 15270||37| 5| 88710||57| 6|249510||77| 7|526500||97| 8|948420||18| 4| 17310||38| 5| 94440||58| 6|260370||78| 7|543900||98| 8|973860|

|19| 4| 19500||39| 5|100380||59| 6|271530||79| 7|561690||99|16| -- ||20| 6| 21840||40| 7|106560||60| 8|282960||80| 9|579840|'------------''------------''------------''------------''------------' Total:607 SP

[Lucian]Level up: +30 Life, +18 ENE1 VIT: +110 Life1 SPR: +100 ENEVIT cost: 3 + floor(base VIT/10)SPR cost: 5 + floor(base SPR/10)


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SKILL cost: 3 + floor(base SKILL/10)Total cost: 250 + 350 + 250 (50 VIT, 50 SPR, 50 SKILL)

[Aaron]Level up: +18 Life, +30 ENE1 VIT: +100 Life1 SPR: +110 ENEVIT cost: 4 + floor(base VIT/10)SPR cost: 3 + floor(base SPR/10)SKILL cost: 4 + floor(base SKILL/10)Total cost: 300 + 250 + 300 (50 VIT, 50 SPR, 50 SKILL)

For example, it will still only cost Lucian 3 SP to upgrade his VIT tolevel

10, but it will cost him 4 SP to upgrade it to level 11.

Note that since you only get 607 SP from level ups and you would need 850total, you won't be able to max out every stat, even if you use all yourWarrior's Ethics on one character. Since Lucian doesn't need any ENE toattack, I recommend that you don't bother upgrading his SPR, and use all

your Warrior's Ethics on Aaron instead. Spend at least twice as many pointson SKILL than you do on other stats for both characters, since the bestdefense is a good offense.

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=================================| Weather|=================================/ '---------' [WTHR]\

Lunar Knights uses an in-game day/night cycle, which progresses constantlyduring gameplay and is unrelated to the real time of day. During the day,the intensity of the sun naturally waxes and wanes, beginning at a low

levelwhen the sun is at the horizon and growing as the sun travels directlyoverhead, then dying out as the sun disappears again. The lunar cycle worksin a similar manner.

In addition to the simple light cycle is a weather system, which introducesthree new measurements for you to consider: Temperature, Humidity, and WindSpeed. These don't directly affect your characters, but they do havevarious side-effects on your items and the environment. They are directlyinfluenced by the local climate.

Additionally, there are a variety of meteorological events that can occur,many of them specific to a single climate.

- Clouds: Light is blocked out.

- Rain: Fills pools containing Sunken Platforms, raising them up to yourlevel.

These events are all announced with a warning buzz as they appear:

- Hail: Has a 25% chance of occurring in Frigid Arctic in cloudy weather.Outside, damages both the player and enemies by 1% of their max HP.


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- Snowstorm: Has a 20% chance of occurring in freezing temperatures. Slows

movement speed for both the player and enemies.

- Meteor Shower: Has a 20% chance of occurring in moderate conditions onclear nights. Enemies always drop items, with a 50% chance of a raredrop.

- Rainbow: Has a 45% chance of occurring after rain in clear skies.Increases the drop rate of common items by 20%.

- Aurora: Has a 30% chance of occurring in freezing temperatures on clearnights. Doubles earned Exp and Soll.

- Squall: Has a 25% chance of occurring in Tropical Rainforest. Outdoors,reduces visibility and renders whistling useless.

- Sandstorm: Has a 20% chance of occurring during the day in Arid Desert.Outdoors, reduces visibility and renders whistling useless.

- Thunderstorm: Has a 30% chance of occurring instead of rainfall.Illuminates otherwise invisible objects.

At the beginning of the game, the world is locked in permanent darkness,but as you defeat the vampires you gain access to new climates that can beselected between levels. The climates are as follows:

Balmy Subtropical (Chapter 1)"A warm, hospitable climate."- Moderate temperature, humidity, and wind speed- 20% chance of Meteor Shower at night

Arid Desert (Chapter 3)"A dry climate that seldom sees rainfall."- High temperature, low humidity, mid-high wind speed- Sandstorm

Tropical Rainforest (Chapter 4)"High temperatures and copious amounts of rain make this a perfect climate

for plant life."- High temperature and humidity, low-mid wind speed- Rain, Thunderstorm

Humid Continental (Chapter 4)"A windy climate where snow often takes the place of rain."- Low temperature, high humidity, high wind speed- Sleet

Frigid Arctic (Chapter 5)"An extremely cold climate with frequent ice and snow."- Low temperature, humidity, and wind speed- Snow, Aurora

Note that some meteorological events occur based on the temperature,humidity, and wind speed rather than climate itself. However, the standardconditions for each climate are optimal for the events listed.


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Scattered around the various dungeons are Weather Statues. These statues donot actually change the weather - they are only there to point out that theroom has a path in it that opens up under certain conditions. The surestway to activate one of these weather-dependent paths is to change theclimate to one with the desired weather characteristics, but a burst attackmay also work if you don't mind expending your TRC gauge.

- Flooded Path: dries up at temperatures above 86F (30C)- Solar Roots: grow across a gap at 75% humidity and above- Glider: lets you cross a gap at wind speeds above 13.4 mph (6 m/s)- Toxic Sludge: freezes over at temperatures below 32F (0C)- Sunken Platform: floats up during rainfall

When the weather conditions are right for the path, its Weather Statue willglow.

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================================| Elements|=================================

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There are six elements in Lunar Knights, arranged in opposing pairs. Eachelement has an affinity for a particular environmental condition.

Sol - Yellow - Strong sunlightDark - Black - Strong moonlightFlame - Red - High temperatureFrost - Blue - Low temperatureEarth - Green - High humidityCloud - Purple - High wind speed

Lucian's weapons have no inherent elemental attribute, while Aaron's gunscannot fire at all without an element. That's where Terrennials come intoplay. Terrennials are the elemental spirits of the planet, and each addsa particular element to a character's attacks.

Terrennials/Seireijuu:

[Nero] - Chapter 1- The terrennial that governs over darkness.- Adds the Dark element to attacks.- In Trance mode, press the B Button for a ranged attack, or the Y

Button for a life-absorbing attack that can be chained.- After the Trance, the time will be set to night.

[Toasty] (Otenko) - Chapter 2- The terrennial that governs over light.- Adds the Sol element to attacks.- In Trance mode, press the B Button for a ranged attack, or the Y

Button for an energy-absorbing attack that can be chained.- After the Trance, the time will be set to afternoon.

[Ursula] - Chapter 3- The terrennial that governs over flame.- Adds the Flame element to attacks.


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- In Burst mode, draw a circle on the Touch Screen to summon a damagingrain of firebombs.

- After the Burst, the local weather will become clear and temperaturewill rise.

[Alexander] (Ottfried) - Chapter 4- The terrennial that governs over wind.- Adds the Cloud element to attacks.- In Burst mode, draw a swirl on the Touch Screen to summon a damaging

tornado. Move the swirl around to change the tornado's position.- After the Burst, the local wind speed will rise.

[Tove] - Chapter 4- The terrennial that governs over earth.- Adds the Earth element to attacks.- In Burst mode, slide your finger on the Touch Screen to summon a

damaging earthquake.- After the Burst, the local humidity will rise.

[Ezra] (Liza) - Chapter 5

- The terrenial that governs over ice.- Adds the Frost element to attacks.- In Burst mode, blow into the microphone to summon a damaging frigid

blast.- After the Burst, the local weather will become rainy or snowy.

[War Rock] (JP-only Ryuusei no Rockman crossover)- Has no element or favorite climate.- In Burst mode, touch the screen to fire the Rock Buster.- Does more damage the stronger your Brother Band partner.

Lucian has the Dark Terrennial from the start, and Aaron gets the SolTerrennial early on. Lucian cannot use Sol and Aaron cannot use Dark, atleast in the US version. In the JP version there are some Wi-Fi exclusiveitems that allow Django (Aaron) to equip Nero and Sabata (Lucian) to equipOtenko (Toasty). These might still be obtained with Action Replay codes,however.

When the environment is favorable to the Terrennial you have equipped, itmay start to glow. You can then activate a special effect unique to thatTerrennial by whistling (blowing into the microphone). I'll list the USand JP versions with their respective Imperial and metric scales.

Terrennial Available EffectNero around midnight Steals item/Soll from an enemy.

Toasty around noon Recovers some of your energy.Ursula 86F or above Attacks and stuns an enemy.

Alexander 13.4 mph winds Knocks back and stuns nearby enemies.Tove 75%+ humidity Recovers some of your health.Ezra 32F or below Freezes an enemy.

Seireijuu Available EffectNero around midnight Steals item/Soll from an enemy.

Otenko around noon Recovers some of your energy.Ursula 30C or above Attacks and stuns an enemy.

Ottfried 6 m/s winds Knocks back and stuns nearby enemies.Tove 75%+ humidity Recovers some of your health.


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Liza 0C or below Freezes an enemy.War Rock anytime Turns dropped Soll into items.

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===============================| Walkthrough|===============================/ '-------------' [WALK]\

Special notes will be listed with a !, items with a -, and enemies with a ~.

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CHAPTER 1: THE DARK SWORDSMAN[CH01]

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You begin the game in a pub, overhearing two patrons discussing the vampiremenace and the permanent night shrouding the world. It seems people are beingtreated like cattle in the vampires' city, carted off and drained of blooduntil they turn undead. Staying under the local vampire lord, Margrave Rymer,isn't much better - he hunts humans for sport. Your character seems to belooking for a different vampire, but this is the only lead he has, so off wego to knock on (down?) his door...

------------------------[ Hunting Mansion: Forecourt ]-------------------------

-=[Map]=- http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/922144/48922

-=[Treasure]=- Leather Suit (Prep Room) Sky Runner (Glider Room on Hard or Nightmare Mode) Warrior's Ethic (Statue Room)

-=[Enemies]=-

Normal:.----------------------------------------.| ENEMY | LV | LIFE | EXP | SOL ||----------------|----|------|-----|-----|| Crow A | 1 | 40 | 4 | 5 |

| Crow B | 2 | 48 | 4 | 5 || Ghoul A | 1 | 62 | 8 | 10 || Ghoul B | 2 | 74 | 9 | 15 || Lion Statue | 2 | 108 | 6 | --- || Pork A | 1 | 65 | 4 | 5 || Pork B | 2 | 78 | 4 | 5 || Skeleton A | 1 | 68 | 9 | 10 || Skeleton B | 3 | ???? | ??? | 15 || Spider | 1 | 35 | 3 | 10 || Yellow Slime A | 1 | 38 | 4 | 5 |


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| Yellow Slime B | 2 | 45 | 4 | 5 |'----------------------------------------'

Hard:.----------------------------------------.| ENEMY | LV | LIFE | EXP | SOL ||----------------|----|------|-----|-----|| Crow A | 1 | 40 | 4 | 5 || Crow B | 3 | 76 | 5 | 5 || Ghoul A | 1 | 62 | 8 | 10 || Ghoul B | 3 | 76 | 11 | 15 || Lion Statue | 3 | 126 | 7 | --- || Pork A | 1 | 65 | 4 | 5 || Pork B | 3 | 91 | 5 | 10 || Skeleton A | 1 | 68 | 9 | 10 || Skeleton B | 5 | 122 | 16 | 25 || Spider | 1 | 35 | 3 | 5 || Yellow Slime A | 1 | 38 | 4 | 5 || Yellow Slime B | 3 | 53 | 5 | 5 |'----------------------------------------'

Nightmare:.----------------------------------------.| ENEMY | LV | LIFE | EXP | SOL ||----------------|----|------|-----|-----|| Crow A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Crow B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Ghoul A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Ghoul B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Lion Statue | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Pork A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Pork B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Skeleton A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Skeleton B | 7 | 149 | 19 | 30 || Spider | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Yellow Slime A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Yellow Slime B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? |'----------------------------------------'

[Front Gate]- Barrel x2~ Yellow Slime A x2

The first dungeon encompasses the grounds in front of Rymer's mansion. Thereare monsters right off the bat, so your familiar Nero explains how to attack.

Now is also a good time to get familiar with the controls. Your character has

an affinity for moonlight, and conveniently it's permanently night here. HoldAto gather energy and fill up your bar. The stronger the light, the fasteryourenergy gauge will fill. The game will explain more about energy when you needto know.

A bit about enemies - they always drop Soll, the currency of this world, andoccasionally drop an item too. Check the Enemies section for complete enemy


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info. Most enemies respawn if you leave the room; some only if you go tworoomsaway. Right now you don't receive any experience points or items for killingenemies, so don't worry about that for now. They will still drop money,though.The denominations of money drops are as follows:

Green Coin: 5 SollBronze Coin: 10 SollGold Coin: 50 SollSilver Crystal: 250 SollGold Crystal: 500 Soll

The only enemies here are Yellow Slimes, which are very docile until you comeinto close contact with them. If you touch them or attack them, they'llcounterwith a pouncing attack. At your current strength they take two hits to kill,sotry and finish them off with a one-two combo to prevent their counterattack.

[Outer Walkway]! Sun Shards! Hint Panel: Dashing~ Crow A x2~ Yellow Slime A x2~ Ghoul A x2~ Skeleton A x2

This room introduces a few new things: first, spawning enemies. These aren'tvisible when you first enter a room. They appear out of the ground when youapproach, or often as an ambush when you go for a treasure chest. TheseGhoulswill run toward you when they're close enough, so don't let their apparentslowness fool you. They also have a pouncing counterattack, and they takethreehits to kill, so only a full combo will avert it. Blocking will be explainedindetail later, but for now if you can't avoid one try and press B before ithitsyou.

There are also Crows here, which start off as easy targets on the ground buthave a quick diving attack if you allow them to get into the air.

Finally, you may see a green glint appear on the ground. That's a sign of Sun

Shards. If you get close enough, they will surface and burst into firefly-likecreatures called Terra Bugs, of which there are three types:

Life Bug (green): Heals 5% of your LifeSpirit Bug (yellow): Heals 5% of your EnergySpirit Leech (black): Drains 2.5% of your Energy

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should always seek these out. They respawn if you leave the room, and they'llcome to you if you hold A as if you were charging energy. That telltalesparkleonly shows up at night, though.

You can't proceed until you read the hint panel about Dashing, so go aheadanddo that.

[Inner Walkway]! Sun Shards- Chest: Cure Drop~ Yellow Slime A x4~ Ghoul A x3~ Skeleton A x3

Your very first treasure chest! Orange ones respawn when you revisit a level,while green/blue ones are one-shot, often holding rare or unique items. The

contents of some chests can vary depending on your situation. Some chestsonlygive you a particular item once, so if you have already opened the chest on aprevious playthrough then it will contain a different item. Additionally,someitems cannot be obtained on Normal difficulty.

[Veranda]! Sun Shards! Hint Panel: Saving- Chest: Solar Fruit- Chest: Earth Fruit- Mandragora x2~ Yellow Slime A x4~ Ghoul A x4~ Skeleton A x4

Time for a story event. Bea is here to rescue her captured colleagues, butyoucouldn't care less. At least you get to give yourself a name now. Since thedefault is Lucian (JP: Sabata), that's what I'll be using to refer to theDarkSwordsman from now on.

[Hilltop]

! Sun Shards- Chest: Solar Fruit- Chest: Healing Potion~ Crow A x3~ Spider x6

Spiders show up in this room. They're pretty docile - I don't think I've everbeen attacked by one - but they lay invisible webs that ensnare you until youpull free. There are some breakable wooden blocks protecting chests, but asyou


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demonstrated during the last cutscene, that won't stop you. To the right is aroom blocked off by colored blocks. There are six colors in all, eachrepresenting an element, and you need to use an attack with the oppositeelement to break an elemental block or hit an elemental switch. Needless tosayyou don't have any elemental attacks yet, so you'll have to come back later.For now head left.

[Glider Room]! Earth block blocking the entrance! Glider: lets you cross a gap at wind speeds above 13.4 mph (6 m/s)- Green Chest:

Protect Fruit Sky Runner (Hard Mode, first time)

[Corridor]! Sun Shards- Chest: Earth Fruit- Jar x2~ Pork A x4

~ Yellow Slime A x2

Here Nero explains how to use your shield. Your guard counter decreases whenyou block, and if it hits zero you'll be stunned for a while. Fortunately, itrecovers when you're not using it. Also, if you hit the guard button rightbefore an attack (called a "Quick Guard"), you won't lose any guard meter,andyou'll often stun the enemy or reflect their attack back at them. This is thebest way to deal with certain enemies.

You can practice on the Porks here for a while, but be careful not to standnear their bodies after you kill them, as they explode. This can sometimeswork to your advantage since it hits other enemies too.

When you're comfortable with guarding, stop by the room full of breakables(south) before heading north.

[Garden]- Mandragora x10- Crate x2- Chest: Solar Fruit- Chest: random Ryuusei item (after completing crossover quest in JP version)

[Courtyard]! Trap: Defeat all the monsters!~ Skeleton B x2

It's a trap! Defeat the two Skeletons to continue. They've got a mean punch,sodon't get caught with your guard down. It'll take quite a few hits sincethey're level 3, but they're not particularly fast. Once you defeat themyou'lllevel up immediately and Nero will explain the basics of levels and statuspoints. You earn points every time you level up which can be spent in threecategories:Vitality: Increases your maximum LifeSpirit: Increases your maximum Energy


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It may be tempting to go right for the chest, but it's surrounded by Ghoulsthat appear when you approach it. You might want to take out the Crows first.

[Prep Room]! Sun Crystal- Green Chest:

Leather Suit (first time) Delicious Meat

Whenever you see this kind of room you know that a boss is ahead. A SunCrystalgenerates green Terra Bugs whenever you stand next to it, allowing you tohealyour life to maximum.

You'll also get an explanation of accessories here. Equip your new armor andenjoy the extra Life boost.

[Boss Room]~ Antlion

Short cutscene, then it's mid-boss time!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --

*---------*| Antlion |*---------*

Element: Sol

.------------------------------.| GAME TYPE | LV | LIFE | EXP ||-----------|----|------|------|| Normal | 3 | ???? | 85 || Hard | 5 | 1250 | 110 || Nightmare | 7 | ???? | ???? |'------------------------------'

It wanders around leaping and firing Sol Shots most of the time. Try to stayout of its direct line of fire and you should be able to dodge most of those.If you get close to it, it may rear back and start glowing. That's your cuethat it's going to bite. If you manage to Quick Guard the lunge you'll stunit, so try that if you're daring. Otherwise, move to the side and get a comboin. You could just block and let your guard counter soak up the hit, butdon'tjust stand there or it will bite you and start absorbing your Life.When its tail grows four spikes and glows red it's about to swing in a

large circle, so get your guard up. If it glows red with a single spike itwillstab out in one direction. If you hit it right after an attack you shouldalways be able to get a full combo in, and maybe another one while it hunchesover afterwards if you're quick.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --

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progress. She suggests paying a visit to Professor Sheridan, who knows agreatdeal about alchemy and may be able to unlock the dark sword's true power.

----------------------------[ Sheridan's Mansion ]-----------------------------

After charging in, you show the sword to the professor. He needs 4 IRON and 2SOLVENT to augment the sword. Nero explains how to interact with the worldmap,and then you're given free control over where to go next. You could go aheadand storm Rymer's mansion now, but you should probably check out the townfirst.

-// NEW ITEMS AVAILABLE \\-

[Acuna General Store]

- Cure Drop .......... 50 Soll- Earth Fruit ....... 100 Soll

- Magic Drop ......... 50 Soll- Solar Fruit ....... 100 Soll- Clairvoyance Fruit . 75 Soll

----------------------------- Hresvelgr Headgear 2000 Soll- Green Leaf Cape .. 3500 Soll

----------------------------- IRON ............... 80 Soll- STEEL .............. 80 Soll

-// NEW QUESTS AVAILABLE \\-

- HMF: Transport the Herbs! (Acuna: Old-Fashioned Shopkeeper)

-----------------------------------[ Acuna ]-----------------------------------

The IRON you need to upgrade your sword is available at the General Store.Youcan also get it from Spiders, Red Slimes and a chest in the mansion, butyou'llneed so much of it to fully upgrade all your weapons that no amount you buyhere will go to waste. Items are plentiful in dungeons, so you shouldn't needto buy anything else here. There are some accessories that you probably can'tafford yet, but I prefer to save my money for junk parts to use in weaponupgrades.

Stop by the pub at the beginning of each chapter for some helpful advice andplot details. You can also get your first quest from the shopkeeper bytalkingto him a few times. Check the Quests section for more details about quests.

Also, enemies will start dropping items now, so you can return to theForecourtand get some SOLVENT from Ghouls if you want to upgrade your weapon rightaway.


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Once you've familiarized yourself with the resources available at the townanddone any upgrading, head over to the Hunting Mansion proper.

-------------------------[ Hunting Mansion: Interior ]-------------------------


-=[Treasure]=- Moonlight Beauty (Storage Cell on Hard or Nightmare Mode) Sound Data DEMO 1 (Acid Pool on Hard or Nightmare Mode) Swordsman Photo (Storage Cell) Training Goggles (Treasure Room) Warrior's Ethic (Upper Hall on Hard or Nightmare Mode)

-=[Enemies]=-

Normal:

.---------------------------------------.| ENEMY | LV | LIFE | EXP | SOL ||---------------|----|------|-----|-----|| Axe Armor | 5 | 162 | 9 | --- || Bat | 4 | 25 | 6 | 10 || Burnin' | 5 | 32 | 7 | 10 || Chloroformin' | 4 | 28 | 6 | 5 || Ghoul | 4 | 99 | 12 | 20 || Pillar | -- | ---- | --- | --- || Pork | 4 | 104 | 6 | 10 || Red Slime | 5 | 68 | 7 | 10 || Skeleton | 5 | 122 | 16 | 25 || Spider | 4 | 56 | 4 | 5 || Yellow Slime | 4 | 60 | 6 | 5 |'---------------------------------------'

Hard:.---------------------------------------.| ENEMY | LV | LIFE | EXP | SOL ||---------------|----|------|-----|-----|| Axe Armor | 7 | 198 | 11 | --- || Bat | 5 | ???? | ??? | 10 || Burnin' A | 5 | 32 | 7 | 10 || Burnin' B | 7 | 39 | 8 | 10 || Chloroformin' | 5 | 32 | ??? | 10 || Ghoul | 5 | 111 | 14 | 25 || Pillar | -- | ---- | --- | --- |

| Pork | 5 | 117 | 18 | 10 || Red Slime | 7 | 83 | 8 | 10 || Skeleton | 7 | 149 | 19 | 30 || Spider | 5 | 63 | 5 | 10 || Yellow Slime | 5 | 68 | 7 | 10 |'---------------------------------------'

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off from the moonlight, your source of energy. This is where those SolarFruitsyou picked up in the previous dungeon will come in handy.

[Entryway]! Sun Shards! Hint Panel: The Map Screen- Chest: Cure Drop- Jar x4~ Bat L4 x2~ Pork L4 x2~ Spider L4 x6~ Yellow Slime L4 x3

Nero will explain the basics of Terrennials and elemental affinities here.Equipping a Terrennial to your weapon will add its element to your attack,making it deal more damage to enemies with the opposite element and lessdamage to enemies with the same element. It just so happens that the enemiesright in front of you are weak to Dark, so try it out.

You can't break the Cloud blocks in the eastern room yet, so for now makesure7to grab the chest from the broken staircase to the north before proceedingwest.

[Treasure Room]! Cloud blocks blocking the entrance- Green Chest:

Training Goggles (first time) Delicious Meat

~ Pillar x1

[Upper Hall] (isolated section of broken staircase)- Green Chest:

Moon Dew Warrior's Ethic (Hard Mode, first time)

[Lower Hall]! Sun Shards x2~ Axe Armor x2~ Chloroformin' x8~ Ghoul x4~ Pork x1

Here Nero will explain the Trance Gauge. You gain TRC by attackingenemies, and you can unleash a powerful Trance attack that changes dependingon

which Terrennial you have equipped.

The Ghouls in these next few rooms can drop Solvent for your Vanargand. Watchout for the Axe Armor statues. They may look stationary, but they'll try andtake your head off if you walk in front of them. Just as with the LionStatues,take these out from the side.

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! Skylight- Chest: Earth Fruit- Barrel x2- Crate x1~ Axe Armor x3~ Chloroformin' x3~ Ghoul x9~ Pork x4~ Yellow Slime x4

In the next room Nero points out a skylight. These are very convenientsourcesof light, but they're few and far between in dungeons, so try not to rely onthem.

[Burner Room]! Sun Shards! Skylight! Hint Panel: Fire Jets- Chest: Solar Fruit

- Jar x2~ Axe Armor x3~ Red Slime x4~ Skeleton x5~ Spider x2

Up the stairs you'll find more Skeletons. Try guarding and countering afterthey hit, or make sure you can take them out in one combo. There are alsosomepillars that shoot jets of fire. Shouldn't have to tell you that walking intothem is not the best idea.

[Prison Block]

Next you'll see a story sequence. There's a room attached to one of thecells,but you need a key to get into them, so keep moving.

[Storage Cell]- Green Chest:

Swordsman Photo Moonlight Beauty (Hard Mode, first time)

- Torch x3~ Axe Armor x6

[Upper Hall]! Sun Shards

- Green Chest: IRON~ Axe Armor x3~ Red Slime x6~ Skeleton x7~ Burnin' x8

Almost there! The room to the east is blocked by Earth blocks, so head north,being careful to avoid walking in front of the Axe Armors.

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! Earth blocks blocking the entrance! Toxic Sludge: freezes over at temperatures below 32F (0C)- Green Chest:

Magical Drink Sound Data DEMO 1 (Hard Mode, first time)

[Prep Room]! Sun Crystal! Solar Station

You're introduced to Solar Stations in the next room. At the bank in town,Soll can be used to charge these stations for a quick boost right beforebosses. I never needed it (I'm pretty stingy) but you might find it useful.

[Boss Room]~ Rymer

Boss time!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --

*----------------*| Margrave Rymer |*----------------*

Element: Flame

.------------------------------.| GAME TYPE | LV | LIFE | EXP ||-----------|----|------|------|| Normal | 6 | ???? | ???? || Hard | 9 | 6000 | 210 || Nightmare | 12 | ???? | ???? |'------------------------------'

Don't stand in front of his drill. Even if you block, it'll break your guard.If he points his crossbow up, keep moving, because flaming bolts are about toland on your head. His standard crossbow attack can be blocked without toomuchtrouble, as well as deflected by the pillars, but he also fires a burst ofgrenades that cannot be blocked. Watch them and make sure you're not standingwhere they land.

For a really easy time, go into Trance with Nero and spam Y to kill him.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --

The battle's over, but you're not done yet. Vampire's can't truly be killeduntil they're exposed to direct sunlight, and since the paraSOL is preventingthat, you've got to drag his coffin to OUTER SPACE!!!

You'll be switching to another character soon. If you have anything left totake care of in town, select 'Hold on' at the decision prompt. If you'rereadyto move on, press left on the control pad to select 'Ready!'.


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Luckily, this time around you have a giant robot to move the coffin insteadofjust a chain. Time for some space combat. The minigame itself is pretty self-explanatory - tap enemy ships to shoot them and hold the stylus on your ownship to move it around. I'll just give a few tips for the bosses:

Bomber: You have enough time to get in a couple hits between each of itsshots.Move out of the way right after it fires and you won't get hit, but you stillneed to dodge its charge once it finishes a salvo. Be patient and don't trytoget too many hits in at once and you'll be fine.

Schrdinger: She alternates between two patterns. In the first one she'llsimply dodge around the screen. Keep your pointer trained on the ship and youcan get a bunch of free hits in. Next she'll come in firing rapid lasers, sojust fly in quick circles and you should avoid most of it. When she's down toabout half health, she'll start firing missiles. Again, don't bother doinganything but dodging during her attack phase and you'll get through thebattle

just fine.

Congratulations, you just unlocked a new Terrennial. Time to try it out!

===============================================================================

CHAPTER 2: The APPRENTICE GUNSLINGER[CH02]

===============================================================================

...or not. In this chapter you're introduced to Aaron (JP: Django), who istraining to become a Solar Gunslinger like his father. Everything seemspeaceful, but...

-------------------------[ Old Culiacan: 13th Street ]-------------------------


-=[Treasure]=-- Hresvelgr Arms (Glider Room)- Red Cross (Hideout Antechamber)- Sound Data DEMO 2 (Hideout 1F East on Hard or Nightmare Mode)

- Warrior's Ethic (Rooftops North on Nightmare Mode)

-=[Enemies]=-

Normal:.---------------------------------------.| ENEMY | LV | LIFE | EXP | SOL ||---------------|----|------|-----|-----|| Black Slime A | 1 | 38 | 4 | 5 || Black Slime B | 2 | 45 | 4 | 5 |


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| Chloroformin' | 2 | 21 | 8 | 5 || Crater | 2 | 108 | 6 | --- || Crow A | 1 | 40 | 4 | 5 || Crow B | 2 | 48 | 4 | 5 || Hound | 1 | 107 | 25 | 30 || Pork A | 1 | 65 | 4 | 5 || Pork B | 2 | 78 | 4 | 5 || Skeleton A | 1 | 68 | 9 | 10 || Skeleton B | 2 | 81 | 10 | 15 || Spider A | 1 | 35 | 3 | 5 || Spider B | 2 | 42 | 3 | 5 |'---------------------------------------'

Hard:.---------------------------------------.| ENEMY | LV | LIFE | EXP | SOL ||---------------|----|------|-----|-----|| Black Slime A | 1 | 38 | 4 | 5 || Black Slime B | 3 | 53 | 5 | 5 || Chloroformin' | 3 | 25 | 5 | 5 |

| Crater | 3 | 126 | 7 | --- || Crow A | 1 | 40 | 4 | 5 || Crow B | 3 | 56 | 5 | 5 || Hound | 1 | 107 | 25 | 30 || Pork A | 1 | 65 | 4 | 5 || Pork B | 3 | 91 | 5 | 10 || Skeleton A | 1 | 68 | 9 | 10 || Skeleton B | 3 | 95 | 12 | 15 || Spider A | 1 | 35 | 3 | 5 || Spider B | 3 | 49 | 4 | 5 |'---------------------------------------'

[Hideout Antechamber]- Green Chest:

Red Cross (first time) Yogurt

- Chest: random Ryuusei item (after completing crossover quest in JP version)

[Hideout Training Room]- Chest: Magical Drink- Invisible Chest: IRON

The guild is under attack! Since your gun isn't working, you'll need to makeyour way out of the building without fighting, and save your comrades alongtheway.

You can't get back in here once your mission starts, but be sure to pay avisitonce you finish the dungeon, as a very useful shield is sitting in the nextroom. There's a hidden chest with some IRON in the top corner.

[Hideout 1F East]! Guild Member- Sun Shards- Green Chest:

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Sound Data DEMO 2 (Hard mode, first time)- Crate x2~ Hound x1

Since you don't have a working weapon yet, do your best to avoid the Houndswhile rescuing the other guild members. With Hounds as with any otherpatrolling enemies, you can whistle (blow into the microphone) to call themover to your location. If you ever need them to stand on a pressure switch orto move away from a path you need to take, you can call them over, but youhaveto quickly run somewhere out of their view or they'll spot you and attack.

If you do happen to get spotted, you can guard the Hounds' pounce attack, butthey have a short recovery time, so your best option is to leave the room andcome back. That will reset enemy positions and give you another chance tosneakpast.

There's a guildsman right around the corner to your left, so wait for thenearby Hound to wander off and sneak around the corner to talk to him. He'll

teach you how to look farther off using the X button. Head up and grab thechest, then go upstairs.

[Hideout 2F South]- Chest: Earth Fruit- Chest: Solar Fruit- Jar x2~ Hound x2

Hang back until the nearby Hound moves on. Use the X button to check forHoundsbefore moving to another pillar, and make sure to grab the two chests beforetaking the staircase down.

[Hideout 1F West]! Guild Member- Barrel x2~ Hound x3

The exit is the door at the top, but there are two more guild members to berescued first. Make your way cautiously around the boxes to the left side tofind the woman, then back around to the right side and take the staircase.

[Hideout 2F North]! Guild Member

Once everyone is out, make your way back downstairs to the center, where a

Hound is standing guard in front of the door. Whistle and run around behind agroup of crates and the Hound should run out from its hiding place - justmakesure the other one isn't nearby when you whistle or it'll come running too.Sneak behind the guard (or just run, since they won't follow you throughdoors)and step out into the sunlight.

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- Chest: Solar Fruit- Chest: Earth Fruit- Trash x2~ Crow A x2

Bit of a story sequence. You now have a working weapon! Pick a name for yourcharacter (I'll be calling him Aaron) and get acquainted with your newfoundterrennial, Toasty (JP: Otenko).

Aaron plays quite differently than Lucian. You will want to do most of yourfighting from a safe distance, and you have to keep elemental resistances inmind since you can't fire a Solar Gun without a terrennial equipped. Thismeansthat you have to pay more attention to your ENE than you would with Lucian,soyou may want to focus on Spirit more than Vitality. Skill still takes toppriority for me, though. It should come as no surprise that Aaron gathers hisenergy from the sun rather than the moon, and you don't have much ENE tostartwith, so indoor areas will be more of a challenge.

To automatically lock-on to the nearest enemy, hold R. Release and hold itagain to switch to the next enemy if there is one.

If you haven't noticed the freshness meter yet, it's a little circle next toitem names in your inventory. In the last chapter items never went bad, butnowyou have to keep track of your perishables. For instance, an Earth Fruitheals30% of your Life but can rot, while a Candy Drop only restores 20% of yourLifebut never goes bad. It's possible to preserve some items in certain weatherconditions (check the Item Conversions section), but for now, just keep inmindthat if you dawdle for too long you'll start losing your perishables.

[Back Alley South]- Chest: Milk~ Black Slime A x3

Here Toasty will explain the lock-on feature. The Black Slimes are weak toSol,which is good, because that's all you can shoot for now. There's a greenchestacross the canal, but we'll get around to it later.

[The Loop]

! Sun Shards- Chest: Solar Fruit- Chest: Earth Fruit- Trash x2- Crate x2~ Black Slime A x4~ Crater x2~ Crow A x4~ Skeleton A x1~ Spider A x2


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Toasty explains his Trance attack here. Pretty much the same as Nero's, butSolelement. This room also introduces the nasty Crater enemy, which lobsgrenadesat you from a distance. Keep moving and fire a shot off each time you avoid agrenade. They have a large splash damage area and fly fast, so don't standstill for too long or you'll be blasted. Try and use X so that you can justbarely see a Crater, lock on, then fire at it from offscreen (and outsideits range). Take the leftmost of the two remaining exits for this room.

[Back Alley Center]! Sun Shards- Green Chest: STEEL~ Crow A x3~ Skeleton A x2

Grab the junk part from the chest and return to The Loop, this time takingthefar right exit.

[Back Alley North]~ Crow A x2~ Pork A x2

You're barely going to do any damage to the Porks since they're Solelemental.Not much you can do about that but hammer the fire button and block when theycharge, or just avoid fighting them entirely.

[Side Street]! Sun Shards x2- Chest: Milk~ Crow A x5~ Hound x1~ Pork A x2~ Skeleton A x3

Nothing too remarkable about this room. Use the ample Sun Shards to fill up,and keep an eye out for the Hound patrolling near the left end.

[Concourse South]! Sun Shards- Trash x3- Jar x2

Meet your next vampire foes, Edgar and Virginia Poe. The guild leaders will

show up and hold them off while you help more guild members escape. There's aroom to the east that you can't reach until you finish this chapter.

[Item Cache]- Chest: Healing Potion- Barrel x3- Trash x6- Jar x4

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great place to find breakables on a return visit.

[Rooftops South]! Sun Shards- Chest: Earth Fruit- Trash x2~ Black Slime B x3~ Crow B x6~ Hound x1~ Pork B x4

Stop by the room at street level to rescue a guild member.

[Storage Room]! Sun Shards! Guild Member

Go back outside and head upstairs. There's a room to the south but you can'taccess it yet, and neither can you reach the guild member on the other sideof

a fence in this room, so head north.

[Glider Room]! Earth blocks blocking the entrance! Glider: lets you cross a gap at wind speeds above 13.4 mph (6 m/s)- Green Chest:

Hresvelgr Arms (first time) Yogurt

- Barrel x2

[Rooftops North]- Green Chest:

Power Fruit Warrior's Ethic (first time on Nightmare Mode)

~ Black Slime B x4~ Skeleton B x4

Grab the Power Fruit from the chest. If you're worried about it rotting anddon't want to waste it, rearrange your items so that there's a Chocolatedirectly above it and allow the Chocolate to melt. The resulting item won'trot and it'll be twice as powerful too. Go left and south to enter thefenced-off section of the rooftops that you passed by earlier.

[Rooftops South]! Guild Member- Chest: Solar Fruit

- Crate x3~ Black Slime B x4~ Crow B x2

Another guild member to rescue here; not much else. Go back to Rooftops Northand start heading right, down the stairs. Head through the door to enter thebuilding you were just walking on.

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~ Pork B x2

Make your way up the stairs.

[Rooftops North]! Sun Shards x5! Guild Member- Crate x2- Jar x3

Lots of Sun Shards up here, but watch out for the trapdoors. Talk to the lastguild member and make your way back out of the building. Head right to reachthe exit.

[Concourse Center]! Sun Shards- Chest: Solar Fruit- Chest: Earth Fruit- Chest: Milk- Invisible Chest: Earth Fruit

- Invisible Chest: Solar Fruit~ Crater x5~ Pork B x4~ Skeleton B x6

More Craters in the top half of the room. There are invisible chests in thesouthern corners. You can't return to Concourse - South, so go right.

[East Court]- Chest: Solar Fruit- Chest: Earth Fruit~ Hound x2

More loot. At this point you should be strong enough to take out the Houndswithout much trouble. Return to Concourse - Center and make your way throughthe bombardment up to the next room.

[Concourse North]- Chest: Solar Fruit- Chest: Solar Fruit- Chest: Earth Fruit- Barrel x2- Trash x2~ Pork B x6~ Skeleton A x5~ Spider B x3

Kill the enemies if you want the Exp/Soll, then head up again.


Look familiar? Heal up and proceed.

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- Magical Ice Pop ... 120 Soll- Milk .............. 300 Soll- Power Fruit ....... 300 Soll

----------------------------- Hot Space ........ 2500 Soll

----------------------------- SOLVENT ........... 160 Soll- LEATHER ........... 160 Soll

[Old Culiacan General Store]

- Delicious Meat .... 200 Soll- Healing Potion .... 200 Soll- Magical Drink ..... 200 Soll- Magic Potion ...... 200 Soll- Chocolate ......... 250 Soll- Restorative ....... 300 Soll- Moon Dew .......... 150 Soll

- Antidote ........... 50 Soll----------------------------- Earth Amulet ..... 3000 Soll- Leather Boots .... 1500 Soll

----------------------------- THROTTLE .......... 160 Soll- LENS .............. 160 Soll

[Dungeons]

- Warrior's Ethic (Statue Room in Hunting Mansion: Forecourt)- Moonlight Beauty (Storage Cell in Hunting Mansion: Interior on Hard or

Nightmare Mode)- Swordsman Photo (Storage Cell in Hunting Mansion: Interior)- Red Cross (Hideout Antechamber in Old Culiacan: 13th Street)


- HMF: Ghost Hunt (Old CUliacan: Soothing Guildswoman)- HMI: Time Trial (Acuna: Hopeful Man)- HMI: Monster Hunt (Old Culiacan: Quiet Pubmaster)

---------------------------[ Old Culiacan: Sewers ]----------------------------


-=[Treasure]=- Grass Dancer (Green Room on Hard or Nightmare Mode) Muspell Arms (Sunken Room) Warrior's Ethic (Entrance on Hard or Nightmare Mode) Warrior's Ethic (Flooded Room) Warrior's Ethic (Charging Station)

-=[Enemies]=-


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Normal:.----------------------------------------.| ENEMY | LV | LIFE | EXP | SOL ||----------------|----|------|-----|-----|| Aero Ghoul A | 8 | 148 | 19 | 30 || Aero Ghoul B | 10 | 174 | 23 | 40 || Bat A | 8 | 38 | 9 | 15 || Bat B | 10 | 45 | 12 | 20 || Black Slime A | 8 | 91 | 9 | 10 || Black Slime B | 10 | 107 | 12 | 15 || Blue Slime A | 8 | 91 | 9 | 10 || Blue Slime B | 10 | 107 | 12 | 15 || Cannon A | 9 | 234 | 13 | --- || Cannon B | 10 | 252 | 14 | --- || Chillin' A | 8 | 43 | 9 | 10 || Chillin' B | 10 | 51 | 12 | 15 || Chloroformin' | 8 | 43 | 9 | 10 || Ghoul A | 8 | 148 | 19 | 30 || Ghoul B | 10 | 174 | 23 | 40 || Hound | 8 | 256 | 60 | 70 |

| Ice Ghoul | 8 | 148 | 19 | 30 || Lizardman A | 8 | 348 | 60 | 80 || Lizardman B | 10 | 406 | 70 | 80 || Petro Ghoul A | 8 | 148 | 19 | 30 || Petro Ghoul B | 10 | 174 | 23 | 40 || Pig A | 8 | 48 | 7 | 10 || Pig B | 10 | 56 | 9 | 15 || Pillar | -- | ---- | --- | --- || Poison Spider | 10 | 118 | 14 | 15 || Poisonin' | 10 | 51 | 12 | 15 || Popbud A | 9 | 2 | 13 | --- || Popbud B | 10 | 3 | 14 | --- || Spider | 8 | 84 | 7 | 10 || Yellow Slime A | 8 | 91 | 9 | 10 || Yellow Slime B | 10 | 107 | 12 | 15 |'----------------------------------------'

Hard:.----------------------------------------.| ENEMY | LV | LIFE | EXP | SOL ||----------------|----|------|-----|-----|| Aero Ghoul A | 12 | 198 | 25 | 40 || Aero Ghoul B | 16 | 248 | 32 | 55 || Bat A | 12 | 51 | 12 | 25 || Bat B | 16 | 64 | 16 | 30 || Black Slime A | 12 | 121 | 12 | 15 || Black Slime B | 16 | 152 | 16 | 20 |

| Blue Slime A | 12 | 121 | 12 | 15 || Blue Slime B | 16 | 152 | 16 | 20 || Cannon A | 14 | 324 | 18 | --- || Cannon B | 16 | 360 | 20 | --- || Chillin' A | 12 | 57 | 12 | 15 || Chillin' B | 16 | 72 | 16 | 20 || Chloroformin' | 12 | 57 | 12 | 15 || Ghoul A | 12 | 198 | 25 | 40 || Ghoul B | 16 | 248 | 32 | 55 || Hound | 12 | 342 | 80 | 80 |


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| Ice Ghoul | 12 | 198 | 25 | 40 || Lizardman A | 12 | 464 | 80 | 15 || Lizardman B | 16 | 580 | 100 | 40 || Petro Ghoul A | 12 | 198 | 25 | 40 || Petro Ghoul B | 16 | 248 | 32 | 55 || Pig A | 12 | 64 | 9 | 15 || Pig B | 16 | 80 | 12 | 20 || Pillar | -- | ---- | --- | --- || Poison Spider | 16 | 168 | 20 | 20 || Poisonin' | 16 | 72 | 16 | 20 || Popbud A | 14 | 3 | 18 | --- || Popbud B | 16 | 4 | 20 | --- || Spider | 12 | 112 | 9 | 15 || Yellow Slime A | 12 | 121 | 12 | 15 || Yellow Slime B | 16 | 152 | 16 | 20 |'----------------------------------------'

Nightmare:.----------------------------------------.| ENEMY | LV | LIFE | EXP | SOL |

|----------------|----|------|-----|-----|| Aero Ghoul A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Aero Ghoul B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Bat A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Bat B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Black Slime A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Black Slime B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Blue Slime A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Blue Slime B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Cannon A | ?? | ???? | ??? | --- || Cannon B | ?? | ???? | ??? | --- || Chillin' A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Chillin' B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Chloroformin' | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Ghoul A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Ghoul B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Hound | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Ice Ghoul | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Lizardman A | 25 | 841 | 145 | 170 || Lizardman B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Petro Ghoul A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Petro Ghoul B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Pig A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Pig B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Pillar | -- | ---- | --- | --- || Poison Spider | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Poisonin' | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? |

| Popbud A | ?? | ???? | ??? | --- || Popbud B | ?? | ???? | ??? | --- || Spider | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Yellow Slime A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Yellow Slime B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? |'----------------------------------------'

[Entrance]! Sun Shards! Skylight


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- Green Chest: Elixir Warrior's Ethic (Hard Mode, first time)

- Invisible Chest: Clairvoyance Fruit- Barrel x2- Crate x4- Jar x1~ Bat A x15~ !Ghoul A x13~ Hound x1~ Pig A x8~ Spider x2

Make your way through the room in a clockwise manner starting at the toprightcorner to get everything. You might find it helpful to use R-targeting tofindBats and pick them off from a distance.

[Flooded Room]

! Sun Shards x3! Skylight- Chest: Solar Fruit- Chest: Earth Fruit- Chest: Solar Fruit~ Bat A x3~ Black Slime A x8~ Chloroformin' x6~ Ghoul A x7

! Flooded Path: dries up at temperatures above 86F (30C)- Green Chest:

Warrior's Ethic (first time) Antidote

That suspicious-looking chest between four pillars is indeed an ambush. Ifyougrab the fruit and keep moving you can get outside the Ghoul perimeter beforethey finish spawning and fight them without getting surrounded.

Alice will contact you to explain Weather Statues. They indicate that anearbypath is only accessible under certain weather conditions - you don't need tobein any particular climate so long as the conditions are in the correct range,but changing the climate is the surest way to activate the path. You couldalso

try a burst attack with the appropriate terrennial to change the weathertemporarily. As for the particular statue in front of you, it will glow whenthe temperature is hot enough, indicating that the water has evaporated. Thisallows you to walk down there and grab the previously submerged chest. Youmayhave to re-enter the room to show the effects of the new temperature. Onceyouhave the chest, you can leave and switch back to Balmy Subtropical if youwant.


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You have a choice of going left or right here. The left side contains a keythat you'll need later on, so take the bridge to the left side. Before youleave the room, there's a switch you can hit that will lower the drawbridge,providing a shortcut back to the entrance.

[Key Room]! Sun Shards! Skylight! Elemental Switch: Flame/Frost- Chest: Earth Fruit- Blue Chest: Red Key- Invisible Chest: Solar Fruit (on a manhole-like circle at the end of asmall- Barrel x2 peninsula on the right side near theentrance)~ Bat A x5~ Blue Slime A x8~ Chillin' A x9~ Ice Ghoul x8

Lots of ice enemies in this room. There's also an elemental switch in theleftcorner which raises the gate at the top when hit with a Flame-element attack.Make sure to grab the Red Key from the chest there before returning to theprevious room and heading right.

[Cannon Room]! Sun Shards! Skylight! Hint Panel: Locked Doors! Red Key Door- Green Chest: ADAMANT- Chest: Earth Fruit- Fungus x3~ Cannon A x2~ Ghoul A x13~ Popbud A x2~ Spider x4~ Yellow Slime A x7

A new enemy to watch out for here: Cannons. They're stationary but firepowerful shots. The best way to deal with them is to attack them from anunprotected side. If you need to cross in front of a cannon, do it quickly,andhave your shield ready. If your timing is good enough, you can even deflecttheshot back at the cannon to damage it.

Shoot the switch to lower a bridge between the two Cannons. Before you crossover to the right side, grab the chest across from the first Cannon. On athinbridge between the two sides is a group of mushrooms that only fully bloom inBalmy Subtropical conditions. These drop the rare Endurance Fruit.

Stop by the treasure room to the south before continuing north. There aresomePopbuds here. They fire spines in all directions when they die, so face them


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and hold up your shield to avoid getting hit.

If you picked up the Red Key before coming here, use it on the door toproceed.

[Pump Room]- Chest: Solar Fruit- Invisible Chest: Speed Fruit- Jar x6

Don't miss the invisible chest in the middle of the four tanks.

[Southern Node]! Skylight x2! Sun Shards- Chest: Solar Fruit- Chest: Earth Fruit- Chest: Earth Fruit- Chest: Earth Fruit- Invisible Chest: Clairvoyance Fruit (near bottom corner)

- Invisible Chest: Restorative (right corner of left quadrant)~ Aero Ghoul A x2~ Bat A x4~ Blue Slime A x6~ Petro Ghoul A x8~ Pig A x8~ Popbud A x1~ Spider x2

There's an invisible chest to your immediate right as you enter the room.Breakthe boxes and look north. See that switch? Shoot it to lower the bridge. Inthenext section, there's an invisible chest in the right corner. Hitch a ride onthe moving platform. Be careful not to fall off (and be patient getting on),because one misstep means instant Game Over and having to start over from thebeginning of the room. There's a room to the east with an accessible SolarStation but the rest is blocked off for now.

[Charging Station]! Solar Station! Earth blocks blocking the rest of the area- Green Chest:

Warrior's Ethic (first time) Cure Bulb

- Fungus x2~ Cannon B x4

[Central Nexus]! Trap: Defeat all the monsters!~ Lizardman A x2

These guys can be tough if you try to attack them head on. If you try toshootthem from a distance they'll swing their ball and chains in quick circles andreflect your shots back at you, and if you try to move in close you'llprobably


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get hit by the swing or returning ball. Instead, stand in front of one as ittwirls the ball. As soon as you see it reach back to hurl the projectile, putup your shield. If you manage to Quick Guard the attack, you'll knock theballinto the Lizardman's head, stunning it and allowing you to slice it up. Itmight seem intimidating at first, but once you get the hang of it they'llonlypose a problem in groups.

[Northern Node]! Skylight x2! Sun Shards x2! Frost blocks blocking the path! Flame block blocking the left exit- Green Chest: MYTHRIL- Chest: Antidote- Chest: Earth Fruit~ Aero Ghoul B x1~ Bat B x4~ Petro Ghoul B x2

~ Pig B x3~ Pillar x2~ Poisonin' x12

There are some Frost blocks in the way. Luckily you have the Flameterrennial,so equip it and break through. You won't be able to get through the Flameblockon the left side for a while, but remember the location. You'll need to comeback to get one of Lucian's weapons.

[Sunken Room]! Skylight! Sun Shards x2- Chest: Earth Fruit- Invisible Chest: Antidote (in top corner)- Barrel x3- Crate x3- Nitro x5~ Lizardman B x3~ Poison Spider x6~ Poisonin' x4

There are two platforms here that only float high enough for you to use themwhen it's raining. You'll have to come back later with a climate orterrennialthat can cause rainfall.

! Sunken Platform (floats up during rainfall)! Skylight- Chest: Topaz~ Blue Slime B x4~ Chillin' B x4

! Sunken Platform (floats up during rainfall)- Green Chest:

Muspell Arms (first time)


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Elixir

[Platform Room]! Sun Shards- Chest: Earth Fruit- Chest: Earth Fruit~ Black Slime B x3~ Blue Slime B x2~ Cannon B x2~ Ghoul B x7~ !Ghoul B x7~ Poisonin' x5~ Popbud B x3~ Yellow Slime B x3

More moving platforms. Take your time. While riding the second movingplatformyou'll have an opportunity to shoot at some cannons on lone pillars in thewater. Take them out now and you won't have to deal with them on the platformthat crosses in front of them. The X button helps.

Between the second and third platforms there's an exit to another area. Youcan't get through the area on the other side yet, so don't bother. Instead,continue north.

[Green Room]! Wind block blocking the entrance! Solar Roots: grow across a gap at 75% humidity and above- Green Chest:

Magic Bulb Grass Dancer (Hard Mode, first time)


Heal up and head on in.

[Boss Room]~ Edgar & Virginia

.------------------------------.| GAME TYPE | LV | LIFE | EXP ||-----------|----|------|------|| Normal | 12 | ???? | 0 || Hard | 20 | 4800 | 0 || Nightmare | 37 | ???? | 0 |'------------------------------'

~ Twin Poefighter.------------------------------.| GAME TYPE | LV | LIFE | EXP ||-----------|----|------|------|| Normal | 12 | ???? | 480 || Hard | 20 | 4800 | 730 || Nightmare | 37 | ???? | ???? |'------------------------------'

Get ready for a more interesting boss fight than the ones you've seen before.


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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --

*--------------------------------------*|Viscount Edgar & Viscountess Virginia |*--------------------------------------*

Element: Cloud & Earth

Edgar is immune to Aaron's attacks and Virginia is immune to Lucian's. If youhave a favorite character you can choose him and only focus on one Poe, butotherwise you'll be switching between them depending on who you're attacking.They share the same lifebar, so you don't even have to hit the other one towin, although they attack as a tag team so there will only be one of them onscreen at a time.

Edgar attacks using punches, and Virginia attacks with kicks. Keep moving andlet them charge past you, then hit them in the back when you hear the stunnedsound after their attacks. If you can't avoid an attack, block and you may be

able to avoid the damage. They're not too hard to take down, but they're notdone just yet...

*-----------------*| Twin Poefighter |*-----------------*

Element: None

Their fused form alternates between both of their attacks, and is faster toboot. Keep up the same strategy until it's down to about half health, atwhichpoint it can start charging up energy. Don't get behind it or it will cancelthe attack and grab you for an extended combo. Stay in front of it until itfinishes charging, at which point you should run to either side and block. Ifyou stay in the middle the energy balls will arc and hit you from both sides(they seek), so you need to be to one side to block both of them.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --

It's time to purify them. This time around, you have the use of both ToastyandUrsula during the Shooting Battle segment. Toasty fires low-power but rapid-fire and fast-moving bullets, and Ursula fires powerful missiles with splashdamage. Hold a trigger button to bring up the terrennial selection menu andusethe control pad to switch between them. For single regular orange enemies,

Nerois still the most efficient choice, but Ursula is better for groups and greenenemies that take multiple hits to kill. Toasty is good against bosses butconsumes energy rapidly.

If you see a blue enemy, quickly switch to Ursula and fire a missile thatwilltake it out in one hit. Use the trigger buttons if you're ever feelingoverwhelmed for some time to assess the situation.


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During the asteroid segments, make sure to kill the enemies for recoveryitems.

Mid-boss: Don't bother shooting when its arms are closed, as it won't takeanydamage. Toasty works well here. It will alternate between diving at you (moveout of the way!) and moving in an S-curve (keep out of its way!).

Heavy Schrdinger: Heavy means not very fast, so Ursula can be used here formaximum efficiency when she's between movements. You should still follow thesame general strategy as the previous form - attack during the movement phaseand dodge during the machine gun phase - but this time she will be firingmissiles from the start and during both phases. This means that you need toalternate between moving and firing off a missile during your attack phase.Shedoes have a slight pause after the machine gun phase in which you can get inanattack, so take advantage of that.

Once it's over, finish off the twins and accept your TWO new terrennials and

climates.

===============================================================================

CHAPTER 4: A REASON TO FIGHT[CH04]

===============================================================================

You now have access to a significant number of areas you couldn'treach before, so it's time to do some backtracking before moving on with thestory. Don't worry, they'll still be waiting for you. When you do decide tohead to the train station, the Tropical Rainforest climate will unlock thegreatest number of paths.

-// NEW WEAPONS AVAILABLE \\-

- Dark Lance Jormungandr (see San Miguel section)

-// NEW ITEMS AVAILABLE \\-


- Wild Wind ........ 2500 Soll- Staying Power .... 2500 Soll

[Old Culiacan General Store]

- Dark Eye ......... 1500 Soll- Garmr Legs ....... 2000 Soll

----------------------------- ADAMANT ........... 800 Soll- MYTHRIL ........... 800 Soll

[Dungeons]


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- Sky Runner (Glider Room in Hunting Mansion: Forecourt on Hard or

Nightmare Mode)- Training Goggles (Treasure Room in Hunting Mansion: Interior)- Hresvelgr Arms (Glider Room in Old Culiacan: 13th Street)- Warrior's Ethic (Charging Station in Old Culiacan: Sewers)- Muspell Arms (Sunken Room in Old Culiacan: Sewers)- Grass Dancer (Green Room in Old Culiacan: Sewers on Hard or Nightmare

Mode)


- Ghost Hunt (Guild Hideout: Soothing Guildswoman)- Time Trial (Guild Hideout: Hot-Headed Guildsman)

---------------------------[ Santa Cecilia Station ]---------------------------


-=[Treasure]=- Battle Suit (Storage Room) Nidhoggr Arms (Back Room) Sound Data DEMO 3 (Holding Cells on Hard or Nightmare Mode) Sound Data DEMO 4 (Open Train 3 Car on Hard or Nightmare Mode)

-=[Enemies]=-

Normal:.-----------------------------------------.| NAME | LV | LIFE | EXP | SOL ||-----------------|----|------|-----|-----|| Aero Ghoul | 14 | 223 | 28 | 50 || Clay Golem A | 14 | 345 | 90 | 115 || Clay Golem B | 16 | 384 | 100 | 125 || Ghost A | 14 | 288 | 14 | 35 || Ghost B | 16 | 320 | 16 | 60 || Ghoul | 16 | 248 | 32 | 55 || Green Slime | 16 | 152 | 16 | 20 || Lizardman A | 14 | 522 | 90 | 120 || Lizardman B | 16 | 580 | 100 | 130 || Orc | 16 | 560 | 80 | 80 || Petro Ghoul | 14 | 223 | 28 | 50 || Popbud | 17 | 378 | 21 | --- || Pork Cannon | 17 | 378 | 21 | --- || Purple Slime A | 14 | 136 | 14 | 20 |

| Purple Slime B | 16 | 152 | 16 | 20 || Skeleton Archer | 16 | 432 | 48 | 70 || Spider | 16 | 140 | 12 | 20 || Spotter | 22 | 832 | 26 | 25 |'-----------------------------------------'

Hard:.-----------------------------------------.| NAME | LV | LIFE | EXP | SOL ||-----------------|----|------|-----|-----|


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| Aero Ghoul | 28 | 396 | 51 | 80 || Clay Golem A | 28 | 614 | 160 | 200 || Clay Golem B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Ghost A | 28 | 512 | 25 | 60 || Ghost B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Ghoul | 28 | 396 | 51 | ??? || Green Slime | 28 | 243 | 25 | 35 || Lizardman A | 28 | 928 | 80 | ??? || Lizardman B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Orc | 28 | 896 | 128 | 150 || Petro Ghoul | 28 | 396 | 51 | 80 || Popbud | 30 | 612 | 34 | --- || Pork Cannon | 30 | 612 | 34 | --- || Purple Slime A | 28 | 243 | 25 | 35 || Purple Slime B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Skeleton Archer | 28 | 691 | 76 | ??? || Spider | 28 | 224 | 19 | ??? || Spotter | 40 | 1408 | 44 | ??? |'-----------------------------------------'

Nightmare:.-----------------------------------------.| NAME | LV | LIFE | EXP | SOL ||-----------------|----|------|-----|-----|| Aero Ghoul | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Clay Golem A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Clay Golem B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Ghost A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Ghost B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Ghoul | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Green Slime | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Lizardman A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Lizardman B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Orc | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Petro Ghoul | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Popbud | ?? | ???? | ??? | --- || Pork Cannon | ?? | ???? | ??? | --- || Purple Slime A | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Purple Slime B | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Skeleton Archer | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Spider | ?? | ???? | ??? | ??? || Spotter | 75 | 2528 | 79 | 75 |'-----------------------------------------'

[Entrance]

What are you waiting for? Head on in.

[Lobby]! Sun Shards- Chest: Solar Fruit- Invisible Chest: Clairvoyance Fruit (top corner next to staircase)- Crate x4~ Clay Golem A x2~ Lizardman A x2

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the announcements over the loudspeaker will be slightly different. Not sureifit actually affects anything other than that, though. I just fought my waythrough.

This dungeon introduces the strong Clay Golem monsters. If they spot youthey'll curl up into a ball and roll at you. Quick Guard this attack to stunthem, or if you're strong enough, kill them before they can reach you. Ithelpsif they don't notice you before you start attacking.

Don't miss the invisible chest in the top corner next to the staircase.

[Ticket Counter]! Sun Shards- Hidden Chest: Earth Fruit- Hidden Chest: Solar Fruit- Barrel x2- Crate x5~ Clay Golem A x6

There are two chests in this room that you can't see from the camera angle.Onthe top wall of the area there are two sections that jut out into the room(they look a bit like information booths). The right side of each booth isfully visible but the left side is obscured from your perspective; the chestsare each located in one of those hidden corners.

Head south to a small room with two divided cells. This is probably the areathe prisoners escaped from. Just missed them!

[Holding Cells]! Sun Shards- Green Chest:

Cure Bulb Sound Data DEMO 3 (Hard Mode, first time)

- Invisible Chest: Stealth Fruit (under Sun Shards)~ Aero Ghoul x2~ Petro Ghoul x4~ Purple Slime A x3

Watch out for Ghouls to spawn as you're leaving a cell. Once you've clearedoutthe place, return to Ticket Counter and head north this time.

[Southeast Terminal]! Sun Shards

- Invisible Chest: Restorative- Jar x2~ Clay Golem A x2~ Lizardman A x3

Grab the invisible chest in the alcove formed by the boxes dividing the room.The door to the next terminal is gated shut. Looks like you'll be going thelong way around...

[Staircase 1 South]


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Nothing to do here. Take the stairs.

[Platform 1]! Skylight x2- Chest: Solar Fruit- Luggage x4~ Clay Golem A x1~ Ghost A x4~ Lizardman A x2

Watch out for the Ghosts in this room. If they manage to touch you they'llnabone of your items and run off with it. Use R-targeting to lock on even whenthey're invisible.

[Staircase 1 North]

Looks like somebody made a mess of the place. Move forward.

[Northeast Terminal]! Trap: Defeat all the monsters!~ Lizardman A x3

Story event. Collect the Ninja and keep moving.

[Staircase 2 North]! Solar Station

Recharge your energy if you want, then head downstairs again.

[Platform 2]! Skylight x2! Sun Shards! Cloud blocks! Flame blocks! Elemental Switch: Earth/Cloud- Luggage x3~ Green Slime x4~ Orc x4~ Purple Slime B x5

At the end of this room, hit the switch with an Earth attack to lower thespikes. Stop by the open train car on your way there.

[Open Train 2 Car]- Chest: random Ryuusei item (after completing crossover quest in JP version)

- Chest: Emerald- Luggage x4

Goodies. In the Tropical Rainforest climate, Luggage piles turns into singlepackages which drop very expensive items that you can sell for Junk Partpurchasing funds.

Return to the platform and continue on to the stairs.

[Staircase 2 South]


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Nothing to do here. Head out the door.

[Southeast Terminal]~ Purple Slime A x7

Walk up next to the spikes and look left. See that switch? Shoot it to lowerthe spikes and continue to the next room.

[Staircase 3 South]

You know the drill.

[Platform 3]! Skylight x2- Luggage x3~ Ghost B x7~ Ghoul x4~ Green Slime x5~ Hot Ghoul x4

~ Pork Cannon x6~ Purple Slime B x2

Stop by the train car on the way through.

[Open Train 3 Car]- Green Chest:

Dried Meat Sound Data DEMO 4 (Hard Mode, first time)

- Luggage x4

More goodies!

[Staircase 3 North]

Keep on movin'.

[Northwest Terminal]~ Clay Golem B x2~ Toadstool x1

! Solar Roots: grow across a gap at 75% humidity and above- Chest: IRON- Chest: IRON- Chest: STEEL- Chest: STEEL

Shoot the Toadstool from a distance to avoid getting poisoned. Grab the JunkParts if it's humid enough for the plants to grow across the gaps, then keepgoing.

[Staircase 4 North]

Staaaairwaaaaay....

[Platform 4]! Sneaking section


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! Skylight x2- Chest: Healing Potion- Chest: Solar Fruit~ Spotter x7

Time for another sneaking sequence. This, too, is optional, as if you'restrongenough you can just kill the Spotter robots when they try to apprehend you(butbe warned, if the alert timer hits zero, it's an instant Game Over). If yougetseen, try to hide behind a pillar and wait for the cooldown timer to run out.There are other Spotters later on in the game, but make sure you kill atleastone of them to get the Enemy list entry. If you're going for stealth, sticktothe center and weave in between the rows when a Spotter comes by. If you makeit to the switch without getting seen, hit it to end the stealth segment.

[Staircase 4 South]

Story event. Stairs.

[Southwest Terminal]! Earth blocks! Elemental Switch: Earth/Cloud- Chest: Solar Fruit~ Skeleton Archer x6~ Spider x4

Finally, on the other side of that gate. Break through the Earth blocks withaCloud attack and get ready for a lot of enemies to appear. These SkeletonArchers draw back the bow before loosing an arrow at you. Quick Guard todeflect the arrow at an enemy, and with the Red Cross shield you can evenhealyourself in the process. Hit the regular switch to raise the gate, then hittheEarth switch with a Cloud attack to activate the moving platform on the otherside of the room. Don't bother with the lower room yet, as it's blocked fromthe other side.

! Ice Switch! Cloud block blocking the door to Storage Room- Crate x2~ Orc x9

The platform will take you straight across the pit to the other side. If youwant to access the room to the south, you'll need to shoot the Ice Switchhalfway through the ride with a Flame attack to activate the other platform.

Either way, once you make it to the other side a ton of Orcs will spawn. Ifyou're not prepared for a close-quarters battle, just flip the switch andescape to the upper room.

[Back Room]! Flame blocks blocking the entrance


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! Sunken Platform (floats up during rainfall)- Green Chest:

Nidhoggr Arms (first time) Garnet

[Storage Room]! Sun Shards! Solar Roots: grow across a gap at 75% humidity and above- Green Chest:

Battle Suit (first time) Magic Bulb

- Chest: Earth Fruit- Chest: Solar Fruit~ Ghost B x3~ Spider x3

[Staircase 5 South]

Finally, the last empty staircase room in the station.


Story event. Looks like you'll have to fight the Duke atop his castle. Youwon't be able to return to town until you've finished the next dungeon, sonowis the time to return and make any necessary preparations. Assuming youopenedthe gate between the two southern terminals, it will be a much shorter tripback to the boss room when you return. When you're ready, step forward intotheboss room.

[Boss Room]~ Lizardman B x3

You have one minute to finish off the three Lizardmen. Try not to let themsurround you. If you've been practicing the Quick Guard technique you shoul

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