UNLIMITED SAGA FAQ / WALKTHROUGH Version 1.1 Copyright - 2003 Square Enix Sony Playstation 2 (US version) Made by Kamui E-mail: leo@inw.psi.br CONTENTS: 1. Updates 2. Introduction 3. Game options and controls 4. How to play? 5. Characters walkthrough 6. The seven wonders 7. Adventure list 8. Glossary 9. Skills, arts and materials 10. Extra / Special info 11. Legal information / Thanks / Contact info 1 - - UPDATES First Version - September 28, 2003 Version 0.6 - October 9, 2003 Version 0.7 - October 14, 2003 - The first "complete" version 0.6 sucks. There were phrases without words, stupid grammar mistakes, the FAQ lacking crucial details. Almost everything was improved on this version. Sorry for the bad FAQ, but I think that the rush of releasing got the best of me. But not fear, this version you can actually read and, with some patience, even like it. Version 0.8 - October 17, 2003 - New adventures are added, as new skills and arts are also included. Many, many mistakes corrected. Laura's section is almost complete as well. Version 0.9 - October 22, 2003 - Laura's section is finished and Mythe section it's almost done. New arts and adventures added as well. Version 0.95 - November 7, 2003 - Mythe and Armic sections are completed. The adventure list is now completed; the material list and arts list are almost completed as well. There is also a new section "glossary" in the FAQ. Version 1.0 - November 25, 2003 - All characters completed!!! All right!!!. New entry on the glossary section and new arts, magic and also corrected some stuff, some of them by Saga fans that send E- mails, thanks. Enjoy the FAQ!!!! Version 1.05 - January 5, 2004 - Some minor stuff added, just corrections and such. New entry in the glossary section. Version 1.1 - January 30, 2004 - New corrections and updates. 2 - - INTRODUCTION Unlimited SaGa is the latest game of the SaGa series created by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) and the first one to the Playstation 2 system. The story of the SaGa begins of the way back to the Gameboy (Final Fantasy legends), then goes to the SNES era (Romancing SaGa) and the PS (SaGa frontier). Not as popular as the Final Fantasy series, the SaGa games established himself as a complex game aimed for a hardcore RPG audience. The series always offered interesting non-linear storylines, random status development and almost infinite possibilities for the characters, making that the same game can be played endless times and not ever will be like the other. Unlimited SaGa has met severe criticism by the press and casual players, most of it because it's unimpressive graphics and an uber- complex game mechanics. But the hardcore players thanks Square Enix by creating a game that dare to be different from the others. The Seven Wonders, a mysterious legacy left from an ancient civilization. The last remains of a time called the Golden Age, when wonderful deeds were done and created the base of the world that you know today. Seven persons, seven different destinies are about to join together to unravel the mysteries of the ancient civilization, but they are capable to restore the peace and bring a new Golden Age? Are you ready to discover the hidden truth about the legendary Seven Wonders? 3 - - GAME OPTIONS IMPORTANT INFO - The game requires a memory card to boot up every single time and also a Dual Shock 2 controller. If you don't have a memory card, the game will not boot. The first time you play Unlimited SaGa, it will create a file called system data (154 KB). I know that you probably already have a memory card and a Dual Shock 2, but better safe than sorry. After the CG intro, some game modes will appear: NEW GAME - Starts a new game. Select between 7 unique characters. LOAD GAME - Continue your previously saved game, after you choose to continue, a load screen appears. The game requires 104 KB of the memory card to save. CONTINUE - In this game, you can save in dungeons, but when you load back, this save is deleted. The save will be stored on the system data and do not requires further Kb of the memory card. FFX-2 PREVIEW - A preview movie of Final Fantasy X-2 (not available in the JAP version). OPTIONS - Customize your game. C) Controls X button - Selects a topic. Attacks (on battles) O button - Hold (on battles), open main status menu (field) Triangle - Cancel a selection Square - Check the map and number of turns (field) L1/R1 - Cycles between the characters L2/R2 - Cycles between the arts (skill and arts screen) Analog stick - Moves the character Directional buttons - Select field options and cycles the event list. Press analog stick (L3 and R3) - Rest (in the field) L1 + R1 + Select + Start - Return to the main game screen. 4 - - HOW TO PLAY Probably the most important section of the FAQ, is explaining how to play the game. Unlimited SaGa has no game tutorial, and the instruction manual teaches the basic of the basic, so most of this section is based on mostly empiric findings and from real gameplay, so as everything based on empiric observation only, it is bound to have some mistakes. Please consult others sources in case of doubt. A ) Choosing your character Each character has his role in the history of the game, and 7 characters with at least 25 hours on each character, it's hard to know what person to choose, especially if you are short on time. So I create a table with the difficulty level to beat the game and the level of each character story-wise to understanding of Unlimited Saga as a whole. RUBY - Difficulty - Medium Story - High She has a very cool storyline and the difficulty is not that hard to play. Nice ending as well. VENTUS - Difficulty - Easy Story - Medium If you want to see almost everything that Unlimited has to offer, look no further that Ventus storyline. LAURA - Difficulty - Hard Story - Medium Interesting story, but perhaps the most difficult adventure in the game. Only for the experts. MYTHE - Difficulty - Medium Story - High One of the most interesting adventures, and a quite long journey. ARMIC - Difficulty - High Story - Low Probably the most unfulfilling quest in this game, it's quite hard to beat and the story didn't offer anything new or rewarding. The most "different" quest in the game. JUDY - Difficulty - Easy Story - Medium The most short and easy quest in this game. You can reach the last boss with only 4 hours of gameplay. Good for the first venture in the Unlimited saga. KURT - Difficulty - Medium Story - Medium Interesting storyline as well, and the quest is somewhat short. But it's a fun ride, there are tough bosses on his game also. B ) Towns In Unlimited SaGa, there are several towns in the game. Every town has at least an inn, and a carrier guild. There are others things as Blacksmiths, magic shops, dungeons and story-related places. I will explain every one of these options below. INN - The busiest place in the game. SHOP - In the inn you can buy or sell equipment on the shop. You can get your equipment by paying Kr (the currency of the game) or trading with other equipment's. Some places only accepts trading as the payment method. INFORMATION - Get information and gossip. Some of the characters story will only advance by getting specific information in the inns. ADVENTURES - Explore the world in the adventures section. The core of the game relies on the adventure section; so the inn will be the place that you will spend most of the time. EQUIPMENT - Check and change your equipment and items. ADVENTURE LOG - Save your game. EXIT - Exit the inn. CARRIER GUILD - The place to carriers get his works. Only accessible in Ventus storyline. For the other characters, this place have no use at all. BLACKSMITH - You can create or improve your weapon at the blacksmiths. Each blacksmith works with a selected set of equipment and every blacksmith are specialized on something. More on the equipment section further below. MAGIC SHOP - In this place sells equipment just like the normal shop, but the weapons sold in the magic shops came with magical properties. More on the equipment section. DUNGEONS - There are some dungeons that can be accessed anytime you want, and you can play it several times. The dungeons don't have a specific objective or a maximum number of turns, unlike the adventures. So go there if you want some battle experience and treasures. There is no character development in these dungeons. STORY-RELATED PLACES - In some towns, there are places only accessible by a few characters to advance their storylines. For the other characters, these places have no use at all. OBS: There is only one town that doesn't have any inn or carrier guild but it's just a story-related place. This place is the Galeos Castle, which only appears in Laura's game. The Galeos castle is located near Escata. C ) Going to adventures Just like in every other RPG, you will recruit characters to participate in your quest. Each quest has 8 characters to recruit, some of them are exclusive to his quest and some of the characters that you can recruit are others main characters as well. So you will see Ruby fighting with Mythe, Laura with Armic, Kurt with Ventus and so on. But you can only take 7 characters to an adventure. In the inns, you can choose to participate in several adventures. This adventures are really helpful to increase HP, new equipment and learning new arts, because if you stick to the story related events on each character you won't develop your characters that much. Each town has it's particular set of adventures, related to events that are taking place. Many story related events happens on a place that just like a normal adventure; when this happens the adventure will be not accessible, so don't worry if you don't see a specific adventure in your quest. Every adventure can be successfully finished only one time and the quantity of the adventures is finite, so if you clear all the normal adventures there is no way to further improve your characters (Ventus quest is an exception). If you don't clear it, the adventure will be still there to be finished. But if you don't clear the adventure you won't have any skill development. So my advice is to only begin to make non stories related adventures when you have at least 5 characters in your group. If you do many adventures with a few characters, when you get the other characters there won't be many adventures to develop the status of the remaining characters. D ) Exploring the world On the course of the game, you will explore the world and visit another towns to advance the storyline or to accomplish one particular adventure. You will begin the game on the city, and if you check the world map there will be no other place to go, so you have to pick an adventure that take you out of that city and that leads to another city. - The world map Exiting a town access the world map. Then will appear a world map, you can only see the towns that you already visited in your quest. The world map also has the property that you can visit any town without passing in the field. - Choosing your characters Each main character can recruit 8 extra characters for the entire journey, but only 7 characters (including the main character) can participate on the adventures. Before each adventure you will have to select what characters will join you on the adventures. - The game screen If you haven't got on a particular city before, you must first cross the way to that city, so you will enter the "field" mode. When I refer to the field, it is the exploration mode that isn't the world map. The game screen of the field has a lot of information scattered around, and it's not that friendly to understand, how it can help you or even how it works, in the first place. In the regular field screen there is your "team", the roads, a picture with a short description of the location (in the upper left corner of the screen) that you are in the moment and the field options. The field options includes: SKILL - Check/Uses your skills in the field and see the event list. ITEMS - Check/arrange/quick-fix and discard non-equipped items. EQUIPMENT - Check/Trade equipment STATUS - See current status (HP/LP) and stats. For a better- detailed menu, press X on this screen (or press O on the field) QUIT - Quit the game, and save your progress. On the next game you can use continue to start from that point, but this save will be erased. - Moving your characters The game field is like a board game, and you control a "pin" into this field. You won't have freedom of movement; you can go to the places that game tells you. Many times the places to go are marked with (????). That shows you that it's a non-explored place. Sometimes there are several paths to go, but rest assured that every road has only one exit to the desired destination and you can't go to the other exits, so there isn't a way to get lost. The (????) will be marked in different colors: Blue - Low probability to encounter a monster Yellow - High probability to encounter a monster Red - Monster nest In all fields, there are dead ends, so you have to turn back. If you can't find the exit, most likely you forgot to check a place, so backtrack a little to find the place marked by a (????), and go there. There are also places that are only available if you have a correspondent skill (more later on). - Turns Every action that you perform on the field, including walking, resting or performing any skill counts as turns. Battles also count turns but much slower than a normal turn (a battle with 5 turns consumes 2 field turns). Several adventures requires that you finish the quest in less than a predetermined numbers of turns, if not you will leave the adventure. But keep in mind that you can try this adventure again, and all field covered in the previous try will be showed, but not the events needed to the conclusion of the quest nor the fixed treasures. E ) The events - Events Of course, a travel in a RPG isn't a vacation tour. So in these game several things can happen while travelling, can be as good as find a treasure chest or bad like facing an enemy. The game will inform you of the events, by a picture and the name of the event. So there is a list of things that can happen: TREASURE CHEST - Treasure chests are scattered by the world, there content can be equipment, materials and money (this is the only way to get money if you're not a carrier), but you have to open it first. There are 3 kinds of treasures: The chest (that may have traps and are locked), the bag (that may have only traps), and the skeleton (that doesn't have any traps). The game will inform the type of the treasure as well the level of the chest. The higher is the level of the chest, better will be the contents. Level 99 is the highest. ENEMY ENCOUNTER - You will encounter an enemy. A picture of the monster(s) will appear. The enemy may attack you or not. If they attack you, the battle will begin. If they not attack, you can attack him for a preemptive strike or you can escape for another location. A TRAP - In the field, there are several traps placed along the way. If you activate the trap, a person of the group will be chosen to try to escape of the trap, if they are successful, it will escape unharmed, but if not, they will receive damage. Traps also has a level; the higher the level of the trap, it will be harder to defuse or dodge it. OBSTACLES, RIVERS, STAIRS, DOORS ETC. - You can find these things on the adventures. Also have a level description. SWITCHES, LEVERS, ETC. - You can also find these things on the adventures. - The event list One of the most confusing things in the game, it's to know how to use the event list. When you choose SKILL on the field options, a screen will appear with HP, LP, etc. but in the upper part of the screen there are a list of pictures, each one represent an event. So if you want open a treasure chest that you see in the field, select SKILL, then select the treasure chest (with the directional button, not the analog one) and select action. But if the chest is locked? Below the "action" will appear the skill list. If you have the locksmith skill, select Skill, then select the treasure chest and select the locksmith that is below the action. Do that to any other events (doors, stairs, monsters, traps) in this game as well. If a skill can be used on the event, they will be on white color but the others skills that cannot be used will have the gray mark. - Kind of traps There are several kinds of traps on the field: some are in treasures chest to forbid the opening of the chest, some in the road to scare off clueless travelers. Use the defuse skill to defuse the traps. Chests - Needle (low damage), poison (medium damage), explosive (high damage, destroy chest contents), mimic (monster in the chest). Field - Falling tree (low damage), boulder (medium damage), pitfall (high damage), icicle (high damage) and drop ceiling (high damage). F ) Game parameters and skills/arts This game has several parameters: LP - It's like the HP on the others games, when you lost all LP the character will leave the battle. But if the main character get 0 LP, the game is over. The LP is fixed for every character and it can't be changed. In every completed adventure, the LP is replenished. You and your enemy can lose more than 1 LP for each hit taken. HP - It's works a meter for the resistance of a character /monster. In theory, when the HP is reduced to 0 you will lose one LP, and the following hits with 0 HP will also take 1 LP. This doesn't happen, though, because there are others factors like strength of the attacked and the armor and endurance of the defender involved in this. An attack performed by a character reduces his HP as well. The only way to replenish the HP is to rest in the field or leave a character out of the battle turn. The enemy has also a fixed LP, so no matter how much HP damage you inflict, if you not destroy its LP, the enemy will not be defeated. HP RECOVER - The rate that a character recovers his HP in the field. The valor varies to A (best recover rate) to E (worst); there are skills that improve the recover rate. ENDURANCE - Also works likes the HP, but when the endurance is low, the probability to lose LP (even if your HP is high) increases. But if you endurance is high, even if your HP is 0, you can avoid losing a LP. Every weapon attack performed by a character reduces his endurance as well. So if the battle drags too long the probability of you receiving great LP damage increases drastically. There some attacks that inflict endurance loss. At the end of every battle, the endurance is replenished. STRENGTH, MAGIC, SKILL, SPIRIT - Works as the same like others RPG's. This group is called Ability parameters (Endurance is also a ability parameter). WOOD, METAL, FIRE, EARTH, WATER - Improve magic use. This group is called Elemental parameters. DURABILITY - It's the value that indicated its durability of an equipment. When the durability is 0, the equipment lost its use. SKILLS - An ability that can help in most things in the game, that ranges of battle skills, to improve your fighting methods, to negotiate better deals in the shop. There are many skills in this game, and so you will have to customize the characters with your needs. ARTS - It's the different attacks that a weapon or a melee can perform. A particular weapon has different attack categories and each category has it's particular set of arts. You will learn new arts only in battle. G ) The reel system Probability is a factor very common in the RPG, but in Unlimited SaGa the probability is made in a very peculiar way: the reel system. The reel system can be translated as a wheel of fortune. And the player has to press the button to stop the reel and the icon that stopped will be the result. There are 2 kinds of reels: The events reel and the battle reel. The difference is in the results icons on the both reels. EVENT REEL - Green orb - Success Red X - Failure but you don't are penalized Dynamite - Failure and you are penalized BATTLE REEL (arts) - Green orb - Level 1 art Blue orb - Level 2 art Pink orb - Level 3 art Orange orb - Level 4 art (gun) - Red hit - Random shot Green hit - Shot Yellow hit - Shot White hit - Shot (magic) - Wood Earth Metal Fire Water The event reel is related to success of failure of using a skill in an event or escaping a trap. The green orb represents a success, that you used the skill successfully or escaped the trap. The red X shows failures, but like a little failure, if is a skill, you will not use it but you won't activate the negative effects (like activating traps in treasure chests when you try to unlock it), if is a trap you only take damage but only a parcel of the total. The dynamite shows a total failure, if is a skill, you will not use it and will activate the negative effects, if is a trap you will take full damage. The battle reel (arts) is related of using different arts in battle. In the beginning of the game you will only have one art, then the reel will only green. As you will learn new arts, others orbs with different colors will appear on the reel. The battle reel (gun) is related the success rate of the shot, red hit (worst) means miss or very little damage and white (best) is a critical hit of sorts. The battle reel (magic) is related to the use of magic, if you use water magic and hit the water icon on the reel, the damage will be greater, but if you hit the fire icon, the damage will be reduced. The reel of magic and gun, all icons are available from the start. If using a reel it's a nightmare for persons with low eye-hand coordination, fortunately there 2 things that worth mentioning: here is no time restriction on using a reel, and the reel sequence repeats endlessly, so take your time and let it roll many times until you get the feeling of the reel. Some skills works improving the probability of success on a reel, which means as higher is the level of the skill, more green orbs will appear. When it's an event reel, the chance of success with the reel its proportional to the level of the event (chest, trap etc.) and your skill level related to the event. When you begin to learn arts but your weapon skill level its low, the orbs of the battle reel will be much separated from each other, and there is only one orb by color, so hitting a high level orb is a matter of plain luck. But as your weapon skill grows, the high level orbs will be placed together, and there will be 2 orbs of the same color, so hitting the desired orb will become much easier, and in no time you will begin to hit the art that you want. As the event reel, there will be always a "hot spot" to press the button. This hot spot can be several green orbs placed together (high level skill) or a single green orb surrounded by red X (low level skill). If you are defusing a high level chest, with a low level skill try looking for the hot spot, especially when you are unlocking chests with explosive content, if you don't unlock it at least the chest won't explode. OBS: It seems that with some characters, there is a lag in the time that press the button, and the reel to stop. This can cause annoying outcomes, especially if you are good with the reel. But this effect only happens with the event reel, like unlocking or evading traps, in the battle reel this won't happen. In any case this lag not always happens, so look for the hot spots for a better probability of success. H ) The battle - The battle screen When you trigger a battle (intentionally or not), a battle screen will appear. Once you enter the battle, the rules are simple: You and your enemy will exchange blows and the one last standing is the winner. No items to use, or running away from the battle. The first thing is to select 5 commands and the enemy that you will perform the action. A command can be attacking the enemy, or using magic. The 5 commands can be that the same character attacks 5 times in a row or each one attacks once, or one character attacks 3 times and 2 others one time, so you have total freedom of choose your strategy of fighting. - Choosing a character The battle screen will appear. There will be a circle with every character and his HP/LP. And a white circle shows the number of remaining command that can be made. - Choosing an action After choosing a character, a screen will appear to choose an action related to that character. It shows every weapon and accessory equipped by that character, and also the melee and a familiar (if you have any familiar in the skill panel, more later on). Below the weapon, there will be the categories of that weapon/ accessory/ melee/ familiar. Only black categories can be chosen, the gray ones cannot be chosen. If a weapon has only grayed out categories, this weapon has 0 durability and can't be used. Also you can check the HP and endurance required to execute a action, pressing square or O buttons on the categories. Press X to choose the desired action and the enemy. Repeat that 5 times and the battle will begin for real. - The combo system When you choose the 5 actions, the battle will begin. The reel will spin and you have 2 options: GO or HOLD. If you choose GO (pressing X) the character will perform the action of the icon that you previously. If you choose to HOLD (pressing O), the character will try to combo with the next person, and the next person will be in the control of the main reel. If your 2 characters choose to HOLD as well, you will try to do a triple combo, and so on. You can do a maximum of a five-hit combo. When you successfully do a combo, the name of the combo will appear and the combo rate also will show up. The combo rate is related to the extra damage inflicted by a combo, if a combo rate was 130% that means the combo will deal damage 30% higher than done the hits by itself. A combo with more than 130% has a high probability of LP damage on the enemy. The advantage of the combo is that it will increase the damage inflicted in the enemy, with the last person of the combo makes the makes the great part of the damage. If the last person selects HOLD, you will only use the basic attack of the weapon category. - The enemy reaction Of course, the enemy will attack (and combo) like you do. The enemy doesn't have any restriction of numbers of turns. They can attack only twice (weak enemies) or even 7 times (bosses). And its order is unpredictable as well, but if you notice that the enemy group is attacking fast on the first turns, probably they will stop and open a window to combo. Combos do not always happened like you wanted to, because the enemy can break the combo. If the enemy breaks your combo, 2 bad things will happen, the first one is that the last blow it's the most powerful of the combo, and that you can't do high level arts if you have the combo breaked. There is an example of a combo breaked: You choose 4 HOLD, 1 GO: Hold Hold Hold Hold GO Attack - Attack - Attack - Attack - Attack The enemy chooses 2 GO, 1 HOLD GO GO Hold Attack - Attack - Attack Here's what happens in the game: You will have your combo breaked in the second character. There will be a 3-hit combo in total. The 2 ally characters will begin the combo, and your enemy will end it. The third ally character will also have its combo breaked. Two-hit combo with the ally beginning the combo, and the enemy end it. In the last turn, the enemy will begin the combo and the 2 ally characters will end it. That is just a possibility, but in the real game you won't know what your enemy is planning. Since the last person of the combo inflicts greater damage, trying to combo without much thought can make things worst, because if the enemy just breaks your combo again and again they will, in the end, inflicts massive damage on you. But always doing GO won't help you either. In difficult battles, since doing combo increases the possibility of draining LP of the enemy (your main objective) you have to take your chances and combo. So you have to find a way to combo the enemy, without giving the enemy chance to retaliate. It's a guessing game, but it's that makes the battles in this game so fun, but frustrating at the same time. - Team formation The basic formation is always the same with 3 characters in the front row, and 2 on the back row. The front row has a greater chance of being damaged by an enemy. If you choose fewer characters, you will fill first the front row then the back row. This can change with some locations, which can have variables kinds of formations. Also, there is a battle in tight spots that requires a maximum of 3 different characters. There are few situations in the game that requires one-to-one battle. - Battle tips Knowing the battle rules, there are some tips to help you out: 1 - If you want to score a greater damage without being much damaged in the process, leave the high HP/LP on the front row and leave the main character and the character with the most powerful skill for last. So make HOLD on the first 2 characters, this forces the enemy to break your combo and attack. You will receive greater damage, but if your characters are strong, even you lose some LP it compensates the trouble since the others 3 characters can combo without have much fear of has it combo break and being damaged in the process. If the initial HOLD trick does not work, you can play it safe, doing GO on the remaining 3 characters or risk a higher combo, it's up to you. The enemy AI is smart though, so they will change his strategy constantly. 2 - When you have more than 5 characters in your team, swap the front row once in a while, specially in boss battles. Leaving the same characters over and over, will deplete his endurance and they will die quickly. 3 - Use skills that reduce any parameters of the enemy. They can't be strong by itself, but in the long run it can save your life. Arts like brute force (punch), deadly palm (punch), aim (spear) and nutcracker (staff) destroy the defenses of the enemy. Use them on bosses and tough enemies. - Taking out a character When you have a character with blackout, sleep, or petrify status or even dead, they will remain in the battlefield until you take him out. To do take that character out you must choose the "rescue" option below in the melee attacks. This option always appears, but if you aren't with a character that can be taken out, this option will be inaccessible. As the stunned character is in the battlefield, his turn will be spend like a regular character. When you choose a character to rescue another, his turn as well will be lost (rescue counts as a action) but if think about it, you will replace for a good character and also you won't lose the stunned character turn. But not always a character can successfully rescue another, this depends of the build of a character, if he is tall and strong, the odds of a little girl carry him out of the battlefield are slim, so put a strong character when you try to rescue another character. - Game over The game will end if the main character gets 0 LP or all characters in the battlefield get 0 LP or are unable to make any actions. I ) Equipment, materials, skills and items - Equipment Each characters has several equipment that he can...well, equip. There are 2 weapons slots, 2 accessories, one head, one armor and one legging. The weapon that you can equip includes daggers, swords, axes, staffs, spears, bows and shields. You can equip 2 attack weapons or 1 attack and one shield (yes, you can equip 2 shields, and yes, you're dumb if you actually do that...^_^) - Materials Materials are items that only have utility in a blacksmith. They can be use to improve the durability of an equipment or to make new weapons. They materials can be find on the adventures or bought in stores. There are several types of materials, which can be further divided on 5 groups: Fire, Water, Metal, Wood and Earth. - Skills There are several skills in this game but 2 of them are of the most importance: Defuse and locksmith. These are truly essential skills that at least one person has to have all times. Others required skills are swimming and obstacle crossing. I like also the iron body skill, which reduces damage and LP loss probability. J ) Character, equipment and arts development - Character development In Unlimited SaGa they taken off the random character stats gained in every battle and created a different system. The character development can be only done on the end of every cleared adventure. The character HP will grow only for the characters that participated on battle in an adventure. You can gain one new skill and a status boost. Both are handled in the same way: The skills panel. You can check your skill panel only in the field. - Skill panel The skill panel looks like this: ___ ___ / \/ \ _\___/\___/__ / \/ \/ \ \___/\___/\___/ / \/ \ \___/\___/ After the end of the adventure, the game will choose randomly 4 skills for each character, so you pick a skill and place it in the skill panel. The harder is the adventure that you accomplished; the level of the skills will be higher as well. But even if you make the most difficult adventure, if you skills are low, you will grow, but a little bit, so if you have only levels 2 or 3 in your panel skill, the odds are that you will receive a level 4, not a level 5. The panel has 7 slots for skills, and when the 7 slots are full you will have to overwrite a skill, even if you won't to part with any skill you have. Each skill has 5 levels, as higher the level; the effects of the skill also will be higher. If the skill deals with the reel system, like unlock/defuse, when higher the level of the skill, the higher is the chance of success (more green orbs). Each skill has a category (symbol) and a definition of its use. There are different skills that are from the same category. OBS - Negative status (like phobia, seal weapon and pacifist) can be only being replaced with other negative status. The gauntlet skill, that is also a negative skill, cannot be replaced at all. Magic tablets don't count as one of the 4 skills that you receive, and you can place the magic tablet on every character. - Boosting status For boosting status there is 2 conditions that you have to notice. The first one is the skill that you are placing in the skill panel and the slot that you are putting in. The skill chosen will improve part of your status by the characteristics of the skill, just like Melee and weapons skills improves more STR, END and SKL than ELM and MAG and Familiars have the tendency to improve more MAG and ELM than STR. Keep in mind that the ELM skills like familiar do not improve all ELM, since a water familiar will improve water, fire familiar improves fire and so on. The others skills like negotiating, key and health have a more balanced status growth. The slot works like this. Every slot in the panel is related with a particular status parameter, so every skill putted on an empty slot will improve a parameter, following that rule: ___ ___ /STR\/SKL\ _\___/\___/__ /END\/ALL\/SPR\ \___/\___/\___/ /ELM\/MAG\ \___/\___/ Each slot affects the adjacent slot as well, so when you put a skill on the STR for example, the END and SKL will grow as well but in a smaller proportion. It's the reason why the middle slot improves all parameters. So the key for a powerful character lies in the combination of this 2 factors. You can put any skill in any slot that you like, but you won't have the best combinations, since if you add a powerful weapon skill (like Axe) in the first slot, you will improve more your STR than if you put in the last slot. Do not worry if you have the same combination of skills/slot on several characters but the growth is different. This depends on the characters, some characters are bound to have a strong STR and mage characters are bound to have a strong MAG. The limit for the all parameters is 80 points. To see the change of the status when placing a new skill, press the square button, making this you can evaluate the changes that placing a skill give to a character. There is also the panel bonus, which is a bonus that you receive if certain conditions are made: JOINT - It's the bonus that you receive by placing the skills with the same category in an adjacent slot, but not the center slot. LINE - It's the bonus that you receive by placing the skills with the same category in a line using the center slot. TRIANGLE - It's the bonus that you receive by placing the skills in a triangular shape, once again not using the center slot. JOINT LINE TRIANGLE ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ /JNT\/JNT\ /LIN\/ \ /TRI\/ \ _\___/\_ /__ _\___/\___/__ _\___/\___/__ / \/ \/ \ / \/LIN\/ \ / \/ \/TRI\ \___/\___/\___/ \___/\___/\___/ \___/\___/\___/ / \/ \ / \/LIN\ /TRI\/ \ \___/\___/ \___/\___/ \___/\___/ There is also an additional bonus that you receive if the skills that form the panel bonus are the same level. It is called same level bonus (duh!). So to have a good character, leave the fighting skills to the upper part of the screen, a good health skill on the middle slot and the lower part leave with skill like familiars, negotiating or key skills. - Weapon development Every weapon and equipment has 4 slots for development. When you buy or find equipment, it's common that it comes with only one slot with something. As you use the weapons or being hit with armor equipped, it can release new weapon category or ability at the end of every battle. But this development is made at random, so you can gain several things in just one battle or gain nothing for several battles. Weapon category releases a new set of arts, and ability can give you protections against several status and such. If equipment has already filled the 4 slots so it can't grow anymore. But equipment with 0 durability can learn new category, but it has to be equipped on a character. OBS: Guns haven't any category, or any arts. Just the normal shoot. - Arts development Arts development it's a tricky subject, so probably it's the most controversial section of this FAQ. You learn new arts as you will use a particular weapon category, but it's learning ratio (or learning at all) is a total mystery. A person can learn different arts per category, and in just one round 2 persons can learn an art, or even one person can learn 2 arts at once (it happens to me, once). There is no 'way' of learning arts, which means that you can learn a powerful art in the beginning of the game and don't learn the weaker arts forever. But, as the game says, practice makes perfect, and so use the desired category over and over, and eventually you will learn arts, - Tips for arts development Just remember to take that info with a bit of salt, that I cannot prove this factors: EVERYONE CAN LEARN ALL ARTS FOR MELEE ATTACKS WITH RELATIVE EASE, so just keeping using it and he/she/it will eventually learn these arts. Exception goes to the Hairdryer and Humming bird categories. THE START WEAPON OF A CHARACTER CAN BE A GOOD INDICATOR of that he will learn some arts of that weapon, but that don't mean that he will learn every single arts for every category with ease. THE LEARNING CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH A BUILD OF A CHARACTER, if a character is strong, the probability to adapt to a heavy weapon like swords, spears and axes is greater; like small, weak characters are bounded to be good with daggers, bows and staffs. Of course, there are exceptions. A CHARACTER HAS AFFINITY WITH SOME WEAPONS, so if you use a particular character that appears in several quests (like Ruby), the chance that she has of learning an art that she already learn before in a previous game is huge. THE MAIN CHARACTERS HAS AFFINITY WITH VARIOUS WEAPONS. Basically that's true, but Armic and Judy that has serious problems at learning different weapon arts. FIGHTING STRONG FOES increases the probability to learn new arts. This is very important. Fighting a really strong foe (like the Giant in the Knight's Mausoleum or the Elder Dragons) can unlock more arts than 20 hours of normal quest. WEAPONS WITH LOW DURABILITY HAS BETTER CHANCE TO LEARN AN ART, it's probably the most controversial point, but I believe that's true. THERE IS SOME ARTS THAT IS JUST TOO HARD TO LEARN, some categories has trouble in releasing arts; just like saying that spear it's probably the worst weapon to learn anything. Particularly, I tend to keep distance from spears, even if my most powerful weapon its, guess what, a spear. - Magic use Don't use the same rules as weapon arts. There is 2 ways to use magic: the hard way and the easy way. The hard way requires that you learn magic from a magic tablet and also have a weapon/accessory that has the elemental of the magic that you learned. So if you want to use the purify magic (a water- elemental magic), you have to learn the purify magic from a magic tablet and also have a weapon/accessory with "water arts". Magic, like weapon arts, drains durability from the equipment that has the elemental arts. Fortunately, some characters begin the game with some magic on his sleeve, so avoiding wasting much time (learning magic from a magic table is a very slow process). The easy way it's to place a familiar skill and use him. Using a familiar doesn't requires that you learn the magic (since each familiar has its own magic to use) not even has an equipment requirement. So just equip the familiar and begin to use it. K ) Random things - Carriers Ventus storyline will enable you to play as a carrier, that's basically a deliver guy. This works as a part-time job, which you can do between your adventures. Doing carriers is positive because: You can go to places that you can't go normally on your adventures, that you can get money (others characters relies only on treasure chests to get money) and your development will be quicker. To make carriers, go to the carrier guild (every city has one) and select a job. The owner of the guild will tell you what object that you will carrier, the city that you have to deliver, the difficulty of the carrier and the reward. Sometimes will be a carrier that is impossible to do because the difficulty is high and your carrier rank is low. As you are do carriers, you carrier rank will grow and you will be enabled do make more difficult jobs, and with better rewards. A carrier is just like a normal adventure but you have to pass all roads to the city of the deliver. An example is that you are getting a carrier in Torle to Loch Vaan; you have to pass in Iskandaria and Escata before reaching Loch Vaan. But each stop in each city worth like a full adventure. So in this example you will develop your skills and increase your HP 3 times. SO if you run out of adventures you can rely on making carrier to develop your status. Ventus story also requires that you visit a carrier guild once in a while. - Blacksmith When you use your weapons, its durability will diminish and eventually reach 0. On this time this weapon will lose it's use, but not the category or the arts learned so far. But the blacksmith can make that weapon work again; just go to a blacksmith and it can repair it. The blacksmith requires 2 things: A base item and an additional item. The base item is the item that you will work into. So if you want to repair a copper sword, you will put the copper sword as base item. The additional item works as the extra material make to improve the base item, like improving the durability or transforming the base item type into another one. It can be a material or other weapon as well. You can also make other things in a blacksmith. The first one is create a new weapon, with a material or other weapon. With a new material, just put the material as the base item. The weapon will be created based on the type of the material that you put on the base item. You can see the preview of the weapon created before doing the real thing. One good use of this it's that you can make powerful equipment of weaker things. A good example is an accessory with only 1 of defense, but it's made of dragon scale. So go to a weapon blacksmith, choose sword and put the armlet as the base item, and you can produce a mighty Dragonscale sword with 77 of attack (one of the most powerful weapons in the game). There is no restriction or penalty to change a bow to an axe, for example. The only thing that matters is the type of the material. But there are some restrictions: some types can't be used as base or additional item, like armors, leggings or helmets; and some kinds of materials can't be used as a base item, like angelite can't be used to build weapons, just accessories. OBS: Since in blacksmiths don't produce armors, helmets or leggings, the best way is to buy them in the inn's shops, or finding then on your adventures. - Magic tablet Magic users like Judy requires magic tablets to learn new spells. Magic tablets can be found on adventures just like other items, but they can't be equipped. They work like a normal skill that you have to put in your skill panel. But that isn't enough, you must have your character begin the study of the magic tablet if they want to learn something, so select the main status screen (use the O button on the field), select magic tablet and select what magic tablet you want to learn. After selecting a magic tablet, on every single battle you can learn a little of the new spell, just like the weapons development, but also this happens at random. Each magic tablet has 3 different magic to learn, so when you reach the end of the learning, the magic will be remembered forever. I don't rely at all on magic tablets, because familiars are far more convenient to use. - Clear game data When you beat a game with one character, the game will save on the system data the information that you finished the game with that character, so you can play several quests at once, without having to play one character at the time. To start with a new character, select NEW GAME from the main menu and choose the desired next character. The game only "ends" when you beat with all 7 characters. 5 - - CHARACTER WALKTHROUGH A ) RUBY Ruby is a carefree girl, which only objective on his mind is making a buck. One day, when his sister Sapphire, which is a respected fortuneteller and runs a fortunetelling store in Loch Vaan, reads the future to a man (Lord Burgundy) she only sees death, and she gets affected by the death visions that she saw. Now the store without his sister, it's the perfect cue to Ruby gets it hands on fortune telling herself, even if she don't have what it takes for the job. So, with the help of Hiro, she goes to make her own fame as fortune telling, even if she has to trick some people in the way. 1 - HERE, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY... So Ruby begins to make some readings of the future of the customers. She advises a guy that is in love with a girl, even if she hates this kind of subject. She also receives a girl with bad luck (Michelle) that wants to get rid of her curse, but Ruby says that she doesn't do rituals of purification. The girl leaves and Ruby calls it for a day. On the next morning, an old lady wants to know the whereabouts of his cat. Ruby says that the cat will return soon. Hiro asks that if it OK to trick an old lady like that. Ruby says to not worry, that she made a genuine reading. Ruby saw a vision of water and underground, and she figures that it is a well. Ruby and Hiro goes to the bottom of the dry well to find the old lady's cat. In this short dungeon, just find the rusty key, and use on the locked door, but a monster will appear. BOSS - Skull Crawler (1 LP) 2 - TO THE CAVES OF THE UNDEAD A middle-aged man comes for a reading of if she knows where is an old dagger. She says that the dagger is in the caves of the undead. And here goes Ruby to place an old dagger in the cave. Travel east, then north until you find a well. Leave old dagger in the north of the cave. There the middle-aged will see Ruby placing the dagger, but monsters will appear. He helps you. BOSS - Skull Crawler (1 LP) 3 - TRAVELS WITH ISKANDAR Iskandar figures out Ruby trick, and gives the dagger back. Sapphire says that Iskandar and her are going to a trip, Ruby begs to be with them, but Hiro can't go with them... In the forest Hiro joins them because he gets afraid to leave Sapphire behind. They trip to Zomar. 4 - TRAVELS WITH ISKANDAR PART 2 Leave Zomar and cross the road to Wanda. There you can choose what to do, from now on. There are several adventures to go, that you can do before the main quest. But follow the story for now. 5 - TRAVELS WITH ISKANDAR PART 3 Leave Wanda and cross the road to Escata. 6 - TRAVELS WITH ISKANDAR PART 4 Even with Ruby getting bored of the journey, they leave Escata and cross the road to Iskandaria. When you camp, there is a conversation between Ruby and Sapphire. Ruby asks what was that man fortune that makes Sapphire acting weird ever since. She says that the man is looking for the mysteries of the seven wonders. She says that death surrounds the conquest of the seven wonders, and she thinks that she is one of the people that will die. So she is travelling to have her own fortune read, and Iskandar knows a place that there is a great fortuneteller. She also says that Ruby has powers that surpass Sapphire's. Ruby has a hard time to believe in that. Eventually you will reach Iskandaria. 7 - TRAVELS WITH ISKANDAR PART 5 This is the final part of the trip. They finally leave Iskandaria and go to the city of Torle. Reaching there, Iskandar says that Torle is the birthplace of the great wizard Leith Torles, and his family also has extraordinary powers. Go to the house of Leith Torles, and you will welcome by an old lady. Sapphire tells her about that she is too afraid of making more predictions. She will say that she isn't the one that is afraid, looking to Ruby. Ruby acts tough as ever, and they leave the house. Some time later, return to the house. Iskandar says that the only way to know if the visions will come true it's to confront the fear itself: The seven wonders. Iskandar will give you the location of 6 quests for the seven wonders. The last one, he says, it's inaccessible for now. 8 - THE SEVEN WONDERS Now you have the freedom to go any quest you want to: If there is a town you hasn't went before, just select the seven wonder quest relative to that town, that you will transported to there. There are some events that only happen with Ruby's quest but the seven wonders dungeons are the same for everyone, so go to the seven wonders section of the FAQ to directions. To select another seven wonders quest, go to Torle, in the house of Leith Torles. UNDERCITY PHAROS (Iskandaria) A guy will hit Ruby in the way to Undercity Pharos. After that a girl will enter the dungeon also. So Mythe will request to join you in the trip to Pharos, he says, until he finds "her"... Just before the last room you will find a triangle-shaped thing called the tetra force. He will let you save permanently, refill you HP/LP AND develop your skill. A gift from heaven, really. Now you will face Pharos's boss. BOSS - Samurai master (7 LP) 6 Dragonid (4 LP) After that the energy is restored in Pharos. Ruby carries the Tetra force outside of Pharos. The girl you met at the entrance introduces herself as Jeanne Maure, a temple knight. She thanks Ruby's group for not letting Galeos reach for the secrets of the seven wonders. Ruby is really surprised to see a Temple Knight so young; she even gives the Tetra force to Maure. Iskandar says that he was a bad idea to let the knights have the Tetra force. Ruby has an argument with him, and says that he is only an impostor of the Iskandar, the hero that build Iskandaria. He only says that the Tetra force is needed to reach the last seven wonder and Ruby realizes her mistake. STARSHIP ANCHOR (Chapa) On the entrance of the Starship, you will see a vampire (Kalandorn) and an Anubito (Dagul Bos), arguing to what their points in being there. After that 2 men's (called Yun and Clyde) keeps struggling by who will discover the wonders first and get more powerful than Leith Torles. Ruby sees it, and gets annoyed by realizing that their quest turns out to be like the Wacky races. Fortunately, a girl called Grace joins the party to get a closer look on the wonders. After Ruby's team completes the Starship Anchor, Ruby says that this time she will keep the Tetra force that she found on the temple. Jeanne Maure keeps watching Ruby's activities. DEITIES TABLE (Solophero) BOSS: Giant Bird (7 LP) After clearing the quest, Ruby will retrieve another Tetra force, but this time Jeanne asks that she can keep this one. Ruby says that it's OK but the next one is theirs. Jeanne leaves, but Ruby notice that her is becoming a little bit obsessed with the Tetra force. (OPTIONAL - BUT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) Now that you have cleared this quest, you can see the Regina Leone festival. Go to the Iskandar plaza, sit down and watch a wonderful CG!!! Ruby will take care of a fortune-telling tent, but there isn't much people wanting a reading. When finally a Chapa comes near (Armic), the firework begins, and he soon disappears. There is some dancing going on, and so Ruby invites Mythe to dance, he resists a little but they start to dance. But then, Mythe leaves her in the middle of dance. Ruby gets sad, but then the memorial fire ritual begins, and Ruby looks dazzled to the fire mural. Back on Torle, when you will choose the fourth seven wonders quest, the old lady appears again. Sapphire asks her why she isn't afraid at all of make more predictions, even if she were right after all, she will die by her own predictions. She lady says that Sapphire trusts her powers so much, that when she actually dies, she will be happy after all. The old lady, turns to Ruby and says that the person is really afraid is Ruby. She also says that no matter what she does, she will never be as strong as her sister Sapphire. Ruby denies for a while, but then she starts to cry and say that she doesn't want to be alone, and for that she must be just like her sister and runs off the house. Sapphire goes after her. Iskandar says that the old lady was pretty cruel, but she says that the persons must hear the truth once in a while. Iskandar reveals also that he saved the old lady, many years ago, but she says that she doesn't remembers it. Hmmm... FLYING ISLAND (Vaftom) In the way, you will meet a very, very fat guy named Roy. He says that he will follow you as long as there is food available. BOSS: Elder Dragon (8 LP) As you are about to leave, Jeanne steal the Tetra force that you found. Ruby says that it's wasn't they agreed. Jeanne replies furiously that it's better having her guard it that possible leave to fiends or the Anubito and runs off. Ruby says that Jeanne really changed, for the worst. NAKLE LINES (Wanda) In the beginning of the quest, you will join the most unusual character in this game: Anzan, the petran. He is a rock with eyes, that is just silly. BOSS: Tegar (8 LP) Just in case, Ruby hides the Tetra force and leaves quickly. Jeanne appears but Ruby has already left. Jeanne looks furious. TWO MOONS TEMPLE (Kimbali) On the entrance of the Two Moons temple, an arrogant priest obsessed with strategies and balance of the nature will approach Ruby's team to try to preserve the seven wonders legacy. BOSS: Demons (8 LP) 3 Demons (3 LP) On the outside, Jeanne tries to take the Tetra force by force. Jeanne says that who will oppose her is "the instrument of evil", and attack Ruby with a strong power. Ruby passes out. On the next scene, you will see 2 persons: A girl and a powerful- looking men. He is called Iskandar, and the girl is called Alyce Ambrosia. He tells the girl that he have to seal Pharos. Ruby says that she is Ruby and not Alyce. Next scene, there are 2 other persons: a mage and a young man, the wealthy man calls the mage Leith Torles and says that he has to defeat Draco Archaeos. Leith Torles calls the man Iskandar as well. Ruby realizes that is a dream, but it fells so real. The last scene shows a girl just like Ruby and an old man. The old man says to the girl that she must really do it. The girl says to Iskandar (yes, he is also Iskandar) that she unlocked the secrets of the arcane magic and get the most powerful magic on the world, and says if in "another world" Iskandar is invincible, here is just an old man. Ruby notice her semblance with the girl...and feel uneasy. But she sees the face of Hiro and wakes up. Go to the Leith Torle home, and the old lady says if they look for the answer that she is looking for. Sapphire says that her powers are that only a prediction, not a special power or as definitive as she thought. Ruby says that she must not worry for the future too much, and she will live for the present, not by the future. Iskandar then asks to both girls to make a predicament of the travel to the Hanged Garden. Sapphire says that she had the same vision, the end of the world, but Ruby says that she also saw the end, but the beginning of a new one. Now it's the time for you to make the adventures that remains and equip with the strongest equipment. Also improve your weapons in the blacksmith. There is no turning back when you get in the hanged garden. HANGED GARDEN Ruby asks if with only 2 Tetra forces they can reach the Hanging Garden. Iskandar says, "Remember that I am Iskandar, even if have one Tetra force, reaching there will be very easy". Ruby gets annoyed with Iskandar preposterous attitude, and thinks about all the troubles to get every single Tetra forces. But anyway, you are already here, so it's no use complaining. Once again, look for the seven wonders section to detail to how to cross this seven wonder, but in this quest with Ruby, the season is fixed on spring and there is no season puzzle to do. Now that is good news. When you reach the end of the garden, Jeanne will be there as well. She will say that she is the savior of the world and will try to defeat you. BOSS : Jeanne Maure (23 LP) 4 Jeanne guards (8 LP) She isn't that strong but she will use the powers of the tetra force to turn on a huge monster. It's time to face the last boss. BOSS : Chaos (20 LP) Each character will talk a little bit. When you defeat this form, this will release a "mask" (hidden power) for 2 times. But when your release a new mask, his HP will be zero, so the LP will be drained from every powerful hit. These 3 forms aren't that powerful; just change constantly the front row to minimize the LP damage received. Chaos (26 or 16 LP) Chaos (12 LP) Now the final form will appear, he has some very nasty attacks like Overkill that inflicts 800~1000 of damage and he also full health, so it will take a while to begin to reduce his LP. The advice that I give you is to protect Ruby and don't fight with 5 characters at the same time, because most of it's attacks get everyone. DO NOT TRY TO COMBO IN THIS FORM. I know that it's superhard, but YOU CAN WIN. Chaos (20 LP) After you defeat Chaos, you be released from the other dimension and the Hanged Garden disappear as well. You will wake up in the ruins of the hanged garden, and Hiro asks Ruby if the next objective is to destroy the others 6 wonders as well. Ruby says that the future don't rely on the wonders, but in the heart of people. Hiro says he hopes that the persons have big hearts to compensate Ruby's. Ruby gets furious and chases him but they both end up in the floor, in a quite romantic scene... THE END... B ) VENTUS Ventus is a cheerful guy that is making a living being a carrier (Carriers is the job to deliver things in far away lands). He has a weakness for cute girls (even though he doesn't make much success with them). Briza, his brother, was a fairly know carrier that was killed on one of his travels, and now Ventus searches for this brother killer and also being a good carrier in his travels. 1 - TEAM LAFARLE: PART 1 Ventus arrives at the carrier's guild, and try to get info about Briza last job. He gets his first job as a carrier: a letter to Longshank, and the last place that his brother went: The Fugar mansion in Longshank to deliver the Dragonheart, a bottle of wine. As Ventus gets on the end of the road, he finds a palace. On the terrace, Ventus interfere in a discussion with a girl and a man over a bottle of wine. He challenges a man called Kalandorn Alovi, but he is quickly defeated. Kalandorn says that he will spare his life for his "family", and the girl leaves without apologizing. Go back and you will see a copy of Briza order, he realizes that Kalandorn was his brother killer. 2 - TEAM LAFARLE: PART 2 Zomar, tropical village. You will see a flashback scene, with the girl in the terrace. Ventus arrives and get on his nerves. When Ventus is preparing to go to Longshank. Tiffon says that she wanted to go with him. Just make the way to Longshank, that is beyond the forest. In Longshank go to the carrier's guild and deliver the letter. They will talk about Briza. Ventus gets impressed. After that, go to the Fugar mansion. After mentioning the Dragonheart, Fugar will come and talk you. He will say that Dragonheart is a very rare vintage wine, and Briza was supposed to deliver the dragonheart to him, but he doesn't say much more than that. Tiffon says it's up to Ventus to form Team Lafarle once again. Ventus suspects Tiffon motivation, but they go forward anyway. 3 - GET THAT PACKAGE BACK Go to the carrier guild, and pick any job that goes to Longshank. This way you will find Francis, a knight working for Galeos, that is looking for a carrier that stole the package that he is suppose to deliver. Ventus proposes to help to find the carrier (you can go directly to Longshank if you want but you won't get Francis). In the end of the road you will find the thief, and so, Francis will join you in your quest. When you arrive in Longshank, you will find a bulking man hanging around (Vearst). Go to the carrier guild, and the dispatcher says that he has a work to Iskandaria but he will give the job only if you have a bodyguard. Tiffon convinces Vearst (but he is really a chicken wuss) to pretend that he is a bodyguard. So you get the job. Next stop, Iskandaria. In the middle of the trip, just before you reach Escata, the package is stolen. Tiffon says that it was work form Dagul Bos minions, so they go to Dagul Bos castle. Ventus mentions that Dagul Bos was the Anubito that destroyed Escata. They sneak into the castle. The castle is full of Dagul Bos men's and monsters. Go west and get to the basement. In the castle basement, Ventus has the idea of releasing the prisoners to cause confusion on the castle defenses. There you will find an Anubito named Musol that will help you. Go back by the same place you went before and go up the stairs. You will find the package AND the Dragonheart, but you will face tough monsters on the way back and you drop it in the floor below. Go downstairs and look out southeast for the place that the package is. There you will find Kalandorn. He will let you escape with only one of the items. Ventus runs with the package. He justifies saying that, for carriers, the package is more important than personal matters. 4 - PACKAGE FOR THE KNIGTHHOOD I recommend doing some adventures before starting this quest and buy some stronger weapon and armor as well. It's also a good time to recruit the final optional characters. You can get Ruby by getting a carrier job in Loch Vaan, outside of the carrier guild, Ruby will join you. Thomas it's the other optional character. You can find him in the first time that you go to the Valley of the Swords. Thomas it's Judy's father, but he has amnesia since he fall on a cliff in the Valley of the Swords. In Longshank, the carrier guild has another job for you. Deliver a box to a temple knight called Jeanne in Vaftom. You will reach Vaftom by boat. By the time you arrive, it's the middle of the Regina Leone festival. An anubito guy will mess with you but a guy (actually is Kurt, but Ventus doesn't know him) will come to your rescue. When you arrive at the knight mausoleum, you will find that the temple knights are taking care of the Dragonheart. Ventus realizes that has more than one Dragonheart in the world, and thinks that Kalandorn will look for it also. Jeanne gets the box, and since it's written Maximilian Burgundy in the remittent, she trusts the content of the box. When she opens it, a swarm of monsters appears. It's up to you to defend the Dragonheart. The knight's mausoleum is a gigantic dungeon, which goes round and round forever. You will begin in a place called the core. Mark this place, as you will have to return here later. Go south, and follow all the way into a floor called the Hades corridor. When you get there, don't climb a ladder up or down, instead look for a room with a gem. In this place, Kalandorn says for a man to steal it, Tiffon says that is the ensanguined league. The boss attacks. BOSS - Undead (9 LP) This boss has the deadly Phantom Shark attack and the Seal of the abyss. After that return to the core (the start point) and you will see Kalandorn escaping. Ventus asks Tiffon what is the ensanguined league. It seems that they were once humans that sell its obligance for Kalandorn. In the last scene, the memorial fire ritual begins symbolizing the departing of the soul of dead persons and the end of the Regina Leone festival, that they set fire on dry grass in a mountain. The fire makes a dragon symbol. Ventus, thinking in his dead brother, says that Kalandorn will pay. 5 - TO THE GREAT WIZARD TOWER Tiffon says that, in Nivacolina, there is a tower build by the great wizard Leith Torles that has something unnatural in it. Ventus says that Torles was the first person to defeat a dragon. They decide to check it out if the tower has something with the dragonheart. You can go to Nivacolina by the main map if you been there before. If you don't, take a job to there (in Wanda, Loch Vaan or Kimbali always has jobs that goes to Nivacolina). In Nivacolina, gather information and you will find a mercenary that has been in the tower before, his name is Mordeus and his only wish is to die in battlefield. Entering the tower you will notice that a Dragonheart just like the you find in the Knights mausoleum is in there, Ventus will say that the Dragonheart is actually crystallized hearts of dragons, made by Leith Torles himself. But there is a catch, though; the Dragonheart has a seal in it so you must go up in the tower to break the seal. The second floor has a magic circle that you will transport to continuation of the stairs. The third floor requires defeating the assassins (3 LP) to unlock secret passages. Backtrack a little to find out the places. You must kill 3 bunches of assassins to unlock all places in this floor. The fourth floor has several magic circles but only 2 of them advances to the next floor, one of them is to the west and the other is the center of the floor. The fifth floor is a circular floor (just like the first) and the sixth floor is the seal floor. Ventus says that breaking the seal might not be the best idea, since Kalandorn will get it more easily, but Tiffon says it's too late to turn back. Ventus agrees and keep forward. In this room there is 5 bridges leading to 5 different seals. Each one has a guardian beast protecting it, so you must defeat the guardian beast to break the seal, some of them ridiculous strong others just average. But you won't have to face all the guardians to advance in the story, just 3 of them. Since has tough bosses in here is a good place to master new arts. But if you are weak and has low LP just face the giant bird (red), the giant beast (White) and last guardian (Yellow seal), but beware, the elder dragon is one of the ridiculous strong kind. RED SEAL - Giant birds (6 LP) BLUE SEAL - Ajatar (12 LP) BLACK SEAL - Aquans (9 LP) WHITE SEAL - Giant beast (6 LP) YELLOW SEAL - Elder Dragon (9 LP) After breaking the seal you will be transported into the Dragonheart room, so get the Dragonheart, but strange humans will capture you... 6 - THE ENSAGUINED LEAGUE HIDEOUT You will be thrown in the ensanguined league prison. You must break free and recover the Dragonheart. If the available options won't work (Make a commotion or fake an illness), there is a vent that leads to the corridors of the prison. After that, go to the prison lookout and escape to the second floor from there. You will get on the second floor, if you have some spare time in this floor has good treasures, but you eventually will have to climb up to the third floor. After that, you will see the ensanguined league talk some gibberish like the blue lazulia and the scarlet rosaria and free the Dragonheart from their current state. Ventus only looks concerned when they put the Dragonheart in a bottle of wine. Ventus then break into the room, gets the Dragonheart back and gives to Tiffon. But in their escape route, Kalandorn corners them, and the last resort is the terrace. When Ventus is ready to jump, Tiffon gives the Dragonheart to Kalandorn. She says that she is scared of him, and Ventus (finally) realizes that Tiffon is Elle, Briza girlfriend. Ventus accuses Tiffon to betray his brother. Kalandorn says that Briza were controlled by him and ordered Briza to kill Tiffon, but instead he killed himself. Kalandorn also says that he needs the Dragonheart to defeat Phantom and the Round Table, a group that commands the dark forces and he also are controlled by them. Ventus gets confused and angry and faces Kalandorn. But before the battle insures, a voice saying to Kalandorn that he underestimate the round table powers, gives the final verdict, taking his life. But before disappearing, Kalandorn says to Ventus look for the Dragon's Haven. Ventus is even more confused, who is the round table? Unfortunately, Tiffon is no longer with them. 7 - THE DRAGON'S HAVEN Looking for answers, Ventus goes to the Storm Crevice in Kimbali, home of the Dragon's Haven. Go to the right, and you will notice the stone monument, read it, and keep going. Do not go down into the hole just yet, later you will thanks that tip. You will reach the fang stone. Look into the storm and a monster will come out. BOSS: Magiwinger (9 LP) After that you will get into a dungeon of sorts, but isn't very huge, but is crowded with monsters all the way. Just keep going, until you find a hole to descend. Now you will see a thing called the "arbiter's eye", there are closed and opened eyes on the floor. When you step into a open eye, you will face an Elder dragon (~10 LP), EVERY SINGLE TIME you step into a open eye, so only cross in the places that has closed eyes on it, even if means to retreat a little. It's very hard to cross without facing at least one dragon, but if you get this far it won't be a dragon that will stand in your way, right? Just take it easy and cross it. In the last section, Ventus will notice that there is the final rest place for the dragons and the Lord of the dragons will lend Ventus the last Dragonheart in exchange, he must seal the others Dragonhearts when it's over for the sake of their ancestor, Draco Archaeos. When he is leaving, Tiffon comes and talks how she entered Ventus group by Kalandorn wish, but Ventus believes in her. And his only goal now is to defeat the round table. 8 - JUST YOU WAIT, ROUND TABLE Ventus knows that the Undercity Pharos in Iskandaria is the hideout of the round table. But when they get there all ways are blocked. Ventus doesn't have any other option but to go back for now. In the Iskandaria inn looking for information, Ventus meets a singular person: a woman with silver hair, that speaks an almost impossible to understand language. She asks Ventus if he already went to Tal'fa Palacaleo. Ventus realizes that she is talking about the Undercity, but he manages to tell her that there is no way inside because of a giant door. The silver girl says that she will command it to open. Ventus joins her in her quest. Notice: You won't have to get the silver girl in the group to go to Pharos. The Undercity pharos is one of the seven wonders and the walkthrough of this place is in the specific section of the FAQ. Go there for details, because this is one of the most difficult dungeons of the game. When you get in the second floor, a circular corridor will be there. So go to the chamber of the round table, and face the Round table. BOSS: 8 (one at the time) knight of the round table (6 LP) Phantom (8 LP) OBS - You will face the first 8 knights with only 3 characters at once. This is one of the most difficult battles ever; just use everything that you got. When you finally think that it's over, Kalandorn will appear and say that the last battle is in the Two Moons Temple. 9 - SHOWDOWN WITH KALANDORN Needless to say that if is there anything left to do, do it now. Equip with the best armor and weapons and go to the temple. Like Pharos this is also a seven wonders quest, so the walkthrough for the dungeon isn't here. There is also a Tetra force but use it at your own risk. In the last chamber, Kalandorn will face you one last time. Do not have mercy!!! BOSS: Kalandorn (10 LP) After that he will get serious...but don't be afraid...yet. Kalandorn (10 LP) Now that he is defeated, he uses the powers of the Dragonheart and the 2 moons force to create a new being. But your health will be restored, even LP. Chaos (20 LP) Each character will talk a little bit. When you defeat this form, this will release a "mask" (hidden power) for 2 times. But when your release a new mask, his HP will be zero, so the LP will be drained from every powerful hit. These 3 forms aren't that powerful; just change constantly the front row to minimize the LP damage received. Chaos (26 or 16 LP) Chaos (12 LP) Now the final form will appear, he has some very nasty attacks like Overkill that inflicts 800~1000 of damage and full health. The advice that I give you is to protect Ventus and don't fight with 5 characters at the same time, because most of it's attacks get everyone. I know that it's superhard, but YOU CAN WIN. Chaos (20 LP) Chaos is finally defeated, and Ventus finally get it's revenge. Some time later, Tiffon is working on a carrier guild when a carrier appears. It's Ventus, ready for a new job. On his jacket, the name "Team Dragonheart" is written. Tiffon thinks about how things turned out in the end, and thinks about Briza. Ventus goes to his new future... THE END C ) LAURA Laura is an ex-pirate that abandons the buccaneer's life for living with a teacher named Pablo. Being a pirate for so long make a reflection on Laura's personality, she is restrict, talks only the necessary and she is good with weapons. In one trip, Pablo dies and Laura goes to his funeral. In his funeral, the fate of two persons will come together... 1 - THE ROAD TO VAFTOM - PART 1 In Nivacolina, on his husband funeral, Laura protects a kid that is being chased by monsters. He reveals himself as Henri, prince of the ancient Escata that it's now destroyed and the only remaining person of royal lineage of Escata. Laura asks Henri what were those monsters and he will do now, but he simply don't know what to do. He says, however, that he went to Vaftom when he was a child. And his mother has born there as well. So Laura decided to join Henri to Vaftom without asking anything. The first stop in his travels is Wanda. In Silver Hills, near Wanda, a group of monsters ambush Laura and Henri. BOSS : Pursuer (2 LP) 4 Guchie (1 LP) 2 - THE ROAD TO VAFTOM - PART 2 In Wanda, ask for information at the inn and find Judy. It seems that Judy are looking for his mother and Henri asks if Judy can join them. Laura gets angry since there is 2 kids to her take care of. Next place to go it's the port town of Longshank. Leave Wanda and in the end of the way to Zomar, a group of monsters are waiting for Henri arrival. BOSS : Pursuer (2 LP) 4 Insects (1 LP) Judy says that is cool that he is a prince, but Henri doesn't think so. He thinks if he weren't royalty, his parents would still be alive. 3 - THE ROAD TO VAFTOM - PART 3 In Zomar, they make a quick stop. Next, Longshank and from there it's only one boat to Vaftom. Also there are monsters looking for Henri, but you can handle them more easily now. BOSS : Pursuer (2 LP) 3 insects (1 LP) 4 - THE ROAD TO VAFTOM - PART 4 In Longshank, ask about some information and you will learn about an inventor named Mythe, but he disappeared a while ago. There is a woman named Michelle that she is looking for Mythe. She says that she has a very bad luck. Henri quickly tries to help her but Laura says no this time, they start to argue but the girl leaves. Oh well, till next time. The get on the boat, there they find Michelle again (now that is bad luck...^_^). She complains about her bad luck and her destiny, but Laura says that the destiny is the people that make it. On this moment, a passenger screams "Ghosts!!". Laura says if she wants to help to come now. Explore the ship (there is some good treasures as well) and on deck of the ship, there are some monsters that are looking for Henri as well. BOSS : Pursuer (2 LP) Birds (1 LP) 3 White Windsor (3 LP) On the final of the trip, Laura will say that the Regina Leone festival has already begun. 5 - THE RETURN TO ESCATA As you reach Vaftom, go to Iskandar square. In this wonderful CG, Ventus (always him) stumbles in Henri, Henri gets scared but Laura tells him it's all right. But the party amazes Henri and Laura has a hard time looking out for him. In the Memorial fire ritual, Henri realizes that he is without his parents, but there is someone suffering as well, it's Laura. Henri says that this was the first and last time that Laura was crying. On the next day, go to the Iskandar plaza again, you will get on the Escata royal mausoleum. Henri will tell Laura the reason that some Escata mausoleum is located all around the world, especially in Vaftom. It's seems that a king named Foulant, was the first to start this tradition in respect to Iskandar. Henri will say that the Blade of Escata it's the only relic left for him. In the mausoleum, there is a secret passage opened by the blade of Escata. There are inscriptions that the blade was a gift given by Iskandar to king Fouland, the first ruler of Escata, and the material of the blade contains the 5 elements. Laura says that it up to Henri find the reason that his kingdom was attacked and the mystery of the Blade of Escata. On the outside, Lord Basil Galeos, old friend of the Escata royal family, finds Laura's team. He convinces Henri to go with him to Galeos castle, and he leaves Laura behind. Laura is drinking in the inn and asks to Pablo what she will do now, but Henri appears and says that he want to go to Escata with her. Laura accepts and a Galeos bodyguard (Francis) goes with him as well. On the middle of the trip to Escata, Laura sees Francis writing a letter and then, she realizes that Francis is a spy to Galeos, so she makes quite a commotion. He says that Galeos has to be informed because Henri it's the last royal blood of Escata. Laura also realizes that she never does that to anyone and that she more emotionally involved with Henri than she expected. 6 - AT THE ESCATA RUINS In Escata, go visit the ruins of the Escata palace. The objective it's to reach the Library located in the first floor. If you have the obstacle crossing skill, this will be easy. It's room to the east of the entrance. If you haven't this skill, take the right stairs, go to the north and get the descending stairs. On the first floor, and go to the southeast and reach the library. There will have 5 books telling the truth of the blade of Escata. The first book says that the King Foulant gives the Ring of Jupiter to the Lileans. He also says that elemental gears have to be reunited to the Blade of Escata. In the second book, Foulant says that the Crown of Ares goes to the Galeos House. The third book, Foulant says that the chest of Behemoth goes to the Petrans; he also says that the gears have the power of the 5 spirits. The fourth book, he says that the Gloves of Venus goes to the Anubito, he also that the blade and the 5 elements combined can make the supreme power. The last book says that Foulant gives the boots of Vayu to the Chapas and he says that only his descendants have the power to overcome the Seven Wonders. At the outside, Laura realizes that the destruction of Escata and the search for Henri was only to get the Blade of Escata. Henri says that Dagul Bos want the blade, but he became afraid to involve Laura. But they go after the 5 elemental gears. 7 - THE ELEMENTAL GEARS Now, you have the possibility to choose the adventure to get all elemental gears. There are 4 adventures and the last gear (the crown of Ares), you can get anytime you want going to the Galeos Castle (it's in the world map). Each gear that you collect improves the attack of the Blade of Escata by 7 points, and you won't have to put the elemental gears in Henri to get this effect. THE EARTH ELEMENTAL GEAR - A petran named Anzan will follow Henri in his quest to retrieve the chest of Behemoth. It's the same adventure of Iskandaria "Cave of murals", but the boss is different this time. BOSS : Kummi (4 LP) THE WOOD ELEMENTAL GEAR - A lillean named Platyphyllus will follow Henri in his quest to find the ring of Jupiter. The ring of Jupiter is on the middle of the Jade Forest maze. When you are in the Jade Forest maze, go south and you will eventually find the Ring of Jupiter. But you will have to fight a boss. BOSS : Jumbo Moch (7 LP) THE WATER ELEMENTAL GEAR - A chapa named Armic will follow Henri in his quest to find the Boots of Vayu. The boots of Vayu are in the end of the Regal Lion's Hideout. Look for the adventure section in Loch Vaan to directions. But there is no boss in there, so grab the Dragon Scale before getting the boots. THE METAL ELEMENTAL GEAR - An anubito named Musol Yanil will follow Henri in his quest to find the Gloves of Venus. The Venus gloves are in Mines. Look for the adventure section in Vaftom "Danger in the mines" for directions. Also the boss is the same: BOSS : Jestor Y (4 LP) But unfortunately, the gloves aren't there. Musol says that only an anubito can take the gloves from its place, so Dagul Bos must have taken them. After clearing all elemental gears adventures, Henri have to invade Dagul Bos castle and retrieve the Venus gloves. But he is afraid to take the blade and the elemental gears in Dagul Bos palace. So Francis gives the idea to leave all elemental equipment with Galeos and go to the Bos palace, Henri likes the idea but Laura don't, but she don't say anything. Now go to the Galeos castle. In there Basil will keep the Elemental gears, and he will be praying for the prince success. Laura says if he really wanted to help, then he would join them on the raid in Dagul's castle. Henri says that he wouldn't do that, and that his only role it's to take care of the elemental gears when they are at Dagul Bos. 8 - DECISIVE BATTLE AT DAGUL BOS CASTLE This section can be found in the adventure section in Escata "The castle of Dagul Bos". Don't forget to equip all the characters that have an elemental gear in the previous adventures, if not they will be left without any equipment. In Dagul Bos castle, you will face Dagul Bos and his minions. He will say that he will face all enemies alone and he wants a one to one fight with the prince, and will see if the prince is a good match for him. BOSS : Dagul Bos (27 LP) When Dagul Bos is finally defeated, he says that was a matter of time that Escata were destroyed, and say that that city was rotten by inside, a clear reference that Escata's fall were forced by the corruption of the Escata's rulers. Henri gets his revenge and the Glove of Venus as well, but he felt uneasy with Dagul Bos last words. Were Henri parents traitors of the people of Escata? Laura says that he must hurry to Basil's castle. 9 - GALEOS THE TRAITOR This section can cause serious problems if you are weak, so take your time and improve your characters before going into this quest. Go to Galeos Castle, and Basil will say to Henri that you played your role, bringing all the elemental gears to him. Laura says that she suspected as much and that Dagul Bos was only a decoy to cover the truth. She says that Francis also betrayed her as well, but he says that he doesn't know a thing about it. You go after him but some monsters are in the way: BOSS : 4 minotons (4 LP) On the inside of the castle, another powerful monster appears: BOSS : Ajatar (9 LP) After that you will face Basil and his dragon, but he is a tough cookie to beat. BOSS : Basil Galeos (14 LP) Basil will run away to a seven wonder ruins: the Nakle lines. 10 - ON GALEOS TRAIL OK, this is it. The last dungeon, of course if you forget to do something, do it before you enter here. On the entrance of the Nakle lines, Henri asks Laura why she is helping him for so long, she says that Pablo bring the 2 of them together and both lost dear persons, so they are connected somehow. Everyone goes after Galeos. The Nakle lines is just like the seven wonders adventure, so go to this section for information. On the end of it, Galeos will tell you that the Blade of Escata true meaning it's to bring Chaos to the world once again, and no one will stop him. BOSS: Basil Galeos (14 LP) After that Basil will use his body and the blade power to form a new being. BOSS : Chaos (20 LP) Each character will talk a little bit. When you defeat this form, this will release a "mask" (hidden power) for 2 times. But when your release a new mask, his HP will be zero, so the LP will be drained from every powerful hit. These 3 forms aren't that powerful; just change constantly the front row to minimize the LP damage received. Chaos (26 or 16 LP) Chaos (12 LP) Now the final form will appear, he has some very nasty attacks like Overkill that inflicts 800~1000 of damage and he also full health, so it will take a while to begin to reduce his LP. The advice that I give you is to protect Laura and don't fight with 5 characters at the same time, because most of it's attacks get everyone. DO NOT TRY TO COMBO IN THIS FORM. I know that it's superhard, but YOU CAN WIN. Chaos (20 LP) After that Henri it's the new king of Escata, but Laura bids Henri farewell, because she has something to do. Henri gets sad but he knows that the separation was inevitable. Laura comes back to Nivacolina and reopened the school of Pablo, and she will spend his life in teaching kids, just like his late husband. THE END D ) MYTHE Mythe is a regular guy, which likes girls and liquor and has a good job as the inventor of Longshank. A really good life, but somehow he is bored with it. But one day, when he goes to a party on the mansion of the wealthiest man is his town; his life gets a drastic change... 1 - TO THE FORTUNE TELLER - PART 1 In the Fugar's mansion, Mythe and his mentor are waiting to know what old relic that Fugar bought this time. It seems that it is photography of a mysterious girl, but she don't looks like a regular girl, his skin and hair color are not what they used to see. The crowd is dazzled, and the Mythe's mentor says that he never seen a picture so vivid. Mythe became fascinated, almost hypnotized, with the girl's picture. He asks Fugar who sell it to him. He says that a carrier named Tiffon sells it to him. Mythe says he must know where this picture came from, so he starts to look out for Tiffon. Ask information in the bar, and a girl will tell you that there is a great fortuneteller named Sapphire in Loch Vaan that can help him. Mythe doesn't believe this kind of things (after all he is a science man) but he doesn't have anything to lose and so he goes to Loch Vaan. But to go there he must stop first in Wanda. 2 - TO THE FORTUNE TELLER - PART 2 Just a quick stop in Wanda, but he leaves to Loch Vaan. 3 - BOTTOM OF THE OLD WELL Getting there, he goes to the fortuneteller shop. There a girl receives him, Mythe asks about Tiffon's whereabouts, so the girl has a vision that mixes water and underground, and she says that she is behind a door in the dry well, in Loch Vaan. Mythe don't believe in the girl but he goes there anyway. In the dry well, there is no one and he came back furious. There he will be received by Sapphire (the vision was made by Ruby, Sapphire sister) and say to Ruby don't do that again. There she has the same vision as her sister but she interpretation is different, she says that Tiffon is in a town surrounded by water. She says that she will come to you to repair the mistakes that Ruby committed. Leave the town, and go to Gadeira. There ask information in the inn. You will find Tiffon there. She confirms that she was the one that sold the picture to Fugar, but she don't reveal where she gets it and runs. Sapphire says that she is hiding something. 4 - TIFFON'S SECRET This place has a really tough boss, so improve your characters before venturing in this quest. You will enter the haunted manor in the outskirts of the town, which Tiffon has been there already. Go to the northwest of the first floor, there Mythe will say that this place was ransacked. Leave and go to the second floor and go northwest again. He will say the same thing, go to the first floor again then go north. You will notice that the room has a stair that leads underground. Go there, and you will find Tiffon but an undead monster will face you. BOSS: Undead (6 LP) Mythe realizes that Tiffon stole things and she says that she stole the photo from a girl named Grace in Nivacolina. Tiffon goes with him with the promise that Mythe wont tell Tiffon's secret. 5 - IN SEARCH OF GRACE The first stop to Nivacolina its Wanda, but to there it's a short road to there. 6 - IN SEARCH OF GRACE - TO NIVACOLINA There you will find Grace, Mythe introduces himself to her and says that a man named Fugar appears with a photo of a girl and Sapphire says that she was the original owner of the photo. She says that the photo was a gift of the Baike Gold Lion, an old woman named Pharr. Pharr does some excavation in old ruins and lives in Iskandaria. Mythe, pretty obsessed by the photo legacy and thinking that the girl can be alive, he has no other option as to go to there and meet this Pharr lady. 7 - ROAD TO ISKANDARIA The first stop to Iskandaria its Escata, but to there it's a short road to there. 8 - ROAD TO ISKANDARIA - PART 2 Finally, he arrives in Iskandaria. There Pharr greets him, and say that the photo was found in Undercity Pharos, the ruins that is one of the seven wonders. Mythe ask where is this undercity, and she says "below our feet", so he asks her if she can show him where she find the picture. Pharr, impressed by Mythe's will and realizing Mythe true intentions, go to there with him. 9 - UNDERCITY PHAROS Pharr only remembers part of the way, follow Pharr opened path and reach the second part of the Undercity. There follow the undercity pharos guide in the Seven wonders section, but you don't have to enter the rooms with the monster-protected switches (because he doesn't know what to do with them) in the second floor. When you get to the second floor again, continue to the stairs to the first floor. There, enter the first room next to that stairs that you came. Pharr says that that was the place that she found the photo, but there is nothing left to know some clues to the girl. Mythe says that isn't possible that the girl from the picture can be alive and he leaves Pharos and the others with a clear disappointment in his eyes. He returns to Longshank. 10 - SALVAGE THE PHOTO Mythe can't think of anything or even concentrate on his work, a mix of lovesickness and disappointment. A customer (Laura) goes into the Mythe's shop to appraise an item, but he even isn't listening to her. After much struggle, Mythe tells her that the item isn't a weapon (it looks like an axe). Then someone screams that the Fugar Mansion is on fire, Mythe says that he deserves it, and Laura says that cant laugh on other peoples misfortune. But then, Mythe start to run on Fugar's mansion and take Laura's item with him. Laura chases him into the mansion. Mythe says that he cannot let the photo burn in the fire. The house is crumbling apart and burning debris is falling, even that Mythe went without thinking. So go to the Fugar's room on the second floor (use the axe to break the door) and retrieve the picture. Laura says that the photo worth a lot to him since he risked his life to get it. After that Laura say that she saw a girl just like in the photo getting a boat to Vaftom. And with a speed of a lightning, Mythe and the others go to Vaftom. Go to the Iskandar Plaza to see the Regina Leone Festival. He sees someone with a silver hair, and he looks for her. As him searches the festival, Ruby (Sapphire sister) take him on to dancing. After some dancing, he decides to look again, but he won't fine her. But he is happy to know that she is actually a living person. Mythe cannot hide his happiness. 11 - TEMPLE OF ISKANDAR In the entrance of the Iskandar plaza, a girl (Marie) starts to scream that someone invaded the Iskandar mausoleum. She says that he girl has silver hair...Mythe runs inside, and Marie goes with him. Go to the Hall of Hades, and there you will find the girl. Mythe cant believe that he finds her and starts to talk non stop about the picture and how he is in love with her, but the girl doesn't seems to understand that he is talking about. He calms down and he says that he works with relics to uncover the secrets of the past, but then the girl replies that he is a childish fool to do that relics are to be left alone, and say that she demands to see Iskandar with a serious face. Mythe is pretty confused, the girl that he sought for isn't at very least interested in him or his story, and she even pity him. But even so he will help her, just to be at her side. They go to the inn, and the Silver-hair girl only says that she wants to talk to Iskandar; Mythe says that, because Iskandar was a hero, many people are named after Iskandar. In the inn alone 2 persons replies that he is Iskandar, but the Silver girl keeps talking that she have to find Iskandar. Mythe is so confused, but he cant abandoned her. He takes her to Longshank. 12 - TO SADOVOS - GADEIRA'S HIGHROAD In his work, a girl named Melissa says that she has a relic, her gauntlet that brings bad luck to her. Mythe investigate the gauntlet and says that a relic that works like the gauntlet is the magic tablet. Marie says that her grandfather works with magic tablet, but just one problem, he is in Sadovos. Mythe, thinking that the Silver Girl says to him on the Iskandar mausoleum and trying to put his head on his place, says that he will help Melissa and everyone will go to Sadovos. The first stop its Solophero. 13 - TO SADOVOS - VALE OF SWORDS You will cross the vale of the sword to reach Serin. 14 - TO SADOVOS - JADE FOREST Cross the Jade forest to Sadovos. In there, go to the magic emporium, there the grandfather of Marie will see the gauntlet of Michelle, but he finds too risky to remove the gauntlet, because that can bring Michelle death. Mythe removes the gauntlet, and Michelle is very happy. On the outside, Silver Girl says that her mother tell her that Iskandar is in Iskandar Mausoleum. 15 - TO ISKANDAR SHRINE...AGAIN Go to the Hall of Hades again, there you will find a boss that you will have to defeat. BOSS: Giants (12 LP) After that, enter the locked room, there you will find a switch, press it and then you will unlock the Iskandar Mausoleum. There is only the empty coffin, but Silver Girl keeps calling for Iskandar. When Mythe is about to leave, Iskandar appears. Mythe don't believe - he appears from nowhere. She says that mother has sent her to find him. And Iskandar says that she is exactly like Rivelvalla and asks what is her name, and she says Faedaljen. He says that it's her task to destroy the Knights of the Round Table, the dark rulers of this world. She says that Iskandar's word is her mother word. Mythe doesn't understand anything, and asks Iskandar to tell him the full story. He says that she is an Arcanian, people created by the gods. The seven wonders are the relics of her ancestors. But the power of the wonders almost destroyed the world, and the gods prevented that by vanishing them. He says that they were born on the gods palace, so they are like monsters and not humans. He continues that Leith Torles, a thousand years ago, first introduced him to an Arcanian. That Arcanian was Faedaljen mother, Rivelvalla. He became so impressed with her beauty, that he takes many pictures of her. He says that all Arcanians were much alike each other, and they have a human appearance. Mythe still don't understand a thing that Iskandar say but Iskandar says that he must protect and lead Faedaljen on his mission. She says that he must go to Tal'fa Palacaleo (that it's Undercity Pharos). 16 - FOR THE LOVE OF THE GIRL Just like before, this is the final quest so if you forget to do something, do it before you enter here. Improve your weapons to the limit that you will need them (and, of course, your skills as a player and some luck). Mythe says that he won't question anything of her past or mission, his only wish is to be with her. Faedaljen thanks him. Follow the route again to the Undercity Pharos, but this time you have to complete the requirements to finish the quest, until you reach the Round table chambers. They round table will receive you, but they only wish it's to suck your life out. The silver girl says that she will exterminate the round table, but they say that the girl is only a puppet to Iskandar. The final battle has begun. BOSS: 8 (one at the time) knight of the round table (6 LP) Phantom (8 LP) OBS - You will face the 6 knights with only 3 characters at once. This is one of the most difficult battles ever; just use everything that you got. Don't let Phantom take your entire LP, save at least half MAX LP for each character. When you finally think that it's over, Phantom will refuse to die, so he will summon the most powerful monster ever known: Chaos. BOSS : Chaos (20 LP) Each character will talk a little bit. When you defeat this form, this will release a "mask" (hidden power) for 2 times. But when your release a new mask, his HP will be zero, so the LP will be drained from every powerful hit. These 3 forms aren't that powerful; just change constantly the front row to minimize the LP damage received. Chaos (26 or 16 LP) Chaos (12 LP) Now the final form will appear, he has some very nasty attacks like Overkill that inflicts 800~1000 of damage and he also has full health, so it will take a while to begin to reduce his LP. The advice that I give you is to protect Mythe and don't fight with 5 characters at the same time, because most of it's attacks get everyone. DO NOT TRY TO COMBO IN THIS FORM. I know that it's superhard, but YOU CAN WIN. Chaos (20 LP) The final battle is over, the Knights of the Round Table are defeated, but Faedaljen says that she and Mythe they can't stay together. Mythe realizes that as well, and she disappears. Mythe became depressed once again, bored with the work at Longshank. But one day, he realizes, as before he did before, that he must follow your heart and your dreams to achieve true happiness. So he began to build a special machine, a machine created without the knowledge of the relic left for the Arcanians, a flying machine. And so he left again to find the girl of his dreams, the beautiful and mysterious Faedaljen. THE END E ) ARMIC The Chapa village suffers from time to time from drought that almost causes the Chapa's to starve. Many years ago, Iskandar saved the town by making a rainmaking ritual and he also taught the Chapa's how to make this ritual when the need arises. Now, when drought endanger the village once again, the elder chief summons 4 chapas to retrieve the items necessary to perform the ritual. Armic it's one of summoned chapa, even if he isn't the brightest, he has a good spirit and he will try to help his village. 1 - OFF TO GATHER SOME HERBS Armic begins with a huge list of material to get and also a stone tablet with additional item to get. Armic it's somewhat clueless to what to do, since he doesn't know anyone that can translate the stone tablet. Go to the inn and ask for information and Norff, a wizard apprentice, says that he will help if Armic come to the Healer Hills to gather some herbs. Collect 7 herbs in the Healer Hills and this quest will end. Norff takes Armic to Loch Vaan, to meet his master. In the Crimson spellshop, Yun (Norff's master) will says that the stone table that Iskandar left has indications of 4 special items and the place to get the items, but personally he thinks that 5 items in total. Leave the spell shop and check the list (it's the O button) that the village chief gave to you. The list consists in 20 materials: 10 common materials (cotton, snake skin, cedar, tortoise shell, copper, carnelian, topaz, opal, ravenite and lazuli) that you need 6 of them, and 10 rare materials (glossed silk, hydra skin, ash, dragon scale, meteorite, obsidian, diamond, meteoritic iron, faerie silver and Damascus) that you need only one of them. When you have the quantity needed, the color of the list will be white. When you exceed the necessary items, the color of the list will turn to green. Go to the inn and ask some information. There will be a carrier named Norge that will help you; he say that he knows where is a bow made of Ash. You need Ash so go with him. Come back to magic shop and Yun will ask what special item that you want to translate first. You can choose anyone that you like, but choose METAL to begin with (this it's the easiest quest). Yun will say that he needs some time to translate. Now you have to find 10 items of the list. You can buy the items in the inn's shop or trade them with the other chapas. You can even unequip items that you have to add to the final score and also you can exceed the needed items. The rules to trade with the chapa are: They must have more than he needs (green) and you can trade with any item that you have, but the other chapa must be needed also. So you can't give a chapa an item that he doesn't need also. When you gather the 10 items, Yun translate the first special item, the Venus Mirror in Vaftom and he asks what item that you want to translate next. Choose WOOD and go to the adventure. Now that, you opened Vaftom in your world map you can go to the Regina Leone Festival, go to the Iskandar Plaza in Vaftom and enjoy the CG. Armic is enjoying the Festival, and go to a quick stop into Ruby's fortune telling tent, but when the fireworks begin, he goes elsewhere. But since he is quite small, he cannot see everything. The same situation happens with Judy. As they try to jump to see anything, Judy created a frog with magic and jumps over the crowd. Armic sees the Memorial Fires also, and he leaves. 2 - MINES ADVENTURE An outland knight named Edel will help you to exterminate the monsters in the mines. This adventure is the same as the Vaftom "Danger in the mines" so look there for guidance. After defeating the boss, you will find the Venus mirror. Now you must find another 10 items (total: 20 items) to Yun translate the next special item, the Jupiter Anvil that it's on the Jade Forest. Choose WATER as the next destination. 3 - JADE-COLORED ADVENTURE An old lady called Pharr is looking for the Lilleans tribe and she will help you to find the special item. The Jupiter anvil is on the middle of the Jade Forest maze. When you are in the Jade Forest maze, go south and you will eventually find the Jupiter anvil. But you will have to fight a boss there. BOSS : Jumbo Moch (7 LP) Now you have 2 special items, Armic says that he wants to go home, but he knows that he has still work to do. Go to Zomar, and ask for information there, you will find Vearst, a huge guy that it's afraid of everything. He will teach the location of another rare item: the obsidian boots. Go with him. Now you must complete the minimum quantity of 12 items, all the common ones and 2 rare ones for Yun decode the next special item (it doesn't matter the total numbers of the items). He says that water was a difficult one to translate, and he thinks that the water isn't a item after all, so he will leave that for last, but he find out the whereabouts of another special item: the Ares flag in the Kimbali magma cave. Ask EARTH as the next item to be translated. 4 - VOLCANO ADVENTURE There you will find a lady named Rebecca looking for the Leith Torle's magic tablet. She will join you in your quest. This adventure it's the same as the Kimbali's "Dragon of fiery mountains", so go there for directions. After defeating this hard boss, you will find the Ares flag. OK, only one more items to go. Now go to the Kimbali and ask information there. You will find Henri, a prince that lost his parents. He says that the regal lion's hideout has another rare item: the dragon scale. Go there, if you haven't gone before. Now to Yun translate the next place, you have to complete ALL items. Buy, trade, sell, make. Just give your best to complete all items. This will take a while but eventually you will have all items. Yun will say that the behemoth chest is in the flying island, a seven wonders site. You have come this far, so there is no reason to turn back. 5 - TO THE FLYING ISLAND Now it's the final quest, as you are wondering, here comes my advice to make all quests before venturing here, yeah, do that. But there is also a particular thing that you must pay attention. VERY IMPORTANT: Before entering the flying island, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ANYONE WITH A FIRE FAMILIAR SKILL, AND EQUIPMENTS WITH THE OTHER ELEMENTS (WOOD ARTS, EARTH ARTS AND METAL ARTS). Pass the flying island just like you use to do. Before entering the elevator cage MAKE SURE that Norff is with WOOD and EARTH ARTS equipment and Rebecca are with the METAL ARTS equipment. On the underground level, Armic find the last item. Now Yun appears and says to give the items to him. He talks about the chapa is the final element to the element-making art. It seems that Iskandar rainmaking ritual can do more than rain, it can create any element that he want to, and the water in the stone tablet is mention the chapa tribe itself, and not an item. Yun gets mad with the possibility to gain this power and attack Armic's team. BOSS: Yun Crimsonrain (14 LP) At first glance, Yun is invincible. He has a magical barrier that prevents all kinds of damage, so you have to break this barrier before inflicting any damage. So you have to follow this method, on the first turn use any magic of the FIRE elemental, a piece of Yun's barrier will break. Then use a magic of the METAL elemental on the second turn, WOOD on the third turn and EARTH on the fourth turn. That way, Yun will be without the magical barrier and you will able to inflict damage on him. Try to not combo Yun when he is with the barrier. Yun doesn't accept defeat by the hands of the brainless chapas, though. He uses his last power to invoke the mightiest creature of the universe: Chaos. BOSS : Chaos (20 LP) Each character will talk a little bit. When you defeat this form, this will release a "mask" (hidden power) for 2 times. But when your release a new mask, his HP will be zero, so the LP will be drained from every powerful hit. These 3 forms aren't that powerful; just change constantly the front row to minimize the LP damage received. Chaos (26 or 16 LP) Chaos (12 LP) Now the final form will appear, he has some very nasty attacks like Overkill that inflicts 800~1000 of damage and he also has full health, so it will take a while to begin to reduce his LP. The advice that I give you is to protect Mythe and don't fight with 5 characters at the same time, because most of it's attacks get everyone. DO NOT TRY TO COMBO IN THIS FORM. I know that it's superhard, but YOU CAN WIN. Chaos (20 LP) Yun gets out of the domination of Chaos; he is very sorry for what he done with Armic and says that he only wish is to be as powerful as Leith Torles. Armic forgives him and go back to his village. There he is greet by his wife Chiera (???) and his 2 kids: Orale and Venikkis (??????). The elder chief make the rainmaking ritual and everything is at peace in chapa village once again. THE END F ) JUDY Judy is an ordinary 13 years old girl, which came from a family of magicians. She is also a magician herself, but only a beginner in that. His family is composed by Rebecca, a full-fledged witch that is her mother; his father, Thomas, that don't have any magic power and because of that has it's share of disagreements with Josef, Rebecca's father, that is a powerful magician. Judy has also 2 brothers: one is Roy, an incredible fat kid, and his sister Marie, beautiful and chased by every man in the village. His family runs a store in Sadovos, and when Marie asks Judy to take care of the store for a while, the troubles begins. 1 - WHERE IS MY FAMILY? An old man, named Clyde come to see Josef. He enters, and in this time Rebecca also enters. When Rebecca hears that Clyde is here, she senses danger and runs to help his father. Clyde trapped Josef in the mirror and demands to know where is Leith Torles magic tablet. Josef warns Clyde as he uses magic inside the store, his own magic countermeasure will work. Judy is transported to the outside of the store. When she returns, his grandpa tells that the magic works sending the people with magic powers far away. The most powerful the person, the farthest that he will be thrown away. That why Judy were the first person to arrive. Josef tell Judy to find the others members of the family with the help of the magic circle. On the entrance of the Jade forest, Judy finds Kurt, and adventurer that will help her through the forest. But in there they finds carriers that threatens them of crossing the Jade forest. On the outside of the forest, they find a powerful beast. BOSS: Dragons (4 LP) The dragon transforms in a bat. Judy thinks that is Clyde's familiar, not the "warning of the carriers". They reach the town of Serin. 2 - SAVE URSULA In the inn, they find Thomas. Thomas was being taken care by a woman named Theresa. She was the owner of the inn, until his husband died. Now the son of the wealthiest man in town wants to marry Ursula, Theresa's daughter. Theresa says that Armand is a womanizer and that he doesn't like Ursula. On the outside, there are rumors that Armand kidnapped Ursula, and they must be hiding in Armand's hideout in the Monster lair. Thomas decides to go and save Ursula and Judy go with them. You can finish this adventure quite easily going southeast of the start point, but is advised to go to the northeast and grab some chests and fight some monsters. When you find Armand, he asks a friend to take care of Judy, and then he summons a beast that goes out of control. Judy must fight him. BOSS: Aquans (3 LP) They manage to get Ursula back but it seems that she was somewhat enjoying it. Armand's father tells him to go with Judy and the others to grow as a real man. The crystal says that that one of the family member is further northwest. To the town of Solophero, but before the treacherous Vale of Swords. Meanwhile, Clyde is in Torle. He says as he was the one with the stronger magic power, he was thrown away farther. He says to his familiar to stop Judy and any means, and he will look for Rebecca, he says that she is the key to it... 3 - FOLLOW THE CRYSTAL HOOP They go into the Valley of swords, but in middle of crossing a bridge, monsters attack your group. Thomas decides that he will stay behind to fight the monsters and manages to get the others to cross safely. But as soon that Judy cross the bridge, the bridge crumbles apart. Now Judy isn't with his father but she keeps going forward because she know that he is alright. On the end of the Valley she finds another monster. BOSS: Pinhut titus (7 LP) 4 - BANDITS AMBUSH They gate to Solophero, but is already night. A person in the village says that bandits are attacking. You are surrounded by dozens of bandits. Now you must take care of the bandits, go fighting one by one (it might take a couple of turns), but eventually they will flee. One the retreat of the bandits, Judy sees a familiar figure. She goes after him. OBS: The trick to this part is to fight the bandits relentlessly without wasting too many turns, without resting or going to the center of the dungeon. 5 - THAT FAMILIAR BIG BACK Judy and the other go to the coliseum ruins. There they find that Roy has fallen on a middle of a gang of bandits. When the get to fight the leader of the bandits, a person commanded by Clyde arrives and tells to kill them. As no one tries to do that, he goes to the attack himself. BOSS: Darkmage (8 LP) He mentions that Clyde is looking for the forbidden spell, and drops a mysterious magic tablet. Judy keeps him. Now she says that the next destination is even further northeast. Roy says that if the catch a boat on the city of Gadeira they will arrive faster in his destination. Everyone agrees to go there. 6 - THE MARCH TO THE SEA They leave to Gadeira, where they suppose to get a boat to Longshank. When they reach Gadeira, the people there are exited with the festival of Regina Leone in Vaftom. They get on the ship. 7 - SHIPS AHOY On the ship, they are warned that the ship in under attack by monsters. There they find Nuage, a carrier that wants to be Judy's bodyguard. On the ship deck, they find a huge crab. The monster attacks them. BOSS: Titan Crab (6 LP) After the fight, Judy realizes that the crab was actually Clyde's familiar. She says to stop chasing them. When they realize the ship lost it's original course and they see Avalon, an Isle that few actually see. Nuage explain that this is the isle of Elve, with Vaftom as the major town. Where Lord Dixon made the first Iskandar Mausoleum. Since they get so far, Judy manages to get on the Regina Leone festival. There she meets with a Chapa (Armic) and they enjoy the party. Later on the memorial fire ritual, Judy notice that everyone became focused in pay his final respects to the death ones. Now that the festival is over, it's time to look out for his family once again. 8 - TO LONGSHANK They get a boat to Longshank. Clyde is now to Iskandaria. He knows Judy whereabouts but he still doesn't found Rebecca. When Judy arrives in Longshank, she hopes that she can find her family soon. When they get to the inn, they became surprised to find that Marie is in the inn. They became very surprised that she is so well there, but Judy knows that is not entirely the truth. Judy shows the magic tablet that she finds with the blackmage. Marie says that she find a similar piece in a place nearby. They go there to find the remaining pieces and try to know what is the forbidden spell that the black mage and Clyde are looking for. 9 - THE CREEPY MAGIC TABLET Here Judy goes to the Garden of death to find the remaining pieces. Try to find as many as you can in the turns limit. When you find enough piece (6 or so) Judy says that is useless to remain looking for the magic tablet and she have to find his mother as soon as she can. The crystal says that even further northeast. They leave Longshank and go to Zomar. 10 - LOOKING FOR MOM - PART 1 Judy travels to Zomar to find his mother. Meanwhile, Clyde is in Escata, and says that Rebecca is there; he says that he will get her and the forbidden spell by any means possible. 11 - LOOKING FOR MOM - PART 2 Judy travels to Wanda to find his mom. 12 - LOOKING FOR MOM - PART 3 Judy travels to Escata to find his mom. When she arrives there, she sees the destruction of Escata and hears rumors that a powerful witch is fighting the remaining monsters of the siege of Escata at the Amulet tower. Judy knows that is Rebecca and that she must help her as soon as possible. 13 - I'M COMING FOR YOU, MOM Judy climbs up the Amulet tower and on the fifth floor, she saw Rebecca injured, fighting an elder dragon all by herself. Judy jumps to the battle without thinking. BOSS: Elder dragon (12 LP) Once again, the monster was Clyde's familiar. They tell Rebecca the entire story so far, and Rebecca says that they must now help his grandfather. They return to Sadovos to find his gramps. Clyde says that he underestimate Judy's family. He will use his "last resort", because his is running out of time. They get to Sadovos, but unfortunately Clyde's familiar was in front of them. He managed to smash the mirror that your grandfather was trapped into; when they get there Thomas says that Clyde entered the mirror before his familiar smashed the glass. He says that the only way to save his grandfather was to get into the deities table, a place that was connected with the mirror dimension. Everyone go to there, to find Josef and face Clyde for the last time. 14 - SAVE GRANDPA! Just like before, this is the final quest so if you forget to do something, do it before you enter here. Improve your weapons to the limit that you will need them (and, of course, your skills as a player and some luck). When you get into the Deities table, Judy notices a piece of paper. There is written a magical spell with the location of his grandpa. Judy says that are 4 pieces missing. On each floor (Mirror of sins, mirror of dreams, mirror of time and the final section) lies a piece of paper with a part of the spell. When you see a reflection of the mirror that isn't a monster, it is the paper. When you find all 4 pieces, you will find Josef. Judy is so happy to find his grandpa, but they find Clyde also, but he is much younger. He says that he sold his body to the vampires, and he wants to know the truth of the forbidden spell. Since Josef don't tell him, he faces you. BOSS: Clyde Blackstorm (15 LP) Defeated, he summons a powerful monster: CHAOS BOSS : Chaos (20 LP) Each character will talk a little bit. When you defeat this form, this will release a "mask" (hidden power) for 2 times. But when your release a new mask, his HP will be zero, so the LP will be drained from every powerful hit. These 3 forms aren't that powerful; just change constantly the front row to minimize the LP damage received. Chaos (26 or 16 LP) Chaos (12 LP) Now the final form will appear, he has some very nasty attacks like Overkill that inflicts 800~1000 of damage and he also has full health, so it will take a while to begin to reduce his LP. The advice that I give you is to protect Judy and don't fight with 5 characters at the same time, because most of it's attacks get everyone. DO NOT TRY TO COMBO IN THIS FORM. I know that it's superhard, but YOU CAN WIN. Chaos (20 LP) Now that Clyde is defeated, Clyde ask is there is really a magical tablet with the forbidden spell. Josef says that every magical tablet has the power to draw the forbidden spell. He says that even Leith Torles knew that but he also knew that magicians would use spells for the good of the people. Clyde is disappointed but he says that now he has the eternity to think about the mistakes that he is done. He leaves to the world of darkness. On Sadovos, everything is back to normal with Judy's family. The only thing that really changed is the way Josef treats Thomas. Judy says that she grow up (a little bit) in this quest. Congratulations, you managed to save your family all by yourself. THE END G ) KURT Kurt is a strong-minded guy that is son of the Lord Burgundy, leader of the knighthood. He works as an outland knight and came in contact with a mysterious relic, a cursed gauntlet. Back in his travels around the world, he is thrown in a strange place and has to fight with a mysterious monster. He thinks that it's the curse of the gauntlet. BOSS: Scorpion (2 LP) After that, he goes to Gadeira, his home to meet with his parents after 3 years out in the frontiers. There he talks with Lord Maximillian Burgundy, his father. His father wants that he quit the outland knights and take over his place as a temple knight. Kurt says that he won't accept the offer and that he is no longer a knight. He talks about his travels at the frontier and that his wish is to go there and help those people. Maximillian says that he is a fool to think so. He says that if Kurt is no longer a knight, that he is no longer his son as well. Kurt leaves the house. On the outside, Kurt meets with his brother Leon. Leon says that he turned out to be a Temple knight and he is training in Vaftom. Kurt explain the situation, and Leon wishes good luck to him. In the inn, he hears rumors about the fee that the Guardian knights are taking from the carriers. 1 - THE DEPRESSED CARRIER He finds a carrier named Ventus being ordered to pay a fee to cross the way to Solophero. As he refuses, he has to go to the other way for the mountains. Kurt says that he will help him, but as he goes to the end of the mountain path, he has to face yet another monster. BOSS: Zorus (3 LP) Even so, they go to Solophero. Kurt notice that Ventus didn't realized that he even fight with a creature. He isn't even hurt from its battle. It seems that when he is fighting, the time actually stops. (NOTE: The next encounter with the monsters in the "another dimension" is based on time, like it takes 20 minutes on real game time to the "another world" calls you again. The game will not end if you lose to a monster in the "another world" but there is some event in his quest that requires to defeat a specific monster in this condition) 2 - VALE OF SWORDS They go to Serin. In the middle of the road, Kurt has to face even another monsters. BOSS: Greedy (4 LP) They managed to get to Serin. 3 - BIG OL' RASCALS On Serin, they hear that the Temple knights will attack a group anti-knighthood based on the monster cave. A girl begs to Kurt to help him. On the entrance, Kurt talks with an arrogant Temple knight. He say that he let loose monsters in the cave, because the knighthood won't stain his hands. Kurt thinks that the knighthood became a bunch of cowards. Just when he is getting ready to help, his is thrown in the other dimension. BOSS: Chaos Crab (4 LP) You can finish this adventure quite easily going southeast of the start point to the Armand's Hideout, but is advised to go to the northeast and grab some chests and fight some monsters. When you get to the Armand's hideout, Armand says that the monsters killed all his friends. Armand agrees to go with them. 4 - JADE FOREST Next step is to go to Sadovos, but there is still the Jade forest to cross. In the entrance of the forest a lilllean named Plyaphillum are waiting for Kurt, but more precisely, he can feel the evil of the Gauntlet. He says that he wants to find the answer together with Kurt. Then he felt again the evil of the gauntlet. BOSS: Blue Windsor (5 LP) Then, Kurt notice that the foes of the gauntlet are getting stronger, as the gauntlet itself. (NOTE: you can see in the skill panel that Kurt's gauntlet are changing levels when you defeat the gauntlet monsters). Kurt became more puzzled with the true purpose of the gauntlet. When they get into Sadovos, they went to the magic emporium. There they find a specialist in magic tablets named Josef. He will say that the gauntlet is a mixture of light and darkness, as any magic tablet. He says that he will join you. As Kurt travels in search of clues, he have to face another foe. BOSS: Mad Buc (6 LP) After this fight, Platypyllium notice that you were in another world. Kurt now knows that he was really transported for another world. But why? In Gadeira, Leon says that the gauntlet that his brother are equipped gives him power. He wants the gauntlet for itself. Now there is several others towns to go, so Kurt goes to Longshank, there he listen to rumors that says that the wealthiest men in town brought a mercenary squad to rid of the monsters in the surroundings, it's leader is Mordeus. 5 - MONSTER HUNTER Kurt came to help Mordeus. On the entrance, the Temple knights came in and take over the expedition by order of Jeanne Maure, but Mordeus says that he will complete the mission anyway. BOSS: Agares (12 LP) Kurt says that they are using Jeanne Maure to take over the knighthood. But what they are planning? Go to Loch Vaan, and enter the crimson spellshop. The owner say that a great wizard like Leith Torles would help to unravel the mystery of the relics. He say to take his pupil on his quest. Back on Vaftom, Jeanne Maure says to Leon that he must be involved with the world outside; Leon asks if she know Kurt. She says that Kurt was a strong knight. 6 - WAITING FOR THE SHRINE Kurt goes to Kimbali to visit an old friend and outland knight just like him named Edel. Edel says that he is getting better but the outland knight are dying. He says that the Temple knights are taking over because they are building a temple in Kimbali as well. He will escort Kurt to the temple. On the outside, a villager says that Edel defended the town many times but they hear a temple knight saying that the outland knights are useless now and he also insults Kurt and Edel. On the house, Edel says that he is feeling that the town will be attacked because the temple knight only worries with the temple itself, and they will leave the town without protection. Kurt say that he won't let this happen. Now Edel explain how they will get rid of the monsters. Kurt must fight every monster in the block until he says that isn't more monsters left, and go to the next block. After every block is guarded, they will go to the main gate. And so, Kurt, Edel and the others manages to protect Kimbali. On Vaftom, Leon is talking with his father. Maximillian asks about Jeanne, Leon says that she is solving a couple of things on Kimbali. Maximillian says that Kurt is the one to blame. Leon thinks to himself that he is the one that is really dangerous... Now Kurt has to face the fears inside the Gauntlet to go forward. He has to defeat the next boss. BOSS: Abaddon (12 LP) When you defeat this monster, a voice in his head says that the answer to his questions is in the Starship anchor. When Jeanne came back from his expedition, she says that is her destiny to conquer the Seven Wonders, because that is the true Iskandar spirit. Leon thinks that "here she goes again with this Iskandar crap..." but he says that the knighthood must return for the basics. Jeanne became surprised to know that Leon feels the same way. Leon says that it's time that the younger templairs take over. 8 - LORD BURGUNDY ASSASINATION Kurt goes to Vaftom to the Regina Leone festival, there he sees Ventus trying to make a deliver but he stumbles in an Anubito and he gets angry. As Kurt tries to apart the fight, he is punched on the face. He give him a punch, but he notice that the gauntlet gives him overhuman strength. He has to end the fight with the Anubito. BOSS: Anubito (7 LP) Next, he visit Iskandar Shrine. But a messenger named Hiro delivers a message. The message says that Lord Burgundy will be killed in the middle of the festival, when he gets on Dixon's mausoleum. Hiro says that he don't know who gives him this message. Kurt grabs him and go inside the shrine. But he isn't expecting that he must face his last challenge in the Gauntlet's world. BOSS: Domliat (9 LP) In the Heaven's corridor, Kurt notice that the guardians aren't there, and that is a bad sign. They goes as far as the Dixon's mausoleum. Then, he sees Lord Burgundy surrounded by assassins, but he manages to save him. Maximillian thanks Kurt. Kurt must fight the assassins. BOSS: 3 Assassins (3 LP) On the end, Kurt says that meanwhile the villagers of Vaftom are crying for their dead loved ones, he was killing the assassins of his father. 9 - JEANNE'S CHALLENGE Just like before, this is the final quest so if you forget to do something, do it before you enter here. Improve your weapons to the limit that you will need them (and, of course, your skills as a player and some luck). Leon says that he find proofs that the Starship anchor holds the power of the gods. Jeanne, full of pride, says that is the true meaning of the Iskandar ideals and goes for there. Kurt also goes to there, and on the way to the final room, he finds Jeanne, beaten up and totally lost. Kurt says that even the pride and joy of the knighthood lost his way. He goes forward until he finds Leon. Leon says that they surely are late. Kurt asks why send Jeanne Maure to make this fiasco, and he answers that she want to do it on her own. Leon also says that it's time to he take over the knighthood, to have a power to match the round table and Kurt says that if he was the one that ordered his father assassins, but Leon says that he was the one that send the message. Kurt replies that if you knew, then why you didn't help him. He says that he wants to take over the knighthood, then the world. Kurt says that the temples twisted his head, and it's time to for the big brother save his little brother. BOSS: Leon Burgundy (20 LP) When he is defeated, Leon says that he is being taken over. BOSS : Chaos (20 LP) Each character will talk a little bit. When you defeat this form, this will release a "mask" (hidden power) for 2 times. But when your release a new mask, his HP will be zero, so the LP will be drained from every powerful hit. These 3 forms aren't that powerful; just change constantly the front row to minimize the LP damage received. Chaos (26 or 16 LP) Chaos (12 LP) Now the final form will appear, he has some very nasty attacks like Overkill that inflicts 800~1000 of damage and he also has full health, so it will take a while to begin to reduce his LP. The advice that I give you is to protect Kurt and don't fight with 5 characters at the same time, because most of it's attacks get everyone. DO NOT TRY TO COMBO IN THIS FORM. I know that it's superhard, but YOU CAN WIN. Chaos (20 LP) After defeating Chaos, Kurt, Jeanne and Leon are travelling the world to find relics. They climb a huge mountain and start searching a cave. Kurt says to be careful with suspicious-looking things, but as he puts a helmet on his head, his starts to scream and it seems that the helmet is cursed as well. Probably he has to stick with the helmet for a while. Now, this isn't funny, Kurt...^_^ TO BE CONTINUED? YAY, YOU BEAT ALL CHARACTERS, CONGRATULATIONS!!! NOW ENJOY THE CREDITS AND THE BEAUTIFUL SONG "AMAKAKERU TSUBASA" 6 - - THE SEVEN WONDERS Here you will find the walkthrough for the Seven Wonders, one of the most difficult dungeons in this game. There are 2 possible ways to enter the Seven Wonders, the first one is to go on an adventure to explore the ruins of the Seven Wonders. And the other one is that a character story is related to the seven wonders. A ) Undercity Pharos Two buildings compost Undercity Pharos, one is accessible from the Iskandaria map, and other is a massive 3-floor building only available if you select the Undercity adventure. The first building haven't anything of interest, so go northeast until you find a giant door, enter the door for the second building. In this second building you will notice 2 things: there is a barrier preventing access in sections of the first floor and the fact it's a elevator that takes you to the second floor, but isn't working right now. You will begin in the third floor. The first thing as you enter the giant door is go west until you find a descending stairs, don't worry if you get stuck in a barrier, just isn't necessary to cross it now...just find the stairs. In the second floor, enter a room and activate the switch, but it will activate the alarm and 2 monsters will attack you. BOSS: 2 Insects (1 LP) After defeating them, make sure that you press the switch again, and find another descending stairs. In this first floor, go north then east then south, until you find another ascending stairs. If you see a switch on your way, DON'T press it yet. Go up in the stairs. Also check the room on the second floor to activate another switch; once again the monsters will come after you. BOSS: 2 Insects (1 LP) Now, you will see a huge thing going up. It's the elevator. Now that you get the elevator working you need only to power them. Now go back to the first floor. There is 2 power switches, one located in the north of the room, other located west. Then activate both of them; it will give info like "Alpha section complete". If you find a switch called "barrier" before you activate both power switches, don't press it, do it after the power switches are turned on. After turning on the power and the barrier switch, go back to the third floor, backtracking from the way that you came earlier. Now on the third floor, the areas locked with the barrier will be opened. Also in this floor, there are 2 power switches. One on the south of the floor and other in the southeast of the floor, once again don't worry about the barrier switch. After pressing both switches, a message will say that "all power restored" will appear; now find the elevator (it's in the middle of the floor), and press the middle switch (second floor). In this floor, there are 2 different rooms. One is the Round Table chamber, which is for the Ventus storyline and the power generator room, for the other character. Defeat the bosses and this quest is over. Congratulations, you cleared the hardest seven wonders adventure. B ) STARSHIP ANCHOR The starship anchor begins in a forest, enter the starship and push the stone door to go inside. This door leads to a room called the chamber of the planets. There is a monster inside but go there and defeat him. After that activate the switch, and the roof will shine a constellation. Go northeast, and enter the anchor. There is a line, just like the roof. Cross the room over the line, and the end a symbol showing the end of this section will appear. You will end in other section of the Starship, go to the south side of this section, and then look out for another chamber of the planets with a monster as well. A picture in the roof also will appear. Enter the constellation room again; the picture will be the shape of a "W". Go first in the left and right edge and then, go to the north. So face the guardian and end another seven wonders adventure. C ) DEITIES TABLE There is a short way until you get inside the table. In the deities table, you objective is step in all mirror of sins, when you complete the mirror of sins the magic circle will appear. If you won't find a magic circle, just search a "????", that it will appear. You will have to repeat the procedure in the mirror of dreams, and the mirror of time. In the mirror of time you will face the guardian of the Deities table. Sometimes in the deities table, some broken shards of the mirror will come after you, use the reel to repel them. D ) AVALON - FLYING ISLAND The flying island isn't that complicated. The objective is push 3 handles to access the elevator. There is one handle in each gate. Go to the east until you see all 3 towers. Then go to the southwest gate, and go forward. There are some places only accessible via obstacle crossing and swimming, but there are only treasures there, not the handles. In the way, there is a handle and Ivy to push, push it and go to the southeast gate. Find the handle in the southeast and the northeast as well. Then the elevator will arrive. The elevator cage is in the northwest gate, near the entrance. Enter the elevator and you will find the guardian of the flying island. E ) NAKLE LINES The Nakle lines is a huge dungeon, but if you know what to do in each place, this will be easy. You will start in the middle of a room and there are 5 places to go. In each line the objective is, like the deities table, open the entire place to form a picture, and ever line has a particular riddle. When you form a picture, you will get an orb. Swirl line (southeast) - Just step in all places, the catch of the swirl line its to go to the desired place you will have to put the analog directional in the opposite side. After the swirl line is complete, come back to the center of the swirl. Sword line (southwest) - The sword line has 2 invisible walls, and 2 switches, a switch unlock the opposite invisible wall, complete the map, press the switch on the end of the road, return, activate the other switch and go to the other side, activate the switch again and come back to the beginning of the room, because when you press both switches, the door will unlock and you can complete the sword line. Giant line (north) - The giant line it's the most difficult thing to figure out. Open normally all the places, but there is a room that when you step it will appear a ?. In this place, also has a circular empty room, so you have to point the analog directional to the room (south), you will cross the wall and enter this room as well. Press the switch, and go north, there is also a room just like the previous. Go over the wall and complete the picture. Bird line (northwest) - The bird line is just the sword line, just press the switch, go to the opposite room and complete the map. Once both sides are opened, the middle invisible wall will disappear. Butterfly line (northeast)- Just go on every path, and there is a magic circle in the end of the way. On the end, a monster will appear. On the end of every line, you will get the correspondent orb (like giant orb, bird orb), and you will be transported to a place, called the laboratory, so go over the room, and find a place that reacts with the orb, in there use the orb and enter the room. There will be a magical circle. Enter and it will leave you in the start point. When you put all 5 orbs, a middle room will appear. Be careful, the most powerful guardian of the seven wonders will appear. F ) TWO MOONS TEMPLE This is the most easily to cross Seven wonder, it's just a straightforward dungeon without any serious difficulty. You will begin in the first floor and you will have to find the way to the uppermost level. There is some magic fields scattered around transporting you, but it confuses more than help. So stick to normal walking (it's a short dungeon anyway). In the uppermost level you will find 2 elder dragons, in opposite sides of the floor, but fighting with them it's completely optional, but the training and the fact that each one guards a Lv. 99 chest can change your mind. In the northeast of the uppermost level you will find a special room: if you're with Ventus, it will appear 2 magic circles, pick the one from the right to challenge Kalandorn, the others characters will fight the guardians of the 2 moons temple, after defeating the guardians, you will have to back on the entrance to complete this quest. G ) HANGED GARDEN The Hanged Garden, just like the Two Moons temple, it's a straightforward dungeon. But the only difference is that the Hanged Garden is a very huge dungeon. You start at Hortus Primus at spring, as you will go to the dungeon you will notice that sometimes vines appears, then you will have to use the reel to dodge the vines. If you fail, you will take a small damage and the statues that are the guardians of the hanged garden will change the season of the year. As you get on the middle of each Hortus, there is a place called the "high place": you can only pass this point if you are in a specific season. There is another guardian in viewpoint, that you can change the seasons. Just select a wind that he likes and voila, the season is changed. Most of the time, the required season to cross is winter, so choose the awkward wing to him and he will change the season to winter for you cross. There are times that he will not like the wing that you choose so go to a wine and lose on purpose for you achieve the desired season. After the Hortus Primus, you will go to Hortus Medius, Hortus Secundus, Hortus Tertius, Hortus Medius again and then the Hortus Quartius. In Hortus Quartius you will face the guardian of the last Seven Wonder. Just like Avalon, there is some swimming and obstacles points, but not all take for treasures, but for shortcuts. Anyway, the path is always the same but you can avoid some rooms using these skills. 7 - - ADVENTURE LIST A ) TORLE ICE SLAB SEA (Local - Ice Slab Sea, Objective - Retrieve the Eternal Ice, Turns - 200, Skills - Obstacle Crossing). The people in Torle required to get the Eternal Ice, a block of ice that never melts. So you have to cross the Ice Slab sea, and get there. The difficulty in this adventure lies on the rising of the tide, which requires you successfully hit the reel; otherwise you will retreat to the nearest block. At the end of this quest, have several parts that you need to get the reel thing done. After that just get the Eternal Ice and the adventure is over. There is no boss fight on this quest. B ) NIVACOLINA LEITH TORLES TOWER (Local - Leith Torles tower, Objective - Unlock the seal of the treasure, Turns - 400) In the first floor, check the seal that Leith Torles placed on the chest. The second floor has a magic circle that you will transport to next set of stairs. The third floor requires that you defeat the assassins (3 LP) to unlock some secret passages. Backtrack a little to find out the places. You must kill 3 groups of assassins to unlock all places in this floor. The fourth floor has several magic circles but only 2 of them advances to the way to the next floor, one of them is to the west of the starting point and the other is the center of the floor. The fifth floor is a circular floor (just like the first) and the sixth floor is the seal floor. In this room there is 5 bridges leading to 5 different seals. Each seal has a guardian beast protecting it, so you must defeat the guardian beast to break the seal, some of them ridiculously strong others just average. But you won't have to face all the guardians to advance in the story, just 3 of them. Since has tough bosses in here is a good place to master new arts. But if you are weak and has low LP just face the Red guardian, the white guardian and last guardian (Yellow seal), but beware, the elder dragon is one of the ridiculously strong kind. RED SEAL - Giant birds (6 LP) BLUE SEAL - Ajatar (12 LP) BLACK SEAL - Aquans (9 LP) WHITE SEAL - Giant beast (6 LP) YELLOW SEAL - Elder Dragon (9 LP) After that you must go down and unlock the chest to clear the adventure. C ) KIMBALI 1 - DRAGON OF FIERY MOUNTAINS (Local - Magma cave, Objective - Defeat the dragon, Turns - 200, Skill - Obstacle crossing) In this quest, you need to follow a trail inside the magma cave to find the elder dragon, so go east until you reach the bridge. You must pass through the lava to go on (you will lose HP but not much). As you cross the bridge, it will crumble and you cannot go back. Go to south until you find another bridge. There is also a locked door there with high-level chests. Then go west, drop a stone on the lava but not cross it, and continue to go west to the next floor. On the second floor, explore the floor to find great items in locked doors, and when you arrive in a place that you can go any longer, go north until you find a huge rock that you have to drop in the magma. The dropped rock will create a passage. Go to the passage until you find a lava island and the boss. BOSS: Elder dragon (10 LP) After defeating the dragon, grab the chests and leave the island to complete this adventure. 2 - DRAGON'S HAVEN (Local - Dragon's haven, Objective - Invade the dragon's haven, Turns - 80, Skill - Obstacle crossing) This is a short quest so don't waste much turns resting. Go to the right, and you will notice the stone monument, read it, and keep going. Do not go down into the hole just yet, later you will thanks that tip. You will reach the fang stone. Look into the storm and a monster will come out. BOSS: Magiwinger (9 LP) After that you will get into a dungeon of sorts, but isn't very huge, but is crowded with monsters all the way. Just keep going, until you find a hole to descend. Now you will see a thing called the "arbiter's eye", there is closed and opened eyes. When you step into a open eye, you will face an Elder dragon (~10 LP) EVERY SINGLE TIME you step into a open eye, so only cross in the places that has closed eyes on it, even if means to retreat a little. It's very hard to cross without facing at least one dragon, but if you get this far it won't be a dragon that will stand in your way, right? Just take it easy and cross it. On the last steps into the Haven, a dragon says that he won't let anyone profane the resting place of its king, and attacks you. BOSS : Elder Dragon (10 LP) 2 wyverns (3 LP) When you defeat them, the dragon uses his last strength to send you back to the surface. D ) ESCATA 1 - TITAN'S FLUTE (Local - Amulet tower, Objective - Eliminate the monsters, Turns - 350) This tower it's like Leith Torles Tower with 6 floors at total. Go to the top floor going by the tower stairs, because isn't much things of value there. You will notice in the third floor that is a statue of a monster but leave the statue for now and continue to climb the tower. When you are in the top tower, go to the central room. There do an action in the room to reveal 2 levers, place the right lever in the upper position, and descend the tower. In the third floor you will know that the song was keeping the monster sealed. You will have to face the boss (there is another option to retreat but if you do that, you can't finish the adventure) BOSS: Giants (12 LP) When you defeat it, come back to the top floor again. Press the left lever (you will break it, but it's OK) and then exit the tower. If you want explore the other rooms that you left behind. You will notice a door without keyhole, but this is the way if you choose to chicken out of the boss. Leave the tower and this adventure is completed. 2 - MONSTERS OF THE RUINED CASTLE (Local - Escata palace, Objective - Find vicious monsters in the castle, Turns - 100, Skills - Obstacle crossing) There are strong monsters here, so find them and kill them all. As the Escata palace is totally destroyed, obstacle crossing is a must-have skill to pass by the debris. The monsters are always on the second floor but the location is randomized. BOSS: 3 Demon birds (4 LP) 3 - ESCATA PALACE (Local - Escata palace, Objective - Find the ministry starch, Turns - 100, Skill - Obstacle crossing) In this short quest, go north and go enter the room. See the books, and go to the second floor. In the second floor, go to the 2 royal chambers, and search the room. You will find a high level chest. The chest it's magically locked. Open it and the adventure will end. 4 - WARMTH OF THE THRONE (Local - Escata palace, Objective - Find the throne room, Turns - 100, Skill - Obstacle crossing) This also is a short quest; you can up the stairs and go northwest. The throne room will be there; so light the lamp and a boss will appear. BOSS: Undead (5 LP) 5 - THE CASTLE OF DAGUL BOS (Local - Dagul Bos Castle, Objective - Find Dagul Bos, Turns - 100) This adventure will only appear if you finish the "Escata palace" adventure. First go north and find the secret passage to the palace. There is a short way and you will go down, then you reach the second floor. On this floor go south until you find a stairs, climb the stairs and go straight ahead. You will find Dagul Bos minions and they will say that Dagul Bos isn't in the castle. BOSS : 3 Minotons (3 LP) E ) WANDA 1 - LUMINA STONE (Local - Shadow Desert, Objective - Retrieve the Lumina stones, Turns - 81). In this adventure, you will participate of a race. The objective is to get many of Lumina stones scattered on the ground before the others and return to the entrance. After 10 Lumina stones at least, go to the entrance. The maximum number of Lumina Stone is 18. If you can't get to the entrance, you won't get anything and the adventure is over. 2 - NIGHT DESERT (Local - Shadow desert, objective - retrieve merchant goods, Turns - 180) In this adventure, you will be asked to retrieve 3 merchant crates. You will be given some retreating feathers. If you see a shadow, use the retreating feather, because you will have a really hard time to defeat the monster. There are also retreating feathers on the ground. Be sure to pick it. After retrieving all 3 boxes, the adventure is over. F ) ISKANDARIA 1 - LUCKY GLYPHS (local - Cave of murals, Objective - Find the Glyphs, Turns - 100, Skills - Swimming) This adventure requires that you find several paintings on the wall. Each mural touched turns out to be a monster. Fight them and release the glyphs. Once all murals are checked, grab the glyph and the adventure is over. This is a great place to collect treasure, also, so don't miss this quest. 2 - THE CAVE OF MURALS (Local - Cave of murals, Objective - find a unusual mural, Turns - 200, Skills - Swimming) This is a long quest, and a hard one, but there is many treasure that worth the trouble. Go near the river and the wall there has a painting, check the picture there, you will find a monster. When you defeat him, a crevice will appear taking you to the other side of the river. Continue the course to the north and check all the paintings, so a new crevice will appear. After that, go southeast. If you have the swimming skill use it to a nice shortcut. There is a room with a hole, enter it and you will reach the last part. Continue a little bit, enter a new crevice and you will find a dragon painting. This is the unusual painting. Check it and face the boss. BOSS : Ajatar (12 LP) 3 - DESERT MIRAGE (Local - Desert, Objective - Find the oasis, Turns - 120) Go southeast until you find the desert maze. Read the paper and start to walk around. Sometimes there will be a sand storm that will hinder your movement. When the weather is good, you will see a mirage oasis, if you see the oasis go southwest, then east and then northwest (which is the waltz steps mentioned on the paper. Doing that will end the adventure. If a sand storm begins when you are approaching the oasis, you will have to wait until the storm clears and look out for the mirage once again. It might take a while, but eventually you will make it. 4 - CROSS THE DESERT (Local - Desert, Objective - Cross the desert, Turns - 120) This is much like the desert mirage adventure. Go southeast until you find the desert maze. Start to move into the southeast all the way in the desert maze. Sometimes there will be a sand storm that will hinder your movement. If you find yourself into the sandstorm, try to get out of it. Once the storm ends, go to the southeast again. After a few turns with a good weather, you will reach the south side of the desert and the end of the adventure. G ) LOCH VAAN 1 - MAYOR'S NIGHTMARE (Local - Mountain hideout, objective - find the ghost, turns - 45) It seems that a ghost is keeping the mayor awake at night, so he asks you to find the ghost. This is a short quest, so don't waste many turns. You will eventually get into the house, explore the wardrobe and will open a secret room, there a ghost of a master of the sword will come to haunt you. BOSS : Regal Lion (8 LP) He is strong and if you are weak at the time of the adventure, the chances are that you won't be able to defeat him. After that, the mayor will talk about the story of Regal Lion. Regal was a notorious thief and he has 3 partners, but the partners, blinded by ambition, killed Regal to get their treasures. He says that no one discovered the treasures hidden by Regal before his death, and the mayor says to go to the Regal's lion hideout and gives you the mystic orb. 2 - REGAL LION'S TREASURES (Local - Regal Lion's hideout, objective - Retrieve the hidden treasure, turns - 100) In this quest you will find one of the best weapons in the game, so don't miss this quest. This hideout is full of places to put the orb, but many of them are fake ones, placing an orb there will trigger a battle. Also, the orb will heat in time. But the mystic orb also shows the location of the correct spot, when you reach a place near the correct spot the orb will vibrate. Go north of the start point and when the orb vibrates, find a dead end with a place named gold lion. Put the mystic orb there. Next find a river near the Gold Lion spot, and cool the orb, then the orb will turn blue. So go southwest, and find the place named Vernal lion, to place the orb. If the orb turns green before you find the spot, you will have to find the river again. After placing the blue orb, go northeast until you find a magma stream. Place the orb and it will turn red, be careful, though, the red orb attracts monsters with a irritating sound. So quickly go south of the magma stream and find the last spot named regal lion. This will open the secret grotto. So: GREEN - Gold Lion BLUE - Vernal Lion RED - Regal lion Go north, and find the grotto and a hole. Enter the hole and you will find the storage, but a guardian of the treasures will face you. BOSS : Humans? (4 LP) After that, pillage the treasures, and leave to the grotto, but before you go make sure that you pick the dragon scale dagger. 3 - SCARED KNIGHT (Local - Cave of the undead, Objective - retrieve the knight's sword, Turns - 120) The cave of undead is full of monsters, and going to the east you will find a swarm of skeletons. Defeat them and go north. Once again, you will find another group of skeletons but in this time, they are with the lost sword. BOSS : 7 Skeletons (1 LP) 4 - SPARKLING WATERFALL (Local - Cave of the undead, Objective - retrieve the knight's sword, Turns - 60) A dancer asked to take her inside in the cave of the undead to find their lover. It's the same map as the scared knight, so go to the east, then north, then west. There you will find a waterfall, but also a swarm of undead in there. BOSS: Undead (4 LP) 6 Undead (1 LP) After the lovers will reunite once again...in heaven. 5 - BOTTOM OF THE DRY WELL (Local - Dry well, Objective - Find the remains of the wizard, Turns - 40, Skills - Locksmith) In this short quest, go to the locked door, unlock it with the locksmith skill and investigate the remains of the wizard. Finds the wizard's diary and read it. Go to the dried water source, and use the cave guide or the water familiar skill and find the undine's choker. Leave the well to finish this adventure. H ) ZOMAR 1 - ABANDONED CASTLE (Local - Abandoned castle, Objective - Dispel the castle's curse, Turns - 150, Battle participants - 5 and 3) This quest has a very limited number of turns, so don't waste too much time healing or wandering around. Go north of the entrance. After hearing the ghost voice, get on the room to the right, and read the diary. It is a guard diary about mysterious disappearances from soldiers, the first one was a guard named Judah, and a wizard. Go to the sublevel. Take the chests and investigate the remaining of the man. It's the soldier Judah. Take the first floor key. Also grab the obsidian boots. If you want, you can face him, investigating the body one more time. BOSS: Skeleton (1 LP) Return to the first floor. Go to the base of the stairs. Rear the voice once again. Go to the Kitchen. Read the recipe, the combination to the third floor is 2475. Go to the second floor. Check the statue from the right and then press the number 2. Go to the left, check the statue and press the 4 buttons. Go to the right, and repeat until finish the code. Go to the third floor. On the third floor, go to the north. Hear the voice one more time, take the king photo. Go to the room to the right and take the Jack photo. Go south and get the Queen photo. Back to the throne room and put the Queen photo and sit on the throne. They will take you to the second floor, so take the Joker picture. Put the King picture on the frame, and the door will unlock. Go back to the third floor. Put the Joker picture on the frame and sit on the throne, they will take you to the basement. Go south, and enter the hidden room. Is the grave of the queen? It seems that the King wanted to resurrect his late wife. Go to the right to the altar, there the king will try to use YOU to the rite of sacrifice to resurrect the queen. The king ghost will summon a wyvern to kill you. BOSS: Wyvern (5 LP) After you defeat the Wyvern, the curse is broken. Go to the main gate and exit to clear this adventure. I ) CHAPA 1 - HEALER HILLS (Local: Healer Hills, Objective - Find healing herbs, Turns - 100) Just find healing herbs scattered on the ground until you get several herbs. 2 - MONSTER EXTERMINATION (Local: Healer Hills, Objective - Kill vegeplasts, Turns - 100) The chapa's villagers ask to kill the vegeplasts that are destroying the field. Just searches the greener fields that the bosses are there. BOSS: 3 Vegeplast (3 LP) 3 - INSECT EXTERMINATION (Local: Healer Hills, Objective - Capture insects, Turns - 100) The Chapa's villagers ask to capture the insects that are destroying the field. There are 4 spots with insects in the healer hills, to capture them you will have to successfully hit the reel. J ) LONGSHANK 1 - CEMETERY (Local - Cemetery, Objective - Deliver the groundskeeper key, turns - 80) At the very beginning a voice will say that you can explore the graves for items, but only 3 times for each grave. In the very beginning of the quest an old man will be waiting to you get the key for him. You can check the graves, and the reel will appear, if you are successful, an item will appear, if you fail undead monsters will come after you. Not all graves have some items, and sometimes monsters will ambush you as well. At the north end of the cemetery, buried under one grave, will be the groundkeepers key, and so return the key to him. But the keeper is in fact a necromancer. BOSS : Necromancer (7 LP) 4 Skeletons (2 LP) After you defeat the necromancer and get some treasures, and leave the cemetery to clear this adventure. You can end this adventure by leaving the cemetery without facing the necromancer but you won't get the treasures. 2 - VANISHED MOGUL (Local - Dark caves, Objective - Find the lost mogul, turns - 420) This is a very easy quest. The fact is that a very rich man are missing into a huge cave and it's not came back yet. His wife is furious with that and requests your assistance. The butler will give you an unlit pickaxe, and will tell you how to use it to cross the cave. In the cave there are several sturdy walls. When you get there, they will say that a light is coming out of the wall. If you check the light, a reel will appear and if you are successful, the pickaxe will remain with a light, and check the light again, and so a reel will appear again to break the wall. When you break the sturdy wall, you will reach treasures, but the real objective lies not on the sturdy wall of the first floors but on the B3. Cross the way until you reach the B3. There will be a sturdy wall on the beginning of the floor; there will be a picture of a young couple. Take that and leave this room. Going east on the B3 you will find yet another sturdy wall, go there and a stairs that take you to the B2. In there you will find the mogul, he will say that his wife wants to sell his collections of rare items, and he wants to keep it. So you will have the choice of letting him go or deliver him to his evil wife. Just say no to the wife, and she will see the picture of the young couple, then you will clear this adventure. 3 - FUGAR'S MANSION (Local - Fugar's mansion, Objective - find the hidden jewel, Turns - 67) It seems that the butler of the Fugar's mansion does not know where he put Fugar's wife jewel. So you have the explore Fugar's mansion and find the jewel. So the butler gives you an axe to open the locked drawers. Beyond the locked door, there will be a room with 6 drawers. Inside one of them it's the jewel, so try to open the drawer with the axe (it will activate an event reel). Isn't that much to do in this adventure. I advise you to not pick this adventure at all since it will not give you HP (since you don't fight any monsters) and the skills given will be very low. 4 - GARDEN OF DEATH (Local - Garden of death, Objective - find a lost letter, Turns - 290, Skills - Swimming and obstacle crossing) A man will ask you to retrieve a letter that he lost in this garden. In the very beginning, you will see a vegeplast. Check it and you will find that the vegeplasts that are in possession of the letter. This garden is divided in 2 sections: the west side (that you start) and the east side. The first place is go to the east side of the garden. You can go to a northern path, and also you can go just east if you have the obstacle crossing skill. When you reach the east side, check for the dead ends, the vegeplasts will be there, but they will escape with the letter. Do that for 3 times and leave the east section. In the west section, try to go southeast. Possibly you will find some poison plants that will make you retreat. Just find another way. Eventually you will hear a sound of a wall crumbling, go there and in the end of this road, the vegeplasts will be surrounded. And so they will leave the letter and run away. You can read the letter or not before delivering to the man who ask you. I don't know if there is a penalty to reading it, but since in the letter it's a silly story of romance "Oh, I love you" so just deliver it without looking. K ) GADEIRA 1 - THE 3 KEYS (Local - Deserted house, Objective - Defeat the house monster, Turns - 400) Go north and check the locked door, if you have the locksmith skill unlock the door, and enter the room, and see that there is a missing eye in the painting on the wall (now, that is just like Biohazard, isn't it?). If you haven't the locksmith skill look the west of the first floor to get some rusty keys, it work just like the locksmith skill, but you can only do it one time. On the east section of the first floor there is a giant beast that looks like a tiger. Be careful, this beast has several LP and can deal severe damage. Defeating him can be a good thing though, he gives the silver key, that works like the locksmith Lv. 4 and you can use it forever without the fear of breaking. Also you can put something in the place of the locksmith skill on the skill panel. If you don't want the trouble to defeat the tiger, there is a copper key in the house, but isn't as good as the silver key. On the second floor you will find the eye for the picture. Put the eye, and a passage to the underground will appear. In this basement, there are several high level chests there; also in the north end of the basement lays the boss of this adventure. BOSS : Necromancer (7 LP) 2 Ghouls (1 LP) 2 - SEVENFOLD TAIL (Local - The seven waterfalls, Objective - Cross the seven waterfalls, Turns - 200) They say that it's dangerous to cross the seven waterfalls on the "non tourists season" because the strong winds. OK, this is the "non visitors season" and you will cross it, right? Just follow the path, and sometimes a gust of wind will try to carry you back. The reel will decide if you fail or not, if you were successful, you will endure the wind and go forward, if you fail, you will retreat and also attract monsters nearby. On the end of the waterfalls, the wind will get stronger and so, the reel will became harder to hit and every step that you take forward (not always, though) will bring a reel. Endure all that to get on the end of the road and finish this adventure. 3 - SEVEN WATERFALLS (Local - The seven waterfalls, Objective - Check the seven waterfalls, Turns - 60) In this short adventure, the objective is seeing all seven waterfalls. Just make the action in all waterfalls and you will complete the quest. There isn't even a boss to make this adventure more worthwhile. 4 - LEGENDARY LEVIATHAN (Local - Phantom lake, Objective - catch the legendary Leviathan, Turns - 200) The first thing it's to follow the ridge way and check the Squall falls (it's the second one), and a hidden path will appear. So go to there and when reach the lake go southeast until you find a monster fishing there. He will teach you how to get the Leviathan. So go to a fishing spot with water fowl there (it's a purple bird) and press "action" in the lake until a shadow of a giant fish. Check the shadow and the fish will face you. BOSS : Aquans (9 LP) 5 - PIRATES INVITATION (Local - Solitary Isle, Objective - Find the ship wreckage, Turns - 400) In the beginning a girl claiming that she is the great pirate daughter requires your assistance to find a wrecked ship. So go up the stairs and go northeast until you find a downward stairs. Go to the tears and in the end of it you can grab some seashells. Catch at least 4 of them. When a tidal wave appears (it appears on every 4 turns), it brings new seashells to get (great if the tide grabs the seashells before you). So go up the stairs and go southeast, until you find a small hollow. There is a place with 3 spots to put the seashells. The order to put the seashells is: Right, Upper and Left. Before that the adjacent room will open and going west you will find the ship wreckage, but before that you will face a giant beast BOSS: Giant beast (5 LP) After that the girl will command the enemies to retreat and say to you that she will sail the seas just like his father. L ) SOLOPHERO 1 - VALE OF THE SWORDS (Local - Vale of the swords, Objective - Cross the vale of the swords, Skills - Obstacle crossing) This adventure is essential if you want to reach Serin and Sadovos. First reach the broken bridge, when you try to cross it, a battle will begin in the bridge. This fight will cause the bridge to collapse and split your team in 2: one group will stay in the main floor and the other will get below you. The first team has to find a way to rescue your friends, and the second team has to climb up. Now, with the first team, go to the left and find the rope. Then with the second group, go south until you find the rope. Unfortunately the rope will break, and you have to find another way. In this part, the game will constantly change between the 2 groups. So with the first group, you have to go to the right then north until near the end of the valley. Then you will find a wine, grab it and return to the left until you stop. Your group will wait the second team there. Meanwhile, the second group will head left until they find a place to climb up. In the next floor, you will head northeast, and then when you reach near the summit, you will head west. The 2 groups will be rejoined once again. Then go east to the exit of the valley. Whew, that was tough, isn't it? 2 - COLISEUM RUINS (Local - Coliseum, Objective - Defeat the gladiators ghosts, Turns - 120) In the very beginning, you will find a door without keyhole, which can't be open right now. So explore this floor, and you will find several barrels. Each one of them has a vegeplast, if you investigate further 2 things can happened: You can be bitten and have to fight with the vegeplast or the vegeplast will reveal a switch, which is required to open the central door. There are 8 barrels, 4 with the switch, once you have pressed all the switches, the door will open. Beyond the door is the coliseum arena and the ghosts of the dead gladiators will challenge you. BOSS: 3 Minoton (3 LP) After that, keep following the road until you reach a place that you be informed that you can't proceed further. So the adventure ends. M ) SERIN 1 - MONSTER LAIR (Local - Monster lair, Objective - Grab treasures, Turns - 80) This is a straightforward dungeon but full of monsters, each dead end has a high level chest in it. On the eastern end of the dungeon the boss will appear. BOSS: 3 orc (3 LP) After that you can open 3 high level chests. After that just go back to the entrance to finish this adventure. 2 - SUNKEN CITY (Local - Sunken city, Objective - Find the memento of the city, turns - 300) The sunken city adventure is one of the longest quests in this game. The people of Serin ask you to find a memento that symbolizes Roanne, the sunken city. You will walk on the roof of Roanne, and sometimes there is a window opened, that makes you enter the house and, if you are lucky, there are treasures inside. You will soon realize that strange shadows are coming for you, when 5 shadows are reunited, the shadows will reveal himself as deadly fishes. To dodge them, enter in a window. Eventually, you will get into the music hall, but there is a monster also. BOSS: Giant beasts (8 LP) After defeating the boss, you will find an old piano, inside this piano, lays a melody disk. Then you will hear about why this disk represent so much for the villagers of the late Roanne. Grab the disk and the quest is over. 3 - JADE FOREST (Local - Jade forest, Objective - Cross the jade forest) The jade forest is the only way to get to Sadovos. The beginning of the forest it's not that hard. In the end of the road, you will see a sign to avoid the forest eye. And what you do? Of course, go to the forest. There it's just like a maze, but if you go south (but change constantly your direction like, go south, then southwest, then southeast) you eventually will get out of the forest eye. So go to the southwest end of the forest and you will reach Sadovos. N ) SADOVOS 1 - JADE FOREST (Local - Jade forest, Objective - Cross the jade forest) Exactly just like the Serin adventure. The only difference is that you have to go the opposite way. O ) VAFTOM 1 - TRIBAL CHIEF'S TRIAL (Local - Ocean road, Objective - Pass trial, Turns - 100, Skills - Swimming) This place has some high level chests but is only accessible via swimming. Be sure to have this skill. For passing the trial, you have to find 2 orbs of trial and touch it, but beware, the person that touch the orb will become weak. Also, you will fight the guardian of the orbs. BOSS: 3 Black Blowshark (3 LP) After finding the 2 orbs of trial, head north and take a piece to the Whalebone to pass the trial and clear the adventure. 2 - KNIGHT'S MAUSOLEUM (local - Knights mausoleum, Objective - Defeat the guardian and take the treasure, Turns - 140) This quest has a very limited number of turns, so go fast and not waste much turns opening chests or healing. Head south and take the stairs, there go to the east, then another pair of stairs, until you reach a place called the Hades corridors. There you will know that there is something huge there, then investigate every chamber of rebirth (the big rooms) until you find the boss. Be careful, though, this boss is HARD. BOSS: Giants (12 LP) After you defeat them come back to the stairs, from where you came. Then go to the southwest, and find another set of stairs. There you will find the corridor of heaven. Also there is a boss here, so investigate every chamber of rebirth. BOSS: Wildlings (2 LP) You will notice that 2 rooms appeared. Go to that room in the chamber of heaven. He will say that it's Lord Dixon mausoleum. Leave this floor and go to the corridor of Hades. There enter the unlocked room and it will say that it's Iskandar mausoleum. There, you will finish this adventure. NOTE - As you may notice, the Giant boss is very strong and this was the place that I've learn most of the arts in this game, so it's advised to replay this quest (which means, not clearing it) until you are with a full set of powerful arts. 3 - DANGERS IN THE MINES (Local - Mines, Objective - Find the bomb ore, Turns - 300) You have to find 2 bomb ores that are in power of 2 working beasts. There is one on the surface and other on the floor below. The bomb in the surface it is located in the northeast of the floor. There will be a sleeping monster there, dig 3 times, when the monster seems like he will wake up, stop digging. Then continue the dig, but this time let the monster wake. You will get the bomb ore this time The second one is located in the west of the mines. There will be a foot of the working beast playing with the bomb ore, grab it by force and receive a little damage. Then go to the first floor and find a blocked wall on south of the first working monster. There put the 2 bomb ores and clear the way. Go forward until you find the reason why the working beasts are scared. BOSS: Jestor Y (5 LP) 8 - - GLOSSARY This section was made to help the players to understand the world of Unlimited SaGa and his historical backgrounds. This game has an incredible historical culture, but you can only understand it fully if you played the game with several characters. ANUBITO - A beast-like creatures gifted with intelligence and the ability to communicate with humans, but even so, they don't cooperate that much with humans. Other interesting fact about the anubitos it's that they don't have any type of leader in his social structure. The humans sees the anubito with suspicious and some of them, even hate. The hate from the humans towards the anubitos grew stronger when an anubito called Dagul Bos, invaded Escata, destroyed the palace and killed the king and the queen. ARCANIANS - A race created by the gods with a human-like appearance. But their beautiful silver hair and dark skin impressed everyone that looked to they. His technological advances created wonderful things, including the seven wonders sites. But that advance and knowledge cost, in the end, their own existence, when the world was almost on brink of destruction because of their actions. The gods confined them from existence to save the world, and they remained forgotten for a thousand years. Only one arcanian remains in the present, Faedaljen. BLADE OF ESCATA - The blade of Escata is the heirloom of the Escata royal family. The blade legacy was passed for 23 generations and began when Iskandar gave the blade to King Fouland, Escata's first ruler. The blade is made from Altemana, a rare material that embodies the power of the 5 elements, and his power increases when there are some gears made of Altemana nearby. Its power is beyond human comprehension and his existence it's associated to Chaos as well. CHAOS - An inhabitant from the space. His mighty power scared even the gods, when the arcanians find about his existence. He was banished a thousand of years ago by the gods, but he is still alive in the Lazulia moon, waiting for a chance to come back to the world. CHAPA - The Chapas are a squirrel-like race, which lives in the Chapa village, near Longshank. They are friendly with humans (as they are with everyone else, in fact) and they are pretty easy going with everything. The only problems that affects the Chapas are the lack of abundant water, since they considers drought levels of water that is enough to humans. The Chapas also thinks highly of Iskandar, since he once he saved the Chapa village from drought. GOLDEN AGE - Most people associates the golden age with the arcanian's seven wonders ruins, but the golden age was also a period of great prosperity and also great deeds made by humans. Legends say that when the seven wonders are active again, this will bring a new golden age era. GREAT DEEDS - Wonderful things were done in the golden age, and some of them are still remembered even today like the creation of the seven wonders, the containment of Pharos in Tal'fa Palacaleo by Alyce Ambrosia, the defeat of the dragon's king Dracos Archaeos by Leith Torles, the construction of Escata kingdom and Iskandaria and the discovery of the most powerful magic tablet and the ultimate forbidden spell. In all this events, Iskandar was present. ISKANDAR - It's impossible to talk about the history of the world without mentioning Iskandar. Iskandar it's praised by the hero of the world, not only by the humans but also for the chapa tribe. He is a being created by the gods (or even a god himself) that appears over the times when the world is about to change. But he is not the same person each time; he appears with different faces and personality. That why the legends about Iskandar's life and death are so distant between each other. He was already called a conqueror, a powerless old man, a beggar and even a cruel tyrant, but every kid knows its deeds and his importance for the world. KNIGHTHOOD - The military power of the world, commanded by the Burgundy family. The knights, with his leader Lord Maximillian Burgundy, protect the cities, the temples and the trade roads. They have also a huge rank all over the world, sustained in part by taxes pay by the carriers and other not so honest ways. Of the divisions of the knighthood, the Temple Knights have the highest respect of the population, which supports the knighthood, mainly because of the Escata incident. Among the knighthood ranks also there is inner rivalry of the Temple Knights and the Outland Knights. KNIGHS OF THE ROUND TABLE - Not much are known about the knight of the round table, but they are the dark rulers of the world and also are immortal beings. They live on the deep ends of the Undercity Pharos, and are even suspected that Phantom, the leader of the round table, might be Pharos himself. They manipulate the dark beings, the ensanguined league and also use the shadows to command the world. Iskandar and the arcanians want to wipe them out from existence. LAZULIA AND ROSALIA - They are the 2 moons that are closer to the world. Lazulia has a blue color and Rosalia has a red color. The Arcanians build a temple dedicated to Lazulia and Rosalia, the Two Moons Temple, in Kimbali. The Two Moons Temple it is one of the seven wonders. It seems that Chaos still lives in the Lazulia Moon. LEITH TORLES - Leith Torles was the most powerful magician and alchemist that existed in the face of the world. He was the human that subjugated the dragon king and he also made experiments with several materials. His deeds includes the creation of the Dragonheart, a powerful material made of crystallized hearts of dragons. His tower, built in Nivacolina, resists until today and his descendants still lives in Torle. LESSER TRIBES - Other tribes of the world includes the lilleans, the petrans and the vampires. They are called lesser tribes because of his small population (or, in the case of the vampires, because isn't a clear number of the population). REGINA LEONE FESTIVAL - A festival that happens every year in Vaftom. Its original purpose was to celebrate Vaftom-Escata cooperation, but nowadays anyone remembers that, so it's just a traditional grand festival with a ritual. After the festival, the ritual of the memorial fire begins. It's a ritual that persons put fire on dry wood in the Elve Mountains, creating pictures of Dragons and other animals. This symbolizes the passage of the soul of the dead to heaven, and a way to honor the memory of the dead persons. RELICS - After the Arcanians were gone, beside the seven wonders they left as well some artifacts with technology totally unknown to the humans. They were called relics, and with the discover of those relics caused a revolution to the world. Drifters, appraisers and inventors jobs are based only on the discover of those relics on the seven wonders sites. The appraisers and the inventors, based on the relics investigation, build some of the technology that exists in the world. But not every relic that was found created a direct well fare to mankind, there is some cursed relics as well; it's main purpose is unknown but they created several problems to the persons that finds or uses them. THE ENSANGUINED LEAGUE - There are humans that, in quest for power and immortality, made a blood pact with the knights of the round table. They sell his body and get an eternal life, but they also lost their humanity. This "humans" became know as the ensanguined league. They are loyal servants of the knights of the round table and make the dirty work to them, as the knights keep themselves in the shadows. THE SEVEN WONDERS - The arcanians created 7 monuments in different parts of the world. This magnificent work of engineering, that was a mix of high-level machinery and a stunning beauty, became known as "the seven wonders". The arcanian technology, knowledge and culture are imbedded on every one of the seven sites. The purposes of the seven wonders are unknown, but it's safe to affirm that they conducted technology experiments and celestial researches on there. This fascination for the seven wonders draw hordes of adventurers to the sites for look for something of value or to unravel the mysteries of the ancient ruins. Now it's a place with pretty much anything of value left and it's also crowded with monsters, but most of their beauty and mystery remains until today. UNCHARTED AREAS - It was Iskandar that began to chart the current world map, based on his travels, but there yet is some uncharted areas on the world. There are persons that are trying to discover new frontiers of the world. West of Torle, north of Serin, and south of Iskandaria are the largest places without a clear knowledge of the topography and vegetation, and it's very unlikely that someone lives in there today. 9 - - SKILLS / ARTS / MATERIALS A ) Skills list Here you will find the skills divided by category and a quick description of its use. MELEE - Punch, kick, throw (attacks, higher levels means higher chance to hit powerful arts in the reel). DAGGER \ SWORD \ BOW \(attacks, higher levels means higher chance to hit AXE / powerful arts in the reel) STAFF / SPEAR / GUN - Higher levels means more orbs with successful attacks. SHIELD - Improves ability with shields. HEALTH - Iron body (lessen physical damage), Fortitude (lessen arts damage), Toughness (improve recover rate to physical status ailments), Recover (improves recover rate to mental status ailments), Natural (improves immunity to physical status ailments), Iron will (improves immunity to mental status ailments). MARTIAL ARTS - Master technician (lowers HP/endurance required for an art), Master magician (lowers HP/endurance required for magic) WEAPON ARTS - Master fighter (increase effects of melee skills), Weapon meister (increase effects of weapons skills). MAP - Road guide (show better maps at roads), Cave guide (show better maps at caves), Architect (show better maps at buildings), Obstacle crossing (make you go over rocks and debris), Swimming (required to cross rivers), Adaptability (increase more HP when resting). MAGIC - Magic tablet (required to learn magic), Magic blender (customize magic in the magic tablet). KEY - Locksmith (unlock treasures chests and doors), Defuse (defuse traps), Aura (higher chances of success in a event), Sharpeye (detect hidden traps in chests), Eavesdrop (show monsters in the map). NEGOTIATE - Maharaja (higher price to show off), Diplomacy (better the trade rates at your favor), Inconspicuous (lowers chance of enemy encounter), Monger (lowers the price until he cries), Fashion (show rare items). TOOLS - Quick-fix (increases equipment durability without a blacksmith), Weapon smith (increases chance of improving durability/type of a weapon), Accessory smith (increases chance of improving durability/type of an accessory), Artiste (increase chance of unlock weapons categories). VISION - Fortunetelling (predicts the content of treasures chests), Arcane tongue (increase learning rate of a magic tablet). FAMILIAR - Fire, Water, Earth, Wood, Metal, Atlas (earth), Astraios (sky), Aiagon (ocean): learns magic without a magic tablet. PHOBIA - Lowers attacks when facing the selected enemy. PACIFIST - Reduces LP when attacking the selected enemy. SEAL WEAPON - Impossible to use the selected weapon. GAUNTLET - A cursed gauntlet, that brings misfortune to the user. B ) Arts list This are the arts that I find so far in the game, as you can see the list isn't complete, but in time (hopefully) the list will grow to a complete list. Remember that some categories shares some skills, so if a skill isn't of that particular category, it will be marked as [x]. 1 - PUNCH PUNCH HUMMING BIRD - Punchout - Raksha (BLK) - Bear swipe - Gattling jab - Brute force (-END) - [Brute force] (-END) - Deadly fist (-END) - Bodhisattva 2 - KICK KICK - Kick rush - Triangle kick - Flash flood - Sinker (-STR) - Thunder kick - Flying knee 3 - THROW THROW HAIRDRYER - Kawazu throw (STN) - [Kawazu throw] (STN) - Hammerfall (STN) - Cyclone (STN) - Call back (STN) - Windwhistle (STN) 4 - DAGGER QUICK THRUST KNIFE THROW TRICK SHOT - Sonic thrust - Trickster - [Trickster] - Lightning thrust (PRL) - - Cut in - Blitz - Juggler - Double trickster STUNNER SPEEDY BLEEDY DICE - [Lightning thrust](PRL) - [Sonic thrust] - - Slashout (PRL) - [Cut in] - Mince - Bloody Mary (BLK) - Cross cut - Puree 5 - SWORD TWIN BLADE REAR BLADE SLASH - Double mist - [Double mist] - Slice - Heaven and earth (STN) - Roundabout (STN) - Gust (-SKL) - Triple edge - Bopeep (BPP) - Dragontail CROSS SLASH STARDUST SMASH - X-terminator - Noggin knocker -[Noggin knocker] - Grand cross -[Heaven and earth](STN)- Bear slash - Doppelgangers - [Dragontail] - Vandalize 6 - AXE WOODCHOPPER TOMAHAWK TIME LAPSE - Bamboo split - Juggler's nightmare - Back slash - - Skydive - - Phoenix blow - Skyscraper - Reverse delta HYPER HAMMER BASH - Slew motion - Heartbreaker (-MGC) - Night crossing - [Night crossing] - Fuji view - Splinter pierce 7 - STAFF SLAM ROUNDHOUSE DOUBLE HIT - Drag down (-STR) - Repound - Triple hit (-END) - Cruncher (-END) - [Drag down] (-STR) - Rock splitter - Aqua Luna (-SPR) - Time and tide (BLK) - Total agony (-END) BONE CRUSHER COMA DOSE EARTH DRAGON - [Drag down] (-STR) - [Cruncher] (-END) - - Skullsplitter - Bell ringer - - Pulverizer - Nutcracker (NUT) - Grand slam (STN) 8 - SPEAR FLASH PIERCE JAVELIN GRASSHOPPER - Bolt skewer - [Bolt skewer] - - - Puncture - Reaper (STN) - Arm of light - Twin Dragons - Poker's wild AIM DOUBLE STAB CHARGE - - - [Puncture] - Divine lancer (-SKL) - [Twin Dragons] - Cobra smash - Acupuncture (-SKL) - DHS - Lance buster 9 - BOW QUICK SHOT WARNING SHOT RANDOM ARROWSHOT - - Shadow skidder (PRL) - - Mach 5 - Ink shot (DRK) - Arrow rain - - Shadow arrow (BLK) - Parashots DOUBLE SHOT SNIPER SHOT POWER SHOT - Triple shots - Sidewinder - Sticker - [Shadow arrow] (BLK) - Sparrow shot - Exorcist - Thousand needles - Phoenix arrow - Zapper (BLK) BLK - Blackout, STN - Stun, PRL - Paralysis, DRK - Darkness, NUT - Nutcracker effect, BPP - Bopeep effect, -STR: Lowers strength, -END: lowers endurance, -MGC: lowers magic, -SLK: lowers skill, -SPR: lowers spirit. C ) Magic and forbidden arts list MAGIC: FIRE - Fire veil, Detect aura, Fire arrows, Power surge, Holy seal. WATER - Water veil, Detect undead, Purify, Rain bringer, Water shield, Bubble blow, Ice needles. EARTH - Earth veil, Detect animals, Build-up, Boulder, Sleep, Anti-fear, Animal charmer. WOOD - Wood veil, Detect vegeplasts, Overgrowth, Life boost, Missile guard, Recycle, Meditation, Thunderbringer. METAL - Metal veil, Detect gold, Magic Lock, Shock, Armor blessing. FORBIDDEN ARTS: None yet. D ) Material List FIRE - Bone, Dragonheart, Fang, Feather, Fur, Scale, Coel. Scale, Dragon scale, Skin, Croc skin, Hydra skin, Snake skin, Tortoise shell. WATER - Cotton, Silk, Glossed silk, Velvet. EARTH - Damascus, Diamond, Ironstone, Lazuli, Marcasite, Meteorite, Meteoritic iron, Mullock, Opal, Quartz, Ravenite, Serpentine, Topaz. WOOD - Ash, Carnelian, Cedar, Copse, Oak, Reed. METAL - Angelite, Copper, Corundum, Demonite, Iron, Lead, Obsidian, Silver, Fairy silver, Steel. RARE - Altemana. 10 - - EXTRA / SPECIAL INFO A ) Game Information (Japan) NAME : Unlimited SaGa PUBLISHER : Square Enix DEVELOPER : Squaresoft RELEASE DATE : 12/19/2002 PRICE : 6800 yen B ) FFX-2 Preview movie Unlimited SaGa (US version) comes with a preview movie from the anticipated sequel of Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2. The movie shows the opening movie of FFX-2 with some scenes of the game, then another section with story related scenes, with songs played by Komi Kuda. The curious thing that I notice of the video, it's that songs are still in Japanese just like the voice acting of Yuna and the other characters in the video. Perhaps the English voice acting wasn't ready at the point of releasing Unlimited SaGa. About the decision that Square Enix will leave the original songs or the voice acting, probably it won't but at least you will know what Yuna's voice looks like. Also, when I heard about the preview of the FFX-2, I wondered if that was the 'another story' video that came with FFX: International (JAP version). Unfortunately it's not, but there are reports that the Euro version of Unlimited SaGa will come with this video. Lucky guys. UPDATE - The FFX-2 opening song for the US release was changed, for the worst. C ) What's missing on the FAQ. The arts and magic list are not complete. Not so sure about the forbidden arts and hairdryer/hummingbird works properly. Some things aren't as good as they should, but the core (the 7 characters walkthrough) is completed. If you have a little patience, this will evolve to a good FAQ (at least, I think so...^_^), there is also great FAQ's of Unlimited SaGa in cheatcc.com, so check there for info not covered in this FAQ. If you have any suggestion of new sections or a way to improve the game tutorial, send me an E-mail. D ) Last thoughts I really liked Unlimited SaGa. OK, perhaps it was the 4 of the more frustrating hours of my life when I first picked up. My friend and me were clueless to what to do, since the game doesn't help one single bit and I was this close to stop playing. But the true fun began when I actually learn how that game worked, so every time that Akitoshi Kawazu (the game director) slap in my face and laughed of my disgrace in this game, I came back even more determined. I cannot admit that anyone or any bad review let me away from this game, so here we are now. 170 hours later, I managed to beat the game with all characters. The FAQ is complete, thanks to you, readers. But I start to wonder: making this FAQ to help people out stuck in the game it's a good thing, but perhaps also I am taking away the joy of discover, which it's the game strongest point. Anyway, enjoy this fine game. D ) Next project / Released FAQs. - Next projects: Serei Hata Rayblade (PS) - 30% completed Black/Matrix Cross (PS) - 20% completed Generation of Chaos (PS2) - 10% completed Black/Matrix 2, Shaman King - Spirit of Shaman, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Psychometrer Eiji, Cyberorg, Racing Lagoon, Digital Holmes, Maken Shao, Project Minerva Professional, Makai Tensei, Guardian Angel, Beat Mania 6+core mix. Mail me if you have any interest on these titles - Others released FAQ's Akumajou Dracula - Castlevania Chronicle FAQ (PS) Biohazard Complete Disk FAQ (PS) Card Captor Sakura - Clow Card Magic FAQ / Walkthrough (PS) Houshinengi FAQ / Walkthrough (PS) Kaikan Phrase Datenshi Kourin FAQ / Walkthrough (PS) Tales of Destiny (demo) FAQ / Walkthrough (PS) Tales of Destiny 2 Title FAQ (PS) PUMP IT UP: the season evolution FAQ (ARCADE) PUMP IT UP: extra FAQ (ARCADE) 11 - - LEGAL INFORMATION / THANKS / CONTACT INFO A) Legal Information This document is (C) 2003,2004 Leonardo Lugarinho. All rights reserved. Unlimited SaGa is (C) 2003 Square Enix. All rights reserved. Others trademarks is related to their respective owners. This document can be freely distributed on this original, non- edited form and for non-profit uses ONLY. If you wish to put this document on your homepage, send an E-mail first. B) Thanks Many thanks to: My mother, she is my friend and constant companion in videogames. Also, she played all Ruby's and Armic's quest by herself. This FAQ is dedicated to her. My family My friends Derek Farley - He was the one to tell me there isn't a Tetra force in Undercity Pharos when you face the Round table. Thanks, man. Philippe Hagedorn - He was the one to tell me that defeating the elder dragon on the Leith Torles Tower wasn't enough to advance. Many thanks. Charles Ritchea - He told me about the gameboy SaGa games (the real first ones, not the romancing SaGa), even send a list of every single SaGa game and spin-offs released. Many thanks. Robert Gilreath - Corrected Chaos second form LP, game over requirements and the numbers of the round table members. Square Enix The Unlimited SaGa Homepage (www.u-saga.com) - They have interesting info there (some of the Iskandar facts was taken from the site), and even great wallpapers. Akitoshi Kawasu - For doing great games, not reading badly written reviews or mistaken commentaries for his games. Just make more SaGa games. C) Contact info Questions, comments and suggestions...fell free to send a mail to (leo@inw.psi.br) with Unlimited as subject.