Dark Cloud 2 Any% NG+ SS Route (Revised)

PROLOGUE

-Settings > Text Speed Fast, Time Fast, Map Mode 3
-3rd cut scene after battle can't be skipped until you can see Cedric
-Get Wrench, fix vacuum
-Press Square at clown, talk to couple, old lady, and child
-Square at clown again
-Clowns take 3 hits, block after a third hit or if you keep missing to cancel attack animation

CHAPTER 1

-1-1 Rat x 6 (Medal for no heal) (Medal Cound: 1)
-1-2 Rat x 3
-1-3 Balloon x 4
-Linda (Wait 30 seconds)

-Belt, Pipe, Milk Can
-Morton, Buy (Have at least this much in your inventory)
20 Scrap of Metal
4 Thick Hide
2 Huck of Copper
-Invent and Make
     Energy Pack (Belt,Milk,Pipe)
-Talk to Cedric Twice

-Linda
-Start collecting Ridepod Fuel by breaking crates
-1-4 Vanguard x 4 (Medal for ridepod wipe) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 2)
-1-5 Vanguard x 3 (Kill Nightmare x4  for Silver Ball) (Medal for no heal) (Medal Cound: 3)
-Halloween (switch to ridepod after throwing bomb, spam attack button to try for quick kill)
-Flotsam (Quick kill is 2 on right and 1 on left, normal is 1 right and 2 left, slow is 1 right, 1 left, and 1 right)

CHAPTER 2

-Repair Robot Parts, Barrel Cannon
-Get Bombs (From erik)
-Put Borneo in party (Increase carrot chance)
-Sindain
-Firbits

-Open all possible chests (for chestnut)

-2-1 Himarra x 8
-2-2 Tore x 5 (Must have 400EXP on ridepod by here)
-2-3 Tortoise x 4 (Kill with improved bombs)

-Great Fish Swamp
-Talk to Fishing Firbit
-Catch 2 Fish (Get some extra bait after first catch, one fish must be a Prisclean)
-Utan
-If Poison Apples are there, You need them.
-Catch Mardan with poison apple
-Give Mardan a Prisclean
-Go back to Firbits
-Leave dungeon, Repair Robot Parts, Upgrade to Improved Core (900)
-Get More Bombs (Erik)
-Move to Sindain
-Inside Firbit's House => Carpenterion

-Move to Swamp
-To Utan
-Exit

-2-4 Pumpkin Head x 6, Geostone (Medal for Ridepod Wipe + Time) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 4)
-2-5 Tore x 5, Geostone
-2-6 Pixie x 6, Geostone  [Mimics]
-2-7 Gyumo x 5. Geostone (Medal for Ridepod Wipe + Time) (Medal Cound: 6)
-2-8 Hunter Fox x 6, Geostone (Medal for No Heal + Time) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 8)
-2-9 Hunter Fox x 4

-Leave Dungeon => Sindain
-Pickup and break everything but Firbit House and the Trees
-Move to Station
-To Conda, Buy (Up to this amount)
    65 Rolling Log (87 if no chestnut)
    3 Sturdy Cloth (4 if no chestnut)
    2 Glass Material (3 if no chestnut)
    42 Sticky Clay
    4 Sugar Cane (6 if no chestnut)
    6 Forest Dew
    40 Scrap of Metal (42 if no chestnut)
    2 Silver Ball
    16 Hunk of Copper
    3 Light Element
    6 Fire Element
    2 Wind Element (3 if no chestnut)

-Move to Palm Brinks
-Buy a Holy Water from Bruno if needed (Check your inventory, do not make the unnecessary trip)
-Recruit Gordon (Give Holy Water)
-Max's Room, Get Album
-Import and save all pictures to idea board (Do not save memory card or pictures will be erased from album)

-Invent the following:
	Aquarium (Fountain + Window + Wooden Box)
	Bell Trigger (Fountain + Phone + Tree)
	Energy Pack (Urn) (Energy Pipe + Generator + Pot)
	Jet Hover (Candle + Firehouse + Relaxation Fountain
	Nova Cannon II (Fire Gem Alter + Streetlight + The Sun)
	Energy Pack (Barrel) (Barrel + Belt + Tree)

-Make Bell Trigger, Energy Pack (Barrel), & Jet Hover
-Recruit Gerald and Adel
-If you have a chestnut, recruit Ferdinand
-If you do not have a chestnut or a carrot recruit Polly
-If night, recruit Claire from her home then move to Palm Brinks Station
-If day, move to Palm Brinks Station, Exit, and recruit Claire
-Recruit Mayor Need

Move to Sindain
-Build and Place
    3 Pot
    2 Wooden House
    1 Eye Tree 1
    1 Eye Tree 2
    1 Nose Tree
    15 River
-Adel and Gordon Reside in Sindain
-Polly Resides in Sindain (If you don't have a chestnut)
-Future
-Past to Future again
-Past to Future a 3rd time
-Coins, Himarra Badge, and Gold Paint (4500 gilda total, spend as much gilda as possible since you'll lose 1/2 soon)
-Chestnut if you don't have one, Carrot if you don't have one
-Upgrades

-Move to Woods
-1-1 Sundrop, Escape
-Rainbow Falls
-Scene on top of the Flower is skippable after faceplant camera switch
-Rainbow Butterfly

-Future
-Take Train
-To Balance Valley => Lin's House
-Move to Sindain Station
-Repair Robot Parts (Cedric), Upgrade to Core 2 (1400)
-Get Bombs (Erik)
-Equip Jet Hover & Energy Pack (Barrel)
-Move to Sindain

-Move to Palm Brinks
-Upgrades (In front of Cedric's shop and cart near police station/Cedric's shop)
-Recruit Donny and get the Upgrade Next to Donny
-Exit Dungeon
-Recruit Parn
-Get Purple Paint in Parn’s House
-Recruit Ferdinand if you have not
-Recruit Bruno
-Recruit Dr. Dell
-To Lin’s House

CHAPTER 3

-Mayor Need in Party (For extra monster gold)
-Move To Starlight Canyon

-3-1 Masked Tribesman x 8, Geostone (Full Clear + Ridepod Wipe) (Medal Cound: 10)
-3-2 Elfas x 3, Geostone (Full Clear) (Medal Cound: 11)
-3-3 Dog Statue x 4 (Full Clear)  [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 12)
-3-4 Thunder Gemron x 4 (Full Clear) (Medal Cound: 13)

-Exit
-Repair Robot Parts at Sindain
-Upgrade to Core 3 (2000), Buy Shield Upgrades (as many as possible)
-To Conda, Buy
	12 Sticky Clay
	50 Holy Element
	20 Fire Element
-Make & Equip Nova Cannon II
-Get Bombs (Erik)
-Cedric as 3rd Party Member
-Move to Palm Brinks, Mort's, Buy
	1 Seal-Breaking Scroll
	>10 Repair Powder (as much as you can, below 20 but above 10)
-Move to Starlight Canyon

-3-5 Elfas x 11 Take Moon Exit (Full Clear) (Medal Cound: 14)
-3-5 Elfas x 11 Take Sun Exit
-3-8 Elfas x 6 (Full Clear + Ridepod Wipe) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 16)

-3-6 Elfas x 4 (Full Clear)  [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 17)
-3-7 Fire Gemron x 4, Geostone  (Full Clear + No Heal) (Medal Cound: 19)

-3-9 Fire Gemron x 2, Geostone (Full Clear) (Medal Cound: 20)
-3-10 Thunder Gemron x 2 (Full Clear) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 21)
-3-11 Elfas x 2 (Full Clear) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 22)
-3-12 Dragon x 1 (Full Clear + Ridepod Wipe) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 24)



-Exit Dungeon
-Move to Sindain Station
-Repair Robot Parts, Upgrade to Super Core (3500), Spend any remaining exp on shield upgrades
-Get Bombs
-To Conda, Buy
	36 Sturdy Rock
	3 Sturdy Cloth
	7 Glass Material
	36 Sticky Clay
	13 Forest Dew
	5 Scrap of Metal
	1 Holy Element
	6 Rolling Logs
	23 Earth Element
	14 Water Element
	2 Fire Element
-Make and Equip Energy Pack (Urn)
-To Parn, Buy
	20 Purple Paint
	10 Red Paint
	10 Blue Paint
	10 Green Paint
-To Balance Valley
-Make
	13 Thorn Tree
	1 Brick House
	1 Chinese Stand
	1 Star Lamp
	1 Church
	3 Pots
-8 Trees, Church and Bruno at farthest Platform
-Everything else +Parn (purple brick house) and Ferdinand (chinese stand) on closest

-Future
-Lao Chao
-Bridge Upgrade from Bistro and Time Portal
-To Starlight Canyon
-Barga’s Valley(Can't skip Spheda explanation HIT NO!)
-Fail to impress Monica with less than amazing Spheda skillz
-White Windflower
-Future
-Miracle Dumplings
-Save Lin’s Life
-Future
-Chest in front of Star Items
-Two chests in center platform
-Starglass
-To Starlight Canyon

-Phantom Memo Eater
-3-13 Wind Element x 5 (Full Clear)  [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 25)
-3-14 Dragon x 3 (Full Clear) (Medal Cound: 26)
-3-15 Holy Gemron x 2 (Full Clear + Ridepod Wipe)  [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 28)
-3-16 Dragon x 5 (Full Clear)  [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 29)

-Safety Save (Dying as Monica or having Lin get damaged is a game over!)

-Lighthouse
-Cant Skip the Top of the Lighthouse Scene before the battle until the camera changes
-Takes 8 Bombs to kill Gaspard

-Future
-Can't skip second cutscene until you see Moonflower Palace
-Take Train
-To Balance Valley

-To Veniccio Station
-Repair Robot Parts
-Upgrade Sheild on Ridepod if you have extra exp
-Cedric as 3rd Party Member (for the ridepod refuel)

CHAPTER 4

-Pau
-To Ocean’s Roar Cave
-4-1 Geron x 4, Geostone (Full Clear) (Medal Cound: 30)
-4-2 Geron x 4 (Full Clear + Ridepod Wipe) (Medal Cound: 32)
-4-3 Beach Rat x 4, Geostone  (Full Clear + No Heal) (Medal Cound: 34)
-4-4 Beach Rat x 4
-4-5 Geron x 6, Geostone
-4-6 Sand Moler x 8
-4-7 Auntie Medusa x 4 (Full Clear + Ridepod Wipe) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 36)
-4-8 Shiva x 2
-Cave of Ancient Murals

-To Palm Brinks, Mort's, Buy
	1 Seal-Breaking Scroll

-Move to Veniccio Station
Repair Robot Parts
-To Conda, Buy
	59 Rolling Log
	2 Bundle of Hay
	6 Sturdy Cloth
	20 Sticky Clay
	24 Glass Material
	88 Scraps of Metal
	8 Light Element
	15 Water Element
	1 Wind Element
	9 Fire Element

-To Veniccio
-Make
	8 Pier
	4 Iron House
	1 Pot Torch
	4 Pots
	1 Shop Boat
-Build Veniccio, Purple/Red House near Boat, pot torch close to red/blue house, pots between all 4 houses (purple/green/red/blue)
-Move Claire in Red House, Donny in Blue House

-Future
-Get 1 Upgrades on way to Red Lab and 2 on the way back
-Make Aquarium and put extra Chapter 2 Fish in
-Feed Electric Worm to Fish

-Make Safety Save (Optional, but this can ruin a run)
-Puppet Shingala (Use Bell Trigger) (DO NOT KILL OR IT IS GAME OVER)

-Move to Ocean’s Roar Cave
-4-9 Zappy x 2
-4-10 Sand Moler x 4
-4-11 Neo Vanguard x 4 Geostone (Full Clear + No Heal) (Medal Cound: 38)
-4-12 Sand Moler x 4
-4-13 Neo Vanguard x 4
-4-14 Zappy x 6 Geostone
Exit Dungeon

-Make
	1 Windmill
	8 Luna Light
-Place anywhere on empty spaces
-Future
-Shell Talkie, Upgrade in back of Blue Lab

-Get Medicine
-Heal Shingala
-Dr. Jaming

-Future
-Center Platform Upgrades at 2, 5, 7, 9, and 11 o’clock
-Into Center Building
-Take Train
-Can't skip scene where the train is arriving

CHAPTER 5

-Repair Robot Parts, Get shield upgrades if possible
-To Heim Rada
-To Veniccio
-Recruit Pau & Add to party at Train

-To Mount Gundor
-5-1 Rifle Wolf x 6, Geostone
-Exit and buy a Scroll
-5-2 Steam Tore x 2, Geostone
-5-3 Ice Gundron x 4
-5-4 Rifle Wolf x 6
-5-5 Steam Tore x 2, Geostone
-5-6 Griffon Soldier x 6
-5-7 Griffon Soldier x 6
-5-8 Steam Tore x 2, Geostone
-5-9 Griffon Soldier x 6
-5-10 Rifle Wolf x 2
-5-11 Steam Tore x 4
-Exit Dungeon

-To Heim Rada Stop
-Repair Robot Parts
-To Conda, Buy
	52 Sticky Clay
	17 Glass Material
	12 Sturdy Rock
	1 Wind Element
	4 Rolling Log
	2 Sturdy Cloth
	108 Scrap of Metal
	4 Hunk of Copper
	4 Thunder Element
	3 Fire Element

-Move to Heim Rada
-Make
	12 Pot
	3 Iron House
	1 Brick House
	1 Windmill
	3 Iron Stand
	1 Iron Chimney 2
	1 Generator
	1 Great Crane
	1 Power Arm

-Future
-To East Gate
-2 Upgrades Just past Lift
-Second Floor, Time Bomb
-2 Nearby Upgrades
-First Floor
-To Time Gate

-To Mount Gundor Peak
-Bomb the Fire Squall
-Fight the Flying Battleship
-Lower Exit

-5-12 Chimera x 2
-5-13 Lava Runner x 6
-5-14 Chimera x 4
-5-15 Bone Lord x 4
-5-16 Red Dragon x 6
Exit Dungeon

-To Cedric’s House
-Repair Robot Parts & Get Sheild Upgrades if possible
-To Train, Mayor Need, Buy
	1 Name Change Ticket
-Change the name of a weapon to Supernova & Equip
-Future
-To West Gate
-Upgrade
-To Lift
-3rd Floor
-Upgrade under ramp
-Fire Horn

-To Mount Gundor Mouth
-Can't skip parting lava cutscene
-Gaspard

-Future
-To Bridge
-Paznos vs Golems Cutscene
-Every time the scene shifts to inside Paznos after the Golem army is first show is a skippable mini-scene

-To Veniccio/Luna Labs
-Ixion
-After the first two scenes no skipping until Chapter 6!

CHAPTER 6

-Sirus

-To Rainbow Butterfly Woods Star Path
-2-7 Gyumo x 5, Star Path
-2S-1 Spirit Flyer x 6
-2S-2 Mad Tore x 4
-2S-3 Mad Tore x 6
-Trentos
-Earth Gem

-To Starlight Canyon Star Path
-3-10 Thunder Gemron x 2, Star Path
-3S-1 Balalla x 12
-3S-2 Balalla x 6
-3S-3 Bluno x 6
-Lapis Garter
-Wind Gem

-To Palm Brinks, Mort's, Buy
	2 Seal-Breaking Scroll (One for now, one for chapter 7)

-To Ocean’s Roar Cave Star Path
-4-9 Auntie Medusa x 4, Star Path
-4S-1 Star Tortoise x 4
-4S-2 Fat Naga x 6
-4S-3 Arkerath x 4
-Sea Dragon
-Water Gem

-To Mount Gundor Star Path
-5-4 Rifle Wolf x 6, Star Path
-5S-1 Red Fox x 6
-5S-2 Fire Spirit x 4
-5S-3 Flaming Nail x 8
-Inferno
-Fire Gem

-To Kazarov Stonehenge
-Gems in Altars
-Talk to Osmond
-Enter Palace
-No Skippy this Scene

CHAPTER 7

-Moonflower Palace

-7-1 Castle Eater x 6
-7-2 Club x 5, Geostone
-7-3 Evil Performer x 6
-7-4 Castle Eater x 6, Sun Exit
-7-4 Castle Eater x 6, Moon Exit

-7-5 Evil Performer x 6, Geostone
-7-6 Moon Goyone x 6
-7-7 Stormy x 2
-7-8 Moon Goyone x 6, Geostone

-7-9 Moonflowephant x 1
-7-10 Evil Performer x 6, Geostone

-Garden
-Take Flower of the Sun

-Make sure to have a Seal-Breaking Scroll

-7-11 Stormy x 1, Geostone
-7-12 Fire Drake x 4, Geostone
-7-13 Moonflowephant x 2, Geostone
-7-14 Guardia x 4, Geostone

-7-15 Thunder Ghost x 4, Geostone
-7-16 Vanguard Mk 2 x 2
-7-17 Stormy x 2

-7-18 Vanguard Mk 2 x 6, Geostone
-7-19 Leogriff x 2

-Alexandra’s Room, Use Flower of the Sun on Vase

-7-20 S. Club x 1, Geostone
-7-21 Vanguard Mk 2 x 6
-7-22 Leach x 4

-7-23 Vanguard Mk 2 x 4
-7-24 Earth Dragon x 4
-Exit Dungeon

-All Non-Monica Foyer Upgrades
	All but 3rd on left and right
	Downstairs all but 2nd on left
	Left, Under stairs
	Right, by stairs
	All but 2nd on right
	2 by door

-To Sindain Conda, Buy
	2 Rolling Log
	52 Sturdy Rock
	33 Rough Rock
	2 Glass Material
	1 Gold Bar
	3 Light Element
	16 Holy Element
	20 Earth Element
	36 Water Element
	2 Life Element
	1 Wind Element
-Repair Ridepod
-Buy Premium Chicken from Ferdinand (Can skip if you got crunchy bread from Polly)
-Buy Heartthrob Cherries from Adel (Griffon can stop you)
-Buy Medusa Tears from Bruno (Dark Element can petrify you)
-Add Bruno to Party (for revive ability)
-Make sure you have 15 gun repair powder, 3 weapon repair powder, and 1 ridepod fuel (you can have 0, but 1 is to be safe)

-To Moonflower Palace, Make
	16 Petal Stream
	1 Fountain
	1 Hall of Sorrow
	1 Stardust Pond
	2 Starlight Stairs
	6 Flower Beds
	1 Palace Stairs
	16 Moon Column
	1 Silver Bench
	8 Road to Golbad
	4 Roads
	2 Camellia Tree
-Place according to picture
-Cutscenes
-Add Sun+Moon Stone to Supernova

-Enter "Sirus" when prompted
-Griffon (Use Supernova)
-Minibosses (Use Ridepod)
-Dark Element (Use Supernova. Use stamina drinks if you have them, with those it's possible to kill him before he goes big)
.done