Star Ocean 4

Star Ocean 4 - The Last Hope

Based on: PS3, PAL-version (BLES-00767)


    Contents
      Basic Info
      Skill List
      PC Move List         A01
      BT Help              A02
      Area Notes           A03
      Enemy Move List


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                                 Basic Info


- There are 9 playable characters, two of whom are mutually exclusive
(Faize and Arumat). On your first playthrough, Faize will always be
replaced by Arumat, but on subsequent ones, you'll get a simple choice
between the two, although that choice doesn't affect story events.
- Of the 9 PCs, 3 are melee fighters (Edge, Meracle, Arumat), 2 are
(primarily) ranged fighters (Reimi, Bacchus), and 4 are mages (Faize,
Lymle, Myuria, Sarah). 3 of those mages have healing spells (all except
Faize).

- As is typical in an action game, you need to get familiar with enemy
behavior and your own abilities in order to excel in battle, not that
it's strictly necessary for your survival in the case of SO4. The game
is simpler and more forgiving than the previous installment, at least
outside of the bosses. If MP isn't a concern, you could easily close
your eyes, mash the shoulder buttons, and still get fine results.

- There's only one normal attack button, and two other buttons are used
to execute waza (the shoulder buttons by default). Normal attacks can
vary depending on the context (such as whether you're in Short Range or
Long Range of the target) and whether you're tilting the analog stick in
the enemy's direction. Some normal attacks can be chained.

- You'll need to mind your frames when using normal attacks. Well, maybe
not exact frame counts, but you should try to get a general sense of your
time advantage/disadvantage. Attacking the enemy without an advantage is
not advisable, as you can end up getting interrupted or just whiffing.
Furthermore, without knockdown or float, normal attacks usually leave you
at a frame disadvantage, with the fastest enemies able to punish you as
a result. Learning how to chain into Edge's uppercut floater is vital.
- If getting blocked isn't a concern, you can simply attack a lot of
enemies head on. Your basic, normal attack should be fast enough to beat
them. If not or you need to avoid blocks, resort to whiff-punish, distract-
punish, or the unique Blindside maneuver. Trying to distract-punish enemies
that are moving can result in whiffing, though, as your attacks aren't as
fast as they were in SO3, and enemies generally move a little faster. As
such, you may need to wait until they stop to attack.
- Enemies aren't much of a threat in a one-on-one scenario, but a lot of
the times, you're facing a bit of a crowd. Trying to pick off one enemy
out of a tight group of three without getting hit in the process is fairly
difficult, but not impossible, as Edge's basic 3-hit combo *can* hit any
enemies around him, even if the range is limited. You could also just bide
your time while Reimi takes shots at them (unless she's getting distract-
punished herself). Unless you're playing on a higher difficulty level, you
don't need to stress it all that much. Once you gain access to healing
spells (after the first planet/dungeon), you can afford more mistakes.
- If you're controlling Reimi or Bacchus, there's hardly any need for
finesse. You can just fire away.
- If you'd rather use a melee fighter, then your choices are rather slim.
You're stuck with Edge for the first half of the game or so, which isn't
that bad, since he has the best selection of normal attacks of all the
fighters. Even so, after hundreds of battles, you might start to feel a
little saturated.

- As usual, waza can be far more effective than normal attacks, but you
probably won't be able to rely on it much earlier in the game due to the
lack of innate post-battle recovery. Once you reach Roak (almost immediately
after you get your second melee fighter, Meracle), you can create an MP
regenerating accessory, thus enabling heavier use of waza. With enough
skill and care, you *can* maintain an MP regenerating Bonus Board, but
that's not likely to be the case with new players. The regen from the
accessory is only 2% every 12 seconds, but it does make it easier to get
pink tiles for the Bonus Board and, thus, facilitate further regeneration.
After Roak, you can use Synthesis to stack the accessory's effect.
- Popping Blackberries works up until you run out of Blackberries, and
your supply won't last for long if you try to keep all four characters
in the green. Seeing a mage like Faize turned into an underwhelming melee
fighter is disappointing to say the least, but unless you can maintain a
pink Bonus Board, you'll just have to accept it. You can switch him out
once Bacchus joins in the Cardianon Mothership.
- Another MP recovery option is using a Vile Goop item, which grants
you the Symbolic Weapon effect for 60s, which adds an MP draining effect
to your normal attacks. You can buy these on Lemuris and Roak, and some
enemies drop them. Edge also learns it as a spell at Lv46, which is a bit
late, but it's still an option.
- Once you reach Roak, you can also buy the Convert skill that gradually
converts some HP into MP. Five characters can learn it: Edge, Bacchus,
Arumat, Faize, and Myuria.
- Lymle will be your resident healer for at least half of the main game.
She has offensive magic as well, but letting her waste all her MP on
mediocre damage probably isn't the best idea.
- Magic is a better source of damage than it was in SO3, but it's still
not great, and nearly all magic is once again elemental. Even if MP isn't
a concern, I still wouldn't recommend it.
- Farming some Potent Magic Seeds from Bizarre Fruits to increase max
MP (by 100 each) is a great way to increase your battle effectiveness,
especially when combined with MP regeneration. You'll want to farm a
bunch of Bizarre Fruit on Lemuris before you leave the planet. I use
the seeds on Meracle myself.
- You can find a recovery point in most dungeons, although the dungeons
tend to be quite large.

- You have 6 slots for hissatsuwaza (3 for each button) and 2 slots for
support skills. There's no Short Range / Long Range split for the waza
slots. By default, you can use 2 waza slots. To get more, you have to
learn the Combo Chains (aka Link Combo) skill (4 slots at Lv1, 6 at Lv6).
- Waza setup involves CP once again. Each skill has a certain CP value,
and the combined CP of all set skills can't exceed the character's CP.
Characters start with 10 CP and gain 1 CP every 5 levels starting from
Lv10 and up to Lv50, giving one a total of 19 CP.
- If you spend 50+ hours farming rare drops (and getting the character's
other BTs), you can increase a single character's CP by 3, to reach a
total of 22. Worth it? Uh... No.
- With a few exceptions, characters can only learn support skills from
using skill books, which can be bought in stores and found on the field.
- Skills are leveled up by using SP rather than by building up proficiency
through use. Leveling it up also increases the MP cost, so you might want
to hold back on boosting your waza until you have more MP. Many skills
don't get much of a damage increase.

- Chaining waza, of course, returns. You can use each set waza once in a
given chain. However, damage multipliers are not present until the character
has learned the Combo Chains support skill, and chaining into a skill from
a normal attack doesn't affect the multiplier. Furthermore, the multipliers
are very modest compared to SO3, although it does make sense given how much
easier (and less exciting) it is to pull off a chain.
- Chaining waza requires you to press one of the waza buttons during the
actual cancel window. You can't just hold down the button or buffer it.
- The AI's chaining ability leaves much to be desired. It's possible to
rapidly switch between characters and manually compensate, but it's a bit
too much for your average player.
- The chain multipliers increase as you level up the skill. Lv10:
    1    2    3    4    5    6
   1,0  1,6  1,8  2,0  2,4  2,8

- SP (Skill Points) is used to power up battle skills, support skills,
and IC skills. There are two types of SP in SO4: Party SP and Character
SP. Character SP is just classic SP and is gained from leveling up. Party
SP, on the other hand, is a shared SP pool that any character can draw
from. It's also used when discovering new recipes in IC. You gain Party
SP (and some Exp) by...
 × opening containers.
 × obtaining items through the field skills Harvesting and Mining.
 × completing side quests.
 × using a Disintegration Ring (on something other than a chest).
 × finishing battles when you have green tiles on your Bonus Board.

- Similar to before, a character has to be within a certain range before
they can use an attack, although this time there are no attacks that would
require the character to back away from the enemy. The range restriction
is completely ignored when using waza in a chain, including when starting
with a normal attack.
- Even offensive magic has range restrictions this time.
- While moving to set range, you can cancel the attack by doing a sidestep.

- SO4 features rather simple hitstun mechanics, where a subject will
always experience hitstun when hit unless...
 × damage = 0.
 × the subject has No Guard and hasn't been blindsided.
 × the subject is in Rush Mode and hasn't been blindsided.

- Flinching time is about 0,9s for each character.
- Like before, subjects can be floated and knocked down. When a subject
hits the ground, they bounce for a while before entering knockdown state,
where they are (largely) invincible. Compared to SO3, the bounce period
is longer, giving you more time to hit the enemy (and possibly re-float
them) before they enter knockdown state. There are also attacks that
ignore knockdown invincibility.
- Hitting a floated enemy with an attack with regular hitstun won't cancel
the knockdown.
- The support skill No Guard returns, but this time it's not tied to
current HP but rather max HP, making it feel kind of cheap, but whatever.
It'll certainly come in handy. It costs 3 CP, and the threshold is 10%
mHP at Lv10. It affects both physical and magical damage. The No Guard
granted by Rush Mode is a little different and has no damage threshold.
- An enemy's non-Rush No Guard doesn't have a damage threshold either,
but sometimes you can break through it even without blindsiding. Some
enemies have No Guard while attacking, but it doesn't cover the entire
animation of an attack.
- Impact freeze returns, meaning time freezes for a brief fraction of a
second during battle when you land or receive hits with your controlled
character. It's even worse this time, since it occurs even without any
hitstun.

- SO4's primary anti-stunlocking element is the Rush Mode. Each subject
has a Rush count that ranges between 0 and 100. It mainly increases from
landing hits and receiving hits, and it starts to decrease at a rate of 1
per 0,5s after 3,5s if no increment occurs. When the figure is 100, the
subject can enter Rush Mode, which grants the following benefits:
 × Immune to hitstun (unless Blindsided)
 × Increased movement speed and attacking speed (1,2x)
 × (Increased) chance to score critical hits
 × Some additional bonuses when using Beat B

- You can increase the Rush count of your controlled character by pressing
and holding the Rush charge button. This gives you at most 20 Rush over
the course of 4s (30 Rush with Beat B). Charging for longer than 4s results
in your character getting stunned. AI-controlled characters never use it.
- A subject gains 30 Rush whenever an ally dies.

- Enemies and AI-controlled characters enter Rush Mode as soon as it's
available. To enter Rush Mode with your controlled character, you need
to press the Rush Mode button.
- When available, Rush Mode can be activated during any action, even when
getting attacked or knocked down. If you activate it when you're on neutral,
your character emotes briefly, which roots you in place. Not that big a
deal, but it would be preferable to avoid it.
- The Rush count starts decreasing at a rate of 10 per second upon Rush
Mode activation, and the subject is taken out of Rush Mode once the count
reaches 0. By default, you can't gain Rush during Rush Mode, but you can
enable this by using max Lv Beat Mode B. A few particularly tough enemies
can gain Rush during Rush Mode as well.
- Rush Moding enemies can be quite a nuisance. Blindside them if you can
(and if you think other characters won't interfere with the process), but
if you don't have the chance, just keep avoiding the enemy and wait it out.

- Rush Combo: When you go into Rush Mode, be careful not to accidentally
trigger a Rush Combo. You initiate a Rush Combo if you press any waza
button immediately after entering Rush Mode.
- During a Rush Combo, time freezes, and you can take some potshots at
the target by mashing the button indicated on-screen. Not all waza can
be used in a Rush Combo.

- Sidestepping returns in varying forms and is performed be tilting the
analog stick while holding down the Rush charge button. However, it doesn't
grant any kind of invincibility (Are you f*cking kidding me?). Then again,
if it did, you wouldn't get punished for a failed Blindside attempt as
easily. But they could've made it so the i-frames only occur when side-
stepping quickly without any charging. Oh, well.
- Without sidestep invincibility, it's much easier to get stunlocked or
end up in a knockdown loop, where the enemy knocks you down again right
after you get up. Unless another character intervenes, you'll have to use
either Rush or Blindside pre-charge to get out.
- The following characters can move at least a little faster by sidestepping:
Bacchus, Lymle, Arumat.

- Another (somewhat) major element of the battle system is the Blindside
mechanic that can only ever be utilized by the controlled character. To
pull it off, you need to hold down the Rush charge button for 1 second and
then tilt the analog stick when the enemy you're targeting is targeting
and facing you in Short Range. Blindsiding an enemy inflicts a special
type of stun that lasts ~1-3 seconds depending on the enemy. Hitting the
enemy while they're stunned like this boosts the attacker's critical hit
rate to 100%, and the resulting critical hits ignore No Guard. Hitting the
enemy continuously or floating them prolongs the stun, but it won't last
forever, and the critical hit rate bonus also diminishes.
- You don't necessarily have to blindside the enemy before they attack.
Blindsiding is possible at (pretty much) any point during the animation,
and nearly all enemy attacks give you enough time to blindside them after
avoiding the attack. If you blindside an enemy during an attack, the
attack won't be interrupted, and the enemy's stun animation won't begin
until they've gone through the attack animation. The stun effects still
apply, though.
- Blindsiding can be rather tricky when dealing with multiple enemies,
as you need to find enough time to charge the blindside while also
targetting the right enemy. Predicting a specific enemy going on the
offensive is not that easy, as enemies like to idle for a while after
attacking. Furthermore, some enemies exhibit erratic movement when not
committed to attacking, and even if they are, they might not be facing
you as they maneuver around other enemies blocking their path. Many
enemies will also exhibit car-like movement, meaning they tend to move
forward as they (slowly) turn to face you.
- Additionally, even if you do successfully pull off a Blindside, the
enemy might get hit by an AI-controlled character and, thus, potentially
recover before you're able to attack them yourself. Telling the AI to get
their own targets ('Fight freestyle') helps avoid this, but only if there
are indeed multiple targets.
- Not sure if this is intentional or not, but if you use an attack with
no knockdown or float to interrupt an enemy targeting you and then chain
into an attack with knockdown or float, it'll be possible to blindside
the enemy while they're knocked down. Many characters can do this with
their basic normal attacks.
- You can't blindside an enemy casting a spell.
- If you hit a wall during the Blindside maneuver, the maneuver is halted,
but the enemy is stunned all the same.
- If you try to do a blindside at long range, the enemy will just lose
track of you for a second.
- Enemies can't do blindsides, but some enemies have a blindside counter,
where they'll either punish you with a crit (ie. one of their normal
attacks that deals a critical hit) or perform some other special action.
You can tell when it's a crit, as the target indicator on your character
will be red instead of the usual yellow. For special counters, you just
have to try to memorize which families have them (Mandragoras, Thieves,
Rock Hermits, Turtles, Clowns, the final boss).
- A regular Blindside counter won't be triggered if you blindside the
enemy during an attack or while they're flinching. The target indicator
will be flashing to indicate these windows of opportunity.
- While it may seem safe to blindside an enemy with a counter when they're
being hit by another character, this is hardly the case. Like I said, you
don't want other characters hitting the enemy while you're blindsiding them.
- You *cannot* switch to another character during a Blindside counter.
- The Blindside indicator isn't visible on Chaos. Hardly a big deal.
- Blindside is referred to as 'Sight Out' in the Japanese version.

- There's also the BEAT system that's always active and augments your
abilities. You can choose between three different BEAT modes: S, N, or B.
BEAT modes S and B level up when you finish battles using that particular
BEAT mode. The number of battles needed for a level equals Lv*2 + 2 (6 for
Lv2, 22 for Lv10, etc.). The max level is 20 and requires 456 battles in
total. You can't switch modes during battle.

   ATP   Int   Hit            Beat S
 |  5x |  5x | 4x-2 |
 | 100 | 100 |  78  | Lv20

Lv1 | Increased damage to Blindsided enemies (Lv + 4 (%), 1,24x at Lv20)
  5 | Faster waza execution after a Blindside + enable Overlimit chaining
  9 | Double Blindsides enabled (avoids counters)
 13 | Enable Blindside pre-charge
 17 | Confuse nearby enemies when Blindsiding
 20 | No Guard status while Blindside charging

   HP    DFP   GRD            Beat B
 |  x% |  5x | 4x-2 |
 | 20% | 100 |  78  | Lv20

Lv1 | Increased Critical Hit chance during Rush Mode
  5 | Rush gain +50%
  9 | MP cost -25% during Rush Mode
 13 | Slower Rush depletion (4 per second instead of 10)(10 in 8s off Rush)
 17 | -5% damage received during Rush Mode
 20 | 50% Rush gain during Rush Mode (with Lv5 bonus)

- Beat N grants the combined stat bonuses of S and B but none of the special
factors.
- Beat S is often required to maintain a blindside state when using slower
waza on a blindsided enemy.
- Beat B is largely ideal for AI-controlled characters, since they can't
perform Blindsides (or sidestep) and (probably) won't avoid attacks as well
as you do. They could still benefit from the Blindside damage bonus given
by Beat S, but it would require them to attack an enemy you blindsided and,
even then, it won't help much if you can't maintain the blindside for long.
- The ATP and DFP boosts from BEAT can drastically shift the balance in
your favor in the earlier parts of the game. It's particularly useful on
higher difficulty levels.
- Blindside pre-charge allows you to charge a blindside outside of neutral
state (ie. during a sidestep, attack, knockdown, whatever). Highly useful
against tougher enemies.
- Overlimit chaining allows you to chain waza indefinitely (after doing
a Blindside), albeit with reduced damage, as seen below. It's not terribly
useful.

  hits  Speed Damage
  <50 | 1,5x | 0,25x |
  50+ | 2,0x | 0,10x |

- Blocking is once again automated like in the earlier installments.
Attacks can be blocked from the front and sides, and the odds of success
are greater from the front and when standing still. Not all enemies have
the ability to block. This is defined by the enemy type. Blocking an enemy's
attack doesn't really give you much of an advantage. You're better off
avoiding attacks.
- Chance to block equals: Target GRD / Attacker Hit * x / 4095 * 100 (%),
where x is defined like so:
                        PC    Enemy
  Stationary - Front | 1000 | 1500 |
  Moving - Front     |  500 |  600 |
  Stationary - Side  |  200 |  400 |
  Moving - Side      |  100 |  200 |

- Targeting in SO4 can be a real pain in the ass. For whatever reason,
you don't have the option of simply automatically targeting the nearest
enemy (Would it have made blindsiding a bit too easy? I don't know.).
You have to either use the game's automated targeting system that may
switch targets when you don't want it to or you can lock on by pressing
L3 (you know, clicking the analog stick) and then cycle through the
targets manually by pressing Start, which is rather awkward, but there
really weren't any other buttons available.
- Automated targeting will switch targets when an enemy is in your direct
line of sight for half a second or so, but not too far. It works fairly
well if you get used to it, and it's likely faster than Start cycling when
facing a greater number of enemies, at least as long as those enemies aren't
too close to each other.
- You can see a little information about the enemy target in the top-left
corner (name, range, Rush figure, status effects, HP bar, plus current HP
figure if you use Scan).

- SO4 features an actual aggro system, where an enemy will continue
targeting a specific character if that character has built up more aggro
for that particular enemy than other characters. Aggro accumulates mainly
when a character attacks an enemy. Fighters also have access to the Taunt
skill, which increases aggro for all enemies, whereas mages can learn the
skill Hide, which has the opposite effect. If no character has built up
much aggro, the enemy will just target whoever character happens to be in
their direct line of sight.
- When an enemy you're targeting targets a character, a little triangle
pointing in the character's direction can be seen on the ground next to
the enemy. The color of the triangle is determined by the enemy's aggro
level towards their target: blue for low aggro, red for high (and medium?)
aggro.
- Mages like Lymle and Sarah seem to aggro certain enemies more with their
mere proximity, which is rather concerning, since you don't want your healer
to get any aggro whatsoever. I've dubbed these enemies 'magehunters,' and
they're pretty easy to recognize if you pay a little attention to who the
enemies have a habit of targeting. Once you know who they are, you can just
distract-punish them with an AoE attack. If you'd rather play it safe and
just get them off your mage, use a Taunt+Hide combo. Hide alone might not
be enough if no one else is drawing their aggro instead. Using your mage
as bait for distract-punishing is not recommended in a pincer or surround
formation.

- Enemies can possess up to four special factors that alter their abilities
in a similar way as the factors you can have on your equipment. The enemy
list includes only the most notable factors.
- The nastiest factors are the ones that boost ATP & Int or DFP, and the
effect stacks if there are multiple carriers (eg. two DFP +100% factors
becomes DFP +200%). The worst thing about these particular factors is that
they apply to *all* enemies present, and even if the carrier is killed, the
effect remains. You can only disable the effect temporarily by inflicting
Void on the carrier. Killing the enemy while they have Void doesn't help,
and casting Void on anyone other than the carrier has no effect on it.
- Enemies with Crit+ have about 5% base critical hit rate. Sadly, I can't
provide you with enemy crit% multipliers. They're not in the book, so...
I think it's safe to say most basic attacks use a multiplier of 1, though.
- The 'Rush +x' factor increases the subject's Rush gain by the indicated
figure. It has no impact on the Rush gain of an opposing subject.

- During battle, you can press R3 to toggle between two camera modes: a
bird's-eye view and a 3rd person view. I highly recommend the former, so
you can easily observe your immediate surroundings (although enemies can
kind of blend in with the ground). Even with the bird's-eye view, the
camera zooms out when using ranged actions.

- The battle menu has 7 items:

   Tactics
   Members (switch with a reserve member)
   Escape
   Items   (Default)
   Magic
   Skills  (eg. Taunt, Hide, Berserk, Scan Enemy)
   Setup   (change waza setup or equipment)

- The menu uses icons, all of which are visible at a given time, but it
only shows the name of the currently selected command. Consequently, until
you get familiar with the icons and/or develop a muscle memory, the battle
menu can be cumbersome. The lack of cursor memory doesn't help, although
it at least remembers the last used item. Additionally, browsing the menu
features a nasty little animation that can result in your input being
ignored if you're too fast.
- Using an item during battle takes about 1,5 seconds regardless of the
character, and the item effect doesn't kick in until the end. As such,
item use *can* get interrupted.
- When choosing a blue target, you can use the shoulder buttons to cycle
through your characters.
- Spells are listed in a single column. Combined with the lack of cursor
memory, this makes repeated manual use of healing spells *incredibly*
unpleasant. Healing your party after battle is painfully slow as well.
The list does wrap, so you can at least get to the bottom easily (for
Void/Silence). You can also, finally, disable/enable spells for the AI
during actual battle, for what it's worth.
- Escape speed once again depends on the level difference between your
party's level and the enemy's level. Don't have any details to offer on
the actual math, however. You can cancel an escape with a sidestep.

- A game over occurs when every single member of your party is incapacitated
(ie. dead or paralyzed). If the last active party member falls, but there
are living party members in the reserve, you'll be forced to switch that
character with a reserve member. There's no way to heal characters in the
reserve during battle, and you can't switch out a dead character for a
living one (except when everyone is dead).

- As before, enemies are visible on the field, and coming into contact
with one will initiate a battle. Depending on how the enemy comes into
contact with you, three different encounter types can occur, as seen
below. The encounter type also determines the pool of enemy parties
and formations the battle is drawn from, as seen in the encounter list.
To oversimplify it a bit, preemptive encounters have fewer enemies than
normal (and the enemies haven't been aggroed), and surprise encounters
have more enemies than normal (and the enemies start at 30 Rush). Some
locations have two different field enemy sets, in which case one of them
is chosen randomly whenever you enter the area.
 Preemptive  | You came into contact with the enemy from behind
 Surprise    | The enemy came into contact with you from behind
 Normal      | When neither of the above apply

- Enemies are no longer visible on the mini-map, which you can expand
by pressing Start.
- When you start a battle, it takes longer to get into the action than
before, as the game spends a moment to show off the enemy.

- Link Encounter ("Ambush"): If you trigger a battle with another field
enemy nearby, you will trigger a link encounter, where you'll fight the
other enemy (or enemies) in a sequence, combining the spoils from all
the battles while also receiving an Exp bonus. The subsequent battles
are drawn from the regular encounter pool, and your characters start
these battles in the positions they were at at the end of the previous
battle. Each subsequent battle adds a green tile to your Bonus Board.
- Field enemies pursue you when you're (more or less) nearby, but no
longer do so once you've exceeded some Level limit. This makes it harder
to get a surprise encounter and *much* harder to get a link encounter.
With some flying enemies, it becomes difficult to get *any* kind of
encounter.
- Field enemies respawn when you move to another location. Given how
large the areas can be, a much easier way to trigger a respawn is by
using Meracle's Ocarina skill (obtained from a side quest on Roak). It
doesn't work if the enemy is too close, though. If it's an enemy you
just fought, take a couple of steps away first.

- The main camp menu is a bit cumbersome to use, as it places almost
everything under drop down menus, and the text is difficult to read due
to the background image. The pointless animations when you open the menu
don't help. Occasionally, there's even a loading time.
- These are the seven main items on the menu and what they contain:

    Items            Skills           Characters       Data
  Use items        Use skills       Status           Dictionary
  Equip items      Skill boost      Tactics          Recipes
                   Battle config    BEAT             Synopsis
                                                     Quests

    Collections      Settings         Save/Load
  Battle Trophies                   Save
  Spaceships                        Load
  Weapons
  Monsters

- You can exit menus instantly by pressing Start.
- The game mercifully features instant text-scrolling, *however* it does
still have some pesky text box animations to contend with. You can use
one of the shoulder buttons as Confirm during text boxes, so that helps
when mashing your way through them.
- The Quests section keeps track of all quests you've accepted but haven't
completed yet. Regrettably, it doesn't show you the quests you've already
finished.

- The max number of items of a certain type you can carry is, once again,
20. New items appear in green, and you have to place the cursor on them
to remove the color. Accordingly, you can easily end up with a large number
of items appearing in green, even though few of them are actually recent.

- Each character uses a unique weapon type. Armor can be split into four
categories:
 Plates  | Bacchus
 Heavy   | Edge, Arumat, Faize
 Medium  | Reimi, Meracle
 Light   | Lymle, Myuria, Sarah

- There are two types of accessories: neck and wrist. You can equip one
of each. Neck accessories come in a much larger variety (even ignoring
monster jewels) than wrist accessories. You can sort accessories by name
or by different stats.

- There are five different AI settings. These primarily affect whether
or not the AI will target the same enemy as you (gang up vs. freestyle)
and whether or not they'll use MP. If you're using a lot of Blindsides,
I recommend freestyle. It also makes it easier to get pink tiles.
- Edge is the only character who doesn't have the option 'Fight freestyle
with full force,' but the regular freestyle option is good enough.
- During battle, you can press the d-pad to toggle a character's AI.
- The Tactics menu is also where you can swap characters between different
slots. You *cannot* place a character in the reserve if it creates an empty
slot in your active party.
- You have no control over your party formation.
- The AI uses healing spells when a character is below 30% HP, which is
often too late when fighting tougher enemies. Sarah is the only mage who
refrains from engaging the enemy and stays where you put her unless an
enemy gets close to her, in which case she might whack the enemy once
before disengaging.
- If you start casting a spell disabled from AI use, and then switch to
another character, the spell will fail.

- Unsurprisingly, the default button configuration is rather suboptimal.
Here's what I recommend:
 Square   | Attack / Confirm
 X        | Rush charge / Cancel
 Circle   | Rush Mode
 Triangle | Menu
 L1       | Waza 1
 R1       | Waza 2
 L2       | Switch character left
 R2       | Switch character right

- If there's one thing I have to give the game credit for, it's that it
features the original Japanese voice track, the only voice track that
matters (sadly, this was still unusual back in 2010). Even so, I do keep
the voices off most of the time. You even have the option of turning off
the voices for specific characters. You can also turn off the music and
sound effects. Personally, I can't stand the wooshing sound you get
whenever you kill an enemy, much less orchestral video game music.

- Status Ailments
 Stun      | Unable to act for 3s.
 Poison    | Lose 1% HP every 2s, every 3s when moving on the field.
 Silence   | Unable to use waza/magic/skills.
 Fog       | No automated targeting/movement (homing attacks still work).
 Freeze    | Unable to act for 6s. Killed if attacked.
 Paralysis | Unable to act (essentially dead).
 Pumpkin   | Can only move. Lasts 30s.
 Curse     | Flinch and lose 1% mMP every 3s. Ignores No Guard.
 Void      | Prevent all effects and disable factors for 30s.

- Poison, Silence, Curse, and Paralysis remain after battle.
- Silence prevents the use of all skills that consume MP and it doesn't
wear off, so it's a lot more nasty than ever before. That does also make
it more useful, though.
- A silenced enemy may still try to cast magic in vain.
- A subject can resist a freezekill if there's a significant level gap.
- The Trap Evasion skill will reduce Poison and Curse damage on the field
(down to 0,2% at Lv10).

- A subject can be affected by up to four status effects (or 'buffs/debuffs')
like ATP Up or DFP Up, and the effect is cumulative. If a subject with four
effects is hit with another effect, that effect is still applied, with the
least recent effect getting pushed out.

- Battle Bonus returns in the form of the Bonus Board, a board consisting
of 14 individual slots, arranged in two slightly misaligned columns. The
empty slots can be filled from bottom to top with tiles of four different
colors. These tiles are obtained by killing an enemy in a certain way (or
by triggering a link encounter) and they grant you a cumulative, beneficial
effect of some kind, as seen below. Only kills made by the controlled
character count.
- To get post-battle recovery (Pink), the enemy can't even be hit by normal
attacks from AI-controlled characters.
- Since the Bonus Board is a zero-sum game, it can't boost both Exp and
Fol as much as the Bonus Gauge from SO3. Yellow tiles are rather difficult
to obtain early in the game anyway.
- The board breaks if you run away or if your controlled character takes
a critical hit or dies. When the board breaks, you lose all unlinked tiles
and half of all linked tiles. Tiles of the same color are considered linked
when they're in contact with each other.
- Most enemies can't perform critical hits outside of Rush Mode, and only
a fairly small number of enemies have a regular Blindside counter. Like
before, you can switch to another character if you think you're about to
get hit with a crit (unless it's a Blindside counter).
- The board starts at 0 when you load the game.

 Blue   | Exp +10%    | Defeat an enemy with a critical hit
 Yellow | Fol +10%    | Defeat more than one enemy with a single attack
 Pink   | Regen +1%   | Defeat an enemy using only battle skills
 Green  | Party SP +1 | Trigger an 'Ambush' battle (ie. link encounter)

- I used the Japanese SO4 Final Guide as a source for a lot of the less
apparent technical information, such as enemy stats, attack attributes,
and formulas. The information in the book seems largely accurate, but I
did notice a couple of errors (the Man-Eating Tree gives 26 Exp, not 16,
and the interval of Curse is 3 seconds, not 2). Either that or they're
version differences.

- Stats:
 HP           | Hit Points (99 999 max)
 MP           | Mental Points, required for waza and magic
 Strength     | Base ATP (Attack Power) (9999 max)
 Constitution | Base DFP (Defense Power)
 Intelligence | Magical damage output
 Accuracy     | Chance to avoid blocking when attacking
 Guard        | Chance to block when being attacked.

- Physical damage equals

    (2*ATP - target DFP) / 1,5 + (0,01*ATP)~(0,02*ATP) + 0~3

- Attacks have varying damage multipliers as seen in the move lists.
These as well as most other multipliers (cancel bonus, critical hit,
BEAT) are applied before the random variables. The elemental resistance
and boss damage resistance multipliers are applied last.
- The damage percentage figures shown in the menu combine the multipliers
of all the hits of a specific move. Some of them are just completely
inaccurate, though.
- Critical hits ignore DFP and multiply damage by 1,2 by default (1,1
for enemies). A subject can't perform critical hits natively. It requires
Rush Mode, Blindsiding, Focus, or the Critical Hit support skill or factor.
Even magic can deal critical hits.

- Magical damage, for what it's worth, equals

    base * Int +/- 0~(0,05*Int)

- There are seven elements: Fire, Water, Lightning, Wind, Earth, Light,
and Darkness. Elemental resistance works in multiples of 5%. Eg. a
resistance of 4 means a 20% reduction in damage. A resistance of -10
means a 50% increase in damage, etc. Absorption is possible as well.
A wise lusmu once said: elemental weapons and attacks should not be
used indiscriminately.

- You don't have access to any high level areas that you could explore
before you're supposed to (unless you count the Arena), the Bonus Board
has less xp boosting potential than the Bonus Gauge, and the game uses
a new Xp chart, where you need more xp to advance. Accordingly, leveling
up in SO4 is much slower than in SO3 at least until you get synthesis.
With all four character using Exp boosting gear, you could be getting
something like 390% the normal amount of xp plus any possible blue tiles.
One could argue this kind of breaks the game, but it really helps when
dealing with the post-game dungeons or higher difficulty levels.
- Your unused characters will gain some levels from the field Exp you
receive from harvesting/side quests/etc., but it's nowhere near enough
to keep them up to date.

- The max level is once again 255, but a character is capped at 200 by
default. You can remove that cap by getting 50% of a character's BTs.
After Lv200, each level requires the same amount of Exp.
- With the exception of HP and GRD, stat gains are pretty minimal after
Lv200. Eg. the fighters only gain about 100 Str going from Lv200 to 255.
- Lv255 stats:

             HP      MP     Str    Con    Hit    GRD    Int  Luck  Guts
 Meracle | 62 529 | 2518 | 2987 | 1743 | 1243 | 1635 |  710 |  80 | 40 |
 Edge    | 67 549 | 3417 | 2380 | 2181 | 1349 | 1522 | 1554 | 100 | 40 |
 Arumat  | 76 431 | 3887 | 3011 | 1743 | 1732 | 1207 | 1774 |  60 | 30 |
 Reimi   | 55 584 | 2841 | 1949 | 1932 | 1473 | 1327 |  999 | 140 | 60 |
 Bacchus | 89 195 | 2337 | 2136 | 3279 | 1350 | 1276 |  848 | 120 | 50 |
 Sarah   | 52 594 | 4707 | 1651 | 1372 | 1169 | 1076 | 2163 | 100 | 50 |
 Lymle   | 46 070 | 4921 | 1128 | 1419 | 1004 | 1132 | 2274 |  90 | 40 |
 Myuria  | 48 640 | 5346 | 1294 | 1320 | 1037 | 1206 | 2356 |  90 | 40 |
 Faize   | 57 562 | 4477 | 1818 | 2074 | 1239 | 1479 | 1881 |  90 | 35 |

- Luck and Guts don't increase from leveling up. Fury Boost can increase
Guts by 200 at Lv10.

- Critical hit rate formula:
   (Attacker Luck - Target Luck + c + F + u + R\B) / 4095 * 100 (%)

  c: Critical Hit support skill bonus - also increases Luck & crit dmg multip.
  F: Focus bonus - also increases Luck by 80 \ 165
  u: Critical up factor bonus (200)
  R: Rush Mode bonus (not used when the target has blindside stun)
  B: Blindside stun bonus

  Lv  c & F     hit#  B        Lv      R (Beat B)         crit dmg x|Luck
   1 | 220       1 | 4095       1 | 655     11 | 858       1 | 1,25   40
   2 | 240       2 | 3481       2 | 676     12 | 876       2 | 1,3    45
   3 | 260       3 | 2867       3 | 696     13 | 895       3 | 1,35   50
   4 | 280       4 | 2252       4 | 717     14 | 913       4 | 1,38   55
   5 | 300       5 | 1638       5 | 737     15 | 932       5 | 1,4    60
   6 | 320       6 | 1024       6 | 758     16 | 950       6 | 1,42   64
   7 | 340       7+|  410       7 | 778     17 | 968       7 | 1,44   68
   8 | 360                      8 | 799     18 | 987       8 | 1,46   72
   9 | 380     R (Beat S/N)     9 | 819     19 | 1005      9 | 1,48   76
  10 | 400         600         10 | 839     20 | 1024     10 | 1,5    80

- Guts determines the odds of Fury survival (ie. remaining with 1 HP
when taking a lethal hit) like so: Guts * x / 2048 * 100 (percent). x
is determined by the character's current HP like so:
    79%<  | 8      30-39% | 3       0-9%  | 0,5
   60-79% | 6      20-29% | 2
   40-59% | 4      10-19% | 1

- SO4 features stat-boost items for all seven core stats, and they come
in two varieties: regular and potent. A few enemies have these as rare
drops, but there's also an item called Bizarre Fruit that produces one
of these seeds when used. Once you reach the end of the game, you can
easily farm these on Lemuris. While this technically makes it possible
to boost your stats as much as you want, the process is slow. Boosting
a single character's max HP by 10 000 (or Str/Con by 500) takes about 6
hours. If you don't have the patience, that's fine. If you're interested,
let's run some numbers.
- You can get 20 Bizarre Fruit in about 17 minutes. Only the three
harvesting spots closest to Woodley give the fruit (I'll just call them
berries). The odds of getting one is about 80%. The odds of getting at
least two on a single trip are about 90%. You'll get an average of 2,4
berries per trip. Here's the math, if you're curious:

  3 | 51,2%   0,8*0,8*0,8        1,536
  2 | 38,4%   0,8*0,8*0,2*3      0,768     2,4 average
  1 |  9,6%   0,8*0,2*0,2*3      0,096
  0 |  0,8%   0,2*0,2*0,2            0

  2+| 89,6%
  1+| 99,2%

- Once you have 20 berries, it's time to play the reload game. Using 5
berries before reloading is more or less the sweet spot. You'll *usually*
get the seed you want in five minutes or so. Using 5 at a time usually
gives you 5 seeds in roughly 20 minutes. Might need to use more than 5
for HP/MP (once it took me 30 minutes to get a single Potent Magic Seed).
You could also settle for the regular variety and then use IC to upgrade
them (2 for 1). Either way, you'll end up with a bunch of regular ones
on the side. Upgrading the +4 ones isn't worth it, however, since it's
only a 2 point increase (8 vs 10) and you have to spend some time farming
Magical Clay (to dupe the Vases) and buying some other stuff. So long as
you have access to Dupe, upgrading the HP/MP seeds is a good idea. At the
very least, use them before hitting 20.
- If you're going for 100% BTs, refrain from using any HP/ATP seeds until
you've gotten all the relevant BTs (exact damage/healing).
- The book doesn't offer the odds for getting the different seeds, so
I tried to calculate them myself using a sample size of 500 (should've
done 1000, but I got lazy).

        reg/Potent
  HP     9%   2%     50   200
  MP     6%   2%     30   100
  ATP   10%   4%      4    10
  DFP   10%   4%      4    10
  Hit   12%   7%      4    10
  GRD   12%   7%      4    10
  Int   10%   4%      4    10

- Battle Trophies return and there are no fewer than nine *hundred* of
them. Each character has 100 personal BTs, and you can *only* obtain a
character's BTs when controlling them. The game won't even track any
of the BT-related statistics gains for anyone other than the character
you're controlling at the time. Eg. if you want Edge's Defeat 999 Humanoid
enemies BT, you have to *personally* score each and every one of those
kills. The worst part is you *cannot* carry over the statistics to a new
playthrough like you can in SO3 (ideally, all the stat gains would be
shared among all save files, which is what SO5 does). The unlocked BTs
themselves are at least shared between all save files.
- Even so, unlocking BTs is one of the more interesting activities in
the game, and you do get a few rewards for it as well, as seen below.
Try to get at least 50 with each character.
- The BTs are mostly hidden at first. When you hit a BT count divisible
by 10, some more BTs will be revealed. Eg. reaching 20 reveals most BTs
between 20 and 30. Reaching 40 reveals most BTs between 40-50, etc.
- Rewards:
  25 | Additional battle voice clips
  50 | Level cap increased (200 -> 255)
  75 | Additional battle voice clips
 100 | CP +3

- Outside of combat, you'll have to contend with the imprecise, unresponsive
controls when it comes to simply moving Edge around, an issue that's only
compounded by the automatic movement of the 3rd person camera. You can only
(consistently) move at two different speeds, walking or running, and, for
some reason, there's an input duration threshold that needs to be met to
actually get Edge to move when starting from a motionless state (WTF?!).
- While you can walk by partially tilting the analog stick, you can also
toggle between run mode and walk mode with one of the shoulder buttons.
- Camera control, using the right analog stick, also feels astoundingly
awkward, You can't adjust the camera vertically without also affecting
the level of zoom; lowering the camera also zooms in, while raising the
camera also zooms out. Horizontal camera control is a mess as well, as the
minimum consistent speed is usually either too fast or too slow compared
to what you want, and the max speed isn't much faster than the minimum
speed. (The battle camera, thankfully, doesn't have the same issue with
minimum speed, although the max speed could still be higher. It is rather
weird, though, how the horizontal camera control is inconsistent between
the field and combat.)
- As a finishing touch, you can't move while you have the large map open.
- You'll also have to get used to constantly pressing the dash button in
order to move faster on the field, a process that often involves moving
your thumb between the right analog stick and the dash button so you can
adjust the camera and actually see where you're dashing. With a single
press of a button, dashing gives you a short, uninterruptable burst of
quick movement. Edge actually stops for a brief moment when you start the
dash. If an enemy is chasing you close enough, they'll be able to catch
up with you.
- You *can't* remap dash to one of the shoulder buttons.
- You can press R3 to bring the camera directly behind Edge.
- The game remembers the camera position when you save your game.

- Item Creation in SO4 is... about as basic as a crafting system can get.
Once you've farmed the necessary materials, you can create a single copy
of the item you want. The one unique aspect about it is how you discover
new recipes by combining the talents of up to three different characters,
a process that consumes Party SP. To discover every recipe, you have to
try all possible combinations and you have to do it again after you've
increased the IC skill levels. Indeed, without consulting a guide, it can
get rather tedious.
- Each character allows you to discover recipes in a certain field:
 Edge     | Smithery
 Reimi    | Cooking
 Faize    | Alchemy
 Lymle    | Artistry
 Bacchus  | Engineering
 Meracle  | Crafting
 Myuria   | Compounding
 Sarah    | Synthesis (no need for recipes)

- You can only perform IC aboard your ship, the Calnus.
- You'll, uh... You'll have to get used to Welch freaking out during the
creation process. It is what it is. Make yourself numb to it.
- You can obtain materials through chests, item drops, and shops as well
as the little procurement points found on the field, a small number of
which are hidden. These spots respawn when you enter the Calnus. You can
find lists of all the possible items in a given location in the Area Notes
section.
- The weapons and armor you can create are time-gated in a largely sensible
manner to keep things balanced.
- Occasionally, IC gives you a lucky bonus, where you'll either create an
additional copy of the item (for non-gear items) or a high quality (HQ)
version of a piece of gear. The HQ variant has slightly higher stats than
the regular one and maybe an additional factor. Later in the game, you
probably don't want those additional factors, since it leaves less room
for customization, whereas early in the game, the factors may not matter,
since you don't have access to Synthesis, but the stat boost is so minimal
it's not worth the trouble. In any case, you can get the HQ version in
10-20 minutes by reloading.
- Synthesis now allows you to customize any type of equipment, although
items only have four slots for factors. Aside from adding factors, synthing
can also alter the stats of the item. Synthing an item has varying results
depending on the type of the base item. Each piece of gear has a certain
Synth limit that determines how many items you can customize it with.
- Monster jewels can't be used as a base item, but you can still synth
them into other items.
- The factors 'HP damage +x%' and 'Damage against enemy type +x%' only
affect normal attacks.
- Here are some of the most popular factors and how to get them:
 ATP +18%         | Saber-Toothed Tiger Fang
 DFP +20%         | Red Dragon Scale
 HP +20%          | Potent Health Seeds
 Stats +5%        | Hyper Potion
 25% no HP damage | Blue Talisman, Mirage Robe, Blue Eagle Ranger Jewel
 Crit             | Crystal

- The Duplication skill, obtained in the post-game, helps *immensely* when
it comes to IC. It requires Magical Clay, which is fairly easy to farm
(you can get 20 in roughly 30 minutes). At most, an item can require 11
Magical Clay to dupe, but most only require 1 (at Lv10).

- Food items are now mostly about granting temporary buffs that last for
5 or 10 battles. However, you can't stack the effect like you can with
spells, and the effect is lost if the character dies.

- The game features a large number of mostly generic side quests. These
can be divided between "proper" side quests that are mostly just fetch
quests and shop orders that are nothing but fetch quests. The Dupe skill
helps a lot with shop orders.
- Completing quests gives you Exp, Party SP and Fol. Proper side quests
also give you items.

- Collection data (Battle Trophies, Spaceships, Weapons, and Monsters) is
contained in the system data file and, as such, is shared between all save
files (with the slight exception of item drop data).

- The in-game enemy list features 154 enemies, which is not even half of
the enemies in the game. Either way, an enemy will be added once you've
killed one for the first time. The information shown is limited to Exp,
Fol, enemy type, analysis rate, encounter locations, kill count, and item
drops you've actually obtained.
- Item drop data from pre-existing save files will carry over at the start
of a new playthrough, but will *not* be updated to reflect any new items
obtained in other save files beyond that.
- Killing an enemy found in the in-game enemy list increases that enemy's
analysis rate. Once it reaches 100%, you can use a Monster Jewel to create
a neck accessory with stats and factors that vary depending on the enemy.
There are already lists of these accessories and their stats out there, so
I won't bother making another one. Either way, most of them are rather
unimpressive, and Monster Jewels are in limited supply. (Technically, you
can start creating them after the Mothership, but it's hardly worth it.)
- Starting with Roak, all normal enemies require 100 kills to reach 100%
analysis rate. Bosses generally require either 7 or 4 kills. You can 100%
the bosses quite easily if you just save to another slot after beating one
and then load the game so you can fight it again.
- You do *not* need to reach 100% analysis rate with all enemies to get
the 'enemy list completed' Trophy.

- The Disintegration Ring returns in various forms. They have a limited
number of charges and can't be used if you run out. You can recharge them
by seeing certain NPCs and by using the skill Charge.

 Fire Ring     | 20 | Lemuris       | Destroys ice
 Thunder Ring  | 20 | Mothership    | Charge devices
 Earth Ring    | 10 | Military Fac. | Destroys rock
 Light Ring    |  1 | Purgatorium   | Destroys darkness
 Wind Ring     | 10 | En Il         | Destroys ivy
 Dark Ring     |  3 | Palace of Cr. | Destroys light
 Water Ring    | 10 | Cave of 7S    | Destroys fire

- Here's a list of chests that require using one of the rings.

      Fire Ring

   Recipe Memo 02 +        | Lemuris - Triom  (Earthsoul Bow)
    Earth Gem
   Dragon Scale +          | Alanaire Citadel
    Fire Gem
   Blizzard Protector      | Wind Swallow Valley (through Celestial Ship)
   SM "HP Boost"           | Celestial Ship
   Power Bracelet          |
   Crystal                 | Cardianon Mothership
   Silver                  |
   Icicle Rapier           |
   SM "Mindflare"          |
   Compact Freezing Bomb x3| Military Facility
   Compact Freezing Bomb x3|
   Barrier Spiritwater     | Roak - Tropp Area
   Regeneration Symbol     | Aeos - Southern Reaches
   Nature Wand             | Miga Insect Warren
   Monster Jewel x2        | Miga Insect Warren
   Health Seeds +          | En Il
    Bunny Feed + Ripe Berries x2
   30 003 Fol              | Old Road to the Sanctuary
   Raven Staff             |
   Sea Serpent Harpoon     | Palace of Creation - Area 2
   Magic Seeds             |                      Area 3
   Red Dragon Scale x2     |                      Area 6
   Stone Fragment          | Cave of the Seven Stars - B3
   Water Ring              | Cave of the Seven Stars - B7 - Sanctum

      Light Ring

   SM "Augury"             | Roak - Tropp
   Anti-Fog Amulet +       | Roak - Tropp
    Dragon Scale
   Earthrock Mail          | Roak - Astral
   Bracteate (x2)          | Astral Caves - B1 & B2-N
   Blue Talisman           | Alanaire Citadel
   Light Charm             | Aeos - Southern Reaches
   Recipe Memo 03          | Old Road to the Sanctuary  (Sacred Spear)
   Darkness Charm          | Nox - Ravine of Extinction
   Holy Sword "Farewell"   | Palace of Creation - Area 6
   Evil Spirit's Bow       | Cave of the Seven Stars - B2
   Shadow Rose             |                           B5

      Earth Ring

   Health Seeds            | Astral Caves - B1
   Ripe Berries +          |                B2-N
    Blueberries x2
   10 008 Fol              |                B2-S
   Physical Stimulant x2 +
    Danger! Do not drink! x3
   Seasonings x2 +         | Aeos - Urd Falls Cave
    Warped Carapace
   Attack Seeds
   Bigberries + Blueberries (nc)
   Blackberries x4+Basil x2| Aeos - Miga Insect Warren - B2
   Dullahan's Armor        | Palace of Creation - Area 6

      Wind Ring

   Secret Diary            | En Il
   SM "Bunny Call"         | Old Road to the Sanctuary
   Sacred Scepter          | Alanaire Citadel
   Immortal Smasher        | Celestial Ship
   Recipe Memo 25 +        | Celestial Ship  (Blue Talisman)
    Anti-Freezing Amulet
   Physical Stimulant x3   | Roak - Tatoroi
   Recipe Memo 24          | Purgatorium - B1  (Anti-Void Amulet)
   Anti-Void Amulet        |               B2
   Sylphide's Mail         |               B3
   Folklore Plate          |               B3
   Star Sapphire           | Palace of Creation - Area 4
   Recipe Memo 10          |                      Area 6  (Meteorite)
   Stone Fragment          | Cave of the Seven Stars - B2
   Sylphstone              |                           B3

      Darkness Ring

   SM "Trinity Blaze"      | Alanaire Citadel
   Burning Claws           | Astral Caves - B3
   SM "Sunflare"           | Purgatorium - B4
   SM "Godslayer"          | Old Road to the Sanctuary
   SM "Plasma Cyclone"     | Nox - Halls of Termination
   Meteorite               | Halls of Creation - Area 6
   SM "Max Shockwave"      | Cave of the Seven Stars - B4
   SM "Scintillant Stream" |                           B6
   Star Dipper             |                           B7

      Water Ring

   Lightning Sword         | Purgatorium
   SM "Dragon Roar"        | Miga Insect Warren
   Intelligence Seeds x2   | Palace of Creation - Area 6
   Bizarre Fruit           | Cave of the Seven Stars - B4
   Gold Chalice            |                           B5


- Here's a list of Trophies in sensible order and properly translated.

     P| SOTLHI Platinum Trophy
  B   | Armaros Defeated
  B   | Barachiel Defeated
  B   | Sahariel Defeated
  B   | Escaped from Earth
  B   | Tamiel Defeated
   S  | Armaros Manifest Defeated
   S  | Kokabiel Defeated
   S  | Satanail Defeated
   S  | Universe Mode Beaten
    G | Chaos Mode Beaten
  B   | Reimi's Ending
  B   | Lymle's Ending
  B   | Bacchus's Ending
  B   | Meracle's Ending
  B   | Myuria's Ending
  B   | Arumat's Ending
  B   | Faize's Ending
   S  | Crowe's Ending
   S  | Gabriel Celeste Defeated
    G | Ethereal Queen Defeated
  B   | Reach Top 30 at the Arena
  B   | Reach Top 10 at the Arena
   S  | Arena Champion
  B   | 50 Wins in Class 100 Bunny Races
   S  | 100 Wins in Class 100 Bunny Races
  B   | 100% Spaceship Data
  B   | 100% Weapon Data
  B   | 50% Monster Data
   S  | 100% Monster Data
  B   | 50% Chests Opened
   S  | 100% Chests Opened
  B   | 50% Quests Completed
   S  | 100% Quests Completed
  B   | 20% Items Created
  B   | 40% Items Created
  B   | 60% Items Created
  B   | 80% Items Created
   S  | 100% Items Created
  B   | 15% Battle Trophies
  B   | 30% Battle Trophies
  B   | 45% Battle Trophies
  B   | 60% Battle Trophies
  B   | 75% Battle Trophies
   S  | 90% Battle Trophies
   S  | 100% Battle Trophies

- You may run into syncing issues on the PS3. I find you get better results
if you sync by opening the Trophy list rather than by using the 'Sync with
server' option.
- The Platinum trophy is *infamously* time-consuming, mainly thanks to
the Battle Trophies, although it's hardly the only one that can cause you
trouble. 100% Quests, 100% Chests, and 100% Items Created are all easily
missable.
- There are about 415 chests in the game (and an infinite number in one
of the post-game dungeons, but those don't count towards the Trophy). Even
with the skill that displays all chests on the map, it's fairly easy to
miss a few. There are two locations in the game that you can never return
to after finishing the events within: the Military Facility and the Cardianon
Mothership. If you miss even a *single* chest in these locations... A few
of these require using the Fire Ring, so make sure you charge that before
leaving Lemuris. Aside from that, you just need to be *very* careful, *very*
thorough. Double-check or triple-check just to be sure.
- There's also one missable chest inside a house in Triom and two around
the Exploration Base on Aeos.
- If you can't carry the items you receive from a chest, go to your inventory
and toss some of the items with Select to make space for them.
- 30 items in IC are unlocked by acquiring a Recipe Memo, and the first
one you can get can only be gotten before fighting the first boss. You
also need to find the recipes for all of Faize's weapons before he leaves
the party (Iron Saber, Elastic Rapier, Rune Saber, Onyx Saber).
- Several entries in Spaceship Data are also missable, but since the data
is shared, you don't have to get all of them in a single playthrough.
 001. SRF-003 Calnus (Calnus - Flight Deck, start of game)
 004. SRF-001 Aquila (Calnus - Flight Deck, start of game)
 006. SRF-002 Balena (Aeos - Exploration Base)
 007. SRF-004 Dentdelion (Aeos - Exploration Base)
 008. SRF-005 Eremia (Aeos - Exploration Base)
 012. Zagzagel       (Aeos - Exploration Base)
 016. Sol            (Aeos - Exploration Base)
 002. Calnus-II      (Aeos - Exploration Base, after leaving Aeos)
 021. Cardianon Mothership (Mothership - B1)
- Several Spaceship entries are found on En Il, but only after reaching
the final planet, and one of them is only found after beating the game.
- Some Quests and Shop Orders are only available during a limited time
window. Early in the game, it's best to refrain from selling items in
case you need it for a shop order.
 - Aeos: All Quests and Shop Orders need to be completed before proceeding
  to the Military Facility (last chance is after completing the Mothership).
  Buy an extra Eldarian Bow for a shop order in Triom.
 - Lemuris: All Shop Orders in Triom need to be completed before completing
  the Celestial Ship.
 - Roak: The Quest 'A Cherished Bangle' must be started before turning in
  Rumble in the Caves (by talking to Lias in Astral after taking down the
  boss). You receive the quest from a soldier on B2 of the Astral Caves.
  If you're paying attention to the map, it's hard to miss.

- The Memory Plate can be used to check statistics such as the number of
recipes discovered, different items created, quests completed, and deaths.
There's also a treasure chest rate, but no absolute figure (each chest is
about 0,24%). You can create the plate once you reach En Il. It's one of
those objects you can place in your ship.

- Many of the old SO4 guides are based on the original 360 version. There
are some differences between that and the later versions. Eg. enemies give
more Exp in subsequent versions and synthesis was somewhat nerfed.

- Private Actions (PAs) are obviously there, and nearly all of them occur
on your ship while you're traveling to the next story destination for the
first time. As such, they have *very* limited time windows, and some of
them are mutually exclusive.
- Having a high enough affinity between Edge and another character will
trigger an additional ending sequence involving that character. None of
these are mutually exclusive. A few of these sequences have additional
requirements.

- Skip scene now functions like a typical skip scene function. Another step
back. Sigh... Well, at least there aren't anywhere near as many scenes to
skip. There *are*, however, a small number of scenes you can't skip: the
opening, ending, voiced PAs, and the Astral Cave scenes.

- There are four difficulty levels: Earth (Easy), Galaxy (Normal), Universe
(Hard), Chaos (Very Hard). By default, only Earth and Galaxy are available.
Beat the game on Galaxy to unlock Universe, and beat it on Universe to
unlock Chaos. You can't switch difficulty levels once the game has started.
- Once you get your BEAT levels up, Universe and Chaos aren't that different
from Galaxy (at least when it comes to the main game). The enemies take more
hits to kill and Rush more often, but that's about it. There are also some
monster jewels that can drastically shift the balance in your favor (Spriggan,
Ashlay), but I'd recommend against using those.

             HP   ATP   Int   GRD   Rush
 Earth    | 0,7 | 0,8 | 0,8 | 0,8 | 1,0 |
 Galaxy   | 1,0 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 1,0 |
 Universe | 1,3 | 1,3 | 1,3 | 1,3 | 1,5 |
 Chaos    | 1,7 | 1,7 | 1,7 | 1,7 | 2,0 |


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                                  Skill List


- You *cannot* duplicate skill books (or Tri-Emblems or super boss feathers).
- Do *not* teach Sarah Focus.


    Char  CP      Skill               Shop                Field
|ERFLBMYSA|-| Chain Combos     | Lemuris - Woodley| (Lemuris), (Mothership)
|E F BM  A|3| No Guard         | Tatroi, En Il    | (Military Facility)
|ER  BM  A|-| Berserk          | En Il            | (Roak)
|  FL  YS |-| Mindflare        | En Il            | (Mothership)
|ERFLBMYSA|2| HP Boost         | Roak - Astral    | (Celestial Ship)
|ERFLBMYSA|2| MP Boost         | Roak - Tatoroi   |
|ER  BM  A|1| ATK Boost        | Wandering Dungeon| (Palace of Creation)
|  FL  YS |1| Int Boost        | Wandering Dungeon|
|ERFLBMYSA|1| Fury Boost       | Roak - Tatoroi   | (Mothership)
|ERFL MY A|1| Critical Hit     | Roak - Astral    | (Celestial Ship)
|E FL MY A|2| Stun             | En Il            | (Mothership)
|ERFLBMYSA|2| First Aid        | Aeos             |
|ERFLBMYSA|1| Auto-Healing     | Roak - Tatoroi   | (Mothership)
| R L  YS |1| Energy Shield    | Tatoroi, En Il   | (Mothership)
|    B    |-| Emergency Repairs| -                | (En Il)
|E F B Y A|-| Convert          | Tropp, En Il     |
| R   M S |-| Focus            | En Il            | (Alastair Citadel),(Purg)
|  FL  Y  |2| Fast Cast        | En Il            |
|ER  BM  A|-| Taunt            | Roak - Tatoroi   | (Mothership)
|  FL  YS |-| Hide             | Roak - Tatoroi   | (Lemuris)
|     MY  |1| Steal            | En Il            | (Purgatorium)
|E    M   |-| Appetite         | Roak - Tropp     |
| R L  Y  |2| Rage             | En Il            | (Mothership)
|  F   Y A|-| Pride            | -                | Default
|E        |-| Pickpocketing    | Lemuris - Woodley|
|  F     A|-| Duplication      | -                | (Roak - 7SC B7)
|  F B   A|-| Scan Enemy       | En Il            | (Aeos - Base), (Mil.Fac.)
|   L     |-| Treasure Sense   | -                | (Lemuris - Citadel)
|       S |-| Bunny Call       | -                | (En Il - Old Road)
|     M   |-| Ocarina          | -                | (Roak - Sand Bird Quest)
|   L   S |-| Elusion          | Lemuris          |
|    B    |-| Trap Evasion     | -                | (Purgatorium)
|    B    |-| Stealth          | -                | Default
|   L     |-| Charge           | -                | (Miga Insect Warren)
|      Y  |-| Haggling         | -                | (En Il - Old Road)
|       S |-| Zoology          | En Il            |

                 SP
 Chain Combo  | 250 | Enables the cancel multiplier when chaining
 No Guard     | 540 | Avoid hitstun if dmg<SLv% mHP (works on magic too)
 Berserk      | 260 | ATP +100% at Lv10, double damage in for 30s
 Mindflare    | 220 | Int +100% at Lv10, triple MP use for 30s
 HP Boost     | 833 | Max HP +100 \ 10 000 (Lv^2 * 100) (Lv1 \ Lv10)
 MP Boost     | 833 | Max MP +100 \ 10 000 (Lv^2 * 100)
 ATK Boost    | 400 | ATP +10 \ 1000 (Lv^2 * 10) (unaffected by gear)
 Int Boost    | 380 | Int +10 \ 1000 (Lv^2 * 10) (unaffected by gear)
 Fury Boost   | 240 | Guts/Fury + 70 \ 200
 Critical Hit | 260 | Enable criticals + Luck, crit% & dmg multiplier up
 Stun         | 300 | Normal attack Stun chance 3% \ 10%
 First Aid    | 200 | 10% chance to heal 20% \ 60% of damage received
 Auto-Healing | 300 | HP regen: 1%\3% every 5s \ 3s
 Energy Shield| 200 | 12% \ 25% chance to nullify damage
 Emergency Rep| 260 | Heal 30% \ 55% HP
 Convert      | 210 | Lose x (1,5% mHP) HP, gain 0,4\0,67x MP ev. 0,5s for 30s
 Focus        | 260 | Increase Hit by 40%\100% and Luck by 80\165 for 30s
 Fast Cast    | 260 | Chance to reduce casting time by 25% \ 50%
 Taunt        |   - | Increase aggro for all enemies
 Hide         |   - | Decrease aggro for all enemies
 Steal        | 160 | May steal an item when knocking the enemy down (30%\70%)
 Appetite     | 160 | Increase potency of food-type healing items(100% at L10)
 Rage         | 160 | Increase chance of getting enraged
 Pride        | 200 | Increase stats by 20% \ 50% when enemy is 16 lvl lower
 Pickpocket   | 230 | Steal items from NPCs. Lowers affinity.
 Duplicate    | 280 | Dupe items by using Magical Clay
 Scan Enemy   |   - | Show enemy current HP, factors, and vague elemental res.
 TreasureSense|   - | Display chests on the map
 Bunny Call   |   - | Call a bunny on Roak
 Ocarina      |   - | Respawn nearby field enemies
 Augury       | 100 | No effect
 Elusion      | 100 | Reduce fleeing time
 Trap Evasion | 220 | Reduce damage from hazards
 Stealth      | 280 | Undetected by field enemies for a while
 Charge       | 300 | Charge rings by using Disintegration Stones
 Haggling     | 250 | Increase selling prices by 5% \ 30%
 Smithery     | 374 | IC skill (Edge)
 Cooking      | 253 | IC skill (Reimi)
 Harvesting   | 280 | Gain items from harvest points (roll #: Lv1: 2. Lv10: 6)
 Alchemy      | 270 | IC skill (Faize / Arumat)
 Artistry     | 194 | IC skill (Lymle)
 Engineering  | 336 | IC skill (Bacchus)
 Mining       | 248 | Gain items from mining points (Bacchus)
 Crafting     | 306 | IC skill (Meracle)
 Compounding  | 244 | IC skill (Myuria)
 Synthesis    |   - | IC skill (Sarah)
 Anthropology | 120 | Increase Humanoid item drop rates, enable special drop
 Botany       | 120 | Increase Plant item drop rates, enable special drop
 Entomology   | 120 | Increase Insect item drop rates, enable special drop
 Parapsychology 120 | Increase Undead item drop rates, enable special drop
 Robotics     | 120 | Increase Mech item drop rates, enable special drop
 Ornithology  | 120 | Increase Avian item drop rates, enable special drop
 Demonology   | 120 | Increase Demon item drop rates, enable special drop
 Zoology      | 120 | Increase Animal item drop rates, enable special drop
                                         0,5xLv (%), special drop% unaffected


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                                  PC Move List                       A01


- cm and DPS have to share a column due to the lack of space, so, no,
there's no 'total cm;' the figure you see below the cm values is DPS.
- DPS figures are only approximate and don't take chaining into account.
The duration of a move will be shorter when canceled, thus resulting in
higher DPS.
- The difference between 'long range' and 'long distance' is that the
subject itself moves a long distance in case of the latter.
- Chaining into waza from a normal attack does indeed involve a buffer
unlike when simply chaining waza; just press L1 or R1 during the attack
and the waza will initiate as soon as the normal attack ends. The same
applies when chaining normal attacks.


   Lv   CP
    1 | 10
   10 | 11
   15 | 12         Hit:  Number of hits              f: Float
   20 | 13         cm:   Critical hit% multiplier    j: Juggle
   25 | 14         Rush: Enemy Rush increase         k: Knockdown
   30 | 15         H:    Hitstun effect   ->         b: Knockback & knockdown
   35 | 16         C:    Can chain into waza
   40 | 17
   45 | 18
   50 | 19 max

   PB: Point blank + forward    Ae: Aerial target
   SR: Short range              Ba: Target behind
   LR: Long range               KD: Target has knockdown
   SS: Sidestep attack          WU: Wake-up attack (from knockdown)

   Lv: Learned at Lv             S: Small           MR: Medium range
   El: Element                   M: Medium          LR: Long range, non-pierc.
   A:  Area of effect  ->        L: Large           LP: Long range, piercing
   Rg: Range     ->>             V: Very large      MD: Medium distance
   I:  Ignores knockdown         W: Wide            LD: Long distance
        invincibility            H: Homing          Ct: Centered on target
   xs: Duration (seconds)
   DPS: Damage per second
         (roughly)
   SP: SP to Lv10



                --- Meracle ---


        Normal Attacks

       Hit  dmg   cm   Rush H C
   PB | 1 | 1,2 | 1,0 |  4 |b| |
   SR | 2 | 0,6 | 0,7 |  4 | |x| Tot 3,25 \ 4,2s \ 0,77 DPS (loop)
      |   | 0,7 | 0,7 |  5 | | |       21 R
      |+2 | 0,65| 0,5 |  4 | | |
      |   | 1,3 | 1,0 |  8 |f|x| Tends to miss on certain enemies
   Ae | 2 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  4 |f| | Tends to hit only once, if that
   Ba | 2 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  4 |k|x| Tends to hit only once
   KD | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  4 | | |
   WU | 1 | 0,6 | 1,5 |  4 | | |
   LR | 2 | 0,65| 1,0 |  4 | |x|
      |   | 0,65| 0,5 |  4 | | |
      |+2 | 0,3 | 0,5 |  2 | |x|
      |   | 0,65| 1,0 |  4 |f| |

- With good timing, you can do a float loop with her SR combo (ie. hit
the enemy during the bounce when they hit the ground).



        Waza


          Ripper Pounce                        Comet Impact

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 22D| 2 |   | |  | | | 240 |        | 22D| 2 |   | |  |b| | 300 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg    cm   Rush
 1|  8 |  2 | 0,2  | 0,3 |  1 |       1| 12 |  1 | 3,0  | 2,0 | 12 |
  |    | 10 | 0,13 | 0,3 |  1 |
  |    |  2 | 0,7  | 1,0 |  5 |                           1,1  DPS
  -----------------------------
   Tot.| 14 | 3,1  | 1,0 | 22 |      10| 18 |  1 | 6,5  | 2,0 | 12 |

10| 12 |  2 | 0,27 | 0,3 |  1 |         2,7s              2,4  DPS
  |    | 14 | 0,2  | 0,3 |  1 |
  |    |  2 | 0,77 | 1,0 |  5 |
  -----------------------------
   3,0s| 18 | 4,88 | 1,62| 22 |


- Ripper Pounce has very limited range, so it doesn't chain too well.
- Comet Impact is powerful, but it can easily whiff and it's very combo-
unfriendly (until you get Drill Spike). Instead of waiting for an enemy
to stay still long enough, you could just chain into CI after floating
the enemy with Meracle's basic combo.


          Acrobatic Vault                      Claws of Fury

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 25 | 3 |   |S|  |f| | 310 |        | 38 | 5 |   | |  |b| | 350 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 14 |  1 | 1,1  | 1,0 |  5 |       1| 16 | 10 | 0,2  | 0,2 |  1 |
  |    |  1 | 1,2  | 1,0 |  5 |        |    |  1f| 0,4  | 1,0 |  2 |
  |    |  1 | 1,3  | 1,0 |  5 |        |    |  1b| 1,2  | 1,5 |  4 |
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   Tot |  3 | 3,6  | 0,92| 15 |         Tot | 12 | 3,6  | 0,55| 16 |

10| 21 |  1 | 1,19 | 1,0 |  5 |      10| 25 | 25 | 0,2  | 0,2 |  1 |
  |    |  1 | 1,29 | 1,0 |  5 |        |    |  1f| 0,49 | 1,0 |  2 |
  |    |  1 | 1,39 | 1,0 |  5 |        |    |  1b| 1,38 | 1,5 |  4 |
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   3,9s|  3 | 3,87 | 0,99| 15 |         6,5s| 27 | 6,87 | 1,05| 31 |


- Meracle moves back a little during Acrobatic Vault, so it can't juggle
for long when chained with itself. Even so, it's a good choice.
- Claws of Fury is just too combo-unfriendly. I'd give it a pass. Drill
Spike can catch the enemy after a Comet Impact, but it doesn't work with
this one, not unless the enemy hits a wall.


          Somersault Smash                     Drill Spike

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 49 | 3 |   |s|  |j|*| 320 |        | 61 | 3 |   |H|LD| | | 330 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 16 | 10 | 0,3  | 0,3 |  1 |       1| 18 |  8 | 1,0  | 0,7 |  2 |
  |    |  2*| 1,0  | 1,0 |  2 |        -----------------------------
  -----------------------------         Tot | ~6 | 6,0  | 2,5 | 16 |
   Tot | 12 | 5,0  | 1,08| 14 |
                                     10| 27 | 10 | 1,12 | 0,7 |  2 |
10| 25 | 10 | 0,3  | 0,3 |  1 |        -----------------------------
  |    |  2*| 2,0  | 1,0 |  2 |         2,4s| ~7 | 7,84 | 3,26| 20 |
  -----------------------------
   4,6s| 12 | 7,0  | 1,52| 14 |


- Somersault Smash is a good one, although it's easier to hit multiple
enemies with AV. It starts up faster when used in a chain. Here's what
I use between Somersault and DS:

  L1-1 | Somersault Smash   R1-1 | Acrobatic Vault
  L1-2 | Somersault Smash   R1-2 | Acrobatic Vault
  L1-3 |                    R1-3 | Somersault Smash

- Drill Spike is my personal favorite. Great dps and requires a bit of
effort to chain well, so it's not as mindless as X-Claw. It doesn't chain
well with itself unless you avoid going through the enemy, which mainly
only happens with larger enemies and, even then, it's not guaranteed.
- The combo I like to use is: Drill Spike, Comet Impact, Drill Spike,
X-Claw, X-Claw/Drill Spike. Here's the setup:

  L1-1 | Comet Impact       R1-1 | Drill Spike
  L1-2 | X-Claw             R1-2 | Drill Spike
  L1-3 | X-Claw/-           R1-3 | -/Drill Spike


          X Claw                               Max Shockwave

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 71 | 4 |   |L|  |j|x| 330 |        | 7S4| 6 |   | |LP| | | 472 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 18 |  2 | 0,3  | 1,0 |  2 |       1| 20 |  6 | 0,3  | 0,5 |  2 |
  |    |  6 | 1,0  | 1,0 |  2 |        |    | 14 | 1,0  | 1,0 |  2 | 1% stun
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   Tot |~1+4| 4,3  | 1,48| 12 |         Tot | ~9 | 9,0  | 2,0 | 18 |

10| 27 |  2 | 0,3  | 1,0 |  2 |      10| 29 |  6 | 0,48 | 0,5 |  2 |
  |    |  6 | 1,5  | 1,0 |  2 |        |    | 14 | 1,18 | 1,0 |  2 | 5% stun
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   2,9s|~1+4| 6,3  | 2,17| 12 |         4,5s| ~9 |10,62 | 2,36| 18 |


- X-Claw is a very popular choice for a very good reason. It kicks ass.
Just like Termination, though, it's rather simplistic. Just mash the
shoulder buttons and watch the ownage ensue. Or don't watch. It makes
no functional difference.
- Max Shockwave is a pretty fun move, but not the best choice. You'll
only get a few hits if the enemy isn't dragged along with the sphere
for whatever reason (hitting a wall, No Guard).



                --- Edge ---


        Normal Attacks

       Hit  dmg   cm   Rush H C
   PB | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 10 |f|x|
   SR | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  6 | |x| Tot 3,3
      |+1 | 1,1 | 1,0 |  6 | |x|           loop combo: 8,3 \ 7,5s \ 1,1 DPS
      |+1 | 1,2 | 1,0 |  6 | |x|                        57 R
   Ae | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  3 |k| | Tot 3,0
      |+1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  6 | | |
      |+1 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 10 | |x|
   LR | 1 | 1,1 | 1,0 | 10 | |x|
   KD | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 10 | |x|
   WU | 1 | 1,0 | 1,3 | 10 | | |

- You need good timing to pull off a clean air combo. If you're way too
quick, you won't do the Ae at all, since you'll just end up chaining into
SR instead.
- SR+PB+Ae+KD is the ideal combo, and you can loop it. Since KD cancels
the enemy's knockdown, you can just keep chaining on.
- PB has very limited range, so it can easily miss smaller enemies. If
you chain into it from KD, you could whiff simply because there's a long
enough gap between the hits that the enemy might just move away.
- If the enemy has No Guard, you could just keep chaining SR+PB non-stop.
- You can chain into PB even from LR, but it's generally only possible
when the enemy is in Rush Mode, and there's no knockback. That means
there's not going to be any float either, so it's only really useful
for finishing off enemies very low on health.



        Waza


          Rising Blade                         Stampede Slash

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 |  1D| 2 |   | |  |k| | 160 |        | 10 | 3 |   |H|MD|*| | 180 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1|  8 |  2 | 0,3  | 0,3 |  2 |       1| 12 |  4 | 0,3  | 0,5 |  2 |
  |    |  2 | 0,4  | 0,3 |  3 |        |    |  1 | 2,0  | 1,0 |  2 |
  |    |  1k| 1,2  | 1,0 |  2 |        -----------------------------
  -----------------------------         Tot |  5 | 3,12 | 1,25| 10 |
   Tot |  5 | 2,6  | 0,68| 12 |
                                     10| 18 |  4 | 0,39 | 0,5 |  2 |
10| 12 |  2 | 0,39 | 0,3 |  2 |        |    |  1 | 2,9  | 1,0 |  2 |
  |    |  2 | 0,49 | 0,3 |  3 |        -----------------------------
  |    |  1k| 1,74 | 1,0 |  2 |         2,5s|  5 | 4,46 | 1,78| 10 |
  -----------------------------
   3,8s|  5 | 3,5  | 0,92| 12 |         *: float on collateral targets


          Aura Spark                           Mystic Cross

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 23 | 3 |   | |LP*b| | 210 |        | 39 | 4 |   | |  |j| | 210 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 14 |  1 | 1,5  | 1,0 |  8 |       1| 16 |  1 | 1,0  | 1,0 |  2 |
  |    |  2*| 0,6  | 0,2 |  8 |        |    |  6 | 0,5  | 0,5 |  1 |
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   Tot |  3 | 2,7  | 1,5 | 24 |         Tot |  6 | 3,5  | 0,76|  8 |

10| 21 |  1 | 2,0  | 1,0 |  8 |      10| 25 |  1 | 1,0  | 1,0 |  2 |
  |    |  2*| 0,6  | 0,2 |  8 |        |    |  6 | 1,0  | 0,5 |  1 |
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   1,8s|  3 | 3,2  | 1,78| 24 |         4,6s|  6 | 6,0  | 1,3 |  8 |


- Aura Spark is technically long range, but Edge has to run all the way
up close to use it (could've been used for sniping otherwise). It does
work ok when you chain it with itself, but then you only get the shockwave
hit(s). The Rush generation is also a bit high.
- Mystic Cross is the first of Edge's three jugglers, but I wouldn't use
it on its own.


          Cyclone Blade                        Celestial Sword

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 54 | 4 |   |S|  |j| | 340 |        | 63 | 5 |   | |  |j|x| 240 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 16 |  5 | 0,6  | 0,5 |  3 |       1| 18 |  1 | 1,0  | 0,3 |  2 |
  -----------------------------        |    |  1 | 1,0  | 0,4 |  2 |
   Tot | ~3 | 1,8  | 0,69| 12 |        |    |  1 | 2,0  | 1,0 |  3 |
                                       -----------------------------
                                        Tot |  3 | 4,0  | 1,08|  7 |
10| 25 |  5 | 1,05 | 0,5 |  3 |
  -----------------------------      10| 27 |  1 | 1,0  | 0,3 |  2 |
   2,6s| ~3 | 3,15 | 1,21| 12 |        |    |  1 | 1,0  | 0,4 |  2 |
                                       |    |  1 | 2,9  | 1,0 |  3 |
                                       -----------------------------
                                        3,7s|  3 | 4,9  | 1,32|  7 |


- Cyclone Blade + Mystic Cross is a nice juggling combo, and you can
double it for most enemies.
- Celestial Sword is my waza of choice for late-game Edge. Nothing too
impressive, but it gets the job done.


          Raging Strike                        Scintillant Stream

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 80 | 5 |   | |  | |x| 350 |        | 7S6| 5 |   | |  | | | 420 |

    MP  hits  Dmg     cm  Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 18 |  1 | 5,5  | 1,0 |  9 |       1| 20 |  3 | 0,48 | 0,3 |  1 |
                                       |    |  4 | 0,6  | 0,3 |  1 |
                     1,89 DPS          |    | 12 | 0,3  | 0,3 |  1 |
                                       |    |  6 | 1,0  | 1,0 |  1 |
10| 27 |  1 | 6,5  | 1,0 |  9 |        -----------------------------
                                        Tot | 25 |13,44 | 2,69| 25 |
   2,9s              2,24 DPS
                                     10| 29 |  3 | 0,62 | 0,3 |  1 |
                                       |    |  4 | 0,78 | 0,3 |  1 |
                                       |    | 12 | 0,39 | 0,3 |  1 |
                                       |    |  6 | 1,5  | 1,0 |  1 |
                                       -----------------------------
                                        5,0s| 25 |18,66 | 3,73| 25 |


- Raging Strike is similar to Comet Impact. It's slower and whiffs more
easily and has a much higher CP cost, but it also hits multiple enemies
more easily and is (sort of) more combo-friendly. You can hit the enemy
more easily if you knock it down first with Rising Blade or Cyclone Blade.
- Scintillant Stream is hard to recommend. It locks you in place for too
long and has minimal range.



        Magic

 Ev | Healing
 17 | Silence
 30 | Cure Condition
 46 | Symbolic Weapon     CP    MP     hit       dmg
 57 | Radiant Lancer    | 2 |  5\14 |  4\7  | 0,26\0,34 |  Lv1\Lv10
                                    |   1   |    0,65   |
 70 | Aurora Rings      | 4 |  7\16 |3x3\6x4| 0,39\0,52 |
Q:En| Faerie Star



                --- Arumat ---


        Normal Attacks

       Hit  dmg   cm   Rush H C
   PB | 2 | 0,6 | 0,5 |  3 | | |
      |   | 0,8 | 1,0 |  4 |k| |
   SR | 1 | 0,85| 1,1 |  6 | |x|
      |+1 | 0,9 | 1,2 |  7 | |x|
      |+3 | 1,0 | 1,3 |  8 | |x|
      |   | 0,5 | 1,0 |  8 | | | MR
      |   | 0,5 | 1,0 |  8 | | | MR
   Ae | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  4 | | |
   Ba | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  7 | | |
   LR | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  7 |f| |
   KD | 1 | 1,3 | 1,5 |  8 | | |



        Waza


          Unholy Maelstrom                     Nether Strike
          Senpuu Daimajin                      Rengokushou

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP  El  A Rg H I   SP
 |  D | 3 |   | |  | |*| 200 |        | 11 | 2 | F |S|Ct|j| | 200 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1|  8 |  1 | 1,0  | 1,0 |  2 |       1| 12 |  4 | 0,5  | 0,3 |  3 |
  |    |  1*| 1,5  | 2,0 |  5 |        -----------------------------
  -----------------------------         Tot |  4 | 2,0  | 0,77| 12 |
   Tot |  2 | 2,5  | 0,96|  7 |
                                     10| 18 |  7 | 0,57 | 0,3 |  3 |
10| 12 |  1 | 1,4  | 1,0 |  2 |        -----------------------------
  |    |  1*| 2,0  | 2,0 |  5 |         2,6s|  7 | 3,99 | 1,53| 21 |
  -----------------------------
   2,6s|  2 | 3,4  | 1,3 |  7 |


- Rengokushou is a nice long range juggler. No match for Termination,
but still.


          Diabolic Edge                        Bloodstorm Revolution
          Rasetsujin                           Reppuu Daisharin

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 29 | 4 |   | |  | | | 250 |        | 48 | 4 |  |S~M| |j| | 240 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 14 |  1 | 1,5  | 0,5 |  3 |       1| 16 |  2 | 0,21 | 0,5 |  2 |
  |    |  4|0,3~0,33|0,6+|  3 |        |    |  9 | 0,35 | 0,5 |  2 |
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   Tot |  5 | 2,7  | 0,93| 15 |         Tot |~1+6| 3,57 | 0,7 | 22 |

10| 21 |  1 | 2,4  | 0,5 |  3 |      10| 25 |  2 | 0,27 | 0,5 |  2 |
  |    | 4|0,39-0,42|0,6+|  3 |        |    |  9 | 0,414| 0,5 |  2 |
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   2,9s|  5 |~4,0  | 1,38| 15 |         3,3s|~1+6| 4,23 | 0,83| 22 |


          Aerial Gallows                       Dragon Roar
          Kuuenra                              Kouryuuha

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 70 | 5 |   | |  |k| | 330 |        | 7S7| 6 |   |V|  |j|x| 350 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 18 |  1 | 1,0  | 1,0 |  2 |       1| 20 |  1 | 1,5  | 0,5 |  2 |
  |    |  1 | 0,3  | 0,5 |  4 |        |    |  3 | 1,5  | 0,3 |  4 |
  |    |  1 | 2,0  | 2,0 |  6 |        -----------------------------
  -----------------------------         Tot |  3 | 4,5  | 1,4 | 12 |
   Tot |  3 | 3,3  | 0,97| 12 |
                                     10| 29 |  3 | 1,5  | 0,5 |  2 |
10| 27 |  1 | 1,0  | 1,0 |  2 |        |    |  6 |~1,515| 0,3 |  4 |
  |    |  1 | 0,3  | 0,5 |  4 |        -----------------------------
  |    |  1 | 2,9  | 2,0 |  6 |         3,2s|  6 | 9,1  | 2,84| 24 |
  -----------------------------
   3,4s|  3 | 4,2  | 1,23| 12 |


- Kouryuuha is another highly popular choice. It's an AoE juggler like
X-Claw, but it's obtained later, and you can't chain it much because of
the high CP cost.



        Magic

 Df | Earth Glaive      | 3 |  5\14 |   1   | 1,95\2,6  |
                                    |   1   |    0,39   |
 22 | Fire Bolt         | 2 |  5\14 |  3\6  | 0,39\0,65 |
 37 | Stone Rain        | 4 |  7\16 |  5\11 | 0,39\0,43 |
 58 | Explosion             | 21\30 |   1   |    1,3    |
                                    | 10\13 | 0,13\0,26 |
 65 | Terra Hammer          | 21\30 |3x6\6x9| 0,39\0,42 |




                --- Reimi ---


        Normal Attacks

       Hit  dmg   cm   Rush H C
   PB | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 10 |f|x|
   SR | 1 | 0,8 | 1,0 | 10 | |x| MR
   LR | 1 | 0,8 | 1,0 |  6 | |x| LR, 2,7 total
      |+1 | 0,9 | 1,0 |  8 | |x| LR
      |+1 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 10 | |x| LR
   SS | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 10 | | | LR
   Ae | 3 | 0,3 | 0,5 |  6 |k| | LR

- Reimi's shots home in slightly.



        Waza


          Sonic Thorn                          Seraphic Thunder
          Ibarane                              Narukami

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 |  1D| 2 |   | |LP| | | 170 |        | 14 | 3 | T |S|  | | | 200 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1|  8 |  3 | 0,7  | 0,3 |  3 |       1| 12 | 8x3| 0,99 | 1,5 |  2 |
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   Tot | ~3 | 2,1  | 0,47|  9 |         Tot |    |      |     |    |

10| 12 |  6 | 0,79 | 0,3 |  3 |      10| 18 |17x3| 1,05 | 1,5 |  2 |
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   4,5s| ~4 | 3,16 | 0,7 | 18 |         3,2s|    |      |     |    |

- Ibarane is exceptionally good for a first skill. You probably can't
use it much early on, though, because of limited MP. You can execute it
faster by chaining into it from a normal attack.
- Narukami is... underwhelming. Don't waste your time.


          Crimson Squall                       Chaotic Blossoms
          Benishigure                          Midarezakura

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 28 | 3 |   | |LR|j| | 240 |        | 35 | 3 |   | |  |j| | 250 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 14 |  5|0,5~0,53|0,3 |  2 |       1| 16 |  1 | 0,2  | 1,0 |  2 |
  -----------------------------        |    |  9 | 0,2  | 0,3 |  2 |
   Tot |  5 | 2,5+ | 0,58| 10 |        |    |  1 | 1,0  | 1,0 |  2 |
                                       -----------------------------
10| 21 | 8|0,55~0,61|0,3 |  2 |         Tot | 11 | 3,0  | 0,67| 22 |
  -----------------------------
   4,3s|  8 | 4,6  | 1,07| 10 |      10| 25 |  1 | 0,29 | 1,0 |  2 |
                                       |    |  9 | 0,29 | 0,3 |  2 |
                                       |    |  1 | 1,45 | 1,0 |  2 |
                                       -----------------------------
                                        4,5s| 11 | 4,35 | 0,97| 22 |

- Benishigure is nice, but you're probably better off with Ibarane.
This one's better if the enemy has No Guard.
- Midarezakura is a terrible choice, not just because Reimi doesn't
have No Guard, but also because she doesn't recover fast enough to
hit the enemy before they enter knockdown, not even with Rush.


          Hunter's Moon                        Crescent Wings
          Mitsutsuki                           Yumihari

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 46 | 4 |   | |LR| | | 310 |        | 59 | 3 |   |W|LP| |x| 320 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 16 |  1 | 1,0  | 1,5 |  2 |       1| 18 |  5 | 1,0  | 0,3 |  3 |
  |    |  5 | 0,3  | 0,3 |  2 |        -----------------------------
  -----------------------------         Tot | ~3 | 3,0  | 0,81|  9 |
   Tot |  6 | 2,5  | 0,5 | 12 |
                                     10| 27 |  6 | 1,09 | 0,3 |  3 |
10| 25 |  1 | 1,0  | 1,5 |  2 |        -----------------------------
  |    |  8 | 0,39 | 0,3 |  2 |         3,7s| ~5 | 5,45 | 1,47| 15 |
  -----------------------------
4,5+0,5s| 9 | 4,12 | 0,82| 18 |

- Mitsutsuki isn't bad, but, again, is it better than Ibarane? Not really.
- Yumihari is great.


          Heavenly Flight                      Savage Sparrows
          Amagake                              Aratsubame

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 72 | 4 |   |S|  |j|x| 370 |        | 7S7| 5 |   |H|LR|j| | 470 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 18 |  6 | 0,5  | 1,0 |  2 |       1| 20 | 10 | 0,3  | 0,3 |  3 |
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   Tot | ~4 | 2,0  | 0,51|  8 |         Tot | ~7 | 2,1  | 0,48| 21 |

10| 27 |  6 | 0,6  | 1,9 |  2 |      10| 29 | 15 | 0,34 | 0,3 |  3 |
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   3,9s| ~4 | 2,4  | 0,61|  8 |         4,4s|~10 | 3,4  | 0,77| 30 |

- Amagake could be used for juggling, but without No Guard, Reimi isn't
suited too well for close quarters.
- Aratsubame is pretty wild, but it does interfere easily with other
characters' attacks.




                --- Bacchus ---


        Normal Attacks

       Hit  dmg   cm   Rush H C
   PB | 1 | 2,0 | 1,0 |  5 | |x| 3% stun
   SR | 1 | 1,8 | 1,0 |  3 | |x| MR
   LR | 1 | 1,5 | 1,0 |  5 | |x| LR
   SS | 1+| 1,0 | 0,5 |  5 | | | LR, 3% stun
   Ae | 3 | 0,5 | 0,5 |  2 |k|x| LR+H
      |   | 0,55| 0,5 |  2 | | |
      |   | 0,6 | 0,5 |  3 | | |

- With good timing, you can do 3 shots during a single sidestep. The
timing varies a little depending on which direction you're moving, so
it'll take some practice. Easily some of the best dps until you get
Termination, but I would prefer to be fighting in close quarters. The
AI, of course, doesn't use it.
- If the enemy isn't knocked back, you can chain SR+PB indefinitely,
resulting in some very nice dps.



        Waza


          Force Breaker                        Galvanic Shock

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 24D| 3 |   |H|MR| | | 230 |        | 24D| 2 | T | |  | | | 240 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1|  6 |  9 | 0,36 | 0,4 |  2 |       1|  8 |  3 | 0,9  | 0,4 |  3 | 2% stun
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   Tot |  5 | 1,8  | 0,6 | 10 |         Tot |  3 | 2,7  | 1,17|  9 |

10|  8 | 16 | 0,4  | 0,4 |  2 |      10| 13 |  8 | 0,94 | 0,4 |  3 | 2% stun
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
   3,0s| 10 | 4,0  | 1,33| 20 |         2,3s|  8 | 7,52 | 3,27| 24 |

- Force Breaker is alright.
- Galvanic Shock has great damage potential but limited range.


          Irradiation                          Termination

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 30 | 4 |   | |Ct|j| | 270 |        | 38 | 3 |   |W|LP|j|x| 300 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 10 |4x3 | 0,39 | 1,0 |  6 |       1| 11 |  3 | 1,43 | 1,2 |  4 |
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
 2,5+2s| 12 | 4,68 | 1,04| 72 |         Tot |  3 | 4,29 | 1,72| 12 |

10| 15 |8x3 | 0,46 | 1,0 |  6 |      10| 18 |  3 | 1,686| 1,2 |  4 |
  -----------------------------        -----------------------------
 3,0+2s| ~8 | 3,68 | 0,74| 48 |         2,5s|  3 | 5,06 | 2,02| 12 |

- Irradiation likely does more damage at lower levels, since the beams
will randomly fall within a larger area on higher skill levels. Either
way, it's probably not worth the high Rush generation.
- Termination is the first ridiculous AoE juggler that you'll learn.
Imagine if Energy Burst actually juggled enemies. That's pretty much
Termination for you. Just like Energy Burst, though, it might start
to feel a bit boring after a while, not that the combat has much to
offer either way, but still.


          Black Hole Sphere                    Blessed Buster

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 50 | 4 |   |V|Ct| | | 270 |        | 61 | 5 |   | |LP| | | 330 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 11 |  1 | 0,1  | 0,2 |  2 |       1| 13 |  6 | 0,71 | 0,4 |  2 |
  |    | 10 | 0,1  | 0,1 |  1 |        -----------------------------
  -----------------------------         Tot |  6 | 4,26 | 1,37| 12 |
   Tot | 11 | 1,1  | 0,15| 12 |
                                     10| 19 |  6 | 0,89 | 0,4 |  2 |
10| 18 |  1 | 0,1  | 0,2 |  2 |        -----------------------------
  |    | 19 | 0,1  | 0,1 |  1 |         3,1s|  6 | 5,34 | 1,72| 12 |
  -----------------------------
 3,2+4s| 20 | 2,0  | 0,28| 21 |

- Black Hole Sphere is a popular choice, not because of the damage, but
rather because it draws enemies towards it, making it easier to hit them
with another character's AoE waza. I don't really use it myself.
- Blessed Buster is a great choice, especially if you feel that Termination
interferes too much with other characters' performance.


          Justice Savior                       Godslayer

   Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP            Lv  CP   El A Rg H I   SP
 | 73 | 5 |   |L|LP| | | 320 |        | PG | 6 |   | |  | |x| 420 |

    MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush           MP  hits  Dmg  cm\DPS Rush
 1| 13 | 30 | 0,11 | 0,3 |  1 |       1| 14 |  2 | 1,3  | 0,3 |  2 |
  -----------------------------        |    |  8 | 0,4  | 0,3 |  2 |
   Tot |~20 | 2,2  | 0,65| 20 |        -----------------------------
                                        Tot | 10 | 5,8  | 1,7 | 20 |
10| 19 | 30 | 0,2  | 0,3 |  1 |
  -----------------------------      10| 20 |  2 | 1,4  | 0,3 |  2 |
   3,4s|~20 | 4,0  | 1,18| 20 |        |    | 13 | 0,5  | 0,3 |  2 |
                                       -----------------------------
                                        3,4s| 15 | 9,3  | 2,73| 30 |

- Justice Savior is another solid choice. The hit count can vary, though.
You can get almost 30 hits on larger enemies.
- Godslayer is an Action-RPG by SNK released for the Famicom in 1990.
No, wait. Uh...
- Godslayer is very underwhelming. It whiffs easily and has a high CP cost.




                --- Sarah ---


        Normal Attacks

       Hit  dmg   cm   Rush H C
   PB | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  8 |b|x|
   SR | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  5 | |x|
      |+1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  6 |f|x|
   Ae | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  5 | |x|
   LR | 1 | 1,0 | 1,5 |  6 | |x|

- Sarah can do a float loop as well with her normals, for what it's
worth. Since she's slower, the timing is a little trickier.


        Magic

 36D| Healing
 36D| Cure Condition      CP    MP     hit       dmg
 36D| Wind Blade        | 3 |  5\14 |  3\6  | 0,52\0,6  |  Lv1\Lv10
 36D| Lightning Blast   | 3 |  5\14 |  6\11 | 0,33\0,38 |
 36D| Radiant Lancer    | 2 |  5\14 |  4\7  | 0,26\0,34 |
                                    |   1   |    0,65   |
 36D| Faerie Healing
 36D| Enshelter / Protection|   16  | DFP +30% | 33\60s |
 37 | Restoration
 40 | Enhance / Growth / Power Up 18| ATP +30% | 33\60s |
 43 | Blast Hurricane   | 4 | 10\19 |  5\8  | 0,45\0,51 |
 46 | Ex Healing
 48 | Sacred Pain           |   17  | ERes -4  | 33\60s |
 51 | Faerie Light
 54 | Aurora Rings      | 4 |  7\16 |3x3\6x4| 0,39\0,52 |
 59 | Angel Feather         |   14  | All +15% | 33\60s |
 64 | Thunder Flare     | 4 |  7\16 |  5\8  | 0,39\0,47 |
 69 | Resurrection
 74 | Tornado           | 5 |  7\16 |  5\8  | 0,50\0,58 |
Q:En| Faerie Star
 PG | Sunflare          | 7 | 10\19 |   8   | 0,60\0,70 |




                --- Myuria ---


        Normal Attacks

       Hit  dmg   cm   Rush H C
   PB | 2 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 12 |k|x| 0,05x MP drain
   SR | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 10 | |x|
      |+1 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 12 | |x|
      |+1 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 12 | |x| 1,5% stun
   Ae | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 12 | |x|
   LR | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  4 | |x| LR


        Magic

 33D| Healing
 33D| Ice Needles       | 2 |  5\14 |  6\9  | 0,52\0,59 | 3% freeze
 33D| Lightning Blast   | 3 |  5\14 |  6\11 | 0,33\0,38 |
 33D| Deep Freeze       | 4 |  7\16 |  5\8  | 0,20\0,27 | 5\5,9% freeze
                                    |   1   |    0,65   |
 33D| Void
 33D| Thunder Flare     | 4 |  7\16 |  5\8  | 0,39\0,47 |
 35 | Shadow Needles    | 2 |  5\14 |  5\8  | 0,33\0,42 |
 41 | Enlighten / Wise      |   16  | Int +30% | 33\60s |
 47 | Faerie Healing
 52 | Reflection            |   15  | ERes +3  | 33\60s |
 56 | Dark Devourer         | 21\30 |  15   | 0,17\0,32 |
                                    |   2   | 0,34\0,46 |
 61 | Restoration
 67 | Arctic Impact         | 21\30 |   1   |    0,85   | 10%\15% freeze
                                    |   3   | 0,68\0,98 |
 73 | Extinction        | 6 |  7\16 |   1   |    0,13   | non-el.
                                    |   5   |    0,26   |
                                    |   1   | 1,30\2,60 |
Q:En| Faerie Star
 PG | Plasma Cyclone        | 21\30 |  7\10 |    0,34   |
7SC | Divine Wave           | 21\30 |   1   |    1,1    | non-el.
                                    |   1   | 3,38\5,07 |




                --- Lymle ---


        Normal Attacks

       Hit  dmg   cm   Rush H C
   PB | 1 | 1,0 | 1,3 | 12 |b| |
   SR | 8 | 0,2 | 0,3 |  2 | |x|
   Ae | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 10 | |x|
   LR | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 10 | |x| LR
   Bs | 1 | 1,0 | 1,3 | 12 |k| | Contact during Blindside maneuver

- The hound skills (marked with an asterisk) use Int like spells, but
can only be used when set as a battle skill. For whatever reason, these
skills deal 1/3 more damage than the figures in the game and in the book
indicate (eg. Hound Grenade deals ~3,2666x damage at Lv10). The random
variation is similar to physical skills (+1~2% Int).


        Magic

  1D| Fire Bolt         | 2 |  5\14 |  3\6  | 0,39\0,65 |
  1D| Hatchet Reel     *| 2 |  8\12 |   3   |    0,2    | non-el.
                                    | 17\25 | 0,24\0,28 | F
  6 | Healing
 13 | Wind Blade        | 3 |  5\14 |  3\6  | 0,52\0,60 |
 18 | Scorching Star   *| 3 | 14\21 |   3   |    0,07   | non-el.
                                    |   9   | 0,45\0,54 | F
 21 | Faerie Healing
 25 | Silence               |   22  |  Sil  |   52\70%  |
 28 | Lightning Blast   | 3 |  5\14 |  6\11 | 0,33\0,38 |
 32 | Hound Grenade    *| 4 | 18\27 |   1   | 2,00\2,45 | non-el.
                                    |   1   | 2,00\2,45 | F
 36 | Void
 41 | Spiral Fang      *| 4 | 18\27 |   1   |    0,2    | non-el.
                                    | 14\9  | 0,35\0,49 | F
 47 | Explosion             | 21\30 |   1   |    1,3    |
                                    | 10\13 | 0,13\0,26 |
 51 | Reflection
 56 | Tornado           | 5 |  7\16 |  5\8  | 0,50\0,58 |
 65 | Thunder Flare     | 4 |  7\16 |  5\8  | 0,39\0,47 |
 71 | Volcanic Burst    | 5 | 10\19 |   1   |    1,3    |
                                    | 11\15 | 0,26\0,34 |
Q:En| Faerie Star
 PG | Trinity Blaze    *| 6 | 20\29 |   1   |    0,2    | non-el.
                                    |  30   | 1,10\1,65 | F




                --- Faize ---


        Normal Attacks

       Hit  dmg   cm   Rush H C
   PB | 4 | 0,1 | 0,3 |  2 | |x|
      | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  3 | | |
   SR | 1 | 0,4 | 0,6 |  2 | |x|
      | 1 | 0,5 | 0,8 |  2 | | |
      |+1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  6 | |x|
   Ae | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 |  6 | |x|
   LR | 1 | 1,0 | 1,0 | 12 | |x|



        Magic

  3D| Earth Glaive      | 3 |  5\14 |   1   | 1,95\2,6  |
                                    |   1   |    0,39   |
  6 | Antidote
 12 | Ice Needles       | 2 |  5\14 |  6\9  | 0,52\0,59 | 3% freeze
 21 | Stone Rain        | 4 |  7\16 |  5\11 | 0,39\0,43 |
 26 | Shadow Needles    | 2 |  5\14 |  5\8  | 0,33\0,42 |
 34 | Enlighten
 41 | Deep Freeze       | 4 |  7\16 |  5\8  | 0,20\0,27 | 5\5,9% freeze
                                    |   1   |    0,65   |
 48 | Vampiric Blade    | 4 | 10\19 |  4\9  | 0,10\0,14 |
 55 | Terra Hammer          | 21\30 |3x6\6x9| 0,39\0,42 |
 61 | Dark Devourer         | 21\30 |  15   | 0,17\0,32 |
                                    |   2   | 0,34\0,46 |
 66 | Reaping Spark     | 5 | 10\19|4x10\7x12|0,13\0,25 | non-el.
 73 | Extinction        | 6 |  7\16 |   1   |    0,13   | non-el.
                                    |   5   |    0,26   |
                                    |   1   | 1,30\2,60 |
7SC | Divine Wave           | 21\30 |   1   |    1,1    | non-el.
                                    |   1   | 3,38\5,07 |



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                                   BT Help                           A02


- The BT guide on GameFAQs should be your primary source of information
regarding Battle Trophies, if only because it has a full list. In this
section, I'd like to provide some additional notes and alternate methods.


        Defeat an enemy in exactly x minutes (Bacchus, Reimi)

- These are fairly lenient (could be +/-0,5s), but that won't help much
if you don't start the clock at the right time. It's easy to start the
clock a bit late. You need to start it as soon as the camera starts
shifting towards your character, before you can even see the character.


        Defeat two enemies in a row with exact damage (Bacchus)

- Use Compact Bombs and Wide Range EM Bombs on the Harpies on Roak.
Only works on Galaxy.


        Win with 5~1 HP Remaining (Arumat)

- You can easily get these on Aeos, since the enemies deal 0-4 pod.
Save once you're close and load if you overshoot.


        Win 100 consecutive battles without healing (Arumat)

- You can't even recover MP.


        Recover HP to the exact maximum capacity (Edge-023, Myuria-023)

- This BT *specifically* requires you to use the regular Healing spell.
No other healing action will work.
- Again, take damage from weak enemies to bring your cHP down to the
required value.


        Absorb a total of x HP/MP (Reimi, Sarah, Myuria)

- This isn't about absorbing elemental damage. You need to drain HP/MP
*from* the enemy. MP is simple enough. Myuria has her MP draining normal
attack, whereas other characters can use Symbolic Weapon.
- For HP, you need to use HP Absorption Units. Wait until you can dupe it.
Each one does 1600-2700 pod, but you can't drain more HP than what the
enemy has.


        Survive 3/4/5/6 ambushes in one battle (Edge)

- These can't overlap; even if you have a chain of 6 battles, you won't
get the BT for 6 if you were still missing any of the previous ones.
- The Phantom ambush could potentially be used for these, but I'd recommend
getting them in the Wandering Dungeon instead.


        Get 3\4 status ailments at once

- Using drinks makes these rather trivial, but if you'd prefer not to
use those, you can easily get it at the colosseum by fighting Anonymous
(Poison), Beetle Sage (Silence), Moonlit Man (Curse via Ignition), and
the Blind Sucker (Fog). Make sure you're not using any gear with status
resistance.


        Inflicted with ailment x 100 times (Reimi, Sarah)

- Poison: Chaotic Leader (Nox)
- Paralysis: Lightning Corpse (En Il)
- Curse: Ill Will / Wandering Ghost (Tatroi - Team Battle) / Lightning Corpse
- Pumpkin: Man-Faced Tree (Tatroi - Single Battle)


        Kill 100 enemies inflicted with ailment x

- Use Bacchus' sidestep shot to inflict the ailment, then kill the enemy
with the appropriate character. Dupe the Maser Cannon and use that to get
the lowest ATP. Paralysis is harder to inflict than other ailments (which
makes sense), so you'll only get about 1 per battle. The others are much
faster.
- You can just inflict Silence with the spell, although a lot of enemies
have 50% resistance to it. I just listed a few with no resistance.

 Reimi   | Paral. | Nox      | Soul Reaper
 Bacchus | Fog    | Nox      | Phantom Beetle
 Arumat  | Curse  | Nox      | Phantom Beetle
 Edge    | Poison | WD       | Adephaga Prox
 Myuria  | Freeze | WD       | Adephaga Prox
 Lymle   | Silence| Lemuris  | Kobold, Myconids


        Survive incapacitation via Fury x (Consecutive) Times (R, M, Y)

- Equip Fury Boost and a Green Talisman for these. I doubt the Green
Talisman effect stacks. Use Self-Destructors when your health is above 80%.


        Get enraged x times (Myuria, Faize)

- Just go fight Ashlay at the colosseum and have him whack off a couple
of characters over and over again.


        Use Energy Shield four times in a row (Lymle)

- Doesn't look like you can abuse saves for this one. It's not too bad,
though. I got it by fighting the Living Forest (2x Animated Tree) at the
arena.


        Defeat 999 Scumbags (Lymle)

- The Country Bumpkins at the arena is good for this.


        Defeat 99 Metal Scumbags (Lymle)

- Some of the thieves at the arena are Mech-type, but they don't count.
It has to be the one found in the Seven Star Cave.


        Defeat 55 Grigori (Faize)

- I'd get these by fighting the optional bosses in the final battle (if
they count - I've yet to confirm it). You'll have to go through the ending
every time, but it's not that big a deal. You can go do something else in
the mean time.


        Absorb (element)-based attack (mages)

- You can get elemental absorption by synthing Symbol Cards. Check the
enemy move list to see what spells enemies use (although physical attacks
work too). Don't forget that enemies prefer to use magic at long range
(unless it's Vampiric Blade). Load the game afterwards if you'd rather
not mess with your armor like that.
- You *cannot* use friendly fire to get these. The damage is simply reduced
to 0.


        Take no damage 50 times in a row (Reimi, Myuria)

- Instead of using Fainting Potions, you could equip a Holy Chainmail /
Lustrous Robe and a Kokabiel Spawn Jewel and go get hit by a Blade Beast's
tail shot (eg. Optimum Fangs at the arena).


        Land 120\100 hits during Rush Mode (Meracle, Edge)

- Chain Ripper Pounce on a Man-Faced Tree (equip an Anti-Pumpkin). If
you're fast enough, you can maintain the hit chain between cancel chains.
- Edge should use 2x Scintillant Stream and end the chain with a Stampede
Slash, which has a low enough recovery time that you can maintain the hit
chain between cancel chains.


        Land 99 999 hits (Meracle, Edge)

- You'll likely get these while going for the -ology drops.


        Obtain 255 -ology drops

- Of all the BTs in the game, these are some of the most disgustingly
time-consuming. The harder ones will take maybe 20 hours each.
- Doesn't matter who kills the enemy when going for these.

 Sarah    | 30% | Kobold Bandit      | Roak
 Arumat/Fz| 15% | Adephaga Venom     | Aeos
          | 25% | Adephaga Prox      | WD B1
 Meracle  |  6% | Crater Peryton     | 7SC B1
 Edge     |  5% | Sydonaist Delta    | 7SC B4
 Reimi    |  7% | Giant Fungus       | Lemuris - Van Elm
          | 25% | Acid Gerel         | WD B1
 Bacchus  |  5% | Dark Bot Striker   | Nox Obscurus
 Lymle    |  7% | Soul Reaper        | Nox Obscurus - Pulsating Bog
          | 25% | Misfortuner        | WD B1-5
 Myuria   |  8% | Flying Ice         | 7SC B4
          | 30% | Jade Golem         | WD B3-4


        Defeat 30 000 enemies (Edge, Arumat)

- These are the absolute worst. These could take up to 80 hours each.
It's slower for Edge, since he doesn't have AoE waza, but he'll likely
start with more kills under his belt (up to 5000 from the -ology drops
alone).
- It seems enemies spawned during battle (Grells, etc) don't count, not
that it makes much of a difference.


        Deal Exact Damage (Meracle, Bacchus, Reimi, Edge, Arumat, Lymle)

- Rather than messing around with Self-Destructors, I would recommend
getting these using waza and normal attacks. Start with a number slightly
below the target damage figure (to account for the first random variable),
divide it by the damage multiplier of the attack you think might be
suitable, multiply by 1,5, and divide by 2. This gives you the ATP figure
that would get you in range if the enemy had 0 DFP, which no enemy has.
Check your weapons and pick one that gets you a fair bit above the ATP
value you first calculated. Multiply the difference between that and the
ATP you actually have with 2 to see how much DFP the enemy needs to have.
Then you just check the enemy list to see if any enemy has that value.
Run the numbers to see that it works out. It's a little tricky to take
the random variable into account in advance, so you'll likely need to
tweak your numbers a bit.
- If an elemental multiplier is involved, the damage figures may be
limited to either odd or even figures. If it's one but you want the
other, try increasing your ATP just a little bit.
- If you try to get these before reaching Lv255, you may run into issues
due to level up gains.
- When working with very high ATP figures, it could take a while before
you get a hit, since the range of random variation is greater.

- There's a list of weapons and other ATP-affecting gear a few pages below.
- Again, physical damage equals

    (2*ATP - target DFP) / 1,5 + (0,01*ATP)~(0,02*ATP) + 0~3

- Self-Destructor 3000 damage is: base damage * cHP / 10 000.

- I found crunching the numbers quite enjoyable, but if that's not your
thing, see the list below. Refrain from using any Attack Seeds until
you've gotten the BTs for a specific character (unless you're down to
the last one and it helps with it). These only work on Galaxy level,
and the IC weapons are regular variety.


     Meracle

   777 | Claws of Fury w/ 2987 ATP (Lv255) vs Germinator (500/558 DFP)

  7777 | Max Shockwave Lv10 w/ 8083 ATP vs Moonlight Lady (6404 DFP)(solo)
           Lv255 + Crimson Falcons + Beat S (7617) * 1,06
         Drill Spike Lv10   w/ 8345 ATP vs Moonlight Lady / Spriggan
           Lv255 + Crimson Falcons + Beat B (7517) * 1,11
         Max Shockwave Lv10 at 160% w/ 3887 ATP vs Chestpounder (1653 DFP)
           Lv255 + Laser Weapon
         Drill Spike Lv10 w/ 5974 ATP (Lv255 + Berserk) vs Chestpounder

 77777 | Comet Impact Lv10 w/ 9459 ATP vs Phantom Dragon Newt (1000 DFP)
           Lv255 + Crimson Falcons w/ ATP +18% +
            Adephaga Drus Jewel (+5), Astralian Emblem (+25)


     Bacchus

 exact damage one hit | Justice Savior Lv10 w/ 2381 ATP vs Apprentice Scumbag
                          Lv255 + Plasma Cannon + Beat S

   512 | Black Hole Sphere w/ 3946 ATP vs Shattered Rock (992 DFP)
           Lv255 + Photonic Blaster + Beat S

  1024 | Black Hole Sphere w/ 8135 ATP vs Angler Shell (2620 DFP)
           Lv255 + Legion's Howl

  4096 | Force Breaker Lv10 w/ 8235 ATP vs Lord of the Mountains (1476 DFP)
           Lv255 + Legion's Howl + Beat S

 16384 | Termination Lv10 w/ 8160 ATP vs Treant (7SC)(1848 DFP)
           Lv255 + Legion's Howl + Astralian Emblem

 32768 | Termination Lv10 at 200% w/ 8235 ATP vs Adephaga Prox (1959 DFP)
           Lv255 + Legion's Howl + Beat S

 65536 | Termination Lv10 at 200% w/ 8235 ATP vs Adephaga Prox (1959 DFP)
           Lv255 + Legion's Howl w/ Wind-element, Beat S
           Galvanic Shock as cancel fodder. Target an enemy going for
            another character, so you'll whiff or just start the chain
            with a LR normal.
           You can apparently get 32k and 16k at the same time using Echo
            damage, but I can't confirm that, since I got lucky and got
            them unintentionally (I spammed a *looot* of Termination...).


     Reimi

   111 | 785 ATP (Lv255 + Scumbag Slyr + Adephaga Drus) vs Rock Hermit(Astral)

  1111 | Hunter's Moon Lv10 w/ 2634 ATP vs Stimulated Bacteria (1150 DFP)
           Lv255 + Darkstriker
         Hunter's Moon Lv10 w/ 2849 ATP vs Dark Creeper (1577 DFP)
           Lv255 + Laser Weapon

 11111 | Crescent Wings Lv10 at 180% w/ 4875 ATP vs Gust Hornet (1304 DFP)
           Lv255 + Artifact Bow + Beat S * 1,03
         Crescent Wings Lv10 at 180% w/ 4917 ATP vs Guiafairo (1386 DFP)
           Lv255 + Saint's Bow + ~7 + Berserk


     Edge

   555 | 952 ATP (Lv255 + Scumbag Slayer) vs Bubble Crab (1093) / Dark Raptor

  5555 | Cyclone Blade Lv10 w/ 5240 ATP vs Flying Ice (2672 DFP)
           Lv255 + MoonstoneSD

 55555 | Raging Strike Lv10 w/ 6880 ATP vs Dark Bot "Striker" (960 DFP)
           Lv255 + Imperial Sword + Beat S
         Raging Strike Lv10 w/ 6816 ATP vs Sydonaist Delta (835 DFP)
           Lv255 + Imperial Sword + 36 ATP (Astral Emblem, Leonblade Jwl)


     Arumat

   999 | Bloodstorm Revolution Lv10 w/ 3050 ATP vs Flying Ice (2672 DFP)
           Lv255 + Astralian Emblem + Temple Guardian/Jade Golem/Hell Clown

  4444 | Dragon Roar Lv10 w/ 3111 ATP vs Crusher Ape (1867) / Deep Red (1871)
           Lv255 + Beat S
         3529 ATP (Lv255 + Eldarian) vs Red Corpse (462 DFP)

  9999 | Bloodstorm Revolution Lv10 at 200% w/ 9610 ATP vs Guiafairo (1386)
           Lv255 + Asura Vajra + Beat S

 44444 | Unholy Maelstrom Lv10 w/ 9267 ATP vs Adephaga Prox (1959 DFP)
           Lv255, Quake Scythe (Wind), *1,1


     Lymle

   123 | 1128 ATP vs Catastrophic Dawn (1470 DFP)

  1234 | 1148 ATP vs Mage Chimera (470 DFP)

 12345 | Hound Grenade Lv10 w/ 3760 Int (Lv255 + Nightmare Wand + IntBoost)



 ATP +18% | Saber-Toothed Tiger Fang  (weapon)
 ATP +10% | Saber-Toothed Tiger Fang  (acc.)
 ATP +10% | Solo Champion Medal (+ 20)(neck)
 ATP +7%  | Potent Attack Seeds (+ 12)(weapon)
 ATP +5%  | Hyper Potion  (weapon / armor)
 ATP +4%  | Attack Bracelet (+ 10\3)
 ATP +4%  | Attack Seeds  (weapon)
 ATP +3%  | Hyper Potion  (acc.)
 ATP +2%  | Attack Seeds  (acc.)
 ATP +53  | Beef Steak    (weapon)
 ATP +33  | Hamburg Steak (weapon)
 ATP +25  | Astralian Emblem (wrist)
 ATP +20  | SC Enhance +  (weapon)
 ATP +20  | Dark Panzer Jewel (neck)
 ATP +12  | Battler Amulet (neck)
 ATP +11  | Leonblade Jewel
 ATP +10  | Ripe Berries  (weapon)
 ATP +9   | Damascus Fort Jewel
 ATP +6   | Adephaga Drus Jewel
 ATP +2   | Killer Wasp Jewel
 ATP +1   | Giant Fungus Jewel
 ATP -1   | Lightning Corpse Jewel
 ATP -3   | Lizard Shaman Jewel
 ATP -5   | Barachiel Jewel
 ATP -6   | Spirit Priest Jewel
 ATP -20  | Kokabiel Spawn Jewel


Scumbag Slayer         |    1 | IC     | ATP -60%, Int -60%    {111 Hit}
Workman's Blade        |   22 | Def.   |          Lv255: 2380 Str
Storm Cutter           |   44 |C:Aeos  | E:I         {47, wind blast atk}
Blessed Blade          |   36 | Triom  | Undead +20%
Flame Sword            |   78 |C:Lemur | E:F, fire blast atk   {82}
Cardianon Sword        |   60 |(Celest)| Humanoid +20%
Silvance               |  103 |(Mother)|
Bastard Sword          |  198 | Tatroi |
Famed Sword "Veinslay" |  220 |(Astral)| Hit +60
Venom Sword            |  231 |C:Roak  | Efc: Poison          {237}
Icecrusher Sword       |  291 |C:Roak  | E:W, ice blast atk   {301}
Mithril Sword          |  590 | Colos. |  2500 C
Arcana Sword           |  750 |C:En Il | MP cost -10%, Stats +10  {770}
Observer's Sword       |  522 | Centro |
Laser Weapon           |  900 |Q:EnIl,(WD)
Holy Sword "Farewell"  |  650 |(Palace)| E:L, light blast atk
Moonstone Sword        | 2860 |C:7SC   | Efc: Silence  {2890, insect dmg +20%}
Lightning Sword        | 2100 |(Purge) | E:T, lightning blast atk
Imperial Sword         | 4400 |C:WD    |               {4420, ATP +18%}
Shihou Murasame        | 5999 | WD     | [DFP -1999, Hit & GRD -999]
Demon Sword "Levantine"| 3500 |(WD)    | Dark blast atk, [DFP -514, Hit -319]

Short Bow              |   19 | Def.   |          Lv255: 1949 Str
Eldarian Bow           |   35 | Aeos   | Crit
Hunting Bow            |   81 |C:Lemur.| Crit        {86, animal dmg +20%}
Torch Bow              |   47 | Woodley| E:F
Earthsoul Bow          |   89 |C:Lemur.| E:E,
Cardianon Bow          |  101 |(Mother)| Humanoid +20%
Alien Arc              |  118 |(Milit.)| E:L, light blast atk
Bellwether's Bow       |  155 |(Roak)  | Avian +20%, Animal +20%
Composite Bow          |  194 |C:Roak  | Crit, Hit +3%
Bow of Wisdom          |  230 |(Purge) | Crit
Wild Arc               |  445 | Colos. |  1500 C
Mystic Bow             |  303 |C:Roak  |                   {323, stun}
Saint's Bow            |  502 | Centro | E:L
Homing Arc             |  594 |C:En Il | Hit +10%          {594}
Laser Weapon           |  900 |Q:EnIl,(WD)
Spirit Bow "Darkstriker"  685 |C:Nox   | E:D, Undead +20%  {720, dark blast}
Evil Spirit's Bow      | 1857 |(7SC)   | Efc: Curse
Artifact Bow           | 2684 |(WD)    |
Reppuu Shingetsu       | 2999 | WD     | E:I
Mediumistic Bow        | 4100 |C:WD    | Crit             {4150, Crit}

Maser Cannon           |  110 | Def.   |          Lv255: 2136 Str
Plasma Cannon          |  145 |(Milit.)| E:T
Ancient Cannon         |  249 |(Purge) |
Deadly Cannon          |  308 |C:Roak  | Crit, magic blast atk   {313}
T08 Cannon             |  523 | Centro | E:T
Laser Weapon           |  900 |Q:EnIl,(WD)
Immortal Smasher       |  550 |(Celest)| E:D, dark blast atk
Dragoon Blaster        |  930 |C:Nox   | Demon +20%        {940}
Vulcan Discharger      |  810 |(Palace)| E:T
Photonic Blaster       | 1710 |C:7SC   | Mech +20%    {1740, mystic blast atk}
Symbol Cannon "Tempest"| 4092 |C:WD    |              {4140}
Ultimate Cannon        | 3100 |(WD)    | Crit, magic blast atk, [DFP -300]
Legion's Howl          | 5999 | WD     | Efc:Stun, normal atk +10%,[DFP -1999]

Iron Claws             |  170 | Def.   |          Lv255: 2987 Str
Vermilion Claws        |  231 | Tropp  |
Ocean Claws            |  458 |C:Roak  | E:W, water blast atk   {478}
Dragon Claws           |  610 | Colos. | Crit, Demon +20%  \ 2800 C
Hurricane Claws        |  378 |(Aeos-p2) E:I
Slasher Claws          |  540 | Centro |
Laser Weapon           |  900 |Q:EnIl,(WD)
Bigfoot's Claws        | 1200 |C:Nox   | Efc: Stun        {1210}
Burning Claws          | 1933 |(AstralC) E:F, ATP +3%
Crimson Falcons        | 4999 |(WD)    | Crit, Animal +20%
Rumble Claws           | 5200 |C:EQ    | Normal atk +10%, fire blast atk

Eldarian Scythe        |  518 | Def.   |          Lv255: 3011 Str
Inferno Sickle         |  670 | Colos. | E:F, fire blast atk, ATP +18% \9000 C
Grim Reaper            |  600 | Centro | E:D
Laser Scythe           |  830 |C:En Il | Crit, ATP +3%         {860}
Laser Weapon           |  900 |Q:EnIl,(WD)
Quadplex Scythe        |  920 |C:Nox   | ATP +7%, Avian +20%   {963}
Asura Vajra            | 6499 | WD     | Human +20%, [DFP -1999, Hit&GRD -999]
Quake Scythe           | 5414 |C:WD    | E:E, earth blast atk {5469}

Candy Wand             |   17 |   12 |            Lv255: 1128 Str, 2274 Int
Flame Wand             |   30 |   25 |
Booster Wand           |   60 |   44 |
Crystal Wand           |  165 |   84 |
Wand of Wonder         |  120 |  110 |
Ruby Wand              |   99 |  144 |
Nature Wand            |  192 |  215 |
Rune Wand              |   30 |  270 |
Nightmare Wand         |  401 |  478 |
Star Ruby Wand         |  280 |  580 |
Laser Weapon           |  900 |  600 |
Wand of Resonance      |  460 |  795 | Int +7%
Blazing Wand           | 1163 | 2588 |
Divine Wand            | 1499 | 3399 |
Ancient Sage's Wand    | 1311 | 4100 |

Seven Star Cloak       | 1200 |
Virtuous Robe          | 1857 | 15% status immunity   {1867, 2% HP Regen}

Sorcerous Guard        | 1603 | 15% status immunity   {1605}
Absolute Protector     | 1910 |
Valkyrie's Garb        | 2332 | Light blast guard, 70% Curse res

Valiant Mail           | 1900 | DFP +20%, 70% Paral. res  {1930}
Universal Armor        | 3300 |                           {3350}
Battle Armor "Hellfire"| 4999 | [GRD +999, ATP & Hit -999]

Override Gear "Omega"  | 1596 | DFP +60, HP +10%, shockwave guard  {1625}
Plate of Lost Monarch  | 2500 |
Electroshock Gear      | 4999 | A:T   [ATP & Hit -999]



        Recover exactly 777/7777/77 777 HP (Sarah)

- Don't level up Sarah's healing spells until you've gotten these.
- Since you can easily change your max HP in the hundreds, the first
two digits from the right (without Beat B) are the most important ones.
- Non-integers are rounded properly (eg. 5,6 becomes 6; 10,2 becomes 10),
although I'm not sure how the game handles x,5.

    777 HP

- The main issue with 777 is that Sarah joins so late that your max HP
figures are likely too high. What I recommend is that you keep Faize
below Lv27 until Sarah joins. You need to keep him knocked out during
your time on Roak or he'll exceed that from quest/harvesting xp. His
mHP is 2490 at Lv26, so you just equip a Power Bracelet and heal by 30%.

    7777 HP

- Meracle has 25 763 HP at Lv85. Drop that by 1000 (Star Ruby + Ruby),
then just use a 31% heal.


Restoration     | 37 |    0 + 22/24/26~40%
Faerie Healing  | 32 |  100 + 26~35%
Ripe Berries    |    |        30%
Healing         |  - |  100 + 31~40% (rounded properly)
Faerie Light    | 51 |  500 + 51~60%
Ex-Healing      | 46 | 1000 + 71~80%
Faerie Star     | En | 1000 + 81~90%


Health Seeds         | HP  +50
Potent Health Seeds  | HP +200

SC Healing (armor)   | HP  +40
SC Healing (acc.)    | HP  +20
SC Ex-Healing (armor)| HP +200
SC Ex-Healing (acc.) | HP +100
HP Absorption Unit(ar) HP +200
HP Absorpt. (acc.)   | HP +100
Health Seeds (armor) | HP +10%
Health Seeds (acc.)  | HP  +5%
Pot. HealthS (armor) | HP +20%
Pot. HealthS (acc.)  | HP +10%

Ruby (armor)         | HP -300 (& MP  +40)
Ruby (acc.)          | HP -200 (& MP  +20)
Star Ruby (armor)    | HP -800 (& MP +300)
Star Ruby (acc.)     | HP -500 (& MP +150)

Power Bracelet       | HP +100 (& MP  +50)


          677/777r  (777)

0,20 |   3883~7
0,22r|   3531~3        first two digits (from the right)
0,24r|   3236~9
0,26r|   2987~90        01+      30(+)    54(+)    83(+)
0,28r|   2774~6         02(+)    31(+)    55+      84(+)
0,26 |   2602~5         03(+)    32(+)    56(+)    85(+)
0,30r|   2589~91        04(+)    33(+)    57(+)    86(+)
0,27 |   2506~9         05       34(+)    58(+)    87(+)
0,32r|   2427~9         06(+)    35(+)    59(+)    88(+)
0,28 |   2417~9         07(+)    36(+)    65+      89(+)
0,29 |   2333~6         08(+)    37(+)    66+      90
0,34r|   2284~6         09(+)    38(+)    67+      91
0,30 |   2256~8         15       39(+)    68+      92(+)
0,31 |   2183~5         16       40+      69+      93(+)
0,36r|   2157~9         17       41+      74       94+
0,32 |   2115~7         18       42(+)    75       95+
0,33 |   2051~3         19       43(+)    76       96+
0,38r|   2044~6         24+      44       77+
0,34 |   1990~2         25+      45       78+
0,40r|   1942~3         26+      46       79+
0,35 |   1933~5         27       51(+)    80(+)
0,36 |   1880~1         28       52(+)    81(+)
0,37 |   1829~31        29       53(+)    82(+)
0,38 |   1781~2
0,39 |   1735~7
0,40 |   1692~3
0,50 |   1554


         7677/7777r (7777)

                      1,2x HP
0,20x| 38 883~87     32 403~06
0,22r| 35 348~52     29 457~60
0,24r| 32 403~06     27 003~05
0,26r| 29 910~13     24 925~27
0,26 | 29 526~28     24 605~07
0,27 | 28 432~35     23 693~96
0,28r| 27 774~76     23 145~47
0,28 | 27 417~19     22 848~49
0,29 | 26 471~74     22 059~62
0,30r| 25 922~24     21 602~03
0,30 | 25 589~91     21 324~26
0,31 | 24 763~66     20 636~38
0,32r| 24 302~04     20 252~53
0,32 | 23 990~92     19 992~93
0,33 | 23 263~65     19 386~87
0,34r| 22 873~74     19 061~62
0,34 | 22 578~80     18 815~17
0,35 | 21 933~35     18 278~79
0,36r| 21 602~04     18 002~03
0,36 | 21 324~26     17 770~72
0,37 | 20 748~49     17 290~91
0,38r| 20 465~67     17 054~56
0,38 | 20 202~03     16 835~36
0,39 | 19 684~85     16 403~04
0,40r| 19 442~43     16 202
0,40 | 19 192~93     15 993~94
0,50x| 15 554        12 962
0,60x| 12 961        10 801
0,70x| 11 110          9258


       76 777 (77 777)

0,77 | 99 710~11
0,78 | 98 432
0,79 | 97 186
0,80 | 95 971
0,81 | 94 786~87
0,82 | 93 630~31
0,83 | 92 502~03
0,84 | 91 401
0,85 | 90 326
0,86 | 89 276
0,87 | 88 249
0,88 | 87 247
0,89 | 86 266
0,90 | 85 308



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                                  Area Notes                         A03



               ---- Aeos - Part 1 ----


 Items of note:
   Recipe Memo 05         | Calnus - Recreational Area


        Calnus

- You can get Recipe Memo 05 from an NPC after hitting Aeos. You can't get
it anymore after taking down the boss.

        Landing Site

- If this is your first time, spend some time figuring out Edge's different
normal attacks. Like I said, it's vital that you learn how to chain into
his uppercut floater (tilt in the enemy's direction + attack at point blank
range). Just input the command during one of the regular short range attacks.
You can do it from any of the hits in Edge's 3-hit combo, giving you three
possible float points. If the enemy is close to Rushing, you'll want to float
them before they go into Rush.
- It's pretty easy to end up doing the point blank attack unintentionally
when you attack as you approach an enemy. You just need to become conscious
of it to avoid it.
- Careful with the bees. If there are more than two of them, they can easily
stunlock you.
- If you see a Rushing enemy going after Reimi, you should take control of
her or she'll likely end up taking severe damage. Setting her to Beat B lets
her tank more damage.
- On higher difficulty levels, you'll need to spend a fair amount of time
increasing your BEAT levels. Monster jewels can help a lot, but I'd stick
to the more reasonable ones (eg. Cursed Horror, Blue Eagle).

- The base odds for the Harvesting and Mining items add up to 100%, meaning
you'll always get *something* (so long as you have space for it). A roll is
made between 1 and 100, and each item has a certain range on that scale.
Using the list below as an example, rolling a number between 1-6 would give
you an Insect Egg, whereas rolling 83-100 would give you Blueberries. Even
at Lv1, you already get two rolls, so the base odds aren't really accurate.
With two rolls, the odds of getting something with a base rate of 18% are
about 33% (1 - 0,82 * 0,82). With six rolls, at Lv10, it's 70%.
- Leveling up Harvesting/Mining also increases the amount of xp you receive
from harvesting (double at Lv10).
- If you can't carry the item(s) you receive, you won't get any xp or SP.
- Can't do anything about the Mining spots until Bacchus joins.
- You'll see the number of procurement points in a given location in brackets
(regular + hidden). When you're standing on / facing a hidden one, you'll
get a Confirm prompt to reveal it. I wouldn't waste too much time searching
for them, at least not when the items aren't that useful. There's one behind
a tree near the first mining point.


         Greens (3 + 1)                     Minerals (3 + 1)

  base Lv10 maxQty
 | 18%\70% | 3 | Blueberries           | 90%\100%| 4 | Iron
 | 18%\70% | 2 | Aquaberries           | 10%\47% | 1 | Silver
 | 18%\70% | 2 | White Rice
 | 18%\70% | 2 | Lemon                     Lv   # of rolls
 | 11%\50% | 3 | Pickled Plum             1-2 | 2
 | 11%\50% | 2 | Vegetables               3-4 | 3
 |  6%\31% | 1 | Insect Egg               5-6 | 4
                                          7-9 | 5
                                           10 | 6
        Urd Falls Cave

         Greens (1)                         Minerals (4 (A), 1 (B))

 | 22%\77% | 4 | Blueberries         A | 90%\100%| 4 | Iron
 | 16%\65% | 4 | White Rice            | 10%\47% | 2 | Silver
 | 16%\65% | 3 | Aquaberries
 | 16%\65% | 3 | Blackberries
 | 12%\54% | 2 | Vegetables          B | 78%\100%| 4 | Iron
 | 12%\54% | 2 | Seaweed               | 13%\57% | 2 | Coal
 |  5%\26% | 2 | Insect Egg            |  9%\43% | 1 | Silver
 |  1%\6%  | 2 | Bizarre Fruit       (req. Earth Ring)


        Northern Coast

- You'll fight the boss when you approach the marker on the beach.
- Some of the bosses in SO4 have a weak spot you need to target in order
to deal good damage. Eg. the first boss has a weak spot on its right side,
although it's initially protected by armor. The AI characters aren't smart
enough to target these weak spots, so it's best to set them on manual and
go one-on-one with the boss using Edge.
- The notes on bosses are mostly found in the enemy list.

         Greens (4 + 1)                     Minerals (4)

 | 22%\77% | 3 | Blueberries           | 90%\100%| 4 | Iron
 | 17%\67% | 2 | Lemon                 | 10%\47% | 2 | Silver
 | 12%\54% | 3 | Pickled Plum
 | 12%\54% | 2 | Vegetables
 | 12%\54% | 2 | Seaweed
 | 12%\54% | 2 | Fresh Sage
 | 12%\54% | 1 | Insect Egg
 |  1%\6%  | 1 | Defense Seeds


- Buy three Eldarian Bows (500 fol), two to create Hunting Bows (one for
a shop order, one to keep) and one for backup.
- As already mentioned, you *must* complete the quests and shop orders
on Aeos before progressing the story too much (last chance is after the
Mothership). The shop orders are:
 - White Rice x3          - Iron x5
 - Pickled Plum x5        - Silver x4 *             *: Need to come back
 - Seaweed x5             - Lizardskin x5 *             for these later
 - Gambleberries x3 *     - Lemon x5

- There are three side-quests here: The Missing Patient (Sickbay - Airi),
Leg Collector, and Egg Collector (Research Lab - Lilia).




               ---- Lemuris ----


 Items of note:
   Monster Jewel          | Thalia Plains - Proper
   SM "Hide"              | Thalia Plains - Proper
   SM "Treasure Sense"    | Alanaire Citadel
   SM "Focus"             | Alanaire Citadel
   SM "Chain Combos"      | Van Elm Region
   Anti-Stun Amulet       | Woodley
   SM "HP Boost"          | Celestial Ship
   Cardianon Sword        | Celestial Ship


        Triom

- Lymle joins the party here at Lv1.
- If you're going for the 100% Quests Trophy, you *must* complete the
shop orders in Triom before completing the Celestial Ship. These are:
 - Custard Pie x2         - Flame Sword
 - Ginseng x5             - Hunting Bow
 - Crystal                - Oyakodon x2


        Thalia Plains

- Edge learns Healing when you enter the citadel. No other fighter will
ever learn healing magic. Great.

         Greens (2)                         Minerals (5)

 | 21%\76% | 4 | Common Egg            | 33%\91% | 2 | Earth Gem
 | 15%\62% | 3 | Thornberries          | 17%\67% | 3 | Silver
 | 15%\62% | 2 | White Rice            | 17%\67% | 1 | Mercury
 | 15%\62% | 2 | Vegetables            | 17%\67% | 1 | Fire Gem
 | 15%\62% | 2 | Lemon                 |  8%\39% | 1 | Crystal
 | 11%\50% | 4 | Nectar                |  8%\39% | 1 | Darkness Gem
 |  5%\26% | 1 | Gambleberries
 |  3%\17% | 1 | Bigberries


        Alanaire Citadel

- You'll temporarily lose access to this dungeon after completing it.


        Van Elm Region

- Get some Fire Gems here, so you can create a Flame Sword. You'll need
to make two if you're doing the shop orders in Triom.
- Only the three Harvesting points nearest to the village are part of
group A. The four in the forest are group B.

         Greens (3 (A), 3 + 1 (B))

A| 23%\79% | 2 | Lemon               B | 20%\74% | 6 | Tasty Mushroom?
 | 23%\79% | 2 | Ginseng               | 14%\60% | 4 | Wooden Stick
 | 23%\79% | 1 | Bizarre Fruit         | 14%\60% | 4 | Nectar
 |  8%\39% | 1 | Ripe Berries          | 14%\60% | 3 | Blackberries
 |  8%\39% | 1 | Gambleberries         | 14%\60% | 1 | Fresh Sage
 |  8%\39% | 1 | Caterpillar Fungus    | 10%\47% | 2 | Tasty Mushroom
 |  5%\26% | 1 | Bigberries            |  7%\35% | 4 | Lacquer
 |  2%\11% | 1 | Protection Seeds      |  7%\35% | 1 | Ebony

      Minerals (3)                      Wind Swallow Valley (2)

 | 26%\84% | 2 | Earth Gem             | 25%\82% | 2 | Earth Gem
 | 21%\76% | 3 | Silver                | 25%\82% | 1 | Ice Gem
 | 21%\76% | 1 | Mercury               | 18%\70% | 1 | Mercury
 | 14%\60% | 1 | Ice Gem               | 13%\57% | 4 | Silver
 | 14%\60% | 1 | Darkness Gem          | 13%\57% | 1 | Darkness Gem
 |  4%\22% | 1 | Crystal               |  6%\31% | 1 | Crystal


        Woodley

 Shops:
  180 | Rich Cheese               40 | Vinegar
  400 | Ge Gen Tang               60 | White Rice
   80 | Sharkskin                 60 | Raw Animal Meat
   40 | Empty Bottle              60 | Raw Fish
  120 | Natural Water             30 | Common Egg
  200 | Magical Brush             60 | Vegetables
   80 | Earth Paint               80 | Olive Oil
   80 | Water Paint              120 | Special Warishita Sauce
   80 | Fire Paint               100 | Fresh Cream
   60 | Mysterious Paint          60 | Pie Crusts
   40 | Support Card             400 | Iron
   20 | Rivet                    100 | Bowstring
  300 | Alchemist's Water


        Celestial Ship

- Make sure you farm enough Lizardskin for the shop order on Aeos. Once
you beat the boss here, all the lizardmen and dragon newts will be gone
from the planet.
- HP Boost helps on higher difficulty levels, but it's hardly necessary.
I'd give it to Lymle.




               ---- Cardianon Mothership (Temp) ----


 Items of note:                                     Shops:
   SM "Taunt"             | 1F                        300 | Scrambling Unit
   SM "Auto Healing"      | B1                         80 | Gunpowder
   SM "Chain Combos"      | B1                        400 | Micro Circuit
   Li'l Vending Machine 1 | B2
   Cardianon Bow          | Subterranean City
   Dragonscale Armor      | Subterranean City
   Streaked Chainmail     | Control Tower - B1
   SM "Energy Shield"     |                 B1
   SM "Stun"              |                 1F
   Silvance               |                 2F


- You'll no longer have access to these areas once you complete the
events here. DO NOT MISS ANY OF THE ITEMS (if you're going for the 100%
items Trophy). Even with Treasure Sense, you need to be careful.
- There are three vending machines throughout the dungeon that you can
use to restock on supplies. Buy a bunch of the materials above and farm
some Universal Devices from the Guard Bots. These are all used in a lot
of stuff, but make sure you hold on to at least two of each, so you can
create Li'l Vending Machine 2 as soon as Sarah joins (you need her to
discover the recipe).
- The Li'l Vending Machines can be placed in your ship and used to buy
stuff. There are three of them in total. The first one has mostly healing
items, whereas 2 and 3 have IC materials. There's a list near the end.


        1F

- No need to save the Taunt skill book for Merry, since you can just buy
them soon. Use Taunt+Hide if you need to get the heat off Lymle.


        B2

- You need to find an ID card to open a door. Once you proceed through
that door, you won't be able to return to the previous areas (except Dock).


        Biological Laboratory - B1

- Bacchus joins the party here at Lv24 (435 SP).


        Subterranean City

- If you farm 5 Dragon Scales, you can create a very nice armor for
Meracle once you reach Roak. More useful on higher difficulty levels.


        Control Tower

             B1                   1F                  2F

             __
            |  |
         |--|  |--             _-------             -3F
         |     |                 \   | \           / \
        /|  |--|  |\              -- |  \         /   --
     1F/    |     | \            / |  \  2F          / |  \
         |--|  |--|             |-\ \-|             |-\ \-|
         |  |  |  |         B1   \ | /               \ | /   1F
     B2\ |  |--|  | /         \   -- |                -- |  /
        \|        |/           \_/ __-              _/ __|_/
         +--|   --+
            |_     S


- One more time: Make *sure* you get those chests.


        Intermission

- You have a brief chance to return to Aeos and Lemuris.




               ---- Military Facility ----


 Items of note:
   SM "Scan Enemy"        | Holding Area
   Earth Ring             |
   SM "No Guard"          |
   Alien Arc              |
   Plasma Cannon          | Experiment Area


        Abandoned Town

- DO NOT MISS ANY OF THE ITEMS! You can't return here once you reach the
Holding Area, and this whole place becomes inaccessible once you complete
the events here.


        Holding Area

- Meracle joins the party at Lv22 (383 SP) after the boss.
- If you stop using Edge, he might have a little trouble beating Arumat
in a PA later.
- The Alien Arc's Light element won't be an issue.
- As soon as you enter the large area south, you won't be able to return
to the Holding Area.


        Intermission

- If you're aiming to see Faize's ending, you should be able to room Lymle
with Faize now.




               ---- Roak ----


 Items of note:
   Quantum Processor +    | Purge Shinden B1
    Bracteate + 4x Fire Gem +
    3x Runic Metal
   Recipe Memo 14         |               B2  (Volcanic Gear)
   Micro Hadron Collider  |               B3
   Ancient Cannon         |               B3
   SM "Berserk"           | Tatroi - Colosseum
   Bracteate (x4)         | Astral Caves - B1 & B2-N & B3 & B2-S


- Party Exp has now reached triple digits. Accordingly, if you're trying
to keep Faize below Lv27 (for Sarah's 'Heal 777 HP' BT), feed him a Self-
Destructor, Danger potion, or Gambleberry.
 - The two harvest nodes near the ship don't give many points just so you
 wouldn't be able to use them for easy SP farming.
- Faize is brought back with 1 HP when Reimi gets incapacitated, and your
whole party is fully healed when Reimi returns. Refrain from opening chests
or completing side quests during that time frame.


        Northeast Astralian Continent

         Greens A (2)                         Greens B (1) (beach)

 | 25%\82% | 4 | Lemon                 | 40%\95% | 4 | Lemon
 | 25%\82% | 1 | Red Herb              | 27%\85% | 4 | Vegetables
 | 17%\67% | 4 | Vegetables            | 27%\85% | 3 | Wooden Stick
 | 17%\67% | 3 | Wooden Stick          |  6%\31% | 1 | Caterpillar Fungus
 | 12%\54% | 2 | Oak
 |  4%\22% | 1 | Caterpillar Fungus

         Greens C (1)                       Minerals (6)

 | 33%\91% | 4 | Lemon                 | 67%\100%| 4 | Silver
 | 22%\77% | 4 | Vegetables            | 22%\77% | 3 | Gold
 | 22%\77% | 3 | Wooden Stick          | 11%\50% | 1 | Thunder Gem
 | 17%\67% | 2 | Oak
 |  6%\31% | 1 | Caterpillar Fungus


        Tatroi Area

         Greens (3 + 1)                     Minerals (2)

 | 17%\67% | 3 | Red Seed              | 29%\87% | 4 | Iron
 | 17%\67% | 3 | Blackberries          | 22%\77% | 2 | Silver
 | 17%\67% | 3 | Wooden Stick          | 14%\60% | 1 | Gold
 | 17%\67% | 1 | Ebony                 | 14%\60% | 1 | Thunder Gem
 | 12%\54% | 4 | Seasonings            |  7%\35% | 1 | Platinum
 | 12%\54% | 2 | White Rice            |  7%\35% | 1 | Light Gem
 |  4%\22% | 1 | Blue Seed
 |  4%\22% | 1 | Dendrobium


        Tatroi

- Reimi leaves the party for a little while here.
- Once Reimi returns, you can get a side quest from Fez at the skill shop.
Complete that and the Sand Bird quests that becomes available later, and
you'll be able to buy No Guard at the shop.
- Jasmine's first three quests also become available when Reimi rejoins.
Her place is on the east side of town. The quests require you to deliver:
10x Fresh Sage, 9x Bee Stinger, and 13x Wool. Two additional quests will
become available later, and completing those lets you create Edge's best
main game weapon.
 - The first quest gives you two Ultimate Bombs as a reward. Synthing one
 gives you the 'HP damage +35%' factor, but, as already mentioned, this
 only affects normal attacks.
- The colosseum won't be open until you've completed the story events on
Roak (+ two side quests).
- You can now start making Regeneration Symbols (2 Light Gem, 4 Holy Water,
4 Light Paint, Neck Chain).

 Shops:
   200 | Lacquer              80 | Gunpowder           180 | Rich Cheese
   800 | Aramid Fiber        200 | Magical Brush       120 | Natural Water
  2000 | Carbon Fiber         80 | Fire Paint           40 | Vinegar
  1000 | Fur Pelt             80 | Wind Paint          100 | Uncooked Pasta
   200 | Taffetta Ribbon      80 | Thunder Paint        60 | Raw Animal Meat
   100 | Handspun Thread     100 | Light Paint          80 | Raw Fish
    40 | Empty Bottle         80 | Healing Paint        30 | Common Egg
    20 | Rivet               400 | Parchment            60 | Vegetables
    80 | Neck Chain          100 | Repair Kit           20 | Seasonings
                             300 | Alchemist's Water   120 | Special Warishita
 Ruddle:                                               100 | Fresh Cream
   200 | Sweet Fruit        5000 | Anti-Freezing Amulet
  1600 | Quantum Processor
  3000 | Laser Oscillator
    80 | Bunny Feed


        Astral

- You have to complete a simple side quest to open the weapon shop here.
Just talk to one of the NPCs in the main street in Tatoroi to get the key.
- Don't forget to buy a few maps for Ruddle. He's one of the side quests
that becomes available after completing the story events here.

         Greens (1) (castle)            Shops:

 | 20%\74% | 4 | Blueberries              300 | Nattou
 | 20%\74% | 3 | Blackberries             400 | Iron
 | 20%\74% | 2 | Bigberries               200 | Wool
 | 20%\74% | 3 | Lemon                    400 | Silk
 | 15%\62% | 3 | Aquaberries              400 | Satin Ribbon
 |  5%\26% | 1 | Ash                      400 | Parchment
                                         8000 | Anti-Paralysis Amulet


        Astral Desert

- You need to ride a bunny to cross the desert. While riding a bunny,
you can of course move at blazing spee- oh, no, you can't. Who cares
about such trivial little details? Also, you can't enter the menu or
do any harvesting. Nice. Once you've crossed the first quicksand pit,
you can get off and explore if you want. You can reach Tropp on foot
at that point. If you want to return to Tatroi, though, you need get
a bunny outside Tropp.


         Greens (3 + 1)                     Minerals (4)

 | 36%\93% | 5 | Thornberries          | 29%\87% | 4 | Iron
 | 36%\93% | 4 | Poison Hemlock        | 22%\77% | 2 | Silver
 | 26%\84% | 3 | Seasonings            | 14%\60% | 1 | Platinum
 |  2%\11% | 1 | Bizarre Fruit         | 14%\60% | 1 | Salamanderstone
                                       |  7%\35% | 1 | Light Gem
                                       |  7%\35% | 1 | Sylphstone
                                       |  7%\35% | 1 | Ruby


        Tropp Area

         Greens (3)                         Minerals (2)

 | 19%\72% | 3 | Blue Seed             | 29%\87% | 4 | Iron
 | 19%\72% | 3 | Lemon                 | 22%\77% | 2 | Silver
 | 15%\62% | 2 | Fresh Sage            | 14%\60% | 1 | Gold
 | 15%\62% | 2 | Oak                   | 14%\60% | 1 | Thunder Gem
 | 15%\62% | 1 | Ebony                 |  7%\35% | 1 | Light Gem
 |  7%\35% | 1 | Dendrobium            |  7%\35% | 1 | Salamanderstone
 |  5%\26% | 1 | Red Seed              |  7%\35% | 1 | Ruby
 |  5%\26% | 1 | Ash


        Tropp

- The skill guild has a pretty wide selection.


        Cave to the Purgatorium

         Greens (2)                         Minerals (1)

 | 33%\91% | 3 | White Rice            | 21%\76% | 2 | Silver
 | 25%\82% | 4 | Poison Hemlock        | 21%\76% | 2 | Coal
 | 16%\65% | 2 | Fresh Sage            | 21%\76% | 2 | Thunder Gem
 | 16%\65% | 1 | Ebony                 | 14%\60% | 4 | Iron
 |  8%\39% | 1 | Caterpillar Fungus    | 14%\60% | 1 | Sylphstone
 |  2%\11% | 1 | Magic Seeds           |  7%\35% | 1 | Shadestone
                                       |  2%\11% | 1 | Meteorite

- No need to farm Meteorite here. There's nothing useful you can do with
it yet.


        Purgatorium Area

- Myuria joins the party at Lv32 (788 SP). Pass her Alchemist's Cloak to
Lymle (unless you're actually using her).
- Your party is fully healed during one of the events in Tropp. You'll
need to knock out Faize again to keep him under Lv27.
- No need to farm Aluminum for the Composite Bow. You'll find a better
one in Purge Shinden.
- If you farm 8 Coal to create 4 Steel, you can create a Deadly Cannon.
You'll also need a Micro Hadron Collider, and you can conveniently find
one in the Purgatorium.
- Farm at least one Faerie Embroidery Thread, so you can create a Mirage
Robe (161 DFP, 25% no damage, [40% fog res.]). If you get two more, you
can create a Faerie Band (2 Velvet Ribbon, 2 FET, 1 Biocloth), a wrist
accessory with 2% MP regen, but it's hardly worth it, since Regeneration
Symbols are so much easier to make. The HQ version also has a max MP +20
factor, but you do *not* want that.
- Synthing Mirage Robes is one of the easier ways to get '25% no damage'
on your armor. Recommended for at least melee fighters. The easiest way
is to synth a Blue Ranger Jewel, but you might not have access to those.
- Don't forget that the special -ology drops require that the character
with the skill is actually part of your active party.

         Greens (2)                         Minerals (2)

 | 21%\76% | 3 | Poison Hemlock        | 24%\81% | 4 | Iron
 | 21%\76% | 3 | White Rice            | 17%\67% | 2 | Silver
 | 21%\76% | 3 | Lemon                 | 17%\67% | 2 | Coal
 | 16%\65% | 3 | Seasonings            | 12%\54% | 1 | Thunder Gem
 | 16%\65% | 3 | Thronberries          | 12%\54% | 1 | Aluminum
 |  5%\26% | 3 | Ripe Berries          |  6%\31% | 1 | Light Gem
                                       |  6%\31% | 1 | Shadestone
                                       |  6%\31% | 1 | Green Beryl


        Purgatorium

- Use the Runic Metal to create a Volcanic Gear (454 DFP, Bacchus), which
is unlocked by the memo you find on B2. If you don't mind the hike, you
*could* go back and create it before the boss, but that shouldn't be
necessary. You can also use Runic Metal to create an Icecrusher Sword
(291, Water), but I wouldn't recommend that, seeing as you can soon get
a Mithril Sword (590 ATP).
- Tamiel has a nasty ATP boost factor that you can only temporarily
disable with Void.


- Sarah joins the party once you return to your ship and depart for another
planet (Lv32, 700 SP). Don't level up her healing spells if you're going
for all BTs.
- With Synthesis now available, you might want to create some Exp-boosting
gear using Oyakodon and Curry Rice. You can synth those on weapons for
Exp +20% and accessories for Exp +15%. There's also a junk factor, so
each one takes two slots. Even so, this stuff will easily put you at a
higher level than intended, especially if you farm for IC gear, but it
does help with the post-game.
- Synth an accessory with Crit+ for Bacchus (eg. Silver Bangle + Mana Yeti).
- Synth an accessory that grants immunity to Silence and Paralysis for
your healer. Use the empty slots for other immunities (such as Freeze)
or just an xp boost. I'd go with the xp.
- Don't bother creating too many Perfect Berries, Resurrection Elixirs,
or Stimulants. You can just buy those fairly soon.
- Create a Traveler's Cloak for Ruddle. You already got the maps, right?
- There are some new side quests and visiting Aeos unlocks Lias's quests.
You're free to leave Aeos at any time, so just drop by and then come back.
- The most significant quests to complete would be the ones involving
the Sand Bird (2 quests, Retired Explorer - Tropp / Astral Desert),
Ruddle (3 quests, Tropp), the Colosseum (2 quests, Tatroi / Astral),
and the Astral Caves (2 quests, Lias - Astral).
- Once the Sand Bird is taken care of, you'll be able to move about the
desert without needing a bunny. This also ties into two other quests
(Fez and Ruddle). Once Ruddle has reached Tatroi, you'll gain access to
his wares.


        Astral Caves

- This is the only optional dungeon available in the main game. Talk to
Lias in Astral and complete his first quest, Ogre Battling, to gain access.
- Find the wounded soldier on B2. You need to start his quest before you
turn in Rumble in the Caves, otherwise you'll miss it.
- The boss is on B3. He's nothing to worry about. Use a boulder to open
the south entrance afterwards. Charge your rings in Tatroi.
- Use the minerals you find here to make a Flame Rune Mail for Edge if
you're using him (3 Runic Metal, 2 Bracteate, 8 Fire Gems)(302 DFP). The
HQ version only has 10 more DFP and 2 more Fire res.


         B1 (4)                                B2 (3 + 1 (N), 1 (S))

 | 23%\79% | 4 | Coal                  | 22%\77% | 4 | Coal
 | 23%\79% | 2 | Thunder Gem           | 22%\77% | 2 | Thunder Gem
 | 15%\62% | 2 | Crystal               | 14%\60% | 2 | Crystal
 | 15%\62% | 2 | Aluminum              | 14%\60% | 2 | Aluminum
 |  8%\39% | 1 | Light Gem             |  7%\35% | 1 | Light Gem
 |  8%\39% | 1 | Shadestone            |  7%\35% | 1 | Shadestone
 |  8%\39% | 1 | Green Beryl           |  7%\35% | 1 | Green Beryl
                                       |  7%\35% | 1 | Runic Metal

         B3 (4)

 | 18%\70% | 4 | Coal
 | 18%\70% | 2 | Thunder Gem
 | 13%\57% | 2 | Crystal
 | 13%\57% | 2 | Aluminum
 | 13%\57% | 1 | Green Beryl
 | 13%\57% | 1 | Light Gem
 |  6%\31% | 1 | Shadestone
 |  6%\31% | 2 | Runic Metal


        Colosseum

 Shop:
    200 C | Monster Jewel
    300 C | Dragon Scale
   1500 C | Wild Arc             445 ATP
   2500 C | Mithril Sword        590 ATP
   2800 C | Dragon Claws         610 ATP (Crit)
   3200 C | Earthcrest Guard     389 DFP - Medium
   3900 C | Crystal Armor        608 DFP - Heavy
   4200 C | Mystic Robe          305 DFP - Light
   9000 C | Inferno Sickle       670 ATP (Fire)
    11k C | Darkblood Chainmail  480 DFP - Medium (25% no damage)
    12k C | Dark Elf's Robe      501 DFP - Light  (HP +20%)

- The fighting arena at Tatoroi will open up once you complete the side
quests 'Where's the Receptionist?' and 'Sore Throat Soother.' Check the
enemy list for more information on it.
- I suggest you get the weapons for Edge, Meracle, and Reimi if you're
using them. I wouldn't bother with anything else. The weapons alone will
take some hours. At some point, you'll have to buy the sickle for 100%
weapon data.
- Combining Berserk with something like Termination will make enemies
melt (if they already weren't). It's kind of cheap, but, whatever.
- There's also a Saber-Toothed Tiger Fang. Feel free to synth that into
the Dragon Claws, for instance.




               ---- Aeos - Part 2 ----


 Items of note:
   SM "Charge"            | Miga Insect Warren - B3->B4


- Farm some Biocloth, so you can create an Earthen Robe (341 DFP, Earth
blast guard, [40% poison res]).
- If you're using Meracle, she might be getting close to Lv85. That's
when you can use her to get Sarah's 'Heal 7777 HP' BT. Don't miss it.
If you have 4 Rubies, you can already create the gear you need to drop
her max HP by 1000 (2 on armor, 2 on acc.).


        Base Area (new areas)

         Greens (0 + 2)(& 2 in S.Reaches)   Minerals (0 + 2)(& 2 in S.Reaches)

 | 21%\76% | 4 | Insect Egg            | 32%\90% | 3 | Iron
 | 21%\76% | 3 | Blackberries          | 16%\65% | 5 | Disintegration Stone
 | 16%\65% | 3 | Thornberries          | 16%\65% | 2 | Earth Gem
 | 16%\65% | 3 | Bigberries            | 16%\65% | 1 | Coal
 | 10%\47% | 4 | Red Seed              | 10%\47% | 2 | Gold
 | 10%\47% | 2 | Ginseng               | 10%\47% | 1 | Magical Clay
 |  5%\26% | 1 | Ash                      (opposite the cave entrance &
 |  1%\6%  | 1 | Accuracy Seeds             up on the cliff)


        Southern Reaches

- The Phantom Soldier event battle is one of the most infamous parts of
the game. It involves fighting a total of 6 Phantom Leaders and 26 Phantom
Soldiers in 8 waves (1+2, 0+3, 0+4, 1+3, 1+3, 0+4, 1+4, 2+3). The only
reason it gives people so much trouble is because of the two factors the
Phantom Leaders have: ATP&Int +50% and DFP +100%. The last battle is the
toughest one, as there are two of them, likely bringing your base damage
down to minimum. If you can only do decent damage with criticals and magic,
things could get rather tricky. Having No Guard makes a big difference, as
do Berserk and synthing Mirage Robes. Give your melee fighters Anti-Stun
Amulets.

         Greens B (4 + 1)                   Minerals B (3)

 | 18%\70% | 4 | Insect Egg            | 38%\94% | 2 | Iron
 | 18%\70% | 3 | Blackberries          | 19%\72% | 2 | Disintegration Stone
 | 18%\70% | 3 | Aquaberries           | 19%\72% | 2 | Earth Gem
 | 13%\57% | 3 | Thornberries          | 12%\54% | 2 | Gold
 | 13%\57% | 3 | Bigberries            | 12%\54% | 2 | Magical Clay
 |  9%\43% | 4 | Red Seed
 |  9%\43% | 2 | Ginseng
 |  2%\11% | 1 | Accuracy Seeds

         Greens C (3)                       Minerals C (5 + 1)

 | 23%\79% | 4 | Insect Egg            | 26%\76% | 2 | Disintegration Stone
 | 17%\67% | 3 | Bigberries            | 26%\76% | 2 | Earth Gem
 | 17%\67% | 2 | Fresh Sage            | 16%\65% | 2 | Gold
 | 17%\67% | 1 | Gambleberries         | 16%\65% | 2 | Light Gem
 | 12%\54% | 4 | Blue Seed             | 16%\65% | 2 | Magical Clay
 |  6%\31% | 1 | Ripe Berries
 |  6%\31% | 1 | Cane
 |  2%\82% | 1 | Bizarre Fruit

         Greens D (1)                       Minerals D (1)

 | 27%\85% | 4 | Insect Egg            | 32%\90% | 3 | Iron
 | 19%\72% | 3 | Bigberries            | 16%\65% | 5 | Disintegration Stone
 | 19%\72% | 1 | Gambleberries         | 16%\65% | 2 | Earth Gem
 | 13%\57% | 4 | Blue Seed             | 16%\65% | 2 | Coal
 |  7%\35% | 1 | Ripe Berries          | 10%\47% | 2 | Gold
 |  7%\35% | 1 | Cane                  | 10%\47% | 1 | Magical Clay
 |  7%\35% | 1 | Ash
 |  1%\6%  | 1 | Bizarre Fruit


        Miga Insect Warren

- This place is a bit of a warp maze. The quicksand pits will take you
to various places around the hive. The west-most pit on B3 will take you
to the boss.
- If you're still using Edge, farm two Meteorites, so you can create the
Arcana Sword (750\770 ATP), his best main-game weapon (excluding the Laser
Weapon). It also requires Recipe Memo 01, which is a reward for completing
Jasmine's five quests on Roak. The last two aren't available until you
complete this dungeon. Those two require 20 Intensified Gunpowder and 12
Giant Bird Feathers.

         B2 (4)                               B3 (3 + 1)

 | 27%\85% | 2 | Gold                  | 25%\82% | 2 | Gold
 | 20%\74% | 2 | Earth Gem             | 18%\70% | 2 | Earth Gem
 | 13%\57% | 2 | Light Gem             | 13%\57% | 2 | Light Gem
 | 13%\57% | 1 | Darkness Gem          | 13%\57% | 1 | Darkness Gem
 | 13%\57% | 1 | Magical Clay          | 13%\57% | 1 | Magical Clay
 |  7%\35% | 1 | Green Beryl           |  6%\31% | 1 | Green Beryl
 |  7%\35% | 1 | Gnomestone            |  6%\31% | 1 | Gnomestone
                                       |  6%\31% | 1 | Meteorite

         B4 (3 + 1 (E), 2 (W))

 | 23%\79% | 2 | Gold
 | 17%\67% | 2 | Earth Gem
 | 12%\54% | 2 | Light Gem
 | 12%\54% | 1 | Darkness Gem
 | 12%\54% | 1 | Magical Clay
 | 12%\54% | 1 | Gnomestone
 |  6%\31% | 1 | Green Beryl
 |  6%\31% | 1 | Meteorite


        Intermission

- If there's anything else you'd like to do before En Il, do it now. You
won't be able to leave En Il until you've completed the events there.




               ---- En Il ----


 Items of note:
   SM "Emergency Repairs" | Central Control Room
   Recipe Memo 23         | Imitation Gallery  (Anti-Curse Amulet)
   Memorial Plate         | Sanctuary
   Laser Weapon           | Sanctuary - Trial of Might
   SM "Faerie Star"       | Sanctuary - Trial of Wisdom


        Centropolis

- Again, don't bother with shop orders that require handing over items
that you have only one copy of. Wait until you can dupe them, or just
ignore them if you're not doing post-game.
- To open the food shop, you have to complete the side quest 'Where's the
Recipe?' It requires pickpocketing from an NPC in the Flora/Fauna Lab.
- Synth three accessories that grant immunity to Silence, Paralysis, Stun,
and Freeze.

 Shops:
  Ash                        Thornberries               Anti-Silence Amulet
  Cashmere                   Seaweed                    Anti-Pumpkin Amulet
  Velvet Ribbon              Alchemist's Water          Anti-Stun Amulet
  Dwarven Embroidery Thread  Scrambling Unit
  All-Purpose Ceramic        Rivet                      Perfect Berries
  Magical Brush              Magic Capacitor            Physical Stimulant
  Earth Paint                Universal Device           Mental Stimulant
  Water Paint                Micro Circuit              Resurrection Elixir
  Fire Paint                 Micro Hadron Collider
  Wind Paint                 Laser Oscillator
  Thunder Paint              Mystery Electronic Circuit
  Light Paint                Riot Potion
  Dark Paint                 Fainting Potion
  Nil Paint                  Nattou
  Healing Paint              Natural Water
  Mysterious Paint           Vinegar
  Attack Card                White Rice
  Attack Card +              Uncooked Pasta
  Healing Card               Common Egg
  Healing Card +             Vegetables
  Support Card               Seasonings
  Support Card +             Olive Oil
  Parchment                  Special Warishita Sauce
  Fine Parchment             Fresh Cream
  Swept Hilt                 Pie Crusts
  Sighting Unit              Bunny Feed


        Old Road to the Sanctuary

- Farm 3 Dragonblood Crystals for Bacchus' best main game weapon. Also
requires some stuff found on the final planet.
- Farm a bunch of Thorstones (on the field or from the zombies), so you
can create some Laser Suits (900\950 DFP)(4x Laser Oscillator, 4x Thorstone,
1x SC "Aurora Rings +"). I'd recommend it to everyone except Bacchus. At
the very least, get them for your melee fighters. Synth your old armor
into the suits if they have '25% no damage.' Getting enough stones for
three suits could take a couple of hours.
- With Mythril, you can create a Homing Arc (594), Reimi's best non-elemental
main game weapon, aside from the Laser Weapon.
- Don't forget about Sarah's 'Heal 7777 HP' BT. It requires Meracle Lv85.


        Sanctuary

         Greens A (1 + 1)                   Minerals A (1 + 1)

 | 22%\77% | 1 | Shadow Rose           | 20%\74% | 4 | Ruby
 | 17%\67% | 4 | Bigberries            | 20%\74% | 1 | Magical Clay
 | 17%\67% | 3 | Thornberries          | 15%\62% | 4 | Silver
 | 17%\67% | 2 | Fresh Sage            | 10%\47% | 3 | Wind Gem
 | 11%\50% | 2 | Ripe Berries          | 10%\47% | 1 | Thorstone
 | 11%\50% | 1 | Oak                   | 10%\47% | 1 | Angelstone
 |  5%\26% | 1 | Perfect Berries       | 10%\47% | 1 | Meteorite
                                       |  5%\26% | 1 | Citrine

         Greens B (1 + 1)                   Minerals B (1 + 1)

 | 28%\86% | 3 | Blueberries           | 16%\65% | 3 | Ruby
 | 28%\86% | 3 | Thornberries          | 16%\65% | 1 | Magical Clay
 | 21%\76% | 3 | Bigberries            | 16%\65% | 1 | Mithril
 | 21%\76% | 1 | Blue Rose             | 12%\54% | 4 | Wind Gem
 |  1%\6%  | 1 | Bizarre Fruit         | 12%\54% | 3 | Silver
 |  1%\6%  | 1 | Intelligence Seeds    | 12%\54% | 3 | Disintegration Stone
                                       |  9%\43% | 1 | Gnomestone
                                       |  7%\35% | 1 | Nereidstone

- After taking care of the boss, you can use one of the teleporters in
the Transport Room in Centropolis to warp to the Sanctuary.
- If you're using Arumat, farm some Citrine, so you can create a Laser
Scythe for him (830\860).
- Check the terminals at the Sanctuary to trigger four side-quests, four
trials.
 - The Trial of Courage involves a series of four battles featuring
  enemies you won't encounter anywhere else in the game (not included
  in the enemy list). The reward is insignificant.
 - The Trial of Might involves fighting a Blade Beast. The reward is a
  Laser Weapon (900 ATP), which any character can equip. If you don't
  customize it, you could dupe it later and create varying customizations.
  I wouldn't wait, though. By the time you can dupe it, you're very close
  to simply getting more of them from a different source (WD). Give it to
  Reimi or Edge.
 - The Trial of Love requires farming some items, such as a Psynard Egg.
  The reward is insignificant.
 - The Trial of Wisdom involves finding three hidden items around the
  galaxy. The clues are rather obtuse, so here's where to find them:
   1. Lemuris - Northeast of the frozen lake.
   2. Aeos - Southern Reaches, in the swampy area with two mining points
    just north of the save point and recovery point.
   3. Roak - Tropp Area. Check the pillars near the cave entrance.
 - The reward is a unique skill book for Faerie Star, the most powerful
  healing spell in the game. Use it wisely. I'd just go with Sarah.

- Don't forget to pick up the Blue Amulet in Alanaire Citadel and its
recipe in the Celestial Ship. If you already synthed Mirage Robes into
Laser Suits, there's no need to create more of them (yet)(requires Star
Rubies). I synth the free one into the Fully Tuned Plate.


 Shops (Li'l Vending Machine):
1 Blueberries         2  Danger! Do not drink!  3  Magical Brush
  Bigberries             Poison Cider              Earth Paint
  Blackberries           Frozen Cider              Water Paint
  Thornberries           Static Cider              Fire Paint
  Mixed Syrup            Silent Cider              Wind Paint
  Gambleberries          Cloudy Cider              Thunder Paint
  Aquaberries            Cursed Cider              Light Paint
  Basil                  Pumpkin Cider             Dark Paint
  Fresh Sage             Gunpowder                 Nil Paint
  Hot Chocolate          Empty Bottle              Healing Paint
  Red Herb               Rivet                     Mysterious Paint
  Glowstick              Bowstring                 Attack Card
  Pumpkin Extract        Swept Hilt                Attack Card +
  Holy Water             Neck Chain                Healing Card
  Void Recovery Unit     Universal Device          Healing Card +
  Micro Circuit          White Rice                Support Card
                         Uncooked Pasta            Support Card +
                         Olive Oil                 Parchment
                         Special Warishita         Fine Parchment
                         Fresh Cream
                         Pie Crusts




               ---- Nox Obscurus ----


 Items of note:
   Thunderbolt Gear       | Palace of Creation - Area 3
   Vulcan Discharger      |                      Area 4
   Holy Sword "Farewell"  |                      Area 6
   Dullahan's Armor       |                      Area 6
   SM "ATK Boost"         |                      Area 5


- The Calnus is now stuck on this planet. To return to previous areas,
use the teleporter.
- Don't forget about Sarah's 'Heal 7777 HP' BT. It requires Meracle Lv85.


        Ravine of Extinction

- The first area is kind of annoying to traverse. To get up the cliffs,
you have to ride the spheres, and it might take a while to catch one.
Once you're inside, you'll start ascending slowly and you need to press
Confirm at the right height to successfully scale the cliff. If you're
too early or too late, you fall back down.
- You could now create the Darkstriker (685), Reimi's strongest main game
weapon (aside from the Laser Weapon), but it's Dark-elemental. You can't
use it here.

         Greens (2)                         Minerals (4 + 1)

 | 19%\72% | 4 | Bigberries            | 19%\72% | 1 | Disintegration Stone
 | 15%\62% | 4 | Red Seed              | 14%\60% | 4 | Coal
 | 15%\62% | 4 | Basil                 | 14%\60% | 4 | Darkness Gem
 | 15%\62% | 3 | Fresh Sage            | 14%\60% | 3 | Mercury
 |  9%\43% | 2 | Ripe Berries          | 14%\60% | 1 | Runic Metal
 |  9%\43% | 2 | Insect Egg            | 10%\47% | 2 | Ruby
 |  9%\43% | 2 | Ginseng               | 10%\47% | 1 | Mithril
 |  9%\43% | 1 | Thornberries          |  5%\26% | 1 | Green Beryl


        Pulsating Bog

- Get two Star Rubies for the Dragoon Blaster (930\940).

         Greens (3)                         Minerals (3 + 1)

 | 19%\72% | 4 | Bigberries            | 23%\79% | 1 | Disintegration Stone
 | 15%\62% | 4 | Basil                 | 17%\67% | 3 | Coal
 | 15%\62% | 3 | Blackberries          | 17%\67% | 3 | Darkness Gem
 | 15%\62% | 3 | Fresh Sage            | 17%\67% | 2 | Mercury
 | 15%\62% | 3 | Poison Hemlock        | 12%\54% | 2 | Runic Metal
 | 10%\47% | 1 | Thornberries          |  6%\31% | 2 | Mithril
 | 10%\47% | 1 | Ash                   |  6%\31% | 1 | Star Ruby
 |  1%\6%  | 1 | Attack Seeds          |  2%\11% | 1 | Crystal Skull


        Halls of Termination

- This area features crystals that generate an anti-magic field that
has the same effect as Silence. You can destroy the crystals with the
Earth Ring, but I'd save your charges. Besides, they respawn when you
leave. Just try to lure the enemies outside of the field.
- The Dark Raptor is the nastiest magehunter around, since they're
fast and mostly use ranged attacks. If you get a pincer or surround
attack, definitely start off with Taunt+Hide.
- Get two Red Dragon Scales for the Bigfoot's Claws (1200\1210 ATP).
You could also use them to create a Red Dragon Mail (990\1019), the
strongest main game heavy armor, but if you already got a Laser Suit,
don't bother.
- You'll need a Star Sapphire to create a Quadplex Scythe (920\963).
It's not a huge improvement over the Laser Scythe and it doesn't have
the Crit factor. Use it to create a Fully Tuned Plate instead (888).
The HQ version has 910 DFP, but also comes with a useless HP +40 factor.
- There's a save point right next to one of the mining points, so you
can easily get a sapphire using that (just reload if you don't get one)

         Greens (3 + 1)                     Minerals (3)

 | 29%\87% | 2 | Basil                 | 21%\76% | 2 | Darkness Gem
 | 15%\62% | 1 | Ash                   | 21%\76% | 2 | Shadestone
 | 15%\62% | 3 | Blackberries          | 14%\60% | 2 | Runic Metal
 | 10%\47% | 3 | Bigberries            | 14%\60% | 1 | Disintegration Stone
 | 10%\47% | 2 | Ripe Berries          | 14%\60% | 1 | Mithril
 | 10%\47% | 1 | Thornberries          |  8%\39% | 1 | Star Ruby
 | 10%\47% | 1 | Cane                  |  4%\22% | 1 | Star Sapphire
 |  1%\6%  | 1 | Health Seeds          |  4%\22% | 1 | Crystal Skull


        Palace of Creation


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- The (actual) final dungeon consists of nine areas that can be rather
difficult to travel between.
- The chests blend in with the walls in the indoors areas, so if you're
not relying on Treasure Sense, you need to be thorough.
- The Thunderbolt Gear might give Bacchus higher DFP than a Laser Suit,
but if you already customized it, just stick to that.
- If you haven't been doing IC, the Vulcan Discharger is a nice upgrade
for Bacchus. It's Thunder-elemental, but that won't be much of an issue.
- The only save point here is the final save point in the final area.
The final area also has a transporter that can take you back to your
ship. This is *one-way* only.
- After fighting the Apostle, you'll find yourself in a space-like
environment with a bunch of crystals. The light in the distance is your
goal. There's a path for you to walk on, but the path is windy, with a
number of splits, and you can only see the ground immediately around you.
Combined with a disabled in-game map, things can easily get confusing.
To further complicate things, there are five crystals scattered about
the paths, and if you approach one, you'll trigger a (likely unwanted)
re-fight with one of the five Grigoris, now with updated stats. There's
no need to fight them. Here's a crude map:

               E
                \
                 \
                  | 5
            ----  | |         1: Sahariel
           |   4\ | |         2: Armaros
         3-\     \---         3: Barachiel
        |   \                 4: Kokabiel
             ------           5: Armaros Manifest
          1        \
           \ -----2->
            /   |   /
           <     ---
            ---S

- The ending is about 45-60 minutes depending on how many character
endings you get. At the end, you're asked to add clear data status to
your save file. Doing so allows you to fight the Undying Dragon in the
room opposite the transporter room. Beat him to get the Darkness Ring.




               ---- Cave of the Seven Stars ----


 Items of note:
   Evil Spirit's Bow      | B2
   Moonstone
   SM "Max Shockwave"     | B4
   Unicorn Lance          | B5
   SM "Scintillant Stream"| B6
   SM "Duplication"       | B7
   Water Ring             | B7 - Inner Sanctum
   SM "Savage Sparrows"


- The Seven Star Cave is the first of two post-game dungeons. While found
in the same location - accessible from the Tatoroi arena, provided you have
the Darkness Ring - it bears no resemblance to its original SO1 incarnation.
- Beat the boss(es) on each level (minus B4) to gain access to the next
level. I recommend fighting the 4 + 0 Rangers seven times, so you can get
their monster jewels (beat them, save to a different slot, then load and
beat them again).
- The bees here are nasty magehunters. Don't let them gang up on your healer.
- Dupe the Moonstone to get more of it. Don't use up your last one.
- On B5, you fight the first trio of shadow PCs: Reimi, Arumat, and Sarah.
Each PC has a BT for killing their own shadow. These aren't missable. Scan
Enemy works on them, so that helps.
- On B7, you'll obtain the Star Dipper. Use it to collect a star (marked
on your map) on each level, and you can fight Gabe in the Inner Sanctum.
You can refight him anytime. You don't have to collect the stars again.
Beating him also makes the other bosses respawn.
- Completing the 7SC lets you access the second post-game dungeon. Just
talk to the NPC in the Old Road to the Sanctuary on En Il.




               ---- The Wandering Dungeon ----


 (Possible) items of note:
   B3  | Plate of the Lost Monarch       B12 | Hidden Claws "Crimson Falcons"
   B4  | Artifact Bow                    B13 | Trident Harpoon
   B5  | Plate of the Lost Monarch           | Absolute Protector
   B6  | Artifact Bow                    B14 | Blood Scepter
   B7  | Blazing Wand                    B15 | Blood Scepter
       | Infinity Saber                  B16 | Ultimate Cannon
   B8  | Blazing Wand                        | Absolute Protector
   B9  | Trident Harpoon                 B17 | Demon Sword "Levantine"
       | Li'l Vending Machine 3          B18 | Ultimate Cannon
   B10 | Hidden Claws "Crimson Falcons"  B19 | Demon Sword "Levantine"
   B11 | Absolute Protector
       | Infinity Saber

  Shop (Santa):                                 ATP    DFP   Hit   GRD
 1 200 000 | Binding Sword "Shihou Murasame"   5999  -1999  -999  -999
   980 000 | Fierce Bow "Reppuu Shingetsu"     2999  Wind
 1 500 000 | Sky Sword "Ama-no-Murakumo"       5999  -1999  -999  -999
    30 000 | Nightmare Wand
 2 000 000 | Divine Wand "Empyreal Reverie"    1499  3399 Int
 1 000 000 | Ogre Cannon "Legion's Howl"       5999  -1999   999
 1 200 000 | Conqueror Scythe "Asura Vajra"    6499  -1999  -999  -999
   800 000 | Battle Armor "God of Hellfire"    -999   4999  -999   999
 1 300 000 | Electroshock Gear "War Deity"     -999   4999  -999
 2 000 000 | Tri-Emblem                         200    100   100   100
      6000 | SM "ATK Boost"
      6000 | SM "Int Boost"
 1 000 000 | SM "Divine Wave"


- What... the f*ck?
- The Wandering Dungeon is the single worst dungeon I've ever experienced
in an RPG. Nothing else even comes close. Without Hololive, it would've
driven me insane.
- The dungeon consists of 30 randomly generated levels, with an increasing
average room count, starting from ~6. Near B20, you can expect levels with
20-35 rooms. The rooms are small, and there's a 2,2s loading time whenever
you move between them. This is the most aggravating aspect about the whole
dungeon. It's either that, or the fact that there are *no* save points, and
you always have to start over from B1 if you leave.
 - The 2017 version has much faster loading times, apparently.
- The items you find in containers here are random as well and they don't
give you any points.
- Santa has a chance of appearing on lower levels. His shop orders consist
of all seven stat boost seeds (regular variety) and 10x Fermented Sushi.
- On each floor, there's an emergency exit in the room you start at and
a locked portal that takes you to the next floor. On odd-numbered floors,
unlocking the portal has one of three possible requirements:
 1. Geostones: You need to feed the portal a bunch of Geostones. These
  are -ology drops from most of the enemies in the dungeon, and you might
  get a few from containers as well. The drop rates for these are unusually
  high (25-30%), so farming them is easy so long as you have the appropriate
  character in your party. If you meet the quota, the portal takes all the
  Geostones you have.
 2. Crystals: You need to use your RoDs to destroy all the different colored
  crystals on the floor. Typically the most time-consuming of the three.
  You might miss some of the dark crystals if you mistake them for enemies.
  Some of the enemies can drop Disintegration Stones.
 3. Assassins: Fight a series of encounters with all the possible enemies
  in this region of the dungeon.

- On even-numbered floors, the portal asks for a Seraphic Doll, which is
obtained by defeating the boss on that floor. The bosses can only appear
in rooms that are dead ends.
- If you could handle Gabe, most of the bosses should give you no trouble.
Armaros Manifest on B10 is a bit of a handful, and the battle can stretch
on if you don't pull off enough blindsides. Nothing competes with what
awaits you on B20, however. Ethereal Queen makes everything else look
absolutely trivial in comparison. She can easily wipe out your entire
party, including reserve members, with a single attack, that attack being
Super Nova. Unless you have a solid game plan, with your whole party at
Lv255, you need to pull out on B19. You do *not* want to spend 6+ hours
going through the dungeon only to get obliterated by EQ and lose everything.



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                               Enemy Move List



- There are 39 enemy families (and 9 boss families, who aren't included).
The enemies within the same family don't always use all of the physical
attacks listed, and some actions may involve an HP threshold. Elements
and ailments can also vary as do the odds of using each move. Elemental
attacks are generally easy to recognize either by their name, appearance,
or both.
- Attack names that are in brackets don't have a (visible) official name.
Some of the ones with official names vary depending on the element/ailment.
- No idea how damage is calculated for draining attacks, but it easily falls
down to 10-15 pod.
- The enemies in the Seven Star Cave have double damage multipliers compared
to the other enemies in their respective families, and the enemies in the
Wandering Dungeon have triple.


 A | Area of effect      Rg | Range                  H | Hitstun effect
   S: Small           MR: Medium range             f: Float
   M: Medium          LR: Long range, non-pierc.   j: Juggle
   L: Large           LP: Long range, piercing     k: Knockdown
   H: Homing          MD: Medium distance          b: Knockback & knockdown
                      LD: Long distance
                      Ct: Centered on target

   t1 | Time to (first) hit (seconds)
   t2 | Total duration



         Adephaga

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Stab)             |  | |  | | 0,9 | 15 | 0,7 | 1,5 |
2 (Quad Smash)       4x1|S|  |k| 1,2 | 15 | 1,3 | 3,9 |
3 (Acid Spit)        | 3| |MR| | 1,0 | 15 | 1,1 | 1,6 | Poison
4 (Acid Spray)       |~2|M|  | | 1,0 | 15 | 2,0 | 4,4 |


         Beetle

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Double Slash)     | 2| |  | | 0,5 | 15 | 0,5 | 1,8 |
                     |  | |  | | 0,6 | 15 |     |     |
2 (Horn Drill)       | 1| |  | | 0,5 | 15 | 0,6 | 3,1 |
                     | 1| |  | | 0,5 | 15 |     |     |
                     | 2| |  |k| 1,0 | 15 |     |     |
3 Beetle Tackle      |~2| |LD|k| 0,7 | 15 | 2,4 | 3,6 |

 Aeos 2    | Fire Bolt, Silence, Healing
 Nox       | Sacred Pain, Healing (30%)


         Dermoptera

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Lunge)            |  | |  |b| 1,3*| 15 | 0,6 | 1,7 |  *: 1,0x at the arena
2 (Tail Whip)        |  | |  |k| 1,4*| 15 | 0,4 | 1,6 |
3 (Needle Shot)      8x1| |LR| | 1,0 | 15 |~1,2 | 1,7 | Stun

 Aeos 2    | Earth Glaive, Silence, Enshelter
 WD        | Stone Rain, Silence


         Giant Bee

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Stinger Stab)     |  | |  | | 0,8 | 15 | 0,8 | 1,5 | Poison
2 (Shining Stinger)  |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 1,1 | 2,1 |
3 (Stinger Shot)     | 3| |LR| | 1,0 |  5 | 0,6 | 2,2 | Poison


         Giant Bat

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Jab)              |  | |  | | 0,8 | 15 | 0,1 | 1,6 |
2 Ultrasonic Wave    |  | |SR| | 0,6 | 15 | 1,0 | 2,0 |
3 (Fog)              | 4|S|  | | 0,3 |  5 | 1,4 | 2,6 | Fog
4 Bloodsuck          |  | |  | |     | 15 | 0,8 | 2,4 | Drain HP


         Grell

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Bite)             |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,6 | 1,5 |
2 (Triple Bite)      | 3| |  | | 0,3 |  5 | 0,9 | 3,0 |
                     |  | |  | | 0,4 |  5 |     |     |
                     |  | |  | | 0,5 |  5 |     |     |
3 (Acid Spit)        | 3| |MR| | 0,5 |  5 | 0,9 | 1,7 | Ignores DFP, Paral.
4 (Acid Sprinkler)   |~3|S|  | | 1,0 |  5 | 2,5 | 3,5 | Ignores DFP, Poison
5 Schism             |  | |  | |  -  |  - |~1,0 | 2,5 | (<0,3)
                       Spawn another Grell (with full health).


         Mandragora

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Stomp)            |  | |  | | 1,1 | 15 | 1,0 | 2,1 |
2 (Dive)             |  | |  |k| 1,0 | 15 | 0,4 | 1,6 |
3 Sweet Breath       |  |H|LR| | 0,7 | 15 |~1,2 | 1,2 | Stun/Fog/Paralysis
4 (Scream)           | 2|S|  | | 0,5 | 15 | 1,2 | 2,7 | Bs counter, Stun

 Aeos 2    | Earth Glaive, Stone Rain, Faerie Heal
 7SC       | Stone Rain, Terra Hammer, Enlighten, Faerie Heal


         Myconid

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Slap)             |  | |  |k| 1,0 | 15 | 0,6 | 1,6 |
2 Spores             | 4|S|  | | 0,1 | 15 | 2,3 | 4,0 | Paralysis/Poison


         Treant

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Branch Whip)      |~5| |  |j| 0,5 |  6 | 0,5 | 2,4 | -/Paralysis
2 Fruit Bomb         |~2|S|  | | 0,4 |  7 | 0,7 | 1,3 |
3 (Anti-back)        |  | |  |k| 1,0 | 10 | 0,6 | 2,3 |
4 Powder             |~2|M|  | | 1,0 |  5 | 0,6 | 2,4 | Poison/Pumpkin

 Lemuris   | Earth Glaive
 Roak      | Earth Glaive, Reflection
 7SC       | Stone Rain, Silence


         Sabertooth

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Pounce)           |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,4 | 1,2 |
2 (Jump)             |  | |  |k| 1,0 | 15 | 0,9 | 2,3 |
3 Breath             |m5|S|  | | 1,0 | 15 | 1,1 | 3,0 |
4 Howl a             |  | |  | |  -  |  - | 1,3 | 2,1 |
                       Spawn another Sabertooth (with full health).
5 (Howl b)           | ATP Up  |  -  |  - | 1,2 | 2,1 |


         Axebeak

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Triple Peck)      | 3| |  | | 0,6 |  5 | 0,3 | 1,1 | Stun
                     |  | |  | | 0,6 |  6 |     |     |
                     |  | |  | | 0,8 |  7 |     |     |
2 (Dive Quake)       |m2|S|  |b| 0,6 |  5 | 1,0 | 3,3 | Anti-back mainly
3 Ripple Laser       |  | |  | | 0,4 |  5 | 1,2 | 2,4 |

 Lemuris   | Wind Blade
 Roak      | Wind Blade, Healing
 7SC       | Tornado, Enchance


         Crab

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Clip)             | 1| |  | | 0,8 |  5 | 0,6 | 1,6 |
                     | 2| |  | | 0,1 |  5 |     |     |
2 (Sidewalking)      |~2| |  | | 0,5 |  7 | 0,8 | 1,5 |
3 Break Dance        |~5|M|  |k| 0,5 | 15 | 0,9 | 3,2 |
4 Breath             | 5| |  | | 0,15| 15 | 1,9 | 4,0 |


         Sydonaist

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Slash)            |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,4 | 1,2 | Curse (7SC)
2 (Poison Bomb)      | 1| |MR| | 0,8 | 15 |~1,6 | 2,1 | Poison
                     | 5|S|  | | 0,2 |  2 |     |     |
3 (Triple Kunai)     |i3| |LR| | 0,5 | 15 |~1,6 | 1,9 |


         Kobold

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Slash)            |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,5 | 1,3 |
2 (Uppercut)         |  | |  |k| 1,0 | 15 | 1,3 | 2,1 |
3 Whistle            | Spawn a kobold.    |     |     |
4 (Combo)            | 1| |  | | 0,2 | 15 | 1,0 | 4,3 |
                     | 1| |  | | 0,25| 15 |     |     |
                     | 2| |  | | 0,3 | 15 |     |     |
                     | 1| |  | | 0,35| 15 |     |     |
                     | 1| |  |k| 0,5 | 15 |     |     |


         Thief

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Rolling Stab)     |  | |  | | 1,5 | 15 | 0,9 | 3,2 |
2 (Chinke Combo)     | 5| |  | | 0,2 | 15 | 0,3 | 5,7 |
                     | 1| |  | | 0,3 | 15 |     |     |
3 Steal              |  | |  | | 0,2 | 15 | 0,5 | 2,0 | Steal fol (99 999 max)
4 (Flee)             |  | |  | |     |    | 1,0 |     | Low HP/Lv / Bs counter

 Lemuris   | Healing
 Roak      | Wind Blade, Healing
 7SC       | Lightning Blast, Void


         Lizardman

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Slash)            |  | |  | | 0,8 | 15 | 0,5 | 2,0 |
2 (Souhazan)         | 2| |  |k| 1,2 | 15 | 0,6 | 2,5 |
3 Lizard Tail        | 2| |  |k| 1,2 | 15 | 1,1 | 2,6 |
                     |  | |  |b| 0,8 | 15 |     |     |

- Lizardmen can be split between warriors and mages, with mages only
having access to one physical attack (1).

 Lemuris   | Ice Needles, Enhance
 Cardianon | Fire Bolt, Healing


         Turtle

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Gore)             |  | |  |b| 1,0 | 10 | 0,4 | 1,3 |
2 (Foreleg Smash)    |  |S|  |k| 0,5 |  5 | 1,6 | 3,6 |
3 (Charge)           |~2| |  |k| 0,7 |  3 |~0,7 | 1,6 |
4 (Withdraw)         |  | |  | | Block    |     |     | Bs counter

- No Guard while attacking.


         Skeleton Soldier

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Slash)            |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,5 | 2,0 |
2 (Majinken)         |  | |MP|k| 1,0 | 25 | 1,3 | 3,0 |
3 Scorn              | Drain 10 Rush.|    |     | 3,0 |
4 Ridicule           |  | |  | |  -  |  - | 2,4 | 3,0 |
                       Spawn another skeleton (with full health).
5 Fuse               |  | |  | |  -  |  - | 2,0 |     |
                       Sacrifice self to boost another enemy's stats.


         Zombie

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Body Blow)        |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,5 | 2,5 | -/Curse
2 Ignition           |  |S|  |j| 0,6*| 15 | 1,2 | 3,3 | -/Curse/Paral.
3 Cross Out          |~5|L|  | | 1,0 | 15 | 1,4 | 4,3 |
4 (Reignite)         | Enables 2 & 3.     | 0,6 | 4,2 |   *: 1,0x at the arena

 Roak      | Fire Bolt  /  Ice Needles, Deep Freeze
 En Il     | Lightning Blast, Thunder Flare
 WD        | Shadow Needles, Vampiric Blade


         Crawler

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Claw Swipe)       |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,6 | 2,1 |
2 (Lunge)            |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,8 | 1,8 |
3 (Bomb Seeds)       4x1| |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 3,1 | 3,6 |
4 Poison Breath      |~3| |  | | 0,2 |  5 | 1,2 | 3,8 | Poison


         Reaper

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Swing a)          |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 1,0 | 2,0 | Curse/Freeze
2 (Swing b)          |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,5 | 2,0 |
3 (Warp & Slash)     |  | |LD| | 1,0 | 15 | 1,6 | 3,0 | Curse
4 Absolute Soul      | 3| |  | |     | 15 | 2,3 | 4,7 |

 En Il     | Sacred Pain, Shadow Needles
 Nox       | Enhance, Shadow Needles
 WD        | Shadow Needles  /  Silence, Dark Devourer


         Alien

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Double Slash)     | 2| |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 1,2 | 2,0 |
2 (Psycho Slash)     | 3| |  |K| 0,2 | 15 | 0,7 | 1,8 |
3 (Energy Shot)      |  | |LR| | 0,8 | 15 | 1,9 | 2,0 | Fog

 Nox       | Tornado, Silence
 WD        | Deep Freeze, Earth Glaive


         Guard Bot

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Laser Spin V)     |  | |MP|f| 1,0 | 15 | 0,9 | 2,6 |
2 (Shock)            | 5| |  | | 0,3 |  2 | 0,5 | 2,6 | T, Stun
3 Plasma Cannon      |  | |LR| | 1,0 | 15 | 1,3 | 2,9 |
4 (Spin)             |  | |  | | 0,5 | 15 | 0,3 | 2,5 | Anti-back mainly


         Dragoon

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Double Slash)     | 2| |  | | 0,5 | 15 | 0,4 | 2,0 |
                     |  | |  | | 0,7 | 15 |     |     |
2 (Air Combo)        | 1| |  |f| 0,3 |  5 | 0,8 | 4,0 |
                     | 3|H|LR|k| 0,5 |  5 |     |     |
3 (Flamethrower)     | 5|W|LP| | 0,3 |  2 | 1,1 | 2,5 | F
4 (Eye Beam)         |  | |LP|k| 1,0 |  2 | 1,4 | 3,5 |
5 Dragoon Cannon     |  | |LR|k| 1,0 | 15 | 1,3 | 2,2 |


         Star Trooper

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (3 Round Burst)    | 3| |LR| | 0,3 | 15 | 0,5 | 1,9 |
                     |  | |  | | 0,35| 15 |     |     |
                     |  | |  | | 0,4 | 15 |     |     |
2 (Kick)             |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,3 | 1,2 | Stun
3 (Grenade)          |  | |  |k| 1,0 | 15 | 2,7 | 2,7 |
4 (Spin Shot)        | 5| |LR| | 0,4 | 15 | 0,8 | 2,3 |


         Cardianon

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Quad Shot)        | 4| |LR| | 1,0 | 15 | 0,9 | 1,6 |
2 (Sword Slash)      |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,6 | 1,3 |
3 Sniper Shot        |  | |LR| | 1,0 | 15 | 1,1 | 2,2 | Paral.
4 Rapid Fire         |11| |LR| | 1,0 | 15 | 1,5 | 2,5 |
5 (Getting Pissy)    | No effect?         |     | 2,7 |

 Cardianon | Enhance, Healing
 Nox       | Sacred Pain, Healing (33%)


         Harpy

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Claw)             | 3| |  | | 0,5 |5/6/7 0,4 | 2,0 |
2 Swallow's Descent  |  | |MD| | 0,5 | 15 | 1,8 | 4,0 |
3 (Feather Shot)     | 5|H|LR| | 0,6 |  8 |~2,7 | 3,5 |
4 Sing               |  |M|  | | 0,8 | 15 | 1,3 | 4,1 | Stun/Paral.

 Roak      | Tornado, Silence, Reflection
 7SC       | Stone Rain, Silence, Angel Feather


         Priest

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Pumpkin Smack)    |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 1,8 | 3,0 | Pumpkin, L/D (Nox)
2 (Spin Strike)      |~2| |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 1,3 | 3,4 |

 Roak      | Enshelter, Radiant Lancer, Healing
 Nox       | Shadow Needles, Vampiric Blade, Reaping Spark, Silence,
              Sacred Pain, Ex Healing
 7SC       | Aurora Rings, Void, Faerie Light


         Succubus

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Smack)            |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,6 | 2,3 |
2 (Laser)            |  | |  | | 0,4 |  2 | 1,2 | 2,2 |
3 Air Kiss           |  |H|LR| | 1,0 | 15 |~2,5 | 2,0 | Stun
4 Energy Drain       | 5| |Ct| |     | 15 | 2,7 | 7,3 | Drain HP

 Roak      | Enhance, Silence
 7SC       | Enhance, Sacred Pain, Dark Devourer


         Wizard

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Whack)            |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,4 | 1,4 | Curse
2 (Aura)             | 3|S|  |k| 0,8 | 15 | 0,5 | 1,3 | Void

 En Il     | Fire Bolt, Lightning Blast, Deep Freeze, Tornado, SPain, Healing
 Nox       | Deep Freeze, Dark Devourer, Stone Rain, Enhance, Healing (32%)
 WD        | Terra Hammer, Thunder Flare, Freezing Impact, Explosion,
              Enshelter, Healing

- No Guard when casting magic.


         Rock Hermit

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Top Punch)        |  | |  |k| 1,0 | 15 | 1,5 | 3,4 | Stun/Fog/Freeze
2 (Right Punch)      |  | |  |b| 1,5 | 15 | 1,5 | 2,6 |
3 Rolling Stone      |~2| |  |k| 0,5 | 15 | 0,5 | 2,4 |
4 Rock Star          |  |M|  |k| 2,0 | 15 | 1,1 | 3,0 |
5 (Withdraw)         |  | |  | | Block    |     |     | Bs counter

- The Rock Hermit can only block with the help of its Blindside counter.

 Roak      | Earth Glaive, Stone Rain
 Nox       | Shadow Needles, Vampiric Blade
 7SC       | Ice Needles, Deep Freeze


         Golem

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Punch)            |  | |MP|k| 1,0 | 15 | 1,0 | 2,5 |
2 (Spin)             |~2|M|  |k| 1,0 | 15 | 0,8 | 3,1 | -/Stun
3 (Body Slam)        | 2|M|  |k| 2,0 | 15 | 1,0 | 3,8 |
4 Stonecrusher       |~2| |  |k| 1,0 | 15 | 1,9 | 5,8 |


         Bigfoot

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Juggle Combo)     | 3| |  |k| 0,4 | 15 | 0,4 | 2,2 |
                     |  | |  |k| 0,3 | 15 |     |     |
                     |  | |  | | 0,8 | 15 |     |     |
2 (Dual Kick)        |  | |  |b| 1,5 | 15 | 0,4 | 2,9 |
3 Swinging Rotation  |~2| |  | | 0,5 | 15 | 0,1 | 0,9 |
                     |  | |  | | 0,7 | 15 |     |     |
4 Sphere             |  | |LR| | 0,6 | 15 | 1,7 | 2,7 |
5 Breath             |~2|S|  | | 0,2 | 15 | 1,2 | 2,5 |

- Dual Kick is so fast it can easily catch you off-guard. It also has
a high critical hit rate multiplier. Avoid it by moving towards them,
specifically towards their right side, from your point of view. Left
side works too, but right side seems a little better. Do *not* try to
move away from them if they're already close to you.


         Dragon Newt

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Juggle Combo a)   | 2| |  |k| 0,4 |  5 | 0,6 | 2,4 |
                     |  | |  |k| 1,0 | 10 |     |     |
2 (Charge)           |~2| |LD|k| 0,3 |  6 | 1,4 | 2,8 |
3 (Juggle Combo b)   | 5| |  |k| 0,5 |  3 | 0,6 | 2,8 |
                     |  | |  |k| 0,2 |  3 |     |     |
                     |  | |  |k| 0,3 |  3 |     |     |
                     |  | |  |k| 0,4 |  3 |     |     |
                     |  | |  |k| 1,0 |  5 |     |     |
4 Sphere of Might    | 6|S|  | | 0,3 |  3 | 0,8 | 2,5 |

 Lemuris   | Wind Blade, Enshelter
 Cardianon | Ice Needles, Ex Healing
 Nox       | Fire Bolt


         Clown

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Explosive Confetti)~3|M|MP| | 0,6 |  5 | 0,8 | 1,6 | F
2 Balance Ball Attack|~6|h|MD| | 0,5 | 15 | 1,2 | 3,1 |
3 (Hulahoops)        |  | |MR| | 0,8 | 15 | 1,5 | 1,8 | Pumpkin
4 (Bs Counter)       |~3|S|  | | 0,4 | 15 | 1,0 | 2,7 | F
5 (Hat)              | Spawn a sub-enemy  | 1,2 | 3,7 |


         Chimera

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Bite)             |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 | 0,5 | 1,5 |
2 (Bull Charge)      |~1| |LD|k| 0,4 | 15 | 1,2 | 4,2 |
                     |  | |  | | 1,0 | 15 |     |     |
3 (Spinning)         |~5| |  |j| 0,3 | 15 | 1,1 | 5,0 | Poison/Freeze
                     |  | |  | | 0,4 | 15 |     |     |
4 (Breath)           |~2|S|  | | 0,1 |  5 | 0,5 | 4,5 |
5 (Tail)             |  | |  | | 0,25|  5 |   - |   - | Damage on contact
                                                         Paral./Curse
6 (Twin Breath)      |10|M|  | | 1,0 | 15 | 1,8 | 4,8 |

 Roak      | Enhance
 En Il     | Enshelter, Healing
 Nox       | Reflection, Silence, Healing (35%)
 WD        | Enshelter, Silence


         Blade Beast

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Pounce)           |  | |  |k| 1,0 | 15 | 1,0 | 1,8 |
2 (Tail Shot)        | 6|H|LR|k| 0,2 |  3 |~4,0 | 3,0 | L, Stun
3 Blade Slash        | 2|L|LD|k| 1,5 | 15 | 1,0 | 2,4 |
4 Crystal Ray        | 5| |LP| | 0,3 |  2 | 1,8 | 4,2 | L, Paral.


         Psynard

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Crash Dive)       | 2| |  | | 1,5 | 15 | 1,0 | 2,0 |
                     |  |L|  | | 0,7 | 15 |     |     |
2 Tail Sweep         | 3|M|  | | 0,8 | 15 | 0,8 | 2,0 |
3 Wingbeater         | 8|H|LR| | 0,2 |  2 | 2,5 | 2,0 |

 En Il     | Tornado, Volcanic Burst, Plasma Cyclone


         Dragon

                     Hit A Rg H  Dmg  Rush   t1    t2
1 (Big Stomp)        | 2| |  | | 1,5 | 15 | 1,0 | 2,4 |
                     |  |L|  |k| 1,0 |  8 |     |     |
2 (Tail Smack)       |  | |  |b| 1,2 | 15 | 0,9 | 2,5 |
3 (Breath)           |~5| |LP| | 0,3 |  2 | 1,4 | 4,0 |
4 Sphere of Might    |~4|S|  | | 0,1 |  2 | 1,0 | 2,9 |
5 (Breath Sphere)    | m|M|Ct| |~0,05|  3 | 2,7 | 3,0 | 0,04/0,065?

- No Guard while attacking.
- The shockwave caused by Big Stomp is impossible to avoid if you're
too close. It's possible to interrupt the stomp with a well-timed attack,
though. You need to hit them *right* before they land.
- Arena No 1: Null 15%, Crit+, Rush +2





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