rebirth 3 notes

rough rb3 route


prologue
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cross combo tutorial fight

rush through start, take chests and gather points
(in total between prologue and chapter 1, jump 10 times at boxes for 1000 credits)
SP resets after bahamut so use it all on him
dont need to change combos because they kill the scrubs regardless (P-P-B)
Bahamut - Critical Edge x3 + Cross Combo x1

Chirpers of note at Planeptune 1 -
Nep FC Chairman / Healing Grass

Dogoos quest - use combos (Nepgear kills with the first hit, Neptune is a range with P-P-B)

Chirpers after handing in the quest:
Planeptune - Ms Manual: unlock Plan system
Lastation - Erohei / Int Booster; Lord Mao / Life Fragment
Lowee - Madame Pupa / Angel Wings
Leanbox - Magical Girl / SP Charger; Deer Girl / Str Booster
do Station Area, skip everything

No more interesting chirpers in Hyperdimension
Can grab H. Grass and L. Fragment on the way to event marker
Take Sunflowery Seed gather point in the topleft a bit north from the marker; if you're grinding for a good start, reset if the quantity isn't 2x (50/50)

chapter 1
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Chirpers - Saturn Shiro / Life Fragment; Basilicom Staff / Healing Pod
Take quest

Menu - remove rush and add best power for each character (Thunder for Plutia)
Formation - 4 2 1 3 on top row

Farm 5 jelly kills, 2 Mysterious Halo, 2 Negative Sap
method - kill angel at start then take Healing Pod x3-4 chest, kill the plant, alternate between plants up the top end of the map
return to entrance when done or only Mysterious Halos/Jelly kills left
In general, make use of run strats: kill the enemies that give the quest drops first and run from the fight if no drop icons have flashed up once there is only non-quest enemies left.
Hand in quests, do events

Run through Zeca 1 but MENU to set Noire as leader at any point before event marker

Arfoire 1 - defend and lose
Arfoire 2 (targets leader) - Power combos, Neptune heals Noire whenever below 500

Chapter 2
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Planeptune: Kamraman - Life Fragment
Use Equip menu to upgrade Nep and Plutia's weapons&armor, Anklet for Neptune (4000cc total) and a handful of Healing Grass
IF YOU CONTINUED WITH ONLY ONE SUNFLOWERY SEED:
[Optionally: Take the quest for 5 Sunflowery at Planeptune before entering JSR
Farm sunflowery until the second seed, also take third gather point
Run strat can be used, but probably only worth trying with Neptune.]
If did not complete quest, do Nep boxes for ~3k credits (15 total jumps with no item)
-> 1, 2, 3 in first area; 2 and 4 or 5 in second area
Otherwise do Nep boxes for 1k credits (5 total jumps)
-> 1, 2 in first area, maybe 2 in second area for safety
Take third chest in area 2 for an INT booster

Lizard Guard targets highest HP.
Strat: Nep int boost Plutie, Plutie power combo, Nep break or Healing Grass herself if lowest party HP below 900

Enter Lastation for quick event
After that, chirpers again
Lastation: Ulf / Agi Booster Z
See Lastation event, return to Planep
See event that sends you back to Lastation
Recruit Noire
Lastation Guild - accept Crystal Skull quest and hand in Sunflowery quest if applicable
SHOP: "Equip" for Noire weapon only for now
Overworld: Gramps Monster Weaken Enemies
MENU: Implement Weaken Enemies and Life Fragment
Use run strats to get at least 1 Crystal Skull from each avatar you pass
If you have the choice position-wise, leave Heal Dogoos alive over Frog-in-the-box, their AGI is lower making it easier to run.
Bandicrash: STR boosters are an out of the way item, doubt we need them
Equip at Lastation again: Armor for Noire, Technique Patch for Neptune
Kuzarat facility: take SP Charger(s) from the chest in the middle of the first room and Life Frag near the end
2nd floor: Take another SP Charger from opposite the savepoint

Copypaste: Break to begin with, then have Noire buff her own STR and use Lace Ribbons often. Plutia can use power attacks, Nep is healing or re-breaking guard.

Return to Planeptune.


Chapter 3
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Lastation (after Noire joins event): Basilicom Staff / INT Booster
Jump at points 1, 2, 5 in Rud Arms Sewer N (1,2,4 in the code)
Take the SP Charger on the bridge
Jump at points 1 and 2 in Rud Arms Sewer S. Should now be up 3900-4500 credits.
Lowee chirpers - Mr Akai Healing Pod, Madame Pupa Healing Pod
Equip all three characters at Lowee shop before continuing
Use Equipment menu too quickly: equip all S3-2X parts to Plutia.
Jump at points 2, 3, 5 in Lowee Castle Exterior and snatch the Life Fragment near 5
Jump at point 1, 2, take SP Charger(s), 3 (chance at P SP Chargers) in the interior

Blanc: Break her guard and buff up (Plutie using INT Booster) while everyone gets chipped low, then keep Noire at highest HP with Healing Grass or Pod as she tanks Blanc the best. Spam skills.

Menu: Blanc as leader
Combos: Blanc Strike Hit and Satellabute, Neptune Hot Edge, Plutia Fire and purge EX finishers
Maybe SP Charger on Noire here

Jump at 3 and 5 in Underground Cave

Castle Chambers - jump at 1
enter middle sandy area for SP Charger chest
jump at 4

Mr Badd - Neptune should use the last INT Booster on herself and Plutia, generally power combos with SP Skill from Noire/Plutia if guard is broken. Nep can buff Noire if both their buffs are down.

Chapter 4
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Chirpers:
Lastation - Snake Hayter / SP Charger
Lowee - Player 2 / Eject Button (take an extra trip to Lowee to get this)

Gigo - jump chests 1 and 5

Drive Hammer grind using first Gigo savepoint.
~16sec per reload, 20% chance
Once you do get the Hammer, take the P SP Charger chest straight ahead then go back for the event marker.

Leanbox chirper: Ten Buyer / Anti-Paralysis

Buy weapons for Nep+Puru+Noire, Armor and Ring of Essence for Blanc using Equip
then use "Equipment" to do Blanc's Drive Hammer and processors:
Plutia - STV-00 C, H, S, L
Blanc - Super BW B, NTD-64 S, NTD-64 W, Super BW L

Kuzarat Facility: Jump at 1, 2, 3, fight
R4i-SDHC: Spam power attacks except for Blanc. Blanc Rush and then Power if 1000 SP reached


Halo Forest: Jump at 1,5
Forced menu: Change Neptune to Mega D-Drive and remove Blaze Break if it was set
Change Plutia to Freeze

Vert and Gear: Buff everyone on first turn (incl. Blanc VIT) moving Blanc to left and everyone else to right
Power attacks except Plutia who should spam Fighting Viper

MENU after Vertgear fight
- Neptune behind Blanc, Vert into the slot, Noire behind Plutia, Nepgear in her slot
- combos
Vert: Six Part Thrustx2 + Rapid Rush + Mandarin Slap + Ice Lancer x3 (clear power)
Plutia: Plutie Break x3
Nepgear: Rapid Rush x3 + Formula Edge (clear everything else)
- eject

Copypaste: Brain Steep with Vert then Rush with Nepgear Power with Plutia/Blanc and Break with Vert. Left-right strat. Spread Plutia Vert Gear a bit but close enough so that Plutia and Vert can get int rebuffed towards the end. SP Skill with Plutia when guard broken
Arfoire: Switch out Plutia ASAP. Left-right (back-front) strat. STR Booster with one out of Vert/Noire/Nepgear once it can hit all three of them at once. Rush with Gear and Vert and Power with Noire, SP Skills on Gear/Noire if guard broken. Defend with Blanc and have someone keep her topped off above 1-2k. Be aware that Arfoire might go for someone else turn 1 if Blanc isn't the one to take their turn before hers.
[alternately: NepgearxNeptune and use Violet Buster on Arfoire at ~2/3 HP; in this case don't forget to move Neptune back to front row in Ch5]

Chapter 5
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Chirpers
Lastation - Full Metal Chef / Nep Bull

Lastation leg
Upgrade weapons on all and armor on Nepgear
Processors
Noire - Night Blue S
Plutia - White Cast C, H, W, L
Nepgear - All Lilac Mk-2
Combos
Nepgear - Remove 3rd Rapid Rush, add 3 Blitz Saber
Noire - Slash Edge
Nepgear set to leader and moved to slot 4?

National Factory
Jump at 1, 3
Enter top room and grab Eject Button and P SP Charger chests
Jump at 2; Take chest by save point (Life Fragment)

Anonydeath + Jammers: Power combos (Item Jammer first) then skills, expect to have members die a few times

Leanbox
Spam AoE skills on Creature fight and Power combos with Neptune
Equip at the city for Vert's new Weapon
Chirpers (DON'T MISS THESE) - 2D Dude / Int Booster Z, Magical Girl / Int Booster

Zega Forest
Pop over the bridge to get Ejects + Silver Armlet
Jump at 3
Take Exuberant Fragment
SP Charge Plutia and Vert to near 1k

Badd 2: Focus on clearing creatures ASAP, afterwards spread and spam skills

Lowee - Maryo / Hero Drink

Lowee: Equip Studded Bracelet Neo for Blanc
Equip CPU parts - G-Cube C, S, W

Mines: Take first chest for P SP Charger
Jump at 3, 4

Copypaste - SP Charge plutia to near full before him
Blanc guard, Plutia buff+spam Fighting Viper, Neps break guard (with power or break)
Targeting highest HP

Eject if any left over (5/6 chance), otherwise walk to the teleporter

Haneda Mountain Range
Party GearxVert Noire Plutia Blanc(leader)xNep
Jump at 1, 3, 4, 5
Take the top chest across the first bridge and then the three in the corner after 2nd bridge
Jump at 1 in Peak, ignore chests
SP Charge Gear, Noire, Plutia to ~800

Arfoire: Spam buffs and offensive skills while defending every round with Blanc. Heal her with Nepgear's High Heal at <4000HP (or lower if willing to yolo Virus Gas)

Alternate strat for low SP Chargers (slower, but not as much as going out of your way for more SP):
GearxVert NoirexPlutia Nep Blanc
Make sure to use bottom skill on Neptune here, possibly also on Gear. Nep's last fight so her final SP doesn't matter.

Chapter 6
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Chirpers:
Lowee - Lowee Citizen / Exuberant Fragment, Lowee Spy / Int Booster Z

Clear events until you get Nep's Pudding, then first compulsory quest
Party - Swap Noire for Vert then put Noire behind Plutia (Gear, Vert, PlutiaxNoire, BlancxNep)
[slightly different if alternate Arfoire strat used]
Combos - Add a third Six Part Thrust for Vert, change Gear back to 3xRapidRush

Take quest, go to Gigo
Fight first kitty, jump single chest near second, fight it, eject (run strats only if short 1 kitty)
Focus on rush attacks from Vert/Nepgear, Plutia generally isn't worth the effort to try to charge

Events in Planeptune
Take quest, go to Factory
Definitely hit at least 1 and 2, maybe 3 if you want to go up that way

More Planep events
Buy weapon for Vertgear and armor for Blanc
Enter Metroid Shelter
Jump at 1, 4, 5 on top floor
Use reload technique to get Plutia's doll hidden treasure (jump at 1 as well each time)
E[cost] = 52sec (20sec for failing if item in 3/4, 7sec for failing if item in 1, 5sec diversion for success)
Jump at 3 and 4, take the P SP Charger
SP Charge Plutia to [near-]full before the event marker and equip the new doll

Badd: HDD everyone, have the attackers use AoE skills and Blanc defend unless she can hit 2+ Creatures at once. After the Creatures are down, keep spread in case of random target change below half.

Yellow Heart: Nice break fight. Defensive Cheer on Blanc turn 1 then have Vert and Gear Rush to build SP while Plutia spams skills and SP Chargers on herself. Blanc defend.

Chapter 7
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Chapter 7 shop items don't spawn until you go to the world map so back out and come back.
Equip menu - Strike Lancer, Pearl Bracelet (Blanc), Elysdeon (Noire)
Equipment menu - give Vert X-Round B, S, W; Blanc G-Cube B, W11 S, L; Noire Piano Black W, L
Give Vert Studded Bracelet Neo, Plutia Cross Bracelet
Accept quest, enter Ario Plateau
Jump at 3 and 2, grab P SP Charger chest and Healing Drink chest, jump at 4, teleport
Renegades: Spread out and spam attacking skills

View event in Planeptune
View Nepstation twice, first is news and second is Hero Sausage x5 Walletcrusher; buy it.
(can maybe skip if SP Charger RNG has been extremely favorable up till now)
(this costs only 15 seconds so probably never worth skipping)
Accept Flame Fenrir quest (2xRight)

MENU: Swap Nepgear with Noire, put Nepgear behind Vert (Plutia, Noire, VertxGear, BlancxNep)
Change Vert's Rush to Air Slicer, Noire Rapid Rush + Impulse Edge, Blanc best break
Move Gear's Studded Bracelet Neo to Noire

Go to Metroid Shelter, SP Charge Noire/Vert/Plutia before the battle

Flame Fenrir: L/R Split, HDD, Vert buff, Noire buff self, Plutia debuff, etc
Eject out

Probably stock up on ~10 Life Fragments around now
Hand in quest, 2 events at Planeptune guild, enter Otori Cave

MENU: Formation - put Blanc in between 2 and 1
Every item is shit so just run straight to Warechu but SP Charge Noire/Plutia a little before entering

Warechu: Front/back formation, lead with Tech Support on everyone (centered on slot 1)
Then buff INT and STR and use rush attacks on Vert/Noire, power on Plutia, break on Blanc
When the buffs fall off reapply them and switch to attacking skills
Random retargets below half, so this is where the Frags are needed.

Anonydeath's Lab

Floor 1: take the chest near the end for Exuberant Fragment(s)
Depths: Do nothing except for using up any remaining SP healing items.

Anonydeath: Buff up, spam skills. keep the three attackers separate after buffing due to target switches. Accuracy is fine.

Yellow Heart: Similar to YH1, use this as a breather to restore SP. Change to SP attacks once guard broken.

Chapter 8
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View Nepstation twice again to get 10 SP Chargers for super cheap

Sell: All weapons and armor, valuable mats
Buy (Equip): Vert's weapon, Plutia's weapon, Rune Bangle for Blanc
CPU Parts: Round Next H, W, L on Vert

Enter Magma Cave
Take Nep Bull EX and Healing Drink on the two bridge chests (on each map)
MENU inside:
- SP Charge Plutia and vert to full
- Break combos for Noire

Yellow Heart final boss: Front/back arrangement
Blanc - defend or heal yourself if no-one else can, sneak in a VIT buff if you're feeling risky
Plutia - defend turn 1, lock of Verbal Abuse and Fighting Vipers
Vert - Lead with 1 Brain Steep, then fall into a lock of Terai Division and Sylhet Spear(s)
Noire - Lead Tech Training, position herself to use Int Booster/Int Booster Z on Vert and Plutia when their buffs fall, also item bitch. If nothing else to do, use Lacy Ribbons