Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD - Beginner Any% - 40 AP Menus

KH2FM Beginner Any% Notes (40 AP)
In a menu (-) means remove, and (+) means equip
Anything Prefixed with (!) is either a chest or a specific selection

=Roxas World=
! Pick Right Struggle Bat (+1 Strength)
! Pick Sword (Station of Awakening)

(You can change your camera settings after Mail Delivery, or just change it in the first menu as well)
Menu (Before Struggles):
       Abilities: Roxas > +Guard
	Settings: Summon Animations: Off
Menu (Before Vivi Clones):
    Abilities: Roxas > -Guard, +Aerial Recovery
	Items: Roxas > +Medal

=Twilight Town 1=
Menu (Auto):
    Customize: Donald > Party Attack
		Goofy > Party Attack
    Abilities:   Sora > +Guard
	       Donald > -Cure
	Items: Donald > -Ether, -Potion
	        Goofy > -Potion x3

! Ether in Tower

=Hollow Bastion 1=
! Drive Recovery in Borough (Go up stairs)

=Land of Dragons 1=
Menu (Auto):
	Party: Donald -> Goofy
	Items: Ping > -Ether
	       Sora > +Ethers (2) (Auto-Fill △)
	       Press Touchpad (PS4/5) or Select (PC) while on Ethers

! AP Boost in Cave

Menu (After Cave Fight): [If Lv11 Skip to Next Menu]
    Abilities:  Sora > +Experience Boost

! Get under 60xp to Lv12 on Summit Fight. This is for getting Lv14 before Hydra. Not a huge deal, and hard to miss with XP Boosting.

Menu (Auto - After Summit):
	Items: Stock > +AP Boosts (2) [On Sora]
    Abilities:  Sora > +Scan, +Slide Dash, (+Experience Boost)

! Ether in Bamboo Grove

=Olympus Coliseum=
- Kill the 4 Dog Spawn on the way (If you didn't get the desired xp range above)

Menu (Auto - Hade's Escape[OPTIONAL]):
	Abilities: Auron > -Divider, -Auto Limit
					  (+Divider after Hade's Escape)

! Power Boost in Underworld Entrance
! AP boost in The Lock

Menu (Before Pete):
    Customize: Donald > Sora Attack
	Items:  Stock > +Power Boost, +AP Boost
    Abilities:   Sora > +Aerial Dive

Menu (Before Hydra):
	Abilities: Sora > -Experience Boost, +Trinity Limit

=Hollow Bastion 2=
Menu (Before Borough Fight):
	Items: Sora > +Hero's Crest

=Beast Castle 1=
Menu (If you lost drive after Thresholder): Use Drive Recovery

! AP Boost in Dungeon (After Thresholder)
! AP Boost in The West Hall (Between Gargoyle Statues)
+ Make sure you are Level 14 before Beast

Menu (Auto at Beast):
	Party: Donald -> Goofy

=Disney Castle=
+ At least 640 Munny by the end of Minnie Escorts

=Timeless River=
Buy 2 Tourmaline Rings from Moogle Shop
Menu (Before Past Pete):
	Items: Sora > +Tourmaline Ring (2)
		  Stock > +AP Boost (2) [On Sora]
    Abilities: Sora > -Guard, +Combo Boost

Menu (After Window 3, Before Window 1):
    Abilities:  Sora > +Reaction Boost

! Mythril Shard during Boat Pete or get it in Port Royal Minute fight!

Menu (Before Future Pete): Use Drive Recovery if you have it

=Port Royal 1=
Menu (After Boat Fight):
	Party: Donald -> Goofy

! AP Boost in Isla de Muerta: Powder Store

=Agrabah 1=
! Buy max Ethers from Moogle Shop, and pick up the Elixir from Synth.

Menu (When Aladdin Joins The Party):
    Customize:     Sora > Add Reflect in (Keep Blizzard, and Thunder. 4th is Ethers or Fire)
		Aladdin > Sora Attack
	Items:  Aladdin > -Ethers (2)

! AP Boost in Bazaar (Middle, under the stall)
! AP Boost in The Cave of Wonders: Chasm of Challenges (Right)

Menu (After Treasure Room):
	Abilities:  Sora > +Aerial Spiral, +Quick Run
		  Donald > +Cure, +Fantasia

=Halloween Town 1=
Menu (When Jack Joins The Party):
	Party: Donald -> Goofy
	Items: Jack > -Ethers (2)

! AP Boost in Hinterlands (Left)
! AP Boost in Santa’s House

=Twilight Town 3=
Menu (Before Berserkers):
	Customize: Sora > +Magnet
- Note: Your customize shouldn't change much from here.
Keep Magnet, and Reflect. Choose between keeping Blizzard, Thunder, or Ethers.
(Logic personally kept Magnet/Blizzard/Reflect/Ether and command menus all Thunders)

=Hollow Bastion 2.5=
! AP Boost in Postern
! AP Boost in Corridors (Right Path)

=Space Paranoids=
Menu (After Light Cycle):
	Items: Tron > -Ether
	       Sora > +Follow the Wind, +Elixir, +Ether
	      Stock > +AP Boost (7) [On Sora]
    Abilities: Sora > +Finishing Leap


Menu (After Monitors):
	Items: Sora > +Hero's Crest
! AP Boost in I/O Tower Hallway (Left Chest)

=Hollow Bastion 3=
Menu (After Demyx):
	Abilities: Sora > +Vicinity Break
! AP Boost in Crystal Cavern (Before 1k, by the Save Point)

=Beast Castle 1.5=
Menu (When Beast Joins The Party):
	Party: Beast -> Donald

Menu (After Beast Rejoins The Party):
	Party: Beast -> Goofy
	(Customize: Sora > +Blizzard [If not in])
	Abilities: Sora > +Guard Break
	Items: Sora > +Rumbling Rose, Master: +Hero's Crest
		Stock > +AP Boosts (2)

=Port Royal 2=
(* +Peter Pan if Pan GR2/Experiment + Elixir Saix)
Menu (After Grim Reaper 1):
	Abilities: Sora > -Guard, +Horizontal Slash

=Agrabah 2.5=
Menu (If Magnet isn't customized):
	Customize: Sora > +Magnet
! Complete up Carpet Sections for Draw / AP up

=Halloween Town 2=
Menu (Auto):
	Party: Jack -> Donald
    Abilities: Sora > +Draw
	     Donald > -Fantasia, +Flare Force

=Agrabah 2=
Menu:
	Items: Sora > +Decisive Pumpkin

=Beast Castle 2=
Menu (Before Dragoons):
	Items: Sora > +Rumbling Rose, Valor: +Decisive Pumpkin

=Land of Dragons 2=
Menu (After Riku):
	Party: Mulan -> Donald

=Twilight Town 3=
- No menus or chests

=The World That Never Was=
Menu (After Roxas):
    Customize: Sora > +Ethers (Have: Magnet, Reflect, Ethers, Blizzard/Thunder in whatever order)
    Abilities: Sora > -Draw,  -Reaction Boost, +Combo Master, -Vicinity Break, +Flash Step, +Slapshot
	Items: Sora > +Two Become One

! Buy Ethers from Moogle Shop (Check stock and equip count. You need 5 Ethers for Final Fights, rest are TWTNW.)

Menu (Before Xigbar):
	Items: Sora > +Rumbling Rose

Menu (Riku Joins - OPTIONAL):
	Items: Riku > -Ethers (2)