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MANA VILLAGE
1. Talk to Tess at the rock
2. Talk to Moti in house next door to begin cutscene
3. Take control of Wanderer around 3:30 and press start, then set out.
4. Select Gnome for Spirit
5. Head north on the map to Mana Tower (MT)
6. Unless noted, avoid the enemy.

MANA TOWER
1. Zone 1: Slash a slime to break barrier, open silver chest.
2. Zone 2: Use barrel to smash barrier, open gold chest.
3. Zone 3: Parry group 1 and 2 of archers. Open 2 gold chests, and silver chest.
4. Zone 4: Use Gnome to break floating block and open 2 gold chests. Open silver and bronze chest.
5. Xangar skip; Watch VOD for Xangar strats.
6. Select level 7 armor as silver status prize.

MANA VILLAGE
1. Obtain Flail
2. Talk to Tess at the rock and accept MT2 quest.
3. Equip Crystal of Strength (CoS) if you have and set out using start menu.

MANA TOWER 2
1. Zones 1-4: Kill all enemies. Open all chests. Reach level 5.

MANA VILLAGE
1. Receive Ring from Tess.
2. Consider buying a CoS if you do not already have 2.
3. Equip Level 4 sword if you have, level 3 armor if you have, and ring from Tess to increase intelligence to 50.
4. Talk to Moti next to Millionaire's to receive Spin Drum.

TOPPLE/STAR LAKE
1. Zone 1: Use flail right away (to the left of crab, just below spikes) to open chest and reveal Gleamstone, and push crab away from you at the same time.
2. Open gold chest nearby.
3. Zone 2: Open far right bronze chest only and avoid enemies. Open all other chests (see VOD for "plant bash" tech).
4. Zone 3: Kill the 5 enemies in the winding path. Gnome 1-shot the 3 lizards. On way to chests, kill the enemies around. Pull money from plants using flail when applicable. Use plant to open 5 gold chests, 2 silver and 1 bronze. Note: Mimic chests do not become Mimics in this zone.
5. Zone 4: Open all chests. Sand Leech has stone. Reach level 6. Note: There is supposed to be a max damage debug sword in this zone, as a random drop.
6. Good idea to equip a Crystal of Defense or 2. Save.
7. Galem: See VOD for strat.

MANA VILLAGE
1. Receive Bow. Obtain key in the corner at Moti's. Talk the the door of the haunted house. Swap to shade spirit by talking to Tess at the rock. Talk to Bomb Bros 3 times to accept Stone Beast quest, obtain Fever reels and upgrade the gem frame with 4 more spaces.
2. Gem Frame should have as many CoS as you have along with a Sonic Wave if you have.
3. You should be Level 6 at this point, still.

Star Lake 2
1. 4 Zones randomized. Open all chests. Enemy groups that might have Gleamstone: Lizards, Mallards, Ticks, Sand Leeches.

MANA VILLAGE
1. Obtain, and equip Feral Soul (+8 ATK).
2. Equip Level 7 sword (if you have) and armor.
3. Talk to Moti to unlock Jadd desert.

JADD
1. 8 Zones. Kill skull beast in each to obtain Gleamstone. Open all chests.
2. (Remove Sonic Wave if equipped). After zone 8, equip as many Berserking as you have and save.
3. Thaydol: Spam arrows. Don't worry about damage. Don't move Wanderer from starting position. Spam candy if you take any damage.

MANA VILLAGE
1. Obtain Hammer. Chat with Moti to unlock haunted house.
2. Enter house to begin cutcene.
3. Exit once journal screen opens up.
4. Accept Dragon quest from Tess.
5. Swap out Berserkings for Sonic Wave and CoS.

STAR LAKE 3
1. 4 Zones randomized. Open all chests. Hammer is your friend when you get 'defeat a certain group'.

MANA VILLAGE
1. Chat with Bomb Bros to get Spirit of the Dragon (+12 attack).
2. Unequip Sonic Wave. Sell all gems except SW, Mighty Defense, Berserking, Triple Shot.? Sell all items you don't need i.e. old level weapons and armor, armor you cannot equip. Grails sale for 100 Lucre each. etc.
3. Fuse Sword Expertise (Double damage, sonic wave, +8 ATK) for 12,000 Lucre. Note: Small chance you cannot. Just do it after Lorimar. You will need a Sonic Wave + Mighty Defense.
4. Gem Frame: Sword Expertise (2 spaces) Spirit of the Dragon (2) Feral Soul (1) CoS (3)
5. Equip Level 10 Sword and armor.

LORIMAR
1. Watch VOD for Zones 1-8. Grab as many chests as you can easily get to. Save after Zone 4 and 8.
2. Equip level 16 Saber and level 16 armor. Also Berserking if you got 'em.
3. Landmund: Watch VOD for strat. Get gold status for a Cruel Hammer gem (Hammer Fever reach Level 2).

MANA VILLAGE
1. Buy candy and herbs (for poison).
2. Fly to Brightwood using Start > Set Out.

WENDEL/BRIGHTWOOD
1. Zones 1-8 Watch VOD. Save after Zone 4 and 8.
2. Mana Storm: Gold status will get you a L2 FEVER gem.
3. Ideally you are level 22 and its sub 2 hours.

MANA VILLAGE
1. Fuse Might of Gemmas (+20 ATK) using Sonic Wave + ? (8000 Lucre).
2. Buy candy.
3. Talk to the rock to start cutscene for Ruins.

RUINS
1. 12 Zones. Watch VOD. Save after 4, 8 and 12. Reach level 26.
2. Revenant: Watch VOD. Don't die! Triple shot is nice here if you still have it. I use arrows and flail.

MANA VILLAGE
1. Buy candy and 8 pep roots. 8 herbs.
2. Gem Frame: SE (2) FS (1) SoD (2) MoG (4) CoS (3)
3. Start > Set Out

PATH of LIFE
1. 12 Zones. Save after 4, 8, and 12. Good luck on zone 10! Reach level 32.
2. Mana Lord: Spam sword attacks. Having a pep root or two helps.
3. Sub 2:30:00 is ideal here.

MANA VILLAGE
1. Buy candy
2. Start > Set Out

COSMIC RIFT
1. 16 Zones. Watch VOD for strats.
2. Kill Ferick first on Dopplegangers split (Zone 9).
3. Use Shade attack along with sword on Scion of Mana (final boss).
4. Usually NPC is around level 34-35.