Tales of Vesperia FAQs

Q: What Monster item drops are important to the run?
A: The essentials are:
   Medium Feather x2 (Axe Beak drops at 15%)
   Mane x1 (Rhinossus drops at 20%)
   Basilisk Scale x2 (Basilisk drops at 30%)
   Grimoire Page x1 (Sorceress drops at 25%)
   Broken Dagger x1 (Thief and Rogue drop at 30%, Bandidos drop at 25%)
   Long Needle x1 (Thornwigle drop at 20%, +10% rate increase with an Blue FS)
   Soft Tail x1 (Polwigle, 25%, Thornwigle drop at 25%, +10% rate increase with a Blue FS)
   Small Feather x3 (Chirpee drop at 20%, Howler 25%, +10% rate increase with a Red FS)

   And there are a few extras you can obtain to help in the run. These are all optional:
   Paralyze Powder x2-4 (Ratwigle drops at 25%)
   Aphid x1 (Large Beetle drops at 25%)
   Wolf Fang x2 (Wolf and Black Wolf drops at 25%, Wirbel drops at 20% (Nordepolica Arena), 10% increase with a Green FS)
   Tough Leather x1  (Black Rhino drops at 25%, (Ragou's Residence))
   Basilisk Scale x2 (2 more after the number mentioned earlier.)

Q: And what will all of these materials do for you?
A: Either to Synthesize weapons, key items, or main story parts. I'll break it down.
   Attack Ring
   x1 Power Light (Dropped by Gattuso)
   x1 Basilisk Scale

   Winged Boots (Faster movement in Towns, Dungeons, World Map.)
   x2 Medium Feathers
   x2 Small Feathers
   x1 Mane
   x1 Grimoire Page

   Kotaro +1 (Weapon for Repede. Has Rise Attack skill. (Increases damage by 10% on any attack but consumes 1 TP for all attacks.))
   x1 Kotaro
   x1 Broken Dagger
   x1 Long Needle

   Judith's Heliord Costume (Needed to progress past the Guard to get to Yaeger 1)
   x1 Small Feather
   x1 Basilisk Scale
   x1 Soft Tail

   These aren't required but can help a bit if you're lucky enough.

   High Tsurugi (Weapon for Yuri. Has Elemental Skill. (20% chance to increase damage by 50% if the attack has an element))
   x1 Tsurugi
   x2 Paralyze Powder
   x2 Wolf Fang

   Takemikazuchi: Blast (Weapon for Repede. Has Elemental skill.)
   Takemikazuchi x1
   Paralyze Powder x2

   Leather Whip +1 (Weapon for Rita. Has skills HP Condition 3 and 4.)
   Leather Whip x1
   Tough Leather x1

   Scarf +1 (Has EXP Share skill to allow Rita to gain the large amount of bonus EXP from Medusa Butterfly)
   Scarf x1 (Rita's default weapon)
   Aphid x1

   Snipe Xiphos +1α (Weapon for Raven. Has Strength T skill. (Increase Strength by 25% if HP is above 75%))
   Snipe Xiphos x1
   Basilisk Scale x2

Q: Why lose to Adecor and Boccos?
A: It's faster to die to them than to defeat them. But every fight with them afterward you must win so it is the only one that allows you to lose on purpose.

Q: What are the version differences from the Xbox 360 version to PS3?
A: There's a crazy amount of things added to Vesperia PS3 from 360 but I'll try and list just the speedrun relevant ones. Keep in mind that the Definitive Edition is mostly based on the PS3 version as well so these additions also apply to that version.
-Cutscenes can now be skipped.
-Auto-Pilot when riding Baul on the World Map was added to PS3 giving instant warping to any destination that you've previously visited.
-Manual Cancel (also known as Guard Cancel) was added allowing the player to cancel if you play in Manual Mode. This is used at every opportunity in the run during battles.
-Extra mandatory bosses (Cursed Wanderer 1 and 2) were added as well as some sequences such as you having to manually run through the Monster Stampede before fighting the monsters with Flynn.
-Flynn and Patty added as playable characters. (Although Patty is only used when forced by the game and Flynn is seldom used because of his availability.)
-New Artes added for every character. The only PS3 arte that is used in the run is Concealed Wave/Shanha/遮波.
-High Tsurugi now has 2 new skills added: Elemental and Fatal Exceed. in 360, it only had Aerial Combo Plus.
-Ragou's Mansion is extended in the PS3 version. (It ends after the "Prison Break" scene on 360).
-Some fast travel options are added in PS3. One example being after defeating Barbos you get an option to Fast Travel back to Dahngrest but in 360 you must manually travel back instead.
-Dahngrest Sewers are added. Normally not in the 360 version at all.
-Raven's skill "Headhunter" was added to the PS3 version.
-When pushing blocks off of edges in Heracles you can continue to move as it drops on the 360 version. PS3 you cannot.
-In Egothor Forest there is a split pathway where you must enter 2 battles with your party split in two, one half taking the 1st fight and the other taking the 2nd fight. This fight did not exist on 360.
-The final string of battles in Egothor Forest were extended to 3 fights instead of 2 on the PS3 version.
-In Mt. Temza the 2nd Dark Bottle skip past the Warrior is easier in PS3 due to the Warrior no longer having a fixed position as he once was on the 360 version.