olberic cyrus route

after intial cutscenes, go to the shop
   buy and equip: iron sword, iron spear
   challenges: spear (break), spear x3
   brigands: sword 2 shield, level slash (break all), level slash x4

on the next screen, get light s from rightmost side of the map
   brigands: same as above

in the brigands den, get fire s from bottom left side of the map if did not get wind s drop

heal to full before gaston

gaston
t1: level slash
t2: wind s or fire s (break adds)
t3: light s
t4: abide
t5: spear x4 (break)
t6: spear x3
t7: healing grape
t8: spear
t9: abide
t10: spear x4
t11: spear

after leaving cobbleston, teach olberic thousand spears

tag rippletide and go to atlasdam
   if you find a cait along the way, you can try to kill it with thousand spears x2 and transition to cait route

recruit cyrus, then scrutinise the nearby guard for a light s

go to the square, scrutinise the girl for a light m, then go to the shop
   buy and equip: quartz rod, pointed hat, linen robe

go to subterranean study, get the light s east of russell and kill 2 encounters along the way
   sentinels: olberic spear x2 (break), cyrus fireball x2 or cyrus fireball or icewind x2 (break) + olberic spear x2
   bones: cyrus staff x2 (break), olberic abide + spear x3
   bats or 2 sentinels: cyrus fireball or icewind x2 (break), olberic level slash x3

russell
t1
olberic: abide
cyrus: fireball

t2
olberic: sword
cyrus: fireball (break adds)

t3
olberic: level slash x4
cyrus: icewind x4

t4
olberic: sword/healing grape cyrus
cyrus: staff/healing grape self

t5
olberic: abide
cyrus: staff

t6
1st person: sword/staff (break)
2nd person: s stone

t7
olberic: thousand spears x4 (if you get 7 hits you can kill him outright lol)
cyrus: fireball x4

t8
olberic: sword
cyrus: staff

t9
olberic: sword
cyrus: defend

t10
olberic: s stone
cyrus: staff x3 (break)

t11
olberic: spear x4

after russell, teach cyrus lightning blast

go to the whistlewood, killing encounters along the way
   ants: lightning blast x2
   ants + meep: sword x2 meep, cyrus defend + lightning blast x3
   frogs: icewind (break) + level slash x3
   froggen ii + froggen i: both defend or heal olberic sp, then lightning blast x3 + level slash x3 or ice/light s + lb x3
   anything with a cait: light m, then skip whistlewood

get the 1.5k in whistlewood and kill an encounter with the light m
   for howlers, you need to break with lightning blast first

afterwards, teach cyrus firestorm and equip evasive manoeuvres
   if you do not have enough jp, kill encounters on the way to bolderfall

tag bolderfall, then get the hunter shrine and the olive l inside, then go to victors hollow and start olberic 2

1 textbox cutscene as you enter the first screen, then immediately warp to cobbleston

go to wellspring, challenging the injured scout along the way to reset your step counter

go to south wellspring sands (therion story area) and get the fire l from the northwest side of the map

warp to rippletide and recruit tressa
   kill or run from the encounter on the first screen
   mikk and makk: fire l + lightning blast x2

after tressa 1, go towards the stonegard area, getting the 1.2k from the red chest along the way at north cobbleston gap

go to moonstruck coast, s&q and get the merchant shrine
   if you get the bull encounter, both enemies are weak to spear and the bull is weak to firestorm

go to goldshore
   scrutinise the old man at the entrance and get the thunder l
   get the thunder m behind the tree near the tavern
   purchase the wind m from the nearby blond man and the light s as well if you have none

go to west grandport coast
   get the wind l near the entrance, then go back to the previous screen and get the thunder m

go back to west grandport coast, get the 20k from the bottom left side of the map, s&q, then get the thunder l to the south

go to loch, follow the path to the right, get the wind l and 30k

warp to bolderfall, recruit therion
   s&q on the second screen in the manor or yolo flee
   heathcote: thunder l + ice/thunder m + any m stone

go towards riverford
   get the pom s on the quarrycrest screen, then force and kill the quarrycrest encounter with any l stone
   on the orewell screen, challenge the knight and use the ice m

tag riverford, then go to refuge ruins, getting the wind l to the left along the way
   get the forbidden blade, then buffer past and get the enchanted rod and force shield from the top right chest at the end

optimise cyrus

warp to wellspring and go to marsalim catacombs
   get the 20k and thunder l from the marsalim screen
   get the viper dagger, then buffer past the boss trigger and get the master spear, then exit

once at marsalim, go to the palace and get the 3 chests from the room to the top right
   get the tempest amulet behind the throne
   scrutinise the right guard and get the fire l

warp to victors hollow

crit l olberic, optimise olberic, equip viper dagger to therion
teach olberic spearhead, teach therion hp thief and hired help, teach tressa hired help and leghold trap
equip cover to olberic

challenge 1: sword, sword, abide, sword x2 (break), spearhead x4
challenge 2: abide, thousand spears, thousand spears x4 or spearhead x4 if broken

purchase 2x shadow m from the man near the entrance of the second screen

victorino
t1
olberic: abide
cyrus: pom m olberic
tressa: defend
therion: mercs x2 (break adds)

t2
olberic: spearhead x4
cyrus: shadow m
tressa: mercs x3 (break victorino)
therion: shadow m

t3
olberic: spearhead x2
cyrus: lightning blast x4
therion: hp thief x2 if olberic missed both crits (crit: 4200, 2100, noncrit: 3500, 1700)

scrutinise the arena attendant for the ice l, then get the dark amulet from the room where joshua is

joshua
t1
olberic: defend x2 or pom s therion
cyrus: defend
tressa: defend
therion: mercs

t2
olberic: pom s therion if not done so
cyrus and tressa: staff and axe x3 (break joshua=
therion: vets x4

teach therion armour corrosive before archibold!!!

archibold
t1 (you need 1 merchant before archibold or you lose)
1st merchant: mercs
others: kill the adds with non fire l stone FIRST + fire l
olberic can defend x2 if add is before archibold, then need to give him a pom s

t2
kill off the adds if you havent, then take off shields from archibold, he is weak to ice, bow and dagger
leghold archibold or defend with tressa

t3
olberic: abide
cyrus: lightning blast x4 if broken, otherwise icewind or something
tressa: bow x4
therion: armour corrosive

t4
olberic: spearhead x4
cyrus: lightning blast x4 if not done so or lightning blast x1 if olberic missed crit (crit is 6.6k, non crit is 5.2k)
therion: hp thief x4

gustav
t1
olberic: abide
cyrus: firestorm or nothing
tressa: leghold gustav
therion: vets x2

t2
olberic: thousand spears
cyrus: firestorm
tressa: rain of arrows
therion: armour corrosive

t3
olberic: spearhead x4
cyrus or therion: lightning blast x4 or hp thief x2 (just need one)
tressa: vets x4

after gustav, immediately warp to riverford
   purchase the fire m and pom m from the right guard

go to warbringer and get the 30k from the purple chest somewhere in the middle

warp back to victors hollow and finish olberic 2, then warp to wellspring

equip merchant to cyrus and teach him sidestep + hired help!!!

challenge the 2nd quest npc you talk to, use thousand spears to break + spearhead x3 then get the money inside

lizards 1st wave: any l stone + any m stone
2nd wave: ice l + any m stone

hug the bottom of the screen and get the 6k on the way to the den

lizardman chief
t1
olberic: sword x2
cyrus: lightning blast
tressa: defend
therion: armour corrosive

t2
olberic: abide
cyrus: pom m olberic
tressa: vets x3 (break)
therion: armour corrosive

t3
olberic: spearhead x4
cyrus: vets x4
therion: hp thief x4

equip merchant to olberic and teach him hired help!!!!!

erhardt: sword/mercs, sword/mercs, sword/mercs, sword x3 (break), vets x3

warp to riverford
   scrutinise the left guard and get the fire l

red hat: wind l, sword/mercs, sword/mercs, vets x4 (break), l stone

teach olberic 3 more merchant skills, then equip hunter and teach leghold
equip merchant to cyrus
teach tressa sidestep
equip hang tough on olberic

once in the manse, warp back to riverford
   purchase the pom l from the merchant beside the shop, then go to the shop

unequip olb, cyrus and therion in the shop menu, then sell until you have at least 119k

need 3x vets x4 + 1x vets x3 + l stone + m stone or 4x vets x4 + l stone

werner
t1
olberic: leghold
cyrus: lightning blast/sidestep/olive
tressa: tradewinds/sidestep/olive
therion: hp thief/olive

t2
olberic: axe up to x3 (break)
merchants: sidestep or break werner if already have sidestep
therion: armour corrosive x3 or defend

t3
olberic: leghold
merchants: vets x4
therion: armour corrosive x2 or grape m olberic if he got hit, otherwise l stone

t4
olberic: axe or leghold
merchants 1: olive therion
merchant 2: pom l 1st merchant on next turn

t5
olberic: axe max to break
1st merchant: bandits x3/4
other merchant: tradewinds if needed, or pom s merchant, or l/m stone
therion: light s if needed, or pom s merchant, or l/m stone

t6
merchants: max vets
others: throw stones