Contents: I. Items, and what they do. II. Spells, who gets them and their effects. III. List of battles. IV. People and where to find them, secret characters too. V. Items for promotion, which are and where to find them VI. Most powerful weapons for each character. VII. General hints I. Items, and what they do. Single-Use Items: - Stat enhancers: Brave Apple - Level up Bright Honey - Increase MP (up to 4) Cheerful Bread - Increase HP (up to 4) Power Water - Attack up Protect Milk - Defense up Quick Chicken - Agility up Running Pimento - Movement up - Stat recoverers: Medical Herb - Recover 10 HP Healing Seed - Recover 20 HP Healing Drop - Recover 30 HP Healing Water - Recover HP to full Healing Rain - Casts AURA 4 (heals entire party to full) Antidote - Negate poison Fairy Powder - Recover xx MP Fairy Tear - Recover MP - Wierd Stuff: Dry Stone - Use to get to Dwarven Blacksmith Mithril - Forged into special weapons by Dwarven Blacksmith Blizzard - Damage enemy Shining Ball - Damage enemy - Rings Name: Normal Effect: Special Effect (as an item): Power Ring Attack +5 ATTACK Protect Ring Defense +5 BOOST Quick Ring Agility +5 -- White Ring Defense +10 AURA 3 II. Spells, who gets them and their effects. Leader - EGRESS / BOLT Sarah - HEAL / BLAST / DETOX / SLOW Kazin - BLAZE / MUDDLE / DISPEL / DESOUL OR DAO / APOLLO / NEPTUN / ATLAS Slade - KATON / RAIJIN Karna - HEAL / BLAST / BOOST / AURA Tyrin - BLAZE / FREEZE / SLEEP / BOLT OR DAO / APOLLO / NEPTUN / ATLAS Taya - DAO / APOLLO / NEPTUN / ATLAS Frayja - HEAL / DETOX / AURA / ATTACK Sheela - HEAL / BLAST / MUDDLE / BOOST Chaz - BLAZE / FREEZE / BOLT / DISPEL Spell Max Effect Description Name Distance Radius EGRESS N/A N/A Retreat party from battle BOLT 1 Damage enemy BOLT 2 Damage enemy (RAIJIN 1) BOLT 3 Damage enemy (RAIJIN 2) BOLT 4 Damage enemy (RAIJIN 3) HEAL 1 1 1 Recover 15 HP (18 if cast by vcr or mmkm) HEAL 2 2 1 Recover 15 HP (18 if cast by vcr or mmkm) HEAL 3 3 1 Recover 37 HP HEAL 4 1 1 Recover to max BLAST 1 1 1 Damage enemy BLAST 2 2 2 Damage enemy BLAST 3 2 2 Damage enemy BLAST 4 2 1 Damage enemy DETOX 1 1 1 Negate poison DETOX 2 2 1 Negate poison DETOX 3 2 1 Negate poison DETOX 4 3 3 Negate poison SLOW 1 1 2 Slow enemies (lowers defense and agility) SLOW 2 2 3 Slow enemies (lowers defense and agility) BLAZE 1 2 1 Damage enemy BLAZE 2 2 2 Damage enemy (kATOON 1) BLAZE 3 2 2 Damage enemy (kATOON 2) BLAZE 4 2 1 Damage enemy (KATOON 3) FREEZE 1 2 1 Damage enemy FREEZE 2 2 2 Damage enemy FREEZE 3 2 2 Damage enemy FREEZE 4 3 1 Damage enemy DAO 1 2 2 Damage enemy DAO 2 2 2 Damage enemy APOLLO 1 2 2 Damage enemy APOLLO 2 2 2 Damage enemy NEPTUN 1 2 2 Damage enemy NEPTUN 2 2 2 Damage enemy ATLAS 1 2 2 Damage enemy ATLAS 2 2 2 Damage enemy DISPEL 1 ? ? Silence spellcasters KATON 1 2 2 Damage enemy KATON 2 2 2 Damage enemy KATON 3 2 1 Damage enemy RAIJIN 1 3 3 Damage enemy RAIJIN 2 3 3 Damage enemy RAIJIN 3 ? ? Damage enemy AURA 1 3 2 Recover 18 HP AURA 2 3 3 Recover 18 HP AURA 3 3 3 Recover 37 HP AURA 4 N/A N/A Entire Party recovers to max. DESOUL 1 ? ? Instant-Kill Enemy DESOUL 2 ? ? Instant-Kill Enemy MUDDLE 1 2 2 Enemies act strange MUDDLE 2 ? ? Enemies act strange ATTACK 1 ? ? Attack power up BOOST 1 1 2 Defense & agility up BOOST 2 2 3 Defense & agility up SLEEP 1 2 2 Make enemies fall asleep III. List of battles. 1. Vs. Gizmos 2. On the way to Yeel 3. On the way to see Hawel 4. On the way back 5. In Galam castle 6. On the way from Galam castle to Granseal 7. Vs. Evil King Galam 8. Vs. Monsters at tunnel 9. On the way to Ribble 10. Hobgoblin Cave 11. Vs. Cliff Monsters 12. Battle to save Oddler 13. Vs. Kraken 14. Desert Battle 15. In tunnel-cave 16. On the way to get the caravan 17. Vs.Taros 18. Fairy Special stage (optional) 19. On the way to see the fairy 20. Battle to save Elric 21. Outside Creed's mansion 22. Chessboard 23. Mice 24. Outside blocked tunnel 25. Inside blocked tunnel 26. Battle to save Higins 27. On the way to Tristan 28. Bridge 29. Mitula's courtyard 30. Battle to free Mitula 31. In Pacalon 32. On the way to Moun 33. In Moun 34. At Nazca ship 35. Battle at cape 36. Geshp's trap - Prism flowers 37. Vs. Red Baron 38. Vs. Geshp 39. Vs. Wiener Demons 40. Vs. Odd Eye 41. On the way up the tower 42. Vs. King Galam 43. Vs. Zeon IV. People, and where to find them. Leader - At Start. SDMN, promotion to HERO Sarah - At Start. PRST, promotion to VICR, or MRMK with VIGOR BALL. Chester - At Start. KNTE, promotion to PLDN, or PGNT with PEGASUS WING. Jaha - When leaving Granseal for Hawel's home. WARR, promotion to GLDT, or BRN with WARRIOR PRIDE. Kazin - After Hawel's death. MAGE, promotion to WIZ or SORC with SECRET BOOK. Slade - Just before leaving Galam. THIF, promotion to NINJ. ????? - In Granseal after coming back from Galam. *TORT, promotion to MNST. May - In Ribble, the first time you'll reach from the new Granseal. RNGR, promotion to BWNT. Peter - After you speak with Volcano. PHNK, promotion to PHNX. Gerhalt - In battle to save Oddler. WFMN, promotion to WFBR. Luke - After battle to save Oddler. BDMN, promotion to BDBT. Rick - In Hassan, after getting caravan. *KNTE, promotion to PLDN, or PGNT with PEGASUS WING. Elric - After saving him from a pond. ACHR, promotion to SNIP, or BRGN with SILVER TANK. Karna - Either when leaving Creed's mansion, or after nazca ship. *PRST, promotion to VICR, or MRMK with VIGOR BALL. Eric - Either when leaving Creed's mansion, or after nazca ship. *KNTE, promotion to PLDN, or PGNT with PEGASUS WING. Randolf - Either when leaving Creed's mansion, or after nazca ship. *WARR, promotion to GLDT, or BRN with WARRIOR PRIDE. Tyrin - Either when leaving Creed's mansion, or after nazca ship. *MAGE, promotion to WIZ, or SORC with SECRET BOOK. Janet - When leaving Granseal for north Parmecia. ACHR, promotion to SNIP, or BRGN with SILVER TANK. Rohde - Just before battle outside sealed tunnel. BRGN. Higgins - After saving him. PLDN. Skreech - After rescuing Mitula, when you're going to leave Tristan *BDBT. Taya - After rescuing Mitula, talk to a statue. *SORC. Jaro - On the way to Moun, in the middle of the battle. PGNT. Frayja - When battle in Moun starts. VICR. Gyan - After winning battle in Moun. GLDT. Sheela - Behind monk's Dojo on Grans island. *MRMK. Zynk - After talking to Petro in Roft. RBT. Claude - In hall of Ancients, give him his arm. *GLM. Chaz - In Yeel, when leaving for Force sword research. WIZ. Lemon - When leaving Yeel after getting Chaz. RDBN. - Secret characters: ????? : when you'll be back from Galam to Granseal, you have to look in the buildings, in one you'll find one of the beasts that were in the zoo, speak with him, name him and he'll join your force. Skreetch : when you had speak with Volcano, usually go speak with king Bedoe, don't do that, before go down a level and speak with a bird on a pirch. Then go up and speak with the little bird on the pitch. Then go down again and speak with the bird again (she'll say the same thing as before). Now exit from the castle (not from town). Go on the left side, the camera will move up to the mother, the little bird'll fall down on your head, the mother will thank you and bring away his child. After you save Mitula, when you'll be going to leave Tristan, Skreetch will join your force. Sheela : she's hidden in the monastery, you have to go on the left side of the monastery, and you'll find her bathing, after a short chat with Astral she'll join the force Claude : he's in the tunnel that lead from Grans island and Parmecia, you'll need is arm that is in Moun, speak with Moun inhabitants then walk on the debris in the top-left corner of the town, it will appear. When you'll find Claude, you'll give his arm back and him to tank you will join your force. Eric, Karna, Randolf, Tyrin : one of these will join you before you'll leave Creed mansion, after you defeat Cameela go once again to Creed mansion, you'll find the other three that, after they speak with you, will join the force. May, Rick, Taya : these three aren't properly secrets, but you must speak with them if you want they join your force. May is in Ribble. Rick will appear in Hassan after you get the caravan. Taya is in Mitula's shirine, she's a statue, but when you'll speak with her she'll turn to human and join your force. V. Items for promotion, which are and where to find them Secret Book is in the fairy town on a bookshelf in the tavern. Silver Tank is in the Hobgoblin cave. Vigor Ball 1 is in the fairy town, hidden in a chest in the top-left corner of town. Vigor Ball 2 is in Sheela monastery, hidden on the isolated tree near the lake where Sheela is. Warrior Pride is in Granseal, in the room where you can speak with all your friend, search on the banner on the wall and you'll find it. Pegasus Wing in in Pacalon, wlak down the right side of the blue carpet that is in king's room, go on walking till you reach the wall, search there and you'll find it. VI. Most powerful weapons for each character: BDBT - Critical Sword (+32) Battle Sword (+35) BRGN,BWNT,SNIP - Nazca Cannon (+33) Buster Shot (+37) Hyper Cannon (+40) Grand Cannon (+43) BRN,RDBN - Heat Axe (+32) Critical Sword (+32) Atlas Axe (+35) Battle Sword (+35) Counter sword (+39) GLDT - Heat Axe (+32) Atlas Axe (+35) HERO - Critical Sword (+32) Battle Sword (+35) Counter Sword (+39) Force sword (+??) MMNK - Misty Knuckles (+??) Giant Knuckles (+55) NINJ - Critical Sword (+32) Katana (+34) Ninja Katana (+39) Gisarme (+42/Instant Kill 25% chance) PLDN,PGNT - Valkyrie (+33) Holy Lance (+39,+5DEF) Mist Javelin (+42) SORC,WIZ - Mage Staff (+27) Great Rod (+28) Supply Staff (+32/Regenerate 2MP) Mistery Staff (+39/Regeberate 2MP) VICR - Wish Staff (+26/Regenerate 2HP) Great Rod (+28) Holy Staff (+29/Regenerate 2HP) Mistery Staff (+39/Regenerate 2MP) VII. General hints - Taros can only be defeated using Achilles sword. To get it you have to go in Ribble and use the WOODEN PANEL (that you'll find in a chest in the HOBGOBLIN TUNNEL) on the tree. A passage will open. Inside you'll find the sword. Only the leader can use that weapon. Neither spell nor other characters may damage Taros. Taros using his sword will cause a second level bolt. - To have a greater probability to obtain the best items from the dwarven blacksmith, make 2 ordinations each time, i tried 10 times to get Gisarme, then i turn off the Genesis, when i tried again, i ordered a weapon for Slade and one for Sara, i obtained at the first try the Gisarme and Giant Knuckles. - To create a very powerfull group first of all: DON'T promote any character till he reach level 40. It's a bit difficult go on without promotions but it will be very usefull going on with the game. Mine prefered strategy to reach level 40 is this: kill Taros, then use the desert as your training camp: in the desert monster continue to appeare even if you defeat them, so give the protect ring to thc character you want to reach level 40 and continue using it (for each time you use it on 5 people that aren't yet boosted you gain 25 exp). if it's going to brake, repair it and so on. While you do this with the first one make Sara cast an heal spell for each turn so she will go on with levels very quickly. After 3 members of your team have reach level 40 the second part of the training will start. It's better you start promoting people who has only one possible one promotion, my suggestion is to promote the Leader, Luke and Sara (to MMNK, there are 2 vigor balls so you don't need to compare her with Karna). Now go to the fairy stage with these three and a couple of other character, for example Peter and Geralt. At the beginning let LESSER DEMONS appear, till your three main character reach level 7 then put someone on the spot and move the Leader and Luke near the spot where MIST DEMON appears. Start increasing the two character level. Peter would be quick enough to act before MIST DEMON if that's not, make him equip QUICK RING, that would be enough. However when you see that the leader and Luke make 50-55 HP damage to MIST DEMON, then send Peter or geralt to attack him, they will earn always 49 exp if the demon is killed. So they'll reach quickly level 40. Repeat this steps with every member of your group. Someone is too slow to act before MIST DEMON, so you'll have to use some defensive strategy, mine personal will be explained at the end of this paragraph. When any character reach level 40 promo him. except for Warriors, Knights and Mages. For these it's better you wait to have the comparison, in fact you can promote only one knight to pegasus knight, so you'll select wich one to give maximum promotion when all of them will be at level 40. In fairy stage promoted characters can reach level 23 and till you'll start to fight with Greater devils (from Zalbard) you won't fnd any difficult, and if you think that is hard to reach level 32 in the game... Naturally people that will join your group after Janet (from Rohde) will become useless.. Rhode joined mine group with 35 HP... when the other BRGN (in my case Elric) had more than 100 HP.... - battle plan for slower characters in fairy stage C represent your strong character P is your character too but is the one MIST DEMON attacks, it changes every time but usually is the leader, however put in that position the attacked character Q as well is one of yours but is on the spot where LESSER DEMON would appear A is another character but he will attack the demon before he moves while all the other will do nothing (remember: make sure that L can kill demon with one shot!!!) L is the weak character X is where MIST DEMONS will appear - are empy squares (remember: every simble represent a square, so C P means that in a square is a person, and in the adjacent one (on the right) there's another) first second third fourth fifth - C - - X A - C - - - A - C - - - A - C - - X A - C - - - A - - C - - C - - C - - C - - C - - C - - C - - C - - C X - C - Q - - C - - Q - X C - - Q L - C - - Q L P C - - Q L P C - - - C P - - - - C P - - - - C P - - - - C - - - - - C - - - - L - - - - - L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X will appear X will move L will move P will make X attack P make and A attack and attack P up and kill X one steps to someone else kill him protect L while X and make L retreat X appears again and restart.