Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - Strategy Guide (Page 01)
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Highlight the Roman Numberal of the section you'd like to go to and press
ctrl+c, ctrl+f, ctrl+v and hit enter. This should quickly surf to the correct
section. To quickly surf to a specific part of the walkthrough, highlight the
thing in brackets(IE, [WALKTHROUGH EPHLAM] to go to the part where the game
splits off into his direction) and do the same as mentioned above.
I. Introduction
II. General Tips
III. Menus
IV. FAQ
V. Misc(Overworld Map, Important Non Recruitables, Secret Shops, Arenas, Gaiden
Chapters, Monsters, Bugs, Secret Characters, Secrets, Terrain Effects)
VI. Weapons
VII. Items
VIII. Skills
IX. Stat Explanation/Formulas/Status Screen
X. Walkthrough
[WALKTHROUGHSTART] (For the very beginning of the walkthrough)
[WALKTHROUGHEPHLAM] (For the beginning of Ephlam's Route)
[WALKTHROUGHEILEEK] (For the beginning of Eileek's Route)
[WALKTHROUGHUNITED] (For the part after your army is reunited)
XI. Tower of Verny/Historic Ruins of Gradu
XII. Credits
XIII. Disclaimer
XIV. Contact
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RECENT UPDATES
UPDATE: 10/14/04
-I've finished the Walkthrough, Eileek's route is temporarily in, Tower of
Verny and Ruins walkthrough finished.
UPDATE: 10/12/04
-Added in Eileek's route. Character section fully complete, Walkthrough near
completion...then I'll go back through the game and do all the necessary
tweaks.
-Item/Weapon lists 90% complete...just missing a few odd weapons that I haven't
gotten in game yet.
-Next update will be complete secret characters and Tower of Verny/Historical
ruins of Gradu when finished.
-Next update I will give all of the Character's Death Quotes and Backround info
in their beta forms(IE, could be incorrectly translated) in the next update. So
those looking forward to some info on your characters(and their tragic ends),
look forward to the next update!
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I. INTRODUCTION****************************************************************
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Hi, I'm Greg. I love Fire Emblem, I'm a japanese major(who sucks at japanese
right now), and I use video games to practice translating. So if you don't like
the names/places/script I've translated, then that's too bad. Write your own
FAQ! ;) I do this for fun, so yes.
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II. GENERAL TIPS***************************************************************
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Some very general tips if you're new to FE, or just want a general strategy..
1. Try to vary your army a bit so that you don't find yourself against
particularly tough enemies that are good against yours.
2. Axe beats Spear, Spear beats Sword, Sword beats axe. Light beats Dark, Dark
beats Anima, Anima beats Light. Bows lose to nothing, and win nothing. Try to
keep these in mind when facing enemies as they will give you a nice bonus to
hitrate and bring down the enemy hitrate. Bows have an automatic Critical Hit
on flying units.
3. Try not to use Zet early on, as he will soak up EXP that your other
characters need. For that matter, try to kill enemies with your lower level
characters. You can bring down their health with someone decent(like say
Giliam), then have a lower level char like Frantz finish him off for the bonus.
But try not to under any circumstances use Zet early on. I mean it won't kill
you later on or anything but it helps to get those levels early til you get the
Tower of Verny.
4. Use the terrain to your advantage. It'll give you dodge and defense bonuses.
5. If this is your first FE, try choosing easy mode the first time to avoid
getting really frustrated. If your units die, they die forever. Don't put your
hero at any great risks at any time, as if they die the map is lost.
6. If you see an enemy with a special portrait that isn't a boss, or a green
ally, chances are you can recruit them. Try getting your hero or another one of
your characters to speak with them. If you just want to know who, then look at
the FAQ.
7. Try not to leave anyone too out in the open, and stay defensive. It can
quickly result in death if you attack the enemy without a healer and are prone
to multiple strikes, so try to make sure only one or two enemies can strike at
you where you stand, ideally with a non advantageous weapon.
That's all the advice I can offer for now. I'll offer more once I finish the
game.
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III. MENUS*********************************************************************
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All of the menus in the Japanese version of FE8 are obviously in japanese, so
these lists are to give you some help if you imported.
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OPENING MENUS###
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Description: The menus you encounter when you first start the game by pressing
start. Note that these menus change after you have a savegame which is noted
below.
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New Game |
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Extra |
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Clicking the New Game tab will bring you to...
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Beginner |
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Normal |
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Difficult |
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Clicking the extra tab will bring you to the sound room.
AFTER you've beaten the game, and assuming you haven't used all of the slots
yet, your screen will look like this...
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Continue |
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Copy Data |
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Delete Data |
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New Game |
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Extra |
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Clicking Extra brings you to...
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Link Arena |
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Sound Room |
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Support Convo |
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Free Map |
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The Free Map option is to play around in the game after you've beaten the game
with your characters. Doing so can net you a few secret characters if you fight
through the Historical Ruins of Gradu.
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BATTLE OPTION MENUS###
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Clicking A on the ground of a battle map brings you this menu...
Unit- Detailed descriptions of your units. Press left and right to acess more
stats.
Overview- An overview of the map details, including how many soldiers you have
and how many the enemy has, which chapter it is, what army you fight, and how
much gold you have.
Guide- Teaches you the basics of the game. It's all in japanese so this is
useless to you.
Configuration- Game configuration menu which I'll go over below...
Save- Save your game in mid battle
End- End your turn
If you're playing on an EX map, you have the option of leaving in the middle
of battle by selecting(I beleive) the 5th option down.
Clicking the configuration menu has the following...
Anime- Assign the animation as 1(Normal, no Background) 2(Normal, Backgrounds),
Off(World map will show the damage), or Assign by Unit.
Game Speed- Normal(Units move normal speed), or Fast(Units zip on the map)
Message Speed- Slow, Normal, Fast, or Wait.
Terrain Window- On or Off
Unit Window- Panel, Burst, or Off.
Combat Window- Simple, Detailed, or Off(The window that opens before you
actually fight)
Clear Conditions Window- On or Off
Help Marquee- On or Off
Auto Cursor- On or Off(Cursor auto starts on your hero if it's on)
Auto Turn End- On or Off(Ends turn if all units are done automatically)
BGM- On or Off(Background music on or off)
Sound Effects- On or Off
Window Panel- 1(Blue) 2(Orange) 3(Green) 4(Brown)
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BATTLE MENUS###
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If you're in range of someone to attack it is..
Attack
Items
Wait
Basically if you highlight an attack option in the menu it will show your range
in orange. If you select the option to support someone it will show a pink
square around the person you can support. The trade option is 2 characters long
and glows green. The "stock" or "vault" option is glowing green and 3
characters long. "Wait" is always the bottom option. If you're selecting the
option to carry someone, you'll see a horse chess piece icon. If you're
initiating a support convo, it will show nothing. I think that about covers it.
You're safe testing out which ones are which as long as you do not pick the
bottom option(wait).
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PREBATTLE PLANNNIG MENUS###
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By Mission 4 your party is too big and you need to start using the prebattle
menu. It's as follows:
Select Units
Manage Items
Support Convos
Map Overview
Save
If you click the Manage Items tab and click a person, your 6 options are...
Trade List
Use Remove
Storage Sell Items
NOTE: If you happen to be on a map that has shops in it, you can buy from those
shops before you even start the map by going to the Sell Items tab, and you
will be able to both sell and buy items.
If you select the map overview button you get...
Look at the map
Rearrange Units
Config Options
Save
Simple enough, eh?
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OVERWORLD MAP MENUS###
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If your party is in a City and you click the A button on it, it can open up to
3 options. If it's 2 options, the top option is either Buy from the Weapon
Shop or Buy from the Magic Shop. The bottom option is to Organize
Party's Items. If there's 3 options, the top one is Buy from the Weapon Shop,
the middle one is buy from the Magic Shop, and the bottom is Organize Party's
Items.
If you click on an empty square in the overworld map, it opens up these
options:
Unit
Situation
Guide
Config
Save
Hitting the situation option leads to another screen. We have...
Next Destination
(Name of next destination)
Unit Number: (Number of guys in your army) | Ephlam's Status
Money Owned: (Amount of money) |
Playtime |
More to come as I find them/they're requested...
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IV. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS*************************************************
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####1. Q: Waaaahhhhhh, change the names, I don't like these names, I want such
and such a name, name Zet Seth! :( :( :( :(
A: Ok, changed my attitude about this. I am very sorry, but I won't be using
the official names provided by IS/EB. Their names I do not believe are up to
par, and thus I am using my own translation. For the sake of easyness of the
FE community, I have provided those names in parenthesis. These characters
include Ephlam(Ephraim), Eileek(Eirik), Rachel(Larchel), Myrra(Myrrh), Joshua(
Jhosua), Seraph(Saleh), Tethys(Tethys), and Zet(Seth). I won't be changing
their instances in the FAQ, but I've decided for completeness sake to include
this as many of the fans prefer Ephraim, Eirik, and Seth. These are, however,
NOT their true names provided in the game, they are simply the official
translation name provided by the company. The names I have included are their
"real" names that are used in game in japanese. Hope that makes sense, and
neither name is wrong so you are free to use which ones you like. I have to
apologize for over reacting for people questioning my translations as a lot of
people seemed to have problems with them, and mine aren't perfect either. So,
yes. Sorry!
####2. Q: Why didn't you use the official romanji names on the FE8 website?
A: I have now decided to include them in the FAQ, but I still believe the
company does a rather shoddy job with english, which is why I've decided to
translate their real names. I'm sorry for any inconvenience this causes.
####3. Q: How/When do I promote my units?
A: If you're a novice unit(Ross/Juan/Amelia), you reach level 10 on a map and
on the start of the next map they get an auto promotion.
Everyone else you can promote at level 10 regardless, but it's much wiser to
wait til level 20 to promote so they get all the extra stats.
So, once you hit 20, you have to use a certain item to promote
Sun Bracelet-Ephlam
Moon Bracelet-Eileek
Hero Crest-Non Mounted Fighting units
Knight's Proof-Social Knights, Armor Knights
Guiding Ring-All Magic using units
Sky Whip- All flying units
Orion's Bolt- All Archer units
Conquerer's Crest- Pirates, Thieves
Master Proof- Promotes all units
I think that about covers promotion.
[Thanks to: Starcane for pointing out the errors here, everything is correct
now]
####4. Q: I hear this game is easy! Is it?
A: In short, yes. This game is a little easier than most of the series,
especially if you decide to abuse the Arena. It's not so easy if you don't
though, as it'll be a struggle for cash, and you can't just waste your weapons
taking down monsters as weapons are hard to come by due to the short cash. If
you truly want to have a fun time playing this game, don't abuse arenas. If you
need cash, use them, but don't abuse above what you need to.
####5. Q: Are the new animations good?
A: In short, yep. They're an improvement. The graphics on the new classes are
simply better. Some of them can seem a bit...well, to me they just don't seem
as intense or "WHAM!" worthy, but the animation is much smoother. Great Knight
is my favorite.
####6. Q: I also heard someone mention skills! A return of skills??
A: Yep, but not many. And you gain them depending on which class you change to.
There are also only a total of 7 skills in the entire game, and they're listed
in the skills section. Still a step up for FE.
####7. Q: Does changing my class change my stat growths?
A: No.
####8. Q: Who should I have inherit the holy weapons?
If you ask my opinion, you should use the following people for inheriting the
Holy Weapons, and I'll explain why others aren't such a good choice.
Ziekmunt- Ephlam(Nobody else can use it)
Zieklinde- Eileek(Nobody else can use it)
Garm- Ross or Dozra(Ross is kind of a tossup. He can really wind up sucking,
but he can also wind up better than Dozra as a Berserker. If you level Ross and
it winds up being one of those bad times, train Dozra)
Grapnil- Juan(Definitely have Juan switch to Shaman then Summoner/Druid. Noel
plain and simple stinks, which is too bad because Noel and Jist are my favorite
characters. Noel starts with 0 luck and average stats otherwise, but his dodge
rate is just horrendous and even the most inaccurate units will eat him alive,
let alone the accurate ones. He's just not up to snuff. If you REALLY want
Juan to use Excalibur or REALLY want Noel to use Grapnil, then go ahead and
level Noel as a Druid/Summoner, but don't say I didn't warn you about his
dodge rate)
Excalibur- Lute or Juan(Have Lute be a Mage Knight and she can handle
Excalibur well. Juan is a fine candidate for it too. But since you'll most
likely have Juan wielding Grapnil, give Excalibur to Lute)
Audmura- Jist, Marieka, or Zet(Jist has all around good stats, especially in
Defense and Strength, and he's still extremely accurate and pretty fast, so he
makes a top pick for this sword. Zet is the best Mounted Unit in my opinion, so
if you really don't want to level up Jist since he comes kinda late, then train
up Zet, because he's a great unit too. Last one I would really use for it is
Marieka, because she's simply a better unit than Joshua and the weight of the
weapon only bogs her down a little, but I still prefer Jist over her.)
Widfnir- Vanessa/Tahna/Cougar/Frantz/Giliam/Folde/Kyle/Amelia/Duecel/Anyone
else I forget(Basically, give this to your best Spear unit. This one is up for
grabs because so many people can easily use it, so just give it to your
favorite spear unit who has S in spears)
Neazheg- Naemi(Naemi is a better archer than Hineas, hands down. Give her this
bow, train her.)
Ratna- Rachel/Natasha/Morda(Hands down, best healer is Rachel. But you can't go
wrong with Natasha or Morda either. All 3 are great healers, and since this
weapon doesn't need range, Natasha and Morda do fine.)
Evaldhi- Rachel/Asley(Give it to Rachel if one of the other healers is using
Ratna, and give it to Asley if Rachel is using the Ratna. They're both great
units)
####9. Dewd, where is an english patch for this game/is one out yet?
A: No. And don't ask me for ROMs. I don't have them and I don't know where to
get them, nor do I want them.
####10. What is the basic overview of the storyline?
Ok, for those who don't want it spoiled, don't read below.
Very basic rundown I got from blasting through the game:
Lunes gets invaded by Grad, Grad basically wipes them out and kills
Fard(Ephlam and Eileek's father)
Eileek is told to go to Frelia, and Zet escorts her.
Once they reach Frelia, King Hayden of Frelia gives them Vanessa and Morda to
go and find Ephlam and get him back.
Stuff happens in between getting to Lenbaar castle(like finding the zombie
towns and whatnot, and recruiting Asley and Lute), and you finally get to
where Ephlam is. Eileek and Ephlam head on back to Frelia and they decide to
go to seperate countries for seperate purposes. Ephlam is to invade Grad and
try to take out King Vigard to deal them a final blow and bring Grad to their
knees from behind, and Eileek is out to get the support of Roston(and possibly
other countries).
Stuff happens, and basically you find out that "Stones" are what is causing
all of this trouble. Each country has their own stone and holy weapons, and
Leon, who is the Prince of Grad and friends with Eileek and Ephlam, is behind
brainwashing Vigard into going to war. This is because Leon himself was driven
mad with power by using the stones. Why he wanted to use them, I'm not exactly
positive because I skipped a ton of text. What I can say for sure is that his
father(Vigard) died a year earlier to the start of these incidents. Leon was
extremely upset and sad, and he immediately went to the stone after his father
passed. I THINK this is what's going on anyhow. Leon uses the power of the
stone to revive his father, but in turn gets possessed by a demon. The demon
uses Leon's father to bring the country to war. This is the part where Noel is
trying to convince him not to do it and asks him what he's done, and Leon
throws him in jail.
So we figure out that Leon is now possessed by a Demon(Fodeath), and that half
of the good him is still there. This can be observed by going through Ephlam's
route and at the part where you figure out that Leon is indeed possessed by a
demon, he reverts to his old kind self momentarily. Anyways, Ephlam just
wanted a chance to talk with Leon, he didn't want to kill him. He makes it very
clear that Leon is a very dear, and close friend of his(the term he used was
similar to saying blood brothers).
Anyhow, your goal becomes to go to each country and round up all of the stones
so that Demonic Leon can't use them basically, and so you have the power to
fight the demon. The countries lend you their holy weapons to slay him.
That's the story in a very, very brief overview. There is, of course, a lot
more to it. Now that I've finished my guide, I can slowly go through the game
and give people hopefully a better idea of what's going on. Not word for word
like Summerwolf, but I'll be doing much less sloppy summaries.
Hope that was helpful.
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V. MISC************************************************************************
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OVERWORLD MAP$$$
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I'm going to draw the overworld map as a square, I'm sure you'll be able to
figure it out...and it's all numbered by...numbers.
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MagiVal
This model obviously isn't perfectly to scale or anything, and it's as close
as I can get. It's not in any specific order either. First comes the name of
the actual area, then afterwards which territory it belongs to(Lunes, Grad,
Roston, Frelia, Calcino, or Jahana). So here's the key...
0: Lake Castle Lenbaar, ???
1: Adlas Plains, ???
2: Serefew Sanctuary(This is wrong, but it's the closest thing I can come up
with. I can't read the first kanji), ???
3: Old Woods of Zahha, ???
4: Bolgo Mountain Pass, ???
5: Emu Village, ???
6: Frelia Castle, Frelia
7: Country Border Muran, Frelia
8: Tower of Verny, ???
9: Fortress Rigbald, ???
A: Port City Bethlon, Grad
B: Tyzel Harbor, Grad
C: Zarrbel Marsh, Grad
D: Grad Castle, Grad
E: Royal Palace of Jahana, Jahana
F: Imperial Captial Lunes, Lunes
G: Hameal Canyon, ???
H: Pokala Village, ???
I: Tieraza Plateau, ???
J: Kiryth Trade Port, ???
K: Narubay Stream, Roston
L: Volcano Peak Nerelas, Roston
M: Roston Palace, Roston
N: Historic Ruins of Gradu(yes, Gradu, not Grad), ???
O: Ruins?, ???
P: Merecana Beach, ???
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IMPORTANT NON-RECRUITABLES$$$
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These are characters you cannot recruit, but are nonetheless important to the
story. This is a work in progress.
Name: Fard
Role: King of Lunes
Appearance: Teal Hair, Crown.
Other Notes: Ephlam and Eileek's father.
Name: Vigard
Role: King of Grad
Appearance: Man, Long Purple Hair, Purple Goatee
Other Notes: Leon's father.
Name: Ishmea
Role: Queen of Jahana
Appearance: Red haired Woman.
Other Notes: Joshua's mother.
Name: Hayden
Role: King of Frelia
Appearance: Brown Hair/Eyes.
Other Notes:
Name: Mansel
Role: King of Roston
Appearance:
Other Notes:
Name: Tyrard
Role:
Appearance: Brown Hair, Looks Sleepy
Other Notes:
Name:
Role:
Appearance:
Other Notes:
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SECRET SHOPS$$$
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Chapter 14Eil: To the left of the throne room, at the top of the grassy path.
Chapter 14Eph: To the left of the throne room, down in that little nook where
the archer with the Body Ring is.
Chapter 19: All the way on the right, above the treasure chests(not in the
actual room with the treasure chests), all the way in the top right.
They sell...
Chapter 14Eil/Eph (The prices may be wrong on these...Especially the busters)
Lance Buster 3000G
Sword Buster 3000G
Axe Buster 3000G
Killer Bow 3000G
Purge 5000G
Thunderstorm 4500G
Recover Staff 3000G
Angel Cover 8000G
Energy Ring 8000G
Chapter 19:
Shamshir 1,200G
Slend Spear 9,000G
Battle Axe 1,000G
Libro Staff 3,750G
Angel Robe 8,000G
Energy Ring 8,000G
Skill Book 8,000G
Speed Wings 8,000G
Goddess Statue 8,000G
Dragon Shield 8,000G
Hero Crest 10,000G
Knight Proof 10,000G
Orion's Bolt 10,000G
Sky Whip 10,000G
Conquerer's Crest 10,000G
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ARENAS$$$
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I don't know EVERY chapter yet, but so far..
Chapter 5
Chapter 10Eil
Chapter 12Eph
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GAIDEN CHAPTERS$$$
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I don't know how to get all of these yet, in fact the only one I know so far
is:
5G: Save all of the villages in chapter 5
I'll update this if I find more.
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MONSTERS$$$
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The monsters have odd names, so I've included there Japanese name, then
what it actually is(in english), then their weapon:
Skeleton, Skeleton, Various Swords/Spears/Bows
Hellbone, Hellbone, Various Swords/Spears/Bows
Zombie, Zombie, Rotting Claws
Mummy(Promoted Zombie), Mummy, Long Rotting Claws
Bigel, Floating Eye, Evil Eye/Bloody Eye
Arch Bigel, Floating Eye, Evil Eye/Bloody Eye
Morsadoog, Cerberus, Searing Bite Fang
Cerberus(Promoted Morsadoog), Cerberus, Burning Bite Fang
Talvos, Centaur, various Axes
Magdyle(Promoted Talvos), Centaur, Various Axes
Baal, Giant Spider, Various claws(Sharp, Poison, Deadly Poison)
Elder Baal, Giant Spider, Various claws(Sharp, Poison, Deadly Poison)
Gargoyle, Gargoyle, Various Spears
Death Gargoyle(Promoted Gargoyle), Gargoyle, Various Spears
Cyclops, Cyclops, Various Axes
Gorgon, Naga, Various eyeballs
Dragon Zombie, Dragon Zombie, Decay Breath
I'll include more if I find more.
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