Dark Cloud - Strategy Guide (Page 08)
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ANGELSHOOTER
AT: 182 ANGEL SHOOTER
MG: 99 |
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DIVINE BEAST TITLE
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/ MATADOR \
DOUBLE IMPACT | DRAGON Y
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HARDSHOOTER ----- FLAMINGO
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/ \ BONE SLINGSHOT
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/ STEEL SLINGSHOT
BANDIT SLINGSHOT
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SUPER STEVE
AT: 130 SUPER STEVE
MG: 80 |
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STEVE
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INFERNO
AT: 350 INFERNO
MG: 300 |
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SATAN'S AX
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BATTLE AX
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TURTLE SHELL
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FROZEN TUNA
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TALL HAMMER
AT: 260 TALL HAMMER
MG: 200 |
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GAIA HAMMER------- LAST JUDGEMENT
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MAGICAL HAMMER-----|--------------/
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TURTLE SHELL | BIG BUCKS
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FROZEN TUNA |
PLATE HAMMER
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STEEL HAMMER
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SECRET ARMLET
AT: 155 SECRET ARMLET
MG: 300 |
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ATHENA'S ARMLET
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GODDESS RING
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CRYSTAL RING
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| THORN ARMLET |
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PLATINUM RING
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MOBIUS RING
AT: 99 MOBIUS RING
MG: 250 |
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SATAN'S RING DESTRUCTION RING
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CRYSTAL RING FAIRY'S RING
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/ | \ / | POCKLEKUL
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BANDIT'S RING | PLATINUM RING | BANDIT'S RING
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BABEL'S SPEAR
AT: 321 BABELS' SPEAR
MG: 80 |
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TERRA SWORD
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CACTUS MIRAGE
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DESANGA PARTISAN |\
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JAVELIN | / HALBERD
5 FOOT NAIL
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HERCULES' WRATH
AT: 256 HERCULES' WRATH
MG: 50 |
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MIRAGE
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SCORPION
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HALBERD 5 FOOT NAIL
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SUPERNOVA
AT: 256 SUPERNOVA
MG: 128 |
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HEXA BLASTER
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SNAIL SKUNK
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JACKAL
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STAR BREAKER
AT: 120 STAR BREAKER
MG: 45 |
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G CRUSHER
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SWALLOW
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JACKAL
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-+- Weapon Abilities -+-
Some weapons have additional beneficial or detrimental powers that can affect
anything from how much money you get to how many absorb points you get to the
speed at which water is lost inside the dungeon. Some special abilities can
cancel each other out and when they are placed on the same weapon both of the
abilities will vanish.
Some abilities seem to appear randomly on weapons found within the dungeons,
the chance for a weapon to have a random ability that it normally does not
have seems to be very small however. I have found a Durable CrysKnife and I
have found a Fragile Baselard but have yet to find a weapon with Critical but
I have spoken to someone who says they found a weapon with Critical inside a
weapon chest of the Sun&Moon Temple.
Note: I have gotten information from one person who found a 5 Foot Nail with
the Critical ability and have now received many confirmations that the 5 Foot
Nail does indeed always possess the Critical ability.
Listed below you will find a list of the weapon abilities in the game with
the effects of each ability detailed. Abilities that cancel each other out
will appear together and will generally have exactly the opposite effect.
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Big Bucks / Poor
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Big Bucks increases the amount of money that is dropped by slain enemies.
Poor decreases the amount of money that is dropped by slain enemies. These
abilities cancel each other out when placed on the same weapon.
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Drain / Heal
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Drain heals an amount of health equal to a small percentage of the damage
done to monsters in combat. Heal gradually replenishes the health of the
character while they are inside the dungeon. These abilities cancel each
other out when placed on the same weapon.
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Durable / Fragile
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Durable decreases the rate at which weapon hit points are lost. Fragile
increases the rate at which weapon hit points are lost. These abilities
cancel each other out when placed on the same weapon.
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Quench / Thirst
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Quench slows the rate at which water drops are lost inside the dungeon.
Thirst speeds up the rate at which water drops are lost inside the dungeon
but refills one full water drop for each enemy killed. These abilities
cancel each other out when placed on the same weapon.
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Abs Up
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Abs Up increases the amount of Absorb Points you get when killing monsters
by around 20% which is a great help when building up any weapon.
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Critical
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Critical gives a small chance for a weapon to kill any enemy in one hit and
is consequently the rarest ability in the game. The 5 Foot Nail seems to be
the only weapon that always possesses this ability.
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Poison
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Poison will sometimes inflict the Poison status when striking enemies. The
chance for this power working on an enemy seems to vary.
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Steal
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Steal will randomly steal items from monsters when striking them. The item
gained from an enemy will usually be different than the items dropped by an
enemy when they are slain.
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Stop
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Stop randomly freezes enemies in place when striking them, preventing them
from attacking or moving for a few seconds.
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Easy way to get all the Specials – Tip submitted by Kirby Freak (Denni)
1) Synth a Trial Hammer to a Big Bucks Hammer.
Big Bucks Hammer – Big Bucks, Abs Up
2) Synth BBH to Antique Sword.
Antique Sword – Big Bucks, Stop Abs Up
3) Synth your Bandit Slingshot to Antique Sword
Antique Sword – Stop, Abs Up, Big Bucks, Steal
4) Build up a 5 ft. nail to Scorpion
5) Synth Scorpion to Antique Sword
Antique Sword – Stop, Abs Up, Big Bucks, Steal, Critical, Poison Heal
6) Find a weapon with Durable
7) Synth it with Antique Sword
Antique Sword – Stop, Abs Up, Big Bucks, Steal, Durable, Critical, Poison
If you want Quench ----- Synth Kitchen knife with weapon
If you want Thirst ----- Synth Sand Breaker with weapon
If you want Heal ----- Upgrade your bandit slingshot to Angel Gear
If you want Drain ----- Synth Drainseeker with weapon
Then Synth the final Weapon with whatever weapon you want to have all the
specials (such as Chronicle 2).
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-+- Secret Weapons -+-
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MARDAN EINS
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The Mardan Eins sword can be bought for 2500 fishing points any time after
catching a Mardan Garayan. This fish can be found at the Matataki waterfall
at night and at the oasis in Muska Lacka at dusk and at night. The only bait
that the Mardan Garayan will take is a Poisonous Apple which can be bought in
Queens at a price of 120 each. This fish is much easier to find at the oasis
than at the waterfall and is worth between 150 and 300 points each.
The Mardan Eins sword cannot be upgraded initially even if you max out every
single stat on the weapon, I know because I tried. The sword can be upgraded
later and I believe that the event triggering it's ability to be upgraded is
catching one of the Baron Garayan fish which appear in the same locations as
the Mardan Garayan only much less frequently. They only hit on Potato Cakes
and are worth between 600 and 900 points each. I have since revised my view
on how to upgrade the Mardan Eins sword, I have yet to catch a Baron Garayan
but after catching many Mardan Garayan fish I was able to upgrade the Mardan
Eins sword into the Mardan Twei and Arise Mardan. You have to catch around
20 Mardan Garayan to get the build up to the Mardan Twei and another 15 to
get the build up to the Arise Mardan.
You can find the statistics for the Mardan Eins in the weapon lists above as
well as the upgrade path for the sword. You will not need to upgrade any of
the stats for the weapon to be built up, just catch the required number of
fish and then go into the weapon screen and the build up will be flashing to
indicate the sword is ready to be built up to it's next form.
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*~ I got it by a lot of fishing and a lot of patience. It doesn't tell ~*
*~ you how to build it up so I just status broke my 7th Heaven and put it ~*
*~ on it. It turned into Mardan Twei. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Note: The Mardan Eins can build up into the Mardan Twei and the Arise ~*
*~ Mardan without any increase in the base stats, all you need to do is ~*
*~ catch the requisite number of Mardan Garayan fish. -Azaroth ~*
*~ ~*
*~ This is a tip from jhjmonnee ~*
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MOON SHADOW SWORD
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This is currently just a rumor which may or may not really exist. One of the
people in Muska Lacka talks about the Moon Shadow Sword which can in turn be
upgraded into a more powerful sword.
I've had some people submitting information concerning the Moon Shadow Sword
and what it could be referring to and have included those contributions below
for you to read. The Moon Shadow Sword could possibly be the Tsukikage which
does translate to literally mean Moon Shadow. This will probably be the only
update to this section unless someone submits information on a sword that is
named Moon Shadow in the game and has statistics and detailed steps on how or
where to find the sword.
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*~ ~*
*~ There is indeed a Moon Shadow Sword but it goes by a different name... ~*
*~ Tsukikage literally means Moon(Tsuki) Shadow(Kage) in Japanese, now I'm ~*
*~ no expert at Japanese, but you can look up those words and you'll see. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ -Superdevilj ~*
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*~ ~*
*~ In reply to the question in the strategy guide, yes the sword does ~*
*~ exist - 100%. I racked my brain trying to remember where I got the ~*
*~ sword and cannot for the life of me remember... sorry. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Unfortunately, I turned it into a synthsphere (or however it's spelled) ~*
*~ once I got the sun sword. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ -Brian ~*
*~ ~*
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-+- Weapon Attachments -+-
People are skipping ahead of me and I've been getting a lot of demands for a
Gem and attachment weapon-upgrade-stats thing, so I've decided to make this
section. Before I thought I could start on working on it, I already get tons
of helpful e-mails. Thanks to these people, they've saved me about millions
of hours keeping tracks of these. Thanks everyone. I will add anything if it
has yet to be mentioned.
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Attributes
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Attribute attachments enhance one of the four primary stats by an amount that
ranges from +1 to +3 and are most often found inside the dungeons. These can
also be bought in the +1 variety in the town of Queens if you choose the name
"Freshen Up Watery" when Suzy asks you to suggest a new name for her shop.
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Elements
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The elemental attachments all give +3 to their respective elements. These
attachments are easy to find since Gaffer in the first town will sell all
five of the elemental attachments if you wait to activate the event at his
shop until after you have place Paige's House.
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Busters
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These attachments give +3 to the various Anti-Monster statistics on weapons.
They are relatively easy to find with some attachments able to be bought in
the stores of each town and can be also be acquired by using an attack item
such as a bomb to kill a monster of the appropriate type inside the dungeon,
they will drop a buster attachment a little over half the time.
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Gems
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What can you say about these wonderful little attachments other than the fact
that when used effectively they can do the work of up to 15 other attachments
at one time (ooh... diamonds... so nice for those anti-monster stats). These
can only be found in the back levels of the dungeons or bought by spending
your fishing points at a cost of 100 per gem. The effects of the gems can be
found in the table below.
Amethyst +10 Ice, +10 Anti-Dragon and Anti-Mage
Aquamarine +10 Ice, +10 Anti-Sky and Anti-Marine
Diamond +10 Anti-Metal, +5 vs. All Other Creature Types
Emerald +10 Magic, +10 Anti-Dragon and Anti-Plant
Garnet +5 Attack, +10 Fire, +10 Anti-Beast and Anti-Stone
Opal +10 Endurance, +10 Anti-Metal and Anti-Mage
Pearl +10 Endurance, +10 Thunder, +10 Anti-Undead
Peridot +5 Attack, +10 Holy, +10 Anti-Beast and Anti-Plant
Ruby +10 Speed, +10 Fire, +10 Anti-Mimic
Sapphire +10 Magic, +10 Wind, +10 Anti-Sky
Topaz +5 Attack, +10 Speed, +10 Anti-Undead and Anti-Sky
Turquoise +10 Ice, +10 Anti-Stone and Anti-Mimic
Sun +10 Attack, +10 All Elements, +3 All Anti-Creature Stats
-+- Weapon Building Hints -+-
I'm adding this section based on some feedback from one of the readers of
this FAQ who said I should include a few tips for people who are having a
hard time building up their weapons and I'd like to send Steadybopin03
a thank you for a good suggestion and I hope this will help some people out.
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BUILDING UP ABS POINTS QUICKLY
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There are a few easy ways to quickly build up your Abs meter for your weapons
no matter which dungeon you are currently exploring. The first way is to use
those back level keys and put them to work for you. Monsters on the back
levels are worth twice the amount of Abs as the monsters on the front levels
and will re-spawn every time you journey between the front and back levels.
If you use this trick effectively you can build up two or three weapons to
around +5 in the first dungeon at the very beginning of the game, giving you
a good start on boosting attack power for your main weapon. The best place
to use this tactic is in Queens since the monsters there all give good base
Abs points and the back levels range from around 64 Abs points to over 180
points just for clearing it out once, a good return for the money spent to
buy a flapping fish and block of ice in town, especially when you can keep
going back and forth between the two parts of the level clearing them out
until you get your weapons built up or run out of supplies.
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EASY BUILD UP OF WEAK WEAPONS
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There is an easy way to build up weaker weapons by using your more powerful
weapons in one of the later areas like Queens to kill the enemy and then
equip the weaker weapon before the monster disappears from the screen to get
the Abs points added to that weapon instead of the more powerful weapon. I
know this is a pretty well known tip by now but I included it because it is
useful if you have the patience to endure the constant weapon switching.
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GEMS, GEMS & MORE GEMS
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Alright, early in the game you can make do with the normal attribute, element
and buster attachments to build up a weapon the first time but after that we
all know by now you will almost have to get gems or spend countless hours to
get enough Abs points to build your weapon up to +15 and put in another nine
points of fire or anti-beast or whatever. This gets very hard later in the
game when multiple stats must be over 60 and some as high as 90. Gems can be
hard to find inside dungeons since they only appear in back levels and by the
time you reach Dark Heaven castle and can buy them from the Fairy King you
shouldn't need them and at 3,000 each they are a bit expensive. This leaves
fishing for the points to buy gems and if you have the patience this can be
the simplest way to build up some very powerful weapons as early as Matataki
Village.
At the beginning of the game you'll want to save any of the Poison Apples you
find until you get to Matataki Village, then you can fish for the Mardan
Garayan fish at night from the dock by the waterfall. Mardan Garayan do not
appear very often at the waterfall, the chance for one to be there seems to
be around five percent and I never went more than twenty fishing attempts in
a row without finding one and when it did take a long time for one to appear
there was usually another on there within a couple of casts. I know a lot of
this depends on luck so your results may vary but I thought it was well worth
the time for a few fish that run between 150 and 300 points each, I was up to
over 1500 points in around 45 minutes. The other place to fish in Matataki
is the peanut pond which holds Tartans that average about fifty fishing
points each.
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*~ ~*
*~ The Umadakara is found in Peanut pond (and as far as I can tell, NOT by ~*
*~ the waterfall; only in the pond itself.) A friend and I have caught one ~*
*~ each; they respond only to the carrot, and as far as I can tell, are ~*
*~ the only fish that do so. Both of us caught this fish mid-afternoon. ~*
*~ Mine measured 113 cm and was worth 142 fishing points. The day I caught ~*
*~ mine on was 110. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Thanks to Quamp for this information. ~*
*~ ~*
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If you are looking to upgrade later in the game you will want to fish in the
oasis at Muska Lacka where the Mardan Garayan appears much more frequently,
sometimes appearing around thirty percent of the time. The best time to fish
for them is Dusk but they are also found here during the Night. You can also
find Baron Garayan fish in the oasis, even though they appear less frequently
than the Mardan Garayan they net you around 300 and 900 fishing points each
depending on size.
The best tip for fishing in the oasis is to throw in something other than a
Potato Cake or Poisonous Apple and see if there are some fish that don't go
for the bait, then throw in a Poisonous Apple for that fish and see if he
goes for that which will mean you've found a Mardan Garayan, if he doesn't go
for it take the chance and toss in a Potato Cake and cross your fingers, you
may have just found a Baron Garayan. The normal bait can be just about
anything, I found that Throbbing Cherries are good but others will work too,
I just happened to have one in my inventory when I started fishing this way
and everything seemed to go for it except the Barons and Mardans, this is
also true for the Pricklies and Mimis, at least they worked for me when I
caught one of the other types of fish on my Throbbing Cherry. As a note to
all of you searching for the Baron Garayan fish, he does NOT just appear as
a huge fish but also appears from the mid-size range on up and I have mostly
caught them in the range of about 85-120 cm and have yet to see one of them
in the huge size at the Oasis though I did see one at the Matataki Waterfall
but I was out of Potato Cakes at the time and couldn't catch him.
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USE THE WEAPON STATISTICS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE
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I included the weapon statistics in this guide to help people plan the best
attachments they'll need to build up their weapon and although I still have
some blanks in the list they are steadily being filled in with information.
You just need to compare the weapon you have to the one you are trying to
reach and figure out which gems or attachments get you there with the least
number of upgrades. For example lets say you have a weapon that currently
has a Fire 0, Ice 0, Stone 0 and Mimic 10 and you know it builds up into a
weapon that you find has Fire 20, Ice 10, Stone 10 and Mimic 20 on the list
of weapon statistics, your best choice would be 2 Garnets and a Turquoise,
which would give you the required levels in all of the attributes and boost
your attack by 10 and give you some added Beast and Stone as well.
If you happen to be building up to a weapon not on the lists above you can
still follow the same procedure to figure out the best gems to use even if
you don't know what stats you will ultimately need. An important thing for
you to remember when building up your weapons is that speed and endurance
will not hold you back from being able to build up your weapon into an
advanced form. I found this out accidentally while working to build up one
of my weapons and was neglecting it's speed and endurance in favor of the
other attributes I needed to increase.
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I hope this section provides some helpful tips for building up weapons and
even though a lot of this is common knowledge I thought it might help to
include it here just in case someone hadn't heard these tips before.
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ALEXANDER (15 Abs)
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Location: Gallery of Time
Alexander is a relatively new looking enemy but fight a few of them and you
will notice they are similar to the Mask of Prajna from the Shipwreck. Let
them approach you and slash or blast them as they move the shield out of the
way in preparation to take a swing at you with their sword or launch a fire
ball towards you.
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ARTHUR (15 Abs)
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Location: Moon Sea
Arthurs are perhaps the most difficult melee oriented monsters to date, this
is due to their speed and the extended range of their attack. They rush at
you and perform a stab attack with their drill-shaped right arm which has a
range that exceeds that of Toan and Goro's weapons. The use of long range
weapons is the preferred way to deal with them. If you choose to fight this
monster up close either use Ungaga and his spears or use charge attacks with
Toan or Goro; any other tactic will get you hit before you're in range to
land an attack.
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AUNTIE MEDU
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Location: ShipWreck
The name starts with "Auntie" so it's safe to assume it's feminine. Anyhoo,
it's of the ice element and having a fire attribute weapon can bring her
down easily. So, she doesn't pose too much of a threat, unless they gang up
on poor you.
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BILLY (6 Abs)
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Location: Gallery of Time
Billy is a more powerful version of Mr. Blare from the Sun & Moon Temple,
except he lacks the immunity to fire. You can use the same strategy here
that served you well against Mr. Blare in the temple.
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BLACK DRAGON (20 Abs)
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Location: Gallery of Time
Black Dragons are the latest dragon variant and have the same attack pattern
as the previous dragons you've fought. Circle around them to avoid their
long range attack then blast them with a missile weapon while they recharge
for another attack, or using a melee fighter you can rush in and attack then
move back to dodge their next attack if they don't go down.
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BLIZZARD (8 Abs)
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Location: Gallery of Time
The Blizzard is the latest variation on the Golem and uses the same attack
and defense patterns. Take him down from long range or rush in and cut him
up with your best short range fighter, remember to dodge back far enough to
avoid his ground pounding attack if he has the chance to use it on you.
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BLUE DRAGON (12 Abs)
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Location: Sun & Moon Temple
This guy fights just like his weaker brother in the Divine Beast Cave except
his breath weapon is a bit faster and he can fire more often. Just dodge
around him in circles darting in right after he fires to slash him and he'll
go down relatively quickly, or you could just stand back and shoot him.
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BOMBER HEAD (4 Abs)
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Location: Sun & Moon Temple
These guys approach you slowly and try to get in their single melee attack
which is a quick spinning punch, if you're using a melee fighter hit them and
dodge backwards then repeat until they are dead, but watch out because they
will explode when they die, this explosion catches Toan most of the time if
he deals the killing blow but Goro and Ungaga seem to be just out of range of
the explosion when they kill them. Of course you could always just blast 'em
from long range and not worry about their explosive nature.
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CANNIBAL PLANT
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Location: Wise Owl Forest
These guys can poison you and "goo" you, which is blatantly annoying. Their
status attacks are easy enough to dodge. Then, retaliate with several combo
attacks of your own.
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CAPTAIN
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Location: ShipWreck
The Captain can do a lot of damage if your defense is low. He tends to back
away each time you take a whack at him. Just stay still and provoke him, or
just use Ruby to finish him off quickly(that is, if Ruby is powerful enough).
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CAVE BAT
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Location: Divine Beast Cave
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