Dark Cloud - Strategy Guide (Page 10)
Below are the cheat codes, hints and help for Dark Cloud - Strategy Guide (Page 10).
When Master Utan spits the seeds, you are able to block them 100% with the
block button held.
-= Thanks to DJ Brookshire =-
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--- ICE QUEEN LA SAIA ---
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Just chillin' and beatin' the crap outta you...
First off, make sure you have a lot of cure items and Stamina Potions/Dran's
Feathers to quicken your movement with Toan. Also, use the BEST weapons you
have and put all the Fire gems on both Toan's and Ruby's weapons. At the
start of the fight, the Ice Queen will not waste any time casting her first
ice spell. Those ice blocks pop up everywhere, so it's no use trying to dodge
it and waste energy. Now, use the Stamina Potion on Toan and run in a zig-
zag fashion to avoid most of Saia's attacks. Then go up to her and slash at
her to break the shield temporarily. Now, use this opportunity to quickly
switch to good ol' Ruby and blast La Saia silly with fire magic(remember to
junction the fire attribute on her weapons). Then switch back to Toan and
repeat. If you are really floundering, try hiding behind the pillar nearest
to her until her attacks die off and jump out and start your assault. She is
too difficult of a boss to be snoozing through. Good luck. You'll need it. :)
Additional Help
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Alternate between Cat-Girl and Genie. Run to the right hand side of the
screen and hide behind the pillars. Use these pillars to dodge the evil
queens spells. You have a couple of moments after the queen casts her spell
so hop out with Cat-Girl and hit the queens shield a couple of times to knock
it down. Once her shield is down switch to Genie and zap her with magic.
-= Thanks to Mark Michaels =-
Okay this is what I did. I used Xiao and Ruby for the whole fight. Now you
must be careful in this battle because unless your weapons are powerful and
your characters have a lot of health this battle can be long and tough. More
long than tough if you use my strategy. What you do is stand behind a pillar
near the wall that's closest to her. And when she shoots her homing ice ball
that freezes you put the pillar between you and that. After it hits jump out
with Xiao and shoot her with your slingshot. Then once her shield goes down,
you will know because it will say no effect instead of showing damage, switch
to Ruby and launch a fireball at her. Do this by selecting your attribute
fire on one of her rings, helps if the fire attribute is powered up. Just
repeat this cycle over and over till she's dead. But don't let her hit you
with that ice ball because it will freeze you. And while you are frozen she
will drop another ice ball on your head. My health was at 120 and it came
close to killing me every time when I had full health. So don't let them hit
you. If you follow my strategy this will be a very very easy battle.
-= Thanks to Damien Brown =-
The "standing behind the pillar," trick really works well. Of course if she
is in the middle of the room it's really hard to hit her and not get frozen.
Unfortunately the anti-freeze amulets don't work against her freezing
attacks. Carry lots of healing stuff because your going to need every bit of
it. It also wouldn't hurt to have a few "Stand In" and "Revival Powders" when
fighting her. Anyway. Try to drive her toward any of the pillars. This will
save time and energy. As soon as you see an ice-beam shatter on the pillar,
run toward her with Toan and slash her force-field, causing it to disappear.
Run behind the pillar again before she has the chance to freeze you. You can
take as much time as you want, because she doesn't reactivate her force-field
again until you hit her with Ruby's Fire Blast. You really need to take this
time to heal if you need to. Don't lock on to her with Toan, because he runs
slower whenever he is locked onto something. Please try your best not to get
hit with those ice blocks...They really REALLY hurt. Oh and don't stay close
to her for too long, she has a way of surrounding herself with an expanding
blizzard that doesn't feel too well to your characters. Try to stay away from
this. :-)
-= Thanks to John =-
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--- KING'S CURSE ---
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Not as tough as he seems...
This boss is one of the easiest in my opinion but that could be because of
the level to which I had built up Ruby's weapon by the time I reached the
final level of the Sun & Moon Temple, regardless of how powerful the weapon
you have the strategy is the same.
As the large man-shaped form approaches you need to use Ungaga's charge
attack until you see the smoke flow into a circle around the coffin. Once
the coffin is exposed, quickly switch to the character with the most powerful
weapon and make sure that you have Holy as it's active element and whack the
exposed coffin. This causes the smoke to start reforming the man-shaped body
and once again advance towards you, before it has reformed you should switch
to Ungaga and start his charge attack, this will cause the smoke body to be
dissipated again as soon as it comes towards you allowing another hit from
your most powerful character. If you have a decent weapon this shouldn't
take very long, in my game Ruby took him down in two hits doing around 1100
damage with each hit from her Holy aligned ring.
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--- MINOTAUR JOE ---
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Didn't anyone ever tell you drinking would get you killed...?
This has got to be the hardest hitting boss you've encountered up to this
point in the game... too bad he should never even get to attack unless you
get careless during this fight. To defeat Joe select your strongest fighter
and move around the ring until one of the barrels is between you and Joe.
He will stop and pick up the barrel and start drinking, this is your cue to
move in and land one attack. After landing the attack dodge back away from
Joe, find another barrel and repeat this process until he dies. Using this
attack pattern you should be able to defeat Joe without taking any damage.
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--- DARK GENIE ---
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Surprise! He proves to be the most powerful boss in the game...
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Phase One
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In the first part of the battle the Dark Genie's hands will come up out of
the floor to attack you. His right and left hand will only be vulnerable to
a certain type of elemental attack and will never be vulnerable to the same
element. The color of the gem on the back of his hand will indicate which
element it is currently vulnerable to and will only change when he crosses
his hands across his chests and folds his wings in close to his body. You
should face the Dark Genie and watch which hand he thrusts into the ground
and then note the color of the gem on that hand, in this way you can judge
when to start moving to dodge the attack and will know which element to set
active on your weapon. The hands will take a few thousand points of damage
to defeat so be patient. The only damage you should take in this phase of
the battle is from an almost invisible attack that does around twenty to
thirty points of damage and cannot be avoided.
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Phase Two:
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Once the hands are defeated the next phase of the battle will begin. The
Dark Genie will now randomly switch between attacking with a powerful beam
that shoots from his head and the unavoidable attack he used before. You
should dodge to the side to avoid the powerful beam and immediately shoot
his head using Ruby (or your most powerful ranged attacks). If he starts
using the unavoidable attack repeatedly, just target his head and fire at
will his head is defeated or he starts using the beam attack again. Make
sure you keep yourself healed up during this phase of the battle.
Tip: Use a Stamina Potion to "avoid" any damage on your character when the
Dark Genie casts that seemingly unavoidable attack. Although you'll still get
knocked down, you'll lose no HP points.
-= Thanks to tempt amn and Kevin for both of their contributions of the above
tip =-
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Phase Three:
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With his head defeated the Dark Genie shifts to his final form which looks
like a big insect of some type. He also summons to demonic looking guards
to fight at his side in this final stage of the battle. This phase of the
battle can be fought using a couple of different strategies. You can kill
the two guards which will make the Dark Genie open his mouth and expose an
orb that you have to target to damage this final form. If you don't kill
the guards he WILL randomly open his mouth to expose the vulnerable area,
giving you the chance you need to defeat him. The attacks he uses in this
form are the deadliest you've ever encountered. The first is a powerful
beam of energy that tracks you across the screen. To dodge the attack run
in a circle away from the beam and then towards the side of his body. If
this doesn't work you will take a large amount of damage, although one hit
won't be enough to kill you at this point you will be severely injured and
knocked to the ground. If this happens, you should have a premium chicken
in one of the active item slots and use it as soon as you get back to your
feet, if you don't time this correctly and the beam is still active you will
die, no character can take two hits from this attack. The other attack this
form uses are waves of power that travels over the ground, he seems to only
use this attack after you hit the gem inside his mouth and it can be dodged
fairly easily. This form may give you some problems and should not be taken
lightly. I would recommend having at least nine premium chickens in the
active item slot just in case you have problems dodging the beam attack and
have a few stand-in powders and revive powders in case your chosen fighter
goes down during the battle.
Additional Help
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The dark genie is pretty hard. He has an attack were he sticks his hand in
the ground and it pops up under you. Just run and avoid it., then come back
and hack at the exposed hand.. there are two ways you can go about. Either
don't give Toan's sword an attribute so that you hurt him. Otherwise the
attack has no effect. Or....as the hand is popping up take a quick glance at
the color of the gem on the hand then quickly change your weapons attribute
to that color. This method inflicts more damage but you have to be quick. He
has another attack were he flaps his wings and you get hurt by the gust . I
have yet to find a way to avoid it. When your done with that form he changes
into something else and has some kind of death ray that kills you with one
shot.
-= Thanks to IEtErNaLArkI =-
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These items listed are items that I HAVE found in the game personally. Items
will be added on as I progress through the adventure. I may not get all of
them, so may god (or you) help me if he/you will. They will be divided into
categories for convenient purposes. It should be much better than a cluttered
item list.
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| ATTACHMENTS | DESCRIPTION |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Thunder | Thunder attribute added to weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Fire | Fire attribute added to weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Ice | Ice attribute added to weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Wind | Wind attribute added to weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Holy | Holy attribute added to weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Attack+1,2,3 | Adds X number of characteristics to weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Endurance+1,2,3| Adds X number of characteristics to weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Speed+1,2,3 | Adds X number of characteristics to weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Magic P.+1,2,3 | Adds X number of characteristics to weapons.|
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Garnet | A gem that can be attached to a weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Pearl | A gem that can be attached to a weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Aquamarine | A gem that can be attached to a weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Topaz | A gem that can be attached to a weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Opal | A gem that can be attached to a weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Diamond | A gem that can be attached to a weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Ruby | A gem that can be attached to a weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Amethyst | A gem that can be attached to a weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Emerald | A gem that can be attached to a weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Sapphire | A gem that can be attached to a weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Peridot | A gem that can be attached to a weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Turquoise | A gem that can be attached to a weapon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Sun | A unique gem attachment for weapons. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Undead Buster | More effective to Undead type enemies. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Stone Breaker | More effective to Stone type enemies. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Sky Hunter | More effective to Flying type enemies. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Mage Slayer | More effective to Mage type enemies. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Mimic Buster | More effective to Mimic type enemies. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Dino Slayer | More effective to Dino type enemies. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Dragon Slayer | More effective to Dragon type enemies. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Plant Buster | More effective to Plant type enemies. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
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| FOOD TYPES | DESCRIPTION |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Bread | Restores a small amount of health. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Cheese | Restores a moderate amount of health. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Premium Chicken| Restores all lost health. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Soap | Cleanses the body of sticky stuff. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Mellow Banana | Recovers HP, but will dehydrate character. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Fruit of Eden | Increases the max HP by X number of points. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Candy | Given to you by Claude. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Antidote Drink | Purifies the body of Poison status. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Stamina Drink | Raises power. It gradually increases. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Regular Water | Quenches some of the Thirst Meter. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Tasty Water | Quenches a majority of the Thirst Meter. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Premium Water | Quenches the Thirst Meter completely. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Mighty Healing | Heals all conditions. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
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| STAT INCREASE | DESCRIPTION |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Fluffy Doughnut| Toan's fav. food. Increases Toan's defense. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Fish Candy | Xiao's fav. food. Increases Xiao's defense. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Grass Cake | Goro's fav. food. Increases Goro's defense. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Witch Parfait | Ruby's fav. food. Increases Ruby's defense. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Scorpion Jerky | Ungaga's fav. food. Increases his defense. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Carrot Cookie | Osmond's fav. food. Increases his defense. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
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| THROW ITEMS | DESCRIPTION |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Bomb | Explodes major damage to the enemy. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Stone | Inflicts a small amount of damage to enemy. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Lightning Gem | Lightning-based attack to enemy. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Inferno Gem | Fire-based attack to the enemy. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Blizzard Gem | Ice-based attack to the enemy. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| WhirlWind Gem | Wind-based attack to the enemy. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Sacred Gem | Holy-based attack to the enemy. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Throbbin Cherry| Fruit that allows time to be stopped. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Poisonous Apple| Afflicts poison status if thrown to enemy. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Bomb Nuts | Explodes major damage to the enemy. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Gooey Peach | Afflicts Gooey status if thrown to enemy. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
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| POWDERS | DESCRIPTION |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Repair Powder | Repairs worn-out weapons to new. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Auto-Repair | Automatically repair weapons about to break.|
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Revival Powder | Revives fallen characters. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| PowerUp Powder | Powers up weapon's grade. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Escape Powder | Escape from dungeons. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Stand-in Powder| Choose alternate ally over fallen character.|
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
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| FISHING ITEMS | DESCRIPTION |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Fishing Rod | Given to you by Alnet to go fishing. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Prickly | First fishing bait that Toan can get. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Petite Fish | Fish bait that can be found in dungeons. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Mimi | Fish bait that can be found in dungeons. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Minon | Fish bait that can be found in dungeons. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Potato Cake | Fish bait that can be found in dungeons. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Carrot | Fish bait that can be found in dungeons. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Battan | Fish bait that can be found in dungeons. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
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| DUNGEON KEYS | DESCRIPTION |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Cave Key | Unlocks the doors to the Divine Beast Cave. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Dran's Crest | Opens floor doors to the Divine Beast Cave. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Bone Key | Unlock special doors in some dungeon floors.|
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Horned Key | Key to unlock Dran's chamber. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Pointy Chestnut| One of three keys in Wise Owl Forest. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Red Berry | One of three keys in Wise Owl Forest. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Shiny Stone | One of three keys in Wise Owl Forest. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Mustache Key | Unlock special doors in some dungeon floors.|
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Hook | Acts as a pulley to the next deck. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| ShipCabin Key | Unlock special doors in some dungeon floors.|
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| King's Slate | Opens door to next level in Sun&Moon Temple.|
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Stone Key | Unlock special doors in some dungeon floors.|
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Gunpowder | Allows you to fire the cannons on the moon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Handle | Used to lower bridges on the moon sea. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Clock Hands | Allows you to activate the clock faces. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Pitchdark Key | Opens locked doors in the Gallery of Time. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Black Knight C.| Opens door to next level in Demon Shaft. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Silver Key | Opens locked gates in the Demon Shaft. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
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| KEY ITEMS | DESCRIPTION |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Changing Potion| Used to change Xiao into a human-cat. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Moon Grass Seed| Used to make a plant grow in a special area.|
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Music Box Key | Used to unlock the Music Box in Shipwreck. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Ointment Leaf | Can make a cure-all medicine from this item.|
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Foundation | Works like facial cream for girls. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Clay Doll | An rare antique clay doll. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
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| BACKFLOOR ITEMS| DESCRIPTION |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Tram Oil | Lubricates the rusted trams to the back. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Sun Dew | Accelerates a plant's growth. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Flapping Fish | Lures the "master" to the surface. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Secret Path Key| Opens the path for the coffin to travel. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Bravery Launch | Allows you to take a leap on the moon. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Flapping Duster| Allows access to back levels in Gallery. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Crystal Eye | Allows access to back levels in Demon Shaft.|
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
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| MISCELLANEOUS | DESCRIPTION |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Dran's Feather | Fast movement that eventually wears off. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Treasure Key | Actually, a key for treasure chests. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Manual | Given to you by the Fairy King. Tutorals. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Pocket | Increases number of items stored in pouch. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Gourd | Increases max value of Thirst Meter. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Gold Buillon | Item price no change. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Antidote Amulet| Prevents poison status for a while. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| A.F. Amulet | Prevents freeze status for a while. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| A.G. Amulet | Prevents gooey status for a while. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| A.C. Amulet | Prevents curse status for a while. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Ice Block | Refridgerates fish to prevent spoiling. |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
| Rotten Fish | Any ideas on what this does? |
| --------------- |-------------------------------------------- |
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TIPS & TRICKS
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This is just a hodgepodge of various contributions from readers. They range
from helpful to zany stuff. Enjoy.
- Can't find the key item you're looking for? You should usually find them
in dungeons or dropped by bosses. They can also be give to you by swell
villagers. Re-enter dungeons to find different items and stuff. Since it
is randomized, the treasures should be different.
- After you rebuild a house in each village, the house will provide chests
that contain useful, if not valuable, items that can help you a lot in
the current dungeons. Every time you return from the dungeon, the chests
will reappear when you've emptied them prior to that. Each time it will
contain a nice item such as a Gourd.
- When you come across a large treasure chest and you don't have the chest
key to unlock it safely, you can always guess the trap. You'll be given
three possible traps: Poison, Explosion, and Curse. The majority of the
time, the trap will either be poison or a curse. If you guess the trap
successfully, not only will you avoid the trap, you'll also receive nice
prizes.
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*~ ~*
*~ Trade stuff (I'm not sure on most the names, bear with me): After you ~*
*~ complete CousCous's house in Matataki, tell it that you'd like some of ~*
*~ it's candy. It will give you the lollipop. Give the lollipop to..umm.. ~*
*~ that guy who lives with the little girl in white fur (in Matataki.) and ~*
*~ he'll give you the Ointment Leaf. Give that to the guy in Queens that ~*
*~ owns the place where you store stuff, and he'll give you the Foundation.~*
*~ Give the Foundation to the guy in Muska Lacka who thinks he's handsome, ~*
*~ and he gives you the Clay Doll. Give that to one of the moon people ~*
*~ outside in Yellow Drops, and you get the Sun! It's a badass jewel that ~*
*~ goes on a weapon. Increases most if not all stats by a lot. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Xiao and Osmond's attacks: Dunno if these two have powerup attacks or ~*
*~ not. Osmond certainly doesn't. His machine guns are worthless but his ~*
*~ lasers are great! ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Much thanks to Jon9John for these useful information. ~*
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*~ Just a quick thing I noticed. In the Divine Beast Cave, once you guess ~*
*~ the trap on the large weapon chests, all other large chests you run ~*
*~ across on that trip through the dungeon will have the same trap. One ~*
*~ trip through the cave netted me ten weapons, and every chest was a curse~*
*~ trap. I'm not sure if this works through later areas, but it seems ~*
*~ logical that it might. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Thanks to kmathis2 ~*
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*~ ~*
*~ Ok this trick is one I just found out about. What you need to perform ~*
*~ this trick is Goro, and the Big Bucks Hammer for Goro, and about 5-7K ~*
*~ Gilda. Ok what you do is you go to the Wise Owl Forest and you know ~*
*~ those little trolls with the names of the week, well sometimes when they~*
*~ hit you they take a lot of money. What you do is you let one of them hit~*
*~ you (near a water fall or with lots of healers), and if it says its ~*
*~ stolen your money, you just kill the thing with the hammer. You should ~*
*~ get double the money you had stolen cause the big bucks hammer does ~*
*~ that I've gotten up to 50 Gil just from this trick :) ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Thanks to Chris Kramchuck ~*
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*~ If your just beginning, remember the mayor trick, he refills your bag, ~*
*~ but why rely on just getting them between dungeon romps. Visit him, ~*
*~ get the items, step away, use the one's you can (water, repair powder, ~*
*~ etc.) and step over and refill your bag, step away and do it again, ~*
*~ until there is nothing you still need repaired, and your thirst is ~*
*~ quenched. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ If you get Tram Oil and easily defeat the monsters in the back room, ~*
*~ don't waste the Abs, clear it, come out, and immediately take the tram ~*
*~ back in, and clear it again. No additional chests but I made 2 ~*
*~ synthstones that way on level 3 of Divine Beast Cave alone. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Note: Synthstones are interchangeable, sword synthstones can be placed ~*
*~ on slingshots, hammers, rings, etc. and vice versa so synth what's ~*
*~ easiest for you and add it to a weapon you don't like to use often, but ~*
*~ need beefed-up. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ And like everyone else has already mentioned, get used to fishing, GEMS ~*
*~ are your friends, and even us boys like Dark Cloud Diamonds! ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Submitted by Steven Bernard ~*
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*~ However, I would like to clear up what one of your contributors have ~*
*~ added at the end of the walkthrough about the game not recognizing more ~*
*~ than one status, i.e. poison,stamina,curse. What I have discovered is ~*
*~ that if a player is poisoned and you drink a stamina drink, you will ~*
*~ continue to suffer from the poisons effect. Now if a player is poisoned ~*
*~ and walks over a magic circle and is "Pumped with Energy", after the ~*
*~ stamina effect wears off so will the poison. I have done this once when ~*
*~ I was poisoned and had no antidote, so I ran for the rejuvenating ~*
*~ waterfall and was pumped going over a circle and waited it out in the ~*
*~ pool. I watched the poison continue its effect, and once the stamina ~*
*~ had worn off, so did the poison. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Thanks to faceless creation ~*
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*~ Those little blue and red circles that give you random things like "abs ~*
*~ of equipped weapon is full" or "status of equipped weapon changed" ~*
*~ (( ack how I dread that one)) well, if you want a 99% sure chance of ~*
*~ getting "pumped with energy" every time, before you run into the circle,~*
*~ equip your default weapon, such as Toans "Dagger", and then run in. 99% ~*
*~ of the time ( I say 99 because I am not 100 percent sure, but so far I ~*
*~ have never gotten anything else ) you will get your character "pumped ~*
*~ with energy". this works at any circle thingie anywhere in the game. ~*
*~ Also it seems that if you walk into a circle with a weapon that has ~*
*~ "big bucks" on it ( preferably big bucks hammer) you have a much much ~*
*~ better chance of getting "funds increased a little"(aka double money). ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Thanks to Sports4128 ~*
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*~ When it comes down to quench and thirst I find it better to have thirst,~*
*~ I have been able to go through 12 floors without springs and without ~*
*~ using a single water on my main character simply from killing enemies ~*
*~ and gaining that 1 point afterwards. I love it. It kind of fits me ~*
*~ personally anyway because I am always thirsty. Go figure. But anyway. ~*
*~ I have a Chronicle Sword with max stats that has big bucks, steal, ~*
*~ critical, stop, thirst, and durable and I couldn't be happier. It's only~*
*~ level 9 too. And as for Osmond. I guess I'll be the first one to admit~*
*~ that I love the guy. He is great to switch to when an enemy gets a ~*
*~ lucky hit in and kills your main character. Since he has the ability to~*
*~ fly over chasms. Including the ones you use Xiao to jump over. He can ~*
*~ easily run away and shoot at the same time to put some distance between ~*
*~ you and the enemy. I once died in the Moon Sea at the hands of 2 of the ~*
*~ golem types and the weird bug cannon thingy and switched to Osmond. I ~*
*~ had a simple Jackal, no attachments or level ups and I killed both golem~*
*~ types and the bug. It only took 3 repair powders. And they dropped 120~*
*~ gilda all together. I just doubled my profit. Attack and move at the ~*
*~ same time. Ability to cross over chasms and jump points. Multi-hit ~*
*~ capabilities. He makes xiao obsolete for me. I only use the other ~*
*~ characters for opening doors now. So osmond is a welcome addition for ~*
*~ me. Well I guess that is about it. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Thanks to Master Oberon ~*
*~ ~*
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*~ ~*
*~ For all the potato cakes you might want...go to the back part of first ~*
*~ floor in moon sea dungeon with xiao equipped with bandit slingshot.... ~*
*~ moon diggers are all that's there with potato cakes to steal, you can ~*
*~ hit them with her even when they are still in the ground. went through ~*
*~ there three times and stole at least 12. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Thanks to Calvin Mills ~*
*~ ~*
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*~ ~*
*~ Toan: the best defense is a good offense. Run up (don't even ~*
*~ necessarily lock on, it slows you down a bit), getting out of the way if~*
*~ they shoot at you, and smack 'em before they finish rearing back to ~*
*~ swing at you. Toan has the shortest delay from when you press the ~*
*~ button to when he swings. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Xiao: Shoot the flyers with her. Also use her or Ruby against moles. ~*
*~ Remember that shooters' weapons degrade with each shot, but they don't ~*
*~ degrade more against tough-hided monsters. Against enemy shooters, lock~*
*~ on, wait for the enemy to shoot, *then* sidestep and return fire. (Only~*
*~ against cannon and moon crescents should you shoot first, dodge second, ~*
*~ shoot third.) Status Break her spare Bandit Slingshots and distribute ~*
*~ them widely, especially to Ruby (unless she already has a status broken ~*
*~ Bandit Ring) because you often get nice things like fruits (bait!). ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Goro: The block button is your friend--but there are some things you ~*
*~ can't block. You have to anticipate most opponents' moves with Goro. If~*
*~ you aren't good with him, Status Break someone else's spare weapons and ~*
*~ Upgrade them into his. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Ruby: Don't tap the button too hard if you want to shoot and dodge; if ~*
*~ you tap it hard, even quite briefly, it will still be a slow underhand ~*
*~ toss rather than the fast backhand shot. Pay special attention to what ~*
*~ element a monster is vulnerable to, as it radically increases her ~*
*~ damage. (Saves on repair powder too, at the expense of more time in the ~*
*~ Weapon menu.) Status Break her Bandit Rings if you haven't status ~*
*~ broken enough bandit slingshots; I think your chance of theft is per ~*
*~ hit, not per monster, so giving them to the shooters helps your cash ~*
*~ and bait revenues the most. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Ungaga: This guy has reach! You may have to lock on to hit with his ~*
*~ first swing because it's straight down, but it also hits directly ~*
*~ behind you; the second and third swings are wide slashes that may hit ~*
*~ several monsters even more easily than with Toan. Keep an Auto-Repair ~*
*~ powder in an active slot if you do this, though. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Osmond: Buy him a better gun, and take him back to the bottom of the ~*
*~ Shipwreck to level it up. Fortunately, you don't need him to win the ~*
*~ boss fight, unlike all the other allies, but there are Osmond-only ~*
*~ levels. Osmond is good if you want to turn thrown items into Additions, ~*
*~ since his individual shots do so little damage. ~*
*~ ~*
*~ Thanks to Keith Polivka-Rohrer ~*
*~ ~*
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