Xenosaga: Episode 2 - Strategy Guide (Page 02)
Below are the cheat codes, hints and help for Xenosaga: Episode 2 - Strategy Guide (Page 02).
In the first area feel free to explore a bit. Then use the UMN Plate to enter
the Encephalon and access Old Miltia again, this time with just Shion. You
will end up in the area where you landed with E.S. Asher in the intro. You can
use the enemies here to get Shion some much needed S.Pts, as she will be quite
lacking in that department due to having missed two full stages of the game so
far.
Once you reach Old Miltia, you will probably want to teach Shion some skills
first. As always, Medica (1/A/1) and Refresh L (1/A/2) are a given. Aside from
those, STR+2 (1/B/3), VIT+2 (1/B/4) and EATK+2 (1/C/3) are also quite helpful.
Remember to equip them! If you have some S.Pts left, learn the rest of the
skills from class A to get some more C.Pts.
When you are ready, head southwest into the next area and go all the way to the
end of the road where you can destroy several objects to get to the mall. Head
east and destroy a vending machine there for Med Kit S x2. Then head all the
way west again, up the stairs into another area that should look quite familiar
to you.
Run all the way across the walkway, then go west and press the button to lower
the ladder and open the fence. Climb down and run all the way west to the
treasure chest you were unable to get earlier. Open it for a Bio Sphere. You
unfortunately still cannot open the Segment Address we found here, so unless
you want to get some more S.Pts off the enemies here, go to the menu, select
the U.M.N. Menu and return to Second Miltia.
Once you return from the Encephalon, head northeast to the exit to the second
area. On your way you will encounter a white bunny, which will explain to you
about the so-called GS Campaign. This is a series of optional side quests and
mini-games that once completed will reward you with some of the best items and
skills in the game. That makes them worth the trouble, even if some of them are
a bit of a pain to finish. You can find a list of all the different GS missions
at the end of the FAQ. GS-related actions in the walkthrough will be denoted
with ** at the start of a paragraph, so if you wish to skip them, feel free.
You will be missing out on a lot of good skills however!
The second area is laid out like this:
SECTOR TWO
Segment
Address No. 6
+----------------^---+----+------+---+
| | |Moby | |
| +------------+ | + >Dick's| + |
| | | | | |Cafe | | |
| | | + | +------+ | |
| | | | | |
| > Publishing | +-----------+ +-----
| | Agency | > City map
| | | +--------
| | +-+ / > down
| | | / +---+ a level
| +--------------+ +------/ /
| /
| /
+ +----------------------+ +-/
| | down a < |
First< | level -----------+
area ---+
Go all the way north past the Publishing Agency and head east. On the way you
will encounter Angelina, who will give you a Segment File to keep track of your
progress finding all Segment Addresses and Decoder Keys. To speed things up,
she will also give you Decoder 06. Conveniently, Segment Address No. 06 is
right next to her. If you wish to access the Segment File, you can select it
from the main menu. Open the Segment Address to obtain Secret Key 3, which will
allow you to learn the Focus 1 skill (1/H/3). Teach this to all your characters
as soon as possible, as it will recover 10% of their EP while stocking.
Head into Moby Dick's Cafe for a series of cutscenes where Shion meets up with
her friends again. When they are done, you will control Shion, chaos, Jr. and
Jin. Your next stop to continue the storyline is Jin's House on the other side
of the city map, but now that you have access to them, you may want to do some
GS missions first to obtain some useful items and skills.
**To begin with, you need to talk to a number of people to start their GS
missions. To minimize travelling time, this walkthrough will describe as many
of the GS missions simultaneously as possible. If you wish to view each
mission separately, check the GS Campaign section in the later part of the
FAQ.
**GS missions available at this point:
01. Jacqueline - Second Miltia Sector One
02. Sikes - Second Miltia Sector One Hospital (once 01 is finished)
03. Sheila - Kukai Foundation Sector 27 Lavare
05. Jun - Second Miltia Jin's House (after visiting Jin's House)
07. Miguel - Second Miltia Sector Two Publishing Agency
08. Lizzy - Second Miltia Sector Two
09. Maple - Second Miltia Sector One
11. Ciaran - Second Miltia Sector Two
19. King - Kukai Foundation Sector 27 East 6 Warehouse
25. Stella - Second Miltia Sector One Ballet Award (after visiting Jin's
House)
Go into the Publishing Agency in Sector Two of Second Miltia and head into the
room in the back. Blow up all the crates here for a Boost Max and Segment
Addres No. 3.
**Talk to Miguel to start mission 07. He needs you to place 20 posters for an
upcoming contest all over both sectors of Second Miltia's City District.
**01. Sector Two - Next to Lizzy to the south of the Publishing Agency, down
the ramp, next to the high voltage sign.
02. Sector Two - Against the wall of Moby Dick's Cafe where the Second
Miltia sign is.
03. Sector Two - Against the wall below the previous poster location.
04. Sector Two - Against the wall, next to the previous one.
05. Sector Two - Against the wall, next to the previous one.
06. Sector Two - Against the wall, next to the previous one (4 in a row).
07. Sector Two - Right of Segment Address No. 06.
08. Sector Two - Left of Angelina, just north of the Publishing Agency,
next to the purple sign.
09. Sector One - Behind the bunny.
10. Sector One - Next to the previous one.
11. Sector One - Also behind the bunny, next to the other two.
12. Sector One - In the hospital in the easternmost room against the right
wall.
13. Sector One - In the hospital, underneath the "The Kind Doctor" sign. When
you exit the hospital talk to Jacqueline just outside to
start mission 01.
14. Sector One - Between the bar tables and the blue sign against the stairs.
15. Sector One - The wall behind the Savepoint.
16. Sector One - Up the stairs, between the two doors.
17. Sector One - Inside Ballet Award, at the bottom of the stairs.
18. Sector One - Inside Ballet Award, against the beige wall at the top of
the stairs.
19. Sector One - At Other Professor's, behind the tube with the glowing rock.
20. Sector One - At Other Professor's, downstairs.
**On your way back to Sector Two, talk to Maple, the little girl next to
the bunny, to start mission 09. Head back to Miguel to obtain your reward:
Skill Upgrade D x3, MOMO's Swimsuit and Jr.'s Swimsuit.
**When you exit the Publishing Agency, head down the path to the south of it
to get a cutscene where you meet Bonny, the thief that stole Maple's Teddy
Bear. Follow Bonny east and down the ramp until she gives up and drops the
Teddy Bear. Pick it up from the ground (it will be blinking).
**Talk to Ciaran a little west of where the Teddy Bear was dropped to start
mission 11. When you are ready, go down the sewer hole and talk to the guy
in overalls downstairs.
**Basically your goal for this mission is to blow up the broken down nano-
dispensers and leave the ones that are working alone. You can determine which
ones are broken by using the monitors in the area. This requires memorization
or some map-making skills, so here is a helping hand:
+-----+-----+---------------^^---+
|OO XX| | | O = working nano dispenser
|XX XX| | | X = broken nano dispenser (blow up!)
| +--+ +--+--+--+--+--+--+-#+ # = stairs
| | # #| M = monitor
| | #++++++++++++++++ X X #| B = barrier
| +--+-#+--+-----------+ |
|M B | X O |
| B X | O O ++++
| +--+--+--+--+--+--+ + +--+
| | X XX X | | | |
| | O OX X | | | |
| +--+--+ + + +--+ |
| X X | | | |X XX|
| | M| | |O |
| +--+-#+ + + + |
| | # XX | |BB| |
| | # X O | | | |
| + + + +--+ |
| | | | | |
| | +++++++++++++ | | M| |
| + +--+--+--+--+ + + + |
|XX| |XX XX OO O | | | | |
|XX| | | | | X |XO|
| + +--+--+ +--+ + + + +
| | | | | | O |XO|
|M | +--+ | | OO| | |XO|
| + |OO| + + + + + |
| | + + | |M | | X O | |
| | |XX| | | X O | | O X | |
| + | | + + + + + |
| | + + | | X X +-#+ X O |M |
| | | #| | | X X # | |
| + | #| + + # +--+ |
| | +-#+ | | O X # | |
| | |M | O X | |
| +--+--+--+ + + +--+
| XX XX | X X | | |
| OX XO | | | |
| +--+--+--+--+ + |
| | |
| | |
+--+--+--+--+--+ +--+--+--+--+ |
| |^^| |
entrance
**Once you are done blowing up all the broken nano dispensers, head back up and
talk to Ciaran for your reward: Secret Key 11! This will open up the skill
"ST Resist 20" in level 2, class H.
**Now head back to Lizzy where you put up one of the posters earlier. He is
located down the ramp to the south side of the second area, next to the High
Voltage sign. Talk to him to start mission 08.
**Your goal for this mission is to reach the power switch located in the very
rear end of the area within five minutes. To do this, you will have to cross
several obstacles and moving tracks, and evade bolts of electricity.
**Once the timer starts counting, head west onto the tracks, just ignore the
ladders to the right. Head up the ladder and move past the electricity bolts
by waiting till they die out then running past them quickly. You may have to
pause in between them. Be careful not to get hit or you may be pushed back
to the entrance!
**Once you reach the crates, hurry and blow yourself a way to the switch to
the north. When you get there, activate the safety device, then collect the
items from the remaining crates: Class Upgrade C x2, Bio Sphere, Skill
Upgrade A x5. There is also a path to the west that leads to a treasure chest
containing a Rejuvenator M.
**Head back to the entrance and talk to Lizzy for your reward: Double Tech
"Burst Veil" for Shion and MOMO.
**Head back to Maple in Sector One and give her back her Teddy Bear for your
reward: Double Attack "Elemental Nocturne" for Jr. and chaos.
**Go to the entrance of the Hospital in Sector One and talk to the girl there,
Jacqueline, for another mission. This will open up the route to the Durandal
and Kukai Foundation.
**The last few GS missions will involve some travelling back and forth. As
soon as you exit the Central City, an announcement will pop up that you can
fly to the Durandal now. Head to the Spaceport and use the left boarding gate
to take the shuttle to the Durandal.
**You will arrive in the Dock area of the Durandal. Take the moving ramp to
the northeast and take the shuttle to the Kukai Foundation.
**The Kukai Foundation is laid out like this:
Fishing Lab-------------------------------------Launch Boarding Area
\ | /
\ | /
-------------Urban Area----------
**Head to the urban area. Blow up the cars for three items: Skill Upgrade A x5,
Bio Sphere, and a Med Kit S. Enter the Ironman Bar and talk to Sidney, the
blond guy at the counter. He will give you a letter to bring back to
Jacqueline.
**To the left of the counter are a bunch of crates. Raise the fence to get to
them, then blow them all up for a Boost Max. Now head to Sector 27 to the
west and go into the East 6 warehouse right near the entrance. Destroy the
crates here for an Ether Pack M and a Med Kit M.
**Talk to King, the goofy blond guy in the weird outfit, to start mission 19.
He needs a veterinarian for his cat, Josephine.
**Exit the warehouse and head all the way west to the Lavare Dry Cleaning shop.
Inside, talk to Sheila, the big woman next to the laundry machines, to start
mission 03. Time to clean out some mice! Head to the ladder in the back to
reach the attic and talk to the old lady to start the timer.
**You have 90 seconds to take out all ten mice. Some of them hide underneath
old crates and junk, so feel free to blow that up to get to them. One of the
mice will keep hiding behind a wall as soon as you approach, but you can take
care of that problem by blowing up one of the paintings to prevent him from
using the mouse hole.
**When you are done, go back to Sheila to receive your reward: Secret Key 6,
which opens up the skill "Rare +10" in level 2, class D.
**You are done in the Kukai Foundation for now, so head back to Second Miltia.
Go to Sector One of the Central City and talk to Jacqueline to finish mission
01 and obtain your reward: Secret Key 1, which opens up the skill "Psycho
Pocket" in level 1, class H. You can use it to steal items from enemies, and
if combined with the Analyze ether, it can be used to steal a rare item!
**Enter the hospital again and talk to the doctor to have him come to the Kukai
Foundation to take a look at Josephine. After that, head to the room all the
way to the east and talk to Sikes to start mission 02. He wants you to
deliver some letters for him.
Before doing any more GS missions, go to Jin's House on the west side of Second
Miltia. After the cutscenes go back in and explore the garden. Blow up the
wooden boards resting against the wall to uncover Segment Address No. 09! Blow
up the pots in the back of the garden for a Bio Sphere.
**Go inside the house and talk to Jun hiding between the bookcases to start
mission 05. Basically this is a slide puzzle where you have to line up the
blocks correctly both horizontally and vertically. There is a time limit of
three minutes. Finish it to obtain Decoder 01 and Double Attack "Archangel's
Requiem" for Jr. and Shion. You can talk to Jun again to try more puzzles.
**Head to Sector One of the City Central and go into the Ballad Award building.
Talk to Stella, the old woman lying on a couch in the back to start mission
25.
**Go to Sector Two where you will find the three people that hold Stella's
items. Get the hairpin from Anila in front of the Publishing Agency. Get the
corset from Rachel near the staff exit of Moby Dick's Cafe. You can get the
last item, the shoes, from the old woman Tess in the lower area of Sector
Two.
**Head into the Publishing Agency and give one of the letters to Enrico in the
back.
**Head back to Stella and give her the three items to obtain your reward: Class
Upgrade C x2, chaos' Swimsuit and Shion's Swimsuit.
**Go to the spaceport to deliver another letter. Give it to the old woman
Ulrica near the entrance to the shuttle. Board the shuttle to the Durandal
for the next delivery.
**On board the Durandal take the tube train to the Park area. Head into the
park and look for Eugene, the hyperactive guy in the back. Give him the third
letter.
**Head back to the Dock area and take the shuttle to the Kukai Foundation. Head
to Sector 27 (the western section) in the urban area. Go up the stairs as
soon as you enter, past the East 6 warehouse to the fountain area in the back
of the sector. Give the final letter to Patricia.
**Head back down to the East 6 warehouse and talk to King. Your reward: Revive
DX x2
**Time to return to Second Miltia. Take the shuttle back to the Durandal and
the second shuttle down to Second Miltia. Go to Sector One and visit Sikes
again in the hospital to finish the mission and obtain your reward: Secret
Key 2, which opens up the skill "Break B10" in level 1, class H.
Now that you have finished all the possible GS missions available at this point
in the game, it is time to continue with the storyline. Head to the U.M.N.
Control Center on the northern side of the Second Miltia map.
After the cutscene head through the large U.M.N. door to the north and go to
the hallway all the way in the back. There will be three doors there. The door
to the left is blocked off by a guard until later. Go into the eastern door for
another cutscene and Jr. will join up with you.
Go back into the hallway and head back to the south past the reception. Go east
to Ziggy's maintenance room. After the cutscene Ziggy joins your party.
Time for MOMO's analysis to begin! Head back to the hallway with the three
doors. The guard is still posted there, but this time he will let you in.
After the series of cutscenes, you will control Shion again. Head out into the
hallway, take the elevator outside and head for the U.M.N. Control Center. More
cutscenes to be viewed, and after that it is time to get ready for another
Encephalon dive. Save at the Savepoint at the entrance of the U.M.N. Control
Center, then head back to Allen and talk to him to enter the Encephalon.
////////////////////////
//// 3.3 The Encephalon ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////
+------------------------------------+
--+ 3.3.1 Subconscious Domain (Summer) +---------------------------------------
+------------------------------------+
After entering the Encephalon, your party will consist of Shion, MOMO, KOS-MOS,
Ziggy, chaos and Jr. Enter the house and blow up the telephone to reveal a
music box. Blow away the screen at the bottom of the stairs to get to the
kitchen where you can blow away another screen to obtain Skill Upgrade C x2.
Go upstairs and enter Sakura's room for another cutscene. Go back outside and
follow the U.R.T.V. trio into the yard. Use the teleporter there to transport
to the Yuriev Institute where you will see some more cutscenes.
Head out of the lab to see the trio run out into the garden. Follow them out
and head west after them. At a certain point you will see another cutscene
after which the trio will head off in eastern direction. You will see another
cutscene when you reach the garden.
Follow them back into the lab and this time head into the eastern hallway. The
door on the northern wall will trigger another cutscene. Go back into the
hallway and enter the central lab. Walk up to the dive units for another
cutscene.
You will end up in Sakura's subconsious domain, the way the trio perceived it
when they entered it. Gnosis will be around, so be prepared to fight. As this
is your first opportunity to play with KOS-MOS, you will want to teach her some
skills. As with all the other characters, teach her all the skills in level 1,
class A. STR+2 (1/B/3) and VIT+2 (1/B/4) are recommended, as well as EATK+2
(1/C/3).
There are a few skills that you should definitely learn while gaining new Skill
Points in the area. Have your characters equip their Swimsuit skill to earn 10%
more S.Pts than normal if you wish to speed up the process. This will change
the appearance of your character, and also boost their Agility by 1.
Skills you should learn for your active party members:
Medica 1/A/1 All characters Healing.
Refresh L 1/A/2 All characters To cure L status effects.
Poison Guard 1/A/3 All characters To protect against poison.
Blind Guard 1/A/4 All characters To protect against blindness.
Analyze 1/C/1 At least one character To help steal rare items if
cast together with Psycho
Pocket.
Memory 1/C/2 At least one characer To memorize enemy weak zones.
Psycho Pocket 1/H/1 At least one character To steal (rare) items.
Break B10 1/H/2 All characters Higher chance of getting a
break bonus.
Focus 1 1/H/3 All characters Recover 10% EP while using
Stock.
Revert 2/C/1 At least one character To revive a character during
battle.
Medica 2 2/C/2 All characters Healing.
Medica All 2/C/3 At least one character Healing.
HP Mind 10 2/D/2 All characters Recover 10% HP more when
ST Mind 10 2/D/3 All characters 10% higher chance of status
effect recovery.
Enemies: Weak zone:
-----------------------------------
Expression BB
Necessity BC
Vacillation ABB
Information Type BB
Infected U.R.T.V. CC
You will arrive at an abandoned gas station. Save here if you wish. Blow up the
crates right next to you for a Gnosis (fight) and Revive S x2. Destroy the
wooden shutter on the little stone building in the back to reveal a toilet.
Destroy the poster on the wall to reveal absolutely nothing.
An important trick to keep your party healthy between battles is to use one of
your characters from the Reserve ranks to heal your battle party, because after
every battle, the characters in Reserve will recover some EP and HP. This way
you can keep your battle party's HP up without using up valuable items!
Proceed northward and destroy the yellow trap to make the fight against the
nearby Gnosis easier. Kill the other Gnosis as well and climb on board the
truck that is blocking the road. Destroy the crate it is carrying to reveal a
treasure chest containing Med Kit M x2.
Go back south and take the small road east to the next area. There is nothing
to see here, so just keep running east until you enter another area. You can
destroy the rocks here if you wish. Be careful however, because the second rock
contains a Gnosis!
Go to the wooden shed in the back, fighting the Gnosis on the way. You will
encounter the Vacillation type Gnosis which has a weak zone ABB. To create a
Break effect here, you will need to perform a CIRCLE attack to get A, then
boost another character in to get BB, following up with any other destructive
combos you have in store.
Once the Gnosis are dead, proceed to the wooden shed and blow it up (you will
need to hit it a few times). This will reveal a secret spot which for now will
be labeled as a Forbidden Device. You will come back here much later for a
special sidequest.
Go back to the main road and proceed east again. Use the yellow trap to make
the Gnosis fight easier. Use the same tactic as before to get an ABB effect on
the Vacillation Gnosis to take him out quickly. Proceed east into the next area
of the Subconscious Domain.
Keep following the path until you encounter another Gnosis. At the crossing go
west, fight another Gnosis and blow up the rock at the end of the road to find
a treasure chest with Skill Upgrade B x4.
Go back to the crossing and this time walk down the tree trunk between the
bushes. There will be two roads leading north. Take the leftmost one, as the
right one is a shortcut you cannot use yet. Fight the Gnosis you encounter.
Feel free to blow up the two rocks in the stream, but that has no noticeable
effect.
Continue to the end of the path and attack the tree there to create a bridge
across the stream. On the other side you will find a Gnosis near a red trap. Do
it a favor and help it out of its misery.
Keep following the path past a rock you can blow up. At the crossing go east
into another screen and blow up the tree you find there to create a shortcut to
the southern part of the area. Return to the crossing and this time take the
northern exit into a new area.
You will encounter a new type of Gnosis here, the Information Type, which at
first will not do much damage, but it has the nasty ability to counterboost and
then self-destruct, which could possibly wipe out your party, so be careful to
keep your HP up at all times.
Further down the path you will reach a river with four rocks in it. At the very
west side is a tree that you can blow up, causing it to fall into the river and
forming a bridge at the first rock it bumps into. Destroy any rocks in its path
to determine where you want the bridge to appear.
For starters just blow up the tree without destroying any rocks to cross over
to the savepoint. In the bushes behind it is a treasure chest containing
Antidote H x2. The tree on the riverside a little to the east can be blown up
to create a shortcut back to the other side of the river.
Now exit the area either from the north or south side and come back to have the
tree bridge disappear. Destroy the first two rocks in its path then blow up the
tree again to make a bridge to the crate at the riverside. Cross the river and
blow it up to reveal a chest with Decoder 04!
Leave the area from the north side. In the new area you will spot a rock off to
the west side, but contains a Gnosis. Feel free to fight it for experience. The
two logs to the north can be used to cross the small chasm, but you will want
to fall down anyway, so try to cross the left log and fall down. Run all the
way west and blow a hole in the wall to create a shortcut to the first area.
Run east through the chasm where you will encounter more Gnosis. Go back up to
the ledge and this time cross the right log. A little to the east is a tree you
can blow up to uncover a secret passage leading to the ledge with the chest you
spotted earlier. Jump down when prompted and open the chest for a Boost Max.
Jump down to the bottom of the chasm and go up the ledge again, crossing the
right log to the other side. There is another Gnosis next to a yellow trap,
waiting to be exterminated. Why not oblige it? For the upcoming fights, be sure
to put your strongest fighters like KOS-MOS and Ziggy in your party as their
high HP will help immensely. As third person use a healer like Shion for
instance. MOMO will die too quickly, even if she is a more effective healer.
Continue north for another cutscene and you will end up fighting three Infected
U.R.T.V. These enemies have low HP but get far more turns than you do. Their
weak zone is CC, so use KOS-MOS and Ziggy to smash them to bits. If it takes
too long to buid up stock, consider using regular attacks. Focus on one enemy
at a time to prevent being overwhelmed.
Be sure to save at the savepoint because there is a boss fight coming up. Then
continue along the path, taking out the U.R.T.V. on the way. Heal up before you
go into the next area, where you will have to fight...
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
| BOSS 04 | Level 4 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| HP: 5760 | STR: 52 | DEX: 40 | Item: Ether Pack DX |
| E.Pts: 15000 | VIT: 12 | EVA: 30 | Rare item: Skill Upgrade E |
| C.Pts: 600 | EATK: 42 | AGL: 11 | |
| S.Pts: 900 | EDEF: 38 | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Weak zone: CCBB |
| Weakness: physical attacks, aura, thunder, pierce, slash |
| Other: boost, counter boost |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Special Attacks: |
| 1. Armed Bug Now (Strike) - Pyshical damage vs one character |
| 2. ESW OUtput 20% (Strike/L Heavy) - Ether damage vs one character, |
| induces L Heavy |
| 3. ESW Output 50% (Strike/L Poison) - Ether damage vs one character, |
| induces L Poison |
| 4. Alchemy - Summons an Infected U.R.T.V. to its side |
| 5. Cannibalism (Strike/Drain HP) - Drains HP from one character and adds it |
| to its own HP pool |
| 6. Unlimited Program - Raises attack? |
| 7. ESW Output 100% (Strike) - Ether damage vs all characters |
| 8. Medica - Recovers a minor amount of HP |
| 9. ??? - Recovers lots of HP? |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Considering this boss's weaknesses, KOS-MOS will be your ultimate fighter for
this battle. Aside from keeping your party alive, your main job will be to set
up a zone break effect right before KOS-MOS unleashes her fully charged CIRCLE
attacks. Because the boss has weak zone CCBB, you will need to use two of your
characters to create a zone break. One will start with CC, then the second one
will boost in and create BB. This second one can be KOS-MOS herself, or the
third partymember so KOS-MOS can get an extra CIRCLE attack in (but this will
cost more boosts).
If you did the Psycho Pocket GS mission (Jacqueline), this is your first boss
battle where you can steal the rare item from the boss instead of hoping to
obtain it when it dies. To do this, you need one character with Psycho Pocket
and one character with Analyze. Boost one character into the other's turn and
use the Ether Combo method to join the two ethers: press the TRIANGLE button
in the Ether menu when you have Psycho Pocket or Analyze selected, and a list
of possible Ether Combo spells will show up. If your characters have those
skills, Pocket Rare will be on there. Use this on the boss to immediately
obtain the rare item.
The boss has some damaging attacks, but nothing really dangerous. The only
thing you need to watch out for is the extra Infected U.R.T.V. that he summons,
because if there are too many of those out, you will take a lot of damage. Take
them out as quickly as possible so you can concentrate on Level 4.
When you get the boss to about 20% of his HP be sure to keep your HP up, as he
may possibly do the EWS Output 100% attack, which will hit all your party
members for about 400-500 damage if they are not guarding.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
+------------------------------------+
--+ 3.3.2 Subconscious Domain (Winter) +---------------------------------------
+------------------------------------+
After the battle with level 4 you will find yourself back at the Yuriev
Institute. Go out of the lab and save (or not), then head outside to the park
area of the institute (east). You will find the U.R.T.V. trio near a memorial
stone of some sort.
After the cutscene head into the tree-covered area between the stone walls for
another scene. Head back into the building and follow the trio into the lab for
another one of their Encephalon Dives.
Once again you will end up at the abandoned gas station, but the area has
changed just a bit. Snow is covering everything now, and the enemies have
changed as well.
Enemies: Weak zone:
-----------------------------------
Glare BC
Catharsis CB
Piercing Scream ABB
Infected U.R.T.V. CC
Creation Type BB
Save at the savepoint and blow up the crates for a Med Kit S. Head east to the
next area. Keep going until you reach an area with more Gnosis. Pay attention
to the new weak zone for each enemy! Be sure to include Ziggy in your party for
his fire attacks, as all the Gnosis here are weak to them.
Do not destroy the first rock you encounter, unless you want to fight the
Gnosis hiding underneath. The second rock contains Ether Pack S x2. Keep going
east, killing Gnosis on the way until you reach the next area.
Keep heading east past a Gnosis until you reach the tree you used earlier to
get to the lower ground. Once again the right path is a shorcut you still need
to open up, so take the left path along the river. Fight the Gnosis on the way
and blow up the tree at the end of the path to create a bridge to the other
side.
On the other side of the river you will encounter more Infected U.R.T.V.s. Kill
them and further down the path you will find a rock you can blow up to reach a
treasure chest containing Bio Sphere x2. Go east past the U.R.T.V. and blow up
the tree to create a shortcut. Then leave the area by the road to the northeast
side.
Keep following the path and after defeating a Gnosis you will end up at the
river with the four rocks and the floating log again. Blow up the tree first to
reach the savepoint to heal up and save and blow up the other tree to create a
shortcut to the other side of the river. Repeat the same routine as before in
the Spring area. Leave the area and come back, then blow up two rocks to cross
at the third one for a Bio Sphere. Then repeat and blow up three rocks to get
to the rock at the far east side for a treasure chest underneath the rock,
containing Skill Upgrade B x4.
There is another treasure chest just north of the savepoint containing a
Rejuvenator M. Be sure to get it and save at the savepoint, then head to the
northern exit of the area.
It is the canyon with the two logs across again. Kill the U.R.T.V. if it gets
in your way to get to the rock on the elevated path of land. There is an Ether
Pack M hidden underneath. Try to cross the canyon by the left log so you fall
down. Once again, destroy the wall on the utter left side of the canyon for a
shortcut. Head back up to the logs and cross the right one.
Destroy the tree in the bushes like before to create a secret path to the ledge
you see nearby. Drop down there to find Segment Address No. 15! Since you do
not have the Decoder for it right now, drop down again and climb back up to the
log. Cross to the other side and make your way to the exit to the north.
In the next area make use of the savepoint, since it is the last savepoint of
this disk and there is another boss fight coming up. Proceed north along the
path, taking out any Gnosis along the way, until you reach a large crossing.
The western path will lead to two rocks containing Skill Upgrade A x10 and a
treasure chest with Ether Pack M x2. The eastern path leads to a treasure chest
with Skill Upgrade C x2. Last but not least the northern path leads to the
final boss battle of disk 1, so before you go there, make sure you have saved
at the savepoint to the south.
When you are ready, proceed north and after a number of cutscenes, it's time to
face another familiar face...
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
| BOSS 05 | Albedo |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| HP: 7680 | STR: 65 | DEX: 40 | Item: Skill Upgrade E |
| E.Pts: 21000 | VIT: 50 | EVA: 99 | Rare item: Awakening I |
| C.Pts: 750 | EATK: 53 | AGL: 12 | |
| S.Pts: 1200 | EDEF: 48 | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Weak zone: BCCB |
| Weakness: fire, pierce, slash |
| Other: boost, counter boost, Break resistance for 8 attacks |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Special Attacks: |
| 1. Thunder Blast - thunder ether damage vs one character |
| 2. Carrion of Souls I (Strike/L Ether DD) - ether damage vs all characters, |
| induces L Ether DD |
| 3. Carrion of Souls II (HP Drain/Boost Drain) - ether damage vs all |
| characters, steals boost and|
| HP |
| 4. Release of Desire (Pierce/Thunder) - physical + thunder ether damage vs |
| one character? |
| 5. Ice Blast - ice ether damage vs one character |
| 6. Regeneration - restores arms |
| 7. Soul Blast (Aura) - ether damage vs all characters |
| 8. Carrion of Souls III (EP Drain/Stock Drain) - ether damage vs all |
| characters, steals stock |
| and EP |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Due to Albedo's Break resistance, you will be unable to deal any major damage
until you destroy his arms. Save up your stocks until his arms disappear, then
let go all at once to deal maximum damage. MOMO's circle attacks work great
here, and KOS-MOS' slash attacks and Ziggy's fire attacks as well.
Be sure to use Pocket Rare in this battle to steal Awakening I, which will let
you learn another Double Attack after this battle.
Start the battle by stocking and pounding away on his arms with regular
attacks until his arms disappear, then try to combo as much on him as you can
until they regenerate.
A combo that works well is to have Ziggy start with BC, KOS-MOS boosts in and
follows with CB and several CIRCLE attacks to get Air status, and then MOMO
goes nuts on Albedo with CIRCLE attacks. You can do more than 3000 damage in
that one chain. Be careful however that you have enough HP before you attempt
this, as Albedo will most likely counterattack with Soul Blast right after you
do this.
Once you have damaged Albedo enough, his arms will come back but you can still
get Break status on him. At this point he will start doing lots of damaging
attacks, so kill him as quickly as possible. Any attack will do at this point.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Once you defeat Albedo you will see a few more cutscenes before you are asked
to insert disk 2. Congratulations!
------------------------------[ END OF DISK ONE ]------------------------------
------------------------------[ DISK TWO ]-------------------------------------
/////////////////////////
//// 3.4 - The Dämmerung //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////
+----------------------+
--+ 3.4.1 Research Block +-----------------------------------------------------
+----------------------+
After a string of cutscenes you will be controlling Shion on board of the
Dämmerung. Leave her room and save at the savepoint just outside if you want.
Go east through the corridor to the Observation team's room. To the southwest
is the communications room where you will find Miyuki and Allen. Talk to him to
get some useless help and return to your room.
| « Previous Page | Next Page » |
