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Breath of Fire IV FAQ/Walkthrough
Written By: Dyson Turner
E-Mail: Dycemurder@aol.com
Date: 4/15/02
Ver: 1.5
Table of Contents:
I:    Revision History
II:   Introduction
III:  Game Basics
IV:   Walkthrough
Chapter 1: Awakening
1a: Ryu
1b: Fou-Lu
1c: Sarai and Sandflier Valley
1d: Hexland
1e: Just a Dream and the Mudpit
1f: Trap City and The Trap Woods
1g: Making it to and out of Synesta
1h: Bandit's Hideout and Sandflier Warf
1i. Fou-lu in the Mountains
1j: End of Chapter 1
Chapter 2: Endless
2a: Back Home
2b: Worent Tribe and the Golden Plains
2c: Volcano and Faerie Madness
2d: Saving a Friend
2e: Going to Wyndia
2f: Wyndia and Beyond
2g: Wind Dragon and Chek
2h: Ershin's Mind and Fou-Lu in Sonne
2i: Back in Ershin's Mind and Sinchon
2j: Fou-Lu in Mt. Yogy
2k: End of Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Streams
3a: Fou-Lu stopped in the Forest
3b: Getting a Sandflier
3c: Shikk Region Other Stuff and Mt. Giga
3d: Check point and Shikk
3e: 'Xploring the Salt Sea
3f: Starting your western Journey.
3g: Pukapuka
3h: Stranded
3i: Fou-Lu in the Capital and getting off the island
3j: Shan River and Chiqua
3k: En Jhous Ruins & River
3l: Pauk Village, and The Emperor's Tomb
3m: End of Chapter III
Chapter 4: That Which Passes
4a: Chedo
4b: End of Game
4c: Clear Game
V:     FAQ
VI:    Dragon Gene Guide
VII:   Faerie Village Guide
VIII:  Fishing Guide
IX:    Character Bios
X:     Thanks
XI:    Copyrights
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I: Revision History (As if you cared :)
4/15/2002 1.5 - Dragon Blade found & 99 Stamps
-Simmo has given me information regardign the 'Dragon Blade'
-Simmo has given me information regarding 99 Stamps
1/29/2001 1.0 - Walkthrough Completed
-Everything is basically done, so if I do another update it will be on an
item list or something!
- Dragon Evocations Added
1/27/2001 0.9 - Chapter 3 Completed
-Started Chapter 4
1/26/2001 0.7 -Chapter 3e through 3k done
- Fishing Guide Started and Completed
1/19/2001 0.55-Chapter 3 Started
- Sections 3a - 3d completed
1/18/2001 0.5- Chapter 2 Completed
-Spelling in Chapter 2 is Fixed
-Dragon Evocation Locations will be added soon as Walkthrough is complete
1/13/2001 0.31- Added some small work on the walkthrough
1/12/2001 0.3- Online Readied the Guide
-Fixed all grammar mistakes
-worked on walkthrough
1/11/2001 0.25- Chapter 1 of Walkthrough Complete
-New Questions Added to FAQ
-Corrected Grammar Errors and misspelled names
-Did other miscellaneous non-walkthrough related work
-Decided to do game Basics Section
1/4/2001- Did the stuff around the guide
-Decided Not to do lists, simply because I couldn't find all the weapons and
items this game has just too many
-I got the Dragon Gene Guide finished
-I got the Faerie Village Guide Finished
-I did the Bios, Thanks, and Copyrights.
1/3/2001- Decided to actually work on guide
-Lay out Complete
-5 Questions in FAQ
-Introduction Complete
-Beginning of the game started
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II: Introduction
Breath of Fire IV is quickly becoming one of my favorite games of 2000 is not
it is my favorite game of 2000. This game combines many things to make the
game worth while and fun to play, lots of fun many games interesting
characters and more. I will help you a lot with the game, by explaining
things step by step with bosses and enemies and to help you out with areas.
This guide covers the entire game so before you e-mail me please check the
guide.
Dyson
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III: Game Basics
Controls
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Direction Button
-Move Character
-Move Cursor on Menu
Left Analog Stick
-Move Character
-Move Cursor on Menu
Right Analog Stick
No Use
Select
-Open Help Screen (During Battle)
Start
-Pause
/\ (Triangle)
-Use Personal Action
O
-Run
-Toggle Characters on Status Screen
_
|_|
- Open Sub Screen
- Review Enemy Info
X
- Talk/Check
-Accept on menu
L2
-Change Character Order
L1
-Change View
R2
-Change Character Order
R1
-Change View
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Battle Basics
-Acquiring Skills through Enemies
Very similar to what we saw on Breath of Fire III, so the concept of learning
enemy skills should not be foreign to those who have experienced that. So the
same applies to this, but the system has been revamped. Here is the scoop by
utilizing the guard feature in a battle, your character will take a lesser
hit and also pick up a skill. Also unlike BOF3 where you had to watch a
certain enemy by simply guarding, you may pick up a skill from any enemy.
Also you may wonder how do you know whether or not an enemy has a learnable
skill? Well that's pretty simple as well. There are 2 colors:
Blue- when an enemy casts a magic and the words are in blue then this is a
learnable skill. If you like what the enemy did then guard until someone
picks it up.
Red- This is a skill, which you can't learn, or a skill that a character will
pick up by leveling up or getting it from a master.
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- Magic Combos
If you are out of touch and have no idea what a combo is I will explain it to
you. A combo is a chained attack pattern that the enemy can do nothing about.
Combos are new to the Breath of Fire Realm and they are a much cool and
needed addition. By utilizing combos you are certain to get in a ton of hits,
and maybe even do an advanced spell! To do a combo you must remember or know
a few key things:
1. It doesn't matter what magic starts a combo, or if the magics even go
together.
2. Never use the fastest character to start the combo, the character speed
that is first will set the tone for the battle, so a slower character won't
be able to keep up. Say you are using Ershin, Ursula, and Nina. Say you want
to do the combo of Inferno + Inferno + Typhoon = Gigaflare. You would put
Ershin first since she is the slowest, then either Ursula then Nina. This way
you will get about a 70% success rate on the combo.
3. Combo Magic, Some Combo's won't just do 3 spells back to back to back.
Some times a spell will combine to form a more powerful spell. An example of
this is the enemy skill burn and Nina's wind skill Sever. Put the character
who uses Burn first then have Nina follow up, Nina's 'Sever' will become
Firewind a much more powerful magic. There are a lot of magic combinations
they are easy to figure out if you know the magic order in the game. Of
course a spell like Ice + fire will amount to nothing. But Earth + Fire will.
The magic order is:
Fire then Wind, then Water then Earth, then back to fire.
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Understanding the World Map
This World Map maybe foreign to those who played Breath of Fire III. Unlike
most RPG's where you get a free-range map. This time you have to walk on a
dotted line which is very similar to RPG fans that experience Legend of
Dragoon.
Like Breath of Fire III, you have spots on the map marked with a Question
Mark '?'. These places usually lead to an area filled with enemies and they
have a treasure on them. The treasure is usually something you can buy from
any store. Other times there may be something more to '?' areas, because they
may have a sign in them. These signs usually lead to Fishing Spots.
There are also places marked with a Huge Exclamation Point '!!'. These places
are unavoidable and usually have something to do with the game it self.
By pressing select you will get a large view of the map, after an event in
the game you will get a thing called shift. Shift enables you to, go to a
place you have previously gone since you got the shift. You go there
automatically just incase it takes a while to get there.
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IV: Walkthrough
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% CHAPTER 1: AWAKENING %
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Walkthrough Note: Unlike the other in-depth walkthroughs that are based on
the compass, mine is not. Mine is based on the default compass direction
where you get a behind and slightly above character view.
1a: Ryu
As the games starts you will see Cray Chief of the Worent Village, and Nina
Princess of Wyndia. They are on their Sand Flier in search of Nina's lost
sister Elina. Suddenly they here the rumblings of a Dragon. The Dragon
attacks the Sandflier that Cray and Nina were aboard. They fall off the
Sandflier, Nina suggests going to a nearby town to find parts that will help
repair the Sand Flier. Cray gives Nina the King's Sword just incase she runs
into a monster on her way to the near by town. Just walk away from Cray and
you will end up on the world map. Walk across the dotted line and a huge hard
to miss exclamation point will appear, enter here.
When you enter you will see a huge crater, a merchant fell in the hole and he
finds his way out. Suddenly Nina will see what appears to be a shadow of a
dragon she can't make it out; the shadow will watch her and quickly leave.
Then a naked young man will appear. Nina will be startled by the man's
nakedness, so she tells the naked man to put on clothing. He does, this is
Ryu the main character in all the Breath of Fire's. Ryu tells Nina that he is
lost and doesn't remember how he got there or how he got naked either. After
Ryu put on the clothing she will give Ryu the King's Sword which he can use
just incase they run into monsters.
So just leave this place by following the trail there aren't any forks here.
You will be back on the world map, before you enter the next town look for a
question mark to appear over Ryu's head. If you see one this means there is a
treasure near by, but in there areas there are monsters too. The monsters
make getting to that treasure a tad harder than it should be. Well the main
reason you are here is because of the monsters you want to get in many as
random battles as possible, until it's hard to level up. Level 5 for Ryu and
Level 6 for Nina is good for now. When you feel as though you have enough
Zenny and exp. please leave this place and head for a place called Cliff.
When you enter go right down the small slopes then when you hit the wall go
left. Then go left then follow the path. You will come upon "the end of the
road". Nina will inform you that you can jump over the small ledge here. She
will tell you how, it's pretty simple you can do it by just walking near a
ledge and pressing X. Then there will be another one, Ryu will make it but
Nina will not. Ryu will think Nina plunged to her death so he will jump down
after her. Nina was saved because she has wings, which allow her to levitate.
Ryu unfortunately doesn't have wings so he falls on his face.
Ryu will be ok, the sky will get dark and Nina will suggest they find some
where to spend the night instead of waiting. Just head left and you will find
a cave. The screen will shift to the inside of the cave and Nina has told Ryu
her story and her dilemma about the ship parts.
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1b: Fou-Lu
After that the screen will shift to a new place. A man named Fou-Lu and a cat
like creature will be standing on top of a tower. The man will ask the lion
to watch the tomb until he returns the lion obeys. After this just run down
the stairs. I will tell you something very important, as the Fou-Lu character
Ryu and Fou-Lu share things. They share abilities that you learn from
Master's or from examining. However they do not share items Zenny or
equipment. So if you think you can cheat by pooling Fou-Lu's armor, then well
you got another thing coming. Also try not to take any treasure chest as Fou-
lu because you really don't need them.
Once you can control Fou-Lu go down the stairs and exit out the screen then
you will be in a forest. Then make a left then up a small incline then jump
across.  Now go right, keep right then go down. Keep walking down and you
will see two guards. They are there because they heard about a death bring
dragon being awaken. Fou-Lu then questions the guards and asks if their were
going to kill this dragon. Then Fou-Lu summons his dragon he destroys the
entire area. Now when you can control Fou-Lu again go south past the crater
and then go to the right and you will be on the world map.
Note: You can not set up camp as Fou-Lu.
Anyway make a left, and you will be at a forest. When you get in the forest
just follow the path up and you will see a shadow figure. This man wants to
stop Fou Lu!
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Boss Fight I
Kham
Front Line Party: Fou-Lu
Back Line: N/A
Difficulty: Easy
Dragon Gene: Astral
Item: Ambrosia
This fight is cake. Even though Kham and Fou-Lu's properties offset one
another Fou-Lu can still beat win this battle rather easily. As soon as you
can get a turn, meditate into the Astral Dragon. Keep using Eraser on Kham,
if his attacks are lowering Fou Lu's Astral Dragon's HP too low, just bash it
with normal attack. The main form of attack for Kham is Flaming Fist, luckily
Flaming Fist misses 90% of the time so you won't have to worry about it. In
no time you should be finished with this battle.
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After the fight Fou-Lu will get away. The man will tell some soldiers to burn
the forest down with flaming arrows. The forest section is strait forward and
it doesn't have any forks (or spoons either ;). Soon you will come upon a
bridge once you do Q-Bert will appear. Actually this man is named Yohm and he
is one of the generals of the Fou-Lu Imperial Army, he burns the bridge and
Fou-Lu falling about 200 feet. He commands his men to search for the body.
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1c: Sarai and Sandflier Valley
When you enter Sarai Town, Nina will ask if you will be ok. You will get
three choices pick the first two and she will leave pick the third and she
will stay. Might as well pick the third choice because it really doesn't make
a difference anyway. Well whatever you decided, it's time to explore the
town. There is a weapon shop and a house or two to explore. The weapon shop
is outside and you should be able to buy new things for both characters. When
you are through go to west part of town and you will see a building with an
ostrich in front enter here.
When you enter go down the stairs and speak to the green Manillo, he will
want to sell you a "treasure" for 158 Zenny. Buy it from him, it's a lead
ball the first of many treasures you will be able to buy from people. Now
proceed to the man eating by the bar counter. The man knows about the
Sandflier Parts but he wants to be happy, with food and drink and this will
lead to the first of many mini games.
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Mini Game I
Happy Old Man
There are four types of food and drink you can use on the old man. Wine and
Steak gets the old man real happy and real quick. Don't stuff him with one
food or drink or he will either be too drunk or too full. One steak, One Wine
strategy in my opinion works the best so do that. If you feed the old man all
steak and wine you will receive a Panacea, feed him cheap food you will
receive a couple of antidotes.
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The old man will tell you there is an Information Specialist outside of the
Inn. Now if you picked the first two options Nina will be outside the Tavern
with a Monkey Man. The Monkey Man, says he knows where they can find
Sandflier parts. Tell Nina you don't trust him, then go near the entrance to
find the man outside of the Inn. The man will be there but like everything
else in this town you will have to pay for it.
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Mine Game II
Pay for the Info
The object here is simple you get 4 chances to match a price he is willing to
pay to get you Sandflier Parts. Now the trick to it is you have to pay the
right price you don't want to be cheated, by paying an enormous price like
200 Zenny for the same info you would get cheaper. The price is 130 Zenny, if
you pay it he will tell you that there is a black market. He will also tell
you, that you need a password to get into the black market. Most Merchants
know the password and one has just left town.
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Now leave town and follow the dotted line until you reach the first ? place.
Enter there when you make it there follow the path until you reach a fork,
make a left and you will be back on the world map. A new dotted line will
appear with a fish as the mark. You will be at a fishing hole, if you have
bought a Fishing pole and some lure in Sarai you can fish if you were absent
minded like me and figured "I'm in the freakin' desert there is no water
around!", then you can't fish yet. You could just go back to Sarai and buy
the fishing pole and the lure.
The game provides a _VERY_ detailed explanation on fishing so you don't need
my help here. When you are done fishing exit the fishing hole. Now leave and
look for another ? place. Enter there and follow the path until you reach a
small oasis, a merchant and an ostrich will be here. Just speak to the
merchant and he will give you the password. Now leave this place and head
back to Sarai. Just go strait to the Tavern, and go behind the counter you
will tell the bar tender the password automatically and he will allow you
access to the door behind the bar. There will be a few men in there, they
will inform you it is illegal for them to sell Sandflier parts.
Don't give up hope they say if you go to a place called Sandflier Valley then
you can get Sandflier parts, you just have to bring them back to him and he
will refurbish them. Proceed out of Sarai and you will get a new dotted path,
which will lead you to Sandflier Valley. Once you get to Sandflier Valley go
strait and you will come upon a broken sandflier. Turn the wheel to the left
once, and then the path will be open to you. Head back down and make a right.
Now through the broken sandflier go down a board and through another hole in
the sandflier. Now keep going and enter the hole of another sandflier, go up
the steps and then climb the ladder to be on the main part of it.
Get the treasure and climb back down the ladder. Now go the machine next to
the stairs turn it on and a small elevator will come down from the top of the
flier. Get on it and it will take you up on the sand. Now just go strait and
go into the building. Now once inside you will see an old man and a dog,
speak to the man and he will tell you that you can dig up some good sandflier
parts here.
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Mini Game III
Dig for the Parts
You get a shovel and a dog. The object is to dig where the dog sniffs the dog
is very accurate so where he barks there is something there. The dog and a
shovel costs 50 Zenny, the Shovel is just 25 Zenny. Take the dog and the
shovel out first he will bark at 3 spaces remember them or lick the screen
whatever you have to do. There are plenty of items to be dug up here and not
just the ship parts, if you care about metal scraps Glass shards, and a Sage
Staff then keep digging. 3 Not hitting digs and the shovel will break, if you
hit an item or the parts then that's like 2 hits because the shovel will
break quicker. You can get 2 hits in one turn, if you're lucky enough. If you
just want the ship parts dig around the middle of the screen.
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Now proceed out of the Valley once on the world map set up camp somewhere and
Rest and Save since you haven't done it in a while, now go back inside of
Sarai. Proceed back to the Tavern when you do you will see an Imperial
Soldier, he is roughing up the BarTender. He is also questioning him on what
happened to the crater a few miles back. The bar tender knows nothing and the
man hits him with magic. The Imperial Soldier was looking for a dragon in the
area. Nina shows up and he realizes she is a Wyndian Princess. So he sends a
creation after Nina...
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Boss Fight II
Joh
Front Line Party: Nina
Back Line Party: N/A
Difficulty: Easy
Dragon Gene: N/A
Item: Aurum
Joh isn't that difficult of a fight considering you should be at full health
and the game realizes you only have Nina. Now, he mainly uses normal attacks,
a burn spell and Flail. The burn spell doesn't do much damage the flail
misses a lot and normal attacks aren't that powerful as well. Just keep using
Sever on it. Nina should heal if her Hp's drop to a low level. After a few
Severs Joh will go down.
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After the fight Ryu will finally show up. The Imperial Solider will make a
joke about how he wasn't around to protect the princess. Ryu will take
offense and smack him with the sword, Ryu and Nina will then leave town. You
will be on the world map go back towards cliff and a huge !! will appear. You
have no choice but to go in. You will then see a bunch of soldiers but Ryu
and Nina will be hiding behind a bunch of rocks. When you can control them
leave from behind the rocks the merchant from earlier will spot you and
inform you that the soldiers have cut off the pass. He tells you another
route around their blockade.
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1d: Hexland
When you are back on the world map you will see a route leading to a new
place. Follow it there is a town called Chamba there. When you enter you will
realize this town is smaller than you heard, but Nina and Ryu will think
someone can help them. Look around town there is a weapon shop here with a
Manillo in it buy some curative items here because you will need them. This
town also has a free Inn so I suggest making use of that in the future. Go to
the upper right point of the town and you will find two men up there speak to
the man sitting down. The old man will tell you why Chamba is smaller than it
use to be. According to him there was a hex on the town, and when a place is
Hex it's unlivable.
After he says that a group of people will enter the town, the old man
explains that these people are called purifiers. They go around the eastern
continent in armor and they help get rid of hexes in the area. Now go down
the stairs and go to the left a man will be inside, speak to him chose to
wait with him twice. You will find out that this man is named Tab. After you
wait with them, Nina will explain the situation and she will want to know if
there is anyway around Chamba. Tab will tell you that you will need to wear
an armor to get through the area, or you can wait a year for the Hex to be
cleared. Naturally, Nina doesn't want to wait so Tab suggested that you
should ask one of the men to guide you through the area.
Go around town and speak to everyone check back to his house and when Tab is
waiting outside of the house it is ok to talk to him again. He will not help
you or give you any armor either so it seems just about hopeless. The screen
will shift for something waddling towards the gate, suddenly it will open and
give everyone a scare. It was only a thing calling itself Ershin, Ershin is
the leader of the purifiers. Ershin will want to assist you through the Hex.
Ershin will join the party and when you are ready go through the gate that
Ershin came in through.
Now this place is tricky to navigate through and to explain. First go strait
then make a left when you get on the first roof. When you do that make your
way across a bridge that goes strait. Now climb up a ladder to get on top of
a roof. Now go on to the roof right next to it go down a ramp and you will be
at a fork. Go right until it takes you north. Keep going north, now go up
another roof and make a right. Then go across the bridge and you will be in
the next area. In the next place make a left, now Ershin will tell that she
has been informed that you are to break up at this point. You can switch
between Ershin, and Nina and Ryu by pressing select.
Press select and control Ershin first have Ershin go down the near by ladder,
then switch the party to Nina and Ryu. Now go strait and you will jump to
another roof. Stand on the crate and it will go down. Press select and switch
back to Ershin. Go underneath the crate and then go left, nearby will be a
ladder going up to a roof. Now press select to switch back to Ryu and Nina,
now you can get off the crate. When you do go right and you will reach a
Valve, Ershin will say she will need to locate the other valve. Now you will
be Ershin climb down the ladder and go up then make a right, and you will be
where the other Valve is, press X by Valve.
Ryu and Ershin will have to switch it at the same time they will
automatically do so, once this is done the mist in the area will be reduced
and you will be in a new area, and the party will be back together. Once you
have control go left, then go across the bridge, Nina says she heard of felt
something, Ershin says it's just the hex. Now you go and cure everyone make
sure you can cure as much as possible. Now continue across the bridge,
eventually you will see the thing in the hex. Ershin and Nina will run across
a rather weak bridge, keep mashing X to run across the bridge that is falling
apart. Now it's go time!
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Boss Fight III
Skull Fish
Front Line Party: Nina, Ryu, Ershin
Back Line Party: N/A
Difficulty: Intermediate
Dragon Gene: Not Needed
Item: Antidote
Keep Ershin as the third character because she is slower than Ryu and Nina
is, you should have Ershin mainly throwing curative items you bought in town.
Skull Fish will use a poison attack plus it can confuse you. Ryu should have
learned Burn from the Eye Goo and Nina already has Sever. So you should
combine the two to make Firewind, that is the quickest way to defeat this
thing. Also if there are no desperate energy needs have Ershin through in an
attack.
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After the fight go down a ladder then go down another ladder and you will be
outside of the town. Ershin says that Ershin wants to go wherever Ryu goes,
and she will remain a member of your party. Now you will be back on the world
map, plus you can make it back to the crash site. Cray miraculously is still
waiting! Wow, Nina informs Cray that she was unable to obtain the ship parts,
but Cray, is just happy that she is safe. Nina introduces Ryu and Ershin to
Cray, and he says they should rest for the night.
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1e: Just a Dream and the Mudpit
Abruptly, you will find your self in a weird place and Ryu Nina and Cray will
be together. Nina will mention something about a dream, and you get control
of the characters. When you do to your left or so should be a diary you
should rest and save before continuing on. Also to be noted their are some
pretty powerful but beatable monsters in the area. I suggest you take
advantage of the diary and get in to some random battles to vastly improve
your levels. When you are ready to go about your way head strait then go to
the left. Keep following along the path going left and you will make your way
to a set of stairs.
Now when you go up the stairs go strait then make a right and then go through
the door there. Walk forward and Cray will notice two men inside the room.
The two men will be discussing something, and Cray will mention that if you
walk behind the curtain you can avoid these men. Now walk behind the curtain
and when you try to walk through the door, everything will turn white and you
will be back at the desert camp. Apparently Nina and Cray shared the same
dream, Ershin explains that it was Ryu's dream and those who have the dragon
eye can see images that may be the future. Now you will automatically leave
this place. You will be back on the world map and you will see a new path
leading to a place called Kurok.
Kurok is pretty strait forward and their aren't any forks here really so
getting through here should be pretty easy. You shouldn't be able to miss the
first master of the game he is Rwolf a Wolf man who is next to an ostrich. He
can teach you some things (to learn about his stats refer to my Master's
Guide). You should use Nina with him, and if you already did the 5 hit combo
then you should be on your way with the first spell. If you haven't done it
yet then you can easily do it here on the valley when fighting some of the
groups of monsters here. When you learn the spell give it to Cray. When you
are done with the master then leave the alley by going to the path on your
right.
Once you are back on the world map I suggest pitching a tent and setting up
camp. Unless you didn't get into any fights in Kurok Valley. Either way
continue along the path on the world map until you reach the Dam. When you
enter it will look pretty deserted but someone will come along and tell you
the deal. According to him a dragon has been acting up in the area and many
of the workers have ran off in fear because the dam might break. Now, when
you gain control of the party again, climb down the ladder. Then go to the
right then you will find another ladder so climb down that one as well. Then
go to the right you should see the orange marker so climb down another ladder
to reach the insider of the dam.
Now just go left and you will leave the inside. Now go down the stairs on the
left and go to the right. You will see a man who looks mysteriously like Fahl
the Bartender from BOF3. Now go down the ladder to the left of him. Now walk
on the path of planks you can walk on the mud but it slows down your progress
so you can't run on it. Just follow the wooden path and speak to the man
inside the overhanging. He tells you to get to the other side you will have
to close the Sluice. You will need a Sluice key a kid named Rhoppe has it.
Rhoppe is the guy to the southwest in the mud who has an inner tube. Speak to
him and he will give you the key to the Sluice.
Now that you have the key head back up the stairs and inside the dam. You
will see a steel gate that use to say authorized personnel only you might
have notice it and that you couldn't enter it before, but now with the key
you can open it. Just pull the lever on the machine and sluice will close.
Now go outside and go up the ladder then go up the ladder on the left of
there. There will be a treasure there so get it and then, go back down the
ladder then another ladder then go across the plank on the right. Enter the
room and open the gate. Now pull the lever like you did previously and the
machine will not work. Now a woman will show up she will tell you that the
machine isn't working that well, this will start a mini game! (You haven't
had one in a while...)
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Mini game IV
Spinnin'
The woman will tell you the idea is for Ryu to turn the wheel really fast and
someone next to the lever will pull it in order for it to work. To turn the
wheel you will have to rotate the directional pad clockwise. I'm not 100%
certain that you can use the dual shock pad. But if you can it would be
better than the normal buttons. Anyway keep rotating it until Ryu's starts to
sweat and you hear a squeal from the wheel. Now press O quickly. If
everything went right you should have the plank lifted
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Now climb up the ladder and go to the left, then go up a ladder than make a
right. Now go across the plank and keep right and go up the ladder that is
right next to the plank area. Keep going right and then enter the door and
you will be back inside the Dam. Go strait through this underground area and
you will be back outside, in the muddy area. Head across the path and you
will reach a ladder climb down the ladder and pull the lever once you get
there. Now go back to the man inside the overhanging you will give him the
key back. He will now tell Rhoppe to close the Sluice's again. He will then
help you get out of there.
Suddenly a man will ring a bell loudly and annoyingly, he will say the Dam
has broken and you will need to clear out of the area. The man will give you
the lever and tell you to operate it yourself because he has to get out of
there. Now go over to the machine. Examine the box and Ryu will use the
lever. It will not work at first Nina suggest messing with it some more. Keep
mashing X and you will get out of there with a moment to spare. You will see
that everyone got out safely and Rhoppe is having a blast drifting away in
the inner tube. You will now be back on the world map. Once you are on the
world map head for the new path that should have just opened up.
A huge ! will stop you on your way, and you will be at a beautiful sandy
area. A huge dragon will be right on shore, then an old rat lady will appear,
she will tell you some info about the dragons. She will offer to "sing the
song of the dragons". You can cough up 10 Zenny or 100, I figured don't waste
time just give her 100 Zenny. Then you will be able to leave this area.
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1f. Trap City and The Trap Woods
Writer's Rant: I hate go through this town and this forest, it was boring
difficult and an overall pain in the ass. Now, I have to write about this
place...ughhh in my opinion this place is worst than the desert in BOF3.
Anyway when you leave the Woman you will be in a town called Kyria. An orange
Manillo near the entrance will warn you that the town is riddled with traps.
Anything that looks funny in this town don't go near it, although the traps
are explained by the people near them so in a way it gives you a small
foreshadow as to what will happen when you enter the forest. Enter the first
house you see speak to the people inside and they will tell you more about
why the town is riddled with traps. Now leave the house, (this house also
doubles as a free Inn) and purposely step on the trap that you see. No point
going into the next house, and then go across the bridge there is a trap on
the bridge ignore it if you can.
Now speak to the two men next to the bridge. Talk to the man on the right 5
times and you will get an item. Now go past these two guys and go to the
lefts you will find a hole behind a kid drop through the hole make your way
through the underground area. You will find your self in a house (If it's a
shack full of barrels your in the wrong house. If you see a couple of parrots
your in the right house. Speak to the parrot near the cabinet, and he will
try to trick you. Answer the opposite of you would normally answer if your
slightly slow. Then the answers are: We really have no time for this..., No,
No, Not really. Then ask the parrot for information regarding the mayor. The
parrot will tell you the mayor has left and he is in the forest. Which is
your next stop.
There are a few more things to do in the town that are trap related but the
most important thing is the guy who is using the puppet. You might have met
him in Sarai he tells you a few more advanced things about the game. Now go
to the Manillo by the entrance of the town and he is selling items, don't get
anything curative at this point because you don't need it, and go back on the
world map. Proceed to the Woods. Now continue along the path until you reach
a man standing in your path he will tell you that the mayor is either lost in
the forest captured by the boar or captured in his own trap. You will tell
them you need to find the mayor.
The man will give you an apple, but you can get more apples using Ershin. Put
Ershin in front of the party and have her headbutt the tree 99 times, and you
will get 99 apples. This is a cheap way to gain apples and to have HP. Now go
behind the man and out of this screen. Now you can fall into the holes here
and get the treasures. But I just want you to get out of here with as little
trouble as possible. Go strait until you reach a well then make a right and
you will find a stump press X near it and place an apple on the stump. The
boar will come out of the forest sniff out the apple, eat it and run away you
have to follow the tracks of the boar. It's pretty simple, just make sure not
to get trapped while following the boars tracks.
Their are traps all over the place and some of these traps are harder to spot
than others. You will eventually come to a clearing in the tree's there is an
Earth ward there get it. Now make your way back to the entrance of this place
and you will find a stump. Place an apple on the stump and watch the boar do
the same thing he did last time, but this time keep following him it's harder
to follow these traps because you may go astray because of the other tracks
are still their. If you see some tracks that lead out of the place follow
those both if they go away keep a mental note and you can still get out of
this place.
Now you will be by a waterfall, follow the path here until you get into the
next area there aren't any forks or side paths here unless you count the one
that leads to the treasure eventually you will be on another path. The mayor
will be there, the boar from earlier is also there but the mayor has set a
trap for this boar. The boar runs off, then a Huge boar drops from the sky.
The big boar looks pretty ticked off that you messed with one of it's
kindred.
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Boss Fight IV
Maman
Front Line Party: Ryu, Nina, Cray
Back Line Party: Ershin
Difficulty: Intermediate
Dragon Gene: Aura
Item(s): Apple and Flame Punch
If you get the first turn, change Ryu into the Aura form. Now Nina should
cast Cyclone if she has it, and have Cray cast Eddy if you got the 5 hit
combo and gave it to him. Now for the rest of the fight have Ryu and Nina do
the combo of Hwa Cyclone to make Simoon which does a decent chunk of damage
to Maman. Have Cray either attack physically or through apples to those who
are needed (Not Ryu if he is a Dragon at the time). Maman does 3 attacks the
first is it's usual physical attack which is pretty damaging. The second
another physical attack Body Press which may stun the character they do it on
if he happens to Catch Nina with it and stuns her have Ryu and Cray do a
Firewind on him with Burn and Eddy.
It also does a Rock Blast attack that isn't very damaging but everyone might
need an apple afterward to maintain a high HP level. As long as you can keep
Ryu as a Dragon and Nina not stunned you should have a problem. If you
decided on not using Ershin for the back row then Ershin should be using his
normal attack on it, and curing.
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Now you will be out of the woods and back on the world map. Proceed back to
Kyria. When you do head to the Mayor's house the normal way. The mayor will
tell you that this town was used as a war camp and that is has a passage to
Synesta in it. The mayor will allow you passage to Synesta in the morning.
Then the screen will shift to the second Fou-Lu sequence. The Imperial Army
did basically not find Fou-Lu, and a man named Bunyan who lived in the Zhinga
Mountains has. If you were a fan of BOF3 you will recognize his name right
away he went from a woodsman to a mountain man. He has helped Fou-Lu get back
to better health.
Now the morning will arrive and you will be back in the town with Ryu and
friends. You will be outside of the Mayor's house, Cray will not be looking
and he will fall through the hole. Find your way back at out and you will be
control of the main party. Now make your way back out the first house Rest
and Save and your ready to go.
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1g: Making it to and out of Synesta
Make your way up the hill path and enter the door of the cave. Once inside go
strait and then make a right and follow the small pool of water. Jump over
the ledge and exit the screen. Now, in the next area go to the right and
eventually you will come upon a fork, when you do go down and head into the
next area. Now you can walk across the water here it is shallow enough and
then you can go up the stairs, now you will be in another area. The next part
is strait forward follow the path until you find a ladder that will take you
out of this place altogether. Now you will be in Synesta no one will look at
you funny because you came out of the well either.
When you are able to control your party go to the right and you will be
inside the orphanage inside the orphanage the woman running it will tell you
she will have to feed the children there before she can give you any advice
or assistance. Speak to the children there and they will tell you one of the
children there is missing. Now leave the orphanage and you will see a woman
chasing a boy she will fall down at the end of the sequence. Now go to the
left and you will see an archway. Go past this and go to the right and you
will see a flight of steps proceed up the flight of stairs and you will be on
the upper part of town go and speak to the fallen woman. She will explain
that she must catch Chino the kid who isn't in the orphanage. Approach Chino
and he will run away...
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Mini Game V
Catchin' Chino
To catch Chino you have to get close enough to him to speak to him. If Chino
sees you coming he will run in the opposite direction, so to catch him you
have to sneak around somewhere and cut him off. The difficulty of this mini
game is the fact that this town is very maze like even more than Sarai was
and it's hard to find him when he runs off the screen. The bird's eye view
happens to help a lot so it won't be as difficult as you would think. The
best way to catch him is to stay on the upper area of the town and try to see
if you can stop him. Try not to directly go after him try to find an
alternate route and sneak up behind him to get him.
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After catching him he will reluctantly go back to the orphanage now it's time
for you to go back to the orphanage. Now go back to the orphanage the woman
there named Lyta will speak with you. She will inform you that Elina was
there and she came bringing gift's and clothing. But where she went Lyta
doesn't know. Now Chino will come in and say that he knows where Elina went
but you will have to play hide and seek with him and the kids in the
orphanage. If you played Hide and Seek in BOF3 it's exactly like that but
more fun.
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Mini Game VI
Hide and Seek
There are seven kids throughout town you must find. You have to just find
them and speak to them and they will go back to the orphanage to know how
many you caught go back to the orphanage, count how many you got and there
you have it.
One of them is already there just talk to the kid the kid claims it wasn't
playing.
Another kid is in the orphanage as well speak to him and he will give you the
location of Rudd.
Rudd is near the entrance of town to get there go to the archway ignore the
upstairs and then keep going right you will see a set of stairs and Rudd will
be standing on them. Rudd will tell you where Modo is hiding.
To find Modo go to the upper section of the town find the bridge that
connects the upper section and you will see Modo. Modo will give you some odd
directions on finding Konoko. These directions are false.
To find Konoko go to the upstairs section of the Inn.
On your way to find Rudd you might have found another kid if you didn't this
kid is right in the arch, he will also tell you where to find Goete.
Goete is on the western side of town.
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Now return to the orphanage, there is still one missing kid (well it's 8 if
you count the kid who claimed it wasn't playing). Modo will tell you that
Chino went hiding where no one would go. Lyta is afraid that it went inside
the Cellar, and then you will see where the cellar is. Now proceed to this
area you should know your where there from Chino chasing. When you do the
guard will claim that it is impossible for anyone to have slipped passed him
while he wasn't looking, he will then get thirsty. Stand in the corner and
eventually a woman holding water will show up he will walk off his post and
buy some water from the woman. Now walk down the steps while the man is going
to buy his water.
Continue down the stairs and you will be in the next area. In the new area go
into the hole. Enter the first room you see and search the shelf for an item.
Forget the next room and just go strait, and you will be in another area. In
this area head down the stairs and you will be another area. Now you will be
in another room check the shelf that you see then go strait and you will be
in another room. Now go up the set of stairs search the shelf for an item and
then go then make a right. Now keep going along the path then down a flight
of stairs. When you are in this place you will see Chino in a cell but he has
a barrel blocking the door.
Now go into the next cell and get the treasure there. Now leave the cell and
go into the next room. Now head up the stairs and you will be inside another
room with two cells. Step on the wooden plank and you will through and be in
the cell with Chino. Speak to Chino and you will be back in the orphanage.
Chino will tell you where you can find Elina now. According to Chino when
Elina left the village he seen her go up to the gate some strange people
spoke to her and left with her. He will also tell you that a shop owner named
Marlok was one of the men. Marlok's shop is the house near the middle of town
guarded by the big man.
Now before continuing since you made a lot of progress I advise you to rest
and save. Now go speak to the man who is guarding Marlok's house you will
have to fight this man!
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Boss Fight V
Kahn
Front Line Party: Ryu, Nina, Cray
Back Line Party: Ershin
Difficulty: Easy
Dragon Gene: Aura
Item: Ginseng
Kahn isn't as tough as he may look. The easiest way to bring him down is with
Simoon or Eruption. To keep things easier when the battle starts have Ryu
turn into the Aura Dragon. Now have him alternate between using Hwa + Cyclone
for Simoon and Rock Blast + Burn for Eruption. I suggest you do it in this
order Cray Ryu Nina. Because Ryu can't get stunned as the dragon and if Cray
or Nina get stunned then you will either cast eruption or you will cast
Simoon. Kahn has 2 forms of attacks he can focus, which will increase his
next attack. Or he can use Shout, which may stun people. He really can't hurt
you unless he catches Nina after focusing. If you decided on using Ershin
have her healing and normal attacking.
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When Kahn is defeated Marlok will be waiting outside of his house. He will
invite you inside of the house. He tells you that Elina was taken west into
Enemy Territory. He may be able to take you out to the west but you will have