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DARK CLOUD WEAPON FAQ
Version 1.0
By Murdoc7187
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INTRODUCTION
This guide is pretty much about the largest and most fun part of Dark Cloud, the
weapons.  In the world of Dark Cloud, your weapon is your life.  If you invest
time and effort into a weapon, you better protect that weapon, or else YOU WILL
BE UNBELIEVABLY SCREWED.  Strangely, your life is expendable, but your weapon is
definitely not.  So, this guide will hopefully assist you in acquiring the best
weapons in the game quickly, and will also provide an outline to follow from the
very start of the game.  Enjoy.
Send suggestions, tips, comments, and corrections to me at
murdoc7187@hotmail.com.  Thanks for the feedback!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.  Weapon Abilities
II.  Building Up Weapons
III.  Build-Up Flow Chart
IV.  Recommended Path to Ultimate Weapons
V.  Weapon Attachments
VI.  Leveling Up Weaponry
VII.  Legal BS
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I.  WEAPON ABILITIES
Some unique weapons in Dark Cloud have special abilities that affect your game
status when you use and fight with them.  Most special abilities that you get
are already on weapons that you find in dungeons or obtain from townsfolk.  But,
through the processing of synthspheres, which you learn about in the game, you
can pass special abilities on to other weapons.  For those who don't know, once
you level up your weapon to +5 or higher, you can make a synthsphere out of it
on the weapon menu.  The synthsphere is essentially a weaker, attachable version
of the weapon itself.  You can basically seal 60% of the weapon's power into an
attachment that you can place onto a new weapon.  You can take a weapon, turn it
into a synthsphere, and attach it to another desired weapon, thus giving the new
weapon a quick boost of power while not really wasting your old one.  With that
out of the way, here are the weapon abilities.
Drain-  Detracts life points from your enemies when you use the weapon.
Heal-  Heals a few life points from your enemies when you use the weapon.
Quench-  Refills your thirst meter gradually when you use the weapon.
Thirst-  Depletes your thirst meter more quickly when you use the weapon.
Big Bucks-  Increases the amount of money you find from defeated monsters.
Poor-  Decreases the amount of money you find from defeated monsters.
Durable-  Increases the durability of the weapon, making it harder to break.
Fragile-  Decreases the durability of the weapon, making it easier to break.
Critical-  I haven't encountered a weapon with this ability, but I think it
increases the number of critical hits during combat, resulting in higher damage.
Steal-  May steal random items from monsters during combat.
Stop-  I'm not sure, I haven't found one with stop, but I assume it temporarily
freezes an enemy, or stops time altogether which gives the same effect.
AbsUp-  Increases the amount of earned Abs you receive from defeated monsters.
Poison-  May inflict the poison ailment on enemies during combat.
Some good weapons with abilities are...
Toan's Drain Seeker (Drain)
Xiao's Angel Shooter (Heal)
Goro's Trial Hammer (Poor & AbsUp)
Ungaga's Scorpion (Poison).
Ruby and Osmond have no notable abilities on any of their weapons.
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II.  BUILDING-UP WEAPONS
Weapons can be built up any number of ways.  The early ways you can build up
weapons into more evolved forms are simple.  You must level up your weapon with
attachments on them, thus gaining more points in the category that the
attachments affect.  "????" Will be displayed when you go to the Build-Up
category on the Weapon menu until your weapon meets the requirements.  The
categories in red are the requirements that your weapon does not meet.  You must
keep upgrading each stat with attachments and level ups until all the
requirements are made and the build-up feature can be carried out.
To level up early, the attachments you should put on your weapon should affect
the creature stats of the weapon mostly, or you can boost the attack, magic,
speed, or endurance stats.  If you attach monster attachments (e.g. Beast
Buster) for creature types, your weapon's effectiveness against those creatures
will increase, signified by an increase in the number of that particular
creature stat when you view your weapon.  You can also place attachments like
"Attack +3" or "Speed +1" to increase those particular stats.  However, as you
progress through the game and need to acquire the more powerful weapons, you
will need to increase the elemental magic of your weapons.  Fire, Ice, Thunder,
Wind, and Holy attributes must be increased as well for the evolution of the
most powerful weapons.  You can attach orbs of the given element type by using
the obvious "fire" orbs to power up the fire stat and so on.    Later in the
game, you can quickly build weapon strength with rare gems that improve multiple
stats at one time.  Gems are covered in the "VI. Leveling Up Your Weapons"
section of this FAQ.
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III. BUILD-UP FLOW CHART
Whew!  With that out of the way, we can proceed to the weaponry flow charts for
each character.  The following charts show the weapons and what they evolve
into, as well as how strong they are compared to each other.  The leftmost
weapon is the beginning evolution of the chain, and the weapons get stronger and
better as you move to the right.
TOAN
| Small Sword > Tsukikage > Heaven's Cloud > Dark Cloud > 7th
Heaven
Crysknife  <
| Sand Breaker >  Antique Sword > Brave Ark > Darck Cloud >
7th Heaven
| Small Sword > Tsukikage > Heaven's Cloud > Dark Cloud > 7th
Heaven
|
Gladius  <                                    | Heaven's Cloud >  Dark Cloud > 7th
Heaven
|                  | Choora  <
|                  |                | Maneater >  Atlamillia
Sword > Chronicle Sword
|                  |
| Chopper  <
|                | Brave Ark >  Dark Cloud >
7th Heaven
| Dusack  <
| 7 Branch Sword >
Atlamillia Sword > Chronicle Sword
| Heaven's Cloud >
Dark Cloud > 7th Heaven
| Choora  <
|                | Maneater >
Atlamillia Sword > Chronicle Sword
| Chopper  <
|                  |                | Brave Ark >  Dark
Cloud > 7th Heaven
Kitchen Knife <                   | Dusack  <
|                                   | 7 Branch Sword >
Atlamillia Sword > Chronicle
|
Sword
|                          | Brave Ark > Dark Cloud >
7th Heaven
| Sax > Dusack  <
| 7 Branch Sword >
Atlamillia Sword > Chronicle
Sword
Bone Rapier > Evilcise > Drain Seeker > Dark Cloud > 7th Heaven
Buster Sword > Claymore > Cross Hinder > Big Bang > Sword of Zeus
| Tsukikage > Heaven's Cloud > Dark Cloud > 7th Heaven
Serpent Sword <
| Evilcise >  Drain Seeker > Dark Cloud > 7th Heaven
| Brave Ark > Dark Cloud > 7th Heaven
Shamshir > Dusack <
| 7 Branch Sword >  Atlamillia Sword >
Chronicle Sword
| Aga's Sword > Atlamillia Sword > Chronicle Sword
Macho Sword <
| Cross Hinder >  Big Bang > Sword of Zeus
Mardan Eins > Mardan Twei > Arise Mardan
Wise Owl Sword > Lamb's Sword > Atlamillia Sword > Chronicle Sword
Sun Sword > Big Bang > Sword of Zeus
Toan's Ultimate Weapons from Greatest to Least are...
Sword of Zeus
7th Heaven
Arise Mardan
Chronicle Sword
*Chronicle Sword2
*  The Chronicle Sword2 can only be obtained by defeating the boss on Floor 100
of the Demon Shaft.
XIAO
| Double > Divine Beast Title
> Angel Shooter > Angel
|   Impact
Gear
Steel Slingshot > Hardshooter <
| Matador >  Divine Beast Title
> Angel Shooter > Angel
Gear
Bone Slingshot > Flamingo > Dragon's Y > Divine Beast Title > Angel Shooter >
Angel
Gear
| Double > Divine Beast
Title > Angel Shooter > Angel
|  Impact
Gear
Bandit Slingshot > Hardshooter <
| Matador >  Divine Beast
Title > Angel Shooter > Angel
Gear
*Steve >* Super Steve
* Steve and Super Steve talk to you during combat, giving you hints on how to
defeat the
enemy you are fighting.
Xiao's Ultimate Weapons from Greatest to Least are...
Angel Gear
Super Steve
GORO
|
Gaia Hammer > Tall Hammer
| Magical Hammer  <
Frozen Tuna >  Turtle Shell  <                                | Last Judgment >
Tall Hammer
|
| Battle Axe > Satan's Axe >
Inferno
| Gaia Hammer > Tall Hammer
Big Bucks Hammer  <
|                               | Gaia Hammer
>  Tall Hammer
| Magical Hammer <
| Last
Judgment >  Tall Hammer
Trial Hammer > Gaia Hammer > Tall Hammer
Goro's Ultimate Weapons from Greatest to Least are...
Inferno
Tall Hammer
RUBY
|
Goddess Ring > Athena Armlet > Secret
|
Armlet
| Crystal Ring  <
|                        |
Satan's Ring >  Mobius Ring
Thorn Armlet > Platinum Ring  <
| Fairy's Ring >  Destruction
Ring > Mobius Ring
| Goddess Ring > Athena's
Armlet > Secret Armlet
| Crystal Ring <
Bandit's Ring  <                        | Satan's Ring >  Mobius Ring
|
| Pockleful > Fairy's Ring > Destruction Ring > Mobius
Ring
Ruby's Ultimate Weapons from Greatest to Least are...
Secret Armlet
Mobius Ring
UNGAGA
| Cactus > Terra Sword > Babel's Spear
Halberd > Scorpion  <
|                | Terra Sword >  Babel's Spear
| Mirage  <
| Hercules' Wrath
| De Sanga >  Cactus > Terra Sword > Babel's Spear
Javelin  <
| Partisan >  Cactus > Terra Sword > Babel's Spear
Ungaga's Ultimate Weapons from Greatest to Least are...
Babel's Spear
Hercules' Wrath
OSMOND
| Blessing Gun > Skunk > Hexa Blaster > Supernova
Jackal  <
| Swallow >  G Crusher > Star Breaker
| Blessing Gun > Skunk > Hexa Blaster > Supernova
Snail  <
| Hexa Blaster >  Supernova
Osmond's Ultimate Weapons from Greatest to Least are...
Supernova
Star Breaker
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IV. RECOMMENDED PATH TO ULTIMATE WEAPONS
These are the quickest ways to the best ultimate weapon for each character, and
why each is the quickest way.
TOAN
Wise Owl Sword > Lamb's Sword > Atlamillia Sword > Chronicle Sword
You can get the Wise Owl Sword as early as Matataki Village, after you complete
the Wise Owl Shop in Georama mode.  The old owl who runs the shop will sell it
to you for 2,500 gilda.  So, from early on in the Wise Owl Forest Dungeon, you
can start leveling up your sword.  By the end of the Shipwreck Dungeon, you
should have the Lamb's Sword almost evolved into the Atlamillia Sword.  And
after about another hour of leveling up, you should get the Chronicle Sword.
With this method, I got the Chronicle Sword at hour 21 before I got to Muska
Lacka and the Sun & Moon Temple.
XIAO
Bandit Slingshot > Double Impact > Divine Beast Title > Angel Shooter > Angel
Gear
The Double Impact can be found early in the Sun & Moon temple, but it will be
more beneficial to level up the weapon from the Bandit Slingshot.  It will make
the evolutions faster and easier to obtain if you start with a more basic
weapon.  Xiao's ultimate path takes the longest, because she doesn't have a
quick jump from level 2 to level 4 weapons.  It takes a while, but it shouldn't
be hard if you follow the tips in the "Leveling Up" section of this FAQ.
GORO
Battle Axe > Satan's Axe > Inferno
This is very easy to get.  You can get the Battle Axe when you get 100 % on
everything in Georama mode in Matataki Village.  With leveling up on Shipwreck,
provided you ONLY use gems to increase your weapon stats, Satan's Axe is easy to
get, and Inferno doesn't take that much longer.
RUBY
Platinum Ring > Crystal Ring > Goddess Ring > Athena's Armlet > Secret Armlet
Platinum Rings can be purchased for 600 gilda in Queens at the weapon shop after
you finish the shop and view the event.  Leveling up takes a while for Ruby and
the evolutions require a lot of magic points and element points.  This evolution
chain took me the longest to do, but again, the Shipwreck is the place to level
up, and ONLY use gems to power-up with.
UNGAGA
Halberd > Scorpion > Cactus > Terra Sword > Babel's Spear
You can either find a Halberd in the Sun & Moon temple, or you can get 100 % in
everything in Georama mode in Muska Lacka.  This evolution chain requires a lot
of attack and endurance, since the starting endurance of Ungaga's weapons are
terrible.  The attack will be the hardest to meet the requirements for.  As with
everyone else, level up in the backfloors of the Shipwreck and it's really easy
to evolve.
OSMOND
Jackal > Swallow > G Cruhser > Starbreaker
Buy the Jackal from the bunny guy in Moon Drops for 3,000 gilda.  It takes only
a few gems to boost weapon attributes and the monster stats.  No elemental magic
needed.  Swallow is very easy to evolve to, and G Crusher follows VERY shortly
after.  Then, a little boost of attack and some Stone Breakers, and voila!
Starbreaker.  The Starbreaker is much weaker than the Supernova, but it is much
faster since it is a machine gun.  I prefer Starbreaker, and it only took me 45
minutes from Jackal to Starbreaker.
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V.  ATTACHMENTS
This is a list of the attachments for weapons and what they do for your weapon.
I call this first batch the monster attachments, because they boost your weapons
effectiveness to certain monster types.  You can find these at certain shops,
treasure chests in dungeons, from defeated enemies, or treasure chests in towns.
Dino Slayer- +3 against dragon and lizard type monsters
Undead Killer- +3 against undead and zombie type monsters
Sea Hunter- +3 against water type monsters
Stone Breaker- +3 against rock type monsters
Plant Buster- +3 against plant type monsters
Beast Buster- +3 against animal type monsters
Sky Hunter- +3 against flying monsters
Metal Breaker- +3 against metal monsters
Mimic Breaker- +3 against Mimics and King Mimics
Mage Slayer- +3 against witches and mages
The next list is gems, the much better choice of upgrading weapons.  You can
obtain gems from backfloors from dungeons, fishing, or buying them from Simba at
Dark Heaven Castle late in the game.
Amethyst- +10 Ice Magic, +10 Dragon Stat, +10 Mage Stat
Aquamarine- +10 Ice Magic, +10 Sky Stat, +10 Sea Stat
Diamond- +5 each Monster Stat, additional +5 to Steel Stat
Emerald- +10 MP Stat, +10 Dragon Stat, +10 Plant Stat
Garnet- +5 ATT, +10 Fire Magic, +10 Beast Stat, +10 Stone Stat
Opal- +10 END, +10 Metal Stat, +10 Mage Stat
Pearl- +10 END, +10 Thunder Magic, +10 Undead Stat
Peridot- +5 ATT, +10 Holy Magic, +10 Beast Stat, +10 Plant Stat
Ruby- +10 SP, +10 Fire Magic, +10 Mimic Stat
Sapphire- +10 MP, +10 Wind Magic, +10 Sky Stat
Topaz- +5 ATT, +10 SP, +10 Undead Stat, +10 Sky Stat
Turquoise- +10 Ice Magic, +10 Stone Stat, +10 Mimic Stat
*Sun- +10 ATT, +10 to each Magic Element, +3 each Monster Stat
*Note: Sun can only be acquired by completing the trading sequence.
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VI.  LEVELING UP WEAPONRY
This section will provide tips on how to efficiently level up weapons.
1.  Level up on the backfloor of LV. 17 on the Shipwreck.  For 200 gilda, you
can buy a Flapping Fish and an Ice Block from Ruty's Store in Queens.  Take them
to the Shipwreck and enter the backfloor.  The enemies on this backfloor are
very easy to destroy, and give around 24 ABS each.  Thus, beating everyone on
the backfloor and on the regular floor, you can earn around 200 ABS per visit.
And another super reason to level up on this floor is the good chance that you
will find a Gem in one of the chests there.  I find at least one gem every time
I go to the backfloor.  Leveling up Toan from his Wise Owl Sword to the
Chronicle Sword took only two hours with this method.  And Osmond's Jackal to
the Starbreaker took only 45 minutes.
2.  If you have a weapon that you need to evolve, and you find another weapon of
the same kind, break the weapon you had been leveling up into a synthsphere and
put it on the duplicate weapon.  It goes much faster and the drawback of 60% of
the original weapon's power isn't that bad because the starting stats of the new
weapon balance it out.
3.  Add many abilities and attachments on one synthsphere.  You can compound
abilities on weapons by breaking weapons with abilities into synthspheres,
attaching the synthsphere to another weapon with an ability on it, and then
breaking that weapon into a sphere.  Thus, two abilities get on one synthsphere.
It is awesome when you have a Chronicle Sword with BigBucks, Quench, AbsUp,
Steal, and Stop on it.
4.  Get all the chests on backfloors before upgrading your weapon!  This can
save tons of time.  Make sure you check all the chests on the floor before you
upgrade your weapon, because you might find better attachments to put on your
weapons.  For example, I need 10 Steel Stat Points to get my Atlamillia Sword to
evolve into a Chronicle Sword.  I leveled up my weapon so much that I needed 500
ABS to upgrade it.  I upgraded, then got the last chest on the backfloor of
Shipwreck LV. 17.  I opened the chest, and out popped a Diamond, which would've
got me enough to evolve my sword into a Chronicle Sword right then.  But
instead, I had to level it up one more time and waste 15 minutes.  Use this tip
always!
5.  This is a very important strategy for fast level ups.  Ok, first, get
Osmond's ultimate weapon, the Starbreaker.  It doesn't matter who you need to
level up, the strategy is always the same.  Go through LV.17 of the Shipwreck
with Osmond, blasting all the enemies with his machine gun.  You can pinpoint
damage and get each enemy to near dead.  If you need to do a little damage to
weaken but not kill the enemy, just scoot further away from the enemy and fire
from far away for weaker damage.  Then, after weakening every enemy on the
floor, just switch to the character you want to level up.  No matter what weapon
they are using, they can kill the enemies in one hit.  This strategy makes it
really easy to level up the incredibly weak Xiao and the slow and
awkwardly-timed Goro.
Using the aforementioned strategies, leveling up to the ultimate weapons for
each character should be easy and quick.
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VII. LEGAL BS
I don't care if you post this FAQ on your website or whatever, just as long as
you provide acknowledgement of my work.  Just list my name or whatever.  Enjoy,
but DON'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS FAQ!
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