Dark Cloud 2 Walkthrough :
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Walkthrough - FAQ/Walkthrough_// / / / / / // /|//__/|_/ / / / / / /_ /_ _ ___ \ / / / / |/ | | \ \/_/ / ____ ____ / ____ | | \ \___\\ / __ ______ / __ \ | \ / | \ | | // \ / __ \\ _/-\\ \_ _\ / / \// | |\ \ /\ | [] | | |// / / / /|\ /__\/| _|| \\ \__/// | | | |/()\| _ / | \ | | |_/_|||| ||| ||| || // | |/ // __ \ | \\|| |\ \ | | /_ _||()||| || > || // |___/// \_\| \_|_| \/ | |__// ||||__||| ||| || //____/ \ />> / \___/ ||_\__/\\__|||_// |______/ \_ /> Item Holders Under the character's status bar, you can find 3 item holders. Each item holder can hold 1 type of item, giving Max or Monica to hold at most 3 types of items. To equip an item type onto the item holders, just simply select the item with X and point the cursor at the item slot to equip. While in dungeon, hit Square to use the item while D-Pad allows you to toggle the cursor between the 3 item group. >> Items Command When you select an item, you will be given the following command on the small command box appearing next to the item type:- ______________________________________________________________________ |Command | What it does? | |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |Equip |Equip the weapon for your character | |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |Use on Max |Uses the item on Max | |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |Use on Monica |Uses the item on Monica | |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |Use |Uses the item | |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |Spectralize |Convert items into synthesis items for upgrading | | |your character's weapon. | |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |Put on Fishing Rod |Equip the item as a bait for fishing | |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |Exchange |Switch weapons for Ridepod | |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |Build Up |Weapons Only. Allows you to convert the weapon | | |into an advanced version. | |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |Repair |Weapons Only. Allows you to repair the weapon | |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |View Status |For spectralized items only. You will find the | | |attribute bonus offered by the item. | |--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| |Discard |Throw away the item | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| >> Special Items Certain items allow you to view a special item menu that allows you to view photo scoops (Inside Scoop Memo), NPCs' requests (Notebook), etc. Items such as Key Handle, Fairy Saw, Channel Key, etc cannot be discarded as they are available only in dungeons. You will need them in order to get out of the dungeon. Keys for Dungeon ````````````````````` Chapter 1 Key Handle; Channel Key Chapter 2 Fairy Saw; Slash Branch Chapter 3 Giant Meat Chapter 4 Luna Stone; Luna Stone Piece Chapter 5 Magma Rock, Stone "T", Rope, White Wind Vase Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 Queen's Watering Pot, Moon Clock Handle Chapter 8 Trolley Oil, Rusted Key >> Weapons There are 2 playable human characters - Maximillian and Monica. Each of them carries a melee-type weapon and range-type weapon. Melee-type weapon are meant for close combat while range-type weapon are flying target or enemies at further distance. Each weapon has its own hit points (denoted by WPN). WPN drops as you attack with the weapon more often. You can recover WPN points by using Repair Powder, Gun Repair Powder or Ring Repair Powder. Underneath the weapon's WPN gauge, you will find a blue gauge, it is actually the WPN's synthesis points gauge. The gauge increases upon you defeat the enemy and recover the blue crystals dropped from the fallen enemy. Once it is maxed out, you will gain Synthesis points for upgrading your character's weapon. Synthesis points is necessary to enfuse items into the weapon. The blue crystal will be attributed to the character's weapon that deal the killing hit to the target. >> Spectralize An innovative feature of Dark Cloud 2 that allows you to convert items for synthesizing in your character's weapon. Each weapon has a total of 10 attributes. The table below illustrates the meaning of each attributes:- ______________________________________________________________________ |Attribute |Meaning | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |Attack |Indicates the weapon attacking power | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |Durability |Indicates the weapon's WPN durability. Weapon with | | |higher durability, will have WPN decreasing at a | | |lower rate. | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |Flame |Allows the weapon to deal more damage to enemy that | | |is weak against fire elemental damage. | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |Chill |Allows the weapon to deal more damage to enemy that | | |is weak against ice elemental damage. | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |Lightning |Allows the weapon to deal more damage to enemy that | | |is weak against lightning elemental damage. | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |Wind |Allows the weapon to deal more damage to enemy that | | |is weak against flying attacks. Ideal for flying | | |targets. | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |Crush |Allows the weapon to deal more damage against armored| | |targets such as Turtle, Tortoise, etc. | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |Exocrism |Allows the weapon to deal more damage against undead | | |targets such as Nightstalkers, Skeletons, etc. | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |Beast |Allows the weapon to deal more damage against beasts | | |such as Hunter Fox, etc. | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |Scale |Allows the weapon to deal more damage against dragons| |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| Upon "spectralization", you will find a new glowing item in a new item slot on the inventory. Select the item and move the cursor to the weapon to perform synthesizing. Synthesizing items require Synthesis points, which are earned by defeat enemies. If there is insufficient Synth points, the process is unable to take place. For the type of items that enhances this ability, please refer to the Item Bestiary. >> ABS Points Conditions ABS refers to ability points earned by your characters upon defeating the enemy. This is indciated by small blue crystals scattered upon an enemy's defeat. There are several ABS conditions:- _____________________________________________________________________ | Condition | Points awarded to... | | Defeat the enemy |----------------------------------------------| | using... | Max |Monica |Ridepod |Monster | |----------------------|----------------------------------------------| |Gun |Gun |General |General |General | |----------------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |Wrench |Wrench |General |General |General | |----------------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |Sword |General |Sword |General |General | |----------------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |Bessard |General |Besarrd |General |General | |----------------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |Ridepod Weapon (Melee)|Wrench |General |General |General | |----------------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |Ridepod Weapon (Range)|Gun |General |General |General | |----------------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |Monster (Melee) |General |Sword |General |General | |----------------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |Monster (Range) |General |Bessard |General |General | |----------------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |Items and Others* |General |General |General |General | |----------------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| *This includes the magic-absorption blade of Monica when you use the absorb magic to attack an enemy. iv) Character Menu `````````````````````````` The character selection screen allows you switch your active character with another character. Generally, you can use a total of 3 playable characters: Maximillian, Monica and Ridepod. Monica is able to perform Monster Transformation upon gettg the first monster badge. ______________________________________________________________________ | Character | Duration | |------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |Maximillian |From the beginning of the game. You begin the game | | |with him. | |------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |Monica |Start of Chapter 2, after defeating Flotsam | |------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |Steve the Ridepod |After encounters with Linda the elephant at the | | |Underground Channel in Chapter 1. | |------------------|---------------------------------------------------| |Monster |You will get this while sometime in middle of | |Transformation |Chapter 2. You need to get the 1st badge - Himarra | | |by purchasing it from Tailor Shop upon fulfilling | | |the Georama Conditions - Tailor Shop. More Badges | | |can be obtained by throw Gift Capsules with 3 kind | | |of an item. | |__________________|___________________________________________________| >> Non-Playable Characters (NPCs) Recruitment Although you can have a maximum of 4 playable characters, you can recruit allies (NPCs) and they provide support features for Max and his friends. They provide vital support such as making bombs, sell items while they is not at your party, etc. Once joing a off-screen member, they will allow you to fix weapons (for Cedric) and provide ability support such as increased Synth points, recover hit points, refuel, etc. You can recruit them after Chapter 2. For more details, please refer to NPC Recruitment. v) Make Menu `````````````````````````` Being a mechanic genius, Maximillian is able to create new inventions by joining ideas captured from photographs thus making a new invention for his pal, "Steve" the Ridepod. Once an idea is generated, you need to purchase items from an item shop and Max will build the item! >> Camera You will get the Camera upon Max being rescued by Cedric on the Ridepod from the boss while in Chapter 1. To use the camera, it must be equip on an item holder. More details about the camera will be discussed in Camera Basics. >> Creating a new Invention Card Select an invention slot from the inventions listing. You need to have at least 3 photographs for a new invention card. First of all, select the photograph from your photo listing. Do this until you have selected 3 photographs. Hit Square and there will be screen of Max thinking of an idea. If it is successful, you get a new invention card. The invention card will states the number of items required for making the invention get the necessary items and you are only your way for a new item! vi) Move Menu `````````````````````````` Move Menu allows you to jump from area to another area. You will find a world map where a cursor will be point at your current location. Select a location (let's says it is Palm Brinks), you will find sub- locations such as Station, Palm Brinks (town), Undergound Channel, etc. If you use this while in dungeons, money will be deducted if there are enemies within the area. Thus it is advisible to wipe off all enemies prior on your way to escape. About half of your Glidas (currency for the game) will be deducted for your escape... vii) Options Menu `````````````````````````` You will be able to view the settings configuration at the Start Screen of the game. ______________________________________________________________________ | Option |What it does | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Cursor |If set on, the cursor will return back its last set | | |position. | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Vibration |Set the vibration setting ON or OFF. Recommended to set| | |on for Fishing Mini-Game. | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Message Speed |Determines the message speed of your choice. | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Sound |Toggles sound settings between Stereo and Mono | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Time Passage |Controls how fast time passes in the game itself. | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Map Display |Toggles between the three map options (none, small, | | |full) in the dungeons. Small view indicates the corner | | |view. You can view map with SELECT button unless you | | |have received the Map item while in dungeons. | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Damage Point |If set on, damage numbers on the enemy are shown. | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Enemy HP |If set on, the enemy's HP gauge is shown. | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Display |If set on, you will find the enemy's rage counters | |Rage Counter |appearing on top of the HP gauge. | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Name Display |If set on, the character's name is shown. | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Monster Name |If set on, the enemy's name is shown. | |Display | | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Fade Distance |Toggle fade view mode. Objects in a distance will look | | |more blur. | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Subtitles |Turns the subtitles on and off. | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| |Pause Display |Toggles the darkening of the screen and display of | | |"Pause" when the game is paused. | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------| viii) Help Menu `````````````````````````` It allows you to view the full listing of Help feature for the game. It will feature movies illustrating on how to equip items, navigation, etc. View these movies for the full basic training details. You can end the movie at any point of time with Triangle button. As you proceed further into the game, you will find more movies available for viewing. ix) Saving `````````````````````````` Like traditional RPGs, you will find save points located in towns. Save Points are indicated by red shields surrounded by red rings. Just hit X when Max/Monica is near the save point. You can save your game into the desired memory card slot. You can hit Triangle to save your game while viewing the dungeon listing screen. x) Getting Items/Open Chests ```````````````````````````````````` The idea is similar to Final Fantasy IX. You will find a ! icon appearing on top of your active character's head. Hit X to explore the item. Chests position are not fixed in dungeons or cities. They appear randomnly. Minature chests contains power-up items such as Fruit of Eden (increases max HP), Potato Pie (increases Max's defence) and Witch's Parifact (increases Monica's defence). These items appears after you completed a story event (for Chapter 1) and as for subsequent chapters, you need to complete the Georama Conditions. You can also get items from destroying crates/rocks/vases found in dungeons. This can be done by using R1 + X to lift up the item and X again to throw the item. ------------- II --------------- D u n g e o n B a s i c s -------------------------------- The objective of clearing dungeons is to get an item called "Gate Key", which appears differently for different dungeons. The Gate Key is held by one of the monsters in the area. Defeat it and you will able to obtain it. Next, you need to locate the exit (indicated by a large yellow dot) and use the key (activate the item sub-menu with Square button and select the item). The dungeon maps are randomnly generated. The location of the exit is random and even the chests are random. Heck, almost everything is random except for the type of monsters appearing in the area. i) Attacking ````````````````````````````````````` Dark Cloud 2 battle system is unique as compared to traditional RPGs. It has some resemblance with Kingdom Hearts' battle system. You can control your character to move freely on the battlefield and access the menu at the same time. Max starts with his Battle Wrench, a short range weapon. He will get his projectile weapon - a gun-type weapon from Donny after you have completed Prelude. Monica starts with the sword as you have seen her taking it at the Prelude. Her long-range weapon is using magic. All these commands can be ONLY used while in Dungeons. >> Combo Hit This can be done with the character's right-hand weapon i.e. the short range weapon. You can do combo strikes by hit the X button repeatedly as your character attacks the enemy. The chain lasts for a maximum of 5 hits. You will end the last hit with a knock-down attack. The combo hit differs depends on the weapon that your character is using. The damage dealt will progressively increase with the number of hits. >> Charged Attack To do a charged attack, you just need to hold down the X button and release it for your character to release a heavy hit. You can even hit aerial targets surrounding your character. >> Final Blow Lock on the target and tap the left analog stick towards the target and hit X. The character will deal a jumping leap with a swing of the weapon, dealing heavy damage. >> Backflip Lock on the target and tap the left analog stick away the target and hit X. Your character will do a flying backflip that separates him/her away from the target. Please note while in mid-air your character is vulunerable to all sorts of attacks. * Magic-Absorb Blade (Monica ONLY) Magic-Absorb Blade is a skill that allows you to absorb the energy of elemental attacks, such as Fire, while guarding. When you swing your sword with X button, it fires back as magic. You can continuously charge up energy of 1 elemental type. If you absorb a different element type, Monica lose the magic that she stocked up. For example if you stock up 3 fire spells from an enemy, you absorbs a chill spell, you will lose all your previous fire spells that you have stocked earlier. The amount of elemental energy you can absorb depends on the durability of your equipped weapon. The weapon's durability will improve as Monica levels up and you will find more slots appearing on her weapon icon. (The slots are indicated by white dots) To release absorbed elemental energy in the form of magic, press L1 while guarding with R1. * Throw (close-ranged only, Max/Monica only) You can grab objects and hurl them at targets. This can be done by holding R1 and hit X to grab the object. Hit X again to throw the object. You can even throw enemies (of course, not for monster that are over-sized). Throw objects at enemies may cost enemies to get stunned, where you can hurl all your attacks on the unguarded enemy! ii) Restore attributes - HP/Fuel/WPN ````````````````````````````````````````` You can activate the main menu while in dungeons. You can use items from item holders by toggle the cursor on the item with D-Pad and Square button to use the item. There are 3 important statistic attribute- Hit Points, Fuel, Weapon Points >> Hit Points (HP) To restore hit points, you must give your character healing items such as Bread, Mellow Banana, Pointy Chestnut, etc. Some items will increase Max or Monica's thrist, thus you need to drink Tasty Water, etc. As the characters do not level up in this game, you can only increase Max/Monica's HP by giving him/her the Fruit of Eden, which is extremely rare and hard to get. You can also increase defences by giving Max a Potato Pie and giving Monica a Witch's Parfait. Once a character is KO'd in a dungeon, you will be bought to the character selection screen to select a fightable character. Fallen characters will be revived back to full health upon exiting the dungeon. You can revived a fallen character by using a Ressurrection Powder, which is only available in dungeons for Chapter 7 onwards or via Spheda. >> Fuel This applies to Ridepod only. Ridepod's HP is indicated by fuel gauge. You can refuel his energy source (i.e. fuel gauge) by using a Ridepod Fuel. The Ridepod Fuel can be obtained from treasure chests or crates in dungeons. You can also visit Cedric, who is located at the workshop (prior to Chapter 1) or locomotive (Sindain, Chapter 2). You can also use his character ability while having him in your party. You can buy Ridepod Fuel from Morton's Sundries for 2000 Glidas from Chapter 5 onwards. You can upgrade Ridepod's Energy Pack upon more discoveries through the Make Menu. >> WPN Points WPN points actually represents the lifeblood of your weapons. Once it reaches 0, the weapon will deal zero damage or No Effect, rendering it becoming useless. You can however restore the power by using Repair Powder items. Repair Powder restores Melee weapons for Max, Monica & Ridepod. Gun Repair Powder fixes range weapons for Max and Ring Repair Powder fixes range weapons for Monica. WPN points will decrease as you uses the weapon. The deteoriation rate will decrease if you improve the weapon's durability. You can also fix weapons via Cedric's NPC aid. iii) Reading Dungeon Map Indicators ````````````````````````````````````````` Below is a chart that shows what the indicators show: _____________________________________________________________________ |Indicators |What it represents? | |--------------------|------------------------------------------------| |Large Green Dot |Floor Entrance | |--------------------|------------------------------------------------| |Large Yellow Dot |Floor Exit | |--------------------|------------------------------------------------| |Yellow Dot |Treasure Chest/Mimics/Traps* | |--------------------|------------------------------------------------| |Glowing Yellow Dot |Coin Spot** | |--------------------|------------------------------------------------| |Purple Dot |Geostone | |--------------------|------------------------------------------------| |Red Dot |Enemy | |--------------------|------------------------------------------------| |Large ? |Healing Spring | |--------------------|------------------------------------------------| |White Dot |Proceed to undeground. Available in Chapter 4 | |--------------------|------------------------------------------------| |Sphere Golfing Indicators | |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |Red/ Blue Dot |Represents the sphere | |--------------------|------------------------------------------------| |Large Red/ Blue Dot |Represents the time distortion field | |--------------------|------------------------------------------------| |Chain or red dots |Represents the view line of Sphere Golfing | |--------------------|------------------------------------------------| * Treasure chest may look normal and you will not know what it is actually inside. Treasure chest can be Mimics or King Mimics (monsters!). Sometimes it can be empty or a bloody-trap. However if you face a chest that cannot be open, you need to use a Treasure Chest Key, which is a rare item obtained from dungeons. You can also get a lucky draw of 2 boxes - Happy Clown Present. You also have Donny to open up the locked chests if he is the support character. ** Coin Spot will result the coin flipping the moment Max or Monica steps in the area. If it is Angel, you will get bonuses such as WPN recovery, HP recovery, etc. If the coin shows Devil, good luck... iv) Status Ailments ````````````````````````````````````````` Status ailments causes your character to unable to peform what he/she normally does. It is highly recommended that you stock up these items once you gotten the opportunity to buy them from Adel. Mighty Healing can be purchased from Dr. Dell (who will joins you automatically in Chapter 3) or Star Items at Starlight Temple (Future, Chapter 3). ______________________________________________________________________ |Status |What it causes? |Remedy Item | |--------------|------------------------------------------|------------| |Poison |Slowly drain the health of effect target |Antidote | | | |Drink | |--------------|------------------------------------------|------------| |Curse |Loses the ability to transform/ change |Holy Water | | |weapons | | |--------------|------------------------------------------|------------| |Stop |Freezes your character a temporarily |Heart-Throb | | |moment of time |Cherry | |--------------|------------------------------------------|------------| |Pumped Up |Attack power up for a short period of time|N/A | |--------------|------------------------------------------|------------| |Petrification |Freezes longer than stop. Character turn |Medusa's | | |stone. |Tears | |--------------|------------------------------------------|------------| |Thrist |Character becomes thirsty & cannot eat |Tasty Water | | |anything. | | |--------------|------------------------------------------|------------| |Gooey |Character becomes slower in motion |Gooey Peach | |--------------|------------------------------------------|------------| You can prevent Poison, Curse, Stop, Petrification and Gooey by equipping Amulets on the character's item holders. To get Pumped Up status, use a Stamina Drink on your character. v) Dungeon Stage Conditions ````````````````````````````````````````` Prior to accessing the dungeons, you can find Medal conditions. If you succeed in completing the dungeon within that condition, you will get a Medal, which will be kept in the Medal Holder. SEALS - this indicate the special dungeon conditions ______________________________________________________________________ |Seal Type |What it means? | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |Red |Maximillian/Ridepod cannot be used for the stage. | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |Blue |Monica or her transformations cannot be used for the | | |stage. | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |White |No status/HP recovery items can be used. You can | | |still recover HP via healing spring or use a weapon | | |that has Drain or Slow Heal ability enfused in it. | |----------------|-----------------------------------------------------| |For the seals listed above | |To break the above seals, defeat all enemies in that dungeon first | |with the seal ON. The seal will be broken when you play that dungeon | |for the next time. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| MEDAL CONDITION Medals are hard to collect in my opinion. You need to finish the stage by completing the dungeon within the stated conditions. Medals earned will be kept in the Medal Holder. Medals does not indicate you are a great Dark Cloud 2 player but also allows you to obtain special clothing late in the game. The medals can be exchanged with Mayor Need (provided you have recruited the Mayor) >> Time Limit to Attack and defeat all enemies: XX:XX Defeat all the enemies in the dungeon within the XX:XX time limit. E.g. if XX:XX is 02:00, you need to clear the stage with all enemies killed in 2 minutes time! You will learnt whether you made it after all monsters have been killed. Please note that Mimics (hidden in chest) are also included! >> Spheda (This will be marked as ??? in dungeons prior to Chapter 3) After you have removed the time distortion portal at Barga's Valley in Chapter 3, you will be able to play a game of Spheda or Sphere Golfing. If you get rid of the time distortion portal using the Sphere, you will get good treasures such as gems, level-up powder, stamina potions in addition to getting a medal. You will be able to start playing Spheeda towards the end of Chapter 3. Win on same dungeon in the next few tries, nab you lesser items... >> Fishing (This will be marked as ???? in dungeons prior to getting the Fishing Rod in Chapter 2) After you've killed off all of the enemies, catch a fish on that floor with a length greater than the length the floor statistic screen specifies. For details about fishing, please refer to Fishing Basics (section 4 of the FAQ). To fish, you need to located water filled areas. >> Attack and Attack and defeat all enemies without HEALING You must not use any healing items on any of 4 playable characters. NPC support healing is also considered invalid. HP gained from Drain or Slow Heal enfused weapons is considered legal... >> Attack and Attack and defeat all enemies using only ITEMS. You should not use any weapons such as melee/ranged-types and only items for attacking. Please note that this also includes Ridepod. You can however use objects that can grab and throw as a weapon. Get a lot of "Improved Bombs", bombs made from Erik (NPC), which could set for large amount of cash or do massive damage. >> Attack and defeat all enemies using MAX'S RIGHT-HAND WEAPON MAX'S GUN MONICA'S SWORD MONICA'S MAGIC RIDEPOD MONSTER TRANSFORMATION This is a hard condition to fulfil. When it says using a specific weapon, you must be using that weapon to attack EVERYTIME. Every hit must used from that attack. Although only the last hit gains experience points for the weapon, you must be using only specific weapons. You are not allow to use items to assist you in attacking. GEORAMA MATERIALS Sometime in Chapter 2, with the aid of the Firbits from Sindain, Max will be able to built objects of the past and place in the current place via Georama system. You can get supplies for fixing up from chests in the dungeon. Just hit Triangle button to view Georama listing after you have view the dungeon status condition. The appearance of these materials are random and you can get them by defeating monsters there or opening chests in that dungeon. GEOSTONE The Geostone contains past data about that particular place and allows you to build new objects such as new type of buildings, pier, etc. These egg-shaped mystical rocks will available upon saving the Firbits from the "Holy One's curse" at Great Fish Swamp. The Geostone is essential for Georama as it helps you to unlock conditions and build new objects. vi) Special Dungeon Items ````````````````````````````````````````` Within the dungeon, you can find special dungeon-specific items used in the dungeon. They can be "keys" to the exit, map, keys to access other areas within the dungeon, etc. "Keys" - Key Handle, Channel Key, Slash Branch, Fairy Saw, etc. These allows you to access to newer/locked dungeons or locked areas within the dungeon. Keys for locked areas are found in treasure chests while keys for the dungeon exit can only be obtained by defeating one of the enemies there. The enemy holding the key is random by the way... Magic Crystal It allows you to gain access to all the "dots" for the radar. It show all enemies (in form of dots) even if you haven't uncover all the maps. To find out what the dots represent, please refer to the part iii of Section 2: Dungeon Basics for more details. Map It show you the walkways for the dungeon. Simple? Star Key You will get this to use for Star Exits from Chapter 6 onwards. You will allow you to exit through the Star Exits for dungeons in Rainbow Butterfly Wood, Starlight Canyon, Ocean's Roar Cave and Mount Gundor. vii) Exits `````````````````````````````````````````````` Late in the game (Chapter 2 onwards), you will find exits with Sun, Moon or Star icons near the exit. The way to get through the exit is the same as the normal gate except there are additional conditions:- Sun - You can only exit via the gate during daytime Moon - You can only exit via the gate during nighttime for Chapter 3. For Chapter 4 onwards, time is not important to exit. Star - You need to use the Star Key obtained in Chapter 6. viii) Rage Counters ``````````````````````````````````````````````` If you choose to lock-on a target enemy, you will find the enemy's status bar along with a few red orbs on top of it. These represents the Rage Counter. As you attack the enemy, the orbs will be removed one by one. Once all rage counters have been removed, the enemy will turn glowing yellow. Its attack will deal twice as much as normal (except for special attacks monsters such as Joker). King Mimics has only 3 rage counters. Max can get "Pumped-Up" status by using a Stamina Drink, obtained via playing Spheda, invention or found in dungeons (Chapter 7 onwards). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ M o n s t e r B a d g e s ------------------------------------------------------------------------ i) Monster Transformation (Monica ONLY) `````````````````````````````````````````````` In Chapter 2, upon reviving the Great Elder Jurak in Sindain, Max and Monica will receives the Monster Badge item, which allows you to store badges for Monica to perform Monster Transformation. The 1st badge can be obtained via completing Georama Conditions. Upon completing Geroma Conditions for Tailor Shop in Chapter 2, you can purchase the first monster badge from the Tailor Shop in the future. Once you have the badges, you will be able to transform Monica into an enemy monster! >> Attacks, Status, Hit Points, etc The monster transformation comes with the monster's skill which can be used by hit X (melee) or Square (range). The monster's HP is the equivalent of Monica. Attack and Defense can be improved by gaining levels. Ability points earned from battles can help to increase the level. ii) Badges Listing `````````````````````````````````````````````` There are a total of 12 badges that Monica could use. To transform into a specific monster, you need to use that particular badge:- You can get information on retrieve monsters the same method as Max does for inventions. You just need to switch the character as Monica instead. You can also get these clues by transform into that monster and talk to another monster of the same class type for more valuable information. _____________________________________________________________________ |Badge |How to get it? | |------------|--------------------------------------------------------| |Floral |Fulfill Georama Condition - Tailor Shop for Sindain in | | |Chapter 2. Visit Tailor Shop in the future. Purchase it | | |for 500 Glidas | |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |All the remaining badges can be gotten after you have gotten the | |Himarra Badge. You can get |