.hack//G.U. Vol.1//REBIRTH Guide
Ver. 1.0
This guide is copyright 2006 - 2007 of Chris Taylor, AKA nobodys_savior. You
may use this guide for personnal use only.  No selling, I worked hard on this.
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If it's a question, make sure to check the guide to make sure it's not
already answered.  I answer most e-mails anyways, but it does get sort
of annoying getting a bunch of mails asking why you're always a Twin
Blade, and why you can't change Haseo's job class.  As far as stuff that's
getting added, even though the main story levels are finished (FINALLY!!!)
that doesn't mean the guide is.  Item lists, location's for said items,
most of these things are already in the works, so please be patient while
I work on this.  Suggestions are always ALWAYS welcome, but there is a
good chance that I have already thought of them, and am working on implementing
them in a future update.
Warning:  I have tried to avoid spoilers wherever possible, but that is not
always something that I think about, so be warned that there is a 50% chance
of having the game ruined for you.  As with most guides, this is meant to
GUIDE you, but it's always better to try and figure things out for yourself,
so only use this guide if you are really stuck... or need something somewhat
entertaining to read about .hack G.U.
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Version History:
Ver. 0.25
Released:  November 4'th, 2006
- First start working on the guide
- Added missions up to optional levels before Avatar First Attempt
- Started a list of where to find the lucky animals
- Added a Character Description for each of the party members
- Added a To-Do list
- Added a section for the differences between this game and the previous
ones
Ver. 0.4
Released  November 7'th
- Completed area's up to a mission with Atoli about the Arena
- Cleaned up the Item lists.
- Added more to the Lucky Animals list
Ver. 0.55
Released  November 10'th
- Completed area's up to Arena Battle Tutorial level.
- Divided Ryu book and other items
- Added more to the item and Lucky Animal section
- Added another site that has permission to use my guide
- Added a section for the Quest rewards
- Added Shop List  (excluding Guild Shops)
Ver. 0.67
Released  November  20'th
- Completed up to the Job Extension quest.
- Eliminated the Location Finder section, but kept the Item Uses.  Locations
will be included in Ryu book section in a future update.
- Added a section for potential opponents in the Arena
- Updated Ryu books to reflect progress in the guide.
- Added a Note of Apology
- Corrected any spelling or Grammar mistakes I came across.
Ver. 0.85
Released  March 10
- Finished walkthrough up to Arena battle with Kuhn
- Updated all lists to include new items and creatures
- Updated the Note of Apology
- Added another name in the Credits section
- Realized I'm really lazy when it comes to Guide Writting
Ver.  1.0
Released   March 23
- Finished Main Story Walkthrough, including bonus areas.
- Added another site that's allowed to host my guide.
- Mentioned that I will NOT be allowing OTHER sites to host said guide
- Started to finish side quests section.
- Removed Note of Apology completely
- Mentioned Doppleganger in passing.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1) Character Info
A) Haseo
B) Atoli
C) Kuhn
D) Pi
E) Silabus
F) Gaspard
G) Piros the 3'rd
2) Controls
3) Out with the old, In with the new (differences between old .hack and
this)
4) Walkthrough (including quests)
5) Quest Rewards
6) Key Word List
7) Ryu Books
A) Book 1
B) Book 2
C) Book 3
D) Book 4
E) Book 5
F) Book 6
G) Book 7
H) Book 8
8) Arena Opponents
9) Shop Items
10 To Do List
11) Credits
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Character Info
.hack is simulating an MMORPG, and with that simulation comes loads of
characters to help you on your quest through "The World".  These are all of
the ones that can join your party.
A) Haseo:  He's the guy that you control for the entire game.  An Adept
Rogue character, he can use more than just the twin blades he starts off
with.
He's searching for a PK'er known as Tri-Edge, and will stop at nothing to
accomplish his goal.
B)  Atoli, a Harvest Cleric known for healing abilities, she goes with Haseo
early on trying to get him to join her guild, an anti-PK group called Moon
Tree.  She plays a pivitol role in the games climax.
C)  Kuhn:  A ladies-man type Steam Gunner, he appears early as well, saving
you from a weird glitch in the system.  He's part of a guild called Raven,
which is dedicated to Epitaph Users.  These "EU's" have the ability to
call one of the 8-phases into battle.  The Phase that the user can call
is refered to as an Avatar.  Kuhn's is Magus.
D)  Pi:  An epitaph user herself, her character is a Tribal Grappler, which
is "The World's" version of a fist user.  Within moments of meeting her she
has a distinct dislike of you.  Her Avatar is Tarvos.
E)  Silabus: A Blade Brandier that finds you early on, thinking that you're
a noob.  While not an epitaph user himself, he helps you on from the start,
and is quite a formidable ally.  He helps you join a guild called Canard,
a guild designed to help new players get into "The World" quickly and in a
friendly way.
F)  Gaspard:  A Shadow Warlock, he joins you at the same time as Silabus.
While fairly shy, he's always quick to join you should the need arise, as
long as he isn't crying.  Later on, he runs the Guild Shop, a place for
you to sell items that you don't need at a higher cost than if you were
to sell them on your own at one of the shops in the root town.
G)  Piros the 3'rd:  Players of the first .hack games will remember Piros
instantly... and probably hate him.  While "Heavy Axemen" aren't in the
game this time around, Piros is still here as a Lord Partizen.  He also
gets creepy... REALLY creepy.
On a side note: when writing out the list for the table of contents, I
didn't look at the game once.  BUT, when I needed help remembering what
each character's class was, I discovered that it was in the same order as
the one listed here.  GO ME!... oh alright, fine, I won't bask in my
awesomeness.
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Controls
In Town:
D-pad and Left Analog stick - Movement
Triangle - Opens up menu
X - Talks to NPC's, confirm menu options
Square - Ride Steam Bike (when recieved)
Circle - Cancel menu item
L1 - Reset Camera
Right Analogt stick - Move Camera
In Battle:
D-pad and Left Analog stick - Movement
Triangle - Opens menu
x - Attack (keep pressing for combo's)
x (held) Powerful attack
Circle - Guard
Square - Awakening attack (when gauge is filled)
R1 - Skill Trigger
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Out with the Old, in with the New
In this section, I will be identifying the differences between the original
..hack Quartet with the new G.U. series.
First and foremost, the battle system.  Rather than running off to yellow
circles dotted amongst the fields and dungeons, all the enemies are visable
on the screen.  You can nail sneak attacks by pushing X before they're
prepared, and the fighting itself is a lot faster as well.  Also, you can
program certain techniques to the R1 trigger button, so that there's less
going into the menus during fights.
Staying on the subject of the fights, there aren't any "Protect Breaks" on
the regular creatures this time around, nor can you Data Drain them.
Instead after a certain amount of combo hits some purple and black-ish circles
start appearing around the creature.  When you push R1 at this point and you
can perform a Rengeki attack, essentially the same as a regular skill, only
about twice as strong.
Perform enough Rengeki's, (and doing other actions during the fight such as
building up a long combo) and a Morale meter, located at the top right hand
side of the screen, will fill up.  When that happens you push the Square
button and perform one of 2 awakening attacks.  Beast Awakening which powers
up your entire party, and Demon Awakening where you push X as fast as you
can to perform a powerful magic attack using zero MP's.
Also new to the series are Quests, Guilds, and the Arena.
Quests are essentially little side-quests that you can do in-between the
area's necessary to move the story along.  Technically, they were in the
original 4, but now there's an actual shop for it.  As an added bonus, most
of the quests add some sort of fetch quest.  Maybe it's a Mecha Grunty that
needs Chim Spheres (more on that in a sec), maybe you have to talk to
everyone in the game at least once, either way it adds time to play for when
you're finished the main quest.
Guilds are new too.  Basically, it's how you access the Ryu books, and gives
you the ability to sell things in the Guild Shop in Mac Anu.  Selling things
in the Guild Shop gives you more money than selling things in regular shops.
There's more than just your guild too, but that will get covered in the
walkthrough section.
Then there's the Arena.  Basically, you take 2 party members, and face
another team of 3 PC's in an arena.  Survival makes you go up against
numerous opponents, being healed only a small amount of HP and MP after a
victory. It plays a large part of Vol. 1's story, so more will be covered
later.
And the final addition is the Chim Chims.  Sometimes you'll come accross a
piece of machinery.  Sometimes it's a door, and sometimes it's a Mecha
Grunty. Both require a certain amount of Chim Spheres to pass (or in the case
of the grunty a scene of blasting off).  There are certain sources of Chim
spheres, and when they're on the ground you press X to kick them.
Not everything is an addition, or an improvement.  For one, there aren't
many area types.  One field (with a few changes in weather occasionally),
one cave and one building.  That's it.  As cool as the battle system is, I
would have liked to see some variety in the stages.
Also, each area has 1 level to it now.  It's no longer a field and then a
dungeon, now it's one or the other.  That makes the individual levels quite
short.
And finally, you can no longer choose what your party members do.  Instead,
you get one of 4 different "personality traits" to choose from.  That is
what determines all of your party members actions.  Sure, that makes the
simulation seem more real, but it does make things slightly more different than
I had personally expected.
Now that my praise/ranting is over, on to the Walkthrough.
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Walkthrough
Wow, that was a long string of text.  Welcome to the actual WALKTHROUGH part
of this guide.  I'll be going from level One ALL the way to the final area,
with all of the side area's in between.  For now, lets go to the New Game
option.  Unless of course you have an old gamesave from Quarantine, in which
case convert that.  You'll end up getting 3 bonus e-mails eventually.
So, you first see Haseo enter Mac Anu's warp room where he bumps into 2 people
claiming to want to help you out.  They basically guide you through all the
in's and out's of The World, and most of the controls and actions that you will
be using for the entire game.  When they're done with the explaining, head
over to the keywords they designed for you.
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(Delta) Courageous   Engaging    Daydream
When you first get here, Asta and IYOTEN give you more advice on how to play
the game, by telling you about the map and how to score Surprise Attacks.
Just follow exactly what they tell you (it's not like you can do anything else
right now) until you get to the Gott... I mean "Beast" Statue.
At the end of every area description, I'll list the items that you can get,
the monsters that you'll face, and the Lucky Animal (if any) that you can
find in the area.  The totals are determined by the Ranking system that's shown
whenever you exit an area.
Enemies:  (3)
Goblin Rookie
Items:
Health Drink
Equipment:
Dry Sash
Lucky Animal:  None
Breakable Objects: None
After you open up the Beast Statue, several cut scenes play.  One staring
our wonderful Player getting PK'ed by the very people who helped him learn
to play in the first place.  Dontcha just love fair play?
Another one 8 months later where you PK a bunch of people, and basically
learn of your purpose within the game.  You also go from a level 133
character all the way back down to 1.  Enjoy them all, I know I did.
On a side note:  I really want to use Haseo's Scythe.  After all the scenes
play out, read all of the message boards, news articles, and e-mails.  It
took me about 2 hours the first time, but there's a lot of good info in them
if this is your first time playing a .hack game, G.U. or otherwise.
Every Topic in Apkallu has at least one background image, some threads have
more.  Whenever you see a -!- icon on a message in the thread, it means to
press the X button, and you'll download a desktop image.  There's a total of
11 new images, right at the beginning!
If you check out the news, there's no area keywords or anything, but a few
interesting posts and videos.  Check out Online Jack for a little comic
releif, and others also have 17 second clips of various "news" about what's
going on in the world.
Some of the topics on the Forums have Keywords attached.  if you want to
just skip ahead to those, here they are:
The World (Community Forums)
(Topic title / Keyword)
Where can I get Olm Shell? / (delta) Buzzing Wrath's Puddle
Official Forums (under the "The World" section of the desktop)
Soloing / Truthful Marble's Bum
Soloing / Upfront Blazing Camelia
Soloing (multiple different words)
First: Sacred, Warm, Croaking
Second: Kourin's, Black
Third: Pure Bred, Ocean, Blue Cloud, Cassiopeia
(2 hours later)
Back?  Great, now on to the rest of the game.  Time to Log In to The World.
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As soon as you log in, you realize that you've been reformatted to Level 1.
After re-assesing that all of your stuff really is gone, you here a rumor of
a guy with a really weird arm.  If you're unsure of where to go from here
(it is a straight line, but ya never know...) press the Select button to check
the entire world map.  Press it again and the map disappears, and press it one
more time and it'll show up as your regular map again.  Just head straight for
now. Another brief cutscene with hints on where Ovan could be.  Head over to him
now.  Essentially, it's just follow the circular section of the map.
You'll be led to an alley with the PK'ers from before in that cutscene, then
when that's done a big red blob will bump into you.  The blob is named
Gaspard,
and he's accompanied by a guy named Silabus.  After apologizing for bumping
into you, they'll offer to show you how to play the game... again.  After
getting their member addresses, head over to the Warp Point in the corner to
teleport yourself directly to the Chaos gate.  Gaspard and Silabus will then
give you a set of keywords to use for your "first" level.
(Just a little sidenote:  Those first keywords that Asta and IYOTEN gave you
are no longer a part of your word list.  Seems like when you were Data Drained
by Tri-Edge, your word chache was deleted as well.  You do have some words
that weren't apart of the forums though)
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(Delta)  Peaceful  Leading   Freedom (2 Waterfall Cave Floors, Lv. 3)
Area word given by Silabus and Gaspard.  This is an area for beginners.
So, with Gaspard and Silabus in your party, go around the dungeon looking for
enemies to kill.  If you forget the explanations that were given to you at the
beginning, then when (and if) you make a mistake they'll remind you.  Try as
you may, there isn't a chance in hell of them believing that you really are
Haseo, the former level 133 PKK Terror of Death.  The only new thing that they
really tell you is how to do Awakenings.  Try to get as many "Surprise attacks"
as you can to increase your ranking a bit.  As soon as you get to the beast
statue, another cut-scene will take place.  The PK'ers from the alley show up,
and something strange starts happening to Haseo.  If it wasn't for some strange
girl in very revealing clothing, you might have been dead too.  As soon as
the cutscene is over, you'll get the ranking screen.
Beast Statue: Wind Gai Gu
Enemies: (12)
Goblin Rookie
Zan Bezel
Items:
Health Drink
Tornado
Fairy's Orb
Spin Kouga
Fire Storm
Total Treasures: 3
Total Breakable Items: 1
When you get back, your two new buddies suggest that you enlist the aid of
Moon Tree, the anti-PK group from before.  Luckily for you, you decide to
bad-mouth them... right in front of one of their members.  That's alright, she
ends up giving you her member address.  Go figure.
So, log out and read your e-mails, and check the forums.  You'll get another
desktop image, a request from Silabus to go on a quest and a couple of other
e-mails that you can respond to.  I personally like keeping Haseo angsty while
he's online (not that there's much choice) and being polite and... almost
NICE when he's sending out e-mails.  Schizophrenia FOR THE FREAKING WIN!...
Alright, that was uncalled for, I apologize.  Now, log in to the world.  Atoli
is busy but you can still invite Silabus and Gaspard, so do that now.  Rather
than do the quest right away, we're gonna clear up those first 3 dungeons first.
It's usually a good idea to finish up existing area's before going on to new
ones, simply because you might end up forgetting about the ones already there,
and miss out on potentially valuable items.  You're probably still a little weak
at this point, but luckily for you the last area on the list is only about 1
level above yours (unless you've strayed from the guide a little bit, and if
that's the case, FOR SHAME!)  Onwards to (Delta) Buzzing   Wrath's   Puddle!
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(Delta)   Buzzing    Wrath's    Puddle  (Rainy Field, Lv. 5)
Area word posted on the forum by AppleStar.  Acquire Olm Shells by breaking
the barrels in this area.
Now, even though it says to get Olm Shells, the real mission is to grab the
symbol Fragments to open up the beast statue.  While you're here, kick the
tree's for some chim spheres, and attack every group of enemies with a sneak
attack.  The more you manage to do, the better you're average will be.  You
really don't have to worry about your party members, as they attack on their
own quite well, just make sure to hold off on the Health Drinks.  Set
Gaspard as the healer, and either give him yours, or attempt to trade for other
things. There's a battle area here, so go there as well.  I don't know if it's
always the same PK'er, but it was Punisher Mitch when I went there.  You'll get
a Loose Sash as an item drop, and the person you protected will give you a
Simple Necklace and a Coupon.
Mecha Grunty:  Top Right hand corner of the section that's furthest south.
Lucky Animal:  Fate Worm, near the last alter that's next to the Beast
Statue.
Beast Statue:  Naja Guard
Enemies: (10)
Rue Fang
Wild Kettle
Items:
Cleansing Pill
Loose Sash
Simple Necklace
Coupon
Wizard's Seal
Turtle Shell
Tidal Wave
Rough Shell
Olm Shell
Naja Guard
Total Treasures: 6
Total Breakable Items: 6
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Alright, since we aren't quite strong enough to go to the "suggested level
10" area's yet, (and by "we" I of course mean you the reader, since I'm the
Assclown King and am better than everyone by default), lets check out the quest.
Add Silabus and Gaspard to your party, and head over to the rotating circle
that's on your map.  Talk to the Quest NPC, and accept the Crown Quest.  It'll
add the words Chasing   Cupid's   Phantom to your bookmarks section, and trigger
a cutscene.  After Gaspard gets worried and ends the cut-scene, head over to the
Chaos Gate and go to the area.
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(Delta)  Chasing    Cupid's    Phantom  (1 Eastern House floor, Lv. 5)
Area word given by Dr. Kubo for the Crown Quest quest
The area begins with a couple of helpful hints about the King Chim, then
you're off to find him.  Be sure to trade for some Fairy Orbs, just so you
know the layout of the dungeon.  If you want to make this easy, go South
at the first opportunity.  Then, when you get to the end, turn right (now
going West).  You shouldn't run out of Chim Spheres ever, there are more
than enough sources around.  When you get to the end, you'll have to kick a
Nue.
Fighting a King Chim Chim is easy.  First, run up to it and kick it 3 times.
It'll grow up bigger, then try to jump on you.  If it lands on you, you'll
lose a little health and a few of your Chim Spheres, but if you run away the
moment it you kick it 3 times, he'll miss.  Repeat this, and he'll get
bigger.  Do it again and he'll try to squash you again.  Hit it one more
time (total of 10) and you'll get a ton of Chim spheres.  Occasionally, King
Chim Chim will also drop a Crown, as it is in this case.  The chance of that
happening is quite random, but it'll help immensly when finishing the
side quest that opens up.
As soon as this is done, you'll be teleported outside the Chaos Gate.
You hand the crown to Dr. Kubo, and he'll tell you to meet him over at
his house in the Mercenary district.  He's got a little side-quest for you
to do, and it involves the Chims (gee, who would have guessed?)
Regardless, once the cutscene is over, you'll be teleported over to the
quest shop where the Quest is completed, and you'll recieve a Text of
Wisdom!
Mecha Grunty: None
Lucky Animal: Nue
Beast Statue: None
Enemies: (3)
Goblin Rookie
Rue Fang
Items:
Tidal Wave
Health Drink
Total Treasures: 2
Total Breakable Items: 3
When this quest is finished, log out and check your e-mail.  You'll get an
e-mail from CC Corp that you can participate in the Chim Kicker campaign by
talking to the NPC in the house in the Mercenary District.  This is also where
you get 2 bonus e-mails if you happened to upload your saved data from .hack
Quarentine.
And finally, you get an e-mail from Atoli, telling you to go to her favorite
area with her.  The area is (Delta)  Submissive    Tragedy's    1000 Oaks.
Lets go find out what she wants now, shall we?
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You'll warp to Mac Anu server which starts a cutscene with Atoli, basically
recapping what you already know thanks to the e-mail.  Everyone on your list
is available, but sadly Atoli wants you to go with her... Alone.
(Delta)   Submissive    Tragedy's    1000 Oaks (Night field, Lv. 3)
Area word given by Atoli.  She highly recommends it.
A weird cutscene begins with Atoli commenting about how pretty the digital
moon looks, then you're off to find the Beast Statue.  When that's done, head
North and fight some Vak Bezel's, then head up the hill to nab the Lucky
Animal.  Go up the second hill for some Breakable Objects, then fight your
way to the Alters.  When you get to the third hill, it has a Town Portal
and the Mecha Grunty.  Feed it some Chim Spheres (after the King Chim Chim
fight you should have more than enough), then continue.  Atoli will try to
explain the Origins of Moon Tree as you move forward, but Haseo will ignore
her.  Keep fighting your way through the alters, at your current level these
things aren't much of a challenge, more of an annoyance.
When you get to the Beast Statue, Atoli hears a strange noise.  You don't
know where it's coming from, but you follow her outside the area anyways.
She'll stop right outside the entrance, then when you go to talk to her
again she'll head around the building that houses the Beast Statue. That
happens twice.  She leads you to a sign of Tri-Edge, and then you get
sucked into it.
You'll end up in an area of the Lost Grounds.  It's an underground lake
with a white tree.  A mysterious character with a cat on his shoulder is
sitting at it's base, playing with a weird black blob.  Atoli says the
sound is coming from that person, then the weird blob thing attacks you!
Just as it's about to hit you, a weird guy dressed in yellow summons a
mysterious creature called Magus to attack the black blob.  Old .hack
Vets will recognize "Magus" as one of the 8 Phases of Morganna.  Also,
judging by the cat and the character on the tree, you might be able to
guess the identity of that character as well.  More on that later.
Atoli comes to, but she doesn't remember anything that happened after
the monster attacked.  The weird guy claims to be an investigator for
CC Corp.  He rushed over after hearing about a bug.  Haseo doesn't
believe him, and the yellow guy is surprised that Haseo could see
the Avatar, which is the Magus thing that he summoned.  He also says
that you have one of those things too!  With a nickname like "Terror
of Death", I wonder which phase Haseo is going to end up with...
The yellow guy, Kuhn, gives you his member address, and tells you to
meet up with him later to discuss avatars and Tri-Edge.  After a
brief conversation with Atoli, where she asks you to give her another
chance, and a message pops up on the screen telling you to look for
the Platform out of here.  You have new mail, but you can't exactly
check it while you're in the lost grounds, so find the Platform and
head back to Mac Anu.
Mecha Grunty:  Above 3'rd hill, near a Town Portal
Lucky Animal:  Sleipnir
Beast Statue:  Heaven Sash
Enemies:
Vak Bezel
Onion Mash
Gobling Rookie
Items:
Fire Storm
Turtle Shell
Soil Bug Antenna
Health Drink
Sprite Drop
Warrior Seal
Heaven Sash
Total Treasures:
Total Breakable Items:
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As soon as you get back to the root town, log out and check your mail.  You
should have the third Bonus e-mail, which is just an apology for sending an
e-mail to you who was obviously not Lena, an invitation to Kuhn's Guild's
Headquarters, Raven, and a few e-mails that you can respond to.  Silabus sends
you a few more info mails, one about customization and one about skill triggers,
Since there's no new responses in the forums, head over to the @home section
of the Mercenary District.  Walking close to Kuhn triggers a cutscene that
explains how to enter @Home's.  He'll then give you Raven's @Home key.  Enter
Raven's @Home to trigger a long sequence of cut-scenes, re-introducing the "Old
Hag from before".  Her name is Pi, who is very unimpressed by the way Haseo
is talking.  Instead of being welcomed in, you are instructed to follow Pi
to the Chamber with her Master Yata.  After a creepy entrance, more cutscenes
follow which explains a few things.  I could describe them, but I think I'll
just let you all watch for yourselves.
When all of the cutscenes have finished, logout and check the Forums AND your
e-mails.  You'll get some more keywords to help out with Random levels you
may wish to go to.  I'll list them in the usual way.
Official Forum:
(Thread / Words)
Still Not Happening / 1st Words: Wealthy, Fly Away,
2nd Words: Medium's,
3rd Words: Fast Horse, Bodhi Tree, Globe, Whiplash,
Fortune
Still Not Happening / 2nd Words: Daybreak's, Military
3rd Words: Resort, Malt Town
Still Not Happening / (Delta)  Wealthy    Daybreak's    Globe
(Delta)  Fly Away   Military      Resort
(Delta)  Wealthy    Military      Malt Town
(Delta)  Fly Away   Daybreak's    Bodhi Tree
After getting the keywords, you can check out the Community forums and news
capture.  Kuhn also sent you an e-mail that you can respond to.  When that's
finished, save your game (just in case), and head over to the Central district
of Mac Anu.
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Another cut scene.  Gaspard smashes into you... again.  He needs your help
running the Guild Shop.  He needs you to run around and gather some items.
All you gotta do is go to the shops and buy the items that Gaspard will then
sell BACK to the general gaming population.
First, take the Town Warp over to the Mercenary district, and go to the Magic
Item shop.  You'll find the Asian Mango's there, so buy 10 of them.  Then,
take the Town Warp again, this time to The Dome, which is the name of the place
where the Chaos Gate is.  You can buy 10 Caramel Sauce there.
Now that you've gotten everything, head over to the Central district and talk
to Silibus.  He almost explains what Guild Shops are about, when he gets
interrupted by a message from Gaspard... saying he's lost.  Instead of
going off to find him, Silabus puts YOU in charge of the guild shop!  Totally
breaking character, Haseo deals with one single customer and cuts him a deal
because he's got next to no money.  Immediately afterwards, Atoli turns up.
How embarrasing.  To make matters worse, it turns out that Kuhn's "other
plans" were a couple of Female Players.  We find out that "Kuhnie" used to
be
the guild master for Canard, the guild that Silabus and Gaspard are a part
of.  Atoli interrupts, and then spills the beans about your little discount
for Bo, and it's right around now that the members of Canard invite you
to join their Guild.  What a wonderful job... AS GUILD MASTER!  They
believe that you have leadership skills, and that being Canards Guild
Master is a perfect fit.  At least you get some Sprite Drops for the effort.
Log out, and check your e-mails.  Kuhn offers to show you how to use your
Avatar... well, without actually telling you.  Also, check the Forums for a
message from that nice boy from the shop.  When you're done, head over to
Mac Anu's Chaos Gate.  You just got a ton of new keywords to try out, and
although they are MASSIVELY under-leveled, you'll at least get some new items.
Plus, you'll also be about the right level to try out those 2 keywords that
you recieved before.
So, you get Pi's Member Address, and another Keyword, but lets do some of the
other dungeons first.  The first one is a Level 3, but if you don't do it now,
do you really think you'll remember later?  I didn't... but enough about me.
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(Delta)  Wealthy    Daybreak's    Globe  (Late Afternoon Field, Lv. 3)
Area word posted on the forum by Renji.  Use it to create a level 3 area.
Alright, so this level is going to be simple, but who cares?  The next few
levels will be simple.  Use them to gain Chim spheres, and to stock up on
some items.  It'll also help fill up the Ryu books, which will be coming
up shortly.
Also, don't expect a lot of Rengeki's or Awakenings.  Kuhn and Pi are
about 7 levels stronger than you are at this point in the game, and it'll
take them less time to kill these creatures than it took you to read this
sentence... if you're still reading it that is.  Luckily, the Lucky Animal
AND the Mecha Grunty are pretty close to each other, so you don't need to
stray to far away from the ... straight line.
There is a Boss here though.  It's name is Gun Giant.  It's not too
difficult with Pi and Kuhn on your side, but here's a little advice:
When it jumps up into the air, RUN!  It'll be down in about 5
seconds though.  Now, on to the NEXT Overly Easy Dungeon.
Mecha Grunty: Located a little to the right, after the first bridge.
Lucky Animal: Fate Worm: Located a little to the left, after the first
bridge.
Beast Statue: None
Enemies: (5)
Vak Bezel
Zan Bezel
Goblin Rookie
Gun Giant (Boss)
Items:
Fire Mouse Skin
Simple Necklace
Wing of Lufu
Health Drink
Astrologer Seal
Fire Storm
Damp Armor
Total Treasures: 3
Total Breakable Items: 6
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(Delta)  Fly Away    Military    Resort (3 Floor Building, lv. 4)
Area word posted on the forum by Renji.  Use it to create a level 4 area.
Alright, ANOTHER easy level.  This one you have to grab the Beast Statue in
the third stage of the level.  Here are some quick directions if you don't
have a Fairy's Orb.  Keep a close eye on the Mini-Map.
1)  Go All the way to the left.  Do NOT turn until you don't have a choice.
From there make a left until you get to a room with 2 treasure chests,
then go West to the 2nd Section.
2)  From the beginning, go Eastward.  At the first intersection, go South.
When you get to the next crossway, it's West.  You'll get a Mecha Grunty
Before the 3rd section.
3)  First, go East.  Then go North.  Then go all the way East and completely
ignore the one intersection.  You'll be at the Beast Statue.
Or, if you have a fairy's orb, you can just scan everything and find out the
quickest way out.  OR, if you're like ME, you can just explore everything
anyways for a better ranking ^_^.
I don't know if it was random or not, but I experienced an Area fight before
going North in section 3.  Since the quest for the PK list isn't available
yet, I did it with no risk to my safety, and got myself a nice little
Gun Fu Yue.  After getting the Beast Statue item, take the Platform back
to the Root Town.
Mecha Grunty:  On the way down to the 3rd section, near a Platform
Lucky Animal:  Ouryu, just keep going straight, it's near a Platform
Beast Statue:  Brave Bracelet
Enemies: (15)
Zan Bezel
Goblin Rookie
Wild Kettle
Lizard Hunter
Area Battle
Items:
Tornado
The Death
Health Drink
Simple Bracelet
Antidote Soda
Rough Shell
Gun Fu Yue
Simple Necklace
Turtle Shell
Blade Thorns
Brave Bracelet (Beast Statue)
Total Treasures: 8
Total Breakable Items: 17
Alrighy then, I bet your tired of using Kuhn and Pi, but there's only 2 more
extra levels before the Avatar one... not including the 2 that were added
before...
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(Delta)  Wealthy    Military    Malt Town (Night time field, Lv. 5)
Area word posted on the forum by Renji.  Use it to create a level 5 area.
Hurrah, another "Gather the Seal Fragments" mission.  Make sure to go the long
way around the first hill to knab a couple of breakable items and a group of
enemies.  On the bright side, there are 3 alters right away!  Could that
mean all 3 symbol fragments in one shot?  Not a chance.  You get 2 of them, but
still have to travel North to get the last one.  It's in the treasure chest
on top of the hill.
Now, you could just go straight to the beast statue, but then you'd be missing
out on the Lucky Animal that's perched on the hill in the Eastern section of
the map.  Why didn't I just say to go there right away?  Well... umm...
I forgot -_-.  Moving on.
Head back West to the Beast Statue, grab the item, then go back to the town.
We've got one more level before Haseo tries to summon his Avatar.
Mecha Grunty: To the right of the first Symbol Fragment, in the center of a
Circle
Lucky Animal: Leviathan, located on the hill in the Eastern section.
Beast Statue: Change Necklace
Enemies: (11)
Gan Fang
Vak Bezel
Wild Kettle
Items:
Warrior Seal
Fire Skin Mouse
Warrior Blood
Simple Bracelet
Fire Storm
Health Drink
Earth Spike
Rough Shell
Fairy's Orb
Change Necklace (Beast Statue)
Total Treasures: 6
Total Breakable Items: 6
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(Delta)   Fly Away    Daybreak's    Bodhi Tree (2 Floor building, Lv. 6)
Area word posted on the forum by Renji.  Use it to create a level 6 area.
You still here?  Good.  Another slight upgrade as far as items can go, but if
you're like me and have a level 10 Haseo then this dungeon is just far too
easy.  If you want, just follow the instructions at the bottom of the initial
paragraphs.  Also, there's an Area battle at the far South-West corner of
the first level.  Beating the enemy will net you a Spin Rasetu.  Head back
East until you can move North, then at the next intersection head East again.
beating the enemies along the way.  Head back until you can go North again
to grab a Treasure Chest and a couple of breakable items, then make your way
down to the second floor via backtracking.  You'll know you're in the right
direction when you meet up with a Mecha Grunty.
When you get to the second section, keep going East.  You'll bump into another
area battle for a Broad Wheel.  At this point, you're probably running out of
room for your equipment.  You'll soon be getting a place to sell a lot of it
for some quick cash, but until that happens, try giving some of your equipment
to Kuhn and Pi (see?  There IS a benefit to having them around all the time).
If you look at the top of the screen, you'll see a picture of whoever it is
that you're planning on giving the stuff to.  If it's greyed out it means
they can't equip what you're giving them.  If it's a number with arrows it
will just effect whether or not they'll equip it.  Granted it's pretty
useless right now, as they already have things equipped that's better than
anything that you'd have come accross, but the gesture will raise their
affection towards you.  Make sure to go into all the rooms to get some
treasure and the Breakable Items, as well as the Lucky Animal in the
area.  Also grab enough Chim spheres for the S rank (I believe it's 50,
but I'm unsure). When you feel like you've had enough, grab the Beast Statue
treasure and head home.
1)  First, head West until the first intersection.  Head North, then proceed
West again when you get the opportunity.
2)  Basically go East until you can go North.  When you get to the top of each
Section, keep heading East.  You'll be at the Beast Statue in no time.
Mecha Grunty:  Long stretch going West just before the entrance to the
second
section.
Lucky Animal:  Baku -  2'nd floor, go all the way East after the first
Northern intersection, it's in front of the Platform
Beast Statue:  Water Wheel
Enemies: (10)
Wild Kettle
Lizard Hunter
Items:
Health Drink
Antidote Soda
Stimulant Soda
Blessing Soda
Sprite Drop
Coupon's
Rough Shell
Blade Thorns
Simple Bracelet.
Spin Man Que
Water Wheel (Beast Statue)
Spin Rasetu (Area Battle)
Broad Wheel (Area Battle)
Total Treasure: 4
Total Breakable Objects: 13
Alright, FINALLY on to the next story mission.  First, if you want to get
rid of some items, let me only say... get rid of the duplicates first, as I
don't know if the Ryu books you'll get later record all the weapons and stuff
you had gotten before, or if it's just what you have with you WHEN you get
the book.
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(Delta)  Great   Cursed   In-laws  (Stormy Field, Lv. 8)
Area word given by Kuhn.  Head here to learn how to summon Avatars
Wow, Pi is really over-protective about that Yata guy, dontcha think?  So, in
case you've forgotten what Yata's talked about, there's a recap, and a little
extra explanation about what Avatar's are.  They also mention that a great way
to summon your Avatar is through battling.  Now, if that wasn't a perfect cue
for some old school Pokemon battle music then nothing is.  For now, just
head over to the Boss.
Occasionally while crossing the bridges you'll get a brief little phrase
to let you in on what Haseo is thinking, you even get a little clip, but
ultimately, even after beating the boss you just can't summon your Avatar
yet.  Dang, all those extra dungeons and a total waste of time? Well at least
you filled up your Ryu book a bit, right?  Oh wait, no Ryu books yet, damn.
Either way, make sure to go everywhere, otherwise you might miss some Chim
opportunities, or the Mecha Grunties and Lucky Animals and such.
The boss is a giant Tree, which is really rather easy, just keep attacking.
When you hear a noise, it's about to jump up and land for quite a bit of
damage.  Just move out of the way, then dash in to attack some more.  It
will also make the area just below him go black.  When this happens, run
again or you'll be put to sleep.  Try to attack it many times to get a
couple of Rengeki's, and it will soon fall.  You'll get a Medic Necklace
for your troubles.
Mecha Grunty:  On the Island furthest South, left-hand corner
Lucky Animal:  Tsutuga, on the island furthest South, top Right-hand corner
Enemies:(11)
Lizard Hunter
Goblin Mage
Tree
Items:
Blade Thorns
Olm Shell
Jinx's Bane
Stimulant Soda
Sprite Drop
Sub Robe
Health Drink
Medic Necklace
Simple Necklace
Total Treasures: 4
Total Breakable Items: 9
After you get back to the Town, you'll see another scene with Pi and Haseo.
Although it sounds more like a warning, it does foreshadow a few things that
will happen in the course of the game.  You'll understand later.  For now, just
log out and check your mail.  You'll get one from Kuhn and Pi that you can
respond to, and an e-mail notifying that you are now Officially the Guild
Master for Canard.  Time to check out the @Home then.
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Birds of a Feather:  Completing the Guild Master Test.
When you log back in, just take the Warp Point over to the Mercenary district.
Use your newly received @Home key to get to Canard, where you are informed
that the Grunty doesn't exactly approve of you.  Notice any similarities with
the attitudes of the Grunty and Haseo?
Your first assignment is to go to 3 NPC's scattered around the town to get
items for Death Grunty.  God Bless Warp Points :).
First, take the Warp point and go to the Central district.  Run through the
alley to speak with Melo Grunty, who's standing on the bridge railing. You'll
get Grunty's Shoes!  Then head down to the harbor and speak with Wise Grunty
to get a Grunty's Brush!  Finally, take the Warp Point that's here and
teleport yourself to the Alchemy district, run over the bridge to speak with
Gao Grunty to get the Grunty's Hat.
When you make it back to Death Grunty, wondering what the hell took you
so long.  You'll get some Weird Black Tea in exchange.  Now all you've
gotta do is sell that item!  It's not like you're in experienced in
selling stuff.  Still don't want to do it?  Well, this is where you get
a little explanation of how the Guild Shop works.
After putting the item up for sale, go see Gaspard at the shop to trigger
another cut-scene with Sakubo, and she'll end up buying the item from you!
Congrats, you're now the official guild master of Canard... Officially.  That
Bo character is pretty smart too, turning your own phrase around on ya.
Now, when you get back to the Canard @Home, you'll be marked with the Charm of
1000, which basically gives you access to the Steam bike, the Guild Shop, and
the books of Ryu, which helps to unlock a whole list of goodies like Desktop
themes and music, and the ability to watch some of the Cutscenes (as long as
you've seen them at least once before during the normal course of the game).
You also gain access to the Alchemy shop, which lets you fuse weapons
together to make them stronger.
When you exit the @Home, Death Grunty starts talking to you through the
charm that he gave you.  (Either that or he has some seriously messed up
psychic abilities).  When the tutorial is finished, log out and check your
e-mails and the forums.  The official forums don't hold any keywords, but
they do have suggestions for taking out Lucky Animals.  Going to Apkallu
will get you 5 more Desktop images.  There's a topic called "Anyone Opening
Chests?" That will allow you to respond.  Just push the X button at the last
post, and choose a response.  I'm not sure if you get different responses
depending on how you answer, (probably considering its a message board...)
but I put in Area Word.  You can also respond to the 2 threads in the News
board.  For the Fun internet game thread I put "Not now", which gave me an
instant Silabus affection increase, and for "Wanna buy an M2D I put "I'm
not sure.", which did the same thing.
When you check your mail, you'll only have one, it's from CC corp telling
you that Lumina Cloth, the area for the Arena Battles is now open again.
Now, at this point I had saved and quit, and the next time I loaded there
were a couple more messages in the Forums.  In the "Anyone opening chests?"
thread,  I got the keywords.
(Delta)  Choosing   Superior    Offerings
There will also be a couple other responses in the "News" section, just
based on whatever you responded with.  So now, Log In.  You can't invite
anyone to your party just yet, so head over to Lumina Cloth via the Chaos
Gate.  It'll trigger a cut-scene with Silabus and Gaspard.  They tell you
that the Emperor of the demon palace is going to be fighting.  Now, watch
closely at the "Emperor", does he look familiar?  That's because he's that
guy that was standing on the tree a few area's ago.  During the fight, you
see the man, Endrance, use an Avatar.  That's Macha, and you'll learn more
about her, and "She" later.
Haseo goes off to the balcony to do some reflecting, and Ovan performs his
usual disappearing act.  After the scene, make your way to the back area where
the blue circle is.  Ovan hints that you should learn how to use your avatar
as soon as possible, and then just leaves... again.  Dang that guy sure
doesn't like to stick around, huh?
Regardless, the "Saku" half of Sakubo shows up and starts being delusional
and talks about "Master En", which of course means Endrance.  As if on cue,
Endrance shows up with that gorgeous White Kitty on his shoulder.  He seems
a little surprised that you saw his avatar, but still considers you nothing
more than another face in the crowd.  And suddenly the game shifts from "I've
got to find out what the hell is wrong with this game" to "I'm gonna beat
the master of the Arena and prove to all that I truely am worthy!"
Well, you need a party.  Silabus seems willing enough, but Gaspard has more
than just a touch of stage fright.  Silabus mentions that a healer would be
good to have on your team, but the only Cleric you know just happens to be
Atoli.  The Moon Tree "Holier than thou" completely pacifistic Atoli.  When
you get control of your character again, log out and check your mail.  Gaspard
will apologize for not being able to fight, which opens up another chance to
raise his affection if you answer the right way.  (I choose Endrance as the
other choice would probably just make him upset).  You'll also get an e-mail
from Atoli asking you to join her once again.  This time, the area is  (Delta)
Blurry    Obsessive    Slacker.  Even though she probably hates things like
the Arena, she's the only Cleric you know, so you're going to have to Charm
her in some way.
Check the forums too.  There will be a couple of posts about Endrance, and
in the rumor's section you can respond to "The mystery of The World" thread.
I choose Tri-Edge, but feel free to experiment.  Lastly, check out the
Apkallu forums for 4 new Desktop Backgrounds.
When you're done checking out all of the forums, log back in.  At this point,
the only player available to you is Atoli.  Now would be an excellent time
to tackle a couple of those alternate dungeons.
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At this point, there are 3 new quests, but all 3 need a full party of 3 to
be able to participate.  Don't worry, you'll soon get your chance.  Until
then, head over to this area to gain a couple of levels with Atoli.