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To the very much-awaited, anticipated English version of Crimson Gem Saga,
there was the Asian version before  but since it wasn't properly localized
you know  typos and such; fans or players  wasn't too pleased with  it and
when  ATLUS company decided to  localize and release it  all of us  jumped
with joy!! Ahhh! :) Heh, putting  that aside I hope you enjoy what I  have
to offer for this amazing yet gratifying RPG game for the Sony PSP!
Expect these stuff from the guide:
• Complete main walkthrough strategy guide
• Complete Side Quests (if available/posible)
• Miscellaneous Tidbits & Info
• Clean, crisp and professional looking FAQ
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really sad, so I'm pretty skeptical about "lending" my guide to sites that
has not been "fully-established."
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Latest updates is always at the top.  As I don't have the luxury of having
my own internet  connection at home, I cannot update as often  as I'd like
though, I  can only assure you that updates WILL happen.  The dates are in
DD/MM/YYYY format, Asian style, w00000t!!
-------------------------- IMPORTANT MESSAGE -----------------------------
On  11th of June 2009, I've  officially  completed CRIMSON GEM SAGA, all I
can say is: :O! While the ending was nothing out of this world it did left
behind some kind of subtle message that a sequel might happen in the  very
near future, I HOPE! W00t!
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VERSION 0.75
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• (17/06/2009)
Updated the MISCELLANEOUS section and written the guide up to Chapter  II.
I will  try to work on the  ITEMS INDEX  section on the next update and of
course write a little bit more of the walkthrough
• (13/06/2009)
Written the walkthrough up to  "MIRAGE VILLAGE." Updated both the "QUESTS"
and "MISCELLANEOUS" section.
• (10/06/2009)
CHUNKY UPDATE! Fixed a couple of things like typos, written the guide till
the first boss fight  (JEFFREY), added  ITEM INDEX  section, added another
new  section  called  LEGALITY, also updated the  EXTRAS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
READING + some other insignificant misc fixes.
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VERSION 0.25
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• (10/06/2009)
Updated the whole  BASICS  section of this guide, written the  guide up to
"JOINING THE EXCELSIOR FORCE"  and currently working on the  MISCELLANEOUS
section. Quite a progress if I say so myself. :)
• (08/06/2009)
UPDATE: Added quite a bit of content  but I didn't keep track of 'em, heh,
I'm such a lousy FAQ-writer. :\
I need some help with the "Magic, Spells, Techniques" section if anyone is
willing to contribute let me know, ok? I've also written only A BIT of the
walkthrough.
• (07/06/2009)
Written  quite a bit  on the  BASICS section. I'm halfway through the game
and most likely will finish the game first before writing the  walkthrough
section.
• (04/06/2009)
Started writing the guide! Not much added and truth be told I'm only about
halfway in the  Asian version but I've  stopped playing that and am  gonna
pay full  attention to the ATLUS one.  Expect a lot from this guide  since
this is one of my MOST FAVORITE RPG TO DATE for the PSP.
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T H E   S E A R C H   F U N C T I O N:
If you're  using Notepad (Windows) then you can  make your life easier  by
using "Ctrl + F" to  quickly find what you're looking for.  You can either
use the code at the end or use the title itself, both  ways will bring you
to your desired section, 100% guaranteed.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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O BASICS ----------------------------------------------------------- (00^)
• Crimson Gem Saga ------------------------------------------------ (GS%)
• Personae -------------------------------------------------------- (PE%)
• Battle Mechanics ------------------------------------------------ (BM%)
• Stats/Buffs/Debuffs --------------------------------------------- (SB%)
• Tips & Hints ---------------------------------------------------- (TH%)
O WALKTHROUGH ------------------------------------------------------ (01^)
• PROLOGUE: AN INNOCENT BEGINNING --------------------------------- (PR#)
• Graduating From Green Hill Academy ----------------------------- (01#)
• Joining The Excelsior Force ------------------------------------ (02#)
• Killian's First Mission ---------------------------------------- (03#)
• CHAPTER I: THE WICKED STONE ------------------------------------- (C1#)
• Saved! --------------------------------------------------------- (04#)
• Into The Spire ------------------------------------------------- (05#)
• Mirage Village ------------------------------------------------- (06#)
• Back Into The Spire -------------------------------------------- (07#)
• Deception & Betrayal ------------------------------------------- (08#)
• Chapter II: RISKY BUSINESS -------------------------------------- (C2#)
• The Stone In The Monastery ------------------------------------- (09#)
• Chapter III: ---------------------------------------------------- (C3#)
•
• Chapter IV: ----------------------------------------------------- (C4#)
•
• OPTIONAL
• Ziggurat Opposite's: Inverse Babel
• Silvernian Hidden Dungeon
O QUESTS ----------------------------------------------------------- (02^)
STORYLINE
• Green Hill Graduation ------------------------------------------- (GHx)
• Join The Excelsior Force ---------------------------------------- (EFx)
• Spinel's Friend ------------------------------------------------- (SFx)
• Reclaim The Wicked Stone ---------------------------------------- (RWx)
• Message From Aneris --------------------------------------------- (MFx)
• Monastery's Wicked Stone ---------------------------------------- (MWx)
OPTIONAL
• Galorin Hunting ------------------------------------------------- (HUx)
O MISCELLANEOUS ---------------------------------------------------- (03^)
• Magic, Spells, Techniques --------------------------------------- (MS-)
• Battle Cry/Quotes ----------------------------------------------- (BC-)
• Items Index ----------------------------------------------------- (IX-)
• Bonus Content --------------------------------------------------- (CG-)
• Problems & Issues ----------------------------------------------- (PI-)
• Extras And Supplementary Reading -------------------------------- (RX-)
O GOODBYE  --------------------------------------------------------- (04^)
• Questions & Answers --------------------------------------------- (QA+)
• Recognitions (Credits) ------------------------------------------ (RC+)
• E-Mail Policy --------------------------------------------------- (EM+)
• Legality -------------------------------------------------------- (LG+)
• Famous Last Words ----------------------------------------------- (LW+)
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B  A  S  I  C  S   (00^)
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CRIMSON GEM SAGA (GS%)
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Crimson Gem Saga is the second installment in the Astonishia Story series,
the first game titled "Astonishia Story"  was released for the PSP in 2005
but received lukewarm response from the public. This, however doesn't stop
the people at Sonnori  (now IronNos) to proceed  with a sequel anyway  and
contrary to popular believes, or at least I  believe Crimson Gem is  some-
what related to the first  game as two characters  made a comeback; one is
only mentioned  in name while the other still lives--Dryden the evil Black
Mage (still evil here) and the already deceased Lezail.
Do some kind of research on the net or go to my  "Extras And Supplementary
Reading" section for more info.
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PERSONA (PE%)
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Crimson Gem Saga  sports an interesting but unfortunately rather flat cast
of characters, Spinel  being the only one  I really like... Not becuase of
her body but her personality and  voice (who's the actress? Why your voice
so hawt?).
In order of appearance, "w00t!"
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CLASS          : Chevalier
HP GROWTH RATE : Very High
MP GROWTH RATE : Average
WEAPON TYPE    : Sword
A young man who seems to be quite sensitive or touchy when it comes to his
pride, often  get pissed when someone  or something belittled  him but you
know that's only because he's always second in life, hahaha.
Killian fares  pretty well on the battlefield  having a high amount of  HP
but  average amount of MP, one of the strongest of  six characters in  the
game.
BEST SKILLS
• Blade Of Fury
• First Aid
• Cross Slash
• Restoration
• Hero's Aura (all allies up 5% in Defense value)
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CLASS          : Thiefmage
HP GROWTH RATE : Average
MP GROWTH RATE : High
WEAPON TYPE    : Dagger
Treasure hunting Elf whose  personality speaks louder than her actions, as
Killian  had said "she never thinks before  she act or talk"  which  often
gets the group into  trouble, but with everyone together nothing is really
impossible, right?
Spinel is fast and  is often the one to score Critical Hits, she  has some
of the best Skills Techniques  I've seen like "Shadow Strike"  and "Deadly
Attraction" the  latter inflicts confusion not often  but when it does hit
it lasts for a long time and is really helpful in battle.
BEST SKILLS
• Deadly Attraction (Confusion)
• Toxic Needle (Poison)
• Gale Force
• Illusion Assault
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CLASS          : Mage
HP GROWTH RATE : Very Low
MP GROWTH RATE : Very High
WEAPON TYPE    : Staff
Henson is sarcastic  I am not sure whether he's wise or not, but  he seems
to be the  sort that don't like to work with  others but due to  unforseen
circumstances he is forced to co-operate, anyway.
A magician at heart which means that his physical attributes will never be
on par with his magic, always  use  this  guy  for  his spells not for his
attack. Henson dies rather easily  so put him in the back row of the party
formation.
BEST SKILLS
• Wizard Aura (MP Regeneration)
• All of his high end/higher-tier spells
• Inspire
• Battle Cry
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CLASS          : Cleric
HP GROWTH RATE : High
MP GROWTH RATE : Average
WEAPON TYPE    : Hammer
An old man who  is also searching for the  Wicked Stone, he stumbled  upon
the  party at Dead Man's Spire  and offer to join the group after  Killian
gave  him a wallop in the head, an ex-Minister  who bears a grudge against
the Order Of Light.
Gelts is a Cleric despite  his tank-like physic and huge hammer he doesn't
really deliver much hurt to the  enemy but do not ever brush him off, with
the proper equipment and training he can deal just as much as Killian does
in battle.
BEST SKILLS
• Gelts Crush
• Doom Hammer
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CLASS          : Monk
HP GROWTH RATE : High
MP GROWTH RATE : Low
WEAPON TYPE    : Gloves
A mysterious man who was  assigned to keep a watchful eye on  the party as
they gather  the other Wicked Stones, truth  be told he  himself is  being
watched, since  he's so shady it's very hard to  trust him the only  thing
you can trust about Lahduk is his unrelenting brute force as it spells the
enemies' demise.
A powerhouse with a generous  amount of HP but possessess  little to no MP
since most of his skill consume quite a chunk of Mana points you'll never
really get to use much of his skill in battle. Once he joins your group he
will rarely ever leave the party formation or at least he doesn't in my
game. :)
BEST SKILLS
• Way Of The Dragon (KICKASS)
• Inspire
• Lion's Roar
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CLASS          : Crusader
HP GROWTH RATE : High
MP GROWTH RATE : Average
WEAPON TYPE    : Sword And Shield (?)
An agent of the Order Of Light, Acelora  place all of her trust and  Faith
in the Order only to  be betrayed by the organization itself, feeling  all
lost and confused she decided to join Killian and party.
Being a Crusader  Acelora excels in the  ATK/STR  department, she  however
have only 2 offensive skills at her disposal "Smite" and "Final Judgment."
making her less than desirable for many players to use, personally  I like
having her in my party just so  I can spam "Final Judgment" on the enemies
and since she joins the group in Chapter 4 (I have no qualms spoiling you)
you should  have an abundance  amount of SP to dump on her.  True,  "Final
Judgment"  is expensive but if you  have been training, especially  at the
tower called  "Ziggurat,"  then you should have an  "unlimited"  supply of
Mana (MP) restorative items.
• Smite
• Final Judgment
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BATTLE MECHANICS (BM%)
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Crimson Gem Saga utilizes a  "speed-based system"  fastest unit gets their
turn  first, during battle you  can see the Turn Order  at the top, it's a
very basic and simple battling system so I won't go into intricate details
about  the system  but I do suggest you  give it a read anyway, you  might
not know what you'll discover.
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NO RANDOM ENCOUNTERS!
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Much like Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross, you can see your adversaries on
the  battlefield  giving  you  the  option to engage or ignore the enemy--
provided of course you're able to run pass them unnoticed.
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AMBUSHING YOUR FOE/S
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Ambushing your foe will allow you to have the first strike, this is really
helpful as it also  allows your party to deliver the hurt first, take note
that the ememy  can also do the same to you the moment they  sensed you're
nearby and start chasing  your ass around, once this happen no matter  how
you try to avoid  an enemy's ambush it'll still be an ambush, get what I'm
saying?
You see when an "!" mark appear above their head quickly engage them  this
way neither side will have an advantage in battle but when the ! disappear
the enemy will start chasing you-this will  consider an enemy's ambush and
no matter how you "twist and turn"  (even if you're facing face-to-face w/
the enemy who's pursuing you) it'll be an enemy's ambush, period.
EDIT:
Ok, apparently it's a  50/50 chance that when an enemy  is pursuing you it
may or may not result  in an ambush, but it's safe to say that  it's going
to be an ambush most of the time anyway. Haha.
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FINISHER
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This one is a little  bit tricky to pull off as it's  all about pure luck,
though Agility and  some other stats do factor in, bottomline is  it's all
luck.
Whenever  you're in battle sometimes after  attacking (just a  normal phy.
attack, no MP consuming moves/skill/magic whatsoever)  you'll notice for a
fraction of  a second the X button  appear at the bottom, now  this, is an
indication  for you to press the X  button if you  successfully  hit it on
time then your  character will do a  follow-up, if you're  lucky another X
button will show  up hit it again  on time and the character will  deliver
what I call the  "Finisher"  move complete with a gorgeous potrait of  the
awesome character in question.
Don't  rely too much on this though, but when the opportunity shows up, do
take advantage of it.
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THE SKILL TREE SYSTEM
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Many games were seen advocating this system and the most recent game I can
think of using the same system is  Summon Night: Twin Age for the Nintendo
DS. Basically you earn "Skill Points" and allocate them into the Skill you
want to unlock and learn, yeah, there are so-called "two levels" you've to
unlock before you can finally  use the skill in battle: the first level is
called "Skill Unknown" and the second level is "Skill Learned!"
Once you've allocated  (or insert)  the required points the skill will  be
revealed and  you will need to  allocate another set  amount of points  to
finally learn the skill, how troublesome, you think? Not really though, it
actually only reveal  whether or not you want to learn the skill  is up to
you as once you've passed  the first level you can go to the next skill in
line and  unlock the next one, if  the next skill tickles your fancy  then
you can go ahead  and learn it without having to learn the previous skill,
make sense? I hope.
Have fun farming for Skill Points, hahahaha. ;)
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COMBINATION TECHNIQUES
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Reminds you of  Chrono Trigger, yes?  That's the only  RPG I can think  of
that actually  have the snazziest of combo techniques ever! Crimson  isn't
too far off with its own unique "Combo Tech System." There are a couple of
requirements  before you can co-op with the others to  unleash devastating
attacks.
o Involved characters MUST learn the Skill in their own Skill Tree.
o Must have sufficient MP.
o Must be next to one another in the Turn Order.
Let's take Killian and Spinel  for example, they have  a Combo Tech called
"Wave Strike" in order for you  to use this skill both Killian and  Spinel
must have already learned the move, have  succifient MP for both to use in
battle and last both must be next to each other in the Turn Order.
--- KILLIAN --- SPINEL --- MONSTER --- MONSTER --- APPROVED!
--- MONSTER --- SPINEL --- KILLIAN --- MONSTER --- ALSO APPROVED!
--- MONSTER --- SPINEL --- MONSTER --- KILLIAN --- NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
--- KILLIAN --- HENSON --- SPINEL  --- MONSTER --- NOOOOOOOOOOOO!*
You know what's the  Turn Order, right?  It's  the  one  at the top of the
battle screen  with the Garolin and the party's icon.  Once you've these 3
requirements fulfilled then you're set to go!
*You  still cannot execute the combo  "Wave Strike"  because  of Henson or
whoever happens to be in between them, hahaha.
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UNDERSTANDING F/I/W/L/H/D
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Fire, Ice, Wind, Lightning, Holy and Darkness.
If you view your equipment especially your weapon you'll see this along w/
three "SLOT O O O"
If there's a  YELLOW BORDER  around any of the letter  then it means  that
weapon has an affinity  with that element, any enemy who are  weak to that
particular element  will receive double the damage  (I think?), and if  an
enemy is  strong against  that particular element  then you'll neve r ever
scratch it, not even a Critical Hit nor a Finisher can hurt the foe (w/o a
doubt, confirmed).
The only way around this is to use an item called "GEM" like FIRE GEM, ICE
GEM this item will change the element of the weapon, using the NEUTRAL GEM
will make your weapon a  purely physical entity  w/o any  element, there's
nothing wrong with this but you'll  most likely have to rely on your ATK &
STR stats to deliver the hurt.
Using an  ELEMENTAL CARD  will increase the elemental level by 1 making it
much more potent, as  for  the SLOT each time you use a CARD AND/OR GEM to
upgrade your weapon, it will take up a slot so suffice  to say you're only
allowed to upgrade your weapon up to THREE times. That's about it.
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STATS/BUFFS/DEBUFFS (SB%)
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Here's  a couple of status buffs and debuffs that will aid and cripple you
respectively. I might be missing a couple of 'em if you think I really did
missed something, send me an e-mail to notify me, ok? Thanks. :)
As far as I know there are three buffs  statuses available in the game and
they are "ATTACK UP," "DEFENSE UP" and "CRITICAL UP" in battle if you have
any  of  these buffs active it will be signified by the glowing icon(s) in
the status window at the bottom It's in plain sight; you can't miss it.
.------------------.-----------------------------------------------------.
| BUFFS            |                    DESCRIPTION                      |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| ATTACK UP        | Increased attack; high physical damage output.      |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| DEFENSE UP       | Increased defense; high physical defense.           |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| CRTICAL UP       | Increased chances of doing critical hits.           |
'------------------'-----------------------------------------------------'
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| DEBUFFS          |                    DESCRIPTION                      |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| PLAGUE           | "Wavy" icon; only three turns to live.              |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| POISON           | Skull icon; lose HP every turn.                     |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| SILENCE          | Cross icon; unable to use Skill.                    |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| SLEEP            | ZZZ icon; unable to act, skip a turn.               |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| CONFUSION        | Circle icon; attack party members.                  |
'------------------'-----------------------------------------------------'
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| STATS            |                    DESCRIPTION                      |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| LEVEL            | Accumulate enough EXP points to go up one level.    |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| HIT POINTS (HP)  | When this figure hit 0, you're dead meat.           |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| MANA POINTS (MP) | When this figure hit 0, you're unable to use Skill. |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| ATTACK (ATK/STR) | Determines your physical damage output.             |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| DEFENSE (DEF/VIT)| Determines your defensive prowess.                  |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| INTEL. (INT)     | Determines your magical damage output.              |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| WILL (WIL)       | Determines the chances for a Cric Hit/Follow-Up.    |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| AGILITY (AGI)    | Determines your speed in the Turn Order.            |
'------------------'-----------------------------------------------------'
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TIPS & HINTS (TH%)
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These are not sure-win tips but I'm sure  they'll come in handy, do have a
read.
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SAVE OFTEN!
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You may never know what hit you next unless you're using this  walkthrough
all the way through, I strongly suggest that you save as often as you can.
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LEVEL UP!
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Crimson Gem Saga isn't  really a walk in the park if you barely  survive a
battle then it's time  to backtrack and wallop some weaker enemies to rake
in those EXP points, you'll  also earn some Gelders and SP anyway, so it's
like killing three birds with four stones, get the lame joke?
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SAVE YOUR GELDERS FOR EQUIPMENT
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I noticed that equipment can be quite pricey in this game, so I advice you
to save your Gelders  instead of spending  it on items, if  you bother  to
train your party you'll realize that enemies  DO DROP restorative items so
battle often, this time you'll be killing four birds with four stones. Get
the lame joke?
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UPGRADE YOUR SKILL(S)
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Items like BRONZE/PLATINUM MEDALLION  (I'm sure there's more)  can upgrade
the rank of  your skills, upgrading skills only  makes it more stronger it
doesn't reduce the amount of MP consume. A Rank 3 "Cross Slash" works just
as good as a Rank 1 "Blade Of Fury" if you get what I'm trying to say.
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STOCK UP ON THE ITEM "TENT"
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Tents  are useful as it restores your party to the pink of health anywhere
in the game, it's rather  costly but if you do have  the money you  should
consider stocking up on at least  3-5  tents at all times but the more the
merrier, yes.
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FREE HP/MP RESTORE
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Each time a character level up he or she will recover full health (HP/MP),
awesome, huh? Not exactly a tip but it's nice to know, yes?
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YOU SNEAKY LITTLE...
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Every time you defeat an  enemy you will notice that Killian will  "blink"
on screen  (no he is not broken or anything)  he is INVINCIBLE giving  you
the chance to sneak behind a NEARBY enemy.
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FOCUS ON ONE...
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Enemy at all times, trust me  it is much more easier and quicker to  focus
your attention on one enemy rather than trying to "spread the damage."
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IF THE GOING GET TOUGH...
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Throw your PSP across the  room against the wall, better yet throw  it out
of the window. :) Nah... I'm  just kidding  (did I hear you  say "duh!?").
Back to the topic now  if the going get tough....... RUN  FOR  YOUR LIVES!
Or use a SMOKE BOMB or have Spinel use "SMOKESCREEN."  Don't be ashamed of
running away as they say those who run away lives to fight another day.
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W  A  L  K  T  H  R  O  U  G  H   (01^)
I am a very specific person, so  specific it can be unnverving  sometimes,
it's just that  I once used a guide on GameFAQs  the writer was so vague I
got lost and  confused that I ended up not using the guide  and was bliss-
fully able  to go through the dungeon without  a hitch all by my  lonesome
self. I don't  want to be that kind of FAQ-writer. All I can say is I will
try my best to walk you through hand-in-hand.
If you spot any mistakes and/or errors along the way, do  let me know as I
am a bloooooooody perfectionist I really, really appreciate it even if you
notify me about a typo.
-------------------------- WALKTHROUGH BEGINS -----------------------------
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PROLOGUE: AN INNOCENT BEGINNING (PR#)
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This is a rather short prologue  just think of it as some sort of tutorial
to get yourself accustomed to the workings of the game, battle system, the
in-game menu and all that stuff.
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GRADUATING FROM GREEN HILL ACADEMY (01#)
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|          LOCATION: SHERN VILLAGE;           |
|---------------------------------------------|
| Is this Killian's hometown? If so, where is |
| his house located? Am I  missing something? |
| Oh Killian I really wanna go to your house. |
|---------------------------------------------|
|               ITEMS & SUCH;                 |
|---------------------------------------------|
| • BOMB                                      |
| • TENT                                      |
| • LEATHER ARMOR                             |
| • CAFFEINE                                  |
| • BISCUIT x5                                |
| • LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION (REQUIRED)       |
|---------------------------------------------|
|           ENEMY(IES) AVAILABLE;             |
|---------------------------------------------|
| • THE PRINCIPAL WITH THE ANNOYING VOICE     |
| • HERBERT GON GIRLYTERRORIAN (WHAT?)        |
|                                             |
| Just kidding... There's none, really.       |
'---------------------------------------------'
Killian will wake up in bed and realized that it's either his clock is not
right or he overslept, you'll  automatically run down to the first  floor,
after  a bit of chit-chatting  you're off to Green Hill Academy  for  your
graduation.
Before you do anything hit Triangle or START and  save your progress since
Crimson doesn't  have any of those lame "save point" thingy  (ha, old-sch)
you can save ANYWHERE and EVERYWHERE.  Press the R button for a very, very
useful map... I  am not exagerrating when I said "very, very."  You should
see a couple of icons on the map.
• BED               -> Inn
• BAG               -> Item Shop
• BEER/MUG/WHATEVER -> Tavern
• CROSSED-SWORD     -> Weapon/Accessory Shop
Unfortunately the map is not available on all occasions if you press R and
if  there's  a beep sound then there's no map available for that location.
Actually just don't bother pressing R in dungeons.
There's a treasure chest onto  your left you'll have to go one screen left
and just  go west a little bit  until you see a bridge, this  is  where  a
treasure chest  sit quietly nearby, it's hard to miss, inside  you'll find
a BOMB. Killian will be shocked that a bomb is found lying around near the
students or in a town for that matter.
Proceed northwest  from your current location to Green Hill Academy  and a
scene will play out.  Killian got in second  place which is not that  bad,
more scenes will play  out until finally you get to control Killian again.
--------------------------- SIDE QUEST ALERT! ----------------------------
See the guy nearby, the one with the  spiky hairdo? Approach him and he'll
test your meetle by asking you  to gather five (5)  Galorin Horns which is
dropped by the enemy Garolins.  Feel free to take this up it's not  a must
but if you're a bloooooody perfectionist and must have and do everything a
game has to offer then you're more than welcome to take this up.
REWARD(S)
• BRONZE MEDALLION x3
------------------------- SIDE QUEST ALERT END! --------------------------
Our next destination is to the Excelsior Force's office located in Varden-
hoff, but before we head out to  our destination we should  seriously loot
the townspeople of their savoury goodies. I AM EEEVIL AND SO ARE YOU! Mwa-
hahahahaha...
------------------ PILFER THIS TOWN/VILLAGE FOR ITEMS! -------------------
Exit the Academy and head for the  fountain, ok now that  you're here have
Killian do "Merry Go Round" five  times around the  fountain  and  a chest
will pop up, inside there's 50,000 Gelders............ HEHEHE!
*Ahem* lame jokes aside head up the  stairs nearby the fountain  and enter
the house, now this, is apparently a library if you  talk to the butt ugly
girl she will laugh in your  face "oh-hohoho!"  my ass, you butterface! Go
up the stairs and take the TENT inside the chest.
Next head for the Weapon Shop, talk  to the girl Bianca  if  you  want but
our primary concern is the  FREE LEATHER ARMOR  in the second floor! Check
the  brown-colored shirt  hanging  on the wall  to grab your LEATHER ARMOR
double-check to see if it stinks, ok! Otherwise EQUIP IT. :)
"Nice! I'm glad I checked here!" w000000t, GO  KILLIAN! TAKE THAT HERBERT!
Next stop is the  INN/BAR  where  we first start the game check the drawer
between the  beds for 100 GELDERS!  I'M RICH! YAAAY!  Oh, and  talk to the
student standing near the window for a laugh, hahaha!
Now get out of that place and visit the house where an  NPC  character can
be  seen working in the farm, if you talk to him and he mentions something
about  eggplants  being in season then you're at the right place, go in, a
chest is  waiting to be picked up in the upper right corner of the screen,
talk to  Audrey  and  she will mistook you for Erik though that is not the
point... Check  the  clock  just a little down from the opened chest for a
CAFFEINE and  Audrey  will almost caught you red-handed (you sneaky thief,
you!).
I guess that's about it... Feel free to leave Shern for Vardenhoff.
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JOINING THE EXCELSIOR FORCE (02#)
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Wait, someone asked me how come  I know what's the location of each place?
Didn't you know? By  pressing the START or Triangle  button the  Main Menu
will notify you of your current location rigggght at the bottom. AREA: XXX
XXX there you go another fun feature just so you won't be lost in-game and
in my guide.
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|          LOCATION: SHERN ENTRANCE;          |
|---------------------------------------------|
| What, you just left the village? Hmph! :|   |
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|               ITEMS & SUCH;                 |
|---------------------------------------------|
| • LIGHT MANA POTION x2                      |
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|           ENEMY(IES) AVAILABLE;             |
|---------------------------------------------|
| • You're your own worst enemies!            |
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A treasure chest can be found  onto your right nearby a house, now  when I
said "right" just press right on your directional pad and you'll come upon
an abandoned house  (sort of), right next to it is a chest  containing two
very delicious LIGHT MANA POTIONS!
Nothing else here just  go down the stairs to the next area down, you know
you're  in the right place  when the game  gives you a friendly  advice on
battling the Galorins. :)
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|          LOCATION: SHERN FOREST;            |
|---------------------------------------------|
| You should really grab the 600 Gelders here |
| and do some training! You won't regret it.  |
|                                             |
|                    EVER!                    |
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|               ITEMS & SUCH;                 |
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| • 600 GELDERS                               |
| • BISCUIT x10                               |
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|           ENEMY(IES) AVAILABLE;             |
|---------------------------------------------|
| • CAL GALORIN                               |
| • HWAL GALORIN                              |
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If you accepted the sidequest at the Academy then you can farm for Galorin
Horns here. Otherwise just  hack away at those minions  for  EXP points, I
train Killian up to level 8 it helps a bit.  Also 600 Gelders can be yours
head SOUTHEAST, now at the  INTERSECTION  where you have a choice of going
RIGHT or DOWN choose DOWN, a  treasure chest sits quietly right NEXT  TO A
LOG with an innocent butterfly fluttering around; inside 600 GELDERS.  The
INTERSECTION is T-shaped by the way. God, why the hell am I so specific?
Go back to the INTERSECTION before and head RIGHT. In the next screen lies
a chest with 10 BISCUITS, just  follow the road until it splits, the  road
leading south  looks slightly "faded" press R for the map and you will see
that the road do splits RIGHT and DOWN (EAST AND SOUTH) take the road down
with a chest containing BISCUITS x10 it's  almost at the edge of the ledge
thank the  Heavens  it didn't drop into the river or whatever.  Go back up
and take the EAST (RIGHT) path.
The game will hint at you to use your Skill if the enemies are too much to
bear, whatever it is, don't! it's just not worth it since your MP value at
this point is really low and skills are way too expensive to execute, just
rely on brute force and items to get through. Also did I tell you to level
up before? If you engage each and every enemy you come across then Killian
would be all cozy at level 11... or maybe I got carried away leveling up?
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|        LOCATION: VARDENHOFF FIELD;          |
|---------------------------------------------|
| THERE ARE FREAKIN' MOSQUITOES HERE, AHHHH!! |
|---------------------------------------------|
|               ITEMS & SUCH;                 |
|---------------------------------------------|
| NONE...                                     |
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|           ENEMY(IES) AVAILABLE;             |
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| • MOSQUITO (WHAT?)                          |
| • HWAL GALORIN                              |
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Before you proceed  access  the  MAIN MENU first and go to Skill and learn
these two abilities (assuming you haven't learn anything else yet and have
farmed enough SP).
• CROSS SLASH
• QUICK FIX
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80 SP TOTAL
If  you  bothered to do the sidequest at the Academy earlier then you will
have three BRONZE MEDALLIONS with you, use one MEDALLION on both  C. SLASH
and Q. FIX. If you don't have 'em it's ok. These medallions only make your
skill just slightly stronger anyway it's not a lot but significant enough.
SAVE YOUR GAME!
---------------------- EXCELLENT TRAINING SPOT! --------------------------
There are no items here  but there is an excellent  training spot  nearby,
walk a little  farther to your right and you  will notice a small group of
Galorins walking  around, you can  slaughter all of these for much  needed
EXP points, SP  and Gelders, each time you defeat a set  of enemy you will
be invincible and  since the Galorins are so close to one another  you can
ambush them left and right.  Go to the next screen  and come back to  have
them respawn, defeat, win, rinse and repeat.