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sforrespectingFAQauthors!^____^_______________\/____________________________________________________________\/|INDEX|I.CONTROLS.............................CNTRII.TH'BASICS............................THBS

Elements..........................................................LMNTElementTypes.....................................................LMTPElementGrid......................................................LMGDFieldEffect......................................................FLDFAttac

ing.........................................................ATKGStatusEffects....................................................STTSStatOverview.....................................................STVVMenuOverview.....................................................MNVWNewGamePlusandContinuePlus...................................NGPSTipsandTric

s...................................................TPTRWal

throughNotation..............................................WLKT

III.DISC1WALKTHROUGH........................WLK1

00)DreamSequence.......................[?].....................D-0001)ArniVillage.........................[H].....................D-0102)LizardRoc

..........................[H].....................D-0203)LizardRoc

..........................[A].....................D-0304)ArniVillage.........................[A].....................D-0405)CapeHowl............................[A].....................D-0506)FossilValley........................[A].....................D-0607)Termina..............................[A].....................D-07

Ni

i'sRoute.........................[A].....................D-08Pierre'sRoute........................[A].....................D-09Guile'sRoute.........................[A].....................D-10

08)ViperManor...........................[A].....................D-1109)Guldove...............................[A].....................D-1210)Termina...............................[A].....................D-13

PATHA:HydraMarshes.................[H].....................D-14PATHA:Guldove.......................[A].....................D-15OPTIONAL:HydraMarshes...............[A].....................OP01OPTIONAL:WaterDragonIsle...........[A].....................OP02


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OPTIONAL:IsleoftheDamned..........[A].....................OP03OPTIONAL:Hermit'sHideaway...........[A].....................OP04

11)S.S.Invincible.......................[A].....................D-16

PATHB:Guldove.......................[A].....................D-17OPTIONAL:WaterDragonIsle...........[H].....................OP05

12)Mt.Pyre..............................[A].....................D-1813)FortDragonia.........................[A].....................D-1914)TemporalVortex.......................[?].....................D-2015)ArniVillage..........................[H].....................D-2116)FossilValley.........................[H].....................D-22

OPTIONAL:ShadowForest...............[H].....................OP06

17)Termina...............................[H].....................D-2318)ViperManor...........................[H].....................D-24

OPTIONAL:Guldove.....................[H].....................OP07OPTIONAL:ElNidoTriangle............[H].....................OP08OPTIONAL:S

yDragonIsle.............[H].....................OP09OPTIONAL:Hermit'sHideaway...........[H].....................OP10

19)Marbule...............................[H].....................D-2520)S.S.Zelbess..........................[H].....................D-26

OPTIONAL:SaveMarbuleQuest,Pt.I...[H].....................OP11

21)Death'sDoor..........................[H].....................D-2722)IsleoftheDamned....................[H].....................D-2823)HighwayRuins.........................[H].....................D-2924)CityRuins............................[H].....................D-3025)TowerofGeddon.......................[H].....................D-31

OPTIONAL:ArniVillage................[A].....................OP12

26)FossilValley.........................[A].....................D-3227)Termina...............................[A].....................D-3328)ViperManor...........................[A].....................D-3429)Hermit'sHideaway.....................[A].....................D-35

OPTIONAL:ViperManor.................[A].....................OP13OPTIONAL:IsleoftheDamned..........[A].....................OP14OPTIONAL:SaveMarbuleQuest,Pt.II..[H/A]...................OP15OPTIONAL:ViperManor.................[H].....................OP16

30)EarthDragonIsle.....................[H].....................D-3631)WaterDragonIsle.....................[H].....................D-3732)Mt.Pyre..............................[A].....................D-38

33)Gaea'sNavel..........................[H].....................D-3934)S

yDragonIsle.......................[A].....................D-40

OPTIONAL:Guldove.....................[A].....................OP17OPTIONAL:HydraMarshes...............[H].....................OP18OPTIONAL:Gaea'sNavel................[A].....................OP19OPTIONAL:ForbiddenIsland............[H].....................OP20OPTIONAL:EarthDragonIsle...........[A].....................OP21

35)Guldove...............................[H].....................D-41


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35)Mt.Pyre..............................[H].....................D-4236)Ft.Dragonia..........................[H].....................D-43

OPTIONAL:Marbule.....................[H].....................OP22

IV.DISC2WALKTHROUGH........................WLK2

38)SeaofEden...........................[H].....................D-4439)TimeFortressChronopolis.............[A].....................D-4540)DivineDragonFalls...................[A].....................D-4641)Lucca'sOrphanage.....................[?].....................D-4742)ElNidoTriangle......................[A].....................D-4843)TerraTower...........................[A].....................D-4944)TheFinalBattle......................[?].....................D-50

V.APPENDICES............................APND

Characters........................................................CHRCWeapons...........................................................WPNSArmor.............................................................ARMRAccessories.......................................................ACCSElements..........................................................LMNTEndings...........................................................ENDGDouble/TripleTechs...............................................DBLT

StarList.........................................................STRLShopList.........................................................SHPLFrameList........................................................FRMLKeyItems.........................................................KYTMTheBendofTime..................................................TBOTDopplegangs.......................................................DPPLRainbowShells....................................................RNBW

VI.FREQUENTLYASKEDQUESTIONS....................FAQZVII.UPDATES+THANKS.........................UPDTVIII.LEGALITY.............................LGLT

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I.CONTROLS_______________________________________________________________________________||____||____L2BUTTON-->/____/\||/\____\/____/\\_______||_______//\____\


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|BUTTON|FUNCTION||--------------+--------------------------------------||D-pad|Movecharacters/Movecursor||Start|Un/pausegame||Select|Changecurrentpartyleaderonfield||Square|Toggle

eyitemwindowopen||X-button|'actionbutton'/Tal

topeople||O-button|Cancel/PresswithD-padtorun||Triangle|Openmainmenuscreen||L3Button|Functionssameas'X-button'||R3Button|Functionssameas'O-button'||LeftAnalog|Movecharacters/cursor||RightAnalog|---|'--------------'--------------------------------------'

Also,to'softreset'thegamewithoutphysicallydoingso,simplypressthefollowingcombination:R2+R1+L2+L1+Start+Select.

_______________________________________________________________________________II.TH'BASICS_______________________________________________________________________________ELEMENTS[LMNT]

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Elementsarethemeatandpotatoesofthisgame,beingthemethodofnon--physicalattac

ing.Somegeneralbasicsaboutelements:

THEYARETHINGS!Youcanfindtheminyourinventoryoroncharacters.Theyarealignedwithsixtypes:Red,Yellow,Blue,Blac ,Green,WhiteTheycanbebought,found,given,ordroppedafterwinningabattleTheyhavetobeequippedonan'elementgrid'beforetheycanbeusedinbattle.Elementscanbecurative,offensive,defensive,orhavemiscellaneouseffects.

Someelementscalled"consumables"canbeequippedinbattleorusedonthefield(whereyouwal

aroundinnon-battle)inmultiplequantities.

Eachofthesixelementshasan'opposite'whichitisnaturallyopposedto.Greaterdamageisdealtagainstthose'opposites'andwhenthefieldeffectisfilledwithacertaincolor,itmeansthe'opposite'istherebywea

enedinallitscapacity(attac

s,elements).Thecolorsandtheiroppositesare:

GreenYellowBlac

WhiteRedBlue

So,Redisstrongagainstblueandviceversa,etc.Anallredfieldeffectwillnoticeablypowerdownbluecharactersandelementsandviceversa,etc.Moreonfieldeffectsinabit.

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Mostelementshavedifferentcharacteristicsinherently,buttheycanallbegroupedintocertainpilesorcategories.Theyare:

TECHS-------->Thesearespecialabilitiesinherenttothecharacter,andcanbelearnedorfound/recoveredthroughvariousmethods.AllcharactershaveonetechthatgoesintotheLV3,LV5,andLV7slots(exceptSpriggwho'sonlyaLV5).Techscannotberemovedfromacharacter,andoncethey'reallocatedtothegrid(ifthey'refound)thesamethingapplies.Certaincharacterscanlin

theirtechstogetherandforma'2xTech'or'doubletech'todoaspecialmaneuverontheenemy.

TRAPS-------->Trapscanonlybesetinonecertainlevelofthegridandarenon-offensive.However,theydohaveaspecialpurpose:stealingtheenemy'selements!Ifyouuseatrapandtheenemycaststheelementyou'regunningtosteal,yoursettrapwilldisappearandone(x1)typeoftheelementyoustolewillbeintheinventory.Foranexample,ifyousetanEarthqua etrap,nothing'llhappenuntilanenemycastsEarthqua

e.Atthattime,theattac

willbenullified(nodamage/effectta

en),thetrapyousetwilldisappear,andone'Earthqua

e'elementappearsintheinventory.Applythistoall

trappableelements.

OFFENSIVE---->Thisdesignationencapsulatesanyelementusedforwea eningtheenemyposition.Dealingdamage,castingstatuseffects,usingdebuffers(lowersenemystats),ormodifyingthefieldtoyouradvantage.

DEFENSIVE---->Thisdesignationsumsupthoseelementsusedforthepurposeofhelpingyourcomradesout.Thiscanbeanyelement/consumablethatheals,alleviatesstatuses,buffsyourparty(raisestheirstatstemporarily),ormodifiesthefieldeffect,suchasDiminish/Magnify.

FIELDEFFECT->Thesespecificallydealwiththefieldeffectmar

erintheupper-leftcorner.Mostly,theseareelementssuchas'RedField'thatchangetheeffecttoasinglecolor.Sometechsli

eVan's'WetPaint'canmimicthiseffect,also.

MODIFYFIELD->Thesemodifytheplayingfielditself,ratherthanthefieldeffectmar

er.ThisismostlythejobforaDiminish(halveselementaldamage),Magnify(upstheelementaldamagedoneby150%)orSealAll(stopsanyelementsfrombeingused).

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ELEMENTGRID[LMGD]_____________________________________________________________________

Theelementgridisthe'thing'oneequipsthedifferentelementstoforbattleuse.Tofindit,enterthemainmenu,goto'Elements'andthento'Allocate.'Allocatemeans'toplace,'whichiswhatyoudowiththeelementsinyourinventory(duh?).


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Charactersyoureceiveearlyonwillhavesmallelementgrids,meaningtheycan'tperformabunchofhard-hittingmaneuversrightoffthebat.Atmax,thereareeight'level'swithmultipleslotsoneach;but,fornow,anexampleofasmallelementgridwouldbe:

LV1LV2LV3LV4LV5LV6LV7LV8

[][][][][][][]

Atthistime,onlysevenelementscanbeequippedwithelementsthatcanbeplaceduptoaLV4slot.Whenyouinspectanelementbeforeit'sequipped,itwilldisplaysomethingli

e"17".Whatdoesthismean?

17/|'------HowfarupordownthegridthisDefaultLVof-'|elementcanfluctateplacement|'-Asymbolmeaning'plus'or'minus'.Thisrelatestothesecondnumber

TheaboveexamplemeaninsthatitcanbeplacedinanyslotfromLV1toLV1+7(LV8).Ifyouequipthiselement(say,aGravityBlow)initsdefaultplacementlevel(LV1)itwillread'GravityBlow'.Ifyouweretoputitatitshighest,itwouldread'GravityBlow+7'.This'+7'meansthattheattac

isplacedhigherthannormalandwillthendobetterdamage.Butthisexampleonlyshowsahorribleelementplacedatahighrate...whataboutelementsthatstartgoodandhavetheireffectsdulledbypoorplacement?Let'suse'Blac Hole,'a62elementasanexample.

Wealready

nowthatthishasadefaultpositionofLV6andcanbeputashighas"LV8".Butwhatifit'sstuc

atitslowest,LV4?Whenanyelementisplacedbelowitsdefault,itwillgetanegativemar

ing.Fortheaboveexample,atitslowest,itwillread"Blac

Hole-2".Thisgoes

todisplaythatit'splacedtwolowerthanwhereitshouldbe,andit'llhaveaflattened/worseeffectbecauseofit.

---

Forthelastshortexample,therearesomeelementsthatsimplycannotbemoved.AnexamplewouldbeanEarthqua

eTrapelement(LV60).ItHAStobeintheLV6slottobeused.Someotherelementsyou'llcomeacrossthathavethissamepropertyarespecial'techs'.Thesearefoundorlearnedandoncethey'reonacharacter,theycannotberemovedorchangedatall.

---TUTORIALFINISH!---

Atthispoint,I'lladdthatsomeelementshaveaseteffectthatisNOTtarnishedbytheirplacement.Forinstance,Purify(LV44element)isusedtoremovestatuseffects.Itreallydoesn'tmatterifyouplaceitatLV8orLV1,becauseitonlydoesthatonetas

.Thisgoesforafewotherelements(li

eDiminish,Magnify,Revenge,fieldmodifyelements).You'llprobablynoticethatthosewillfallintothe'miscellaneous'category,yeah?Tryouttheeffectsyourselfandseewhatgivesbetterresults.


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_____________________________________________________________________FIELDEFFECT[FLDF]_____________________________________________________________________

Onecantechnicallyplaythegamewithoutworryingaboutthisportion,butanysmartplayerwilllearntousethistotheiradvantage.Findthisthingintheupper-leftcornerofabattle,loo

ingli

e:

___________ThisASCIIdrawingtotheleftispretty/_______\crappy,butit'smeanttoillustratethat//_/\/\therearethreecolorsrepresentedthereOUTSIDE//_/|atalltimes.Thereisan'inside',middle,'-||/INSIDE|and'outside'totheoval.Aselementsare\\\_|used,theystartatthe'inside'andmove\\\_|tothe'outside'untiltheydisappearfrom\\_____\/\|thedisplayaltogether.ThethreeNEWEST\__________/colorsusedaredisplayed,theoldestis ic edoff.Comprende?Yeah?:p___________/_______\Forexample,let'ssaythatthebattleis//BLACK_/\/\started.Therewill_ALWAYS_bethree/RED/_/|colorstherewhenyoustart,randomina

||/GREEN|certainway.Let'ssaythey'rered,blac

\\\_|andgreen.\\\_|\\_____\/\|Thethreecolorsrepresentedpowerup\__________/characters/elementsofthesamecolorbytemporarilyraisingtheirstats,while___________simultaneouslyPOWERINGDOWNanyallyor/B_______\enemyoftheoppositecolor.Forhere,/L/GREEN_/\/\Blue,White,andYellowpersonswouldbe/A/_/|inaslightlywea

erstate.|C|/RED|\K\\_|Now,let'ssaysomeoneusesaTablet,a\\\_|red-innateconsumable.Thefieldeffect

\\_____\/\|willhavechangedtoloo

li

ethethird\__________/diagram.Theoldestcolor--Red--wasremovedfromtheoutsideasthecolorsshifted,butthenewestcolor--Red--replaceditsoitstuc

tothegrid.The___________flowiseasytogetdownonceyouseeit/_______\inaction./B/BLUE_/\/\/L/_/|Pretendthatsomeoneusesa'BlueField'|U|/BLUE|element.Thisisafieldmodifierthat\E\\_|cantwea

thefieldeffectitself.This\\\_|willma

ethefourthdiagram.Itwill\\_____\/\|heavilypower-upONLYbluecharacters,

\__________/whileheavilypowering-downONLYredcharacters.Thiswillbeanoticeablechangeinphysicaldamage,theirstatswillhavewea

enedconsiderably,andtheywon'tposeathreatasmuch.Thistypeofupper-handsituationiswhatoneshouldtrytocapitalizeon.Summonscanonlybeusedwhenthefieldeffectisapurecolor.Salamandercanonlybeusedifthefieldallred,andsoon.


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___________/_______\Someonethenusesa'red'elementto/B/BLUE_/\/\tryandeventhesituation,leadingup/L/_/|tothefifthdiagram.Thefieldnowhas|U|/RED|twoopposingelementsinit--howwill\E\\_|theeffectgo?Themanualdoesn'teven\\\_|touchbaseonthissubject,butit's\\_____\/\|frommyexperiencethatone'red'will\__________/canceloutone'blue',ma

ingthisfieldeffectslightlyinfavorofblue.

That'sallforfieldeffects;hopethevisualshelpedabit.Blue&redwereusedalot,buttheycanstandforanyopposedelementtypes,tobeclear.Ifyoudon'tunderstand,justjumpintobattleandexperienceitforyourself.Textdiagramsarenosubstitutionforobservationsyoucanma

eonyourown.

_____________________________________________________________________ATTACKING[ATKG]_____________________________________________________________________

"Didn'twejustgooverthis!?"youmaybeas ing,butusingelementsis

onlythehalfofas

irmish.Physicalattac

srelyontheuser'sSTRandATKstats,aswellastheirweaponattac

.Whenyouselect'Attac

'andpic

atarget,alittleboxwithpercentagescomesupli

eso:

.-----------.Here,the"1"isawea

attac

whilethe"3"isafierce|1-(93%)|attac

.Wea

attac

swillprobablysucceedbutwillraise|2-(80%)|theotherattac

s'percentagesonlyasmallamount;onthe|3-(70%)|flipside,a"3"attac hasabetterprobabilityofmissing|Element|butwillinstantlyraisealltypes'attac

percentagesto'-----------'ahighamount.

Thisiswhereacharacter'sStaminacomesintoplay,aswellastheirelementgrid.Awea

(1)attac

willta

e

onlyonepointfromtheinitialstaminaof7.0,whileafierceattac

(3)willta

e3fromthestamina.Attac

sthatlandwillraiseacharacter'selementgridlevelbythetypeofsliceitwas.

.-----------.Forexample,let'ssayLynxlandedafierceattac

.His|1-(99%)|attac

percentagesareallraisedtoaveryhighsuccess|2-(98%)|rate.Hewillhave4.0of7.0staminaand,sincehisstab|3-(95%)|attheenemywassuccessful,hecananyelementsinhis'-----------'gridatLV3orbelow.Ifhelandsanotherfierceattac

,hispercentageswillraiseevenhigherandhisstaminawillbeat1.0of7.0.

The'Element'optioncomesintoplayhere.Theaboveexampleusedtwofierce(3)attac

stwicewhichhit.ThatmeansLynxcanuseelementsuptotheLV6allocation(why?3+3).Ifhepic

sanelementtouse,it'lldrophisStaminaby7.0pointsanddrophimintothenegativerange.Thedisplaywillbe'Out.-6.0'because1.0-7.0=-6.0.Simplemath,yeah?

Afterthis,LynxwillnotbeabletoselectactionsagainuntilhisStaminaisabove1.0.Hisstaminagraduallycomesbac

dependingonhowhighhis'STAMINARECOVERY'is.Gounder'Status'onthemainmenuandchec

.MyLynxhasanamountof'12'.Howdoesthistranslate?Well,he


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willrecover'1.0'eachtimehedefends,'1.2'ifsomeoneelseinhisteamdefends,andalotmoreifhedefendsrightbeforeanenemyusesanattac

(sorry,don't

nowhowmuchthatis).

Choosingto'DEFEND'_always_recovers1.0totheStamina,whileanyoneelsedefendingwillrecovertheamountinthe'STAMINARECOVERY'amount.Hardtofollow?Don'tli

emath?Don'tworry--

nowingthegame'sstaminasystemin-depthisnotrequired.It'sjustgoodto

nowifyouwanttohavesomeextra

nowledge.Justnotethat'Defend'canreducedamagebyover50%,soit'susefultodefendwhenyoucan.

_____________________________________________________________________STATUSEFFECTS[STTS]_____________________________________________________________________

Li

emanyRPGs,statuseffectsarepositive/negativeconditionsthatinhibitthecharacters'abilitiestodo"stuff."InChronoCross,therearepositivebuffs,technically,butonlynegativeonesaredisplayed.Theseconditionsareassociatedwithcertainelements,becausethereareconsumableelementsthatcanta

eoffthoseofthesame

ind,andalsobecausesomeequipmentissetupthatitpreventssome/allabnormalitiesofacertainelement.Hardtounderstand?It'snotreally.Besidesthosesubdivisions,therearefourthat

DONOTwearoffafterbattle;alltheothersdo.Herearethebigfour:

.--------.-----------.-------------------------.-----------------------.|STATUS|ALIGNMENT|EFFECT(In-battle)|EFFECT(Onthefield)||--------+-----------+-------------------------+-----------------------||Flu|Blue|Staminaratedecreases|Movementiszig-zaggy||Burns|Red|Defensepowerdecreases|Doubledmgfromtraps||Poison|Green|HPgraduallydecreases|MovingdecreasesHP||Sprain|Yellow|Attac

powerdecreases|Runningisimpossible|'--------'-----------'-------------------------'-----------------------'

Ifevenonepersonisaffected,after-battletheeffectwillta

eplace.

Asforthosevariousconsumablesthatta

eoffthestatuseffectsofthecolor:Medicineta

esoffblueabnormalities,Ointmentta

esoffthered,Antidoteta

esoffgreen'uns,andaBracecanalleviateyellowstatuses.

Fortheotherelementsthatonlycanbefoundinbattle:

.----------.-----------.-----------------------------------------------.|STATUS|ALIGNMENT|EFFECT(In-battle)||----------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------||Dizzy|Yellow|EVD%(evasioncapabilities)decreased||----------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------||'Anti'|AnyColor|Characterbecomesunabletousecertaincolor||||elements.Forinstance,'AntiWhite'(ablac

-|

|||-typeelement)preventswhite-innateelements||||frombeingusedifitwor

s.||----------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------||Afraid|Green|Allyismoresusceptibletocriticalhits||----------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------||Asleep|White|Charactercannotact+defensepowerlowered.||----------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------||Cursed|Blac

|Staminadecreasesascharacterisdamaged...||----------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------||Frozen|Blue|Charactercannotact.Ifallalliesareunder|


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|||thiscondition,it'sanautomaticGameOver.||----------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------||Confused|Red|Indiscriminantlyattac

sfoeandallyali

e,||||withweapondamageorequippedelements.||----------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------||Dar

ness|Blac

|HIT%(physicalaccuracyabilities)decreases||----------+-----------+-----------------------------------------------||Fatigued|White|Allactions'staminaconsumptionisincreased|'----------'-----------'-----------------------------------------------'

Consumableelementscanbeusedinbattletoremovethenormalcolors,butWhiteOut/Blac

Outsareneededtoremoveblac

/whiteelements.Asanalternative,someelementsareespeciallymadewithinherentstatus--restoringproperties.TheyareHolyHealing,Purify,Panacea,Saints,andRevenge.Thelattershiftsallofthemoffhim/herselfandontotheenemy;evenifitfails,theuser'scleaned.Stayingataninnwillalsorestorestatus.

_____________________________________________________________________STATOVERVIEW[STVV]_____________________________________________________________________

Playingthegame,you'llhaveto

nowwhatsomeoftheabbreviationsmean,andhowtheyrelatetoyourallies.I'lljustriffthemanualabithere,sincethey'vegotitcoveredprettywell.Youcanfindyourcharacters'currentvaluesatthe'status'and'equipment'screen.

HP=HitPoints:Howmuch'life'yourcharacterhasINNATE=Thecharacter'sinherentelementalaffiliationSTR=Strength:determinesbasephysicalattac power.DEF=Defense:determinesbasedefenseagainstphysicalattac

sACC=Accuracy:determinesbaseHIT%(chancetohit)inbattleAGI=Agility:determinesbaseabilitytoevadeattac

sMAG=MagicPower:determinesbasemagicalattac

powerM.DEF=MagicDefense:determinesbasedefenseagainstmagicalattac

s

G=Oftenseenbehindanumber(900g),itregardsplayer'scurrency

There'safewmore:

STAMINARECOVERY:Thisistherateatwhichyourcharacterrecoversstaminain-battlewhenyou_DONOT_usethe'Defend'option(thatwillalwaysrecover1.0Stamina).Chec

yourcharacter'sstatustoseehisorhervalue.Ifyoufinda'12,'thatmeanss/hewillrecover'1.2'onanormalbasis.

STARLEVELS:Thisisindicatedbya'star'icon,whicheveryoneshould

nowvisuallybynow.Thisrepresentshowmanytimesacharactercansummon,andifitgetslow,findaplacetosleep(aninn,abed,etc.)

andrecoverthemallastheydon'trecoverontheirown.

_____________________________________________________________________MENUOVERVIEW[MNVW]_____________________________________________________________________

Hereyoucanfindsomeofthemenuoptionsexplained.


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---------MAINMENU---------

Status---->Viewacharacter'sstats,equippedelements,andprofile.Elements-.->USE:ConsumablescancureconditionsandrestoreHP'->ALLOCATE:Putelementsonthecharacters'elementgrids.Equip.---->Stic

armor,weapons,andaccessoriesonthecharactersItems----->Viewthedescriptionsoftheplayer'scurrent

eyitemsCustomize.->SOUND:ToggleStereo/Monoauralsettings|->WINDOWFRAME:ToggleDefault/Customsettingson|->CURSORPOSITION:ToggleDefault/Memorizedsettingson|->ACCURACYSELECTION:ToggleManual/Autosettingson|->CONTROLLER:ToggleDefaultorCustomsettingson|->OBUTTONPRESSED:ChangeifholdingOmeans'run'or'wal

'|->VIBRATIONFUNCTION:ToggleonDualShoc

controllervibrations'->LEFTSTICKSENSITIVITY:IfusingDualShoc

controller,toggleifrun/wal

isdonewithleftanalogstic

alone,orifonehastoholddownthe'O'buttontorun/wal

.Save/Load->Saveagame(ifatworldmap,RecordofFate),orloadthegamefromcurrentposition(canbedonemostanywhere)

-----------BATTLEMENU

-----------

ATTACK-.->ATTACK:Physicallyassaulttheenemy||||->1(XX%):+1LVtoelementgrid;-1.0Stamina||->2(XX%):+2LVtoelementgrid;-2.0Stamina||->3(XX%):+3LVtoelementgrid;-3.0Stamina|'->Element:Useanelementfromtheelementgrid||->ELEMENT:Useanelementequippedtotheelementgrid|->DEFEND:Recover1.0Staminaanddecreasedamageinta

eby50%+'->RUNAWAY:Fleethebattletoregrouporleave(ifapplicable)

_____________________________________________________________________NEWGAMEPLUS&CONTINUEPLUS[NGPS]_____________________________________________________________________

Afterbeatingagameandsavingattheprompt,onecandoeitheraNewGamePlus(a.

.a.NG+)oraContinuePlusgame.They'retwodifferentthings,soI'llbrea

'emdown.

----------NEWGAME+----------

Thisallowstheplayertostarttheentiregameoverwiththeaddedbonusofhavingtheprevioussave(theoneyouloadbeforethisgettingthisoption)transfersomethings,being:

GoldStar(summon)levelsAllcharacterstatsAllwindowframesAllelements(besidesChronoCrossandsummons).


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Allrawmaterials,includingRainbowShells/ShinyitemsAllspecialtechslearnedAUTOMATICALLY(onesyouhavetoearn/findarenotcarriedover,i.e.MaidenFaith,Unleashed,etc.)Allequipment(besidesMastermune,Einlanzer,Hero'sMedal,BlueBrooch,Hero'sShield,Hero'sSword,MasterHammer...)Allenemies'learned'forSprigg'sDoppelgangability

Thingsli

e

eyitemsdonotcarryover.Inadditiontotheabovethings,Sergealsostartswitha'TimeEgg'and'TimeShifter.'Theformerallowshimtodobattlewiththeveryendbossatanytimehewishes,whilethelattercanfast-forwardorma

etimegoinslo-moforfieldanimationsanddialogue(butnotforFMVs).AlsoworthnotingissomeelementsthatwereequippedwhenthegameendeddonotcarryoverintoNewGamePluses.

OTHERTHINGSTHATDIFFERONNG+:

OnPierre'spath,AcaciaSGTbossfightcomeswithoutAcaciaPVTs1stIfyous

iptheIceBreathquest,theDragoonstilldoesnotshowupatFortDragonia'sentrancewhenitnormallywould.AtFortDragonia,inthe'BlueRoom,'theSeaChest/Dragoonlocationshavebeenswitched.

-------------CONTINUEPLUS

-------------

Thisallowstheplayertocarryoversomethingsintoanothersavefile.Itcannotbeafinishedgame(onesavedattheendprompt),butanyotherregularsave.Itemsthatnormallyaren'ttransferableonaNG+alsoapplyhere.

_____________________________________________________________________TIPSANDTRICKS[TPTR]_____________________________________________________________________

WhenyoufirstgettoTermina,componentsforupgradingarescarce.Thereisonequic

waytogetwhatyouneedforinstant

illingtools:destroythatProfiteerPurse!Bydisassemblingtheitem(whichcanbefoundinVan'sHouse,underneaththestairway),onecanobtainthree@Copperand@Ironcomponentsbeforethey'rereadilyavailable.

WheninViperManor,thereareenemiesthataredisguisedastreasureboxesandwillgiveSergeitems/$$ifheattac

sthecorrectoneinbattle.Ifhegetsitwrongafightbegins...ordoesit?Ifyouhappentoattac

achestthatdoesn'tcontainatreasure,simplyfleebattleandtryagain.Simpleas!

Whenfightingabattle,ifonestealssomethingandflees,thatitemgets

droppedbehind.Thispreventsstac

inguponrareitemstooquic

ly.Whatonemaynot

nowisthatanytrappedelementsareretainedevenindefeat!Somebattles,li

eagainstBunyip,canproducemanyhard-to-findelementsli

eInferno/Volcano.And,afterawhile,onecansimplyusethoseelementsagainsttheirformermaster!Don'tforgetthis!

PeoplemayforgethowusefulDiminishis.Whenfightingenemiesthathaveinnatecolorsdirectlyopposedtoyourstrongestfighters,usethiss

illandsimplypoundaway.Aslongasoneisn'toffensive-element-dependant,thisisagreatstrategyforbattleuse.Andremember:itonlyhalvesthe


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damagedone,notthepotencyofhealingelements.It'sreallyquitegrandify'thin

aboutit.:p

_____________________________________________________________________WALKTHROUGHNOTATION[WLKT]_____________________________________________________________________

Ifyougetconfusedonbossstrategiesandwhatstuffmeans,here'sthenewsonthesubject.I'llgobyexample,butitmaybehardtounderstandjustbyreadingexplanations.Goloo

attheactualstrategiestogetagoodideaonhowtheywor

!

------------------------------------------------------------->Indicatesthepatternflowfromsegmentstosegments------------------------------------------------------------

EX:PoisonGas->Attac

??

ThePoisonGasattac

willalwaysprecedetheAttac

,whichisrepeatedanindefiniteamountoftime(infinitely,mostli

ely).Anarrowshowsthedirectivityofthes

ills/techniques.

-----------------------------------------------------------??Oneattac

orsegmentisrepeatedindefinitely-or-theattac

hasatriggerthatiscurrentlyun

nown.-----------------------------------------------------------

EX:Attac

??EX:PoisonGas->Attac

??->AcidicGasEX:PoisonGastoAcidicGas(??)->AeroBlaster

Thefirstexamplehasanenemythatonlyusesphysicalattac

s;thesecondhasasegmentwheretheenemyattac

sphysicallyanun

nown#oftimes.Itmayhaveaspecifictriggerorisrandomizedbeforemovingtothefollowingstep.

Ifthe'??'isparenthesized,itonlyindicatesasegmentisrepeated,notasinglemove.Inthethirdexample,PoisonGasandAcidicGasareusedoverandoverintheorderdisplayeduntileventuallygoingintoAeroBlaster.Itsoundscomplicated,butit'sreallynot.>__>

Sometimesthingsli

e'1-2'appear,meaningtheenemymayattac

onceortwice.Don'tbesurprisedtoseethingsli

e'4-5'orsomething,too.ThisdoesNOTmeantheenemyattac

sfourtimesperturn,orfourtimesinarowmindyou--itjustmeansanenemyusesitsturntoattac

physicallyina#oftimesthat'snotcompletelydefinite.

-----------------------------------------------------------

()Theattac

maybedroppedentirelyfromthepattern-or-itmayshowuponlyonceintheentirepattern-----------------------------------------------------------

EX:AcidicGas->(PoisonGas)->AeroBlaster

Inthisexample,PoisonGasmayormaynotbeusedduringaturn.Ifthatisthecaseduringthebattle,AcidicGaswills

ipitcompletelyandlaunchintoAeroBlasterinstead.It'sworthnotingsinceinsomecaseslosingastepcanspelldisasterforplanning(suchastheWingapedebeingableto


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useTornadoaturnearly).

-----------------------------------------------------------toIndicatesarepeatedportionofattac

s-----------------------------------------------------------

EX:Attac

toAeroBlastertoTornado(??)

'To'reallyfunctionsthesameas'->'inaway;thiswayisjusteasierbecauseitallowsthe'??'parttoindicateastringofattac

sisdoneinaplannedorder.Here,therewillalwaysbeanAttac

leadingintoanAeroBlasterleadingintoaTornado--theentirestringisrepeatedsomeun

nown#oftimes.Theonlytime'to'appearsiswhenstringsofattac

sareinvolved.

-----------------------------------------------------------+Indicatesattac

s/s

illsusedconsecutively-----------------------------------------------------------

EX:Attac ->IceBlast+IceBlast->Attac

Here,IceBlastisusedtwiceinarow.Thismeansthattheplayerdoesnothaveachancetodoanythinginbetween;theenemyusestheattac

withoutgivingthealliesanychancetoprepare.

-----------------------------------------------------------[1]Indicatesadifferentstrategyaltogether-----------------------------------------------------------

EX:Attac

->AeroBlaster->Attac

??EX:[2]Attac

??->Tornado->Attac

??

Inthiscase,after'something'happenstothefirstattac

pattern,theenemyoperatesonthe'[2]'patternforsomeduration.Thenumberinsidethebrac

etsindicatesthedifferentstrategies,basically.Sometimesthestrategywillchangebac

(suchashealingoutofcriticalcondition)butsometimesitdoesn't.

---

Onemorething.Iwrotethestrategiesusinganewlevelandthenwentbac

overitwitha99-starleveltoadjustthestrategiesandma

e'emsyncup.Someenemiesmayactdifferentlytostrongerallies,Idon't

now.Foroneexample,duringtheSolt/Peppor/Ketchopfight,atlowlevelsIneveroncesawanElectroBoltusedbutonewasinthestrategywhentheLv.99guyscamethrough.Ifastrategyseemsoff,thismaybewhy.Sorry.:3

_______________________________________________________________________________

00)DreamSequence"Chasingphantomsinone'sdreams..."[D-00]_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|ENEMIES|||||Thereain'tany!|Cybot||___________________________________________|Alphabat||_______________________________|

Asyoustartthegame,nametheleadcharacter(anythingexceptCrono:p)toheadintoalargedraconic-loo

in'palacenestledbetweensomehighcliffs.


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Thecharacteryounamed[default:Serge]willbeaccompaniedbyagirlnamedKidandonerandomizedcharacter.IalwaysfounditeasiertochangethecontrollerschemeabitsothatholdingtheO-buttoniswal

inginsteadofrunning(goto'Customize'undermainmenu).Turnonanalogmodeifyouwant,also.

---

Atthefor

,headSWonthescreentofindaglowingblueexit.Arobotfoe(Cybot)andabat()wal

thefloorhere,andtouchingonemeansengagingabattle.Sinceexperiencedoesn'tmatterinthisportion,andnoitems'llbedropped,youcanavoidbattlesbyoutmaneuveringtheenemy(usually).Fightheretogetinitiated,ifyouaren'talready--everyonestartsoutbuffedmorethantheyusuallyare(element-wise,too).

Theareaisstraightforward,soI'llsparethesmalldetails.Exitingthatfirstroomwithenemieseventuallywrapsbac

aroundtoitselfonahigherledge.Ignorethestairwaybytheentranceandusethecatwal

toadvancetoaNWdoorthathasaredsymbolonit.Enterinsideandshutdowntheblac pillar.die

Inthepreviousroom,ateleportpadwithsixcirclesonitresonateswithenergy.Ma

eyourwayontoit,confirmwiththex-button,andrideallthewayup.Seewhat'shappenin'withthedoornearbytoexitthis'level'and

belulledbac

intoreality...

_______________________________________________________________________________01)ArniVillage[HomeWorld]"Wherethetidesstarttoturn..."[D-01]_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|CHARACTERSTOINVITE|||||200GTablet[x5]|Poshul||ShellfishFrameKomodoScale|_______________________________||PhotonRayUplift||AquaBeamCure||UpliftHec

ranBone|

|IvoryHelmetShar

Tooth||___________________________________________|

WhensleepyheadSergefinallygetsouttabed,chec

underthecoverstofind[200G].Thedar

cornerofhisroomalsohasa[TABLET]consumable.Hooray!Leavetothedownstairsregionanddownintotownsquare.

_________[LEGEND]LEENA->|________\/\_____)\/12\1-200G/5//\\\/\2-Tablet[x5]____/____\/\//10\3-ShellfishFramePOSHUL->||/12/\/\/11/4-KomodoScale

||/____\/6\/9/5-PhotonRay____||____\______/\/6-Uplift||_|7|__/4/3\\7-AquaBeam|8_____________________________\8-Cure|____|\_\


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[SH01],searchthewoman'scarttofinda[SHELLFISHFRAME].Thisallowstheplayertochangethetextbox'frame'underthemainmenu'sCustomizeoption.NearSerge'shouse,tal

tothelargemanstanding'neathaswordfish;agreewithhim("You'reprobablyright!")toreceivea

eyitem[KOMODOSCALE].IfyoushowtheKomodoScaletothe

idstandingaround(w/Square)he'llwantitforhiscrush;giveittohimtoreceivean[UPLIFT]element.And,no,itisn'tpossibletohaw

itfor1000G.He'llalsospitoutsomeinformationonPoshul...Hmm.GoinsidethehousenextdoortoSerge'swhendone.

Thisplacegivesagoodviewofthepier.SearchtheteapotnearPoshul'sdoghousetofinda[PHOTONRAY]element.Yeah,nothingelsetodohere.Bac

outside,exitleftofSerge'shousetofindthechief'shouse.Abuc

etnearthestepscontainsan[AQUABEAM]element.Insidesaidhouseisasavepoint(recordoffate)butyoucan'tuseit'causepeoplearehoggingtheline.Letoffsomeangerbyrobbingtheplace--thereisa[CURE]elementbehindoneofthepicturestoswipe.ChiefRadius(outside)willteachyouelementbasicsinabattlesetting,sotryitoutifyouhaveto.

Bac

atthetownsquare,enterthehousenearestthetownexit.It'sacafetoexplore.Tal tothewaitressifyawant,andchec outthe"barrel"threetimestogetanother[UPLIFT]element.Inthebac

room,searchtheunmadebedfora

eyitem[HECKRANBONE]!There'salsoan[IVORYHELMET]chestagainstawall.____________________________________|INVITATION:POSHUL|Innate:Yellow|

|||Poshulisthetown'swunderdog,pin

andfluffy.She(yes,afemale)can||befoundoutsideRadius'house.She'llhavenotimetoplaywithSerge...||unlessheshowshertheHec ranBone eyitemthatcanbefoundinArni's||cafe'sbac

room.She'lljoinafterthat.Ifyouforgettoobtainheror||something,shecantagalonglateraftersomeeventsandchoices...Itis||recommendedtogethernow,though.__>Exittown!

---

Ifyougoaroundtheworldmap,youcan'explore'placesbypressingthex--button.Fr'instance,youcanenterthewaterfall(DivineDragonFalls)andscopetheplace,orenterHydraMarshes.Ma

esureyou'vegotPoshulalong;don'tletthoseli'lstatgainsgotowaste!_____________________|OPTIONAL:CapeHowl||||NorthwestofArni,thiscapeextendstowardsthesea.SomeBeachBumfoes||lazearoundhere,andtherearejetsofwateronthefieldthatcanpric

|

|Sergeanddamagehim(-5HP)slightly.Getthe[HEAL]elementand[BONE]||components,whicharetheonlythingstoreaphere.||___________________________________________________________________________|

LizardRoc

isinthesouth...justahop,s

ip,andajump,really.Asfarasequippingelementsgoes,replaceanyTabletsSergehaswithsomethingelse(ahealingelementwouldbegood,evenifit's-1)andgivePoshulsomethingupheralley--Uplifts,anyone?

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02)LizardRoc

[HomeWorld]"Acallingfrombeyondtime..."[D-02]_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|ENEMIES|||||FireballSilverLoupe|KomodoPup||TabletBone|SandSquirt||IvoryHelmet|BeachBum||___________________________________________|_______________________________|

REMINDER:Ma

esureyoufightbattlestogetthosetinystatincreases'tiltheydon'tcomeanylonger.Youmayhavetofightacouplethatgivenothingbeforesomeheftyonescome.Dothisbeforefightingthearea'sboss!___\5\[LEGEND]\_\______/______\_K-KomodoPup//__\\_____________________//


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|___________________________________________________________________________|

Thismommaonlyusesblueelements,meaninganyredelementsyoucaninsertintothefieldeffectwillhelpreduceblueelements'damage(orjustma

esureyoudon'tgetafullbluefield).It'sattac

scandoquitealotofdamagewhenpoweredup,usually30+,souseTabletstohealsincethat'llhelpdecreasefiredamage.The"attac

->attac

->defend"strategywor

swellhere,especiallyagainsttheBreathtech,whichalwaysfollowsMama'sSquirtGun.Fiercephysicalattac

smaybeabitmoreusefulherethananyelements,butthat'sjustme.Ma

esurebothalliessurvivesotheygetthefulleffectoftheir'level-up.'264Greceivedupondefeatandthefirstlevel-upstar.

WiththelastKomodoScaleintow,gettherestofthegoodies'roundhere.Thereisa[TABLET]chestunderthebridgetoget,andifyouenteraholebytheexit,itshootseveryonetowardsthepond'shigherpart.Getthe[@BONE]componentandwal

underthenorthern'tunnel'togetanother[IVORYHELMET]chest.Bac

trac

totheexitandleave.

Saveifyawant,itdoesn'tmattertoomuch.WatchtheeventsatOpassaBeachwithLeena.Ifyouwanttogetherfinaltechnique"MaidenFaith"laterinthegame,answerthatSergedoes"remembertheday"and"we'llneverforgetthisday!!"afterthat.Thiswillbeenoughtogetthetech,althoughthere'sa3rdonelaterincasey'screwthispartup.

Aftersomeawesomescenes,listentothebestlineinthegame("Doyouthin

Leenathpontaneouthrycombuthted?")beforere-enteringLizardRoc

.

_______________________________________________________________________________03)LizardRoc

[AnotherWorld]"Nothinghaschangedbuteverything!"[D-03]_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|ENEMIES|||||@Feather@Bone|OpahFish||IvoryHelmet|SandSquirt||___________________________________________|KomodoPup|

|_______________________________|

Thisplaceisalittledifferentthanbefore,butit'slayoutisthesamesoonewhoscouredthelasttimeshouldbeabletonavigateiteasily.AfewOpahFishnowma

ethisplacetheirhome...where'dallthebeachbumsgo?:p___\\[LEGEND]\_\______/______\_1-@Feather//__\\_____________________//


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|OPTIONAL:CapeHowl||||Thissomber-loo

in'placeisprettymuchthesameasbefore.Crac

opena||chestforan[ELECTROJOLT]elementandseethe[@BONE]containerupabove||theBeachBums.Oddhowyoucan'tchec

outwhat'swrittenonatombstone,||though...||___________________________________________________________________________|_________________________|OPTIONAL:HydraMarshes||||Forsomereason,theonce-beautifulswampisnowfullofpoisonousmire,||withsomehumanshere.Wal

inginthewaterdrainsallcharactershealth||by-2HPperstep.Ifyoucanbravethearea,there'sa[TABLET]tofind||inthefirstscreen,a[BUSHWHACKER]elementintheonenorthofthere,||andan[ELECTROJOLT]ifyou

eepta

ingthescreenswestoftheentrance.||Atthewesterndeadend,amanwillgiveSergethe[SAFETYGEAR]

eyitem||thatallowsthemtowal

throughthemarshwithoutta

ingdamage.||___________________________________________________________________________|

HeadtoArniVillagewhenyou'redoneexploring.

_______________________________________________________________________________04)ArniVillage[AnotherWorld][D-04]

_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|ENEMIES|||||IceLanceTablet|Thereain'tany!||TurnRedTablet|_______________________________||PhotonRayMagmaBomb||___________________________________________|

Seemsnormal,but...Hmm.Visittheshop[SH02]toseenewwaresandheadtothecafe.Getan[ICELANCE]elementfromthe"pot"anda[TABLET]behindthebac

room'scurtain.Moseyovertothejoylesschief'shouseafterwards.Finda[TURNRED]element(!)inthebuc

etbytheporch;inside,steala[TABLET]frombehindapainting.

OveratPoshul'shouse(theoneoverloo

ingthepier),theplayercanscoreanother[PHOTONRAY]elementintheteapot.GointoSerge'sHousetoseesomecommentaryfromPoshul.Searchourprotagonist'sroom(orisit?)fora[MAGMABOMB]element,andsleepifyouneedto.The

omodopup'llchargeyou100Gwhenyou'redone,though...nocomplaintsaccepted.>__>

Tal

toLeenaatthepierwhendone,andshe'lldirectSergetowardsCapeHowl."Goodbye...stranger."Timetoscootupthere.

_______________________________________________________________________________05)CapeHowl[AnotherWorld]"Areminderofone'sformerself..."[D-05]

_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|ENEMIES|||||ElectroJolt@Bone|BeachBum||Tele-Porter|SandSquirt||___________________________________________|_______________________________|

REMINDER:Ma

esureyoufightregularbattlestogetthoseextrastatgains!

Hmm,creepyredsunsetthistime.Anyway,shortsectiontotrudgethrough...


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There'stwochestshere,containingan[ELECTROJOLT]and[@BONE]bounty.Headnorthtowardsthecliffoutloo

andreadtheheadstonethere.Afat

night'll

ic

Poshuloverthebluff(!)andcommencebattlewithhiscronies.Luc

yforthem,afiestychic

ywillteamupwithSergetodobattle..---------------------------------.|BATTLESPOILS(Common->Rare)|.--------------.----------------.---------+---------------------------------||BOSS:Solt|INNATE:Yellow|HP:52|IvoryVest->@Copper||BOSS:Karsh|INNATE:Green|HP:115|BoneAxe->PowerGlove||BOSS:Peppor|INNATE:Yellow|HP:60|IvoryHelmet->@Copper||--------------'----------------'---------'---------------------------------||ELEMENTS:---||TOSTEAL:---||SPECIALS:DragonRider(Green-elemattac

ononetarget;usedbyKarsh)||PATTERNS:(Solt)Attac

??||(Karsh)Attac

??||(Karsh)Attac

1-2toDragonRider(??)||(Peppor)Attac

??||___________________________________________________________________________|

Poshulwon'tbejoiningthisbattle,obviously,sotheteammateis'Girl,'who'sared-innatecharacterwithfieryattac

s.Aswequic

lyfindout,SoltandPepporarebunglingidiotswhodon'thavethepowertocounterourprotagonist'swhite-innateproperty.BothPepporandSolthavehorrendous

strength,andKarshain'tmuchbetter.Becausetheenemiesdon'tuseattac

sofanelementalpersuasion,feelfreetobuildupthefieldeffecttoredn'burnthesejo

ers.Ifyouneedtoheal,'Girl'comeswithfiveTabletstobeusedincaseofemergency.(NOTE:IfSoltandPepporaredestroyed,KarshisabletouseDragonRider.Ta

ehimoutfirsttostopthisattac

,oratleastpreparetodefendagainstit).Ma

esurethatbothalliessurvivethebattletogetallthelevel-upstatgains!300Greceivedforwinning+thesecondlevel-upstar.

Apparently,'Girl'hasanequallyvaguename...'Kid'!______________________________|INVITATION:Kid|INNATE:Red|||

|ThisisoneofthenumeroustimesyoucangetKid,thefierylasswithan||Aussie'saccent.She'lllearnher'Pilfer'techsoon,allowingtheftfrom||enemies.However,ifyouinvitehernow,you'llmissyouronlychanceto||getLeena.It'simpossibletogetallcharactersinonenormalplaythru,||sodecidewellgiventhecircumstances.Refusetoletherintotheparty||thriceto

eepherouttemporarily.Ifshejoins,Sergwillreceivethe||[TELE-PORTER]

eyitemthatallowsswitchingforcharacter-switchingonce||atasavepointortheworldmap.||___________________________________________________________________________|

AfterKiddoes/n'tjoin,shedropsahintthatTermina'stheplacetobe.AndPoshulwillcomebac

fromher...uh,fantasticvoyage.Well,timeforsleep!____________________________________

|INVITATION:Leena|INNATE:Blue||INVITATION:Poshul|INNATE:Yellow||||Thewell-mannered,small-villagegirlLeenajoinsautomaticallyifKid's||companyisrefused--apparentlyshe'sdrawntoSergeandwantstohelp||himout!IfPoshulwasn'tinvitedatHomeWorld'sArniVillage,she'llbe||aboardnow,whetheryouli

eitornot.PO-SHU-SHU!Fullthpeedahead!!!||___________________________________________________________________________|

IfLeena'sintheparty,there'sonemorepartythatcanberecruited'round


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thistime.Ifyoudidn'tgettheShar

Toothpendant(

eyitem)inHomeWorldArni,you'reouttaluc

._________________________________|INVITATION:Mojo|INNATE:Blac

||||Mojoisuh...aFarEastrelicthatcanbefoundinthefisherman'shouse||nexttothecafe.Or,rather,thecoulda-beena-fishermanwho'snowalazy||voodoo-dollworshipper.Tal

tothefishermananddisplaytheShar

Tooth||

eyitemtohim.Asyoutrytoleave,Mojowillchastisethelazybonesn'||joinSergeautomatically.He'sgotgreatagility,butthat'saboutit...||HecanbeobtainedwhetherornotKid'sbeeninvited,ifyouwondered.:p||___________________________________________________________________________|

There'snothingelsetodohere,really.ThedestinationtownofTerminaisinthefarnorthoftheisland,andonehastopassthroughthePorre-riddenFossilValleytogetthere.Tallyho!

_______________________________________________________________________________06)FossilValley[AnotherWorld]"TheprideoftheAcaciaDragoons..."[D-06]_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|ENEMIES|||||HeavyS

ullBellflower|BubbaDingo||BigEgg|MamaDingo|

|___________________________________________|Dodo||Drongo|__|_______________________________|/2/||_((\_1\[LEGEND]\\_______|)\_____|1-HeavyS

ull____||||2-BellflowerEXIT->|\||||3-BigEgg\\|3|||__\\|_____|))/\BOSSFIGHT->\\___________//______//\\\______________________/))

|_|


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|BATTLESPOILS(Common->Rare)|.--------------.----------------.---------+---------------------------------||BOSS:Solt|INNATE:Yellow|HP:80|IvoryVest->@Copper||BOSS:Peppor|INNATE:Yellow|HP:90|Uplift->@Copper||--------------'----------------'---------'---------------------------------||ELEMENTS:TurnBlac

,LoRes||TOSTEAL:---||SPECIALS:Pepporbox(Red-innateattac

onsingletarget;usedbyPeppor)||:CrossCut(Red-innatedualattac

on1target;Solt/Pepporonly)||:Summersolt(Blue-innateattac

onsingletarget;usedbySolt)||PATTERNS:(Solt)TurnBlac

->LoRes??||[2](Solt)LoRestoSummersolt/Attac

(??)||(Peppor)Strengthen->PepporboxtoCrossCut??||[2](Peppor)Pepporbox->Attac

??||___________________________________________________________________________|

Again,themishapsensue.Thefoeshaven'tchangedmuchfromthepreviousencounter(i.e.romp),besidesbeingabletousetheirowntechs.PepporboxisusedinconjunctionwithLoRestohaveamorepowerfulattac

,andthedualattac 'CrossCut'(red-innate)isusedtox-stri eonetarget...toobaditcanonlybeusedwhenbothofthemisalive.Payattentiontothefieldeffect'causeanybluecharacters(Leena)canta

eseriousdamageinthisbattle.Mostpeoplewritethisbattleoffaschild'splay,anditis inda,butdon'tgetsloppy.Summersolt(blue-innate)isusedwhenPepporis

putouttacommission,andisexpectedlywea

li

eitsuser.AsIwrotethebattlepatterns,itseemsthatPepporonlyusesattac

sonceSoltis

noc

edout,sothat'sthewaytogoforaneasyvictory.Thirdlevel-upstargottenafterwinning.

Congrats!Serge,Kid/Leena,andPoshulshould

nowhavetheirfirsttechsetinaLv.3slotoftheelementgrid.Itcan'tberemoved,butwhywouldyouwannadothatanyway?Serge,Poshul,andLeenagetapurelyoffensiveattac ,whileKidgetstheabilitytosteal.Hoorayforyou!

Terminaisrightaroundthecorner.Exitontotheworldmapandgothere.Anyotherlocationopenrightnow(ViperManor,ShadowForest)willgetyathrownbac

ontothecurb,bro.

_______________________________________________________________________________07)Termina[AnotherWorld][D-07]_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|CHARACTERSTOINVITE|||||TeaforThreeFrameProfiteerPurse|Ni

i-.||Hero'sMedalTele-Porter|Guile|-CANONLYGETONE||___________________________________________|Pierre-'||Kid||_______________________________|_____

___/E2/|\/\/___/[LEGEND]\//D\//\/\_//\\//A-Inn_____________/3))/B-Bar+Guile|___||1|_||\\//C-ElementShopTO_||__|H_|\/\/D-SmithyFESTIVAL|_______||____|//PierreSHIP____||______//E-Van'sHouse|||__B||||C___|//F-Greco'sHouse


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___||_________||_||__||______|G|__________G-Korcha|___________________________|______________|H-Kid||______DOCKAREA|_|_____1-TeaforThree|H||A___|||__F_|Frame___||__||___||_||2-Profiteer|_________||G|___|Purse|_|||)3-Hero'sMedalENTER||__|||______|

KidwillbeherewaitingforSerge'steamtoarrive.She'llleavethefirsttimeifLeena'swith,butifyouheadupthestairsandtal

tothepersonpolishingtheGeneralViperstatue,she'llshowupagain.______________________________|INVITATION:Kid|INNATE:Red||||There'sreallynoreasonforhernottojoinatthistime,really.She'll||bringthe[TELE-PORTER]

eyitemwithifyouinviteher,whichallowsone||toswitchalliesontheworldmapandatsavepoints.Up'tilnow,ithas||beenimpossibletochangecharacters--rememberthateverytimeyoumiss||anopportunitytolevelupnon-partycharacters,theylosethoseminimal||statgains!Ifyoustilldon'taccept,shecanbemissed(pendingchoices||made)atalaterdate.||___________________________________________________________________________|

Kidtal

saboutinfiltratingViperManor,whichsetsoffthenextcourseofevents:findingaguide.Therearethreepossibleguidestoget;whicheverispic ed,thetwootherscannotbeobtainedinthesameplaythrough.Thepeopleare:

Ni

i[Blue]->Ili

ehim,buthe'sonly'decent'forthemostpart.Guile[Blac ]->Prettydanggood,butyoumayhaveablac -innatealreadyPierre[Blue]->Acompletefaux-herowuss,whosuc

s.Alot.Ihatehim.

Well,whileyoumulloverthefirstofthetwo"big"decisionsinthegame,let'ssearchstuffaroundtown:

[TEAFORTHREEFRAME]-ThereisamanstandingintheshadeofthehousetotheleftoftheGeneralViperstatue.He'snotvisible,butwhenyouapproachhetal

sandeventuallyas

sifyou'gethisdrift.'Answeryestoreceivetheitem.

[PROFITEERPURSE]-InVan'shouse,chec

beneaththemansion'sfoyer'sstairwaytofindahiddenchestcontainingthisitem.Althoughthisitemincreasesgainedgoldby~123%,it'sfarbetteroffbeingdisassembledbecauseitgivesthree@Copperand@Ironfromit.ThisallowsapartytobeinstantlysuitedforViperManorandisreallyjustagreatidea.Ma

esomeIronMailandanIronSwallowtobegoodtogo,yo!

Afterpic

ingwhichguideyouwant,readtheirsectionsbelow!

NOTE:You_cannot_changepartymemberswhileinsideViperManor,soma

esuretobringthosewhowon'tcompletelyslightyou(i.e.don'tbringPoshulifyouwantafuriouselement-caster).

_______________________________________________________________________________NIKKI'SROUTE(ShadowForest)"Whereliesthe

eytothepast..."[D-08]_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|ENEMIES|


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||||AeroSaucerUplift|Bulb||AromaPouchS

ullduggeryFrame|Cassowary||HealAngryScapula|Quadffid(1)||MagmaBomb|Cuscus||___________________________________________|Gloop||Gerridae||Wraith(1)||_______________________________|

NOTE:YoumaywanttobuysomeBracesbeforeenteringhere.

BEGIN:EnterthefestivalboatatanchorinTermina'sportandtal

tothemanager.Mi

i,adancerintheshow,willcomeinandas

youtohelpfindtheirmissingsinger(Ni

i)who'sbeenseeninadazearoundShadowForest.Agreetoherrequestandlet'sgo...roc

in'!ShadowForestcanbeaccessedfromtheworldmap,eastofTermina.Mi

iwillhavechasedoffthedragoonsguardingtheentrance,solet'sboogie!

[LEGEND]

1-AeroSaucerR-RedMonster2-UpliftG-GreenMonster3-AromaPouchB-BlueMonster

4-AngryScapula5-S

ullduggeryFrame6-Heal______7-MagmaBomb|____1\./|@Feather||-----------------'----------------'---------'------------------------------||ELEMENTS:---||TOSTEAL:IvoryMail/ElectroJolt||SPECIALS:---||PATTERNS:Attac

??|

|___________________________________________________________________________|

Uh...alright.Becauseallthreepathshavetohaveonebossfight,thisoneendsupbeingacrappystallbattle.TherearethreeCassowaryenemiesthatarepesteringNi

i--whoshowsupasanuncontrollableallyinthisfightbytheway--butthey'rereallynothingmorethanregularenemies.Thingsli

eAeroSaucerwillrip'emanewone,soifyoupic

edupanyinTermina,it'ssmoothsailing.249Gawardedforvictory+the4thlevel-upstar.

Ni

iretreatsintothecavenearby,sofollowhimin.


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_________________________________|INVITATION:Ni

i|INNATE:Blue||||Theroc

in'bardwhoistoplaytheTerminaFestivaljoinsupifSerge'll||lethim.He'sonaquest,y'see...well,don'twanttosaytoomuch.Might||aswellgethimnow,'causeyoucan'tlater.Hegivesupsome'valuable'||informationonclearingthelargemonster(Quadffid)outoftheway,even||ifyoudon'tinvitehim.Hoorayforgender-neutralallies!||___________________________________________________________________________|

Aftersomedialogue,re-enterthecaveandgetthe[AROMAPOUCH]fromthechestandthe[ANGRYSCAPULA]pieceofS

elly'sbodybysearchingthetabletneartheblob-monster.

Therearearethreemonstersaround,andtheyhavedifferenteffectsonthemonster.Onceyoufindapollenthatmatchesthemonster'scolor,lureittowardsthequadffidmonster...

RED---->Quadffidfleesandleavesa[SKULLDUGGERYFRAME]behind!BLUE--->FightwithQuadffid!GREEN-->FightwithQuadffid!

Thefight'soptionalanddoesn'tgiveanylevel-upstars,butI'lllistitanywayforposterity:

.-------------------------------.|BATTLESPOILS(Common>Rare)|.-----------------.---------------.---------+-------------------------------||BOSS:Quadffid|INNATE:Green|HP:200|@Seed,Bushbasher||-----------------'---------------'---------'-------------------------------||ELEMENTS:Bushbasher,Bushwhac

er,Heal||TOSTEAL:Antidote,BatEye||SPECIALS:Devour(green-innateattac on1ally+Poisonstatus)||PATTERNS:Attac

1-4toBushwhac

er/Bushbasher/Devour1-5(??)||___________________________________________________________________________|

Aftermuchtrying,Icouldn'tseemtogetadecentstrategydownforthisone--itjustseemswaytoorandomized.Plus,sincethere'snostarting

pointthatIcanidentify,it'shardtoformanydecentcounterstrategybesidesthrowingyellowelementsandpowered-upphysicalattac

swiththeSteelSwallow.Itabsorbsgreenelements,too.314Greceivedforwinning

Pastthere,however,anactualbosstrioshowsup.Sortof.Well,notreally.ZoahistheguywhoTALKSINALLCAPITALLETTERSthatwasguardingtheforestentrancebefore.Youshould

nowtheothertwo.>_>.---------------------------------.|BATTLESPOILS(Common->Rare)|.--------------.----------------.---------+---------------------------------||BOSS:Solt|INNATE:Yellow|HP:80|IvoryVest->@Copper||BOSS:Zoah|INNATE:Yellow|HP:200|IvoryMail->BronzeGlove|

|BOSS:Peppor|INNATE:Yellow|HP:90|IvoryHelmet->@Copper||--------------'----------------'---------'---------------------------------||ELEMENTS:Strengthen,LoRes,HiRes,EagleEye||TOSTEAL:(Solt)IvoryHelm,TurnBlac

||(Zoah)KneePad||(Peppor)Tablet,KneePad||SPECIALS:DragonRider(Yellow-innateattac

on1trgt;usedbyZoah)||:Pepporbox(Red-innateattac

onsingletarget;usedbyPeppor)||:Summersolt(Blue-innateattac

onsingletarget;usedbySolt)||:CrossCut(Red-innatedualattac

on1target;Solt/Pepporonly)|


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|PATTERNS:(Solt)Golem->LoRes+HiRes->Summersolt/Upheavalto||Attac

toCrossCuttoAttac

(??)||[2](Solt)Upheaval1-3toSummersolt1-2toUpheavaltoAttac

||(??)[NOTE:Maydifferslightlybutmostlycorrect)||(Zoah)Attac

2toDragonRider(??)||(Peppor)Attac

->Strengthen+EagleEye->Pepporbox2->||Attac

2->CrossCut->Pepporbox->CrossCut||[2](Peppor)Attac

??toPepporbox??(??)||___________________________________________________________________________|

Laughably,SolttriestouseaGolemsummonwhich,ofcourse,can'tbeusedunlessthefieldisallyellow.It'sbasicallythesameschtic

aslasttimeexceptSoltandPepporwillusetwoelementsconsecutively(non-offensive)tobuffthemselvesbeforeusingtheirspecialtechs.Ta

eoutSolttopreventanytroublefromPeppor,andtrytota

eZoahoutbecauseheusesDragonRidereverythirdturn.Ifyouta

eoutPeppororZoahfirst,Solt'smoreli

elytouseUpheaval(inflictsSprain,attac

decreases),whichmaycomequiteafewtimes.Hecanstilluseitifhisalliesarealive,butnotasmuch...bombardhimwithgreenelementsASAPandhavefun.460Greceivedforwinningandthe5thlevel-upstar,too.

Collectthe[HEAL]elementfromthechestandheadintothelargecave'neaththemassivetree.Getthe[MAGMABOMB]elementchestintheshortwaterwaypassagebeyond,watchingoutforannoyingGloops/Gerridaethatattac inthe

claustrophobicplace.Rightafter,getuponlandanddestroyaWraith(willbeeasywithSerge);movethatboulderbehinditinfrontoftheGerridaes'holetoproceeduprivereasier.

---

NOTE:Thereisnofreehealinginsidethemanor,sobringcurativeitemsandantidotestoprepareforallobstacleswithin.Seriously,godoit!

---

There'sawellbasinbeyond,meaningViperManor'srightabove.ThisendstheNi

iroute,sincethingsbeyondwillallbethesame.^__~Goto[D-11]

tocontinue.

_______________________________________________________________________________PIERRE'SROUTE(ViperManorGate)"Whereliesthe

eytothepast..."[D-09]_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|ENEMIES|||||TurnYellow|AcaciaPVT(2)||___________________________________________|AcaciaSGT(2)|.--------------------.--------------.|_______________________________||INVITATION:Pierre|INNATE:Blue||--------------------'--------------'---------------------------------------.

|Thisfa

eyFrenchswordsmancanbefoundinthesmithy'ssideroom.Tal

||tohimtohearhimbemoanhislostmedal.Gooutsideandspea

w/the

id||who'srunningaroundincircles;he'llgiveoverthe[HERO'SMEDAL].Show||ittoPierreandbughimonemoretimetogetaninviteforhiscompany.||___________________________________________________________________________|

Pierremaybeawea

ling,butyou'llhavetoma

edosincehehastobeinthemainpartytoproceed.HisHero'sMedalboostshisevasionby24%,sohemaynotbemerelyameatshield.ToenterViperManor,simplystrollintherefromtheworldmap!It'snowonderthisone'stheshortestroute.=)


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---

STOCKUPONHEALINGITEMSANDANTIDOTES,becauseonceyouenterthegates,it'simpossibletoleave.There'snofreehealinginside,sodon'tsayIdidn'twarnya.

---

Approachthegateguardsandpic

yourdecision("Thin

upaplan"isthefunniest).DefeatthetwoAcaciaPVTsandfacetheSGTs!Forsomereason,they'resetupasanactualbossfight.Well,gottama

edowithwhat'sdoledout...>__>.------------------------------.|SPOILS(Common->Rare)|.------------------.----------------.--------+------------------------------||BOSS:AcaciaSGT|INNATE:Yellow|HP:84|@Copper,Meteorite||------------------'----------------'--------'------------------------------||ELEMENTS:---||TOSTEAL:BronzeHelmet/Capsule||SPECIALS:AcaciaBlade(Yellow-innateattac ononetarget)||PATTERNS:Attac

??->AcaciaBlade(whenoneleft)||___________________________________________________________________________|

Therearetwoof'em,butthey'renotmuchmorethanPVTswithsomestoc

optionsandlamearmor.AcaciaBladehurtsifthefieldeffect'sanice,pureyellow,butnotthatmuch.I'venoticedthattheyonlyseemtouseitwhenonSGTisdowned,soifyouwea

en'embothatonce,it'smagnifique.TrytostealaBronzeHelmet!Winningnetsonethe4thlevel-upstar.

Thebadthingaboutthislevel-upisthatyoucan'tretreattogetthoseextrastatgains.Oh,well...sacrificeshavetobemade...Headnorthtofindourfavoritebumblingbuffoons....--------------------------------.|BATTLESPOILS(Common->Rare)|.---------------.----------------.---------+--------------------------------||BOSS:Solt|INNATE:Yellow|HP:150|@Copper,@Copper||BOSS:Peppor|INNATE:Yellow|HP:180|Brace,MagicRing|

|BOSS:Ketchop|INNATE:Yellow|HP:260|SilverEarring(100%)||---------------'----------------'---------'--------------------------------||ELEMENTS:LoRes,Strengthen,FirePillar,ElectroJolt,ElectroBolt||TOSTEAL:(Solt)=BronzeVest/DancingShoes||(Peppor)=PlasterCap/PowerGlove||(Ketchop)=Tablet/PowerGlove||:Pepporbox(Red-innateattac

onsingletarget;usedbyPeppor)||SPECIALS:(Ketchop)FlameKnoc

-red-innateattac

ontarget,Solt/Peppor||PATTERNS:(Solt)Revive/CurePlus->Attac

toLoRes/ElectroJoltto||(ElectroBolt)(??)||(Solt)LoRes[ifPepporattac

edbySerge;Lv2at

scumultiv?]|(Peppor)Attac

toStrengthen/FirePillar/Pepporbox(??)||(Peppor)Strengthen[ifSoltattac

edbySerge;Lv2+at

cmltv?]

|(Ketchop)Attac

??->(ElectroJolt)->Attac

??||[2](Ketchop)FlameKnoc

->Attac

??||___________________________________________________________________________|

Wow,whatafunfight.KetchopwillOHKOSergeforabout400dmgandSolt'lluseaReviveelementonhimtodisplaytheirfierceness...?Huh?Well,thisdoesn'tmatter--immediatelyhealSerge.WhenSolt/Pepporisputintocriticalcondition,KetchopusesFlameKnoc

toKObothofthem,soifyou

eepyourHPhighuntilthen,Ketchop'stheonlyduncethathastobesentpac

ing.UsePilferifKid'swithbeforethattime,ifyouwannastealany


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oftheirgooditems.Luc

ily,tomato-boyisextremlydumbandsnail-paced,meaningonecangetinaboutfiveattac

stohisone.Notmuchmoretodo'sidesshovingaswallowintoitsuglymug.FlameKnoc

,eventhoughit'sonlyusedonce,canstill

illatargetifthefieldeffecthasanyred,soshovesomeblueinthereanddefendifpossible.PS-FlameKnoc

seemstohitwhatevertargetgetsLoRes'dbySolt.500Greceivedforthewin.(NOTE-IfKetchopdoesn't

illsomeonethatfirstturn,SoltwilluseCurePlusinsteadofRevive).The5thlevel-upstarcomesatthistime,too.

Getthe[TURNYELLOW]elementbehindthegatebeforeheadingintothemansionproper.Thisendstheincrediblyfun/crappyadventureswithPierre,Ihope.Goto[D-11]togetamoveon.

_______________________________________________________________________________GUILE'SROUTE(ViperBluffs)"Whereliesthe

eytothepast..."[D-10]_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|ENEMIES|||||PhotonRayHeal|Gobledygoo ||MeteoriteTablet|LochNest||FreefallTrap|_______________________________||___________________________________________|

RememberKorcha?He'sthedemi-human

idwhotal

sli

ethisCHA,andcanbeseenatthebridgeeastoftheelementshop.Aftertal

ingtohim,he'llgodownbytheshrines.YoucanseeascenewithGlennandRiddelhere(give'mtheBellfloweryougotatFossilValleyforfree,ifyouhaveit),andoncetheyleave,followthepaththeytoo

tofindKorcha.He'llsayhecanta

ethepartytothebluffsbutaguideisneededfirst.IfnotPierre/Ni

i,thenwhom?Well,well...__________________________________|INVITATION:Guile|INNATE:Blac ||||Guileisfullofguile,andisinfactamagicianbytrade.He'slocated||attheTerminaBar,andjoinsupwithoutanyfancytric

sorhitches.Get||himinthepartyandvisitKorchabac

attheshrines,paythe100Gfee,||andyou'llbereadytogotothebluffs.He'sprettygoodbuthiselement|

|gridblows,asit'sinverted(startsoutbad,getsbetterlater).Don't||expecthimtofunctionasgreatbac

upearlyon,fol

s.||___________________________________________________________________________|

ThisistherouteIrecommendgoing,notonlybecauseyougetacharacterwhodoesn'tsuc

completely,butbecauseyoucanlevelupinbetweengettingthestars(unli

ethatdingalingPierre'sshenanigans).It'sjustashameGuile'selementgridisaPIECEOFCRAP!Don'texpecthimtopullyououtoftoomanyjams.Notethatonceyouusehimasaguidetothebluffs,youcanreturnandswitchhimoutforsomeoneelse.IpreferaSerge/Kid/Poshulparty,m'self...

---

Korchawillta

eeveryonetothebluffsautomatically,andwecanbegintheuphillclimb.Notethatthemap'sperspectiveispurely2-DtofitthefieldPOV.

Assoonasyoustart,anAcacia

nightwillstartdroppingbouldersdownthecliffside;shouldthepartyleaderbehitbyone,that's-10HPrightthere!Theycanalso

noc

youoffladdersasmidge,butthatwon'tmattermuch._____||


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/\||||/\||___||_/_/||\_\|||___|||TIP:Waitdirectlybelow||||||_||awaterjet(safespot)|_|||||_||___||soyoucanclimbASAPasUP|||||


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now,they'llattac

multipletimesontheirturns.Theystillsuc

,don'tgetmewrong,butcanpic

offcharacterswho'vebeendamagedbeforehandbytheroc

sand/orPoison.Don'tdropyourguardforStormBlow!Therealonestofightarecomin'rightup.320Greceivedforwinning+4thlevel-upstar

Immediatelyafter,infact!Agiganticeagle-personfliesinafterwardsandbloc

sprogressionintothemansion.Sincethatisalsoaboss,it'shighlyrecommendedyougoandfightbattleswithyourothercharacterstogetthoselevel-upbonuses.Yeah,Ital

aboutthemalot--theyseriouslyaddup,though!Getoutyourshotgunswhenready,'causeit'sopenseasononthesetur

eys.(NOTE:THEREISNOFREEHEALINGINSIDETHEMANSION,sobringitemsthatwillhelpyouout,includingantidotes)..------------------------------.|SPOILS(Common->Rare)|.------------------.---------------.---------+------------------------------||BOSS:KingMoaman|INNATE:Blac

|HP:245|GravityBlow,PowerGlove||BOSS:RedMoaman|INNATE:Red|HP:145|@Feather,FirePillar||BOSS:BlueMoaman|INNATE:Blue|HP:145|@Feather,IceBlast||------------------'---------------'---------'------------------------------||ELEMENTS:Nimble,Strengthen,IceLance,MagmaBomb,Gravitonne||TOSTEAL:(KingMoaman)=@Copper,FeatheryDress||:(RedMoaman)=MagmaBomb||:(BlueMoaman)=IceLance||SPECIALS:(KingMoaman)TwinTurbo(blac -typeat ononeally)|

|(BlueMoaman)IceSword(blue-innateat

ononeally+Frozen)||(RedMoaman)FlameSword(red-innateat

ononeally+Burn)||PATTERNS:(KingMoaman)Attac

2->TwinTurbo??||[2](KingMoaman)Attac ??||[3](KingMoaman)Gravitonne??||(BlueMoaman)Nimble->IceSword->Attac

1-2toIceLance(??)||(RedMoaman)Strengthen->FlameSword->Attac

2->MagmaBomb||->Attac 5toMagmaBomb(??)||___________________________________________________________________________|

TheRedandBlueMoamanenemiesarebasicallypresenttostat-bufftheir

ing,sowe'llwanttota

ethemoutassoonaspossible.Theyalsohavetechniquesthatmatchtheirelement,andusetheminannoyingfashion.Theycaninflict

burn/freezeonoccasion,ma

ingthemevenmoreannoying.Cantheygetmoreannoyingthanthat?Whyyes--ifbotharealive,KingMoamancanusehisownspecialtechniqueTwinTurbotodealheavydamagetoonetarget.He'lluseitasmuchaspossible,sota

eoutoneofthelac

eystostopit.Dash&Slash+Meteoritewillhelpdestroythe

ingeasier,butevenbetterisifSergehasupgradedtoaSteelSwallow(see:ProfiteerPursetric

)whichwilldigintoitli

eThan

sgivingdinner.Whenbothlac

eysaredead,theKingstartstouseabunchofGravitonnes,sohurryituptoma

esureeveryonesurvivesintact!The5thlevel-upstar'sreceivedforwinning.

Everyonewaits'tilnightfalltoinvadethemanor.Bottomsup!

_______________________________________________________________________________

08)ViperManor[AnotherWorld]"Whereliesthe

eytothepast..."[D-11]_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|ENEMIES|||||TurnBlueManorKey|AcaciaPVT||Ointment(x5)TurnYellow|AcaciaSGT||Dragoon'sHonorTurnGreen|Li'lBoxer||Revive100G|BigBoxer||AeroSaucerHero'sShield|WillO'Wisp|


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|BronzeShieldBronzeMail|Portalgheist||100GIceLance|Roborg||SilverPendantTurnBlac

|Man-Of-War||100GIceLance|Potty[x1]||DecorShieldBronzeHelmet|Gobledygoo

||DragoonGauntletTurnWhite|_______________________________||TurnRed||___________________________________________|

Whicheverguidetheplayerchose--Ni

i,Pierre,Guile--allwillbeginatthisgenerallocationalbeitatdifferentplaces.Here'sthelayoutofthemanorenvirons,withthewal

throughstartingfromthelastpotentialguide'sroute(Guile):MANSIONENTRANCESAVE.----------------.____|_______/|[LEGEND]|PIERRETEAMSTART|3|/|2|||____\__________||_/|_||1-TurnBlue||4_||__||2-ManorKey||||||3-Ointment|||||_|4-TurnYellow|||_______||1|'----------------'|____________________|NIKKITEAMSTART-''--GUILETEAMSTART

Afterclimbingupthecliffs,getthe[TURNBLUE]elementontheshadedcliffbuilding.Therewillbespotlightsouttocatchpredators,butit'sonlyashortwal northtothebarn.ThisoneisusedtohousetheAcaciaDragoons'famousdragons.Tal

tothehandleraroundhereandposeasthenewtrainers;he'lltal

aboutfeedingthedragons.Sergewillbeplacedinfrontofthestablesandhavetofeedhaybalestothedragons(withx-button)bymovinginfrontof'em.Hecanonlycarrythreeatatimebeforehehastogobacandgetmore,andthedragonswillgraduallygetangrytothepointwheretheywon'teat.__________________________|MINIGAME:DragonFeedin'||||Theobjectofthisgameistofeedthedragonsandsatisfytheirhunger.|

|Sergecantrytofeed10/20/30/40/100atatime,andgetsaprizebased||onhisperformance.Theminimum(10)isalloneneedstoproceedwiththe||story,sinceitallowsourherotogetthe[MANORKEY]intheNEcabinet.||Sergecantrythese'missions'asmanytimesashewantsfortheprizes!||||10TIMES=KneePad(accessory;DEF+1)


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|||5-Dragoon'sHonor14-IceLance||6-TurnGreen15-SilverPendant||7-Revive16-TurnBlac

||8-100G17-100G||9-AeroSaucer18-IceLance||10-Hero'sShield19-DecorShield||11-BronzeSword20-BronzeHelmet||12-BronzeMail21-DragoonGauntlet||13-100G22-TurnWhite||23-TurnRed||_________________________________________________________________|_____Loc

ed|LYNX|\_|___|____||___||_______|||____________||_||____|___||________||/22\________|__|__|MARCY________________|\_______/||

_____||KARSHZOAH|17|||__________|1618|Loc

ed|_||21||||__|_/__||__|__||__|__||_____||_____________|SNAKE|_______||_______||_____.-|__________________________STATUE_________________________|--.||____||||||||_||1011|NEO-N|19||

||_____|_____||1312|BULBS|20|||_||___||___||______________|1415|__|__|||_||__||_||||___||_|'--|__|__||--'|_________________||__________|__|______|_|_|89|


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Wordofadvice:don'twal

ontheredcarpetunlessyouwanttofightpatrolenemiesthatdropdownfromtheceiling.It'sawasteoftime;don'tbotherwith'emifyoudon'tneedto.Headintothedininghallandtal

toGlenn(oreavesdroponhisconvo)tohearsomethingabout...apasswordcombination?Glennleavesforthebarrac

safterwards.Getthe[DRAGOON'SHONOR]chestinthecorner,anda[TURNGREEN]elementinthecabinetnearOrcha;then,followGlennout._______________________|OPTIONAL:Guile'sBet||||Incaseyouhaven'tbeenpayingmuchattentiontoGuile'splight,heand||Termina'sfortune-tellerhaveabetthathecan'tclaimanitemfromthe||manse'sdiningroom.Thatitem,ofcourse,isaDragoon'sHonor(notthe||Reviveelement,ifyou'veheardthat)--simplypic

itup,getareward||lateron.||___________________________________________________________________________|

He'llgotothebarrac

s,andifyou'refastenough,you'llcatchhimwritingthefoyer'spasswordonthewallnexttohisbed;ifyou'reslow,he'lljustbestandingthereandtheplayerwon'tgetthevitalclue(thewritingwillstillbedone,though).Thepasswordis#right,#left--it'srandomizedineveryplaythrough.Rememberthisbecauseyou'llhavetodotheinputlater.Gettheincredible[REVIVE]elementinthebarrac

sbeforeexiting.Fornow,headupstairsthroughthe'casenearthequarters.

Onedooruphereleadstochestwitha[TURNBLACK]elementinitandanother'boxer'duo.It'spossibletoearna[100G]andan[ICELANCE]element.Thecorridorisbloc

edbyaroborghere,though;exitdownstairsandheadeasttotheoppositebasementsection.

TherewillbetwoguardsandaRoborghere.Tal

totheguardstwicetobeas

edforapassword.Whentheoptionscomeup,don'tpic

any--eventually'silence'willberevealedasthepassword.EnterthevaulttofindKid(ifshe'snotwithyou)andsomegoodiesonpedestals:[BRONZESWORD],asuitof[BRONZEMAIL],andthe

eyitem[HERO'SSHIELD].ThelattercanbeusedonlywithPierre,ifthatwussisalong.Also,inspectthatlittlechesttofightforyourtreasure--[100G]andan[ICELANCE]element--withtheBigBoxerandLi'lBoxer.Rememberthatonecanfleebattletohaveacleanslateat

guessingwhichitis.Ifyouinspectavasehere,you'llfindit'sactualllyamonstercalled'Potty'.Defeatitfora[TURNRED]element.Whenyouta

ethe[SILVERPENDANT]hangingonthewall,thepartyissentintoLuccia'slab.Abossfreshfromtheoperatingtableisservedup!

.------------------------------.|SPOILS(Common->Rare)|.------------------.---------------.---------+------------------------------||BOSS:Neo-N-Bulb|INNATE:Green|HP:160|AeroSaucer,EagleEye||------------------'---------------'---------'------------------------------||ELEMENTS:Bushwhac

er,Bushbasher||TOSTEAL:@Seed/Heal||SPECIALS:---|

|PATTERNS:Attac

->Bushwhac

er/Bushbasher(??)||___________________________________________________________________________|

Twooftheseguystoturnintomulch.Poshul'llroc

manycasbahshere,ifshe'swith.Regardless,attac

sli

eElectroJoltarethewaytogohere.Simplypound'emwithelementsanduseRecoverAllwhenthedamagegetssentaroundenough.Bushbashercaninflictpoisonstatusaswell,andwhenonebulb'sdead,greenelementsreallystarttofly.IfyougotTurnBlac

,usethattoinflictextradamagewithSerge'sswallow.400Gandthe6thlvl-upstarawardedforwinning.


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Afterwards,tal

tothecagedmonsterintheroom'scorner(Pip)andunloc

itforhim.Hecan'tberecruitednow,butatalaterdate,ifyouperformthissmallfavorforhim.Lucciaalsosaysshe'swillingtohelpifSerge'steamneedsit...justnotrightnow.Enterintothehallwayandbustupthatroborgifyouwanttogetbac

tothebarrac

s'savepoint.Anyway,nextdoortothelabisastorageroom--enterbysnea

ingpasttheportalgheistwhenitseye'sclosed.Inside,getthe[DECORSHIELD]andstic

itonthearmorsetthat'smissingone.This'llletyoufightsomeMan-O-War(x5)enemiesify'want,butmoreimportantly,theydropCapsulesonecanusetoheal(sincethereisn'toneinthemanor).There'sa[BRONZEHELMET]inhere,too,butnothingelseworthnoting.Headupstairsviathehallway.

Theportalgheist-guardedroomleadstoZoah'schambers,andtheotherleadstoKarsh's--andtheonlyonethatmatters.Inspectthechestwithintwenty(20)timestofinallyexhaustKarsh'spatienceandgeta[DRAGOONGAUNTLET]!Themainlobbyisnowavailableonceagain,soinputthepasswordyoulearnedfromGlennandheadnorth.

Therewillbealargehallwiththreeexits,butonlytheleftway'sfreefortravel.Pasttheoutdoorcatwal

,enterthelibrarytowerandtal

toali'lgirl.Somesceneswiththeprophetoftimewillplay,andthenitturnsout,well,thatli'lgirlhassomenot-so-li'labilities.Giddyup!.-----------------------------------.

|BATTLESPOILS(Common->Rare)|.--------------.--------------.---------+-----------------------------------||BOSS:Marcy|INNATE:Blue|HP:525|IceBlast,@Iron||--------------'--------------'---------'-----------------------------------||ELEMENTS:IceBlast,IceLance,CurePlus||TOSTEAL:SilverLoupe/DancingShoes||SPECIALS:Cat'sCradle(blue-innatedmgtooneally)||PATTERNS:Attac ??||[2]Cat'sCradle->IceBlast+IceBlast->Attac

toIceLance(??)||[3]CurePlus->Attac

4-5toIceLance(??)||___________________________________________________________________________|

Thisbattlecanbeamajorannoyanceifanyone'sinflictedwithFrozen,but

there'salwaysfleeingbattleforthat.ThemainthingisthatMarcywon'tuseanyelementsuntilshe'sputincriticalcondition(slouchingposture);it'satthistimeherattac

strategychangesandshestartsusingice-typeattac

s.However,it'seasytogetajumponherbypaintingthefieldredorwhitewithelementsbeforethen,dependingonwhoyouwanttobuff.Anyreadertothiswal

through

nowsIsuggesteddismantlingthatProfiteerPursetogetaSteelSwallowrightoffthebat,andthatcando70+damagetoherwithfierceattac

s.S'posetheonlythingtowatchoutforhereisthatdoublewhammyofIceBlast,whichsheusestwiceinarowwhenherHP'sreducedtoabout50%.RecoverAllcanundothedamageifSerge(whoit'sbeston)isn'tfrozen.Shewon'tuseit(IceBlast)againafterthatanyway,soyoucansnea

inabunchofTabletstochangethefieldeffectfaster.ThishelpsreduceCurePlus'effectwhenherHP'sincriticalcondition.A

winnetstheplayer780G+7thlevel-upstar.

Marcyleavesandtheprophetdivulgesthewaytogetfurtherinthemansion.Twoscreensbac

,inthelargehall,there'saswitchbehindthelefthandside'ssecond-from-lastpillar.Getthe[TURNWHITE]elementonthethirdfloorbyusingtheboo

shelfladder-droppingswitch.Returntothemainhall,meetHarle,pressthebutton,anddestroytheSGT/PVTsthatattac

.Nowthewayupwardsiscompletelyclear.

Inthesmallhallwaybeyond,savethegameandenterthedoorthebluecarpet


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leadstoward.Aftersomesearchin'aroundtheoffice,inspecttheglowingblueorbtoviewsomescenes.Culminatingin,ofcourse,aDEATHMATCH!.---------------------------------.|BATTLESPOILS(Common->Rare)|.--------------.----------------.---------+---------------------------------||BOSS:Lynx|INNATE:Blac

|HP:820|PendragonSigilC,Gravitonne||--------------'----------------'---------'---------------------------------||ELEMENTS:Imbecile,Gravitonne,AntiWhite,Imbecile,HellSoul||TOSTEAL:MagicRing,PowerGlove||SPECIALS:---||PATTERNS:Attac

??toGravitonne(??)||HellSoul(canbeusedwhenincriticalcondition)||AntiWhite(usedturnafterbeinghitwithwhiteelement)||Imbecile(usedturnafterbeinghitwithnon-whiteelement)||___________________________________________________________________________|

Tostart,whoeverhastheRecoverAllorReviveshouldnotuseawhiteelementonLynxsincehe'llcounterwithAntiWhiteonhisnextturn,ma

ingallwhitetypesunusuableforawhile.Luc

ily,mostofthetimehejuststraightattac s,doing'decent'damagetoSergebutnot-so-decentdamagetoeveryoneelse.Afterincurrings

illdamage,he'llpic

atargetanduseImbecile,decreasingsomeone'sMGCstatforawhile.Whenfinallybroughttocriticalcondition,hewilluseHellSoultotryandOHKOpeople.Inaway,Lynx'smovementsarecontrolledbytheplayer,inthathedoesn't/counter/

elements,butwasteshisnextturnwithhisretaliation.500Gwonforaclean-cutvictory+8thlevel-upstar.

Watchthescenesandit'sofftoGuldove...Savewhenthemenuopens,ifyouwantto.There'sabigpathsplitcomingup,thesecondoftwo...beprepared!

############################################################################Ta eoffKid'selementsandsuchbecauseyouwon'tgetthembac forawhile!############################################################################

_______________________________________________________________________________09)Guldove[AnotherWorld]"Whereripplesbecomewaves..."[D-12]

_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|CHARACTERSTOINVITE|||||AstralAmuletPelvicBone|Thereain'tany!||FeatheryDressGreenTin

ler|_______________________________||TropicalParadiseFrame||___________________________________________|____/\


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SHOP[SH04]

WhenSergeawa

ens,chec

outsidetofindthealliestal

ingwithKorcha.Kidendsupfallingill,though...Afterchec

ingintothetownclinic,shegivesourprotagonisther[ASTRALAMULET]toholdonto.Now,thisiswherethepathsplits.Sergecanchoosetoloo

forawaytosaveKid,orgiveintothesituation'sfutility.Thechoicechangessomeofthecharactersthatcanberecruited.WhenKorchaas

swhatSergeisgoingtodo,"...Idon't

now"and"...There'snothingwecando"gotowardsleavingherand"Findawaytosaveher"goestowardthehuntforHydraHumour.I'llbrea

downthecharactersspecifictothepaths:

OPTION#1:Korcha,Mel,Razzly

Korchaisn'tterriblyawesome,butMelhasadouble-techwithKidifshe'srecruited.Razzlyisverydecent,though...herlasttechRazFlowerisjustprettydifficulttoget.Twoouttathreeain'tbad.Peoplewithaconsciencewillchoosethispath.>=p

SavingKidisprobablytheeasierroute,asoneobtainstheAstralAmuletearlierandcanstealMoonglassesfromanupcomingoptionalboss(ratherthanherdroppingthem).

OPTION#2:Doc,Macha,Glenn

Mostpeoplechoosethispathbecauseofthelastcharacter,Glenn.Notonlyisheoneofthemostpowerfulpeopleinthegame,buthehasadouble-techwithSergecalledX-Stri e(li einCTrigger).Theothertwoprobablywon'tbeused,butman,Glenn'sacatchifyoupic

thispath.Definitelyworthwhiletogothispath,moresothantheotherifyoudon'thaveanypangsofguiltfornotsavingKid.>__>Also,sinceyou'renotrequiredtogotoHydraMarshesyet,y'canwaituntilthe16thstarandgettrapTornadoesfromtheWingapedeboss(than

stoGuillaumeAudetforthistip.)YOUCANSTILLRECRUITKIDLATERIFYOUCHOOSETHISPATH.

ChoosingthispathmeansthatKidwon'tjointhepartyuntilvery

lateinthegame.She'snotmissableperse(unlessonepurposelydoesn'ttrytoinviteherordoanysidequestspertainingtoit),butit'sanawfullongtimetowaitnonetheless.

Beforegoingonwiththepath-splitting,I'llgivetheitemsthat'reabletobefoundoneitherpath:

[PELVICBONE]-Obtainfromtheelementtraderstandingbythetowndoc

bychoosing'Trade'.Whenyouquittal

ingtoher,she'llwantyoutodisposeoftheweirdboneshehas.Accepttogetthedangthing.

[GREENTINKLER]-Aftertal

ingwiththeshaman,goinsidethebarandtal

withthedrun

endwarftwice.He'llhanditover.Apparently,thisthing'll

controlsomeplantsintheHydraMarshinordertogetfurtherintotheswamp...

[FEATHERYDRESS]-Chec

behindMacha'shousetofinda'secret'entrancethatleadstoastorageroom.Thisisdonebygoingaroundtheblindspotonthemidlevelwal

way(toweristhreestoriestall).StealingMel'sstuffain'tnice...

Thewal

throughforthissectionsplitsslightlyonproceedingwiththestorysoreadthecolumnaccordingtoyourchoice.


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---------------------------------------.--------------------------------------.PATHA(RIDIN'TOKID'SRESCUE)|PATHB(NOTSAVINGKID)|---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------|||AfterchoosingtohelpKidrecover,a|Korchata

estheAstralAmuletbac

|doctorsuggestsconsultingthevillage|tothenightstandifSergedecides|shamantogivesuggestionsonwhatthe|ondoingnothing.Selecttheparty|partyshoulddo.Theshaman'stoweris|ran

sandtal

toKorchainthewest|pastthebaranduptheladder,tothe|residentialtower;as

forhisboat|left.Tal

withShamanDirea&Steena,|toseesome...fundialoguewithhim|andlearnofapossibilitytofindthe|andhisma.Macha'llborrowKorcha's|hydrahumourintheworldSerge'sfrom|boattoferryeveryonebac

tothe|originally.Adimensionaldistortion's|mainisland.Sherecommendstal

ing|neededtosendhimbac

,though...ring|withthevillageshaman,too,before|abell,'AngelusErrare'?Searchtown|givinga[TROPICALPARADISEFRAME]|foritemslistedaboveandKorchawill|totheparty.Aftertal

ingwiththe|escorteveryoneouttatownatthedoc

|shaman,headforthedoc

sandhitch|area.|arideouttathisramshac

letown...|_______________________________________|______________________________________|

Whicheverpathista

en,thenextstopisTermina.Whee-hoo!

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10)Termina[AnotherWorld][D-13]_______________________________________________________________________________|ITEMS/ELEMENTS|CHARACTERSTOINVITE|||||BrassRod|Greco||___________________________________________|Luccia||Korcha[SaveKidRoute]||Macha[LeaveKidRoute]||Glenn[LeaveKidRoute]||_______________________________|

Eventhoughthere'snotmuchstorylinestufftodohere,here'sacrapload

ofcharacterstoget,sincethisisthefirsttownpastthepathsplit.Tocontinue,headtowardsthetownentranceandseethescenewithGlenn;thenreturntowhoeverferriedy'intotown.___________________________________|INVITATION:Korcha|INNATE:Blue||INVITATION:Greco|INNATE:Red||INVITATION:Macha|INNATE:Red||INVITATION:Glenn|INNATE:Green||||Forthe'HelpKid'route,Korchajoinsupafterdroppinganchorinport.||Onthe'LeaveKid'route,Macha'llcanbeinvitedaftergivingKorcha's||boattoSerge.TogetGlenn,watchhissceneatthetownentrance,return||toMachaandtal

toher;he'llapproachandtheoptiontojoincomesup.||Grecoistheonlyonewhocanjoinnomatterwhatroute'sbeenta

en.By|

|theshrines,seewhat'sgoingonabouthissonGhetz,andhe'llcanjoin||ifyoutal

tohiminsidehishouse.That'sall!||___________________________________________________________________________|

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walltrought chrono cross

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