Iluk and the Red Dragon
Iluk
Fast travel to Iluk (or if you can't, head south from Reza.) Go to the house at the
top of the screen and talk to the inventor to give him the Ballon Blueprint. He'll
tell you to talk to the botanist. Leave this building and go down the stairs to your
left (yeah - outside, it's weird.) When he unlocks the gate, you can go up through
the gate/door there.
Start off by heading up and to the right. (If these enemies are too tough, don't
forget to use your most powerful magic and return to the healing shrine on the
previous screne.) You should come to a red circle - touch it to jump the gap. There's
a chest here with a Healing Ring . Beyond the chest are more enemies, but nothing
important. Head back the way you came, healing at the shrine if you need.
From the enterance, head left, then left and down, and jump across multiple gaps by
approaching the red circle things. Continue left and follow the path up to find a blue
chest with a Crystal Bracelet . Equip that to Nash and head right. You should come to a
crop patch pretty quickly. Heading up and right from there should eventually bring you
to another blue chest with a Spook Hairpin . Have Mia equip that.
Head left and up from here until you come to another crop patch with a chest
containing 1500 Silver and a blue enemy hanging out in the crops. After the battle you
should see a pink orb. Watch the cut scene and you'll obtain the Fluffy Bug . Exit the
way you came and heal at the statue.
Optional: Level up - This field isn't a bad spot to level grind. You can quickly
get back to this statue, and some of these battles are worth over 600XP. When you're
ready to continue, save your game and talk to the inventor. After some more dialog,
make sure your party is fully stocked (equip ice weapons to anyone who can wield them
and do NOT equip any fire weapons) and then talk to the inventor by the balloon to
launch.
Red Dragon Cave
Prep work: You will not be able to return to this dungeon, so be sure you have
obtained everything here that you want! The enemies here are vulernable to Ice magic.
Don't be afraid to use Mia's enemy zone or enemy all magic. Also, be sure to equip ice
weapons to Alex and Jessica, and make sure Mia and Nash don't have a Flame Staff
equipped. You'll get a decent number of HP and MP restore items here, so use them as
needed.
First Floor: After the Balloon lands, head through the door in the upper right.
Second Floor: Take either the left or right path - they'll both lead you to a door
at the bottom of the screen.
Third Floor: Head up and right to find a chest with a Star Light . Continue left
until you find a chest with another Star Light . Continue left, down, then back to the
right and you should come to the exit.
Fourth Floor: At the start of this level you should have your HP and MP restored.
Follow the path down and to the left for a Barrier Ring . Head up and slightly left
from that to find another chest with a Star Light . Continue left and quickly run
through the flames to reach the exit.
Fifth Floor: Head up and right to find a chest with a Star Light . Head back to the
entrance and the head down and right to find a chest with a Rainbow Tiara . Equip this
to Jessica. Again head back to the entrance and this time head left, the up and left.
There's a chest toward the top of the screen with 1000 Silver. Head down from that,
then left and up to find another chest with a Star Light . To the left of that chest
you should see more flames. Ignore them for now and head left and down to find two
chests, one with another Angel Ring and the other with a Star Light . To the right of
that chest is a weird pot looking thing. Approach it to be jumped to a new area.
There's a chest here with a Flame Sword for Alex, but DON'T equip it until you're out
of this dungeon! Return to the flame wall, save your game, heal your guys up, then go
through the flames toward the top of the screen. You'll get in a battle while walking
through the flames, so be ready to quickly head up once the battle is over. Once
through the flames, open the chest for a Star Light , then prep for battle before doing
anything else (See the prep section below.) When ready, head slightly up to trigger
some dialog. When it's over, save and heal again, then approach the statues.
Bronze Dog
Prep: For this boss battle, the two statues will deal massive damage to all your
characters for the first two turns. Be ready to have everyone use healing items. I
recommend everyone has 2x Healing Nut and 1x Star Light (at least). Don't worry about
status recovery for this battle.
- Alex: Have Alex cast Vigor then use sword dance. Concentrate on one enemy until
they're dead.
- Nash: Have nash attack during the first round, then use a Healing Nut on himself
for the next two rounds, unless he's got great health. Attack after that. Be ready to
use a Star Light on anyone that needs one.
- Mia: Have Mia use Power Drive on Alex if she can, then use a Healing Nut on
herself for the next two rounds unless she's go great health. Use Ice All magic after
that.
- Kyle: Kyle should use Power Up during the first round, then use Power Slash. Concentrate
on the same enemy Alex is attacking, then switch to the other when it's dead.
- Jessica: Have Jessica attack in the first round, then heal all after that unless
folks are doing OK - in which case she should concentrate on attacking the same enemy
as Alex and Kyle.
After the battle head up and right to find a chest with 5000 Silver. No, that's not
a typo. Once you have that, go through the exit and walk forward to trigger the cut
scene. After the cut scene, use a Dragonfly Wing or Jessica's magic to return to the
start of the dungeon. Go up through the doorway, then down to your balloon. Remember,
you can't return to this dungeon, so make sure you've got everything you wanted, then
touch the balloon to leave.
After a while you'll end up in Reza. Use the statue just outside the entrance to
heal, then talk to Laike to learn that the bridge in Meryod has been fixed. Fast
travel there and head right to cross the bridge. On the other side is a weapon shop.
Give Alex the Flame Sword and Dragon Master's Shield you found in the Red Dragon Cave,
then buy a Great Sword for Kyle, a Water Mace for Jessica, a Holy Bow for Nash, and a
Sage's Cane for Mia. Leave the store then leave the town by heading right.
On the overhead map you'll see the second hot springs to the lower right. Be
warned, however. That forest between here and there is not for the faint of heart and
the enemies provide little XP so you're not going to level up here. If you're willing
to run from every battle you can do so, but you're going to be hard pressed to get
through at this level. I really recommend waiting until you're stronger. Instead, head
north to the town of Lyton.
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