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Saith
Saith
When you enter town, head down the path and visit the weapon shop on the right. Upgrade
everyone's armor, and buy a Small Bow for Luna and a Long Sword for Alex.
Head to the lower right corner of the city screen, talking to folks along the way.
In the dock house at the bottom you'll learn you need a Sea Chart . Talk to the two guys
at the top of the screen until they repeat themselves, then head to the bar to find it.
Talk to the guy in the upper right corner of the screen to gamble for it. Keep talking
to him until you get a Fortune Cane .
Sea Hag's Forest
Leave town the way you came in, but this time take the left road and head up.
Eventually you'll come to a forest. Make your way through the forest, grabbing items
from any chests you find. You can get a few Herb items and a Star Light , but some of
the obvious chests just call more monsters. Be sure you're ready for battle before
opening them. Head all the way to the top of this screen and on the next one head up to
meet Nash. Nash comes with a Water Cane , Robe , Iron Bracelet , and Bandanna. Continue up
to arrive at the sea hag's house.
Head upstairs, talk to her, and then have Luna talk to Nash. Trade that to the sea
hag for the Sea Chart . Be careful, though. If you leave and come back she'll ask for
the Fortune Cane as well. Don't give that up just yet, since you'll want Nash to use it
for a while. If you go into the basement you can find another of those locked chests.
You can't do anything about that just yet.
Leave the house and head all the way back to Saith.
Leaving Saith
Note: Read this whole section first - you'll thank me later.
When you get to town you'll find there's a monster on the loose. Visit the statue
to make sure your HP and MP are restored, equip the best weapons and armor that you
can, then save your game and head to the dock. The higher your level, the more
powerful this guy will be, so be sure to use whatever attacks you have that do the
most damage. I recommend giving Luna and Ramus a Star Light . You need Alex to be able
to continuously attack with powerful magic to defeat this guy, and he'll run out of
magic if you don't give him a Star Light . In terms of how each character attacks,
here's how I approach this one:
- Alex: Cast Vigor to boost attack, then use Sword Dance. Have someone toss him a
Star Light when he runs out of MP.
- Ramus: Attack and use a Star Light on Alex when he has less than 10 MP.
- Luna: Purity Song and Tranquil Song to keep folks healthy, and be ready to use a
Star Light on Alex if he's lower on MP and Ramus is unable to move.
- Nash: Spam Thunder Bomb until out of MP, then attack (Don't forget to equip the
fortune staff if you haven't done that already!) If you have a third Star Light , you
can give it to Nash in case both Luna and Ramus are unable to move.
So why did I say to read the whole section first? Well the biggest enemy in this
battle is actually the PRNG. No matter how high level you are, or how well prepared
you are going into this area, if the game roles badly on the pseudo random number
generator, you're going to hate life. This is why I said to save before attempting. In
fact, once all the sailors run away, you can save again right before the fight. I
recommend it, frankly. Saline Slimer can use an attack that makes a random character
lose up to 4 or 5 turns. If that character is Alex and it happens several times in a
row, quit and reload. Seriously. It's possible to harm him, but he regenerates a LOT
of HP every turn, and if you can't use Alex's sword dance you won't be able to keep up
with it.
Sail Away, Sail Away, Sail Away!
When the battle is over, you'll talk to Luna and then you'll get sail away across the
ocean. Talk to folks on the main deck if you want, then head below deck. There's a
suviner shop where you can buy soap. This is the only place in the game you can do so,
and it's not cheap. You will only ever need 4 bars of soap, and you can theoretically
get 2 free ones later in the game. So if you're paranoid, you can buy 4, otherwise
just get 2. Save your game, then when you're ready to move on, talk to Luna (top of
the screen) twice. When you wake up, head up onto the deck and watch the cut scene.
(If you like the cut scene, you can reload from the save game. After the scene, you'll
wake up and join with Luna. Go up to the deck and walk down the bow to trigger the
last cut scene before Meribia.
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