Carbon Ocelot's Lunar Silver Star Story Walkthrough

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Walkthrough Notes

Points to Remember

• Attack this game from the standpoint that you DO want to beat it completely. If you decide not to at some point, you can always stop doing the tough stuff. Otherwse, you may miss out on something you really need.
• Any time you see an item in a dashed box, you can hover the mouse over it for more information about that item. Hover the mouse over the box (or tap the screen on a mobile device) for for a second or two to see an example of how it works.
• You can save your game at nearly any time. Just hit the circle button on your controler to bring up the save menu.
• Nall can carry more items than your other characters, but you cannot use them during a battle. Use the menu screen to transfer items from Nall's inventory to the other characters so they can use them during a battle.
• At some point Nall will run out of storage space. When that happens, don't be afraid to sell off your old weapons and armor. Keep the accessories, though. Also, once you get access to Healing Nut items, it's OK to ditch any Herb you might be carrying.
• The amount of HP a boss has is dependant on Alex's level. But the higher Alex's level, the more damage he can do. As long as Alex isn't significantly more advanced than the rest of the party, it's worth it to level grind from time to time.

Berg

Welcome to Berg
When you first start a new game you'll be treated to a series of cut scenes (believe it or not, these were state of the art at the time). You can't skip these, but they provide useful information so practice your patience and try to learn things. When you have control of your character, head toward the bottom of the screen and run into Ramus. After a brief conversation, head right, following the top of the screen. You'll go down one bridge, then up another to a new screen. After more cut scenes and dialog, head back down into town.

Optional Backstory
If you would like more backstory here, you can wander around the town and talk to folks until they repeat themselves. If someone asks Luna to sing, go ahead and let her.

The White Dragon Cave
When you're ready to move on, head to your house in the upper left corner of the town map. Talk to everyone until they repeat themselves, and you'll eventually get permission to raid the basement. Go down the stairs on the bottom left of the screen and get stuff out of the chests. (As far as I know, you can't open the barrels.) You should receive: Angel's Tear , Star Light , Herb , Dragonfly Wing . Once you have these, leave the house and head to the village entrance on the far left of the village screen. Talk to Ramus, then open the menu by pressing Square and equip your characters.

Cave of the White Dragon
When you are ready, leave the village and you'll appear on the overworld screen. Follow the mountains around to the right, up, then down and back to the left. You should see the cave just below the village of Berg. Head into the cave. This is where I like to spend a bit of time leveling up. Don't use the AI - manually have your characters attack. Don't use your items - rely on Luna to heal folks when needed. When you run low on magic, head back to Berg and heal at the statue in the middle of the town. While you're there, head to the weapons shop and sell any items you've picked up in combat (don't sell your Angel's Tear , Star Light , or Dragonfly Wing !) and see if there are any new weapons or armor you can afford. I like to repeat this process until everyone has the best armor and weapons Berg has to offer. That usually gets me to level 8 or so. At that time, I will begin moving deeper into the cave.

Before you go further into the cave, head straight down from the cave opening. You should see an ice wall blocking your path further down. Remember what those look like - you can trick a monkey into breaking them for you. Once broken, they will stay broken even if you leave the cave. That means you can create short cuts and open paths that would otherwise block your way or hide items. Anyway, make your way to the left and explore the cave. Be sure to open any chests you find. Continue going back to Berg to heal as needed. You should eventually make your way to the other side of that ice wall I mentioned before. Get the monkey to chase you, then move out of the way so the monkey breaks the ice wall.

From there, head down and follow the path. You should eventually reach another cave entrance. Head inside and watch the cut scenes with Quark, then head back out of that room. The rocks blocking your way left should be gone and you can continue on. Go left, then up and into the next area. You'll need to get the monkey to break the ice walls here so you can continue. As you continue look for a couple of chests blocked by ice walls. If you can get the monkey to open them you can get 250 Silver, another Star Light , and the Dragon Ring . Take the Dragon Ring back to Quark, then head back to Berg.

You might be tempted to level grind here, but be patient and there will be a better place soon. When you're back in Berg, use the statue to heal and then head to the item shop. After a brief discussion head back to Alex's house. On the way Luna will leave Alex and Ramus. Agree to go with Ramus and head out of town, then into the forest to the left. Wander around a bit and eventually you'll end up back in Berg. Return to Alex's house and talk to everyone over and over until Alex goes to sleep. After a brief dialog, Luna and Alex can meet up with Ramus at the village entrance.

Weird Woods
Head back to the left and into the woods. After the path is cleared, you'll be able to wander around the area. This is where I like to level up a bit more. You'll end up in a major fight soon and it will be good to have characters that can hold their ground. While wandering around, pick up any Herb or Antidote items you find. Like before, I tend to just sell most of these off and rely on Luna to cure conditions. Since poison goes away at the end of each battle, I rarely use them once the characters are strong enough to defeat these enemies in one or two rounds. By this time Alex should be able to do more than one attack. Having him focus on the strongest enemies makes these battles a lot easier.

Anyway, there's a large open area here. If you're leveling up, don't go to the upper left past this area until you're ready for the big fight. The upper right exit from this area has a slighly hard to see orange chest. It's locked, and if you try to open it Nall will wonder what's inside. If you head left, you'll end up in three back-to-back fights. Since you can't recover between battles, clear out all but one enemy and heal up before finishing each battle. If you find you are having a lot of trouble, you can ask for help from the mysterious stranger who offers assistance between battles. When the battles are over, there will be more cut dialogue and you'll be able to move on. If you were unable to withstand all three waves of attack, you will get a little bit more dialgue, but there isn't any tangible difference. Head down and find your way out of this area. At this point I like to be about level 13 or so. If you're not, you may want to level up a bit here - but be sure to head to Saith first and buy new weapons and armor. When you get to the overworld map and you're ready to move on, head left across the bridge and down and rigth to the town of Saith. (You can ignore the left fork for you - you'll be coming back there soon.)

Berg

Welcome to Berg
When you first start a new game you'll be treated to a series of cut scenes (believe it or not, these were state of the art at the time). You can't skip these, but they provide useful information so practice your patience and try to learn things. When you have control of your character, head toward the bottom of the screen and run into Ramus. After a brief conversation, head right, following the top of the screen. You'll go down one bridge, then up another to a new screen. After more cut scenes and dialog, head back down into town.

Optional Backstory
If you would like more backstory here, you can wander around the town and talk to folks until they repeat themselves. If someone asks Luna to sing, go ahead and let her.

The White Dragon Cave
When you're ready to move on, head to your house in the upper left corner of the town map. Talk to everyone until they repeat themselves, and you'll eventually get permission to raid the basement. Go down the stairs on the bottom left of the screen and get stuff out of the chests. (As far as I know, you can't open the barrels.) You should receive: Angel's Tear , Star Light , Herb , Dragonfly Wing . Once you have these, leave the house and head to the village entrance on the far left of the village screen. Talk to Ramus, then open the menu by pressing Square and equip your characters.

Cave of the White Dragon
When you are ready, leave the village and you'll appear on the overworld screen. Follow the mountains around to the right, up, then down and back to the left. You should see the cave just below the village of Berg. Head into the cave. This is where I like to spend a bit of time leveling up. Don't use the AI - manually have your characters attack. Don't use your items - rely on Luna to heal folks when needed. When you run low on magic, head back to Berg and heal at the statue in the middle of the town. While you're there, head to the weapons shop and sell any items you've picked up in combat (don't sell your Angel's Tear , Star Light , or Dragonfly Wing !) and see if there are any new weapons or armor you can afford. I like to repeat this process until everyone has the best armor and weapons Berg has to offer. That usually gets me to level 8 or so. At that time, I will begin moving deeper into the cave.

Before you go further into the cave, head straight down from the cave opening. You should see an ice wall blocking your path further down. Remember what those look like - you can trick a monkey into breaking them for you. Once broken, they will stay broken even if you leave the cave. That means you can create short cuts and open paths that would otherwise block your way or hide items. Anyway, make your way to the left and explore the cave. Be sure to open any chests you find. Continue going back to Berg to heal as needed. You should eventually make your way to the other side of that ice wall I mentioned before. Get the monkey to chase you, then move out of the way so the monkey breaks the ice wall.

From there, head down and follow the path. You should eventually reach another cave entrance. Head inside and watch the cut scenes with Quark, then head back out of that room. The rocks blocking your way left should be gone and you can continue on. Go left, then up and into the next area. You'll need to get the monkey to break the ice walls here so you can continue. As you continue look for a couple of chests blocked by ice walls. If you can get the monkey to open them you can get 250 Silver, another Star Light , and the Dragon Ring . Take the Dragon Ring back to Quark, then head back to Berg.

You might be tempted to level grind here, but be patient and there will be a better place soon. When you're back in Berg, use the statue to heal and then head to the item shop. After a brief discussion head back to Alex's house. On the way Luna will leave Alex and Ramus. Agree to go with Ramus and head out of town, then into the forest to the left. Wander around a bit and eventually you'll end up back in Berg. Return to Alex's house and talk to everyone over and over until Alex goes to sleep. After a brief dialog, Luna and Alex can meet up with Ramus at the village entrance.

Weird Woods
Head back to the left and into the woods. After the path is cleared, you'll be able to wander around the area. This is where I like to level up a bit more. You'll end up in a major fight soon and it will be good to have characters that can hold their ground. While wandering around, pick up any Herb or Antidote items you find. Like before, I tend to just sell most of these off and rely on Luna to cure conditions. Since poison goes away at the end of each battle, I rarely use them once the characters are strong enough to defeat these enemies in one or two rounds. By this time Alex should be able to do more than one attack. Having him focus on the strongest enemies makes these battles a lot easier.

Anyway, there's a large open area here. If you're leveling up, don't go to the upper left past this area until you're ready for the big fight. The upper right exit from this area has a slighly hard to see orange chest. It's locked, and if you try to open it Nall will wonder what's inside. If you head left, you'll end up in three back-to-back fights. Since you can't recover between battles, clear out all but one enemy and heal up before finishing each battle. If you find you are having a lot of trouble, you can ask for help from the mysterious stranger who offers assistance between battles. When the battles are over, there will be more cut dialogue and you'll be able to move on. If you were unable to withstand all three waves of attack, you will get a little bit more dialgue, but there isn't any tangible difference. Head down and find your way out of this area. At this point I like to be about level 13 or so. If you're not, you may want to level up a bit here - but be sure to head to Saith first and buy new weapons and armor. When you get to the overworld map and you're ready to move on, head left across the bridge and down and rigth to the town of Saith. (You can ignore the left fork for you - you'll be coming back there soon.)

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.

Meribia

Welcome to town
Nash and Ramus will leave and you can wander around town with Luna. This is a good place to wander around and talk to folks but avoid crossing the draw bridge at the top center of the screen for now. If you head up you can find an item shop and a weapon shop. I sold all 10x Herb and bought 3x Healing Nut . At the weapon shop, you can get the Long Sword for Alex and the Small Bow for Luna (if you missed them earlier.) You can also buy a Fire Cane , which will be handy the next time you're paird up with Nash. If you keep going left, you'll find an armor shop where you can buy a Headband for Luna, and Iron Armor , an Iron Shield , and an Iron Helmet for Alex. Just left and up from there is another weapon shop. You can upgrade Alex to a Broad Sword and Luna to a Battle Bow . The town exit is at the top of this screen, but you can't leave now so head left instead.

Black Rose Street
This area has an item shop where you can buy one or more Star Light to replenish any you had to use during the slime battle earlier. I like to keep 2 or 3 on hand at this point in the game - just in case. There are other shops here, but they don't all sell things you'd really want (magical toothbrush anyone?) The Armor shop, however, sells armor for Luna. If you can afford it, pick up a Robe and a Steel Armlet . When you're done shopping, head all the way left and up into the little house there. After the cut scene, talk to Nash and Royce, then leave the shop. Remember how I said to avoid the drawbridge at the top middle of the previous screen? You can go there now.

Mel's House
Head to the screen right of Black Rose Street and head right, then up. Cross the draw bridge and enter Mel's palace. Talk to everyone here and eventually you'll fight Mel. If you have a bunch of Healing Nut items you might win, but it's not really worth it. Just spam Sword Dance and after you die have Luna heal you up. When done, go to the item shop and buy a Dragonfly Wing , if you don't already have one. Leave and go back to find Ramus. Agree to the 20,000 Silver offer, then head into the back room when given the chance. Head right and down, then enter...

Meribia Sewers
See the blue button on the wall to your right? Press that to extend the bridge that will let you progress. Feel free to talk to folks here, then head down across the bridge. This is a good place to level grind, if you like. You can leave the sewers, then leave the building and go up and right to find the statue to heal up. You can also equip Ramus with Iron Armor and an Iron Shild, and you can buy him a Battle Bow . If you get into trouble down here, you can use the Dragonfly Wing to warp to the start of the dungeon - just be sure you buy another one if that was your last!

Head down and right, and use the blue botton to drop another bridge. There's a place to the right where you can go down through a buliding and obtain a Star Light . From there, head back up, then left and down. There's another chest here with another Star Light . Grab that then head down. You'll come to a spot where there are seven paths leading down, blocked by fish. The fish give decent XP if you're a high enough level, but if no you can try to avoid them. Here's what's down each branch:

1. Nothing
2. A switch and continue to a chest with 1x Herb . After grabbing the item, head right and press the button to drop a bridge. Cross the bridge and press the blue button on the right to open up path 5. Backtrack to path five and cross over.
3. Nothing
4. Nothing
5. A blocked path (Flip switch in path 2 to unblock)
6. Nothing
7. A Chest with 250 Silver

Down and right from the bridge you'll find a box with a Herb . Grab that and head up the path just to the right of the bridge you just came across. There's another chest at the end of that path with 250 Silver. Return to the bridge and this time head right, go through the doorway, and head up. Fight through some pretty tough enemies, and at the top of the screen head right and down, then through the doorway. Grab the three chests here for 2x Antidote and 1x Star Light .

Option: Level-up
If you can stand to level-grind here, getting Alex up to level 18 can be very lucrative in an upcoming dungeon. As in, you can earn nearly 300XP and over 2000 Silver each battle - plus have the possibility of obtaining an item that will provide +2 Defense and +10 agility!

Water Dragon
Warning: Boss Fight! As soon as you talk to the thief there you're going to get dragged into a nasty boss fight. This guy can attack anyone in the front row with a majorly powerful fire breath attack. Open the menu, select Nall, and use the formation tab to move everyone to the back row. In terms of Items, give both Ramus and Luna 2x Star Light , 2x Antidote , and 1x Healing Nut . Save your game, then talk to the thief. Here is my standard battle plan:

• Alex: Use Vigor, then use Sword Dance.
• Luna: Use Cascade on Ramus, then Alex, then Luna. Heal as needed.
• Ramus: Use Antidotes if anyone is poisoned, throw a Star Light or Healing Nut to Alex or Luna if needed, and finally attack if there's nothing else to do.

When you have control again, open the menu and transfer all items from Ramus to Nall, then use the Dragonfly Wing to warp to the start of the dungeon, then head through the door at the top of the screen, return to the shop, and talk to Dross. When you have control again, check everyones equipment, replenish any items you need, use the statue of Althena to heal up, then exit the city via the gate at the top of the city screen.

Cave of Trial
Head right and down until you get to the springs (a blue circle to the left of a star symbol.) Technically you can head further left and fight some random encounters, but you'll get there eventually as part of the plot, so it's not really worth it as far as I can tell. Talk to the guy next to the spring, then leave the screen and head left to the shrine. Go inside and head to the far end. After the cut scene, talk to everyone here and then head outside and talk to the priestess there to get replenish your HP and MP. Head back to the springs with your Application .

After Nash leaves, step to the middle of the star to enter the Cave of Trials. You can't use items here, so use your magic sparingly. You'll have a boss battle that you'll want Alex fully charged for. Pay attention to how much Luna can heal for and don't waste her magic healing less than that amount. If you run across a small silver enemy called a Chiro, you can get a massive amount of XP and Silver if you can take it out before it runs away from battle. Don't forget that you're going to need Alex fully charged for the final battle, though.

The cave enterance is actually a little hard to see - head straight up. Continue up and right, fighting monsters. Go through the door there, and on the next screen head down and right. The path up leads to a chest with 250 Silver. Go back down and continue along the path right and up. The guy there can heal you, but hopefully you don't need that yet! If you do, you might want to consider reloading and doing a bit of leveling up! Go up and through the door.

On the next screen you can choose to go either left or right - both lead to the same place, though the path at the right might be harder to see. Fight the monsters and head through the door.

On the next screen, there's a locked chest on the right-hand path. Since you can't open those yet, skip it and head down and to the right. There's a chest with 250 Silver at the end of the path. Grab that then head through the door. There are a variety of folks you can talk to on this level, but the exit is pretty close - head up and right. The guy there will offer to heal you, but remember you only get that once, so I generally opt to wait. Go through the door to get to the next level.

There are a few paths you can take on this next screen, but taking the upper path can help you avoid random encounters. There's another chest with 250 Silver in the upper left corner of this floor. From there, head down and skip the left-hand path for now. Going down and left will net you the final chest with 250 Silver. Go back up, make sure you're ready, then head left to battle...

Truffle Troubler
This enemy can paralyze you, so be ready to have Luna cure that. Start off with Alex casting Vigor and Luna casting Cascade Song on Alex. Alex should then use Sword Dance until he's out of MP, then switch to regular attacks. Luna should be healing and curing conditions with Purity Song. If you have any magic left, heal up, save, then head left and up. There's a Healing Ring here that you really want! Get that, then go through the door. Head left, up, and back to the right to reach the exit.

Vane

Optional: Level-up
You have a chance to level-up here with just Alex and Luna, but if you wait a few minutes you can also have Nash. If you level all three up to level 23, Nash will get a powerful "All Enemies" magic, which can be super helpful in upcoming battles. If you want to level up as just Alex and Luna... You'll appear in the lower-left exit of a building. Head out the lower right exit and go up and right around some buildings, then up and left to find stairs leading down to the left. There's a statue at the top of the screen where you can replenish your HP and MP. If you back track to the place where you found the Healing Ring , there's an enemy you can fight which has a massive XP/Silver reward. If neither of the two Chiro (or Ice Mongrel) enemies flee, you can earn 288 XP and 2135 Silver with a single Flash Cut attack from Alex. It's pretty quick to get both Alex and Luna up to level 20 here, if you're patient. If one of them flees, you will still get 159XP and 1235 Silver for each battle won. If you're really lucky while fighting these guys, you can obtain a Chira's Tail, which increases defense by 2 and agilty by 10!

The City of Vane
When you're ready to move on, wander around and talk to everyone. Buy any weapons, armor, and items you'd like, and don't forget to read all the books in the library. There totally aren't any obvious foreshadowing notes in there. Nope, definately not. No way.

When you're ready to move on, enter the building at the top of the screen. When your party breaks up, explore all the places from the far right to the far left - in that order. Eventually you'll be given a new quest. Talk to the guy next to Ghaleon's desk to get more information, then head out of the building. If you want to level up Alex, Luna, and Nash, use the instructions in the section above. When you're ready to move on, step on the star transporter thing at the bottom of the screen.

Nanza Pass
Leave the screen with the transporter and head left and down until you get to Nanza pass. There are several chests here, but some of them are dangerous. They'll inflict confuse on your party and start a battle with several enemies. When confused, your charcters will randomly cast magic on each other, use rare items, etc. Avoid that, if you can. Follow the instructions here to avoid those and get the valid chests with their loot.

Read the sign, then head left. The path down is a dead end, so head up and left. At the next fork, the path right is a dead end, so head up. Continue up until you see a chest at a fork in the road. Don't open it - that one is a trap. Head right and down to open a chest with 50 silver. The path up is a dead-end, so head left. Go down, following the right-hand wall until you see a chest. Head down through the opening and open the chest for 1x Herb . Don't spend it all in one place.

Continue down following the right wall off to the right until you come to a chest with another Herb . There's a path down from here leading to another chest, but don't open that one! Instead, back-track up and left, then open the chest at the bottom of this screen for 50 Silver. Now follow the right wall up, the down and to the right. When you are directly below the chest you just opened, head left.

Nanza
When you get to the next area, save then talk to folks. There's a statue here, so you can heal back up and get your MP back. Head to the far left and talk to the guy there to learn you need to get Kyle's permission to pass. Wander around talking to people and you'll eventually hear where you need to go. It's more or less in this order:

1. Take a tower stair up one level and head to the top left area, and talk to folks. You'll learn he's in a tower to the southeast
2. Head down and right, then climb the tower and talk to the girl at the top. You'll learn he went to the basement.
3. Go all the way down the tower, then head left and down until you find the kitchen/dining hall. Talk to the first person you see and you'll hear he went to his bedroom.
4. Head out of that room, then up and talk to somone in a room with a bed. You'll learn he's in jail.
5. Backtrack and enter the jail, then interact with the door at the top to start a cut scene and get permission to leave.
6. Leave the jail and go down the left and up to find a tower. Go up one more level, out the door at the bottom of the screen. Go up and right until you find another tower. Go in the door, down one level, out the bottom of the tower, and then go left and exit this area.

When you get to the next area, don't go straight down and open a chest. That's a trapped one. Instead, go left, then down, and left again. Talk to the guy you see there, then continue left. When you see a path up to a chest, that's safe to take and you can get a Star Light . Continue left and talk to folks, then read the sign and head left to the next area. On the world map, go up and left, but follow the trails up and left. The other far left path doesn't go anywhere. Save outside the village, then head inside.

Lann
Talk to everyone outside, and inside - but go into the central building last. Talk to folks there. Agree to let the healer join your party. Talk to folks, then leave and go the boat down and to the left. Talk to the guy there and you'll get the boat automagically.

Lann Island
Warning: This area has chests that can cause a weird effect. Your controls will stop working. But at least they don't attract enemies, so you can wait for the effect to wear off. You'll also want to stay out of the water, as that can cause your characters to lose health while you walk. If you find your party needs healing, you can go back down and take the boat to the previous town and use the statue to recover HP/MP. (If you talk to the guy by the boat enought times on one of these trips, it may unlock Jessica's Bromide 2 later.)

On the island, head up and to the right to find a chest with 300 Silver. Heading left from there you'll run into another chst, but you should avoid that one because it will make your guys unable to move in a straight line for a while. From there, head left, then up. There's a chest at the end of the left path with another 300 Silver.

From there go right and up. There's a chest pretty close there which you'll want to avoid. Instead, head right until you see another chest. Open that for 500 Silver. Head up from there. There's a chest to the left which you'll want to avoid. If you go up from there, you'll find another chest to avoid. Right from that is a chest with 300 Silver, though. If you far to the left there, you'll find another chest to avoid. Instead, go up and left around the grass and open the chest to the far left for a Fresh Ring . Equip this to Jessica to prevent conditions!

From there back track a bit and go down and left. Avoid the obvious chest and head up and left instead. Eventually you should arrive at a tent. This will lead you to a boss fight, so be sure to heal up when you get here! Cast Vigor and Cascade Song on Alex, then have him use sword dance. Attach with your healers unless someone needs to be healed/de-conditioned, and have Nash cast Magic box to suppress Magic, then lightning magic. It shouldn't take too long to kill him off that way. Having Luna and Jessica both able to do heal-all magic is pretty powerful here.

Once the battle is over, transfer the Fresh Ring from Jessica, then either use a Dragonfly Wing or Jessica's Escape Litany to return to the start of this area. Head down to leave the island and you'll go back to the village of Lann. Head back through the Pass and go back to the tansporter screen - but before you step on it, transfer all items from Luna to Nall. Return to Vane using the teleporter.

After Nash leaves your party, make sure Alex and Nall have at least two Star Light and two Dragonfly Wing items, then head to the Magic Guild. Go straight through the doors and talk to folks there. Repeatedly talk to Galeon and Mia until you get a cut scene. When you next have control, wander back and forth for a bit, then talk to the lady with the mask. When she joins you, check your equipment and items. Make sure Alex and Mia both have at least one Healing Nut , Star Light , and Dragonfly Wing .

Technically you can leave the guild at this time. If Mia is really close to learning a powerful spell, you may want to consider it. She should join your party at the same level as Alex. At level 21 she gets a decent enemy zone ice attack. You can go back into the trial cave and fight the ice mongrel enemies to level up, if you're patient.

When you're ready to move on, use the blue door in the guild (to the right of the guild entrance) and enter the Crystal Tower.

Crystal Tower

Climbing the Tower
When Nash rejoins your party, make sure he is fully equipped. Go through the door and enter the tower. Head forward and you'll be told you have to remove all your weapons to be able to proceed. However, if you instead use a Dragonfly Wing , you'll teleport to the "start" of the Tower, which is just beyond the barrier that enforces this. That means you can keep your weapons in place and use them in the upcoming area. Head up either set of stairs to continue.

Second Floor: On the next floor, there is a chest in the lower right with 500 Silver. To the far left you can find a pillar you can run around to avoid enemy encounters, if you want. The exit is in the lower right of this screen.

Third Floor: Head up, then left, then down and continue to the next level (there are no chests here as far as I am aware.)

Fourth Floor: There is a chest in the lower-middle of the screen with 750 Silver. There are two exits here - top left and top right. Take the top right first, open the chest there for a Star Light , then return to this level and take the top left exit.

Fifth Floor: There are three exits here - lower left, lower middle, and lower right. The left and middle exits are dead ends, so head to the lower right exit.

Sixth Floor: There are two exits here - upper middle and upper left. Take the upper left, then go down to another exit and open the chest there for 250 Silver. Return to this level and take the upper middle exit.

Seventh Floor: There are two exits here: One in the lower right and one in the middle of the screen. Take the lower right exit and open the chest there to obtain the Angel Ring . Return to this level and take the exit in the middle of the screen.

Eight Floor: As far as I can tell, there's nothing here you haven't already obtained. Follow the path to the right and exit through the only door (at the bottom of the path).

Ninth Floor: When you first get here you'll have a short cut scene. Fight the enemies here if you want, then heal up and save. If this area hasn't been too challenging, the next fight shouldn't be either. Transfer any unique equipment and items from both Nash and Mia to Nall, but leave them both with a Healing Nut and a Star Light . Or if you can afford it, two. When you're ready, take the only exit at the top of the screen.

Star Chamber
After a cut scene you'll be thrust into battle with 4x Ultragoyle. Mia's Blizzard magic works pretty well on these guys. If they get close to each other, her Ice Wall spell will deal massive damage to them. Sword Dance is also pretty effective - especially if you use Vigor and/or Cascade Song. If you're well prepared, this is arguably the easist boss battle in the game. I only needed to have Luna heal everyone once.

Leave Vane via the teleporter and heal up at the shrine to the west. Depending on the version of the game you're playing, you might be able to get Phacia's Bromide by talking to the lady at the far north end of the shrine. Head back along the north path to Meribia and Revisit a bunch of places.

Redux

Meribia
Return to Maribi via the northern road. Head to Black Rose Street and talk to the old lady until she askes you to tell her sister to move back. Head to the castle and talk to everyone until Jessica escorts you away. Talk to Luna and Jessica until you get another cutscene. When you wake up, talk to Mel and Jessica, then leave the mansion and head to the harbor in the lower right of the city screen. Tell Ghaleon you're ready to leave and you'll travel to...

Saith
There's not much to do in town, but if you leave and revisit the hag you can obtain the Ice Mace by talking to her a few times. Return to Quark by going through the woods and past Berg, but before you enter his room, transfer all of Luna's equipment and items to Nall.

Berg
After the cut scene, head to the basement and examine the shelves. The ones on the upper left should have Luna's Bromide. Leave the basement and talk to Alex's parents, then head to Dyne's shrine in the upper left of the city map. After the cutscene with Laike, you will be able to use your new Dragon Wings to fast travel to any place you've previously visited. Head for Meribia.

Meribia
You'll find Meribia is in a bit of a state. After a quick battle, give Jessica the Ice Mace and anything else that might help her. Some Healing Nuts and Star Light would be a good start. Use the statue to heal up, if you need, then head to the castle. Unfortunately there are boxes everywhere blocking the obvious path so you'll have to detour all the way left and down the bottom of the screen before heading right and back up to the palace. If you head to Ramus' store along the way you can upgrade Alex to a Silver Sword . Don't bother with the other stores, though. They're all closed. When you get to the palace, head right to the bedrooms, then go through the lower-right exit to find Mel. Watch the cut scene.

You'll learn your next destination is Vane, but head outside first. Go to Black Rose Street and talk to everyone there. In the first house you can talk to the guy and see a glitch - the wrong character appears talking about how worried she is for Vane. XD Anyway, keep talking to folks and you should get Royce's Bromide. Go back to the other screen, use the statue to heal up, save, then fast travel to Vane.

Vane
Getting here will being a boss battle. If you have enough magic, have Alex lead with Dragon Protect. After that cast Vigor on Alex, then have him use sword dance. Mia should cast Ice Shell on each Ally (one at a time, sigh). The others should attack or heal. Mia's Ice Wall does decent damage, but Nash's Electricity isn't that great. If you left them each with a Healing Nut and a Star Light , this battle will be less difficult.

When the battle is over, you'll have a cut scene, then you can talk to Mia and Nash until they agree to join you party. Load up on any items or equipment you need, heal up at the statue outside, then fast travel to Nanza. If you need money to afford stuff, don't forget you can return to the cave of trials and fight the enemies there for serious cash and XP.

Nanza
When you first get here, make sure you have your gear settled properly, then save your game and head to the center of town. Now you get to fight as Kyle. Use magic Power Up. This should get the enemies close to you. Next use magic Power Sweep. That should end the battle in one or two blows. Watch the dialog, then DON'T TALK TO HIM when the battle is over. See that doorway just above you? Go through that. Head to the upper right corner of this screen and search the bed with red diamonds for Jess' Bromide 4.

When you have that, go back the way you came and talk to Kyle. This time fast travel to Althena's Shrine, head to the far back room, and talk to the girl that's always going on about her sister. Once you talk to her enough, you'll get Jess' Bromide 1. Keep talking and you'll learn that Ramus may have more of these. In the version I was playing when I wrote this walkthrough, he didn't sell them. But some versions of the game do. Fast travel to Meribia and head to his shop.

Fast travel back to Nazna and head out the south gate. Head south until you find another sign, then take the north path up and right. The blue chest has an angel tear. You can't open the orange one, yet. Head back to the sign and continue south until you get to the world map.

Optional: Level up area. If you avoid the obvious structure and instead go left around it and down, you should eventually see a small village to the west. That's Iluk. If you go there, you can use the shrine and more importantly you can fast travel here. You can buy some armor for Nash, then head out of the village and go east and then northeast to find a forest where you can level up. Save first, but if you can defeat enemies quickly here, they're worth 200-300 XP each. If any of your guys need to level up, this is an OK place to do that. You can always leave the forest and return to vane to buy Star Light (Alex and Kyle magic are best here), then you can fast travel back to Iluk.

When you're ready to continue, go south from Nazna and head to Reza.

Reza

Entering Reza
When you first get here, head to the center of town to trigger an event. You will temporarily lose the ability to fast travel. Head through the doors at the top of the screen to enter the pub. Talk to the bar keep and learn you need to join the Thieves Guild. Before leaving town, find the weapon and armor shops to the right of the town center. Good upgrades:

• Alex: Samurai Sword
• Nash: Ethereal Cane , Sorcerer's Robe
• Mia: Ethereal Cane , Sorcerer's Robe , Silver Armlet
• Kyle:
• Jessica: Flail (if you didn't get the Ice Mace earlier), Purity Clothes , Silver Armlet

Leave town and head south through the pass just down from the town. If you haven't visitied Iluk yet, head west and pop in so you can fast travel there later. To continue the plot, head east and north. You should see a small shrine looking thing to the east just before you get to the Meryod Woods. That's a hot springs. If you've bought a bunch of soaps earlier, you can head there and use two bars of soap to watch two cut scenes.

Meryod
The Meryod Woods are just up and left from the hot springs. Make your way through the woods. When you reach the north exit, continue north and east to the town of Meryod. Heal at the statue, then head right over the bridge. After a quick cut scene, you'll need to find your party one at a time. Wander around the town picking folks up. Head up, left, and down to get Nash. From there, head down, left, and up to find Jessica. You can head left, then up, then right to acquire Mia. Straight up from there you'll find the pub. Pick up Kyle and the Old Notebook . If this is your first visit to Meryod, visit the weapon, armor, and item shops before heading out of town the same way you came in.

Head south through the woods, but make sure Kyle is fully healed up and has one or more Healing Nut items before you get to the southern exit. When you get into a boss battle, have Kyle cast Power Up, then repeatedly cast Power Slash. If you drop below 50 HP, use a Healing Nut . When you leave the woods, head south and you should see the spire.

Damon Spire
If you've used a lot of magic or items on the way here, you can head west to Iluk and heal at the shrine, and you can back track to Reza to pick up any items you might need. This area has enemies which are resistant to physical damage, so you may find having a bunch of spare Star Light could be helpful. Head to the spire and go through the doors. After a bit of a cut scene, you'll be allowed entrance.

First Floor: While there are a variety of treasure chests on this floor, they are all empty. The first floor of the spire is relatively easy to clear. You just need to step on all the red squares, then try to open the door in the lower left corner of this map. From the entrance head right, stepping on any red boxes you can. Head up the right side stepping on all the boxes as you go. When you've done all on the right side, head back down and go left to the center area. Step on the read squares in the center area, then do that on the left side as well. The door at the bottom left of the screen won't appear to open, but you can approach them to trigger a cut scene. Have Mia answer the question, then head up to the second floor.

Second Floor: Similar to above, step on the red squares to open the various doors. These enemies may drop a Star Light , and the chests on this level may have them as well. The exit door is in the upper right corner of this level. Let Nash answer this one.

Third Floor: Similar to the above. Red squares, chests for Star Light . The Rufus enemies on this level are immune to magic and regular attacks, but magic attacks like Alex's Sword Dance or Flash Cut or Kyle's Power Sweep work. There's a chest in the lower-right with Sage's Clothes for Jessica. The exit at the top requies a healing spell, so have Jessica heal him. There are two Star Light items here.

Fourth Floor: These enemies can be hurt with physical attacks. In fact for my team, I just had everyone attack and it took them out without any issues. There's a chest in the upper left with a Spirt Bandana for Nash, a Star Light in the upper right, and an Ice Pendant in the lower right. The exit is in the lower middle, and you have to let the dude know that no one was unimportant.

Fifth Floor: Same kind of thing. Step on red squares, make your way around until Damon asks you to sculpt something. Alex should do the sculpting. There are no eneimes or chests on this level.

Top of the tower: You'll get the Theives' Guide from Damon, and he'll unlock all the bookshelves. You can now backtrack through the tower and read all the bookshelves you couldn't before. Or you can use a Dragonfly Wing or Jessica's magic to exit the tower. Return to the city of Reza.

Next steps
In Reza talk to the bar tender again. You'll give the Thieves' Guide and receive the Theives' Crest. Head behind the bar and take the upper passage on the next screen. Talk to the girl here several times, then go up again, then left, and down. Talk to the guy in the upper right to get your dragon wings back. You'll also get another soap. Talk to him again to find weapons you can buy. You can also buy armor from another guy here, Recommended equipment:

• Alex: Ice Blade
• Nash: Intelligent Robe , Stone Bow
• Mia: Crystal Armlet , Ice Cane
• Jessica: Crystal Armlet , Ice Mace (if you didn't get it before)

Chest 2: Weird Woods (west of Berg) - Head up and left from the clearing where you first met Laike to obtain the Wrath Ring .

Chest 3: Old Hag's House - Head west of Berg and North of Saith, through the woods to the house where you got the Sea Chart before. In the basement you'll find a chest with a Silver Light .

Chest 4: Saith - Head to the house in the lower left corner of the city screen and go upstairs to find the Protect Ring .

Chest 5: Meribia - Head to Ramus' store, then look for the house just below that on the city map. Inside the middle door you should find 1000 Silver in the upper right room.

Chest 6: Meriba Sewers - Go through Mel's palace and head to the sewers. Go through the left door and down to the next door. Go through that, then through the door on the right. Pick up the Star Light and Fortune Ring if you missed them before, then open the locked chest for a Silver Light .

Chest 7: Vane Cave of Trials - Teleport to Vane and wander through the passage until you got the locked chest with Soap. Warp out of the dungeon and then use the teleporter to go back to Vane for the next chest.

Chest 8: Vane - Go south from the statue of Althena and look for a tiny piece of the chest peaking out to your left. Open that for the Devil Pendant .

Chest 9: Nanza - Head to the basement via the tower in the center of town, then go down to the bedroom and look in the lower-left corner for the Crystal Pendant .

Chest 10: Nanza Pass - Head south from Nanza and take a right at the first fork. Head up to find the chest with a Silver Light .

Chest 11: Lann - Head up and left from the entrance to town. Left of the bucket with fish you can go behind a house and open the chest for a Silver Light .

Chest 12: Reza - Head to the town center and search the far left of the screen for the Silver Light .

Chest 13: Meryod Wood - Enter from the Meryod side of town and follow the path down, left, then up. The chest with the second Fortune Ring is hiding behind a tree in a clearing.

Chest 14: Meryod - Head to the lower left corner of the city map and find a chest hidden partially behind a house. Get the Silver Light .

When you're ready to advance the plot, head to Iluk

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.

Lyton and the Blue Dragon

Lyton
Head north from the eastern exit of Meyrod and you should find a small town. Go in and talk to folks. The building to the far lower right has better armor than you're probably wearing. Buy Holy Armor , a Holy Shield , and a Holy Helmet for Kyel. Pick up a Rainbow Armlet for Jessica, and a Holy Helmet for Alex.

Head to the hut at the top of the screne (with two pointy roof things). Talk to the elder, then leave that hut and head right and enter the shrine among the trees. Talk to the folks in the shrine, then enter the cave. Note: Look at the floor carefully in this dungeon! If you see cracks, be sure to step around them.

First Floor: Head up and right, the follow the right wall until you see a cave. Go through that.

Second Floor: Head down and right until you get to a fork in the path. See the cracks in the floor here? Avoid that and grab the chest for a Wisdom Robe . Equip that to Nash and continue down, avoiding cracks. At the next fork go down and right to find the exit to this section.

Third Floor: Head right and up to get to the chest just above the entrance. Continue up and right until you get to the exit.

Fourth Floor: Head down to the right and open the chest there for 2500 Silver. Continue down and follow the path left all the way to the exit in the upper left corner of this screen.

Fifth Floor: Head down at to the right. Watch for the cracks in the floor. There are several of them. Go through the exit at the lowest left area of this screen.

Sixth Floor: Head to the top of this screen - watching out for cracks in the floor.

Seventh Floor: Follow the path up and left until you trigger a dialog. See the rocks against the upper edge of the path? You need to push those in front of the correct holes. Block the far left hole by pushing the rock from the right, and block the far right hole by pushing the other bock from the left. Escape from the dungeon using Jessica's magic or a Dragonfly Wing . Go down from there to leave the shrine.

Exit the shrine and head left to speak with the village elder again. After a quick dialog, speak with Kyle and Jessica, then with Mia and Nash. When both of them are done singing, walk toward the shrine and have Alex play. When you have control again, make sure your characters are healed up and walk into the shrine.

Blue Dragon Shrine
Prep work: Make sure you are using Alex's Flame Sword . The enemies here are sensitive to fire magic, so take advantage of Mia's Flame Circle, and in an emergency you can use Alex's new Dragon Anger, if you have enough MP. Nash's Thunder spells are pretty good here, too.

First Floor: See the pool to your left? Go jump in it.

Second Floor: See the pool to your rigth? Go jump in it.

Third Floor: There's a pool to your left, but it's a trap. If you try to go in there you'll end up in a fight instead. Go past that and continue up and left until you find a chest with an Angel's Tear . There are three more pools over here. The lower left and lower right pools are traps. Avoid them and take the upper pool on this screen (nearest to the chest you just opened.)

Fourth Floor: In addition to the pool you came here via, this area has two more pools. The one you want to use is up and slightly left from where you entered this area. The other pool located up and to the right is a trap. Head up and left and use that pool.

Fifth Floor: Head down and to the right until you see three pools. The left and right pools are traps. Use the middle pool to move to the next area.

Sixth Floor: There's a pool to the left of you when you come to this area. As you might expect, that ones a trap. Ignore it and head down and to the left. There's a chest at the bottom of the left area with 5000 Silver. Grab that then use the pool just up from the chest.

Seventh Floor: Head to the far left and open the chest for a Ruby Tiara . Equip that to Jessica, then go back to the entrance and head up and right to find a chest with another Angel Ring . Head down and right until you come to a path leading up. Go up, then up and right when you get the chance. Wrap back around to the left and you'll be confronted with seven pools - two on top and five on the bottom. All but the second from the left on the bottom are traps. Avoid the traps and use the real pool to head to the next area.

Eighth Floor: You'll see two pools just to the left of you when you get to this area. Those are both traps, so head up and to the right. Follow the left wall over to the left and down until you find two chests. The right chest has a Jewel Bracelet . Give that to Nash. The other chest has a Chira's Tail. Up and slightly left from the chests you should find the pool to the next area.

Ninth Floor: Head left and down until you find a chest with a Dragon Armlet . Give that to Mia, then head left until you see a doorway. Heal up and save, then head left. Head up and look around. After a dialog, go down and take the right-hand path to obtain the Dragon Helmet . Equip that to Alex, then head left back to the blue dragon's lair. Depending on how powerful you are, you may want to consider going back the way you came to level up a bit. The enemies here are pretty powerful, so you've got a chance to get to a decent level before you advance.

Leave via the south entrance to the town and head south toward Tamur.

Optional: Hot Springs 2
By now your characters may be powerful enough to take on the forest leading to the second hot springs. There's a chest in the upper right area with 5000 Silver. However, even if you have multiple soaps, you'll only be able to see a single cut scene.

Tamur and Myght's Tower

Tamur Pass
Head down and right from the town of Lyton and enter Tamur Pass. If you follow the top wall to the far right and down, you'll find a chest with an Angel's Tear and a sign reading "Another Hidden Path". From there, go back up and left, then go down when you can. You'll find another chest with a Healing Nut . Head left until you see a sign reading "Danger Dead Ahead! Turn Back!" Go up and left from that to find a chest with a Dark Helmet that you should equip to Kyle. Follow the left wall down and the up to find a chest containing a Wind Cane . Equip that to Mia. Backtrack to the sign at the lower left saying "Welcome to Tamur" and look for a chest just below that with a Shira's Tail.

Heading right will trigger a couple of hard battles and you'll be back attacked. You may want to use Nall's menu to put your buff folks in the back row instead of the front row. Heal up and head right until you trigger a cut scene. Fight a few battles, then head right until you come to the village of...

Tamur
There's an item store just as you enter town. You can buy a Protection Ring for the first time, but the rest of the items aren't that rare. Directly up from that is a weapon shop. You can buy some things you've seen before, but get a Judgement Mace for Jessica and a Wind Sword for Kyle. Give Kyle's Great Sword to Alex to equip and give the Flame Sword to Nall. Up from there is an armor shop. Upgrade Alex and Kyle to the new Silver Armor . Give Jessica the Radiance Clothes . Give Mia the Saint's Robe and give Nash the Spirit Robe .

Optional: Level up. The next phase of this journey will only allow you to level up Alex. If you want to level up other characters, you can go back through the canyon you took to get here.

When you're ready to move on, head out through the north gate of the city and tell Laike you're ready. Technically you could level up Alex by fighting monsters in the forest just east and south of the town, but Laike isn't really into that. Head up and right and find the tower. Enter the tower and talk to the blue haired guy there. You'll need to go through the doors that map to a specific set if icons:

Entry floor: Planet, Star, Sun, Moon. Yes, this means you'll be back tracking in a few places.

NOTE: From here things are a little weirder. If you enter an elevator on the left side of the screen, it will go up. To the right it will go down. If you run across an enemy in a Hat , you'll need to do magic damage to it. You can use sword dance.

First Floor: There's nothing to the right, so go sightly left and get on the elevator to the second floor.

Second Floor: The only thing you can do here is go in the door to your left. There are two exits here - one in the middle and one on the far right. The far right exit is a dead-end, so go through the middle exit. From here you can either enter another door to the left or you can hop on the elevator. Go through the door and find the chest on the lower left to obtain a Silver Light . There's an exit to the left of the chest, but it leads to a dead end. Head back out the door you came through and hop on the elevator. It will take you down to the first floor again. Head left and get on the elevator going up. When it stops, get off and then get right back on to head to the third floor, then hop off and back on to get to the fourth floor.

Fourth Floor:Go through the door. There's an exit on the left and one on the right. Head around around the maze to the exit on the far right. There are two doors here, one to the right and one to the left. Go through the left door and head through the maze to the chest in the upper left with a Crystal Sword . Equip that to Alex. The exit on the far left here is a dead-end, so go back out the door you can through on the lower right. This time go through the far right door and find a chest in the middle with a Healing Nut . Go out the way you came and use the elevator to head back to the first floor, then take the other elevator to the third floor. (Yes I know there was another exit to that last room, but it just wraps you around to the start of the level.)

Third Floor: There's a single door to the left here. Go through there and make your way to a chest in the lower right for another Barrier Ring . Head to the exit on the lower right and go through the door on the far right of the next screen. Open the chest here for 500 Silver then head to the exit on the far lower left. Talk to the lady in the upper right to learn how to quickly exit the tower, then talk to the guy in the upper middle. The right exit goes to the tower roof, but there's nothing there yet. Go through the door on the upper left and leave the tower via either of the lower doors (they head to the same place), then head back to Tamur.

Forest of Illusion and Pao
Head to the pub to find your party. After talking with everyone, leave the pub and heal at the statue if you need, save, then head to the upper part of the town to pick a fight. Vigor and four Sword Dance attacks made quick work of him. Top off your HP/MP at the statue and leave via the northern exit. Head down and right to the Forest of Illusion.

There are two paths leading down here. Both will take you to a clearing. After a bit of dialog, you'll be able to continue. There are 5 exits from this clearing. Two lead back up to the entrance, one leads left, and two lead down. Take the left path leading down. After a bit more dialog, head up and right to find a Healing Nut in a blue chest. Continue right, then take the fork leading up to find a chest with another Chira's Tail. Continue right until you find a chest with a Holy Hairpin . Give that to Mia, then head left and take the path down and all the way left. There will be a couple of paths leading down. The right one goes to a Silver Light in a chest and the left one is a dead end. Head back to the clearing and this time head left. Up from here is a Healing Nut . Return to the clearing and rest.

After you wake up you'll have MP/HP restored. Follow your new friends down and left until the path south is opened. Follow the path left to find a Dark Shield for Kyle. Head back past the opening and continue right. Take the path leading up and curve around to find a chest with a Star Bracelot for Nash. Return to the opening and head south to exit this area. Travel south on the world map until you get to a town made of tents.

Pao
Talk to folks and learn about the situation here. Find Tempest's tent and talk to him. When he leaves, exit the tent and find the village elder's tent. Once you have permission, leave the tend. There's an item shop in one of the tents, if you need more Healing Nut or Star Light items. Since you're down a healer and a mage, this area can be tricky if you don't have sufficient items. Head right, heal at the statue if you need, then enter the cave.

Black Dragon Cave
Prep work: Did you stock up on items? Being down a healer and mage can make this area tricky. Don't forgt to assign them to the appropriate folks. Nash's thunder magic isn't exactly awesome against some of the monsters here. Have him use his bow on enemies that are resistant (attacks show up in yellow.) Something else to be aware of here. Some of the chests here are traps that drain your MP. Avoid those!

Cave Entrance: Head right and cross a bridge, the follow the path up. The bridge on your right leads to a dead-end, so go through the doorway.

First floor: Head through the doorway on your left, then through the doorway up and left to find a chest with a Dragon Bandana for Nash. Since his magic isn't that useful here, it's better to trade 5 wisdom for 5 defense in this area. Go back and through the doorway in the upper right. Wind right and down to find a stairway and a door leading down. Go down for now and find the chest here with a Dream Bow . Give that to Nash, then go back and head up the stairs.

Second Floor: Grab another Angel Ring here, then go through the doorway leading down. WARNING: That chest you see to the right is an MP trap. Don't open it. Head left and up until Tempest joins your party. The chest up and left from here has a Silver Light . Follow the path up and right, then down and right again. At the far right is another of those trapped chests. Don't open it. Head left instead and use the stairs to reach the next area.

Third Floor: Go through the lower doorway and head left then up. When you get to a room with a chest ignore it - it's a trap. Take the lower-right door from that room and open the chest next to the stairway for a Healing Nut . Head up the stairs to the next area.

Fourth Floor: Go through the doorway and get the Silver Light from the chest on your right the head left and up to trigger a cut scene. Equip the Dragon Armor to Alex then head up to the next room and then up and right. There's a chest here with Dark Armor for Kyle. Go back and take the other exit to the upper left of that room. Grab the Dark Sword for Kyle along the way, then take the stairs to the next area.

Fifth Floor: There's a chest here with a strategically placed Dragonfly Wing . Grab that, heal up if you need, save your game, then go up the stairs to start a boss battle. After a few cut scenes, have Alex and Kyle power up, then use their magic attacks. Tempest and Nash should use healing items if needed, then attack with their bows.

When the battle is over, head down one screen and then use the Dragonfly Wing . Leave the cave, heal at the statue, then head to Tempest's tent. When the party is back togther again, you'll decide to head to Myght's tower. A few things you might want to do before that, though...

• Talk to Tempest again to get the Master Sword .
• If you didn't visit the second hot springs yet, you can do it now. Don't forget to save after the first scene. The game randomly chooses which scene to show you, so you might need to reload to get the other one.
• You can also head to Meribia and talk to Ramus to get the Rememberizer. This device will let you replay any animated cut scenes you've watched.
• If you fast travel to Lann and talk to the guy with the boat a few times, you can get Jess's Bromide 2. While you're here, stop by the village elder's house and talk to him a few times and agree to become an honorary citizen.

When you're ready to move on fast travel to Myght's Tower and talk to him. After a brief dialog, talk to your friends until you end up on the top of the tower. Then talk to them some more until Nash leaves the party.

Optional: If you fast travel to Iluk and talk to the guy in the upper-right house to obtain Mia's Bromide 4.

Fast travel to Reza and talk to the bar tender a few times. Head through the door behind the bar and go up a screen to talk to the girl. From there, continue up to the thieve's bazaar. Talk to the guy by the balloon to get the Balloon Engine . Take that back to Myght. Talk to Laike, then all your friends. When the repairs are done, talk to Laike again and then go upstairs. After the cut scenes, welcome to Talon.

Talon

Welcome tothe Fontier
Prep Work: The Dragon Wings won't work here, so you can't fast travel. You'll also find that magic doesn't work very well here - at least not Althena's. There also aren't any shrines to Althena for obvious reasons. You can restore HP and MP at the inn.

Talon Mine
There are two doors here, but both will eventually lead you all the way north to the Inn, and then to the Mine. Head into the mine. This is a dungeon, so be prepared.

First Floor: There is an exit strait up and another one way off to the right. Go right first and open the chest there for a Healing Nut . Continue along the path and you'll emerge just to the left of the other door you could have gone through.

Second Floor: There is a chest with a Star Light which is only barely visible - hiding behind a tower in the middle of this level. Grab it and then go up a couple of sets of stairs. There is an exit to the upper left and across the bridge to the right and up another set of stairs.

Head to the right exit and go to the next screen. Follow the path left and up, then back to the right. Skip the first ladder, then take the second one leading up. Open the chest here for another Protection Ring. Go back out the way you came in. You should see another door to your right. That's a dead end you can ignore. Instead, go left down the ladder, then left and down another ladder. Go through the door there and head up to the right. There are two exits at the bottom here. Go through the right one and grab the Silver Light from the chest there. Come back and take the other exit to the left. Open the chest here for a Healing Nut . Head out the upper right path to leave this area.

Third Floor: Talk to the miners here the take the upper left exit. Follow the path until something happens, then head back to help. Talk to the first green guy. Watch the cut scenes, fight a quick battle, then watch more cut scenes. When you have control again, head up and right.

Forth Floor: Go up the ladder, then right and down a ladder, then right and up to get the Silver Light from the chest. Go back up the ladder, but this time head down to the next area with a Star Light in a chest. Return to the previous screen and go back down the other ladder to the start of this area. Go right and under the path to get to another room with a Hell Armlet in a chest. Have Jessica equip that, then return to the area start. Go up and left from here to get the next area.

Fifth Floor: Go down the path and through a tunnel. Go down the ladder. I'm going to call this spot the entrance to make the rest of this area easier to navigate. Head right and up, then down another ladder to get to the chest with the Holy Robe . Have Mia equip that. From there head right (don't go back up the ladder) and through the door. There's a chest here with a Devil Pendant . Leave that room and come back under the path and up the ladder. Head back down the path to the place I called the entrace earlier, then take the lower left path. Head left to the next room and open the chest there for another Refresher Ring. Make your way back to the entrance and this time take the lower right path.

Go down the ladder, under a couple of paths, then out the lower-right doorway. Open the chest there for an Angel's Tear , then head back to the prior screen and up the ladder. Take the lower-left exit and open the chest for the Fire Tiara . Equip that to Jessica, then return to the previous screen and take the upper left exit. Head head up and right for a Healing Nut in a chest, then continue up and right to reach the grave yard. Use the statue if you need (right - like you don't need it massively at this time), then head out the exit at the top of the screen.

Save and heal up. Give Alex and Jessica the Refresh Ring and Refresher Ring (you don't want them to get silenced.) I like to give everyone 2x Healing Nut , a single Star Light , an Angel's Tear and a Holy Water. When you're ready, head out the exit at the top of this short area. After some cut scenes and a mock battle (don't waste your magic), you'll have another boss fight.

1. Power up Kyle and Alex, then have them use powerful magic attacks.
2. Mia: Use her most powerful magic attacks. Throw items as needed.
3. Jessica: Start with Saint Litany if you have it, and have Jessica heal and use items as needed. If there's nothing to do, have her defend rather than attack.

After the battle is over, head out the left door and up to get to the world map. Appraoch the fortress, watch the dialog, leave the fortress and head right to the weird green egg thing. Go through the doorway and follow the path to the egg. Enter the egg and look at things, then make your way deeper in. You'll learn how to enter The City of Ruid.

Ruid and The Grindery

Ruid
First Floor: Go back to the fortress and enter via the left wall. The room on your right has a Silver Light . The chest in the room up and left from that has a chest with a Star Light . The next set of rooms has nothing, but the rightmost room above that has a Fortune Ring . Continue up and you'll get in some back to back battles. You can't go through the door the enemies came from, but you can head off to the right. Take the first path down and go to the far right to grab the Dark Mace for Jessica. Grab that, then head back into the room you passed, exit at the top and go to the next area.

Second Floor: Head left and then head up. There is room here with two chests. The left has a Silver Light and the right has a Healing Nut . The room right and slightly up from that has a chest with a Fire Armlet for Mia. Head down from that room to go through another building. Follow the path up and to the right to get to the next area.

Third Floor: Head up and fight some battles, then grab the Tri-Ring out of the chest. Equip this to Alex - it protects against ALL status abnormalities. Head out the door to the upper right, then quickly go around to the bottom of the pillar and take the stairs up. Head right to the stairs on that side. Go around the pillar on the next screen and head up one more flight of stairs.

Fourth Floor: NOTE: Before doing anything, make sure you're healed up and able to cast magic. Anything you can equip to decrease fire magic attacks would be advisable. When you're ready, head forward to trigger a cut scene, then start a boss battle. I deployed my troops the same way this time as the last time:

1. Power up Kyle and Alex, then have them use powerful magic attacks.
2. Mia: Attack up magic on Alex and Kyle, then use her most powerful magic attacks. Throw items as needed.
3. Jessica: Start with Saint Litany if you have it, and have Jessica heal and use items as needed. If there's nothing to do, have her defend rather than attack.

I didn't need to use any magic restoration items other than the ones I used to prepare. I did have Kyle throw Healing Nut items to folks when he ran out of magic, though. When the fight is over, follow the dude up the stairs and out the door to your left. Follow the path and watch the cut scenes. When they're over, walk out the way you walked in, but when you get to the place that looks like train tracks, follow them to the bottom of the screen.

Notice on the world map that the Grindery has conveniently carved a path through the mountain for you. Follow it out and head to the town of Talon near by. Make your way to the spot where you saved the guy and talk to everyone here until they repeat themselves. You should receive Xeonbia's Bromide.

Optional: Level up - This is actually an OK place to level up. If you enter via the northern exit to the mine and have Alex attack all while everyone else just does regular attacks, you should be able to get all the way to the place where the music changes - just above the place where you saved someone earlier. From there, you can go back and climb a ladder to fight enemies that are over 3k XP. You can then have Nash use his thunder-all magic to weaken (or kill) enemies, and the go back one screen to reset. Repeat until Nash is out of MP, then head back toward the Althena statue. This time, have everyone use regular attacks but have Mia use Fire all. She should have enough magic to should get everyone back to the Althena statue and you can rinse and repeat so your folks level up.

When you're ready to move on, head to the airship.

The Grindery
Prep Work: When you next have control you'll be in Vane. Head down through one door, then all the way right to get to the classroom. There's a student at the lower edge of the screen that will provide you with Mia's Bromide 2.

Leave the magic guild and head to the entrance of Vane and pick up Nash, then head back and talk to Mia by the door to the silver spire (the left hallway in the magic guild.) When your party is back together, head through the door and follow the path. Watch the cut scenes.

Optional: Ghaleon's Tear . If you followed the earlier advice to visit the town of Lann and talk to the village elder, use the Dragon Wings to teleport to Lann and talk to him again to receive Ghaleon's Tear .

Optional: Lily's Gale Ring . If you followed the earlier advice to talk to Lily in Reze multiple times during your first visit, use the Dragon Wings to fast travel there and talk to her again to receive the Gale Ring . This powerful ring will increase the number of attacks a character has.

Optional: Damon's Hell Ring . Use the Dragon Wings to fast travel to Iluk, then head east to Damon's Spire. Climb the Spire (should be trivial with your attack-all magic at this point) and talk to Damon a few times to receive the Hell Ring . This powerful ring cuts the MP cost for spells in half. That means Mia can cast Flameria for only 15 MP, and Alex can cast the over powered Dragon Protect for only 30 MP. You can't use the Dragon Wings to fast travel from here, but you can use Jessica's magic to warp to the start of the dungeon, then head down to go outside and fast travel from there.

Optional: Item restocking. If you picked up a ton of extra items in the Frontier, you can sell them off now. If you used a bunch of Star Light items, you can take this opportunity to restock them. Use the Dragon Wings to head to Meribia and head to Ramus' store.

When you're ready to move on, fast travel to Althena's Tower and walk towards it. You'll fight a few battles then you'll enter the grindery. There are red portals you can jump in here. When you do that, you'll end up somewhere else. You can't go back through them, so be careful not to miss any treasure by skipping too far ahead. My general rule here is to give the Hell Ring to Mia and have her cast fire-all magic while everyone else attacks. When she runs out of magic, I transfer the ring to Nash and have him cast thunder-all while everyone else physically attacks. I can usually take out all the enemies before they get a single shot in at this point, so I don't even have to use my Healing Nut or Star Light items (there's a HP/MP refresh spot on the fourth floor.)

First Floor: Head all the way left and hop in the first chute. There's a chest in this area with a Healing Nut , and another portal chute. Jump in that to go to an area with a chest containing Saint Clothes for Jessica. Equip that and head through the chute here and follow the path to a chest with a Silver Light . Follow the path down until you see a chute that has an up arrow on it. Jump in to head to the second floor. Note: Taking this path means you skip a chest with a Healing Nut . If that bothers you, head up from the entrance and take the first right until you find a room with a chest. Grab the Healing Nut and jump in the chute. There's another Healing Nut in the next area, and a chute taking you to the place where you found the Saint Clothes above. Follow the path from there to get to the second floor.

Second Floor: This first area has two chutes in the upper left, a chest with a Silver Light in the upper middle, and another chute in the upper right. Grab the item then take the left chute in the upper left. Follow the upper wall (past a chute) until you get to a room with a chest hidden in the lower left corner with an Angel Ring . Head right to a room with a chest containing a Stone Bracelet for Nash. The chute you passed earlier just takes you back to this area, so head down and left until you find a chute with an arrow point up. Take that to get to the third floor.

Third Floor: Head down, then all the way left, then down and into a chute. There are two chutes on this level. Take the left one, then head up on the next screen and take the chute at the top. Head right, then up until you can jump into a chute heading left. Go left from there and watch the dialog. Head left and open the chest for Kyle's Insane Shield . Continue along the path down to reach a chute to the Fourth Floor.

Fourth Floor: Look around, talk to the folks, and restore your MP/HP here. Go through the door on the left, and head right, the down until you see a barely visible chest. Open that for another Healing Ring . Given the number of Healing Nut items you get in this area, you probably won't need it, but there you are. Continue down, then take a left and head up through the second doorway to find the stairs to the fifth floor.

Fifth Floor: Head right, the look in the last room up to get a Holy Bandana for Nash. Equip that then head back to the left. All the way left and down you'll find an Insane Helmet for Kyle. Equip it and go right, then up to find the stairs to the sixth floor.

Sixthe Floor: Head all the way right, then down. Go all the way left to find a Phantom Ribbon for Mia. Equip it then head up the stairs.

Seventh Floor: The left chest has a Star Light and the right a Healing Nut . Grab those then head up. Watch the dialog then head up the stairs. Make sure your folks are healed, save your game, then head up. For this battle...

• Alex: Vigor, then sword dance.
• Nash: Thunderbolt unless someone needs an item.
• Mia: Power Drive on Alex and Kyle, then Ice Shell on everyone.
• Kyle: Power Up, then Power Slash unless someone needs an item.
• Jessica: Saint Litany, then defend, heal all, or use items as needed.

When the battle is over, head up and watch the cut scenes. After that you'll have another battle. For this one, just have everyone attack. Don't worry about healing or replenishing magic. You'll play a few rounds, then after the battle watch the cut scene.

Althena's Fortress
Prep Work: You'll wake up in Meribia. Head to Ramus' shop. You can basically get anything for free here now, but you probably only care about Star Light at this point. Sell any old gear and stuff you don't need, then buy as many Star Light as you need. When you're ready to move on, head to the pub over by the docks in the lower right of the city screen. Talk to Nash and Kyle until they repeat themselves, then head back to the palace and talk to Mia and Jessica. Return to the pub and talk to them to advance the plot. When Laike shows up, agree to fight. Despite what Nall says, Ramus doesn't have anything new. Just talk to Laike. Watch the cut scenes have Alex grab the sword and watch more cut scenes.

First things first, have Alex equip Althena's Sword . If you give Alex the Hell Ring too, he should have 5 attacks per turn now. For battles with three enemies, I didn't need to use any magic. Regular attacks killed them off before they could hit my party once. For more than that, a single thunder-all or fire-all was all I needed to add to the mix.

First Floor: Head into the tower and walk forward until you start to encounter monsters. Head up and then right. The up and down paths have nothing, so keep going right until you find a chest with a Silver Light . Head up the stairs to the second floor.

Second Floor: Follow the path until you find a chest with a Holy Mace for Jessica. Straight down from there is a chest with a Dragon Cane for Mia. Take the left path up, then at the next branch continue up until you find a chest with a Starlight Bow for Nash. Once you have those all equiped, follow the left path to the third floor.

Third Floor: Follow the path until a dialog, then continue to the next area. From here until you defeat Royce, you're going to start each battle with a random subset of your party asleep.

Forth Floor: Follow the path until you reach a chest with Insane Armor for Kyle. Continue to the fork in the path. You can get an Angel's Tear if you go down, but you probably have enough of those by now. Take the path up to get the Aegis Robe for Mia. Head down the left exit and follow the path left to the next area.

Fifth Floor: Follow the path until. You'll notice when you enter a room that a purple barrier prevents you from moving on. Defeat enemies in this room to unlock the barrier then take the other exit from the room. Repeat that process through two more rooms until you come to a chest with Holy Clothes for Jessica. Continue along the path to the next area.

Sixth Floor: Make sure you are healed up and ready for a boss battle. Here's how I deployed folks:

• Alex: Vigor, then sword dance.
• Nash: Healing items.
• Mia: Attack up magic for Alex and Kyle, then Defence up magic on everyone.
• Kuyle: Power up, then power slash.
• Jessica: Heal or items

Seventhn Floor: After the battle, head through the door and heal at the shrine. Continue along the path until you get to the area with different music. You'll see a pattern of colors on the ground White, Red, Blue, Black. If you continue up through the doorway with the round top, you'll see the same colors on the floor by a button in each corner. Touch them in the order they appeared in the pattern. (Lower right for white, Lower left for red, upper left for blue, and upper right for black.) After touching them, head to the center area and jump on the portal.

Eight Floor: In this room, you'll start another portal. Step on the portals in the same color order and climb the stairs in the next room.

Ninth Floor: On this floor you'll hear a dialog with Blue, Black, Red, White. Step on the portals in that order and you'll end up in a small room with a switch to flip and a chest containing...:

• Blue (upper left): Sage's Robe for Nash (don't forget to step on the switch before stepping on the portal!)
• Black (lower left): Detonator Armlet for Jessica (then switch, then portal)
• Red (upper right): Spook Armlet for Mia (then switch, then portal)
• White (lower right): Insane Sword for Kyle (then switch, then portal)

You should now see a new portal on the main floor up from the one you came here via. Take that to head to the next area.

When you first get here you'll hear the order White, Red, Blue, Black. I don't know why, though. You can only step on the switches that are activated, and that means heading left to the Red switch and following the path counter clockwise around the room (Red, White, Black, Blue). Then head to the bottom of the screen and go up the stairs.

Tenth Floor: There is a statue here and enemies. Clear out the enemies, restore HP/MP, save your game, and head through the door at the top of the screen (or level up a bit - see below).

Optional: This is a decent place to level up before the final battle. By the time I got here I could kill all these enemies with one thunder all and one fire all attack. Because Boss stats are based on Alex's level, I prevent Alex from getting XP by having him run from battle while Kyle and Jessica defend. If you find Alex doesn't get to try and run before the battle is over, you can give him two of the Chiya's Tail accessories and make sure neither Nash nor Mia have one. On my game Alex managed to run often enough that the other characters averaged 2-3 times as many levels. The enemies never got an attack. After killing all three groups here, just warp back to the previous area and immediately warp back here. Touch the statue when you need. These three enemies are worth almost 22k XP. I last played this game on an emulator that lets me speed up the game. With that, all my characters go up a level in less than 5 minutes (well, up through about level 70 anyway). If you get Alex to level 64 he'll have 4 attacks (6 with Althena's Sword and the Gale Ring .) When Mia hits level 72, you can equip two Crystal Pendant accessories to her. At that point she should be able to take out Stone Creep enemies with a single blast of her fire-all magic. That means you don't have to use Nash anymore, which makes things go a bit quicker. By 77 (actually, probably earlier) you can swap one of the Crystal Pendants for the Hell Ring, so she can do twice as many attacks before you have to recharge.

Eleventh Floor: There are barriers on either side at the bottom of the screen. Go stand close to one and the enemy patrolling on the other side should break the barrier trying to get to you. Head through the doorway at the bottom of the screen.

Twelvth Floor: Make sure you have room in your inventory, then open the chest here for a Spirit Talisman . Break the barrier the same as before, then loop around to the exit.

Thirteenth Floor: There is a button you can step on toward the top of the screen. This opens and closes the path leading up. Open the path and grab the Silver Light from the chest on your left. Head through the exit.

Fourteenth Floor: There are four staircases leading up - one in each corner of the room. Take the lower left, then head up and grab the Silver Light from the chest. Break the barrier as before and head through the exit.

Fifteenth Floor: There are no chests here. Follow the path down and left until you see the exit. Heal up, prep for a boss battle, save your game, then head through the exit.

Sixteenth Floor: Head forward to watch a bunch of cut scenes, stay positive, walk toward Luna, then begin the boss battle. You probably know the pattern by now...

• Alex: Vigor, then Sword Dance. Depending on your equipment and level, it's possible regular attack will do more damage than sword dance. For me, Alex can do over 200 damage with each of his 6 hits. Even if one misses, it's still over the 999 damage limit.
• Nash: Thunderbolt and use items as needed.
• Mia: Power Drive on Alex and Kyle, then Ice Shell on everyone, then Flame Bomb or throw items as needed.
• Kyle: Power Up, then Power Slash or use items as needed.
• Jessica: Saint Litany, then heal or use items as needed.

After the battle, makes sure you restore your HP and MP. The next room is the final battle, so don't be afraid to use your best items. Nall can't use items any more after this, so clear out his stash first if you need. Head forward a few screens, watch the dialog and cut scenes. Same prep and attack pattern as above.

Watch the dialog and cut scenes, then go talk to Luna and watch more cut scenes. Eventually you'll hear the ocarina music play. That's your not-so-subtle cue to open your inventory and use it. After that, climb the tower and watch more cut scenes.

Epilogue
When you have control again, you can wander around Meribia. Talk to Ramus in his shop, talk to Mia and Nash on Black Rose Street, and talk to Jessica and Kyle in Mel's mansion. After that, head to the port and talk to Laike to trigger the ending sequence. Depending on which version you're playing, you may end up listening to some outtakes.

Disclaimer

Walkthrough Notes

Points to Remember

• Attack this game from the standpoint that you DO want to beat it completely. If you decide not to at some point, you can always stop doing the tough stuff. Otherwse, you may miss out on something you really need.
• Any time you see an item in a dashed box, you can hover the mouse over it for more information about that item. Hover the mouse over the box (or tap the screen on a mobile device) for for a second or two to see an example of how it works.
• You can save your game at nearly any time. Just hit the circle button on your controler to bring up the save menu.
• Nall can carry more items than your other characters, but you cannot use them during a battle. Use the menu screen to transfer items from Nall's inventory to the other characters so they can use them during a battle.
• At some point Nall will run out of storage space. When that happens, don't be afraid to sell off your old weapons and armor. Keep the accessories, though. Also, once you get access to Healing Nut items, it's OK to ditch any Herb you might be carrying.
• The amount of HP a boss has is dependant on Alex's level. But the higher Alex's level, the more damage he can do. As long as Alex isn't significantly more advanced than the rest of the party, it's worth it to level grind from time to time.