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± Table of Contents ±
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¤ Legal Jazz/Intro
¤ The Heroes!
¤ Controls!
¤ Main Walkthrough
¤ Side Quests!
¤ Shops/Finances!
¤ Capsule Monsters
¤ Lufia's Database
¤ Freq.Asked ?'s
¤ Other Notes!
¤ Special Thanks!

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# Legal Jazz/Intro #
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This FAQ should be an In-depth guide for Natsume's classic; Lufia II: Rise of
the Sinistrals, on the Super Nes. Although this game has a small audience; this
guide was actually written with good intentions, its not something that I wrote
due to my boredom. Lufia II owners, will be entertained by a cool Storyline and
some beautiful music; which is what this game offers in large portions. Thats
the fun stuff over with, now lets get into the Legal stuff!

First of all; this guide is copyrighted to me, um; G*Paladin. This means that I
don't intend to just sit back and watch you make money out of my work on E-Bay.
This document cannot be copied or edited, without my permission; well, most FAQ
writers hate Plagiarism, I must confess; I am one of them. It's really simple,
just respect my wishes; and enjoy this guide.

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What's New???
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* Well, I completed all those lists and performed tests on who is the MOST
Compatible character; like who can equip the MOST weapons. That's all and I
gave this a special version number too...the next version will be v1.0 BUT!
I have no idea when that will be completed! (Perhap's I'l be done at X-mas)

Things to do ->
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* Er...I think I'll leave this FAQ for a while, and YES! I will be updating
this guide, Lufia II is starting to bore me loads, and i've had lots of other
distractions thanks to Square-Enix and Koei, not to forget Nintendo with that
Zelda: Wind Waker Game and all! Also I began a FAQ for Uncharted Waters 2, so
there's yet another distraction...and the game does tend to get boring if its
played on a Frequent Basis!

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# The Heroes #
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Here's an intro to all the Brave Heroes and Charmin' Heroines, some intro and
some comments on their statistics to be exact. I've also included some FINAL
EQUIPMENT for each character, that's an ideal way to equip them for the games
Final events, and the ancient cave if you mess around with the games coding!
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± M A X I M ±
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The Red Haired Hero, master swordsman and monster hunter is quite a character;
he can use various swords and magic spells, hence allowing him to cause severe
amounts of pain to his foes. Like all RPG Heroes, Maxim has a specific task in
Life, he has to rid the world of evil, and obliterate the four sinistrals who
appear to be against humans ruling the world. On his adventure he'll find lots
of treasures and befriend various people to aid him in this struggle. One will
become his wife, the two will have a child; and name him Jeros. The main cause
of going on this adventure is a woman named Iris, she helps guide him on his
travels, and assists him in certain cases, NOT in battle!

Although his skills are average, some are above normal, his Strength and Health
stats are quite reliable and despite him being the Hero, he is unable to equip
HEAVY swords and axes, he is limited to Light Swords and Rapiers. He will be in
the team forever, if you don't like him, i'm afraid you've got a problem! Also
he can't use Fire Magic spells, which would be a MASSIVE problem...still, give
him Champion and Valor and he's cool!

Final Equipment:- Dual Blade, Pearl Shield, Pearl Helmet, Pearl Armor, Dragon
Ring & Evil Jewel (Uncursed).
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± T I A ±
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The Humble Shopkeeper, amateur magician and childhood friend of Maxim. She is
one of the most equippable characters in the game, she is able to use rods and
whips to cause damage, including a few spears and knives. Being Humble is her
major role, she needs protecting due to her carelessness. She assists Maxim a
little, and she buggers off back to Elcid never to be seen again. I suppose I
can like her skills?

She has as much strength and endurance as a new-born child, and her magic stats
are above average. She is almost as quick as Artea, and she can use near enough
the same spells as Selan! She uses Whips and Rods more than Knives, and those
come with some useful IP Techniques, overall I would call her one of the good
characters, I still prefer Selan!

Final Equipment:- Snow Sword, Dark Mirror (Uncursed), Brill Helm, Ruse Armor,
Dia Ring & Gold Eye.
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± S E L A N ±
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The Magical Heroine, Maxim's beloved and Mother of Jeros, she meets Maxim when
she training the soldiers of Parcelyte. Selan appears to be a Royal Guard, she
is looking after her King, whom she holds in high regard....and she appears to
be VERY attractive; so beautiful that Dekar tries to charm her as soon as the
two meet the FIRST time. She has been living with her aunt, until Maxim comes
along, gets her pregnant and she wants to help him obliterate the Sinistrals!
Selan feels challenged with Guys jokes, she always thinks he's been insulting
so she tends to argue her ideas!

Selan has more Strength and Endurance than Tia, and she's got more brains; even
if Tia is an economical lass. Also she seems to be able to equip more weapons
and Armours than everyone, making her the MOST equippable person....for those
of you who moan because Tia never returns, well I kind of wonder "What the hell
are you all thinkin'?" Selan is the BEST character in the game without a doubt!

Final Equipment: Dragon Spear, Water Gaunt, Boom Turban, Holy Robe, Dia Ring &
Silver Eye.
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± D E K A R ±
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Strong as Rock for Soul Calibur, a loyal as a terrior and the MOST powerful
warrior in existance. He is NOT known to be intelligent, however he makes up
with this while putting Muscle in the place of his brains. Dekar deep down is
quite a sensitive bloke, he would be the perfect match for Tia but this does
not happen, which means I could have made the game more exciting...if it had
been a 32 meg cartridge who knows how wonderful the game could have been! He
is quite dumb, so he ends up chasing Idura to the ends of the Earth....like
a dumb person he falls for every trap set up by Idura, but brute strength tends
to save his ass in the end! It's fair to say that Guy could never replace him
when it comes to Strength, but he's VERY unagile compared to the others. Like
he says, his love is his sword, so in the end he ends up with no woman, which
is a shame because he's second best in the league of characters, well some of
you love him to death, so I can't be too cruel here!

The Strongest warrior, he has more endurance, strength and HP than all warriors
in this game, think of him as an upgrade for GUY! Despite his brute strengh, he
is far too dumb to use spells, like Kain from FF4 his MP value is "ZERO" making
his unable to cast spells not matter what happens, he can be given spells if
the game is hacked, however he will also need MP to use them...which means more
game hacking!

Final Equipment: Fry Sword, Apron Shield, Legend Helm, Old Armor, Rocket Ring &
Black Eye.

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± G U Y ±
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The Best friend of Maxim, always supporting him and occasianly tries to rival
Dekar. He has Blond hair, a cute girlfriend named Jessy, and a fit sister named
Hilda, who is taken ill near the start of the game. He dares to challenge one
of the sinistrals before anyone else, but loses and it should also be known
that he will always be in the team near the games ending, along with Artea and
Selan. He is more agile and brainier than Dekar, but he's always cracking sad
jokes; which make Selan fell pissed; because of this, him and Selan have some
petty squabbles, usually stopped by Maxim. He can equip Heavy Swords and Axes
like the "Almighty" Dekar, a true ally of the Doom island team!

Second strongest warrior, suppasses Maxim in strength and HP, like Dekar he is
unable to use Magic spells, hence we would be expected to use IP Techs instead!
Like Dekar, the game can be hacked to give him spells as well as some MP, which
he doesn't have either, still he is one of my prefered characters!

Final Equipment: Sky Sword, Bolt Shield, Legend Helm, Old Armor, Rocket Ring &
Black Eye.
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± L E X I S ±
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Genius of the Century, one of the BEST inventors in existance, and also a good
magician; thanks to being so clever. Lexis appears to be an Old man, he is more
responsible for building the ships engine, and improving the vessels skill, in
and out of the seven seas. Along with some of his scientist friends, Lexis will
turn an ordinary sea vessel into an Airship, similar to the ships we see in
Final Fantasy games. He also promises Milka that he will get rid of the Ooze
which pollutes the terrains. His Lab is near Treadool, and it's FULL of traps;
after all, this bloke is a Mad scientist.

Lexis rules in Intelligence, this gift allows him to cause more damage with
his spells; at level 99 he has the second best stats....he is quite a strong
bloke, he beats Artea, Selan and Tia in the STR value; and he even beats the
three of them in Life! Lexis although not loved by all, is quite a reliable
character, despite his crap choice of weapons, mainly tools...these will not
be the FIRST choice of weapon after all.

Final Equipment: Lizard Blow, Water Gaunt, Safety Hat, Bright Armor,
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± A R T E A ±
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Elven Swordmaster, and wielder of Luminous Magic Spells; he joins Maxim and his
comrades when a Sinistral takes the life of his friend. His deceased friend has
left her daughter all alone, but when it comes to this lil' child, Artea treats
her like his own. Artea is a Cross between Robin Hood, and Cecil from FF4; and
this seems to be good, because he fights like a Paladin, with the Holy Magic
spells and stuff; He is also known as "Arty" by some, tis' simply a nickname
commonly used on the Lufia Status screen! He can handle swords, bows, Rods and
even Heavy Armors; but his strength is limited. He's the most agile character;
and he is more intelligent than the likes of Maxim and Guy; his physical stats
are bearable, and he's a good choice for an ancient cave team! He does not come
close to Selan even though he can use "Fry" and "Zap" which are two cool magic
spells; still, you have to give this bloke a chance, he will do you proud after
all, and his abilities are not at all disappointing!

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# Controls #
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This section is here because its common in the majority of peoples FAQs; if you
don't know the controls of a Game, how do you expect to survive. Anyway, I will
explain briefly about what each button on your wonderful SNES controller can do
so read on and be amazed. Please Note that this is a good section to read just
before the walkthrough it would make life much easier for you in the long run
of this beautiful, exciting game!

"A" BUTTON -> Used for almost everything, this will allow you to interact with
the game, in other words, its used for attacking, casting spells
and skipping through dialog as you read it. Its the opposite to
the "B" button too, but this is the button that I tend to press
frequently all the way through this game.

"B" BUTTON -> If you need to get out of certain menus, you should try using the
"B" button; you will need it in battles and in shops. For example
you are fighting against "Gades" and Guy is ready to do an Ikari
technique such as the Kukri's "Thunder Blast" attack; but in this
battle you don't want to use your IP's up. You have realized that
you want to attack normally; if you were to press the "B" button,
you could go back to the previous menu; this is a helpful button
during the game, because like the "A" button it gets used a lot.

"X" BUTTON -> If you were to press our beloved "X" button; you would be able to
access the "Status Screen" and equip weapons and armours, or even
cast healing spells outside of battle. This comes to your aid at
the best of times; I mean how can Maxim equip the legendary Duel
Blade without being able to access the status screen.

"Y" BUTTON -> Well, you will only use this in Caves, Towers and Dungeons; this
button is used for firing "Skill Arrows" and various other Skill
Items. This button is only used occasionally, but it would be a
good idea if you knew its exact purpose; use this for blowing up
weak walls; with bombs; like in "Zelda"!

"SELECT" -> Opens up the Skill menu, so you can change your skills. Say you
wanted to use the arrow skill and you were currently using some
bombs; you would be able to select the skill from this menu.

"START" -> This is stupid, you would maybe use this to interact the odd time
here and there. Not used commonly at all, perhaps you could press
this button to start the game.

"R" BUTTON -> After picking up a vase, you can hold down this button, so that
you can turn to any direction, without moving a step. This button
is also used to make a spell hit all enemies on the screen; which
tends to be pretty useful, and it can also be used for making a
healing spell hit all allies too.

"L" BUTTON -> Finally we have the "L" button, which is used for a few different
things; which can be done with all of the other buttons. Inside a
dungeon, it does the same as the "Y" button; in other words, you
can use this to fire arrows; and blow things up with bombs. This
button can also be used for confirming moves in a battle, so you
also have a replacement for the "A" button; but it cannot be used
for activating menu items; or equipping your characters!

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# Main Walkthrough #
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After looking through your old junk in your attic; you should find various Snes
games and a console to play them on. Out of all your games, select Lufia II and
shove it inside your Super nintendo. Watch the short intro, regarding all main
characters in the game; then start a new adventure. Inside this FAQ; I will use
the default names for the characters, so I suggest you name the Hero, Maxim!

The "Heroic" Monster Hunter!
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After a taxing days work, Maxim will show his 'would be lover' Six Jellies and
he is hoping to receive a grand total of 180 Gold coins for his large haul; the
Girl offers him less than what he was expecting, but Maxim accepts this like an
ordinary bloke. Tia, the shop keeper suggests that Maxim should be doing a nice
safe job like Shopkeeping rather than monster hunting, however Maxim laughs at
her, so she gets a little agitated, causing her to slap him across the face and
now the adventure does infact begin....

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MAIN GOALS
¤ Get Acquainted, check out shops and ask around!
¤ Head for the "Training Dungeon" south of Elcid!

¤ Well, this is Elcid a peaceful humble village...home of Maxim and Tia, and a
place to get acquainted with the game's basic moves! All you will find here
is a mass of conversations and some nice spells within the magic store; I
recommend the "Strong" Spell when you get enough cash. Attempt to leave town
as of now and an old man will invite you to his training dungeon, accept the
invitation, this means you have to exit the village! Once your on the MAP
screen, enter the dungeon south of Elcid.

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MAIN GOALS
¤ Complete all training tasks!
¤ Gain the Reset Spell!

¤ The first lesson is to watch enemy movements, it is known that monsters will
only move when you do; because they will feel provoked. Practice sizing up a
monster, by using the arrow buttons on your control pad; when your ready, go
get that Jelly. Maxim, only has normal attacks, and no spells at this moment
in time, but you should win this battle with ease.

« Remember -> When in a monster saturated room, don't allow the monsters to
surround you; or you'll be sorry!

When the instructor has said his piece, follow him into the next room; ready
for the second lesson.

¤ The second lesson involves firing arrows to stun enemies, to shoot an arrow,
press the "Y" Button on your control pad. Enemies can't draw you into battle
when you've stunned them, currently, Maxim only possesses the Skill Arrow.
Shoot the arrow at the Jelly to stop its movement for a while, when you've
stunned it, you might as well kill it off too.

« Remember -> Once an enemy is paralyzed by an arrow; you can bump into it,
without it drawing you into battle.

Once you've dealt with the Jelly, you can freely progress into the next room;
ready for your third lesson.

¤ The third lesson involves firing arrows once again, but this time, the arrows
are used to trigger a switch. Inside this room, you will notice a switch near
a broken bridge; which needs to be activated. After firing an arrow, into the
switch; you will be able to proceed across the bridge, that you've repaired.
After crossing the bridge, progress through the door and keep going till the
instructor halts you once again.

¤ Lesson four involves moving large obstacles onto switches, which can in most
cases, activate them. You can move these obstacles, using the "A" button and
Arrow Buttons, on your Controller. You can see a statue, and a switch, which
means you can practice, by activating it.

« Remember -> In certain situations, switches can only be activated by large
obstacles; in other words, something heavier than yourself!

After activating the switch, you can now proceed through the door; but as you
go through the door, the instructor will halt you. He wants to teach you some
spell, which is called the "Reset" spell; this will allow you to set all the
obstacles in a room, to their default locations, pretty cool, huh!

¤ That last few things that you need to know, are that you can jump off cliffs;
that have arrows on the edge. Which you should do in this room, in order to
make it over to the door; soon after that you will come to a room with more
than one monster inside. First of all, you must destroy all the monsters; you
should do this in a few seconds. Once the monsters are dead and buried; the
locked door will open, you can now proceed to your next lesson.

¤ Lesson Five, involves chopping down bushes with your sword; you can sometimes
find switches under bushes and tall grass. Inside those bushes, you will find
a switch, which will open the door to the next room. To swing your sword, you
must press the "B" button; when you've had enough practice, proceed through
the door and be prepared for the next lesson.

¤ The sixth lesson, involves throwing obstacles; which can be done by pressing
the "A" button. You may pick up items, such as pots and vases; then put them
onto switches to activate them. To change your throwing direction, hold the
"R" button, and use the arrow buttons to point in the right direction. This
will become very useful through the game; so by all means remember what you
learnt' in this lesson. Anyway, to complete this task, put the first pot on
the right switch, to open a sliding wall. Then grab the other one, and place
it on the left switch; the door to the left side of the room will open, and
you may safely exit the training dungeon!

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MAIN GOALS
¤ Have a romantic meal with Tia!
¤ Find out about monsters!
¤ Raise Maxim's Level up to 3/4!

¤ So that concludes the training, head back to Elcid and go see Tia, if needed;
you could even kill off a few monsters to begin with; she is inside her shop
as always, go see her, and watch her do her plain ol' housewife routine!

¤ Tia has been waiting for you, she has been slaving in the kitchen; in order
to cook you and her, a romantic meal. It won't be long before, both Maxim and
Tia, decide to stuff their faces; soon Maxim and Tia will both agree on how
bad, this Phantom Fish tastes. Maxim, will decide to mix a bit of Lemon, with
the fish, it is now finally, edible. Tia will make some Tea, and Maxim will
soon be on his way; but outside, a disturbance among the villagers, is taking
place. It seems that the cave leading to Sundletan, is saturated by a hoard
of monsters; which means that no-one can get there. Well, you can guess whats
going to happen next; Maxim, is a monster hunter, this means that its his Job
the clear out the cave. Which will make the journey to Sundletan, much easier
for the villagers; so exit Elcid and proceed to the cave to the North.

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MAIN GOALS
¤ Retrieve the Key to Sundletan!
¤ Defeat the Lizard Man! *EASY*
¤ Have a conversation with Iris!

ITEMS -> Life Potion, Escape, Antidote, Power Potion, Hide Armour, Magic Jar

¤ Upon entering the cave, you will see a man; speak to him, and he will explain
that a woman went into the cave alone. After hearing that news, you should go
inside the first room; where you will find a bridge.

¤ First of all, proceed across the bridge, and head along the path to the right
of the door facing you. You will eventually come to another door which can be
entered, to obtain a few items. Inside you will find two doors; you can find
an Escape item, in the Right door, and you will notice that the left door is
locked. The left door, contains a Life potion; you can open it by placing the
pots onto the two switches. When you've taken both treasures; backtrack into
the previous room, and press the switch; which can be found under a bush, the
only one in this small room to be exact. After pressing the switch; you will
have gained access to the door below, which will take you into a room; thats
saturated with bushes, with only one monster to dispatch.

¤ This room like I said before, is covered in bushes; which need to be trimmed,
with no other than your trusty sword. When all the bushes are trimmed to size
you should hug the left wall, to reveal a chest containing an antidote. After
getting the treasure, proceed through the door to the right; you will be in a
room with more pots and a mushroom. First of all, clear the bushes to reveal
two switches; place one of the pots on the Left switch, and head into the new
door, you will be in a room with four monsters and some stone blocks.

¤ If your HP is low, now is a good time to use a potion; you should shift the
blocks around till, you manage to reach the staircase in the middle, but you
will still need to kill all four monsters; which shouldn't be too hard. The
next room, contains some bats; finish of the first bat and take the valuable
Power potion from the chest. From your current position, head right till you
get to a switch; which can be activated by a good whack from your sword. Now
that you've activated the switch, you need to backtrack to the room with the
unvisited door; so it's up the staircase and outside the room with all those
blocks that you moved.

¤ After coming back to this room, you must now activate the switch to the far
right of the room; which can be found inside the three bushes. When you stick
a pot onto the switch, you will have triggered the opening of the Right door;
which till a few seconds ago was locked. To proceed further into the cave you
must head into the right door; and prepare to fight more monsters. The room
has two doors inside, the one you want is the left door, so head through it
and down the staircase that follows.

¤ Upon entering this new room; you must head across the short bridge, which in
this case, leads you to another staircase. To the left of the staircase, you
may hug the wall and follow the path till you finally reach, what looks like
another staircase. Down that particular staircase, you will find a Magic Jar
and a Hide Armour, which should be equipped on Maxim. After taking some nice
treasures; head back up the staircase, and backtrack to the other staircase.

¤ When you finally head down the staircase, you will some healing pads; you may
also save your game. After freshening up, continue along the path and proceed
up the stairs to you right; you will be in a room, with a Lizard Man; who has
decided to nick the key. Walk over to him, and be prepared for a boss battle.

Boss: Lizard Man
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HP: 80

¥ Lizard Man, do you need a strategy for this lame creature, tis' simple, you
are around levels 3-5 and you have a Small Knife or Rapier equipped, you need
to kill him, so use normal physical attacks and use a Potion when Maxim's HPs
drop below fifteen. Keep repeating this, watch him drop dead and take 100GP
and 125 experience points...this is fairly O.K for such a Simple Boss.

¤ One Dead Lizard Man equals a nice new key, you can go to Sundletan now..after
your cozy chat with the lovely Iris...some Oracle Chick who is able to see
the Future. Watch this scene, Maxim will learn that he is some kind of Hero
who is going to save the world, could this have something to do with this Red
Light that appeared...or is this some strange girl wanting a little adventure
in her sad life...looks like it's up to you...!

¤ Sundletan, is the next stop for our Hero, so lets go use the escape item. In
an instance you will be outside the cave; now would be a good time to get the
"Strong" spell! However, this is can be purchased in Sundletan..to reach your
next destination, re-enter the cave, enter the first door, walk across the
bridge and enter the door above you; inside, avoid the Mushroom, use your Key
and head for Sundletan!

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± Sundletan ±
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MAIN GOALS
¤ Purchase new equipment!
¤ Get caught up in an earthquake!
¤ Raise Maxim's Level up to 5/6!

¤ When you arrive in Sundletan, you will get caught up in an earthquake, which
doesn't actually cause any harm to you, or the man standing by. Sundletan has
had these earthquakes frequently; but the only clue you get to the cause, is
from the old man in the Northern part of town.

¤ The General store, sells some good equipment, you should purchase a Dagger &
some boomerangs. The Magic shops sells a couple of spells that can be used by
Maxim; for some reason, Maxim cannot use any Fire elemental spells; which is
not too cool. Still, you should buy, the Strong and Droplet spells; so Maxim
now has some useable magic.

¤ Last of all, you should gather some information from the people around town;
and if you need to, you can go to the inn; if your skint; you can still rest
for free, which is strange, infact the inn keeper doesn't even say anything,
about your poverty; it's a good deal I must say. When you leave the village,
you may want to gain a few levels; Maxim would be able to cope, if he was at
about, level 5. This shouldn't take too long, considering the experience pts
available around the area. After gaining a few levels, you should head a few
steps to the North, from Sundletan; where you will find the Lake Cave.

¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
± Lake Cave ±
°°°°°°°°°°°°°
MAIN GOALS
¤ Negotiate with the Catfish!
¤ Collect the Insect Crush weapon!
¤ Obtain the Lake Key!

ITEMS -> Insect Crush, Power Potion, Lake Key, Speed Ring, Miracle

¤ First of all, hit the switch to your left with an arrow, then throw the all
the crates into the risen water to create a bridge, and proceed through the
door, into the next room. Inside you will find two doors, first you must take
the one to your right, which leads you into a room containing a few monsters.
This room is infested with monsters, but to get any further in this cave, you
should kill them all; and you will soon notice three monsters, hiding behind
the spikes. This is a puzzle, to succeed, you must fire arrows at them in the
correct order; the correct order is -> Frog, Beetle, Eagle..!

¤ After you've solved that little puzzle, you will have triggered the opening
of the door, to the right. Keep going through doors till you get to a chest
containing a weapon formally known as the "Insect Crush"; which without any
doubt, should be equipped. After receiving the new weapon, backtrack all the
way back to the second room of this cave, which had a Blue Jelly and another
monster inside. This time, proceed through the Left door; and cut down most
of the bushes; until you get to a weak floor; see the ascii drawing below..!

------------- "In order to activate a secret switch, you must fall through
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ the square of the weak floor, shown in the diagram; and you
------------- should know by now, that - × - always, marks the spot"
¦ × ¦ ¦
---------

¤ After falling through the floor, you will trigger the opening of the door to
your right; which for the time being should be ignored. First of all, you may
want to obtain some treasures, so head up the steps and proceed to the right
till you come to a choice between, two doors. Lurking inside the door to the
South, you will find an eagle monster; as well as a chest containing a Power
Potion. The Northern door leads you into a room with more doors; this time a
few switches will be used to decide which of the two doors stays opened. The
one to the North, will lead you into a room with various monsters, as well as
a few treasures, and the south door leads you to the Lake Key.

¤ First of all, take the door to the North, to open this door; you need both of
the statues on the two upper switches; like the ascii diagram shows...!

---------
¦ × ¦ × ¦ "This will open the Northern door"
---------
¦ ¦
-----

¤ Inside the Northern door, follow the path and halt at the door; through the
door, you will have to fight loads of monsters, in order to get a Speed ring;
which should be equipped straight away. After collecting the treasure, head
out of the narrow tunnel and head to the right a little more. You will find
loads of bushes; all of which need a good trimming. After cutting down all of
the bushes, you should head north and hug the wall to the left; you will soon
enter a secret room, where you can obtain a valuable Miracle potion.

¤ After obtaining both treasures; backtrack into the previous room, and setup
the switches, so that the statues are together vertically; like you can see
in the ascii diagram below...!

---------
¦ × ¦ ¦ "This will open the Southern door"
---------
¦ × ¦
-----

¤ After setting the switches up properly, you will gain access to the Southern
door. When you enter the southern door, you will find four blocks; check the
bottom right block, to reveal a secret staircase. Inside the new room, you
will find another puzzle; this time you need to make a triangle that points
to the North, out of the blocks. Look at the diagram below...!

Before
-=-=-=
"The blocks marked with an '×' should be moved;
you should move those blocks in order to make
the next diagram"

--------------------- After
¦ × ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ × ¦ -=-=-
---------------------
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -----
------------- ¦ × ¦
¦ × ¦ -------------
----- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
---------------------
¦ × ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ × ¦
---------------------

¤ Next, you can proceed through the opened door; this time you will find only a
Blue chest; which contains the "Lake Key". You now have the key to the boss
chamber, so why not use it; from your current position, backtrack all the way
to the room with the door you ignored. This time enter that door; then make a
bridge using only three of the log crates. Next, pick up the other log crate
and cross the new bridge; dump the log crate onto some water and activate the
switch by pushing the lever to the left. Upon pressing the switch, the water
level will rise; if everything was done to plan, you should be able to pick
up the log crate once again; and use it to make a very small bridge in order
to reach the ladder. Up the ladder, you will see the boss door; but just to
gain a little more experience; you might as well kill the baby frog nearby.

¤ Inside the boss room, you will see the Catfish; he will pop out of the water;
and will laugh at Maxim, when he asks for the Earthquakes to stop. The battle
will start, and you can now start fighting for real...!

Boss: Catfish
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
HP: 200

¥ First of all, the Catfish attacks with two spells; mainly "Flash" and "Mega
Quake", of which Flash really hurts. When your HP gets below 50; you should
always heal, that nasty Flash spell can do 40+ points of damage. If you are
going to win this battle, don't bother with the "Droplet" spell; it seems the
Catfish has good defense against that type of Magic. First of all, you should
keep attacking with Physical attacks; when he uses that horrid "Flash" spell,
you should cast "Strong"; which should heal around 30-40 HP. After around 8
normal hits, the Catfish will be "Cat food". When the Catfish is defeated you
will receive; 500 experience and 500 Gold, which isn't too bad.

¤ The Catfish has decided to stay underwater for a while; so I guess Sundletan
won't have any more Earthquake troubles. All you need to do in this area, is
complete a few story events; but first of all, find your way out of this cave
and head back to the village of Sundletan!

¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
± Story Events ±
°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
MAIN GOALS
¤ Find out the whereabouts of Tia!
¤ Rescue Tia from Lake Cave!
¤ Buy new equipment for Tia!

¤ Back in the village of Sundletan; you can now rest at the inn, and save your
game at the church if you wish. After preparations have been made; speak to
the blue haired dude, near the village entrance; so you can find out that a
pretty young girl went looking for you at Lake cave, and you should know by
now, that Lake Cave is home to a hoard of Monsters.

¤ First of all, you need to find this young girl; she can be found in the Lake
Cave, in the room where you solved the archery puzzle; when you had to fire
arrows at some monsters behind spikes. When you arrive in that room; you can
see some monsters attacking a girl; who just happens to be Tia, and Maxim's
would be "Girlfriend". Still you must perform your heroic duty, and kill the
monsters, which in this case are a Goblin and a Skeleton. After you demolish
the monsters; Tia will explain why she came looking for you.

¤ It seems that Tia thought you were going away from her; and by the looks of
it, Tia is really upset about this. Maxim explains about the Red Light, and
how he's known swordsman ship ever since he was born. Tia at the end decides
to come with you, but this reckless wench runs straight into another battle.
When Tia joins your party, she will be at Level 7; which should be about two
levels below Maxim. She can use the "Spark" spell, and she also comes with
the "Drowsy" and "Strong" spells too.

¤ After Tia has joined, head back to Sundletan and purchase the "Droplet" and
"Poison" spells for Tia. If needed you can buy the "Drowsy" spell for Maxim;
but at the moment 1000G is a large chunk of your money. Why you've got the
chance, you should buy Tia a new weapon; the Whip is the best choice, as its
got the "Flame Blast" Ikari technique, and Tia will take a lot of damage in
battle, because of her weak defense.

¤ The next part of your quest, requires a journey to the Alunze Kingdom; still
you might as well gain a few levels, before making tracks. When you do gain
a few levels; head in the North-west direction, and you will come to a small
shrine; which will lead you over the mountains. To reach Alunze, head across
the patches of desert area; till you finally come to a small bridge, you can
then head east a little, which will take you to the Alunze Kingdom.

¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
± Alunze Kingdom ±
°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
MAIN GOALS
¤ Purchase new equipment!
¤ Gain some info on the King's Coronation!
¤ Play about in the casino! *NOT ESSENTIAL*
¤ Raise Maxim and Tia's Levels up to 10/11!

¤ This village has quite a few things to keep you occupied; first of all, you
should buy some new equipment. This shop offers some good stuff; you should
purchase all the cloth stuff and a short sword for Maxim; as well as a Mini
Shield and Long Knife for Tia. When you've finished shopping; equip all your
new armour and weapons, and head for the Inn. You should rest to restore all
your HP and MP, then you should go down the stairs. Down here, you will find
a Casino; you might as well have a little go on the slot machine; coz unlike
games like Pokémon, you will actually win quite often. When you've finished
wasting your money; you should proceed to Alunze Castle.

¤ Before you head for Alunze Castle, you may want to gain a few level; Maxim
should be around Lv12 and Tia will be fine at Lv10/11. This will also give
you the chance to gain more Gold, and one of the Eagles you fight, may drop
an Eagle Stone. When you've reached your desired level, head for the Castle
of Alunze; and prepare for the Kings Coronation!

¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
± Alunze Castle ±
°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
MAIN GOALS
¤ Locate the Castle Basement!
¤ Watch some Clowns in action!

¤ Alunze Castle, is home to a pathetic army of soldiers; who by the looks of it
cannot do their job properly. First of all, just keep on heading forward, you
should reach the Throne room, very soon. Inside you will find the king, and a
few other people; including the Prince and Princess.

¤ The crown seems to be a fraud, so one of the soldiers attempts to take it for
examination; but he is soon halted in his tracks. The guys with the crown are
thieves, they will put on a little show; and it won't take long for them to
steal the crown. After the thieves have left, you can talk to the King; he is
not from the same planet as normal people; so he doesn't have a clue what you
need to do, when your crown gets nicked.

¤ The clowns have disappeared into the basement, so look for a balcony with two
girls walking around; and head though the Right door, until you reach a Guard
who appears to be Ko'ed. Keep going and head into the basement; you will find
a useful tool here, which can help you to blow things up!

¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
± The Basement ±
°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
MAIN GOALS
¤ Obtain an Explosive Surprise!
¤ Catch up with the Weirdos!
¤ Obtain the Crown!

ITEMS -> Bomb, Headband, Coat, Light Knife, Secret Fruit, Miracle, Dragon Egg,
Crown

¤ The Basement is riddled with all sorts of monsters; but sadly, you don't get
to fight a boss here. Inside the first room, you will find a door and a weak
wall; which can be destroyed by a bomb, a short while later. Go through the
door and place the pot onto the switch; this will cause another door to open
leaving you on a one way path, once again. The next room contains two blocks
and two tiles; first of all move one of the blocks onto the first tile; this
will cause the gap between the walls below to widen. The other block can now
be moved through the gap, and onto the southern tile; which again will cause
another door to unlock itself!

¤ Head through the door, and follow the one way path, till you come to a Blue
Chest, containing the bomb item; which can be used to blow things up. After
obtaining the Bomb; head back to the weak wall you found before, and blow it
to smithereens; you can now proceed further into the hideout of the weirdos.

« Remember -> Bombs are a wonderful tool to have; but they do explode after
you take Six steps; or if you swing your sword six times. You
can plant bombs by pressing the same button as you would use
for arrows; in this case the button you need to press is "Y".

¤ Upon entering the room, head right and down, till you see a vase; pick up the
Vase and take it along the path to the left. Activate the switch, and go back
to the entrance of this room; this time, head right, till you finally crash
into a wall. First of all, ignore the chest above you; and head South to find
another chest, containing a Headband. Backtrack upwards a few steps; and head
left at the first turn, then South to reach a staircase and a monster. Head
downstairs, into another room, which has a weak wall and a door. If you for
some reason need some major first aid, head through the door; after healing
your HP's and MP's, you should blow up the weak wall.

¤ The room following on, contains some monsters; you can either avoid them, or
you can destroy them. After making your choice, go through the next door, and
you will come to another puzzle, involving Vases and Switches. First of all;
put the vase onto the upper switch, to open the Northern door. Enter the door
and take the Escape item from the chest; head back out, then put the vase on
the lower switch; to open the Southern door. Head through the opened door and
kill off the bats; then push the block to the right of the weak wall, and use
a bomb; after the wall crumbles; proceed into the next room. Inside here, you
will come to a horrible puzzle, which is possibly the hardest one yet; I have
tried to explain it as best as I can, in the form of Ascii diagrams!

<> Stage I <>
-=-=-=-=- ASCII CHARACTERS
This puzzle involves three ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
different colours of blocks; I have chosen ascii characters, to
which need to disappear in symbolize each different color, of
order to open the door. the blocks used in this puzzle; if
you check below, you can see the
First of all, Move the lowest chosen ascii characters;-
Yellow block, left two paces;
then up two paces, to get rid ¥ - Red Block
of three yellow blocks! Ø - Orange Block
ß - Blue Block
----- -----
¦ ¥ ¦ ¦ Ø ¦
---------------------
¦ Ø ¦ ¥ ¦ Ø ¦ ß ¦ ß ¦
---------------------
¦ Ø ¦ Ø ¦ ß ¦ ¥ ¦ ¥ ¦
---------------------
¦ ¥ ¦ ß ¦ ¦ ß ¦
--------- -----
¦ Ø ¦ <- MAX
-----

<> Stage II <>
-=-=-=-=
Secondly, move the upper red
block, left four paces. Then
move the upper orange block
left two paces. After that,
move the final yellow block
up two paces, and two paces
to the right; to get rid of
three more yellow blocks!

----- -----
¦ ¥ ¦<- ¦ Ø ¦<- 2nd
---------------------
¦ Ø ¦ ¥ ¦ Ø ¦ ß ¦ ß ¦
---------------------
Î ¦ ß ¦ ¥ ¦ ¥ ¦
3rd -----------------
¦ ¥ ¦ ß ¦ ¦ ß ¦
--------- -----

<> Stage III <>
-=-=-=-=-
This time; move two of the blocks
two paces to the left; but ignore
the upmost block.

-----
¦ ¥ ¦ <- IGNORE!
----- ----- ---------
¦ ¥ ¦<- ¦ ß ¦ ß ¦
-----------------
¦ ß ¦ ¥ ¦ ¥ ¦
-------------
¦ ß ¦ ¦ ß ¦
--------- -----
¦ ¥ ¦<- 2nd
-----

<> Stage IV <>
-=-=-=-=
Move the lower blue block, two
paces to the left; and then three
paces upwards. Next, move the 2nd
lower blue block; three paces to
the left, and two paces upwards.
To finish off the blue blocks,
move the last blue block up one
pace, to make a complete line;
causing the blue blocks to vanish!

-----
¦ ¥ ¦
--------- ---------
¦ ¥ ¦ ¦ ß ¦ ß ¦
----- -------------
¦ ß ¦ ¥ ¦ ¥ ¦
-------------
¦ ß ¦<- ¦ ß ¦<- 2nd
----- ----- Î -----
¦ ¥ ¦ 3rd
-----

<> Stage V <>
-=-=-=-
To finish off; move one of the upper
blocks, two paces to the right and one
pace downwards. The second upper block
should be moved two paces right, and
two paces down; and the last red block
should be moved, right three paces and
up two paces. This will cause the door
to open, and you have now solved, this
horrible puzzle; which was rather hard
to explain!

2nd
-----
->¦ ¥ ¦
---------
->¦ ¥ ¦
----- ---------
¦ ¥ ¦ ¥ ¦
---------

-----
3rd->¦ ¥ ¦
-----

¤ After solving this puzzle; you will gain access to two doors, the Northern
door leads you into a small room; with a chest containing a Coat, which can
be equipped by Tia. After obtaining the coat, you can now head through the
Southern door; inside this room, you will find a monster, and two blocks to
push, in order to gain access to the stairs. After heading down the stairs;
you will come to a warp portal surrounded by four switches. Before you even
touch the portal or the switches, head for the left side of the room, where
you will find two blocks and two tiles; currently you can only push one of
the blocks, so move it onto the first tile, and go back to the warp portal.

¤ The Warp Portal takes you to four different places, this depends on, which of
the four switches, is activated. To activate the switches, you must place the
vase on top of them; first of all, you must activate the bottom right switch.

-> BOTTOM RIGHT SWITCH! <-

This switch takes you to a room containing a Mad Horse and a chest, to obtain
the treasure, you must defeat the Mad Horse; by killing the monster, you will
have removed the spikes from in front of the chest. The chest contains a cool
Light Knife weapon; which can also boost your "MGR" by 10 points.

-> UPPER RIGHT SWITCH!! <-

This switch takes you into a room with a Mini Maze; navigate your way through
the maze, and take the secret fruit from the chest. To the right of this Mini
Maze, you will find a weak wall, which can be bombed in order to acquire, a
valuable "Miracle Potion".

-> UPPER LEFT SWITCH!!! <-

This switch takes you to a room with a monster, and a wooden crate; and some
more treasure; first of all, dispose of the monster and place a bomb to the
left of the crate, walk over the spikes within six steps and the crate will
get blown up; if you mess up you will just have to cast "Reset". The Crates
somehow connected with the water in front of the chest; when the crate blows
up, you can claim your prize, a Dragon Egg. After taking the Dragon Egg, you
should head through the door, and push the other block onto the tile. This
will cause the spikes to your left to disappear, you should then head back
to the warp portal in order to activate the last switch!

-> BOTTOM LEFT SWITCH!! <-

This switch takes you into a room, where you will have to fight three rounds
of Cobalts. The good thing about these hound like creatures, is that they do
occasionally run away. First of all, you must take out all the Cobalts; this
will cause the upcoming door to open; proceed through the door, you should be
in a room with the spikes that have disappeared. First of all, kill off that
lousy bat thing, and head left, then head down the stairs and keep going till
you finally meet up with the weirdos!

¤ The weirdos still have the crown, so its about time you took it off them; but
somehow your caught up in one of their traps. This is no problem, the weirdos
throw the switch, and voila, the useless, pathetic trap backfires. Sadly, the
crown was washed away with them, but its still O.K; you should stamp on the
switch to the south, which will cause the wall to disappear. Once the wall is
out of the way, you may now head through the bottom left door, where you will
find the Crown. Pick up the crown and take it back to the King; even though
hes stupid enough to lose it again, not that he does though!

¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
± Story Events ±
°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
MAIN GOALS
¤ Claim your reward for snatching the Crown!
¤ Don't pick the Princess as you reward! *You have Tia anyway!*
¤ Get "Foomy" a Capsule Monster!

ITEMS -> 3000GP

¤ After trailing back to the King, he will offer you a reward, all rewards seem
to be fair, apart from the King himself; which really doesn't come into it. I
would personally choose nothing, coz its pays off much better. It will also
make you 3000GP richer, but if you pick the other rewards, you do tend to get
lower amounts of money!

The options are Princess, King, Money and Nothing;-

Princess = 500GP + Tia Glaring at you! <- Don't be tempted!
King = 1000GP + Sad joke from King!
Money = 2000GP
Nothing = 3000GP <- Please pick this one!

¤ You've certainly done a hard days work, so you should retire at Alunze's very
own Inn, for as little as 20GP. When you've regained all your lost health and
magic points, buy all the latest weapons and armours; you should also buy a
spare Long Knife, coz it will come in useful soon. Upon leaving Alunze, you
should head back to the Shrine, but stop at the last patch of desert area. On
this trail, head left around the mountains and into the small tree, this will
take you into an area with a lone girl; this area appears to be Foomy woods,
home of a capsule monster called, um, FOOMY!

¤ Inside Foomy woods, the girl says something about you fighting Foomy, but for
some weird reason; you don't actually get to. Foomy accepts you and he joins
your party as a capsule monster; this is when you should give him some food.
In this case give him a Long Knife, its exactly what food he requests, and it
would be a good idea, to keep him in a hearty mood.

¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
± Alunze North Shrine ±
°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
MAIN GOALS
¤ Find out about the key to Tanbel!
¤ Meet up with a girl called Hilda!

¤ The North Shrine is located North of the Alunze Kingdom; when you arrive, you
will hear that the key to Tanbel has been stolen. The thief seems to be a boy
named Abel; you can find this lad at the cave west of this shrine; where some
monsters also lurk. Here you also meet up with a girl named Hilda, who does
appear to be rather distressed by all this, she also has a brother who gets
really worried when she disappears for large periods of time. After summing
up the events here, you should head west, till you reach the south-west cave!

¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
± North West Cave ±
°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
MAIN GOALS
¤ Who Stole the Key? Meet Abel!
¤ Tear the Regal Goblin to Shreds!
¤ The Key! Get the damn Key!

ITEMS -> 2 × Hi-Potion, Horse Rock, Light Armor, Brave, Miracle, Hi-Magic,
Power Brace, Witch Ring, Shrine Key

¤ Abel has nicked the Key, however he has lost the damn thing, while he was in
a sudden panic over some weird monster; whatever happens, Tia manages to calm
the poor lad down, and we can be on our way, into the cave! Once inside, head
down the ladder and walk forwards, can you see a lever? Fire an arrow at the
lever and open the chest to receive a Hi-Potion! Now, head back a little and
head up the second ladder, and use one of the planks to repair the bridge. Go
across this new bridge and walk past the monster, or kill him; enter the door
and place the three vases onto the switches...one of the vases is hiding
behind the eastern pillar. Once all three switches are covered, you can enter
the Northern door, inside walk in a clockwise direction and head through the
upcoming door, move downwards and avoid the monsters, there's a weak patch
on the floor so by all means "Fall Down" and break a leg or two!

¤ Move in the eastern direction and avoid the "Big Bat" unless you are in need
of some extra cash, or experience points...make sure you push the block in
the eastern direction to gain access to a switch...when you've done this, be
sure to move the block just above you, one pace upwards. Last of all, face
the door and do a 180° Turn, move the block onto the switch and proceed! In
the treasure box, there be a Horse Rock, get the rock equipped on Tia for
some extra muscle.

¤ Now! Move the western blocks, enter the door...grab the vase and drop em' on
a hidden switch, which should make some stairs on an opposite platform reveal
themselves. Head back outside and proceed in a western direction, keep going
and enter the upcoming door, move into the centre of the room and walk south;
enter the staircase and grab the "Light Armor" from another treasure box!

¤ Go back upstairs, enter the previous room and enter the western door, you now
find a hell load of battles in your path; so kill all five monsters in this
chamber and be happy with the experience points! Don't bother with the stairs
to your north; these will lead back to the very first chamber, instead, you
should enter the southern door.../\/...Inside there's some stairs and another
door, go inside the door, cut down the vines on the wall and enter a secret
area...open the treasure boxes to receive a "Brave" Potion and a Miracle!

¤ You can get your hands on even more treasures, so head back into the previous
room, and enter the Staircase this time. Walk forwards, go up the ladder and
head right, now open all three chests to obtain a Power Brace, a Hi-Potion
and a Hi-Magic; and make sure all the monsters die! After breaking free of
the monster trap, head upwards, move the statues to form a bridge across the
small lake, and move the second lot of statues as close to the eastern wall
as possible; if you form a bridge here, you can get hold of a "Witch Ring" a
nice treasure which can only be equipped by Girls; Tia is the only Girl you
have right now, so give her the new ring!

¤ When you have the Witch Ring, head downstairs, you should be in a room with
two doors and a staircase....to begin with head down the stairs in the lower
left corner of the room, follow the path into a room with enemies, enter the
door, walk over to the switch, and activate! Water levels will drop, so head
back into the room with two doors and a staircase, the one you entered! This
time, try the door eastern door, go inside walk past the two enemies, enter
the door and stomp on the switch, and once again the water levels will drop!

¤ Head back into the previous room, and take the Northern door; go down the
stairs and use the healing tiles at your own disposal, make sure you save
the game too! After gaining lost HP and MP's, head up the steps and place a
bomb in front of the weakened wall; it should blow leaving you with a clean
entrance to the boss chamber. Go inside speak to the Goblin and take him on!

Boss: Regal Goblin
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
HP: 500

¥ The Regal Goblin is hard! He will summon enemies to kill of unguarded team
members, even though he has no spells, this battle can be tough. Let's begin
with a simple attacking strategy, I assume Maxim has a "Short Sword" equipped
so use the "Ice Attack" Ikari Technique to inflict a little extra damage; let
Tia do the healing and use the Horse Rock to attack with "Frenzy" and Jelze
will use normal attacks, or "Foomy Punch" whenever he gets a turn! This Regal
Goblin will summon Goblins and Goblin Mages, these can be hard to kill in one
blow, so you will need to hit them more than once! Tia should not use "Spark"
unless she's equipped with a really bad weapon, such as the "Frying Pan" or
"Small Knife" otherwise, stick to Frenzy, Ice attack and Tia's "Strong" spell
for this strategy, when he falls, Maxim and Tia will get 1,800 exp. and 500GP
for their troubles..and access to the Shrine Key of course!

¤ Regal Gobbo' is dead, so take the damn key, and move to the shrine leading to
Tanbel, meet up with Hilda and follow her to Tanbel; and read on for the next
set of events, you should also be prepared for a few battles included on this
small journey!

¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
± Tanbel ±
°°°°°°°°°°
MAIN GOALS
¤ Stock up on some new spells!
¤ Meet Guy and allow him to join your party!
¤ Watch the little scene involving Guy!
¤ Upgrade your equipment!

¤ Upon entering Tanbel, you will meet up with Hilda, she will ask your names;
then her brother comes along. Her brother is a master swordsman, who appears
to be called, GUY. Hilda says shes also going to cook something, to welcome
Maxim and Tia; while Guy would rather go to his usual training spot which is
pretty normal for a swordsman. After gaining control of your team, head into
the northern part of the village, and speak to Guy. Its time for a match, so
Guy struts all his stuff, and some Dude comes along before Maxim even gets a
chance to move; it seems that monsters are in town, and by the looks of it;
Maxim, Guy and Tia are first on the list. In an instance, you will be drawn
into a boss battle with two Followers!

Boss: 2 × Follower
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HP: 150 each! Weakness: Water

¥ The Two Followers seem to have a severe weakness against water; which means
you should use Water elemental spells. When the battle begins, have Tia use
her Droplet spell, and have Maxim and Guy attack normally; considering this
battle won't last long, you won't need to bother with healing spells. After
your victory, you will receive, 200 experience and 500GP; which isn't bad.

¤ After you've hammered the followers, Camu will leave, and someone will report
Guy's sister missing. Before you go and rescue her, you should buy some stuff
from the equipment store; first of all, get two Kukri swords for Maxim & Guy;
then upgrade their armours; as well as this, you should buy a Wire and Light
Dress for Tia; because her defense needs to be at its highest, with her being
a weak person. Meaning she cannot take very much damage without falling into
the cleft of dimensions; this is also a great time to obtain some new spells.
You should buy, all the elemental spells; which are Flash, Gale, Droplet and
Spark, all but the Spark spell, can be used by Maxim. When you've finished in
the shopping district; you may now head for the South East Tower, where Hilda
is being held hostage.

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± South East Tower ±
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MAIN GOALS
¤ Rescue Hilda and Defeat Camu!
¤ Grab all the cool treasures!

Items -> Sky Key, Jute Helmet

¤ The first room of the tower, contains two doors and a monster; First off kill
the monster, and secondly, head through the left door, as the right door will
lead to a dead end. Inside the new room, you will come across various tiles;
the middle tile appears to be decorated by a monsters face. First of all, you
should stand on the middle tile, to reveal four switches, to show how all the
switches are arranged, I've prepared a simple ascii diagram.

_
(@)
-----
¦ ¦ "As you can see, we have four switches and
----- three blocks; First of all, you must push
the Northern block, five paces south, and
_ ----- ___ ----- _ onto the Southern switch. Next move the
(@) ¦ ¦ |0^0| ¦ ¦ (@) other blocks, so that they activate the
----- ¯¯¯ ----- left and right switches; the final switch
needs to be activated by a vase which can
be found somewhere in this room; tell you
_ what, I will explain, you will find three
(@) more blocks in the room; if you push them
out of the way, you will find a vase, the
vase will need to be placed onto the last
switch, so you can finally enter the next
door, and continue you rescue mission!

¤ Inside the Upcoming room, you will find some stairs, and a monster; so kill
off the monster, and take the stairs into the next room; keep going till you
come across a room with two goblins inside. One of those Goblins is guarding
the switch; to gain access to the switch, you must dispose of it first; then
you may activate the switch, and proceed into the next room. The door in the
next room, leads outside, where you will find another door; which takes you
into a room with some tiles, as well as a statue. First of all, you need to
push the Statue onto the black tile; which will open all available paths in
this area. Head into the new cut in the wall, and keep going till you reach
some stairs; head up the stairs and follow the path; you will soon come to a
room, with a skeleton and two doors.

¤ First of all, enter the lower door; you will see a crab, which will probably
need to be killed, you will also see a switch, to stop the switch from being
barricaded by blocks, head two paces left of the door, and head upwards onto
the switch; and the door will finally open. Keep going till you end up at a
ladder, which should be outside the tower; if you go up the ladder, you will
find a lever, which you should activate, in order to make the platform above
lower itself, a little. After activating the lever, you should backtrack to
the room with the skeleton.

¤ You've already explored the lower door, so this time you should try going in
the upper door; where you will come across some vases and a statue. First of
all, move the statue onto the tile in the left part of this room. After the
statue is in place, surround it with vases, this will trigger the opening of
the lower right door; which you should enter. The next room has some stairs
and some monsters, you may find it easier to kill the monsters first, if you
head down, you will find a skeleton, and the remains of his friend, who for
some reason; appears to come in more than one piece. First off, blow up the
shattered pile of bones, and stand on the switch, to make the wall in front
of you disappear. After pressing the switch, proceed into the new area with
the Goblins, then through the door, and keep on going till you reach another
room, with some more monsters.

¤ The next room contains some kind of music puzzle, in this particular area you
will need the arrow, bomb and your sword. First of all, you will come across
three pillars, you need to use a certain tool on each of the pillars in order
to activate them. To activate the lowest pillar, you need to hit it with your
sword, this will make the red light on top of it turn blue. The second pillar
needs to be hit by an arrow, and the upper pillar needs to be blown up by one
of your bombs; soon after the puzzle is completed, the upper door will open.

¤ Inside the door, you will find a blue chest, as well as a monster, which you
should dispose of. Inside the blue chest, you will find the Sky Key, this is
the key to finding Hilda, so you can probably guess you haven't got long to
go, till the showdown with Camu. Anyway, head out of this room, and go back
to the room with the pile of bones; this time head down the stairs, and head
through the door, and gain all your HP's and MP's on the healing tiles, and
I think you had better save your progress too. After healing, you should go
through the next door, when you do, destroy the monster, keep on this path;
until you finally come to a room with some monsters; in here you will see a
door, go through it to enter another room containing a puzzle.

¤ The puzzle is based on a 12 hour clock; First off the block represents the
hours and the statue represents the minutes. The time currently shown is 6:15
which doesn't appear to be having any effect on the door in this room. On the
clock, you must show two different times, first of all, set the clock onto
12:00; this will reveal a secret door, where you can find a treasure; that is
cool, because treasures are very scarce here for some reason. The treasure is
a Jute Helmet, which will come in handy for Maxim or Guy; after obtaining the
treasure, set the clock to 9:00; this will open the next door, where you will
come across what looks like a dead end, but in this room you will come across
a switch to activate. After you've activated the switch, you should head back
to the room before the clock puzzle, then head outside; out of no where, some
ladder has appeared, so you can now get on the top floor of the tower; anyway
you might as well head up the ladder, and enter the final room of this tower.

¤ The final room to great surprise has a boss door, which can be unlocked with
the Sky Key. When you enter the room you will see Camu, and behind him, you
can see Hilda and three chests; by the looks of it, he seems to be prepared
with you offering, but right now the chests aren't available for you; so you
may want to destroy Camu and come back when you've exited the tower. Anyway;
you should, have a little chat with Camu; he explains hes looking for strong
men, who appear to be a threat to him. Guy is one of those men he seeks; so
you will be drawn into battle!

Boss: Camu
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HP: 1,500HP Weakness: Lightning

¥ This is the coolest boss yet, and you probably have Maxim and Guy equipped
with the Kukri swords; which have Lightning element IP attacks. So Camu has
plenty of HP's, which will take a while to drain; but he does seem to have
one major weakness, and that's Lightning. Camu is quite tough if you don't
defeat him quickly, he uses standard physical attacks most of the time, as
well as Buster attack and Sleep Sting which are used randomly, but not too
often; first of all, Camu's Buster attack is the main threat because it can
damage all party members. Camu may also call on some slaves, these monsters
will cast a low powered healing spell, which would mean their intelligence
is very low, considering it only heals 30HP on one enemy. Anyway, to start
off the battle, have Maxim and Guy use their Thunder Blast, IP techniques;
to do around 400 damage in total, then have Tia cast Flash, to do even more
damage, when Maxim and Guy run out of IP; Guy should attack normally, Maxim
on the other hand should join Tia by casting the Flash spell; which you may
have; when Camu pops his clogs, you will receive a cool 3,000 experience as
well as 5000GP; and you also get 100 exp and 250G for each slave you killed
during your battle!

¤ When Camu has been defeated, he decides to destroy the tower, with you inside
it; so its obvious he wants you to die. The tower will start to rumble, Maxim
will try to open the door, but its locked, and he cannot get to it because of
some magic barrier. Anyway, it doesn't matter, because Iris comes to save you
and she also warps you back to Tanbel.

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± Story Events ±
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MAIN GOALS
¤ Meet Guy's Girlfriend, Jessy!
¤ Obtain Camu's Treasure!

Items -> Fire Dagger, Camu Armour, Pearl Brace

¤ Upon entering Tanbel once again, Hilda will need some rest; and Guy will want
to help Maxim destroy the Super Beings known as the Sinistrals. In this scene
you will meet up with Jessy, who is no other than Guy's Girlfriend, and for
some reason, Tia takes a liking to her, simply because, well I don't know coz
its a girls thing. Anyway, Guy decides to join you in your fight against evil
or should I say, the Sinistrals.

¤ When Guy finally joins, head back to the tower where you rescued Hilda. First
of all, progress to the top floor, and into the boss room; where you defeated
Camu. This room appears to contain three chests, which hold some really cool
treasures; the first treasure is a Fire Dagger; this should be equipped by a
swordsman, so this time, let Maxim have this treasure, as Guy is the only one
who can equip the second treasure, which is the Camu Armour. The last of the
treasures, is a Pearl Brace Shield, this should only be equipped by Tia. When
you've obtained the treasures, head back to the bottom floor. You will find a
door, which you never visited before, as it used to lead to a dead end. This
time the pillars seem to have fallen, this will give you the chance to visit
a pretty little village named Clamento; which is a few paces North, from what
seems to be the towers main exit!

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± Clamento ±
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MAIN GOALS
¤ Purchase new Equipment!
¤ Purchase the "Escape" Spell!
¤ Get some info on the Ruby Apple!
¤ Listen to Rochy's short lecture!

¤ Clamento is a nice little village, which seems to have some decent equipment
stores, as well as a good shop for buying spells. First of all, you should be
talking to people around town, you will stumble among a few people who speak
of a treasure called the ruby apple. Anyway, that isn't as important yet, if
you check the big house, in the Northern area of Clamento, you will meet some
rich dude named Rochy; who is on the look out for warriors to locate the Ruby
Apple for him, and on top of this, he's going to give loads of cash to anyone
who will find this treasure. Which makes the hunt more sweet for you, as most
people listen when cash is involved!

¤ After your conversation with Rochy, you should go to the equipment store, and
purchase some new equipment. I highly recommend purchasing some new stuff for
Tia; you should by a rod, some baggy clothes and a Red beret, which should be
a good selection, and it will all provide, well needed better defense for her
too. After buying some new equipment, you should visit the spell shop and buy
the newest spells, or some of the older ones which you don't have, especially
the "Escape" spell as its one of the most important spells in the game, its
also going to save you 100G everytime you buy an escape potion, but without
any MP, you've got some problems. After buying the necessary equipment, you
should rest at the inn, and make a save at the church. Then you may proceed
to your next destination, which is Ruby Cave, home of the treasure known as
the Ruby Apple.

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± Ruby Cave ±
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MAIN GOALS
¤ Locate and obtain the Ruby Apple!
¤ Find another Capsule Monster (Blaze)!
¤ Obtain the Aqua Whip and Fury Helmet! -> Some cool treasures!

Items -> Aqua Whip, Fury Helmet, Flame Fruit, Ruby Key, Ruby Apple

¤ First of all, head North of Clamento till you come to a mountain; which seems
to split the area into two different paths. If you take the western path, you
will come across a small shrine, which you will need to enter later. So for
now, take the eastern path, and you will come to Ruby Cave, which under the
Circumstances, must be entered!

¤ Upon entering Ruby Cave, you will notice some Lava, and a dog like monster on
a floating platform. To begin with, dispose of the spider and proceed through
the very first door; this takes you into a room with some big bees, and you
should also notice, some stairs, another door as well as a weak wall; which
should be bombed. Through the weak wall, you come to a room with a few more
monsters; and some more stairs; from here on you should keep going till you
finally reach four switches. The switches must be activated in a certain way;
so start with the Upper Left switch; and move clockwise around all the of the
switches, but activate each one you pass one by one. After pressing all the
switches correctly, proceed by bombing the weak wall nearby, and follow the
path to Blaze, your next capsule monster; who seems to breath FIRE!!!

¤ When Blaze Decides to join, feed him with Long Knives, and he should evolve
pretty quickly into another monster; but it also seems to possess some better
stats; it won't run away as often either, and to be honest, blaze seems to be
a little Gutless compared to Foomy; which sadly cannot be helped. After you
have found Blaze, you should head back to the second room of this cave, and
attack the grass within the room. You should shortly come across a switch; if
it gets activated, you may progress into the next room; so I would strongly
advise, stamping on the switch. When you get that door opened, head through
it and again,