_ _ _ _ ___ _ _____ / \ | |_ ___| (_) ___ _ __ |_ _|_ __(_)___ |___ / / _ \| __/ _ \ | |/ _ \ '__| | || '__| / __| |_ \ / ___ \ || __/ | | __/ | | || | | \__ \ ___) | /_/ \_\__\___|_|_|\___|_| |___|_| |_|___/ |____/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION Iris FAQ/Walkthrough By: PeTeRL90 Copyright: 2007-2008 Date Started: August 3, 2007 Date Finished: August 24, 2007 Latest Update: November 21, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ =================== Table of Contents =================== 1.) Introduction 2.) Legal Stuff 3.) Basics 4.) Walkthrough a.) Chapter 1 --------> (CH1) b.) Chapter 2 --------> (CH2) c.) Chapter 3 --------> (CH3) d.) Chapter 4 --------> (CH4) e.) Chapter 5 --------> (CH5) f.) Chapter 6 --------> (CH6) g.) Chapter 7 --------> (CH7) h.) Chapter 8 --------> (CH8) i.) Chapter 9 --------> (CH9) j.) Final Chapter ----> (FCH) 5.) Weapons 6.) Armor 7.) Accessories 8.) Monster List 9.) Bosses 10.) Skill List 11.) Mana Items 12.) Field Bonuses 13.) Credits/Thanks 14.) Version History =================== 1.) Introduction =================== Howdy and welcome to my walkthrough for Atelier Iris 3. I've enjoyed the Atelier series ever since the first Atelier game, Atelier Iris, came over to the United States back in 2005. It has that feeling of an old 2D RPG, which I still adore since I grew up with them. After Atelier Iris 2 left me with a bitter taste in my mouth, I was looking forward to AI3 being shipped over. Now that it's here, I'm hoping to enjoy it as much as I did with the first Atelier Iris game. =================== 2.) Legal Stuff =================== This FAQ is copyrighted by me, and may be used for personal use. This FAQ may NOT be used for any kind of profit, or be put in any kind of magazine. I write these on my spare time for free, and you shouldn't be able to get money from ripping this, claiming it as your own, and selling it off. You may NOT use this on your website. You may NOT copy and paste part of any part of my work, as that is still plagiarising. I am no longer allowing any more sites to use any of my present or future FAQs any longer. The only sites that are allowed to use my present and future FAQs are the sites listed below. ALLOWED SITES TO USE THIS FAQ AND FUTURE FAQS: http://www.neoseeker.com http://faqs.ign.com http://www.supercheats.com http://www.gamerhelp.com http://www.honestgamers.com =================== 3.) Basics =================== Here are a few of the basic elements of Atelier Iris 3. --------- Fighting --------- As you can already guess, you'll be doing a lot of fighting in this game since it is an RPG after all. The battles are turn based. You can tell who is going next by the cards at the top. Fights are pretty simple. You attack to win. Whoever is standing last is victorious, and for your sake, I hope it's you. The battle system however does have a new little twist to it, which I'll mention shortly. It should also be mentioned that you can actually see the enemies on the screens as little blobs. There are four different colors. Blue ones are weak ones and can be taken out with a single stroke of Edge's sword. Grey ones are the same level as you, and Red ones contain an enemy or enemies that have higher levels than you and are stronger. Purple ones are event ones that are used for Quests. --------- Alchemy --------- Like with any other Atelier game, you'll be doing a handful of alchemy as well. However, unlike the previous 2 Iris games, you don't exactly find all your recipes by finding them in chests. When you use alchemy, Iris's Alchemy Level will slowly rise, and eventually she'll gain a level. When she does, her stats will go up and she'll think of new recipe ideas. These ideas aren't complete. To complete them, look for little Iris icons floating over certain items that match her ideas. You'll recognize these icons since they have Iris's face on them. You can also combine different ingredients to make new recipes. --------- Blades --------- After reaching a certain point in the game, you'll be able to change what type of Blade you wield/are. You can think of this as a class changing type of system. Each Blade has their own function, and you can learn a different set of skills as you level each Blade up. Deciding which Blade you want to use is up to you. --------- Dungeons --------- In Atelier Iris 3, you take up quests, in which some of them lead you to dungeons, or Alterworlds. These dungeons are timed, meaning if you don't complete them in a set amount of time, you'll be warped out of that dungeon. You can re-enter it with all the items in chests you obtained already if you are indeed kicked out. Some quests require you to visit previously visited areas. --------- Quests --------- As forementioned above, Atelier Iris 3 is based off the quest system. There are different types of quests ranging from investigating something to obtaining an item for something else. Rewards for each quest differ. Sometimes you'll gain Guild Experience and items. Other times you'll gain Cole and items. Certain quests have certain ranks required to complete them, so make sure to do any quest you can. --------- Burst --------- Here's the new twist that I was talking about when I mentioned the battle system. You may notice at the bottom of the screen a meter named Burst. As you attack, this will fill up, and as you are attacked, it will decrease. Once it's full, your Skill Gauge will reach 9 and all of your skills will do a lot more damage. All of the enemies are stunned as well momentarily. You can also chain hits, which can increase your Blade Points, Exp, or Cole. =================== 4.) Walkthrough =================== A few things to note. First off, I won't be putting any plot spoilers in this guide. I want you to enjoy the game as it was meant to be made and not be spoiled by anything. Also, since Atelier Iris 3 is a 2D RPG, my directions are based off of such: N E \/ XX /\ W S I thought I'd clear that up so you don't get confused with my directions. NOTE2: It has come to my attention that the Fetch quests may differ from what I have put down. If my number looks different from what you need to do, then that's why. Many thanks to The Keeper for pointing this out to me. After the opening scenes, you'll get into a fight with 3 Punis. Any Atelier fan knows that these won't give you any trouble, so waste them. After they're done, another scene occurs and you're left to navigate through the town. O-----------O | Chapter 1 | O-----------O (CH1) ============== Zey Meruze ============== One thing to note here, I had no idea at first that the brown bags contained random items, so if I list an item that doesn't match what you get, that's why. Since I already wrote down what I got from the brown bags for the first two areas of the game, I'll write those down, but after that, I'll only list the items that are in the chests. Also, brown bags do respawn. From where you start, head east until you reach a fork. Head north over the bridge and then east to find a pair of Paw Gloves. Backtrack to the fork and go east and then south to the next screen. Continue south and open the chest for a Cure Jar. At the four way split here, go east to find a Spinacherb. Watch the scene here and continue east until you reach another fork. Go north and you'll find a couple of stores. Browse if you want. Go east and get the Gash Twig here and continue east to find a chest that has a Heal Jar in it. Backtrack to the fork and go south this time and grab the brown bag for 32 Cole. Now go east to find a Nicro Cloth and backtrack to the fork and go east and enter the building here. Watch the scene and select the only quest from the Bulletin Board. By the way, once there are multiple quests on the bulletin board, you're free to choose whichever you want to do, but I'll write this guide based on how I completed them. After you get the quest, exit and go west to reach the four way split and go north. Continue north and then turn east and continue on and enter the building. After the scene, exit the building and another scene will occur. You'll then get an option to view the Fairy Taxi Tutorial. How cute. Do so if you wish and you'll arrive at your workshop for another scene. You'll get an option to view the Workshop Tutorial if you want to. After you're done here, exit and grab the Legien Ore and go east and at the fork, go south to find 17 Cole. Go west to find Salt and then follow the main path until you reach the four way split. Go north and west and continue following the path until you reach the portal. ========================== Ancient Forest of Valtessa ========================== NOTE: I'll try my best to cover each dungeon as best as I can so you can get all of the items, but with a time limit, you'll need to run through an area multiple times most likely. You'll notice that once the dungeon starts, you'll have a time limit to finish it. If you're not able to finish the quest in time, you'll be booted out of the Alterworld, but you can go back in with all the brown bags being reset so that you can get them again. Once you gain control, head north through the opening in the side of the cliff. Continue north and then turn and go west to find a brown bag containing a Belgrade Potato or any other item. Go south to the next screen to find another brown bag that has either a Zuftuff Water or any other item. Cut the grass here and open the chest for a Healing Ankh and grab the red crystal here as well. Backtrack and go north and jump on the ledges to make your way up and go east to reach a fork. Go south to find a Belgrade Potato or any other item and go back to the fork and go east to find an Elchie or any other item. At the next fork, go north to find a Zuftuff Water or any other item and backtrack to the fork and go east. You'll find a nearby chest once you enter. Open it up for the Magic Staff. After getting it, an enemy will jump out from the bushes. You'll fight a small mini battle here against a Platinum Puni. It's not that difficult. Just keep spamming Edge's Pyre Bunker to get rid of it quickly. You'll most likely go into a Burst mode during this fight, so make sure to take advantage of it by using Iris's best multi hitting skills to rack up more hits and damage whereas Edge should keep spamming Pyre Bunker. After the fight, head south and grab the Burdock Sraight and the Uni and then go east and pick up the yellow crystal here. Continue to the east for a Zuftuff Water or any other item and then go north and cut the grass to make a path to the chest. Open it up for a Mysterious Seed. Go back and go east this time for more Zuftuff Water or any other item and at the fork, go north and follow the path. Continue to the east to find a Belgrade Potato or any other item and then go north for a stole. Backtrack a bit and go east and then south and then east again for a Puniball. At the next fork, go north to find a Gash Twig and go back and then go east until you find another set of Puniballs (get your mind out of the gutter.) Continue to the south until you reach a fork. Go south to find a Zuftuff Water or any other item. You can drop down but it's hard to get back up. If you drop down, you'll find a Uni or any other item. Backtrack and go east and then north to another fork. Go west and you'll find two ledges that you need to jump across. Do so and pick up the Time Fragment here and open the two chests for a Mysterious Seed and a Nectar. Jump back across the ledges and go east. Continue east until you reach a fork. Go south at the fork for a few items and then backtrack and go east for another item and then east a bit more for a chest that has a Heal Jar in it. Open up your menu and warp back to town now. ============== Zey Meruze ============== You should have a good grasp of the town now, and if you get lost, you can always bring up your map by pushing Start to help you get around town, so I won't list directions on how to get to buildings anymore. Make your way to the Scripture Library and talk with Ewan. He's got a Quest bubble over his head, so you can't really miss him. After talking with him, watch the scene and the Quest will be completed. Afterwards, make your way to the Guild and go a bit east to find two chests containing 210 Cole and Flour. Now check out the Bulletin Board and select the Medicine Delivery Quest and talk with Anna. Go back to your workshop and examine the Iris Icon (it's the thing with Iris winking) and then Synthesize 5 Heal Jars. Now go the General Store and talk with Yach (he reminds me of Ichimaru Gin from Bleach for some reason). Now go back to the Guild and watch the scene here. Go talk with the person on the right side of the counter to get some items and then talk with Anna once more. The quest will then be completed. Grab any other Quests from the bulletin board and accept the one requested by Pukko. Go to the Beastmen Quarters to find him adn talk with him. Now go to the guild and enter the second room and talk with Phenyl and then go back to Pukko. Watch the scenes and the quest will be completed. Now let's do the Everyone's Dream quest. You need to find Wild Meat x3 for Eva of the Tavern. The Bears in the Valtessa Forest drop them, so get them and go visit Eva and that quest will be completed. Finally, do the quest titled "Reuniting the Beastmen" and go to the Beastmen Quarter, enter the chiefs house and talk with Cerber. Now go visit Ewan and enter the portal. =============== Grimoire Castle =============== The Caterpillars that you need to kill are the purple colored blobs on the screen. There are a bunch here, but you only need to kill 5 of them. Enter the castle. Head a bit north to find the first Caterpillar. Now go east to find two more, and then go back to the split and go north to find the last two. Let's explore the place some more before leaving. Go through the door here. Go east and grab the item bag here and open the chest for some Salt. At the fork, go north and through the door and pick up the item bag in here and open the chests for a Legien Ore and a Flame. Go back to the fork and continue to the south and break the crates you come across. There's a secret passage behind the wall with a few item bags, so get them if you want. Now continue along to the east and pick up the item big and at the fork, go north through the door and open the chest for an Alchemic Cane. Go back to the fork and go south. Head south a bit and pick up the two item bags here and then go east once given the chance for another item bag. At the next fork, go south past the stairs and open the two chests along the way for a Zettel and a Cure Jar. At the next fork, go east for two more chests containing a Trauer Tarot and a Crunchy Fruit. Go back to the previous fork and go south for an item bag and go through the door here. Open the chest for a Flame and go back and east for an item back. Go east again for two more item bags and then keep following the path until you find a Time Fragment. Go back to the stairs you passed earlier and go up them this time. You'll be at a fork once you enter. Go south and break the crates you come across and open the chest for a Legien Ore. Continue to the east and at the fork, go south and break the barrels here. Go back to set of stairs and go east this time and open the two chests along the way for an 8 Directional Spring and an Eternal Turnkey. Continue going north and go past the next set of stairs. Get the item bag and go north through the door. Go west a couple of times and smash the stuff you come across. Go back to the set of stairs you passed earlier and go up them. Continue along and grab the item bag along the way. Go west and then north for a chest that has a Ring in it. Go west to the next area. Go north here for another item bag and then west through the door. Open the chest here for a Bomb Ice and go back. Go down the ladders and grab the item bag between the desk. At the fork, go east through the door and open the two chests here for a Nectar and a Legien Ore. Go back and go south for another chest that has a Flame Ring in it. Backtrack to the fork in the middle of the library area and go south for an item bag, and then go west. Go west a bit more for two chests containing a Bitter Fruit and Heal Jar. That's it for now. Exit back to town. ============== Zey Meruze ============== Go talk with Cerber at the Beastmen Quarters and the mission will be completed. After the completeion screen, you'll get a statement saying that you have a Mission this time. During Missions, you can't complete quests. Go visit Ewan. After the scene, go back to Grimoire Castle. =============== Grimoire Castle =============== Make your way back to the third floor and go to where the library is. Examine the shining pillar to refill your HP and head west for a scene and a fight. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- Alvero ------ This fight shouldn't be too difficult as long as your levels are in the 7-10 range. His attacks are capable of doing nearly 20 damage, and he also has a time attack in which his blades will attack you at a set interval. Counter this by having Edge use Windmill to make some time attacks of your own. Iris should be using Elemental Conversion or healing Edge or herself whereas Edge should be spamming like Pyre Bunker like there's no tomorrow. Once you get into Burst Mode, it's all easy from there. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- After the fight, continue on for another scene. After it, continue west and then go through the door at the end and exmaine the bookcase to reveal a secret passage. Go east and watch the scene. After it, make your way back to Zey Meruze. ============== Zey Meruze ============== Go talk with Ewan, and the mission's over. O-----------O | Chapter 2 | O-----------O (CH2) ============== Zey Meruze ============== -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ If you don't have it already, go to the guild and pick up the quest titled Proof of Alchemy. Pick up any new quests as well. Remember that if you don't have a quest that I have at this point, keep checking back from time to time. To complete Proof of Alchemy, make 6x Philosopher's Ash and bring them to Ella at the Book Store. The quest will then be completed. -------------- Make your way to the Guild and watch the scene and pick up any Quests that are still there. -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's do the quest titled "Find my Cat!". Go to the Fountain Area and find Papal (she's usually by the lower part of the area) and talk with her. Now make your way to Valtessa and explore around (HINT: The cat's pretty deep inside the forest, so check everywhere. Bring up your map if you have any troubles) until you find the cat. Go back to Papal and the quest will be completed. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's do the quest titled "Jump Steak". By now Iris should have an alchemy idea for some food. Head for the Tavern and examine the Iris ideas that pop up on the screen. Now go back to your work shop and make 5x Steak and go to the Tavern and give it to Eva. That's it for that quest. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Next for the quest titled "Correct Knowledge". You need to make 7x Medicine X's for Ella, but we don't know what recipe. No problem. Hopefully you still have those Poison Shrooms as a reward from not too long ago. Go to your work shop and replace the first ingredient in the Heal Jar recipe with 7 Poison Shrooms and then add 7 Meruze Waters and 7 Puniballs to make 7 Medicine X's. Now go visit Ella and that quest will be completed. -------------- To complete the final quest we have titled "Combat Exam", go visit the Guild and talk with Phenyl. After the scene, go to the Beastmen Quarters and go all the way to the east to find a portal. Enter it. ====================== Posporia Battlegrounds ====================== Head south to enter the new Alterworld. Go south for an item bag and then follow the path as it bends around until you find an item bag. Grab it and open the two nearby chests for a Fairy Hat and a Mysterious Seed. Continue to the west for another item bag and then go south. At the fork here, go west for an item bag and a chest containing Fairy Clothes. At the next fork, go west again for another item bag and continue going to the west for a second item bag. Open the chest for a Flame and continue along the path for two more item bags. Turn and go north when you can for a chest containing Wild Meat and take the set of stairs. Grab the item bag and the chest for a Nectar and go back down the stairs. Go down the nearby set of stairs for an item bag and then go back up them and continue to the south. Follow the path until you reach an item bag and a chest containing a Heal Jar. Go through the door here. Continue north for an item bag and continue following the linear path, collecting the item bags along the way. Continue on until you reach another item bag and another chest that has a Cure Jar in it. At the next fork, go south. Continue following the linear path until you reach a fork. Go west for an item bag and go through the door. Open the two chests for a Treasurebug Silk and a Wind Slicer. You can't equip this yet. Go back to the fork and go south this time and continue following the path to reach the next screen. Yet another linear path. Follow it and get the item bag along the way. At the next fork, go south to find three chests containing a Medicine X, 530 Cole, and a Leather Cuirass. Go back to the fork and go east this time and follow the path. Continue along until you find another item bag and chest containing a Nicro Cloth. Keep going until you reach the next fork. Go north at it for an item bag and go through the door as well. Open the chest for some Melty Spring Water and go back to the fork and go south for another chest that has some Green Soup in it. Continue along the main path for another chest that has a Monster Bone in it. Once you reach the next fork, go east for an item bag and go through the door. Open the chest for a fairy hat and go back to the fork and go north and follow the path. Keep going until you reach yet another fork. Go south at this one for two item bags and a chest that contains a Glansen Ore. Backtrack to the fork and go north and follow the path here. Go north at the next fork for three chests containing 560 Cole, Fairy Clothes, and a Mysterious Seed. Go back and go south this time and follow the path, picking up the two item bags along the way. Go back to the previous screen and head up the stairs and follow the path until you reach yet another fork. Go west and follow the path here. At the next fork, go north and continue along until you come across a four way split. Go east for a chest that has an Eternal Turnkey and an item bag and continue to the east until you reach another fork. Go north for an item bag then go back to the previous fork and go east this time for another item bag and then go back to the fork once more and go south. Grab the time fragment once you come across it and open the chest for a Wild Meat. Follow the path and get the item bag along the way. Backtrack to the four way split and go south this time. At the next fork, go east and up the stairs and follow the path here. Follow the path and pick up the item bag along the way and watch the scene. Approach the red blob. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- Puni Mama --------- The Puni Mama comes with 2 Red Punis and 2 regular Punis. The Puni Mama is just a slightly stronger version than his... err... her counter parts. Waste the weaker Punis first and use Pyre Bunker with Edge and have Iris use whatever since it doesn't matter. Once you get into Burst Mode, Pyre Bunker will obliterate the Puni Mama. All in all, very easy fight. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- There's a time fragment if you keep going, but you can get that if you want. Teleport back to town. ============== Zey Meruze ============== Go visit the Guild and talk with Phenyl. After the scene, the quest is completed and you'll obtain a fishing rod. Exit and some more scenes occur. Afterwards, go back to the Guild and pick up some more quests from the bulletin board. -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Do the quest titled "Flowers for the Library". Make sure you have a Huffin Blossom and maek your way to the Grimoire Library. Find Pamela and watch the scene. Now make an X-Jar and give it to Pamela, and then give her some water (shouldn't matter which kind you give her) and the quest will be completed after doing that. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's do the quest titled "Wanting Attention" now. You need to bring 3x Shifty Eyes to Yach. You can find these as drops by the enemies in the Grimoire Castle (generally the red blobs). Once you get 3 of them, go visit Yach. After the scene, that quest is completed. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's complete "Puni Research" now. You need to find and kill 7 Punis in the Valtessa Forest. You'll know which ones to kill as they'll appear on the field screen as purple blobs. There are only 6 at first. Once you kill 6, exit the forest and re-enter and they'll respawn. Kill one more and go and talk with Phenyl at the guild to complete the quest. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Time to do "Alterworld Visit". Go to the fountain area and talk with Kuu. Go over to the portal leading to Valtessa and explore around. Eventually Kuu will reveal a hidden path. Enter it. Go a bit north and once you reach a fork, go west and then turn and go south and follow the path until you reach the next screen. At the next fork, go north for an item bag and a chest that has a Nectar in it. Backtrack to the previous fork and go south for two item bags. Now go back to the very first fork and go north this time. After the scene, you'll retreat back to down. Talk to Kuu to finish the quest up. Let's go back to that hidden path to finish up looting the place. Go back to the area you were at before leaving automatically and go north for two item bags. At the fork, head up and jump up on the ledges. Open the chest at the top for a Black Hat. Go back down to the fork and go west this time and then north until you reach another fork. Go west for two chests containing a Hear Jar and a Black Belt. Go back to the fork and go east this time. Follow the path and pick up the item bag along the way. Once you reach a fork, make your way south and then go east for two item bags. Go back to the previous fork and go south and follow the path until you find another fork. Go west for a chest that has a Puppy Paw Bonbon in it. Go back to the previous screen and to the first fork on that screen and go north and follow the path. Pick up the time fragment you run across and jump across the ledges here and go east for an item bag. Continue going east for an item bag and then go south at the fork and then turn and go east. Follow the path and open the chest you come across for an 8 Directional Spring and two item bags. Now go west and continue going west past the fork for a chest that has a Caduceus in it. Backtrack to the fork and go south and east for two chests that has a Divine Shield and Tasteless Fruit in it. That's it for now. Go back to town and make your way to the guild to accept some more quests. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's do the "Rain Rain Come Again" quest first. You need to find 5x Boots to bring to Manna. You can get boots by fishing in the fishing spots in the Alterworld's you've been to. Boots are quite common, so you should be able to get five in no time. Once you get 5, go visit Manna at the grocery store and the quest will be completed. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's do the "Furry Magician" quest this time. Your goal here is to kill a Kobold Magician. Not a Kobold Mage, but a Kobold Magician. Go to the Posporia Battlegrounds and make your way to the Watch Tower where you fought the Puni Mama. You'll notice it because it's a huge red blob. It's not a tough fight. After it's defeated, go talk with Phenyl and the quest will be completed. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's do the "Ghost Research" quest now. Go visit Winna at the Library. Now enter Grimoire and make your way to the Library. Along the way, a couple of scenes will occur. After you regain control, make your way back to the Library and talk with Winna to complete the quest. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ For this next quest, "Echoes of the Castle", you better prepare yourself first. Equipping the Heal Ankh on Iris will be a good start, and make a few Heal Jars too while you're at it. Once you're ready, go visit Phenyl and then make your way to Grimoire Castle. Go to the second floor and head for the Altar. If you can't find it, bring up your map and scroll to the second floor and go to where the ! is. Once you arrive there, a nasty surprise is in store for you. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- The Elder --------- The first part of this fight isn't too difficult. Her attacks do around 20 damage or so, but you'll want to keep yourself healed up. Use Elemental Conversion with Iris and Pyre Bunker with Edge to get your Burst Meter up. After you take her down, the battle really begins. The second part of this fight is the harder part because her attacks can damage both Iris and Edge and she has a nasty attack that can damage both Edge and Iris for around 40 damage, so you may need to take a break while fighting to use Heal with Iris or use Heal Jars to get back to full health. Start off with Edge using Windmill to get a couple of time cards up to get additional damage in. After that, you should use Pyre Bunker with Edge and Elemental Conversion with Iris to get your Burst Meter up. Once it's full, start using your strongest skills (usually the 1 hit ones) on the Elder to really drop its health down. Re-use Windmill once the time cards are used up to keep adding the damage on and remember to take breaks to heal if needed. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- After the fight, watch the scene and you'll obtain your first Mana, Plua. Go back to town and a scene will occur, as well as a Tutorial about changing your Blades style. Think of it as changing your class. Plua's class is a Ninja type class, hence Kunai. If you change Edge to this, his attack power and defense will drop, but his speed will nearly double, if not triple itself. It's up to you if you want to switch Blades. After you're done here, go visit Phenyl to complete the quest. -------------- Go back into the guild and pick up some more quests. -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's do the "Sorrow, oh Lake Fish" quest. You need to catch 5x Lake Fish and bring them to Funan. You can catch these at the fishing spot at the Valtessa Forest. Once you get 5, go find Funan at the western bridge leading to the Valtessa Forest and talk with him to complete the quest. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's do "Find me Cat Food!" since this one is an easy fetch quest as well. Go find Papal at the fountain area. Head to the Tavern and a scene will play as you try to get there. After it, if you don't have a Tiger Blowfish, you can go fish for one at the Posporia Battlegrounds. Once you get it, go back to Papal and talk with her to complete the quest. Your rank should've gone up by now. -------------- A mission will start now, meaning your other quests are on hold for the moment. After the scene with Hagel, go to the Tavern for another scene. Now go find Funan and a few more scenes will play out. Head for Posporia. ====================== Posporia Battlegrounds ====================== Open up your map and look for the ! symbol on it. Make your way there. Once you get there, watch the scene. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- Yula and Nell ------------- This fight is a bit hard at first only because of Yula. Because of this, you should focus all of your attacks on Yula. Nell is able to do at the most 20ish damage, whereas Yula can hit both Iris and Edge for nearly 40. Start off the battle with Edge using Windmill to get a couple of timed cards up to help add up the damage. Then use Pyre Bunker with him and Elemental Conversion to get your Burst Meter up. Yula has the ability to inflict status effects on you. This is a two turn attack, so you have time to heal up if someone is low on health. Once your Burst Meter is full, start using your 1 hit skills. By the end of the Burst Mode, Yula should have very little health left. Finish her off. Once Yula goes down, Nell is a cakewalk and shouldn't take too much effort to bring her down. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- After the scenes, talk to the two nearby Fairies. Warp back to town. ============== Zey Meruze ============== Now watch the following scenes. O-----------O | Chapter 3 | O-----------O (CH3) ============== Zey Meruze ============== After the scenes, Nell will join your party here, making your party full. Now let's do some more quests. -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Do the one titled "For You". Simply make a Kunai and go bring it to Pukko to complete the quest. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's do the "Puni Brothers!" quest now. Make your way to Valtessa forest and open up your map to see where the fishing spot is. Go to it and you'll find the Puni Brothers there. Fight them and go report to Phenyl to complete the quest. -------------- Get some more quests from the bulletin board. -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Do the "Something Furry" quest first. You need to find 5x Tufts and bring them to Hagel over in the weapon shop. If you somehow don't have 5 Tufts, you can get them from Kobolds. Once you give him the Tufts, that's the end of that quest. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's do "Life's Friend" now. Gather up 10x Nectars and bring them over to Eva at the Tavern. Once you do so, that's the end of that quest. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ "Pranks Prohibited" will be our next quest. You have to kill any 6 Kobold Mages at Posporia. They can be in any random encounter, so make sure to fight every enemy you see until you gather 6 of them. Once you do so, talk with Phenyl to complete the quest. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's do "Monster Puppeteer" now. Go talk with Anna, and then go into the Posporia Alterworld. Open up your map and make your way to the ! that flashes. Along the way, a scene will occur and you'll get into a small fight. After the fight, open your map and go to the next ! on it and talk with everyone in that area. Now go back to where the first ! was and you'll get into another fight. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- Ice Sprite ---------- Don't bother taking out the ice shards that are behind her since she'll just heal them for a decent amount, so focus all your man power on the Ice Sprite. You can already tell she's weak to fire, so if Edge isn't using Plua's Blade, have him rip her apart with Pyre Bunker to quickly boost the Burst Gauge up. Iris should either use Elemental Conversion, or if she has a fire type weapon on, she can use normal attacks and use heal whenever needed. Depending on Nell's Blade Level, you should stick to either Quick Panther or Break Slash. Break Slash is a great choice if you have it since it knocks the targetted enemy back and hits for 5 times, which helps gets the Burst Meter up. The Ice Sprite herself doesn't attack, but instead lets the ice shards do the attacking for her whereas the Ice Sprite will use a healing time attack whenever her turn comes around. The ice shards do at most 20ish damage, and it takes two turns for them to actually attack, so focus all your man power on the Ice Sprite. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- After the fight, Nymph will join your party, which also unlocks another Blade for Nell, which is a healing type Blade. Watch the scenes and then go back to Zey Meruze and talk with Anna to complete the quest. -------------- For this next quest, we'll be exploring a new area, the Dakascus Valley. If you don't have access to it yet, do a few more quests. Once you do have access to it, let's do the "Greentail Bandits" quest. Head to where Valtessa is and go past the warp leading to it and you'll find another warp at the end of the path leading to Dakascus. =============== Dakascus Valley =============== Enter the valley once you gain control. Go east to find two chests containing Melty Spring Waters. Continue along the path, grabbing the item bags along the way. Continue going east on the next screen and pick up the item bag. Once you reach the next screen, continue on until you reach a fork. Go south to reach another fork. Go west this time and follow the path for an item bag and a chest containing a Thunder Stone. Go back to the fork and go east this time to reach yet another fork. Take the southeast path and follow it to find an item bag and another chest containing a Melty Spring Water. Continue along the main path and collect the item bag along the way until you reach another fork. Go north for an item bag. Continue to the east an dfollow the path until you find another fork. Take the southeast path and continue going east until you find a chest containing a Gurgu's Cane. Grab the item bag as well and continue following the path for two more item bags and then enter the next area. Go east and follow the path and continue east to find a chest that has an Armed Gear in it. Continue along to find an item bag and a chest containing a Needle Candy. This is a weapon for Edge if you're using his Plua's Blade (which you should be if you already mastered his default Blade). Grab the next item bag and go back three screens now. Once you reach the fork, go north for another fork and go east and snag the red crystal here. Go back to the fork and go north this time. Continue to the north to find a chest that has a recipe for a Hat in it. Grab the item bag as well and go east and you'll spot a huge, red blob. This is the fight that's needed for the "Greentail Bandits" quest, so fight them. Don't report it to Phenyl just yet. There's a bit more to explore here. Now open your map and go to the area that has the planting and fishing abilities on it. Go north andf ollow the path here and go northeast at the fork. Grab the two item bags in this area and open the two chests for 610 Cole and a Concentrated Honey. You can talk with Penn here to do some shopping if you want. Afterwards, go back. Go west to reach the next area and then go north to reach the four way split again. Go east this time. Open the two chests in this area for a Lightning Rod and a Holy Clothing. There's a shop here as well with some recipes for sale. Grab the item bag and then warp back to town. ============== Zey Meruze ============== Go visit Phenyl and report the quest in to complete it. Now go get some more quests off the bulletin board. -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Do the one titled "Jumbo Steak" first. Simply make 4 Steaks and then bring them over to Eva to complete the quest. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Do the "Mercenary Fight" quest now. Your job here is to kill 6 Puni Riders. Go to the Posporia area. There's some new areas to explore here. The Puni Riders are the purple blobs, so make sure to fight them when you come across them. Go to the four way split and go east. Continue east and go north at the fork and follow the path to reach the next screen. Keep going to find a chest that has a Nectar in it and grab the item bag as well. Continue along in this area for another item bag. On the next screen, go north to find two item bags. Climb the ladder here and open the two chests for a Black Liquid and a Mysterious Card. Go back down the ladder and take the east path this time. Grab the two item bags and continue east for a chest that has a Steak in it. Why someone would put a Steak in a chest, I don't know. Now take the ladder down and go through the door here. Go east for an item bag and continue east past the fork for another item bag and a chest containing a Bear Pelt. Go back to the fork and go west this time for two more chests containing some Goat Milk and a Monster Cookie. Go back to the fork once more and take the north route. At the next fork, go east for an item bag. Go back to the fork and go north this time and then turn east for another fork. Continue to the east and go down the stairs here for a chest that has a Concentrated Honey in it. Go back up the stairs and go north to reach another fork. Go east for a Misty Curtain, then go back and go west this time for an item bag. Go back to the fork and go back to the west and then north at the fork. Jump across the platforms here for a couple of item bags. Once you get the last one, drop down and go a bit west to find a chest containing an Arabesque Stole. Go back south to the previous screen and go all the way to the east. Go south and continue going south past the fork to reach another fork. Go east at this one and then north for yet another fork. Go nort for a chest that has a Bear Pelt in it and go back to the fork and go east. Continue east and go north at the fork and follow the path for two item bags. Go south, ignoring the door for now and open the chest you come across for a Black Hat. Follow the path as it bends west and then south for two chests containing Goat Milks. Go back to the door now. Go through it and go east for two item bags and then north for a chest that has a Kuma Outfit in it. Go back and go west through the small house again. Now take the east exit in this area to reach the next screen. Follow the path for two item bags and go east at the fork when you come across it. Open the chest for a Sweaty Fruit and go south. Open the chest here for a Black Liquid. Warp back to town and talk with Phenyl to complete this quest assuming you already killed at least 6 Puni Riders. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's do the quest titled "Unseen Weep" now. Go visit Anna and then go to Valtessa. Explore the Forest Depths section (the section that Kuu pointed out to you) until you reach it. After the scene, a fight occurs. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- Magus ----- This fight is a pain mainly because Magus has the ability to poison you and curse you, so if you have Nell with her Nymph Blade, then using Sanctuary will be a huge factor in this fight. If you're using Edge's Default Blade, use Windmill to get some time cards up and then start using Pyre Bunker to get your Burst Gauge up. Iris should either be using Elemental Conversion or using the Nymph summon to damage her. Once your Burst Gauge is up, either use Pyre Bunker with Edge or if he's using Plua's Blade, use Blink Attack. Nell should keep using Sanctuary and heal when needed (assuming she has a healing accessory on) and Iris should be summoning, using heal, or using Elemental Conversion to get the Burst Gauge up. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- After the fight, you'll obtain Jiptus, and also Edge's second Blade. Now go back to Anna and the quest will be completed. -------------- Get some more quests from the bulletin board now. -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Do the quest titled "Let's Talk". Find 1 Chatter Flower and then go and bring it to Manna at the Grocery Store and the quest will be completed. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Let's do the quest titled "A Simple Quest" now. Simply find a Fungushroom (you should have at least one by now) and go to the Tavern and give it to the person named Earl. After the small scene, the quest is completed. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Time for the "Lizard Musketeers". Go to Dakascus and look around for a giant red blob (you shouldn't have to look too far in). Fight it and defeat the three enemies. Report back to Phenyl to complete the quest. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Do the "The Reason For War" quest now. Go talk with Anna and make your way to Posporia. Go to the Kuma side of the battlefield and open up your map. Go to where the ! is and talk to the Kuna General. Now go to the cannon and you'll be on the Fairies side now. Go talk with the Fairy General. Go back to town and report to Anna to complete the quest. -------------- Get some more quests off the bulletin board. -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Do the one titled "First Feelings". Go visit Winna at the Library. After the scene, go back to your workshop and make a Healing Necklace. You can make one for yourself if you want to replace the Healing Ankh if you're using it. After making one, go back to Winna to complete the quest. -------------- -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Do the one titled "A Fishy Gift". Go visit Kuu at the fountain area and he'll want you to get a Bonita. Go to Dakascus to fish one up and then give it to him to complete the quest. -------------- Your rank should've increased by now. If it hasn't do a few more quests. After your rank has raised, it's time for the next mission. After the scene, go to the Grocery Store and talk with Manna. After the next scene, go visit Ella at the Book Store. =============== Dakascus Valley =============== Now make your way to Dakascus and open up your map and go to where the ! is. Talk with the Chief and open your map again. Go to where the next ! is. Once you reach it, watch the scene and a fight will occur. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- Stone Emperor ------------- To start this fight off, have Iris use the Summon command and have her summon Jiptus to lower the Stone Emperor's attack and magic. This will help in the long run. Have Edge use Windmill and then Pyre Bunker if he's in his default Blade forum whereas after casting Jiptus, Iris should be summoning Nymph as the Stone Emperor is weak to ice/water attacks. Nell, depending on her Blade, should be healing or using skills such as Armor Piercing and then Break Slash or using Heal. The Stone Emperor has a lot of nasty attacks, and if you used Jiptus to start the battle off, his attacks should barely reach the 40 mark. Once Jiptus's effects wear off, re-summon her. Once your Burst Gauge is full, have Iris spam Nymph, Edge use Windmill to get some time cards up and then use Pyre Bunker, Blink Attack, or Illusion Edge, depending on your Blade and Nell should use Ein Zecksclaw while in Burst Mode if she's on her default Blade. ----------------------------------BOSS----------------------------------------- After the fight, you'll automatically be brought back to the Chief and return to town. ============== Zey Meruze ============== Go visit Manna and watch the scene, and the mission will be completed. O-----------O | Chapter 4 | O-----------O (CH4) ============== Zey Meruze ============== After the scenes, let's do some more quests. -------------- +-----------+ | Quest | +-----------+ Do the quest titled "Beautiful Queen". Go to Posporia and look for the Harpy to defeat. Becareful when you fight it, as it has a good amount of Speed. After slaying it, go visit Phenyl to claim your prize. -------------- Get some more quests off the Bulletin Board.