_______________________________________________________________________________ //////ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ AR TONELICO II: MELODY OF METAFALICA _____ ________________________________ \\\\\\________________________________________///////////////////////////////// ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica FAQ/Walkthrough (Version 1.11) by Eleinia May 5, 2009 _______________________________________________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ /ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ\ /ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ\ / Table of Contents \/ \ __/ \______________________________________________\_____ ŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Int00 II. Battle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Btl00 III. Walkthrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wlk00 - Phase 1 - Pastalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wlk01 A. Luca's Path - Phase 1 - Pastalia (Luca) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WlkL1 - Phase 2 - Beacon (Luca) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WlkL2 B. Cloche's Path - Phase 1 - Pastalia (Cloche) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WlkC1 - Phase 2 - Solid Heaven (Cloche) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WlkC2 - Phase 3 - Infel Pira Dependency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wlk03 - Phase 4 - Trulyworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wlk04 - Phase 5 - Metafalica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wlk05 A. Luca's Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WlkL5 B. Cloche's Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WlkC5 C. Third Reyvateil's Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WlkT5 D. Default Ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WlkD5 IV. Song Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sng00 - Luca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sng01 - Cloche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sng02 - Third Reyvateil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sng03 V. Costumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cos00 - Luca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cos01 - Cloche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cos02 - Third Reyvateil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cos03 VI. Talk Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tlk00 - Luca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tlk01 - Cloche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tlk02 - Third Reyvateil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tlk03 VII. Girls Talk Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tlk10 - Luca/Cloche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tlk11 - Luca/Third Reyvateil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tlk12 - Cloche/Third Reyvateil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tlk13 VIII. Shop Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp00 - Skycat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp01 - Sasha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp02 - Spica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp03 - Cynthia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp04 IX. Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rcp00 - Skycat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rcp01 - Sasha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rcp02 - Spica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rcp03 - Cynthia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rcp04 X. Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Itm00 - Ingredients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Itm01 - Consumable Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Itm02 - Event Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Itm03 XI. Equipments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Equ00 - Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Equ01 - Armors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Equ02 - Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Equ03 XII. Dualithnode Crystals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dnc00 - Quick Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dnc01 - Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dnc02 - Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dnc03 XIII. I.P.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ipd00 - Quick Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ipd01 - Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ipd02 - Girl Power Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ipd03 XIV. Monsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mon00 - Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mon01 - List by Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mon02 XV. Shop List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp10 - Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp11 - Rakshek Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp12 - General Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp13 - Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp14 - Enna Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp15 - Weapon Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp16 - Fancy Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp17 - Sundries Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp18 - Rakshek Resort Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp19 - Gaea Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shp20 Version History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AT-00 Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AT-01 Legal Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AT-02 /ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ\ /ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ\ / I. Introduction \/ ___\___ __/ \___________________________________________/ Int00 \__ ŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻ Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica is the second installment of the series. The event in this game happens around one to two years after the first game. Although both games are staged in the same world, they occur at different parts which are more or less isolated from each other. You do not need to have played the first game to enjoy the second. However, there are a few minor references to the first game that would likely make you smile if you have played the first one. This game is rich in story, character development, and the world backstory. You will find yourself reading a lot of text to understand the plot and connect with the characters. I try to keep spoilers in the walkthrough section to a minimum so that you can enjoy the story on your own; however, some amount of spoilers are still there. Please understand the risk before you continue using this guide. /ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ\ /ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ\ / II. Battle System \/ ___\___ __/ \_________________________________________/ Btl00 \__ ŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻ ================ Attack Phase ================ Attack Phase is when your party can take actions. During this phase, hit the Square or X button to order your Vanguards to attack. You can perform different actions if you hold down one of the four directions on the D-pad when you attack. I will cover the significance of these actions later. In additional to attacking, you can hit the Triangle button to enter the battle menu. You can also use the Circle button to select or release a Song, if you have a Reyvateil in your party. The attack phase has a time limit, which is indicated on the outer circle of the graph at the bottom right. You can take as many actions as allowed by the animations within this time limit. When the time is up, it will switch to Defense Phase. ================= Defense Phase ================= Defense Phase is when the enemies can take actions. However, it does not mean you just sit there to eat the attacks. When you have Reyvateils in your party, you will need to guard them. Next to your Vanguard, you will see an indicator with three static vertical lines on the right side. As the enemy attacks, another vertical line will slide from left to right. You should aim to hit the Square or X button when the sliding line is at the very end of the last static vertical line. If you succeed, you will get a Perfect Guard and you will not take any damage. If you hit the button too early, you will have a less effective guard. If you hit it too late, you will simply miss the guard. Later in the game, your Vanguard can equip Girl Power Skills, such as Guard+, to improve your guarding. ===================== Emotion Indicator ===================== At the bottom right of the screen, you can see a diamond shape graph. In the middle of the graph, you should see a shade of blue. This blue area indicates the emotion needs of the Reyvateil. When your Vanguards perform an attack, it will fill up the needs. It fills to the direction you press on the D-pad when you attack. If a need is successfully filled, the word at the outer circle, such as Burstec, Harmonics, etc. will light up. At this time, you may start filling a different need. On a new Attack Phase, the graph will be cleared and the needs will change. You will need to fill it up again. There are four different emotion needs: Harmonics: - Filled by Up attack. - Allows Vanguards to use Level 2 or Level 3 skills, if the Vanguards have learned the skills already. - Allows activation of Replakia. (Cloche only, after a certain story event) Burstec: - Filled by Left attack. - Increases Burst Guage. Psyche: - Filled by Down attack. - Synchronizes the two Reyvateils, allowing Synchronity and Combo Magic Care: - Filled by Right attack. - Recovers the Reyvateils' MP. Note that except for the last one, all Vanguards learn their level 2 skills at level 15 and level 3 skills at level 35. The last Vanguard learns level 3 skills at level 55. ======================= Harmonics Indicator ======================= At the bottom of the screen, you will see a graph like an oscilloscope with the indicator light moving in a sine curve motion. If you have two Reyvateils, there will be two moving indicator lights. This graph indicates the Harmonics level of each Reyvateil as well as the Synchronity between the Reyvateils. At the beginning of a battle, the indicator light has a very short tail. As you level up Harmonics with the Vanguard's Up attacks, the tail will become longer and the indicator light will also thicken. If you have two Reyvateils, the indicator lights are by default out-of-sync, i.e. one is going up while the other is going down, and vice versa. As you use Down attacks to level up Psyche, the two indicator lights will start to get in sync. Eventually, when they overlap, the Reyvateils will activate a Synchronity Chain in the next Attack Phase. =============================== Synchronity and Combo Magic =============================== As mentioned previously, when the Vanguards successfully fill the Psyche with Down attacks, the two Reyvateils will be closer in sync. When the two Harmonics indicators is in sync and overlaps, the Reyvateils will activate Synchronity Chain on the next Attack Phase. The Synchronity Chain stays active for a certain amount of time. During that time, the Attack Phase timer will not count down, essentially giving you free action time. There is a Sync Level between two Reyvateils. The higher the Sync Level, the easier it would be to achieve Synchronity. To increase the Sync Level, you need to obtain Girls Talk Topics between the two Reyvateils. You can get these talk topics after certain events and also from Dualstall. If your Reyvateils is singing a Song that can evolve to Combo Magic when the Synchronity Chain is activated, the Song will automatically evolved to Combo Magic. At the end of the Synchronity Chain, the Combo Magic will be released automatically. ============ Replakia ============ After a certain story event, Cloche will be able to activate Replakia. To open up the option for Replakia, the Vanguard needs to use Up attacks to achieve level 3 Harmonics with Cloche. Then the message "Replakia is ready" will be displayed on the screen. You can then open the menu with the Triangle button, select Cloche, and choose Replakia to activate it. When Replakia is active, all I.P.D.s you have recruited into the Fan Club will sing with Cloche, greatly increasing the burst rate. Replakia can only be used once per battle, so be aware of when you choose to activate it. Furthermore, Replakia can only be used with Red Magic. ============= EX Attack ============= After a certain story event, Vanguards will be able to use EX Attack. It is a special move that is unique to each Vanguard. Each time you successfuly fulfill an emotion (Burstec, Harmonics, etc.), the Vanguard action indicator will fill up from bottom to the top. The actual indication is on the frame of the action indicator. When the indicator starts to fill up, you will see the frame changes to white color. When it's full, the indicator action will change to EX and you can activate it with the Square or X button. /ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ\ /ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ\ / III. Walkthrough \/ ___\___ __/ \__________________________________________/ Wlk00 \__ ŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ\____________________________________________________ Phase 1 - Pastalia Wlk01 ______________________/ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ================================ 1.1 Pastalia - Lush Capital -- Phase 1 -- ================================ After watching the introdution and a few scenes, your main character, Croix, begins his journey with a battle. Here the basics of battles are explained. Feel free to take a moment to read the instructions. This battle should be pretty simple. During Attack Phase, hit the Square button to attack. When the Square button prompt shows up again next to Croix, hit the button to attack again. Try to attack as many times as you can before the time runs out. The opponent should go down in a few turns. After the battle, Croix will join up with a girl named Cocona. It seems that they are preparing for a special someone's arrival. Anyway, when you take control again, you will be at the selection menu of the city. Let's head for Pastalia City. At the weapon shop, Cocona will pick up her "armor", Girls Clothes. Remember to equip it on Cocona after the cutscene. Now feel free to explore around town and talk to people. When you are ready to move on, go to Croix's House. Here you will get a new mission as well as a short tutorial on saving/loading and some other stuff. When you are ready, exit Croix's House and choose "To World Map" in the town menu to exit to the world map. Then press left on the D-pad to get to Rakshek Resort. ============================== 1.2 Rakshek Resort Forest -- Phase 1 -- ============================== +--+ Items: |d | a. Ticklish Fuzz x3 +--+ /\ || b. 50 Leaf +-----------+ +--+ Ticklish Fuzz | S | |b | +-----------+ +--+ c. 50 Leaf || || +--------+ +--+ d. 50 Leaf |c | |a | PuchiPuni Egg +--------+ +--+ || || +-----------+ S = Save Point | |>> +-----------+ After a short scene, you will receive another tutorial. It basically explains that an exclaimation mark showing up above Croix indicates something of interest. You should hit the X button to investigate. Furthermore, you may press the START button in a dungeon to pull up the map. The area where you are in will be highlighted on the map. It also talks about the Encounter Gauge. When you move around, the gauge will change color from blue to green to yellow to red, with each sucessive color indicating higher chance to encounter enemies. Each time you win a random battle, the colored bar will shorten. When the colored bar is completely gone, that means you will no longer get any more random battle in that dungeon. Leaving and re-entering the dungeon will refill the bar. And later in the game, you may obtain items that empty or refill the bar. Enough explanation, let's move on. In the forest, you will not encounter any random enemies, so feel free to explore around and collect some items. In this guide, I will provide you the map of each area. It will indicate the location of each item as well as other revelant information. It should help you collect all the items from the area. Before the entrance to the Resort building, you will find a save point. When you are ready, enter the building. ======================= 1.3 Rakshek Resort -- Phase 1 -- ======================= +-----+ +--+ Items: Random Enemies: | e | |d | a. 100 Leaf 002 Sacred Soldier +-----+ +-----+ +--+ PonPom Milk x2 005 I.P.D. | | || || | | +-----------------+ b. PuchiPuni Egg x2 | |==| S | +-----+ +-----------------+ c. Curel A || Curel A +--+ +--+ +--+ +--+ |a | |b | |c | | | d. PonPom Milk +--+ +--+ +--+ | | 50 Leaf || || || | | +--------+ +--------+ +-----+ | e. PuchiPuni Egg | |==| |==| | Curel A +--------+ | | +--------+ | | +--------+ S = Save Point \/ After entering the building, you will be attacked immediately. You opponents are two Sacred Soldiers and one Sacred Reyvateil. But don't worry, this time you have two people in your party. Hit the Square button to order Croix to attack, and hit the X button to order Cocona to attack. Again, try to attack as many times as possible when it is your turn. The battle should be finished in a few turns. After the battle, head back to the save point and rest to recover your HP if needed. In the Resort, you will start encountering random enemies. When you arrive at the save point, it is a good indication there is a "boss" fight up ahead. Your opponents are three Sacred Reyvateils. For this battle Leglius will join in place of Cocona. You know the drill. Attack! After the battle, you are entrusted with a new mission to protect Lady Cloche. When you get to the Resort entrance, you will be greeted with another wave of enemies. Here you are about to experience your first battle using a Reyvateil. During the battle, Lady Cloche will guide you through how to use Song Magic. In short, the Circle button brings up the Song selection menu. Once you have picked a Song, the Reyvateil will keep singing it until you hit Circle button again or she runs out of MP, at which point the Song will be released. While the Reyvateil is singing, you can see the burst percentage increases. The higher the burst, the more powerful the Song will be when it is released. At the bottom right of the screen, you can see a diamond shape graph. In the middle of the graph, you should see a shade of blue. This blue area indicates the emotion needs of the Reyvateil. When your Vanguards perform an attack, it will fill up the needs. It fills to the direction you press on the D-pad when you attack. If a need is filled, the word at the outer circle, such as Burstec, Harmonic, etc. will light up. At this time, you may want to start filling a different need. During Defense Phase, you will need to guard the Reyvateil. Next to your Vanguard, you will see an indicator with three static vertical lines on the right side. As the enemy attacks, another vertical line will slide from left to right. You should aim to hit the Square or X button when the sliding line is at the very end of the last static vertical line. If you succeed, you will get a Perfect Guard and you will not take any damage. If you hit the button too early, you will have a less effective guard. If you hit it too late, you will simply miss the guard. ============================== 1.4 Rakshek Resort Forest -- Phase 1 -- ============================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk Topics: Cloche: L1 Move On! - after Cloche joins the party L1 Behave Yourself! - after Croix fails an attempt to guard Lady Cloche in a battle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After you return to the forest, rest at the save point to recover and see the talk topic "Move On!" with Lady Cloche. If you attempted but failed to guard her in the last battle, you should be able to get "Behave Yourself!" as well. If you did not fail to protect her last time, you can get this talk topic later. At the forest entrance, another battle awaits. The enemy is ??? and he has 250HP. Have Lady Cloche charging Holy Burst for a few turns to abour 4-5K%. That should take him out. ============================= 1.5 Rakshek - Trade City -- Phase 1 -- ============================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk Topics: Luca: L1 Mercenaries? - after Luca joins the party L1 Fiance? - after visiting the Dive Shop L1 Croix's First Experience - after diving into Cloche L1 Let's Talk A Bit More - after having any talk topic coversation with Cloche while Luca is in the party L2 Skycat - after meeting Skycat Cloche: L1 No Partner? - after going to the Inn L1 Fiance? - after visiting the Dive Shop L1 What Happened? - after diving into Cloche L2 Cosmosphere #1 - after completing Cloche's Cosmosphere Lv 1 Girls Talk Topic: Luca/Cloche: Croix's First Experience - after diving into Cloche ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The only place we can go to is the Inn, so let's head there and rest. You will be able to see the Talk Topic "No Partner?". After the rest, head for the Axis Courtyard and here a second Reyvateil, Luca, will join the party. At this point, you can see Luca's Talk Topic " Mercenaries?". The next stop is the Dive Shop. After a short scene and some explanation, you can do your first dive into Lady Cloche for 200 Leaf. Although there are some issues, you can finally get into her Cosmosphere... In the Cosmosphere, you basically just need to visit the places with a star and sometimes you need to make the right choices. I would just like to mention, after you have brought Lanternal to the Tower of Life, make sure you choose the option "All beings are a threat." Otherwise, you will be kicked out and will have to spend another 200 Leaf to try again. After the dive with Lady Cloche, rest at the Inn and you will also be able to dive into Luca. And don't forget to see the new talk topics. To continue the story, head to the restaurant in Axis Courtyard. After a couple scenes, the party has decided where to go. Souffle Axis is now opened. Note that you have a new talk topic with Luca again. If you have not already done so, I would suggest you changing the formation so that Croix will be partner with Luca and Cocona with Lady Cloche. This way both pairs will have good links. ===================== 1.6 Souffle Axis -- Phase 1 -- ===================== +--+ +--+ +--+ +-----+ +--+ Items: |f | |e | |c | | b | |a | a. 150 Leaf +--+ +--+ +--+ +-----+ +--+ || || || || || b. Curel A +--------+ +--------+ +-----------------+ <<| |==| S | | | c. Curel A +--------+ +--------+ +-----------------+ Igniting Water x2 || || || +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ e. Beady Slip S = Save Point | d |==| |==| |>> +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ f. Ticklish Fuzz x3 100 Leaf Random Enemies: I.P.D.: 011 Eggplant Bird c. Chikori (Lv.01) 052 Pom d. Hiyori (Lv.01) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk Topic: Cloche: L1 You're So Strong... - picked up near the Save Point of Souffle Axis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once you enter Souffle Axis, you will be given an I.P.D. containment tutorial. In a dungeon where I.P.D. may be present, the I.P.D. radar will appear at the upper right of your screen. When it says "Caution - I.P.D. detected", that means one or more I.P.D. is in the dungeon. When it says "Danger - I.P.D. approached", that means one or more I.P.D. is two to three areas away. When it says "Emergency - I.P.D. overdrive", that means an I.P.D. is at an adjacent area. Use it to help you locate the I.P.D. In addition, you can bring up more information on I.P.D. appearances with the SELECT button. The Region Info tells you the number of I.P.D. in the current dungeon. The Overall Info tells you about the I.P.D. in other places. However, the Overall Info only tells you about I.P.D.s that appear in random locations. I.P.D.s that appear in fixed locations will not show up in the Overall Info. The random enemies in the area are pretty weak. It should provide you a good chance to become more familiar with the battle system. There are only two I.P.D.s in the area. Charge up your attack Song Magic for a turn and that should take care of it. You may have noticed that the Reyvateils do not level up no matter how many battles you fight. This is normal. They do not level up with Exp. like the vanguards; instead, they have a special way of leveling. I will cover that when we get there. When you reach the save point, remember to pick up the talk topic for Cloche. ====================== 1.7 General Store -- Phase 1 -- ====================== You will meet Sasha, owner of the General Store, for the first time. I hope you like her because you will be coming here a lot in the future. Anyway, now we have a new "mission" to help Sasha. If you want, you may leave the General Store from the right side to go back to Souffle Axis to pick up the items and money in area (f). Leaving from the left side will bring you to the world map and you can go back to Rakshek directly. ============================= 1.8 Rakshek - Trade City -- Phase 1 -- ============================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk Topics: Luca: L1 First Experience With Luca - after diving into Luca L2 Dive #1 - after completing Luca's Cosmosphere Lv 1 Recipe: 01 Rollcake Shop Event: 02 Luca's Dive Therapy is super popular ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At the restaurant in Axis Courtyard, you will receive you first Recipe Card from Skycat. If you collected all the items from the previous areas, you should already have the necessary ingredients. Talk to Skycat again to synthesize [Rollcake]. For now, only Luca can synthesize at the restaurant. When you are done, you may leave the restaurant and then go back in to trigger an additional event. Later on while you are progressing the story, you may come back periodically to check for new Recipes or new events. Note that you need Luca in the party to trigger events with Skycat. Usually, multiple events are available at the same time, but you can only see one at a time. To trigger the next one, you need to talk to Skycat once, leave the restaurant, and go back in. Repeat the process until there is no more event. Sometimes you may even need to fight a battle to trigger more events. Of course, I will be trying my best to guide you to obtain all the recipes. If you have not already, let's dive and complete Luca's Cosmosphere level 1 to obtain a couple new Songs. Note that you will not be able to complete it if you have not already completed Cloche's level 1 Cosmosphere. After finishing Luca's level 1, you will obtain a couple more talk topics. ====================== 1.9 General Store -- Phase 1 -- ====================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk Topics: Luca: L1 You Are Nice To Children - after the first recipe shop event with Sasha Cloche: L1 Sasha #1 - after the first recipe shop event with Sasha Recipe: 01 Bomb Specs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have brought Sasha the item, but I'm not sure if we can say we completed the "mission" successfully... Anyway, you will receive a Recipe from Sasha. You should have enough ingredients to make both items from Luca and Cloche. After the event, you have two new talk topics, one for each Reyvateil. Similar to the restaurant in Rakshek, new Recipes and events will be available as you progress the story. To trigger them, you need Cloche in the party. Mikry Forst is now open. Let's continue our journey. ====================== 1.10 Mikry Forest -- Phase 1 -- ====================== +-----+ Items: | | a. Crack Bolt +-----+ 250 Leaf || +-----+ b. Growth | S | +-----+ || Random Enemies: +--------+ +--+ 015 Reptite | | |a | 061 Wyvern +--------+ +--+ || || +--------+ +--------+ +-----+ | b |==| |==| |>> +--------+ +--------+ +-----+ || +--------+ <<| S | S = Save Point +--------+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk Topic: Cloche: L2 What's Up With That? - after Luca finds the Dualithnode Crystal in Mikry Forest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In area (a), you can pick up a new weapon (Crack Bolt) for Croix. When you get to area (b), there is event and you will obtain a Dualithnode Crystal called Growth. If you had looked through you inventory, you would notice you already have another Dualithnode Crystal called World. These crystals are important. They are used to increase the level of your Reyvateils and add various beneficial effects. We will get to use them very soon. After the event, you will have a new talk topic with Cloche. Now let's move on and leave the area with the exit to the left and go to Mint Block. ==================================== 1.11 Mint Block - Frontier Land -- Phase 1 -- ==================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk Topics: Luca: L1 In The Bathroom - after the first dualstall event L2 Luca and Reisha - after the first event in Luca's House Cloche: L1 Pippen... - picked up in Luca's room after the first event in Luca's House (need to exit to town map first) L2 For A Change - picked up in Sundries Store Girls Talk Topics (Dualstall): Luca/Cloche: Mediocre - use two unused crystals, randomly triggered Innocent Eyes - put Walking Gergo in the bath Like Children? - after using Luca's Song Magic Smiley Girl Towel Balloon? - put Luca and Cloche next to each other, triggered when Luca randomly plays with her towel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First thing first, let's visit the Sundries Store to pick up a talk topic for Cloche. Next, go to Luca's House for some events. Here we can finally use the Dualithnode Crystals. The process is called Dualstall. In a Dualstall session, you can select the locations and place the Dualithnode Crystals in the bath. Then you get to choose where to put the Reyvateils. After that, you can put some bath toys and bath powder. Each Dualithnode Crystal has a level. When you use it in dualstall for the first time, your Reyvateils will gain that number of levels. In addition, each crystal has a special effect for each Reyvateil. After you start the dualstall, the Reyvateils will move around the bath area on their own. When a Reyvateil moves through a crystal during the bath, she will gain its special effect. If you place a Reyvateil on a crystal directly, she will be guaranteed to obtain its effect. When certain conditions are met, you will see an exclaimation mark above one of the girls. Press the button to start a talk topic event between two Reyvateils. Apparently, adding bath toys to the bath makes the Reyvateils move around more, so it could be useful to make them cover more crystals. Bath powders add additional effect to the Reyvateils, but unlike the crystals, all Reyvateils get the effect automatically. Bath toys and bath powders are a major source of talk topics between Reyvateils. Therefore, use each at least once when they are available. If you are not happy with the effects the Reyvateils get, you can always dualstall again and hope that they will go through the crystals you want. However, keep in mind that all effects from the previous dualstall will be gone when you do a new dualstall. During the Dualstall event, I was able to get the girls talk topic "Mediocre", in which they talk about they could feel no or little difference with the crystal. But apparently this topic can be kind of random, so you may get a different one. In that case, you can try to get this later. If you have used Luca's Song Magic Smiley Girl, you should be able to see another dualstall talk topic. And using Walking Gergo will give you another one. I played around with dualstall for a few more times and eventually obtained "Towel Balloon?". This is also a topic that randomly appears. If you can't get it now, you can try again later. Enough with dualstall... After the event at Luca's House, go to the town map and return to Luca's room. You will find the talk topic "Pippen..." for Cloche. Next, we go back to Mikry Forest. ====================== 1.12 Mikry Forest -- Phase 1 -- ====================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Girls Talk Topic: Luca/Cloche: About Life Extension - after Cloche's life extending agent event in Mikry Forest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our destination is the Coal Lodge. Keep going north and you will eventually reach it. There will be a series of events. In the middle of the events, you will have a fight with two Sacred Soldiers and two Sacred Reyvateils, but they should be easy. After the events are done and you gain the control back, Leglius will join your party. And you will have a new girls talk topic between Luca and Cloche. A save point is nearby. How conveniently! When you go back to the area where Luca found the Dualithnode crystal, you will meet Amarie. After some conversation, Amarie joins your party. Before heading back to Luca's House, let's take a detour. ======================= 1.13 General Store -- Phase 1 -- ======================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shop Event: 02 Happy to see Sister Clo came again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First, we will stop by the General Store. Here you will see a shop event with Sasha. Note that Sasha is now selling the Light Dualithnode Crystal for 1500 Leaf. It's expensive at this point, so I chose to leave it alone for now. Next stop is Rakshek. ============================== 1.14 Rakshek - Trade City -- Phase 1 -- ============================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk Topics: Luca: L1 Cooking - after making Trulyworthit Soup (Warm Soup) L2 Goro - after diving into Luca's Cosmosphere Lv 2 L3 Dive #2 - after completing Luca's Cosmosphere Lv 2 Cloche: L1 Luca's Cooking - after making Trulyworthit Soup (Warm Soup) L3 Cosmosphere #2 - after completing Cloche's Cosmosphere Lv 2 Girls Talk Topic (Dualstall): Luca/Cloche: Refreshing! - use at least one usused crystal after Amarie joined the party Feedback - after Cloche's life extending agent event in Mikry Forest (will expire after Luca's extending agent event) Recipe: 03 Warm Soup Shop Events: 04 Experimental guinea pig? 05 Luca? Master? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I forgot to mention before. If there is any pending shop event with Sasha or Skycat, they will greet you when you come to Rakshek. This is a good way to tell whether new shop event is available. Now let's go to the restaurant to visit Skycat. She will give you a new Recipe for [Warm Soup]. To make it, you need Beast's Tooth, Pippencuit, and Funboon. Reptite and Wyvern in Mikry Forest can drop Beast's Tooth. It's likely you have a few. For Funboon, you can buy it directly from Skycat. However, there's a chance you might not have Pippencuit. If you don't, you can go back to Rakshek Resort to get some from random enemy I.P.D.; otherwise, you will have to wait awhile before you can get some somewhere else. Not that the item is particularly useful, but making it will allow you to obtain a couple more talk topics, one for each Reyvateil. I prefer getting them sooner than later. Skycat is selling the Happy Dualithnode Crystal for 1200 Leaf. And the old man outside the restaurant is selling Destruction and Unknown crystals for 400 and 600 Leaf respectively. Given that at this point I only have around 1900 Leaf, I decided to buy the Destruction and Unknown crystals (so the Reyvateils can get two levels) and use the rest of the money to dive into Luca and Cloche. With two new crystals, I did a dualstall and obtained two new girls talk topics between Luca and Cloche. They are now level 5. Then I dived into Luca and Cloche and completed their level 2 Cosmosphere to obtain some new Songs and Costumes. These costumes are much more powerful than the standard outfit. They give you a lot more MP, compared to what they currently have. Note that you need at least 700-800DP (or much more, depending on your choice in the Cosmosphere) to complete Luca's level 2 and around 1000DP to complete Cloche's. After the dives, you will obtain two new talk topics for Luca and one for Cloche. Let's return to our story and go back to Luca's House in Mint Block. ==================================== 1.15 Mint Block - Frontier Land -- Phase 1 -- ==================================== You will see an event at Luca's House. After that, Luca and Amarie will leave the party. At the same time, Enna has opened up. That's our next destination. By the way, since Luca has left, you may want to switch formation a bit so that Cloche is partnered up with either Cocona or Leglius because they have good link with Cloche. ================================ 1.16 Enna - Historical Town -- Phase 1 -- ================================ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk Topics: Cloche: L2 Medicine With Skull Sign - picked up in Spica's Pharmacy L2 Too Crowded! - picked up outside the Inn in Market Row Recipe: 01 Basic Powder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First, let's visit Market Row. To the left from where you enter Market Row is the Pharmacy. Here you will meet the shop owner Spica. If you have played the first Ar tonelico, you should be very familiar with her. And she's nice, giving you a recipe on your first visit. You can use Cloche to make Herbal Jewel with this recipe. Save this bath powder for now. Spica sells the Evil and Void Dualithnode Crystals, but they are really expensive at this point, so we will pass for now. Before you leave the shop, remember to pick up the talk topic. After you go back to Market Row, go towards bottom left to find the Enna Booth shop. Buy a Butterfly Ball and a Silur Fabric, if you don't have any. We will have use for them pretty soon. At the top left is the Inn. Outside the Inn you can pick up another talk topic with Cloche. Before we go to Enna Palance Ruins, let's stop by the General Store real quick. ======================= 1.17 General Store -- Phase 1 -- ======================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recipe: 03 DIY! Knitting Shop Event: 04 Feels like brothers and sisters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Little Sasha has a new recipe for us. Remember we just bought some Butterfly Ball and Silur Fabric? We can now use them in this synthesis. If you are missing Colored Twig, you can get some from Pom in Souffle Axis. Cloche will be able to make the Handknit Poncho from this synthesis. Now we have an accessory for the Reyvateil. After getting the recipe, you can trigger another shop event. When you are ready, go to Enna and then Enna Palace Ruins from the town menu. =========================== 1.18 Enna Palace Ruins -- Phase 1 -- =========================== +--------+ Items: | | a. Curel A E = Event | E | +--+ 250 Leaf S = Save Point | | |h | +--------+ | | b. Attractive Wear || | | +--+ +-----------+ | +--+ c. Butterfly Ball |d | | S | |f | +--+ +--------------+ | | +-----+ d. Silur Fabric || || | |==| g | Curel A +-----------+ +--+ +--------+ | +-----+ |c b | | | | | e. Tyril Fruit x2 +--+ +-----------+ | | +-----------+ 300 Leaf |a | || | | || +--+ +--+ | | +--+ f. Spirit || | | | | | | +--------+ +--+ +--+ +--------+ +--+ +--+ g. Silur Fabric <<| |==| |==|e | +--------+ +--------------------------+ +--+ h. Mute Mail Random Enemies: I.P.D.: 011 Eggplant Bird d. Yuri (Lv.01) 019 Guardian g. Tandy (Lv.01) 023 Armor Guard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk Topic: Cloche: L3 Costume #1 - after using the costume Oldmodern Style in 3 battles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You will start at the bottom left of the map. While I will not give you step by step directions to each treasure (I figure a picture is worth more than a thousand words anyway...), I would still like to mention any worthwhile or important treasure. At (b), you will find the Attractive Wear. It is an accessary that adds 10 DEF and 50 HP. I would suggest equipping it on the vanguard that has a Reyvateil partner because he/she will pretty much be the only one taking damage. At (f), you will find the Spirit Dualithnode Crystal. It's one of a kind, so don't miss it. At (h), you will find a new armor for either Croix or Leglius. While you are getting the treasures, take a moment to contain the two I.P.D.s in the area. They are both level 1. If you have completed Cloche's level 2 Cosmosphere and have been using her new costume, you will get a new talk topic after 3 battles. After you have finished looting the area, go to the room north of the Save Point for an event. ================================ 1.19 Enna - Historical Town -- Phase 1 -- ================================ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk Topic: Luca: L3 Soope - after the event in Enna Palace Ruins Recipe: 02 Black Pill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After the event in Enna Palace Ruins, you are back to Enna, and Luca and Amarie have rejoined the party. You also have a new talk topic with Luca. Next pay Spica a visit and get a new recipe. When you leave Enna, another event will occur. Luca will leave the party again temporarily and you will be brought to Mint Block automatically. ==================================== 1.20 Mint Block - Frontier Land -- Phase 1 -- ==================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Talk Topic: Luca: L3 Glad You Came? - after the event at Luca's House that opens up Ironplate Desert Cloche: L2 Any Normal Friends? - after the event of seeing Targana in Enna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are some more events when you get to Luca's House. When you have control, rest and see Cloche's new talk topic. If you don't see it now, it will be a while before you can see it. As you leave Luca's House, more events are triggered. Now Luca has rejoined but Cloche has left... You also have a new talk topic with Luca. Ironplate Desert is now opened, but before we go there, let's take a detour and visit Skycat. ============================== 1.21 Rakshek - Trade City -- Phase 1 -- ============================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recipe: 06 Fancy Pastalian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Not much going on here. We will just get the recipe and be on our way. ========================== 1.22 Ironplate Desert -- Phase 1 -- ========================== +--+ +--+ Items: |b | |k | a. Beast's Tooth +--+ +--+ +--+ +--+ 200 Leaf || |d | |i | || b. Pippencuit +--+ | | +--+ +--+ +--+ Curel A x3 | | | | || |j | | | c. Kurku Cake Bar | +--+ | +-----+ +--+ | +--+ d. Fruit Drop x3 | c | | h | |l | Curel A +--+ +--------+ +--+--------------+ +--+ +--+ Butterfly Ball |a | || |e | || || | | e. Curel A