Wanted Monster FAQ for Arc the Lad II Part of the Arc the Lad Collection Author: Dale Ray (KatanaSoul) Version: North American (1.1) Date: February 16th, 2008 E-mail: katanasoul@hotmail.com Other Guides/FAQs by me: www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/23119.html Disclaimer: This FAQ is copyrighted 2004 to me Dale Ray (KatanaSoul) and cannot be reproduced in any way, shape, or form and cannot be sold, distributed, or used in any way to make money or for any promotional purposes. This FAQ is for private use only and any violation of these terms is a direct violation of copyright laws. I write FAQs to help all the gamers out there, not to benefit myself with money or anything else so please respect that. If you wish to place this FAQ onto your site, drop me a line at my e-mail above, it is very doubtful that I would refuse. However any future revisions of this FAQ or my contact info will only be sent to GameFAQs.com and my website which is listed above. As always, all trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. Table of Contents: 1: Introduction 2: General Information FAQ 3: The Monsters 3.1: East Aldia - Indigos 3.2: East Aldia - Prodias 3.3: Seirya - Palencia 3.4: Forles - Ramul 3.5: Romalia - Houfion 3.6: Greyshinne - Paysus 3.7: Zariban - Elzark 3.8: Niedel - Misro 3.9: Brakia - Gooz 3.10: Millmana - Ajarl 3.11: Balbalard - Muhad 3.12: Amigue - Morea 4: Other Rare Drops 5: Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: Introduction Greetings fellow gamers and thank you for viewing my work. I use to visit the Arc the Lad Collection board at GameFAQs and I found that a lot of gamers were frustrated that Working Designs did not include wanted monster steals/drops in their official strategy guide; I also found this quite disheartening. Therefor I decided to journey through the lands of Arc II once again and jot down the steals and drops of all of the wanted monsters in the game, and thus this FAQ was born. I truly hope that this helps all of the Arc fans out there. It took me a good bit of time to compile and literally hundreds of resets to gain all the steals and drops of the wanted monsters in this game. Some where for naught, but many were more rewarding than I had ever imagined they would be. I am very happy with how it all turned out. As always, if you have any questions about Arc II, not just wanted monsters but anything in general, feel free to contact me and I will try to help you in any way I can. That also goes for any contributions, suggestions, or anything else regarding this FAQ. Please put Arc II in the subject line so that I don't delete it. Thanks! - Dale Ray (KatanaSoul) PS: I've been strongly considering doing an FAQ of this nature for all of the monsters in Arc II. If you are interested in this please contact me and let me know. If I get enough response I may do it in the future. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2: General Information FAQ Q: What are wanted monsters? A: Wanted Monsters are special monsters that you can hunt down and defeat in order to gain Goz and Merits from the Hunter's Guild. In order to get them to appear you must first look at their wanted posters that are posted up on the walls of every Hunter's Guild (Some you can kill without even knowing they are wanted if you forget to look at their poster). Hunter's Guilds are buildings with either a sign or poster with a wolf-like design on them. Every Hunter's Guild has their own unique wanted monsters although you can cash in their bounty at any Hunter's Guild. And just in case you were thinking about it; no Lieza cannot Ravish them. :) Q: What good are Merits for? A: The only use of Merits is to gain access to the backroom of Prodias where you can pick up some rare items that are in chests there. You need 250 Merits in order to gain access to it. Later in the game you can gain access to the backroom in Indigos (I think you need 300 or 400 Merits to do this) where you are directed to Millmana to take the Super Hunter job "Return the Sea Dragon's Egg". Q: I can't find the monster! A: A lot of the wanted monsters will appear the first time you enter the room they are located; however some of them have a rare chance of appearing. If you are having a problem getting the monster to appear, exit the battle by going back through the door you went through or back up the stairs and then head back into the room again and he may appear this time. Also make sure you check the location that I list in this FAQ for the monster because some monsters will not appear until you fulfill a certain requirement or reach a certain point in the game. Q: Is there a certain time limit on when you can capture the monsters. A: No, most all of the monsters you can defeat at any point in the game, no hunter will ever catch the monster before you. Please note that some monsters are in areas that you only have one chance to venture through and you MUST defeat them there or miss out on bagging them forever. Don't worry though, I will mention if the wanted monster has to be defeated then and there. Q: Shu always fails to steal! A: If Shu's level is lower than the monster's level he will fail to steal from them a lot of the time. So Shu's level is definitely a factor in the success rate. I'm not for sure if it helps but try having Shu cast Speed Up on himself or have Elc cast Might Mind on him. Steal is also a wind-elemental ability so it also might help if you were to cast Wind Shield on him as well. Q: The monster won't drop the item! A: I know of this problem all too well. Unfortunatly there is little you can do. My advice is if this is your second playthrough to load up Arc Arena and trade your Shell and Unicorn Horn accessories over to your current game. Both of those items increase the drop rate of enemies. Or if you have yet to acquire them they are both found in the Forbidden Ruins in Alatos. If you cleaned out the Forbidden Ruins during your play of Arc I and converted your data over to Arc II then you can find your items in Chongara's Shop which is also in Alatos. Q: I got a stolen item as a drop! A: This happens quite often. Monsters generally have two items: a normal one, and a rare one (Some normal monsters have more but all of the wanted ones only have two). The normal item is usually the steal and the rare one is the drop. However if you don't steal the normal item it is highly possible they will drop the normal item instead of the rare one. So for best results steal from them and then try to get the drop in order to get the one your looking for. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3: The Monsters Just a quick overview of what you will be seeing here: Name: The wanted monster's name. Class: What monster class they belong to. Reward: How much Goz and Merits the party receives for cashing in the bounty for the monster at the Hunter's Guild. Special: The monster's special attack that is listed on the wanted poster. Location: Where you encounter the monster. Stolen Item: Item that can be stolen from the monster by using Shu's Steal ability. Dropped Item: Item that is randomly dropped when the monster is defeated. If you don't get it the first time, reset and try again. Comments: At the bottom of the monster profile I will explain the use of the stolen and dropped items of the monster. This is so you can decide for yourself whether or not the items it has are worth acquiring. If the monster is difficult to find I'll also list directions to where you can find him here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.1: East Aldia - Indigos Name: Aju Class: Freezy Reward: 270 G + 1 Merit Special: Cold Breath Location: Indigos Sewers Stolen Item: Power Jelly Dropped Item: Herb Power Jelly recovers a character inflicted with the Hemo-ji status effect and when equiped as an accessory can shield them from being inflicted with the Hemo-ji status effect, which isn't all that common in this game, so it's not very useful. But you could pick it up and sell it for 100 G which isn't all that bad. He drops your typical Herb so don't even bother with it. Name: Shamus Class: Zombie Reward: 250 G + 1 Merit Special: Head Toss Location: Indigos Sewers Stolen Item: GroundKnife Dropped Item: Temporary Shoes The GroundKnife is an excellent dagger weapon with a max attack power of 14; which at the beginning of the game is the best you can find for a dagger. Later in levels the knife will gain the special ability to raise the character's magic defense when equiped which makes it even better. Temporary Shoes, which he drops, are another useful weapon he has. With a max attack power of 13 they will be the best pair of footwear weapons you can find until you are able to get the Scale Legs from the wanted monster on Yagos Isle or the Crush Boots from the Lost Forest. The Temporary Shoes also raise the character's jump level which can be useful. Name: Slasher Class: ??? Reward: 1500 G + 4 Merits Special: Wind Attack Location: East Aldia Stolen Item: N/A Dropped Item: N/A This wanted monster shows up on the board of the Hunter's Guild after you return from Yagos Isle. You have to fight the Slasher, also known as Elc's friend Ginie from the White House, to advance the story so there is no hunting for this one. Also don't forget to pick up the Slasher dagger from Shu's bed after Shante suprises you in the middle of the night and wants you to meet her in the tavern. Just figured I'd mention that since we are talking about the Slasher here. :) Name: Hoysler Class: Warlock Reward: 1125 G + 2 Merits Special: ? Location: Salba Desert in West Aldia Stolen Item: Nuru-nuru Dropped Item: Yellow Powder You'll need to re-enter the Salba Desert after traveling through it for the first time on your way to the White House in order for Hoysler to appear there. His steals and drops are pretty worthless. The Yellow Powder is an item which when used on an enemy inflicts them with the Silence status effect while the Nuru-nuru item lowers an enemies' catch and throw level. Name: Docsun Class: Doll Master Reward: 450 G + 1 Merit Special: ? Location: Indigos during the job "Indigos Jewelry Robbery" Stolen Item: Ruby Dropped Item: Unnamed Gem Docsun's stolen item, the Ruby, is a very rare item do not pass it up! When used on a character, the Ruby raises their level permanently by 1, perfect for leveling up a monster. The only other place I can think of to get a Ruby is at the battle arenas on Niedel and Clenia Isle; that's just how rare of an item it is. Docsun's dropped item is a mystery. He drops a gem with the same icon as the Ruby however it does not have a name nor does it raise any of the character's stats when used on them. Pretty much useless I suppose. If anybody gets this item from him and it's actually named or knows anything about this please e-mail me. Name: Arc Class: Human Reward: 1000000 G! Special: Guardian Magic Location: ? (In your party obviously, heh) Stolen Item: N/A Dropped Item: N/A As you would expect you can't turn in Arc but who would want to? If you'd sell him out for a measly million-goz shame on you! For an interesting dialogue speak to the guard outside the Palencia Hunter's Guild (The one standing near the exit to town) with Arc as your lead character. Seems a lot of people want that million-goz reward but nobody can recognize him, heh. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.2: East Aldia - Prodias Name: Golza Class: Skeleton Reward: 540 G + 1 Merit Special: Charge Location: Ruin Town Stolen Item: Jump Nettle Dropped Item: Gladius? Nothing special here. Jump Nettles increase a character's jump ability for a short while during battle. star_sage@hotmail.com has informed me that Golza can also drop a Gladius weapon. Next time I play, I'll check it out and add the stats. Name: Leland Class: Blood Knight Reward: 990 G + 2 Merits Special: ? Location: Ruin Town after returning from Yagos Isle Stolen Item: Cheer Nettle Dropped Item: Cheer Nettle Once again nothing special about this wanted monster. Cheer Nettles when used on a character causes them to counterattack more often, which I suppose can be good early in the game when the characters don't always counterattack like they do in later levels. Name: Boosee Class: Hemo-ji Reward: 1350 G + 3 Merits Special: Hemo-ji (Finger) Location: Wastelands Stolen Item: Power Jelly Dropped Item: Scorpion Another Power Jelly steal, nothing special. However Boosee does drop the excellent Scorpion spear! Do not pass up on this weapon, it has a max attack of 17 which makes it a good spear for a lot of the game. This is not your only chance to get the Scorpion spear but you shouldn't miss out on getting two of them; especially one this early in the game. Name: Balzack Class: Soothesayer Reward: 1755 G + 2 Merits Special: ? Location: Lost Forest in West Aldia Stolen Item: Spirit Seed Dropped Item: Claymore Balzack is the self-proclaimed guardian of the Lost Forest and will not fight you unless you ask him "Who are you". If you ask him where the exit is he will tell you the directions (How nice of him). If you're having trouble finding him head all the way up to the last path of the forest (The one that eventually leads up to the White House) and then head to the right and you should be able to go down. Head down and then to the right and you will run into him. The Spirit Seed that Shu can steal from him raises a character's magic defense when used during battle, when equiped as an accessory it can also shield the character from being inflicted with any attack that reduces the character's magic defense. It can also be combined at the Yagos Isle Combine Shop with a Brass Knuckles weapon to make the impressive Magic Nail weapon so you might want to pick this up and hold onto it so you can combine it whenever you get ahold of some Brass Knuckles. The Claymore sword that he drops is a pretty good weapon with a max attack of 15. Later in levels the weapon gains the special ability to raise the magic defense of the person it's equiped to. Certainly not one of the best swords in the game but compared to what's for sale in the shops at this point it's pretty good. If you're going to equip the Claymore to a monster I'd think about keeping the Meow Sword over it due to its defense-raising ability. Name: Menan Class: Giant Mummy Reward: 1125 G + 2 Merits Special: ? Location: Yagos Isle Sealed Ruins Stolen Item: Tem's Grass Dropped Item: Scale Legs If you encounter Menan during your first trip through the Yagos Sealed Ruins you'll want to go ahead and defeat him as he only holds Tem's Grass to be stolen by Shu. Tem's Grass can be used on a character during battle to raise their catch and throw abilities, which really isn't all that useful. However he does drop a great footwear weapon, the Scale Legs. The Scale Legs are a good replacement for the Temporary Shoes you may have gotten from the wanted monster Shamus earlier in the Indigos Sewers. They both have the same amount of attack power but the Scale Legs have a bonus effect of causing the darkness status effect to the enemy when struck, which I find to be more useful than the Temporary Shoes increase in jump. Scale Legs also have two other uses. They can be combined with other weapons to make two truly badass weapons; possibly the best whip in the game, the Salamander, and the Dagger Boots. It would be an understatement to say not to miss out on getting a pair of Scale Legs. Name: Tianus Class: Wizard Reward: 2025 G + 3 Merits Special: ? Location: Gallarno's House/Vacant House Stolen Item: Meow Sword Dropped Item: Herb You have two opportunities to catch this wanted monster. You can either defeat him when you first enter Gallarno's House with Shante and are looking for the key to Gallarno's room or you can wait until it becomes a vacant house. Keep in mind that you cannot enter the Vacant House in search of Tianus until you complete three jobs that deal with the house. They are: "Monsters in Vacant House", "Protect House from Burglary", and "Robber's Revenge". You'll probably want to wait till after it becomes vacant so you will have Shu with you and he can steal the Meow Sword from him. The Meow Sword only has a max attack of 8 but it has a special ability of raising the character's defense by 20-25! Which makes it perfect for monsters that use swords; especially early in the game. Tainus drops an Herb so no rarity there but the Meow Sword is just about one-of-a-kind so make sure that you pick it up. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.3: Seirya - Palencia Name: Ragi Class: Apostate Priest Reward: 1575 G + 2 Merits Special: Magic Shield Location: Quina Hill Stolen Item: Spirit Seed Dropped Item: Miranda The Miranda is a bead-type weapon of the earth element that's used by the Monk/Priest monsters of the same type as Ragi. It's one of the best bead weapons I've found as of this writing, only the Metal Balls and possibly the Fallen Rain is better. If you don't plan to capture any Monk/Priest monsters then you may just want to pass this up. The Spirit Seed, as mentioned on an earlier monster, raises a character's magic defense when used during battle, and can be equiped as an accessory to prevent a enemy lowering the character's magic defense. And as mentioned earlier also you can combine it with a Brass Knuckles weapon to make the Magic Nail weapon at the Yagos Isle Combine Shop. Name: Kiba Class: Ninja Reward: 2115 G + 3 Merits Special: Bomb-Shuriken Location: Quina Hill after gaining control of the Silver Noah Stolen Item: Herb Dropped Item: Wing Spear Herbs can be found all over the place but the Wing Spear that Kiba drops is a pretty decent weapon. It has a max attack of 18 which isn't all that impressive but it does have a special ability that allows a character to dodge attacks more easily. Name: Shako Class: Ghost Reward: 1800 G + 2 Merits Special: ? Location: Palencia Castle Ruin Stolen Item: N/A Dropped Item: Green Mem Grass I came back after acquiring the Silver Noah and tried to steal from Shako but to no avail; so you should go ahead and hunt down Shako when Elc, Diekbeck, and Poco are in the Ruins. He drops a Green Mem Grass item which can be used during battle to recover a character that is inflicted with the confusion status effect. It can also be equiped as an accessory to ward off the confusion effect as well. Name: Diros Class: Spelunker Reward: 1890 G + 3 Merits Special: Sleep Wind Location: Palencia Castle Ruin Stolen Item: N/A Dropped Item: Mint You must defeat Diros inside the Palencia Castle Ruin in order to advance the story when Elc and Diekbeck travel there with Poco; so you will not have a chance to steal from him due to Shu not being in your party. Diros drops a Mint which can be used during battle to recover a character that has been put to sleep. It can also be equiped as an accessory that shields a character from being put to sleep. Name: Gia Class: Black Dragon Reward: 3600 G + 5 Merits Special: Dark Breath Location: Raus Plain Stolen Item: Cure-All Dropped Item: Dragon Claw This wanted monster isn't on the wall with the rest of the Palencia Hunter's Guild's wanted posters. You'll notice that there is a lone poster on the wall next to the Guild worker but there is a plant in front of it. You can push the plant out of the way to get a look at the poster. Beware hunting Gia though, he is a level 90 monster! You can steal simple Cure-All from him and he drops a Dragon Claw weapon. The Dragon Claw is a decent weapon with a max attack of 24; better than the Power Arm and Iron Knuckle, but you can find better claw/fist types like Brass Knuckles, Cestus, and God's Fist. If you hunt Gia early enough though the Dragon Claw could be of a lot of use to you. Huge thanks to dmmagius@comcast.net who told me about Gia's wanted poster! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.4: Forles - Ramul Name: Jad Class: Barbarian Reward: 1350 + 2 Merits Special: Charge Location: Holn Stolen Item: N/A Dropped Item: Cheer Nettle You must fight Jad to advance the story during Lieza's second trip to Holn with Gogen to destroy the boulder blocking the entrance, so Shu is not available to steal an item from him. He drops a Cheer Nettle which causes a character to counterattack more often when used on them during battle. Name: Balguli Class: Death Lizard Reward: 1440 G + 2 Merits Special: Round Attack Location: Fels Highland Stolen Item: Recover Fruit Dropped Item: Change Staff Balguli comes with a Recover Fruit to steal. It heals a decent amount of HP but you can buy it in the stores so you should just go ahead and slay him while you are in Forles with Lieza. The Change Staff he drops is a rare staff weapon but it's a pretty pitiful one. It has a max attack of only 10 and with no special abilities. However the Change Staff can be combined in the Yagos Isle Combine Shop along with a Purple Mem Grass item to form the Mirage Wand that deals the confusion status effect upon striking an enemy, but even that is pretty mediocre with a max attack of only 14. Name: Dillinger Class: Evil Eye Reward: 1485 G + 2 Merits Special: ? Location: Calmio Hill Stolen Item: Herb Dropped Item: Nettle Nothing at all special about this monster; a simple Herb steal and a Nettle drop. The Nettle is an item that can be used during battle to recover a character from the stone condition and can also be equiped as an accessory to ward off the same effect as it recovers. Name: Gaucrow Class: Roc Reward: 2250 G + 3 Merits Special: Ground Shield Location: Azenda Highland in Alatos Stolen Item: Neba-neba Dropped Item: Speed Bottle Another mediocre wanted monster here. The Neba-neba item he has to steal is a battle item which when used on enemies lowers their agility and their range. The Speed Bottle he drops is another battle item which raises a character's speed when used on them during battle; could be useful if you don't use characters that have the Speed Up spell. You can also equip the Speed Bottle as an accessory to prevent monsters from lowering that character's agility with their abilities. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.5: Romalia - Houfion Name: Gravis Class: Zombie Master Reward: 2160 G + 3 Merits Special: Poison Wind Location: The Heap after defeating Gallarno Stolen Item: Bomb Dropped Item: Drowned Ax The Bomb item that you can steal from Gravis is simply an attack item that you can throw at an enemy to damage them, not all that useful. The Drowned Ax that he drops isn't all that great either seeing as it's attack power is less than the Warpick ax that Gruga starts with. However, the Drowned Ax is needed to make the Beam Ax at the Yagos Isle Combine Shop so you should still pick it up even though it's attack power is low. Name: SA-200SP Class: ??? (SA-200) Reward: 2115 G + 3 Merits Special: Speed Down Location: Houfin Stolen Item: Paralyzer Dropped Item: N/A SA-200SP is encountered in the Resistance Base in Houfin after Shu and Tosh return from scouting the Romalia Tunnel; he must be defeated to advance the story. The Paralyzer that can be stolen from him is a pretty good gun-type weapon for Shu, or one of your robot monsters if you happen to have one, that has a special ability to paralyze an enemy; it's also slightly stronger than the Sub Machine Gun that you can buy in the shops. SA-200SP doesn't have an item to drop as far as I can tell. I killed him repeatedly for over an hour with a Shell and a Unicorn Horn equiped and never got anything. If anybody gets a drop from him please e-mail me. Name: Jackal Class: Anubis Reward: 3330 G + 4 Merits Special: Holy Breath Location: Houfin during the job "Slay the Nocturnal Monsters" Stolen Item: Herb Dropped Item: Tri-Shot An Herb steal, nothing special, but take note of the Tri-Shot weapon that he has for a drop which is just about one-of-a-kind. It has a max attack of 14 which makes it stronger than the other pairs of footwear weapons you may have at this point but it's true usefulness is to combine it with the Scale Legs at the Yagos Isle Combine Shop to create the awesome Dagger Boots which have a max attack of 26! So don't pass up on getting them. Name: Dorarosh Class: Dark Wizard Reward: 2475 G + 3 Merits Special: Wind Slash Location: Vacant House on Clenia Isle Stolen Item: Tem's Grass Dropped Item: Nuru-nuru Dorarosh joins the ranks as yet another mediocre wanted monster. You can steal a Tem's Grass from him which when used on a character during battle raises their catch and throw ability. On the other hand his drop of Nuru-nuru can be used during battle to lower an enemies catch and throw abilities. I'd pass on them but they may be of some use to some other players. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.6: Greyshinne - Paysus Name: Kido Class: Red Monk Reward: 2250 G + 3 Merits Special: ? Location: Noyam Plain Stolen Item: Herb Dropped Item: FlameGrizzle Fang The Herb is pretty much worthless considering you should be able to buy more powerful healing items in the shop at this point but the FlameGrizzle Fang should not be passed up. It's a fang-type weapon with a max attack of 22! The only downside is that Paundit cannot use it in his Rabid Dog monster form as it is of the water element and the FlameGrizzle Fang is of the fire element. Perfect for any other monster that isn't of the water element though. Name: Bishamon Class: Black Knight Reward: 2250 G + 3 Merits Special: Explosion Location: Noyam Plain Stolen Item: Cheer Nettle Dropped Item: Whirlwind Edge The Cheer Nettle is nothing special only improving a character's ability to counterattack during battle when used on them, but the Whirlwind Edge sword is another story. With a max attack of 19 it packs a pretty good punch and also has a special ability to increase the move ability of the character it's equiped to. Name: Flame Brothers Class: Flame Reward: 2700 G + 4 Merits Special: Holy Breath Location: Amaidar Mountain during the job "Monsters in Amaidar" Stolen Item: Magic Apple Dropped Item: Meow Fang This isn't actually a special monster, but rather 3 Mysterious Fire normal enemies. They each hold the same items: a Magic Apple as a steal and a Meow Fang weapon as a drop. I highly recommend stocking as many Magic Apples as you can get your hands on because you're going to need them for the final battle with The Dark One at Sky Castle as they restore your precious MP. The Magic Apple can also be equiped as an accessory and it says in it's description "Heals on use" but I have seen no evidence that it does anything when equiped; if anybody knows exactly what it does e-mail me. The Meow Fang is a rare fang-type weapon but it's rather pathetic in the attack department. It has a max attack of 4; yes you read that correctly, 4. However it does have a special ability to raise the character's magic stat by 20 which could be pretty good if you're looking to create a magic-based monster that can use fang-type weapons. Name: Hell Spawn Class: Death Druid Reward: 2790 G + 4 Merits Special: ? Location: Anan Flats during the job "Play Cupid" Stolen Item: Magic Apple Dropped Item: Magic Apple As said about the above monster; Magic Apples restore MP and can be quite hard to come by, so you might want to take this opportunity to add a few more to your inventory. Like I said on the above monster, you can equip the Magic Apple as an accessory and it says in it's description "Heals on use" but I haven't found it does anything special. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.7: Zariban - Elzark Name: Maios Class: Mummy Reward: 2340 G + 3 Merits Special: Extract Location: Zariban Sealed Ruins Stolen Item: Bitter Leaf Dropped Item: Bear Claw The Bitter Leaf item increases an allies' defense so it could be useful if you don't use characters that have the Protection spell. When equiped as an accessory it can also shield a character from having their defense lowered by enemy attacks. The Bear Claw that Maios drops is a rare claw- type weapon. It's a pretty decent weapon with a max attack of 22; slightly better than other claw/fist weapons like the Power Arm but isn't nearly as good as some of the others like God's Fist, Cestus, or Brass Knuckles. But it's certainly better than what you'll find in the stores. Name: Tasman Class: Death Lizard Reward: 2250 G + 5 Merits Special: Petro Breath Location: Ishima Rocks Stolen Item: Recover Fruit Dropped Item: Recover Fruit Recover Fruits restore a pretty good amount of HP but can be bought in the shops so you should just slay this monster, cash in your bounty, and forget about his items. Name: Shvaidel Class: Sphynx Reward: 2700 G + 3 Merits Special: Poison Breath Location: Salyan Desert Stolen Item: Antidote Nut Dropped Item: Metal Pads The Antidote Nut that can be stolen from Shvaiden is an item that recovers a character from the poison status effect, it can also be equiped as an accessory to ward off the poison effect as well. The Metal Pads is a pretty decent weapon for your Slimes, Dragons, Gases, or other types of monsters that can use pad-type weapons. It has a max attack of 16 and also an added ability to raise the monster's defense by 1 when equiped. Name: Zanack Class: Dark Paladin Reward: 3150 G + 3 Merits Special: Explosion Location: Raiden Ruins during the job "Stop the Desert Theives II" Stolen Item: Cheer Nettle Dropped Item: Senior's Wish Another Cheer Nettle steal; geez everyone and their dog has one of these it seems. As always it causes a character to counterattack more often during battle when used on them which is pretty much worthless at this point as your characters should be counterattacking from all directions by now. The Senior's Wish is a jewel accessory that boosts a character's defense by 4 when equiped. Not very useful seeing as a vast majority of accessories boost your character's defense more than the Senior's Wish while giving some sort of extra effect. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.8: Niedel - Misro Name: Gigmunt Class: Soothesayer Reward: 2790 G + 4 Merits Special: Tornado Location: Misro Arena Stolen Item: Full Power Fruit Dropped Item: Spirit Seed Gigmunt is an interesting monster in the sense that you don't have to take a job, look in a dungeon, or anything like that to find him; he's actually standing around inside of the arena. Inside the Misro Arena there is an NPC standing in front of the statue on the left-hand side of the room. Talk to him repeatedly and he will engage your party in a 3- on-3 battle as the rest of the townsfolk flee the arena. The Full Power Fruit you can steal from him is a great item. You can either use it on a character to permanently raises one or more of a character's stats by 1, including attack, defense, magic, and agility. I say this because each Full Power Fruit I've gotten has raised different stats when I use it, very strange. You can equip the Full Power Fuit as an accessory to prevent enemies from lowering that character's offense, magic, defense, and agility. You've probably already seen the other item he has, the Spirit Seed, before and it can be used during battle to raise a character's magic stat. You can also equip it as an accessory to ward off enemy attempts to lower that character's magic stat. It also has a third use in it can be combined with a Brass Knuckles weapon at the Yagos Isle Combine Ship to create the Magic Nail weapon. Name: Tosh Class: Human Reward: 1000000 G! Special: Sword Skill Location: Unknown (In your party obviously) Stolen Item: N/A Dropped Item: N/A Another million-goz bounty, this time on Tosh. Just like Arc you cannot turn in Tosh but who would want to? For a kick, talk to the hunter in the purple cape in the Niedel Hunter's Guild with Tosh in the lead of your party, heh. Name: Negdus Class: Ogre Reward: 2880 G + 4 Merits Special: Protection Location: Misro Arena during the job "Monster in the Arena" Stolen Item: N/A Dropped Item: N/A It's everybody's favorite wanted monster during everybody's favorite job! Heh well okay it's probably everybody's most hated but look on the bright side he has no steals and no drops to worry about (I wasn't going to try anymore after I killed him for the fifth time and you can imagine how long that took). The best way I find to take out Negdus is to weaken the whole lot of them and then bring in a decently leveled Hemo-ji to drop a Chongara Bomb to finish them off. That usually gets the real Nedgus 2-out-of-3 times. Or you can bring in your heavy hitters; I highly recommend a party of Elc, Tosh, Iga, Gruga, and Shante and kill them over and over again 'till you finally get the real Nedgus, while Shante is there for healing and resurrection if things don't go too smoothly. Another alternative is to bring in your magic users, Gogen, Fu-jin, Rai-jin, Sania, and Shante or Poco are highly recommended if at a good level, and group your character's together to where the Nedgus' form around you and then unleash a magic barrage at them. It seems that the more of them you kill at one time the better the chance that you will get the real Nedgus. You'll know you've gotten the real one when he cries out "Grhhh...How...? after you defeat him. It'll take a while to find the real one but you'll probably gain a significant amount of levels for your characters by the time it's over. If anybody manages to get a steal or drop out of him by all means drop me a line and let me know. Name: Queger Class: Killer Wolf Reward: 2925 G + 5 Merits Special: Paralyze Breath Location: Floor 1 of the Forbidden Ruins in Alatos Stolen Item: Herb Dropped Item: Styx Yet another Herb steal, these are just about as common as the Cheer Nettle ones. Thankfully that is not all that Queger carries; he is also holding on to one of the most awesome fang-type weapons in the game, the Styx. It has a max attack of 22 but also a special ability to steal MP from the enemy upon attacking them! Perfect for Paundit or any other of your monsters that can use fang-type weapons. Do not pass up acquiring this weapon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.9: Brakia - Gooz Name: Garop Class: Thunder Bird Reward: 3060 G + 4 Merits Special: Wind Slash Location: Banza Montain after taking the job "Clear the Tracks!" Stolen Item: Mad Builder Dropped Item: Earth Charm Garop can be a little difficult to find so let me explain. After taking the job "Clear the Tracks!" a new path that was once covered by lava will open up to the left of where you enter the mountain. In the first room through the new path Garop can appear, but it can take some leaving and then re-entering to get him to appear. Garop's stolen item is one that should not be missed if you're a user of monsters. The Mad Builder is a simply phenomenal pad-type weapon. It has a max attack of 26 plus an added ability to blind an enemy upon striking them with it. Garop's dropped item is an Earth Charm which when used during battle can grant earth resistance to a character plus raise their proficiency with earth- type attacks. Name: Gigas Class: Shriek Lord Reward: 2925 G + 4 Merits Special: Dispel Location: Banza Mountain Stolen Item: Recover Fruit Dropped Item: Wind Charm Recover Fruit as a steal again, so nothing to worry about there. Gigas does have a Wind Charm to drop though which when used during battle can give wind resistance to a character and also can raise the character's proficiency with wind-type attacks. Name: Dabano Class: Doll Master Reward: 2970 G + 5 Merits Special: ? Location: Banza Mountain after rescuing Elena Stolen Item: Magic Apple Dropped Item: Dark Stream Dabano is the owner of a few good items, but not great. Magic Apples are pretty rare and I strongly recommend any chance you have to gain another one of them, so I would take the steal. The Dark Stream weapon he drops is of the mace-type and of the dark element with a pretty good attack of 21 but it's not nearly as strong as the Astral Pole you can make at the Yagos Isle Combine Shop. If you're having problems finding Dabano he appears in the very first monster encounter room on the path up to the top of the mountain. Name: Dreyper Class: Skeleton Knight Reward: 3060 G + 4 Merits Special: Strike Power Location: Banza Mountain after taking the job "Monsters on the Tracks!" Stolen Item: Recover Fruit Dropped Item: Cheer Nettle Dreyper is another wanted monster that is kinda hard to find. After taking the job "Monsters on the Tracks!" a new path will be opened up on the left-hand side of the wall where you cleared the rocks off the tracks during the "Clear the Tracks!" job. In the first room you enter after passing through the new path, Dreyper appears, although you may have to go back out of the room and then back in a few times to get him to appear. He has the very common Recover Fruit to steal and to top it off he has the even more common Cheer Nettle as a drop. I think everybody knows what they do by know. If not, check some of the above monsters. :) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.10: Millmana - Ajarl Name: Dalcios Class: Red Dragon Reward: 3150 G + 5 Merits Special: Fire Breath Location: Razen Pond Stolen Item: Recover Fruit Dropped Item: FlameWonder Card Recover Fruit steal, yet again. However Dalcios retains a weapon that should not be missed. The FlameWonder Card that he drops is one of the best weapons, if not the best, that you will find for Sania. It has a max attack of 28 and is also fire-elemental. I'm not a huge fan of elemental weapons but with 28 attack and it being for a magician like Sania, I'm definitely willing to turn a blind eye. If you use Sania you are not going to want to miss out on acquiring this weapon for her. Name: Gorgas Class: Weretiger Reward: 3105 G + 4 Merits Special: Charge Location: Ruvag Woods Stolen Item: Cheer Nettle Dropped Item: Attack Bottle Gorgas is Millmana's resident mediocre wanted monster. Yet another Cheer Nettle steal whose's effects have been mentioned numerous times in this FAQ. The Attack Bottle is an item that raises the attack power of the character when used on them during battle. You can also equip the Attack Bottle as an accessory to prevent monsters from lowering that character's attack power with their abilities. Name: Kish Class: Treant Reward: 3150 G + 4 Merits Special: Throw Seed Location: Nien Forest Stolen Item: Pity Dropped Item: Damocles Blade The Damocles Blade has the unique ability to raise the max MP of a character when they level up. Nothing significant, one, maybe two MP per level depending on the level of the weapon. Could be useful for Arc if you prefer to give the Romancing Stone to another character. It also has a max attack of 21 which is nice but certainly not one of the best out there. The Pity is a claw-type weapon with a max attack of 22 which is better than a lot of the claw/fist weapons you may have right now like the Power Arm and Iron Knuckle. It's good, but you can find much better. Name: Grovis Class: Dark Wraith Reward: 6480 G + 4 Merits Special: Confusion Location: Deep Sea Oil Rig after defeating Yagun Stolen Item: Fate Sword Dropped Item: Full Power Fruit Grovis may be the most annoying wanted monster out there, maybe even more than Negdus. You only have one chance to encounter him and that is inside the Deep Sea Oil Rig after you have defeated Yagun and are escaping the rig. Grovis is not on the way out of the rig so you have to take a detour to encounter him and of course you only have a certain amount of time to escape. To find him (Starting outside of the save room) head up the stairs to the left and head through the pipe that is on the next screen. Head up the next stairs to the left and quickly take care of the enemies that you encounter in the next room. Next head all the way up the stairs in front of you and then take the door on the right. Inside head up the ramp and then down through the door at the bottom of the screen. On the next screen hurry up the stairs and then through the door on the far right. Grovis is encounted in this room. He has two pretty good items. First is the Fate Sword which is actually a dagger. It has a max attack of 22 which is really good for a dagger, unfortunatly it has an ability that makes the wielder take damaged upon attacking an enemy with it. I think it's worth getting but you be the judge. The second item is a Full Power Fruit which can be used for one of two things. You can be equiped as an accessory and ward off enemy abilities that would lower the character's stats that include offense, magic, defense, and agility. Or you can use it as an item on a character to permanently raise one or more of their stats by 1, but which stats seem to vary with every one. Either way you decide to use it you'll get good use out of it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.11: Balbalard - Muhad Name: Darius Class: Earth Devil Reward: 3600 G + 5 Merits Special: Ground Shield Location: Kanara Desert Stolen Item: Bitter Leaf Dropped item: Black Powder Another wanted monster that has a Bitter Leaf to steal. Again, it raises an allies' defense when used on them during battle, so it could be useful. It can also be equiped as an accessory to shield a character from enemy attacks that lower the character's defense. Black Powder is a battle item that you can use against an enemy to lower their jump ability. Name: Gualde Class: Ninja Master Reward: 3645 G + 5 Merits Special: Bomb Shuriken Location: Tukae Cave Stolen Item: Andel Claim Dropped Item: N/A Gualde is encountered poising as Rata and Nam's mother in a story battle in the Tukae Cave. When defeated he just kinda vanishes so he doesn't have a chance to drop an item. However he does have a rare weapon, the Andel Claim, which is of the flail-type. It has a max attack of 15 which isn't very impressive but it does have the special ability to lower the magic stat of an enemy when they are struck with the weapon. Wonder why they named it after Andel? I suppose Gualde stole it from him, heh. Name: Guadiras Class: Arch Mage Reward: 3915 G + 5 Merits Special: Weakness Location: Balbalard Sealed Ruins Stolen Item: Cure-All Dropped Item: Mint Guadiras can be a tad bit difficult to find due to his location being a one-shot battle and you can't leave and exit the room to get him to appear, you have to exit the entire dungeon to try again. He is located in the far left monster room on B1 after flipping the switch on the left-hand side of the room. Cure-All he has to steal can be bought in stores and is pretty pointless with so many characters possessing the Refresh spell so just pass up on this one. He drops a Mint which is an item you can use in battle to recover a character from the sleep effect. You can also equip the Mint as an accessory to prevent the character from being inflicted with the sleep effect. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.12: Amigue - Morea Name: Dolgon Class: Earth Giant Reward: 3330 G + 4 Merits Special: Invincibility Location: Altrapas Wilds Stolen Item: Bronze Guard Dropped Item: Mystic Knife The Bronze Guard accessory isn't all that special but it's slightly better than the Blade Guards that you can buy in the shops with a max defense of 12. But when compared to the Legend Charms and Light Elbows of the same type it's little more than junk. But if some of your characters are still wearing Blade Guards then by all means pick the Bronze Guard up as a replacement. The Mystic Knife is a dagger-type weapon with a max attack of 19 and a special ability to raise the magic stat of the wielder; one of the best daggers I have found thus far. Perfect for Arc, Lieza, Fu-jin, Rai-jin, or any magic-using monsters you may have that can equip daggers. Name: Golgon Class: Frost Giant Reward: 3420 G + 4 Merits Special: Blizzard Location: Altrapas Wilds after defeating Dolgon (See above) Stolen Item: Slayer Heavy Suit Dropped Item: Crusty Pads Golgon holds two really great items. His stolen item is the Slayer Heavy Suit which is a great piece of armor coming in with 21 defense; up there with other great pieces of armor like the Elven Chain and Fire Robe. The Crusty Pads is a pad-type weapon with an attack power of 22; which is good for a pad weapon. However it's not nearly as strong as the Mad Builder weapon of the same type from the Garop monster back in Brakia. If you have several monsters than can use pad-type weapons then I'd highly recommend not missing out on the Crusty Pads either. Name: Belladonna Class: Master Gargoyle Reward: 3510 G + 5 Merits Special: Charge Location: Amigue Sealed Ruins Stolen Item: Cheer Nettle Dropped Item: Dark Stream Belladonna is sort of a rare encounter in the Amigue Sealed Ruins. If you're having trouble finding him he is located on B1. If you don't see him head back up the stairs and then back down again and he may appear then. A Cheer Nettle is his steal but I think by now we shouldn't be too suprised by this one. He also carries the Dark Stream mace which you may already have if you hunted the items off of Dabano back in Brakia. It's of the dark element with a max attack of 21. Name: Darry Class: Stone Fly Reward: 3510 G + 4 Merits Special: Petro Breath Location: Amigue Sealed Ruins Stolen Item: Recover Fruit Dropped Item: Nettle Well here we are, the final monster on our list. Unfortunatly he is yet another mediocre one. A common Recover Fruit as a steal and a Nettle as a drop. The Nettle is an item that can cure the stone status effect of a character and can also be equiped as an accessory to ward off the stone effect as well. That's it. You've now caught all of the wanted monsters in the game. Pat yourself on the back and take a nice, long look at your inventory full of rare items. :) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4: Other Rare Drops This is just a simple list of other rare items that I have seen dropped in my playthroughs of Arc II: Temporary Shoes dropped by Green Slime (Ingios Sewers) Neutrino Blade dropped by Giant Bat (Yagos Isle Sealed Ruins) WindKnife dropped by Roc (Salba Desert in West Aldia) Bear Flail dropped by Fire Bird (Training Rock on Clenia Isle) Elegant Cloak dropped by Blood Zombies (Chimera Research Lab) Ice Knife dropped by Zombie (Chimera Research Lab) Death Crimson dropped by Arch Knight (Vacant House on Clenia Isle) Earth Robe dropped by Demi-Zombie (Gia Temple) Battle Ax dropped by Berserker (Forles Battle Maps) Flame Knife dropped by Mud Goblin (Banza Mountain in Brakia) EarthLong Sword dropped by Skeleton (Yagos Isle Sealed Ruins) Metal Balls dropped by Slime Bomber (Razen Pond in Millmana) Dark Blade dropped by Ice Giant (North Tower) Short Pole dropped by Wind Devil (Wastelands in East Aldia) Mystic Knife dropped by Earth Giant (Altrapas Wilds in Amigue) Moon Stone dropped by Mutant Fly (Zariban Sealed Ruins) Ice Saber dropped by Barbarian (Holn during Lieza visit) Golden Dragon dropped by Dark Wraith (Palencia Castle Ruin) Tri-Shot dropped by Assassin (Houfion in Romalia when Shu saves Danny) Change Staff dropped by Grim Stalker (Farlos Battle Maps) Gold Beak dropped by Iron Golem (Water Shrine in Zariban) Scale Wand dropped by Giant Lizard (Ishima Rocks in Zariban) Damocles Blade dropped by Dark Hemo-ji (Nein Forest in Millmana) Red Jewelry dropped by Red Phantom (Deep Sea Oil Rig) Meow Shoes dropped by Mum Mummy (Pyramid in Balbalard) Sixteenth Night dropped by Ghost (Greyshinne Sealed Ruins) Dark Smasher dropped by Warlock (Alatos Sealed Ruins) Hyper Stick dropped by PA-200 (Brakia Sealed Ruins) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5: Credits - God for giving me hands to type this FAQ and the patience to get all of the steals and drops contained within in it. - CjayC for excepting this and for running a place where gamers can find all of the help they need and authors like myself can have their work hosted, GameFAQs.com. - Working Designs to bring the Arc series state-side! My RPG collection would not be complete without these masterpieces. - star_sage@hotmail.com for e-mailing me about Golza having a Gladius and a Jump Nettle instead of two Jump Nettles for items. - dmmagius@comcast.net for telling me about the hidden wanted monster poster, Dark Dragon Gia, in the Palencia Hunter's Guild. Thanks! - You the reader, because it means so much to me that people view my work and get the help they need. Drop me a line sometime! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2008 Dale Ray (KatanaSoul) ~Fin~