Legend of Mana (NTSC) for PlayStation (US) Level-up FAQ Author: DAC Contact me at: E-mail: CatgirlsRule@otakumail.com IRC: esper.net user DAC Version: 1 Date: Aug 23, 2002 Copyrights: SQUARE SOFT and the SQUARESOFT logos are registered trademarks of Square Co., Ltd. Legend of Mana is a trademark of Square Co., Ltd. "PlayStation" and the "PS" family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. This FAQ is copyrighted by me, DAC. This FAQ and all previous versions are not to be found anywhere other than at the places listed below. If you want to use part of this FAQ in your own FAQ, please notify me, tell me where it can be found, and be sure to give me credit for any of my information. If you want to post this FAQ on your site, contact me and tell me where your site is so that I can okay it. Available at: my computer (Duh! ;p ) http://www.gamefaqs.com/ Notice on emails: No spam mail, sender will be blocked. Be specific when asking a question. Please include the game name either in the subject or at the start of the email. Thank you! Feb. 22, 2002: [deleted. summarized below] Aug. 23, 2002: muscularbeaver(email muscularbeaver3000@hotmail.com) posted several false codes and cheats at CheatCodes.com without thinking to varify them. the staff puts them up without checking for varifacation. I've been marking all false codes and cheats I see whenever I go there and they have yet to remove 1. they also have put some FAQs under the wrong game. (email the staff at CheatCodes and tell them they're lazy and stupid!) No FAQs for CheatCodes until they get to work. ~~ Version 1 ~~ Initial Version Feb. 22, 2002: I finally got around to typing this up. Notice how it only took a day for version 1 to get done? *NEWS!!* I plan on doing at least SOMETHING for nearly every game I own and some I don't. Weither a complete walkthrough of the game complete with ASCII maps of every area(my GameBoy RPGs) or just a few passwords and simple charts(MegaMan series games), I plan on doing something. Some games not included are the Game & Watch Gallery games, the Mario Kart games, and sports games. I really don't see how much of a FAQ can be done on them(for the most part) However, GameFAQs already has a lot of FAQs for some of these games and CheatCodes.com doesn't carry any info on older system's games, so some of these FAQs might not be seen until I make my own website. :< Aug. 23, 2002: I am so sorry! I had planned on getting my FFX mini-FAQ done during spring break and send them both in, so I never sent this in. For some reason I get very board almost as soon as I start working on the FFX mini-FAQ. No clue why. It's still very unfinished. I've corrected some dates, updated My FAQs section, and reformatted to 75 characters per line. I have gotten many emails saying I'm wrong or giving false information for my DoA2:H FAQ. My FAQ is for DoA2:H NTSC for US PS2 and I've had the game since it came out. If I get many more of those emails, I'm gonna forget about updating it and see about getting it taken down. Table of Contents -------------------------------------------------- I. Why I Made This FAQ II. The Stats and Weapons A. Stats B. Weapon Types III. How Equiped Weapons Effect Leveling Up A. Level Up! B. The Cycle C. Using Only 1 Weapon During the Cycle D. The Points E. Best of the Best IV. Misc A. Future Updates B. My FAQs V. Thanks I. Why I made this FAQ -------------------------------------------------- This is the boring section. Feel free to skip ahead to section II or III. At least I'm honest. It's simple. The first time I played the game (rented) I noticed my stats were going up in a pattern. Shortly before reaching level 10 I changed weapons for a few levels. When I checked back again, the pattern was no longer there. I forgot about it before I had even returned the game. ^_^; Later that summer(2000), I bought the game. I choose the same weapon as I had before and after a couple level ups I remembered the pattern, but I still didn't remember that weapons effected it. When my little brother started playing I noticed that his character's stats were changing differently than mine, but I thought it was because he choose the other character, not because he had a different weapon. Not until my levels were in the late 40s did I have a different weapon equiped when I leveled up. When I went to change weapons back, I noticed my stats no longer fell into the pattern they once did. It took about 3 seconds to remember. Later on I noticed that the pattern was thrown off by more than just a simple "stat A goes up by [0/1/2] at level up, stat B goes up by [0/1/2], etc..." (see III.B) However, for a few days I couldn't get around to checking GameFAQs to see if anybody had done a FAQ on it yet. I look and no one had done an in-depth FAQ. I checked a few of the general FAQs and FAQ/Walkthroughs. No one even mentioned a thing about it. So over the next few days (whenever I could play) I got some data together on this so I could write a FAQ on it. This was over a year ago, and I haven't played since.. ^_^; I checked Feb 21, 2002, and saw it briefly mentioned in a FAQ/Walkthrough at GameFAQs. Someone emailed the writer a very simple chart on it. There is much more to it than "after 4 level ups this stat changes this much, and that stat changes that much"(I'm paraphrasing this). (see III.B) II. The Stats and Weapons -------------------------------------------------- A quick run-through of the different statuses and types of weapons II. A. Stats ------------------------------ The reason each stat has 3 lines about it is because the first is what it says in-game, the second line is what the instructions say, and the third is my basic explaination of it. HP(health): damage the character can take First row: Power - Raw strength level Affects the destructive power of heavy weapons that require strength base power for strength-based weapons Skills - Technical attack level Affects the destructive power of weapons that require great dexterity base power for "skill"-based weapons Defense - Defense against physical attacks Affects the resistance to physical attacks from monsters base defense against physical attacks Magic - defense against magic Affects the resistance to the magic attacks that monsters use base defense against magical attacks Second row: HP(stat) - Affects HP and poison resistance Represents basic physical power, affects resistance to poison around how much your HP(health) will raise next level up* & poison..??? Spirit - Defense against status magic Affects resistance to a monster's status magic resistance to and how long staus magic effects you Charm - Affects status magic Affects the success rate of the character's own status magical power success rate of status changing attacks/magic Luck - Frequency of finding treasure Affects the appearance rate of treasure chests within dungeons what monster will drop. higher luck = rarer items !Notice! -- Luck changes only through what is currently equiped. If your equipment doesn't change it, it will be 5. (Unless you use GameShark or something similar *cough*cheater*cough* ;P ) *I'm not 100% on this one. After all, it has been over a year since I've played, and my character has had max health(999) for quite a while II. B. Weapon Types ------------------------------ Swords 2H Swords Knifes Axes 2H Axes Staves Bows Spears Flails Hammers Gloves III. How Equiped Weapons Effect Leveling Up -------------------------------------------------- All that needs said before I go into detail is that what weapon you currently have equiped effects how your stats change when you level up. III. A. Level Up! ------------------------------ Leveling up is fairly simple. Beat monsters and walk over("grab") any experience crystals(ECs) they drop. However, they might not drop any ECs and the amount of experience per crystal varies from place to place and from game to game. Amount per crystal varies by: 1) distance placed from home 2) order is which the artifact->land is placed 3) boss monsters give 10 times more than normal monsters Also, the amount needed to level up goes in a pattern. Base amount(10) + previous amount needed + 40 times the # of level ups already gotten = new total amount ---------------------------------------------- | Level at | Base | Prev | 40xL | For Lvl Up | |----------|------|------|------|------------| | Level 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |----------|------|------|------|------------| | Level 2 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 60 | |----------|------|------|------|------------| | Level 3 | 10 | 60 | 80 | 150 | |----------|------|------|------|------------| | Level 4 | 10 | 150 | 120 | 280 | |----------|------|------|------|------------| | Level 5 | 10 | 280 | 160 | 450 | ---------------------------------------------- get the idea? III. B. The Cycle ------------------------------ Leveling up happens in a pattern and goes in a cycle of 4. After 4 level ups, the pattern resets. It was originally thought that at level up, each of the 7 stats that change will go up by either 0, 1, or 2. That is incorrect. I had gotten rather high in levels and could tell a person what my stats would be at any level with minimal thought. Then I leveled up with a different weapon. I thought that would only change it by a few numbers and quickly edited my formula. I quickly found out that was wrong. My stats weren't changing quite like I thought they should. That's when I came up with a new theory. My theory is that when you level up each stat is given so many points based on what weapon is currently equiped and after so many points the stat increases by 1. So far that theory seem to be correct. III. C. Using Only 1 Weapon ------------------------------ These assume that you use only have weapons of 1 type equiped when you level up throughout the entire game. I'm doing this before points so you can see how I got the numbers for points. Swords ---------------------------------------------------- | Stat | Pw | Sk | Df | Mg | Hp | Sp | Ch | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 3 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 4 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Final Stats* | 99 | 99 | 99 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 | ---------------------------------------------------- 2H Swords ---------------------------------------------------- | Stat | Pw | Sk | Df | Mg | Hp | Sp | Ch | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 1 | +1 | +1 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 3 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +0 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 4 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | ----------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Final Stats* | 99 | 99 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 54 | 78 | ---------------------------------------------------- Knifes ---------------------------------------------------- | Stat | Pw | Sk | Df | Mg | Hp | Sp | Ch | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 1 | +0 | +1 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 3 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +0 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 4 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | ----------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Final Stats* | 78 | 99 | 78 | 78 | 54 | 99 | 99 | ---------------------------------------------------- Axes ---------------------------------------------------- | Stat | Pw | Sk | Df | Mg | Hp | Sp | Ch | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 1 | +1 | +0 | +1 | +0 | +0 | +1 | +0 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 3 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +0 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 4 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | ----------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Final Stats* | 99 | 78 | 99 | 78 | 78 | 99 | 54 | ---------------------------------------------------- 2H Axes ---------------------------------------------------- | Stat | Pw | Sk | Df | Mg | Hp | Sp | Ch | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 1 | +1 | +0 | +1 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 3 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +0 | +1 | +0 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 4 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | ----------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Final Stats* | 99 | 78 | 99 | 78 | 54 | 78 | 54 | ---------------------------------------------------- Staves ---------------------------------------------------- | Stat | Pw | Sk | Df | Mg | Hp | Sp | Ch | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 1 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +1 | +0 | +0 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 3 | +0 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +0 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 4 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +2 | ----------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Final Stats* | 54 | 78 | 78 | 99 | 54 | 78 | 99 | ---------------------------------------------------- Bows ---------------------------------------------------- | Stat | Pw | Sk | Df | Mg | Hp | Sp | Ch | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 1 | +0 | +1 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 2 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 3 | +0 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +0 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 4 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | ----------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Final Stats* | 54 | 99 | 78 | 78 | 54 | 78 | 99 | ---------------------------------------------------- Spears ---------------------------------------------------- | Stat | Pw | Sk | Df | Mg | Hp | Sp | Ch | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 1 | +0 | +1 | +1 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 3 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +0 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 4 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | ----------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Final Stats* | 78 | 99 | 99 | 78 | 45 | 78 | 99 | ---------------------------------------------------- Flails ---------------------------------------------------- | Stat | Pw | Sk | Df | Mg | Hp | Sp | Ch | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 1 | +0 | +1 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 3 | +1 | +1 | +0 | +1 | +0 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 4 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | ----------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Final Stats* | 78 | 99 | 54 | 78 | 54 | 78 | 99 | ---------------------------------------------------- Hammers ---------------------------------------------------- | Stat | Pw | Sk | Df | Mg | Hp | Sp | Ch | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 1 | +1 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 3 | +2 | +1 | +0 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 4 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | ----------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Final Stats* | 99 | 78 | 54 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 | ---------------------------------------------------- Gloves ---------------------------------------------------- | Stat | Pw | Sk | Df | Mg | Hp | Sp | Ch | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 1 | +1 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +1 | +0 | +0 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 3 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +0 | +1 | +1 | +1 | |---------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Lvl Up 4 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | ----------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| | Final Stats* | 99 | 78 | 78 | 54 | 99 | 78 | 78 | ---------------------------------------------------- *I have not gotten a character to level 99 yet so these are just calculations based off of the known info III. D. The Points ------------------------------ Technically, I could say at any multiple of 4 is how many points need for a stat to go up by 1. However, I choose 100 because it's a nice number to use. ;P --------------------------------------------------------- | Stat | Pwr | Skl | Dfn | Mgc | Hp! | Spt | Chm | |-------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | Swords | 100 | 100 | 100 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | |-------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | 2H Swords | 125 | 100 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 50 | 75 | |-------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | Knifes | 75 | 125 | 75 | 75 | 50 | 100 | 100 | |-------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | Axes | 100 | 75 | 100 | 75 | 75 | 100 | 50 | |-------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | 2H Axes | 125 | 125 | 75 | 75 | 50 | 75 | 50 | |-------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | Staves | 50 | 75 | 75 | 125 | 50 | 75 | 125 | |-------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | Bows | 50 | 175 | 75 | 75 | 50 | 75 | 100 | |-------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | Spears | 75 | 125 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 75 | 100 | |-------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | Flails | 75 | 125 | 50 | 75 | 50 | 75 | 125 | |-------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | Hammers | 175 | 75 | 50 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | |-------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | Gloves | 125 | 75 | 75 | 50 | 75 | 75 | 75 | --------------------------------------------------------- III. E. Best of the Best ------------------------------ Wheeee!! ;P No, I don't have too much free time. I should be doing homework. ;P [Aug 23, 2002: that still holds true! ;P ] Best use of [others min. 100]: Swords -- Power, Skill, Defense (100) 2H Swords -- Power (125) [Skill (100)] Knifes -- Skill (125) [Spirit, Charm (100)] Axes -- Power, Defense, Spirit (100) 2H Axes -- Power, Skill (125) Staves -- Magic, Charm (125) Bows -- Skill (175) [Charm (100)] Spears -- Skill (125) [Spirit, Charm (100)] Flails -- Skill, Charm (125) Hammers -- Power (175) Gloves -- Power (125) Worst use of (50): Swords -- none 2H Swords -- Spirit Knifes -- HP Axes -- Charm 2H Axes -- HP, Charm Staves -- Power, HP Bows -- Power, HP Spears -- HP Flails -- Defense, HP Hammers -- Defense Gloves -- HP Best for: Power -- Hammer (175) Skill -- Bow (175) Defense -- Sword, Axe, Spear (100) Magic -- Staff (125) HP(Stat) -- Sword, 2H Sword, Axe, Hammer, Gloves (75) Spirit -- Knife, Axe (100) Charm -- Staffs, Flails (125) Others Good for (min. 100): Power -- 2H Sword, 2H Axe, Gloves (125); Sword, Axe (100) Skill -- Knife, 2H Axe, Spear, Flail (125); Sword, 2H Sword (100) Defense -- None Magic -- None HP(Stat) -- N/A (all are either 50 or 75) Spirit -- None Charm -- Knife, Bow, Spear (100) Worst for: Power -- Staff, Bow (50) Skill -- Axe, Staff, Hammer, Gloves (75) Defense -- Flail, Hammer (50) Magic -- Gloves (50) HP(Stat) -- Knife, 2H Axe, Staff, Bow, Spear, Flail (50) Spirit -- 2H Sword (50) Charm -- Axe, 2H Axe (50) IV. Misc -------------------------------------------------- Nothing more about the game to say here! ^_^; IV. A. Future Updates ------------------------------ If I update this FAQ, it'll probably be just on best way to max stats and to answer questions so all can see. I might do a similar FAQ on Pet stats w/out feeding them. IV. B. My FAQs ------------------------------ # Game System Type Version Date -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore PS2 FAQ 3 being updated 2 Final Fantasy X PS2 mini 1 started Feb 21 3 Legend of Mana PSX Level-up FAQ 1 Aug 23, 2002 4 MegaMan NES Series NES bosses 1 started May 4 5 Final Fantasy NES FAQ 1 started May 21 I'm currently working on FAQs for many of my games. Eventually, this list will reach a few dozen. ;P V. Thanks -------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Sony for making the PlayStation2, the best system to date! Thanks to SquareSoft(king of console RPGs) for making Legend of Mana Thanks to any site legally hosting my FAQ Thanks to my friend "Cronospherian" for telling me I should start writing FAQs Thanks to my friend(she knows who she is) for reminding me to write this And thanks to you for reading this FAQ