+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ RADIATA STORIES: Guide to Guarantee Character Availability +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Radiata Stories: Guide to Guarantee Character Availability Author: Thomas G. Schluep Jr. Version History: Initial Release - Version 1.00 - October 13th, 2006 Disclaimer: This document is for personal use only, and may not be reproduced under any circumstances in whole or in part. It may not be placed on any web site, printed in any publication, or otherwise distributed publicly in whole or in part without explicit written permission from Thomas G. Schluep Jr. If permission is granted this document must remain in it's original file format and entirely unchanged unless otherwise specified. Use of this guide on any public display or on any other web site is a violation of copyright. No profit can be made from the use of this guide. All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. Please be warned that a major spoiler is contained within this document that could not be avoided while accomplishing the intention of this guide. If you do not wish to have a central event in the game spoiled I suggest you play through the game without using this or any other recruitment related guide. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Table of Contents: &TOC +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ I tried to make the Table of Contacts and the Heading Titles contain as few spoilers as possible by not using title headings that could give away the story. Two such headings could not be avoided. To search for an entry from the Table of Contents be sure to include the &, but omit the space shown in the Table of Contents. *Table of Contents & TOC *Purpose & Purpose *The Split (Spoiler) & Split *List of Characters & LOC *Decide your Fate & Choice *Human Path & Human Human Part 1 & Hmn1 Human Part 2 & Hmn2 Human Part 3 & Hmn3 Human Part 4 & Hmn4 Human Part 5 & Hmn5 Human Part 6 & Hmn6 Human Part 7 & Hmn7 Human Part 8 & Hmn8 Human Part 9 & Hmn9 Human Part 10 & Hmn10 Human Part 11 & Hmn11 Human Part 12 & Hmn12 Human Part 13 & Hmn13 Human Part 14 & Hmn14 Human Part 15 & Hmn15 Human Part 16 & Hmn16 *Non-Human Path & Fairy Non-Human Part 1 & Fry1 Non-Human Part 2 & Fry2 Non-Human Part 3 & Fry3 Non-Human Part 4 & Fry4 Non-Human Part 5 & Fry5 Non-Human Part 6 & Fry6 Non-Human Part 7 & Fry7 Non-Human Part 8 & Fry8 Non-Human Part 9 & Fry9 Non-Human Part 10 & Fry10 Non-Human Part 11 & Fry11 Non-Human Part 12 & Fry12 Non-Human Part 13 & Fry13 *Credits & Credits *Contact Information & Contact +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Purpose: &Purpose +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ This guide was intended to avoid spoilers as much as possible. Cut-scene descriptions of story elements will only be used as an event identifier. That being said there ARE SPOILERS CONTAINED WITHIN THIS GUIDE. One of them is a paramount part of the story that effects character recruitment in a very large way. I have tried to dance around this several times and have been unable to do so in a way that is spoiler free. Additionally, my descriptions may contain some slight spoilers, so be warned going forward. I did my best to avoid them as much as possible however, and there are less than any recruitment guide or walkthrough I have seen yet, as no bosses are identified and only those events directly related to the recruitment of the character that can be missed are referenced. Radiata Stories is a game containing a total of 177 characters in Radiata Stories. You start with 2, and 175 can be recruited to help you. Out of these 175 recruitable characters, there are 51 that can be missed. Some of these 51 are VERY DIFFICULT to miss and you almost have to be trying to do so. The most enjoyable part of the game is figuring out the schedules of these characters and determining how to recruit them in my opinion. There is no guide to insure that you do not miss any characters as you progress through the game figuring out how to obtain them, but rather countless guides showing how to obtain every single character. This to me takes the fun away, and since there was no guide to only insure you do not permanently miss anyone as you go through, that is the intention of this guide. There is nothing more frustrating than learning you cannot get several characters because you failed to watch a cut- scene early in the game or didn't think you could recruit someone yet when you in fact needed to. This guide allows you to enjoy the primary element of this game without permanently missing characters. If this style of game play is not your cup of tea then there are many other guides available at www.gamefaqs.com with specifically what you are looking for. Here are some recommendations depending on your goal: 1. There is a recruitment guide by wrp103 that contains information on how to recruit every character in the game broken down by where you are at in the game and who is newly available at that time. It is a great resource for recruiting any given character or every character. 2. A Darkstar Ripclaw has a complete game walkthrough available for use. It has checklists to make sure you do not miss characters and a complete bio of each character including their schedules and recruitment requirements. 3. Takir has a Step-By-Step Guide for recruiting every human character while leveling and planning for future runs through the game. It is based on time of day and keeps you busy. It is designed to be followed from beginning to end keeping a close eye on the in game clock without skipping steps. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Split **SPOILER**: &Split +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Here is the major spoiler that I could not avoid and still have this guide make sense to you. Halfway through the game the humans and non-humans go to war and you need to choice whether you will side with the humans or the non- humans. If you side with the humans all non-human characters in your friends list become unusable for the remainder of the game, and you cannot recruit any additional non-human characters. The same is true of you choose the non-human side in that you can no longer recruit any additional human characters and can no longer use the ones you have recruited. Characters of an opposing faction that you can no longer recruit are NOT COUNTED AS CHARACTERS YOU CAN PERMANANTLY MISS. With Strong from Start (New Game Plus) available, think of this as two entirely different games where you can keep some of your stuff the second time through. As a result, there will be to separate walkthroughs below depending on the path you plan to take to insure you don't miss characters for your given path. If this is your first time through my personal recommendation would be to choose the human path first. There are many more characters available for recruitment early on and it will help get you used to more complex schedules. Additionally, the story progression is slower and I think it compliments the story better by doing the human path first and then the non-human path (better story/ending in my opinion). Additionally, you have more human characters available for recruitment early on which helps your first time through. The choice is of course up to you, and either path can be chosen however. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ List of Characters: &LOC +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Here is the list of characters that can be permanently missed. Humans are listed first sorted by guild, followed by non-humans which are broken down by race. Please note that some of these characters are very difficult to miss and you almost have to be trying to miss them in order to do so, while others are very easily if missed. If it is AT ALL possible to miss them they are listed here regardless of how easy it is to get them prior to their becoming permanently unavailable. An example of this would be the only way to miss Star/Sebastian is to be rushing through the game and skipping missions that will cause you to miss many other characters as well. Also, keep in mind that some characters can be permanently missed because they require you to have missed out on other characters. For example, to miss Herz you need to first miss Caesar, and to miss Caesar you need to first miss Aldo by using or throwing away the Book of Fairies. Anyway, here is the complete list: *Olacion Order Humans*: Dwight Edgar Elena Adina Grant Kain Rocky Fernando *Radiata Knights Humans*: Patrick Putt Dynas (Friend's list only) *Theater Vancoor Humans*: Gerald Thanos Jarvis Elwen Dennis Aldo Gregory Caesar Daniel Star Sebastian *Vareth Institute Humans*: Ardolph Dimitri Jill Leona Christoph Curtis Ursula *Void Community Humans*: Nocturne Nyx Herz *Non-Guild Humans*: Elef Ryan Hip Bligh Adele Giske Tony ----------------------- *Blood Orcs*: Galvados *Black Goblins*: Luka Sonny Giovanni Gruel *Dark Elves*: Martinez Mikey (Unconfirmed) Clarence *Green Goblins*: Brie *Green Orcs*: JJ *Light Elves*: Row Shin (Unconfirmed) +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Decide your Fate &Choice +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ It is decision time already. This guide is broken down into two very distinct and different parts. If you will be taking the Human Path, continue reading below. If you will be taking the non-human path search down for & Fairy (without the space) and start from that point. Even before the split takes place the guides are different and focus on who from that faction can be permanently missed prior to the split. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ RADIATA STORIES: Guide to Guarantee all Human Path Characters &Human +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ _ _ ____ _ _ | | | |_ _ _ __ ___ __ _ _ __ | _ \ __ _| |_| |__ | |_| | | | | '_ ` _ \ / _` | '_ \ | |_) / _` | __| '_ \ | _ | |_| | | | | | | (_| | | | | | __/ (_| | |_| | | | |_| |_|\__,_|_| |_| |_|\__,_|_| |_| |_| \__,_|\__|_| |_| Character recruitment and your ability to miss characters begins once you receive an explanation of the friends list and setting up your party. Clive is nice enough to recruit himself for you, and from that point forward the fun begins. Prior to this time just go with the flow and enjoy the often comical scenes. Have fun recruiting people and putting a party together after Clive joins. You will begin the Crocogator Mission automatically after a full day of game time. You will lose control of your party and what parts of town you can leave at this point, but it is still a great time to recruit characters and prepare an initial party for after this mission since you don't have time restrictions with regard to advancing the story. If this is your first time through I would explore Radiata City very extensively here, but it is of course up to you. You can avoid advancing the story for as long as you feel necessary by not going to the Elf Region and completing the mission. DO NOT COMPLETE THE CROCOGATOR until completing the paragraph below or you will advance the story before you are ready and can potentially miss out on some characters. Failure to follow this paragraph can cause you to permanently miss out on Edgar, Fernando, and Kain. You must talk to Edgar when he is spying on Fernando through his window. He is doing this between 1:50 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. He will ask you to obtain Fernando's belt. Go into Fernando's room and kick the bucket in the bottom right corner to obtain the belt. Once you have the belt you MUST TALK TO FERNANDO before giving the belt to Edgar. I have never experienced this personally, but apparently if you wait to long to talk to Fernando about it Edgar becomes un-recruitable, and thus Fernando and Kain also become un- recruitable if this happens. Once you have Edgar you can no longer miss out permanently on any characters at this point in the game. Whenever you feel ready go ahead and complete the Crocogator mission or continue recruiting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete Crocogator Mission to Advance Story &Hmn1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT ENTER YOUR HOUSE BETWEEN 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. until completing this section. This will advance the story and cause you to miss characters. Now you have the ability to explore some more without Jarvis herding you back to the path at hand. One region you do not need to go to for a while but CAN explore is the Septum Region. If you go here early be careful as there is a chest containing the BOOK OF FAIRIES. DO NOT SELL OR USE THIS BOOK as it will cause you to miss Aldo, Caesar, Herz, Elwen, and Nyx if you do. Instead give it to Aldo before it accidently gets used. If you feel you are high enough level and want to get this temptation out of the way feel free to go get the book and give it to Aldo now. The Septem Region can be reached by exiting the Radiata Lupus Gate. Run past the journey pig and continue straight past the path to the broken bridge and Nuevo village. Just past Nuevo village take your first left and cross the bridge to the Septem Region. Note: The book is not in the cave, but more difficult enemies are. Unless you have levelled up a lot already you may want to avoid the cave and look outside of the cave in this region for the book. If you decide not to do this now don't forget to save this book, as I won't remind you again. After completing the Crocogator mission you will have three solo missions available from Thanos. Talk to Thanos to pick them up. You must complete all three of them in order to guarantee you do not permanently miss any Human Characters. If you fail to complete any here is who you will miss for each mission: "A Masterpiece of Fantasy" - Thanos, Elwen, Nyx "Beasts by the Bridge" - Thanos, Elwen, Nyx, Elef, Hip, and Ryan. "Smilodon Fang" - Thanos, Elwen, Nyx, Dwight, Grant, Elena, Adina, Kain Additionally, before advancing the story and after completing the Beasts by the Bridge mission you need to have spoken to Thanos and gotten you pay for this job. The day following this mission or any day after completing this mission before advancing the story you must run back to the bridge and talk to Elef again to avoid permanently missing Elef, Hip, and Ryan. Elef will tell you he left the blueprints at the Peaceful Pony Inn. Run back to Radiata and talk to Virginia in the inn to get the blueprints, and bring them back to Elef before advancing the story. Now you are ready to advance the story by entering your house between the times specified. If you see the scenes with Sheila prior to completing this section I recommend you reload a previous save as you will miss out on characters. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter your house between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. - Scenes with Sheila &Hmn2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From this point on talking to Thanos between 6:00 p.m. and Midnight will advance the story. This isn't so bad though because there is nobody you can permanently miss here, so feel free to go talk to Thanos if you are ready to advance the story. You may have to wait until after midnight before these time restriction take place, so if you want to advance the story right away just sleep and then talk to Thanos. There is another mission available called "Vexatious Vermin" that is available, however it is still available after advancing the story so I will cover it in the next section and recommend that you just advance it here. There is nobody new available to recruit between this event with Shiela and the previous one, but there are people you could have missed by now if you failed to follow the earlier instructions. You could put the story on hold indefinitely provided that you do not talk to Thanos between those times, but I recommend you just advance it here to open many more characters up for recruitment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Talk to Thanos between 6:00 p.m. and Midnight to advance the Story &Hmn3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- After the Link Tutorial you are in control of recruitment again. Despite Thanos telling you this countless times, DO NOT GO TO VANCOOR SQUARE or you will advance the story. You have many more characters available for recruitment as usual between these steps, and also some you can miss outlined here as usual. Pick up the "Vexatious Vermin" mission immediately after the Link Tutorial if you did not do it early in the previous section. Failure to complete this mission will cause you to miss Thanos, Elwen, Nyx, Daniel, Elena, Adina, and Kain permanently. Typically you can only recruit either Jarvis or Giske depending on what you do and say, which makes you miss the other one. It is possible to recruit both however if you follow these instructions exactly. If you did not recruit both of them reload your last save and be sure to follow the instructions. Failure to recruit Jarvis will cause you to miss Elwen and Nyx as well, but missing Giske will only cause you to miss Giske. The steps to get both are as follows below: 1. Go to Carl's Pub and talk to Giske when he is working (Starts at 3:00 p.m.) Agree to collect from the irresponsible drinkers for him. 2. Go to San Patty Accessory's when Jasmine is there to collect her payment. 3. Talk to Jarvis, answer "Okay". (If you say "No Way" you miss him) 4. Spend all of your money. You MUST HAVE LESS than 5000 dagols when you do step 5. 5. Talk to Giske with less than 5000 dagols. He insists you pay for Jarvis since you let him off easy. 6. Get more than 5000 dagols again and talk to Giske. He joins. 7. Talk to Jarvis, he joins. There are no other characters you can miss permanently at this time, so when you are ready to advance the story or if you want continue recruiting feel free. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to Vancoor Square to advance the story - Watch the Scenes &Hmn4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT GO TO JACK's HOUSE BETWEEN 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. now. Doing so will advance the story and cause you to miss out on many characters that can be missed during this part of the game. There are now some additional missions available from Thanos. You ultimately need to complete all of them so as not to miss characters, but there is a special event that happens after one of the missions, so I would recommend that you do the "Ultimate Battle" mission FIRST. Failure to complete this mission will cause you to miss Ursula, Curtis, Gerald, Nocturne, Thanos, Elwen, and Nyx. IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEFEATING THE GOLEM run to the Void Community (Club Vampire in the Beast Pit) and you should see a scene with Nocturne, Elmo, and Joquel. IF THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN LEAVE AND RE-ENTER. If it still doesn't happen WAIT UNTI AFTER MIDNIGHT and enter. This event must occur otherwise you will miss Gerald, Elwen, Nyx, and Nocturne permanently. Judging from what I see in a quick glimpse of the boards at www.gamefaqs.com this is commonly where people miss out on characters and are unable to get them. Nocturne will offer you a letter to take to Gerald. YOU MUST SAY YES! Accept the letter from Nocturne and run immediately to Gerald and deliver the letter to him. He will stay in his room on the Third Floor of Theater Vancoor during the entirety of this event instead of following his normal schedule. After you have given the letter to Gerald and enjoyed these scenes head to Club Vampire for some more. Next go to Elwen's office on the Fourth Floor of Theater Vancoor for some more scenes. Go to the Faucon Gate and watch the last of the scenes pertaining to this event. You have now guaranteed the ability to recruit Gerald and Nocturne, the two characters most easily missed due to failure to start this event by most people going through the game. There is no direction to start it and advancing the story after the "Ultimate Battle" mission causes you to miss it permanently. You now have three additional missions to complete before advancing the story. I will list them below along with the characters you will permanently miss if you fail to complete any of them: "Creatures of the Sewer" - Tony, Thanos, Elwen, Nyx "Treasure of the Goblin Cemetery" - Thanos, Elwen, Nyx "Gonovitch's Dilemma" - Thanos, Elwen, Nyx The next few paragraphs deal with characters that must be recruited before the split otherwise they will be permanently missed. I recommend getting them all right now otherwise the story starts progressing very quickly to the split and you may miss your chance. I believe you can get Gregory even after the split the first time through the game, but have confirmed that you definitely cannot get him after the split on a New Game Plus. I don't trust waiting either way, so I recommend you talk to Gregory until he asks for Dwarf Liquor, and go get his Liquor from Oleg in Earth Valley. Give it to him so that he joins. Check to see if you have recruited Christoph. If you have, then skip this paragraph. If not check your inventory and make sure you have at least 5 Gobpakken Seeds which are one of the requirements for recruiting Christoph. If not go to the Elf region and kill green plants until you have 5, otherwise you cannot get them after the split causing you to miss Christoph, Jill, Curtis, and Nyx permanently. If you have at least 5 now do not sell them (or if you do go get 5 more before the split). The other item needed to recruit Christoph is available both before and after the split. Dennis must be recruited before the split. Failure to do so will cause you to miss Dennis, Thanos, Elwen, and Nyx. Talk to him first when he is the Triton Squad Locker room until he repeats himself (He is there from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.). After this talk to him when he is near the journey pig outside the Lupus Gate (From 9:20 p.m. until 7:10 a.m.) until he tells you about the evening bloom. Make sure he has told you about the evening bloom that he wants. Go to the Elf Region during the night (when the clock shows a moon and not the sun, between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.). Find the evening bloom in the Elf Region and return it to him so that he joins. One of the steps to guarantee that you do not permanently miss recruiting Adele is to talk to her until she repeats herself before the split. She is in the Tria Region either inside the house or by the well. Be sure to do this and be sure she repeats herself before you stop talking to her. Bligh must be recruited any time before the split. Now is a good time to get him out of the way and make sure you have him. First go to Nuevo village. He is in the field or in bed most of the day, so you need to catch him either going to the field from his house or from his house to the field. Talk to Bligh who will tell you about his missing pipe that was taken by a goblin. Take the Journey Pig to the Dorse Region (where you went for "Treasure of the Goblin Cemetery") and run through Shangri La and out the other side. Talk to Brie (Goblin with pointy thing on his head). Depending on the time of day he may be listening to Donkey playing music or standing just to the left of Donkey's stage. When confronted about the pipe he will attack you. Beat him and then run inside Shangri La and look for the sparkling object on the ground. This is the pipe so pick it up and return it to Bligh to recruit him. Finally, you are now done with all of the characters that can be permanently missed at this point in the game. Whenever you are ready and done recruiting additional characters enter your house between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. to advance the story. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter your house between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. - Scenes re: Birthday &Hmn5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- After the cut scenes with the Birthday are over, wait until 3:00 p.m. and you will get an additional cut scene. After this the only way to advance the story is to complete the required "Stone of Miracles" mission from Thanos. Feel free to recruit people or pick up this job and complete it whenever you are ready to advance the story. If you followed all the instructions up to this point there is nobody else that can be permanently missed here. If you want to recruit people feel free as you are not limited by when you can sleep or enter your house which makes it much easier to control the time of day. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete the "Stone of Miracles" mission. Talk to Kain then Thanos. &Hmn6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleeping will advance the story here. Once you advance it again you will quickly begin a path toward the "Split" that cannot be stopped or halted, so be prepared before you sleep. DO NOT SLEEP until you are ready. This may be time based so advancing the story may require you to sleep more than once or simply wait an amount of time first and it will proceed whether you are ready or not. I haven't confirmed whether sleeping is required or it is purely time based, but I had to sleep more than once when I tried to advance it here. There is one new mission to complete here in order to avoid missing any additional characters permanently. It is called "Top Secret Mission." Failure to complete this mission will cause you to miss the infamous three, Thanos, Elwen, and Nyx. I recommend completing it quickly as the story may advance without you as I outlined in the above paragraph. After the first set of scenes it is again time based and will advance whether you want it to or not. Nothing else can be missed so continue sleeping and watching the scenes until you find yourself at the Heliford Gate and unable to enter Radiata again (temporarily). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep, and Watch the Scenes &Hmn7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- After sleeping and watching the scenes you have to run to Earth Valley on foot. Once there watch more scenes. After these scenes take the Journey Pig back to Radiata. DO NOT ENTER YOUR HOUSE otherwise you will advance the story and miss a critical mission. Without entering your house after these events go to Thanos and accept the mission "Build that Body". Complete this mission otherwise you will miss out on the three people who have been named countless times, Thanos, Elwen, and Nyx. Once you have completed this mission and gotten your pay from Thanos, you can continue recruiting or enter your house (eventually you need to enter your house to save, so you can't put the story on hold forever anymore at this point. You may need to sleep once to get the clock after midnight before entering your house advances the story. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter your House, watch the Scene &Hmn8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you did not complete the Build that Body mission in the previous section this is your last chance. Be sure you collected your pay from Thanos and finished out the job. After watching this scene you have until 7:00 p.m. game time when the story will continue. This will happen no matter what, and can no longer be put on hold. If you want to move it along faster feel free to sleep, otherwise it will come soon on its own. Since this portion of the guide is aimed at the human side of the story you need to choose to go to the Castle and DO NOT FOLLOW RIDLEY. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Split - Watch Scenes at the Castle &Hmn9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- After all of the events at the Castle are finished, you are in control again. You now have many more characters available for recruitment, so feel free to take the time trying to recruit as many as you can. There are no other characters that can be permanently missed here at this point. When you are ready to advance the story a little bit go to Carl's Pub and talk to Jasne. After that go sleep and watch the scenes. I went straight from the castle while it was already dark, talked to Jasne, and slept to advance the story with no problem and giving me a day bright and early to start recruiting the new characters now available (since you are awoken at about 4:30 a.m. after these scenes). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Talk to Jasne in Carl's Pub, Sleep and Watch the Scenes &Hmn10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do NOT go to Wind Valley yet as instructed. Doing so will advance the story, and cause you to permanently miss out on some characters. Talk to Thanos and you will see he has two new missions available. Failure to complete either one will result in the permanent loss of the following characters: "Please Stop Lord Star" - Star, Sebastian, Thanos, Elwen, Nyx "The Real Ultimate Battle" - Ursula, Curtis, Thanos, Elwen, Nyx Once these missions are completed feel free to recruit more people. There aren't too many places outside of Radiata that the game will let you visit right now. When you are ready to advance read below. Dynas cannot be used in your party throughout the game, however he must be temporarily recruited for use in your friend lists. To do this you must REMOVE ONE PERSON FROM YOUR PARTY AND DO NOT PUT SOMEONE ELSE IN THEIR PLACE. When you go to Wind Valley for the next part of the story you want to only have three people in your party with ONE OPEN SPOT. This will cause Dynas to join you for a single fight and be added to your friends lists. Failure to do so will cause you to permanently miss the entry for Dynas on your list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Make a party of only three people, proceed through Wind Valley &Hmn11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- After you regain control after all of the events and fights at Wind Valley, DO NOT SLEEP until you are ready to advance the story. You do not want to miss out on any additional characters. For the second time now you must go to Tria village and talk to Adele until she repeats herself now that you have seen Gawain. Failure to talk to her before you next see Gawain will cause you to miss her permanently. You now have two new missions available from Thanos to complete. Failure to complete either one will cause you to miss the following characters: "Letter of Defiance" - Rocky, Thanos, Elwen, Nyx "The Alien Monster" - Ardolph, Dimitri, Leona, Curtis, Thanos, Elwen, Nyx I am not sure whether or not you have guaranteed Rocky yet, so after completing the "Letter of Defiance Mission", go to the broken bridge in the Septem region and you find him again. Beat him so he joins. I have never experienced this personally, but have heard a rumor that he sometimes does not appear here after a certain point. That is all you can permanently miss here, so either keep recruiting or advance the story whenever you are ready by sleeping ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep, Watch the Scenes &Hmn12 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- After watching the scenes you need to run to the next destination in the castle on your own. On a side note, you would think that Jack would learn after the first time? Once you get there watch some more scenes and you will again have control when they are over. You now have access to the castle again. DO NOT sleep until you are ready to do so as sleeping will advance the story. Patrick and Putt MUST be recruited together at the same time and on the same day. You have about a one hour window in game time to pick both of them up. They are both recruitable only from about 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Once you recruit one of the two you have until 9:30 p.m. to get the other one or you will permanently miss the other. Patrick is in the watchmen's room, and Putt is in the first cell with the radio playing during this time period. When you talk to them during this time period you must agree to keep their secret. Talk to one first until they join and then immediately talk to the other. If you fail to recruit them both before 9:30 p.m. game time you will need to re-load a previous save and try again. You have more than enough time to easily recruit both of them, but just be cautious not to waste time in between the two of them. These are the only other characters that you can permanently miss at this time. Feel free to recruit more if you would like. When you are ready to advance the story sleep and watch the scenes. You will need to sleep more than once to get all of the scenes as one part is time based after the first time you sleep. Depending on how much time you spend in between you may have to sleep two or three times here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep/Watch Scenes until instructed to go to Fire Mountain &Hmn13 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Make sure you slept until you received the instructions to go to Fire Mountain. There are no other characters that can be permanently missed here. Head through Fire Mountain to advance the story or continue recruiting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Head through Fire Mountain &Hmn14 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once you have completed all of the events in Fire Mountain you regain control. DO NOT enter Jack's house between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., otherwise you will advance the story. I believe the actual begin time is somewhere between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. I believe the actual time end time between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. somewhere, but I do not take chances and personally wait until after 9:00 p.m. at the end of the day so I don't find myself reloading after a full day's work. This time frame may only begin after completing the mission below as it is a story related mission and is likely required for you to complete. Either way, I don't take chances and do the mission immediately when they become available. There is one last mission from Thanos. It is called "Secret of the Sewers." I am not sure but you may have to complete this mission to advance the story. If not failure to complete it would cause you to miss Genius, Curtis, Thanos, Elwen, and Nyx if it is possible to not complete it. After completing this mission and all previous ones however you will have completed all of the missions available from Thanos. Feel free to recruit or enter your house between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. to advance the story. If you want to advance the same day you do the mission and right after the Fire Mountain event you will need to complete the mission, sleep, and then enter during this time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter your House between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. - Watch the Scenes &Hmn15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are no other characters you can permanently miss here, but there is an event you can watch if you choose to do so. Walk close to your mailbox after watching these scenes for an event with the female character who has been in your party the most. The next event may automatically start the next morning or when you sleep. There is nobody else you can permanently miss here so feel free to sleep when you area ready to advance the story. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep, Watch the Scenes and Fight &Hmn16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can now go beat the game whenever you would like by going to the blue swirl. Adele becomes recruitable after you fight Gawain if you spoke to her until she repeats herself as instructed twice previously. Additionally, after beating the last boss and viewing the ending you MUST wait until the credits end and save your game or Valkyrie will be permanently missed on this time through the game. After saving and choosing to "Continue" on this new save file with a star you will have a bonus dungeon available. Valkyrie can only be recruited by doing this and getting part-way through the Bonus Dungeon. I enjoy this dungeon a lot and would recommend completing the entire thing at least once before doing a New Game Plus (gives you a great ability as well for beating the last boss of the bonus dungeon). Make sure you recruit ALL HUMAN CHARACTERS before starting a New Game Plus on the Non-Human side. There is now no other character you can permanently miss from this faction. If this is your first time through you can enjoy the non-human side whenever you are ready (guide is below to guarantee you do not permanently miss anyone for the non- human faction). If you have already completed the non-human side and this is your second time through you should be able to complete the remainder of your friends list by recruiting all Human characters. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ RADIATA STORIES: Guide to Guarantee all Non-Human Path Characters &Fairy +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ _ __ __ __ ___ __ __ / |/ /__ ___ ____/ // /_ ____ _ ___ ____ / _ \___ _/ /_/ / / / _ \/ _ \/___/ _ / // / ' \/ _ `/ _ \ / ___/ _ `/ __/ _ \ /_/|_/\___/_//_/ /_//_/\_,_/_/_/_/\_,_/_//_/ /_/ \_,_/\__/_//_/ Character recruitment and your ability to miss characters begins once you receive an explanation of the friends list and setting up your party. Clive is nice enough to recruit himself for you, and from that point forward the fun begins. Prior to this time just go with the flow and enjoy the often comical scenes. Have fun recruiting people and putting a party together after Clive joins, you can't miss any non-humans until after the Crocogator mission is complete, and you have a full day before you automatically begin this mission. Additionally, you can postpone the Crocogator indefinitely by not going to the Elf Region and completing the mission, which is great for recruiting human characters early on. Whenever you feel ready go ahead and complete the Crocogator mission or build up a party first. I would suggest working on recruiting non-humans after the crocogator mission as you will have better transportation available, but it is up to you. If you already went through the Human path you will notice there are far less people you can permanently miss, and they are much more difficult to permanently miss. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete Crocogator Mission to Advance Story &Fry1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you took my suggestion and waited until after the Crocogator mission to start recruiting non-humans you will notice that you now have the Journey Pigs available for use. I will first warn you, there are NO DWARF CHARACTERS that you can recruit until after the split, so do not bother running around Earth Valley for a while trying to recruit them as I did. Many of the Dark Elves and Green Goblins are available before the split however, so focus your energies there. You cannot get access to the Dorse Region yet to recruit goblins, so put a party together of Dark Elves for now, otherwise you can just use some humans and advance the story quickly if you prefer. Martinez is the only Dark Elf that can be missed and you have all the way until the split to recruit him. The only way to miss him is by selling every single one of the records needed to recruit him, and have also fought Pinky already (as he drops a record you can get after the split). I never realized at first that it was possible to miss Martinez as I was collecting all of the records, but someone on the www.gamefaqs.com board almost missed him had it not been for the lucky fact that he did not kick duel Pinky before the split. Please note that when recruiting Martinez he will not give you your record back like Ernest does, so if you are collecting all of the records he will take any of the Theme songs from Chic Records, so buy an extra copy for him. Otherwise if you don't care about records you could give him one of the Theme song's you likely picked up by kicking various items throughout the game up to this point. As long as you hang on to a Human Theme song record you can get him at any time. Failure to recruit Martinez also causes you to miss Clarence. There are no other non-human characters that you can permanently miss yet at this point, so whenever you are ready to advance the story simply complete two of the mission Thanos is offering and then enter your house between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter your house between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. - Scenes with Sheila &Fry2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are no additional non-humans that you can permanently miss at this point in the story, so when you are ready to advance wait (or sleep) at least one full day and then talk to Thanos between 6:00 p.m. and Midnight which should advance the story. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Talk to Thanos between 6:00 p.m. and Midnight to advance the Story &Fry3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watch all of the scenes and participate in the events until you finish the Link Tutorial with Gerald. Once this happens you are in control again. I know you are dying to recruit some Green Goblins for your party so advance the story again by going to Vancoor Square as instructed by Thanos. You can put the story on hold indefinitely here by not going to Vancoor Square, but feel to proceed as no other non-humans can be permanently missed here, and advancing it one more time opens up the Dorse Region and the Green Goblins. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to Vancoor Square to advance the story - Watch the Scenes &Fry4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You now have all of the Green Goblins available for recruitment, and there are some that can be permanently missed. Be sure to follow these instructions before advancing the story. DO NOT GO TO JACK'S HOUSE BETWEEN 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Doing so will advance the story and can cause you to miss out on some characters permanently. I believe the actual end time is somewhere between 8:00 a.m and 9:00 p.m., but I don't take chances and wait until 9:00 to enter personally. It is more defined on the clock and helps to prevent extra restarts using 9:00 p.m. When I intentionally want to advance the story I enter before 8:00 p.m. The next character that you can permanently miss is Row (Light Elf later in the game). I will provide this warning to you now so that you do not miss him. When exploring the Dorse region you will eventually find a chest containing the Rainbow Crystal. This sells for 10,000 Dagols, but DO NOT SELL THE RAINBOW CRYSTAL. You need this crystal to recruit Row after the split, and if you sell the crystal you will be unable to recruit him this game. The only Green Goblin that can be permanently missed is Brie. To recruit Brie, you must first recruit the farmer Bligh. You can technically do this anytime before the split, however I recommend doing it now while you are recruiting Green Goblins. First go to Nuevo village. Bligh is in the field or in bed most of the day, so you need to catch him either going to the field from his house or from his house to the field. The only times you can catch him are between 6:30 and 6:40 a.m. or between 3:30 and 6:00 p.m. in Nuevo village. Talk to Bligh who will tell you about his missing pipe that was taken by a goblin. Take the Journey Pig to the Dorse Region and run through Shangri La and out the other side. Talk to Brie (Goblin with pointy thing on his head). Depending on the time of day he may be listening to Donkey playing music or standing just to the left of Donkey's stage. When confronted about the pipe he will attack you. Beat him and then run inside Shangri La and look for the sparkling object on the ground. This is the pipe so pick it up and return it to Bligh to recruit him. Now that you have Bligh you can recruit Brie. To recruit Brie you must recruit two mages from the Vareth Magic Institute and talk to Brie with them in your party. Two easy mages to recruit for this are Aidan (simply talk to him) and Marietta (run to the room at the bottom of the Star tower). Once you talk to Brie with the mages in your group and after having recruited Bligh he will join you, and can no longer be permanently missed. Most of the missions from Thanos you can choose to do or not do as they do not affect non-human recruitment. However, you must complete the Mission entitled "Treasure of the Goblin Cemetery" at this point in the game. I will not spoil the fun of how to complete it, however be sure that you complete this mission. In the room at the end of this mission is a chest containing the Recruitment Suit. DO NOT THROW AWAY OR SELL THE RECRUITMENT SUIT as it will cause you to miss Giovanni, Sonny, Luka, and Gruel permanently (all Black Goblins recruitable later). I haven't confirmed this yet as I have always gotten this item, however I have heard people state that you cannot recruit Shin without having the Feather Earing. It may be possible to do without the Feather Earing, although I haven't tried to do so personally. Either way, even if it is not needed it will definitely make things much easier (you will see why when you get there). To get it, head to the Sewers beneath Cell B5 of Theater Vancoor and be sure to find this item in the sewers to insure you can recruit Shin. You are now ready to advance the story several times. There are no other non- human characters that can be missed until after the split now, so feel free to advance through the story quickly when you feel you have done enough recruiting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter your house between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. - Scenes re: Birthday &Fry5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- After the cut scenes with the Birthday are over, wait until 3:00 p.m. and you will get yet another cut-scene. After this the only way to advance the story is to complete the required "Stone of Miracles" mission from Thanos. Feel free to recruit people or pick up this job and complete it whenever you are ready to advance the story. If you followed all the instructions up to this point you can't miss any more non-humans until after the split. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete the "Stone of Miracles" mission. Talk to Kain then Thanos. &Fry6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again, you cannot miss anyone else until the split so feel free to do whatever you feel like or advance the story when ready by sleeping. You may need to sleep more than once here to advance quickly as I believe the events are time based. After the first set of scenes it is again time based and will advance whether you want it to or not. Nothing else can be missed so continue sleeping and watching the scenes until you find yourself at the Heliford Gate and unable to enter Radiata again (temporarily). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep, and Watch the Scenes &Fry7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You now have to run to Earth Valley on foot to watch some more scenes. You still cannot miss any non-humans permanently so go ahead and do this. After this is over entering your house will advance the story quickly to the split, so feel free unless you need to level up more or you want to try and recruit some non-humans you haven't yet gotten that are obtainable before the split. Eventually you will have no choice but to enter your house if you want to save and this will advance the story again. You may have to sleep for one day before entering your house if it doesn't work. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter your House - Watch the Scenes &Fry8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- After watching this scene you have until 7:00 p.m. game time when the story will continue, ready or not. If you want to move it along faster feel free to sleep. Since this portion of the guide is aimed at the human side of the story you need to choose to FOLLOW RIDLEY. DO NOT CHOOSE TO GO TO THE CASTLE OR YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF ON THE HUMAN PATH. You cannot miss any additional characters yet, so just go with the flow until you find yourself in your room in Fort Helencia. Once you are in Fort Helencia you have MANY more non-human characters available for recruitment. No additional ones can be permanently missed at this time, but I would recommend recruiting as many as possible and putting together a good party before heading to the Sediche Region as instructed and advancing the story. Many of them require several little mini-events to acquire, but all of the ones recruitable are easy to get. When you feel you have recruited enough characters, head to the Sediche Region (swirling area on your map) and go to Goblin Haven to advance the story. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arrive in Upper Part of Goblin Haven - Watch the Scenes &Fry9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can recruit some Black Goblins while you are here. Other than that there is nobody else you can permanently miss here. After fighting a certain character at least twice he will join your party and you can choose to try and recruit more of the Black Goblins (not all are available now, but many are) before heading back to Fort Helencia and advancing the story. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arrive in Fort Helencia to Advance the Story - Watch Scenes &Fry10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT SLEEP AT THIS POINT, DOING SO WILL ADVANCE THE STORY. You have three new optional missions at this point. You cannot accept more than one at a time, so once you agree to one you must complete it before starting another. One is given by Dyvad in Fort Helencia, one is given by Mikey who is temporarily at the entrance to Fort Helencia, and one is given by Marco (the Black Goblin who sells books outside the highest entrance to Goblin Haven). If you fail to complete the missions with Marco and Dyvad I believe you can still recruit them, but I personally would not recommend taking any chances and I have always completed these missions. Marco's mission sends you back to the Goblin Cemetary so you will have another chance to get a recruitment suit if you didn't follow these instructions from the beginning (but you still lose if you sold it). You will not be able to recruit Mikey if you do not complete his mission to go Algandar's castle. After that you can no longer permanently miss Mikey or Clarence. Whenever you have completed these three missions there are no other characters you can permanently miss so continue recruiting or sleep to advance the story. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep - Watch Scenes &Fry11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are no additional characters that can be permanently missed at this time, so feel free to go to Fire Mountain as instructed. Watch all of the scenes and participate in all of the fights. Right after this you should promptly progress the story one more time by speaking to Gawain back in Fort Helencia. Once you have had the scene with Gawain you are ready to go from here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do all Fire Mountain events and events with Gawain in Fort Helencia &Fry12 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT SLEEP. Doing so will advance the story and cause you to miss out on JJ and Galvados. Talk to Zane and agree to try and get the orcs to assist you. Go find JJ in the Elf Region as instructed. It DOES NOT MATTER how you answer JJ's question, as it will lead to the same next event. Complete JJ's task in the Borgandazio and make sure you talk to JJ again. Once JJ joins you can no longer permanently miss out on any additional non-human characters, so feel free to do as you please or advance the story as you please from this point forward. Advancing the story for the next time is done by sleeping. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep, Watch the Scenes and Fight &Fry13 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can now go beat the game whenever you would like by going to the blue swirl on your map. After beating the last boss and viewing the ending you MUST wait until the credits end and save your game or Valkyrie will be permanently missed on this time through the game. After saving and choosing to "Continue" on this new save file with a star you will have a bonus dungeon available. Valkyrie can only be recruited by doing this and getting part-way through the Bonus Dungeon. I enjoy this dungeon a lot and would recommend completing the entire thing at least once before doing a New Game Plus (gives you a great ability as well for beating the last boss of the bonus dungeon). Make sure you recruit ALL NON-HUMAN CHARACTERS before starting a New Game Plus on the Human side. There is now no other character you can permanently miss from this faction. If this is your first time through you can enjoy the human side whenever you are ready, or you should now be able to fill in the remainder of your friends lists by figuring out how to recruit the remaining characters if you have already completed the human side previously. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Credits: &Credits +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ First and foremost I need to credit Jeff Veasey (CJayC) of www.gamefaqs.com. He was the founder and original owner of this great website. Had it not been for years of using this site I never would have written this guide to help others as the contributions on this site have helped me. It is for this reason that this is currently the only website authorized to host this guide. Had it not been for the influence of this site this guide would not exist. I of course need to credit Tri-Ace for developing this wonderful game, and to Square Enix for publishing it. I utilized the ascii generator at www.rootsecure.net to create the Ascii Art used to make the Human Path as well as the Non-Human Path designations more noticeable. Most of this guide was created based upon my notes from going through the game very slowly and being overly cautious not to advance the story. I originally played through without using a guide (except I caved and looked up Gerald right after joining Theator Vancoor and seeing the cut-scenes with him). Had it not been for the work of those that have gone before me I would have had many additional inaccuracies in this guide that I was able to correct through research. They are listed below: First, I need to credit Darkstar Ripclaw. I used the "Character Database" portion of his FAQ/Walkthrough very extensively in updating specifically when some of these character first became recruitable. I took notes as I recruited them going through, but there were a few I did not realize could be missed and a few more that I didn't figure out how to get them until after I could have originally picked them up. Using this database as a source I was able to correct countless mistakes that would have gone out in the original posting of this guide. The only character I looked up going through the game my first time was Gerald because I knew I wanted to recruit him when I first saw him in Theater Vancoor. Little did I know that he would be one of the most commonly missed characters (although I think I still would have gotten him without looking as a result of re-loading countless times when I advanced the story without extensively trying to recruit people). I used wrp103's Recruiting Guide to find this piece of information, and then again later as a cross-reference to what I was reading in Darkstar Ripclaw's database. Third, I need to credit Takir. After seeing his name/guide mentioned countless times on the www.gamefaqs.com boards for this Step-By-Step Walkthrough I had to check it out. While a Step-By-Step walkthrough is not highly useful in constructing a guide such as this, I was able to correct a few of my times with regards to when you can enter your house. I can see the incredible amounts of time that went into creating it and hopefully he will finish the non-human section for people to benefit from that like this type of guide. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Contact Information &Contact +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ I can be contacted at tschluepjr@comcast.net concerning this document. Please do not e-mail me if you have a question regarding something not covered in this guide, as it is most likely covered elsewhere. Also, please do not e-mail me asking about something clearly outlined in this guide. This guide was written with the specific purpose of assisting in ONLY guaranteeing that characters will not be permanently missed, leaving what I believe to be the most enjoyable part of the game up to you. See the purpose section above if this is unclear for additional resources and the intent of this guide. If you notice any improvements that can be made to this guide without changing the intention of it or notice anything incorrect please e-mail me. If used you will of course be credited. If there is a glaring mistake and several people e-mail me about it at once I will only credit the first person that brings it to my attention. ------------------------------------ Copyright 2006 Thomas G. Schluep Jr. ------------------------------------