STAR OCEAN: TILL THE END OF TIME BATTLE COLLECTION FAQ (v1.6, 2-23-04) by Edward Chang (chang dot 459 at osu dot edu) ****************************************************************************** IMPORTANT! THIS FAQ IS BASED ON THE ORIGINAL JAPANESE RELEASE OF STAR OCEAN 3. THE NORTH AMERICAN RELEASE IS BASED ON THE DIRECTOR'S CUT VERSION OF STAR OCEAN 3. IF YOU ARE PLAYING THE NORTH AMERICAN RELEASE, REFER TO MY FAQS IN THE DIRECTOR'S CUT SECTION OF GAMEFAQS. ANY EMAILS ASKING WHY MY FAQS LEAVE OUT THINGS ADDED TO THE DIRECTOR'S CUT WILL BE SUMMARILY IGNORED. ****************************************************************************** Revision History v1.6 (2-23-04) Quick update pertaining to the US release. v1.5 (1-10-04) Many helpful additional tips from Chris Kern and the Final Guide. v1.0 First complete version. v0.5 (6-11-03) Preliminary version. A few conditions still need to be researched. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Condition Listing 3. Explanation/Strategies 4. Credits 1. INTRODUCTION This is an FAQ for the PS2 RPG Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, AKA Star Ocean 3. Specifically, it deals with the Battle Collection. Please note that this FAQ is for the Japanese version of Star Ocean 3; the US version, scheduled for release in late summer '04, is based off the Director's Cut version of the game; please see my Director's Cut Battle Collection FAQ if you're playing the US version of the game. What is the Battle Collection? The Battle Collection is a list of 300 conditions that you can fulfill as you play the game. Fulfilling a specific condition will add the date and time you did so to the Battle Collection screen, which can be viewed from the main menu. Completing certain percentages of the Battle Collection unlocks new things in the game. Completing 30% (90 Conditions) unlocks Universe difficulty mode. Completing 60% (180 Conditions) unlocks the Music Test. Completing 70% (210 Conditions) unlocks FD (Fourth Dimension) difficulty mode, the hardest mode in the game. Finally, completing 95% (285 Conditions) unlocks Full Active mode. In order to collect conditions for the Battle Collection, you have to create the Battle Collection when you first start the game. Once you get to the Fight Simulator in the Resort Hotel, the game will bring up a menu of several options, including the tutorial, as well as the Battle Collection menu. If you don't create the Battle Collection, you won't be able to collect any Battle Collection events throughout the entire game. After a lengthy explanation of the Battle Collection, you'll be given a menu. Pick the first one (バトルコレクション。). Another menu will pop up. Pick the first choice again if you want to read the explanation of the Battle Collection again. The second choice will create the Battle Collection on your memory card (初期化を開始する。). If this is your second time through the game, pick the third choice (バトルコレクションの データをロードする) instead to add to the Battle Collection instead of overwriting it. The fourth choice cancels. When you're done, go back to the main menu and pick the last choice (実際にゲームを開始する) to begin the battle and continue the game. If you start a new game when save files are already on your memory card, the game will ask you if you want to "carry over" some data from the old save onto the new. Presumably, this allows you to carry over Battle Collection data, in order to save you time. For instance, if you fought in 1500 battles in the first saved game, and then loaded it for the second, you will only need to fight 500 more battles in order to get the "2000 Battles" condition. (If you didn't load it, you'll have to fight the full 2000". Thus, I highly recommend that after finishing the game once, you carry over the save (and also remember to Load the Battle Collection as described above). One other tip to remember is that the Battle Collection is saved independently from game save files. Thus, you do not have to save a game file in order to save to the Battle Collection. This lets you do things like save right before a boss, fighting the boss and getting a certain Battle Collection condition, and then reloading, fighting the boss again, and getting a different Battle Collection condition. This will cut down on the time needed to fulfill all the conditions. Certain conditions are saved in the save file itself. Thus, even though the Battle Collection cannot be copied from memory card to memory card, certain BCs can be gotten by sharing save files. For example, if your friend has a save file in which he's had more than 50,000 battles (thanks to the previously described carry-over), if you copy that save file to your own memory card, the next time you play you'll trigger the 50,000 battle (and everything below) condition, which you can then save to your own battle collection. This FAQ will list all of the conditions in the Battle Collection, and more importantly, describe tips/strategies on how to get all of the conditions. Some are easier than others, and some have specific tricks that make them really easy to solve. 2. CONDITION LISTING 001 50 Battles 151 Defeat FD Gabriel in 1 Minute 002 500 Battles 152 Defeat Iseria 003 1000 Battles 153 Defeat Iseria Taking No Damage 004 2000 Battles 154 Defeat Iseria in 5 Minutes 005 5000 Battles 155 Defeat Universe Iseria 006 10000 Battles 156 Defeat Universe Iseria No Dmg 007 50000 Battles 157 Defeat Universe Iseria 9 Minutes 008 10 Hits 158 Defeat FD Iseria 009 30 Hits 159 Defeat FD Iseria Taking No Damage 010 50 Hits 160 Defeat FD Iseria in 18 Minutes 011 70 Hits 161 Defeat Lenneth 012 100 Hits 162 Defeat Lenneth Taking No Damage 013 150 Hits 163 Defeat Lenneth in 5 Minutes 014 200 Hits 164 Defeat Universe Lenneth 015 250 Hits 165 Defeat Universe Lenneth No Damage 016 300 Hits 166 Defeat Universe Lenneth 6 Minutes 017 Chain 3 167 Defeat FD Lenneth 018 Chain 10 168 Defeat FD Lenneth Taking No Dmg 019 Chain 20 169 Defeat FD Lenneth in 15 Minutes 020 Chain 30 170 Defeat Freya 021 Chain 40 171 Defeat Freya Taking No Damage 022 Chain 50 172 Defeat Freya in 15 Minutes 023 Chain 60 173 Defeat Universe Freya 024 Chain 70 174 Defeat Universe Freya No Damage 025 Chain 80 175 Defeat Universe Freya 20 Minutes 026 Chain 90 176 Defeat FD Freya 027 Chain 100 177 Defeat FD Freya Taking No Damage 028 Chain 200 178 Defeat FD Freya in 50 Minutes 029 Chain 500 179 Taunt Gabriel 10 Times 030 Defeat 300 Enemies 180 Taunt Iseria 10 Times 031 Defeat 600 Enemies 181 Encounter Serious Vox 032 Defeat 900 Enemies 182 Defeat Serious Vox 033 Defeat 1500 Enemies 183 Get Item from Serious Vox 034 Defeat 3000 Enemies 184 Protect Against Serious Vox 035 Defeat 6000 Enemies 185 Counter Aura Against Serious Vox 036 Defeat 10000 Enemies 186 Protect Break Against Serious Vox 037 Defeat 50000 Enemies 187 20 Hits Against Serioux Vox 038 Win in Under 30 Seconds 188 50 Hits Against Serious Vox 039 Win in Under 20 Seconds 189 Over 10000 Damage Against S. Vox 040 Win in Under 15 Seconds 190 Over 50000 Damage Against S. Vox 041 Win in Under 10 Seconds 191 Taunt Serious Vox 10 Times 042 Run 10 Times 192 Taunt Serious Vox 30 Times 043 Run 50 Times 193 Win Using Only Weak Attacks 044 Run 100 Times 194 Defeat Lucifer Only Weak Attacks 045 Knocked Out 10 Times 195 Defeat Iseria Only Weak Attacks 046 Knocked Out 50 Times 196 Defeat Freya Only Weak Attacks 047 Knocked Out 100 Times 197 Win Using Only Strong Attacks 048 Press Buttons 10000 Times 198 Defeat Lucifer Only Strong Attacks 049 Press Buttons 100000 Times 199 Defeat Gabriel Only Strong Attacks 050 Press Buttons 1000000 Times 200 Defeat Lenneth Only Strong Attacks 051 Finish Attack 10 201 Win Using Only Counter Aura 052 Finish Attack 50 202 Defeat Lucifer Only Counter Aura 053 Finish Attack 100 203 Defeat Gabriel Only Counter Aura 054 Finish Attack 500 204 Defeat Iseria Only Counter Aura 055 Finish Attack 1000 205 Win Using Only Items 056 Reach Level 10 206 Defeat Arbel 1 Using Only Items 057 Reach Level 77 207 Defeat Arbel 2 Using Only Items 058 Reach Level 100 208 Defeat Arbel 3 Using Only Items 059 Reach Level 128 209 Win Using Only Magic 060 Reach Level 255 210 Defeat Lucifer Using Only Magic 061 Protect Break 10 Times 211 Defeat Gabriel Using Only Magic 062 Protect Break 50 Times 212 Defeat Lenneth Using Only Magic 063 Protect Break 100 Times 213 Win Using Only Charge 064 Protect Break 500 Times 214 Defeat Lucifer Using Only Charge 065 Protect Break 1000 Times 215 Defeat Gabriel Using Only Charge 066 Angered 10 Times 216 Defeat Lenneth Using Only Charge 067 Angered 50 Times 217 Win Using Only Battle Skills 068 Angered 100 Times 218 Defeat Lucifer Only B. Skills 069 Angered 500 Times 219 Defeat Iseria Only B. Skills 070 Angered 1000 Times 220 Defeat Freya Only B. Skills 071 Over 1000 Damage 221 Win Alone 072 Over 5000 Damage 222 Defeat Lucifer Alone 073 Over 10000 Damage 223 Defeat Gabriel Alone 074 Over 50000 Damage 224 Defeat Iseria Alone 075 Over 99999 Damage 225 Defeat Lenneth Alone 076 Win Taking No Damage 226 Defeat Freya Alone 077 Defeat Norton in 30 Seconds 227 Avoid Firebolt 078 Defeat Norton Taking No Damage 228 Defeat Metal Chinke (Funny) 079 Avoid 10 Norton Attacks 229 Defeat Chinkethief Lvl.99 080 Defeat Larva Fang in 1 Minute 230 Encounter Monjagora 081 Defeat Larva Fang Taking No Damage 231 Defeat Monjagora 082 Defeat Earth Pluto in 1 Minute 232 111 Damage 083 Defeat Earth Pluto Taking No Damage 233 222 Damage 084 Defeat Shelby in 1 Minute 234 333 Damage 085 Defeat Shelby Taking No Damage 235 555 Damage 086 Defeat Tsukikage Leader in 1 Minute 236 777 Damage 087 Defeat Tsukikage Leader No Dmg 237 5555 Damage 088 Defeat Mudman in 1 Minute 238 7777 Damage 089 Defeat Mudman Taking No Damage 239 77777 Damage 090 Defeat Cockatrice in 1 Minute 240 Win 10 Consecutive No Damage 091 Defeat Cockatrice Taking No Damage 241 Win 50 Consecutive No Damage 092 Defeat Crystal Cerberus 1 Minute 242 Win 100 Consecutive No Damage 093 Defeat Crystal Cerberus No Dmg 243 50 Consecutive Battles Alone 094 Defeat Bandein Soldiers 1 Minute 244 100 Consecutive Battles Alone 095 Defeat Bandein Soldiers No Dmg 245 500 Consecutive Battles Alone 096 Defeat Demetrio in 1 Minute 246 Avoid Firebolt 10 Times 097 Defeat Demetrio Taking No Damage 247 Avoid Firebolt 50 Times 098 Defeat Aurora Ganash in 1 Minute 248 10 Continuous Finish Attacks 099 Defeat Aurora Ganash No Damage 249 20 Continuous Finish Attacks 100 Defeat Blue Dragon Zombie 1 Minute 250 50 Continuous Finish Attacks 101 Defeat Blue Dragon Zombie No Dmg 251 5 Continuous Level Up 102 Defeat Robin Wind in 1 Minute 252 10 Continuous Level Up 103 Defeat Robin Wind Taking No Damage 253 20 Continuous Level Up 104 Defeat Crosel in 1 Minute 254 10 Consecutive Protects 105 Defeat Crosel Taking No Damage 255 30 Consecutive Protects 106 Defeat Biwig in 1 Minute 256 50 Consecutive Protects 107 Defeat Biwig Taking No Damage 257 100 Consecutive Protects 108 Defeat Daibensha in 1 Minute 258 250 Consecutive Protects 109 Defeat Daibensha Taking No Damage 259 500 Consecutive Protects 110 Defeat Azazel in 1 Minute 260 5 Consecutive Back Attacks 111 Defeat Azazel Taking No Damage 261 5 Consecutive Surround Attacks 112 Defeat Danzaisha in 1 Minute 262 5 Consecutive Raided Attacks 113 Defeat Danzaisha Taking No Damage 263 10 Consecutive Get Items 114 Defeat Inferior Eye in 1 Minute 264 10 Consecutive One Hit Kills 115 Defeat Inferior Eye No Damage 265 30 Consecutive One Hit Kills 116 Defeat Dark Armor in 1 Minute 266 50 Consecutive One Hit Kills 117 Defeat Dark Armor Taking No Damage 267 30 Consecutive Runs 118 Defeat Crystal Statue in 1 Minute 268 0 Damage 30 Consecutive Times 119 Defeat Crystal Statue No Dmg 269 0 Damage 50 Consecutive Times 120 Defeat Dark Eye in 1 Minute 270 Defeat Universe Lucifer Alone 121 Defeat Dark Eye Taking No Damage 271 Defeat Universe Gabriel Alone 122 Defeat Chimera in 1 Minute 272 Defeat Universe Iseria Alone 123 Defeat Chimera Taking No Damage 273 Defeat Universe Lenneth Alone 124 Defeat Stone Golem in 1 Minute 274 Defeat Universe Freya Alone 125 Defeat Stone Golem Taking No Dmg 275 Defeat FD Lucifer Alone 126 Defeat Spirit Trio in 1 Minute 276 Defeat FD Gabriel Alone 127 Defeat Spirit Trio Taking No Dmg 277 Defeat FD Iseria Alone 128 Defeat Gau in 1 Minute 278 Defeat FD Lenneth Alone 129 Defeat Gau Taking No Damage 279 Defeat FD Freya Alone 130 Defeat Belial/Beelzebub 1 Minute 280 Defeat Lucifer All Male Party 131 Defeat Belial/Beelzebub No Dmg 281 Defeat Gabriel All Male Party 132 Defeat Lucifer 282 Defeat Iseria All Male Party 133 Defeat Lucifer in 1 Minute 283 Defeat Lenneth All Male Party 134 Defeat Lucifer Taking No Damage 284 Defeat Freya All Male Party 135 Defeat Lucifer at Level 1 285 Defeat Lucifer All Female Party 136 Defeat Universe Lucifer 286 Defeat Gabriel All Female Party 137 Defeat Universe Lucifer No Damage 287 Defeat Iseria All Female Party 138 Defeat Universe Lucifer 1 Minute 288 Defeat Lenneth All Female Party 139 Defeat Universe Lucifer Level 10 289 Defeat Freya All Female Party 140 Defeat FD Lucifer No Damage 290 Win Auto Battle 141 Defeat FD Lucifer 1 Minute 291 Hit Battle Sphere 5 Times 142 Defeat FD Lucifer Level 10 292 Battle Over 10 Minutes 143 Defeat Gabriel 293 Battle Over 60 Minutes 144 Defeat Gabriel Taking No Damage 294 Battle Over 120 Minutes 145 Defeat Gabriel in 1 Minute 295 Don't Get Attacked for 1 Minute 146 Defeat Universe Gabriel 296 Happy New Year 147 Defeat Universe Gabriel No Damage 297 Star Ocean Christmas 148 Defeat Universe Gabriel 1 Minute 298 Star Ocean Commemoration Day 149 Defeat FD Gabriel 299 Second Story Commemoration Day 150 Defeat FD Gabriel No Damage 300 Till the End of Time Com. Day 3. EXPLANATION/STRATEGIES What follows is a detailed explanation of each Battle Collection condition and suggested strategies on how to obtain them. These are simply how I obtained them. Different strategies may also work; this certainly is not inclusive. 001-007 X Battles A very easy condition, this simply means that you get into the specified number of battles. You don't have to win; entering battle and then running away counts as a battle. There are some extremely high numbers here (I estimate that playing through the game normally will get the average player 1500-2000 battles) so trying for 50,000 will simply take a lot of time and should probably be ignored altogether. From Chris Kern: The Final Guide mentions a method to do this using a turbo controller. Once you have the Dragon Flute, stand in front of one of the reliefs, then set the controller to turbo on the X button. Make sure your party has high enough defense to survive the attacks, then just leave the game on. This also helps with the Defeat X Enemies and Hit Buttons X Times conditions. 008-016 X Hits As the name suggests, this means getting a certain number hit combo in battle. The combo count is located just to the left of the Heat Up Gauge in battle. Getting the low combos is pretty easy, but once you start getting to 200 Hits, this condition becomes a little more difficult. I suggest a moderately high level party of Cliff, Maria, and either Nel or Arbel. Cliff should have Flash Chariot and Maria should have Gravity Bullet. Both of these skills do approximately 20-30 hits in one shot and neither moves the enemy around much. Set them on those skills and let the computer handle them, and meanwhile control Nel/Arbel. If you're using Nel, you should use Kokuyousen or Fuujin; if you're using Arbel, Mugen Kuuhazan is recommended. In any case, try to time it so that when Flash Chariot and/or Gravity Bullet is not hitting the opponent, your battle skill is. If your party is too strong, you may kill the enemy before getting high hits; I suggest simply taking off your weapon for that battle. A good enemy to use is the Persona (fencer-type enemies) in the Firewall; they have high HP, but aren't that threatening, and don't Protect often. From Chris Kern: Another way to do this is to go to the Battle Arena in Gemity and fight in the Ranking Battle. Fight the first place team (Night of the Dragoon); in the battle, use a Super Bottle to petrify the Dragoon, then hit away until you reach 500. 017-029 Chain X Chain refers to winning consecutive Bonus Battles. Bonus Battles are achieved simply by filling the Heat Up Gauge. Once the Gauge is filled, getting hit may cause the Gauge to break, thus ending the Chain. This condition is relatively easy to fulfill, just tedious. First go to an area with relatively difficult enemies (you can tell what enemies are difficult by the "Rate" displayed to the left of the Heat Up Gauge when you begin a battle. A rate of 100% means the enemies are approximately just right.) Fight there until the gauge is full. Now, run back to the easiest area you can find, such as Pesotto Forest or Coffer Ruins. You should be ridiculously high levelled for the place and you should thus be able to breeze through the battles quickly. Just make sure not to get hit or run away, as that will break the Gauge. Condition 29 is getting a Chain of 500, so this will take you awhile. While you're at it, you might as well try fulfilling some other Battle Collection conditions (such as X Consecutive No Damage Victories, X Consecutive Finish Attacks, and so on and so forth.) 030-037 Defeat X Enemies Straightforward enough, this simply refers to the number of enemies defeated. To get the high numbers, you'll just have to keep playing the game. (Or see the X Battles condition for another trick.) 038-041 Win in Under X Seconds Also easy enough, once you're high enough level. Most battles last fairly short anyway, but if you're having trouble, simply level up and then return to an easy area. You should be able to win a battle in under 10 seconds easily. 042-044 Run X Times Self-explanatory. You'll probably fulfill these conditions naturally over the course of the game. 045-047 Knocked Out X Times By "Knocked Out" I mean "Death". In other words, get your HP or MP reduced to 0 X number of times. Again, this will probably happen naturally enough over the course of the game. 048-050 Press a Button X Times The game counts how many times you press a button during battle. Button presses outside of battle don't count. You'll fulfill this naturally, but sloooowly. You can increase this by using skills that respond to multiple button presses, such as Fate's Blade Reactor, or Arbel's Mugen skills. The game counts directional button presses as well as O/X button presses. See the "X Battles" conditions for an additional tip. 051-055 X Finish Attacks A "Finish Attack" refers to your character (not a computer character) dealing the last blow in a battle. You'll know if you did a Finish Attack because the camera will zoom in on your character after the battle and they'll say something. In order to fulfill this condition, you'll have to make sure that your character is killing enemies a lot more rapidly then the other two party members. I highly suggest Nel; her Kokuyousen will massacre enemies from mid-game onwards much faster than anybody else can. 056-060 Reach Level X Self-explanatory. Just keep playing... you'll need a LOT of experience to get to level 255. From Chris Kern: The best place in the game to level up is Sphere 211, around floor 180. The enemies here are easy to kill with MP damage, yet they give tons of experience. Combine this with the 3x EXP bonus battle for easy level gain; you can trigger the Tactical Skill Training too if you think it will help. 061-065 X Protect Breaks This refers to you Protect Break'ing the enemy, not the other way around. In order to do so, of course, you'll either have to use Strong attacks or Strong battle skills. Again, this one will be fulfilled over the course of the game, but you can improve your chances by using a character with good Strong attacks (Nel and Arbel come to mind). 066-070 Angered X Times Anger is a condition in which a party member is killed, and the surviving characters get angry, get doubled attack power, and say something angry (clear enough?). This will happen naturally as you progress in the game, but an easy, albeit evil, way to speed this up is as follows. Take a strong character and two weak characters into battle. Have the weak characters equipping absolutely no armor, and set them to "Don't Do Anything!" in tactics. Now take this party to an area with enemies that are a lot stronger than the weak characters but a lot weaker than your own character. (This is easy if you're gearing up for the "Beat Lucifer at Level 1" condition...) Let the enemies kill your weak characters. Then use a Fresh Sage or Reviving Medicine to bring them back to life, only to be killed again. Repeat until you run out of items. This should get you a good 50 or so Anger conditions in one battle. Then go and restock and try again. 071-075 Over X Damage This refers to doing over the given amount of damage in one hit. Item damage does not appear to count. In order to get 99999 damage in one hit, try using Cliff's Aerial Raid. Have that move levelled up by as much as possible. Raise Cliff's ATK power as high as possible as well, preferably up to 9999 (this is easily achievable later in the game with some fancy Item Creation). Now bind Aerial Raid to a strong attack, and go face a Magmax enemy, which have fairly low physical defense. These are the giant lava enemies in Urza Lava Cave. One Aerial Raid from Cliff onto one of these guys should get you 99999 damage. If not, try activating the Tactical Skill Berserk on Cliff, or cast Growth on him. 076 Win Taking No Damage This means you must win a damage with your character (but not the computer-controlled characters) not taking any damage. Getting hit for 0 damage, or triggering a Protect, does not count as "taking damage" for this condition. This is actually fairly easy to do, once you get two people in your party; simply let the computer beat up the opponents, and stay away from them so that you don't take damage. 077 Defeat Norton in 30 Seconds It sound pretty tough, but it's not. If your Fate is moderately levelled, you should have no problem. You get Cliff starting in this battle, and Cliff is an absolute monster compared to Norton; the two of you together shouldn't have much problem taking him down. 078 Defeat Norton Taking No Damage Like condition 076, only this applies to the Norton fight. In this case I suggest running to the far edges of the screen in a circular pattern and letting Cliff take care of Norton. He should be able to handle Norton by himself; if he gets in trouble heal him with a Blueberry. 079 Avoid 10 Norton Attacks You can aim for this condition at the same time as 078. It just means not letting Norton hit you with his bullet attacks. If Cliff is taking on Norton TOO much, he might kill Norton before he has a chance to do 10 Attacks. If this is the case, just set Cliff's tactics to "Don't Do Anything!" briefly, then resume the battle. 080-131 Defeat X in One Minute, Defeat X Taking No Damage These conditions all refer to boss fights, just like Norton. The strategies for most of these bosses are the same so I've lumped them all together. Don't try getting both One Minute and No Damage at the same time; in most cases it'll be very hard to do. For the One Minute condition, make sure your characters are as highly leveled as possible with the best possible equipment, and abuse MP Damage like nothing else. This means using Nel's Kokuyousen and Cliff's Aerial Raid. Most bosses have a lot lower MP than HP, so this method should let you kill most of them fairly quickly. For the No Damage condition, simply follow the same condition as 076; let the computer-controlled characters take the boss head on while you run as far away as possible, avoiding all the boss's attacks. Again, Kokuyousen is great, as it will let you attack from quite a distance. 132 Defeat Lucifer All you have to do is defeat Lucifer (on any level difficulty). Easy enough, since he IS the last boss and everything... 133 Defeat Lucifer in One Minute A little tougher. However keep in mind that as the last boss, once you get the "Clear" designation on your game file (by beating the game once), you can go back and fight him as many times as you want. Thus if you have problems beating him in One Minute, level up your characters. While you're at it, go visit the Cave of Trials and Sphere 211 to upgrade your equipment as well. If you manage to clear both of those dungeons, Lucifer will be a complete joke. 134 Defeat Lucifer Taking No Damage The key is hitting him quickly and efficiently. Lucifer doesn't have too much range on most of his attacks except one, the one where the entire field turns bloody. If this happens, run far away from Lucifer's location (he is invisible but you can see him on the radar) and stay as close to the edge of the screen as possible. This SHOULD let you get by unscathed. 135 Defeat Lucifer at Level One Rather tough. This means that the average level of your party must be 1; in other words, since you have six people in your party, you must use Fate, Sophia, and Souffle, and Fate must not have gained any levels at all throughout the course of the game. Since Fate only needs 10 XP to get to Level 2, you'll have to make sure he doesn't win a single battle. Run away from every battle in the course of the game; (the battles in the Fight Simulator and in the Emergency Shelter give no experience so don't worry about these). Follow this throughout Pesotto Forest and Coffer Ruins. The toughest part is the battle with the three Chinpira just outside of Norton's hideout; what you have to do is ensure that they all run away, thus netting you no experience. They will tend to run away when they have low HP, so just hit them, wait for awhile and see if they run away, then hit them again if they don't. If you accidentally kill one, reset the game. Once you get to Norton, Cliff joins your party. Set Cliff on "Don't Do Anything" and then purposely kill off Fate. Then switch to Cliff and beat up Norton. Now just take Fate out of the active party for the rest of the game. You will only have Cliff and Nel for a good portion of the game, making this condition pretty hard. Then we get to actually beating Lucifer himself, which is actually not quite as hard. Even though Fate, Sophia, and Souffle are all at Level One, you should be able to Item Create a number of useful things. Most importantly, you should create Stun Bombs via Machinery. These bombs do HP (and sometimes MP) damage, plus dizzy the opponent. Make as many of these as possible and simply spend the battle using them on Lucifer. It might also help creating a bunch of Reverse Dolls (refine them so that they have less chance of breaking). 136-139 Defeat Universe Lucifer (with...) These conditions are basically the same as 132-135, just on Universe mode difficulty. You can have an average level as high as 10 for condition 135, but that doesn't help too much. Simply follow the same sorts of strategies, though you will probably have to be at a higher level than before. 140-142 Defeat FD Lucifer (with...) Same as above, though on FD mode difficulty, plus you don't get anything just for beating him. He's tough enough to beat in his own right, much less with level 10 characters. However again I suggest that you take the time to work through the secret dungeons to build up your characters before taking him on to fulfill these conditions. 143-151 Defeat Gabriel (with...) These are the same as the Lucifer conditions, just against Gabriel in the Cave of Trials; you don't have to beat him at low level either. However you will again have to beat him on the three different difficulty levels. The toughest one to get is undoubtedly "No Damage"; Brutish Bolt covers nearly the entire screen and is hard to avoid. If you are dealing enough damage quickly enough, you can stop him from using Brutish Bolt; otherwise, I suggest using Machinery to create the "Invincible Unit" (must have either Vanilla or Meryl; base cost around 61). This will make you invincible for 30 seconds, though you won't be able to attack. Not being able to attack for 30 seconds is preferable to eating the damage of Brutish Bolt, so use it anyway. Or, you can use Stun Bombs to stop the animation of Brutish Bolt. 152-160 Defeat Iseria (with...) Like Gabriel. The only leeway you get is that you get progressively more and more time for the time-limited conditions, such that you have 18 minutes to beat Iseria in FD mode. The battlefield you fight Iseria on is much much wider than most of the other secret bosses, and so it should be COMPARATIVELY easy to get the No Damage condition just by running away. 161-169 Defeat Lenneth (with...) Again the same conditions apply. However, when Lenneth gets low on health, she'll start using Nibelung Valesti, a move that covers virtually the entire battlefield, making the "No Damage" condition VERY hard to get. You can try using the Invincible Unit trick (described under Gabriel), but she uses the move fairly often so you will have to have a very high stock. Another possibility is to equip a Lunatic Ring, which will make you invincible (but it will also make you dizzied). If your other two characters are levelled high enough, they should be able to take out Lenneth on their own (you'll probably have to be around level 200 to even attempt this), so good luck. Also unlike Gabriel, Iseria, or Freya, you cannot fight her more than once in a given save game file. Thus, you'll have to use the save-the-BC-but-not- the-game method a lot. 170-178 Defeat Freya (with...) Same sort of conditions again. The battlefield you fight Freya on is much wider than most others, and Ether Strike doesn't cover nearly the range Nibelung Valesti does and is also a "weak" attack (and therefore can be Counter Aura'ed). Thus the No Damage result is much easier to get. Try controlling somebody like Nel or Arbel and attacking from afar with skills like Kokuyousen or Mugen: Kuuhazan. 179-180 Taunt Gabriel/Iseria 10 Times Very easy to get, just use the Tactical Skill "Taunt" 10 times against Gabriel or Iseria. 181-192 Serious Vox Series A crapload of Battle Collections against Serious Vox, whom you will fight on Floor 6 of the Cave of Trials. Encounter Serious Vox and Defeat Serious Vox are straightforward; Get Item from Vox is (I believe) also assured because he drops a 1/1 Bunny. Protect/Counter Aura against Vox just requires that you stand still and let him hit you. 20 Hits and 50 Hits means you must get that number combo; however with Flash Chariot, Gravity Bullet, and Nel's Fuujin, this should be pretty easy. Undoubtedly the hardest ones are the Damage stipulations. However, if you have Cliff with an ATK in the 9000s (certainly easy enough to get at this stage in the game just by using Item Creation), a single Aerial Raid will break the 50000 damage barrier pretty easily. Finally, just Taunt Serious Vox 30 times for the last two conditions. 193-196 Win (vs. ...) with Only Weak Attacks As it sounds, the character you control can only use weak attacks (i.e., the circle buttons); NO BATTLE SKILLS. The easiest person to do this with is Maria. Your other two characters can do anything they want to, so just run around and use Weak Attacks. For the "Win with Only..." conditions, you MUST NOT CHANGE CHARACTERS. Using recovery-type items is okay, as are using Tactical Skills and Changing Equipment. Also, you must use it a certain number of times so if you're too strong, you might not pass the quota and therefore not earn the condition. If this happens, lower your ATK power or find a stronger opponent. You must do at least 50 attacks (not hits) in order to trigger this condition. 197-200 Win (vs. ...) with Only Strong Attacks Ditto. Maria is again a good choice, but in this case, so is Nel. Again your two other characters can do anything they want to so just let them do the majority of the damage to the opponent. The same warnings apply. 201-204 Win (vs. ...) with Only Counter Aura Same vein as above; however, unlike above, your other two characters must not do anything other than Counter Aura either. Set all your characters to "Do Nothing!" in Tactics and set them to use the Wide Aiming Counter Aura. Keep in mind that the damage done by Counter Aura is proportional to the damage that would have been done by the opponent; thus, you can remove your armor and have the Counter Aura do more damage. Just watch out for strong attacks. You must do at least 50 hits with the CA to trigger this condition (Wide Aiming is 4 hits). 205-208 Win (vs. ...) with Only Items Use bomb-type items to win. For the specific battles, "Arbel 1" refers to the boss fight with Arbel after clearing Becquerel Mines. Arbels 2 and 3 are applicable only if Arbel is not your 5th character. Once returning from the FD World, go to Cirlsour and talk to Walter there. He'll tell you Arbel went to Urza Lava Cave. If you go there before clearing the Sphere Corporation, this will trigger the Arbel 2 fight; if you go after, this will trigger Arbel 3. Be prepared to have a large stock of attack items as Arbel has lots of HP; those items that cause MP damage are preferred. Also keep in mind that if you've recruited Puffy as a creator, her bombs are 5 times more powerful than the "regular" bombs. 209-212 Win (vs. ...) with Only Magic Straightforward enough. Like the Weak and Strong conditions, your other two characters can do anything, so just pick Sophia and cast Explosion (from the Heraldry menu, NOT as a Battle Skill) over and over again. From Chris Kern: Evidently, Meteor Swarm counts as magic, even though you can't cast it from the Heraldry menu. You need 50 hits to trigger this condition, but since Meteor Swarm hits so many times anyway, you should have no problem. 213-216 Win (vs. ...) with Only Charge Perhaps some of the trickiest ones to do, your characters must not use anything other than Charge. Since there's no way to force the computer to use Charge, you just have to set the other two characters to "Do Nothing!" and do it yourself. If the opponent has low MP, Maria's Charge is recommended as it does MP damage; otherwise, Arbel's Charge does the most damage in the game. You must do Charge at least 50 times in order to trigger this condition. 217-220 Win (vs. ...) with Only Battle Skills Again fairly straightforward; just use somebody like Nel and use Kokuyousen over and over again. You must do at least 50 hits. 221-226 Win (vs. ...) Alone By "Alone", this means that the other two characters must be dead throughout the battle. Thus you cannot just let your other two characters die before finishing the opponent off. For the special bosses, this will take a LOT of work; you'll need to be vastly higher level than recommended since the enemy will be coming after you and you only. Use your strongest weapons and armor and you should be able to make it with a high enough level. 227 Avoid Firebolt You must avoid the spell "Firebolt". The Magma monsters in Urza Lava Cave cast it a lot; they also appear as the third battle in Rank D Single Battle in the Arena at Gemity. Firebolt homes on you, so your best bet is to lure the Magma Man towards you so that you are very close to the wall. As soon as they cast the spell, run upwards against the wall. As long as the Magma Man is close enough to the wall, the Firebolt will hit the wall before it can home in on you, therefore earning you this condition. 228 Defeat Metal Chinke The Metal Chinke is a regular enemy found on Floors 2 and 3 of the Cave of Trials. They have a tendency to run away if low on health so be sure to hit them fast and hard. 229 Defeat Chinkethief Lv. 99 This guy is found from floors 152 to 161 of the Sphere 211. Like the Metal Chinke he may run, so don't give him a chance to. 230-231 Encounter/Defeat Monjaragora He's the boss of the 7th floor of the Cave of Trials, easy enough. When low on health he MAY try to self-destruct; I'm not sure whether self-destructing will earn you the "Defeat Monjaragora" condition so if the numbers appear over his head just attack all out. 232-239 X Damage These conditions require a lot of luck. In a single blow, you must deal the exact amount of damage listed. You'll have to earn these over the course of the game. If you play through cautiously it shouldn't be too hard to get most of these, it'll just take a lot of patience. 240-242 Win X Consecutive No Damage Battles Like the No Damage conditions for the bosses, your primary character cannot take damage for X number of battles consecutively. This is easily accomplished by just going back to a really easy area where the enemies will do 0 damage to you at most anyway. It would be wise to try and accomplish these conditions at the same time that you do the "Chain 500" condition. 243-245 X Consecutive Battles Alone Again "Alone" means that the other two members in your party must be dead. Subsequently the easiest way is to once again kill off your other two members in a hard area, then return to the easiest area in the game where you have little chance of dying. Running counts as a battle in this case, so you can just run from everything to speed the process up; alternatively you can just accomplish these at the same time that you do "Chain 500" and "Win 100 Consecutive No Damage Battles". 246-247 Avoid Firebolt X Times Just use the exact same strategies as for condition #227. There is no need to do this all consecutively so it's really easy to get. 248-250 X Continuous Finish Attacks Again, Finish Attack is defined as your active character dealing the last blow in battle. This is easy enough if your other two characters are set to "Do Nothing", or dead. This is yet another one you can accomplish at the same time as "Chain 500", "Win 100 Consecutive No Damage Battles", and "500 Consecutive Battles Alone". 251-253 X Continuous Level Up This means that in ONE BATTLE your character must gain the specified number of levels. The easiest place to do this is at the Moonbase with either Souffle or Sophia (who both start at Level 1). Fight until you have a "300% Experience" Bonus Battle, then stick them into your party. Get into a battle with two of the giant robot-type enemies and beat them. If you're worried that it won't be enough, let the robots kill off one or both of your other teammates so that the experience is divided among fewer people. 254-259 X Continuous Protects A tough condition to get because it requires focus. However there's a tricky way to get this. The tarantulas in the back part (with the mine shafts) of the Cirlsour Cave dungeon tend to use a radial attack that shoots out spikes everywhere. If you happen to be standing RIGHT BEHIND them when it goes off, ALL of the spikes will hit you. What you should do, then, is stand directly behind the spider and let your Guts go to 100. The spikes should all hit you, and this counts for approximately 10-20 hits ALL AT ONCE. Thus it should be relatively quick getting 500 Continuous Protects. Just watch out for the spider's other attacks; they're not too hard to avoid but don't lose concentration. From Chris Kern: Alternatively, get into a battle with the "Huge Spider" enemy (found in the front part of the Cirlsour Cave dungeon). On Galaxy difficulty these enemies pretty much do not use Strong Attacks. So, wipe out any other enemies that may be around, set all of your characters on "Don't Do Anything", then leave the game on. It'll take several hours to rack up 500, so you might as well go for the "Battle Over 120 Minutes" condition while you're at it. 260-262 5 Continuous Back/Surround/Raid Attacks This is pretty easy, actually. You can save and reload for this condition, so trigger a back attack (or surround, or raid), then save. Then trigger another battle. If it's another back attack, great - win and then save again. If not, reload. It should be easy getting 5 continuous ones in this case. 263 10 Continuous Get Items The easiest way to do this is to get into a battle with one of those fat enemies with the powdered wigs early in the game. If you damage them enough, they will start crying and occasionally drop a Treasure Chest. This will give you an item after the battle is over. They are REALLY SLOW so you'll have to just hit them and then wait for awhile to see if they drop anything. If not, hit them again. Patience is the key for this one. 264-266 X Consecutive One Hit Kills This is pretty easy; like the Chain and No Damage conditions, just go back to a very easy area and have a field day. 267 30 Consecutive Runs Just run 30 times in a row. Set formation to Escape Shift and go to an easy area to make it as easy as possible. 268-269 0 Damage X Consecutive Times This means that you must take 0 damage for the specified number of times. This is pretty easy if you just go back to an easy area, but a quicker way is to use the Regeneration Counter Aura. Regeneration is proportional to the damage that you would've taken, so if you get hit by a really weak enemy each of Regeneration's 5 orbs will only heal you for 0 damage. Thus you can speed it up by just getting hit by Regeneration often. 270-279 Defeat X Alone Just like 221 through 226, except on harder Difficulty Levels. The same strategies apply, you'll just have to have even higher levels than before. 280-284 Defeat X with an All Male Party Straightforward. Fate and Cliff will definitely be in your party by the end of the game, so you will need to pick up either Arbel or Roger (or both) in order to complete these conditions. 285-289 Defeat X with an All Female Party Again straightforward. Maria and Sophia will definitely be in your party so you must pick up either Nel or Souffle (or both) for these conditions. 290 Win Auto Battle An Auto Battle is one conducted ENTIRELY by the computer. To get this, as soon as you enter the battle you MUST NOT MOVE AT ALL. No pressing buttons, no nothing. Just set the controller down and let the computer-controlled characters win for you. 291 Hit Battle Sphere 5 Times The Battle Sphere can be created by Machinery (Fate, Cliff, Roger, Dejison, Vanilla, Meryl, or Isaac), base cost 3010. "Hit 5 times" means that you must release a Battle Sphere such that it is hit 5 times by the rocks that sometimes roll over the battlefield in areas like Bar Mountains or Becquerel Mines. Since the Battle Sphere only lasts for 6 seconds, your best bet is to wait until two rocks are close to each other, then trying to fire the battle sphere between them so that it ricochets between the two. This condition will take a lot of patience. 292-294 Battle Over X Minutes This means that a certain battle must last for the specified amount of time. Two hours is a long time; just get into an easy battle where the enemies have no chance of hurting you, set the controller down (and your allies to "Do Nothing"), and walk away from the game for two hours. 295 Don't Get Attacked for 1 Minute This means that during battle, you are not attacked. This is easiest with the fat men described above in #263, as they do not attack your character at all. 296-300 Commemoration Days Easy enough, if you know what you're doing. These are anniversaries of previous Star Ocean games, or holidays; if you enter battle when the date on your PS2 hardware is equal to one of these days you earn the condition. Simply save the game, go to the PS2 configuration, and set the date to the previous day around 11:58 PM. Then load up your game and start a battle. You should get the condition. Please note that for the Star Ocean Till the End of Time commemoration day, the year must be set to 2004 or later. Here are the dates: New Year's: January 1st Christmas: December 25th Star Ocean release date: 7/19/1996 Star Ocean Second Story release date: 7/30/1998 Star Ocean Till the End of Time release date: 2/27/2003 4. CREDITS Thanks go to: Chris Kern for many helpful tips on completing BCs tri-Ace and Enix for the best RPG I have ever played. This FAQ Copyright 2003, 2004 to Edward Chang. Redistribution in any form, including reprinting in electronic or print media, without express permission of the author is strictly forbidden.