FATAL EXCEPTION'S GUIDE TO _ _ _ _____ ____ ___ | | | | | | | ___| |_ _| / \ | | | | | | | |__ || | _ | | | | | | | | __| || | |_| | | |__ | | | | | | _||_ | _ | |____| \___/ |_| |____| |_| |_| AND THE FORTRESS OF DOOM VERSION 0.4 Last updated: Friday, 11 June, 1999 AN RPG FOR THE SUPER NINTENDO Email: comleyd@arcom.com.au =================== CHECK OUT THIS FAQ! =================== FINAL FANTASY VIII (playstation rpg) by Scott Ong (www.gamefaqs.com) ======== WELCOME ======== Welcome to my guide for Lufia! I've played this game through quite a few times and have really enjoyed it, so I thought I'd write a guide for it! There are a couple of other Lufia guides available on the Net, but I plan to make this guide the best Lufia guide out there! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Lufia is a SNES RPG made by Taito in 1993. It has only been available where I live (Australia) for a couple of years though. If you don't have this game, go out and get the emulated version somewhere because this game should not be missed. The sequel Lufia 2 is really great also, it's actually a prequel to the first Lufia. This is my first attempt at writing a guide. Hopefully it will meet all of your expectations out there. If you want to know how long it takes to finish, it will end up taking the average player about 30 hours to finish. Okay now on to the guide! Have fun! ============== GUIDE HISTORY ============== version 0.1 Began the guide :) version 0.2 Began the actual Walkthrough Updated all lists Added extra info for Characters Spell and grammar checked and fixed errors Added extra weapon info Started List of Bosses Began Learning Spells section Began Locations Of Weapons section version 0.3 Made the guide look more presentable Placed on Gamefaqs ready for download version 0.4 Updated spell lists Fixed up some errors in the Walkthrough Updated the Walkthrough Updated Weapon List Added a Thanks section Updated Armour List Made walkthrough look better Added a Monster List Added In-Game Menus Section Removed the location of weapons section ====================== WHAT'S IN THIS GUIDE? ====================== Level Guide Brief Storyline The Main Characters In-Game Menus Items Learning Spells List of Weapons List of Armour List of Accessories Magic List The Walkthrough List of Monsters List Of Bosses Feedback My Thoughts Thanks Links Disclaimer ============ LEVEL GUIDE ============ To go alongside of this guide, I will be creating another document which will show each point in the game, and what your characters statistics should be. This is very handy, mainly because if you are having trouble with the enemies or bosses at a certain section of the game, you can check your statistics against the ones laid out in my document. If your statistics are lower, you should consider powering up your statistics to be close to the ones in my level guide, which will make things a hell of a lot easier for you. If you have this guide, but don't know where to find the Level Guide and are looking for it, head on over to GAMEFAQS (www.gamefaqs.com) and you are sure to find it there in addition to a lot of other great guides! ================ BRIEF STORYLINE ================ Below is the introduction to the game, which you see when you start a new game. "Without warning, the island suddenly appeared in the sky. Four foul and wicked beings claimed it for themselves. They possessed the frightening powers of Chaos, Destruction, Terror, and Death. The people were horrified. They called the evil ones "Sinistrals". The reign of Terror continued. The world masses its warriors to battle their dark foes. But the Sinistrals were all powerful. In desperation, the people called on their bravest fighters: Artea, Guy, Maxim, and Selan. And so began the final battle..." ==================== THE MAIN CHARACTERS ==================== Hero (female) - You are a young Alekian knight, who has the blood of Maxim running through your veins. You will become the greatest knight ever, perhaps even surpassing the great Maxim yourself. CAN HE USE MAGIC?: YES, he can use Healing Magic and Defensive Magic. BEGINNING STATS ---------------- ATP DFP STR INT AGL MGR --- --- --- --- --- --- 19 12 6 4 4 2 Lufia (female) - Lufia seemed to come out of nowhere nine years ago to Alekia, and she immediately became friend with the Hero. Today, Lufia has an intense love for the Hero and doesn't want to be parted from him. CAN SHE USE MAGIC?: YES, she can use Offensive, Defensive and Healing Magic. ATP DFP STR INT AGL MGR --- --- --- --- --- --- 14 8 4 9 7 5 Aguro (male) - The commander of the army of Lorbenia. He joins your party in Treck and provides great physical power. CAN HE USE MAGIC?: NO ATP DEF STR INT AGL MGR --- --- --- --- --- --- 66 23 20 5 7 6 ============== IN-GAME MENUS ============== The in-game menus can be accessed by pressing the B Button. It is an important aspect of the game, as it allows you to use items, equip new weapons and armour, lets you view the statistics of your characters, lets you view each character's magic skills, and lets you customize the game settings. ITEMS - Lets you use your items EQUIP - Lets you change your weapons and armour MAGIC - Lets you view and use magic MENU - Lets you alter game settings ITEMS ------ >From within this menu, you can some of your items by moving the hand icon to the item you want to use, and pressing the A Button once to select that item, moving the hand icon to the character you want to use it on (depending on the item), and then pressing A again to use it on that character. EQUIP ------ When you click into this menu you will then have to select whose character's equipment you want to view or change. Select the character by pressing A. You can view each of your characters statistics (i.e. Attack Power (ATP), Defensive Power (DFP), Strength (STR), Intelligence (INT), Agility (AGL) and Magic Resistance (MGR). If you want to alter the character's equipment, move the hand icon to the piece of equipment you want to change. Once selected, you must choose whether you want to change the current equipment (EQUIP) or simply remove that equipment (LIFT). If you select EQUIP, you will be shown a menu of the other pieces of equipment that the character can also equip. Note that items in green cannot be equipped by that character. Before you choose the new equipment, you can leave the icon next to the new equipment to check against the statistics of that character to see how he/she will change if you equip that character with the new weapon/armour. The green number next to the equipment shows how many of that equipment you own. MAGIC ------ Once in this menu, you must select whose character's magic you want to use or view. Once you have chosen a character, you will see that character's magic listed. If you want to check what a certain spell does, move the hand cursor next to the spell, then press X to see a description. Or if you want to use a spell, move the hand cursor to that spell, then press A, then select the character that you want to use it on. Spells that in the colour gold cannot be used now. Just under each spell is two numbers. The first number shows how many magic points (MP) this spell will use, and the number in the brackets shows how many times you can use it, depending on the amount of MP your character has. MENU ----- SCENARIO - This menu lists the important items you own (e.g. important keys, etc.) COMBAT ORDER - This lets you change the order in which your characters will be placed in when in battle. ITEM SORT - This lets you manually alter the positions of all of your items. An automatic sorter will have been helpful here :) MAGIC SORT - ??? MESSAGE - This lets you toggle between different text speeds (SLOW, NORMAL, FAST) MUSIC - This lets you toggle between STEREO and MONO sound PLAYING TIME - This shows you how many hours and minutes you have been playing through this game ====== ITEMS ====== This is a list of all of the items in the game. Not all of the items can be bought in stores. ITEM EFFECTS BUYABLE? PRICE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antidote Cures poison status Y 6G Arrow Attacks an enemy with an arrow Y 2G Arrows Attack a group of enemies with an arrow Y 10G Awaken Awakens a sleeping character Y 10G Bomb Attacks all enemies with a bomb Y 100G Escape Allows you to escape a dungeon once N N/A Ex Arrows Arrows attack all enemies of that type N N/A Ex Bomb Bomb attack against all enemies of that type N N/A Ex Magic Restores all MP N N/A Ex Potion Restores all HP N N/A Foul Water Attracts enemies towards you N N/A Float Levitates your party for a while N N/A Great Potion One character gains up to 3 STR points N N/A Grilled Newt Restores a few HP N N/A Hi Arrows Attack enemies with arrows N N/A Hi Magic Restores some MP to one character N N/A Hi Potion Restores some HP to one character N N/A Lime Cider Restores some HP to one character Y 20G Magic Guard Increases magic ability during battle Y 50G Mid Arrow Attacks enemies with a stronger Arrow Y 50G Mind Gourd Increases INT during battle Y 100G Mind Potion One character gains up to 3 INT points N N/A Miracle Restores all HP and MP N N/A Mystery Pin Causes a mystery effect Y 30G Pear Cider Restores a few HP to one character Y 10G Plum Cider Restores some HP to one character Y 30G Poison Pin Can poison an enemy if used N N/A Potion Restores some HP to one character Y 8G Power Gourd Increase ATP in battle Y 100G Power Potion Increases MAX HP by 4 N N/A Revive Revives a dead character N N/A Shriek ??? Y 5G Sleep Arrow Attack enemies that may put them to sleep N N/A Smoke Ball Allows you to escape from battle Y 80G Sour Cider Restores some HP to one character Y 20G Speed Potion One character gains up to 3 agility points N N/A Spell Potion One character gains up to 5 more MAX MP N N/A Stone Cure Cures stone status Y 100G Stuffed Bear Item used to throw at enemies. Useless Y 50G Stuffed Dog Item used to throw at enemies. Useless Y 10G Stuffed Pig Item used to throw at enemies. Useless Y 10G Sweet Water Makes monsters stay away Y 10G Swing Wing Warps you to a town that you've been to Y 80G ================ LEARNING SPELLS ================ During the course of the game, your characters will learn certain magic. Below is a list of the spells that your characters will learn and what level they will learn them on. HERO ----- SPELL LEVEL ----------------- Strong 4 Float 7 Drain 11 Poison 13 LUFIA ------ SPELL LEVEL ---------------- Flash 1 Waken 1 Shield 3 Dew 5 Strong 7 Drain 9 Deflect 11 Bang 13 ================ LIST OF WEAPONS ================ This is a list of all of the weapons that are found in the game. Next to the name of each weapon is the weight of that particular weapon as well is its attack rating. SWORDS: The Hero and Aguro can equip swords in the game. WEAPON WEIGHT ATTACK RATING ----------------------------------------- 1. Knife 10 13 2. Dagger 5 19 3. Small Knife 1 10 4. Long Knife 25 24 5. Short Sword 30 39 6. Broad Sword 75 (cursed) 81 RODS: The Hero and Lufia can equip some Rods through the game. WEAPON WEIGHT ATTACK RATING ----------------------------------------- 1. Club 5 28 2. Staff 35 37 3. Mace 20 45 SPEARS: The Hero and Aguro can equip spears throughout the game. WEAPON WEIGHT ATTACK RATING -------------------------------------- 1. Spear 45 53 =============== LIST OF ARMOUR =============== This is a list of all the armour in the game. Next to the name of the armour is the defence rating, and then comes the cost (if cost is N/A, then the armour can't be bought at a store), and then comes who can equip it. BODY ARMOUR DEFENCE RATING COST EQUIPPED BY --------------------------------------------------------- Dress 4 120 Lufia Cloth 8 140 Hero, Lufia Robe 11 260 Lufia Cloth Armour 12 240 Hero Tan Robe 15 540 Lufia Tan Armour 16 480 Hero, Aguro Chain Cloth 18 1100 Lufia Chain Mail 20 960 Hero, Aguro SHIELD DEFENCE RATING COST EQUIPPED BY -------------------------------------------------------- Bracelet 2 90 Lufia Tan Shield 5 180 Hero, Aguro Wood Shield 7 360 Hero, Aguro Wood Wrist 8 480 Lufia Brone Breast 10 N/A Lufia HELMET DEFENCE RATING COST EQUIPPED BY -------------------------------------------------------- Brooch 1 50 Lufia Earring 1 80 Lufia Necklace 1 100 Lufia Cloth Helm 2 120 Hero, Aguro Hair Band 2 210 Lufia Glass Cap 4 460 Lufia Tan Helm 5 240 Hero, Aguro Wood Helm 8 540 Hero, Aguro Brone Helm 11 N/A Hero ==================== LIST OF ACCESSORIES ==================== Here is a list of all of the accessories that you find in the game. The accessories comprise of all the shoes and rings that are in the game, which come up in the Equip menu. All accessories can be equipped by anyone in the game. (DFP = defence rating, ATP = attack rating) SHOES RATINGS COST ----------------------------------------- Sandal +2 DFP 50 Cloth Shoes +4 DFP 300 Heeled Shoes +2 DFP, +5 ATP N/A Spike Shoes +4 DFP, +5 ATP N/A (DFP=defence rating, ATP=attack rating, MGR=magic resistance rating, AGL=agility rating) RING RATINGS COST -------------------------------------- Sonic Ring +1 DFP, +5 AGL N/A Power Ring +10 ATP N/A Daze Ring +8 DFP, +4 MGR N/A ========== MAGIC LIST =========== HERO'S MAGIC ------------- MAGIC MP COST DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------- Strong 3MP Restores a few HP to one character Float 2MP Allows your party to cross toxic marshes Drain 3MP Lowers an enemy's DFP Poison 2MP An antidote for poison for one character LUFIA'S MAGIC -------------- MAGIC MP COST DESCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flash 2MP Bolt of lightning that hits one enemy Waken 4MP Wakes up your party from sleeping Shield 2MP A shield against spells affecting the whole party Dew 5MP A column of water that hits groups of enemies Strong 3MP Restores a few HP to one character Drain 3MP Lowers an enemy's DFP Deflect 3MP Prevents monster magic for a group of monsters Bang 10MP A small explosion that hits all enemies ================ THE WALKTHROUGH ================ Throughout the entire guide, I will be revealing as little of the storyline as possible so that you can get maximum enjoyment out of playing this game. In addition to the essential quests during the game, I will also walk you through the optional stuff which benefits your party. In buying weapons and armour, I will display the cost price of that weapon/armour and by how much it will benefit your party. Also, remember that as soon as you buy a weapon or armour, make sure you equip it, so you can use it. Also when you equip new stuff, make sure you sell your old stuff that you don't want anymore, which will not only lighten your inventory, but also bring in more money. One last thing: you will notice that the walkthrough is currently not finished. This is because in addition to forwarding the release date of the guide, it also gives me the opportunity to receive feedback from you so I know what you think of the guide, which will give me ideas on how to improve the guide for you. =========================================================================== THE FORTRESS OF DOOM =========================================================================== ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: Mad Wolf, Mega Frog, Rock Golem, Mad Knight, Hydra, Efreet, BOSS: Gades, BOSS: Amon, BOSS: Erim, BOSS: Daos --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For this section of the game, do not open ANY treasure chests, because you will be coming back to this place later on in the game and you will need the items then much more. There are two signs in this first room. You can read them if you want. They just talk about pressing the X button in the menu against a spell to see what it does. It really doesn't matter if you read it or not. Head up the path in the middle of the room. It leads to a set of stairs going up. Go up these stairs which leads you to the next floor. From here, go up the path and through the door. This next room is very long and has a reflective floor. Go through this room and through the door at the other end. Go down the path and go up the stairs. This next room also has a reflective floor. Go up the FIRST set of stairs, not the SECOND set yet, and go left and up the path until you reach a set of stairs going down. Go down these stairs and go down and to the right until you see a flashing blue pod. Step on this pod and everyone in your party will have fully restored MP. Now go to the left of the room and up and step on the blue flashing pod there and your party's HP will be restored. Now exit the room the same way you entered. Continue down the path you here and go up the SECOND set of stairs now and walk up along the blue carpet. You will pass some pillars and four statues and come to a set of stairs going up. Go up these stairs and up through the door that you come to. You will come to a room with a path to the left and to the right and a path going up which has a few glass steps next to two round structures. Now start to go up the glass path and Daos will speak to you. The characters try not to show fear and cross the path. Now step on the flashing blue portal. In this next room, the first thing you should do is heal all of your characters HP and MP. Just go into the menu and give a Miracle to anybody who doesn't already have full HP and MP. Don't worry you won't run out of Miracles! :) Now step up the steps ahead of you and you will be challenged by each of the Sinistrals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= BOSS: Gades ========================================================================= WEAK AGAINST: Thunder ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This guy is extremely easy. It would be very difficult to die from him I would imagine. The easiest and quickest way to beat this guy is simply to have Selan using her Thunder magic against Gades, and for everybody else to use physical attacks. It couldn't be simpler. If for some reason you become low on HP, just use a Miracle on yourself and you'll be back in business. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- After this easy fight, before you take even one more step, use Miracles on anybody who doesn't have full HP and MP. Believe me, it is easier to start a fight against another boss will full HP and MP than it is with half energy. Now just step up to the next boss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= BOSS: Amon ========================================================================= WEAK AGAINST: Thunder ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This guy is a bit tougher than Gades, but he is still very easy. You will probably not need to heal yourself during this fight again, but if your HP goes below, say 200, then use a Miracle on yourself. The quickest strategy is just to get Selan using her Thunder magic, and to get everybody else simply to use their physical attacks. I severely doubt that you will die from this fight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- After this fight, just heal everybody in your party again using Miracles who hasn't already got full HP and MP. I doubt that anybody will have full HP and MP at this stage though. Just step up to the next boss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= BOSS: Erim ========================================================================= WEAK AGAINST: Nothing ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once again this boss is extremely easy. This chick deals more damage than the other bosses so far, but it's nothing to get stressed about. If your HP get below 300 then just heal using a Miracle. I suggest just using physical attacks from all your characters against her, because she is very strong against magic. However, if you do use magic against her, make sure you stop when she casts Mirror, because if you keep using magic, her Mirror will reflect that spell back on to you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the last time, before facing the next boss, heal all of your members using a Miracle before facing the next boss. You've nearly defeated all the Sinistrals! Now just step up to the last boss for the final fight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= BOSS: Daos ========================================================================= WEAK AGAINST: Thunder ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daos is the toughest of the bunch, but he's still a walk in the park. But I am almost certain that you will need to heal yourself during the course of this fight. If anybody's HP gets below 350, get Maxim to cast Valor, and you'll be set. Now, otherwise get Selan to cast Thunder, and everyone else to use physical attacks, and Daos will be defeated in no time at all! Easy stuff! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- You will now watch a lengthy cut-scene showing what happened after you defeated the Sinistrals. After this, it will tell you that this actually happened 90 years ago, and since then there were no troubles in the world, until now ... The next scene shows the hero walk into the store and talk with Roman (owner of the store) and then a young girl walks in and calls herself Lufia. She then plays with the Hero, and now we go another nine years in the future ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= ALEKIA ========================================================================= ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ------------------------------------------------------------------------- You will have a long talk with Lufia out in the flower garden and then she agrees to make you some cinnamon pie and you walk back to the Inn so she can cook it. You will overhear some knights talking about monsters are starting to attack Sheran. You will run off when you hear this. When you get control of your character again, go back to the inn and talk to everyone in here, and then go up the stairs. In the room with one bed in it, examine the cabinet here and you will get a Dress. Other stuff to do in this town is to go to the weapons store and buy a Dagger (50G, +6 ATP). Go to the Item shop next to the weapons store and buy 2 Potions (8G x 2), 2 Antidotes (6G x 2), 2 Sweet Waters (10G x 2) and an Arrow (2G). Now go to the left to the Church and save your game. Next, go two houses to the left of the church and examine the cabinet for a Revive item. Now go down the stairs in the house. Follow the path and you'll see it leads to the church. Open the treasure chest here for a Sweet Water item. Next, go to the training room that you saw during the cut-scene which is in the top left part of the town. Examine the cabinet in here for a Cloth Helm (+2 DFP). Make sure you equip it. Now exit this house and walk around to the other side of the house and examine the flower patch here for a Power Potion. Use the Power Potion on yourself. After talking to everybody here in the town, proceed up to the northern part of the town and go into the Castle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= ALEKIA CASTLE ========================================================================= ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Talk to everyone here on the first floor of the castle. There are quite a few items on this floor of the castle. Go to the top left room here with the knight sitting down. After talking to him, open the treasure chest to get an Arrow. Examine the right-most cabinet in the room to receive a Revive item. Now go to the next room to the right with the woman in a blue dress. Examine the second cabinet from the left to get a Swing Wing, and examine the cabinet on the right to get an Escape. Now go up the stairs to the next floor. There's not much to do on the second floor, except talk to the couple of people here, and go to the top right room with the 3 cabinets next to each other. Examine the middle one for a Potion. Go to the room to the left of it and examine the dresser for another Potion. No go up the stairs to the next floor. When you get to this floor speak to the Princess (the closest person to you) and she will give you 100G. Now go into the Princess' room at the top left of this floor and examine the dresser at the left for a Stuffed Bear. Now examine the right-hand cabinet for a Bracelet. Don't sell the Bracelet because you will need to equip it later on. Now talk to the King in the Throne room. After that, go to the top right hand side of this floor and go down the stairs. Keep doing down the stairs until you reach a room with 3 treasure chest. Open them and you will get a Revive, an Antidote and a Sweet Water. Now go back up all the flights of stairs again. Once you reach the top floor again, go back down the stairs that you entered first to get to this floor. Keep going down the stairs and out of the castle. Now leave Alekia. Soon you should head to Chatam before going to Sheran. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================= ON YOUR WAY TO CHATAM ======================================================================= ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: Madshroom, Big Newt, Jellyfish ----------------------------------------------------------------------- At the start of walking around on the world map, you will find yourself constantly having to restore your HP. But don't waste Potions on it. Just keep powering up on all the enemies in this area until you reach Level 3. But make sure you fight the enemies that are close to Alekia because you will need to go to the shrine to the left of Alekia a few times so don't go to far away. When you become low on HP, walk to the small shrine area to the left of Alekia. In this shrine area, make your way to an old man. After telling you what you should do next, he will instantly restores all of your HP and MP. Keep coming to this old man when you come to have low HP, because it saves using your precious Items. But you will probably have to use the occasional Potion during a fight because if you don't you will probably die. But just make sure you keep a couple. When you feel you are readily powered up enough, walk up the map, and you will soon see a small hut to the left. Enter the town of Chatam. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================= CHATAM ======================================================================= ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ----------------------------------------------------------------------- When you first enter Chatam, examine the first flower patch just under you, and one of the flowers will give you a Great Potion. Use this Potion on yourself. This is an Item store here that sells Potions, Antidotes and Arrows. Buy some of these if you need them. If you have any unwanted items here you should sell them. If you don't have enough money to buy all the items you may want, then just return to the world map and keep killing more enemies until you have enough money. In the house in the top right corner of the town, if you examine the bookcase you will get a Smoke Ball. Also if you want to, you can rest at the inn. Now leave Chatam and head up the world map. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ BEFORE GOING TO SHERAN ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: Madshroom, Jellyfish, Big Newt, Spider ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- You should power up to at least Level 5 by the time you reach Sheran. Go up the map past the cave entrance to your left, and you will come to a 2nd cave entrance. Enter here. Follow the path and enter the door that you come to. Inside this room open the 2 treasure chests to get a Potion and 200G. Now exit the cave and go down the map and enter the cave entrance that you saw first. Inside this cave take the right path and keep following it until you can go no further. Examine the rough patch at the end of the path to get a Revive. Go back to the start of the cave and follow the left path out of the cave and enter the castle when you get back on to the world map. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ SHERAN ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- You will see that monsters have basically destroyed the whole village of Sheran. Just talk to everyone and enter the castle at the north end of town. When you enter the castle, go into the room just up a bit and to the left. Open the four treasure chests to receive four Potions. Now enter the room to the right. Open the four treasure chests to receive an Antidote, Foul Water, Sweet Water and Awaken. Now go up the stairs near the start of the room. On this floor enter the room to the left. Examine the bookcase at the left for Sweet Water, and the one in the middle for Foul Water. Enter the room to the right. Open the chests to receive 2 Arrows and a Mid Arrow. The dresser contains a Revive. There is nothing left to do in Sheran Castle, so if you want to you can go back down all the stairs and leave Sheran and head out towards Alekia again. Otherwise you can go up the stairs and see some treasure chests in the throne room that you can't get to yet, because the doors are locked. So if you looked at the chests you can't open, go back down all the stairs and head for Alekia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ ALEKIA ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once in Alekia head to the inn, and speak to Roman. After taking a break, go up the stairs and talk to Lufia. Now go up to the part of town and into Alekia Castle. In the top left room, speak to the Commander. He agrees to organize a meeting about sending troops to Sheran next week! This really annoys the Hero. Now go up the stairs to the next floor. There is nothing to do on this floor so go up the stairs again to the next floor. On this floor, speak to the Princess and she will ask her father to gather up troops right away. Now leave the town of Alekia. As soon as you arrive on the world map, Lufia comes out and stops you. She will talk herself into coming along with you on your quest to Sheran. After Lufia joins your party equip her with the Bracelet. If you already sold it don't worry, but she's better with it. Return to Alekia and go the Armour store. Buy a Cloth (140G, +8 DFP) and equip Lufia with it. Go to the weapons store and buy a Dagger (50G, +6 ATP) and equip it to Lufia. Now go to the church and save your game. There's nothing much else to do here in Alekia, except that some of the people in the town and the castle will tell you something different now that you are back with Lufia. Head out back to Sheran .... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ SHERAN ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: BOSS-Gades ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On your way to Sheran, you can stop in at Chatam and speak to everyone here and they will tell you that Lilah has gone into the Northwest cave. When you go in the cave on your way to Sheran, you will see a man lying face down along the left path. Speak to him and he will tell you that his sister Lilah has gone to Sheran Castle. He also gives you the key to Sheran Castle so that you can save her from the monsters. Continue going to Sheran. Once you arrive at Sheran, go straight ahead to Sheran Castle. Head up and the stairs and into the Throne Room. Unlock the doors to the left and right in this room. In the room to the left, examine the switch at the top of the room and the switch will lower. In the room at the right, open up the treasure chest and you will receive 100 gold pieces. Now exit the throne room. Go around to the left or to the right and enter the room that you come to. Go down the two sets of stairs in the rooms that you come to. Now you will be in a room that merges with the other path that you could have taken. In the middle of this room is a set of stairs going down. Go down the stairs. You will then come to another room with a set of stairs going down to the right. Go down these stairs as well. You will come to a room with two cells. Walk up to the cell on the left and you will find the people you were looking for. Go into this cell room and examine the bookcase at the top of the room and you will receive a Great Potion. Give the Great Potion to Lufia which will increase her Strength. Now leave the cell room and go up the stairs the way you came. Now keep going up the stairs that you just came down, and eventually make your way out of Sheran Castle. As you leave Sheran Castle, you will be confronted by none other than Gades the Evil Sinistral! ============================================================================ BOSS: Gades ============================================================================ WEAK AGAINST: Nothing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a one on one battle between the Hero and Gades. Don't worry you can't win, because this guy does you like 500 damage per hit. It really doesn't matter what you do, but don't waste items on him. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- After Gades defeats you, Lufia will run on screen. After her talk with you, you will be in Alekia again. Roman will take you into the inn for a talk with you both. He asks what the hero plans to do now, and after finding out he wants to speak with Lufia alone. He then tells Lufia that he thinks she should go with the hero whenever he may go. She decides to go with him. Immediately go back with Lufia to the inn and speak to Roman. He will let you rest for free. Now head up back into Alekia Castle. Talk to everybody in the castle. Go up to the second floor and go to the back rooms. Speak to Lilah and she will go with you back to Chatam. Go up to the next floor and speak to the Princess. She will talk to you about Gades. You can also speak to the King for some praise :) There's nothing else for you to do here in Alekia Castle, so make your way back out. There's nothing else to do in Alekia either, so proceed to Chatam ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ CHATAM ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you try and cross the stream to get the right side of the town, Lilah will see Danil her brother, and they will be reunited. They tell you about a town called Treck which is to the southwest of Sheran. Finally the thank you for all the help you've given them. There's nothing else to do but head for Treck. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ ON THE WAY TO TRECK ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: Anemone, Big Newt, Earwig, Nettles, Baby Crab, Spider, Green Orb ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >From the moment you leave Chatam, you should start powering your characters as much as you can. By the time I entered Treck, my main character was at Level 8 and Lufia was at Level 7. Powering up to this level does take a fair while however. The best place to power up is in the area around Treck. If you can't find Treck, after Sheran head left and keep going and you will see a whole hilly section of map. Go down and to the left from here and you will probably walk over a desert-like place. Keep going down and left and you will see a small port town right at the bottom. To power up quickly use Foul Water. Once your characters are powered up enough, enter Treck. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ TRECK ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once in Treck, enter the house just to the left of the entrance. In here, examine the bookshelf to receive a Hair Band(+2 DFP). Equip it to Lufia. Now go upstairs and open the chest for a Dress. Go and rest at the Inn. Now go to the weapon shop and buy a Club (120G, +9 ATP) and a Long Knife(180G, +5 ATP). Equip the Club to the Hero and the Long Knife to Lufia. Now go next door to the armour store, buy the Cloth Armour(240G, +4 DFP) and a Robe (260G, +3 DFP). Equip the Cloth Armour to the Hero and the Robe to Lufia. Examine the left bookshelf in between the weapon and armour shops for a Power Gourd. Now enter the cave at the lower left hand side of Treck. Follow the left path and open the two chests for a Smoke Ball and Arrows. Now go up the forward path you will a stack of crates. Walk towards the bottom crate on the second row of crates from the left. It is still more forward than the crates to the left and right of it. Try to walk in between these two crates and you see you can't. Examine and you will get a Swing Wing. Now try and go left and you won't be able to. Examine and you will get an Escape. Talk to the old man in here and buy one of each of the ciders. If you don't have enough money go back out onto the world map and earn money by killing enemies. Leave the cave and go back to the top left part of Treck and enter the pub. Buy a Pear Cider from the man selling cider. Go to item store and buy a few Antidotes, a couple of Arrows and about two Shrieks. If you have any more money left I recommend spending it all on Potions. If you rather saving your money you can, but when I play games, I usually like to have as many Potions as possible. Save your game at the Church. Go down to the port part of Treck and you will see an old man standing still at the bottom. After speaking to him, you be asked to come to the East Cave. So leave Treck and head east and enter the cave that you come to. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ EAST OF TRECK CAVE ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: Baby Crab, Giant Bat, Nettles, Spider, Green Orb, Kobold, Bore Worm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- his cave is very straightforward. The chest in the lower-right hand corner of the first room contains Cloth Shoes(+4 DFP). Equip these to the Hero. Go down the stairs. In this room, walk to the locked red door at the end and Ainea (the second girl) will unlock it for you. Go through the now open door. In this room, open the treasure chest to receive a Swing Wing. Finally exit at the top of the room. When you come out to the world map, enter the house right next to you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ GUY'S HOUSE ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you enter this area, walk ahead and enter the house that you come to. It turns out that this is Guy's house. He is over 100 years old now and certainly looks it. After you talk to him about Gades, he feels that he must also do something about it, and dies of a heart attack. But he says that you should head for Grenoble to meet someone who knows Artea, who can help you. When you get control of your character, walk back over to where you buried Guy and examine the sword sticking out of the ground and you will receive a Short Sword. Equip it to the Hero. Now talk to Ainea again and she will tell you where to find Grenoble. Now leave this area and head back to Treck. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ TRECK ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: BOSS-Demon Lords ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first thing you should do in Treck is stay at the Inn and save your game at the Church. Now walk down to the ports and you will see a ship and two men standing next to it. Talk to them and you will meet Aguro, commander of the army at Lorbenia. Suddenly a ship comes and a bunch of Demon Lords attack you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ BOSS: Demon Lords ============================================================================ WEAK AGAINST: Nothing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are four of these guys to contend with. These guys are generally pretty easy, but they can be annoying when they want to be. The addition of Aguro into your party is a big help for this fight. The Demon Lord attack very frequently and mostly use Magic Mirror to reflect your magic attacks, so I suggest just getting everyone to use physical attacks. You will robably end up healing your characters a lot, and should get the Hero or Lufia to cast Strong on one of your characters when their HP hits, say, below 40. Aguro is particularly weak against their attacks, so make sure his HP stays right up. It doesn't take long to kill them, and it's not too tough so you should win without many problems. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- After beating them, go to the armour store and buy a Cloth Helm(120G, +2 DFP) and equip it on Aguro. You may want to rest at the Inn, save at the Church and stock up on items. When you're ready to leave, exit Treck and head north to a cave. Enter it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ NORTH OF TRECK CAVE ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: Nettles, Baby Crab, Giant Bat, Kobold, Bore Worm, Green Orb, BOSS-Goblins ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you look to your right you will see a ladder. Climb this ladder and follow the path. You will come to a treasure chest. Open it and receive a Potion. Keep following the path and you will come to a set of stairs going down, next to a large hole. Don't fall down the large hole, but go down the stairs. Follow the path and open the two treasure chests that you come to. You will get a Potion and a Power Potion. Give the Power Potion to Lufia and head up the stairs you just came down. Now drop down the large hole to your right. You will see two animated blue pods. Step on the upper one and you be transported to a new area. Follow the path, go down the ladder and through the door. This room contains two blue pods. Step on both of them to refill your HP and MP. Now go back to the room with the two blue animated pods. Step on the bottom pod this time and you will be transported back to the starting room. Go to the right and up (under the bridge) and you will see a set of stairs going down. Go down the stairs. In this room, you will see a pool of green guck just below you. Get the Hero to cast Float and examine the pool area. Somewhere in the pool is an invisible chest which contains a Miracle. You have to cast Float over the green pool because if you dont, each character will lose 1 HP per step that you take in the pool. Now keep going down the path a bit, and you will an open door above you. Go in this room and open the chest in here for a Daze Ring. Equip it to Lufia. Leave this room and follow the path to left. Go up the ladder and up the stairs. You will now be on the other side of the large hole you were at before. Follow the path to the left and go up the stairs to leave the cave. As soon as you get back to the world map, restores your whole party's HP and MP. Walk towards the ship and Lufia will notice that you are about to be attacked! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ BOSS: Goblins ============================================================================ WEAK AGAINST: Arrows ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- These three Goblins are extremely easy. Just keep using physical attack and you can also use Arrows and Mid Arrows if you want, because the Goblins are very weak against them. You probably won't have to heal yourself, but if you do just use Strong, and you should beat them in no time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- You now have access to the Maberia ship! You realise it is a good idea to go back to Treck, and you will automatically shipped there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ TRECK ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once in Treck, you may want to rest at the Inn and save your game at the Church. Now go into the lodge (the building at the top left part of town with the mug on the wall) and go upstairs. Speak to the captain and he will go with you to see the Maberia. He offers you a free trip to Lorbenia. Talk to him again and select Yes when questioned and you will be sailing straight to Lorbenia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ LORBENIA ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once here, Aguro will go to the Army Headquarters and agrees to meet you at the Inn later. Lufia wants to shop for dresses (surprise, surprise!). Head down to the shops here. You will see a weapon/armour store sign amongst the shops. Walk one row behind it and examine for a Mind Potion. Give it to the Hero. Now enter the weapon shop just to the left, and examine the bookshelf for a Mid Arrow. Now enter the shops here and stock up on items at the two stores to the left and right here. Go up the stairs at the north part of this floor. This next floor is pretty large. There is a woman selling accessories in a stall here. It's not worth buying any accessories, because they all suck. There is also a man selling stuffed animals here. You don't have to buy any of them, but I usually buy all of them when I'm here. At the bottom right corner of this floor is a treasure chest containing a Sweet Water. Now go up the stairs at the bottom left corner of this floor. When you go into the clothing shop, Lufia gets all excited and starts looking at dresses. Talk to everyone here. One of the salespeople tells Lufia that there is a sale at the moment. Lufia get excited again and runs to look at the dresses. A young boy then steals some gold from Lufia and runs from the store. The Hero catches him and Lufia comes out as well, but lets the boy keep the gold if he promises not to steal again. Now go to the right, and into the Inn. Talk to the Inn keeper here and he will tell you about Lou, the kid who stole from you. You can also rest here if you want to. Next, go to the armour shop to the left of the store where Lou stole from you. Buy two Tan Armours(480G x 2, +16 DFP), two Tan Helms(240G x 2, +5 DFP), Cloth Shoes(300G, +4 DFP), a Glass Cap(460G, +4 DFP) and a Tan Shield (180G, +5 DFP). Equip a Tan Armour, Tan Shield and a Tan Helm to the Hero. Equip the other Tan Armour and the other Tan Helm to Aguro. Equip the Glass Cap and the Cloth Shoes to Lufia. Now go to the weapon store and buy a Staff(360G, +37 ATP). Equip it to Lufia. To buy all of this, you will probably have to go out to the World Map, and fight enemies to get the required money. This will also give you important experience which you will be thankful for in later areas. Now leave Lorbenia and head down the world map and to the left and enter the town that you come to, Grenoble. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ GRENOBLE ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once you get to Grenoble, you may rest at the Inn for 40G if you want to. You should probably also save your game at the Church. Now, go to the weapons shop and examine the left shelf to receive a Potion. There's no use buying any of the weapons here because they are no better than what you already have equipped. It's the same with the armour shop here so don't buy any armour either. Go to the Item shop and buy some Potions and Antidotes if required. I also recommend buying some Awakens, some Stone Cures and some Smoke Balls, but you don't have to if you don't have the cash. As long as you keep at least 50G on you. Talk to everyone in town and they will tell you about the Old Cave near Grenoble that has many treasures within it. I find the Old Cave one of my favourite parts of the game. It's really fun. Now go to the house to the left of the Item Shop at the top left part of town. Talk to the people here and a man will let you pass for 50G. Give him the money and go down the stairs. Before you do anything else, head back up the stairs that you came down and immediately look up and examine the shelf for a Speed Potion. You had to go down the stairs first because that is the only way that you can access the shelf. Give the Speed Potion to Aguro to increase his agility. Now go back down the stairs and follow the path. Go up the stairs at the end of this path and examine the flower patch just above you for a Spell Potion. Give it to the Hero to gain some more MP. Now go to the right and you will see a man standing next to a set of stairs going down. Do not walk past him and down the path as you'll just have to repeat the last few steps to get here. Instead go down the stairs next to the man. This is the room where you will get tasks assigned to you in the Old Cave. Talk the old man at the lower right part of the room. He appears to know something about Artea, but wants you to retrieve the Fairy Kiss item on the second level of the Old Cave before telling you more. Talk to the man behind the counter to get a task assigned to you. More than likely it will be the 2nd level task of finding the Secret Map for 500G. Choose to accept this task. Now exit this place and exit Grenbole and head to the left on the world map to the large cave that you will see. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ OLD CAVE (2nd Level Task) ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: Mini Demon, Giant Bat, Rat, Bore Worm, Kobold, Roozard, Giant Newt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speak to the man here on the first level. He tells you to enter the elevator above and flip the switch there to get to the second level. Do as he says and you will end up at the second level. Many of the treasure chests here are empty. It will be too confusing if I tell you exactly which treasure chest contains what because there are just so many of them, so instead open all of the treasure chests on the way and check against the list that I have at the end of this part of all the items that are found in the treasure chests on this level so you know if you have them all. They will roughly be in the same order that you will probably find them in. Anyway, back to the guide. You will have a choice of two paths: one to the right or one going down. Go along the right path first. You will have another choice of choosing a path going up or a path going down. Go along the path going up first. Now you will see a sign just to the left of an open door. Read the sign which says that only women can enter this room. Attempt to go into this door and Lufia says she will get the item alone. Now go through the open door. I suggest restoring Lufia's HP because she will be on her own for a little while. Follow this path and you see a room with heaps of treasure chests in it. Open them all and one of them contains the Fairy Kiss. And one of them contains Heeled Shoes (+5 ATP, +2 DFP). Equip these to Lufia. Once you have done this exit this room and walk towards your party to rejoin them. Now follow the path all the way down. You will see two treasure chests here. Get the Hero to cast Float and open the two treasure chests here for more important items. Next, go back up the path and then to the left. Now go along the path heading down. There are two pools of muck here. Next to the bottom pool, get the Hero to cast Float again. Examine around in this pool and you will find an Ex Potion around the middle of this pool. Very handy. Keep going along this path and enter the open door that you come to. In this room open the two chests for a Power Ring and the Secret Map. Equip the Power Ring (+10 ATP) to the Hero. The items found in treasure chests here are a Hi Magic, a Potion, an Antidote, a Float, Cloth Shoes, a Dress, a Hair Band, Heeled Shoes, an Earring, a Fairy Kiss, a Tan Shield, a Dragon Egg, a Potion, a Sleep Arrow, a Power Ring and a Secret Map. You now have all the items that you need here so head back to the elevator and exit the Old Cave. Wasn't that fun? Now head back to Grenoble. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ GRENOBLE ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- You probably should rest at the Inn and save your game at the Church. Now go back to the man who wants you to pay him 50G to get past and pay him to get past again. Follow the path and head back to room where they assign you tasks. Speak to the old man. He will take the Fairy Kiss and tell you that Artea's apprentice can be found in a northwest tower from Grenoble. But first, talk to the woman behind the counter here and she will take the secret map and give you 500G. You can also talk to the man behind the counter who will assign to you the 3rd Level Task. You should not accept this task yet, because the enemies on the 3rd Level are still a bit too difficult for the level of your party yet. But we will go there a little bit later on. Now leave this place and exit Grenoble. Once on the world map, head to left a fair distance, and then head up. Keep going up until you see a large tower near the coastline. Enter it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ THE NORTHWEST TOWER ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: Zombie, Mini Crab, Mini Demon, Fight, Goblin, Rat, Huge Bunny, Roozard, Giant Newt, Red Magi, BOSS-Apprentice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I won't beat around the bush here. This tower is pretty damn hard. But if you keep your HP up throughout the tower you should be able to do it without too many troubles. In comparison, the 3rd Level of the Old Cave is a little bit more difficult than this tower. I suggest powering up your characters in this tower to start with. Follow the path to the right and enter the door that you come to. In this room follow the right path and enter the door that you come to. You will be in a room now with 2 treasure chests. Open them to receive a Hi Potion and a Hi Magic. Now exit this room and go up the stairs to the left. Once there, go down a bit and open the treasure chest for a Smoke Ball. Now go to the lower left part of this room and go up the stairs that you come to. In this room you will see two lowered bits in this bottom wall just to your right. They are actually doors that you go through. Go through the door closest to you. In here there are two treasure chests containing a Power Gourd and a Mind Gourd. Exit this room and enter the door just to the right. This room contains a treasure chest containing a Hi Potion. Exit this room and go to the right and up through the open door. There is a treasure chest in this room containing a Revive. Finding the tower difficult yet? If not, then you're doing well. Exit this room and go to the left and up the stairs that you came down before. Now go straight up the path and through the open door. In here, just go through the door at the bottom right (duh!). In this room, you will see an open door to the far right and a set of stairs going down. Go through the open door at the far right. In this room go right and down the path to the very bottom. To the right of you is two open doors. Go through the left open door for a treasure chest containing a Mind Potion. Give it to Aguro. Now exit this room and go through the right open door for a treasure chest containing a Great Potion. Give it to Lufia. Now exit this room go left and then up the path and you will soon see an open door to the right. Enter it and go up the stairs that you come to. In this room, follow the left wall all the way down the room and to the right. Remember that this is the room that has 4 pillars in it. You will see an open door and enter it. Go straight through this room and through the open door at the end of it. This room has a sign and two chests in it. Read the sign that says "Overcome your fear!" Open the left chest to get a Power Potion. Give it to Lufia. Open the right chest for a Spell Potion. Give it to the Hero. Now exit this room. Go back to the room where you followed the left wall to get here (the one that has 4 pillars in it). In the lower left part of this room is a set of stairs going up. Go up these stairs. In this room if you go up a bit you will see another room in the middle of this room. Go up and around this middle room and you will see two treasure chests at the top. Open them to receive 2 Mid Arrows. Go back down and enter the middle room. There is a man and two beds in here. Before you speak to the man restores the Hero's HP and MP to full. This guy is Artea's apprentice, who you were looking for. He refuses to tell you where Artea lives until you challenge him to a one-on-one duel! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ BOSS - Apprentice ============================================================================ WEAK AGAINST: Mid Arrows ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good luck! This guy is an absolute bastard! Seeing as though you don't have any attacking magic you are stuck with physical attacks and Items. Mostly I have found that this attacks you twice for each attack you give him. He can do a Jolt move that can do up to 40 damage to you, so keep your HP RIGHT UP! Don't feel upset if he beats you first try because he is very difficult. I still have trouble beating him after fighting him many times. If you have many Mid Arrows in your items use them as much as possible against him because they will probably do twice the damage that physical attacks will do. Otherwise just keep physically attacking him and healing yourself as much as possible. You should be able to do it with the Hero at least at Level 13. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once you have beaten him, he will tell you that Artea lives if Elfrea which is a long way away. He will also give you a Speed Potion which you should give to the Hero. Now make your way out of the tower. You can do this quickly by falling off one of the open sides that the tower has where a wall should be. Once you get back to the world map, you should realise that there is still one more item that you should get in the tower before doing anything else. I suggested going to the world map first, because instead of going all through the tower to get it again, this item is near the start, so it is quicker if you re-enter the tower to get it. So, from the entrance of the tower, follow the left path and go up a bit. You will see an open door to the right of you. Go through this door. In the next room, follow the path down and enter the open door that you come to. In this room, there is a single treasure chest containing a Sonic Ring (+1 DFP, +5 AGL). Equip it to Aguro. Now exit the tower again and head for Grenoble. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ GRENOBLE ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once you get back to Grenoble, rest at the Inn and save your game at the Church. Now go back to the house where the guy who wants 50G to let you pass him. Pay him and head to the room where they assign you Old Cave tasks. Speak to the man behind the counter and accept the 3rd Level Task. You will have to get the Silver Wick from the 3rd Level to get 1000G. Now exit Grenoble and head back to the Old Cave. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ OLD CAVE (3rd Level Task) ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: Red Magi, Dracu Rose, Spike Newt, Zombie, Fight, Frog ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get on the elevator and hit the switch to go down to the 3rd Level. Once again there are many chests in here so I will again list them all at the end of this section in the most probable order that you will find them in. Make sure you still open all the treasure chests that you found. Follow the path down and go through the open door at the end of it. Go straight up and through the open door at the top of the room. This room contains two treasure chests, so open them. Exit this room and go right and through the open door at the right part of the room. Follow the path down a bit. You notice two muck pools. One to the left side of the path and one to the right side of the path. Get the Hero to cast Float and walk through the right muck pool and examine around the middle of the pool for a Miracle. Now keep going down the path and down the ladder. Follow the path to the right and up and go through the door at the end of it. One of the treasure chests in the next room contains a Brone Breast (+10 DFP). Equip it to Lufia. Another chest in this room contains a Brone Helm (+11 DFP). Equip it to the Hero. Another chest in this room contains a Broad Sword (+81 ATP, cursed). Don't equip this sword because it is cursed. Go through the open door at the end of this room. One of the chests in the next room contains Spike Shoes (+5 ATP, +4 DFP). Equip these to the Hero. Another chest in this room contains a Water Ring. Equip it to Lufia. The last chest in this room contains the Silver Wick. Now you have everything, make your way out of the Old Cave. The chests in the 3rd Level contain a Hi Potion, a Bomb, a Sour Cider, a Magic Guard, an Escape, a Revive, a Smoke Ball, a Miracle, a Sweet Water, Hi Arrows, Float, a Hi Potion, a Brone Breast, an Apron, a Brone Helm, a Revive, a Broad Sword, Spike Shoes, a Water Ring and the Silver Wick. Once you think you have everything on this list, head back to Grenoble. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ GRENOBLE ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rest at the Inn and save the game at the Church. You should sell your Broad Sword now to make some more cash. Now make your way back to the room where they assign you tasks and speak to the woman behind the counter to receive 1000G. Now leave Grenoble and head back to the world map. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ ON THE WAY TO ELFREA ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: Red Magi, Zombie, Dracu Rose, Frog, Spike Newt, Fight ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you arrive on the world map, head up to the Northwest Tower. You will notice that on the way there you will walking to the right of a very hilly area. You will also notice that at the top of the big mountain you can go around it and explore the land to the left of the mountain. Do this and head down the path and left across the bridge. Now head up and you will see a temple ahead. Enter it. Make your way through the rooms, and speak to the guy that you will come to (you will have to walk to the left at the last room to see him). He will restore your party's HP and MP. Now leave this area and back to the world map. Head down the map, across the bridge at the bottom, and keep going down. Soon you will be at a crossroads where you can go either left or right of a big mountain. Head right and you will very soon see a small village. Enter it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ KIROF ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you get here rest at the Inn. While you are here, go into the back area of the Inn where all the beds are. You will see five shelves along the back wall. Examine the left three for a Bomb, a Hi Potion and a Mid Arrow. Now head to the item shop in the upper right part of town. Enter through the right door and examine the two shelves in front of you for a Sweet Water and a Hi Potion. Now head towards the back room of the item shop. You will see a short scene between a young boy and a girl lying in bed. The girl, Reyna, is sick and tells us that no medicine can cure her. The boy, Mark, tells her that he will try and borrow the Hope Ruby from the town of Medan which makes hopes come true. He then leaves for Medan, telling Reyna that he will come back with the Hope Ruby. Now speak to Reyna in bed and she tells you that Medan is east of Kirof, you also find out that Mark is Reyna's boyfriend. Go around both sides of the table in here examining in the direction of the two shelves and you will receive a Stuffed Dog and a Stuffed Pig. Leave this house and enter the house to the left of the item shop, with the old lady in it. Examine the shelf in here for a Plum Cider. Now exit this town and head east on the world map and enter the large town called Medan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ MEDAN ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rest at the Inn and save your game at the Church. If you are having trouble finding the Inn (don't worry, I did for a little while), it's the room just to the right of the entrance. Go to the weapons shop and buy two Spears (780G x 2, +53 ATP) and a Mace (600G, +45 ATP). Equip the Spears to the Hero and to Aguro. Equip the Mace to Lufia. Now go to the armour shop and buy two Chain Mails (960G x 2, +20 DFP), a Chain Cloth (1100G, +18 DFP), two Wood Shields (360G x 2, +7 DFP) and a Wood Helm (540G, +8 DFP). Equip the Chain Mails and the Wood Shields to the Hero and to Aguro. Equip the Chain Cloth to Lufia. Equip the Wood Helm to Aguro. Go to the item shop. I suggest buying some Mystery Pins, some Magic Guards, some Power Gourds and some Mind Gourds if you have the money. And, of course, make sure you have enough Potions and Antidotes. Now go into the house to the right of the Inn. Examine the two shelves for a Swing Wing and an Escape. Head towards the castle. Try to enter it and you will see Mark running out. Lufia stops him and asks him what's wrong. He says that the King wouldn't even see him so he couldn't even ask him to borrow the Hope Ruby to bring to Reyna. He then runs off. Proceed into Medan Castle. Before entering the castle, head left before the entrace, and you will notice that there are three small flower patches. Examine the left-most flower patch for an Ex Potion. Now head to the right of the castle entrance. You will see three more flower patches. Examine the right-most flower patch for an Ex Magic. Finally enter the castle. Head straight up through the open doors until you get to the room with the Hope Ruby in it. After speaking to everyone here walk up to the Ruby and Lufia will make a wish. She throws in a coin into the water and asks the hero to ask her what she wished for. After he asks her, she refuses to tell him. Now leave this room, and take the right path. Follow it and go down the stairs that you come to. Follow the path and you will see a quick scene. You will find out that the Hope Ruby is really a fake! It's actually made of glass. If you try to talk to the princess and the man you will be kicked out. So head back to the entrance that leads to the Hope Ruby room. Once at the entrance, head down through the door to go to the previous room. Now follow the path to the left, which will lead up, and will end with a set of stairs going up. Go up these stairs. Once you get upstairs, just go down through the open door at the bottom of the room. In the next room, enter the main room that is around the middle of the floor. This room is the king's throne. Speak to the King and you find out that there is rumour that the Sinistral Amon has been revived! Well, now exit the castle and start walking towards the exit of Medan. You will see Mark running off past you followed by some guards. You find out that Mark has stolen off with the Hope Ruby and has gone to Kirof. So leave Medan and head back west for Kirof. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ KIROF ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Talk to everybody here and you will find out that Reyna has headed to the Ghost Cave (which is to the north of Kirof). You should rest at the Inn while you are here. Now leave Kirof and head up the world map. You will see a man standing near a cave entrance. Talk to him and he tells you that Reyna has entered looking zombie-like. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ GHOST CAVE ============================================================================ ENEMIES IN THIS AREA: Swordspook, Crazy Pot, Ghost Mail, Willowisp, Flamespook ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once you've entered Ghost Cave, follow the path down and you will see a treasure chest. Open it to receive a Hi Potion. Go to the right and you will notice an open door along the top wall. Enter this room and follow the path to receive an Escape inside a chest. Leave this room and head right and up along the path and go down the stairs that you come to. Go through this room and down the stairs at the end of it. In this next room, go to the left part of the room for a Speed Potion. Give it to the Hero. Now go up the stairs in this room. Keep going up sets of stairs in the next rooms until you are in a room with a treasure chest and three sets of stairs going down. Open the chest for a Hi Magic. After opening the chest go down the stairs at the top right of the room. Go through the next room and up the stairs. Open the chest for a Dragon Egg. Now go back to the room with the three sets of stairs going down. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================= LIST OF MONSTERS ================= This is a list of every monster that I encountered in the game, and a bit about what they look like, what special skills they have, and I will place the monsters in order of appearance during the course of the game. Also I will tell you where the monsters are found, how much gold they give you, how many HP they have, how much experience they give you, and what level your character should be at to beat them. Lastly I will include actual dropped items from them during a battle. This took a heck of a lot of work, and many late nights, but I finally have the list ready and hopefully all correct. If you see any errors or you have a monster, or attribute that I haven't got, please don't hesitate to e-mail me. My e-mail address is comleyd@arcom.com.au. I also found that finding out a monster's HP will very difficult because there is no item that tells you this information. So I just wrote down on a piece of paper exactly how many HP of damage I caused and wrote down the result. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Hydra Found: Doom Island GOLD: 322 HP: 400 EXP: 1850 Abilities: Blizzard, Bang ITEMS DROPPED: None Level You Should Be At: ??? DESCRIPTION: They look like dinosaurs with five heads. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Mega Frog TYPE: Animal DESCRIPTION: These guys look like huge frogs. They are also very easy to defeat. ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Doom Island HP: 400 SPECIAL ABILITIES: Champion EXP: 1200 GOLD: 525 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Mad Wolf TYPE: Animal DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Doom Island HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Rock Golem TYPE: Rock creature DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Doom Island HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Mad Knight Found: Doom Island GOLD: ??? HP: ??? EXP: ??? Abilities: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None Level You Should Be At: 76 DESCRIPTION: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Efreet TYPE: Animal DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Doom Island HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Madshroom TYPE: Plant DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Around Alekia and Chatam HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AME: Big Newt TYPE: Animal DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Around Alekia, Chatam and Treck HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Jellyfish TYPE: Animal DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Around Alekia and Chatam HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Spider TYPE: Animal DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Caves near Chatam, around Treck and caves near Treck HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Anemone TYPE: Plant DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Around Treck HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Earwig TYPE: Animal DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Around Treck HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Nettles TYPE: Plant DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Around Treck and caves near Treck HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Baby Crab TYPE: Animal DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Around Treck and caves near Treck HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Green Orb TYPE: Plant?? DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Around Treck and caves near Treck HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Giant Bat TYPE: Animal DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Caves near Treck HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Kobold TYPE: Animal DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Caves near Treck HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Bore Worm TYPE: Animal DESCRIPTION: ??? ITEMS DROPPED: None STATISTICS ----------- AREAS FOUND: Caves near Treck HP: ??? SPECIAL ABILITIES: ??? EXP: ??? GOLD: ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Zombie Found: Around Medan GOLD: 53 HP: 50 EXP: 18 Abilities: None ITEMS DROPPED: None Level You Should Be At: 13 DESCRIPTION: These enemies are blue zombies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Dracu Rose Found: Around Medan GOLD: ?? HP: 36 EXP: ?? Abilities: None ITEMS DROPPED: None Level You Should Be At: 13 DESCRIPTION: These are huge roses with red flowers that attack you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Frog Found: Around Medan GOLD: ?? HP: ?? EXP: ?? Abilities: None ITEMS DROPPED: None Level You Should Be At: 13 DESCRIPTION: These animals look like simple green frogs, but they attack. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Swordspook Found: Inside Ghost Cave GOLD: ?? HP: ?? EXP: ?? Abilities: None ITEMS DROPPED: None Level You Should Be At: 13 DESCRIPTION: They look like three sword surrounded with wind. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Crazy Pot Found: Inside Ghost Cave GOLD: ?? HP: ?? EXP: ?? Abilities: Frost ITEMS DROPPED: None Level You Should Be At: 13 DESCRIPTION: They look like psychotic little purple pots with faces. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Ghost Mail Found: Inside Ghost Cave GOLD: ?? HP: 48 EXP: ?? Abilities: None ITEMS DROPPED: None Level You Should Be At: 13 DESCRIPTION: A big being of armour. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Willowisp Found: Inside Ghost Cave GOLD: ?? HP: ?? EXP: ?? Abilities: Plasma ITEMS DROPPED: None Level You Should Be At: 14 DESCRIPTION: A bright yellow light. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAME: Flamespook Found: Inside Ghost Cave GOLD: ?? HP: ?? EXP: ?? Abilities: Spark ITEMS DROPPED: None Level You Should Be At: 13 DESCRIPTION: Looks like a large red flame. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============== LIST OF BOSSES =============== This is a list of every boss in the game, with their statistics. With that are their weaknesses and what type of enemy they are. --------------------------------------- GADES ENEMY TYPE: Being HP : 3000 EXP : 30000 GOLD : 0 WEAK : Thunder --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- AMON ENEMY TYPE: Being HP : 2700 EXP : 30000 GOLD : 0 WEAK : Thunder --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ERIM ENEMY TYPE: Being HP : 2800 EXP : 30000 GOLD : 0 WEAK : None --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- DAOS ENEMY TYPE: Being HP : 3200 EXP : 30000 GOLD : 0 WEAK : Thunder --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- GADES (Second Fight - One on one with the Hero) ENEMY TYPE: Being HP : 3000 EXP : (Doesn't matter, you can't beat him here) GOLD : N/A WEAK : None --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- DEMON LORDS ENEMY TYPE: Animals HP : 50 x 4 EXP : 200 GOLD : 468 WEAK : None --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- GOBLINS --------------------------------------- ENEMY TYPE: Animals HP : 130 x 3 EXP : 300 GOLD : 542 WEAK : Arrows --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- APPRENTICE --------------------------------------- ENEMY TYPE: Person HP : 570 EXP : 200 GOLD : 215 WEAK : Mid Arrows --------------------------------------- ========= FEEDBACK ========= I would really like to know what you think of my guide, as well as what you think of the game, and games nowadays in general. If you would like to give me suggestions, comments, praise, etc. you can do it these ways: E-mail me at comleyd@arcom.com.au and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Contact me through ICQ: my UIN is 6822104. Well, I look forward to hearing from you! ============ MY THOUGHTS ============ I never that writing a guide would be so addictive! I also didn't realise how hard it would be either! But it has all been a fun process so far. Although this last version (0.4) has caused some headaches because it's been very tough. I had many late nights and many problems but I got it done! I would like to thank CaSPeR for introducing me to the world of RPG'ing a few years back. RPG's have given me much fun over the last few years. To anyone who I should thank and haven't yet, maybe I'll remember next version :) Once again, if anybody has any comments, suggestions, questions, etc. don't hesitate to e-mail me at comleyd@arcom.com.au and I'll get back to you real soon. I am proud to say that so far in this guide, I have not used any external sources in gathering up information for this guide. I am sure that will change over the next couple of version or so, because this is getting hard! If I get any good feedback from this guide, I will most probably end up writing some more guides either for the Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64 or the PlayStation. A couple of games I am closely considering next are Bomberman 64 on the N64, or maybe Bomberman Hero. Or perhaps I will make a guide to the sequel of Lufia, Lufia 2. But all of this is looking way down the track, because I've got a tonne of more work to go on this one, which I'm looking forward to! Don't forget, keep checking back at Gamefaqs (www.gamefaqs.com) for new versions of this guide. And one more thing before I go: comleyd@arcom.com.au is my e-mail address if you want to get in contact with me. I'll get back to you as soon as possible. ======= THANKS ======= Casper: He was the guy who introduced me to RPG's in the first place. Many thanks goes to him. BlackData: Another friend who seems to only like the Ultima RPG series. He says he is an RPG fan, yet he hates the Final Fantasy series and thinks Lufia is too cutesy! Hopefully he'll see there's more to life than Ultima :) Mark: An old friend who I've known for ten years, who only seems to like car racing games for some reason. Microchick: My first girlfriend that I met on the net, and the relationship actually worked out for 7 months! We had some good times! Square: The Final Fantasy series has given me much enjoyment over the past few years, I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of Final Fantasy 8 over here. ICQ: It is really a great program that lets everybody stay in contact with each other online. Too many idiots on there now :) Konami: Metal Gear Solid is really a great game that I really enjoy. The bad thing is the week after I got it, the CD got a little too scratched, so I need to get another copy. Namco: The developers of the Tekken fighting game series. This is definitely my favourite fighting game series, and I hope there are many more Tekken games to come... ====== LINKS ====== The list below shows some links that I really enjoy visiting, and perhaps you will too if you visit them. But please don't e-mail me about have crap links, because these are the links that "I" like. I will try to keep this link list as up to date as possible, although some of the pages might go down in the near future, it's not my choice. Also, please don't ask me for more links about certain things, because if you want to find out more about something, why don't you go and look for them yourself? http://www.audiofind.com/index.html (This site is a great MP3 search engine.) http://www.linkhouse.net/roms/ (This is the greatest emulation site that I have ever seen.) http://www.csoft.net/~zsnes/ (This is the ZSnes homepage, a great SNES emulator.) http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/9211/frame.html (This is my favourite Neon Genesis Evangelion site.) http://www.ultrahle.com/ (A great site for Nintendo 64 emulation.) http://www.squaresoft.com/ (The homepage of my favourite games developer.) http://www.gaming-age.com/news/index.htm (The best games news site around!) http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arena/8243/index2.html (A site about the new exciting game Final Fantasy 8) =========== DISCLAIMER =========== I have written this guide for your personal use only. You can copy and istribute it online to your friends if you keep it AS IS. Do not use this guide for profitable reasons (e.g. games magazine, a book or any other publication) without my prior knowledge and consent. This is the work of me and nobody else, so please don't steal ideas from this guide, think of your own. If you see this guide on somebody else's page please e-mail me the URL of that site, so I can create of list of the availability of this guide. (c) Daniel Comley 1999