/---| |-| |---\ \ ---| /--\ |-| | |/-/ /--\ |-|/-\ --/ | |--/ / | -/ | | | \ | -/ | | | |---/ |___/ \__| |_| |_|\_\ \__| |___|_| \ | |___/ Low-Level FAQ/Walkthrough Version 1.3 AbsoluteZero E-mail:Squarerocks@hotmail.com Version 1.0 12/29/01- *FAQ/Walkthrough posted *Wrote introduction. *Did a bit of the basics (Stats and words to know). *Wrote rules. *Did Angela, Carlie, Duran, Hawk intros and Jad. *Started the spells section. *Did three enemies. *Did 8 parties *Did "Who to chose as a starting character" *Did strategies *Did contacts and credits. Version 1.1 12/29/01- *Attempted to fix the name. (Low-Lever? Sheesh..) *Added Angela's Classes. *Edited Table of Contents. Version 1.2 1/3/01- *Added tips section under Rules. *Edited rules. Version 1.3 1/6/01- *Added Hall of Fame. *Added recommended levels up to Jewel Eater (Under walkthrough). *Added good places to train (Under walkthrough). *Edited teams section. *Added one more tip in intro tips and strategies. *Added to The Basics section. Contents 1.Introduction 2.The Basics 3.Rules 4.Character Classes a.Angela 5.Walkthrough 6.Boss Strategies 7.Parties 8.Spells 9.Enemies 10.Hall of Fame 11.Contact me 12.Credits ======================================================================= 1. Introduction A few of you may know me as the author of the Class Change Challenge FAQ or know me from the boards. This is yet another one of my challenges. This one, however, has proved to be WAY more interesting and more fun than the Class Change Challenges. I have to admit myself, the CCCs weren't all that great. This challenge is active through the whole game, unlike the CCCs. Many people probably will like this; many people also don't like training. I haven't really introduced what this is. It's a challenge to go through the game at a low level, hence the title Low Level Game. This can also be used as a walkthrough for beginners to the game who don't like to train. That's why I have the walkthrough and boss strategies. Of course, if you're doing it as a challenge, then I highly recommend NOT using the boss strategies unless you're stuck and dying. Well, I hope people enjoy this more then the CCCs. Have fun!(I hope) ======================================================================= 2. The Basics ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Words You Should Know ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FC-Final class. FST-Full screen tech, hits all the enemies. Lv.-Level. MT-Multitarget. ST-Single target. MC-Main character. BTW-By the way. CC-Class change. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stats and What They Do ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Strength, or STR- Raises attack power, thus raising the damage you do in battle while attacking with your characters' weapons. Duran's specialty. Agility, or AGI- Raises evade and hit rate, thus lowering the chances you have of getting hit and raising you chance of hitting the enemy. Hawk's specialty. Vitality, or CON- Raises defense, thus lowering the damage enemies do to you when fighting with weapons. Kevin's specialty. Intelligence, or INT- Raises magic defense and magic damage, thus lowering the damage that enemies do to you with magic and raising the damage you do when using magic like Angela's magic. I'm not sure if this affects summons or not. Angela's specialty. Spirit, or PIE- Raises the power of healing spells, making Heal Light heal more HP. Also raises the damage of Holy Ball and Saint Beam. I'm not sure if it affects Lise's stat up spells or not. Carlie's specialty. Luck, or LUC- Raises the chances of getting a treasure chest, not having it be trapped, and raises chances of a critical hit, which makes your character do more damage on one hit. Hawk's specialty. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Raising Stats & Leveling Up ----------------------------------------------------------------------- When you get a certain amount of exp., which you earn from defeating enemies, you'll level up. You get a chance to raise one stat. Sometimes, if you raise a stat too much, you won't be allowed to raise that stat for a while. That doesn't mean you've reached the maximum for that class, it just means you're getting too far ahead on that stat, and you need to raise a different one. Classes have maximum stats, and when you raise your character's stat to their class's max., then you won't be able to raise that stat until you CC, or if you're in your FC, you won't be able to raise it. When you CC, your stats automatically raise to those of the previous class's max. stats. For example, the Magician's max. stats are : Str.-8 Agi.-8 Vit.-8 Int.-12 Spi.-11 Luc.-10 So when she becomes a Delvar or Sorceress, those will be her stats, even if her stats when you class change are: Str.-7 Agi.-6 Vit.-8 Int.-10 Spi.-9 Luc.-9 Now, in this case, you notice that her vitality is equal to her starting vitality in the next class. That means nothing will happen to it. You won't gain HP or defense from CCing here. Now, if it was 7, she would gain defense and HP. ======================================================================= 3.Rules These rules don't apply to those newbies who don't want to train, so if you're a newbie who doesn't want to train, skip these (except for #1, you probably should read that), although the tips are helpful for everyone. ---------- 1.You may notice that my recommended levels are very often a 3 level range. I classified each level into a group. Well, it's like this: Highest Level (Example: 3 in 1-3): Beginner Level The recommended level for people who haven't beaten the game or have beaten the game once but still aren't very comfortable with it. Middle Level (Example: 2 in 1-3): Novice Level The recommended level for those who have beaten the game at least once and want a bit of a challenge, but they don't want to have TOO much of a hard time. Lowest Level (Example: 1 in 1-3): Veteran Level The level for people who consider themselves experienced players and want a real challenge. Eventually in the walkthrough, these levels will split up and stop being so similar. For example, the ending level for a Veteran is 29-30, for a Novice, 31-32, and for a Beginner, 34+. At this point, at least. ---------- 2.Again a Hall of Fame thing. If you go above the recommended level for the skill level you're shooting for twice, you automatically move up in the Hall for the skill level. Example: You're shooting for Veteran Level, and the recommended levels for three different places are 3,5,and 6. You're lv.4 for the three spot, but you're 5 for the 5 slot. You're still qualified for Veteran. If you're 8 in the seven spot, you can only try for Novice. Beginners won't get in the Hall of Fame, sorry, but the Beginner is a good training experience. It is allowed that someone does the Beginner Level until they get the hang of it (About at Maia) and switches to the Novice. I highly recommend staying on one path, though. ---------- I'll probably end up annoying you all by adding a rule when you're on your end bosses. :p Oh, and I don't expect many people to be able to do these until I'm finished one, so you can have the recommended levels. ------ *Tips* ------ 1. The most important thing is money. DON'T FORGET THAT. Don't go off spending your money on Pakkun Chocolates to find 9 of them. You only have a limited amount of training, therefore a limited amount of money. Even when you're going into a boss, choose carefully who to buy armor for. If you buy armor to go through Bucca and then you don't have money for the better armor to beat the 2nd Bill & Ben + Machine Golems, you'll be very miserable. 2.You know how what day it is affects your and the enemies spells (Example: It's Jinn's day, all wind spells are more powerful) use it to your advatage. If you go to a place where enemies use a lot of ice spells then go on Salamando's Day. Etc. etc. etc. You get the idea, right? (This is Anemo's tip. Thanks, Anemo! And if you want Carlie info, go check out his FAQ. Carlie's a great character to have in a Low-Level game too.) That's all I have (So far). This is gonna be my last update for a while, I need to finish my Low-Level game. (Note from version 1.3-Okay, I lied.) ======================================================================= 4.Characters and Classes. Now about the Class Change System. Each character has an initial class, a light class and a dark class, and classes that branch off those. Each class learns different spells and has different stats. Here's a diagram of what it looks like- Dark Dark / Dark / \ / Dark Light Neutral \ Light Dark \ / Light \ Light Light You first class change at level 18. To class change, find a Mana Stone and talk to it. It will ask you which class you want to change to. It won't say Light or Dark like my diagram, so if there's a specific class you want to change to, you have to know its name. For the second class change, you must be level 38. You also need certain items for certain classes when doing your second class change. Don't expect to get to the FCs, you'll be too low of a level to reach them. I simply put them in if you decide at the last minute not to do a Low-Leveler, and train like heck. No, not really, it's just for your information. Just a note- I call the Light and Dark classes first classes, Neutral classes: defaults, and Light Light, Light Dark, etc. are second classes. * means multitarget. Here are all the classes and my opinions for every character. Enjoy! -------- *Angela* -------- Magician Max. Stats Str.-8 Agi.-8 Vit.-8 Int.-12 Spi.-11 Luc.-10 Tech- Double Attack. Spells-*Holy Ball,*Diamond Missile,*Air Blast,*Evil Gate,*Ice Smash,*Fireball. Comments-She learns spells. What else can I say? Okay, so her strength, agility, and vitality are atrocious, and her tech's pretty useless. Nobody else learns spells, and even though it takes a while to learn them all, especially at the rate of a low-level game, they're preferable to fighting because of element weaknesses. Very helpful when you have low stats. Good for a default. Sorceress(Light) Max. Stats Str.-14 Agi.-14 Vit.-14 Int.-17 Spi.-17 Luc.-14 Tech-Pink Typhoon Spells-Magician spells+: Saint Beam, Earthquake, Thunderstorm, Mega Splash, Exploder. Pros-*All second level spells except for Dark Force. *Better strength, agility, and spirit than the Delvar. Cons-*Worse intelligence than the Delvar. Comments- A great class. All the 2nd level spells except for Dark Force. Just devastating on the God-Beasts. Better attack, agility, and spirit than the Delvar. The big offensive magic thing in a low-level game is the element weaknesses, not the stats, so the Delvar's extra intelligence point isn't much over her 5 new spells. Love this class... Delvar(Dark) Max. Stats Str.-13 Agi.-13 Vit.-14 Int.-18 Spi.-16 Luc.-14 Tech-Star Attack Spells-Magician spells+: Dark Force. Pros-*Dark Force. Cons-*Worse strength, agility, and spirit than the Sorceress. Comments- A pretty useless class. She has better intelligence than the Sorceress, but as I said in my Sorceress comments, what really matters is variety. She hardly has any variety. The first level spells are her variety, but they aren't as useful as a variety of 2nd level spells. Avoid this class. Grand Divina (Light Light) Max.Stats Str.-17 Agi.-17 Vit.-18 Int.-21 Spi.-17 Luc.-16 Tech-Spiral Rod Spells-Magician Spells+: *Saint Beam,*Earthquake,*Thunderstorm,*Mega Splash,*Exploder,*Double Spell. Tech-Spiral Rod Pros-*MT 2nd level spells. *Double Spell. *Highest strength and agility of all Angela's second classes. Cons-*No 3rd level spells. Comments- My personal favorite class for Angela. Learns to multitarget the second level spells. Also gets Double Spell, an ultimate spell. Of course, all of Angela's classes get an ultimate spell. Double Spell is my personal favorite. You can use it 11 times with 99 MP, it's MT, and it doesn't matter what level you are, it will always do damage, which is great with a low-level game. Not like you'll have 99 MP with a low-level game, but low MP cost is still useful. Arch Mage (Light Dark) Max.Stats Str.-16 Agi.-16 Vit.-18 Int.-20 Spi.-20 Luc.-17 Spells-Magician Spells+: *Saint Beam,*Earthquake,*Thunderstorm,*Mega Splash,*Exploder,*Rainbow Dust. Tech:Dancing Rod Pros-*MT 2nd level spells. *Rainbow. *Highest spirit and luck of all Angela's second classes. *Good Poto Oil thrower if you don't have a healer. Cons-*No 3rd level spells. *Worst intelligence of Angela's second classes. Comments- My 2nd favorite class for Angela. Learns to multitarget the second level spells. Also gets Rainbow Dust, an ultimate spell. Highest spirit and luck, making her a good Poto Oil thrower if you don't have a healer. I prefer the Grand Divina, though. Grand Divina vs. Arch Mage is at the bottom of this section. Rune Master(Dark Light) Max.Stats Str.-15 Agi.-15 Vit.-18 Int.-21 Spi.-19 Luc.-16 Spells-Magician Spells+: *Dark Force,Stun Wind,Cold Blaze,Stone Cloud,Blaze Wall,Death Spell. Tech:10T. Pros-*3rd level spells. Cons-*Lowest strength and agility of Angela's second classes. *Death Spell only works if you're equal to or higher than the level of the enemy you're trying to use it on. Comments- The better of Angela's dark classes which you should avoid in the first place. 3rd level spells are useful, but it's not worth the suffering it takes to get there. You're your first class a majority of the game, and the Delvar is a awful class. Death Spell is useless, because it only works if you're equal to or higher than the level of the enemy you're trying to use it on, which you probably won't be. The strength and agility hardly matter, you'll never reach the max anyways. Well, maybe, if that's all you raise. This class is actually an okay class, but the Delvar spoils it. Magus(Dark Dark) Max.Stats Str.-16 Agi.-16 Vit.-18 Int.-22 Spi.-18 Luc.-15 Spells-Magician Spells+: Dark Force, Earthquake, Thunderstorm, Mega Splash, Exploder,*Ancient. Tech:Hot Shot. Pros-*Highest intelligence. *Ancient. Cons-*One MT spell besides 1st level spells, but it costs 12 MP. *Learns all the spells the Sorceress does, except Saint Beam (She has Dark Force instead), and Sorceress doesn't have Ancient. *Worst luck of Angela's classes. Comments- Avoid this class like the plague. As I said in the Pros and Cons, she's basically the Sorceress with better stats, Dark Force for Saint Beam, and Ancient. You could've gotten a Sorceress much earlier. She's not really all that bad as I'm making her out to be, but only because she has better stats than the Sorceress. She has good stats, though, which still don't quite make up for her terrible spells. The only thing that's low is luck. Ancient can be pretty good if you raise intelligence a lot, but with the high MP cost, you can't use it enough for it to be worthwhile. If you really have your heart set on this class, then you MIGHT consider using it, otherwise, don't. ---------- That's all for now. ======================================================================== 5.Walkthrough This section contains spoilers. Don't read if you don't want the storyline spoiled for you! I will also refer to the character you control as "You". You can do the challenge without the walkthrough. This is just to be helpful for the beginners I mentioned in the intro. Here are the recommended levels for now, I'll integrate them into the walkthrough later: Full Metal Hugger-2-4 (2&3 for your MC, 4 for all) Jewel Eater-4-6 (4 for your MC, 5&6 for all) Here's what I'm hoping to do at Tzenker-6-8 (All) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Introductions ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- *Angela's Introduction* ----------------------- You start off looking at Altena and hearing about how the snow is coming into the city. Then it goes to the Queen's room and listen to Koren blabber on about how Mana is disappearing and how they have to go to the Mana Holyland to get the Mana Sword. Then the scene goes to Angela in magic class with Jose. She's not having a easy time learning magic, so she gives up and runs away. Now you gain control of her. Walk down the bridge. You'll run into some dude called Victor. You'll hear about how Angela never had anyone care for her as a child, so she acted like a jerk to get attention. Go across the bridge. Go down the stairs and to the left to find a door. Go through. Go to the left until you hit the main path. Follow the main path down 2 screens. Once you end up in the building with the staircase, go down the staircase, and go down after that. Then go left, into the door. Then up, left into the top door. Now there's only one path. Go past the lady cooking into the next room, past the sleeping witch, and talk to the witch next to her. You'll find out that you need to go to the castle. Go back the way you came until you get back to the point where you found the main road. Go up, talk to Victor, go up, at the fork, go either way, talk to the witch in front of the door, she'll move. Go through. Now you'll see a scene in which Angela is told that she's being sacrificed to release a Mana Stone. She gets teleported outside Altena by some unknown force. Go down into the Sub-Zero Snowfield. You can fight Sahagins for exp. Actually, if you stay alive, you can grow a level. It doesn't matter if you die, the game makes you die anyway. Wander around until Angela says "Too cold...can't walk". You'll die. You wake up in a house in Elrand. Go to the inn and talk to the old lady there. She'll tell you to go to Wendel. Leave. You'll see a scene where Angela decides to go to Wendel. You'll take a ship to Jad. ---------------------- *Duran's Introduction* ---------------------- It's all dark and some person says "Hey, Duran! You're up next! Go show 'em what you're made of!". You enter into some sort of battle arena, fighting against some guy called Bruiser. Don't worry about dying, you can't. You have to win. Talk to King Richard once you've won. You'll hear a little about Duran's childhood. Now you're on guard duty and Duran remembers his past, how his father, Loki, fought the Dragon Emperor and they both fell down a bottomless pit. His mom fell ill and died, so he was raised by his aunt. Duran wakes up from his dream to find all the guards dead. Talk to the guard by the big gate. Duran will wonder what's happened. A wizard wearing a red cape will appear. He'll go through a door. Follow him. Duran will try and attack him once you've caught up. You can't hit him, he'll continuously teleport around. Eventually, he'll attack you, and basically kill you. He's about to finish poor Duran off when some guards come and he leaves. Duran passes out. You see a scene where the guards make a report. They figure out that the wizard is the infamous Wizard of the Red Lotus from Altena. King Richard wonders why Altena is attacking Forcena. Now you regain control of Duran in a pub. Wendy will come in and get angry at Duran. Leave the pub. Go under the house you came out of and go up the nearest staircase into the door on the 2nd story. Talk to the old lady and she'll tell you to go to Wendel to learn about class changing. Duran decides to go to Wendel. He wants to go back to his house to pack up. Go as far to the right as you can, then go down until you reach a door. Go in, and go up the staircase. Go over to the treasure chest and press A. A scene will happen where Duran packs up, says goodbye to his family, and starts to leave. His aunt will come out and give him a sword and tell him to see the king. The castle is in the most northern part of town. Just walk up and you'll get to the king. You tell the king you're leaving. Now just walk down until you get to the Molebear Highlands. Go down until you get to a tunnel. There's only one way through the tunnel, so go that way. You'll se a scene where Duran says he's going to kill the wizard. Now Duran auto-walks to Maia and takes a ship to Jad. ----------------------- *Carlie's Introduction* ----------------------- You begin dreaming about, uh, well, um, walking into flowers while your parents watch you. Then your parents vanish and you cry. Then you wake up and realize that it was a dream. You run out into the hall and crash into your friend/guardian (I'm not quite sure what he is), Heath. He'll ask you if you're okay. You'll nod and run off. Now the scene follows Heath talking to the Priest of Light. The Priest tells Heath to go check out what's happening at Jad. Carlie decides that she "gotta find Heath". Now you gain control of her. Go up through the door, up the nearest staircase, through the nearest door, down until you reach the two priests. Turn left. Talk to the kid. Leave the way you came and go right. Walk up to the bed you were sleeping in in the beginning. It will ask, "Sleep here until night?". Say yes. Now go out of the room the way you came. Go down, and go into either door. Mick (The kid) will bounce you off on a sproingy-whasitcalled. You'll miss Astoria, and instead land on your 2nd character. They'll bring you to the Astoria Inn. Now go as far south as you can and find the weapon shop. Buy a new weapon. Now go as far north as you can to enter the Rabite Forest. Just go north until you see the scene in which a "mean man" captures Heath. So ends your introduction. ---------------------- *Kevin's Introduction* ---------------------- Coming soon! --------------------- *Hawk's Introduction* --------------------- You start in Sultan, robbing some dude's house. When you gain control of Hawk, you're on the second story of dude's house. Open the treasure chest. Dude will wake up and spin around. You give him some advice and leave. You jump off the roof and go to Navarre. You visit Flamekhan to tell him your raid went well. Isabella will tell you that Navarre has become a kingdom and is going to capture Rolante because the wells are drying up. You go to your room and wonder what's going on. Jessica comes in and you say something that offends her, and she slaps you. Now you gain control of Hawk. Move away from the window, and go down the staircase. Go out the door, and go up along the carpet. Follow the carpet until you reach a fork. At this point, pretty much, no matter where you go, you get to the bar. I'll just give you my preference. Go left, down through the door, up the staircase to the north, down. Now you should be in the bar. Go down, to the left until you hit a wall, then down again. There should be a thing that's in the middle of the path that looks like a pile of nicely arranged rubble. It's a staircase. Go down. Talk to the man inside, Eagle. When he asks you a question, say "Yeah!". He'll leave, go back to the bar through the first door you see on the way back. Go up three times. You'll end up in a room that was formerly barred off with Eagle. You'll watch Isabella talk to some weirdo while Flamekhan is laying down, looking rather dead, and Eagle will run out and ask her a million questions. The weirdo will vanish, leaving Izzy to deal with Eagle. She'll make him go nutty and attack you. Fight him. You can't die. Once he's dead, talk to Isabella. She'll call in guards and say you did it. Now you're in jail, and Isabella tells you about a necklace she gave to Jessica, which will kill her if you tell anyone the truth. Talk to the gate until Jessica comes. When she does come, she'll ask you if you really killed Eagle. Izzy reminds you about the necklace. You stay silent. She runs away, thinking you did do it. Go to the back of your cell and talk to the dark spot. Nikita, the cat-person from the beginning, blows up the wall and saves you. There's really only one way to go from here. Nikita will tell you to go to Wendel to get the necklace removed. You decide to go. Go out the back door. The guards will yell that you're escaping. Now enemy ninjas will pop up a lot and attack you. They don't give you exp, so just ignore them. Go right a little, down, and up the staircase. From there, go left over the bridge and down. Follow the path, and at the fork, go up. Go to the center of the room and go down. You'll end your intro and go to Jad. --------------------- *Lise's Introduction* --------------------- Coming soon! ----------------------- *Intro tips/strategies* ----------------------- 1.Carlie, Kevin, Lise, Duran, and Angela can level up in their intros. DON'T LEVEL UP!!! Avoid the enemies. Not like you shouldn't kill them at all, but don't train too much. 2.Carlie skips Jad, but if you want her in your team as your 3rd character, you can have three people in your team by Full Metal Hugger. 3.Hawk can get a Round Drop in his beginning (After you're freed from jail)by going right a little, down, and up the staircase. From there, go left over the bridge and down. Follow the path, and at the fork, go up. Then cross the room and go up. Go right, and there will be a Round Drop in a treasure chest. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended Lv:1 Castle City Jad ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You'll end up in Jad after your intro, unless you're Carlie, a city controlled by beastmen. It's hardly any different for Kevin, except for the fact that if he talks to a beastman, you won't get a "Fight!" or "Listen" option. As soon as you enter, Lugar makes a speech that tells you the city is controlled by the beastmen. The captain of the ship you came over on, or in Kevin's case, just some sailor, will tell you that you're stuck in Jad. All the characters besides Carlie are here, so you can go meet them, if you want to fool around. There's no weapon/armor upgrades here, so don't bother looking in the weapon/armor stores. Items are for sale. If you talk to a beastman and you're not Kevin, you'll get a "Fight!" or "Listen" option. Listen just means stop talking, and Fight! means the beastman will knock you down to 1 HP. If you say Fight! You wake up in the inn. Now, back on track, go to the inn and stay until night. It's free, too. Now, go down the the bottom of town and leave. Where there were formerly two beastmen, there's two Bound Wolves, who you can fight. Now, leave into the Rabite Forest. --------------------- *Jad tips/strategies* --------------------- 1.Don't bother with healing items yet. You won't need them in the Rabite Forest or the Cave of Waterfalls. You'll also find them from Rabites. Save your money for a weapon or for later when you need healing items, not just as a precaution. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- = Good Places to Train = -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= You may be thinking "Why on Earth does he have a section about training?". Well, ever out of money, but on the verge of leveling up and you really want to get into the Hall of Fame but if you level up, you won't? Well, this section's for that. Here's what I've got so far: 1. Rabite Forest-When you re-visit it after going to the Amazonesses' Secret Hideout, you can get around 30 luc and only 1 exp. Now that's value. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- More coming soon! ======================================================================= 6.Boss Strategies I will have boss strategies posted for areas I haven't gotten to in my walkthrough, so don't worry if you see a boss you haven't heard about before or vice versa. * means multitarget. These are the REAL walkthroughs, it's the boss strategies that matter in the low-level games. ----------------- Full Metal Hugger ----------------- HP:1450 Recommended level-2-4 (For your main character). Spells-Holy Ball, Heal Light. Special attacks-Eye Beam, *Bubble Breath, *Dive Attack. Difficulty-5/10 Strategy-This battle is straightforward. Fight, fight, and fight some more. You should have at least 9 Round Drops (They won't all be needed if you're lv.5, but if you're 3, you'll probably use them all), it's always nice to have a Pakkun Chocolate or two, and at least 4 Angel's Grails, more are preferred. I wouldn't use too much money on them, though. You should heal at around 30-40 HP. Every character is important here, so revive all the ones that die. If you have limited Angel's Grails, the importance of reviving them is in this order(Most important first), assuming at night: Kevin, Hawk, Duran, Lise, Angela/Carlie. After Dive Attack, you'll probably need to heal every character. ======================================================================= 7.Parties ------------------------------------- *Who to Pick as a Starting Character* ------------------------------------- *Angela*- -2nd hardest end bosses. -Can't open ring while using magic, would have to switch controlled character during battle to use items, other magic, and Angela's magic at the same time. Difficulty Rating (1 being easiest)-3/5 *Carlie*- -Easiest end bosses. -If you want her in your team, you can get her before the first boss as a third character. -Same magic prob. as Angela. -Early healing. Difficulty Rating (1 being easiest)-2/5 *Duran*- -2nd hardest end bosses. -Very slight magic problem. Difficulty Rating (1 being easiest)-2/5 *Hawk*- -Hardest end bosses. -Pretty big magic problem. Shuriken, jutsus, skills, and traps are used the whole battle. Difficulty Rating (1 being easiest)-4/5 *Kevin*- -Easiest end bosses. -Almost no magic problem. Difficulty Rating (1 being easiest)-1/5 *Lise*- -Hardest end bosses. -Summons used whole battle, magic problem. Difficulty Rating (1 being easiest)-4/5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's some party suggestions. 1.Angela-Carlie-Duran A nice team. Angela should be a Sorceress to blast the enemies, Duran should be a Gladiator to cast sabers, and Carlie should be an Enchantress because you already have someone with sabers. This team is really for bosses, though, because you just don't have enough attack power. This is a great team, thanks to Carlie's early healing, and MT healing later on. Atk.Mag-5/5 Sup.Mag-5/5 Healing-4/5 Fighting-2/5 2.Angela-Carlie-Hawk A great team. Angela should be a Sorceress, as always. Carlie should be a Priestess to cast sabers, and Hawk should be a Ninja to use jutsus (stat downs while doing damage are always good). A really great team, apart from the lame attack power. Hawk could always use Shuriken instead of fighting; it only takes 1 MP, it hits the whole screen, and it does good damage. Again, Carlie and her awesome healing will really save the day for this team, them all having low HP. Atk.Mag-5/5 Sup.Mag-5/5 Healing-4/5 Fighting-1.5/5, 2.5/5 stats down. 3.Angela-Carlie-Kevin Also a great team. Angela should be a Sorceress. Carlie should yet again be a Priestess (I prefer sabers over summons). Kevin can be whatever, because you already have a healer, although I think Pressure Point's pretty useful (it will raise your attack power higher than the Bashkar's and you're not using MP anyways), so I recommend going light. Atk.Mag-5/5 Sup.Mag-4/5 Healing-5/5 Fighting-2/5 at day, 2.5/5 at night. 4.Angela-Carlie-Lise A good team. Angela as a Sorceress, Carlie as a Priestess, and Lise should be a Rune Maiden. Again, low attack power, so if you really think you need more attack power, take the Valkryie. However, she only beats the Rune Maiden by 13 attack points, and she gets to fight less during boss battles because she only has ST stat ups. Atk.Mag-5/5 Sup.Mag-5/5 Healing-4/5 Fighting-1/5, 2/5 stats up/down. 5.Angela-Duran-Kevin A pretty good team. Angela should ALWAYS be a Sorceress, Kevin should be a Monk, and Duran should be a Gladiator to use Sabers. Plus, Gladiator has a FST. There's only decent healing in this team, if you have leftover money, that you think you won't need for a while, feel free to use it on healing items. Atk.Mag-5/5 Sup.Mag-2/5 Healing-3/5 Fighting-4/5, 5/5 at night. That's all for now. ======================================================================= 8.Spells ------------ Attack Magic ------------ *Wisp* Holy Ball-2MP-Learned by Angela(All classes) and Carlie(Light classes) Comment:The weakest of the 1st level spells. Saint Beam-5MP-Learned by Angela(Light classes) and Carlie(Sage)-2nd level. *Gnome* Diamond Missile-2MP-Learned by Angela(All classes)-1st level. Earthquake-4MP-Learned by Angela(Light classes, Magus)-2nd level. Stone Cloud-7MP-Learned by Angela(Rune Master)-3rd level. *Jinn* Air Blast-2MP-Learned by Angela(All classes)-1st level. Thunderstorm-4MP-Learned by Angela(Light classes, Magus)-2nd level. Stun Wind-7MP-Learned by Angela(Rune Master)-3rd level. Comments-Can silence enemies. *Shade* Evil Gate-2MP-Learned by Angela(All classes)-1st level. Dark Force-5MP-Learned by Angela(Dark classes)-2nd level. Death Spell-8MP-Learned by Angela(Rune Master)-3rd level. Comments-Instant death if you're a higher level than who you're using it on. 999 damage on bosses. *Undine* Ice Smash-2MP-Learned by Angela(All classes)-1st level. Mega Splash-4MP-Learned by Angela(Light classes, Magus)-2nd level. Cold Blaze-7MP-Learned by Angela(Rune Master)-3rd level. *Salamando* Fireball-2MP-Learned by Angela(All classes)-1st level. Exploder-4MP-Learned by Angela(Light classes, Magus)-2nd level. Blaze Wall-7MP-Learned by Angela(Rune Master)-3rd level. ------- Summons ------- Unicorn Head-1MP-Learned by Carlie (Dark classes)-1st level. Comments-Weakest level 1 summon. Machine Golem-1MP-Learned by Carlie (Dark classes)-1st level. Gremlin-3MP-Learned by Carlie (Evil Shaman)-2nd level. Ghoul-3MP-Learned by Carlie (Necromancer)-2nd level. Comments-Poisons. The two 3MP summons are the weakest lv.2 summons. Great Demon-5MP-Learned by Carlie (Evil Shaman)-2nd level. Ghost-5MP-Learned by Carlie (Necromancer)-2nd level. Marduke-6MP-Learned by Lise (Star Lancer)-3rd level. Comments-Silences. Lamian Naga-6MP-Learned by Lise (Fenrir Knight)-3rd level. Freya-7MP-Learned by Lise (Vanadis)-3rd level. Comments-Chibikkos enemies, makin them do 1 damage and give 1 exp. Jormundgand-7MP-Learned by Lise (Dragon Master)-3rd level. Comments-Poisons enemies. ----------- Stat Spells ----------- *Non-elemental* Shuriken-1MP-Learned by Hawk(Dark classes). Comments-Hit rate down/damage. Deadly Weapon-4MP-Learned by Hawk(Nightblade). Comments-Max.HP down by 1/5. *Gnome* Earth Jutsu-3MP-Learned by Hawk(Dark classes). Comments-Speed down/elemental damage. Protect Up-2MP-Learned by Lise(Light classes). Protect Down-4MP-Learned by Lise(Dark classes). *Jinn* Thunder Jutsu-3MP-Learned by Hawk(Dark classes). Comments-Defense down. Speed Up-2MP-Learned by Lise(Light classes). Speed Down-4MP-Learned by Lise(Dark classes). *Undine* Water Jutsu-3MP-Learned by Hawk(Dark classes). Comments-Attack down. Mind Up-2MP-Learned by Lise(Light classes). Mind Down-4MP-Learned by Lise(Dark classes). *Salamando* Fire Jutsu-3MP-Learned by Hawk(Dark classes). Comments-Magic power/defense down. Power Up-2MP-Learned by Lise(Light classes). Power Down-4MP-Learned by Lise(Dark classes). ---------------------------------- Sabers/Hawk's non-stats spells ---------------------------------- *Sabers* Flame Saber-4MP-Learned by Duran(Dark classes) and Carlie(Light classes). Ice Saber-4MP-Learned by Duran(Dark classes) and Carlie(Light classes). Diamond Saber-4MP-Learned by Duran(Dark classes) and Carlie(Light classes). Thunder Saber-4MP-Learned by Duran(Dark classes) and Carlie(Light classes). Saint Saber-4MP-Learned by Duran(Dark classes) and Carlie(Light classes). Dark Saber-4MP-Learned by Duran(Dark classes) and Carlie(Light classes). Moon Saber-4MP-Learned by Duran(Swordmaster) and Kevin(Dervish). Comments-Turns some of the damage done to the enemy into HP. Tree Saber-4MP-Learned by Duran(Swordmaster) and Kevin(Dervish). Comments-Turns some of the damage done to the enemy into MP. More to come soon... ======================================================================= 9.Enemies This is an enemy list. I only have up to the Rabite Forest, but I'm running through the game again and hope to add more. Enemy name Place it's found Exp Level Range Items it drops ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rabite Rabite Forest 1 Lv.1 Round Drop Pakkun Chocolate PuiPui Grass Myconid Rabite Forest, Cave 1 Lv.1-3 Round Drop of Waterfalls. PuiPui Grass Matango Oil Battum Cave of Waterfalls 3 Lv.3-4 Round Drop Stardust Herb Battum's Eye ======================================================================= 10.Hall of Fame Well, here goes. I haven't QUITE figured out the ending levels for each level (Veteran and Novice are the only ones that make it in here). I will after I finish, though. \---------------------/ *Undecided Level* /---------------------\ |CyberKnight, lv.32. | |Team- MC:Hawk-Ninja, | |Angela-Sorceress | |Kevin-Monk. | /---------------------\ That's all we got for now, I hope I'll be in there soon... ======================================================================== 11.Contact Me My e-mail address is squarerocks@hotmail.com. E-mail me if- *You have a class opinion. *You have a team for me to put in my FAQ. *You're answering a question I asked in my FAQ. *You want to ask me a question and you can't go on the message board. *Pretty much anything but flaming. If you can go on the SD3 message board on GameFAQs.com, that would be good. I'm on at least 2 hours a day. ======================================================================= 12.Credits Thanks to- GameFAQs.com for posting my FAQ The Character Guides on GameFAQs. I used their info a lot. If you want in-depth on a character, check 'em out! Loopy's FAQ. It has all the directions for the places (up, down, etc.). However, I'm running through the game again, and as I improve my quickly-done sections, I'll update them with my own directions, even if they are often the same. The Monster Item Guide by SManiac. His guide helped me find a lot of the items that monsters drop in my monster list. Anemo for submitting tips (And for being one of the first to say he'll try a Low-Level game) Check out his FAQ if you want Carlie in your party-it's good. Carlie's a great character to have for a Low-Leveler, BTW. A HUGE thanks to jagan the vampire for sending this to me to submit when I was on vacation. --AbsoluteZero -THE END-(What, still here? Wow..)