Level 20 character
Hold L1 + R2 + Triangle + R3 to raise a low level character to level 20 with 999 attack points. Note: Your character has to be at level 1 when this code is used.

Note: When you are using this code, wait until your character is level 19 or else your character will have to earn as much experience points as a level 20 character to receive your Stamina, Dexterity, Strength, and Mana points.

Note: This cheat will make your character level 20, with 75,000 coins (your total will lower to that amount if it is higher) and 999 points to spend on your abilities. However, your four main stats (Strength, Intelligence, Dexterity, and Stamina) will not be changed and you will not get any points to spend on them. Also, this code will work at any level below 20.

Free Gate Scroll
Just make sure you have a Gate Scroll before trying this in a non-online game. Hold Square, then press Select to gate as if you used a Gate Scroll, without having to use a scroll.

Hints & Tips

Developing a strong Barbarian
If you wish to play a Barbarian character legitimately all the way to level 40 or 50, use these steps to make a supertank out of him. By following this, at level 45 you will be able to kill the final Boss in two hits in the champion difficulty setting. Do not bother putting any attribute points into Intelligence, just put them into Strength and Stamina, with a little Dexterity mixed in. When you start out with your Barbarian, switch your skill points between the Slashing and Bind Wound skills. Every time you attain a level, put at least one point into either of those two categories until both of them are at maximum. Early on when you are still getting two skill points per level, put some into Slam and Critical Hit to deal with the Bosses. Then, when you are getting three points a level, start putting the third one into Critical Hit as much as you can. At the point when you are high enough to use Ancestral Call, start putting points into that until it is also at maximum. The main skills you want to have 20 points in by the time your level 45 to 50 are Bind Wounds, Slashing, Critical Hit, Ancestral Call, and Slam. The other skills are your second priority, although by the time you reach level 50, you will have lots of extra skill points to spend into whatever you want. Start by saving the armor and weapon components that you find so that you can raise your attack speed and skills. Bull Runes, Bloodstones (use Bloodstones earlier in the game, but when you get into higher levels, trade them out for Regen Stones to put into your armor), Misty Globes, and Regen Stones are the ones you want to keep for the Barbarian. If done properly, your character will have over 1,000 health and be doing over 800 damage on normal hits.

Beating Bosses
When you are playing in single player mode, make a copy of yourself to distract the Boss. The boss will attack your copy and not your original character.

Copy items and easy money
Start a game with two controllers. Press Start and select "Add/Remove Player". Select the slot for player two at the import screen then import the current character you are playing into the player two slot. Select "Finish" and player two will now be a copy of your original character, with the same armor, weapons, and items. Sell the copied inventory items for money, then redo as often as you like.

Improved character
Note: This trick is a bit time consuming, but with a little patience you will be able to stomp and improve your character further than the others. First, get an object that enhances your character ability (for example, a Whet Stone, Storm Shard, Ghoul Flesh, or Mana Regeneration) then save your game. Next, drop the item you want to add, Import the character you saved prior to dropping the items. Pick up the items, then save over the previously saved game before picking up the items. By doing this, you can take one item and the game will multiply it by 78.

Get you character up to level 45 or 50. Then, start a new game with that character. It would be a good idea to start in Champion mode. Make sure that you are wearing the armor and weapons that you want. Then, enable the "Level 20 character" code. Your character will return to level 20, but will have the stats as if he was level 50. Because you did not not take off your weapon or armor you can still keep your level 50 equipment. Work though the game until you reach level 50 again, then you will have the stats of a level 100 character. This takes a lot of time, but it is worth it.

Act 1: Beating the Giant Spider Boss
Use this strategy to beat the Giant Spider as well as many other enemies who only have a straight "charge" style attack (for example, the Pig-Bears that the Goblins unleash just outside the Goblin cave). If you are able to stun them, with a poison, fire, or disease attack that causes them to lurch with the after-effects, then this becomes a lot easier. Walk alongside the creature, and hold the Analog-stick so that you are moving toward the back of the creature, but also a bit away. Swinging your weapon will turn you slightly to face your enemy; do not worry about being unable to hit. If you do this, and keep walking at an angle and swinging, even an Erudite can kill one of these creatures without being hit. If you done properly, the creature will keep attacking where you had been during your last swing and it will turn to keep up. Thus, it will turn in circles trying to catch you while you are casually walking in a circle taking its health out. This will take a few attempts, and if you get tag-teamed, you must alter your tactics and possibly run away to come around the other side. However, it is always possible to take on even three of these creatures at once without being hit, since they have no area attacks.

Act 1: Beating enemies easily
Have the wood elves block in the enemy then attack with bow or magic. This works well against two guards blocking the Goblin caves.

Act 1: Beating the head Goblin
When you are in in the goblin cave, to beat the head goblin kill all goblins except for him. Run around him to get him to follow you. Then, go to the center part. Run away to the outer edge. If done properly, he should get stuck. Shoot arrows at him until he is dead.

Act 2: Beating the Queen Mammothant
When you are in the ant hill, run past all Mammothants until you get to the portal opening. Leave, save the game, then go back and fight the ants that followed. Then fight the queen, but before you attack her kill all of her servants. They will be in the way. Throw poison potions at her and if you are playing a Shadow Knight, use a level 5 Disease Bolt. Slow her down and attack with a fire weapon She should die.

To kill the Queen Mammothant easily, when you walk in the room where you fight her, do not move from the center. Block her attacks when she does; she has an easy to follow pattern. When she goes away, the ants still will not appear and you will be able to shoot her with arrows. After you beat her, kill the rest of the ants by slowly moving or they will all attack you at the same time.

Act 5: Beating Innuruk
Be a cleric and have a good Hammer Of Wrath. When fighting him, have him pursue you around a broken seal while your hammer kills him. Just keep your mana high and keep summoning the hammer. He will die without you being hurt.

Revealing costume
Equip the Elven Patchwork Armor to a female character. Then, unequip the legging. This works best with the Elven Cleric.

Resetting a shop easily
Instead of running to the portal and warping twice to reset a shop, use this trick to reset a shop without having to move, and only loading once each time. First, save the game. Each town has a save point near the shop, so it is not that far to run. Once your game is saved, position yourself in front of the shopkeeper and see what he has for sale. If the shopkeeper is not selling something you want, import your recently saved character over your current one and the game will load him/her into the game. Once your character has been imported, the shopkeeper's stock will have reset. You can either drop the items you purchase until you are ready to move on, thus saving yourself money, or you can be honest and save after each purchase. If you import and the shopkeeper still does not carry what you desire, just import over your character again continually until he has the desired item. While it may seem like a lot of work to import repeatedly, it is still easier than running to the portal and warping twice.

Beating the final Boss
Shadow Knights, both male and female, are suggested. Taking him on hand to hand is not a good idea, as he can kill you with a single blow from his hammer or any projectile. When the sequence is finished and the final fight starts, run away from him and conjure the following: a skeleton at a level 15 or higher, then the Disease Trail. If he follows you he will stop and take damage from the cloud then fight the skeleton. Then, run across the stage and remember where he was at. Shoot arrows at him. It does not take too long to beat him this way. Make sure you make your way over to him fast when he dies, or else you will lose whatever items or money you are given.

Faster experience
First, locate a Boss that gives a lot of experience points. Before fighting it, save the game. After you dbeat the Boss, create another save file and save the game on that file. Load the first file that you saved, then import your character from the second saved game file. Fight the Boss again, then overwrite the second file. Repeat this until the experience points from the Boss is not longer reasonable. Remember to not overwrite your first save file.

Champions talk
Allow the game to idle for more than one minute. Your character will say something like "Isn't there something more important to do?".