Every costume
Play through the game getting costumes for Max And Monica, then begin a new game. You can now choose any costume you had gotten before for Max and Monica.

Hints & Tips

Easier level up
Take one of your strong characters (i.e., most health, strongest weapon) but not the Ridepod, and proceed to a dungeon that you can get less damage done to you. Kill the enemy with your strong person, and right afterwards, press L3 to switch characters or R3 to switch to the Ridepod. This is useful when trying to build up the Ridepod since he loses fuel quickly. This makes it so he does not move or get hurt.

Use the following trick to level up your wrench. This is easiest if done in Chapter 2 or later, but it can also be done in Chapter 1. Instead of using the crystals for Spectrumizing the weapon you want to keep, use them on a cheap sword, gun, or wrench. If you level up a classic gun, battle wrench, or long sword to level 5, you will have about 18 SP for that weapon, as well as increased power and durability. To level it up quickly, kill an enemy with your strongest weapon, then switch to your cheap weapon while collecting the experience points. Use all the crystals you want on it, then Spectrumize it. Finally, synthesize it with the weapon you wish to keep. This will be a stable Synth Sphere, allowing you to transfer over half of the weapon's stats that you Spectrumized into it. This will cost 5 SP to synthesize into your weapon. However to get the kind of stats with using crystals on the weapon you want to keep, it will cost about 30 SP. To get even more SP while leveling up cheap weapons, always have the characters that give you extra SP per level.

To level up your weapons faster, rotate your characters. Press L3 immediately after beating an enemy. The ABS points will then distribute evenly between your right- and left-handed weapons. This way, you do not have to really use your gun/armband to level them up.

Use this trick to level up your weapons faster and easily. First, get additional low end weapons (like the Trumpet Gun, Broad Sword, etc.). Level them up to +5, then Spectrumize them after using up their Synthesis Points. You will receive a Synthesis Crystal with an array of abilities increase, but it only costs you 5 Synthesis Points to add to your weapons. The bad side is that you will have to go to Underground Channel often in order to get all those crystals to synthesize to the weapons you "sacrifice" to the weapon that you are trying to building up.

Winning the fishing tournament
If you are in Chapter 4 and can enter the fishing tournament, the biggest fish are in Vennico. At or near nighttime to early morning, you can catch the big fish. You will need some Evys. Fish anywhere and wait a bit. If it bites quickly, it will be little. If your safety bar line goes slow, then break it. If it takes a while and it finally bites and the line on your bar goes quickly, then reel it in. It will be a Bobo or the fish with the pointy nose. Catch three of them, enter them in the fishing tournament, and you should win. If they are 70 cm or longer, you should win. They weigh from 4,900 to 5,900.

Fishing for Giant Kaji
Fish at the spot where the Shigura were at using the Lure Rod and the Minnow.

Easier money
When you get Erik in Chapter 2, go up to him and add him to your party. Press Triangle to go to the menu and select "Character". Select Erik and use his ability to make bombs. Then, send him back to the train and sell them. Keep going back to him when his skill points increase. Do this repeatedly. Each of his bombs cost 150 Gilda.

t three Rolling Logs and three Scrap Metal. The total cost is 90 Gilda. Make one and sell it for 230 Gilda.

Equip the Lure Rod to Max and put on one lure of any kind. Make sure you have another lure of the same type with you. Go to the Lure Rod status screen. Go to the extra lure and equip it. At this point, it should have made a noise and you should still have the same amount of lures in your inventory. You can do this as many times as needed until you have up to 998 lures on your rod (not including the one in your inventory). Select the lures with Triangle and move them into your inventory. You can now sell them for 150 gilda each, for almost 150,000 Gilda total.

In Chapter 2, when you receive the fishing rod from Norm, discard the Mimi Bait that he gives you. Then, talk to him once again. He will give you five Mimis each time you run out. Use the bait in the swamp beside him. Catch fish until you run out of room in your item menu. Then go to Erik and sell all the fish for roughly 3,500 gilda. With about every 20 fish you do catch, Erik's ability to make Improved Bombs fully restores. If you go to him three times and fill up your item menu with fish, you can receive 6,000 gilda as well as around 4,000 FP. If you do this for six and a half hours, you will have maximized your fishing levels, and have about 78,000 Gilda.

Go into the first floor of the underground channel. In most of the treasure chests, you will find up to about four Attribute Crystals (Flame,Cyclone, Chill, etc.). Each crystal sells for 75 Gilda apiece, which is 300 Gilda per chest.

Invent the "Turkey" Spheda Club using Special Peking Duck, Tree, and Windmill Feather. Then, get at leas

Create or find any weak weapon and obtain enough ABS to level it up by one. Then, unequip it and take it to the store to sell. It will sell for close to 5,000 Gilda.

In Chapter 5, you will encounter an enemy called Steam Tore. Make sure that you have your target locked on Steam Tore. Keep moving around Steam Tore while you are locked on. It will spit out little trees. Keep moving and avoid them. They eventually explode and leave a large amount of gilda. Keep doing this for awhile to rack up a lot of Gilda in very little time. Note: Spitting out all those little trees also weakens Steam Tore for an easy defeat.

In Chapter 2, when you get the fishing rod from Norm, discard the Mimi Bait that he gives you. Then, talk to him again. He will give you five Mimis every time you run out. Take and sell them to the man that makes Improved Bombs for you. You will make 200 gilda each time. Every ten minutes, you can have him make six Improved Bombs, making an additional 900 gilda. It is also possible to make roughly 5,000 Gilda in ten minutes. You can do this until you finish the Great Fish mission.

Butterfly Forest: Elements
If you are looking for Elements to build up your weapons or to build your towns, go back to Butterfly Forest. Before going into the level press Triangle to see what Elements can be found here. Its a easier way to look for the Element you need. Its a good way to level up your characters.

Easier items
To obtain health and battle items easier, go around and collect more people to put on the train. Then go on the train and make them join your party. Now use them to make things like Cheese, Roasted Chicken and Improved Bombs.

To swindle a few free items, get Polly and/or Ferdinand to go with you on your journey. When you are on the train, add them to your party. Then press Triangle and go to character. Now go to them and use their ability to gain free items. Parn is also a good character to have. Put him in your party, and if your better character dies, use his special ability to exit a dungeon for free.

Skipping bombs
Throw a bomb in water and it will skip.

Barrel Cannon III
Barrel ,Water Tank, and Waterfall will make the Barrel Cannon III.

Knight Boots
The best invention is Belt, Shield, and Moon. This is the Knight Boots. They are already equipped to Monica, but they can spectrumize into two attack points for weapons. You can obtain it at the start of the game. Sell the Attack Spheres for money. You already have the Belt. The Moon is in the sky, at night. The Shield is in the weapon shop.

Leveling up weak weapons
Use this trick to level up weak weapons that you locate in areas with strong monsters which that weapon will have no effect. If you have a stronger weapon and want to use the weak one, use the stronger weapon (Sword, Brassard, Wrench, or Gun). After you beat a monster, switch to the weaker weapon (it must be the same type), then pick up the ABS grains with that weapon equipped. That weapon will get the points.

Bombs
Once you obtain the ability to have a third party member, go to Erik and have him make bombs for you. Then, switch to someone who is more useful in the field and put them into your party. When you return from fighting, see Erik again and have him make more bombs for you if he has recharged enough ability points. You can also sell Erik's bombs for fast cash.

Laser Arm Four for Ridepod
To make the Laser Arm Four for the Ridepod, you need the Legend Of The Moon, Blue Lantern, and Energy Pipe.

Sun And Moon Armor
Sun And Moon and Electric Sesame creates the Sun And Moon Armor for Ridepod, which is the best you can get in the game.

Saving money
Use this trick to save Money when escaping dungeons. When you have 1000 Gilda or more, make sure to talk to Conda and buy as many gold bars as you can. Since they buy/sell for the same price, you can get your money back whenever you need it. If you run out of Escape Powder, you can escape the dungeons and lose hardly any money.

Saving health restoration items
If you are in a dungeon, after every floor leave the dungeon and go back. Leaving the dungeon fully heals every character. If you were hurt badly in the prior floor of a dungeon, you do not have to use up the health restoration items at the start of the floor you are on.

Lure Rod
To make a Lure Rod, all the photos needed are Fish, River, and the Lafrescia Stem.

Power-up Powder
Sun Chair, Sun Table, and The Sun will create Power-Up Powder for weapons.

Serpent Sword
In Chapter 4, The Great Sage, when you beat the Boss, Gaspard, at the final level, an intermission sequence will begin. When this is over, you will go to Chapter 5, Good'bye Shingala. When this is done, go back to Starlight Canyon. At the bottom, the message "There has been a change in the future, maybe something will happen" will appear. After that, proceed to the portal. When there, yet another intermission sequence will begin with Maximillion, Monica, and Lin, well, "Crest,". She thanks you and will give you the Serpent Sword. It is crimson red but its attack is not high.

Cedric
As the game goes on, Cedric starts to get more parts for the Ridepod in every new chapter.

Corinne
Play a game and Hide and Seek with her. Locate her both times, and she will join you. She is in Max's room and the upper hall in Claire's house.

Donny
You need to purchase an Indestructible and Dark Coin. Give them to Donny and he will join you.

Save Ridepod fuel
To save Ridepod fuel on levels with Ridepod Only medals, run around the levels as Max. When you see an enemy, press L3 to beat it, then press L3 again to go back to Max and not waste fuel.

Easy photos
Spin around the room or area you are in to locate all the photos you need.

Adel
Go into Max's house and talk to Adel. She will need to get items to make new clothes for you. Get the items and give them to her. Leave the room, go back in, and talk to her.

Borneo and Erik
Borneo and Erik become available to move into the houses you build in the Georama area in chapter 5.

The Mayor
Go into City Hall and go upstairs. Talk to the Mayor. He will need a code for his safe. The code is "1221".

Mina
Talk to Mina and she will say that she is feeling sick. This will start several rounds of Spheda. Finish in ten rounds of Spheda.

Olivie
Place first in any of the classes of the Finny Frenzy.

Ferdinand
To recruit Ferdinand, you must help him finish his recipe by giving him a Roasted Chestnut.

Gerald
If you remember properly, Max's Dad gives Max a gun. Level this gun up twice into the Bell Gun. Max's Dad should join you after you return the gun to him.

To get Gerald easier, when he hands you the trumpet gun, go to a store and sell it for money. Then, get a picture of a phone, fountain, and a tree. This triggers the bell. The phone is in the servant's (Adel's) room; the fountain is to the left of the police station; and the tree is across the river (get as close to the river as you can, equip the camera, and zoom in as much as you can to take the picture). Then, create the gun using two Wind Element, two Silver Ball, and ten Scraps Of Metal. This will cost about 620 Gilda to create. When you finish, bring the gun to Gerald and he will join you.

Beating Bats
In a level where you have to defeat all enemies with only Max's wrench or Monica's sword for a medal, you can kill the Bats easily by using Max's or Monica's charge up attacks.

Beating Mimics
Use this trick to easily beat Mimics and enemies that charge. Hold R1 as the enemies charge at you. Press the X button to pick them up, then toss them at a wall or another enemy to make them dizzy. Slash twice, then repeat by picking them up before they charge at you again. This works good with Mimics. Mimics are best approached from behind. This works well with those hard to hit Gemrons. It is much easier to pick them up and toss them at another enemy, and attack while they are confused.

Avoiding Mimics
When opening a treasure chest, open it from the back. If it is a Mimic, you will be able to get some good hits on it and might kill it before it can turn around. Also, if you pick up a Mimic (you cannot pick up a King Mimic) and throw it, it will stall a slightly, allowing you to run in and hit it one or two times.

Run faster in water:
In Veniccio sea, equip your Fishing Rod or Lure Rod to run faster in water instead of swimming.

Star Exits
For those at earlier parts in the game that are wondering how to get through the Star Exits on the two-exit levels, you must wait until Chapter 6 to get a key which will unlock them.

Pau
To get Pau, all you have to do is give him a carrot. He can be located in Vennicco during Chapter 5.

Monica's magical blocking
Locate a Gemron or Gundron and block its projectile. A screen will appear, telling you how to preform Monica's magic absorb attack.

Low sword value
Try to sell the sword Seventh Heaven at the Wise Owl shop to learn that it is only worth 1 Gilda.

Defeating Dark Genie
When fighting the Dark Genie in his last form (phase 3), use Osmond. It is easier to dodge the laser beam attack. This is best done if Osmond has his one of his best weapons (SuperNova +4 at least is suggested).

This trick need's the final weapons for both hands. Their attack needs to be around 300 maximum, and all elemental properties need to be above 110 except for Durability (maximum is 99), Also have a lot of healing items. Resurrect Powder will help. If you do not have it, take Priest Bruno with you as he will revive you one time. You only need these stats for one person (Monica or Max) . The Ridepod is almost useless in this battle. Make sure your long range attacks are strong enough to hurt him. You will have time to do this while you are in the other areas in the mines. The Dark Genie is invincible up until a certain point when he is pink. You cannot hurt him; you need to take out some of his helpers first. When you see him change to a bluish dark color, start firing away with your long range weapon. Make sure you dodge the beam that appears from his gut. He will scream before he shoots. You can guard it, but you will still lose a lot of health.

Fish stats
These stat explanations are useful when you are attempting to win the Finny Festival or Fish Races.

Tenacity: Determines how badly the fish will try to win. It increases by 1 point when a fish is fed a Prickly.