Completion bonuses Finish and save the game, then reload the a new game. The "Game Record",
"Sound Test" (Japanese version), and "Mania" options will now be available
at the title screen. Also, go to the Grade Shop to have new items.
Grade shop purchases To have the Grade Ship available finish the game and save
when asked to. Start the game again using the cleared game.
The game will prompt you to put in Disc 1. When you do, you
are taken to a screen where you can buy various options with
the Grade that you collected in the game. Note:
You will get 1000 extra Grade by beating the last boss. The things below can be
bought at the shop.
Carry up to 30 items: 500 Grade
EXP x 1/2: 10 Grade
EXP x 10: 3000 Grade
EXP x 2: 1000 Grade
Get more bonus EXP from combos: 50 Grade
Raise Relationships: 100 Grade
Receive more Grade after battle: 100 Grade
Start game with 500 more HP: 250 Grade
Start with 160 HP at the beginning of a battle: 10 Grade
Transfer over Collector's Encyclopedia data: 10 Grade
Transfer over World Map data: 10 Grade
Transfer over all Spells/Techs: 1000 Grade
Transfer over Battle Strategy data: 10 Grade
Transfer over Character Collection: 10 Grade
Transfer over cooking skills: 50 Grade
Transfer over EX Gems (inventory): 600 Grade
Transfer over EX Skills (equipped): 400 Grade
Transfer over Gald: 1000 Grade
Transfer over Memory Gems: 20 Grade
Transfer over Minigame data: 10 Grade
Transfer over Monster Encyclopedia data: 10 Grade
Transfer over play time: 10 Grade
Transfer over recipes: 50 Grade
Transfer over Relationships: 10 Grade
Transfer over the number of times you used certain Spells/Techs:
25 Grade
Transfer over titles: 1000 Grade
Hints & Tips
Finding Lyla If you happen to go north from izoold without doing two things
to get on the boat it will make the boat to go away. However,
you are not stuck. You can find the girl again, but you must
do other things first. This is also a chance to get Sheena.
This will take plenty of leveling up, but is worth it. There
are also two seals that can be opened. You need to go to Himma and
tell the woman that you are Sheena's friend. This will get you
on your way towards getting Sheena. Luin will be attacked by the Desians
and you need to save. You must save the girl being sacrificed
to the fake Wind Guardian. Then, open that seal. You can also
go through the Tower Of Mana and release a seal. After doing everything
that you are able to, you should have Sheena in your party and the boat and Lyla
will be in Izoold, ready for you.
Fight a Bacura In order to fight a Bacura, the big solid Mana blocks in the Toize Mines, go
to the final room, where you get the ore. There will be a one-eyed monster in
here. kill it. Occasionally it will be a couple of Stone Golems with a few other
monsters, and now and then it will be a Bacura. Just run away if it is not a
Bacura and re-try. The Bacura has 255 HP and you can only drain one. Also, it
goes away after thirty seconds.
Instead of going into the Toize Valley Mines to get to a Bacura
battle, go to the SE Abbey. Go on the wide path outside of the
abbey and fight a monster there.
Fight against Aviation Obtain all nine Darkness Weapons and go to the Darkness Temple to battle
Aviation.
Easy Gald Reach the city of Lzoold and go to the boat
dock. Locate your wanted poster at the dock. There will be a person in a pink
cat suit here, Emo-Katz, and he or she will ask you to play "EB". Now play it
and choose easy for Apple Gels, normal for Life Bottles, or hard for Lemon Gels.
You will receive five of them if you win. You can do this as many times as you
like. You can sell the Lemon Gels for 500 Gald at the shop above Emo-Katz. Play
EB four times and win to recieve 20 Lemon Gelss and sell them to plenty of Gald.
This can be done as early as you like in the game. When it
is done early
it is good for experience. When you reach Ossa Trail, fight
everything you can and use combos often. If you do well, you will receive lots of Beast Fangs and Beast Hides,
it can
be sold for 1,000 Gald each. Repeat this as many times as you like.
After you have rebuilt Luin, there will be a shop called "Fighting
Spirit" Every item there are like toys, but are all
better than the items you have. Now buy Sheena's weapon called
"Money Bag" and equip it. Then, go to the dragon in
the Temple Of Earth and fight. When Sheena is in battle and
you do win, the Gald gets doubled due to her weapon.
When your in Tekkial'a at the earth temple at the bottom
of the bridges, you will break and find treasures. Then at the bottom is a
dragon creature. Every time you kill him you will receive 10,000 Gald. He has
10,000 HP with an attack of 1200 and defense of roughly 40 but0, he is easy to
beat with Raine.
Once you have Zelos in your party, flag him as the avatar by scrolling over his picture and pressing
Circle. When Zelos talks to any female NPC,
he will receive free items or Gald. They will give you different items
and different amounts of Gald each time you leave the city and
go back. Repeat this often to obtain good items.
Note: They will not give
Zelos weapons, armor, or accessories.
Devils Arms The Devils Arms are a set of cursed weapons you can
find that appear to have little attack power. However, after
you bat Abyssion in the Darkness Temple, try equipping them
to beat a monster. Each time they are used to kill a monster,
they will increase in power. These weapons can become the most
powerful weapons in the game if you have the patience to fight
with them.
Falcon Crest When Lloyd is low on health and has the weapon "Material Blade" equipped, he can
use a tech called the Falcon Crest. In order to use this tech, press
Circle + X +
Square.
Note: Lloyd need's to have
the title "Eternal Swordsman" in use when trying this tech.
Last Fencer In order for this trick to work, you need to have already
fought Seles with Zelos, then have gone on to fight Zelos futher on
in the Tower of Salvation. Go through the Advance Class battles
once again with Lloyd. After you have received your prizes, Seles will
return to the Arena and attempt to take revenge for her brother's
death. If you beat her, you get another Last Fencer and another
item. You may need to face her after going through Vinheim
and getting the Sacred Stone; or have gotten the Derris Emblem.
Pink Pearl Ring Note: You need to
have Sheena in your party. After you drop off Presea in Ozette, go to Sybak.
Near the library will be a shop or two and a pile of junk. Go to the junk pile,
and an intermission sequence will start. Then follow along with the sequence. At
the end you will get a Pink Pearl Ring. which is listed as a valuable item.
Note: The person you need to
talk to has black hair.
Fight against Seles In order to fight Seles, go to the Meltokio
arena after you obtain the emblem from Derris-Kharlan. Finish beginner
and intermediate modes to access advanced mode. Finish advanced
mode twice with any character to fight Seles in a bonus match.
By winning the match you will get Zelos' best weapon, the Last
Fencer.
Fight against Garr, Meredy, and Farah In order to fight Garr, Meredy, and Farah from
the earlier Tales Of Destiny games, get close to the end of the game when you
have to beat the dark dragon just before the
ultimate battle against Mithos. Now leave Derris Kharlan after obtaining the Derris
Emblem. You will now be able to take part in the coliseum tournaments. After
winning the advanced single tournament you will be able to take part in party
tournaments. Win the beginner tournament and you will be able to fight in the
advanced tournament. Before you fight the advanced tournament, set the difficulty
on "Mania". Win the advanced tournament and you will have to fight an
unpredicted exhibition match against Garr, Meredy, and Farah.
Curry Recipe After you meet Altessa, leave then return to his
house this time with Zelos as your on-screen character. If you
see Tabatha standing by the stove, talk to her. Lloyd will then
appear as the on-screen character. Then follow through the sequence
that plays and she will teach you the recipe for curry, a dish
that you don't learn from the Wonder Chef. If this does not work
the first time, then go back a short time later and try again.
Colette: Maid costume After beating the Dark Dragon and going through the
door, go into the castle in Meltokio and locate two maids facing
each other. Talk to them and an intermission sequence will start
where Colette runs errands for a rich woman. After this, you will
get 100 Gald and the title: Maid, which lets you wear a maid
costume.
Genis: Alternate costume After you beat the Dark Dragon and go through the
doors in Mithos' Castle, return to Meltokio. Go to the slums
and you will locate a boy chasing a Kats. Genis will follow the
boy and the Kats will run aaway. Afterwards, talk to the Kats in
the item shop close to the secret entrance. He will tell you to talk
to the elder in Kats Village in Sylvarant. When you talk to the
Elder Kats, he will give Genis a Kats costume. You will have to
go back to the slums. After that, watch the intermission sequence
and Genis will keep the Kats costume.
Lloyd: Easy Comboist title Simply make a party with at least Lloyd, Genis,
and Raine. Also Raine must know Ray and Genis must at least know Explosion,
Tidal Wave, Cyclone, Indignation, or Ground Dasher. Perform a Unison Attack on
any enemy using Raine's Ray, one of those mentioned spells for Genis, and any
attack from Lloyd. If done right, after the characters execute their individual
attacks Raine and Genis will execute Prism Stars, causing a minumum of 1,200
damage and 30 hits with Lloyd and another character adding more hits. It is
possible to score 72 hits using this method with Lloyd doing Raining Tiger
Blade. You can also use this to do plenty of damage to Bosses.
At a certain level about 30 to 50, Genis and Raine will get their
advance attacks. Before using Unison attack, have a few combos.
Then, use Raine's Ray Attack and Genis' Cyclone, Explosion, Ground
Dasher, or Indignation. This may require a few attempts. After
the Unison attack. Raine and Genis will fuse their attacks and
make a new attack called Prism Stars. This will take a thirty
hit combo. If done correctly, you will get a sixty hit combo,
and at the end of the battle the message "Lloyd's new title
combo expert" will appear. This is recommended through the
entire game until you get your last title at Derris Karhlan (end
of game).
Opening the secret doors in the Seal Room of the Wind
Temple Simply use the ring on the pin wheels in this
order to open the door on the right side: red, green, yellow, white, blue. For
the one on the left, it is: blue, red, yellow, white, green.
Have both Kratos and the Last Fencer Instead of waiting to obtain the Derris symbol to get
into the Coliseum, you can go there immediately after the Flanoir
doctor part by choosing to have Kratos in your party and going
to the Coliseum just prior to the Cruxis raid to get the Last Fencer. The
Last Fencer can also be equipped by Kratos.
Summon Spirit Maxwell In order for oyu to find the Summon Spirit Maxwell, you
need to
first find the Derris Emblem in Derris-Kharlan. Then, go to Exire and go to the house with a man inside.
This is the person that
says that a team of half-elves and humans is a rare combination.
Then, go up the stairs in front of his house and walk around to reach the back, which
will lead to secret passage. Walk until you see
a tombstone. Now equip the Ring of Fire, Water, Earth, Wind. Then, you will
battle with Maxwell.
He has 60,000 HP or 90,000 HP. He also knows strong level 3 magic spells like
the
Thunder Arrow, Raging Mist, and Meteor Swarm.
Lloyd: Better combo Simply press X + Forward, X(2x's). This
will end up in four hits instead of the normal three. If you
have the "Add Combo" Ex skill on, press X + Forward,
X + Down, X(2x's). This will end up in five
hits instead of four. Now follow this with a hit heavy combo like a Sword Rain-Tiger Rage-Tempest Beast or Sword Rain Beast to
maximize your combo rating.
Lloyd: Alternate costume After you save Pietro and Luin is ruined, you can
give money to rebuild the city. This takes more than 500,000
Gald. When you donate money, do not give away more than 70,000
Gald at once. When you donate enough money, Pietro will tell
you that he is going on a journey. After this, get to the pier
where the boat is at in Luin. You will see Aifread. Talk to Aifread
and buy the boat for 3,000 Gald. Leave the town, go back, and
talk to him again. Then, answer "Yes" to his question to get
Lloyd's alternate pirate costume.
After you beat the Dark Dragon and go through the doors in Mithos'
Castle, return to Altamarina. You will find a lady who has lost
her children. Then answer "Yes" to her question and find
all of her children. After that, she will leave a gift at the
hotel. It will be swimsuits. It will say that someone is waiting for Lloyd when
he is dressed up. Note:
Now, save before you talk to the manager so you know what swimsuits to get.
Presea: Alternate costume After you beat the Dark Dragon and go through the
doors in Mithos' Castle, return to Altamarina Then, go to the
Larzeno Company and into the president's office. Talk to the old
man and you will receive the "Klonoa Costume".
Presea: Stuffed Bunny axe Obtain the title "Little Madam" from the Dance Party sub-event and buy the
Axe "Pow Hammer DX" from Luin after rebuilt. Then, equip both the title and axe
and fight several battles. Have Presea in your team fighting. If done right the
axe will randomly turn into a pink bunny with a blue vest for a single battle,
but that you can do several times over. After the battle when Presea uses the
stuff bunny, the axe will turn back to its original form. It may take several
battles before it turns into the stuffed bunny.
Zelos: Alternate costume After you beat the Dark Dragon and pass through the
doors in Mithos' Castle, return to Meltokio. Go to Zelos' Mansion.
Girls will be there, talking to Zelos in a mini-skit. After the
skit he will wear a mask to leave the girls.
Zelos: Roses In order for Zelos to have roses, you need to have Zelos'
Narcissist title and the Devil's Arm "Fafnir". Then equip
them both at the same time. Fight a few battles and in time
his dagger will turn into a few roses. After the battle, Zelos'
roses will go away.
Sheena: Alternate costume After you reach Mithos' Castle and open the door after
you beat the dark dragon, go to Mizuho. Talk to the person in
the chief's house. Reach the Lightning Temple and talk to the
spirit of the chief at the altar where you battled Volt. Go back
to Mizuho and the chief will wake up. He will ask for Sheena to
spend a day at Mizuho. When you return, you will see that Sheena
has been chosen for the next chief, and you will receive Sheena's
alternate chief costume.
Beating the Dragon
Knight Use this trick to beat the Dragon Knight
in advanced mode in the coliseum with Genis and Raine. Wait until
it flies up into the air, then run underneath. If you happen to be lucky,
the dragon will land on you, and you should be able to cast spells
without having to worry about being hit. Try to use spells that
do not make the enemy move to the left or right. This could
also be used on Zelos or Kratos if you are having any trouble with
them.
Beating the Phantom Knight To beat Phantom Knight, a powerful monster in Derris-Kharlan,
you need to equip the Diamond, which you obtain from Origin, to your
lead character. After this is done, only your lead character can
cause melee damage to it, unless you use a union attack against
it and it will receive damage.
Raine: Alternate costume After you beat the Dark Dragon and go through the
doors in Mithos' Castle, return to Asgard and run to the Ruins
up as far as you can. The people of Asgard will want Raine to perform
the ritual again, and she will keep the Maiden costume.
Arena weapons When you get Mithos' Castle, beat the Dark Dragon
and open the door. Go through the door, but do not pass through
the teleporter to Mithos. After you have opened the door and gone
through, return to Meltokio. Go to the arena and fight in
advanced mode with any character to receive a personal arena weapon
for that person.
Bigger enemies After you return from the scene where you save Genis
and Raine from the soldiers by the Tethe'alla Bridge, you can
go to Meltokio. However, you cannot pass through the gate. Go into
the Meltokio Sewer. In time you will see the pedestal that
will allow you to change the Sorcerer's Ring function. Switch the
function and use the Sorcerer's Ring to shrink yourself. Then,
go into a battle. The rats will be bigger, and will deal even more damage.
Note: It should still
work if you have completed the sewer.
Regal: Alternate costume After you beat the Dark Dragon and pass through the
doors in Mithos' Castle, return to Meltokio. Run to the church where you will find two Wonder Chefs. Run up to
them, and you will find both of them arguing about an "ultimate
recipe". Then the original Wonder Chef will go away, and
you will have a cook off with the other chef. You will
win. Soon after, the original wonder chef will appear again and
give Regal his "Wonder Chef" costume.
Suggested party It does not really matter if you have Kratos or Zelos. They
are not to different. They have the identical moves. They also
both have Judgment. Zelos is suggested, because he will be able
to have his strongest weapon, the Last Fencer. The party should
have Lloyd with the weapon that you receive from the last sword dancer, Colette
with the Angel's Halo her arena weapon. Note:
Simply use Colette, as the enemy you are going to fight is big. She can do her
unison with Lloyd's Stardust Rain. This can end up in 112 hits if used on the
biggest enemy, The Living Armor. To use it, Colette need's to use Hammer Rain
and Lloyd Sword Rain: Alpha. If you are fighting a small Boss, have Genis and
his arena weapon, Zelos and his best weapon Last Fencer, and if he has Judgment,
use it for unison. His Judgment is his best attack. If you used it fifty times,
he can randomly use Angel's Judgment. Raine is needed for any party. She is the
best healer in the game. In the unison, have her use Ray if Genis is there. If
not, get her to the side and have her learn Holy Lance.
Getting into the Wind Seal Room When your in Asgard, when your sealing the Wind
Seal, it is hard to get into the Seal Room. Light the two lamps beside each
other to open a secret room, which has mini pinwheels in that room. Around the
Asgard ruin there are tablets on the walls, but you cannot read them unless you
light the lamps around the tablets, using the original form of the Sorcerer's
Ring. When you read the two of them that say something about jewels, and the one
that says the cycle of power through the Earth, Gods, and Wind Spirit, it is
easy to go in the Seal Room. The Ruby is the red pinwheel, the Pearl is the
white pin wheel, the Topaz is the yellow pinwheel, the Wind Spirit is the blue
pinwheel, and the Emerald is the green pin wheel.
In order to get yourself into the Wind Seal room, you need
to make the pinwheels
spin in the right order. The order is red, yellow, green, white,
blue. After you spin it in the right order, a door in the back
will open.
Combos When using Lloyd, press Forward + X, Forward +
X, Forward + X,
Swords Rain,
Psi
Tempest (while holding Forward), turn around,
Rising
Falcon. This results in 12 hits,
RF is the finisher.
When using Lloyd, press Forward + X, Forward +
X, X, Sword Rain, Sonic Thrust, Tempest,
Fierce Demon Fang, Tempest Thrust or
Tempest
Beast or
Hunting Beast. Note:
Attempt to equip the Sardonyx or equip Shiden to make the Sonic Thrust into
Lighting Thrust, dealing extra damage once you preform Sonic thrust in the
combo. Also, instead of using Tempest, you can also use Tiger Blade, and if you
do equip Sardonyx or Shiden it will turn to Lighting Tiger Blade for more
damage. Level 1 techs may be bad for damage, but the best idea for opening a
combo or chaining from level 1 to level 3 techs, plus the level 1 techs has more
of Lloyd's special techs.
When your in a fight, press Forward + X, Forward
+ X, X,
Sword Rain: Alpha,
Hunting Beast. In this combo, you will stun the enemy,
which gives
you time to do extra damaging attacks to them and is also
a good chance for spellcasters to cast fast without being
disturbed.
Suggested level When your fighting through the first ruins towards the Seal
of Fire, it is suggested that you reach at least level 13 for
each character. If not, the battle with the Boss will either take
a brilliant strategy or end up in the death of your
party. Also, make sure that Genis has his skills set to Aqua
Edge and/or Icicle if you have gotten that skill, or
he will waste TP using skills that will cause little damage
for the cost.
Visiting Corrine after death After you beat the Dark Dragon and go through the
doors in Mithos' Castle, return to Iselia. There will be a skit with Sheena hearing Corrin's voice. After that, go to the
Temple of Martel. Go to the place where you first met the Angel. You will
see Corrine in his true form (Verius), but you will not be able
to summon him.
Fighting Zelos Reach the point where you are in Flanoir and
Lloyd is talking to Zelos when your ready to leave. If Lloyds says "Can I trust
you?" you will have to battle Zelos. However if Lloyd says "I trust you", then
you will not. An easier way to decide is to save the game before you go into
Flanoir. Go through the scenes, then see what Lloyd has to say. It may differ on
who you talk to the night before, and it changes when you talk to Zelos.
Special abilities The special abilities below are either harder
to get or can only be activated when certain conditions are met.
Lloyd
Lightning Thrust: Equip Sardonyx, use Sonic Thrust 200 times.
Lightning Tiger: Equip Sardonyx, use Tiger Blade 200 times.
Grave Blade: Equip Ruby, use Fierce Demon Fang 200 times.
Rising Phoenix: Equip Garnet, use Rising Falcon 200 times.
Falcon's Crest: Have the title "Eternal Swordsman" equipped,
have "Material Blade" equipped, have health in the red
zone, and have 100 TP available. Press Circle, X,
and Square.
Colette
Toss Hammer: Use Pow Hammer 200 times; random chance of happening.
Ice Hammer: Equip Sapphire, use Pow Hammer 200 times.
Holy Judgment: Use Judgment and Holy Song 50 times each; random
chance of happening.
Genis
Indignant Judgment: Use Indignation 50 times, then use again
in Over Limit.
Regal
Super Swallow Dance: Equip Opal, use Swallow Dance 200 times.
Note: Lightning Thrust,
Lightning Tiger, Grave Blade, Rising Phoenix, Ice Hammer, and Super Swallow
Dance will not have to be done 200 times with the right item equipped. They will
only need to be done 200 times, and then have the item equipped.
Attack attributes After you receive special items from the Summon Spirits,
you can change your weapon's element in order to deal extra damage
to a few enemies. For example, using Water against a Fire-type
enemy. By the way, some of these will allow special techniques once
conditions are met. Then refer to the "Special abilities"
hint for any details.
Amethyst: Attack Element turns to Darkness.
Aquamarine: Attack Element turns to Water.
Garnet: Attack Element turns to Fire.
Opal: Attack Element turns to Wind.
Ruby: Attack Element turns to Earth.
Sapphire: Attack Element turns to Ice.
Sardonyx: Attack Element turns to Lightning.
Topaz: Attack Element turns to Light.
