Xenogears Strategy Guide/FAQ For the Sony PlayStation (North American Version) Created By: Quasar FAQ Version 1.0 This FAQ is for private and personal use only. It can in no way be reproduced in anyway and if placed on a web site, may not be altered in anyway as well. Permission must also be asked before it is used in anyway on a web site. This disclaimer and copyright notice must appear in full as well. It also cannot be used for profitable or promotional purposes in magazines, books, guides, etc. This FAQ was created and owned by me, Quasar so please respect that. Copyright by Quasar ©1999 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VERSIONS/UPDATES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the first version of my Xenogears FAQ/Strategy Guide so you can expect there to be a lot of mistakes in grammar and spelling. As future updates and versions come out, you can expect there to be corrections to any mistakes and problems. There will also always be new information as it comes available. However, there is currently a new factor that will prevent me from doing this. Please read the "Conclusion" and "Feedback" sections for more information about this. UPDATES (Ver. 1.0): 6/3/99-Updated "Contributors" section. 6/12/99-Fix messed up numbering throughout the FAQ/strategy guide. 11/11/99-Completed Babel Tower (32) section. 11/12/99-Finished Shevat sections (34-35) NOTE: Will be realigning Material (Gear, Accessories, Items) sections soon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TABLE OF CONTENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I. Introduction II. Disc One Walkthrough 1. Lahan 2. Citan's House 3. Battle At Lahan 4. Blackmoon Forest 5. Desert Town Dazil 6. Through the Desert 7. Desert Attack 8. Stalactite Cave 9. The Yggdrasil 10. Bart's Hideout 11. Surprise Attack 12. Aveh 13. Rescuing Margie 14. Nisan 15. Recapturing Aveh 16. D Block Of Nortune 17. Nortune's Sewers 18. Finals Of The Battling Tournament 19. The New Champ 20. Nortune's Gear Hanger 21. Attack On Nortune 22. Stealing The Goliath 23. The Yggdrasil II 24. Return To The Thames 25. Sabotage 26. The Loss Of Fei 27. Ethos Headquarters And The Orphanage 28. Missing Ethos Transport 29. Back To The Ethos Headquarters 30. Attack On The Thames 31. Ethos Excavation Site 32. Babel Tower 33. Arriving At Shevat 34. Shevat's Emergency Shafts 35. Battle Of Shevat II. Disc Two Walkthrough III. Conclusion IV. Feedback V. Contributions VI. Contributors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I. INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This strategy guide/FAQ first starts off with a detailed walkthrough of the entire game. This walkthrough is not just any type as it not only tells you what you need to do to complete the game. It also contains information about what is going on in the game as well such as explanations of animation sequences and the many other scenes throughout the game that just unfolds the story and involves no player control. So as you can imagine, this will be a very long strategy guide, however, that is what makes it good as well. The walkthrough then follows with miscellaneous information about contributions, secrets and tips for the game, and a lot more of other information that is worth reading. I hope that it helps you as much as possible and I hope that you enjoy this strategy guide/FAQ! Feel free to use it on your own site so long as the disclaimer and copyright notice remain intact. Also, please e-mail me telling me that you are using my strategy guide along with a link to your site so that I know just who is using my strategy guide/FAQ and so that I can keep a record. Also if you want to, feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions retaining to the North American version of Xenogears. Although I will prefer it if you completely look through the strategy guide/FAQ first. If the answer to your question is an obvious one, then I will not reply (unless I am bored and have nothing else to do). If, however, the answer is buried in the heaps of information and is hard to find, then I most likely will. But please, look through the strategy guide/FAQ first! Lastly, if you know of any mistakes that I make in this strategy guide/FAQ, please email them to me along with the necessary corrections that I should make. If you have anything to contribute, please notify me as well. Anything from more information about items or enemies to helpful tips and secrets. No matter how insignificant it may seem, who cares, and just send it in if you want to. As a reward for ANYTHING contributed to this strategy guide/FAQ, you will receive the necessary credit in the "Contributions Section" of this strategy guide/FAQ. VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: My levels throughout the game in this strategy guide/FAQ were always higher than the usual level that beginning players have as they go through the game; as I take the time to build up. I recommend this to all players because it will make the game less frustrating. Trust me I know! With this knowledge, the information and tips I give for the bosses throughout the game are for people who take the time to build up to around the level that I happen to build up to. There is however, also other information (though not very detailed) for people who are not at the current level that I was at for that particular boss. I will also state the level that I was on for the particular boss so that you are aware of that; as the level you are on could greatly affect the difficulty of the boss you fight. So in other words, the more you build up, the better! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ II. DISC ONE WALKTHROUGH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The game first opens with a brilliantly created animation sequence. It begins by showing a magnificent ship slowly gliding through space. All of a sudden, alarms ring out as the crew struggles to figure out what is wrong. The ship slowly begins to be taken over by some unknown force. All the while, the crew is trying desperately to stop this unknown force from spreading. They do their best but fail and the captain then orders the ship to be evacuated. The people evacuate but all of a sudden the ships own weapons systems activate and begin to destroy the escape pods as they launch. The ship begins to tear apart as the computer systems are taken over one by one. The captain then initiates the self- destruction sequence as he realizes that resistance is futile. He stares at his beautiful wife and daughter as the destruct sequence initiates. All of a sudden the ship disappears in a flash of explosions and the remains of it slowly descend to a lowly planet lying right under it floating through the vastness of space. Emerging from the wreckage, a mysterious female arises and slowly walks towards the great sea that glimmers before her. She stares into the dark horizon and watches as pieces of the former magnificent ship burn up like small meteors in the atmosphere. Thus the story begins. ======================================================================== 1. LAHAN ======================================================================== You begin the game with some dialog for an introduction to what's happening in the troubled world at this time. After the introduction you witness a few short scenes in the small village of Lahan. There a battle is raging and in the midst of this battle are a group of Gears. You'll notice that one of the pilots is named Fei. Another man named Citan is also in the act trying to stop Fei from fighting. However, Fei does not listen and continues to fight. The burning fires then turn into a painting that Fei is working on and you now have control of what is going on. Go into the room close by and talk to the Maid. You will then learn of how Fei was brought to the village. Once you are done with that, go upstairs and talk to Timothy who's in the circle of men who seem to be chatting about the upcoming marriage between Timothy and Alice. Timothy asks you to go and check on Alice and you agree. Go around the room and talk to the other men as well to find out more about what is going on. When you attempt to exit out of the door, a boy named Dan will stop you from exiting and talk with you. He says that he wants to talk to you about something and wants you to meet him outside; so go outside. You might as well talk to the other people as it shouldn't hurt to do so. Go find Dan who is waiting right outside next to the door to the Chief's house. Talk to him and you'll find out that Dan prefers you to be his brother-in-law instead of Timothy and that he wants you to steal Alice from him! You will then have a choice to make. Either choice you make will not affect anything but if you select "Let's do it!!" then Dan will really look up to you so you might as well select that option. After you are done with that head over to Alice's house which lies south and right next to the Chief's house. Talk to the lady who is blocking the doorway and she'll let you in. Go in, talk to Alice's Aunt, and go upstairs. You'll talk with Alice and find out that she wanted Dan to borrow a camera and lights from Doctor Uzuki (Citan) who lives up on the mountain peak. You then offer to do the errand. When the conversations over, exit the house and you also might want to buy a few things from the General Store before heading up the mountain peak as it will get pretty rough. LAHAN VILLAGE GENERAL STORE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ITEMS: Aquasol……….20 Omegasol……….50 Rosesol……….100 Survival Tent……150 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Once you are ready and equipped, take the path north out of the village which takes you to the beginning of a long path up the mountain that leads to Citan's home. Follow the path northward until you reach the Save Point and the sign close by. Save and read the sign which states that the right path leads to Citan's house. So take the right path and follow the it until Fei stops and the map begins to shift. Fei will point out the direction of Citan's house so follow the path a short way up and you'll run into a boy who says that the bridge is gone. The solution to this is simple as all you have to do is make a running jump across the gap. The boy will teach you how to do so if you don't know how. Once you clear the jump head across the near by bridge. While you are crossing the bridge, you should notice a treasure chest below. Cross the bridge and turn west to go down the slope, under the bridge, and pick up the Aquasol waiting inside the treasure chest. Go back up and had east a little bit until your reach another sign. It will simply point out that Citan's house is up ahead so go on up the path. ======================================================================== 3. CITAN'S HOUSE ======================================================================== Enter in through the front door and you will find Citan's wife Yui and his daughter Midori in the kitchen. When you talk to Yui she'll say that Citan is busy in the storeroom in the backyard so go out the door right besides you and head behind the house to the storeroom. Right outside of the storeroom there will be a large explosion. Everything is fine though and Citan will tell you to enter the storeroom to go and see something that he found. Do so and you will see some sort of audio device that will activate when you walk up to it. Citan soon enters and tells you to go ahead on into the house and eat dinner. After you are done eating it is dark and you leave Citan's house. The path is darker now but it still shouldn't be too hard to navigate through. Head on down the same way that you came. However, when you reach the bridge you will notice several Gears fly by overhead. Citan will soon come running up to you and you will learn that the Gears appear to be from the neighboring country of Kislev. You also notice that they are heading for Lahan! Follow Citan down the path to where you originally began. Be sure to save before exiting off the screen ======================================================================== 3. BATTLE AT LAHAN ======================================================================== Once you enter, you will see that Lahan has already been attacked and is currently in flames. The Kislev Gears are still there and appear to just be standing there. You will run into Alice and Timothy who say that they can't find Dan. Fei then tells both of them to get out of the village while he and Citan looks for Dan and any other survivors. While looking around, Fei will find what appears to be an empty Gear. However, Fei is blown away right in front it by the gunfire of an attacking Kislev Gear. An animation sequence then starts showing what a appears to be a young boy grinning at Fei from the cockpit of Gear. Is Fei hallucinating? In any case, Fei will then board the abandoned Gear. Citan will try to stop him but fails to do so. Fei starts the Gear and then begins to initiate combat with the other attacking Gears. This will be the first Gear fight. It is actually very easy and you should be able to get by this with not problems. Just keep hitting the Gears with X button attacks and you should be all right. In fact, two hits with the X button attack is all that you need to destroy each enemy Gear. After the battle more Kislev Gears arrive and begin to attack Fei. In the mean time, Dan joins Citan in watching the battle. Timothy soon joins them too, however is attacked by another Kislev Gear. Fei tries to help but cannot. Another animation sequence then begins showing Timothy's death as well as a few other surprising scenes. It shows how Fei then losses it (goes crazy) and all of a sudden a powerful blast engulfs the devastated Lahan. Everything is destroyed; the Gears, the town, and all who are in it. ======================================================================== 4. BLACKMOON FOREST ======================================================================== Fei later wakes up on the outskirts of what was once Lahan. There the remaining townspeople are gathered. Fei learns what he has done and Dan puts all the blame on him for what happened. The people then get restless and even begin to fear Fei. Citan then asks Fei to leave whatever is left of Lahan in case reinforcements come and due to the fact that the people who once loved and trusted him, now hate and fear him. Citan suggests that Fei goes through the Blackmoon Forest and into Aveh so that the Kislev forces cannot track him down. Fei agrees and leaves with a few last glimpses at the monster that destroyed his village. You will now find yourself on the World Map. The Blackmoon Forest is clearly visible to the west of Lahan. Save on the World Map and then enter the Blackmoon Forest. NOTE: It is actually kind of dark but that depends on the color of your screen. You can easily adjust the screen so that the forest is easier to navigate through. Well, nevermind, I'm just stating this because this was a problem for me at first. Follow the path southward and the forest will suddenly be laid out in front of you. Head west through the pathways and turn southwest between the two huge tree trunks that are lying on the ground. Follow that pathway through the tress and you will soon notice a path heading upward guarded by what appears to be a Hobgob. Once you approach it, the Hobgob will jump up the path and run away from you. Chase it and when it stops at the top of the path near the tree, attack it. Once you defeat it head on over to the Save Point and save. Head north along the upper pathway and follow it until another Hobgob comes into view right in front of a boulder. Attack it and once you win, the boulder that was behind of the Hobgob will begin to roll down the tree trunk that you are currently on. Jump out of way back onto the ground an let the boulder roll away. Don't let it touch you or you'll get hurt for 5 HP every time it touches you! Once the boulder is gone backtrack east then head south to where you will notice a huge stone lying on the ground that appears to form steps. Jump on each of them, using them as stepping stones to jump onto the tree trunk. Head down the tree trunk and when you are half way across you will notice another tree trunk right under the current one you are standing on. You should also notice an Item bag lying at the edge of the tree trunk under you. So carefully jump off onto the tree trunk below you and get the item which is an Aquasol. Get off the tree trunk a follow the same path up to the Save Point. Then go back to the location where the boulder originally was. Head up the new path that was created when the boulder rolled away to exit the area. However, as you exit the area, an animation sequence will start and a mysterious woman will be shouting at you in an unknown language with a gun pointing at your head. After a few seconds, she will then tell you not to move and to drop down your weapon. She will then state something about you being a surface dweller and a -Lamb- then asks you if you know a way of getting out of the forest. So as it turns out, she is lost as well. The mysterious woman will suddenly get attacked by a group of Forest Elves and will be knocked out. All of a sudden Fei yells out to the Forest Elves not touch Elly. Hmm…..it appears that he knows her name. How? A battle then ensues. It should be an easy one at that too. Once you defeat the Forest Elves Fei will take the mysterious woman and tend to her wounds. When she wakes up, you then once again learn her name as being Elhaym or Elly for short. You two decide to wait until after dark before you continue to look for a way out. Another animation sequence starts up again. It may seem kind of confusing but at this point in the game, it should be for any new players. The little boy, as you will notice, is most likely Fei as a young boy. Looks like he is being abandoned in a desert and who the heck is that lady who helps him? Just keep what happens in mind and continue on. You will then continue with your journey through Blackmoon Forest. Now head south from your current position until you come to a sign. It will state that the path up the cliffs are to the east and right next to you. So head on up the path near by until you come to another sign which states that Lahan Village is to the north and the country of Aveh is to the south. Head southward and just in front of you will be three groups of Hobgobs. You might as well attack them as the experience you get from them will come in handy. They are also easy and this will give you a chance to get some Hob-Jerky! The only problem is that when you approach each separate group of Hobgobs, they will all jump off the cliff and onto their own separate ledges. If you head west to the cliffs where the two Hobgob groups jumped off you will notice a treasure chest on one of the cliffs opposite of you and an item bag on the ground below the cliffs. Jump to the ledge to where the treasure chest is and attack the Hobgob group. Then pick up the Arcane Rod that lies in the treasure chest. Equip it to Elly and then jump off the cliff to the bottom. Get the Aquasol that lies in the item bag right in front of you and then head northeast to get back to the first sign that leads you up the cliff paths. Go back to where you were before you jumped off to get the treasure chest but this time jump to the cliff where the second Hobgob group is waiting and attack it. Once you are finished with that, follow the path as it wraps around the cliffs and you will soon see another group of Hobgobs. As you approach it, it will jump down to another cliff fight below. Follow it and once again, attack it. Just up ahead you will see what appears to be some sort of bridge across a gap in the cliffs. Elly and Fei will engage in a little conversation before you can go on and will talk about why they are both in the forest. Fei will then blame himself for everything that went wrong in Lahan and tells Elly what had happened. Elly will then begin to think about what happened (meaning that there will be a flashback) and you will learn that Elly had a part to do with the destruction of Lahan by landing right in the middle of it while trying to escape the Kislev Gears and then retreating out of her Gear and running away! Fei will then blame the Kislev Gears for what happened and Elly will call him a coward. Elly will then walk away and exit into the next area alone. As she walks away, a new confusing animation sequence will begin with Elly in a hallway with blood everywhere. Her own words that she had used against Fei about him being a coward begins to echo in her as the scene expands to show dead bodies and blood all around Elly. So it appears that she now feels guilty for what she said to Fei! Oh well. When it is through, she will continue to walk through the area however will be immediately assaulted by a huge monster. Fei then hears her screen of horror and gets up. However, before you go and rush into the next area, take a moment to head across that bridge next to you to get a Survival Tent in the treasure chest and to the save your game at the Save Point next to it. Now take Fei to the next area and you will see Elly in the clutches of the huge monster known as a Rankar Dragon. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``` RANKAR DRAGON HP: 480 EXPERIENCE GAINED: 380 TREASURES GAINED: Scales GOLD GAINED: 0 CURRENT LEVEL-FEI: 15 The Rankar Dragon drops Elly and she lays there unconscious. You must now fight that huge beast with your bare hands! As you can see, you can barely hurt the Rankar Dragon (1-3 HP of damage with your normal attacks) and it begins to beat you down. However, do not worry because after a few rounds, Citan will appear in his Land Crab and will drop off a familiar device to help you out. The Gear that had destroyed Lahan! At first, Fei is a little skeptical about getting into the Gear that had destroyed Lahan but is easily convinced to get in and fight when the Rankar Dragon turns its attention to Elly and begins to attack her. Now you will stand a chance against the Rankar Dragon and this battle should now be very easy to take care of. Simply use X button attacks and take it down! Just don't use the Guided Shot Chi skill as it is useless against the Rankar Dragon. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``` When you defeat it, Citan will come down and you find out that the Gear has a name known as Weltall. Fei at first does not want the Gear but Citan convinces him otherwise as he will need the strength since he is now a fugitive from the Kislev Army. Elly soon regains conscious and Citan explains to her what had just happened. So it appears that Elly now owes Fei double time! Anyway, the three of them decide to make camp as it is getting dark and Weltall now needs repairs due to the last fight. After Citan inspects Weltall, it turns out that two crucial parts, the knee actuator and the bypass circuit, are both ruined. Elly is also having problems sleeping so Citan has a little chat with her. In the conversation, Elly finds out that Citan knows of what happened between her and the Gear fight at Lahan. Citan then asks Elly for a favor. That favor is for Elly to leave the forest and go her own way immediately while Fei is asleep. The reason for this is so Elly does not get entangled in the situation with Fei and so she can go back to her own family. He assures Elly that Fei will not learn of her true identity in the military and about what happened in Lahan. However Elly still does not really want to go due to the fact that she wants to apologize to Fei for what she said about him being a coward when in fact she was actually the coward. They then go on to talk once more about surface dwellers, or -Lambs- and other aspects that may seem a little confusing to new players. Afterwards Elly agrees to go, and leaves. However, in the morning to Citan's surprise, he finds out that Fei had overheard half of their conversation. Fei then once again goes on to blame himself, but Citan is able to lift part of the guilt. Will it be enough though? Next you are told by Citan that you should head out of the Blackmoon Forest and head out across the desert to the town called Dazil. Citan says that there you should be able to learn about what Aveh and Kislev are up to and get some needed parts for Weltall as well. So now just head a little way up west to find the path which exits from the Blackmoon Forest. As you leave you will notice a huge airship fly by overhead. Citan assumes that it's the aerial battleship from Aveh. You then learn from Citan that it was lent to Aveh by the Gebler Forces which, as you read in the introduction to the game, was currently helping Aveh in its fight against Kislev. You also learn that Gebler is the special forces of the Sacred Empire known as Solaris. Once the conversation is over head on out to the World Map. ======================================================================== 5. DESERT TOWN DAZIL ======================================================================== As you look around on the World Map, you will notice Dazil in the desert just southward of your current position. So, head on over to Dazil! When you enter Dazil the screen will begin to shift revealing the entire town of Dazil to you. You find out some information from Citan that it is the center of Aveh's excavations and that it is heavily guarded. Citan also says that you should be able to gather the things that you need to repair Weltall and find out what's happening between Aveh and Kislev as well. Citan then states that there is an Ethos workshop in the southern part of the town so head on over to the Ethos workshop. On your way to the Ethos workshop take sometime to talk to the soldiers and people scattered throughout the town to get some information. As you explore the town, you should also take the time to rest, stock up on supplies, and save. DAZIL ITEM SHOP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ITEMS: Aquasol……….20 Mentsol……….20 Rosesol……….100 Survival Tent….150 Physisol……….10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DAZIL ACCESSORY/WEAPON SHOP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACCESSORIES: Martial Wear……….50 WEAPONS: Magical Rod……….50 Fencing Wear………80 Arcane Rod………..100 Martial Cap………...30 Leather Whip………60 Fencing Cap………..40 Power Ring………...200 Stamina Ring……….150 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When you get to the Ethos workshop talk to the man closest to you whose dressed in blue. You will find out that the part that you need is only used on the latest military Gear models and as a result, is not kept in stock at the Ethos workshop and that you can only get those parts by placing orders at the Ethos headquarters. Well, it looks like you can't get the parts you need from the Ethos workshop so leave. As you exit out of the workshop, Fei will say that he needs to talk to Citan. Fei asks Citan if it is all right if they don't even bother repairing Weltall due to the fact that they can't get the proper parts. It seems that Fei is really worried about using Weltall. He thinks that they can make it on their own without it. However, Citan changes Fei's mind by telling him that they should move Weltall as far away from Lahan as possible. This is because Citan suspects that the incident that occurred that evening was because the Gebler Special Forces had stolen a Kislev Military Gear, which in turn, was Elly's group. He goes on to suspect that it involved some sort of new technology since the Kislev fought so fiercely to get the stolen Gear back. He guesses that it is some sort of new experimental Gear. The reason why Citan wants to get Weltall as far away as possible is because he believes that the Kislev military will be investigating the Lahan area to reclaim Weltall since he is pretty sure that news of the Gebler Special Forces failure to steal it has reached the Kislev High Command. He also states that the Aveh/Gebler forces will also be searching the area for Weltall so there will probably be an inevitable conflict between the Aveh/Gebler forces and the Kislev forces. So if they find Weltall where it currently is, which is unfortunately right next to Lahan, there will probably be more problems involving the people of Lahan. Fortunately, that convinces Fei to continue to find a way to fix Weltall. Citan then states that they are in the center of an excavation site so there must be some information on where they can find the necessary parts. Well, what to do now. Head back north to where you originally entered into Dazil. Notice anything new? Well you should notice that a buggy is now parked in front of the rental shop. Walk up to the buggy and Citan will say that he has an idea and that they need the to rent the buggy. Go into the rental shop and talk to the man sitting down to go ahead and rent the buggy for Citan. Citan will say that he is going to go out into the desert to search for the parts for Weltall and that he wants Fei to stay back and kill some time at the bar. The rental owner then butts in and asks Fei if he is really going to let Citan go out all alone. He goes on to say that there are lots of fights breaking out in the desert, that it's a really dangerous place, and that you shouldn't let him go out on his own. That should be a hint to you to head on out of Dazil and chase after Citan. Do just that and exit out of Dazil. ======================================================================== 6. THROUGH THE DESERT ======================================================================== Well, now you have to find Citan so start heading on out into the desert. The World Map will eventually change and you will suddenly see two Gears jump over Fei and head out into the endless desert. Follow those Gears and head out into the desert too. First head west and exit the area. Then in the next area, head north and exit the area. When Fei reaches the next area he will suddenly see what appears to be a huge flying saucer of some sort fly overhead in the sky. He ignores it and continues on into the next area. There you will see those two Gears again heading off. Follow them northward and exit the area. In the next area once again head north and exit the area (getting tired of hearing "exit the area?" I sure am tired of writing it but oh well!). Now when you reach the next area, it appears that the sun is setting and it will be dark soon. All of a sudden Fei will see several motorcycles zoom by. What's going on! First Gears then a flying saucer and now motorcycles!? Well, anyway, Fei will immediately stop the next on coming motorcycle and force it to crash into the sand. He will then steal it and ride off leaving the driver behind. Well, at least he said sorry! You'll see Fei driving over the sand dune tops just as dark settles in. But then suddenly he will be wiped off his motorcycle by a huge gust of wind! You will then see that the two Gears that you were following have now surrounded you . But just as they are about to attack you they are suddenly knocked down by some unknown force. As you turn around you see that it's Weltall along with Citan in it! Just as Citan exits Weltall the two other Gears get up and Fei hurries on into Weltall. Time for another Gear battle! This battle should be very easy. However, once you destroy the two annoying Gears you will be greeted by a mysterious man on top of a Gear which is standing at the top of a nearby mountain peak. A new animation scene then starts and Fei then begins to remember memories from the past. It turns out that he somehow knows this strange figure from when he was a child. Also, remember this Gear? The one from Lahan that ordered the other Gears to kill Timothy? Well it is the same one and it turns out that the strange man in black is called Grahf, the seeker of power. Grahf begins to bring up about how much power Fei had at Lahan and then states that he sent those Gears into Lahan deliberately to "awaken the power within him……To make contact with him." Or so he says. So in other words, Grahf attacked Lahan to make Fei get into the Gear and fight. Grahf also seems to not care about the life of the villagers. It refers to them as wretched vermin and doesn't care how many of them have died. He then goes on to say that Fei is actually the one who destroys Lahan and not him. This does it and Fei begins to doubt himself. The guilt then begins to resurface as he tries desperately to take the guilt and blame off of his shoulders and back onto Grahf. But it is no good as Grahf says the same thing that Elly said before. That Fei is now trying to put the blame on others. However, Fei manages to change the subject by asking Grahf about what he meant by needing his power. The reply that Grahf gives him is to destroy mother god. What the heck does that mean? Don't worry, I was confused about that at first too but just keep on going through the conversation and then Grahf will begin to talk about Fei's father. Grahf then goes on to hint that Fei's father is dead and then says that Fei's power is still not ready to serve his purposes. All of a sudden, the conversation is interrupted as a huge monster surfaces from the desert. Grahf uses this opportunity to see Fei's power one more time and flies away. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``` WYRM HP: 200 EXPERIENCE GAINED: 1044 TREASURE GAINED: Eyeball GOLD GAINED: 0 CURRENT LEVEL-Fei: 19 This fight is very easy. You should use booster so that you keep a faster pace than the Wyrm. If you have level one combos, then use them! If you have not attained that level yet, the just keep using X button attacks. If you notice, the normal attacks won't work and the Wyrm will continuously annoy you by sucking out your fuel. It doesn't take that much, only 60 units of fuel. It's normal attack also only hits you for about 130 HP so it isn't that bad. Using Fei's Guided Shot Chi skill should do the trick it hurting the Wyrm a bit. In fact, if your levels are high enough, say around level 18, you should be able to kill the Wyrm with two shots of the Guided Shot Chi skill. So, you actually don't have to worry about normal attacks or anything like that. If your levels are not that high, then just keep on hitting the Wyrm with the Guided Shot Chi skill. Don't worry, It'll go down. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``` After the battle Fei will get out of Weltall and say that it is broken once again. And right after you fix it! But not to worry as the repairs were only temporary and can't be expected to survive a battle like that. Then out of no where, two more Gears of the Aveh Military will jump you and you will be forced to surrender as there is no way that you can make it back into Weltall in time to fight them. You will next find yourself on an Aveh transport ship of some sort. Fei will be sleeping and another animation sequence will start. This time Grahf is in it along with two other men. A red hair man along with another older man with black hair who states to Grahf that he will protect Fei even if it kills him. How peculiar. Well, in any case, Fei will wake up and Citan will talk to him about Grahf. Fei is worried about what Grahf said about his so called power and why Grahf made him get into Weltall. After that, you will then have control over Fei. So go over to the Save Point and save. Then talk to Citan and he tells Fei to rest as there is nothing that they can do now. After you choose to get some rest, Citan will mumble something about that will sound confusing. Then the screen will shift to a strange room with what looks like all sorts of pictures flying all over the place. The background is black with a few bright blue lights shimmering in the black abyss. There Citan will be talking to some unknown figure called the Emperor. The Emperor will begin to talk about weird subjects like eternal paradise, god's resting place, -Time- of the -Gospel- , the Gazel, and -Fate-. All of this may seem confusing but don't worry, it will all come together in time. It's as if Citan connected telepathically to this Emperor. But that doesn't matter now because another problem is at hand. ======================================================================== 7. DESERT ATTACK ======================================================================== It seems like someone is tailing the Aveh transport and is also after Weltall. It looks like a someone is following the transport and is about to attack it! Just as the unknown man is about to attack, it seems that two of his crew members try to stop him but he continues on with the attack. They refer to him as young master. Citan and Fei watch as the unknown vessel surfaces and Citan confirms it to be a sand cruiser operated by desert pirates! Several of the hatches to the sand cruiser then open and unleash a salvo of attacks at the transport. Meanwhile, back inside the sand cruiser on the bridge, the two crewmen are still trying to caution the young master but he still refuses to listen and continues with his assault. The transport is hit several times in the hull and begins to turn over and sink. It turns out that you only have a few minutes to escape but the door is still locked. However, that is fixed when another shot hits the transport and the door is unlocked. Now you must scramble to get out of the transport before it sinks! Quickly head out of the room and east down the corridor. Citan will say that you can lock the sand barrier door but to be careful as once you do so you can't open it again. Don't close it yet as there is an item for you to get on the other side! Head east through the door and then into the next door that you see to get an item (please e-mail me if you happen to know what this item is as I am unable to find out). After that, backtrack and close the sand barrier. Then head west and when Fei gets to the next door, go through it and open the treasure chest in the room to get a Rosesol. Exit the room and head west once again down the corridor to the ladder at the end. Go down and Fei will be in what appears to be the engine room. Head east and Fei will eventually come to some stairs. Climb the stairs and follow the walkway. Fei will also come across a treasure chest which contains a Leather Vest. Equip it and continue to follow the walkway. At this point the walkway should be falling apart. At your current position, if there is a hole in the walkway, then fall through it to get to the treasure chest that contains an Eyeball . If there isn't one then just wait until there is one. Once you get the item simply head back east and climb the ladder over the generator and climb the second ladder down to where you started at the beginning of the stairs which leads to the walkway. Follow the walkway all the way to the end this time and climb up the ladder to the next level. On the next level you should see the Save Point right in front of you so go ahead and save. After you are done with that continue on north past the Save Point and when Fei gets to the wall on the other side turn west then south and follow the corridor until Fei gets to the next ladder which will take him up to the deck of the transport. When Fei gets there Citan will move the crane, which is right in front of you, towards Weltall's cockpit so that Fei can get to it and escape. Once the crane has moved, jump onto it and head up it to reach Weltall. Be sure to be careful so that you don't fall off. Don't worry, you won't literally fall off as Fei will catch himself and pull himself up. This, however, wastes precious time. As a side note and warning, if you take too long to get to Weltall, it will be sucked under the sand and you will have to start over again so be quick about it! When Fei makes it to Weltall, he climbs down the crane wires and jumps into the cockpit. Once Weltall's up, Fei quickly grabs Citan and flies away. Once a safe distance away, Fei lands Weltall and drops off Citan who appears to be a little air sick from the last flight. Once you converse a little, it is rudely interrupted by the pirate whom you remember as being called young mater and his group of Gears. A battle then ensues with the pirates thinking that Fei and Citan are Aveh soldiers who fled the transport. Fei tries to convince them otherwise, however, the pirates just don't listen. Fei constantly tries to talk the pirate out of it and convince them that he is not a pirate however it still doesn't work. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``` PIRATE HP: 800 EXPERIENCE GAINED: 1600 TREASURE GAINED: None GOLD GAINED: 500 CURRENT LEVEL-Fei: 21 This isn't a fight that you shouldn't be too concerned about. The pirate will most likely cast Wild Smile on Fei's Gear which lowers the ACC/EV of it but that's all. The rest will be brawled out. Just keep hitting Brigandier with X button attacks and level one combos if you have them at this point in the game. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``` After awhile, the ground will begin to shake violently triggering quicksand and both Fei and the pirate will be swallowed up by the desert sand. ======================================================================== 8. STALACTITE CAVE ======================================================================== As a result of being swallowed by the quicksand, the two men disembark their Gears and the pirate finally learns that Fei is truly not a soldier. He apologizes and says that his name is Bart. After the introduction you learn that Bart and Fei have fallen into the stratum underneath the desert which consists of igneous rock. Now the two of them must find a way out so both Fei and Bart call off the fight and agree to cooperate with each other for the time being. Meanwhile on the surface, you learn that the majority of the people from the sunken Aveh transport ship have been rescued by the pirate's sand cruiser. A little humor is introduced involving the nurse of the sand cruiser before you see Citan with one of the previous crew members who tried to stop Bart from attacking the Aveh transport. You learn that the man's name is Sigurd and they seem to be talking about Fei and Bart. A Gear then drops by and says that the last of the people and supplies have been almost completely collected. However, the group still cannot locate Bart or Fei and it is suspected that they are currently near an old excavation site. It is stated that if they can't find both Bart and Fei, then the sand cruiser will move on and meet them at a specified meeting point. You also learn that Sigurd appears to know Citan. Back down in the Stalactite Caves, you must now find a way to get Fei and Bart out. Save at the near by Save Point and then head in a southwestern direction to the end of the cave. You should see a boulder sticking out of the rock walls and when you approach it, Bart will state that his sensors detect another cavern on the other side, however, he also states that it appears that the boulder is too heavy for them to move. Actually, who cares and once more go up to the rock and attempt to move it. Fei will attempt to push the huge boulder down and Bart helps out. It turns out that they successfully move it and it falls down into the cavern on the other side. This is not without getting damaged in return as Bart's Gear faces a little problem due to the stress involved with the movement of the huge boulder. Drop down into the cavern and continue southwest until you see a greenish color doorway. To the east of it, along the cliff edge, you will find a treasure chest which contains a Gold Nugget. Enter the doorway and you will have to follow a very long corridor of rocks. When you get to the end of it you will now be in a new cavern with waterfalls scattered throughout it. Follow the bridge like path southwestward and you will come to an Aveh Excavation Gear. When you talk to it, it will tell you a little information about the surrounding area. You will learn, for example, that the sand sensors have detected abnormal sand activity and have been activated along with the information that the sand barrier has been closed as a result of this. What the heck does that mean? Well you'll know when you move on. After you're done talking to the Aveh Excavation Gear, follow the path past it and head on south into the next area. In the next area will see a Save Point along with what looks like a house! Well, looks like someone lives here! It isn't that hard to navigate this area and reach the house. Just follow the path and jump up onto the green stained ground. Head in a southwestern motion and will come down to the house a little bit down ahead. Save at the Save Point and go on into the house. When you go inside you will see a strange old man who seems to know a lot about Gears. You find out that his name is Balthazar also known as Ol' man Bal. It appears that he is some sort of collector who collects things from the nearby excavation site as well as anything in the Stalactite Caves. You will learn a little about human fossils and about the point when humans first appeared. You also learn about a myth which explains the existence of humans. A myth that also contradicts the Ethos teachings of human evolution. In that myth it is said that humans and god once lived together in a paradise in the sky. With gods protection there was no need to fear of death and other natural disasters. However, one day, the humans ate the so called forbidden fruit which gave them incredible knowledge and wisdom. God then drove mankind from the paradise for their sins. Then, humans used their wisdom and knowledge to create giant monsters which they planned to use to challenge god. But before they could, god unleashed his wrath upon them and all who defied him were destroyed. Even though god was successful, he himself didn't escape unharmed. Taking the paradise with him, the wounded god buried himself deep beneath the ocean to sleep for eons. However, before going to sleep, god used his remaining power to create "right-hearted humans" to live on the planet. And these people are said to be the ancestors of everyone today. Anyway, after he is done talking, talk to him once again and Fei will ask Ol' Man Bal if there is an exit to the Stalactite Caves. He replies that there is one just past the excavation site beyond the sand barrier however, the sand barrier is closed. When Fei asks just how to open it, Ol' Man Bal will state that he can't break it down by simply using a Gear and will go on to say that Fei can only open it by deactivating the sand sensors. He then makes a deal with Fei and Bart by saying that if they go on and turn off the sand sensors, he will go and open the door as he needs to leave once and a while too. The sand sensors are little structures with flashing red lights on them. There are only two and they are pretty hard to miss if you simply explore the caverns. Ol' Man Bal will also share some Gear parts, fuel, and items with you so all you have to do is ask him. It's actually kind of like a mini store. It is here that you can actually equip your Gear parts or tune up for the first time. It's not like it's that hard to understand so I'll skip it. You can ask him for some valuable information too. You can ask him where the sensors are and he will simply say that one is located on the rocky ledge above the Great Hall, and the other one is located on the road from which you can see the waterfalls. I'll explain more later about what the solutions to these are. You can also ask him (if you are a new player) about Gear functions. Here is how Ol' man Bal explains it as. "A Gear's strength changes with the parts equipped and how the pilot handles it. First, let's talk about the Engine. With a good Engine, your Attack Power and fuel capacity go up. HP depends on the Frame and Defense Ability on the Armor equipped." He also goes on to explain how to use the charge and booster skills but they aren't complicating to understand. Well, anyway, get the necessary things that you need from Ol' Man Bal and get ready to turn off those dang sand sensors. BALTHAZAR'S ITEMS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ITEMS: Aquasol……….20 Omegasol……….50 Rosesol……….100 Survival Tent…....150 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- BALTHAZAR'S GEAR PARTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ENGINES: G6-1200……….1200 ARMOR: MS 6……….500 FRAMES: WELT-02100……….400 BRIG-02200………...500 WELT-02500……….800 BRIG-02700………...900 HEIM-03200………..1800 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - So now for those sand sensors! One of them is located back in the area where the waterfalls are so head back the same way you came from to reach the area where that Aveh Excavation Gear is located. Once you reach the Gear take the northwest pathway and follow it northward. When you reach the end of the path you should see a ledge with the sand sensor right on it. Right behind you is another small cliff that you can jump on and use as a stepping stone to get to the next level. Jump onto it and then from there jump onto the ledge with the sand sensor. Once you turn it off you should notice a treasure chest on another ledge directly west and next to you. Go on and open it to get an Iron GWhip which you should equip to Bart's Brigandier. Now go on back to the previous area where Ol' Man Bal lives. You will need to access the area from there to get to the second and final sand sensor. From the Save Point, head northwestward and you will come to another path on a higher level which will take you to the final sand sensor. Follow that path to the next area in which you will have to cross a bridge which hangs over the waterfall area. The next area will look like the same long corridor that you went through earlier but it actually leads to a different area. Follow it until the exit and you will be in what appears to be the exact same area as before when you first pushed over the huge boulder. Don't worry as it isn't so just go north and then turn west onto the ledge which, as you will find out, is directly above the same cavern that you started off in. The sand sensor is right up ahead so turn it off and return to Ol' Man Bal. When you talk to Ol' Man Bal he'll open the sand barrier. Before they go, Bart asks if Ol' Man Bal knows anything about a Gear that is far superior to others call the god Gear. You learn that the real name of it is the Omnigear and that it is more powerful than a thousand ordinary Gears. However, Ol' Man Bal just says that it is only a legend and doesn't really exist. He will then do you the favor of taking a look at your Gears to see if he can make any repairs or anything like that. Fei and Bart then engage in a little conversation about the Omnigear and about the past of the Gears and how they originated. That is truly a mystery that is only kept in the records of the Ethos. Your conversation is then interrupted by Ol' Man Bal who seems a little shocked. When asked what is wrong he states that Weltall is the host for the spirit of slayer of god and seems in a way, kind of frightened and shocked. After that he becomes very unfriendly and asks Fei and Bart to leave as they have no more business in his home anymore. Well, that's about all Ol' Man Bal will do anymore so you might as well leave the Stalactite Caves. Go through the sand barrier and exit the area. Follow the current path south to the ledge of the cliff. To the west of you there is a elevator and to the east of you there a gondola. Walk up to the gondola and it will ask you if you want to get on it. Select yes and you will get out of your Gears and ride the gondola to the other side where you will see another tower-like structure right ahead of you. Activate the red light that is visible from that structure to activate the Aveh execution site generator. This enable you to head down the elevator so head back across and down the elevator. When you get to the bottom level head down into that ditch in front of you. Head east along the ditch until you get to the other side. Once you do get there, climb or rather jump up the steps to the next level. Then head west and use the next step to jump to the other side. You should also have noticed a Save Point. Go ahead and save. Once you're done with that take the elevator right next to the Save Point down to the next area. Once you get there you will notice a huge Gear flying around over Fei and Bart. Jump down to the next level and prepare for another fight as the Gear engages you. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``` CALAMITY HP: 2500 EXPERIENCE GAINED: 8700 TREASURE GAINED: None GOLD GAINED: 2000 CURRENT LEVEL-Fei: 23 Bart: 20 My advice is to use booster in this fight so that you can use your speed to your advantage. You should also use your level one combos as soon as they become available. If you still do not have the combos then continuous X button attacks will have to do. You can also use Bart's Wild Smile Ether skill to lower Calamity's ACC/EV. Fei's Guided Shot Chi skill works as well but doesn't do that much damage. I would just stick to normal fuel attacks. Calamity has three types of attacks. One of them causes around 130 HP of damage while the other one is more powerful and can cause around 500 HP of damage. The last one is a weak one that does roughly 50 HP of damage. The amount of damage also depends on your current level (I think) and your defense statistics. Overall, it shouldn't be that hard of a battle. ````````````````````````````````````````````````````