~~Brave       Fencer~~
                         Musashiden
                    FAQ   STRATEGY  GUIDE
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By Yee Seng Fu(Yu shenfu)
ysf@pacific.net.sg
Check out my URL:http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Portal/7933/
Dragonball and Final Fantasy 7 page.
Singapore

Okay!This is my first FAQs.I live in Singapore and i have always loved 
Squaresoft games from the days of NES to PS.Someone asked me why i didn't wrote 
the Faq for Zelda,since zelda was a more popular/better action-RPG than Brave 
Fencer Musashi.Sure enough,with such popular game,many would be waiting to write 
an FAq for zelda.In terms of graphics and gameplay,zelda is the sure 
winner;being developed for nearly 3 years.However,Squaresoft is my favourite 
game developer and i hope the first FAq i wrote to be a Squaresoft game.At 
first,i didn't want to write any FAQ until I saw Henry Chan wrote that Tactics 
Orge FAq,that led me to this idea.I have been playing so many games,with my 
first system being Nintendo when i was 7.Nes and Super NES were probably my 
favourite systems of all time.It would be a good time to share some of my 
knowledge with others.I know I may not be a expert gaming writer but at least 
i'll not that bad,huh?Come on!Show me some support.Sure enough,I finished both 
Xenogears and Brave Fencer but why did i choose Brave Fencer.First,Xenogears is 
longer with over 60hours gameplay and that means more time to write out the 
walkthrough.I didn't have that much time.Second,
it has got really some real-elements like fusion,clock,action figure that made 
me so attracted to it which zelda doesn't has.Thirdly,all the other FAQ for 
Brave Fencer Musashiden was based on the Japanese version.Since i bought the 
English version,then why don't I make an FAQ based on it?Besides,there has been 
quite a lot of Xenogears FAq based on the English version.Four,
everyone has been thinking of Zelda,being most anticipated game of all time and 
the greatest game ever made in this decade.And Brave Fencer Musashiden has 
become a sleeper hit,with all attention focusing on Zelda.Of course,
given both games,i would rather play zelda but Brave Fencer Musashiden is a 
decent cool game and I felt that all SquareSoft games are a hit and should not 
be ignored by the everyone.I felt it was my duty being a squaresoft fan, to tell 
more about this game.I began on this FAQ like a project to me and challenging 
too although it's not related to school work.I spent a lot of time writing out 
the walkthrough,bestiary and have spent more than what i have estimated.Up to 
now,i have been updating this FAq for over two long weeks without resting and 
everything that you need to know,you will find here.As long as it help you,then 
i have achieved my aim.I hope everyone will give me your support.It would be 
great if this FAQs really helps someone and saves them a lot of time.Squaresoft 
games are meant to be experienced yourself to avoid ruining the thrill of 
discovery and exploring.Of course,i can't stress that you use this FAq when you 
are stuck.After all,the real enjoyment is to explore and discover new things on 
your own.I suggest you read the basics tips,advanced tactics,boss fighting 
method and avoid using the walkthrough too much.This FAQs is based on the US 
version of Brave Fencer Mushashiden so all the japanese name has been translated 
to the English name with detailed story and should make you easier to read.I 
have gone through very detailed from rescuing people,techniques,legendary armor,
action figures,walkthrough and even ways of beating the boss.If you have another 
way or additional info on the game,pls do not hesitate to e-mail me.Credits will 
be given to the first one who give the tips.I hope you will enjoy it.Anyway,this 
guide will have everything to help you master the game,including 13 minkus,35 
bincho field and tons of secret.Plus i have listed down 
treasures,foods,assimilated abilities and a bestiary that
contains most of the common enemies with strategies of how you should do.

Warning:Some of the key events listed down could be a spoiler if you have not 
reached that chapter yet and could lessen your enjoyment.
AVOID READING TOO MUCH OF THIS FAQ ONLY WHEN YOU ARE STUCK.

Important Reminder!!!:It's best if you can read the basic tactics first such as 
sleeping,shops in the village and so on because i won't be repeating these again 
when you reach chapter 2.

Important notice!!!:I may update this FAq anytime,so pls check out gameFAq or at 
my site anytime for the latest update.Probably,the new version will have 
something new that yours doesn't has.

Note:This Faq is best viewed using WordPad and with text wrapped to window.
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Contents
-Review
 Read about how this game is rating 
-The true story between the battle of Musashi and Kojiro
 Read this true real story
-Legendary story of Brave Fencer Musashi
 A brief story between the legendary Musashi and the wizard of Darkness in    
 the past and the legend behind Lumina and the five scrolls.
-Awards
 Find out what are the Awards Brave Fencer Musashiden won!
-Basic Strategy and Tactics:All the basic things that you need to know.
    i)Characters
   ii)Fusion and Lumina
  iii)Fusion and Assimilating Abilities.
   iv)24-hour Game Clock
    v)Sleep
   vi)Movement
  vii)Memory Box
 viii)Saving your Game
   ix)Minku
    x)Legendary Scrolls and Crests
   xi)Legendary Armors
  xii)HP and BP
 xiii)Techniques
  xiv)Bincho Field
   xv)Village
  xvi)Palace
 xvii)Binchotite
xviii)Stats
  xix)Limit
   xx)Sub-menu
  xxi)Basic Controls
 xxii)Defending
xxiii)Gondola Lift
 xxiv)General tips
-Major Walkthrough from chapter 1 to 6
  i)Chapter 1
 ii)Chapter 2
iii)Chapter 3
 iv)Chapter 4
  v)Chapter 5
 vi)Chapter 6 
-Advanced Tactics and more
   i)Village shops
  ii)Treasure list
 iii)A list of food
  iv)A list of Assimilated Abilities that you can learn.
   v)Quest Items
  vi)Citizens' Schedule
 vii)Bestiary:a list of all enemies
viii)Crest Locations and the effects after liberate.
  ix)Complete list of detailed Action Figure
-Secrets
    i)Special REWARDS
   ii)MOTHER MINKUS
  iii)7 SPECIAL ACTION FIGURES UNLOCKED!
   iv)The Elusive Special Action Figures
    v)6 TECHNIQUES LEARNED
   vi)How to MASTER these 6 TECHNIQUES
  vii)Legendary Armor LOCATION REVEALED,plus REQUIREMENTS.
 viii)6th Legendary armor,the L-quilt and the L-glove REVEALED!
   ix)A list of 13 Minkus LOCATION
    x)35 Bincho Fields Location REVEALED!
   xi)Riceball Secret
  xii)Neatball Secret
 xiii)Orange Secret
  xiv)Getting Doctor Tung
   xv)Macho at Mannick's restaurant card game trick
  xvi)Musicians' background MUSIC:Full-Scale Orchestra
 xvii)Easy Drans Trick
xviii)Three Endings and how to unlock them!!!New!!!
-Gameshark Codes(including US and Jap)
Let the best hackers to help you in your game.
-Translations:
Japanese names of the characters.Gonna help those who purchased the import 
version.If not all,at least some.All right!
-Acknowledgements
For those who has contributed to this FAq.
-Copyrights
The Author's work and his effort
-Feedback
Any Corr to be made?Your comment is most welcomed.
-Author's URL
What his site about?
-Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some of the most frequent questions i got.
-Appreciation
For everyone who has read my FAQ.
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Updates
Version 1.0
-add walkthrough strategy for chapter 1 and 2
-add a list of techniques and gmae basics that you must know. 
-review the game
-based on English translation
Version 2.0
-add walkthrough for chapter 3 and 4
-add the operational hours of each village shop
-add a list of quest items
-based on english translation
Version 3.0
-add walkthrough for chapter 5
-a list of all items that you can buy in the various shops
-a list of legendary armor,including the sixth secret armor,L-quilt or L-       
 glove revealed.
-based on English translation
Version 4.0
-final walkthrough for the game,chapter6
-a list of minkus  location,plus the secret of mon Minkus
-Macho restaurant's secret revealed
-how to unlock the 7 special action figure
-based on English translation
Version:5.0
-a list of the 35 bincho fields and thir location
-added secret on how to buy riceball and neatball in the grocery.
-a list of all the assimilated skills that you can learn
-redo all the boss fight with more detailed tips
-added special rewards on saving after completed the game
-based on English translation
Version 6.0
-add a list of foods that you will have in your journey,including the cost.
-about Gondola ride
-a schedule about those citizens,where they will be at certain time.
-the names of the people that you will rescue during the walkthrough
-more tips on steam reactor part 1
-re-review the game
-based on English translation.
Version 7.0
-add in the clue to the frozen palace 
-add in a new bestiary with many lists of enemies,plus strategies and             
 assimilated ability.
-re-edited some of the walkthroughs content with more detailed and some             
 doubts are clarified.
-some more new characters info added
-Locations of items that can be appraised and location of foods and where   
 you can find and buy them.
-a brief intro storyline battle between legendary brave fencer Musashi and 
 wizard of Darkness
-added a new content page
-Good and Bad awards added
-based on English translation.
Version 8.0
-added some japanese translation names;should help those who bought import      
 ones.
-added info of how to unlocked Dark Lumina 3 and Jon and Leno action figure.
-based on English translation
Version 9.0
-added info on crest location and effects
-added info on Shogi
-re-edited content plus redo spelling mistakes,some wrong info.
-added bincho field and treasures obtained during the walkthrough
-re-review the game
-added more info about the bincho field on how this weapon was used to trap 
 the Allucaneet palace members used by thirstquencher Empire.
-added info on binchotite,a toxin from of energy found in mines.
-added techniques along the way and the fire location when the village was 
 burned.
-added tips on dodging steam knight's steel ball
-based on English Translation
Version 10.0
-added Gameshark Codes
-correct the directions to meandering forest
-redo every list of minku and bincho field location
-added appreciation
-added Motelo story
-redo the food list
-How to master the 6 specialised techniques
-added tips on Cool Plant's weaknesses.
-added the true battle of Kojiro and Musashi
-added Easy Drans Trick
-added three endings and how to unlock the three endings.
-added a complete list of Action Figures with detailed description.
-added the Elusive Special Action Figures
-based on English translation.
Next update
Probably,this could be the final update of this FAqs.I have gone through 
everything very detailed including strategies to defeat bosses, and a list of 13 
minkus,35 palace members,plus all the secrets and bestiary and common 
assimilated abilities that you can learn.I have already got those japanese names 
for some characters and i hope someone could give me those that I miss out.For 
example,in the japanese version,lumina was called raygund.
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Review

I think square has created a worthy action-RPG to applease all zelda fans,
especially to those who don't own N64.(thanks god,i got N64)Top-selling quality 
RPG games like Xenogears,Final fantasy7,saga frontier,final fantasy 
tactics,square has created a new awesome action-RPG game,Brave Fencer.In 
fact,Square is the king of RPG developer and has dominated all the RPGs 
industry.It's has proven that they can do RPGs very well and now their recent 
Non-RPG,Tobal no2 and Bushido Blade 2 are really impressive.And now,Square has 
merged with Electronic Art to from Square Electronic Art,
SquareEA which will publish all Squaresoft games in United states,furthur 
establishing Square as the market leader of RPG in Japan and US.This seems to be 
a good news to everyone and already games like Xenogears,Bushido Blades 
2,Parasite Eve and even Brave Fencer Musashiden were published by SquareEA.it's 
likely that the US version of Final Fantasy 8 will also be published by 
SquareEA.With many good quality games from square,it's a good bet this would be 
another great gem from Square,especially from my favourite developer.Back to the 
main topic.The storyline is beautifully written,
revolving a young hero,Musashi and the Allucaneet Kingdom,call upon to collect 
the five scrolls and save the princess and the kingdom.The graphics are really 
awesome,smooth with an ever-changing polygonal colorful,bright enviroment even 
though they are not as glorious as zelda.Everything is rendered in textured 
polygons and Gouraud shaded.The enviroment changes to morning,afternoon,evening 
and night as time passes.Due to the 24-hour clock
,the lightening effects can be a visual.However,there is one problem with the 
polygonal graphics.There are too many polygonal pop-up and tearing,which could 
sometimes be annoying but still doesn't affect the gameplay.Zelda doesn't have 
too much of that but polygon pop-up can be forgiveable as the Playstation is 
quite capable of that.After all,the Playstation has flaws too.The voice actors 
has done very done.Remember,zelda doesn't have voice actor.The game packs quite 
an enormous amount of voice-overs and the result is humor,that's the best.Some 
of the dialogues are really humorous and they sure have done very well.All i 
could say is that the voice is really good.At first glance,in chapter 1,it plays 
similar to Crash Bandicoot,except your hero now is a two-sworded 
Fencer,Musashi,not Crash and the voice really looks childish and thought that 
this game is for Kid,however it isn't.As you proceed to new Chapter,it gets more 
and more difficult,with plenty of jumps and puzzles to solve.The voice and 
dialogue may seem childish to you and as i mention above,the result is humor and 
that's what Zelda is lacking of.The game is very challenging and at the same 
time,deliver 'humor' to the game
,which can be enjoyed by all ages.Well done,Square!The level design is simply 
well done,with many hidden paths.The musics are good,even though there wasn't as 
many,compared to Xenogears and Final Fantasy 7,furthur establishing Square 
capablities of having orchestra good music.You know when you played games like 
Xenogears,Final Fantasy 7 and even the intro music theme of the FF8 really looks 
great.Plus,the music in Brave Fencer is fully orchestra.The ending song are 
surely the best in this game.Effects like raining,day-changing are really a 
cool-visual.Sound effect are up to Squaresoft's quality.You can hear the 
clanking of sword fighting,running water,birds chirping in the morning and swear 
that it sounds like real.After all,the PlayStation has a very advanced sound 
chip and is quite capable of that.Here comes the gameplay.The duel shock 
controller adds vibration to the game,furthur adds more in-depth experience to 
the game,provided you have a duel shock controller.The gameplay is a lot 
different from Zelda and Square doesn't want to copy the direct gameplay from 
zelda (remember,alundra).
Alundra is a good game but too direct gameplay to a link to the past,except a 
change of storyline with more bigger maps.I prefer a link to the past compared 
to Alundra.Brave Fencer Musashiden really reminds me of how awesome a Link to 
the Past look during the 16-bit SNES.I am glad to say that it has lived up to 
expectations.Not only the graphics are better than a link to the past,it in fact 
offers more varied gameplay,more action than the Link and a better storyline 
than link to the past.The different is that Link can make use of tools like 
arrows,hammer he find to help him in his quest and in Musashi,he has to 
assimilate ability from enemy to help him in his quest.
Even like in link finding hearts to increase max HP are now replaced by finding 
Minkus and Bincho Fields that are scattered throughout the game in Musashi to 
increase HP and BP,making more challenging gameplay.In link to the past,you 
temper your sword to increase sword level,gain new ability but in Musashi,you 
can attach scrolls to your Lumina sword to learn 5 different elemental attacks 
and even learn 6 sword techniques to help you in your quest.Great Job.If 
Zelda:Ocarina of Time is the best 3-D action-RPG in the 64-bit game,then Brave 
Fencer Musashiden is the best 32-bit action-RPG,
ranking slighly above Zelda:A link to the past and truly the best in the 32-bit 
game,much more better than Working Design's Alundra.I am not biased because 
SquareSoft is my favourite company but the Brave Fencer definitely proves to be 
a much better game than Alundra and don't forget that Brave Fencer is the first 
action-RPG made by Square.Of course,one can argue that the efforts and time 
spent to create Zelda that took nearly three years in development and represent 
the next-generation 3-D games.Sure enough,Brave Fencer Musashiden has some weak 
points like polygon pop-up but the gameplay is definitely as good as Zelda 64.On 
the other hand,it does really have some cool elements that can really rival 
against Zelda in some ways.Square has introduced several gameplay that probably 
zelda should take note.The Fusion steal-enemy technique,the action figures 
collection,saving people,riding a raft,being chased down by a huge head are all 
welcome additions that adds to the gameplay.As during the adventure,Musashi gets 
to run,jumps,fights,solves puzzles and challenge fearsome monsters in the game 
or use the game's unique assimilate system to master enemy's 
techniques.Also,Square has tried several ways to make the game fights different 
from Zelda by adding a bar gauge,when filled and unleash super powers.There is 
also a 24-hour clock that keeps track of time.You will noticed that after a 
certain period of time,the clock on the bottom-right screen will increase by 15 
minutes.As time passes,your character will begin to grow tired so you will have 
to sleep.Whenever you sleep,time will move superfast at about twice the normal 
speed,i guess.Along the way,you collect legendary armor to learn new 
abilities,different techniques,five different legendary scrolls that gives you a 
special attack of that element,defeating the crest guardians.Also,after you have 
completed the game,you can save again to do all those unfinished business such 
as collect action figure and rescue people which you have not saved.you will 
first begin with the fusion sword and later on you will obtain the Lumina 
sword.The Lumina sword enables you to attach scrolls to it to gain new power 
whereas fusion sword enables you to assimilate enemy's ability which is by far 
the best feature of all in this game.There are lots of hidden paths to 
explore.The most disappointing is there isn't much exploration in villages and 
there is the only one village here.It doesn't has an open 3-D open world map 
like Zelda:Ocarina of Time or riding a horse as a vehicle.Perhaps Square should 
take note of that.The camera angle wasn't as keen as i would have expected and 
not as good as xenogears.While some camera angle has been quite well done, 
except in some area like the village,the camera angle really sucks but not that 
bad at all.You can only zoom in/out and is fixed during exploring while the 
camera can be rotated in the village.Even though the village can be rotatable,it 
makes getting from one place to another place difficult.It would really be 
appreciated if Squaresoft could make an overhead camera angle from the 
village.Also,another good point is that this game has little or no 
loading.Because of the game constant playing,the little load time will not cause 
any fustrations to anyone who playing it.As far as RPG elements are 
concerned,there are plenty of interactions in the village and in the castle 
too,whether it is talking to a villager,buying things,appraise items,action 
figures or talking to palace members in the castle etc.Unlike Final Fantasy 7 or 
Xenogears,it doesn't has any FMVs or anime for you to watch.However,that doesn't 
make the game worse.In fact,this is even better as it saves up a lot of CD 
spaces,no load time for videos/
anime for other things like level designs.If not,it could really be a two-CD 
action-RPG and would cost even more money.After all,you wouldn't want to buy a 
game packed with videos and anime and doesn't has good gameplay.Unlike 
zelda,these game requires a lot of jumping,especially when you got double jumps 
and it begins to get harder from chapter 3 onwards.From one look,the gap 
there,seems impossible to jump over but it can be done.Just be patient.
Some also requires you to jump diagonally across,jumps on rotating drums,
poles and more.And if you don't master double jumps,there is no other 
alternative ways.This game tends to focus its gameplay more on action and 
exploring an area,and more unlike the Final Fantasy series.With the Final 
Fantasy 8 demo packed with the Brave Fencer Musashi,it makes the game even a 
MUST.Because of the demo disc packed with Brave Fencer Musashiden,it has sold 
over 300,000 in Japan.Even if without the demo,Brave Fencer Musashiden will 
still sell very well due to its quality.And for those who purchased the Japanese 
version of Brave Fencer Musashiden,you are lucky because the demo disk is packed 
with two more games,one fighting game made by Squaresoft and Namco with Cloud 
being one of the fighters in the game and another one non-playable demo.Despite 
not having the best graphics for an action-RPG,things
like having a 24-hour clock,assimilated ability,collect action figure,a two-
sworded fencer(I don't see Zelda holding two-swords and best of all,with these 
two swords,fusion and lumina,Musashi can learn 6 different techniques to create 
combos.)makes up far more than anyone has expected.Square has created another 
worthy beautiful gem.With gameplay that last between 12 to 24 hours,Brave Fencer 
Musashi will be the game that will keep you busy until Final Fantasy 8 arrives 
next year somewhere in September.And don't forget about Parasite eve and 
Xenogears,the two recent Square games too,especially Xenogears.

Graphics:8.5/10.0
Music:8.0/10.0
Sound:8.0/10.0
Gameplay:9.0/10.0 
Replay value:8.5/10.0 
Innovation:9.5/10.0
Valve tilt:8.0/10.0
Overall:8.5/10.0
Difficulty:Easy to hard
Learning curve:10min to 1hr15min
Now,you know how this game rates.
Graphics:How beautiful it is?
Music:Is the music good or bad?
Sound:The sound effects like clanking of sword fighting
Gameplay:The most important element of all.Is it fun?
Replay value:How good is it to make you play the game over again?
Innovation:The elements that make up the game.Original?
Valve Tilt:Would you still care about the game after a certain month of its 
           release.About six months?

You may ask why diffculty ranges from easy to hard.It's simple,because it may 
seem hard to you for the first few times but after some practises,it becomes so 
natural that it is so easy.After all,practise makes perfect.

I'll give it 9.3 if the graphics are as glorious as the one in zelda.There are 
too many polygon pop-up but still gameplay doesn't suffer too much  because of 
that.And if it has those larger maps,more villages with exploration from town to 
town,it will probably get 10/10 like zelda.
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The True Story behind the Battle of Musashi and kojiro

Musashi was born in the town of Miyamoto and lived during a time when Japan was 
undergoing radical military and political changes. After Tokugawa Ieyasu won the 
battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and unified Japan,the role of the
samurai changed significantly and many samurai became masterless,or ronin. 

Musashi developed a two-sword style called Nitenichiryu or the Two-Heavens-as-
One school.Legends say that he fought with his sword for the first time when he 
was 13 years old, and never lost any duels for 17 years.He fought Sasaki Kojiro 
on Ganryu island in 1612,for his last fight.There are many legends about the 
duel at the island.It is believed that he delayed to get to the island over an 
hour from the promissed time.Kojiro got angry at waiting for Musashi,and 
couldn't recover his composure when Musashi finally appeared.When Kojiro drew 
his sword,he threw his sheath away.Then Musashi said "You are lost,Kojiro.Those 
who need no sheath are those who will die." The words were true for Kojiro. 

He became the guest of a major daimyo,Hosokawa Tadatoshi in 1640.After that,
he lived in a cave on Mt. Iwato,and wrote Go rin No Sho or the Book of Five 
Rings.He died not long after completing this book in 1645. 

I guess that's where the two characters in the game,Musashi and Kojiro came 
from,as well as the five scrolls.

This is a true story which i got from a site below.For more info,pls visit his 
site to read more about the book of five wheels.
Source:http://shoga.wwa.com/~mbimages/Musashi/index.html#gorinnosho

Credits:<mbimages@wwa.com>telling me this wonderful Musashi-Kojiro battle.
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The legendary story of Brave Fencer Musashi

Warning:Do not read below to avoid too many surprises.

160 years ago,a giant monster suddenly appeared in Thirstquencher Empire,
Allucaneet Kingdom's neighboring country.After destroying Thirstquencher 
Empire,it headed toward Allucaneet,which had a plentiful supply of Binchotite 
buried beneath the ground. Everything in the monster's path was destroyed, and 
it is said many monsters were created by the strange effects the Wizard of 
Darkness had on the land. Brave Fencer Musashi was called upon by King 
Allucaneet to stop the evil wizard of darkness,a huge creature composed of pure 
Binchotite,a mystical mineral with mysterious properties from doing destruction 
to the world and is the only raw material for making Bincholon,a source for fuel 
and other household,industrial applications.
Handed down from generation to generation to the princess of Allucaneet,the Hero 
Summon spell is a special power used only as a last resort when the kingdom is 
faced with great danger.It grants the user the ability to summon hero through 
incantations made over specially prepared chunk of Binchotite.
The battle between Musashi and the Wizard of Darkness raged on and on. The 
Wizard of Darkness was a formidable foe, even for a hero like Musashi.With the 
sword of Luminescence and the help of five legendary armor Musashi 
collected,Brave Fencer Musashi could only seals the Dark lumina,the wizard of 
darkness inside the sword and divided its power into five legendary 
scrolls,Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Sky and then sealed them within the 
crest.It's said that once the five scrolls are absorbed by lumina once again,the 
spell that seal the wizard of darkness will be released once again.In order to 
stop the wizard of darkness from doing any harm to the world,Brave Fencer called 
upon the five crest guardians to protect the five scrolls.The legendary Brave 
Fencer Musashi once again returned to his own world.As years passed,people has 
forgotten about the wizard of Darkness.Then once again,the Thirstquencher Empire 
has been continuing to expand its territories and threaten the Allucaneet 
Kingdom while the King and Queen of Allucaneet Kingdom is away on a vacation.The 
princess of Allucaneet kingdom possesses the power to summon a hero and summon 
the legendary Brave Fencer Musashi.However,Musashi turns out to be a kid and has 
no idea about the battle with the wizard of darkness.With the sword of fusion to 
assimilate ability,Musashi went to the spiraling tower to obtain the sword of 
Lumina.
The princess was captured by the Thirstquencher Empire on the way.He went on his 
journey to collect the five scrolls and rescue the princess,not knowing anything 
about the battle before.And now the journey continues...Would the seal of the 
Wizard of Darkness be broken once again?I can't tell you now.
Meanwhile,the King and Queen of Allucaneet Kingdom were on a vacation...

Source:Some of the events here are taken from www.Squaresoft.com.
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Awards

These awards are based on my opinion towards the game.These awards are not based 
on any publication or anything.
While it may not have the best graphics action-RPG,it certainly has some other 
great fighting elements that can easily rival zelda.
Good Awards
-The First action-RPG character,Musashi holding two swords like the japanese     
 samurai 
-The first action-RPG with 24-hour clock,days,and time.
-The ability to assimilate enemies' abilities
-Great storyline
-The first real action-RPG with real voice overs during key scenes.
-Most innovative boss:when fighting Topo.it's like Parappa meets Musashi.
-Most innovative missions:Rescuing 35 palace members and finding 13 minkus.
-Most strangest boss fight:Tower of Death
-Best feature:Action Figures and fusion abilities
-2nd runner up feature:shops have opened and closed hours
-3rd runner up feature:sleep,eat,swing,climb
-4th runner up feature:Bread and milk will spoilt after 5 days.
-The most humorous game
Bad Awards
-Not having the best graphics action-RPG and has too many polygon pop-up.
-Not many good  music,except the ending one.(not that bad after all)
-unable to rotate camera angles when exploring during adventure;camera is       
 fixed.
-only one village.

Others:
-the game that has so many jumps and swings.More action than puzzles.
-too many chasing like being chased down from the statue head;chased by dark    
 Lumina etc.Could it be a good or bad thing?  

What a waste of Kojiro?

What happened to Kojiro after he is being absorbed by Wizard of Darkness?
The final boss is Dark Lumina but i think Square should let Kojiro have a 
serious duel with Musashi.Don't count the fight at Island of Dragon since Kojiro 
purposely lose to Musashi,just to let Topo disguise as the princess to destroy 
steamwood.I mean have a long,true fight with Kojiro,not just with Dark 
Lumina.Read the true story of Musashi above and you will know why.
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General strategy and tactics

Characters

Musashi

The legendary hero summoned by princesss fillet to help her kingdom break 
free from Thirstquencher empire.With fusion and lumina sword in his hands,
Musashi is the only person capable of helping the princess and the people.
Musashi went on his journey to collect the five scrolls and defeat the dark 
lumina.Remains me of Japanese summurai.

Wizard of Darkness

The ultimate destruction???
The only creature composed of pure Binchotite???
Can't tell you now.

Princess Fillet

The tomboyish princess of the Kingdom of Allucaneet,the princess summons 
musashi,using the Hero summon spell,to save her Kingdom.She is sometimes 
impatience and could be quite a rebellious child.At the end of chapter 1
the princess gets kidnapped by Rootrick.

Steward Ribson and the Palace members

Ribson and his group of palace members are a source of info for Musashi.He
will told you that 35 people were missing and you will have to rescue 
them from the bincho field.Visit him and he will tell you how many people you 
have saved.Dedicated to the plight and safely of the princess and 
Alluncaneet,Steward Ribson is a loyal member to the Kingdom and will help 
Musashi in any way if possible.

Scribe Shanky

The man in charge of the library.He will read valuable informations about the 
five scrolls,armors to you.Later,during the game to find the directions of the 
meandering forest,you will need to read the Shogi to find clues for the 
directions. 

Kojiro

Kojiro is a mysterious swordsman summoned by princess fillet's second hero 
summon spell.He will do anything to settle with Musashi,Musashi arch rivary.
He joins the thirstquencher empire to fight Musashi.Not much is know about 
him.He's kind hearted in nature,that's what i feel about him.Perhaps Square 
should make another new event starring Kojiro and Musashi and where did they 
come from?Probably,the next Brave Fencer 2 should make a hero starring 
Kojiro.kojiro looks so much better than Musashi.

Leader's Force

Topo,Ed and Ben are the members of leader's force,an organisation commanded by 
Capriciola who has only one aim-To obtain Lumina from Musashi.All said they are 
the leader of this force but who's the real leader anyway.Who cares?

Topo

A mouse dancer.Dancing is her favourite past time.She's not that bad after all 
even she disguises the princess and steals the villagers profit.

Ben

He carries a blade in his hand,looks big and fat with a huge belly.

Ed

He might look small but he is rather powerful.(actually not that powerful)
Plus,he stammers when he talk.I don't understand why?Is he afraid of Musashi?

Rootrick

The second Lieutenant in the army,he is rather stupid,annoying and is easy to 
defeat.His connections within the army enable him to be the lieutenant.He is a 
dumb fellow that never does things properly as he is told to do.

Colonel Cappriciola

He serves as Fuhrer Flatski's right-hand man.Much more methodical and 
intelligent than his boss,Cappriciola is a dangerous enemy.Well,anyway,who is 
he?Can't disclose his true identity if not,it will really ruin the game.

Former Thirstquencher King and Queen

The former Thirstquencher King and Queen were thought to be killed by Fuhrer 
Flatski.It's also thought that the prince of Thirstquencher also dies along with 
his parents.Damm!Can't disclose the real identity of the prince.You know later 
on.

The King and Queen of Allucaneet Kingdom

When the princess was captured by the thirstquencher empire,the King and Queen 
were on their vacation.They did not know about the battle with the 
thirstquencher empire and were shocked to return to find the princess has ruined 
the entire castle.

Jon 

Jon is a wandering treasure hunter,travelling round the world with his dog,
Leno.He knows a lot of things about the legendary armor and scrolls.And who is 
this mysterious man?Why does he know so much?

Leno

Leno is a loyal dog,belonging to Jon.It wanders around with Jon to search for 
treasure round the world. 

Bubbles and Ginderelle

They are sisters within the Thirstquencher army's spy network.Ginderelle is 
bubble's elder sister.While they are not carrying their duties,they participate 
in some beauty contests.It's said that Ginderelle won the first and Bubbles,the 
second during the contest.Bubbles and Ginderelle are loggerheads and often 
disagree with each other.

Bubbles

The first Lieutenant in the Thirstquencher Army

Ginderelle

Ginderelle is the Captain of the Thirstquencher Army

Mayor McGovern

Grillin' Village's leader,the mayor.He always have a favour to ask Musashi such 
as getting Aqualin and Misteria and always putting Musashi on danger but his 
care for the village is genuine.

Mrs Govern

The mayor's wife.Like Mr Govern,her care for the village is also genuine.

Fuhrer Flatski

The king of thirstquencher empire.It has been said that he killed the former 
King and Queen of the Thirstquencher empire and seize over their throne.His 
ambitions and hopes to expand the thirstquencher empire finally kills him.
Why does he want to seize Lumina from Musashi?

Father White

The father who lives in the church and can cures poison for you.

Tim

The son of Hilda,the owner of village grocery shop.Tim is a rather rude boy with 
a lot of ambitions and dreams to go on a adventure.Later on,during Chapter 3,Tim 
will contact a disease and is on a verge of turning into a vambee.

Mint

The daughter of Hotelo,the inn shop owner.Mint is Tim's loyal friend.

Fores

He is in charge of the steamwood adminstration works however he does nothing to 
help steamwood when steamwood is in trouble.

Wid

He is the old man living in the windmill.He will give you the mine key.His 
personalities is more towards indoor and doesn't like to go out in the village 
so he stays inside the windmill very often.

Macho

He hangs around in the restaurant and will play cards with you.During chapter 
2,he will stop you from going to Twinpeak mt until you have rescue Guard 
Lumpwood.

For more info,pls read Macho's secret at Mannick restaurant at the secret 
section.

Mannick

The restaurant owner.Think about it.Why does Mannick want to come to this small 
village to open a restaurant?

Conner

The Pawn shop owner.You can appraise items at his shop

Hotelo

The inn owner,Mint's father.

Motelo

Hotelo's brother and Mint's uncle.During that time,when Hotelo went to Twinpeak 
mt to get Aqualin,Motelo will replace Hotelo at the inn.He will replace Hotelo 
in the inn all the time if you failed to give Aqualin to Hotelo within 12 
hours(that is 12 minutes) to save Tim.Hotelo will left the village feeling 
guilty for not being able to save Tim.Before he left,he left the inn and Mint 
under the care of Motelo.

Read the Frequently asked questions #13 for more info on Motelo and Hotelo.

Kurt

The toy shop owner.You can buy action figure from his shop.

Hilda

The grocery shop owner

Jam

The bread shop owner

Baker Towst

Jam's Dad has a habit of going to restaurant to eat pork chop.

Wanda

The restaurant waitress.Looks more like a slut to me than a waitress.

Tourist

Just a tourist that hangs around at the restaurant because he admires Wanda for 
her beauty.

Farmer Lacter,Farmer McRice,Farmer Grange

All of them are farmers.Nothing special about them except Farmer Grange is 
an action figure collector.

Mr Land

The man in charge of the Gondola Ride.

Mrs Lacter

The wife of Farmer Lacter.She is an old woman who believes that Musashi is her 
grandson.Later,during Chapter 6,Mrs Lacter will pass the Kojiro action figure to 
Mr lacter to pass it to Musashi.A very kind,old woman,indeed.

Mrs land and Mrs Grange

Mrs Land and Mrs Grange are wives of Mr land and Grange respectively.Not much 
about them is known,except that both visit the well everyday in the morning to 
chat.

Minku

This animal is on the verge of being extinct.There are a total of 13 such 
animals in the world only.They carry longevity berries which can increase 
Musashi's max HP by 25 and fully recover HP.These creatures inhabit various 
areas in the game.These animals are active at the night and will only come out 
after 2300.Plus,you will noticed an animal dung during the day.

Mother Minku

Mother Minku appears only after you have got 13 minkus in the meandering 
forest.She is a giant mega-sized Minku,about 5 times bigger and is much stronger 
than any other normal minku.

Steam Knight

Steam knight is a giant four-legged machine summoned by Rootrick to defeat 
Musashi.It carries an iron ball in his hand.
Elemental Attack:None

Skullpion

Skullpion is the Earth crest guardian who protects the Earth scroll.
Defeating it will enables you to liberate the Earth Crest.
Elemental Attack:None

Relic keeper

Relic keeper is the water crest guardian who protects the water scroll.
Defeating it will enables you to liberate the Earth Crest.
Elemental Attack:Fire attack

Frost Dragon

Frost Dragon is the fire crest guadian who protects the fire scoll.Defeating it 
will enables you to liberate the Fire Crest.
Elemental Attack:Ice attacks(Even though there's no ice scroll.)

Queen Ant

Queen Ant is the wind crest guardian who protects the wind crest.Defeating it 
will enables you to liberate the wind crest.
Elemental Attack:some wind attacks like whirlwind

Tower of Death

Tower of Death is the last sky crest guardian who protects the sky crest.
Defeating it will enables you to liberate the sky crest.
Elemental Attack:None

Dark Lumina 1

Attack:???

Dark Lumina 2

The second transformation of the wizard of Darkness after absorbing Kojiro.
Elemental Attack:Fire(shockwaves,homing fireball.)

Dark Lumina 3

The last transformation of the wizard of Darkness.The only way to defeat is to 
use fusion to assimilate it when it turns white.
Elemental Attack:All(Fire,Wind,Water,sword waves,Dark Clones) 
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Fusion and Lumina

Fusion:A light-weight special sword with the ability to assimilate enemies' 
abilities.Shorter than Lumina and cause lesser damage than Lumina.However,it 
allows quick swipes continously by pressing square button.

Lumina:A powerful,yet heavy sword than fusion.You can attach scrolls to the
sword to gain new abilities.The only sword that can break bincho field.
Causes nearly twice the damage of fusion.However,it doesn't has any quick swipes 
like fusion sword.
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Fusion

'Fusion' is a special 'steal' technique used by Mushashi.In this game, you 
need to learn to steal enemy's techniques in order to advance so try to 
absorb enemy skills when you are stuck during the game.Also, there are lots
of hidden path which requires you to learn enemy skills.Some skills like 
hop are immediately executed when you absorb but these skills are only 
temporary whereas some skills like gunshots are permanently and can be used
by pressing circle. Of course ,BP will be consumed.There will be a bar on 
the left side and a word 'Fusion' on the right side. First,look in the 
direction of your enemy, hold R1 and the gauge on the left side bar will 
rise up. Once it's full, press square and a green beam will shoot up.If this 
green beam hits the enemy, repeatedly press the square button.You will noticed 
that the left bar will be emptied again but will rise up as you pressed 
square.When it's full, you will learn the skill.For example,if you 
assimilate gunshot,the word 'fusion' will disappear and change into gunshot,
indicating you have successfully learned. However, note that you are only 
allowed to have one enemy skill each time.For example, if you already have 
learned gunshot,you steal 'hop',your previous skill,gunshot will be lost. 
Stealing your enemy skill will instantly killed your enemy and caused them to 
disappear but they does not left behind items like money,BP,HP.Note that you 
can't steal techniques from bosses.And when you are fighting against bosses,your 
assimilated ability immediately disappear and change to fusion.

For more info,pls read the assimilated abilities
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24-hour Game Clock

On your right side,you will see the no of days,time.Your enviroment will change 
as time goes on.it's mid-night,the sky will grow darker.Sometimes you will need 
to go inside the shop to buy things.The shop will not opened until it reaches a 
certain period of time.For example,shops like bakery shop,pawn shop will close 
when it is at night,except the inn.So,you may have to sleep and wait.It 
incorporates a real-time clock within the game.This clock runs 24 hours a 
day,seven days a week.The days in the game are determined in this 
order:Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday, skyday,saturday,sunday.
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Sleep

To sleep,press select.If done correctly,the left hand side picture should change 
to a 'moon'or sleep mode.Then hold R1 and release it when it's full.
Musashi will lie on the ground,the bottom middle will show your tiredness.
For example,100% tiredness shows that you are very tired.During quest,
it's best to have around 20% to 40%,if not you might fall asleep sometime.
To wake up,press X.When you sleep,time will continue to past and your BP will 
decrease and HP will rise.You can also use an H-mint or mint item to cure 
tiredness.When Musashi's tired percentage is over 50%,the small,
circular portrait window in the right-hand side of the screen will begin to 
close.When it's completely close,Musashi is 100% tired. 
Tip:if you are really tired,feed yourself with H-mint or mint.
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Movement

Musashi moves faster when he is fully awake.If Musashi is very tired or 
poisoned,or zero BP,he will not be able to run fast as usual.Then,you will know 
what to do,huh?
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Memory box

It looks like a chest.When opened up,it will ask you whether you want to
leave your memory here.If you leave your memory here,you can continue 
from here when you die,however you will lose 50% of your money.Also,the 
most important thing is if you leave your memory in the memory box and 
switched off your machine,your memory will be eased and you have to start from 
the inn.Saving in a memory box may be costly and is more unreliable.You should 
rely more on the inn.
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Saving your Game

You can only save your game in an inn or after you have completed a chapter 
which will prompts you to save or in Chapter 6 after beating the sub-bosses like 
Topo,Ben,Ed.
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Minku

These are the bunnies that you will see in the game.There are a total of 13 
minku.They come out only after 2300.During the day,there will be a spot with 
animal dung.These minku moves very fast and you have to carried them by pressing 
square or triangle when near.Throw them away and they will give you longevity 
berry which will boast your HP by 25.A must to find all.Once you find the 13 
minku,you will find mother minku in the meandering forest.Defeat it and you will 
be able to buy mother minku action figure.
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Crests and Scrolls.

There are 5 lengendary scrolls,belonging to 5 elements(earth,water,fire,wind 
sky.)which you must obtain.Once you have defeated the corresponding crest 
guardian and get the scroll for that specific element,the crest for that element 
will glow and a hidden path will be revealed.For more info on crest,read the 
advanced tactics on crest location

The effects are:

Scroll               Abilities                          Effects
Normal              Circular sweep             1)Extinguish some flames
                                               2)Break hard/Large objects
Earth                Earthquake                1)Moves most large boulders
                                               2)Stun surrounding enemies
                                                 temporary
                                               3)Activate switches                                                                                  
Water                Water shield              1)Creates a water                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                         &                       shield,enabling to block                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                     #Shoot water bubbles        One fire elemental attack                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                 but disappear after that. 
                                               2)Float on water temporary
                                               3)Extinguish flames
Fire                 #Flame                    1)Shoot flames
                     Fire Shield               2)Creates a fire shield and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                 harm surrounding enemies          
                                               3)Light up torches
Wind                 #Cyclone                  1)Pass through strong winds                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                 and poisonous clouds
                                               2)Drills hole
Sky                   #Float                   1)Temporarily float a few                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                 feet above ground

To perform the special abilities,in the sub-menu,choose the the type of scrolls 
that you want,for example Earth or Normal.To perform the Earth ability,just hold 
R1 until the left side gauge bar is full,then press Triangle to perform the 
ability.As for special scrolls marked with #,like water,wind,fire,repeat the 
same procedure,and then you will noticed that the left side gauge bar will begin 
to empty.Before the bar is emptied,you can hold triangle or square to perform 
another ability for example,water to shoot bubbles,fire to shoot flames and wind 
to create cyclone.As for sky,it is similar to fire,water,wind,but instead of 
hoding square or triangle,you hold X to float.
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Legendary Armors

Legend says that Musashi seals the wizard of darkness with the help of five 
armor but in actual,there are 6 legendary armor if you count the L-cloth.
With the L-cloth,you can make L-glove or L-quilt.However,you can only choose one  
between L-glove and L-quilt,that makes 6 instead of 7.Each Legendary armor will 
be automatically equipped and each gives you a special ability.
For example,L-belt lets you to perform double jump by pressing X twice and L-
brace lets you climb up a cliff with your two sword.

For more information,pls read the secret section on Legendary armors and how to 
obtain the L-glove or L-quilt.
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HP and BP

Your BP will decrease after some time while your HP will rise.Be sure to have 
tons of recovering BP items.The HP too is also very important.The best recovery 
item of all is the cheese.It costs around 300 and is much more cheaper than S-
revive.You will need to keep the cheese as long as possible.
It recovers both HP and BP.The longer you kept the cheese before using,the more 
you will recover.Sometimes,it will recover all.Defeating an enemy will also give 
you items.Some gives you money and some recovers HP or BP.Note that the max HP 
and BP you can go is 500.
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Techniques.

There are 6 specialised techniques that you can learn.I don't think there are 
any more.Each technique is a new special attack skill.For example,the Dashing 
Pierce,allows you to to charge at your enemies whereas Rumparoni-SP is an aerial 
attack using your Lumina sword by pressing triangle when you double jump.Master 
these techniques well as each of these will come in handy and useful when 
dealing with some bosses and enemies.Believe me!They can cause quite a lot of 
damage to your enemy.

For more info on techniques,pls read the secret sections on techniques as it
will include all the 6 listed techniques and the moves.
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Bincho Field

Bincho Field is a restraining weapon developed by Thirstquencher army that is 
able to seal solid objects up in a green crystal with concentrated bincho 
energy.The Thirstquencher empire uses this weapon to trap the palace members of 
Allucaneet and terriorize the Kingdom.There are a total of 35 people trap in 
this bincho field.Some are found in hidden paths and cannot be located 
easily.Some will even teach your techniques in return.In the game,you will see a 
'glowing green crystal'.Hit triangle using the lumina sword and after a short 
conversation, they should teleport back to the castle.You can also visit them at 
the castle.Also, everytime,you rescue from someone in the Bincho field,your max 
BP will gain 5 more and completely restored.So it's best to use up nearly all 
your BP and hit the bincho field to regain all your BP rather than just a 
few.It's a good bargain.You can detect those bincho field by your sensor watch 
that Butler Livers give you.
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The village.

Here is a list of what you can find in the village.I have also listed out the 
the types of items you expect them to sell from various types of shop.I have 
also listed their opening hours.

For more info on village shop,i urge you to read the advanced tactics on 
village.

Bakery:Buying bread,milk etc.
Note:Bread and milk lasts only 5 days which after will cause them to 
rotten and become uneatable.Sell bread and milk to them only.Does not 
buy any items like action figure from you.

Hours open:7am to 7pm.Closed:Thursday

Grocery or general store:Let you buy items like orange,S-revive.
Only buy their own shop items from you only.

Open daily from 10am to 8pm

Pawn shop:Allows items to be appraise.Only buy appraised items from you.

Hours open:11am to 4pm.Closed:Monday

Toy store:This is the most interesting feature i have ever seen.Once 
you defeats your enemy,you can buy their action figure from the shop.The 
game  moves in chapters and series 1 refers to all the enemies that you 
have fought in chapter 1,series 2 refers to enemies in chapter 2.If an
action figure is missing from a particular series,this means you have not fought 
that enemy yet and a ??? will be shown.it's great to have a whole collection of 
action figure.Probably you will receive something or not?The last ???of a 
particular series usually refers to the last boss of that chapter.So don't panic 
if you have not got the figure yet.The last group is called the special edition 
of action figure which has 7 slots instead of 6 like the series.The special 
action figure cannot be purchased unlike you have to defeat the enemies like 
other series,you will have to unlock it yourself.The only advice that i can give 
you.The early you buy a new action figure that is just comes in,the cheaper it 
is.The longer you buy,the price will higher.Now,here's a simple trick to help 
you make money.If you have decided to sell your action figure,it's best to sell 
it as later as possible so that you will earn a profit.However,if you regret and 
want to buy the action figure again,it will be much more and more expensive.It's 
good to collect an action figure,so don't sell it.Earn as much Drans as possible 
to collect as many action figure.Note that Kurt won't buy open toys.

Hours Open:12pm to 8pm Closed:Wednesday

Note:Refer to the secrets section to learn more about special action figure.

Inn:The inn allows you to save your journey for free.However,sleeping in an inn 
needs money.The more expensive room,the more HP and BP you will recover. 
However,taking nap for 80 only heals your BP completely but not HP.Nap requires 
3 hours. Note:that sleeping requires time.Normally,you will sleep until the next 
day you wake up and your tiredness will be 
almost or nearly gone.

Hours Open:Almost every time.

Restaurant:Lets you eat and chat with others.There is also a man who will be 
willing to gamble with you.1 bet 100.

Hours Open:6pm to 2am. Closed:Sunday.
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Palace

Visit    :Allow you to visit Steward Ribson and other people that you have                   
          saved.Some of the palace members that ou saved will provide you 
          with informations and teach your techniques,of course during 
          certain conditions and during the plot.
Library  :Allow Scribe Shanky to read books to you.Gains valuable 
          information about the scrolls.
Room     :Allow you to sleep in your room to regain HP and BP or play with 
          your action figure.Spent 8 hours for sleeping.
Sub-menu :View the sub-menu such as techniques learned,rescue list,items,                  
          config,scrolls,etc.Refer to sub-menu.
Village  :Allow you to return to the village
Gondola  :This ride is not available until the Gondola ride is repaired or                                 
          only during Chapter 5.Allows you to return to the village.
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Binchotite

It is the supreme from of energy which is mined mainly in the vicinity of 
Allucaneet.When underground,it exists in a liquid from,however,when exposed to 
air becomes crystalizes.It is also the raw material of Bincholon.
Bincholon is a source of fuel and energy for the Grillin' citizens.The steamwood 
is built to pump this Bincholon.However,Binchotite is toxic and there have been 
reported cases of plants and animals mutating after being exposed to it and one 
of the reason why you got poison after you fell into this binchotite mine.
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Stats

Body:Musashi's strength.Exp increaes as he defeats enemies.
Mind:Reduce damage by force of will.Exp increases the more you travel.
Fus:Fusion's attack power.Exp increases the more Fusion is used.
Lum:Lumina's attack power.Exp increases the more lumina is used.
Note that the max limit you can go is Lv 30.
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Limit

As mention,if you use more fusion attack,your fusion level attack will 
increase,so does lumina.The no on the left of each bar shows the level of the 
fusion,lumina,body and mind.The no on the right shows its strength,the higher it 
is,the more stronger it is.For example,52 on the right side of lumina shows that 
lumina attack is 52.When itr comes to a certain level,it will reach its 
limit.For example,in chapter 2,you can train your mind,body,
fusion,lumina up to Lv 8.After completing each chapter,your limit will extent 
furthur and you wil be able to train more than level 8.
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Sub-Menu

View List:View the rescue list.
Sword:View and select the type of sword.Normal,earth,water etc
Armor:View all the legendary armor
Item:Use and select item
Techniques:View all the techniques you have learn
Rescue List:View the no and names of people that are to be rescued.
Time:Bottom-left corner which records how many time you have spent
Level:View your Fusion,Lumina level etc.
Mission Log:Is actually a small dialogue box on the bottom-right.
Config-1)Vibr:Turns the vibration ON/OFF
       2)VE:Turns the visual effects during assimilation ON/OFF
       3)BGM:Sets the background music volume from 1 to 7
       4)SE:Sets the sound volume                 
       5)Sound:Stereo or Monaural
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Basic controls

Square:Fusion attack
Triangle:Lumina attack
X:Jump
Circle:Uses selected assimilated ability
L1:When hold,let you walk instead of run
R1:Fills up the left side bar gauge
L2:Rotate camera angle anti-clockwise;sometimes zoom in/out
R2:Rotate camera angle clockwise;sometimes zoom in/out
Select:Switch between battle and sleep mode
Start:View the sub-menu
D-pad:Moves in the specific direction.When hold,runs in that direction.

#You can only rotate camera in the village only.And during exploring,you can't 
rotate the camera angles but you can zoom in and out.
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Defending

By pressing R1,Musashi can block any frontal attack.The only disadvantage is 
that you can't run or jump while Musashi is blocking and can't defend any attack 
from sides,back or from the top.You can use this action when you get confronted 
with a room full of enemies and you need some time to correctly position 
yourself for the attack.If Musashi finds himself in a hairy situation,press X 
button while defending to perform a quick backflip.
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Gondola Lift

The Gondola ride provides transportation to and from the palace like a cable 
ride.It won't be available until the Gondola is repaired until chapter 5.
It is opened daily from 7 am to 10 pm.You can take the Gondola lift from the 
palace to the village by choosing the Gondola at the last option or from the 
village to the palace by talking to Mr Lands sitting at the Gondola.
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General tips.
Items
1)Appraise any items that you have found.Without appraise,this item is            
  useless.
2)Sell items that have been appraised like crystal,long tube,goldcoins                         
  for Drans.They are totally useless.
3)Do not sell the cloth or goggles.They are useful.
4)Don't buy items like breads,orange,riceball,milk that will rotten.
5)Instead,buy items like W-gel,C-drink and at least one S-revive
  in your inventory.Bread will become Ol' bread and then rot bread.Milk will           
  change into sour milk after five days,making it worthless.However,several           
  days later,it will change into yogurt.
6)Buy one to three cheese and keep them as long as possible.When kept for 
  long,it might even heal all your HP and BP completely,plus it's much 
  cheaper than C-Drink,S-revive and does not rotten.Save it as long as 
  possible and used it during the boss.
During adventure
1)Look out for hidden paths and treasure.You might not be able to go 
  there,but come back later.
2)keep a look out for minku.They are a source of HP boasters.
3)Look out for Bincho field.Not only are they a source of BP,you get         
  valuable techniques and info.Some of the Bincho field are hidden and         
  cannot be acessed right away.Some are less accessible and hard to see than         
  others.Also,some jumpings and climbing may be needed.Be sure to explore         
  first before leaving. 
4)Master the fusion to steal techniques.You need to learn some fusion  
  techniques to advance the game.
5)When your HP is running low,you can sleep.You will noticed that your HP 
  will rise by 4 for every BP decrease.If you get the legendary quilt,not 
  only twice faster the time,it regains your HP by 10 and BP by 8 each 
  time.However,if you don't have legendary quilt,and you get poison.My 
  advice is if you sleep,your HP will decrease by 8 each time your BP 
  drops.total you will lose 4 HP.If you have the legendary quilt,your HP 
  will gain by 2 instead of 10 each time.
6)Collect heart tablets(restore HP) and Bincholons(restores BP).
7)Pick up Drans too.Drans is the currency of money in this game.
When jumping
As i said that,this game has a lots of jumps and you could hardly believe that 
it is possible to jump over.Some jumps require you to jump diagonally
cross.
1)Be patient if you cannot jump over.
2)Choose from a good position to jump.
3)Make sure you are not poisoned or very tired.if you are tired,then sleep.
4)Do not force yourself if you are unable.Change your position.
5)Run as fast and jump.
5)Try to jump from a higher position to a lower position.
Swing
1)Swing as long as posible to gain more kinetic energy to join higher.Simple         
  enough!The law of Physics.
2)Look at the direction here you are facing before pressing X to jump         
  higher.
Pole
1)There isn't much to say about jumping from pole to pole.Climb up to the       
  peak of the pole and then jump.
Climbing
1)You can only climb once you have the L-brace.Press Square and Triangle 
  consecutively to climb up the cliff.
Saving
1)Do not rely too much on memory box
2)Save at least more than 2 different data.

Techniques for Double Jumps

There isn't much to say.You can jump more higher and furthur if you spin while 
in the air instead of pressing X too fast in ground.
The trick is:
Choose from a good position.
Press X to jump once while holding the directional button.
Hold directional button but release the X button for a second.
Then you should be in air.
Quicky,press X button  while holding the directional button.
Then you should be able to jump slighier farthur and higher rather than pressing 
X so fast.that's means press the second time X when you have reached the peak of 
your jumps.

Techniques for boss.

Look out for a way to hit the boss and follow a distinct pattern.Refer to trhe 
walkthrough for srategies on bosses.
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Major Walkthrough
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Chapter 1:The journey begins

Starting

Enemies:Bee Plants,Blue Soldier 1,Red Soldier 1

After the intro,the hero sets out to recover Lumina,a magical sword.The 
first part is very easy.Just kill your enemy along the way and tried your 
fusion to steal enemy's technique.You will have to make a series of jumps 
while getting rid of bee plants,gun soldiers,sword soldiers.You can also throw 
them away by pressing square or triangle when very near to them.
Collect as many coins,Heart Tablets and Bincholons as possible.Musashi initial 
weapon,fusion is rather weak and causes very little damage to most enemies and 
requires several hits to elimilate the enemies.These enemies wandered around 
aimlessly and when they spotted Musashi,an exclamation mark appears on top of 
his head and would begin to attack you.Run up the path,
jump the river and make your way to the 3 rocks.Push the middle rock as far as 
it will go.Watch out for the Red Guard try to push log on top of you.When you 
get to a small stream,should you fall into the water,Musashi's HP will be 
reduced as Musashi,himself does not know how to swim,you will need to find a 
Blue Gun soldier to absorb technique,this will give you gunshot.Each shot 
consumes 1BP.Shoot the logs down to cross the river by pressing circle.

Question:How to steal enemy technique?
Answer:Read at the general strategy on fusion.

Outside

Enemies:Stone Head

Start off by heading left or right and you will notice that the stone head is 
bombarding you with exploding red spiral beams,to a ringed wall with a huge head 
in the middle and many statues surrounding the middle head.The head will 
generate an electrical field,destroy these statues and an emblem will be 
exposed.Step on the four emblems and a path will be revealed.While you are 
hacking these statues,the middle head will generate a red spiral which causes 
explosions on you.Run around to prevent damage.You can dodge the beam by running 
around.Enter the door to get inside.Find the base of the spiral path and begin 
to ascend the tower.Avoid the spiked logs and giant wheels that roll down the 
path.They appear in a set pattern and is easy to avoid.The first stone wheel 
rolls down the inner part of the path;the second wheel rolls down the ouside 
path;followed by a rolling log which you can jump over to avoid getting hit by 
the rolling spiked log.

Inside the Spiral Tower

Enemies:Sphere Bat,Blue Soldier 1,Red Soldier 1

Make your way up the spiraling path.Along the way,there will be some guards 
there to stop you and blue bats flying towards you.These blue bats attack in 
groups of three can cause quite a decent damage on you,however they are easy to 
kill.When they are flying toward you,stop for a while and keep attacking using 
quick swipes by pressing square continously..These will kill the bats and they 
cannot come near you.You can also dodge the bats by maiking a jump.
i suggest killing them as these bats will often give you HP for recovery.
Musashi will stop and comment on a big bell hanging over a fiery pit.
Continue upwards and there will be a door at the top that it is locked.A secret 
path will reveals until complete darkness.Once the bell falls,the light will go 
off.
Question:How to make the bell fall?
Answer:Use gunshot to shoot at the rope.The bell will fall.
Question:What if i absorb stun and lost my gunshot techniques?
There will be a blue guard there.So steal his techniques.
The secret path will reveal.the door will opened.Enter it.

To Get Lumina Sword on the Roof.

Enemies:Blue Soldier 1,Red Soldier 1

You will be on the roof and you will see the big head and a lot of guards. 
You can't get the sword because the head will generate a red crystal around the 
sword.There is a panel there and when stepped,the removes the force field.
The problem is how to get the sword when you are stepping on the square?
Question:How to get the sword?
Answer:1.try to lure some guards to the square so you can picked up the sword 
when the panel is stepped on.This requires timing.
Question:Is there another way?
Answer:There is a second method which is more efficient.Go get one of the 
guards, the Red Guard actually.Absorb his ability and you will learn 'Stun'.
This will cause your enemy to paralyse.First,lure him over to the force 
field.When he stepped on the force field,use stun get the sword.

Chasing

The head will destroy the tower and chase after you.It requires some
practise and you should be able to after a few rounds.Should you 
failed,you can continue again(unlimited) without from the beginning 
but the time goes on.
Techniques:
When Musashi yells 'jumps',get ready to jump over the river.
Try to go as straight as possible,saving more time,rather than going 
left and right too often.
Make use of jumps.Jump over small boulders to save you time.
Try to remain in the middle path while trying to dodge obstactles on the path.
ignore enemies along the way.Just concentrate on avoiding rocks and logs.

Castle

How can a chapter ends without the boss?Upon reaching the castle,the princess 
will be captured by a bad guy called Rootrick.After a conversation,
he will trap you in a ring of fire.The princess will then asks Musashi to use 
lumina.Hold R1 until the left bar guage is full.Then press triangle.
Musashi will spin his lumina sword (remember,something! Ah, Zelda!)These will 
put up the ring of fire.Rootrick gets angry and he will left with the 
princess,leaving a steam Knight.

Steam Knight

This guy has a very big steel ball that he will drops it on you.The trick is 
while he is spinning the ball,he's ready to drop the ball on you.Run anywhere or 
jump around to dodge.Watch out for the steam,coming from his leg.Do not hold R1 
because you will be unable to move fast to dodge his attack.Hold R1 only after 
he has stop spinning the ball,move closer to his one of his legs and use lumina 
by pressing triangle while the bar is full. A few time on his legs will cause 
him to stun. During this time,attack the torso spot in his mid-section the arrow 
will point to.Be sure to use lumina.
This will cause him damage. He will wake out after some time.Use the same 
technique on his other leg until he is stun.When his HP runs out,go near him and 
throw him out of the wall by triangle.His HP should refilled and repeat the same 
procedure again.Be careful,he will also start throwing pillar on you. When his 
HP is completely gone,throw him out again,his HP should refilled the once more 
for the last time.Do not go near him since simply this time,you can't attack his 
legs anymore to knock him off.You have to attacked the middle torso spot.The 
only way to let him jump high up the air,when he lands,remember to stay away 
from a certain distance from him to prevent getting hurt,his torso will be 
exposed. This time,move as fast up and hit the glowing ball.This should do him 
damage.When his HP is completely gone, you will get to toss it out of the 
town.Exhausted from battle.Musashi decides to take a rest.

Tips:When Steam knight is ready to throw steelball at you,you can jump to      
     avoid it.

Credit:This tip is submitted by <decca@mbox2.singnet.com.sg>try it yourself.

Congradulations,you have completed chapter 1.
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Chapter 2:A new journey

Important Reminder!!!:Pls read the basic tactics on village shops,how to 
sleep,the 24-hour clock and so on before proceeding because i won't be repeating 
again in the walkthrough.

Village

As you begin Chapter 2,Musashi awakens in a room within the Allucaneet Palace 
and will be greeted by Steward Ribson and Butler Livers.Butler Livers will ask 
you to recover five scrolls and rescue 35 palace members that are trapped in a 
bincho field.Butler Liver will give you a rescue list where you can view the 
names of the people that you have rescue through sub-menu.
Butler Liver will also give you the sensor watch which detects nearby bincho 
field by flashing red.The small rings in the bottom corners of the screen will 
begin to flash reddish in color when a bincho field is nearby.Although it is 
difficult to be seen on screen,this is the sensor watch.The faster the sensor 
watch flashes,the nearer you are to the bincho field. 

After a scene with everyone,you can visit the village after you have gone to the 
library,or meet all your friends.Because the Gondola ride is out of 
service,Musashi must use his two swords to ride the Gondola's rope to the 
village.You can return to the palace through the entrance near the Father 
White's church.When you first go into town,it's best to speak to the mayor 
first.He lives in a big house near the bottom of the trail that you come down 
and can be identified by a windvane on the top of the roof.Knock on the door by 
square.The time is very important,if you knock on the door very early in the 
morning,the door won't open.Wait until when most has wake up.
Around 10.30am.The mayor will open the door and should talk about the lost dog 
and ask you to find it it in the twinpeak mountain.The mayor says that he may 
consider Musashi part of Grillin' citizens and provide him with information on 
the five scrolls,only if he agrees to bring the dog back.
However,you can't enter the mountain without the Macho's permission.You will 
have to find a way yourself.Take some time to familiarise the layout of the 
village and the citizens.

Tips:There are two ways to enter the Twinpeak mt.

1)Wait until Macho visits the restaurant at six and go in by the entrance.
2)Save Guard Lumpwood.

To avoid wasting time,it's best to save Guard Lumpwood.

Going into Somnolent Forest

Bincho field:Guard Lumpwood(somnolent forest),
             Hawker Steakwood(Dead end)
Enemies     :Green Soldier 3,Herb Plant,Magician,Maneater,Hopper

But before you go,make sure you have a plentiful supplies of bread,Gel etc.
take the path,right the church and over the river.Remember not to fall into the 
river.Musashi cannot swim.Read the sign board.It should says 'Dead End'.
Go in to the forest and release the bincho field.(Hawker Steakwood)YoHo!You have 
rescued the first person.Go back to the village again to the other end and 
entered the forest.The sign should read Somnolent Forest.You can't enter the 
bottom path because it is surrounds with steam and you will get hurt when you 
are too near to the steam.Come back after the explosion of the steam reactor(1) 
to release another bincho field.Now,go up the path and rescue another Bincho 
field.(Guard Lumpwood)Now,head back to the village.
Talk to everyone for info.

Twinpeak Mountain(Rescuing Leno)

Bincho Field:Soldier Lardwick
Minku       :Left path of the Twinpeak entrance.
Enemies     :King Maneater,Magician,Maneater

Go back up the path and the guard,Lumpwood that you saved earlier will let you 
pass through the Twinpeak mountain Entrance.If you did not rescue 
Lumpwood,Macho will be at the entrance to stop you from entering.Then you will 
have to wait until 6pam when he visit the restaurant.Note:there is a minku when 
you first come to the village,go left path.Do not come down.You should see an 
animal dung.During anytime of the game between 2300 to 2400,
visit the place again to obtain longevity berry to boast your HP by 25.You can 
also visit now before entering the mountain.Go left and hold R1 once you see the 
Magician,absorb his shrink technique.Press circle to use it.Any enemies who gets 
shrink cannot attacked and can be easily stomp by enemy,
including yourself.Don't forget that the magician can also shrink you but after 
a while,you will regain.Release the guy in the bincho field next to where the 
first magician appeared.(Soldier Lardwick)Jump on the lilly pad and use shrink 
on the King Maneater.Jump over and you should see Leno,the dog on the other 
side.Note:If you did not meet the mayor,Leno will not be there and a bone will 
be left behind.Pick up Leno and throw him over to the other side and get him 
back to the path.Should Leno falls into the water,he will return to where the 
bone is.Remember,don't toss leno into the exit or he will reappear on the 
island.To pick the dog up,simply press Square or Triangle and then Square to 
toss the dog.When you return,talk to mayor.He will ask you to speak to Jon for 
more information on the five scrolls,the prisoner near the entrances to the Dead 
End and Somnolent Forest area.

Finding Bread and Water

Go over the river and talk to the prisoner, he will ask for water and bread.  Go 
buy some Rye bread from the store, but the water must come from the well by the 
church.If the two women(Mrs Grange and Mrs Lands)are there you'll have to wait 
until there gone,explore!For your information,they are at the well between 10am 
to 4pm.To get the water,simply go near the well and press Square.Once you get 
the water,WellH20,take it to the guy and he gulps down the food and tells you 
that he is a "Treasure Hunter".You agree to help him find the key for a secret.

Minku:A hidden path near the second bridge

Sidequest:Before you crossed the second bridge to the sleepie at Somnolent 
Forest near the bridge,there is a secret hidden path and you will see another 
Minku.

Bincho field:Seer Bevealy
Treasures   :Old Crown
Enemies     :Red Soldier 1,Green Soldier 3,Herb Plant,Magician,Maneater,
             Sleepie,Thorny Bushes,Bee Plant

The key is inside the meandering forest.Go inside the Somnolent forest until you 
reached the sign 'meandering forest'.You can't go forward any more because there 
are spikes around.Absorb the hop techniques from the hopper and you will be able 
to past the thorny bushes.Before hopping the thorny bushes,there is a slope on 
the right side and you can go up the slope with hop.There is a bincho field(Seer 
Bevealy)and a chest(Old Crown).Enter the meandering forest.Follow Leno.On the 
way,there are many enemies and you'll have to kill them to protect Leno.Get the 
key on the top left tomb in the graveyard and go back by taking the south 
entrance.Jon will ask you to come after midnight so as to avoid being seen by 
people.Come back after midnight to rescue him.He will talk about the legendary 
armor and asked you to collect 4 logs and meet at the Twinpeak mountain.

Collecting the First Legendary Armor.

Bincho field:Mercenary Meitlofe(left of the three poles is),
             Shepherd Buffalo,(under the bridge)
             Knight Lardwick,(beneath the pole after log#1)
             Carpenter Carvey(where log#2 is)
Minku       :Left of the memory box on a cliff
Treasures   :200Drans(left of the memory box),
             Old Book(waterfall),
             Dagger(near where you save Shepherd beefalo)
Enemies     :Blue Soldier 1,Red Soldier1,Green Soldier3,Magician,
             Maneater,Herb Plant,Sleepie

Go through the gate,over the lilypads and run to the other side,there are coins 
at the top of the 2 poles if you want them. Hop the other two lilies and go 
around the corner.Run to the far left passing the magician.Release the bincho 
field and save another person.(Mercenary Meitlofe)You will see three poles.Jump 
from pole to pole to get to other side.Remember to climb up to restore BP.Go 
left to the "Memory Box",choose the first option.Note that on the far left end 
of the cliff of the memory box contains a minku.You will need to jump from a 
great height to reach cliff.Come back at night to get the minku.Or you will have 
to wait until you got L-belt to climb the cliff.
Go right up the path,jump to the box (Old Book)behind the waterfall,go up the 
path and into the cave.There is also another chest containing 200Drans to the 
very left of the memory box.After a series of jumpings, you should come to a 
bridge. Note: There is another bincho field below and a treasure.
(Shepherd Beefalo)(Dagger)Save this person by climbing down middle vine.Note 
that the vine is electrified.When you come out of the cave down by the river go 
to the far right,hold R1,hit Triangle,get the tree,go up the path.Go 
right,notice the red wall, you'll be able to climb these soon.Go down the 
pole,get the bincho field,(Knight Lardwick)go back up and right to the next 
pole, go down and get the tree and bincho field.(Carpenter Carvey)Back up and 
right to the next pole.Go up and get tree number 3, and remember this 
spot!You'll have to come back here later when you learn to double jump from the 
very top of this pole to get a bincho field.(Weaver)Go left to get the 4th 
tree.Continue left and up to meet Jon.Cut down the tree by using lumina.The 
treasure hunter built a raft for you.

Note:Knight Lardwick will not teach you Crosswise Cut until you have defeat                
     Skullpion.

Raft Ride

Bincho Field:Doctor Tung
Treasures   :200Drans,Bracelet(both on a cliff after the raft ride)

Forget about collecting coins.
Use jumps effectively to dodge large boulders.You should be able to after some 
practise.Unlimited continues should you lost from here.Time will goes on.If you 
hit the edges,one of your log will be gone and 4 hits will KO you.
After you come down the waterfall,there are two ways.The first way allow you to 
rescue the bincho field,Doctor.He can heal you inside the castle.After rescuing 
him,you will have to go back and sit on the raft again.The right path will lead 
you further down the waterfall where you will be seeing some guys throwing rods 
and staffs on you.Use jump to dodge.Get the bracelet.
Don't jump down first.Walk furthur down to open another chest of 200 Drans.Then 
jump down and head back to the village as there will be nothing for you to 
explore.

Steam Reactor Part 1

Minku    :On a cliff at the right of the Gondola ride
Treasures:Manual(given by fore),
          Aged coin(left path before steamwood.)

Go to the pawn shop to appraise everything you found.When you exit from the 
shop,the mayor will talk to you.There is a problem at the steam reactor and he 
wants you to help.Save and Talk to the steamwood administrator,Fores.
Don't bother go for treasure hunting once you have talked to Fores but collect 
it after Steamwood is saved as time is precious.There is also another minku on 
the right of the gondola ride in a cliff.Climb up there to take another 
minku.Climb up the cliff.Talk to him and he will give you the manual.Go to steam 
wood that is near the windmill,climb the cliff.There is also another secret path 
to the left where you can obtain another treasure,
Aged coin but for the time being you might want to take it after steamwood is 
repaired.You have only 24 hours to stop.There will be gauges and once reaches 
the OK zone,press X and the pressure in the valve will rise up.When it's 
full,head for the next one.There are a total of 8 valves to shut down which must 
be entered in numerical order from 1 to 8.If done correct,the red door turns to 
green and your valve timer will rise,giving more time.When it reaches zero,you 
will have to start all over again from 1.Each gauge will get more and more 
faster so timing is everything.Be careful about those electrified walls.Jump 
carefully over them.These electrified walls can poised an hindrance on 
you,reducing your HP.

Note:You might want to try it yourself before looking below for strategies 
     as it might ruin your game.

Strategy:When you reach the first level,run to the right and shut down 
valve#1.To reach #Valve3,you must make a tricky jump onto one of the orange 
pipes next to the walkway,and then hop over to the valve.Be very careful.
Take the lift up to the second level,hop onto an orange pipe next to the 
elevator and jump onto the main walkway.run to the left past valve#6 to locate 
valve#4.Shutdown valve #4 and go to the left to shut down valve#6,
then right to valve#6.Take the elevator up the last floor and run left to 
shutdown valve#7 and then finish valve#8.

For more information on steam reactor,you might want to read steam reactor Part 
2.

The Steamwood Administrator

Bincho field:Musician Pianissimeat(near Earth Crest),
             Acrobat Sausage(right pipe of Steamwood)

You can go back through the shortcut or go back the same way you came in if you 
have not release the bincho field(Musician Pianissimeat)near the Earth crest 
through a left side pipe.Also,there is also another bincho field
(Acrobat Sausages)in the right side of the pipe.Once you have both clown and his 
partner,acrobat,they will be able to perform a stunt for you.

Bincho Field:Maid Loinette(south of Somnolent,previously block by steam)
Treasure:500Drans(near where you save the maid)

Techniques:Dashing Pierce

Sidequest:Go to south of Somnolent forest where you can't enter previously to 
rescue maid.Also,visit the castle and talk to the maid,the 9th person and she 
should teach you the dashing pierce technique.Take 500drans from the 
treasure.Talk to Acrobat and he will say that he will perform a stunt for you 
but every final say has to from Clown.So talk to Clown,the 3rd person and they 
perform stunt for you,you will need an orange so that they can perform.I forgot 
to tell you.You can only buy orange at the grocery shop in Chapter 3 after you 
have saved Tim.So wait until chapter 3 to learn Shish kebab.

Twinpeak Mountain:Searching for Earth Scroll.

Treasures:Longevity Berry
Enemies:Maneater,Magician

Once you have saved Steamwood,return to the village and talk to the mayor.He 
will give you a Longevity Berry to boast your HP by 25 and tell you that 
Steamwood went berserk because a man with a cape did it and said that the man 
with the cape went to Twinpeak mt.The same goes for what you did the other 
time.Enter the mountain.Go to the memory box and save your memory there.Go 
furthur left and you should have a coversation with Rootrick,the man who has 
captured princess.Go back to see if the minku on the left of the cliff is out if 
you have not get it.Now here comes the most challenging part.

Climbing Competition

There is nothing much to say.Rootrick will challenge you to the top to get Earth 
scroll.It's very easy.Just keep climbing and you will win.When you reached the 
top,Musashi will laugh at Rootrick and throw a big stone on him like last time 
he did to the steam knight.Rootrick,blame yourself for climbing so slow.

Finding the Crest Guardian

You should have got the first scroll,earth scroll.The scroll will tell you to 
kill the Earth guardian to release the earth crest.
Question:How do I go down?There is a big boulder there blocking my way.
Answer:You have to somehow make the big boulder fall.That's when the first use 
of Earth scroll comes in.Go to the menu.You will see sword.Choose Earth instead 
of normal.Then powered up with R1,then triangle.Jump down from here.

Note:Pls read the scrolls on the basic tactics section

Bincho Field:Doctor(if you have not saved)
Treasures   :Rock(at the peak of the twinpeak mt.)
Enemies     :Magician,Blue Soldier 1,Green Soldier 3,Herb Plant,Maneater,Red 
             Soldier 1,Sleepie

Sidequest:Go and collect the doctor if you have not done so.Go to where you met 
Jon,the treasure hunter on the top,along the way,you will notice that your raft 
is back so you can ride the raft anytime to get doctor if you have not done 
so.When you reached there,there will be hovering boulder.Use the power of the 
earth to shake loose the suspended boulder.Swing across the large gap by using 
jutting pegs in the mountain wall.Climb up to the
mountain top,get the chest(rock)Now you can either climb back down the way that 
you came or you can jump over the edge by the waterfall and try to land on the 
raft in the middle, it's tricky but a quicker way down.There's rock
(crystal) on the peak of the mountain which you can appraise.Sell it for 2500 
Drans.

You'll talk to Jon, the Treasure Hunter when you return,then go back to the pawn 
shop owner and let him look at what you found. 

Defeating the Earth Guardian

Bincho Field:Knitter Lunchetta(on your way to Hell's valley)

Next go to the castle and talk to old man.When you are done save your game and 
get sleep if needed. I recomend that you have lots of cheese,W-Gel and has 
already got all the minku in these levels before you go to fight the 
guardian.You will have to go back to "Hell's Valley".Note:by the time,you must 
have resecued at least 4,if not you can't opened the gate.The four people are 
Carpenter Carvey,Mercenary Meitlofe,knight Lardwick and Soldier 
Lardwick.Without any of them ,you won't be able to proceed to hell's valley to 
fight skullpion.go to hell's valley.Halfway down to hell's valley,you will come 
across a bincho field(Knitter Lunchetta) who will tell you about the legendary 
cloth.As you go along,use the Earth scroll ability to cause the boulders above 
to fall into the pits to acts a stepping stone.Waiting for the dead end are his 
four friends.

1st Crest Guardian:Skullpion

Skullipon has five attacks:

Spewing sand   :You can avoid this by outrunning the stream and staying 
                behind it.This is a great time to charge the gauge 
                bar,providing you are far away from the sand stream.
Ram            :He will ram at you sometime.Just move around the area 
                constantly to avoid.
Tail sweep     :It will swing its tail.Hop over it to avoid.
Attack comrades:It will attack your comrades.Before your comrade is                         
                attacked,use Earth scroll to cause Earthquakes.

Ground sweep   :This attack consists of sticking its tail in the ground 
                and making it pop up under Musashi's feet.Keep on moving 
                once you see it stuck its tail in the dirt.If you get 
                hit,not only damage but also poison but thanks you can cure     
                the poison by either using an antidote that you bought from 
                the store or shaking down antidote from the basket.

Here's the strategy:

Skullpion is smarter than average boss and will occasionally attempts to climb 
the walls and attack one of your comrades.If any of them is hurt or injured,they 
won't be able to assist you,making transport of items
impossible.Now,your comrades will transport items like bombs,stones,herbs.
Each bomb that hits the boss causes 10 HP and each large stone causes up to 100 
HP.Use the Earth scroll ability to cause the items in the basket to tip over and 
fall on the boss.After repeatedly of hitting the boss,it will be unconsious and 
the core will immediately be revealed.Now,hit the core with lumina and repeat 
the procedure over again until it dies.

Tips:You can pick up the large stone that lands on the ground and throw it 
     at skullpion to cause damage to it.

Minku:The same place where you fought skullpion

Sidequest:After you have defeat the crest guardian,come back to the same spot 
where you fought it,there should be a minku.Also,pls return to the Earth crest 
through the left pipeline in the steamwood.Use the power of the earth and there 
will be a hidden path.The cliff will collapse.Climb up the cliff.You should see 
there is another fire crest.There is a Minku there.

Congradulations, you have completed chapter 2.Remember to buy the last action 
figure for the series 2,that is Skullpion,of course.
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Chapter3:Saving Tim

Technique:Crosswise Cut

Sidequest:When you visit Knight Lardwick in the castle,he will now teach you                      
          crosswise Cut.

Vambees Roaming the Village

Once the crest guardian has been defeated you will return to the village and you 
will see the mayor and Hotelo outside the general store.Notice that all doors 
are closed and the chilling music sense an ominous feeling.During night time,you 
might see vambees roaming around the village but rest assured they can't hurt 
you.Ignore them.It appears that defeating earth guardian has set these creatures 
free.After the conversation with the Mayor and Hotelo,
you should learn that Tim has contacted a disease and is on the verge of turning 
into a vambee if he doesn't get the remedy.The two items that needed to make the 
remedy are Misteria and Aqualin.The mayor will sent you to take Misteria from 
the underground lake while Hotelo will be sent to Twinpeak mountain from a 
spring at the top of the mountain to get Aqualin.Misteria is a flower that 
blooms in underground mine tunnel between 3.00a.m to 7.00a.m whereas Aqualin is 
the water from the peak of the mountain.First,to enter the mine,you will need 
the key from the man who lives in the windmill.

Note:Vambees are half-vampire,half zombies developed by the Thirstquencher           
     empire.Anyone who gets bitten by a vambee will be turned into a vambee           
     after some ime.The only way is to make Grillin's traditional remedy to      
     cure it and the ingredients are Misteria and Aqualin.

Note:During this time when Hotelo is at the inn,visit the inn and choose the      
     second option to talk to Motelo.Motelo is Hotelo's brother and he looks      
     after the inn temporary when Hotelo is away.

Getting the Mine Key

Treasure:Mine key(from Wid)

Wid has got some information about Misteria but unfortunately,Wid is a late 
sleeper and only wakes up at odd times of the day.He will open the door very 
late at night,usually around midnight.Wid will not open the door until 2300 or 
at 11 pm.For your info,you can find him inside the windmill between 11pm to 
11am.You have to wait up early in the morning.Knock on the door by pressing 
square and he should come out of the house.After a conversation,he should give 
you the key.Next,open the door that is locked in the village near the restaurant 
and go inside the mine.

Inside the Mines

Bincho Field:Carpenter Dicey(bottom middle of the conveyor belt room)
             Knight Brisket(top-left of conveyor belt room)
Enemies     :B-eater,Sphere Bat,

Turn right at the intersection of the wooden sign,follow it,climb the pole past 
the wooden Toad Stool.In the next area,leads to wooden walkways and spinning 
contraptions where you have to cross the ferris wheels.It requires some timing 
and is easy.Hop onto one of the passing platforms,time yourself the jump so that 
you are high enough to land safely.Missing the platform,
will send Musashi tumbling onto the black void below,causing some damage.
Make the neccessary jumps. Next,you will come to the big fan.Warning,do not go 
to the other end if you have not collected Misteria.This is the way to the 
exit.Hover above the fan and slip through the blades when the fan stops 
spinning.Don't worry,the blades will not casue any damage.Jump down the fan to 
the underground.Save your memory on the memory box.Go the left path.Don't go the 
right path.When you enter the room,you will see many conveyor belts and some 
wooden platform.Note that there are two bincho fields in this room,one on the 
top left of the screen(Knight Brisket)and another one in the bottom 
middle.(Carpenter Dicey)Save them.Now,run and jump.Don't fall.Musashi can't fly 
either.

Tips:If Musashi is tired,he will have an extremely difficult time jumping 
     against these fast-moving conveyor belt.It's best to relieve himself by 
     giving him some mint and Hi-mint or take a short nap.Don't force 
     yourself too much or you will end up wasting your HP.Trust me,it will 
     be much more easy after taking a nap than when you are very tired.

Collecting Misteria.

Bincho field:Chief Gravie(one of the surrounding 4 islands)
             Cook Mary-Nade(in the centre big island)
Minku       :One of the surrounding 4 islands
Treasures   :Old Glove(one of the surrounding 4 islands)
             Misteria(in the centre big island)

In the middle will be a big island and surrounding the island will be 4 small 
islands.Use the lilly pad,get to the middle island to get Misteria.
You can sleep until it blooms.Bring one to two antidote.There is a risk of 
gettting poison.In the middle of the island,there is also another bincho 
field.(Cook Mary-Nade)You have to use the lilly pad to get to it.There are 3 
surrounding islands.Once after taking the misteria,jump on the lilly pad.
There are chest(Old gloves,i think),another bincho field(Chief Gravie),
and a minku.Capture the minku once your HP runs low.This should regain all your 
HP.Next,exit and you are ready to leave.Exit the conveyer belt.If you have not 
rescued them,pls save them now.Go back to the memory box.leave your memory 
here.There will be a spot for you to climb up to the fan.Next,go to the right 
side with the help of the fan.This is the way to exit the mine.
Now,exit your way.It's easy and you will make your way up.The exit is at the 
top-left of the screen.Be careful,don't fall into the binchotite mine or you 
will be poison.Ride up the elevator.Remember to jump carefully.Give the misteria 
to the mayor and the mayor will ask you to find Hotelo.

Technique:Tenderize

Sidequest:Go to the castle and talk to the 21st person,Knight Brisket to
learn another fighting technique,Tenderize.The doctor is no #37 if you need to 
restore your health.He will give you SP-recover.

Finding Hotelo and collecting Aqualin

Treasure:Aqualin(peak of the Twinpeak mt),Rock(if not collected)
Enemies :Refer to above

Next,go to Twinpeak mountain.Make your way up as usual and you should find 
Hotelo in the cave.He is in despair and that Tim has only 12 hours left before 
he turns into the vampire.In the game,12 hours mean 12 minutes so you will have 
to move fast.Hotelo is disappointed with himself for not being able to save 
Tim.He said that it is too dangerous to go forward and it is fated that Tim will 
be turned into a vambee.There will be an option for you to choose.Choose the 
first option and the 12 minutes time will appear on the top-right side of the 
screen.Follow the same route where you meet Jon.You will see a boulder and use 
your Earth scroll to shake loose the suspended boulder if you hasn't.Then swing 
across the large gap by using the jutting pegs and climb up to the top of the 
mountain.For your information,Aqualin is the pond at the top of the mountain 
where you obtain the rock from the treasure.If you have not collected the 
rock,you can collect it from the chest now by jumping onto the ledge near the 
pole to reach to the other side of the pond to collect Aqualin.if you have 
collected rock,don't bother
jumping the ledge.This is the quickest way to get Aqualin.Just climb up the pole 
and go near the pond to get Aqualin.Upon reaching the top,get aqualin.
Next,take back aqualin to Hotelo and Tim is safe.Don't bother to kill the 
enemy.Conserve your time.When you return to the village,you will directly speak 
to the mayor and Hilda grocery shop.In return for saving Tim,you will receive an 
orange for free and the grocery shop will be opened.

Note:If you failed to give Aqualin to Hotelo within 12 minutes,you can still 
take Aqualin and return to the village and the mayor will tell you that it is 
too late but he will also try to make use of the Aqualin and Misteria to make 
remedy and save Tim.However,you won't receive an orange for free and the grocery 
shop won't be opened until the next chapter at Chapter 4.You
will have to wait until Chapter 4 to buy an orange to learn Shish kebab.
Fear not,Tim will be saved by chapter 4 because by chapter 4 when you defeat  
the Relic Keeper,Tim will return to normal.Hotelo blames himself(at Chap 3) for 
not being able to save Tim.Feeling guilty,he decided to leave the village and 
left the inn and Mint under the care of his brother,Motelo.
Noone knows where Hotelo has gone to.Motelo will say something like "It is a 
shame that Mint's father left the village".Everytime you enter the inn,you will 
see Motelo instead of Hotelo.If you managed to give Aqualin to Hotelo within 12 
minutes,Motelo will not appeared at the inn.However,it doesn't affect the game's 
ending.

Tips:You will noticed a cliff before where the sleepie is.Climb up there to 
     reach to the top to save time.When you get Aqualin,you can also jump 
     down from the same spot at the cliff to save time.

Advice:It's best that you give Aqualin to Hotelo on time.Getting a free orange 
might not be a big deal,but think about this,the grocery shop will be closed for 
the rest of Chapter 3 and when you are inside the restaurant basement,you 
definitely need many healing HP items like C-Drinks,S-revive,
Mints which are extremely useful.The bakery shop is another shop that sells 
healing items but most of the items there will spoil after several days and most 
doesn't healed a lot of HP.Besides,you get an orange earlier to learn Shish 
Kebab technique earlier which could be really helpful.I mean it!the only 
difference is that if you fail to give Aqualin,the inn will be replaced by 
Motelo instead of Hotelo.There isn't much difference and poor Mint having lose 
her father at an early age,do you bear to see her so sad?And besides,if you 
fail,all your healing items will depend on Yogurt,which only heals 50HP and 50BP 
when milk is spoil after few days in you inventory.It doesn't help you but only 
makes the game more tedious.

Warning:Try it yourself because i managed to give Aqualin to Hotelo.
Credits:From Kevin Yuan<kyuan98@hotmail.com>for telling about Motelo story.

Techniques:Shish Kebab

Sidequest:Now,you have an orange in your inventory so go and talk to clown           
to learn a new technique

The Vambees

Next,talk to the girl in the bakery,Jam,chat with her by choosing the second 
option and she will talk about her father,Baker Towst going to the bar at 1800 
or 6pm.Check your items,save,take a nap until 6pm.Then comes to the restaurant 
and you will talk to Jam's father,Towst and he mentioned that he missed the pork 
chop in the restaurant.He mentioned that the restaurant is closed,the shop owner 
is missing and the waitress is at the inn.Go to the inn and talk to the 
waitress,Wanda in room 205 and Macho in room 206.Now,go back to the restaurant 
until 2300.You will see ghosts coming out from the restaurant.Run inside before 
the the door is closed.Check the counter and enter the underground basement.

Inside the Underground Basement

You will noticed many soda bottles scattered around.Move furthur down and you 
will see Mannick,the restaurant owner.He will tell you that that the door with 4 
eyes will lead to the boss.You will have to find a way to open the door.Visit 
the four doors with one eye.Once you obtain the blue eye,the eye will open 
up.Collect four and the door will open.Mannick will restore your health by 
giving you a cake.There's a memory box so check it out.I will first explain the 
first room from his left.

Tips:Even if Mannick's cake can take care of your low HP and BP  but it 
     doesn't have any effects on Musashi's tiredness.You will need to have 
     some mints.

Room 1.(to the left):Bowler Plant Maze

Bincho Field:Mercenary Potrowst(crackled wall)
Treasures   :Shield(crackled wall)
             Odd Hat(crackled wall)
Enemies     :Bowler,Vambee,Fire vambee

Dodge the huge bowling seeds coming from the bowlers and reached the end.
Absorb the bowling skills from the bowler.Consumes 10BP.There is a crackled room 
behind the bowler next to the wall that you can climb.There is a treasure in 
this crackled wall.(Shield)Use holes to avoid being hit by the bowling ball.You 
will be in a room with a bowler,break the wall to the right with a bowling 
ball.Go and stand on the square and bowl down the vambee to cool down the 
floor.The floor is very hot and you need to bowl the vambees to advance.Go 
through the door at the end, get the bincho field,(Mercenary Potrowst),take the 
treasure(Odd Hat) on the right wall by bowling,come out and take the elevator 
up.There will be an eye who will splash fire against you.Use Lumina Rotation by 
holding R1 when full and then triangle to smash it to pieces.Go into the 
room,get another bincho field,(Mercenary Stue)and take the eye orb.Restore your 
health by talking to Mannick. 

Tips:The bowl ability can be fustrated to use becasue it consumes a lot of 
     BP,10 per bowl.How do you ensure that your bowling balls hit the 
     correct target?All right,you will noticed a meter on the far right side 
     of the ball.The pointer will keep on moving from left to right.If you 
     press circle when the pointer is on the right side of the meter,the 
     ball will curve to the right and similar for the left side.It's best to 
     press circle when the pointer is at the center of the meter to ensure 
     that every shot is a straight.

Treasures:Old Sword,500Drans,Old Cloth(crackled wall)

Sidequest:Once you have the skill to bowl,go to room 3 and 4.Don't enter.
Look around and you will see a crackled wall.Bowl the wall to get the 3 hidden 
chest inside.i think the cloth(when appraised becomes L-cloth)is also one of the 
three chests.

Room 2( to the right):Teleporter Maze

Bincho Field:Bailiff Jerky(Take the right path)
Enemies     :Ooze,Wisp,Lamp Bat,Vmbee

You will cross some moving platforms.This is easy.Keep jumping and don't fall 
down if not you will have to restart again.Take the right path,killed the 
zombie.Note:Do not come too close to the vambee.It will suck up your blood.use 
sword to attack or avoid it.It will do up to 40 to 90 damage.Go down and 
exit.Avoid the touching the glowing blue ball(Wisp)but use it as a source of 
light.Use the poles to advance.Get the bincho field.(Bailiff Jerky)Go back to 
the beginning and take the left path.Kill the vambees and entered the 
room.Instead of coming to a room with poles you will have missing floor 
panels.Get through and take the right teleportation.make your way and you will 
come to another room with 2 teleportation circles.This time,take the left 
one.Walk furthur and you will come to another room ,again with two 
teleportation.Take the left one and go up to get the eye orb.
Remember to take the powder.
Teleport:Right,left,left.

*Taking the alternate one will teleport you back to the exit.

Tips:If you are good,you can assimilate the Lamp bats to learn firefly so 
     you can light your way.Also,if you absorbed B.O from the vambees,the 
     bats and lamp bats won't attack you temporary.Avoid the enemies at all 
     cost in the darkened room as the darkness will put you to a very 
     disadvantage situation.

Room 3(left side of the other end.):Fire Maze

Bincho Field:Librarian Brisketta(in the second room)
             Soldier Hanky-Flanky(at the fire maze in the bottom screen)
Treasures   :Old Pipe(at the fire maze)
Enemies     :Cursefire,Flying vambee,Fire Vambee,Vambee

One of the greatest challenges in the maze is crossing the rotating blocks.
The first two rooms is easy but gets more and more tougher in the later 
room.Practise in the first two rooms so that you are prepared in the later 
room.Jump across the rotating blocks in the first two rooms,get the bincho field 
(Librarian Brisketta)in the second one.You will go through a couple of more 
rooms with rotating blocks.There will be a room with swinging blades.
Avoid getting hit.The next room will have the blades,rotating blocks,and a 
vambee.You will come to a series a of planks, go far right to get a ball to 
restore your BP.Go back left to the get another one and go to the stone 
landing.Follow it around to the rotating block and keep going down and get
the bincho field(Hanky-Flanky)and heart,jump on the block,go right to get the 
chest(Old Pipe),go down and get the heart and to exit.This room will have 
smaller landings,some swinging blades,and cursefire.Jump carefully.Good luck!The 
eye orb is in the next room.

Tips:The rotating blocks can be fairly easy to hop across by jumping against 
     the direction they are turning.You won't fall off a block that is 
     turning sideways if you hop across in the opposite direction.Just 
     remain steady and jump onto the side facing upwards whenever the block 
     is turning over.

Room 4:Ghost Maze

Bincho Field:Carpenter Cubey(in one of the maze)
             knight Chucks(the secret path beneath the circle)
Treasures   :Helmet(in one of the maze)
Enemies     :Lone Mist

Phew!This is the final one.Restore your HP and BP by talking to Mannick.Jump 
across, go up and get pass the vambees. Run straight through the next two rooms 
avoiding the enemies.THe door will remain shut until you can move the blocks to 
the squares.The first one is easy.The second room,Top to top right,middle to 
bottom left, bottom to top left.Top to top right, middle to bottom left, bottom 
to top left.There will be a room with falling and sliding blocks,be careful.You 
will see a ghost.Tips:Use fusion to steal sublime skill from it.Consumes 
8BP.Your soul can float around temporary to look for chests.later,when you 
walk,it should be in complete darkness.You can't see the path.Use sublime to get 
a look of the place.Try to follow a certain pattern.Do the same in the next few 
rooms to get a chest(Helmet) and release a bincho field.(Carpenter Cubey)Now,you 
will come to the end before taking the last blue eye.You will see a circle 
somewhere.Jump from this circle to the bottom path.there is a hidden room to 
another bincho field.
(Knight Chucks)use the teleport to return to where the circle was.Go to the left 
path and take the eye orb.

Collecting the next legendary armor,L-belt

Treasures:Old Belt

Go to the door with the four eyes.You should see Mannick missing.Open the door 
and you will find Mannick inside.Go to him and he will say that he bought this 
restaurant because he heard about the treasure inside.When he opened the 
chest,he found a old belt.Mannick was very disappointed and thought he could 
struck rick.he gave the belt to Musashi.Next,go into the castle and talk to the 
36th person,the knight.He should teach you his fencing technique,the Desperado 
Attack.Now,go back to the pawn shop and appraise this belt and it should turn 
into the legendary belt.You can now make double jumps by pressing X twice.

Technique:Desperado Attack

Sidequest:Talk to Knight Chucks in the castle and he will teach you 
          Desperado Attack.

Well

After you come out of the shop,the restaurant owner,Mannick,says that he is very 
sorry for what he has done and would like to make up to the villagers by opening 
his restaurant and will do his best to make the restaurant the best in the 
village.(Hey!That's only one restaurant in the village.So you could consider 
yourself to be the best.)he would talk that he went to the well to collect water 
but the well is dried up.You would have to find a rope to get down to the well.

Bincho Field:Weaver Dineretta(from the third log)
Treasures   :L-glove or L-quilt
Enemies     :Refer to above

Sidequest:Remember i told you about the third log in the Twinpeak mountain that 
you cut down?There is a bincho field on the right side of the pole which can 
only be accessed after you got the double jump.Now,go to there,
climb up to the top of the pole and jump to the right.You should see it as you 
jump.Don't panic if you cannot jump to the other side for the first time.if 
Musashi is tired,just let him rest until tiredness reaches 20%.
Musashi would jump slightly better if he is not tired compared to when he is 
very tired.Jump over and saved weaver.Note:at this point of the game,you should 
have cloth which when you appraise becomes the legendary cloth.Talk to weaver in 
the castle and she will make Option 1)a quilt for you or Option 2)glove.I choose 
quilt instead of glove and i got another legendary armor.
This is a must.The effects are every time,you sleep you will regain both HP and 
BP,instead of gaining HP and losing BP and the best parts are it regains at 
twice the normal speed and you can make tiredness to 0%.If you sleep in the inn 
or at your room,you will be able to have tiredness from 0%.however,
if you are sleeping outside the inn,or anywhere,the min tiredness can goes up to 
20% and won't dropped furthur down.if it is below 20%,when you are sleeping 
outside the inn or room,your tiredness % will stay and when you get up ,it will 
rise up to 20 and above.Note:that it will take weaver three days to make.Collect 
the legendary quilt after three days.If you choose gloves,
you will get the Legendary Gloves which will increses critical attack %.
I advise you to choose Legendary Quilt as it will help you in many ways during 
adventure and you can save a lot of money from buying Mint,however,
L-quilt is useless when you reach soda fountain at the final stage.Don't worry 
about that first.

Getting a Rope

The rope can be obtained from the church.the gate is locked and you will have to 
climb over the fence.You should see the father sleeping outside.he says that the 
church to the inside is locked and he can't get in.Also,the church bell is lost 
aand he will ask you to find it.Because he was afraid of the ghost that would 
come in,he has locked the gate.He says that he has heard noises coming out from 
the church at 2am.So come back at 2am.he will let you climb on his back and you 
will have to jump inside the church from the roof.

Inside the Church.

Enemies:Vambee Soldier

After a conversation with Bubbles,you will have to fight a tons of vambee 
soldiers. Survive the battle until sunrise and you will be able to get the rope.

Tips:You can also consider use Earth Scroll ability to stun them for a while.Use 
lumina and keep attacking.If possible,throw them out to the outer ring.Try and 
perfect your crosswise technique.

Inside the Well

Treasures:Angel-Shaped Statue

Get the water scroll.You should learn the water element.You can create a shield 
of bubbles to protect you from fires or floats on water temperory or bubbling 
rapid bubbles by pressing square or triangle.Find the bell and keep tossing to 
the exit at the northern reservoir.You will noticed that it leads to the 
mine.Note you can't climb up the rope while carrying the bell because it is too 
heavy.Notice that is a minku there.You can't get it now but later.
The only way to exit is to go the underground tunnel.When you get back to the 
village,you will get an Angel-Shaped Statue that is the key to the fire 
god.Note:When throwing the bell,make sure you don't toss it into the water or 
too close to the exit.If Musashi leaves the exit without holding the church 
bell,it will get reset to the room's entrance or to th original starting point.

Treasures   :200Drans(If not collected)
Bincho Field:Doctor Tung(If you don't have)
Minku       :Between the first and second wooden bridge in Somnolent
             Left of where Doctor Tung is
Enemies     :Refer to above


Sidequest:If you don't have the Doctor,this is the shortcut way to get him 
without riding the raft.Go to the twinpeak until you reached the three 
poles.Don't JUMP.Use water shield to go left of the water and you should be able 
to rescue Doctor.Go furthur left again in the water and you will see Minku.If 
you have not collected the 200Drans in Hell's valley near where the Bracelet 
is,when you reached the entrance of twinpeak mt,simply use water scroll and 
float to the right to climb up the cliff.Go to Somnolent forest where the second 
bridge is.Use water scroll ability and there is a minku between the first bridge 
and the second bridge.

Tips:Once you have the water scroll,take some time to float in the waters in 
Twinpeak mt and explore the place.Once you have water scroll,you can travel by 
shortcut but i don't want to tell you now.Explore it yourself.

Finding the use of the Statue.

Wait till midnight until zombies come out of the restaurant.Go into the 
restaurant underground basement.Walk straight down.You will notice that there is 
a door with big gaps that you can't reached.Before you jump,
remember to leave your memory in the memory box.Go back up to the entrance but 
don't go out.Run straight down.The higher you run,keeps dashing,the faster you 
move and jump over the big gap using double jump to open the door.Of all the 
levels up to now,i find here to have the most difficult jumps.Ther's 
more.Remember to watch your tiredness %.if lucky a few tries,
you might be able to jump over.if not,keep trying.Good luck.This is the only 
way.Be sure to have tons of C-Drinks and at least one S-revive and a cheese that 
has been with you for a long time.Sell away unwanted items and buy HP and BP 
recovery item.

Defeating the 2nd Crest Guardian

Ist Room

The Ist room is the easiest of all.Use the Water to create shields of bubbles 
around to float on the water.Go to the door.

2nd Room

It gets more and more difficult.Just jump.But two things to take note.
Remember to watch your tiredness %.if your tiredness % is high,you might not be 
able to jump farther than you did.Second note is to have shield of bubbies 
around you before you jump just in case you fall.The shield will protect you and 
you would not get hurt from the fire,however the shield will disappear.And if 
you failed to jump over without the shield,you will get over 20 damage.Note that 
this shield only protects you from fire,the bats will still be able to hurt 
you.Jump and reached for the exit.

3rd Room

Bincho Field:Taster Salmonelli
Enemies     :CurseFire,Vambee

This is more challenging and of course,the toughiest.Jump keep moving.Remember 
there is a bincho field.(Taster Salmonelli)
Make sure you collect them.
Hints and tips:
1)Be sure to have the water shield with you all the time to protect you from 
  fire.
2)Along the way,you will have to jump from block-to-block.The block will               
  sink when you jumps onto them(weight,of course.)So quickly jump to the               
  other block.
3)Along the way,you will see cursefire coming toward you.Run away to a good                   
  position and use rapid bubble shooting to extinguish the fires.It can               
  cause quite a decent damage.
4)You should see a rotating blocks with pits.Avoid getting too close.watch                 
  the pattern.
5)There are 2 pit holes here.Jump onto them and it will do around 20 damage               
  on you.Use double jump to jump over.Be carefull.

4th Room

This is the one of the easier.You will noticed four flames.Use bubbles to 
extinguish the flames from a corner.Once each flame is extinguish,it becomes 
darker.Once the four flames are extinguish,the door to the battle of the 2nd 
crest guardian will opened up.

2nd Crest Guardian:The Relic keeper

Musashi will laugh at it because the ceilings have started to collapse and call 
it a loser.Now,the main strategy to attack.

You will noticed about a fire demon who will keep attacking you.Use the 
water,create a shield round you and keeps using bubbles against it.keep running 
from side to side while using the rapid bubbles.When it suddenly turns blue,he 
will keep attacking you.It will does quite a lot of damage.
Many hits on the fire demon will cause the ceiling to continue collapse until 
the Relic keeper gets knocked out.During this time,his blue torso will
be revealed.Quickly,go to menu,choose normal and use jump,then lumina.Hold R1 
first,jump then prss triangle.This should give him some damage.Remember to 
attack fast because after some time,the relic keeper will wake up,so does the 
fire demon.Repeat the procedure over again,keep shooting bubbles at the fire 
demon,until Relic keeper gets knocked out again,then use lumina to attack its 
torso.Three hits in its torso and he will be gone.

Congradulations,you have completed Chapter 3.
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Chapter 4:The Duel at Dragon Island

Note:Tim will be saved now(even if you fail to give Aqualin to Hotelo within 12 
minutes)because you defeated the vambees and Relic Keeper at Chapter 3. 

Techniques:Shish kebab

Sidequest:If you failed to give Aqualin to Hotelo,you can buy orange from the 
grocery store now.Talk to Clown to learn Shish kebab.

First Task

When you first returned to town,knock on the mayor's house and talk to Mrs 
Govern,the mayor's wife.she will tell you that the mayor has a cold and she 
wants you to check out the well.Additional:You can check out the well first 
before talking to the Mrs Govern.So go inside the well but make sure check your 
items first and appraise any items that you have find.

Inside the Well

Treasures:Used boots(inside the well),
          Old shirt(inside the well),
          Armor(inside the tunnel)
Minku    :Inside the well on a ledge

You will see the water crest glowing.Go there and use the water scroll.The water 
to the cave will be emptied while the other side(where the rope is) will 
rise.Then enter Ed and Ben.There will be a conversation and Musashi overheard 
their conversation and they are the thieves behind the stolen bell in the 
church.
After they leave
1)Go and get the chest(used boots) on the right side.
2)Go back pass the water crest,use your water scroll to get the other chest.
  (Old Shirt)When Old shirt is appraised,it becomes L-vest.
3)Go get the minku.The minku that you previously could not get,can now be
  captured.
4)Enter the tunnel and get the chest(armor)near the end look at the fire 
  crest.Remember this spot.You have to come again after you got fire scroll 
  and defeat the fire guardian.

Treasures:Glasses(underwater chest near the water crest in Somnolent)
Enemies  :Refer to above

Sidequest:Go into the Somnolent Forest.Remember there is a water crest there and 
a chest in the water that you can't get it.You can take it now.Use the water 
power while standing on the water crest.The water level should completely dried 
up.Now,you can go down and collect the chest.It should be glasses,i suppose.Go 
to the prawn shop and appraise the glasses.Suprisingly, it turns out to be the 
next legendary armor,the legendary goggles.

Second Task Assignment.

This time,you must talked to the mayor's wife.Talk to her and she should mention 
Mr lands who wants the Gondola to be repaired.First,you will need 3 
carpenters,and has to go into the scrap depository to obtain the Gondola 
Gizmo.Now,talk to the Wid,the man living in the windmill,then go to the castle 
and talk to the three carpenters,CarpentA,CarpentB,CarpentC.They should be the 
13th,18th and 27th person.But make sure,by now you should have save them.If 
not,you have to look for them so you can advance.Make sure you talk to them,if 
not you have to come out and go over again.Each of them will give you a 
description of the Gondola Gizmo.The people are Carpenter Carvey,
Carpenter Cubey,and Carpenter Dicey.

First:Gold-rimmed and refining
Second:Looks like a wheel
Third:Has four calculation holes.

Scrap Depository

Enemies:Cure Worm,Toadstool,Sphere bat,B-eater

First,go into the mine again and reached until where the fan is.Jump down the 
fan to where the memory box is.Leave your memory in the box.Take the right 
path.Go furthur.You need to jump over.You can't jump over to the other side 
until you have the double jump.Don't panic if you can't jump over the first 
time.Keep trying.Make sure you have at least one antidote with you because if 
you fall down or comes too close in contact with the blue toad stool,you will be 
poisoned and cannot run.Tips:There is a cure worm.Absorb its technique to cure 
poison and to regain speed.You should reached the room at the end.There are a 
total 4 wheels but which one is it?

Question:Which wheel is it?
Answer:Many think it's the first left and the last left because there are four 
holes from the middle.But in actual fact,if you count the middle,they should 
have five holes.So,look for a gold-rimmed wheel between the second and third 
from the left and the winner is the third one from the left.Take the third wheel 
and return back to the village.Remember,you can only carry
one at a time and if you take the wrong wheel,you will have to come here over 
again.

The village is in fire.

After returning to the castle,talk to them and you will go to sleep.When you 
wakes up,you have found that you have overslept and immediately rush out to see 
Mrs Govern.Surprisingly,the whole village is in fire.Now,use your water scrolls 
to put out the eight flames.Create a shield round you and hold square to shoot 
bubbles continously at the flames.The flames should get smaller and slowly 
extinguished.Remember,the fire will grow bigger and bigger so act fast.Once you 
have put out the fire,Mrs Govern will talk to you.She said that someone saw two 
thieves on the roof of the church.And after a while,a fire started roof of the 
church.And who are the main prime suspect? Naturally,you will suspect it's Ed 
and Ben again who is out there to steal the church bell again but you will know 
later on.In the morning,
talk to the Mayor and his wife,you should get the thirstquencher calender and 
rock salt.

Here are the location of the 8 flames
Farmer McRice's house
Breadshop(x2)
Church(x2)
Farmer Lacter's house
Mayor's house.

There are no time limit so,don't hurry.Relax!

Saving the princess and Defeating Kojiro

Bincho Field:Artisan Teebone(Island of Dragon)
Treasure    :500Drans
Enemies     :Refer to above,Slug Rock

Go to Somnolent Forest.Absorb 'hop' from the hopper and hop across the spikes.On 
your way stop on the bridge before you get to the "Sleepy" mushrooms and use 
your water shield to float left on the river to a spot with a minka on it.You 
will reached the sign 'meandering forest' but don't enter the forest.Go right 
and there will be a giant snail.Use rock salt to shrink the giant snail.You can 
go now.You will see a bincho field and you will rescue Artisan Teebone,the 
blacksmith who agrees to temper your fusion sword.Remember to talk to him when 
you returned to the castle.There are low and high tides in this area.If the tide 
is high,you won't be able to get anywhere.For your information,high tide is 
between 7pm and 7am.Don't come between this time.Wait for low tide and the water 
crest will appear on the surface in the centre of the lake.When this occurs,use 
your water scroll to cross over the lake and use water scroll in the water 
crest.The water will lowered.Get the fire scroll beneath the water crest and 
there's a chest containing 500Drans on the left side.You will fight Kojiro.The 
princess will be there to use as hostage to make Musashi fight with him.Defeat 
him and you will save the princess.Defeating Kojiro is very simple.Just use your 
normal attacks while dodging his attack.Also,use whatever techniques like 
crosswise that you have larn to inflict great damage on him.

Tips:You can assimilate kojiro's fence techniques

Credits:<Cid@velvia.demon.co.uk>for telling me about assimilate Kojiro's fence 
techniques,however,i have not tried it before.Try it yourself.

Question:Before you read furthur,pls ask yourself,would the thirstquencher 
empire return princess to you so easily?Think about this.Is is going to be a 
trap?I'll not going to tell you and don't READ below.It may ruin the game story.

At the castle

You will be ask to investigate the thefts(Ed and Ben).Remember to talk to 
artisan,the blacksmith to temper your sword.Next,talk to the three mercernary 
who are investigating the case.Each of them will give you a clue.the thief's 
hideout is past the meandering forest at the frozen palace but the problem is 
how to reach the frozen palace.These are the clues to frozen palace:

Mercenary Meitlofe:The hideout is in meandering forest.The clue is "Duh...About 
the knight...don't worry about the direction you're facing.Go straight(up)."

Mercenary Potrowst reads his coded message to you:"Mercenary Forest-4 way path-
Gold,Knight,Knight,Knight,Bishop"

Mercenary Stue:"Left,Right,Right,Left,straight ahead..." 

Q:What do all these directions mean?
Answer:Mercenary Potrowst suggests you read more about the Shogi in the library 
to find out what the clue means.You can now ask Scrible Shanky after you have 
saved Libararian Brisketta in the restaurant basement.It refers to certain 
movements like a chess.

What is Shogi?

Shogi is a favourite pastime of this realm,similar chess.Each player has one 
King,Rock,and Bishop,two each of Gold,silver,knight,Lance and nine pawns for a 
total of 20 pieces.each player uses strategic methods to outwit his opponent in 
order to win the game.

The Gold:It can move one space in any direction,except diagonally.
The Knight:It can move two spaces up and one space right or left.
The Lance:Can be moved any number of spaces up.

All right,i have type everything that you will read about shogi in the 
library.You may like to go to the library and look for a clue first before 
attempting to read the directions below to the thieves'hideout.It could really 
be a spoiler and the clue now really makes no existence if you already know the 
directions.It's pretty challenging.For those lazybums,i have saved you quite a 
lot of time by giving you the directions.Can you really figure out the clue 
yourself?The fun of gaming lies in your own exploration and discovering new 
things on your own.It's up to you to decide.
 
Enemies:Refer to Above
 
Just follow this when you reached the meandering forest.You reach a wooden 
sign.From there on,follow the directions below.And remember to save before you 
go.It will be tough later on.
1)Go left path and you will see a huge rock.
2)Go to the upper path two times
3)You will see two rocks,one big at the top and smaller one on the 
  right.Take the right path by the smaller rock.
4)There should be four trees.Go to the upper path two times.
5)it will start to snow.Then take the right path.
6)there will be a huge rock and a tree.Go to the upper path two more times.
7)Then take the left path.
8)You should see a huge rock and a tree which looks exactly like the 
  previous one.Go to the upper path four more times.
  
Congradulations for those who has been figuring out how to pass the forest.
You should now reached the frozen palace.Enter it.

Tips:if you are lost,take the south entrance to return to the beginning and 
start over again. 

Summarise:Left,Upx2,right,Upx2,right,Upx2,left,Upx4.

Inside the Frozen Palace

Enemies:Cool Plant,Copycat,Haya wolf,Mapper,Penguin,Slowguy,Stomp Golem

You will meet Ginderelle.Later you will know that Ginderelle is actually 
bubble's sister.Ginderelle will say she does not belong to the leader's force 
and after a conversation,she will left.The enemies in the main hall are only the 
ice plant. 

Legend
S=stairs.
L1-left first room
L2-second left room
R1-first right room
R2-Second left room
LUD-left upper storey door
RUD-right upper storey door 
B-door to the boss
LM-Memory box on the first floor.
C-Bincho Field
T- Treasure Chest
                         
                          
                           B
                           S

         LUD     L1                  R1
                                  LM  
              T
                                       C RUD
                 L2                  R2    
                     Main Hallway
*Note:This is the hall,the place that you come in first.It does not include       
      the interior one. 
S-you can't go up the stairs now because it's is very slippery due to frozen           
  ice.Later,you will be able to go up when you have the legendary shoes.
B-a door that leads to the crest guardian with red,blue,green eye inscribed 
  on the door.You need to have the three eyes to open the door. 
L1.The first door that you must enter.Upon entering,you will see a blue eye              
   door and another door which you can enter.
L2.inscribed with red eyes.You can't enter it right now until you have the                            
   red eye.
R1.There's a bincho field but how to reach it?
R2.There are two poles,each on the other side.But how to jump over to the                         
   other side to take the chest?
Remember to leave your memory.

Enemies that you will encounter in the palace:

Cool Plant:Shoot frozen bullets at you,causing you to freeze.Use the normal                                             
ways that you attack the plants in the forest.Just beware of his 3-way 
shots,which does more damage than the normal plants in the forest.

Tips:If you shoot some flames using the fire scroll at it,you will temporary 
paralyse it,causing it not able to shoot frozen 3-way shot at you.If you are 
caught in his frozen 3-way shot,press any button repeatedly to warm yourself and 
prevent freezing.

Mapper:Use the same way to attack but be careful,don't go near it or you                                  
will be poisoned.You can also use fire attack at him.

Penguin:They sure look small and wore a knight suit,i suppose.Use                                                                            
normal attack or fire.

Haya Wolf:Looks like wolf with some karate skills.Beware of his D-Kick.

Slow guy:This guy moves very slow,quite big but has lots of HP.Stand a          
distance away from him and keep attacking using lumina.When too                                     
close,he can toss you away but is actually very helpful during some                            
parts of the game.You will know why later.

Copycat:He looks like Musashi but will generate electricity around him.
So,don't stay too near him.Plus,he can mimic your every move.If you move back 
one step,he will move back one step too.You jump,he also jumps.The only way to 
defeat him is to use long range attack so use fire.Stay away from a                 
distance and don't move while using flames.By not moving,he will also not move. 

Stomp Golem:This guy can't be defeated.It looks like a gong and it will fall                                     
from the ceilings when you come too close.Don't go near.It can cause up to 70 
damage HP.

For more stratgies on enemies,pls refer to the bestiary.This is only part of 
it.More strategies await you at the bestiary section.

Enemies               Absorb-spell         Description
Copycat                Clone               A decoy time bomb.
Haya wolf              D-Kick              A very powerful kick actually.
Penguin                nil                 nil
Stomp Golem            Steel               Creates an very strong armor that           
                                           can protects you from spikes.
Mapper                 Map                 Maps the entire place.
Slowguy                Hurl                Ability to toss

Getting the Red eye.

Bincho Field:Chef Julienne(R1 side room)
Treasures   :Red Eye 

Tips:You may like to assimilate the map ability from the mappers at the entrance 
area.it cost 8BP but very helpful if you lost your way.

Enter the first left door.There is a left blue eye door which you can't enter 
now.Go to the other door.You will see two penguin and two falling ice 
blocks.Don't bother to attack the two penguins.If you kill both,there won't be 
any ice block coming down.When the blocks fell down,quicky jumps over to to any 
of the block and the block will carry you to the other side.But half
way before reaching the other side,the block will fall into the big hole and you 
will have to jump over to the other side.Beware,because you are standing on ice 
blocks and the floor is very slippery.Too much movement is likely to make you 
fall.So,position yourself as soon you jump onto the pole and wait for a chance 
to jump over.By the time,you should have already mastered double jumps.Look at 
the penguin on the other side doing the same thing.Go to the door and you will 
see two doors.The right door will lead you to the bincho field(Chef Julienne) on 
the R1 side room.

Sidequest:You have saved Chef Julienne.When you return to the castle 
anytime,talk to cook A(Cook Mary-Nade) and she should say they have already 
harvesting the rice.Now,you can buy riceball(heals 150HP and BP.) at the grocery 
store.

Continued:Don't jump down now and returned and go to another door.In here,
you will meet many Penguin.Go furthur and read the sign.It should says may the 
lonely have victory.
Question:what does that mean?
Answer:It means you have to be alone in this room,so kill all the penguin in        
the room and there will be a chest.The treasure inside is the red               
eye.

Getting the Blue Eye.

Bincho Field:Alchemist Leanman
Treasures   :Blue Eye 

Once you have the red eye,exit and go to the main hall.You can also jump down 
from where the bincho field(the place where you save chef Julienne)) is to R1 to 
avoid any unnecessary jumpings of the ice blocks.Go the L2 which is the red eye 
door.On your way,you will face copycat,cool plants and slow guy.There are 
icicles on the floor that can hurt you if you come too close but you can also 
melt them by using fire.Go to the end where you will only see an cool plant and 
the slow guy.Take a heart there to regain some of your HP.Kill the cool plants.

Question:Help me!I'll stuck.Where should i go now?I can't reach the stairs                                     
up there and they appears to be no other way.
Answer:There is a way to reach the stairs up there.First,kill the cool plant
       Next,lure the slow guy near to the corner near the staircase and let                                    
       him come close to you.He will toss you high up in the air and you can                                    
       jump over to the staircase.Go into the next room.Now you know why i                             
       say slow guy's tossing technique is useful.You will enter a maze.The        
       enemies here are only Haya Wolves and Stomp Golems.Take the bincho                                    
       field(Alchemist Leanman) in the maze.Make your way to the left side        
       wall

Bincho Field:Butcher Chops(after Spikes)
Enemies:Spikes

Sidequest:First,go to the far right side of the maze.When you enter,you will run 
into barricade of spikes.Before entering,you must absorb stomp golem and learn 
steel.Now,activate the steel and you will be able to run over to the other side 
and take a bincho field.(Butcher Chops)Then return.You can take the easy way 
back by just jumping down from where you are or go all the back through the 
maze. 


Continued:Go into the far left side of the maze.Enter and read the sign.it 
should say may the unhurt have victory.So kill all the copycat without getting 
hurt.Use the long range fire attack against them.There will be a chest.Open the 
chest and it's the blue eye. 

Getting the Green eye.

Bincho Field:Janitor Sloppy-Joe(stacked ice),
             Musician Al Forte(in the maze)
Treasures   :Red Shoes(LUD),
             B-Undies(stairs),
             E-Undies(in the maze),
             Green Eye

Go L1.Inside,there is a blue eye door.Open the blue eye door.Get the bincho 
field.(Janitor Sloppy-Joe)There are two ice blocks,one big and the other smaller 
and a stair case.Jump from the smaller block to the bigger block,
then to the staircase. Be careful,the ice block is slippery.You will have to 
make your jumps carefully.Go up and you will see an cool plant there.kill it and 
go to the next door.You will see an copycat and a few slowguy.Kill the copycat 
and jump over until you reached to the other side. Remember,don't go near the 
slowguy as they might toss you and you will have to start all over again.Go out 
and you will reached LUD.Take the chest and it turned out to be an Old Shoes.Go 
back to the town and appraise the old shoe.It becomes the Legendary Shoes.You 
can now walk on slippery ice block without falling.
Note:if you have the Legendary Goggles,your old shoes will immediately be 
appraise so you can save the trip from going back to the village.Then go to R2. 
With the Legendary Shoes,you can now walk up the stairs.take the chest on the 
other side.(B-undies)Go into the door and you will come to a maze with lots of  
big ice blocks.There is a bincho field(Musician Al Forte)
on the upper-left side of the screen as well as a chest(E-Undies).Go to the top 
left and there is a smaller ice block that you can jump onto it with an heart on 
it.In the middle,is the green eye door.Once you get to the far right,be sure to 
absorb the copycat to learn clone.Now,go into the room and you will see 
slowguy.Lure Slowguy into the circle.When he toss you up into the air,quicky use 
clone.Run away from the circle.And press circle again to activate the clone.It 
will explode and immediately kill slowguy.Take the green eye from the 
chest.Now,return and climb the block to make your way to the green door.There is 
nothing more in this room and it leads to the blue door in L1.Now,go up the 
stairs.The door is frozen so use fire to melt the ice.Then Musashi will use the 
three eyes to open the door.

3rd Crest Guardian:Frost Dragon.

Go to the back of the 1st floor to collect a chest.Note:if you are not confident 
of beating,go back to the town and stock up your supplies since you should have 
already used up nearly your recovery items.If not,proceed up the stairs where 
you will come to a door,a memory box and 2 post.Leave your memory here.light up 
the 2 post using fire and the door will open up.Upon entering,you will see the 
Frost Dragon.Use lumina and hit the glowing spot.
You will be taken to the lower level.You will see some icicles in your path, use 
fire,melt them and proceed. When you start your battle,you must know that you 
can't defeat the dragon now.keep using fire at him and move around.
After some time,the dragon will start to knock off the right part of the wall 
and the left wall starts to collapse.Move as fast as you can to the right.You 
will be notified of the collapse by a right arrow and the dragon will 
scream.Now,move as fast as you can.if you fall,it's finished and you will have 
to start from the memory box again and all your hard-earned Drans will be 50% 
gone.As you run,the Dragon will keep knocking down the bridge behind you.Along 
the way,there are icicles.Use fire to melt them.Land on and the Dragon will dive 
into a hole.Now,it's time to pay back.

Strategy

The Dragon will mainly use four main attack:
Shoots ice ball:You can avoid this ice ball easily by double jump.It costs                 
about 15 to 20 damage each ball cost

Shoots a large ice beam:There is only one way to avoid.When it shoots from                         
the beam from the left to right,immediately run to the  most top-right
corner and you will be able to avoid it.Similarly,if the beam comes from right 
to left,immediately run to the most top-left corner.Also,each beam can cost up 
to 70 damage which is in fact quite deadly.After it uses the beam,it                         
will lay its head down and this is your chance to attack.Avoid and then shoot 
fireballs at it.

Sweeping its body:It moves very fast when it uses sweep and is hard to                   
avoid.But there is a way,go to the top screen as top as possible and you should 
be able to dodge its sweep.
                  
Attacking directly:this is easy to dodge.It uses direct attack more often                    
when you are near it.

Note:Remember not to come to near it or you will be frozen which can cause up to 
20 damage.

Here's the way to defeat it.Try to avoid the ice ball and other attacks as much 
as possible while shooting fires at it.After he uses ice beam,this is your best 
chance to attack.A few hits and it should be knocked unconsious. Quickly,go near 
it and use normal attack,triangle,Lumina sword to attack. Don't bother to store 
up the bar.This should give it damage.Follow this pattern and a few hits should 
KO it.Say goodbye to chapter 4.Get out of here.

Congradulations!You are nearer and nearer to the finish end.Two more to go!
____________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 5:The one that Nests Underground

Sidequest:Talk to Cook B(Cook Chiffonado) once you have the Butcher Chops.They 
will start making neatballs for you which you can buy from the grocery shop. 

Steam Reactor Part 2.

Treasures:Profits,Handle#0,Handle#1,Handle#4,Handle#8(Steamwood)

Note:don't bother going to the mine to activate the fire crest since there is a 
steam leak and you can't advance furthur.When you returned from the village,the 
mayor will tell you a bad new about the princess and ask you to ask the shop 
owner for information.Talk to any of the shop owner and they will tell that the 
princess is not herself.She has taken all of our hard-earned profits.How can the 
princess do this?There is something wrong.Go to the castle and you will be told 
that the princess is missing.She was fine last night during the dinner but was 
missing this morning.Now,return to the village.Note:you can also take the 
Gondola ride now.First,don't go to the steam reactor now.Save your game before 
you go.It is going to be like the last time but gonna be more tougher and more 
challenging.Go by the shortcut at the steam administrator house to steamwood.You 
will see the steam administrator lying there.Talk to him and he will say that 
princess ask him to bring her here but noone else knew that the princess knock 
him unconsious and cause the steamwood to go berserk.Out of desperation,the 
steamwood administrator locked the princess inside and removed the handle.

Question:Why did the princess taken all the profits from the shop owners?
         Why did she knocked him unconsious?
         What is her purpose for destroying the steamwood?
         Could she be a disguise?

Take the handle and open the door.Choose second option.If you forgot how to 
close the valves,choose the first option to read through the manuel once 
again.Ah,forget it!Who will forget it?Go inside and you will be suprise to see 
the princess talking about leader's force and etc.And how on earth did she get a 
tail?Oh!Should have guessed it.The princess is fake.She is Topo in disguise,one 
of the member of leader's force.She will disappeared and left the profit that 
she took from the shop owners.

Now,what's the difference and similarities between the first and second one.
Now,you still have 24 hours to shut the steamwood down.each hour represents one 
minute.So,hurry out.
The difference is:
The location where you talk to the steam administrator is different.
There are 3 valves with lost handle and you will have to find them.Requires more 
time to find.
More steam coming out.This one i have noticed.It is now difficult as there are 
more steam leaks and it's difficult to jump over.For example,the only way to get 
to 5,i suppose is to go up one more level to 8 and then jump down to 5.
There are two strategies.
First,close the valves as you move along to collect the 3 handles.
Second strategy:Have at least 4 empty spaces in your inventory to collect the 
profits and the 3 handles and then open the valves in numerical order.

First Strategy:( an extremely hard strategy)
Advantage:You will have more time to retry just in case the valve timer goes                               
          off.

Disadvantage:There is a chance that your valve timer reaches 0,especially                                        
             when you are collecting the handle.Once you fail and fall,it                                        
             finished.Fast and quick.

Second Strategy:I prefer the second strategies more than the first and i                                     
                find it more easy.
Advantages:No need to waste time searching for the handles and save a lot of                       
           valve timer time,especially at the later on part.So,there is a                       
           lesser chance of getting O valve timer.The ultimate is to race                                  
           against the valve timer time,not the explosion time.24 minutes is                       
           long enough for you to open 2 or more times(of course,without                                  
           counting the valve timer).

Disdvantage:Took you about 2 to 5 minutes to find the 3 handles.But if you                         
            can really find the three handles between 2 to 3 minutes,you                         
            should have more than enough time to do it a second time.

Main strategies:

You will find that the handles for 1, 4 and 8 are missing.The handle for the no1 
can be found on the ground floor by walking  straight right after you have talk 
to the princess.Without the no 1 handle,you will never be able to apply any of 
the two strategies.No4 handle can be found quite near to the 4 th valves.Be 
careful,don't fall down while collecting the handle.If not,...
The no 8 handle can be found further right to the no 8 valves.You can't walk 
directly to collect the handle because of steam leaks.You have to jump 
diagonally across using double jump.And should you fall during the 8th 
valves,it's likely that you have to start all over again.So,i personally 
recomend that you should take the second strategy if you can't try it after 
several times.
Damm!I took nearly 15 minutes turning on and off my Playstation until i managed 
to figure out the way,finding the handles and shortcuts.So,don't panic if you 
can't do it the first time.The first time you try,you might not have the idea of 
where the handle is and which is the shortest route.So this is the best and most 
efficent way i have found.Also,it requires luck and it depends a lot also on the 
elevator.And,you must use double jumps efficently to jump over steam.

        Floor No3.                   -7       E          8  H8-
                       

        Floor No2.              -6          4 E          5-
                      
                                  H4
        Floor No3.             -3             E         1      2-
                       
                       
        Ground floor                          E           H1

This is based on my memory.

Note:You should try attempt saving steamwood a few times before you look below 
for strategies.Know where the handles are first.Take a look only when you are 
stuck.

This is the legend.
1 to 8:stands for the numerical values.
E:elevator
G:Ground floor
H1,H4,H8:stands for the corresponding valves no. handles.
-:link together.

All right,you can choose which strategies to take.But remember to take the 
handles.
1)Go right immediately to collect the handle 1.
2)Go to floor no.2
3)Go right until you cannot go anymore because there is steam.
4)Jump down to the right to reach valve no.1.Use the handle and activate it.
5)Go right to activate valve No.2 and 3.
  (No3,there is one way to save time.After you activate 3,your timer will                      
  regain to 60.So,look right and see the elevator.Time yourself and make               
  sure after you activate it,you have time to reach the elevator and that               
  the elevator is going UP and not go Down.In this way,you will be able to               
  save the time from going down to the ground floor,about 10 more seconds.)
6)Go to the elevator and reached floor No.2.Go left to reach valve 4.there                 
  is a handle there.Activate the valves. 
7)This is the most critical part now.You will have 35 seconds to activate                   
  the 5th valve.You can't go left or right to go to valve 5 because of the                   
  steam.And that appears no way to jump over the steam to no.5.Immediately,                     
  go right and up the elevator.wait for the elevator to come up and if the                 
  elevator is going down,it's unlikely that you will have enough time.Go               
  right to valve no8.Jump down from 8.Valve 5 is directly below 8.Activate               
  it.Then go right to go to valve 6.Activate valve 6.Once you have activate                 
  valve 6,the timer will reach 60.
8)Go up the elevator and activate 7,then 8.Remember to take the handle 8.

Max valve timer will reached after activated         Timer
1,2,3,6                                              60
4,5,7                                                35

For more information,read Steam Reactor Part 1.
Note:There is also another way of getting to valve 5.It is faster but more 
risky.immediately after 4, go to the left pillar and join across to the right 
pillar of valve 5 and then to the main platform but there is a risk that you 
might fall.
Note:There is a shorter way to reach valve#1 but again more risky.At the first 
floor,double jump off the pipe to clear the steam to reach valve #1

Important Notice!!!:Pls read the action figure and the elusive special 
                    action figure first before proceeding about leaving one 
                    chest theory.I hate to spoil your interest later on when 
                    you read about the special action figure but it will be 
                    better for you to read first rather than later on if you 
                    find yourself can't collect Jon and Leno and Dlumina3 
                    figures.

Getting the Wind Scroll

Treasures:600Drans(From Mayor)
          Armor(if not collected)
Minku    :Near the wind scroll is

Once you have successfully closed the steam reactor,you will talk to the mayor 
and the steam adminstrator.now,they knew that the princess is fake.Go to town 
and talk to the mayor to receive 600 Drans in exchange for returning the profits 
to the shop owner.Save your journey.Once the steam leak problem is fixed,you can 
go to the mine that leads to the inside well where a small tunnel is, then go to 
the fire crest.Remember to take the chest,Armor if you have not taken yet.Use 
fire scroll and you can climb up.Take a nap until 2300 and you should see a 
Minku.Go furthur up and you should see the Wind Scroll.Absorb Wind 
Scroll.Now,there's left only one more,the sky scroll.Use the wind scroll and 
create large hole and you will fall down and become unconsious.Out there,you 
will see Ginderelle and Bubbles,they will try to seize your lumina sword while 
you are unconsious.Luckily,Musashi wakes up just in time.Out of fear,Bubbles 
accidentally seal musashi inside the Bincho field.And they has missed one lucky 
chance of getting lumina.Ginderelle will then report back and bubbles asked 
Ginderelle not to tell.

Question:How to break myself free?
Answer:Only the lumina can break the Bincho field,so just press triangle and you 
will be able to free yourself.Max BP increases by 50.

Question:Why do the normal people i rescue only gains 5BP?And why Musashi will 
gains 50 BP when freeding himself?Does that mean Musashi has 10 times stronger 
Bincho field than normal people.
Answer:Possiby

Next,returned to the village.

Giant Ants

When returned to the village,the first thing you will noticed is the music.
As you might guessed,something must have happened to the town.Go to the trail 
where you come down from the Gondola.if it is daytime,you should see Tim and 
Mint.Talk to them and they should say something about the giant ant eating the 
Gondola.If it is night time,the two kids will not be there but don't worry.You 
can still proceed the game and heads up to the Gondola.
You will see a giant ant and Mr Lands will talk about the ant looking for syrup 
or something else.Now,head back to the castle and take the Gondola ride 
down.HaHa!YOu will crush the ant and the ant will escape into a hole on the 
cliff.

Note:For more info on Gondola,pls read the basics tactics.

The Great Ants Hunt

Bincho Field:Cook Chiffonade(near the toadstool is)
             Conductor Scores(Inside the tunnel)
             Knight Rumparoni(before you drill hole and return to beginning)
Treasures   :Lrg tool(near the toadstool)
             Odd bone(bottom left of the elevator)
Minku       :On the left path once you see the dead ant in the upper mine
             Below the fan in the upper mine
Enemies     :Cure Worm,Hopper,Sphere Bat,Toadstool,NeedlAnt,GiAnt

Go the right side of the Gondola and you can climb up the cliff.You know how to 
do,huh?Jump inside.The dead ant is there.Go to the left path and you will see 
another Minku.Be careful.Don't jump down.This is the exit.Now,return and go the 
right path.You should see a poisionous cloud of gas.Be careful,they can cause 
poison.Use your whirlwind.Inside you will see some toad stool.Go around and keep 
jumping.There is a chest(Lrg Tool) on the middle right side and a bincho 
field(Cook Chiffonado)on the top left side of the screen near the toadstool.Then 
go to the top right.You will see a big gaps and spikes on the ground.Use Earth 
power to stomp the ground,causing the rocks to fall down,then you can go 
over.Make your way to the exit.In the next room cross over the top of the lift, 
they aren't working so you'll have to jump to each one to get to the top right 
side.There is a chest(Odd Bone)on the bottom left side.Once you go through the 
top right exit you will face a lot of strong wind.Engage the whirlwind and go 
straight across, you'll have to do it twice to make it past the winds.Once you 
go through the top right exit you will face a lot of strong wind.Use the 
whirlwind and go straight across.
Be careful,you will reached a slope as you go along.Absorb hop from the flower 
to go up the slope.Walk furthur to the end and you will see a flower,
a big gap.The right side has a slope.Even if you manage to jump over,you can't 
go up the slope without hop.But if you absorb hop here,it's difficult to jump 
over and also it is very easy to fall into the bincho mine and get 
poisoned,Don't bother to heal yourself using antidote.There will be a cure worm 
there after you have crossed.Now here's the trick.

Strategy 1.
Stand at the edge and face the flower.
Absorb it and  right to face the other side.
Continue to tap square
Just as it reaches the top quickly,and before the fusion returns to you,   
double jump to the other side.

If timed just right you should be just about to land when the 
explanation box appears.  If you fall into the sludge but still 
absorbed the skill just hit the "O" button the end it and try 
again.  

Requires Skills and Timing.

Strategy 2.

First,lure the flower and it will start hopping around.
Next,use double jump to jump over to the other side of the cliff.
Then,stand near the edge,facing the left side cliff.
If correct,just wait patiently for the flower to hop over to the edge.
Then quicky use fusion to travel across the gap to absorb the flower.

Requires Luck and Timing.
use hop to go up the slope.
Absorb the cure worm.There is a minku there.You know what to do next.
Climb up the wall and activate the fan.Sent you over to the left side.Go in.

Tips:You can use a little bit of water scroll on the hopper,causing it to grow 
in size,making you more easy to assimiliating the hop ability but don't kill it. 

Now,it's get impossible hard to jump over.
You can't attack the red ants.(Needlant)However,they will not attack you.But do 
not come too near them.The only way to kill them is to absorb acid shot from the 
purple ant or GiAnt.Avoid them.The only way is to use acid balls
You can attacked the blue ants.The blue ones shoot acid ball,so kill 
them.Continue moving until you reached the end of the wall.Then you must jump 
diagonally from the corner.When you get to the next one,there will be one 
pole.Double jump and get the bincho field.(Conductor Scores)When you come to the 
next end wall,again you have to double jump diagonally from the corner.It's 
quite impossible but is possible after a few tries.You will see many red ants 
marching and climbing up.It's a dead end here.Go to the far left and you will 
have to jump diagonally around from the corner again.Make your way.There will be 
2 horizontal poles and ants climbing down.Make use of the pole to swing and 
double jump to cross over.get the bincho field(Knight Rumparoni)and drill a hole 
using the whirlwind in the center.You are now back to the caverns.Now,go to the 
bottom right.Note:you might want to return to stock up all of your supplies.This 
is the way to the next crest guardian.
Notice that the lifts now work.Make use of that.The next room has a number of 
double jumps for you and a mine cart ride awaits you.Choose the first option to 
ride.There are five differnet positions that you can move.the objective here is 
to avoid the obstacles spread along the three different  sections of the 
tunnel.You can only hit an obtacles four times before the cart burst,which 
causes you to restart.the bonues is if you crash in the second or third 
section,you only restart from the beginning of that specific section.All i can 
say is use the directional button and avoid as much collisions as possible.Good 
luck.You will come to a memory box and a lot of heart scattered around.Restore 
all your HP.Leave your memory and drill a hole in the centre.

Tips:For Duel shock owners,I found it easier to use the D-pad to control the 
cart rather than using the analog becasue it provided more precise control of 
the cart.

Tips:Musashi can assimilate the Depress ability from the red,spiny Needlant.
At first,this may seems useless by slowing down Musashi but from another 
point,the purple GiAnts won't attack Musashi even if you come too close to 
them.On the other hand,the acid ball can be absorbed from the purple ants and 
can be used to melt the red ants.When the red ants is melt,
it leaves behind a pool of toxin which when Musashi comes into contact can also 
get hurt.Also,this acid ball proves useful against ground creatures like cure 
worms.

4th Crest Guardian:The Queen Ant

Here's her attacks
Single claw sweep
Pink clouds
Belly spikes
Acid rain

Avoid getting near her tail,unless you have the wind scroll in effect.The pink 
cloud will poison Musashi.The fighting area is somehow narrow and restricted and 
don't get too close to her because there are spikes on her belly.Dodge the acid 
rain by standing between.This is often followed by her single claw sweep.Do not 
let her catch you.It can trap you and cause from 50 to 90 damage.Repeatedly 
press the attack and jump button to free yourself.
Use double jumps to jump over the claw.Sometimes,you will see maggot burst.
Kill them and some may give you antidote to cure poison.when a section of the 
body starts to shake,she's attempting to spike Musashi.Jump over to the next 
cross-section.The queen ant's core is lodged in her tail and is hidden.
The only time it appears is when she goes crazy.

Here's how to attack 

First,keep attacking her eyes with your wind scroll ready.After some time,she 
will bow her head,immediately use normal lumina attack.She will go crazy and 
covers up her face temporary.During this time,her core will appear
(at the back near the cloud of poison gas.)because it is posion over there,
you will need to use whirlwind immediately,and keep moving right of the 
screen.if successfully,you should hit the core and cause her damage.
Repeat the pattern and she's KO.Also,after she has regained consious,she will 
blow you to the right and force you to fall into bincho mines.You can avoid this 
if you are using whirlwind.

Congradulations!You are now at the last chapter.Take note that this chapter is 
going to be the longest of all and unlike the previous chapters,you will have 
many bosses and sub-bosses.
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Chapter 6:Sword of Luminescence

You should see Jon and his dog.They will give you a note about the sky 
scroll.Save now.

Technique:Rumparoni-Sp

Sidequest:Talk to Knight Rumparoni in the castle and you will learn the last 
          technique,Rumparoni-SP.

Note:By the time now,if you have follow all the walkthrough correctly,you should 
have collected all the 13 minku,rescue 35 people and learn all the 6 different 
techniques.

Tips:You might really want to take some time,practising all the 6 techniques
and at the same time increase your stats.Most enemies in the later game at Soda 
Fountain Part 3 will have very high HP,good DEF and so on.It's best to master 
these techniques and later inflict huge damage on them.

For more info on techniques,read the 6 techniques below on the secret section 
there,including the moves and the effects.

Important Notice!!!:Pls read the secret sections of 7 Special Action figure 
                    and the Elusive Special Action Figures first!!!This is 
                    very important,provided you want to unlock the 7 special 
                    action figure,especially Jon and Leno and DLumina 3.

Treasures:Kojiro and Mon Minku Action Figure

Sidequest:After rescuing 35 people,go to the toy store to buy princess       
          fillet action figure.After getting 13 minku,go to the castle and 
          talk to Shepherd beefalo,he should tell you that the mother minku 
          is upset and is probably in the meandering forest.Go to the 
          meandering forest and you will see her.Use normal attack and be 
          careful of her stomps which can do up to 30 damage.It's hard to 
          avoid.You will noticed her shadows.use double jumps to jump away 
          from her shadows.When she's defeated,she will throw down lots of 
          hearts,Bincholite,and a few thousand Drans.Go into the toy store 
          and you can buy Mom Minku action figure.Talk to Farmer Lacter 
          and he will say that Mrs lacter thought you were her grandson and 
          she has asked Mr lacter to pass Kojiro action figure to you.

Warning:This is going to be the End.Once you go,you won't be able to come  
        back to the village.Make sure you have got all the minkus and Bincho 
        Fields first.If you have collected all Minkus and Bincho field,you 
        will have 500HP and 475BP now(500BP after you defeat Tower of Death 
        and complete Chapter 6 again.)Buy plenty of Cheese,one s-revive, and 
        Ex drink.Note:don't buy any mint or Hi-mint as you won't be able to 
        sleep there.Time will not pass and you will not be tired.HP will not 
        rise nor BP will decrease as time passes.The L-quilt is completely 
        worthless here.

Getting the Sky Scroll

First,speak to Farmer McRice.He will tells you that every sky day it 
mysteriously rains in steamwood forest in the morning.Look at the note Jon gave 
you.Remember,near steamwood where the Earth crest is.After you have activated 
Earth crest,there will be a hidden path which leds to the wind crest.You won't 
be able to activate the wind crest until...Sky day is actually Friday and 
steamwood will rain from 7am to 12pm every skyday in the morning.Now,wait until 
skyday between 7am to 12pm.Go to where the wind crest is.If it is skyday and it 
rains,you will be able to activate the wind crest.
Activate it and you will be teleported to a platform in the sky.Note:once you 
come here,there will be no turning back.make sure you have save and have at 
least 2 files,one in the village and the other one here.Once you land on the 
platform,you will need to activate the three Earth scroll platforms surrounding 
the tower.Double jump from the circular pathway onto the earth platforoms and 
use Earth scroll; two times on each of these.Remember to use water scroll just 
in case you fall.After activating,in a door will opened up in the water ramp.Use 
water scroll and go inside the door.This takes you to the second floor of the 
tower.Hop on to the outer walkway.Equip the fire scroll and double jump onto the 
inner platforms.Stand in front of each of the unlit torches and use fire scroll 
to light them.Once every torch is lighted,you will be carried to the highest 
level of the tower to collect the sky scroll.Pick up the sky scroll and you will 
be able to float in the air temporary.At this point,Colonel Capricciola will 
comes in and says that the princess is inside and wants to exchange the 
princess's life for the lumina.
Now,be prepare to enter the final stage.Inside,you will meet many mini-boss and 
much tougher enemies that you have never seen.So avoid using up too much of your 
items.

Soda Fountain:Part One

Treasure:C-Drink,W-Gel
Enemies:Pigloter

When you first enter,leave your memory in the box.Now,you will need to use your 
newly scroll power,the sky scroll.it consist of long corridors lined with 
electrical wiring and carpented with lethal sludge.once you come too near to the 
electrical walls and gets shocked,you will most likely be fall into the sludge 
and has to start all over again.Hold R1 until full and then triangle to use sky 
scroll.Then,hold X to hover.The corridors are very narrow and doesn't have much 
space for you to move.The only tip i can give you is while holding X,press your 
directional button one at a time and not too fast or you will come into contact 
with the electrical walls.After navigating,you will come to a a similar spot but 
with spiked that turned in the centre of the corridor.Carry on moving.Time 
yourself so that you can pass the spiked turnstiles.make sure you picked up C-
Drink from the chest.
There are two ways to get through the large spiked tunnel but before you go,pick 
up the W-gel to your left.

Techniques 1.:Hover through and land in safe area using sky scroll.

Techniques 2.:Simply run,jump and double jump across the spikes and holes.

Ignore the enemies inside.Continue through the door when you reach the end of 
the tunnel to fight Ben.

Ben

Ben is strong but is easy to rule up his pattern.Be stingy with your items as 
there are much more to go.He starts the fight by tossing bombs onto the 
ground.After each bomb explodes,Ben throws shurikens at you.After throwing 
shiruikens,he will throw three axes.

Now's here the way to avoid his attack.
Bombs    :You can use the sky scroll to hover around but make sure you stay                     
          away from the about-to-explode bombs to prevent getting hit.
Shurikens:it's hard to avoid  but you can stand  between them or double jump                                         
          over them.
Axe      :Double jump over each carefully.

After he has throw his axe,you can now counter attack him.However,doing so 
causes him to counter attack with his weapon.This is easily avoided by quicky 
double jump out of the way but it's very risky.the safer way is to use 
Rumparoni-SP to attack him just as when his propeller blade rises out.As long as 
the propeller is on its way up,Ben can't counterattack.When Ben is defeated,you 
will be able to save your game to a memory card.

Soda Fountain Part Two

After saving your game,you wil enter a new area.If you see carefully,this is the 
dead end but you will be able to see a transparent wall.Go through it and 
return.You will hear a sound and a symbol will appear on the door that you came 
in.Go through the door once again.And it will be an enter a new place.You should 
see many symbols on the door.Now,remember the calender that Mr Govern or the 
mayor give you.The calender has many symbols.Go through the door with the symbol 
corresponding to the calender,starting from the left in order.

Note:if you go in the wrong door,you will be transported to the beginning and 
you will have to start all over again.There aren't any enemies here,so don't 
waste your items.

Warning:you might want to give it a try before you read before.Below is a 
spoiler and you might want to explore on your own.One thing i forget to tell you 
is that there are lot of hidden paths that led to the correct door that you want 
to go.So search carefully for the door that matches the correct symbols.

First room:Head to the far right and you will be able to see the door with the 
Earth crest.Enter it.

Second room:Equip the Earth scroll and stomp on the switch.It will triggers out 
a platform that covers the pit,enabling you to cross.walk furthur right and you 
will see the door with the wind symbol.Don't enter it.It's not the correct 
door.the correct door is at the far right.Use earth  scroll and stomp on the 
switch four times.The platform on the right will come down,
enabling you to gop to the right path.Enter the door.

Third room:The third room requires the use of sky scroll.You will see many 
spikes.Use sky scroll to safely hover above the spikes to the right path.
Don't enter the door.there will be a door at the farthest right.Go there and you 
will see spikes.They are there to TRICK you.Safely hover above the spikes and it 
will start to slide in.Then drop down and you will see a door with a "D" shaped 
symbol.

Fourth room:You must put your swinging abilities to the test.You will see three 
poles jutting out of the wall.Swing from the lowest pole to the
highest pole and then jump to the higher platform to the right.The door is on 
the top-right side with the fire crest symbol.if you fall,you will have to take 
the exit on the bottom right and start all over again from room #1.

Tips:You will have to depend on yourself.Noone can help you.There isn't any 
advice to guide you.The techniques to swing high is to let you swing as long 
before you begin to jump. Also, watch out the direction where you are swinging.

Fifth room:Use the fire scroll to light up the two posts.This causes the 
platform to cover the pit and the large block across the pit to move up and 
down.Go right.you wills ee a door on the right side.Don't enter.The correct door 
is on the top-left corner,with the water-crest symbol.Make use of the
block to carried you up to the top-left platform.Note that:if you use the sky 
scroll to hover over the pit,the block will remain stationary and you will not 
be able to reach the correct door.

Sixth room:Use it to extinguish the four flames on the post.Don't enter the door 
on the top-left corner.After extingusting the posts,the platform will 
retacts.use the water scroll and jump down to the river and head right to enter 
the door with the water scroll symbol.

Seventh room:Upon entering the seventh room,simply head through the left door to 
appear in a new portion of the first room.Note;there will be a fan to blow you 
right.Don't get knock off the platform or you will ahve to start all over again 
from  room #1.Use wind scroll and head left.There will be a gap.Jump over the 
gap.Be careful not to fall or you will start all over again.Use the whirlwind 
and jump to the left side immediately you reach the edge of the platform.Exit 
the door with the sky crest symbol.

Last room:This is the most tricky of all.i wonder how do i show you without the 
map.Anyway the exit is on the lowest right of the screen.You will see spikes 
below.Jump down with the sky scroll ready.And then hover right across the 
spikes.Hover down again and then take left.there will be a door that led you to 
Ed.

Ed.

This could be by far the easiest boss here.So,do not waste any items on here.he 
will first powered up and then shoot a wide laser beam.You can't attack Ed while 
the beam is active because a shield covers him.it is easy to avoid the beam.You 
can easily double jump over the beam or use the water scroll to absorb a single 
hit.Just jumps around in circles around ed as he powers up the beam.Ed can 
teleport and it's impossible to attack him.
Instead,wait for the beam to stop and gets near to Ed as possible,ed will 
exhausted once after the beam stops.Run up next to him and attack him using 
normal attacks or use crosswise cut.this causes him to teleport ariund the 
arena,dropping fire bombs that explode into large fire balls.Don't woory.This is 
easy to dodge.Simple enough!

Soda Fountain Part Three

Treasure:Ex-Drink,C-Drinks x2
Enemies :Big Walker,Blue Bincholid Soldier 2H,Green Bincholoid Soldier 4H,
         Orange Bincholoid Soldier 3H,Red Bincholoid Soldier 1H,laser turret
         Steel Door,Pigloter

Note:At this point of the game,your BP will start to decrease,but your HP will 
not rise.I wonder why?

Now,here comes the tougher enemies.
Tips:There are two abilities that you should consider assimilated.One is the 3-
way ability from the bincholoid soldier and another is the homing ability from 
an orange bincholoid.Both comes in handy as a long range attack and could be a 
source of help when you are running low HP.The enemies have great attacks here 
and high HP.The bad thing is most use long range attack and could be hard to 
avoid sometimes.The good thing is that most are very slow,not ALL.

Homing ability:It has auto lock-on enemy to the nearest one,plus the enemy is 
slow here and can't dodge well.Plus,it inflict greater damage than 3-way.The 
disadvantage is that it consumes twice the BP(10BP) for one shot only. 

3-way ability:It consumes twice less the damage of homing(5BP),plus can                                           
shoot in 3 direction at one go.The disadvantage is it doesn't               has 
auto lock-on on enemy and has to aim at enemy yourself and               inflict 
slighier lesser damage than homing.
 
Suguestion:Choose Homing over 3-way.It will be much more useful when you fight 
the cone-shaped mechanism later on.

Head to the top of the screen through the courtyard.As you go along,you will see 
statues.Defeat the statues for extra heart tablets and BP power ups.
Remember while you are attacking the statues,the enemies will also attack you 
using long range attack.Keep moving up until you reach the security gates.There 
will be two laser turrets on each gate door that will target you with a beam and 
then damaging you with a ray at that spot.You can avoid the damaging by just 
double jumping from side to side.All i can tell you that the targetting looks a 
bit like the stinger missles used in metal gear solid.Simply use your swords and 
keep attacking the gate and destroy it to advance but remember to dodge.

Tips:You can use Desperado attack or normal lumina to attack the gate door.

In the second courtyard,head to the left to find a new courtyard.This is the 
first time you will encounter Big Walker,a red mechanical robot that can throw 
flames at you and moves very fast.The best way to attack is from behind.The 
flame thrower will instantly cause you over 70HP.You might only want to defeat 
each types of the enemies one and avoid it later so that you can buy their 
action figure when you completed the game.Defeated a big walker will give you 
some hearts and BP power ups.Use the same strategy to destroy the gate to 
advance.

You will now enter a garden maze.The maze isn't that hard.Should i make a 
map?No,i think you should be able to handle it but there are some things you  
must remember here.There are some hearts and BP power ups.Be sure to take them 
before you go.This is the time to replenish all of your health without using any 
items.The enemies here are easy to difficult.Most of the soldiers are the red 
bincholoid soldiers that uses sword.use long range attack like assimilated 
abilities that you have got.eg.3-way abilities and homing.the rest are only blue 
bincholoid soldiers.Next,there is a treasure with an Ex-Drink in the middle-
right corner.Make sure you take them.The exit is at the top.

Once you make it through the maze,you will enter another courtyard.This 
time,there are laser turrets hidden in the tress.They are the first two trees 
when you enter left from the entrance.Find the gate in the upper-left corner and 
use the same strategy to advance.It gets more and more harder as the no of 
enemies tend to increase.Advance to the next courtyard and you will see beam 
generators on both sides of the fence.They could sometimes be helpful because 
they damage your enemies and also you,don't forget!.Just don't go too close near 
it.wait till it has destroy some of your enemies, then kill the beam 
generators.Destroy the security gates and continue your way up.

In the next courtyard,the statues will target you.Destroy them to gain power ups 
and advance your way through two more security gates.After destroying the second 
security gate,you should see a blue bincholoid soldier.Kill it and climb your 
way up the cliff.Be careful,while you are climbing up,you might be 
targeted,Climb from the sides.

After you have climbed up the cliff,you should see the 4 laser turret.They will 
target you.First,destroy the four laser turrets one by one.Destroying them will 
give you some power ups.Next,go to the centre and destroy the fountain.After 
destroying the fountain,wait for a while and it should start teleport 2 big 
walkers up.Kill the two big walkers.Don't get hurt.Kill each one for 50 HP power 
ups.Then,take the elevator to descend down.

Now,you must cross a bridge and mae your way up.The quickest way is to activate 
sky scroll and floats to the far side towards a bridge that connects the two 
sides of the room.land on the bridge and then use sky scroll to hovr to the far 
side of the room.If you fall onto ne of the narrow pathways below,you will have 
to double jump the pole to swing up to the higher platform.You will also need to 
avoid the steam geysers and enemies.Remember,there are one heart and BP power 
up.Be sure to take them.

You will now enter a room with cylinders.Destroy the cylinders to reveal enemies 
and powers up.There aren't many enemies here.the only enemy are the red 
bincholoid soldiers.Take all the neccessary power up and stop destroying 
the cylinders once your HP and BP is full.You might want to save them to 
replenish your health after you have destroy the steel door.Upon reaching the 
farthest end,the steel door will be locked and will be full of powerful machine 
gun.It's hard to avoid the bullets but you can defend it by holding R1.Destroy 
the steel doors by using lumina rotation, that is normal sword.
Tips:if you know that in front is the steel door with machines gun,first destroy 
some of the enemies there using long range attacks like homing to kill some 
soldiers.So that as you move forward to fight the steel door,there will be 
lesser enemies.Climb the stairs and destroy the next steel door.

The elevator at the next end won't be able to move until you have destroy the 
cone-shaped machine in the circular platform.Avoid the lasers by double jumping 
over them when they comes near.Use a long range attack to attack the black panel 
on the front of the machine such as fire scroll or homing.It's best to use 
homing.A few shots of homing and it's destroyed.Once destroyed
,you can take the elevator on the left.You will meet another steel door.Use the 
same technique and after passing this door,you will meet Topo.

Topo

This is considered the most innovative boss fight in Brave Fencer.It's like 
Musashi MEETS PARAPPA.Topo decides to challenge you to a dance.After all, Topo 
is just a girl.For those who have played Parappa the Rappa,this shouldn't be 
hard for you.However,it is slighier different from parappa.
Topo will begin by performing a button pattern dance using the symbols matched 
on the controller.If you press X,your character will stepped on the X button 
symbols.When she finishes,it's up to you to follow her.If you press the wrong 
button/too fast/too slow/,Topo will turn on the three small fans on the 
wall,which will blow you back into an electric field,each time causing around 
36HP and you will have to start all over again.Pay attention and rap with 
her.The damage is unavoidable once you do wrongly.There will be a total of 3 
songs for you to follow in order to defeat Topo.

S:square
T:Triangle
o:circle
X:X

The 3 songs are:
S,T,O,X,S,T,X,O,S,T,O,X,S,T,O,X,S
X,O,T,S,X,O,T,O,X,O,T,S,X,X,O,O,S
X,T,O,S,X,T,O,X,X,T,O,S,X,X,T,T,S
Wow!So many to...to ra..ap..p
Actually,each song gets more and more harder in terms of faster rhythm.It's no 
use looking at the buttons here and then press the button.You've have got to 
follow Topo.Some may be able to complete the 3 songs without damaging any HP 
whereas some may need to take several practises to complete a song.After all 
this is what you need to know,"YOU'll GOTTA BELIEVE"

Warning:Don't read this if you have not reached here.

After you have defeated Topo,Topo will tell you that you were lure to here by 
leader's force to beat the last crest guardian.Thanks to Musashi for beating the 
crest guardian.And..And the journey continues.Sense somehing amiss.

After successfully completing three songs,you will get to continue your 
quest.Hop onto the elevator and pick up the two C-Drinks from the treasure 
chest.You will be able to save your journey on a memory card.You'll will then 
come to a long spiral path.Capricciola reappears and run away with the 
princess.Make your way through th warp portal to fight the last crest 
guardian,The tower of death.

The Last Crest Guardian:Tower of Death.

This could consider another most innovative,strangest boss fight you ever 
have.Upon entering,the sky scroll will automatically activate itself to keep you 
floating.The meter on the left won't drop.it could consider the most easiest 
boss fight if you master the techniques of floating.The eye or its 
torso(whatever) will appear randomly on different levels of the tower.It's up to 
you to float up and down the tower searching for the eye(Green) and hit it while 
avoiding attacks.Hit the blue eye with lumina and it will inflict damage to the 
tower.You can move up and down by pressing X and releasing X respectively

Now here's the attacks.

Spinning walls:These are walls that spins around the tower in circle.Some levels 
spins in opposite directions of another one.Avoid those walls which can cause up 
to 20 HP.

Electric beams:It will change shape and starts to emit electric beams from some 
of the proturding walls after being inflicting some damage.This can be easily 
avoided by floating in the same direction as the walls or dropping down levels 
when cleared.

Eyes:It will start to emit large red fields from its open eye.It can cause 
around 32 HP and cause Musashi to confuse and reverse the direction.All of them 
will opened up their eyes at the same time,however,one will be shut. 
Look from a high spot where you can at least see 6 to 8 eyes.Look for the eye 
that is close.Go and stay in front of the closed eyes as close as possible and 
you should be able to avoid the red field.This is the only way to avoid the red 
field.

The tower will first use the spinning wall attack pattern.After some damage,
it will use the electric beams.When it's running low,it will use the eyes and 
then repeatedly changing his attack pattern.It isn't as hard as you thought.Try 
not to waste any healing items in the last crest guardian as you have two more 
final boss to go and your HP and BP will be completely healed.

Warning:Do not read this part to avoid any surprises.!!!Do not read!!!

After you have defeated the tower of Death,(HP and BP completely restored and BP 
increases max25), you can now activate the sky crest in the centre.
Before you are going to activate the sky crest,you will see Colonel Cappriciola 
and Fuhrer Flatski with the princess.Cappriciola refuses to obey Fuhrer Flatski 
and he turns up to be JON,the TREASURE HUNTER.he said that he has been waiting 
for a chance to kill Fuhrer for his revenge.That's it,Jon is the prince of 
thirstquencher empire.Fuhrer has killed his parents.
Rootrick attacks Jon .Musashi has no choice but to give the sword of lumina to 
Fuhrer.Fuhrer activates the sky crest and breaks the seal of the Dark Lumina.Jon 
then told Musashi that the legendary Brave Fencer Musashi seals the dark lumina 
into a sword and divided its power into five scrolls and asked each crest 
guardian to protect the scroll.Now,that the complete lumina seal is break,Dark 
lumina is back to destruction.But only one man can stop this destruction and 
that's Musashi.Dark lumina stepped onto Fuhrer and Jon nd kill there.Before Jon 
dies,Jon asked Musashi to take care of Leno.Dark lumina then chases after them.

Dark Lumina PART 1:Wizard of Darkness

You need not defeat this guy.Instead,he will start chasing after you.I'll just 
don't understand why squaresoft loves this chasing thing.First in parasite 
eve,now even lots more in brave fencer,from head dropping down the tower and now 
this.Maybe it's where the fun is.The first part of the chasing is pretty 
easy.Just continue running left and double jump on the higher platform before 
the walkway gets destroyed.If you fall,you will have to start all over 
again.After running ,you will see Kojiro and the Fillet.
Fillet is again captured by Kojiro.Kojiro challenge fillet to a duel.
However,the dark lumina absorbed Kojiro and transformed into the Dark 
lumina:Part Two,the second form.The princess is being blown away to a tower 
there.now,the second part chasing begins and is slighier harder and more 
challenging.just follow the path and don't slow down.At the base of the 
twoer,use double jumps to jump to the right of the ledge and keeps jumping up to 
the tower where you meet the princess and she will ask you to challenge the dark 
Lumina.I don't have any techniques to give you.Just follow a rhythm and double 
jump on the ledge.If you fall,you will have to restart again.

Dark Lumina Part 2

This is the toughest fight of all.
Here are some notes to remember
1.Always stay to Dark lumina left side.(that is your right)
2.Don't go behind the boss.
3.Work out a fighting pattern.
Attacks:

It has some very distinct way of attacking that is so hard to avoid.it will grab 
you with his right hand and toss you onto the ground for 13HP,which wil most 
likely cause you to fall of the platform,adding furthur damage.It also has a 
tail that sweeps over a large area that can cause 45 to 60 damage that is so 
hard to avoid.Typically,it will use this attack if stand close to the boss/too 
long after the grabbing attack.

How do you attack Dark Lumina?

Hit the blue orb on its forehead.Each time you attack,it changes color from 
blue,to pink and then red.(about 4 times)When it turns red,this is the time to 
attack.However,it will immediately jump in the air and crash down with two 
powerful powerful shotwaves(you know when the camera shifts above the 
boss;double jump over the fire shock and attack the orb before it returns to 
blue or you'll have to start all over again.) or it will spit out several 
fireballs.Attack the red orb using lumina and it will cause damage to the 
boss.repeat this pattern until the boss dies.

How do you attack the orb in his forehead?

Qns:I can't get near to Dark lumina 2.I'll always get grabbed by his right 
arm.Any tips?
There are basically two strategies.

First strategies:
Keep away from the boss from a distance until he charges at you.When it fails to 
grab you using his right arm,this is your chance to attack.He will stun for a 
while and use your sky scroll to attack or jump over.This is slow and not 
working often.The advantage is it is safer.

Second strategies:

Keep to the left of the boss.When it misses the grabbing skill,jump right to 
smack the orb.The advantage is fast.The disadvantage is it will mostly likely to 
use its tail sweep and you will have to be careful.of course,you can also jump 
and smack the orb if he don't use his grabbling skills but most likely,you will 
be grab by his right arm.If you timed your timing well from your position,you 
should be able to smack the orb when his head is bending low.

Tips:If you use the sky scroll, you can double jump and float to hit his 
forehead without taking damage. If you repeat quickly, you can hit him 4 times 
with one scroll charge!!!To avoid his fire wave, just carefully time your double 
jumps.When he starts to charge up to shoot fireballs, run straight towards him. 
When he starts to shoot, run left and then circle back to his head inside the 
arc of the fireballs. That way you don't get hit and you are perfectly 
positioned to hit him when he drops his head to the ground.

Once I discovered this strategy, I didn't take another hit in the whole
battle.
Credits:The tips is sent by kevin@clearcommerce.com.Try it yourself. 

Tips:To dodge his fireballs go right beside his head when he is shooting 
it. The fireballs shoots out in front and goes to the side only so it 
can't get you

Credits:This tip is sent by Kevin Yuan<kyuan98@hotmail.com>

Once you have defeated Dark Lumina Part 2,you will fight the final boss.

Dark Lumina:Finale

This is slighier easier than lumina Part 3.You can attack the boss when it 
returns to white color by using fusion.Use fusion and tap the square button 
until the gauge bar fills to turn Dark lumina into a small orb.Attack the orb to 
cause it damage until it dies.Once the orb is attacked,it will create a 
whirlwind and lure you to the orb.Avoid this using wind scroll.However,it will 
start to change color.It will first begin with Fire Rain,followed by Sword 
Waves,Hurricane Wings,Dark Clones,Fire Shockwaves,Big rain,followed back to Fire 
Rain.  

Red             Fire Rain
The fire rain is easy to dodge;Watch the ground for shadows.Charge dodging the 
flames and ready to counter the boss when it turns white.

Purple          Sword Waves
dodging the sword waves requires double jumps.It could cause quite a lot of 
damage.

Green           Hurricane Wings
The hurricane winds don't attack Musashi directly.Rather it blow him off the 
tower's edge.Activate the wind scroll.

Light blue      Dark Clones
This is much harder to dodge then other attack.When dark lumina spits into many 
clone-forms,they will rush at you in straight lines through the centre of the 
circle.Avoid by double jumping.It can cause the most damage,with each hit over 
40HP.

Yellow          Fire Shockwaves
It resembles the second form's fire shock wave.Double jump over.If Musashi gets 
hit,you will be sent flying off the platform.

Dark Blue       Big Rain
The big rain attack is slighier harder than the fire rain.When large drops hit 
the ground,they split into several smaller drops of rain.

Congradulations!You have completed the game.Watch the game ending and credits as 
you will see Musashi seals the dark lumina into the sword.When the squaresoft 
logo appears,press X to save.You will start from chapter 6 but change to Fin.You 
will be able to buy series 6 action figure and special action figure.Rescue all 
35 palace members and 13 minkus if you have not done.Look at the unlocked 
special action figure.Some are randomly unlocked and hopefully you are lucky.If 
you have a better/easier way of unlocking all these special action figure,pls e-
mail me.Credits will be given.

Tips:Everytime you complete the game and reload from FIN save,be sure to visit 
Grocery because during this time at 1900 on sky day,the Grocery shop will be 
having sale.Make full use of it and stock up your Ex-Drink.

Note:Read the special action figure and the 3 endings on secret section if      
you have not done so.I'll have got all action figure,including Jon and Leno and 
Dlumina 3 so you need to really read the secret section if you want to unlock 
these two mystery figures.
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Phew!I never think this FAQs will take me so long.Feel free to give me comment 
and info about the game.I think i really need a break after FAq.A few more to 
go.keep it out.I spent quite a lot of time,trying to find as many Minkus,bincho 
fields,learn techniques,listing out shops etc.So,i hope you will appreciate it.
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Advanced Tactics and more
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Village shops
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Breadshop/Bakery
Open from 7am to 7pm,closed Thursday

Item                 Cost/Sale              Description
Rye Bread              80/50                Restores 25 BP
Bagel                 120/90                Restores 50BP
Scone                 150/120               Restores 150BP
Milk                   70/40                Restores 10 BP and 10 HP
Biscuit               300/270               Restores 100 BP,won't spoil
Jam bread             450/420               Restores 300BP

Each day the bakery is open,they will have a sale from 6pm to 7pm.Make full use 
of that.

Note:All bread and milk(except the biscuit will spoil after three to five days 
in your inventory.Milk will become spoiled milk after five days and become 
yogurt after several days later.The same goes to bread become Ol'bread and then 
Rot Bread after several days.As these items rot,it will become less and less 
effective.
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Grocery Store
Open daily from 10am to 8pm.

Item                  Cost/sale              Description
Gel                   150/120               Restores 80HP
W-gel                 250/200               Restores 150HP 
C-Drink               500/400               Restores 250HP and 5BP
S-revive             3000/2400              Automatically revives Musashi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                            and fully recover Hp and BP
Mint                  120/90                Reduces tiredness by                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                            50%,restores 5 BP
Antidote              250/200               Removes poison and restore 5BP
Cheese                390/310               Restores HP and BP;more effectve                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                            if kept long.
H-mint                200/160               Reduces tiredness by 90%
Ex-Drink              500/640               Fully recover HP and 5 BP
Orange                300/240               Restores 30HP and 10 BP
Riceball              320/250               Restores 150 HP and BP
Neatball              520/410               Restores 300 HP and BP
*Sometimes,the shop will have sale.Make full use of that.

Note:All items sold in the grocery will not spoil,except orange changes to 
Sporange,Riceball changes to Sour ball and Neatball changes to Mold ball after 
three to five days.
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Inn
Open everyday in 24 hours

Room             Cost                 Description
201              210             8 hours rest,fully restores BP and 100HP
202              390             8 hours rest,fully restores BP and 250HP
203              550             8 hours rest,fully restores BP,HP;Cures                                                                                                                               
                                 poison
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Restaurant
Open from 6pm to 2am,closed on Sunday

Meal             Cost                 Description
Juice            300              5 HP restore   
Pea Soup         450              100HP and 50BP restore
cake             600              150HP and 100BP restore
Gravy            800              150HP and 200BP restore
Salad            800              200HP and 150BP restore
Lasagna         1000              250HP and 300BP restore
Pork chops      1200              Completely restores HP and BP

#The restaurant is mainly used for earning extra Dran by playing cards with 
Macho.it's also used for reentering the basement by talking to Mannick after 
Chapter 3.
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Toys!
Open from 12pm to 8pm,closed Wednesday

Series1     Series2    Series3   Series4  Series5    Series6    Special
Musashi     Soldier3   R-Vambie  Penguin  GiAnt      Soldier1H  Fillet
Bee Plant  Herb Plant V-Soldier Haya wolf Toad stool Soldier2H  Jon and Leno
Soldier 1  KManeater   Bowler    Slowguy  Ed & Ben   Soldier3H  Mom Minku
Soldier 2   Magician  Cure Worm  S-Golem  Topo      Big walker  Kojiro
Rootrick    Sleepie    Bubbles  Ginger-E  Col-Capri  Flatski    Dlumina1
Stknight   Skullpion  R-keeper  F-Dragon  Queen Ant  T.O.D      Dlumina2
                                                                Dlumina3

Note:The price of the toy varies depending on when you purchase the toy.The 
longer the time,you buy the figure when it is available,the more Drans you would 
have to spent.
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Treasure lists

Unappraised       Appraised           Value          Location
Old crown         Cakepan              150          Somnolent Forest 
Old book          Comic                400          Twinpeak Mt
Dagger            Penknife             800          Twinpeak Mt
Bracelet          L-Brace              n/A          Hell's Valley
Aged coin         Gold Coin            10           Steamwood
Rock              Crystal             2500       at the peak of Twinpeak Mt
old glove         A-glove              700          Underground Lake
shield            Frisbee              120          Restaurant Basement
cloth             L-cloth              N/A          Restaurant Basement
Old sword         Shovel               780          Restaurant Basement
Old pipe          Flute                 10          Restaurant Basement
Helmet            Bedpan                70          Restaurant Basement
Powder            Soap                  50          Restaurant Basement
Odd hat           Pie Plate            350          Restaurant Basement
Ugly-Belt         L-belt               N/A          Restaurant Basement
used boot         A-boots             1200          Inside the Well
Old shirt         L-vest               N/A          Inside the Well
Armor             Large Pot            470          Inside the Well
Glasses           L-Goggles            N/A          Somnolent Forest
Long Tube         Big straw           4500          Frozen Palace
red shoes         L-shoes              N/A          Frozen Palace
red cloth         E-undies             10           Frozen Palace
wh-cloth          B-undies             10           Frozen Palace
Bl-cloth          T-hanky             2000          Frozen Palace
lrg Tool          Pickaxe              750          Upper Mine
odd bone          Baton                200          Upper Mine
*Note the value may change depend on conner's mood.
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Food

Item name/Where?      Description                                  Cost/Sell
Gel/Grocery           80HP                                           150/120
W-gel/Grocery         150HP                                          250/200
C-Drink/Grocery       250HP and 5BP                                  500/400
Ex-Drink/Grocery      Fully restores HP and BP                       800/640
S-revive/Grocery      Auto revives and restore HP and BP           3000/2400 
Mint/Grocery          Reduces tiredness by 50% and recover 5BP       100/90
H-mint/Grocery        Reduces tiredness by 90% and recover 5BP       200/160
Antidote/Grocery      Cures poison and restores 5BP                  250/200
Cheese/Grocery        More effectivly if kept long;restore HP and BP 390/310
Rye Bread/Breadshop   25BP                                           120/90
Bagel/Breadshop       50BP                                           150/120
Scone/Breadshop       80BP                                           240/210
Gr-bread/Breadshop    150BP                                          240/210
Jam bread/Breadshop   300BP                                          450/420
Biscuit/Breadshop     100BP;does not spoil                           300/270
Ol'bread/Nil          Restores 10BP and removes 5HP                  N/A
Rot Bread/Nil         Restores 10BP and removes 10HP                 N/A
Milk/Breadshop        Restores 70BP                                  N/A
sour milk/Nil         Restores 5BP and removes 5HP                   N/A
Yogurt/Nil            Restores 50BP and removes 5oHP                 N/A
Longevity berry/Minku Increases max HP by 25;HP fully restored       N/A
Orange/Grocery        Restores 30HP and 10BP                         300/240
Sporange/Nil          Restores 2BP and removes 5HP                   N/A
Rice ball/Grocery     Restores 150 HP and BP                         320/250
Neat ball/Grocery     Restores 300 HP and BP                         520/410
Mold ball/Nil         Restores 25BP and removes 5HP                  N/A
Juice/Restaurant      Restores 5HP                                   300
Pea Soup              Restores 100HP and 50BP                        450
Cake/Restaurant*      Restores 150HP and 100BP                       600
Gravy/Restaurant      Restores 150HP and 200BP                       800
Salad/Restaurant      Restores 200HP and 150BP                       800
Lasagna/Restaurant    Restores 250HP and 300BP                       1000
Pork Chops/Restaurant Completely restores HP and BP                  1200
Aqualin/Twinpeak Mt   Removes poison and restores 10HP;also save Tim N/A
Alchemic Tart/Castle  Restores 10BP                                  N/A
SP-Recover/Castle     Restores HP and BP fully;cures poison          N/A
H2O/Well              Restores 5HP                                   N/A
Bincho Field/Varies#  Fully recovers BP and increases max 5BP        N/A

Note:Those foods without location are rotten foods.
Note:All of the above list belongs to Food Catagory,except bincho field      
marked with an #.
Note:The foods with restaurant as location doesn't has a selling price.You      
cannot sell restaurant foods back to them again because once you buy           
the food,you will eat there immediately. 
Note:The cakes are marked with an * because if you are in the basement,you      
will receive free cakes from Mannick and your HP and BP are automatic
recover.
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Assimilated abilities

Here are some of the most common assimilated abilities

3-way
Enemy:Blue Bincholoid Soldier 2H
BP:5
Description:Press circle to shoot spreading bullets

Acid
Enemy:GiAnt/Purple Ant
BP:8
Description:Shoot acidic balls to liquefy enemies;instantly kills red ants

Antidote
Enemy:Cure Worm
BP:6
Description:Press circle to cure poison

B.O
Enemy:Vambee,Vambee Soldier,Fire Vambee,Flying Vambee
BP:8
Description:A rotten stench emits from the body;prevents attacks from bats

Bowl
Enemy:Bowler
BP:10
Description:Bowl through crackled walls or enemies.

Clone
Enemy:Copycat
BP:16
Description:Create clone.Time-decoy clone.Kills nearby enemies when explode.

Depress
Enemy:NeedlAnt/Red Ant
BP:4
Description:Temporarily depressed and prevents attacks from giant ants

D-Kick
Enemy:Haya Wolf
BP:10
Description:Powerful,flying kick

Fence
Enemy:Kojiro,Red Bincholoid Soldier 1H
BP:8
Description:Emit a semi-homing crescent wave from fusion

Credits:<Cid@velvia.demon.co.uk>for telling me about assimilate Kojiro's fence 
techniques,however,i have not tried it before.Try it yourself.

Firefly
Enemy:Lamp Bat
BP:8
Description:Temporarily a source of light

Grenade
Enemy:Green Bincholoid Soldier 4H
BP:50
Description:Throw powerful telekinetic grenades

Gunshot
Enemy:Blue Soldier 1
BP:4
Description:Shoot telekinetic bullets

Homing
Enemy:Orange Bincholoid Soldier 3H
BP:10
Description:Lock onto enemy closest to you and shoot telekinetic rockets

Hop
Enemy:Hopper
BP:8
Description:Hop over thorny bushes or climb steep slopes and cliffs

Hurl
Enemy:Slow Guy
BP:8
Description:A splendid throwing techique

Javelin
Enemy:Green Soldier 3
BP:6
Description:Shoot telekinetic javelin

Map

Enemy:Mapper
BP:8
Description:Shows map in frozen palace at that area.

Mint
Enemy:Herb Plant,Cool Plant
BP:4
Description:Reduces tiredness percentage to 0% and regains full strength

Perfume
Enemy:Bee Plant
BP:2
Description:An aromatic barrier reduces damage

Rip-off
Enemy:B-eater
BP:10
Description:BP increases by 10 every time you receive damage.

Satiate
Enemy:Maneater,King Maneater
BP:4
Descriptions:BP increases temporary

Shrink
Enemy:Magician
BP:10
Description:Shrink enemies

Sleepy
Enemy:Sleepie
BP:4 
Description:Tiredness increases.

Steel 
Enemy:Stomp Golem
BP:24
Description:Become "metal man" and destroy spikes

Stun
Enemy:Red Soldier 1
BP:4
Description:Temporary paralyzes enemies

Sublime
Enemy:Lone Mist
BP:8
Description:Leave your soul,enabling exploration with the surrounding.

Toxin
Enemy:Toad Stool
Bp:2
Description:Becomes poison and loses HP.

If you find that,i am missing something,feel free 
to e-mail me,ysf@pacific.net.sg
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Quest items

Item Name                 Descriptions                Requirements
Rescue list       List of 35 people trapped        Beginning of chapter 2
                  in Bincho fields                (given by butler Livers)
Sensor Watch      Detects nearby Bincho            Beginning of Chapter 2 
                  fields                          (Given by butler livers)
Jon's key         Free Jon                       Key is in meandering forest                                                  
Log               Build a raft                     Cut down four trees
Manuel            Save Steamwood                   By steamwood admistrator
Earth Scroll      Earth ability                    Twinpeak Mt after                                                     
                                                   climbing with Rootrick
Water Scroll      Water ability                    Church well
Fire Scroll       Fire ability                     Island of Dragon
Wind Scroll       Wind ability                     Church Well
Sky Scroll        Sky ability                      ???in the sky
key               Unlock mine                      Talk to Wid
Misteria          Cure Tim                         Underground Lake
Aqualin           Cure Tim                         Peak of twinpeak Mt
Rope              Enter the well                   From Father White
Statue            Unlock door in restaurant        From Father white
                  basement
Gondola Gizmo     Fix the Gondola                  Mine after you speak to     
                                                   Mrs Govern in chapter 4
Calender          Guide you through Soda           From Mr Govern after       
                  Fountain Part 2                  after returning profits
Rock Salt         Remove 'slug rock'               From Mrs Govern after 
                                                   returning the profits.
Red Eye           Unlock red door in               Frozen Palace
                  frozen palace               
Blue Eye          Unlock blue door in              Frozen Palace
                  frozen palace
Green Eye         Unlock green eye in              Frozen Palace
                  in frozen palace
Eye Orb           Open the door to L-Belt        Restaurant Basement
                  in restaurant basement
Handle #0         Shut off the valve#0             Steamwood
Handle #1         Shut off the valve#1             Steamwood
Handle #4         Shut off the valve#4             Steamwood
Handle #8         Shut off the valve#8             Steamwood
Profits           Stolen Profits from              From Topo in
                  Village Stores                   Steamwood
Jon's Note        Clues for Sky Scroll             From Jon;beginning of 
                                                   chapter 6 
Leno              Save Leno                        Twinpeak mt
Church Bell       Return to Father                 Church Well
                  White
Remedy            Made from Aqualin and Misteria;  Gave to the Mayor
                  save Tim from becoming a vambee.
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Citizens

Here is what i have observed of different people about the various movement 
during different time.

Mayor Govern                        Mrs Govern
8am to 10am        At home          10am to 11.15am  At home
10am to 11.15am    Village          11.15am to 3pm   Unavailable
11.15 to 3pm       At home          3pm to 4.15pm    At home     
3pm to 4.15pm      Village          4.15pm to 10am   Unavailable
4.15pm to 8pm      At home          
8pm to 8 am        Unavailable

Tim                                 Mint
9am to 6pm         Village          9am to 5.30pm    Village
6pm to 9am         Unavailable      5.30pm to 9am    Unavailable

Father white                        Wid
10am to 8pm        In the Church    11pm to 11am     Windmill
8pm to 10am        Unavailable      11am to 11pm     Unavailable

Fores
5am to 6.30am      Roaming Steamwood Office
6.30am to 9pm      Inside Steamwood Office
9pm to 5am         Unavailable

Mrs Grange                          Mrs Lands 
10am to 4pm        Near well        10am to 4pm       Standing near well
4.30pm to 9pm      At home          4pm to 10pm       At home
9pm to 10am        Unavailable      10pm to 1o am     Unavailable

Mgr.Mannick                         Mr Towst
6pm to 2am         Restaurant       6pm to 2am        Restaurant
2am to 6pm         Unavailable      2pm to 6pm        Unavailable
Sunday             Unavailable      Sunday            Unavailable

Tourist                             Macho
6pm to 2am         Restaurant       6pm to 2am        Restaurant
2am to 6pm         Unavailable      2am to 6pm        Unavailable
Sunday             Unavailable      Sunday            Unavailable
                                    2am to 6pm        Guarding Twinpeak  
                                                      entrance;only if guard 
                                                      Lumpwood is not saved.

Farmer McRice                       Farmer Grange
6am to 8am         Village          9am to 3.15pm     In the fields
8am to 4pm         At home          3.15pm to 5pm     Unavailable
4pm to 6pm         Village          5pm to 6.45pm     Visits the toy store
6pm to 8pm         At home          6.45pm to 9am     Unavailable
8pm to 6am         Unavailable      

Farmer Lacter                       Mrs Lacter
7am to 8pm         In the fields    7am to 10am       At home
8pm to 7am         Unavailable      10am to 12.45am   Goes for walk
                                    12.45am to 8pm    At home
                                    8pm tp 7am        Unavailable

Jam                                 Hilda
7am to 7pm         In Breadshop     10am to 8pm       Grocery shop
7pm to 7am         Unavailable      8pm to 10am       Unavailable
Thursday           Unavailable

Hotelo/Motelo                       Kurt
24 hours daily     In Inn           12pm to 8pm       Toy Store
                                    8pm to 12pm       unavailable
                                    Wednesday         unavailable

Conner                              Wanda
11am to 4pm        Pawn Shop        6pm to 2am        Restaurant
4pm to 11am        Unavailable      2am to 6pm        Unavailable
                                    Sunday            Unavailable
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Bestiary

Okay!This could be the final update of the FAqs.I have added almost all the 
enemies that you will encounter in this game,including strategies to defeat it 
and its assimilated abilities.The #sign indicates that it is repeated and and 
*sign represents boss.

Beginning of chapter 1

Blue Soldier 1
Attacks:Gunshot
Assimilated ability:Gunshot
Strategy:These soldiers are slighier more danger than Red soldiers,simply they 
have a projectile attack.It's easy to avoid the blue soldier's gunshot by 
determining the direction where they are shooting.A few hits using lumina will 
do. 

Red Soldier 1
Attacks:Running charge
Assimilated ability:stun
Strategy:Easy to defeat by cutting down or thrown.It will charge at you when you 
are too close to one.You can anticipate an attack when an exclamation point 
appears over its head.

Bee Plant
Attacks:Poke
Assimilated ability:Perfume
stategy:Easy to defeat because they are immobile.Don't come too close or they 
will stretch out and poke you.Low defence makes them vulnerable to ant type of 
attack.

Stone Head
Attacks:Red Circle Beams
Assimilated abilities:None
Strategy:Destroy the four statues and step on the emblems to destroy the stone 
head in the centre.Run around to avoid the beam.

Sphere Bat
Attacks:Swop
Assimilated ability:None
Strategy:Sphere bats don't cause much damage but they often move in groups and 
are very fast.Just attack using fusion or lumina when they are approaching you.

*Steam knight

Somnolent Forest

Green Soldier 3
Attacks:Running Charge
Assimilated ability:Javelin
Strategy:Similar to the red soldier,they won't attack you until it notices 
you.An exclamation mark appears over it head.This is similar to the dashing 
pierce except it carries a spear.It isn't hard to defeat and is easy to avoid.

Herb Plant
Attacks:Head Poke,Three-way projectile.
Assimilated ability:Mint
strategy:similar to the bee plant but has an additional attack called the three-
way projectiles.An exclamation mark will appear when they notices you.The three-
way projectiles is easy to dodge and isn't hard to defeat at all.

Hopper
Attacks:Pounce
Assimilated ability:Hop
Stratgey:Getting too close to a hopper will cause it to bloom and begins to hop 
around.It is more active in the night than in the day.They are extremely weak 
and is easy to defeat.Keep in mind that they regenerate from the starting area 
very quicky. 

Magician
Attacks:Shrink 
Assimilated ability:Shrink
Strategy:They are very weak.Do not stay too close to them for a long time as 
they must shrink you,which makes you unable to defend and attack.The shrink 
attack is very easy dodge.Magician will immediately teleport to the front after 
seeing Musashi,which makes them easy to kill.Just wait for them to teleport to 
the front and use your sword to attack.

#Red Soldier 1

Maneater 
Attacks:Devour
Assimilated ability:Satiate
Strategy:You can't inflict any damage to these creatures.The best strategy is to 
throw them back into the woods or waters or use fusion to assimilate 
satiate.It's a good bet to assimilate satiate when you are running low on BP.

Sleepie
Attacks:Sleeping gas,Head Whack
Assimilated ability:Sleepy
Strategy:Getting too close to a sleepie will result a bonk on the head or a shot 
of sleeping gas,which makes you fell asleep.You can use lumina to deliver a huge 
damage directly to its head and spit the enemy in half without putting yourself 
in danger of falling asleep.

Thorny Bushes
Attacks:Thorns
Assimilated ability:None
Strategy:These thorny bushes really block your way.Getting too close will only 
cause your some damage.You can not join over these thorny bushes.The only way is 
to assimilate the hop ability from the hopper to cross over these bushes.

Twinpeak Mountain

#Green Soldier 3

#Blue Soldier 1

#Herb Plant

#Magician

#Maneater

#Red Soldier 1

#Sleepie

King Maneater
Attacks:Devour
Assimilated ability:Satiate
Strategy:Although the King Maneater is immobile,it is nearly impossible to 
pass.The only strategy is to use shrink on the enemy and then crush it to bits.

Meandering Forest

#Bee Plant

#Green Soldier 3

#Magician

*Mother Minku

Restaurant Basement

Bowler
Attacks:Giant Seed
Assimilated ability:Bowl
Strategy:It serves as a useful purpose for assimilate the bowl ability to bowl 
through crackled walls and defeat enemies.To avoid them,simply find a safe spot 
to dodge.They are large and is extremly easy to attack.

CurseFire
Attacks:Burning Bounce
Assimilated ability:None
Strategy:These enemies pop out of fire pits.They burn Musashi.You can extinguish 
the flames by using water scroll ability.

Fire Vambee
Attacks:Grab and Bite
Assimilated ability:B.O.
Strategy:Fire vambees are even tougher than normal vambees because you can't go 
too near them.It's possible to attack them using lumina from a distance but not 
recommend.the best way is to avoid them.

Flying Vambee
Attacks:Grab and Bite
Assimilated ability:B.O.
Strategy:These vambees would hover over Musashi and attacks Musashi when the 
time is right.Stay in one area and lure them down to counter attack them.

Lamp Bat
Attacks:Swoop,Fire Bombs
Assimilated ability:Firefly
Strategy:Their main purpose is to serve as light through darkened paths,so it's 
best not to destroy them.Unfortunately,they are difficult to evade when they 
swoop down or when they drop their lanterns.When you encounter lamp bat,it's 
best to avoid their attacks or assimilate the firefly ability to
light your path.

Lone Mist
Attacks:Hit
Assimilated ability:Sublime
Strategy:These are easily defeated ghost.They can float anywhere.They rarely 
attack and 'sublime' serves as a useful ability to assimilate.
 
Ooze
Attacks:Poison
Assimilated ability:None
Strategy:They drop from the ceiling.They are slow and easy to avoid and they 
cause poison when you touch them.They leave behind antidotes when they die.

Vambee 
Attacks:Grab
Assimilated ability:B.O.
Strategy:it's best to avoid them whenever possible.They are slow but if you get 
too close,they can grab Musashi up to drain Musashi's HP.Even if you cut them 
into half,its torso will continue to chase after you.The shish Kebab technique 
causes lots of damage to a vambee so much that the vambee won't
have time to spit into two.

Wisp
Attacks:Hit
Assimilated ability:None
Strategy:Wisps can light up darkened rooms and unlit paths.They can still infict 
damage to Msashi if get too close.Avoid them.

*Relic Keeper

Chapel(church)

Vambee Soldier
Attacks:Grab and Bite,Paralyzing gas
Assimilated ability:B.O
Strategy:You will only encounter these enemies when you  first saw bubbles in 
the church.It cannot be kill.Its only weakness is sunlight.So wait till 
sunlight.

Frozen Palace

Cool Plant
Attacks:Frozen 3-way
Assimilated ability:Mint
Strategy:This seems to be the modification of the herb plant with the 3-way 
projectile now able to frozen people and causes lots more damage.Use the same 
strategy.If you shoot some flames using the fire scroll at it,you will temporary 
paralyse it,causing it not able to shoot frozen 3-way shot at you.
Now's here the chance to attack back.If you are caught in his frozen 3-way 
shot,press any button repeatedly to warm yourself and prevent freezing.

Copycat
Attacks:Mimic
Assimilated ability:Clone
Strategy:Copycats are one of the most difficult enemies in the palace because 
they can mimic all Musashi's moves,plus if you get too close to them you will 
get an electric shock.The best way to kill is to use long range attack like fire 
scrolls to kill it while keeping away from them.

Haya Wolf
Attacks:D-kick
Assimilated ability:D-Kick
Strategy:Haya wolves are quick creatures with every powerful kick.It's best to 
corner them and hack them with lumina.

Mapper
Attacks:Pounce,Poison
Assimilated ability:Map
Strategy:Again,this one is like a modification of the hopper.Now,you can't get 
too close to them or you will get poison.

Penguin
Attacks:Dive,Explosion
Assimilated ability:None
Strategy:When spotted,they will dive in a straight line.They are rather 
difficult to defeat as they are small.Once their heads explode,their bodies can 
still attack you.

Metal Spikes
Attacks:Spike Hit
Assimilated ability:None
Strategy:You cannot destroy these metal spikes nor crossed over.(it's possible 
with the sky scroll but ...)You need to assimiate the steel ability form the 
stomp Golem.this will enables you to destroy those metal spikes and reach the 
other end.

*Frost Dragon

Island of Dragon

Slug Rock
Attacks:None
Assimilated ability:None
Strategy:Use rocksalt.It is harmless but does prevent Musashi from reaching the 
island of Dragons.

*Kojiro

Mine

B-eater
Attacks:Jump
Assimilated ability:Rip-off
Strategy:They are hard to deal with and in addition,they travel in groups.They 
will cause you to lost 5BP(not HP) when comes into contact.

Cure Worm
Attacks:Bite
Assimilated ability:Antidote
Strategy:They are very slow creatures and at times may be difficult to hit 
because of their constant movement.When travelling in mines,it's best to absorb 
antidote from them.

#Sphere Bat

Toad Stool
Attacks:Poison Gas,Head Whack
Assimilated ability:Toxin
Strategy:Again,this is another modification of the sleepie.Instead of making you 
asleep,it makes you poison and could be more nasty then sleepie.

Upper Mine

#B-eater

#Cure Worm

#Hopper

#Sphere Bat

GiAnt(Purple ant)
Attacks:Acid shoot
Assimilated ability:Acid
Strategy:These ants are rather powerful and they throws acid at you.These acids 
can kill the red ants(needlants).Use lumina to deliver a good shot on them.

NeedlAnt(red ant)
Attacks:Hit
Assimilated attacks:Depress
Strategy:these ants are invulerable to any attacks.The only way to kill them is 
to use acids absorbed from the purple ants.The acids will cause them to 
melt,forming a pool of green toxin,however,when musashi comes into contact with 
this pool,you can get hurt too.If you absorb the depress,you will not be able to 
move fast but those ants won't be able to attack you.

*Queen Ant

Soda Fountain Part 1

Pigloter
Attacks:Machine gun
Assimilated ability:None
Strategy:These pigloters hover around areas,firing machines gun at Musashi,that 
cause about 20HP.They are airborne and you will have to wait for them to come 
down for a brief moment to jump and attack them.Avoid them.often,once 
killed,they will leave behind 10BP for you to regain.

*Ben 

Soda Fountain Part 2

*Ed

Soda Fountain Part 3

Big Walker
Attacks:Flame Thrower
Assimilated ability:None
Strategy:These mobile machine robots are considered quite fast and will use 
flame throwers on you which can cause up to 70HP and above.The best way is to go 
behind it and attack.

Blue Bincholoid Soldier 2H
Attacks:3-way
Assimilated ability:3-way
Strategy:These could considered be the modification fo the 3-way projectiles 
used by the plants.These cuases more damage.These soldiers are tough but there 
are slow and can't turn around quickly.take them down by lumina or throw them 
away.When throwing away,he may drop his 3-way projectiles weapon.
This is the best chance to attack.Don't let him pick up his weapon.Without his 
weapons,he won't attack you.Keep in mind that they have lots of HP.

Green Bincholoid Solider 4H
Attacks:Big Bomb
Assimilated ability:Grenade
Strategy:These enemies are easy but don't follow them behind.They wander around 
amimlessly dropping time bombs behind them on the ground.Stay away from the 
bombs and you won't get hurt.They have a fairly high HP.

Orange Bincholoid Soldier 3H
Attacks:Homing Rocket Missles
Assimilated abilities:Homing
Strategy:The homing rockets are easy to dodge but these attacks causes twice 
(about 42HP to 65HP) or more than that of the 3-way ability that the blue 
bincholoid soldier uses.These soldiers aren't quick but has high HP.

Red Bincholoid Soldier 1H
Attacks:Sword Slash
Assimilated ability:Fence
Strategy:These guys has high HP,plus moves much faster than other bincholoid 
soldiers.When they notices you,they will charge at you like the dashing pierce 
with their sword which can cause 40HP or more.An exclamation mark will be 
shown.The only difference is that unlike all the enemies you have encountered 
here,this is the only one that uses short range attack.Use a long range attack 
like homing to attack it from a distance and t should be much easy.

#Pigloter

Laser Turret
Attacks:Targetting Beams
Assimilated abilities:None
Strategy:There are always two laser turrets guarding the security gate or each 
of them will either hide in the statue or the tree.They will first target 
you,and then shoot a beam.Run and jump around to prevent getting hit.Repeatedly 
attacking the door will destroy them. If they are guarding the security 
gate,simply attack the middle of the gate using normal Lumina  attack(by holding 
R1,the same for below.)or use skills like Desperado attack to inflict damage on 
both laser turrets at one go.

Steel Door
Attacks:Shots
Assimilated abilities:None
Strategy:There are also 2 steel machines placed on each steel door.They fired in 
a semi-circle manner towards you.You can defend by holding R1.Use normal Lumina 
attack or skills like Desperado Attack to destroy it.

Cone-Shaped Machine
Attacks:Lasers in a Circle,Dropping Bombs
Assimilated abilities:None
Strategy:The door will closed onced you stepped onto the circular platform.
It will target you and use laser beams that travel in circles which can be very 
deadly.The only way is to time yourself and double jump over it.Be careful,these 
lasers are very fast.Attack the black panel in front of the machine by using 
long range attack like homing and fire scroll.

*Topo

*Crest Guardian:Tower of Death

*Dark Lumina 1(need not fight with him but being chased.)

*Dark Lumina 2 

*Dark Lumina 3
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Crest locations
These are the various crest locations.There are only one crest for each type of 
these elements,with the exception of water crest which have three.You can only 
activate the crest only after you have defeat the crest guardian for that 
element.Below is a list of all the crest location and what are the effects after 
activated.

Earth Crest
1)Location:Steamwood forest
  Effects :Create a new path where you can climb up the cliff to the wind                                                     
  Crest and a minku.Huge boulders fall.

Water Crest
1)Location:Inside the church well
  Effects :Cause the water level in the southern part of the reservoir to                                  
  rise and the northern part of the reservoir to dry out.Allows access to a         
  Minku,Old shirt(L-vest) and used boot(A-boot).Able to enter the tunnel      
  that was once covered with water in the northern reservoir that leads to a       
  fire crest and furthur leads to the wind scroll.
2)Location:Somnolent Forest 
  Effects :Causes the water in the pond to dry and able to obtain the                                            
  underwater chest,Glasses(L-Goggles.)
3)Location:Island of Dragon
  Effects :Causes the beach to dry out completely and enables you to obtain                                            
  the fire scroll.

Fire  Crest
1)Location:Inside a small tunnel in the well
  Effects :Creates a hidden path that you can climb up to obtain the wind                                                
  scroll and a Minku.  

Wind  Crest
1)Location:Steamwood
  Effects:Allows you to reach the sky scroll

Sky   Crest
1)Location:Soda Fountain
  Effects:Release the seal of the Wizard of Darkness
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List of Action Figure

Series 1

Toy           Description                   Explanation

Musashi    Two types of action moves!  A young fencer summoned to
           A collector's item!!        save Allucaneet Kingdom. 
           Lumina and Fusion included.

Bee Plant  Poking action figure!       A mutant plant living in the
           Two Sphere Bats included!   surroundings of Allucaneet. 

Soldier 1  Quick action figure!        Thirstquencher's Bincholoid.
           A collector's item!!        Fencing skills are 3rd rate. 
           Sword and rod included!

Soldier 2  Quick action figure!        Thirstquencher's Bincholoid.
           A collector's item!!        Aim is 2nd rate! 
           Rifle and cartridge included

Rootrick   Laughs!Talks!Cape included. Second Lieutenant of the 
                                       Thirstquencher Empire.

St-Knight# Twirls pillars!             Steam Knight.Nearly destroyed
           Pillar included.            Allucaneet Empire. 

Series 2

Soldier3   Quick action figure!        Thirstquencher's Bincoloid.
           A collector's item!         Uses a sharp spear
           Spear and Axe included      

Herb Plant Shooting action figure!     Exists in the the surrounding
           A collector's item!         areas of Allucaneet.
           Hopper included. 

KManeater  Large jaws move!            A large man-eating Bincho Monster. 
           A collector's item!
           ManEater included! 

Magician   Performs magic!Very         Uses magic to shrink its enemies.
           realistic!!Miniature 
           Musashi included

Sleepie    Crumbles into pieces with   A mushroom that gives off sleeping
           the touch of a button!      powder.
           A collector's item! 

Skullpion# Howling action figure!      The CREST GUARDIAN that protects the 
           A collector's item!         Earth Scroll.
           Boulders and bombs included.

Series 3

R-Vambee   Grabs and attacks!Wisp      Blood-sucking Zombie that exists in  
           and LoneMist included       the dungeon.

V-Soldier  Breaks with the touch of a  Powerful Bincholoid Vambee Soldier. 
           button! A spectacular
           breaking action figure! 

Bowler     Spits out gigantic seeds!!  A plant which grows in the dungeon
           Two oozes included          beneath the village.

Cure Worm  Flexible action figure!B-   A mutant worm which carries
           Eater and LampBat included  anti-venom. 

Bubbles    Shooting action figure!     Beautiful First Lieutenant of the 
           A collector's item!         the Thirstquencher Empire. 
           Bincho Field Gun included   

R-Keeper#  Punching action figure!     Relic Keeper.Protects the Water
           Flames included.            Scroll in the dungeon. 

Series 4

Penguin    Two interchangable heads    Robot soldier made by Thirstquencher 
           Two ice cubes included.     Empire.

HayaWolf   Drop-Kicking action figure. A bincholoid wolf.Superb karate 
           Mapper included.            attack.

SlowGuy    Powerful throwing movements A bincholodi abominable snowman.
           with a touch of a button.    

S-Golem    Intensely explosive superby Thirstquencher's guard.Will squash
           falling action.1 copycat    enemies.
           included.
                                               
Ginger-E   Two types of action moves!  Captain of Thirstquencher Empire.
           Attractive kicking motion!  Bubbles' elder sister.
           Fencing action figure!       

F-Dragon#  Flexible action figure!     Frost Dragon.Protects the fire scroll 
           Growls with the touch of a  frozen palace
           button.

Series 5

GiAnt      Lifelike!NeedlAnt included. Binchotite mutants.

Toad Stool Breaks into two with the    Poisonous mushroom living in Grillin'
           touch of a button!          mine.
           A collector's item!

Ed and Ben Both Ed and Ben!Ed's        Members of Leader's Force.Both think
           special ki-Canon!           they are the boss.
           Ben's propeller moves!

Topo       Dancing action figure.Music Leader of Leader's Force?Nasty
           and speakers included.      personality.

Col-Capri  Aiming action figure!       Thirstquencher's Colonel.Promoted 
           Beloved gun and cape        early in his career.
           included.

Queen Ant# Moves its scythe arms with  The CREST GUARDIAN that protects the
           the touch of a button!      wind scroll.
           Larvae included.
           
Series 6   
           
Soldier 1H Fencing action figure!A     Latest Bincholoid Soldier.Five times 
           collector's item!Shield     more powerful.
           and sword included.

Soldier 2H Holds a large gun!A         Latest Bincholoid Soldier.Five times 
           collector's item!Large gun  more powerful.
           included.

Soldier 3H Holds a large bazooka!A     Latest Bincholoid Soldier.Five times 
           collector's item!Bazooka    more powerful.
           included.

Big Walker A truely realistic super    Thirstquencher's walking weapon.
           action figure!Pigloter      Attacks with a laser. 
           included.

Flatski    Speaking action figure!     Thirstquencher's Fuhrer.A ruthlessly     
           Armor included.             ambitious guy.

T.O.D.#    Rotates with the touch of a Tower of Death.Excavated by 
           button!Electric panels pop  Thirstquencher Empire.
           out!

Special   

Fillet    Speaking action figure!      Princess of Allucaneet.Kidnapped
          Binchotite included.         by Thirstquencher. 

Jon       Feed him from his stocks!    Mysterious treasure hunter.
 &        Stocks and Leno the dog      Leno is the town sweetheart! 
Leno      included.

MomMinku  A family of them!            Endangered species.
          Longevity Berry included.    Lives on Longevity Berries. 

Kojiro    Two types of action moves!   Musashi's rival.Would give his life 
          A collector's item!          to battle Musashi.
          Swallow Wave included. 

DLumina 1 Powerfully built figure with The Wizard of Darkness.Will use the 
          two types of action moves!   Five Scrolls to... 

DLumina 2 Re-experience the final      The Wizard of Darkness.Will use the 
          battle!Shakes its tail!!     Five Scrolls to...                                
          
DLumina 3 Interchangable parts gives 3 The Wizard of Darkness.Will use the
          types of action moves!!!     Five Scrolls to... 

All toys marked with an #sign are action figures of the Crest Guardians,with the 
exception of Steam Knight.
Source:Descriptions and explanations are taken directly from the game.
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Secrets
Here are all the goodies stuff that you might not know.
____________________________________________________________________________
Special Rewards

After watching the ending and the credits,press X button when the SquareSoft 
logo comes up to save your game.You can restart your game to discover yet more 
secrets.

Tips:At any time of the ending,you can also press X to save,provided you don't 
want to watch the Ending.
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Mother Minku
 
After getting 13 minku,go to the castle and talk to Shepherd Beefalo,he should 
tell you that the mother minku is upset and is probably in the meandering 
forest.Go to the meandering forest and you will see her.use normal attack and be 
careful of her stomps which can do up to 30 damage.It's hard to avoid.You will 
noticed her shadows.Use double jumps to jump away from her shadows.When she's 
defeated,she will throw down lots of hearts, Bincholite,and a few thousand 
Drans.Go into the toy store and you can buy mother minku action figure.A 
surprise from Square!Well done!
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Getting all Special Figures

Fillet    :Rescue all 35 palace members
Jon & Leno:See below for complete info
Mon Minku :Refer to the above
Kojiro    :Visit Farmer Lacter during chapter 6
Dlumina1  :Finish the game once and reload from Fin save.Complete the  game 
           first to second time.
Dlumina2  :Finish the game and then reload from the latest Fin save;appears                                                                                                              
           randomly.Complete the game with all your stats trained to Lv30.
Dlumina3  :See below for complete info
     
Credits:Thanks to HyprX@aol.com for telling me about completing the game  
        with Lv 30 to get Dlumina 2.
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The Elusive Special Action Figures

There has been many arguements and questions a lot about these 7 special action 
figure,especially the 2nd and the 7th figure.I'll start with the easy one first.

Dlumina1:Although i'll not sure about the exact method,it seems that          
         completing the first time will enable you to buy the figure.if          
         not,try the second time.

Dlumina2:It has been say that this figure has random availability like the          
         2nd and 7th figure but there's actually been a way to get it.Train          
         all your stats(Mind,Body,Fusion,Lumina)to Lv 30,complete the game          
         to earn the "HERO" rank.But it's strange.I get it the first time i          
         complete the game and i think my Lv was also 30.

Credits:Thanks to HyprX@aol.com for telling me about completing the game  
        with Lv 30 to get Dlumina 2.

As for Fillet,Kojiro,MomMinku,i don't need to explain more.

Rumors

There have been many questions asked regarding Jon and Leno and Dlumina3.
There are many theories suggesting to unlock these figures but most has proven 
unsuccessful.It's has been said you need to play the game multiple times whereas 
some said you can't have continues during Chapter 6.Some even claim that it's 
got to do with how fast you complete the game.Another theory suggested that you 
cannot dying or restarting from memory box and saved data but proves 
unsuccessful.

Here are some of the ways to get these two figures,however,i'll not sure that it 
will work,however,i will write down all the method,including the chances rating 
in %,so that you can choose the right method yourself.The % chances were based 
on estimated no of people who got these figures using these methods and is in 
range.Look for the best way.

Note:All these chances are not accurate and is based on estimation.

Dlumina3

Info   :Complete the game 3 to 5 times.Then reload from FIN save and it will                                
        appear randomly.  
About  :However,i find it very unreliable since i complete the game 7 times                                                                   
        and yet unable to get Dlumina3 through this way.Besides,there have                                               
        been many reports that some got Dlumina3 only complete the game at                                         
        one to two times whereas some completed more than 5 times yet unable                                                         
        to get it.Another guy at PSM said that he got the figure during the                                                 
        third time.
Chances:20% to 55%

Credits:Thanks to John Huang(outsider55@hotmail.com)for telling me about                 
        this method above even though it doesn't work for me.
 
Info   :Randomly selected.From a guy at PSM.He said that the figure will                                         
        appear only perhaps on certain day,certain time or have other                                                         
        obscure factor that influence it.
About  :It doesn't work for me either and basically no clue to it.
Chances:0.1% to 10%

Info   :Depends on how fast you complete Chapter 6
About  :What an unreasonable conclusion and an unreliable way!
Chances:2% to 4%

Jon and Leno

Info   :Enter the toy store at the same time when Farmer Grange enter.
About  :This method seems to prove unsuccessful but definitely possible.
        As you know,Farmer Grange is an action figure collector and will                                         
        visit the toy store everyday in the evening.Read the schedule in the                                                                          
        advanced tactics for the actual time he visit the store.His wife                                         
        hates doll and if you talk to her when she's at home by knocking on                                         
        the door,she would say something like "i wonder which doll i should                                         
        sell next," and she sold away her husband's collection behind his                                                 
        back.Remember during a period when Farmer Grange was so depressed?
        However,i found something very strange.You know that the toy store                                         
        is closed on Wednesday.There's actually a way to enter the store on                                                         
        Wednesday but you will have to wait for Farmer Grange to come and                                                         
        open the door.When the door is opened,immediately enter the store                                                                 
        before the door is closed.You have to be fast.I wonder what Kurt and                                                                          
        Farmer Grange is secretly talking about on every wednesday.However,
        the sad thing is i entered the store on Wednesday but still doesn't                                                                 
        work but that doesn't mean it is not possible. 
Chances:25% to 65%

Info   :Randomly selected.This could mean that they only appear at a certain                                         
        time or on a certain day, or perhaps have some other obscure factor
        governing their appearance. Or, they could just be random,which                                 
        would be irritating.
About  :Like the above,it doesn't work for me.
Chances:0.01% to 10%

Bad News

Most of the official guide,player guide,other guide books and other sources all 
claim that these two action figures were randomly selected,which seems as if 
they are not taking the responsible to solve the mystery for us.What a 
shame and how can they call themselves professional strategy guide writer!
But still i don't believe in randomly selected.You will know why later on.

Good news

Everyone will be wondering how i got these two figures and before that i have to 
thanks <Cid@velvia.demon.co.uk>for sharing with me the info he got 
from all the feedbacks in his site.However,he still hasn't got them.And his 
Brave Fencer site too really rocks and his URL can be found at the 
acknowledgement section.I managed to come out with a conclusion with the info i 
got from him and it works perfectly well.However,it sounds very complicated and 
you got to understand it.if you feel that you do not understand,feel free to 
mail me at ysf@pacific.net.sg

Chest Theory

What is this chest theory?All right!You must have guessed it,it is somehow 
related to the chests that you collected.Here's how to get them.

First,you must remember two conditions.I tried using this method over four times 
under the same conditions using the same data and work successfully,
however,all these conditions must be meet before it can work.

Make sure you picked out every chest, and including memory box at least once
in your game.
 
First condition:Before you go and collect sky scroll,make sure you leave ONE 
                empty chest,any one including old shirt,goggles etc but not                                                                                                 
                memory box since it is always close.Not more than one chest
                ,if not it will work.Then complete the chapter 6 and opened 
                every single chest in Soda Fountain,which means you are only 
                short of one.

2nd   condition:When you complete the game,reload it from FIN save and you                                                 
                will start at 1900 at SKYDAY once you complete the game,then                                                 
                go and collect the remaining ONE chest.After collecting the                                                                 
                chest,go back to the toy store and wait until the next day,
                which is Saturday since it's impossible to return to the toy                                                                 
                store again on skyday before it closes at 2000.In fact,after                                                 
                collecting the last remaining chest,you can enter the store                                                 
                any time of the day.You will see Jon and leno action figure.
                Buy the figure,exit and then enter and you will see Dlumina                                                 
                3 figure appeared and now you have all the action figures                                                                   
                and is ready to discover the third ending.In fact,i tried                                                                 
                not to buy both Jon and Leno and Dlumina 3 figure and waited                                                                                                                 
                till the next day to see if these figures would disappear                                                                 
                ,but thanks it didn't so i guessed there wasn't anymore                                                 
                randomly.You got to buy Jon and Leno figure first before                                                 
                Dlumina 3 would appear.

Very Important!!!

1.Make sure it's not more than one chest,not two,excluding memory box.If you       
  have got more than one chests,i suggests that you opened every chest and       
  leave any one you like,complete the game again and get the remaining         
  chest.Do not take more than one as it will not work.
2.Make sure you start at 1900 at skyday immediately you load after you         
  complete the game.And you must remember that after you reload,you will         
  start at 1900,right,but you cannot like wait until let say 2000 at skyday,
  then save the game,switched off the Playstation and reload again,start at       
  2000 again,take the remaining one chest and it will not work.  

Note:If these 2 conditions are meet,you will be able to buy Jon and Leno                
     action figure,including Dlumina 3.If you can't meet any one of these                
     conditions above,it will not work.This is very important.
Note:Any treasure chest will do but not memory box.Memory box must be opened 
     at least once.

Important notice!!!:Have you collected all the chests?Too bad for you.This 
                    method won't work if all your treasure chests are 
                    opened.For example,i am still short of two chests.When i 
                    opened any one of the chests,complete the game and come 
                    back to collect the last remaining chest,the method 
                    works but if you opened all the two remaining chest,
                    complete the game,that means when you reload,all the 
                    treasures are opened and goodbye to you because you will 
                    have no more treasure chest to open and Jon and Leno 
                    figure will not appear.These sounds a bit bad because i 
                    once tried and collect all the chest without leaving one 
                    and complete the game but didn't get it.You need to 
                    leave only one chest before you complete the game and 
                    then collect the only one remaining chest that you leave 
                    after you complete and reload.I have not yet been able 
                    to come out with another way for those who have 
                    collected all the treasure chests.You will have to think 
                    of other ways which i mentioned above.It may sound 
                    complicated but feel fee to mail me atysf@pacific.net.sg 

Chances:99.9%

You may ask how do i come out with these conclusion?The reason is simple.I have 
multiple saves and i tried each and every save until i succeeded.I have four 
saves and only one fulfill the two conditions whereas the other three got only 
one of these conditions meet or none at all.It seems that the whole document 
took up over 280KB of space in your computer and i didn't want to waste up your 
space.

If you are interested in how i arrive with this conclusion,pls e-mail me at 
ysf@pacific.net.sg and i'll be gladly to answer your questions.

For more info on these Jon and Leno and Dlumina 3,visit 
http://w8.demon.co.uk/www.charlestait.com/thorf/bravefencer/
This brave fencer site is created by Thorfinn Tait <Cid@velvia.demon.co.uk>
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6 Specialised Techniques

Name             Moves Description              How to learn?

Dashing Pierce   Press Square while dashing  Talk to the Maid in the castle.

Shish Kebab      Lift up enemy and press     Talk to Clown to perform stunt 
                 triangle twice              after you have rescue aArobat.

Crosswise cut    Press square,triangle       Talk to the 14th person.
                 button for a cool attack    (Knight Lardwick)
                 using fusion and lumina

Tenderize        Press square,square,        Talk to the 21st person
                 triangle for an elegant     (Knight Brisket)
                 attack.

Desperado attack Press square,triangle,      Talk to the 36th person
                 square,triangle for an      (Knight Chucks)
                 explosive attack. 

Rumparoni-sp     An aerial attack achieved   Talk to the 38th person.
                 by pressing triangle button (knight Rumparoni)
                 while using double jumping

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How to master these 6 specialised techniques!!!

You may have have learned all the 6 specialise techniques but do you know how to 
use its properly.Techniques are special powerful combos that will help you in 
your game.Now,i will explain each and every techniques and how do you recognise 
them.These signs appeared only when all the combos hit your enemy,even if you 
press the buttons correctly,missing any hit on your enemy will cause it to be 
failure.For example,crosswise cut is made up of Square,
followed by triangle.If you press Square,you will see Musashi raising his fusion 
sword.Don't wait until the fusion sword hits the enemy and then press 
triangle.Before the fusion sword hits the enemy,press Triangle.If done 
correctly,you will see a cross.Quick,fast and sharp!That's all i have to tell 
you.The same goes for Tenderize and Desperado Attack.Once master,they can be 
very useful,especially you reach an area with new,tougher enemies.
Each technique can actually inflict your enemy over 150 to a maximum of  over 
400 damage,provided the higher the level your Fusion and lumina level are,you 
cause more damage.Look at the list.Take around 10 minutes to learn. 

Tips:While you are performing each of these techniques,it's best that you zoom 
in an area while performing the techniques to see the effects more clearly.

Note:Words that are in capital letters are keywords.

T:Triangle
S:Square

Techniques         Combos                  Description

Shish Kebab Press T,T when throwing 1)THROW your enemy into the AIR by 
            up your enemy             pressing S or T when near them.
                                    2)WHILE the enemy is in the AIR,press
                                      T TWICE.
                                    3)You will see Musashi raises his lumina
                                      sword VERTICALLY UP and PIERCE through
                                      the enemy.

Dashing     S,while dashing         1)HOLD DIRECTIONAL button to dash
Pierce                              2)Then press S
                                    3)You will see Musashi KICKING UP DUST 
                                      while he CHARGES his FUSION SWORD.

Crosswise   S,T                     1)Press S,followed by T quickly
  Cut                               2)If both hits hit the enemy and is fast
                                      you will see a RED CROSS

Tenderize   S,S,T                   1)Tap S twice,followed by T quickly
                                    2)If done correctly,the last hit,you 
                                      will see Musashi JUMPS up in the AIR
                                      and hit with his LUMINA SWORD,follow
                                      by a SMALL EXPLOSION.

Desperado   S,T,S,T                 1)Press S,T,S,T quickly 
 Attack                             2)If all hits hit the enemy,you will see
                                      the last hit with Musashi HOLDING his 
                                      FUSION sword on his left hand and 
                                      LUMINA sword on his DASH toward his 
                                      enemy,sending him flying BACKWARDS
                                      with a large EXPLOSION.

Rumparoni   T,when double jump      1)First,stay away from your enemy from
-SP                                   a DISTANCE FACING your enemy.
                                    2)Double jump and then press T
                                    3)Musashi will DIVE toward his enemy 
                                      over a very LONG DISTANCE with his 
                                      Fusion and Lumina

Important Note!!!

Tenderize       :Sometimes,you will see Musashi raising his sword but 
                 without any explosion.That's because you missed the last     
                 hit or your enemy dies during the 2nd hit.Try again on 
                 another enemy and make sure all hits hit on your enemy.

Desperado Attack:Sometimes,you will noticed Musashi gets ready by holding 
                 his Fusion and Lumina sword,however,he did not dash toward 
                 your enemy.That means your technique is incomplete and 
                 mainly because either you missed the last hit or the enemy 
                 dies during the 3 hit.Too bad!It's the most cool technique 
                 that you will learn among the 6 technique.Try again.

Rumparoni-SP    :Rumparoni-SP looks similar to Desperado Attack,except now 
                 it is an aerial attack and causes more damages than 
                 Desperado Attack.Instead of charging up with fusion and 
                 lumina,Rumparoni-SP enables Musashi to dive down towards 
                 your enemy,making it more devastating.The disadvantage is 
                 you have stay away from your enemy and timed yourself.

*For techniques like Crosswise Cut,Tenderize,Desperado Attack,make sure all   
the hits hit the enemy,if not you won't see the full effects

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Legendary Armor REVEALED and its location

Name      Description                       Location        Requirements

L-Brace   Grip onto the wall alternately Hell's valley After the raft ride  
          press triangle,square buttons                through the right 
          to climb.                                    segment.

L-Belt    Double jump by pressing X       Restaurant   After the four eye                                                             
          twice.Guard and press X          Basement    orb is obtained and                                                                                                                       
          to back Jump.                                activated the door.

L-Vest    Made with special cloth.        Church Well  When the water crest 
          Attack speed is increased.                   inside the well is
          (Charge gauge bar at twice                   liberated. 
          normal speed.)

L-Goggles Appraise items by yourself       Somnolent   When the water crest 
          on the spot.                     forest      is liberated.Get the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                       underground chest.

L-Shoes   Walk over frozen surfaces        Frozen      Go through the blue 
          without slipping.Reduces         Palace      eye door.
          fatigue.                               

L-Quilt   Reduces tiredness to 0%,twice    Castle      After saving weaver 
          the speed of normal.Restore                  and have the L-cloth
          HP and BP                                    with you          

L-Glove   Increases critical attack %      Castle      After saving weaver         
                                                       and have the L-cloth 
                                                       with you.

L-Cloth#  Legendary Cloth for making      Restaurant   Hidden crackled door 
          L-Glove or L-Quilt.              Basement    that requires you to 
                                                       bowl.

Note:All the Legendary armor are automatically equiped except L-cloth marked  
     with an #.
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Getting the 6th Legendary Armor(L-quilt or L-glove)

After you have save Weaver in the Twinpeak mountain and have the 
legendary cloth,go to the castle and she will agree to make something 
for you from the cloth.There are two options;if you choose quilt,you 
get an L-quilt.If you choose glove,you get the L-glove.

Refer to the Armor in the top-section.

For info on how to save Weaver,refer to the list below.
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Just in case you left out any minku or bincho field,read below.

All 13 Minkus

For every minku you find,you will be able to obtain Longevity Berry.Note that 
the 14th longevity berry can be obtained after saving Steam Reactor Part 1 by 
talking to the Mayor.

01)Area:Village
   Location:Near tree to the left of Twinpeak Mountain and below the cliff 
   of Fore's house.
   Requirements:None
02)Area:Village
   Location:On the cliff above the Gondola lift,near the upper mine
   Requirements:Climbing,L-brace required
03)Area:Reservoir inside the Church
   Location:Inside the cave walls near the church bell
   Requirements:Water Scroll;after water crest is activated.
04)Area:Somnolent Forest
   Location:Through a hidden path in the trees above the wooden sign that   
   point to steamwood and meandering forest;near second bridge
   Requirements:None
05)Area:Somnolent Forest
   Location:Between the two Wooden Bridges where the secret path to minku 
   is.At the second bridge,just run down the river.
   Requirements:Water Scroll
06)Area:Somnolent Forest
   Location:At the foot of the Wind Scroll Statue
   Requirements:Fire scroll;after fire crest is activated and you climb up                                 
   the cliff
07)Area:Steamwood Forest
   Location:Near Wind Crest on a cliff above the Earth Crest
   Requirements:Earth scroll and Climbing;only after Earth crest is 
   activated or liberated.
08)Area:Twinpeak Mountain:
   Location:On a ledge across the river from the very far left of the three                                             
   poles.
   Requirements:Water Scroll to float over the water to the left
09)Area:Twinpeak Mountain
   Location:On a high cliff to the very left of the area where the memory                           
   box is and where the climbing competition is with Rootrick.
   Requirements:Climbing,L-brace
10)Area:Hell's Valley
   Location:Inside where you fight the Earth Crest Guardian.
   Requirements:Only after defeating Skullpion;Chapter 2
11)Area:Underground Lake
   Location:On a small ledge where you collect the misteria is
   Requirements:Mine key
12)Area:Upper Binchotite Mine
   Location:Down left path from the upper mine and where you saw the giant                            
   red ant is.
   Requirements:Entrance to Upper Mine 
13)Area:Upper Binchotite Mine
   Location:Below the inactive fan after the windy tunnel where the two cure 
   worms is.
   Requirements:Entrance to upper mine
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5 Remaining  Palace members

1)Name:Steward Ribson
  About:Tell you how many poeple you have saved.
2)Name:Butler Livers
  About:Always ask you have you save many people?Gives you the sensor watch 
  and rescue list in the beginning of Chapter 2.
3)Name:Clown Weinee
  About:Teach you the Shish kebab technique only when you have saved Acrobat 
  and have an orange in your inventory.
4)Name:Scribe Shanky
  About:Read books to you
5)Name:Musician Beef-clef
  Group:Musician A
  About:Provides background music while you are visiting your friends.The   
  background music will build as you save additional orchestra member.
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Save all locked 35 palace members
01)Name:Hawker Steakwood
   Place:Dead End
   Location:Dead End Forest
   Group:Hawker
   About:Provides you with info about Minkus and longevity berries
02)Name:Guard Lumpwood
   Place:Somnolent Forest
   Location:Locate near the Water Crest Pond there.
   Group:Guard
   About:Allow you to pass the Twinpeak Mountain.
03)Name:Seer Bevealy
   Place:Somnolent Forest
   Location:Just before the meandering forest is.You will have to absorb hop 
   to climb up a steep slope on the right.
   Group:Seer
   About:Gives you clue to the location of Five Scrolls and Bincho Field
04)Name:Maid Loinette
   Place:Somnolent Forest
   Location:On the other side of the steam pipe arch near the south entrance 
   to the forest;steamwood must be fixed.
   Group:Maid
   About:She will teach you the a new technique,Dashing Pierce
05)Name:Musician Pianissimeat
   Place:Steamwood Forest
   Location:Located near the Earth crest in Steamwood forest.
   Group:Musician B
   About:Provides background music by adding flute to the score
06)Name:Soldier Lardwick
   Place:Twinpeak Mountain
   Location:The first bincho field you will see upon inside the Twinpeak mt.
   Group:Soldier A
   About: Help you to fight Skullpion
07)Name:Mercenary Meitlofe
   Place:Twinpeak Mountain
   Location:Trapped at the end of the path along the edge of Twinpeak mt.
   Group:Mercen C
   About:Help you to fight Skullpion and provides clue to Frozen Palace
08)Name:Carpenter Carvey
   Place:Twinpeak Mountain
   Location:On a small ledge that lies below a pole past the first log.
   Group:Carpent A
   About:Help you to fight Skullpion and provides clue to Gondola Gizmo.
   Repair Gondola lift.
09)Name:Knight Lardwick
   Place:Twinpeak Mountain
   Location:On a small ledge that lies below a pole near second log.
   Group:Knight B
   About:Help you to fight Skullpion and teach you Crosswise Cut.
10)Name:Shepherd Beefalo
   Place:Twinpeak Mountain
   Location:Below the bridge in the Twinpeak Mountain
   Group:Shepherd
   About:Tell you how many Minku you have caught and later provide you with 
   info about mother minku when you have got all 13 minkus.
11)Name:Bailiff Jerky
   Place:Restaurant Basement
   Location:Trapped in the teleporter maze in the basement by taking the 
   right path.
   Group:Bailiff
   About:He will plant and harvest rice.Later,you will be able to purchase 
   riceballs in the grocery.Refer to the secrets section on riceball.
12)Name:Taster Salmonelli
   Place:Restaurant Basement
   Location:Located near floating block leading up to R-Keeper.
   Group:Taster
   About:Serves no purpose
13)Carpenter Cubey
   Place:Restaurant Basement
   Location:Find in the ghost maze
   Group:Carpent B
   About:Give you clues to Gondola Gizmo and repair the Gondola lift.
14)Name:Weaver Dineretta
   Place:Twinpeak Mountain
   Location:On a small ledge across the waterfall from the #3log.You must 
   have double jump to jump to that side.Climb up the pole to the top and          
   then double jump right to the ledge on the right side.If you fail,you    
   will fall into the water and have to jump again.
   Group:Weaver
   About:Make L-quilt or L-glove for you when you give her L-cloth.
   Requirement:L-belt
15)Name:Soldier Hanky Flanky
   Place:Restaurant Basement
   Location:In the fire maze within the restaurant basement
   Group:Soldier B
   About:Serves no purpose in the game.
16)Name:Knight Brisket
   Place:Mine
   Location:Near the conveyor belt before the underground lake.
   Group:Knight A
   About:Teach you Tenderize
17)Name:Cook Mary-Nade
   Place:Underground Lake
   Location:At the foot of the island with the misteria flower in a ledge.
   Group:Cook A
   About:Harvest rice so that you can purchase Riceball.Refer to secret.
18)Name:Acrobat Sausages
   Place:Steamwood Forest
   Location:On a pipe that leads to the hidden path.
   Group:Acrobat
   About:Will help clown to teach you Shish kebab technique
19)Name:Mercenary Stue
   Place:Restaurant Basement
   Location:located in the bowler plant maze
   Group:Mercen B
   About:Provides clue to Frozen Palace.
20)Name:Janitor Sloppy-Joe
   Place:Frozen Palace
   Location:Inside the blue eye door.
   Group:Janitor
   About:Serves no purpose in the game.
21)Name:Artisan Teebone
   Place:Island of Dragon
   Location:At the beach before you first fought Kojiro.
   Group:Artisan
   About:Tempers your fusion sword to increase the damage ability of fusion.
22)Name:Carpenter Dicey
   Place:Mine
   Location:Near the conveyor belt just before Underground Lake.
   Group:Carpenter C
   About:Provides clue to Gondola Gizmo and help to repair Gondola Lift.
23)Name:Musician Al Forte
   Place:Frozen Palace
   Location:In the ice block maze inside the palace.
   Group:Musician C
   About:help provide background music by adding drums to the score.
24)Name:Knitter Lunchetta
   Place:Hell's Valley
   Location:Outside the hell's valley past the first set of boulders.
   Group:Knitter
   About:She will tell you about the existence of the L-cloth.
25)Name:Chief Julienne
   Place:Frozen Palace
   Location:On top of a stairs through R1 door.You will have to rescue it 
   through the L1 door.
   Group:Chef
   About:Will help in harvesting riceball.Refer to secret.
26)Name:Mercenary Potrowst
   Place:Restaurant Basement
   Location:In the bowler plant maze
   Group:Mercen A
   About:Provides clue to Frozen Palace
27)Name:Chief Gravie
   Place:Underground Lake 
   Location:On a small side along the Underground Lake.
   Group:Chief
   About:Serves no purpose in the game.
28)Name:Cook Chiffonade
   Place:Upper Mine
   Location:To the left of the dead GiAnt below the Upper mine's entrance.
   Group:Cook B
   About:Make Neatball for you in grocery when you rescued Butcher Chops
29)Name:Conductor Scores
   Place:Upper Mine
   Location:Located after the inactive fan.
   Group:Conductor
   About:Provides background music by adding violins to your score.
30)Name:Butcher Chops
   Place:Frozen Palace
   Location:On second floor balcony in the main entrance of Frozen Palace.
   Group:Butcher
   About:Cut meat for Cook Chiffonade to make Neatballs,which can be                   
   purchased in Grocery.Refer to secret section.
31)Name:Knight Chucks
   Place:Restaurant Basement
   Location:In the Ghost maze
   Group:Knight C
   About:Teach you Desperado Technique.
32)Name:Doctor Tung
   Place:Twinpeak Mountain
   Location:On a cliff left of the three poles.You can either choose the             
   alternate segment during the raft ride or wait until you have the water          
   scroll to float to the left of the water from the 3 poles.
   Group:Doctor
   About:Restores all your health and cure poison when you talk to him in                            
   the castle by giving you SP-Recover.
   Requirement:Water scroll ability or nil.
33)Name:Knight Rumparoni
   Place:Upper Mine
   Location:In a room past the GiAnt-ridden walkway.
   Group:Knight D
   About:Teach you the last technique,Ramparoni-SP 
34)Name:Alchemist Leanman
   Place:Frozen Palace
   Location:On top of the first ice block maze.
   Group:Alchemist
   About:Offer Alchemic tart which restores 10BP when you talk to him.
35)Name:Libarian Brisketta
   Place:Restaurant Basement
   Location:In the second room of the fire maze.
   Group:Librarian  
   About:Translates text for Scribe Shanky to read to you in the library.
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Riceball Secret

Make sure you have cook A,(Cook Mary-Nade)Bailiff Jerky and Chef Julienne.
Then talk to Cook A(Cook Mary-Nade) and you can buy riceball from the grocery 
shop.
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Neatball Secret

Talk to the Cook B(Cook Chiffonade)when you have the Butcher Chops.You will be 
able to buy neatball from the grocery shop. 
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Orange Secret

Once you have got Misteria and Aqualin to save Tim,you will be able to get a 
free orange(if you managed to give Aqualin to Hotelo on time)and be able to buy 
orange from the grocery(once Tim is saved from Chapter 3 if you give Aqualin to 
Hotelo on time,if not beginning of Chapter 4)anytime.

For more info,read the Frequently asked question on #13.
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Shortcut to Doctor Tung

There are two ways to get Doctor Tung.The first way is to ride the raft.the 
second way,which is the shortcut way only applies when you have got the water 
scroll where the 3 poles is and float to the left on the water.You should be 
able to save Doctor Tung now.Don't climb the 3 poles.

For more info,refer to the bincho list above
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Macho's Secret

You can play a game of cards against Macho at the restaurant.It's easy.Macho 
will choose a card.The game consists of guessing whether the next card picked 
will be higher or lower than the original card picked by macho.Simple 
concept!Each costs 100 Drans and each time,you guess correctly,you will double 
your winning.However,if you guessed wrongly,all your earnings will be lost.If 
you manage to defeat Macho 10 times in a row within a single game,
you will earn 102,400 Drans.That's a lot and consider how much enemy will you 
need to be defeat in order to 102,400 Drans.If you win the 10th game,
Macho will longer be playing cards with you.So,if you win till the 9th game,
that is 51,200,it's best to take back your winnings and then try again,if not 
you won't be able to play the cards for the rest of the game.Good luck on your 
guessing.May the god of fortune be with you.
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Musician's Secret:Full Scale Orchestra

Did you know that with each musician you rescue,his particular instrument,
such as flute is added to the background music of the castle?Once you've rescued 
them all,the music turns into a full-scale orchestra score - useless to the 
game, but is in fact a welcome addition. 
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Easy Drans

There are many ways to earn Drans.
1)Remember the 500Drans in Steamwood near where you saved Acrobat Sausages.
  Simply take the Drans,exit Steamwood and go in to get the Drans again.

2)Play against Macho,provided you are lucky.
  Refer to Macho secret at Mannick's restaurant above.

3)Go to the mines and find one of the places where Cure Worm fall down.For 
  your info,there's one there on your way to getting Gondola Gizmo.If you 
  stand in the right place,you can stand hitting them with Lumina as they 
  fall,only moving to collect money.In this way,you can make tons of cash as 
  well as experience in very little time.

  Credits:Thanks to <Bengt Vestlund>for telling me about ways to earn drans. 

4)Go to the underground temple underneath the restaurant.In the bowler 
  plant door,near to the entrance, there is a platform with two plants 
  facing each others on it.You can kill one, run to the other,kill it, and 
  by that time the first has regenerated.This method gives you money,but 
  also experience for all your stats. 

  Credits:Thanks to Thorfinn Tait<Cid@velvia.demon.co.uk>for easy drans. 

5)By far,the best place to earn your experience and Drans is at Somnolent 
  Forest before the Meandering Forest.The enemies like Hopper keeps 
  regenerating very fast and besides it is very easy to defeat.

6)Remember the 2 poles near where you find Leno is at Twinpeak Mt.There is             
  100 Drans on top of each pole.take the drans,exit and return to get the         
  Drans and repeat the procedure over again.Besides,magician regenerate very           
  fast and teleport in front of you and is a good place to max your stats. 

7)After entering the cave(where you meet Hotelo at Chapter 3) and come  
  out,as you go up,you will see 100Drans scattered around.Take the Drans,
  enter the cave,and exit to collect the Drans again.Repeat the procedure     
  again.The disadvantage is that there isn't any enemies but you get to earn     
  many mind exp.
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Three Endings

First Ending:Complete the game anytime.After talking to the King and Queen         
             of Allucaneet,you will be shown the credits and later a scene 
             showing Musashi seals Lumina back in the spiral tower.

Second Ending:Complete the game any days after one year,to be shown another 
              different ending.

Tips:You may have not reached one year,so go to your room at the castle and           
     sleep.Each time you sleep,8 hours will past and finally one year will           
     come soon.

Note:I haven't tried it before so tried it yourself!

Credit:Thanks to Carlos for telling me about the second ending.

Third Ending:This is by far the hardest ending to get because not many of                                                                                                         
             you can get Jon and Leno and DLumina 3 action figure.After                                                                                                         
             collecting all action figure,including special edition(Of                                                                                                         
             course,that includes finding all Minkus to get Mon Minku and                                                                               
             finding 35 Bincho Field to get Princess Fillet.),complete the                                                                               
             game again.The ending will resume to normal,showing the credit                                                                               
             and after the Squaresoft Logo,you will be shown a special FAN                                                                                            
             ART PICS containing all the characters in the game,with the                                                                  
             word "PERFECT!!!Thanks for playing!".Save the game and the                                                                               
             'FIN' save will turn pink.

Credits:Thanks to Rick4Lyf@aol.com for telling me the third ending.

Refer to secrets section for info on unlocking Special Action Figures.
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GameShark Codes(US) For Brave Fencer Musashi

Infinite HP                              80078eb20172
                                         80078eb40172
                                         80078EB20212
                                         80078EB40212
                                                               
Infinite BP                              80078eb60172
                                         80078eb80172
                                         80078EB60212
                                         80078EB80212

Infinite Drans                           80078e8e0001

Quick Level Gain                         80078f08ffff

All Rescues Complete (1)                 800ba1f80101
                                         800ba1fa0101
                                         800ba1fc0101
                                         800ba1fe0101
                                         800ba2000101
                                         800ba2020101
                                         800ba2040101
                                         800ba2060101
                                         800ba2080101
                                         800ba20a0101
                                         800ba20c0101
                                         800ba20e0101

All Rescues Complete (2)                 800ba2100101
                                         800ba2120101
                                         800ba2140101
                                         800ba2160101
                                         800ba2180101
                                         300ba21a0001

Time 00:00:00                            80078E7C0000
                                         80078E7E0000

Tired at 0%                              80078EA600A0

Stop Village Rescue Timer                80078E90BE2A
  (Getting Aqualin)                      80078E92041B

Stop Valve Reset Timer                   801204A80700
  (Saving Steamwood) 

All Legendary Armor Pieces               300AE64B00FF
                                         300AE64C00FF

Learned all 6 Techniques                 800AE658FFFF

Invincible                               30126C004115

Infinite Double Jumps                    80126D980000
Once having the L-Belt
                                               
That's all the codes i can get.But remember don't use these codes too often.
Look at the japanese ones.
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Gameshark Codes(Japan)For Brave Fencer Musashiden

Max HP                                   8007801201F4

Max MP                                   8007801801F4

Infinite money                           80077FEC423F
                                         80077FEE000F

Invincible                               30127670000F

Fast attack                              8007801E8000

Turbo attack                             80077F2A0008

Max attack bar                           8014A8D40001
                                         801643000001

Max status                               80078044001D
                                         8007804C001D
                                         80078054001D
                                         8007805C001D

Can stay in air (press X button)         D0077F220040
                                         801275FEFFF9

All recover items                        300B93470001
                                         800B93480302
                                         800B934A0504
                                         800B934C0706
                                         800B934E0908
                                         800B93500B0A
                                         300B9352000C

All weapons (Set 1)                      300B9353000D
                                         800B93540F0E
                                         800B93561110
                                         800B93581312
                                         800B935A1514
                                         800B935C1716
                                         800B935E1918
                                         800B93601B1A
                                         800B93621D1C
                                         800B93641F1E
                                         800B93662120
                                         800B93682322

All weapons (Set 2)                      800B936A2524
                                         800B936C2726
                                         800B936E2928
                                         800B93702B2A
                                         800B93722D2C
                                         800B93742F2E
                                         800B93763130
                                         800B93783332
                                         800B937A3534
                                         800B937C3736
                                         800B937E3938
                                         800B93803B3A
                                         300B9382003C

All weapons (Set 3)                      300B93830047
                                         800B93844948
                                         800B93864B4A
                                         800B93884D4C
                                         800B938A4F4E
                                         800B938C5150
                                         800B938E5352
                                         800B93905554
                                         800B93925756
                                         800B93945958
                                         800B93965B5A
                                         800B93985D5C
                                         800B939A5F5E

All weapons (Set 4)                      800B939C6160
                                         800B939E6362
                                         800B93A06564
                                         800B93A26766
                                         800B93A46968
                                         800B93A66B6A
                                         800B93A86D6C
                                         300B93AA006E
                                         300B93AB0071
                                         800B93AC7372
                                         800B93AE7574
                                         800B93B07776

Never tired                              80078004FFFF

Shock code(Fusion)                       D0077F220080
                                         800739508080

Shock code(Lumina)                       D0077F220010
                                         80073950FFFF

Tiredness 0%                             80078006009F

Weapon Level Up                          80078068FFFF

All these codes,including both japanese and American were taken from 
GameBuster's Paradise site.
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Translation
Here are the some of the japanese names

Japanese                 English
Musashi                  Musashi
Kojiro                   Kojiro
Fiere                    Fillet
John#                    Jon
Reno#                    Leno
Priest Harchinose#       Steward Ribson
/Geezer
Butler Yukkeru#          Butler Livers
Brandy                   Bubbles
Rikuyuru/Rikyuru         Ginderelle
Raygund Sword            Lumina Sword
Dark Raygund 1           Dark Lumina 1
Dark Raygund 2           Dark Lumina 2
Dark Raygund:Finale      Dark Lumina:Finale
Minka#                   Minku
Ed#                      Ed
Ben#                     Ben 
Topo#                    Topo
Tim#                     Tim
Mint#                    Mint
Fores#                   Fores#
Wig#                     Wid
Cappriciola#             Cappriciola
/Wokka#
Fuhrer Flatski#          Fuhrer Flatski
Examiner Reban#          Scribe Shanky
Mega Minka#              Mother Minku
Roderick#                Rootrick
/Boldor
LeCoir Empire            Thirstquencher Empire
/Ru-Coarlu Empire#
Yaquinik Kingdom         Allucaneet Kingdom
/Yakuinikku castle#
Raikoumaru               Fusion sword
Get-in ability           Assimilate ability/Fusion ability
Amiyakui Village#        Grillin' village
Devil of darkness#       Wizard of darkness
Book of Five wheels#     Five scrolls
Dolan#                   Dran
Binchoron#               Bincholons
Heart Tablet#            Heart Tablet
Any japanese names marked with a # are not confirmed yet or not sure.The # 
indicates the japanese names used from some of the sources and other site that 
may or may not represent the actual japanese names.
These japanese names represents the most reliable sources that i have got.
Credits:Thanks to John huang,outsider55@hotmail.com for some of the names.
Source:http://www.videogames.com for some of the japanese names of Allucaneet 
Kingdom,Thirstquencher Empire and the fusion ability.
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Acknowledgements
-Myself,<ysf@pacific.net.sg>for typing out all those list,reviews,
 walkthroughs,Minkus location,techniques etc and all those strategies.
-My brother,for helping me to write out a list of assimilated abilities and    
 bestiary data while i was responsible for typing.So you could consider him    
 part of this Faq.
-John Huang<outsider55@hotmail.com> for providing me with some japanese  
 names characters and how to unlock Jon and Leno and Dark Lumina 3 action  
 figure.
-<http://www.squaresoft.com>For some of the info on the story of what
 happened to the battle of Wizard of Darkness 160 years ago.
-<www.videogames.com>for some of the japanese names 
-<kevin@clearcommerce.com>for his tips on beating Dark lumina 2.
-<decca@mbox2.singnet.com.sg>for his tips on dodging steam knight steel ball
-<HyprX@aol.com>Thanks for the Lv30 to unlock Dlumina 2.
-Kevin Yuan<kyuan98@hotmail.com>for telling about Motelo story and tips on 
 dodging the fireballs from Dark Lumina 2.
-<mbimages@wwa.com>telling me about this wonderful Musashi-Kojiro battle.
-GameBuster site for all gameshark codes.
-Thanks to Carlos for telling me about the second ending
-Thanks to <Rick4Lyf@aol.com>for telling me about the third ending
-Thanks to Thorfinn Tait<Cid@velvia.demon.co.uk> and Bengt Vestlund for 
 providing me with a way of getting Drans.
-Thorfinn Tait<Cid@velvia.demon.co.uk>I got many info about the endings and 
 Jon and Leno and Dark Lumina 3 action figure,kojiro assimilate ability at          
 his site at http://w8.demon.co.uk/www.charles-tait.com/thorf/bravefencer/
 Visit his site for Brave Fencer Musashi info.
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Some Frequently Asked Question?
Here are questions that i got from all the mails.If you have got questions to 
ask,consider reading below first because it might clear your doubts.
 
 1)Where can you find the L-vest?
   In the church well after the water crest is activated inside a chest.It 
   is old shirt.
 
 2)Where is Weaver Dineretta?
   In twinpeak mountain,counting from Log#3.You will need the L-belt to 
   perform double jump to jump over.Climb up the pole and jump to the right.
 
 3)Who is the Mother Minku?Never heard of her.
   She is a giant minku that appears in the meandering forest after you have 
   captured all the 13 minkus.Talk to shepherd beefalo.
 
 4)What happens after rescuing 35 palace members?
   You get to buy Princess fillet action figure.
 
 5)I thought there was only 5 legendary armor?Where the hell did the 6th 
   appear?
   The 6th legendary armor,L-glove or L-quilt appears only after you give 
   the L-cloth to weaver.L-cloth,by itself is not actually an armor but it 
   is a special cloth.Any item made of this cloth will have unique ability 
   on it.
 
 6)What happens after you complete the game and save after the logo?
   You will restart from Chapter 6 and you will get to do your unfinished 
   business such as buying series 6 and special action figure.
 
 7)How do I get Dlumina 3 action figure?
   For more info,refer to the secrets section on special action figure.

 8)How do i get Jon and Leno action figure?
   For more info,read the secret section on special action figure.

 9)What happens after you got all action figure,minkus,bincho field?
   You get to see a new ending.Read the ending on secret section.

10)How do i defeat Dark Lumina 2?His right arm...
   Read the strategies on the walkthrough.

11)How do i liberate the water crest in Island of Dragon?
   There are high and low tides in this area.If the tides is high,you won't 
   be able to activate the crest.For your information,high tide occurs 
   between 7pm to 7am,so don't go between these interval.The crest will 
   resurfaced and you will be able to activate it.

12)Is there a second ending?
   There are a total of 3 endings.Refer to Secret Section.

13)I failed to save Tim and returned Aqualin to Hotelo on time.What happen?
   If you failed to give Aqualin to Hotelo within 12 minutes,you can still             
   take Aqualin and return to the village and the mayor will tell you that             
   it is too late but he will also try to make use of the Aqualin and             
   Misteria to make remedy and save Tim.However,you won't receive an orange             
   for free and the grocery shop won't be opened until the next chapter at                
   Chapter 4.You will have to wait until Chapter 4 to buy an orange to learn                
   Shish kebab.Fear not,Tim will be saved by chapter 4 because by chapter 4             
   when you defeat the Relic Keeper,Tim will return to normal.Hotelo blamed             
   himself(at Chap 3) for not being able to save Tim.Feeling guilty,he             
   decided to leave the village and left the inn and Mint under the care of                   
   his brother,Motelo.Noone knows where Hotelo has gone to.Motelo will say                    
   something like "It is a shame that Mint's father left the village".
   Everytime you enter the inn,you will see Motelo instead of Hotelo.If you             
   managed to give Aqualin to Hotelo within 12 minutes,Motelo will not                
   appeared at the inn.However,it doesn't affect the game's ending

   Credits:From Kevin Yuan<kyuan98@hotmail.com>for telling about Motelo                                                           

14)Hey!Steamwood reactor is hard.Any tips!The valve timer keep...
   Look at the strategy for steamwood.If you failed to save Steamwood,that's 
   KO for you.

15)I can't seem to find the directions to Frozen Palace?
   I have to apologise something that in all previous version,i made a 
   terrible mistake.The directions to meandering forest were left,Upx2,
   right,upx2,right,upx2,left,Upx4 instead of left,Up,right,upx2...
   It has only been corrected in version 10.0 only.The description  to 
   meandering forest was correct.it's just that i forgot to type x2 for the 
   Up after the left.

16)I saw a bincho field south of where you climb with Rootrick but i can't 
   seem to reach it.Whose Bincho field is that?
   The bincho field belongs to Doctor Tung.You can reach it through the raft 
   ride or using water scroll ability.

17)I have a gameshark.May I have some of the gameshark code to BFM?
   Refer to the gameshark code section.

18)Who is Wig?He should be Wid,the one living in the windmill.
   Oh!I make a mistake while typing.it should be Wid.The spelling mistake  
   has been corrected but if you really see wig again,pls inform me again 
   because i might forget to change while i was scanning through the page.

19)How do I get Dlumina 2 action figure?
   Anytime you complete the game with your fusion,lumina,body,mind trained 
   up to Lv 30,which is the limit,you will be able to buy Dlumina action 
   figure.
   
   Credits from HyprX@aol.com

20)You spelled prawn instead of pawn!
   Sorry!It has been corrected.

21)Who is Motelo?
   He is Hotelo's brother and Mint's Uncle

22)Is it better to give Aqualin to Hotelo on time or...?
   It's best that you give Aqualin to Hotelo on time.Getting a free orange             
   might not be a big deal,but think about this,the grocery shop will be          
   closed for the rest of Chapter 3 and when you are inside the restaurant             
   basement,you definitely need many healing items like C-Drinks,S-revive,
   Mints which are extremely useful.The bakery shop is another shop that          
   sells healing items but most of the items there will spoil after several          
   days and most doesn't healed a lot of HP.Besides,you get an orange          
   earlier to learn Shish Kebab technique earlier which could be really             
   helpful.I mean it!The only difference is that if you failed to give             
   Aqualin,the inn would be replaced by Motelo instead of Hotelo.There isn't             
   much difference and poor Mint having lost her father at an early age,do             
   you bear to see her so sad?

23)I'll at the ant's nest but i can't seem to get over to the other side.If 
   i assimilate the hop ability from the hopper,i cannot jump over to the          
   right side.
   Try the second strategy mention in the walkthrough.
   To make the second strategy easiler to assimilate the hop ability,use             
   water scroll to shoot at the hopper to makes it grow in monstrous          
   proportions to make assimilating easiler but don't overkill it.

24)Is there any way to deal with the red ants and the purple ants?
   Musashi can assimilate the Depress ability from the red,spiny Needlants.
   At first,this may seems useless by slowing down Musashi but from another          
   point,the purple GiAnts won't attack Musashi even if you come too close          
   to them.On the other hand,the acid ball can be absorbed from the purple          
   ants and can be used to melt the red ants.When the red ants is melt,it          
   leaves behind a pool of toxin which when Musashi comes into contact can          
   also get hurt.Also,this acid ball proves useful against ground creatures          
   like cure worms.

25)How do i defeat Topo?
   Read the strategy on Topo at the walkthrough.

26)Is the game called Brave Fencer Musashiden or Brave Fencer Musashi?
   The japanese is called Brave Fencer Musashiden whereas the English 
   version is called Brave Fencer Musashi,even though the title screen is 
   called Brave Fencer Musashiden.Whether it's Musashi or Musashiden,it's 
   still the same game.No difference at all.

27)What happened to Kojiro after he's been absorbed by Wizard of Darkness?
   Not sure!Hopefully he's alive!
  
28)I heard that the demo disc packed with the Japanese Brave Fencer  
   Musashiden has two more new demo.Is it true?
   Yes,it is true.Besides the Final Fantasy 8 demo,the disc pack a non-
   playable demo and one playable demo fighting game.The fighting game was 
   developed by SquareSoft and Namco.It is a 3-D fighting game and in the
   demo,there are only 3 character available and one of the character is 
   Cloud,the hero from Final Fantasy 7.However,the US version was not packed 
   with these two games.

29)Parasite eve also packs in with the collector CD and contains playable          
   demo of Xenogears,Bushido Blade 2,Brave Fencer Musashi and Final Fantasy             
   8.That makes the collector CDs more worth than the demo packed in with                
   Brave Fencer Musashi.
   True!But the FF8 demo wasn't playable.You can only see the CG-sequence          
   only.If you want to play FF8 demo,the only way is to buy Brave Fencer             
   Musashi.

30)When is Final Fantasy 8 released?
   FF8 will be released somewhere in early 1st quarters of '99 for the              
   japanese version and with the America version coming somewhere in October          
   to November in '99. 
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Appreciation

First,of all,i wanted to thank everyone who has contributed and those who has 
mail me to for feedback.Whether it's feedback or contribution,a special thanks 
to them.This FAq would not have completed without their help,not just their 
contribution,their feedback on how i should improve and for those who has 
corrected me of any errors,spelling mistakes.Writing a FAq is tough.It's even 
more tougher than those official strategies guide book.Why?In most guides 
book,you can have pictures to illustrate to make readers knowing what you are 
trying to say and with groups of people planning,writing a guide but in a 
FAQ,the only one who write is you and you have to gather information by 
yourself.I can't believe it.This FAq has taken me over three months in terms of 
playing,typing and i am making the 10th update now.There was a time i wanted to 
give up this FAq because it was too time consuming.A thanks to my brother who 
also do some typing for me if not i wonder how long i can finished this 
FAQ.Maybe it was my love for this game that i didn't give up.
And a special thanks to Henry Chan,the FAq writer who wrote Tactics Orge.
Even though,he didn't give me any suggestion,it was his FAQ who led me to this 
idea.I thought it could be fun so i decided to give it a try and it was holiday 
at that time so...I think the toughest thing in writing an FAq is to let the 
readers understand.In official guides or other full-colour guides book you 
owned,you can have pictures to let readers know where the minku or bincho field 
is located.But in FAQ,you don't have the technology to insert pictures to make 
readers understand.You have to try to make the readers understand by 
describing.For example where the bincho field or minku is.
Simply,because,they haven't played up to that place yet and even if they are in 
that place,they might not get what you are trying to say.For example,i think i 
have gone through everything very detailed but i still got quite a lot of E-
mail,asking me the same questions like where to save weaver,where is the L-
vest,where a particular bincho field and minku is and so on.But feedback is good 
as i could make the walkthrough more detailed,if not all,at least understand a 
little more.Even some guide books will have at least one to two spelling 
mistakes,let alone an FAQ.But i have to apologise because i am not living in 
United States and my command of English isn't that good.
English is still the first language in Singapore but i always get a B or C for 
English all the time.Luckily,i do read some videogames mags like Electronic 
Gaming Monthly and PSX sometimes so at least i am not that bad when comes to 
videogames.With maps,it is easy to tell the readers the location of where a 
certain item is.I think any FAq writer who read this would really agree with 
me.You have to use words to replace with pictures while ensuring that you don't 
make too many surprises and ruin the game because your readers have not finished 
the game.That's what make writing an FAq different from writing a colored guide 
book because with maps,it is easy to make readers understand and saves up a lot 
of writing space and thinking skills whereas FAQ writers have to think of words 
to make the walkthrough more detailed.I really respect all FAq writer and even 
if FAq do not have maps like other guides book,but think about how much time 
they spent and did they earn any money out of it?The answer is No,they did it 
out of love for the game whereas you have to spent over $10 to $30 over dollars 
to buy a guide book.I think this reason will be more than enough for FAq writer 
to earn their respect.
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