The Romancing SaGa 3 FAQ
Version 1.1
By Matthew Weng <agent99x@www.autobahn.org>

TABLE OF CONTENTS
      0. Revision History
      I. Miscellaneous Questions
            1. What is Romancing SaGa 3?
            2. What is the Free Scenario System?
            3. Will I be able to play through RS3 with this FAQ?
            4. Help! I'm stuck.  <insert event here> won't happen!  
               <insert location here> won't show up on the map!
            5. Why don't I get any money when I win battles?
            6. This weapon has 25 attack power, yet I do almost no damage!
            7. I got a new character, but the same old five are in my
               party when I go to battle.  How do I use the new one?
            8. I bought 99 Tonics, but I can't use them!
            9. How do I use the Menu Screen?
            10. I equipped four weapons, how come I can only use one?
            11. How do I learn Waza(weapon techniques)?
            12. At the beginning, I learned a whole bunch of techniques,
                but now I never learn them anymore!
            13. How do I gain levels?
            14. Why do the enemies always attack first?
            15. The random enemies are so weak that I hardly gain any
                levels when I beat them!
            16. For some reason, <insert character's name>'s Waza
                suddenly started taking massive amounts of WP!
            17. What's all this stuff when I start the game?

      II. Characters
      III. Battles
      IV. Walkthrough
      V. Other Scenarios
      VI. Bestiary
      VII. Special Thanks To

0. REVISION HISTORY
V. 1.0 
- The FAQ is online!  Sections included: 
        Miscellaneous Questions 
        Characters 
        Battles 
        Walkthrough 

V. 1.1
- Added Miscellaneous Question 17 about starting the game.
- Fixed some alignment errors caused by tabs
- Information on Harid's scenario
- Made some minor changes in weapon shop lists
- Question 10 was missing from the table of contents.  Added it.
- Bestiary
- Some updates on Characters section
- The rat story explained and use of the Rodent Nix
- Leonid is a male
- Use Self-Burning against Aunas
- Red Magic changed to Fire Magic
- Character evaluations for Harid, Ellen, Mikhail, Shaaru, Boston
  modified
- Med. Tonic and High Tonic switched
- Portal in Arakes' dungeon only works if you've beaten the guardian
- Tafutan Mountain dungeon for getting to Byunei added
- Boruka changed to Volga
- Mouzes changed to Moses
- Green Magic changed to Water Magic
- "The person with Sarah in the Abyss Gate" changed to Young
- "The person from Mung" changed to Baimeinyan
- Added caves around Stanley and Faris
- Added how to get Zoo to join
- Added some stuff on the fairy and the traveling show
- More information on the last dungeon
- "Credits" changed to "Special Thanks To"
- Boston is a lobster not a crab

I. MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS
      1. What is Romancing SaGa 3?
            Romancing SaGa 3 is a game made for the Super Famicom by
            Square, released only in Japan. It is actually the sixth
            game in the SaGa series, the first three being for the Game
            Boy and released in the United States as "Final Fantasy
            Legend" I, II, and III.

      2. What is the Free Scenario System?
            At the start of the game, you can choose to play as 
            a number of different characters.  The story will be
            slightly different depending on who you pick. 
            (Not completely different as in SaGa Frontier)

      3. Will I be able to play through RS3 with this FAQ?
            I can't read Japanese, so the walkthrough was written
            to be usable without knowing Japanese.  However, the 
            ability to read Katakana is required.  Most of the 
            weapon techniques, names, etc. are actually English 
            words translated with Katakana.  Hiragana is a plus,
            but you will probably be able to make it just knowing
            Katakana.

      4. Help! I'm stuck.  <insert event here> won't happen!  
         <insert location here> won't show up on the map!
            It's very easy to get stuck in RS3, especially if you're
            like me and can't read Japanese.  Sometimes a place just
            won't show up on the map or an event just won't happen.
            There are a few things you can try:  First, talk to 
            everyone, and go to the bartenders and choose the first
            and third options(the second option removes a character).
            Second, a character won't join you if you already have
            six in your party.  Remove one by going to the bartender
            and choosing the second option, then the character's name.
            Eclair won't leave your party this way, to get rid of her
            you have to go to Riburofu.  I've heard that some events
            won't happen unless your HP is high enough, but I'm not
            sure if this is true.

      5. Why don't I get any money when I win battles?
            Unlike in Final Fantasy, where everything from rabbits to
            ghosts have fistfuls of cash, only some enemies in RS3
            will drop aurums when you beat them.  Generally animals
            don't have money, but goblins and more humanoid creatures
            do.  Usually you only get a little money, though.  Later
            in the game when you get the Royal Ring you will be able
            to get as much money as you want(see the Walkthrough:
            38. GET RICH QUICK).

      6. This weapon has 25 attack power, yet I do almost no damage!
            That's because your character isn't trained to use that
            particular type of weapon.  There are four classes of 
            weapons: swords, spears/short swords, axes/hammers, and
            bows.  See question 9 for how to check your weapon
            level.

      7. I got a new character, but the same old five are in my
         party when I go to battle.  How do I use the new one?
            Go to Battle Formation and switch your character into
            your main battle party.  See question 9 for how to do
            this.

      8. I bought 99 Tonics, but I can't use them!
            You have to equip them.  See question 9 for how to do
            this.

      9. How do I use the Menu Screen?
            When you're in an area, push Select and you'll get the
            menu screen. On the left you have your characters, their
            names, and their HP and LP.  The choices you have are:
                  Equip
                  Waza
                  Jutsu
                  Item
                  Objective
                  Battle Formation
                  Config
                  Save
            When you are selecting a character with 'Equip', 'Weapon',
            or 'Magic' you can see their stats.  On the right side
            it looks like this:
            HP 539 LP 9/10
               WP	75/80
               JP	5/5
            ?     Sword level
            ?     Axe level 
            ?     Spear level
            ?     Bow level
            ?     Martial Arts level
            ?     Magic level(of a particular type)
            ?
		
            EQUIP: 
            To equip weapons, shields, and items, use the top four
            spaces.  To equip armor use the bottom four spaces.
            The statistics of the item that the pointer is on is
            shown in the bottom right corner. In general you can
            only equip one of each type of armor but you can equip
            as many gems as you want.  
			
            WAZA(Weapon techniques):
            If you've played SaGa Frontier you know how to use this.
            You can equip different techniques of the different
            kinds of weapons.  The types are on the right and the 
            techniques you've equipped are on the left. Push 'A' 
            to get a list of the available techniques for this type
            of weapon.  I will often refer to the types in this 
            FAQ as:
            Sword type 1   
            Sword type 2
            Axe
            Hammer
            Short sword
            Spear
            Bow
            Martial arts
            Defense

            The left side shows what techniques you have equipped.
            Items in red are ones you haven't mastered yet.  If you
            unequip them you'll lose them.  Items in black have been
            mastered.  If you unequip them you'll still be able to
            equip them later.							
		
            To unequip a technique, select the bottom option from the
            list of techniques(the one with no picture) and then
            select the technique to remove.  

            Some weapons, like Harid's Kamsheen and the Ice Sword, 
            have special techniques associated with them. These will
            not show up on this screen.
		
            JUTSU(Magic):
            This shows a list of your magic spells and their JP cost.
		
            ITEM:
            This is a list of your items.  Push left and right to get
            more screens of items.  You can carry up to four screens
            of stuff.  To trash an item, select it once and move the
            cursor down to the extra option that has appeared on the
            bottom of the item list.

            OBJECTIVE:
            I can't read Japanese, so it's not really useful to me.
            You can use my walkthrough to help you figure out 
            where to go.

            BATTLE FORMATION:
            I don't really know that much about this, because I 	
            usually just used 'Free Fight' and 'Desert Lance'.  
            However, I have heard that some secret combination 
            techniques require special battle formations.  What I 
            usually use this for is to change party members in and out 
            of my main five.  First select a battle formation('Free 
            Fight' is the regular one). Then select a character once 
            and switch it with another character.  Your front five will 
            fight in the battles.

            CONFIG:
            The top one selects Stereo(left option) or Monoral(right
            option).  I'm not sure what the bottom one selects.

            SAVE:
            You can save your game.  Pretty self-explanatory.

      10. I equipped four weapons, how come I can only use one?
            You have to push left and right.  See III. BATTLES for
            more about battles.
	
      11. How do I learn Waza(weapon techniques)?
            Whenever you use a weapon, there's a finite chance that
            you will learn a new Waza for that weapon, that is, if
            your technique screen isn't full(see question 12).  
            Some characters are specialists at a particular weapon
            type and will learn Waza much faster for that type.
            If you use a Waza often enough, you may master the
            technique, and everyone can equip it from the 'Waza'
            screen.  In addition, the person using it will require
            1 less WP to use it.  You also won't lose it if you
            unequip it because it's already been mastered.  Finally,
            the stronger the enemy you're fighting the more Waza you
            will learn from it.  A trick is to find a mini-boss that
            you can run from, fight it until you learn a technique,
            then run and fight it again.

      12. At the beginning, I learned a whole bunch of techniques,
          but now I never learn them anymore!
            Maybe your technique list is full.  If you don't have
            an empty space in your list of equipped techniques, 
            you won't learn any new ones.  Check 'Waza' under
            the menu screen.

      13. How do I gain levels?
            Each time you win a battle, you'll gain something, either
            HP, WP, JP, or weapon ability.  If you've played SaGa 
            Frontier you know how this works.  The stronger the enemy
            you beat, the more likely it is you will get stronger
            in weapons.  Note that you'll gain levels based on what
            you do, e.g., if you use spears, you won't gain sword
            ability.

      14. Why do the enemies always attack first?
            Because you ran into them.  If you are running with the
            'Y' button, you will be surprised and the enemies will
            strike first.  This also happens if an enemy runs into
            your back.  If you walk into the enemy's back you will
            strike first.

      15. The random enemies are so weak that I hardly gain any
          levels when I beat them!
            It seems that after you beat a certain number of enemies,
            you move up a class of enemies and you'll be able to 
            gain levels.  So if you're very efficient and gain a lot
            of levels in a small number of battles, eventually you'll
            still hit a wall and have to beat a whole bunch of weak 
            enemies before you can earn a lot of levels again.  I'm not 
            sure if this is the case, but from my experiences it 
            seems to be true.

      16. For some reason, <insert character's name>'s Waza
          suddenly started taking massive amounts of WP!
            Certain items, if equipped, cause this to happen.  Try
            removing some of your shields or armor.

      17. What's all this stuff when I start the game?
            Well, first you get to pick which character you want to
            play as.  From the top of the list, the males are:
            Julian
            Thomas
            Mikhail
            Harid
            The females are:
            Sarah
            Ellen
            Monica
            Katarina
            After you pick your character you can name him/her if you 
            wish.  When you're done, push start.
            You'll then get to a screen where you can select some 
            other things. I'm not sure what they are, I just pushed 'A'.
            Finally you get to pick what type of weapon the character
            uses best.  That character will learn Waza for that weapon
            much faster than for other weapons.  The choices are:
            Sword type 1
            Sword type 2
            Axe
            Hammer
            Spear
            Short sword
            Bow 
            Martial arts
            Nothing(if you pick this he/she will start with magic)
            Now you're set to begin the game!

II. CHARACTERS
      JULIAN
      Sex: Male
      Occupation: ?
      Where to find: I played his scenario
      Speed: Medium	
      Good weapon to give him: Swords
      Evaluation:
      Julian's a pretty good character.  If you play his scenario
      he will be building up levels for the whole game and thus he
      will be a strong member.

      HARID
      Sex: Male
      Occupation: Mercenary?
      Where to find: You get him at the beginning of the game,
                     later you can get him at the big mansion
                     in Lance.
      Speed: Fast
      Good weapon to give him: Swords
                               Kamsheen Swords
                               (I have found only two different 
                               ones that fit this category)
      Evaluation:
      Harid rocks.  Go to Lance as soon as you can so you can start
      building up levels for him.  He can use sword attacks well
      just like everyone else, but his Kamsheen can use "Demi Rune"
      and later "Demi Rune Echo".  You'll be stuck with a Kamsheen
      with an attack power of only 13 for a while, so also give him
      a Type 2 sword.  His sword skill is high, so his "Smash" is 
      very effective.  Harid is also fast, so he will attack early
      in the round.  Harid has a special battle formation "Desert Lance".
      If you play his scenario he is even better, as he can get 
      the real Kamsheen(if you can beat the Black Dragon Ruler).  This
      awesome weapon has attack power 41, and Demi Rune skills too. You
      can also get a great piece of armor early in the game in the tomb
      even if you can't beat the Dragon Ruler.  Give Harid this armor,
      use "Desert Lance" and Harid will take almost all physical attacks
      for very little damage.

      ELLEN
      Sex: Female
      Occupation: ?
      Where to find: You get her at the beginning of the game,
                     I don't think you can get her again later
                     (at least not in Julian's scenario).
                     She will join Harid, though.
      Speed: Fast
      Good weapon to give her: Axes, Hammers
      Evaluation:
      I'm not sure if you can get her in Julian's scenario except
      at the beginning, but I used her in Harid's scenario and by the
      time I got to Aunas she was weaker than all of my other characters.
      Maybe it's just that axes and clubs aren't as good as swords.

      SARAH
      Sex: Female
      Occupation: ?
      Where to find: You get her at the beginning of the game.
                     Later you can get her at Thomas' house
                     in Pidona.
      Speed: Fast
      Good weapon to give her: ?
      Evaluation:
      Sarah's a pretty weak character overall.  I gave her spears
      just so she could use the "Rock ..." technique.  I replaced 
      her pretty early in the game.

      THOMAS
      Sex: Male
      Occupation: ?
      Where to find: You get him at the beginning of the game.
                     Later you can get him during the Muse
                     subquest(see Walkthrough 10. PIDONA).
      Speed: Medium
      Good weapon to give him: ?
      Evaluation:
      I didn't use him much, so I can't really say.

      THE BARD(His name is in kanji)
      Sex: Male
      Occupation: Bard(duh)
      Where to find: In the cave where Monica was kidnapped.
                     If you dump him you can pick him up again at
                     many of the bars around the world.
      Speed: ?
      Good weapon to give him: Hammers
      Evaluation:
      I used him for a while, until I got better characters.  He's
      okay, but not great.  He can sing songs, but I'm not sure what
      it does.
	
      MONICA
      Sex: Female
      Occupation: Princess
      Where to find: You'll get her after beating Garuda Wing.
      Speed: ?
      Good weapon to give her: ?
      Evaluation:
      Monica's more of a story character(at least in Julian's scenario)
      so she isn't with the party for a long time.

      ECLAIR(Tatyana?)
      Sex: Female
      Occupation: ?
      Where to find: In almost any town except Riburofu
      Speed: ?
      Good weapon to give her: ?
      Evaluation:
      Eclair really sucks.  You can pick her up early in the game and
      she'll still be much weaker than all of your people.  She can
      be really annoying because you can't dump her at a bar.  You
      have to go to Riburofu to get her to leave.

      NORA
      Sex: Female
      Occupation: Weaponsmith
      Where to find: Weapon shop in Pidona
      Speed: Medium
      Good weapon to give her: Spears
      Evaluation:
      I used Nora throughout the game.  She's a pretty versatile 
      character because she's good at spears.  Give her an 
      Aamentomu spear once you can afford it.  

      ROBIN
      Sex: Male
      Occupation: Superhero
      Where to find: Port of Yamasu
      Speed: Fast
      Good weapon to give him: Spears/short swords
      Evaluation:
      Robin's a pretty good character.  He can use spears well so you
      can use him like Nora.  He's also fast, which is useful.  I used
      him all the way until I got Leonid.

      WOOD
      Sex: Male
      Occupation: ?
      Where to find: Yuusuterumu
      Speed: Slow
      Good weapon to give him: Swords
      Evaluation:
      Even though he's slow as a snail, Wood is a really good 
      character.  He starts with the skill "Smash" which you can
      use a couple times and quickly master(which means you can
      give it to your other characters).  He has high sword skill,
      and will be useful throughout the game.

      YUKI DARUMA
      Sex: ?
      Occupation: Snowman
      Where to find: The snow town
      Speed: ?
      Good weapon to give it: ?
      Evaluation:
      I didn't really use him so I'm not sure.

      SHAARU
      Sex: Male
      Occupation: ?
      Where to find: Slums in Pidona
      Speed: Medium
      Good weapon to give him: Swords or spears
      Evaluation:
      Shaaru is okay.  He starts with better levels than Mikhail 
      starts with, and he has high Fire Magic skill.  You'll probably
      have to build him up a bit if you want to use him, though.

      MUSE
      Sex: Female
      Occupation: ?
      Where to find: Slums in Pidona
      Speed: ?
      Good weapon to give her: ?
      Evaluation:
      I didn't use her, but she has only 6 LP, low HP, and zero weapon
      ability when you get her.

      MIKHAIL
      Sex: Male
      Occupation: King of Loanne
      Where to find: Loanne
      Speed: Medium
      Good weapon to give him: Swords or spears
      Evaluation:
      Mikhail's okay. He's decent in swords and spears, and starts
      with Sun Magic.  The downside, though, is that you have to beat
      Aunas before you can get him to join your party, and by that 
      time, his levels might already be outdated.
	
      UNDINE
      Sex: Female
      Occupation: Mage
      Where to find: North Moses
      Speed: ?
      Good weapon to giver her: ?
      Evaluation:
      Undine has zero weapon ability and high magic ability.  I didn't
      really use magic so I didn't use Undine.  But if you do use
      magic she might be good.

      BOSTON
      Sex: Male?
      Occupation: Lobster
      Where to find: Island of the Lobsters
      Speed: Medium
      Good weapon to give him/her: Fists
      Evaluation:
      Boston starts out with no weapon ability at all and only 440 HP,
      so he looks like an outdated character by the time you get him.
      But wait!  He is level 24 in hand-to-hand combat and his lobster
      martial arts can do a lot of damage.

      YOUNG(2 kanji meaning "few" and "year")
      Sex: Male
      Occupation: ?
      Where to find: After you beat Forneus
      Speed: ?
      Good weapon to give him: ?
      Evaluation:
      I didn't use this person, so I'm not sure.
      He's the guy who survived from the last death eclipse, I think.

      HERMAN
      Sex: Male
      Occupation: Ex-pirate
      Where to find: Great Arch
      Speed: ?
      Good weapon to give him: ?
      Evaluation:
      I didn't use him, so I'm not sure.

      LEONID
      Sex: Male
      Occupation: Vampire
      Where to find: Castle north of Podorui
      Speed: Fast
      Good weapon to give him: Swords or spears
      Evaluation:
      In my opinion, Leonid is the best character in the game.  He
      is resistant to most status ailments and "instant death" attacks.
      He is also resistant to almost all magic.  He starts with 20 
      skill in swords, spears, and martial arts.  Leonid is also the
      fastest character so he'll attack first almost every time.  
      Because of this he makes a great Ice Sword user.  He also has
      a unique type of undead magic, but I don't really use it.  
      Finally, he has infinite LP. Whew! The only drawbacks are that 
      if he dies in battle, you can't bring him back until the battle
      is over, and it's difficult to heal him because you can't use
      potions on him.  But he doesn't die easily.

      TSUIRIN
      Sex: Female
      Occupation: ?
      Where to find: Mung
      Speed: ?
      Good weapon to give her: Bows
      Evaluation: 
      I used her for one dungeon and then I got Nora back and dumped
      her.  She was pretty outdated by the time I got to her.

      BAIMEINYAN
      Sex: Female
      Occupation: Tsuirin's teacher
      Where to find: Japanese castle east of Mung
      Speed: ?
      Good weapon to give her: ?
      Evaluation:
      I didn't use her because she starts with zero weapon ability.
      She has high magic ability, though, so if you use magic, she
      might be a good choice.

      ZOO
      Sex: Male
      Occupation: Elephant
      Where to find: Rashukuta
      Speed: ?
      Good weapon to give him: Fists
      Evaluation:
      Zoo's attack power is a bit outdated by the time you get him, so
      I didn't really use him.

      YOUSEI
      Sex: Female
      Occupation: Fairy
      Where to find: The fairy village
      Speed: ?
      Good weapon to give her: ?
      Evaluation:
      By the time I found the traveling fair she was already outdated,
      so I didn't use her much.

      People I've heard can join but I've never gotten them:
      Black, the commander of the friendly Japanese castle

III. BATTLES
      Most of the battles you fight will be random battles.  These
enemies are generally moving.  If you run into them they will almost
certainly attack first.  If you walk into them from the back, you
will get to strike first.  Also, if you're surprised you won't be able
to fight in formation.  The kinds of random enemies you meet
depends on your levels.  Therefore you can meet really wimpy random
enemies right next to an impossible boss.
      Many enemies block your way and are not moving.  These are 
often mini-bosses.  Again, if you run into them they will attack 
first.
      In a battle, you can press left and right to select different
attacks.  If the pointer is on a weapon attack, the weapon will be
listed on the top and the Waza that character has equipped for that
weapon will be listed underneath it.
      There are no Phoenix Downs in the SaGa series, when a 
character's HP gets down to 0, use regular means(e.g., tonic) to 
heal them.  Each time a character's HP goes down to 0 he'll lose
1 LP.  While they're down the enemies can attack them, causing them
to lose LP.  If their LP goes down to zero you can't revive them
until they get their LP back.  The only ways to do that are sleeping
at the inn and using certain LP-restoring items.  At the end of each 
battle everyone's HP returns to maximum. 
      The more you use a weapon, the better that character gets at
using that type of weapon.  Therefore, have each character only use
one type of weapon.  Remember, sword type 1 and sword type 2 are the
same type in terms of how good a character is at using it, and so are
axes/hammers, and short swords/spears.  Therefore, it's good to have,
for example, a character equipped with both a sword type 1 and a 
sword type 2.
	
IV. WALKTHROUGH
This walkthrough is for Julian's scenario, however, with the 
exception of the beginning of the game, I think most of the
other scenarios follow pretty much the same path.

1. SINNON WOODS
You start the game in a forest with Julian, Harid, Ellen, Sarah, 
and Thomas. Walk around fighting enemies just to get a feel for 
how the game works.  At the end is a bird boss, "Garuda Wing."  
It shouldn't be too hard(hey, it's the first boss). 
If you're stuck be sure to use Harid's "Kasumi ..."

After you beat Garuda Wing, you'll see a scene at Mikhail's castle 
where he thanks you for helping Monica.  Harid leaves with Mikhail 
and you are asked to take Monica to Podorui.  You'll be back in the 
woods.  Go through the woods and at the end you will fight a tornado 
mini-boss.  After this you can go to Podorui.

2. PODORUI
      Podorui is the first town you get to.  If you push 'X' you 
can get to the world map(although you can't go anywhere yet). 
When you get to a new town always talk to all of the people(even 
if you don't understand a word they're saying :). If there's a 
bartender choose both the first and third options(right now 
there are only two, choose both). Many places won't show up 
on the map if you haven't talked to the right person yet.
      INN	

      Numbers in parentheses are the attributes of the item
      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Axe(9)                        85
      Bow(7)                        55
      Armor(9, 4)                   180
      Shirt(4, 2)                   70
      Boots(4, 3)                   80
      Tonic                         30
      ?                             200
      ?                             240

      MOON MAGIC
      Moon Glow                     400
      Soul Freeze                   800
      Moon Shine                    2000
	
      Other exits:
      North: To Leonid's castle

3. LEONID'S CASTLE
      Exit Podorui to the north and climb the mountain up to Leonid's 
castle(If you're stuck you can go down the slopes but not up).  Leonid 
will invite you in.  Follow the ghost down the stairs into the door 
on the right side of Leonid. Do NOT go to the left side yet, unless 
you are hoping for an early death.  Follow the ghosts down the stairs 
to your rooms, where you'll sleep.  After you wake up Leonid will ask 
you to get something.  This item is in the Podorui cave.

4. PODORUI CAVE
      Go back to Podorui and push 'X' to get to the world map.  You'll 
see that a new area has shown up to the north of Podorui.  Enter that 
area and go through the dungeon.  The item "Shell Blazer"(?) that 
Leonid wants is in the room full of goblins.  You'll have to beat an 
easy mini-boss(just a different type of goblin) to get it.
      Other treasures:
      Item that casts Ice           x1
      500 aurums                    x1

5. LEONID'S CASTLE
      Return to Leonid's castle with the item.  He'll say something 
and you'll end up in Loanne(Mikhail's castle).

6. LOANNE
      You'll see a scene where Mikhail thanks you and a girl in pink 
will read off your names.  After that, only Julian will be left and 
you'll get to walk around the castle.  Don't talk to the girl in 
pink(Monica?) upstairs until you're done exploring.  She will take 
you to the next area.

7. SAVING MONICA
      When you're ready, talk to the girl in pink and you'll be  
alone with Monica.  She will be kidnapped and you'll go to a cave.  
Early in this cave you will meet a bard.  Choose the first option 
and he'll join you.  You can meet a guy named Godwin in this cave 
in the room where you fight a fireball.  I'm not sure what he's for.
Monica is in the room right behind where you found the bard.  Exit 
and you'll return to Loanne.

8. LOANNE / ATTACKED SHIP
      Again, don't talk to the girl in pink upstairs, because she will 
send you out to Myurusu.  Talk to Mikhail instead and you'll get on a 
ship.  Go upstairs and talk to Monica.  When you return downstairs 
the ship will be attacked.  Go back upstairs to Monica and she'll 
join you. Then go downstairs and get two treasure chests before going 
upstairs to the deck.  There you'll fight five "Heputopasu" (Heptopus).  
They're not that strong but since you only have Julian and Monica, 
make sure you save before you go to the top floor.  After you beat 
them you'll jump off the ship and wash up on the shore of Tsuwaiku.  
Monica is gone.
      Treasures:
      100 aurums        x1
      200 aurums        x1

Now it's time to go exploring.  I think the town you end up in might 
not always be the same, though. If you don't end up in Tsuwaiku, that's 
okay, you can always go to Pidona from the port and from there you can
pretty much get to any other town(though you have to pay a fee).

9. TSUWAIKU
      For some reason everyone seems to call this city "Shibaik" even 
though the katakana is clearly "tsu". You can meet Eclair here.  
She's the girl who's walking around quickly.  Keep talking to her and 
she'll join you. Pick up a Tsuwai sword at the weapon shop, it's strong 
and later you'll be able to learn the skill "Smash" which is useful 
throughout the game, and a skill that has an effect that looks like
Blade Beam in Final Fantasy 7(sticks sword into ground, waves of energy
shoot out). You probably can't afford the Aamentomu spear yet, 
but spears are another good choice for weapons because you can get a 
skill that takes no WP(kanji, "Rock" being the first word, which looks 
like ----
      /
     /--
     |  |
     |  |
      --  ) and does above average damage, a skill "Mijuchi" that does a 
lot of damage and is very useful against bosses, and an awesome attack 
that is three kanji words, the first one being the word for "big", which
looks like     |
          -----------
              / \
             /   \
            /     \
           /       \).  There's a fighting tournament here, but it will be 
a while before you're strong enough to win it.  If you've talked to 
everyone you should be able to go to the town Kidolant or go to the 
port and go to either Myurusu or Pidona.
      INN

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Tsuwai sword(type 2, 18)      850
      Aamentomu spear(27)           4600
      Long bow(15)                  580
      Soldier Suit(14, 6)           550
      Cross helmet(10, 5)           560
      Gauntlet(7, 4)                200
      Armor(25, 10)                 2700
      Shield(16, 40)                300
      High Tonic                    200
      Med. Tonic                    250

      WHITE MAGIC
      Berserk                       300
      Crack                         800
      Stone Skin                    1000
      Earth Heal                    1200
      Touch Gold                    1600

      CONNECTIONS
      Port: Pidona, Myurusu

10. PIDONA
      Pidona is the Koorong of Romancing SaGa 3. You can travel to almost
any town in the world from the port. The catch is you have to pay to go.
After you've paid once, though, that place will show up on the map and 
you can go there anytime you like(don't pay for the ferry to the same
town again!)
      Go to Thomas' house(It's the one where an old man runs up to you
right when you enter) and you can get Sara in your party.  You can also
talk to Thomas, but he won't join you. Instead, you see him running 
south when you leave his house.
      Go to the weapon shop on the west side of town and go down to the
basement.  You'll see a scene and Nora will join your party if you 
select the first option.  Later when you talk to certain people, they
will return here and make equipment for you.
      In the northwest corner of town there is a house with some guys
shrouded in capes(Sephiroth's minions?) This is the "Cult of Maximus."
Nothing happens here yet, so don't worry about it.
      You can get the bard again if you go to the house in the 
northeast corner.  Also, in the upstairs of that house is one of the 
people that will go to the weapon shop and make equipment for you.
      In the slums(enter from southwest part of Pidona, you'll see 
Thomas running there if you exit the weapon shop in the south part of
town), you can see Muse.  Thomas will join you here, and you'll be
taken to a dungeon.  Go down the left stairs, and then go into the left
door at the bottom of the large central staircase that is straight up
and down in that room. Go through that room(run to jump over the pit) 
and you'll find a boy.  Talk to him, exit the dungeon, and go back to
the house in the slums. That's about all you can do at this point.
      INN

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Broad Sword(14)               600
      Tsuwai Sword(18)              850
      Rapier(13)                    450
      Long Bow(15)                  580
      Soldier's Armor(18, 8)        1000
      Soldier's Shield(25, 40)      1200
      High Tonic                    200
      ?                             150
      ?                             500

      WHITE MAGIC
      Berserk                       300
      Crack                         800
      Stone Skin                    1000
      Touch Gold                    1600

      SUN MAGIC				
      Heat Wave                     600
      Star Fixer                    1000
      Daybreak                      1500

      MOON MAGIC			
      Moon Glow                     400
      Soul Freeze                   1800
      Moonshine                     2000

      CONNECTIONS
      Riburofu                      100
      Myurusu                       200
      Wilmington                    200
      Yamasu                        300
      Faris                         300
      Tsuwaiku                      500
      Vanguard                      500
      Great Arch                    1000

11. KIDOLANT
      Kidolant is the town north of Tsuwaiku. If it's not on the map,
talk to everyone in Tsuwaiku.  There's a girl in a small house in
the southwest corner named Nina.  She'll be important later in the game.
There's an old man in the northeast house who will take you to the
cave where you were talking to Monica in front of if you choose the 
first option.  After you get stronger you'll go to that cave(It should
now be on the map).  The port in the northwest will take you to 
Yuusuterumu.
      INN

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Axe(9)                        85
      Bow(7)                        55
      Armor(9, 4)                   180
      Shirt(4, 2)                   70
      Shirt(7, 6)                   440
      Boots(4, 3)                   80
      Shield(15)                    60
      Tonic                         30

      CONNECTIONS: Yuusuterumu

12. YUUSUTERUMU
      Be prepared and buy some tonics if you need them, because a pretty
tough boss is coming up.  If you have the maximum six characters, dump 
one by going to a bar and choosing the second option, then that 
character's name(Note: Eclair won't leave unless you go to Riburofu. 
Since she really sucks, this can be very annoying.)  Then go talk to the 
guy in red.  He's Wood, one of the best characters in the game(If you 
have six, all he says is "yo"). He has the "Smash" skill and if you 
use it a few times, you'll master it and everyone can equip it(after 
the battle, it will say). Useful skill for everyone using Tsuwai swords. 
Choose the first option both times and you'll go to a frozen lake.  
      INN

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Bow(7)                        55
      Armor(13, 6)                  430
      Shirt(7, 6)                   440
      Boots(4, 3)                   80
      Tonic                         30
      ?                             200

      WATER MAGIC
      Healing Water                 200
      ?                             500
      Water Ball                    600
      Sparkling Mist                800
      Thunder Crack                 2800

13. FROZEN LAKE
      I recommend trying to save your WP through this dungeon because 
you might not be able to beat the boss at your current level.  When 
you get to a place that seems to be a dead end, but there are small 
islands in the water in front of you, jump(by running) on to the island. 
You'll meet a fish boss.  Use Wood's "Smash" to beat it. If your party's 
too weak, you might have to gain some levels before you fight it(save 
your WP).

14. LANCE
      Go talk to Anna in one of the houses(she's the one who's alone
in a house with up and down stairs). You can see Ellen, but she won't
join you.  Harid, however, will join you if you don't have six party
members already.  You can find him at the big mansion on the west side
of town.  For some reason, when I got Harid he didn't have a sword. You
can get one that works as his Kamsheen in the weapon shop in Myurusu
(it's the first on the list).  Talk to the guy at the weapon shop and 
he'll send you on a side quest. All you do is run through a big field 
of thieves. When you finish the quest you get 1000 aurums, plus you'll 
end up in Yamasu, which means you don't have to pay the ferry in Pidona 
to go there :).  You can do this again for 2000 aurums, and you'll end 
up in Faris.
      INN

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Long Sword(type 1, 8)         100
      Axe(9)                        85
      Bow(7)                        55
      Armor(8, 12)                  1200
      Shirt(4, 2)                   70
      Smart Guard(shield, 20)       240
      Tonic                         30
      ?                             200
      ?                             240

15. YAMASU
      Go to the center building in the port(the only one you can go
into), choose the first option, and you'll see a Caped Crusader come 
in and chase away two guys. Batman?  No, it's Robin! Now go out of 
the port and into the house closest to the port.  Choose the first
option and you'll see some guys try to kidnap a child.  Robin will 
beat them up, then leave.  Go to the weapon shop(the big one, not the
one close to the town exit).  When you come out, some bad guys will
attack a townsperson.  A pudgy Robin comes out and fights them, but
ends up falling into a barrel and gets captured.  Then the real Robin
appears and you'll help him fight.  After you beat the enemies, if
you go back to the building in the port, choose the first option and
Robin will join you, assuming you don't already have six characters
(NOTE: For some reason the bard wouldn't leave, I just dumped someone
else instead. Later in the game I was able to get rid of him.)
      INN

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP 1            Cost
      Sword(25)                     4000
      Short sword(28)               5000
      Armor(18, 8)                  1000
      Shield(25, 40)                1200
      High Tonic                    200
      Med. Tonic                    250

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP 2
      Axe(21)                       1600
      Short sword(28)               5000
      Aamentomu spear(27)           4600
      Armor(18, 8)                  1000
      Shield(25, 40)                1200
      ?                             1200

16. RIBUROFU
      Not that much to do here now.  There's one guy in the pub who will
go to the weapon shop in Pidona and help you make equipment.  If you're
playing as Harid then I think if you talk to everyone you will be able
to go to the dungeon with the Kamsheen(see comments on Harid's scenario).
You can also get Eclair/Tatyana to leave your party by going here.
      INN

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Sword(25)                     4000
      Aamentomu spear(27)           4600
      Long Bow(15)                  580
      Armor(22, 16)                 2200
      Gauntlets(6, 3)               800
      High Tonic                    200
      Med. Tonic                    250

      SUN MAGIC				
      Heat Wave                     600
      Star Fixer                    1000
      Daybreak                      1500

17. FARIS
      In the pub you can get another guy to go to Pidona and help you
make equipment.  Also in the pub there's a guy who'll give you 1000 
aurums if you can win a mini-game.  In this you choose an army and 
your goal is to get as many people as possible to the other side. It's
not too hard, I didn't know what I was doing and I still won. If you
talked to everybody in Faris(there's a guy in the upstairs of the weapon 
shop) you should be able to go to Stanley.
      INN

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Long Sword(8)                 100
      Sword(10)                     200
      Long Spear(11)                250
      Armor(14, 6)                  550
      Armor(18, 8)                  1000
      Cross Helmet(10, 5)           560
      Gauntlet(7, 4)                200
      Shield(16, 40)                300
      High Tonic                    200

      FIRE MAGIC
      Hard Fire                     200
      Self-Burning                  500
      Feather Shield                600
      Bird Song                     800
      Firewall                      1800

18. STANLEY
      There's another guy who'll make stuff for you at Pidona in the
bar here.  After you talk to everyone here, there should be a cave
northeast of Stanley and northwest of Faris.  Don't go in here yet,
as you can't do anything at this time.
      INN

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Broad Sword(14)               600
      Tsuwai Sword(18)              850
      Aamentomu spear(27)           4600
      Armor(9, 4)                   180
      Small Shield(10, 40)          80
      Boots(4, 3)                   80
      Guard Ring(8, 8)              2500
      Tonic                         30

      WATER MAGIC
      Healing Water                 200
      ?                             500
      Water Ball                    600
      Sparkling Mist                800
      Thunder Crack                 2800

19. MYURUSU
      If you can go to Tsuwaiku you don't have to pay the ferry at 
Pidona to go here, just go from Tsuwaiku.
      INN

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Sword(kamsheen able, 12)      400
      Axe(9)                        85
      Long Bow(15)                  580
      Armor(13, 9)                  430
      Helmet(9, 3)                  240
      Boots(4, 3)                   80
      Shield(15)                    60
      Tonic                         30
      High Tonic                    200

20. WILMINGTON
      Ride the ferry to Wilmington.  You can find another guy who will
go to Pidona and work on equipment for you at the Inn.
      INN

      WEAPON SHOP                   Cost
      Long Sword(8)                 100
      Broad Sword(14)               600
      Sword(25)                     4000
      Sword(10)                     200
      Tsuwai Sword(18)              850
      Short sword(7)                90
      Rapier(13)                    450
      Estokku(short sword, 28)      5000

      ARMOR SHOP
      Armor(14, 9)                  550
      Armor(18, 8)                  1000
      Armor(22, 16)                 2200
      Small Shield(10, 40)          80
      Large Shield(16, 40)          300
      Shield(25, 40)                1200
      Cross Helmet(10, 5)           560
      Brace(12, 5)                  900

21. VANGUARD
      Talk to everyone in Vanguard(don't forget to choose the first AND 
third options when talking to bartenders) and you should be able to go
to North/South Moses and to "Little ?"(a town northeast of Vanguard).
Go back into Vanguard and you'll see two people get killed by some 
demons.  Sleep at the inn, and during the night some demons will attack.
Beat them and go to the old man in the house directly left of the 
murder house. Talk to him and he'll mention some kind of secret 
underneath his house.  Exit the house and go right back in. Talk to him
again and he'll open up a secret staircase under where he was standing.
You'll go down there later, but right now there isn't really anything
to do here.
      INN

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Spear(23)                     2400
      Long Bow(15)                  560
      Armor(22, 9)                  2400
      Armor(8, 12)                  1200
      ?                             380
      High Tonic                    200
      Med. Tonic                    250

22. LITTLE ?
      This is the town northeast of Vanguard. There's not a lot of
people in this town(not even an inn!) Go talk to everyone and choose 
the first and third options when talking to the bartender and you
should be able to go to Rubu Mountain(If you move your cursor on the
map screen over the mountains to the west of the town, you will be 
able to go there).  There's nothing to do at Rubu Mountain yet, but
it's good to make it appear.

23. NORTH MOSES
      Moses is the double town on the same screen as Vanguard and 
Wilmington, south of Vanguard.  The north and south parts connect by 
a bridge.  You can go from one to the other without going to the world
map. 
      If you go into the big building in the southwest part of North
Moses, a bunch of mages will attack you.  Beat them up and a lady
will come down and say a bunch of stuff and ask you something(I'm not
sure what, I just said "hai").  Now you can go buy Sun Magic if you
want, or go up the stairs.  Upstairs is a weird room with a whole 
bunch of teleporting tiles.  Play around with them until you get to
the bottom center part and you can get two treasures:
      Gem(0, 13)
      Armor(14, 18)
      Now play around with them until you get to an upward staircase.
Go up it and you can talk to the woman(Undine).  Later if you talk to 
her she might fight you(Reset the game if she attacks you, because you 
don't want to kill her, she'll join you later in the game).  Talk to the 
guy blocking the bridge in the south part of town.  He will move aside 
and you can talk to the two people blocking the well.  Keep going south 
and a guy will block your way, so go back to the map screen and enter 
South Moses from there.
      INN

      SUN MAGIC                     Cost
      Heat Wave                     600
      Star Fixer                    1000
      Daybreak                      1500

24. SOUTH MOSES
      If you go to the house in the northwest part of South Moses, 
some ogre mages will attack you, just like in North Moses. Beat them
and a guy will come down and say a bunch of stuff and ask you 
something(I'm not sure what, I just said "hai").  Now you can go buy
Sun or Moon Magic if you want, or go up or downstairs.  Note that this
building is a loop, if you go to the top and then go upstairs, you'll
end up at the bottom, and vice versa.  Go talk to the man(Volga) at the 
top and if you choose the first option, he'll fight you.  Again, you don't 
want to kill him, so don't do this.  Now talk to the person in the north 
part of town blocking the way to the bridge. He'll move aside and you 
can go to the well.  Talk to the people blocking the well and they'll 
leave.  If you go up to the well and push 'A' you'll jump inside.  The 
boss in the well is too strong now, though, so I'll come back to this 
later.  You can pick up a Bloody Sword just by going left, though(It's 
cursed, by the way).  Incidentally, if you get stuck in the well, you 
exit by going to the top center of the circular room you first dropped 
down into and pushing 'A'.
      SUN MAGIC                     Cost
      Heat Wave                     600
      Star Fixer                    1000
      Daybreak                      1500

      MOON MAGIC
      Moon Glow                     400
      Soul Freeze                   1800
      Moon Shine                    2000

      ITEM SHOP
      Armor(8, 12)                  1200
      ?                             240
      ?                             380
      Item that casts fire          250

25. GREAT ARCH
      In Great Arch there are a whole bunch of people who will show you 
to caves where you can get treasures.  The one you'll encounter first
(red, white, and blue guy standing on the pier) is Herman.  You don't 
need to talk to him yet, because the cave he will show you to has a 
boss that you probably won't be able to beat yet.  Most of the other 
people show you to treasure caves.  Go to all of them and you'll end
up with a lot of money.  You can also go to Ake from the port.
      INN

      CONNECTIONS: Pidona, Ake

26. GREAT ARCH CAVE NO. 1
      This is the one directly south of Great Arch and begins with you
walking straight down a staircase. Go into the door and you'll fall 
down into a room with three treasure chests.  Get them and leave 
through the door in the northeast part of the room.
      Treasures:
      200 aurums                    x1
      Gem(2, 6)                     x1
      Enemies appear                x1

27. GREAT ARCH CAVE NO. 2
      This is northeast of Great Arch.  You begin in a room with 
skeletons.  Go to the end and there will be two treasure chests. 
That's it.
      Treasures:
      250 aurums                    x1
      Enemies appear                x1

28. GREAT ARCH CAVE NO. 3
      This one is in the middle of the screen south of Great Arch on
the world map.  You begin in a room with little tornadoes.  There are
three rooms you can go to from here. Go to all of them and get the 
treasure chests.
      Treasures:
      200 aurums                    x1
      300 aurums                    x1
      Shell Blazer(6, 3)            x1
      50 aurums, enemies appear     x1

29. GREAT ARCH CAVE NO. 4
      This one is on the top of the screen south of Great Arch on the
world map.  You begin in a room with frogs.  You have to sneak 
through some secret passageways to get to the treasure.  You can see
where they are from the patterns on the ground.  There's only one chest,
and it really sucks.
      Treasures:
      Gem(3, 3)                     x1

30. AKE
      You can get to Ake from the ferry in Great Arch(choose the second
option).  There's a jungle to the south, but there's nothing to do there
right now.
      REST(Free)

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Hammer(15)                    20
      Armor(18, 7)                  1400
      ?                             150

      FIRE MAGIC
      Hard Fire                     200
      Self-Burning                  500
      Feather Shield                600
      Bird Song                     800
      Firewall                      1800

By now you have visited most of the towns in the Romancing SaGa 3 world.
Now go back to the Kidolant area to take on your next major quest.

31. RAT CAVE
      Go to the professor's house in the forest west of Tsuwaiku.  She
will do a dance and say a lot of stuff.  Leave and go to the cave right 
next to Kidolant.  If it's not there, talk to the old man in the 
northeast house in Kidolant and you'll be taken there. Once you get 
in someone will lock you inside.  Make your way to a room with a
lot of exits.  One of those will lead to treasure(push 'A' on some of
the skeletons lying on the ground), one will be nothing, and the west
one continues on.  Keep going until you get to a room where the music
stops playing.  Walk up into the black area and a bunch of rats will
attack.  It's impossible to beat them now, so run(push 'R', then 'A').
Go back to the entrance of the cave and Nina will let you out. 
      Now return to the professor and you'll find out that the leader
of the rats is an intelligent rat "Algernon" who escaped from her lab.
Algernon's pack of rats has been demanding human sacrifices from the
people of Kidolant.  The old man shut your party in in the hopes that
you would be the next to go.  The professor will give you the 
"Rodent Nix".  Now return to Kidolant and talk to the old man in the 
northeast house again. You'll find out that he's going to sacrifice
Nina to the rats.  Now go back to the cave.  You'll see that a large 
boulder has been put up to seal Nina inside.  Push 'A' and you'll move 
it aside.  Now if you go back to the rats, the boss music will play and 
you can beat them.  If you got the Rodent Nix all of the rats except
Algernon will be damaged every round.  Attack the rat that does not
take damage(Algernon) and eventually you'll beat them.  Each time you
hit Algernon the screen will flash.  If you don't have the Rodent Nix 
they will be almost impossible, as you'll only have a small chance
of hitting the right rat.  
      Treasures:
      Item that casts Ice           x1
      Hammer(15)                    x1

      Algernon's approx. HP: 2308

32. JUNGLE OF AKE
      Supposedly somewhere there is a traveling fair and you can find
a fairy to help you get to the Fire Abyss Gate, but I've never found it,
and believe me, I've looked.  So all you can do is wander around in
the jungle (exit Ake to the south) and hope that you reach the palace.
Stock up on some High Tonics before heading to the Fire Abyss Gate, 
you'll need them.
      There's a fairy village in the jungle(you have to climb up a
vine to get there) if you can find it.  You have to wander around for
a long time to get there, though, and there really isn't anything you
need there, so if you don't find it, that's ok.  When you get to the 
start of the village, run(don't walk) to your left to jump to the tree.
There are a few treasures:
      ?                             x1
      If you're wandering in a town and you see a sign that's not 
normally there, you've found the traveling fair.  Go off the screen
near the sign, and you'll reach the fair.  Go to all of the tents.  In
the topmost tent is a fairy.  Now if you sleep at the inn in that town,
then you will be given the opportunity to save the fairy.  Go back to
the topmost tent and push 'A' on the right side of the cage.  It will
open and the fairy will fly away.  If you go back to the fairy town she
is in the top house, and she will join you.  I've also heard she can tell
you which color of butterfly to follow to get to the Fire Palace.
Tip 1: You can go across some parts of the river where there are 
       stepping stones.
Tip 2: Try to go through exits with butterflies.  It's okay to go back
       into the exit you just came out of, you'll go to a random 
       place(sort of like the Lost Woods in the original Zelda)
Tip 3: If you do get to the fairy village, you'll start on a platform.
       Run(not walk) to the left and you will jump to the door.
Tip 4: After you've already gone inside the palace once, if you exit,
       it will appear on the map and you won't have to wander around
       in the jungle again.  The same goes for the fairy village.

33. FIRE PALACE
      Is it just me, or does this dungeon sort of look like the 
Ocean Palace in Chrono Trigger?  The enemies in this dungeon are much
harder than the ones you've met before. I learned a whole bunch of 
skills here and leveled up really fast.  You'll need the levels to beat
the boss Aunas.  Build up spear users because they have a couple of 
useful skills to use against the boss Aunas.  If you already have the 
spear skill that starts with the word "big" in kanji(see 9. TSUWAIKU)
you can earn money and levels very fast.  Right when you go out the 
top door in the first room, you'll see a goblin standing by the wall
with his back turned.  Approach it and it will attack.  It will always
be five little mages. Just use that spear skill and it should be a snap.
Then go back to the first room, come back, and you can beat the goblin
again.  You'll get 113 aurums each time you do this.  One of the treasure
chests is guarded by a mini-boss 'Kerberos'.  You can beat it with 
"Smash" and the spear skill mentioned above, or "Mijuchi".  The treasure
is only a 12 Attack power short sword, though.
      There is another mini-boss that you have to beat in this dungeon.
It's three creatures standing around a portal.  What's really annoying
about this battle is that there are two enemies blocking you from 
attacking it, and after each round, if you kill one, they will summon
another to replace it.  Even worse, they regenerate HP every round.  
If you have the spear skill mentioned above it should be a cinch, but 
if not, use "Smash" to quickly eliminate the front ones and then you 
can attack the creatures.  Many magics can also target the back, but 
I hardly ever use magic so I usually don't have anyone strong enough 
at magic to be able to do a lot of damage.
      There's a chest with no treasure in it, but instructions on where
to find a secret attack "Crimson Flare".  I've never gotten it, though,
so I'm not sure what it's like.
      Right before you get to Aunas, you'll meet another mini-boss, 
the Pyro Hydra.  It's pretty strong, but if you're having a hard time
beating it, you aren't strong enough to beat Aunas yet.  Just use 
your strongest attacks("Smash", "Mijuchi", etc.).  After you beat the
Pyro Hydra you'll get Pidora Armor(20, 10).  Also, if you leave and
come back, you won't have to beat it again(unlike the other mini-bosses).
      As if that weren't enough, you have to fight the real boss of 
this dungeon, the Fire Abyss Gate Guardian, Aunas.  Although they are
all tough, If you don't know the way, Aunas is one of the hardest 
guardians because he has a fire barrier around him so if you attack 
with normal weapons you will receive massive damage in return.  Spear 
attacks "Mijuchi" and the one that starts with the kanji "big" are ranged 
so you can use these safely. Also there's one sword attack that is three 
kanji characters and starts with  
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       /   \
      /     \
that is safe to use.  If you've learned "Back Stab" you can use that 
safely as well.  If you have it, the skill that looks like Blade Beam
from FF7(see 9. TSUWAIKU) is safe too.  The trick, though, is to use
the spell "Self-Burning"(fire magic, you can buy it in Ake) on yourself.
Each character should use this in the first round because it makes
him/her invulnerable to fire attacks.  After you use "Self-Burning" you
can attack Aunas with anything you like.  Also, it is a good idea to 
spread your characters out so that only some of them will take damage
when Aunas uses his fire wall attack.  If you have Harid you can use
"Desert Lance", put Harid in front, and use "Self-Burning" on him.  He'll
be the only one who takes the hits from the fire walls, and since he has
"Self-Burning", he will take zero damage.  One word of warning: if you get
attacked with a physical attack, you will lose your "Self-Burning" and 
that character will have to use it again.  Aunas has about 19000 HP.
      Treasures:
      Fire Armor(12, 12)            x1
      3000 aurums(Wow!)             x1
      Nightingale(short sword, 12)  x1  (Behind Kerberos)	
      Armor(15, 25)                 x1
      ?                             x1
      500 aurums                    x2

34. AURORA PATH
      Go to Lance and ask Anna to tell you about "Aurora".  Then go to
the map screen and push 'X'. You'll see the whole world map and 
fireworks will periodically flash in the background.  Wait a LONG time
and eventually stars will appear.  When you see weird clouds on the
top part of the screen, push 'A'. There will be a new area you can
go to.  If it doesn't show up try getting rid of one of your characters
if you have six already. You'll go through a portal(like the time gates
in Chrono Trigger) and end up in a snow town.

35. THE SNOW TOWN
      Keep talking to the snowman "Yuki Daruma" in the basement of the 
middle house and he'll join you.  Also, all the rest of the snowmen 
awaken and you can talk to them!  There's even a pub in this town(You 
can't dump a character here, though).  Talk to everyone and then go into 
the door in the room where you can rest(it was locked before you talked 
to the snowman).  Exit the cave and then exit the town to the right side
and you'll reach a frozen lake.
      REST

      ITEM SHOP                     Cost
      ?                             500
      Wine of the Gods              980

36. FROZEN LAKE
      Jump from island to island by running(not walking).  The Cyclops
that inhabit this area are tough to beat, so avoid them whenever 
possible(They're good for earning, though).  Along the way you'll meet a 
mini-boss "Windflower". By now it should be a piece of cake.  Push 'A' 
on the statue and you'll get an item.  Keep going and you'll fight a grey 
Dragon Ruler.  This beast can do hundreds of damage to all of your 
characters in a single round. All you can do is hope that it uses attacks 
that only affect one character rather than the whole party.  If you can't 
beat it yet, you can come back later in the game to get the Ice Sword 
after you're stronger.  The Ice Sword is an awesome weapon.  It does much 
more damage than a Tsuwai Sword with its regular attack.  The only 
drawback is that it gives you an ice barrier so that if enemies attack
you, they'll get damaged a little bit.  Why is this bad? Well, if you
haven't attacked yet this round, you lose youir turn.  The solution is
to give the sword to a fast party member(e.g, Harid, Leonid, Robin).
      Treasures:
      ?                             x1 (after Windflower)
      Ice Sword(40)                 x1 (after Grey Dragon Ruler)

37. LANCE
      Go into the big building that Ellen is pacing around near.  Talk
to the guy upstairs and choose all of the options.  Now go to the big
mansion and talk to everyone.  Some of the women should move after you
talk to them.  Now go to the dungeon on the west side of Pidona(Arakes'
dungeon) and make your way to a door that you can't get through(it's
behind a throne). After this, go back to the guy in Lance and he should
give you the Royal Ring.  (Note: the first time I played it through,
one of the people in the mansion gave me the ring.  You'll know you got 
it when you hear a beep.)  If you don't get the ring, try shuttling 
between the women in the mansion and the guy in Lance, or going to the 
locked door in Arakes' dungeon.  Remember that you won't get it if you
haven't beaten Aunas(Fire Abyss Gate Guardian) and gone to the locked door
in Arakes' dungeon. The Royal Ring(0, 5) starts with the kanji for "king"  
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and is worth 2500 aurums at a shop.  You'll soon see the usefulness of
this.

38. GET RICH QUICK
      If you've ever played any SaGa game, you know that money is hard
to come by. Well, now that you have the Royal Ring, this is not an 
issue any more! Go to the bottom weapon shop in Yamasu(the big one in the 
town square where Eclair is prancing around), and sell your Royal Ring.
Exit the shop and return again.  The shopkeeper will say "We've got 
a great item today!" and you'll notice a "beautiful ring" you can buy
for 10 aurums.  Buy it, and when you look at your item list, your Royal
Ring is back!  You can keep selling it for 2500 aurums and buying it
back for 10 as many times as you want.  Now's the time to buy all those
expensive weapons you couldn't afford, or stock up on potions.  Note 
that your maximum cash is 10000 aurums.  You can always buy what you
need and come back to earn more money later.

39. PIDONA
      If you go back to Muse's house you'll see that she is in terrible
condition.  Talk to the guy(Shaaru) sitting at the table twice.  He'll 
give Muse some kind of potion and Muse will be healed.  If you talk to 
him again he'll join you. Also if you leave the building and return, 
Muse will join you.  After all of the levels you had to earn to beat
Aunas, though, these characters might be a bit outdated.  At least Muse
has a "Guard Ring" which you can give to another character.

40. THE EARTH ABYSS GATE
      You may have made so much money with the Royal Ring that you have
forgotten that it's actually an event item.  Remember that dungeon in 
Pidona where you visited on the Muse subquest?  If you went down to the
end of the dungeon there was a door that you couldn't open.  Now that
you have the Royal Ring, you can open it and reach the Earth Abyss Gate.
There's a secret passage that allows you to skip most of this 
dungeon. In the first room after you see the big building and hear the
abyss gate music play, jump over a hole in the ground(by running) and 
down into the wall.  You will find a portal that takes you almost to the 
place where you need the Royal Ring. (Note: this only works if you've 
gone through it once and beaten the guardian on the other side of the 
portal.)
      The quickest way to Arakes is to run into the big red blob 
floating in the middle of the first multi-exit room, and then go to the
top exit.  You can get a lot of cool treasures if you explore, though,
most of which I probably missed.
      The most difficult thing about Arakes is the fact that he can 
confuse all of your characters.  When this happens they often will attack
your party members or not even attack at all.  If you've been
gaining levels and have learned good techniques, you should be able to
do massive damage to him every round.  He doesn't have the fire barrier
around him like Aunas, so just use your strongest attacks.  Watch out, 
though, as he uses Sleep, Confuse, and other annoying status ailments
against you.  Keep attacking and hope you don't get all of your party
members confused and you should be able to beat him.  A clue that 
someone's about to attack your allies is if you don't get to choose 
which enemy to attack(normally on most attacks you have to push 'A' twice
to register your choice).  In that case, just parry by pushing 'L' and 
then 'A'.
      Upper bound on Arakes' HP:  24793

41. FOREST WEST OF TSUWAIKU
      If you've talked to the professor enough times, whenever you go 
to Tsuwaiku you'll get run over by a bike.  Go back to the forest
and you'll get run over again.  Return to the professor's house and go 
down to the basement.  Choose the first option and then go into the
only door you can go into.  You'll fight a large bike.  By now it
should be a piece of cake.  After you beat it it will fall off a 
cliff and explode, and you'll end up in Tsuwaiku.

42. LOANNE
      Go to the bar in Vanguard and choose the first option.  The 
barkeeper will say something about Loanne and Byunei.  Now Loanne
appears on the map(next to Myurusu).  Go there.
      INN

      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Broad Sword(type 1, 14)       600
      Sword type 2(10)              200
      Short sword(7)                90
      Rapier(short sword, 13)       450
      Estokku(short sword, 28)      5000
      Armor(14, 6)                  550
      Helmet(6, 3)                  150
      Gauntlet(7, 4)                200
      Small shield(10, 40)          80
      Tonic                         30

      Go up to the castle and the guards will step aside.  This is the
same castle you visited way back at the beginning of the game.  Find
Mikhail in his room on the second floor and talk to him.  He will say
something about Byunei.  Choose the first option.  If you talk to him
again and choose the first option, he will join you.  Again, his 
levels might be a bit outdated.  

      There are now two ways to get to Byunei: an easy way and a 
hard way.

43a. THE EASY WAY
      Go to Rubu Mountain(it's north of Vanguard and west of the town
I called "Little ?"(see 22. LITTLE ?).  If nothing shows up when you
move the pointer over the mountains, go to Little ?, talk to the
barkeeper, and choose the third option.  Go through the dungeon and 
you'll eventually reach a dragon "Guwein".  Don't choose the first option 
because then he will attack you.  Choose the second option instead, and
he'll fly you up to Byunei.  The advantages of this method are that it's
easy to get up to Byunei(all the enemies in the dungeon are regular
random enemies) and Guwein takes most of the damage for you.  The 
disadvantage is that you must fight with only Julian(and Guwein).  A 
good attack for Guwein is the bottom one that takes 10 WP.  Don't use
the second one because it does no damage to Byunei.  If you choose
this way Byunei will be the easiest of the four abyss gate guardians. 

43b. THE HARD WAY(TAFUTAN MOUNTAIN)
      On the same screen of the world map as Myurusu and Loanne is a 
tiny patch of mountain in the southeast corner.  Move the pointer 
to "Tafutan Mountain" and you should be able to go there.  You'll start
by climbing up the outside of the mountain.  Jump from ledge to ledge 
as you climb up.  There are two points where you can get stuck if you
don't know that if you push 'A' a rope will appear.  They are at the
ends of the second and third screens.  When you exit the third screen
you will be given a choice.  Don't choose the first one because you'll 
leave the mountain.  Choose the second choice and you'll be in the
clouds.  Go straight up to get to a darker part of the mountain.  If 
you leave through the door you came from you'll go out of the mountain.
After you've been here once, whenever you go to Tafutan Mountain you
will be given a choice.  Choose the first option and you'll go right
to that section.
      In the dungeon there are a lot of "Life Traps".  You can avoid
most of them but you will have to fight some of them.  These can be
annoying because they have extremely high defense power and may force
you to use a lot of WP to take care of them.  They have about 4000 HP.
All of the treasures in this dungeon are obtained by pushing 'A' on 
skeletons.  Instructions for how to get the combination "Galaxy" are 
located in one of them.  Before you get to Byunei you will have to
beat a mini-boss of three enemies: "Byunei Bird", "Byunei Dog", and
"Byunei Baby".  They can be pretty hard, and will suck more WP from 
your pool.
If you play through this way Byunei will be much harder, even though 
you get to have all of your characters. Use your strongest attacks and 
hope that Byunei doesn't confuse, sleep, or paralyze all of your 
fighters.  If you've already gotten Leonid, he's great for this boss
because he has resistance to most of Byunei's attacks.
      Upper bound on HP: 28893
      Treasures:
      Armor(12, 15)                 x1
      ?                             x1
      Item that casts a spell       x1
      ?                             x2
      Shirt(9, 5)                   x1
      ?                             x1
      Armor(20, 20)                 x1   (after beating the mini-boss)

44. MOSES WELL
      You can pick up a shield at the bottom of the well in Moses.  
It's located on the bridge between North and South Moses.
Note: you can go left and right from the room you start in.  To leave
the well, go to the top of the room you start in, press 'A', and choose
the first option.
      To get to the shield you have to find a secret passageway.  
There's a place with two exits very close to each other, the top one
leading to a room with two skeletons and nothing else, and the bottom
one leading to a room with two treasure chests.  Check the left wall
between these two exits to find the hidden passageway. You'll fight
a mini-boss: two gargoyles, two ghosts, and a "Death Master".  It 
should be a piece of cake. When you beat it, you'll get the shield.
One warning: if you equip this shield, all of your techniques will
take more WP to use.
      When I came out of the well, the two people from weird buildings
in North and South Moses(see 23. NORTH MOSES and 24. SOUTH MOSES)
attacked me.  In a previous game I had already killed them when I 
went up to their buildings and they attacked, so this didn't happen.
Anyway, I'm not sure when this event will be triggered or what it 
means.  The bosses' names are Undine and Volga.  By now they should
be easy to beat.  Now if you go to Volga's building(S. Moses), you
can loot some menial treasures(mages used to be blocking them). For
some reason both of them will sell you magic.
      Treasures:
      Bloody Sword                  x1
      ?                             x1
      300 aurums                    x1
      Item that casts Ice           x1

      In Volga's building:
      Fire Armor(12, 12)            x1
      Guard Ring(8, 8)              x1

45. UNDERGROUND VANGUARD
      Go to the secret staircase the old man in Vanguard opened up for
you(see 21. VANGUARD).  Make your way to the end of the dungeon, beat 
the iceballs, and push 'A' on the red switch.  A staircase should 
open up.  Go into the control room and walk up to the control panel
in the middle of the room.  The room will light up and the RS3 theme
will play.  Go back out and talk to the old man.  He'll tell you that
you need a dolphin statue for the machines to work.  Talk to the 
barkeeper in Vanguard, then go to Great Arch.
      Treasures:
      600 aurums                    x1
      Helmet(9, 3)                  x1
      Gem(3, 3)                     x1
      ?                             x1
      ?                             x1

46. CAVE OF THE DOLPHIN STATUE
      In Great Arch, talk to the guy standing on the pier who looks
different than everyone else.  He's Herman, and he'll show you to 
a cave where the dolphin statue is.  In the cave there are a lot
of places where you have to walk through secret passages in the 
walls.  It's usually pretty obvious where they are, though.  Just
look at the patterns on the ground.  Sometimes you have to hit skull
switches in the walls before you go into doors, otherwise they will
close.  If it does, go out of the room, come back, and hit the skull
switch(press 'A').  If you get to a door which gives you two options,
DON'T CHOOSE THE FIRST OPTION because you'll leave the cave.  The 
dolphin statue is closest to that exit door.  You'll have to
beat a mini-boss to get it.  Push 'A' on the statue and you'll fight 
the mini-boss.  These enemies are really outdated by now, so they'll
be easy.  After you beat them, push 'A' on the statue again and you'll
get it("Iruka...").  Don't equip it or you might not be able to trigger
future events.  It's not very good as armor anyway.  Now you can leave
the dungeon by way of the door.
      Treasures:
      ?                             x1
      50 aurums and enemies appear  x3
      ?                             x1
      200 aurums                    x1
      Enemies appear                x1
      Hammer(16)                    x1
      1000 aurums                   x2
      Spike shield(18, 35)          x1
      Axe(17)                       x1
      Dolphin statue(0, 1)          x1

47. VANGUARD, THE FLOATING CITY
      Bring the dolphin statue back to Vanguard and return to the
control room.  Put the dolphin statue on the uppermost orange orb by
pushing 'A'.  Go back outside and talk to the old man.  He'll tell 
you that you need mages.  Go to North Moses and talk to Undine.  If
you have less than six in your party she'll join you.  Undine is 
actually not outdated by the time you get her.  However, she has zero
weapon skill and high magic skill, so you'll have to use a lot of JP
if you use her. (The first time I played through the game I killed 
Undine and Volga, so I got the mages from a mage at the inn.  This 
mystery mage was not there when I went through the game without killing 
Undine and Volga).  Now go back to Vanguard, talk to the old man, and 
go down to the control room.  Walk up to the control panel, and
the city of Vanguard will break off from the mainland and become a 
floating island!  If you get stuck on Vanguard, the way to get off is
to go down to the place where the Pidona ferry used to be(downstairs
of one of the houses).  When you go up to the control panel you will
see coordinates. Choose the first option to go to that place.  You 
should be able to go to "H Plus" 20 "L Minus" 40, whatever that means.
If not, go to whatever place you go to and when you go back to the 
control panel again the coordinates should change.  You should end
up at an island full of lobsters.

48. ISLAND OF THE LOBSTERS
      Talk to all of the lobsters and one will give you coordinates 
"H Plus Minus" 0 "L Minus" 100.  One of the lobsters "Boston" will join
you if you have less than six.  There is a dungeon entrance in the
northwest corner of the town.

49. UNDERNEATH ISLAND OF THE LOBSTERS
      Go through the dungeon(you can run through the waterfall).  
When you get to what is seemingly a dead end, there's a secret door
(walk behind the waterfall 'curtain' and go north).
      One of the enemies lurking around in this dungeon is a purple
water dragon.  You don't have to fight it, it is extremely strong.
But you CAN run from it, and because of this you can use it to learn
Waza.  Fight it, and after you learn a technique, run.  Because it's
much stronger than you, you'll learn Waza fast.  If you want to try
and beat it, remember that it's weak to the sword attack that starts with
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and ends with "ri".  If you don't miss, you can do over 5000 damage!
You'll need it because the beast has over 25000 HP.
      Treasures:
      Hammer(16)                    x1
      Spike Shield(18, 35)          x1
      Gem(3, 3)                     x1
      ?                             x1

50. UNDERWATER CAVE
      Go back to the control room in Vanguard and choose the second 
option.  Then choose the last option and Vanguard will go into 
"Submarine Mode"!(It is not known how the people above ground avoid
drowning, but if you surface, they seem to be okay :)  Choose the 
first option three times and you'll arrive at an underwater cave.
Go through this cave and you'll arrive at an underwater palace.

51. UNDERWATER PALACE
      There's a chest with no treasure in it, but instructions on where
to find a secret attack "Tempest".  I've never gotten it, though,
so I'm not sure what it's like.
      When you get to the abyss gate you'll find that Sarah and Young
are trapped there.  Forneus is extremely tough to beat. Like all abyss 
gate guardians, he can attack twice each round.  He has powerful attacks 
that can hit all party members.  Compounding the problem is that after 
he uses "Squall" once he will gain 999 HP every round.  You might have 
to earn quite a bit before you can beat this boss. After you do Sarah 
will save Young but in doing so gets sucked into the Abyss Gate.  Young 
will join your party if you have less than six.  You can also get Herman 
to join your party if you go to Great Arch and talk to him.  Actually, 
I've heard that if you beat Forneus with him in your party, he will turn 
into "Black" and get stronger.  I've never done it, though.  Beware, it's 
very hard to get Herman to leave your party.
      Upper bound on Forneus' HP: 28092
      Treasures:
      1000 aurums                   x3
      ?                             x2
      Gem(2, 6)                     x2
      Armor(30, 10)                 x1
	

52. THE TOURNAMENT
      By now, you should have a shot at winning the tournament in 
Tsuwaiku.  Talk to the two people guarding the door at the north end.
Choose the first option and you'll enter a tournament.  First, you'll
see the bracket.  Push 'A' and you'll get to a screen where you can 
change your lineup.  If you want to do so, push 'A' and change them.
Otherwise press 'B' and the tournament will begin!  Your characters
will fight one at a time, a la Battle Arena in FF7, and if one of them
is defeated, the next one fights, until all your characters are 
defeated or you defeat all six enemies.  If you have the Ice Sword
equipped you might want to remove it because if the enemy uses physical
attacks, you could lose your turn almost every round.  If you win 
you'll move on to the next round to fight a different set of monsters.  
If you win 5 matches you'll get 10000 aurums and a Gold Medal(4, 4).  
Not that useful with the Royal Ring trick, but rewarding to win.  Also,
if your main character doesn't go to Podorui early in their story, you
need to win the tournament to get access to Leonid's castle.  You
can actually do this any time in the game, but if you meet Dragons
you might not be able to beat them.
      Incomplete list of opponents:
      Goblins                       Difficulty: Easy
      Dragons                       Difficulty: Hard
      Sea monsters                  Difficulty: Easy
      Dancers and mermaids          Difficulty: Medium
      Knights                       Difficulty: Medium
      Demons                        Difficulty: Medium
      Wisps                         Difficulty: Easy

53. LEONID'S CASTLE
      Remember the left door you didn't go into in Leonid's Castle at
the beginning of the game? Well, if you beat that dungeon at any point
Leonid will join you.  No problem, right?  Well, you have to go 
through a long and arduous dungeon and beat 4 mini-bosses, the last of
which is extremely tough.  Late in the game, though, you should be able
to do it.  Make sure you don't have six characters and head on up to
Leonid's Castle.  Talk to him and he'll disappear and say HaHaHa....
Go into the left door and make your way through the dungeon.  You'll
have to fight a number of mini-bosses along the way.
      Mini-boss #1:     5 Waabatto.
                        These are enemies from the beginning of the
                        game. Don't waste your WP.
      Mini-boss #2:     3 Dragon Zombies.
                        Stronger than the first mini-bosses, but still
                        easy.  The back one has about 3800 HP while the
                        other two have less than 2000 HP.
      Mini-boss #3:     Mootaru Ghost.
                        If you're having problems on this you probably
                        aren't strong enough to finish this dungeon yet.
                        Beware, he regenerates about 400 HP each round.
                        Upper bound on HP: 5045
      Mini-boss #4:     Three wolf-type creatures.
                        You don't have to beat them to get to Leonid,
                        all you get is a Bloody Sword.  They're not
                        easy to beat.
      Mini-boss #5:     Gelatina Smarta.
                        Much easier than the wolf-type creatures.
                        He'll regenerate about 200 HP per round.  
                        Upper bound on HP: 3469
      Mini-boss #6:     Yamii.
                        You were thinking, OK, no sweat, I beat the
                        other mini-bosses, just one more to go, right?
                        This monster can attack twice and regenerate 
                        999 HP every round.  If you had trouble beating 
                        the other mini-bosses you won't be able to beat 
                        this one.
                        Upper bound on HP: 14608
      After beating Yamii, be sure to go up the stairs to the left side
and through a crack in the wall to get an awesome piece of armor(42, 42).
You will have to beat five mermaids to get it, but they're easy.  Now
go down the stairs to get to Leonid. After you talk to him you will be
back at the beginning of the castle.  Talk to him again and he'll join you.
      Congratulations! You've finally completed this long dungeon.  
Leonid's a great addition to your party.  He has infinite LP, and is
resistant to a whole bunch of status ailments and "instant death" 
attacks, and almost all magic.  He also has very high speed, meaning
he will almost always attack first.  Finally, he always has Regen.
Leonid's a great person to give the Ice Sword to because he's fast,
so he won't lose a turn if he gets attacked.  The only drawbacks
are that if he's killed in battle, you can't revive him until the
next battle, and that he gains HP extremely slowly.  One strange
sidenote: If all of your characters have much more HP than 
Leonid, it seems that almost every battle the only thing you gain is
HP Up for Leonid.  Since he can only gain 1 HP each time, this can 
cause you to waste a lot of time earning!  Try earning with enemies
that you can beat in 1 turn, or removing Leonid from your main battle
party temporarily while you earn for the others.
      Treasures:
      400 aurums                    x1
      200 aurums                    x1
      ?                             x1
      Guard Ring(8, 8)              x1
      600 aurums                    x1
      Gem(2, 10)                    x1
      ?                             x1
      ?                             x1
      ?                             x1
      Rune Hammer(13)               x1

54. CAVE NORTHWEST OF STANLEY
      Talk to everyone in Stanley and you should be able to go to a
cave northwest of there.  At the end of the cave is a boss, three
Reapers.  By now they should be easy to beat.  After you finish this
cave a new cave will appear between Stanley and Faris.
      Treasures:
      500 aurums                    x2
      2000 aurums                   x1	

55. CAVE BETWEEN STANLEY AND FARIS
      When you get to the end there will be a bunch of weird looking
devices with skeletons around it.  You will be given a choice, pick the
first option and you'll be booted out.  Now go to Arakes' dungeon(in
Pidona).  Take the portal in the first room, and exit the room you come
out of to the north.  Go west and enter the door.  There should be a
treasure chest in that room.  Open it and you'll read a poem.  Return to
the weird looking device and choose the second option.  You'll fight a 
boss "Galateia".  Beat it and you'll get an item "Kakera of the Dead".
I'm not sure what it does, though.
      Treasures:
      Max Tonic                     x1
      ?                             x1
      300 aurums                    x1

56. THE CULT OF MAXIMUS
      Sometime later in the game if you go to the northwest house in
Pidona(the one with all the guys in capes) you'll see a scene where 
Maximus is preaching.  Note: it was hard for me to trigger this event,
I think you might have to bring Herman.  A couple of demons will appear
and Maximus will be gone.  Walk into the back of the altar and you'll
find a secret stairway.  In the dungeon there will be a lot of the
guys in capes.  If you approach them they will turn into monsters. 
In one of the rooms there is a mirror, push 'A' and it will open up,
allowing you to reach a treasure chest.  At the end of the dungeon, 
there is a boss "Benevolent King", along with an Oannesu and a Medusa.
He's really easy, as he has less than 5000 HP.  Beat him and exit the
dungeon.  You'll be in the slums of Pidona.
      Treasures:
      ?                             x1
      Chokki Nuts(8, 12)            x1
      Med. Tonic                    x1
      ?                             x1
      800 aurums                    x1
      2000 aurums                   x1
      Gem(0, 13)                    x1
      Armor(18, 21)                 x1

After you go to the desert you won't be able to get back to the
overworld for a while, so stock up on potions, weapons, armor, etc.

57. THE DESERT
      Now that you've closed the four Abyss Gates, go to the entrance 
of the desert(move the cursor over the desert on the same screen as 
Riburofu).  If you can't go there, talk to everyone in Riburofu.  Run 
left for a few screens and you'll reach a town "Divine King's Abode".  
There are a whole bunch of weird guys in capes like you saw in Pidona.  
I'm not sure what you can do here.  Now go right a few screens and you 
should arrive at a river. Make your way to the bottom of the river, fall 
down the last waterfall, and you'll reach a rocky area.(Hint: if you're 
stuck right at the beginning, you can climb down the slope where there's 
a plant-type enemy standing.  Watch for rockholds you can climb up and 
down.)  After you find your way through that you will hear the town music 
play in a field with enemies.  Explore this field and you should find a 
town.

58. MUNG
      Talk to the person in the southeast tent and Tsuirin will join 
you. One of your characters will leave your party here(Don't worry, 
you'll get him/her back later) and stay with Tsuirin's teacher, 
Baimeinyan.  Talk to everyone, leave town, and go south through the field.  
You'll get to a cave.
      REST
	
      WEAPON/ITEM SHOP              Cost
      Bow(7)                        55
      Long Bow(15)                  580
      Bow(26)                       3900
      Sword(12)                     400
      Armor(9, 4)                   180
      Armor(22, 9)                  2400
      Tonic                         30
      ?                             200
      ?                             240
      ?                             150

59. CAVE SOUTH OF MUNG
      You can talk to some of the creatures walking around in this 
cave.  Most of them just say "Niku..." but the one that's not moving
will say something else.  Talk to all of them.  There are two enemies
in this cave that are not moving.  Find them and destroy them and all
of the enemies will vanish.  Then go back and talk to the friendly 
creature that's not moving.  He will say something about the Abyss
Gates.  Exit and return to Mung.  Go back to the house where you
got Tsuirin; she'll leave and you'll get your character back.  If 
you want Tsuirin leave the house and return, choose the first option 
and she'll join you.

60. JAPANESE CASTLE
      Exit Mung to the east(you couldn't do this before) and you'll
end up at a Japanese feudal style castle.  Walk up to the door and 
Baimeinyan will arrive.  There will be a short conversation
and you'll be free to explore the place.  You can get Baimeinyan to 
join you here.  Wander around the castle(hint: there are light spaces 
in the walls which are hard to see, these are doors).  
      INN

      SHOP 1                        Cost
      Sword(27)                     2000
      Axe(21)                       1600
      Bow(26)                       3900
      Armor(14, 6)                  550
      Helmet(9, 3)                  240
      Boots(4, 3)                   80
      High Tonic                    200
      ?                             150
      ?                             200
      ?                             500

      SHOP 2                        Cost
      Sword(27)                     2000
      Armor(35, 8)                  9999
      Armor(12, 15)                 2600
      Shirt(9, 5)                   380
      ?                             1200
      High Tonic                    200
      ?                             150

      Treasures:
      High Tonic                    x1

61. CAVE NORTH OF MUNG
      Exit Mung to the west and go as far north as you can.  You'll 
reach a cave.  Go through the first door and you'll reach a room 
with a ton of exits.  Most of these teleport you to other locations
within the room.  Explore the dungeon and search for the mini-boss.
When you get to the room with the mini-boss, don't attack him first.
Leave the room and keep going so you can get three treasure chests.
      Mini-boss   :     A blue headless knight
                        Each round a couple of enemies will be 
                        summoned.  They have a lot of HP so you will
                        need to use attacks that can hit the 
                        mini-boss in the back.  Try to get as much
                        damage in the first round as possible.  If
                        you have a party based on swords like mine
                        it might be a tough fight.
      Treasures:	
      Item that casts Ice           x1
      300 aurums                    x1
      Eruda Bow(22)                 x1
      500 aurums                    x1
      ?                             x1
      Sword(27)                     x1
      2000 aurums                   x1

      After you beat this boss you'll wind up in the Japanese castle.
You'll also be able to get back to the world map(finally!) by pushing
'X'.  You'll find that it has expanded to fit all the new places
you've been to.  Go talk to Baimeinyan again(she's in the 
top building of the Japanese castle).  You'll see a scene and you'll
be able to go to the last dungeon.  But wait! There's more to do first.

62. RASHUKUTA
      Return to Mung and talk to everyone there.  Then go one screen
west of Mung on the map to find Rashukuta.  This town is populated by
elephants.  Talk to all of the elephants, and choose the first and
third options at the bar, and you should be able to go to the Sunken
Ruins.  If you bring Young to the sick elephant in the northwest house,
you can make him better.  Now if you talk to the blue elephant "Zoo"
in the house he will join you.
      INN

      ITEM SHOP                     Cost
      Tonic                         30
      High Tonic                    200
      Med. Tonic                    250
      ?                             150
      ?                             200
      ?                             500
      ?                             240
      ?                             380

      ARMOR SHOP                    Cost
      Shield(15)                    60
      Smart Guard(shield, 20)       240
      Armor(12, 15)                 2600

63. SUNKEN RUINS
      Move the pointer over the weird purple lake on the same screen 
as Rashukuta and you should be able to go to the Sunken Ruins.  The
ruins hold lots of treasures(Crashed Gelnika??).
      There's a super shield (Uiru Guard) in this dungeon, but you 
have to beat a green Dragon Ruler to get it. How hard is it? Well,
it will sometimes do an attack that does about 500 damage to all 
party members.  This almost kills everyone in one attack.  Save
your game before taking a lone treasure chest in a circular room
with yellow bricks.  Sometimes when you beat the Dragon Ruler you
will get a Spear(45).
      Hint : When you get to small circular rooms with yellow bricks,
try to find exits from both the left and right sides.
      Upper bound on Green Dragon Ruler's HP: 24009
      Treasures:
      ?                             x1
      1000 aurums                   x1
      Gem(3, 3)                     x1
      Screamer(sword, 28)           x1
      Armor(18, 7)                  x1
      ?                             x1
      2000 aurums                   x1
      Boku Wind(axe, 34)            x1
      Troll Stone(0, 14)            x1
      Uiru Guard(shield, 20)        x1
	
64. THE FINAL CONFRONTATION
      You won't be able to go back after this, so save a backup game.
You probably will also want to make sure you have some items that 
restore WP in your inventory, because you'll use a lot.  I also 
recommend having the magic spell "Self-Burning" for as many people
as possible.

      Go to the other Japanese castle on the same screen as the first
one.  If you see soldiers walking around, go back to the friendly
Japanese castle and talk to Baimeinyan.  Now go upstairs and
there will be a battle between two armies(like the one you played in
the bar of Faris).  After this, you will be face to face with a red
Dragon Ruler.  This beast is even stronger than the green one you 
fought in the Sunken Ruins(gasp!)  It has all of the attacks that the
green one has, plus it can set up a fire barrier around itself which
will hit you for massive damage when you attack it.  Try using 
"Self-Burning" to counteract its fire attacks.  You might have
to earn a very long time before you can topple this boss. Good luck. 
After you beat him go into the door.  There are a lot of pretty hard
enemies guarding doors, but if you were able to beat the red Dragon
Ruler, you should also be able to take care of these.  
Upper bound on red Dragon Ruler's HP: 21824.
      Did you think you were done after beating the red Dragon Ruler?
Go up to the top of the castle(defeating a lot of hard enemies along
the way) and you'll see two people run away.  Follow them and you'll 
get into a battle with an "Abyss Naga".  It's pretty strong, and it
regains 999 HP per round, but after the red Dragon Ruler, if you have
enough WP left, you should be able to beat it.  In the first version of
the FAQ I wrote that it was stronger than the Dragon Ruler but actually
I think it is quite a bit easier.  If you're out of WP, check your items, 
some of them restore WP.  Upper bound on Abyss Naga's HP: 17466.
      After you beat the Abyss Naga, it will fall off the castle with
the guy who summoned it.  Young will take you to another Gate.  He 
will open it and you will walk inside.  If you have six characters you'll
have to dump one to make room for Young. You'll be able to go to a whole 
bunch of places that resemble the palaces you went through to get to the 
Abyss Gates, and you'll have to fight Aunas, Arakes, Byunei, and Forneus 
again. The glowing portal where you came from allows you to recover HP, 
WP, and JP.  These bosses are extremely difficult, and you might have to 
earn to be able to beat them.  I've found that the wisps in Aunas' 
section are the best enemies for earning in this area.  Hope you saved 
a backup game outside!
      In my opinion, Forneus is the hardest of the guardians, so you 
might want to try the others first if you're having trouble on Forneus.

      AUNAS:
      Upper bound on HP: 52148
      The strategy for beating this Aunas is the same as the strategy
      for beating the first one.  Choose a formation that spreads your
      characters out and use "Self-Burning" on as many as possible.  
      Attack with your best techniques, but beware of the fact that 
      you will lose your "Self-Burning" if you are hit with a physical
      attack.  He's still very hard to beat.
	
      ARAKES:
      Upper bound on HP: 56068
      Arakes has a number of attacks that affect all of your 
      characters, and those are the most damaging.  Use your best
      attacks and make sure you have enough potions.  There is a
      defense technique that allows you to resist its most powerful
      attack, use it if you have it.
	
      BYUNEI:  
      Upper bound on HP: 51464
      This time you don't have Guwein to take all the damage for you.
      Byunei has a high annoyance factor because of all the status 
      changing attacks she uses.  Just keep attacking and healing your 
      characters and you should be fine.  The most difficult thing about 
      Byunei is that she keeps trying to charm your allies.  They may
      end up doing more damage than Byunei does.  If you've mastered 
      the defense technique that prevents charm, it would be a good
      idea to give it to all of your characters(except Leonid, who's 
      already resistant to charm).

      FORNEUS:
      Upper bound on HP: 59108
      Forneus has command of a whole bunch of spear skills.  He can 
      do a lot of damage to all of your characters very quickly, so 
      you need high HP.  He doesn't even have to use "Squall" this 
      time to gain 999 HP each round.  Forneus has about 60000 HP and
      you will have to do a lot of damage fast to beat him.  Leonid
      is really good because he is resistant to "Squall", the 
      lightning attacks Forneus uses, and also the ice attack.  Boston
      is also resistant to "Squall".

      After you beat the Abyss Gate Guardians, go into the middle 
      teleporter and go up to fight the last boss.  While you're 
      enjoying the cool battle theme, be aware that the thing has
      extremely high defense power and your attacks will do less 
      damage.  At first the last boss is really easy and you're 
      starting to think that after you beat those Abyss Gate 
      Guardians, this should be a piece of cake, right? Wrong!
      After about 14000 damage, you'll get teleported to some other
      dimension(4th Dimension Magisphere??) and it will start morphing
      into all of the Abyss Gate Guardians you haven't beat in their
      respective lairs yet.  Fortunately these will be in their 
      original form and not their second form. Beat them and it will 
      revert to its old form.  At this point, it will start to use more 
      attacks that affect all of your characters.  It also gets a huge 
      number of attacks per turn.  If you manage to do about 16000 more 
      damage, you will be teleported again.  Now the boss gets incredibly 
      hard.  Every round you will lose about 100 HP per person(except for 
      Leonid, who's immune). The boss gets multiple attacks per round that 
      do a lot of damage and affect all of your characters.  It also can 
      make your characters attack each other.  The only good thing is that 
      this form has much lower defense power.  If you survive this
      encounter long enough to do about 40000 damage, some words
      about "Abyss" something will flash on the screen.  When you
      see this you're almost there.  Do about 11000 more damage and
      you win!

      Upper bounds on:
      HP needed to reach morphing phase         14015
      HP needed to reach second phase           16417
      HP until the words flash on the screen    39488
      HP after the words flash                  11335
      -----------------------------------------------
      Total HP                                  71255
                                                + HP of all the guardians
                                                  you didn't beat yet

      Note 1:     The HP estimates seem to vary depending on how many
                  guardians you've killed.  When I beat all of the
                  guardians the last boss reached the second phase
                  after only 21850 damage, not 14015 + 16417 = 30432.
                  Also it sometimes takes longer to get the words to
                  come up on the screen.

      Note 2:     If you get killed against the last boss, you'll see
                  a scene where the abyss gates open and the world 
                  gets destroyed.

      Mini-boss list:
      A Lilith that can summon Barbarians
      Nightflower
      A Medusa and two Bajirisuku
      Five multi-armed skeletons
      Mantis God
      Green and Red demons with clubs
      Benevolent King and two others that look like him
      Three green Dragon Zombies
      Two Kerberos

      Treasures:
      Behind a Lilith that can summon Barbarians:
      Hammer(10)                    x1
      ?                             x1
      
      Behind Green and Red demons with clubs:      
      Boots(12, 7)                  x1
      Armor(35, 8)                  x1

      Behind Benevolent King and friends
      Duel Master(glove, 7, 7)      x1
      Armor(25, 25)                 x1

      Congratulations!  You have finished by far the most challenging
      RPG I have ever played. If you got to the end you have probably
      spent hours earning levels.  Well, don't worry, the ending 
      doesn't disappoint. Plus, the ending is slightly different 
      depending on which scenario you beat.  Enjoy the show!	

V. OTHER SCENARIOS
      You don't have to play the game as Julian.  There are three other
male characters and four female characters.  You select one when you
start the game(see Miscellaneous Questions #17).

HARID'S SCENARIO
      The game starts out in the same bar that Julian's scenario started
in.  You see a flashback of something that happened in Harid's life, and
then you see the same scene as in Julian's scenario.  You'll then go
to Sinnon Woods like in Julian's scenario.  After Garuda Wing the other
members leave and you'll go with Mikhail.  You'll see a military 
conference and then you'll be in a field with some soldiers.  Talk to
some of them and you'll get into military battles(like the one in 
17. FARIS).  You can play around with battle strategies if you want,
but the battles aren't hard.  After you win a couple of battles you'll
be in Loanne and Mikhail will join you.  The town and castle are under
attack by goblins.  Go into the castle.  When you go upstairs Katarina
will join you.  Go into the throne room and you'll fight a green demon.
Beat it and you'll see the thank you scene like in Julian's scenario
and you'll be able to explore Loanne.  You can talk to Julian, Thomas,
Sarah, and Ellen in the bar, but only Ellen will join you.
	If you talked to everyone in Loanne, you should be able to go
to Myurusu.  From there you can go to Tsuwaiku and the game is pretty
much the same as Julian's.
      Note 1:  When I played Harid's scenario, a cave appeared in the
               desert pretty early in the game(I hadn't even beaten
               the rats yet).  Inside was an ancient tomb with a lot of
               great treasures:
               Bloody Sword(type 1, 19)                  x1
               2000 aurums                               x2
               Wine of the Gods                          x1
               Armor(35, 8)                              x1
               Hand of the Ghost God?(glove, 16, 4)      x1
               Sledgehammer(30)                          x1
               ?                                         x1
               Boots(1, 6)                               x1
               Tonic of the Heart?                       x1
               ?                                         x1
               Kamsheen(41) [After the Dragon Ruler]     x1

               Go here once you can.  As you can see, there's some 
               really good equipment in here.
               If you find a large tomb and press 'A', you'll be given
               the option to say "hai" or "iie".  Say yes and you'll
               fight a dreaded black Dragon Ruler.  If you're at the
               beginning of the game, don't even think about being
               able to beat it.  The Dragon Ruler has about 24000 HP and 
               a lot of tough attacks.  If you beat it you'll get the 
               Kamsheen(the real one, not the ones that are called 
               "Kamsheen" when Harid uses them but not on the item 
               screen).  It has 41 attack power and you'll use it for 
               the rest of the game.  Note: After you do a certain 
               amount of damage, the Dragon Ruler will become 
               more powerful(As if it weren't strong enough already).
               If you push 'A' on the other tombs in this room you'll 
               fight Dragon Zombies.  Even if you can't beat them(you
               don't get anything for beating them anyway), if you're
               at the beginning of the game they can be useful.  Since 
               they are much stronger than you, when you attack them you
               will learn new Waza very quickly.  Save your game, fight
               them, and after you learn a Waza, run.  Now you can repeat
               the process again.

VI. BESTIARY
Note: A star means that's not the actual name, but the name is in
      kanji so I'm not sure(e.g. *brown wolf).
      A plus means the name is directly translated into romaji
      (e.g. +Rappi).
      A ? in items means that the item's identity is not known.
Name of enemy           Upper bound on HP    Items it can give
*brown wolf             80
+Fei                    160	
*brown snake            94                   Gem(3, 3)
+Rappi                  184                  ?
Garuda Wing             1553
Goblin                  138                  4 aurums       
Ghost Fire              101
Arachnid                196
*green demon            2556
Ground Fish             562
Skeleton                85                   4 aurums,
                                             Broad Sword(type 1, 14)
Belladonna              363                  6 aurums
*yellow zombie          222                  4 aurums
Beetle                  211
Heptopus                269
*boss of Ice Lake       3457                 116 aurums
Hell Diver              186
Barghest                242
Algernon                2308
+Kamaitachi             235
+Futtopatti             561
Spider Rose             191
+Waabatto               225
+Meruhenruumu           267
Biter                   341
*grey one-eyed monster  181
Rain
Earth                   652
Earhead                 134
Brother                 204                  Sword(kamsheen able, 12),
                                             5 aurums
Electric Fire           990
Slime                   244
Rain Bee                286
*green snake            686
+Dotty Lance?           546
Fleeceberg?             319
Rock Python             219
Ghost                   233
Arachne                 533
Splash                  1165
*three beehives         571
+Shindi                 730
+Nikusaa                624                  4 aurums
Croaker                 1078
Sun Diver               922
Erumu Bird              568
+Shokku                 1064
Aunas??(green mage)     1339                 24 aurums,
                                             item that casts fire
Kerberos                4636
+Toriomeijan            3103                
Magma                   1981
+Oannesu                874                  9 aurums
Jelly                   1008
Pyro Hydra              7165
*purple demon           1284                 8 aurums
*blue fireball          848
Black Dragon Ruler      24348
Dragon Zombie           1848
Merudo Worm             813
Scare Head              849
Aunas                   19077                Armor(8, 10)
Cyclops                 10205                56 aurums
Rock Ein                429
*grey wolf              532
Kinoko zombie           842
Hobgoblin               821                  7 aurums
Blazer                  1103
*green fish             150
Sea Killer              525
Krypton                 443                  6 aurums
Draconian               1495
Mantiger                687                  7 aurums
Insect Woman?           857                  24 aurums
+Inoshishi ??           839
Kanheru Draco           1295
Rain Slug               406
Air Riaru               1809
Triceps(Triceratops)    2001
Water Flower            908
Wind Flower             7492
Smart Gelatin           1142
Grey Dragon Ruler       13419
+Barishuudora           696
*red one-eyed monster   1362
Arakes' ? Ghost         1681                 37 aurums, High Tonic
Arakes                  24793                242 aurums
Wyvern                  2387
Silver Magi             1393
Toby                    1410                 6 aurums
Master Toby             5048
Rotten Gian             1442
Waabatto                364                  5 aurums
Carpenter               6323
Guru Gulper             1932
+Miniti                 1098
Gargoyle                999
Gel                     411
Mootaru Ghost           5045
Kaeru Soldier           1918
Mad Jester              1393
Slug Mute               488
Gelatina Smarta         3469                 27 aurums
Yamii                   14608
Krypto Eruda            1016
Mabelwagen?             1089
Grand Gaachi            1258
Life Trap               4281
Eruda Baboon            2616
Byunei Bird             3731
Byunei Dog              3876
Byunei Baby             3262
Byunei                  28893                Gem(2, 12)
Forneus Soldier         1282
Stoma                   1474
*multi-armed skeleton   2077
Ghast                   1212
Poisonous Leech         2174
Bronze Magi             604
Krypto Magi             1531
Volga                   6940
Gold Magi               3306
Death Master            4038                 117 aurums
Undine                  6849
+Pegupauraa             2221                 6 aurums
*purple water dragon    29618
Kaeru ??(purple frog)   2104
? Rock Fish             2525
Death Koraada           2477
+Nikushii               2059                 Spear(23), 8 aurums
Hammerhead              1550
Sand Biter              896
Forneus ??? (red demon) 2320
Poisonous Crab          1042
Despiser                2102                 Gem(2, 6)
Forneus                 28092                221 aurums
Sun Dean?               5111
Desert Trap             1954
+Zerunamu ?             3321
Lizardman                                    Spider Sword(20)
Eruda Ibaa              
*blue headless knight   11655                Armor(20, 40)
Reaper                  2561                 42 aurums
Dancer                  497
*green demon with club  5618
Lilith                  1888
Green Dragon Ruler      24009                Spear(45)
Vanadeis?               1023                 27 aurums
Wet Ruby                2928
+Shokku                 1195
Ogre                    1860
Galateia                21578                Kakera of the Dead
Soul Sucker             5071
Blue Dragon             9632                 338 aurums
Benevolent King         4282
Medusa                  2977
Red Dragon Ruler        21824                78 aurums
Barbarian               2221
Nightflower             9998
+Bajirisuku             3265
Mantis God              8235
*red demon with club    3811
*yellow version of      10314
 Benevolent King
*blue version of        7060
 Benevolent King
Green Dragon Zombie     7314
Abyss Naga              17466                377 aurums
Aunas(2nd form)         52148
Arakes(2nd form)        56068
Byunei(2nd form)        51464
Forneus(2nd form)       59108
The Last Boss           71255 + HP of all guardians not beaten yet

VII. SPECIAL THANKS TO
      -HASSAN <galuf@worldnet.att.net> for his Full Walkthrough, which
       enabled me to play through the game the first time.
       Also for confirmation that you don't have to beat any of the
       four Abyss Gate Guardians twice to fight the last boss, and to
       use Self-Burning on Aunas.

      -AIVENDIL <unknown> for his Mini-FAQ, which included the Royal
       Ring trick and others.

      -DAVE SHORT <dshort@st1.wou.edu> for explaining the story of 
       the rats and the use of the Rodent Nix in defeating them.

      -SQUALL LEONHART <sommerswerd@hotmail.com> for pointing out that
       you don't have to beat the four Abyss Gate Guardians to go 
       through the desert, and info on the caves by Stanley and Faris.

      -RUNEFIRE <runefire@geocities.com> "The girl in pink" = Monica

      -DANIEL THOMPSON <grasscrab@geocities.com> for his page on 
       characters and techs.

      This FAQ copyright Matthew Weng<agent99x@www.autobahn.org>.
      Commercial use is prohibited.  You may freely distribute it as 
      long as it is not altered in any way.