Saga Frontier Help Sheet - Ver 0.2 (Now with lots more information added)

From : Kain (Zhou Tai An) kain@pacific.net.sg



I think this game is coming out next year soon, so this is just something to get 

you started if stuck. 



Author's Note : A lot of things in SaGa Frontier (hereby referred to as SF, or 

at least when I remember to call it that ^_^) are related to each other, i.e. 

Kowloon's sewers are part of both Blue and Coon's quests, the powerup's are not 

only integral to Blue's quest but are important in their own way etc. So to 

avoid complications, everything will be listed in a separate section. Of 

course...that also means you'll probably be confused by some of the references, 

so just skip to the pertinent section and read from there.



BTW, knowing hiragana and katakana will help tremendously in this game.



Section A : General Stuff 



A : The start screen. 



The options here are self-explanatory; either start a new game or load an old 

one. There's also a Quick Start option that will restart your last game. Rumor 

has it that, upon completion of all 7 characters, Rogue (Blue's brother) and the 

Joker (Murderer of Emilia's husband) will become playable...



1) The Characters



Red : A young boy with the power to transform into another form, a hero for 

justice.

Blue : A powerful magician from the Magic Kingdom, fated to kill his brother.

Asellus : A young girl transformed into a half-human Mystic after being crushed 

under the wheels of a demon chariot.

Coon : A monster on a quest to save his dying homeland.

T260G : A robot who goes on a journey to fulfill his last duty.

Emilia : A ex-top model who hunts her husband's murderer.

Lute :  A wandering, carefree bard.



IMHO, Blue's quest is the easiest and the best for beginners.



B : Menus



The options on menu are as follows : (top down)



Status*

Items

Combined Attacks

Party Rearrange*

Weapon Equip

Skills Equip

Controls

Save



* = you may access both Skill and Weapon Equip options from here. Just push the 

button again.



Now, an explanation of the options :



1) Status : You should be pretty familiar with this option, but here's a run 

down on exactly what the different characteristics mean.



HP : When this reaches 0, the character is then unable to fight. Any further 

hits will reduce LP by one.

LP : When this reaches 0, the character is then considered dead. I have no idea 

whether this is reversible.

WP : Is expended when Mecha Programs and both Monster and Human Skills are used.

JP : Is expended when Magic is used.

STR : Determines the Damage done by Swords and Body.

QUI : Determines turns and Evade Rates.

INT : Determines Magic learning rates and effectiveness of Mecha items.

WIL : Determines effectiveness of Magic and Hit Rate of Swords and Guns.

PSY : Determines Evade and recover Rates of status affecting attacks.

VIT : Determines ability of withstand Damage (with DEF) and Evade Rate of sleep 

attacks.

CHA : Determines Evade and Hit Rates of charm attacks.

DEF : Determines Damage taken.



2)Items : Again, a familiar option. You should take note that Saga Frontier 

differentiates between items that can be used in combat and out of; also, a 

character may only carry up to 4 items into combat. (That's what the top 4 

spaces in the Status option mean.)

3)Combined Attacks : No space to fully elaborate this option, but the top three 

slots are reversed for the most often used attacks; in other words, attacks 

placed there will be activated more often and also will not be displaced by 

newer skills.

4) Party Rearrange : Just like it says! ^_^

5) Weapon Equip : Self-explanatory

6) Skill Equip : Same here. (More on this in the Skill section...see below)

7) Controls : Changes window color, button configuration...etc.

8) Save : Well...^_^



Okay, here's the place the disclaimer was before. News Update! 



I have decided to continue the guide without prompting! (Cheers are heard, and 

there was much rejoicing. Thanks to James Obenshain for the encouragement, 

though. ^_^) However, I will begin by getting down the bare bones first...the 

good stuff can wait.



C : The World



The world of SaGa Frontier is broken up into :



Races : Exact rundowns on the Skills, Magic, and Program capability of these 

will be elaborated on in the Skill section.



1. Humans. Versatile creatures who can use Swords, Guns and Magic. Humans are 

the only race that can learn additional fighting skills; during a battle, a 

lightbulb will flash above their head and the character will activate the new 

skill. Generally, humans level up the slowest, but do not have the restrictions 

of the other classes. See below.



2. Mystics. Related to both Humans and Monsters, Mystics can level up in only 

HP, WP, CHA and JP, but may use their own special attacks (Mystics' Sword, 

Gloves and Leggings) to absorb enemy Monsters, increasing attributes and gaining 

new abilities. This can cause a Mystic to jump up in "level". 



3. Monsters. The stock creatures of every RPG, Monsters become more powerful by 

absorbing their fallen foes. Doing so has to be done with caution though; once 

again, see the Skill section. Certain other factors determine a Monster's 

progress, but that section still awaits translation. ^_^



4. Mecha. Increasing their ability through equipping Human arms, as well as 

obtaining Programs from other destroyed foes, Mecha are a force to be reckoned 

with given time, luck and a lot of cash. 



Now for the places one can visit : (in order from the airport menu) If you 

haven't already noticed, you can only get to the second menu of choices by 

selecting the last option from the Kowloon airport. The information here is 

pretty general...look at the character walkthroughs for more help.



1. Kowloon. Lots of shops of here, you can buy almost anything. The Armor and 

Weapon shops are pretty close to each other; don't miss the latter as it's in a 

manhole. The sewers here are an excellent place to level-up weak characters.



2. Manhattan. Not much here. A few shops.



3. Shrike. Home to the tomb of Seioh, the Factory (important place if you're 

using Mecha), the BioLab(good place to level-up powerful characters) and one of 

the places you can sleep for free in the game! (it's a shop in the Street, the 

crossroads at the top part of the map).



4. Luminous. You can buy both Lunar and Nova magic here, as well as get their 

powerups.



5. Magical Kingdom. Get Ghost Magic here, and some items.



6. Kyo (Capital). The place to go for Yin magic and powerup. Otherwise, not very 

important.



7. Yorkland. A swamp is here, good for leveling-up, you guessed it, middle power 

characters! ^_^



6. Duvan. Same here, but for Tarot and Rune spells. Both of those powerups are 

kinda difficult to get (they entail trekking all over the world). The gateway to 

getting both Space and Time spells is here as well; go up the hill and talk to 

Rei Hime. (Only for some characters at some times)



7. IRPO. Absolutely nothing to do here unless you're Blue.



8. Mosperiburg. Gateway to Fascinateur (home of the Mystics), and also the place 

to get the Time powerup.



9. Scrap. Good place to get characters. Also, good stuff can be bought from the 

Junk Shop here. The airport here requires 100C to use, so make sure you 

accomplish everything you set out to do.



10. Owmi. Second place to sleep for free, and you get to see the funny guy on 

the bridge.



11. Nelson. Get here from Owmi...sells cheap gold bars (cheaper than Kowloon) 

and has a decent weapon shop.



12. Baccarat. No way to actually play the games...but most characters eventually 

come here for some reason or another.



13. Shingrou. Another character event point.



14. Wakatsu. Same as above. You can also get the Meteor Blade here.



Departing from Kowloon sometimes leads you, through a space-time warp, to 

Tanzer, a plant-like region. Feion, a Chinese martial artist, will lead you out 

after you get the Rune of Life.



Section B : Characters, Leveling up, Combat, Magic and all related stuff. ^_^



This section, however, does not include character walkthroughs. Those will be 

added when I finish translating the entirety of the guide and actually play the 

game through.



Humans :



As stated above, humans have 12 attributes. Of these, 10 of them (with the 

exception of LP and DEF) maybe increasing through combat. It has been confirmed 

that Square uses a "hidden" system of leveling-up (i.e., the points aren't shown 

to the player), but we have deduced that apparently fighting more powerful foes 

increases the chance of gaining an attribute. Also, not more than 1 point in 

each attribute (other than HP) may be gained in each combat.



Fighting differently also influences how and in which area your characters 

improve. (Affects Mystics as well) Here's the list :



Key : 

* = 80% or more

^_^ = 50% to 79%

X = 1% to 49%

O = 0% (no improvement)



	Sword	Body	Gun	Magic

HP	^_^	*	^_^	^_^	

WP	^_^	^_^	X	O

JP	O	O	O	*

STR	X	^_^	O	O

QUI	X	X	^_^	X

INT	O	O	X	X

WIL	X	X	^_^	X

PSY	O	O	X	X

VIT	X	X	X	O

CHA	X	O	X	X



There is also a "learning curve" of sorts; that is, if you train a certain 

character in let's say, Magic, then have him\her switch to Guns, he\she will not 

be as adept and will pick up the affected attributes slower.



Some characters are also naturally predisposed towards certain areas, and will 

be better at them than others. This also applies to the full Skill section; 

sometimes characters will learn new skills one after another in quick 

succession. This information still under research by me. ^_^



Skills : 



Both Sword and Body skills are mastered in the same way; when in combat, upon 

attacking, a lightbulb will flash above your character's head and a new skill 

will be learnt. The light bulb may also flash when your character is attacked 

(in the case of learning countering skills) and also when he\she learns Mikiri 

(Sight Cut; enemy skills).Of course, better skills are learnt later.



After much experimentation, I am pleased to impart to you the secret of learning 

skills! ^_^ It is simply this; attack with your base attack. When using Swords, 

attack only with the sword, when using Body, attack with Punch. This will get 

you skills faster than attacking with already learnt skills. Note that this 

process is sped up somewhat by fighting stronger foes. 



When at least 6 skills are equipped (in the Skill Equip option discussed 

earlier) in a particular field (either Sword, Gun and Body or Magic), your 

character will become a Master and have a crown displayed in the red\blue field 

above his\her status. All skills will now cost 1 point less. However, take not 

than when 8 or more skills are learnt, you will not get any more in combat.



Both Gun and Magic skills are gained after combat instead. The higher level Gun 

skills (not many as they are only 10 total) unlike Sword and Body ones, are 

gained by using advanced techniques, and so are the higher level Magic spells. 

More on that in the Magic section later.



Full Skill list available on request. (Read : send me enough mail and you get 

one ^_^)



Magic : 



There are 10 types on Magic in the world of SF. You may not normally learn each 

magic type's opposite. (The later part of Blue's quest is an exception) The 

number next to each category is the maximum number of spells you may learn.



Tarot - Runes (8)

Time - Space (6)

Yin - Yang (5, 4)

Ghost - Demon (5)

Nova - Lunar (5, 6)



Zozma is the only character that may use Yang Magic, and Rei Hime the only one 

to use Phantom Magic, a not-listed type identical to Ghost and Demon.



Now to explain Stars and Magic levels. Normal spells manifest without any 

circles surrounding your user (other than the grey-whitish ones); those are 

level 1 spells. In order to get level 2 spells (which have 1 circle), one must 

first obtain the powerup for the spell type. When this is done, a star will 

appear next to the spell type in the Status screen, signifying the ability to 

now obtain all the spells in the category (only level 1 spells may be learnt 

without the star). With the star, using the more powerful level 2 magics will 

earn you all the spells within that type.



Certain magics will also "level-up" and become stronger. Examples of this 

include the Ghost magic "Energy Chain (first spell)", the Nova "Light Saber" and 

the Demon "Fascination.". In the case of Energy Chain, the chain will, upon 

leveling-up, encircle the enemy and may cause "Stop" status.



Full spell list also available upon request (see note above).



Powerup List :



Tarot - Find the 4 Cards : 



Sword - Wakatsu (must have Gen in party)

Shield - IRPO office; you'll be sent to a snowy region. Don't miss Suzaku, one 

of powerful characters, here.

Cup - Through the swamp at Yorkland after talking to people there.

Coins - Gnomes at Baccarat caves; bring gold bars.



Runes - Find the 4 Runes



Victory - Tomb at Shrike

Life - Slimes at Tanzer

Protection - Underground at Kowloon

Release - Boulder at Despair



Time - Defeat Tokinokimi at the Region of Time



Space - Defeat Kirin at the Region of Space



Yin - Buy all the Yin spells at the shop in Kyo, and talk to the lady once more 

to fight a battle. After that the powerup is yours.



Yang - Only Zozma can use this, and he starts with the star.



Ghost - Blue and Rouge start with this powerup; it is otherwise non-obtainable.



Demon - All Mystics start with this powerup; it is otherwise non-obtainable



Nova - Enter the Light Palace at Luminous and make your way through it.

 

Lunar - Pass through Ombre, the Region of Shadows at Luminous (you can get 

Silence here). 



Author's Note :



Okay, my first really big FAQ. ^_^ This is still kinda skimpy (hey, SF's a BIG 

game), but it should work you through the basics.



Thanks goes to shadowx, author of the Blue FAQ, for helping with the magic 

section and some gameplay help!