Radiata Stories Human Story notes by rudyxx http://www.twitch.tv/rudyxx I am bad at writing down and remembering names, so please excuse me for this. I generally remember things based on the look of the object. A few important notes before starting. 1. It would be in your best interest to download and print out a map of the sewers as well as the City of White Knights while you are learning the game as I do not provide very good directions through them. (or any at all) 2. There are 3 major RNG related things that you need to be very aware of in your game. The first one is the amount of dagols you receive from the crocogator quest (it's either 10 or 10000). The second one is a drop from Trap Octopus in Septem Cave. The strategy guide lists it as having the Leviathan as a 100% drop. This is a lie. It is very very high, but there is a small chance you can not get it, and if you don't then it's essentually a reset. It can also be stolen by Alba, so be aware that if you steal it, it won't show up as having dropped at the end. The third major RNG thing is a rare spawn at the end of Septem Cave named Killer Queen. She only spawns about 20% of the time, but when she does spawn she either spawns by herself, or UNDER one of those large skull turtle enemies and is very hard to see. If you run into the enemy that is not her, it will sometimes despawn her. Especially if you use a flee ball. At the stage in the game that you see her, it is very worthwhile to fight her, but she is very hard. Hard enough that you need to be very aware that you are fighting her as she can very easily end your run. 3. Pigs drop 220 dagol each. You will average out 660 dagols per fight. It is generally in your best interest to fight all pigs you see on the road. Even later on in the game as money can get really really tight. 4. Enemy spawn on field is very random. But spawn placement is consistant so just prepair for upcoming enemies and hope they aren't there. 5. Never fight wolves. If you get into a fight with one, just use a flee ball. They can summon more wolves. Next thing you know there are wolves everywhere. http://www.rudyxx.com/etc/wolves.jpg Also sometimes you run into a random level 30ish wolf that has lightning around him. So just avoid wolves. And onto my notes. - Change voices to off - Loose to Ridley quickly. (reset if she volty blasts) - Castle Go Right Several screens then up at the large circular room, enter first door. Collect and equip Knight Edge. Back track to stairs and head through the door Go up to the 3rd floor Take a right after last set of stairs Enter first room with Gaurd *Battle Introduction --- Quit - Field (Try to avoid everything but pigs) At fork go up and continue left Going down the cliff, kick the rock on right side of cliff for Flee Ball - Dwarf Village Go to shop at right. SELL - Everything but flee ball and whatever healing items BUY - 10 Flee ball, 1 Toadstool Powder Enter Gold Building Go back upstairs to Inn. Enter room in very very back. Sleep twice - Field (Run from Thieves) Follow cart from back at first. Use cart to skip fights when possible *Boss fight Start with the brown hat guy, then white hat guy. Try to have volty blast for Totem hat guy - Castle Head right past first two sets of stairs Go upstairs at set of stairs before huge door Go up to the fourth floor, keep heading left until cutscenes Sleep once - Field (try to avoid as much as possible) Head left After Genius joins you, head left. One of the plants along the way has a sage in it After Light elf scene, head right and around past Fort Helencia. (Collect Knight Edge along the way, sells for 500d) (This is not in my written notes, but there are several items you need to collect along the way to the elf city. There are at least 4 objects I kick/get, but I don't remember what they are exactly. One is in a chest. One is from a set of totems. One is 90 dagol. One is a healing item near the Wind Valley) Continue past the Giant Log, at fork go downwards At the 3 log split, follow the top log - Dark Elf Village Head up to 3rd floor After c/s go right, continue till at 2nd floor. Sleep in the inn. (room is north of stairs) *Boss Battle x2 Fight lasts for 30 seconds for both fights. Just hang out on the side somewhere - Castle Head right past couple, go through door and head downstairs Go into and back out of Jack's room (second door) Head left, down into the basement Go downstairs, enter first door Continue right After c/s, head back up to Jack's room and sleep twice - Radiata City *Boss fight Jarvis has 39 hp 11 regular attacks, 1 square attack Inside of bar, talk to everyone and then talk to Ganz - Theater Vancoor Head into door left of stairs (where you start) Go up to 3rd floor, go into door left of stairs Go up to 4th floor, go into door left of stairs - Radiata City Go to Theater Vancoor via backdoor (get used to just using this entrance when coming from this side) - Theater Vancoor Go down one floor Door on far left of room Go up to 2nd floor Enter training area on the right *Boss fight Use Toadstool Powder and just circle around him, attacking when he does his overhead attack **Link Training Have to do the first part, then Quit when it is possible **Friend Tutorial Don't need to add anyone, just exit Go to bottom floor, enter sewers Everything will kill you here. Avoid all fights at all costs Collect Fairy Earing (equip over luck charm) and Leppricon, then leave sewers Exit Theater Vancoor via front entrance - Radiata City Enter weapon shop left of Vancoor entrance SELL - Leppricon and anything that isn't healing/sage/flee balls BUY - Heat Saber (Equip and change attacks to slashing attack only) Go to Jack's house and sleep twice Head left towards church area, enter book shop (left of item shop). BUY - Book of Spirit and then learn it in menu Travel via church area (up) towards Vareth Institute. DO NOT take any other route (left route). Taking "Path of Insanity and Fanaticism" to "Blue Town of Water and Wisdom" will cause a cutscene to play that is long and obnoxious. Travel left from Vareth out to the field - Field (Try to avoid what you can, but you NEED to be level 11 after you kill the Crocogator) Hug the right wall all the way to Crocogator *Boss fight Spam Square attacks as much as possible Head south after fight - Radiata City (This has to be done really fast or you miss your timers) Enter weapon shop BUY - Water Spear and equip (Change attacks to thrust) Head towards Church Find Alba near chruch from right side and talk to him twice to battle him Go back towards front of church and find Cosmo (he is normally inside) and talk to him twice to recruit Go through the left door near the top of screen Enter first door (I mentioned this at the begining, but the reward for this is kinda random. If you get the 10000 dagol it can help you out a ton later on, but it's not impairitive that you get it) Run back out to left side of church to find Alba again and talk to him again twice to fight him again and have him join your group. Go back to Jack's house and sleep three times. When in square, go to house in northern part of square Exit via lower right Go to Vancoor Get mission "Masterpiece of Fantasy" Go to armor shop by Vancoor Take front gate exit (by Vancoor) Use pig to travel to Nowen region Kick Romaria, fight her (make sure to use power injection), have her join Take pig to Dwarf area Go into Dwarf town, enter the 3 buildings with the Dwarfs for the mission Backtrack to Vancoor Theater Make party of Alba, Cosmo, Romaria Select Mission "Beasts by the Bridge" Go out front door of Vancoor Head south out of Village - Field (My written notes just have a squiggle drawn here. You basically just head to JACK's left, and then JACK's right at the forks) *Boss fight From here on out for every boss fight (unless otherwise noted), the strategy is basically just keep power injection up (always and for every boss ever), attack as much as you can with your square attacks, but prioritize power injection and healing. - Radiata City Go back to Vancoor for reward and c/s for Princess Escort (you might have to sleep to make the next part start. It's not in my notes though) Follow the path, enter the third house in series of houses Go up to second floor, hit red switch Go back to first floor and take hidden door downstairs *Boss fight First part is timed (30 seconds) You can fight if you want just to build up your volty meter Second fight try to target the same person Head right through sewer section Square Room head right to door both sections Take the Sewer Drain pipe when you get to it Head up ladder **Link Training Quit when you can Go to front desk of Theater Vancoor Head out front door and head right to loop around to the square Go back to Jack's House Sleep twice Exit and reenter house - Castle Go to the stairs by the huge door (from earlier) Go to the 6th floor -Radiata City Go to house and sleep once Go to Theater Vancoor and get the mission "Stone of Miracles" Make sure you have a party of Alba, Cosmo, Romaria Equip Heat Saber Head towards church area Go to church to talk to Kain Stop by Eisenhower shop (healing item shop) BUY - 5 Moon Stone, 9 Herb Extract S Exit town via front gate by Vancoor - Field Follow a straight path Enter the first cave you see (after giant cactus guy) Follow the path to the left and around (it's pretty straightfoward) *Boss fight Make sure you get the Leviathan spear Continue traveling along the path (full circle) When you exit the cave, head around towards Shangrila Pig and use it to warp back to town - Radiata City Go to Church and talk to Kain Go back to Vancoor front desk Back to Jack's house, sleep twice Sleep again (3rd time) - Field Go left the entire time Head down cliff and use pig to go back to town - Radiata City Return Home Sleep PICK BOTTOM CHOICE (HUMAN SIDE) - Castle Go to stairs by huge door Go to 5th floor - Radiata City (Has to be done super fast to make timers. Really really important since you are recruiting people) Go down Head to Pub Go into the church Talk to Kain twice Talk to Achilles twice Go to Vareth Magic Institute Go to president's office and talk to him twice Exit Vareth Magic Institute Head right till you run into Felix and talk to him twice Head back left till you run into Derek (he is going to be headed towards his house, which is south of here, but he should be off to the left before the 3 way split) and talk to him twice Go to Black Rose shop (at 3 way split) and buy 5 poison powder (you might not use them so it's not entirely important that you get them now) Go to Jack's house and sleep twice Head to Vancoor and make a party of Felix, Derek, Achilles (also equip Leviathan) Get the mission "Stop Lord Star" Go to Basement 2 of Vancoor Theater (door on left)+ *Boss Fight Equip Robosuit -----Read next section carefully Go to item shop and buy 18 Herbal DX and Revival Stone Chip based on the amount of money you have >>>> -----You have a choice here based on the money you got. At this point you can buy a Grand Pike for 12800 from the Dead end shop in the Void Community area. It is fairly helpful for the next fights, however I don't feel like it makes enough of a difference to be worth the money unless you received the 10000 dagol reward from the crocogator mission, but it does save time at the cost of possibly not having enough money for healing items later on. If you choose to pick up the Grand pike, I have noted where you would equip it in my notes. If you choose not to buy the Grand pike, you should pick up between 3-5 Revival Stone Chips. ----- Head to the Gate near the Vareth Magic Institute area (making sure you go around the area with the c/s trigger mentioned earlier) - Field Go north at first fork Take a right at the next fork Go north at last fork - Wind Valley Order of Totems Left Left Right Left Take the bridge to boss fight *Boss fight (This is the hardest fight in the game in my opinion) The first part you just do as normal and try to avoid his cyclone attack Second part - Just stand back and heal. After the dragon dies, you can run in and attack Gil. You can poison them both with the Ground Pike, but it is extremely risky. (saves time at risk of death) *Boss fight Just lose to Gawain quickly - Radiata City Head right and work your way to Jack's House Sleep twice - Castle Go to stairs by huge door Go to 4th floor Take left door 2nd door after open gap in wall - Radiata City Head to Jack's House and sleep twice Sleep twice again Head left Use pig warp to warp to Shangrila area (try to avoid fighting goblins) continue left - Fire Mountain (kill anything and everything) Equip Leviathon Kick first rock After passing under overhang, kick the rock that looks like a slice of cheese Go straight at fork North at fork after lava Keep going left and upish When inside the mountain, take the left path all the way around to boss *Boss fight Don't attack at all if you can avoid doing so. Just hang back and heal - Radiata City Go to Theater Vancoor Get Mission "Secret of the Sewer" Go to basement entrance to sewers in Vancoor Go to area with Genius After c/s, backtrack to Vancoor (Door is opposite c/s ending) Talk to Thanos Go to item shop BUY - 8 Celestial Nectar, 5-10 Herb Extract DX Go to Jack's house Sleep Exit and Enter house Sleep 3 times *Boss fight Keep Jack on Galvados, try to let Achilles "tank" the boss, RUN FAR AWAY if his volty animation comes up. It will kill Jack. Zane fight - Equip Ground Pike, concentrate on the 3 smaller guys. Make sure you keep Felix alive. Reenter town and make sure you have at least 10 Herb Extract DX and 10 Revival Stone Chip minimum. - Field Equip Leviathon Follow path straight After you reach Septem Cave, go north at next fork Then south at next split Stop at shop guy At this point you need to make sure you have a minimum of the following Herb Extract MAX 5 Herb Extract DX 10 (not sold here) Revival Stone Chip 10 (not sold here) Sage 5 If you don't have a minimum of these items, your success rate is extremly low. You basically loose the run. If you are just playing for fun, go back to the fire mountain area and fight orcs there for awhile. Otherwise for a speed run, this is either a reset or wishful thinking. Any extra money you may (or may not) have, buy 5 or so of the items that revive characters and the rest on Herb Extract MAX Keep going left Fight all turtles (you have to kick them) *Boss fight Use Toadstool Powder until he is poisoned. If you run out before he is poisoned, reset and start over. Once poisoned, get really close to him and then just hold up on the directional pad so that you are running in a circle around him. Takes exactly 5 minutes to kill him from poison Continue on to the City of White Knights - City of White Knights Collect Falvern and equip *Final Boss Fight (might want to save at save point on stairs for practice) Concentrate on keeping everyone else alive. If you can try to get him to face towards you but never hit you, that helps. Jack does pretty awesome damage here but there is a really high chance of dying since he has such low hp. Always keep Power Injection up. Make sure to keep Felix alive as best as possible. Your best bet is to try and direct him using Jack, and keep your party from taking damage. If Jack isn't regularly doing some kind of damage, then you will probably run out of healing items. Just don't let Jack get hit.