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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What a waste of Kojiro?

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

Characters

Musashi

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

Wizard of Darkness

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

Princess Fillet

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

Steward Ribson and the Palace members

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

Scribe Shanky

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

Kojiro

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

Leader's Force

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

Topo

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

Ben

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

Ed

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

Rootrick

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

Colonel Cappriciola

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

Former Thirstquencher King and Queen

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

The King and Queen of Allucaneet Kingdom

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

Jon 

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

Leno

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

Bubbles and Ginderelle

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

Bubbles

The first Lieutenant in the Thirstquencher Army

Ginderelle

Ginderelle is the Captain of the Thirstquencher Army

Mayor McGovern

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

Mrs Govern

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

Fuhrer Flatski

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

Father White

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

Tim

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

Mint

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

Fores

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

Wid

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

Macho

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

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

Mannick

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

Conner

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

Hotelo

The inn owner,Mint's father.

Motelo

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

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

Kurt

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

Hilda

The grocery shop owner

Jam

The bread shop owner

Baker Towst

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

Wanda

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

Tourist

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

Farmer Lacter,Farmer McRice,Farmer Grange

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

Mr Land

The man in charge of the Gondola Ride.

Mrs Lacter

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

Mrs land and Mrs Grange

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

Minku

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

Mother Minku

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

Steam Knight

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

Skullpion

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

Relic keeper

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

Frost Dragon

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

Queen Ant

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

Tower of Death

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

Dark Lumina 1

Attack:???

Dark Lumina 2

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

Dark Lumina 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The effects are:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Open daily from 10am to 8pm

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

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

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

Hours Open:12pm to 8pm Closed:Wednesday

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

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

Hours Open:Almost every time.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Techniques for Double Jumps

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

Techniques for boss.

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

Starting

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

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

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

Outside

Enemies:Stone Head

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

Inside the Spiral Tower

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

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

To Get Lumina Sword on the Roof.

Enemies:Blue Soldier 1,Red Soldier 1

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

Chasing

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

Castle

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

Steam Knight

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

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

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

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

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

Village

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

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

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

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

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

Going into Somnolent Forest

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

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

Twinpeak Mountain(Rescuing Leno)

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

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

Finding Bread and Water

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

Minku:A hidden path near the second bridge

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

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

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

Collecting the First Legendary Armor.

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

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

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

Raft Ride

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

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

Steam Reactor Part 1

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

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

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

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

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

The Steamwood Administrator

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

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

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

Techniques:Dashing Pierce

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

Twinpeak Mountain:Searching for Earth Scroll.

Treasures:Longevity Berry
Enemies:Maneater,Magician

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

Climbing Competition

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

Finding the Crest Guardian

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

Note:Pls read the scrolls on the basic tactics section

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

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

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

Defeating the Earth Guardian

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

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

1st Crest Guardian:Skullpion

Skullipon has five attacks:

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

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

Here's the strategy:

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

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

Minku:The same place where you fought skullpion

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

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

Technique:Crosswise Cut

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

Vambees Roaming the Village

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

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

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

Getting the Mine Key

Treasure:Mine key(from Wid)

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

Inside the Mines

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

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

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

Collecting Misteria.

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

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

Technique:Tenderize

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

Finding Hotelo and collecting Aqualin

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

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

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

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

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

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

Techniques:Shish Kebab

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

The Vambees

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

Inside the Underground Basement

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Room 2( to the right):Teleporter Maze

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Room 4:Ghost Maze

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

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

Collecting the next legendary armor,L-belt

Treasures:Old Belt

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

Technique:Desperado Attack

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

Well

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

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

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

Getting a Rope

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

Inside the Church.

Enemies:Vambee Soldier

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

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

Inside the Well

Treasures:Angel-Shaped Statue

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

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


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

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

Finding the use of the Statue.

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

Defeating the 2nd Crest Guardian

Ist Room

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

2nd Room

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

3rd Room

Bincho Field:Taster Salmonelli
Enemies     :CurseFire,Vambee

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

4th Room

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

2nd Crest Guardian:The Relic keeper

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

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

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

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

Techniques:Shish kebab

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

First Task

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

Inside the Well

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

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

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

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

Second Task Assignment.

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

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

Scrap Depository

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

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

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

The village is in fire.

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

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

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

Saving the princess and Defeating Kojiro

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

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

Tips:You can assimilate kojiro's fence techniques

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

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

At the castle

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

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

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

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

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

What is Shogi?

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

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

All right,i have type everything that you will read about shogi in the 
library.You may like to go to the library and look for a clue first before 
attempting to read the directions below to the thieves'hideout.It could really 
be a spoiler and the clue now really makes no existence if you already know the 
directions.It's pretty challenging.For those lazybums,i have saved you quite a 
lot of time by giving you the directions.Can you really figure out the clue 
yourself?The fun of gaming lies in your own exploration and discovering new 
things on your own.It's up to you to decide.
 
Enemies:Refer to Above
 
Just follow this when you reached the meandering forest.You reach a wooden 
sign.From there on,follow the directions below.And remember to save before you 
go.It will be tough later on.
1)Go left path and you will see a huge rock.