Phantasy Star Online FAQs and free mini-Guides on IGN:
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[li][link=http://faqs.ign.com/objects/482/482115.html]Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II FAQs (Xbox)[/link][/li]
[li][link=http://faqs.ign.com/objects/016/016472.html]Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II (Cube)[/link][/li]
[li][link=http://faqs.ign.com/objects/016/016431.html]Phantasy Star Online Version II (DC)[/link][/li]
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Created by [link=http://boards.ign.com/user.asp?usr=281017]sephfire[/link]
Last update made on June 30th, 2003
hi again.
This is the first update to the FAQ I made a while ago. So I guess it's something like PSO FAQ 1.1 or version 2 or whatever. Hope everyone enjoys the new additions.
Getting Started
Here is a really nice beginning FAQ created by one of our community members, [link=http://users.ign.com/about/jrodri07]jrodri07[/link]. It's a great read to get yourself familiarized with the PSO online environment. Plenty of great pics and information.
[link=http://faqs.ign.com//articles/365/365841p1.html]PSO Beginner's Guide[/link]
Official Online Meeting Blocks
IGN GC Block - Deneb 9, Altair 2
IGN Xbox Block - Davburite 9
IGN DC Block - Cordelia 9
Come to one of the above to hang out and play with all of your IGN cohorts.
Canceling your Hunter's License
For Xbox:
To cancel your subscription, call:
1-800-4MYXBOX
They will need your name, address, phone number, and Xbox live gamertag.
For Gamecube:
Go [link=http://www.sega.com/community/profiles/pso_gcn/pc_front/gcn_pc_edit_login.jhtml] here[/link]
This will allow you to create your account and edit your account.
Phantasy Star Online: Episode 1 & 2
For Microsoft XBOX
- PSO Character Name & Section ID Guide -
Created by kyodaimaru on 4/16/03
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5 steps to getting any name you want with any section ID you want in XBOX PSO.
****WARNING: AS FAR AS I KNOW THIS ONLY WORKS FOR THE XBOX VERSION BECAUSE THIS IS A GLITCH HAVING TO DO WITH XBOX LIVE ITSELF****
This is really simple, no section ID calculator required:
1. Create a character for online play and name it one of the following to get the specific section ID that you want:
Pinkal: 0 v5.0 (there is a space between the "0" and "v")
Redria: 1 v5.0
Oran: 2 v5.0
Yellowboze: 3 v5.0
Whitill: 4 v5.0
Viridia: 5 v5.0
Greenill: 6 v5.0
Skyly: 7 v5.0
Bluefull: 8 v5.0
Purplenum: 9 v5.0
2. After you hit "ok" you will go through the voice mask screen and then the HL agreement screen. You'll start to connect to XBL but then an error message will pop up on screen that reads:
"(No.309)
This character name cannot be used on Xbox Live. Press A to use the Character Select screen to rename your character."
When you hit A it saves your character information and takes you to the "Game Mode Select" screen.
3. Choose either "Online Game" or "Offline Game" and select your new character and then select "change name" from the prompt list.
4. The next screen will be the "rename" screen and allow you to change your character's name so that you can play on XBL. Now here comes the good part. . .you can name your character whatever you like and it won't change your section ID!
5. Get online and play with your new character.
**I've checked this for every section ID and it works every time without fail.
The Classes
This is a run-down of the 12 different character classes you can choose from in Phantasy Star Online. Use the stats and weapon selections for each class to pick a character that you think suits your playing style the best.
For the stat listings below, the number to the left is the character at level 1. The number in the middle is the character at level 200 with no units, mats or mag levels. The number to the right is the highest you can get the stat with the aforementioned items.
Also, it's been brought to my attention that the HP/TP maxes are off. One of my friends who has characters of high level has told me he's already surpassed the TP totals listed below for both RAmarl and FOmar. I'm not quite sure how to respond to this, since I'm not clear on exactly how you gain tp (specifics for level ups, mst amount, D: ). Also, the number listed below for HP is HP at level 200. You can feed your characters 125 HP mats over that, so just add 250 to your characters HP at level 200, and you should get the max. Hopefully. :l
Hunters: The hunters have the highest attack potential of all the classes. They specialize in close range combat, using mostly melee weapons like sabers, swords, daggers and partisans. As strong fighters, hunters are mostly in the front lines, and therefore give and receive the most damage.
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[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=HUmar]HUmar[/link] - Male Human Hunter
Character Stats:
HP: 40 / 1420
TP: 29 / 793
ATP: 45 / 943 / 1397
DFP: 17 / 422 / 579
MST: 29 / 594 / 732
ATA: 68 / 174 / 200
EVP: 45 / 682 / 756
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 15
Megid and Grants: Not Available
Resta: 15
Anti: 5
Reverser: Not Available
Zalure and Jellen: 15
Shifta and Deband: Not Available
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 250
HP: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=HUnewearl]HUnewearl[/link] - Female Newman Hunter
Character Stats:
HP: 38 / 1308
TP: 40 / 1084
ATP: 40 / 835 / 1237
DFP: 22 / 538 / 589
MST: 40 / 885 / 1177
ATA: 63 / 147 / 199
EVP: 60 / 666 / 811
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 20
Megid and Grants: Not Available
Resta: 20
Anti: 7
Reverser: Not Available
Zalure and Jellen: 20
Shifta and Deband: 20
Special Ability:
TP Regeneration
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=HUcast]HUcast[/link] - Male Android Hunter
Character Stats:
HP: 44 / 1762
TP: 0
ATP: 45 / 1146 / 1639
DFP: 18 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]501 / 601
MST: 0
ATA: 64 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]158 / 191
EVP: 35 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]585 / 660
Traps:
Damage: 2, gaining 1 every 11 levels
Freeze: 2, gaining 1 every 7 levels
Confuse: 2, gaining 1 every 7 levels
Special Ability:
HP Regeneration
Material Limits
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=HUcaseal]HUcaseal[/link] - Female Android Hunter
Character Stats:
HP: 44 / 1380
TP: 0
ATP: 45 / 901 / 1301
DFP: 23 / 399 / 525
MST: 0
ATA: 71 / 184 / 218
EVP: 35 / 777 / 877
Traps:
Damage: 2, gaining 1 every 9 levels
Freeze: 2, gaining 1 every 10 levels
Confuse: 2, gaining 1 every 10 levels
Special Ability:
HP Regeneration
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125[/blockquote]
Rangers: The rangers have the highest accuracy potential of all the classes. They specialize in long range combat, using ranged weapons like handguns, shots, rifles and mechguns. A ranger's role in team play is usually peppering the enemies with support fire, giving the hunters room to breathe while in the front lines.
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[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=RAmar]RAmar[/link] - Male Human Ranger
Character Stats:
HP: 29 / 1520
TP: 20 / 704
ATP: 23 / 806 / 1260
DFP: 18 / 359 / 515
MST: 20 / 505 / 665
ATA: 80 / 230 / 249
EVP: 36 / 639 / 715
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 15
Megid and Grants: Not Available
Resta: 15
Anti: 5
Reverser: Not Available
Zalure and Jellen: Not Available
Shifta and Deband: 15
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 250
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=RAmarl]RAmarl[/link] - Female Human Ranger
Character Stats:
HP: 29 / 1315
TP: 20 / 931
ATP: 23 / 743 / 1145
DFP: 13 / 426 / 577
MST: 20 / 732 / 1031
ATA: 72 / 216 / 241
EVP: 36 / 798 / 900
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 20
Megid and Grants: Not Available
Resta: 20
Anti: 7
Reverser: Not Available
Zalure and Jellen: 20
Shifta and Deband: 20
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 250
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=RAcast]RAcast[/link] - Male Android Ranger
Character Stats:
HP: 33 / 1964
TP: 0
ATP: 30 / 859 / 1350
DFP: 23 / 505 / 606
MST: 0
ATA: 75 / 199 / 224
EVP: 31 / 626 / 699
Traps:
Damage: 2, gaining 1 every 7 levels
Freeze: 2, gaining 1 every 9 levels
Confuse: 2, gaining 1 every 11 levels
Special Ability:
HP Regeneration
Material Limits
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=RAcaseal]RAcaseal[/link] - Female Android Ranger
Character Stats:
HP: 31 / 1890
TP: 0
ATP: 25 / 775 / 1175
DFP: 28 / 562 / 688
MST: 0
ATA: 77 / 208 / 231
EVP: 31 / 713 / 787
Traps:
Damage: 2, gaining 1 every 7 levels
Freeze: 2, gaining 1 every 11 levels
Confuse: 2, gaining 1 every 9 levels
Special Ability:
HP Regeneration
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125 [/blockquote]
Forces: The forces have the highest mind potential of all the classes. They specialize in technique (spells) usage. Forces have access to every technique in the game, and more powerful versions of them at that. Their role in team play is mainly to support the other classes with support spells like shifta (attack increase), deband (defense increase), and resta (healing), but higher level forces can really be a threat with hard hitting attack techs.
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[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=FOmar]FOmar[/link] - Male Human Force
Character Stats:
HP: 29 / 1175
TP: 79 / 1783
ATP: 16 / 753 / 1002
DFP: 15 / 321 / 470
MST: 53 / 990 / 1340
ATA: 63 / 138 / 163
EVP: 35 / 551 / 651
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 30
Megid and Grants: 30
Resta: 30
Anti: 7
Reverser: Yes
Zalure and Jellen: 30
Shifta and Deband: 30
Technique Bonuses:
1.3 Damage to Gifoie
1.3 Damage to Gibarta
1.3 Damage to Gizonde
1.3 Damage to Grants
Double the Range on Shifta
Double the Range on Deband
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 250
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=FOmarl]FOmarl[/link] - Female Human Force
Character Stats:
HP: 29 / 1273
TP: 79 / 1699
ATP: 16 / 721 / 872
DFP: 15 / 351 / 498
MST: 53 / 934 / 1284
ATA: 63 / 144 / 170
EVP: 35 / 513 / 588
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 30
Megid and Grants: 30
Resta: 30
Anti: 7
Reverser: Yes
Zalure and Jellen: 30
Shifta and Deband: 30
Technique Bonuses:
1.5 Damage to Grants
Double the Range on Shifta
Double the Range on Deband
Double the Range on Resta
Double the Range on Anti
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 250
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=FOnewm]FOnewm[/link] - Male Newman Force
Character Stats:
HP: 27 / 1232
TP: 90 / 1945
ATP: 16 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]613 / 814
DFP: 12 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]408 / 463
MST: 60 / 1098 / 1500
ATA: 61 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]128 / 180
EVP: 50 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]531 / 679
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 30
Megid and Grants: 30
Resta: 30
Anti: 7
Reverser: Yes
Zalure and Jellen: 30
Shifta and Deband: 30
Technique Bonuses:
1.3 Damage to Gifoie
1.3 Damage to Gibarta
1.3 Damage to Gizonde
1.3 Damage to Rafoie
1.3 Damage to Rabarta
1.3 Damage to Razonde
Special Ability:
TP Regeneration
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=FOnewearl]FOnewearl[/link] - Female Newman Force
Character Stats:
HP: 29 / 1148
TP: 87 / 2098
ATP: 13 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]483 / 583
DFP: 18 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]334 / 390
MST: 61 / 1200 / 1750
ATA: 53 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]133 / 186
EVP: 35 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]735 / 883
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 30
Megid and Grants: 30
Resta: 30
Anti: 7
Reverser: Yes
Zalure and Jellen: 30
Shifta and Deband: 30
Technique Bonuses:
1.3 Damage to Foie
1.3 Damage to Barta
1.3 Damage to Zonde
Megid Penetrates through Multiple Enemies, and has a higher Effectiveness
Double the Range on Resta
Double the Range on Anti
Special Ability:
TP Regeneration
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125[/blockquote]
Stat Comparisons
HP
1964 - RAcast
1890 - RAcaseal
1762 - HUcast
1520 - RAmar
1449 - Class Average
1420 - HUmar
1380 - HUcaseal
1315 - RAmarl
1308 - HUnewearl
1273 - FOmarl
1232 - FOnewm
1175 - FOmar
1148 - FOnewearl
TP (may be a little off....)
2098 - FOnewearl
1945 - FOnewm
1783 - FOmar
1699 - FOmarl
1380 - Class Average
1084 - HUnewearl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]931 - RAmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]793 - HUmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]704 - RAmar
ATP
1639 - HUcast
1397 - HUmar
1350 - RAcast
1301 - HUcaseal
1250 - RAmar
1237 - HUnewearl
1175 - RAcaseal
1153 - Class Average
1145 - RAmarl
1002 - FOmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]872 - FOmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]814 - FOnewm
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]583 - FOnewearl
DFP
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]688 - RAcaseal
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]606 - RAcast
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]601 - HUcast
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]589 - HUnewearl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]579 - HUmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]577 - RAmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]542 - Class Average
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]525 - HUcaseal
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]515 - RAmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]498 - FOmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]470 - FOmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]463 - FOnewm
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]390 - FOnewearl
MST
1750 - FOnewearl
1500 - FOnewm
1340 - FOmar
1284 - FOmarl
1185 - Class Average
1177 - HUnewearl
1031 - RAmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]732 - HUmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]665 - RAmar
ATA
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]249 - RAmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]241 - RAmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]231 - RAcaseal
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]224 - RAcast
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]218 - HUcaseal
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]204 - Class Average
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]200 - HUmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]199 - HUnewearl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]191 - HUcast
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]186 - FOnewearl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]180 - FOnewm
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]170 - FOmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]163 - FOmar![[face_plain]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ignboards.com/styles/ign/ign/smilies/classic/plainface.gif "Plain Face [face_plain]")
EVP
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]900 - RAmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]883 - FOnewearl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]877 - HUcaseal
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]811 - HUnewearl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]787 - RAcaseal
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]756 - HUmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]751 - Class Average
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]715 - RAmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]699 - RAcast
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]679 - FOnewm
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]660 - HUcast
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]651 - FOmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]588 - FOmarl
Maxing Comparisons
The total difference between a character's max stats and level 200 stats.
623 - RAcaseal
660 - HUcaseal
690 - RAcast
701 - HUcast
749 - FOmarl
849 - HUmar
855 - RAmar
858 - FOnewm
873 - FOmar
907 - FOnewearl
942 - HUnewearl
979 - RAmarl
-Credit to ragol.com for level 200 stats, tech and trap levels.
-Credit to PSOquest.com for level 1 stats.
Original source can be found [link=http://www.psoquest.com/ep2-characters.shtml]here[/link].
Section ID's
Section ID's determine what rare items you will find. The Section ID you receive when you first create your character is final, so be sure to research what you want prior to starting your character. Your assigned Section ID is entirely dependent on the characters you use (a, b, c, 1, 2, 3, etc.) for your character name, so experiment with capitalization and spacing to get an ID you want. Remember that there is a 12 character limit when creating your name, so get the ID you want within 12 characters.
Now, for the section ID's and their weapon series strengths. Most of the ID's have a primary strength, and then a weaker secondary strength. The series listed first in the list below is the ID's main strength.
VIRIDIA: Strong in Shots and Partisans
GREENNILL: Strong in Rifles and Daggers
SKYLY: Strong in Swords and Rifles
BLUEFULL: Strong in Partisans and Rods
PURPLENUM: Strong in Mechguns and Daggers
PINKAL: Strong in Wands and Partisans, with an increased occurrence of Technique Disks
REDRIA: Strong in Slicers and Shots, with an increased occurrence of Armor and Units
ORAN: Strong in Daggers, and tied secondary in Swords and Wands
YELLOWBOZE: Equally strong in all weapon areas, with an increased occurrence of Meseta
WHITILL: Strong in Slicers and Mechguns
Recommended ID's for Classes:
Hunters: SKYLY, ORAN, BLUEFULL, REDRIA
Rangers: PURPLENUM, VIRIDIA, GREENNILL, WHITILL
Forces: PINKAL, REDRIA, YELLOWBOZE
Useful Section ID Links
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/secid.php]PSO-World's Section ID Calculator[/link]
Try different name combinations to get the Section ID you want here.
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/faq.php?myfaq=yes&id_cat=19&categories=SectionID%20FAQ]How the Section ID System Works[/link]
For you people that need to know everything, check out this FAQ to see the exact formula on how section ID is calculated.
[link=http://psoz.myqto.com/display.php?file=sectionid]Section ID Weapon Occurence Breakdown[/link]
A complete (and well presented) breakdown of the weapon occurrences for every weapon series for each Section ID.
[link=http://faqs.ign.com//articles/393/393635p1.html]Ultimate Rare Drops by Section ID[/link]
[link=http://faqs.ign.com/articles/401/401972p1.html]Very Hard Rare Drops by Section ID[/link]
With the hard work of [link=http://users.ign.com/about/redlightsaber][hl=black]redlightsaber[/hl][/link], [link=http://users.ign.com/about/heyf00L]heyf00L[/link] and [link=http://users.ign.com/about/dolphan86]dolphan86[/link], an accurate chart of enemy drops has been compiled. Check this IGN FAQ to see what rare items your Section ID yields in Ultimate and Very Hard.
Sonic Team (ST) has also decided to get a little creative it seems, and went crazy with the lobbies interior design style. Every Lobby has a corresponding Section ID. They are in the same order as the ASCII script which determines Secion ID (Add the ASCII number of the letters together, and pick the 2nd digit). There are 10 in total. There is also a different scenery item for each lobby. Around Holidays (Christmas, Easter, Halloween), the items may change. During the Holidays, all lobbies have the same item.
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]1 - VIRIDIA - Trees
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]2 - GREENNILL - Flowers & Butterflies
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]3 - SKYLY - Windmills
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]4 - BLUEFULL - Fountains
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]5 - PURPLENUM - Aquariums
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]6 - PINKAL - Flying Doves
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]7 - REDRIA - 3D Space Maps
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]8 - ORAN - Rainbows
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]9 - YELLOWBOZE - Stained Glass
Lobby 10 - WHITILL - Snow, Trees, & Snowmen (![[face_love]](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.ignboards.com/styles/ign/ign/smilies/classic/love.gif "Love [face_love]")
)
Known Holidays:
Halloween - Pumpkins
Thanksgiving - Fall (Brown Leaves) Trees
Christmas - Falling Snow, Snowmen, and hella annoying music
Valentines Day - Red, Spinny Hearts
White Day - Blue, Spinny Hearts
Easter - Easter Baskets
-Credit to IGN user [link=http://boards.ign.com/user.asp?usr=328871]CoolQuatre[/link] for bringing this to my attention.
Mags
Yeah.......there's way too much information on mags for me to even try to put down here. So I'm going to cop out and just post a bunch of links.
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/magguide.php?page=ALL]Episode I Mag Feeding and Info Guide[/link]
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/maggallery.php]Episode I Mag Gallery[/link]
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/magguidev3.php]Episode II Mag Evolution Guide and Gallery[/link]
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/magguidev3.php?page=2]Episode II Mag In-Game Pictures[/link]
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=659]Mag Cell Combination Requirements[/link]
-TONS of credit to [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/index.php]PSOworld.com[/link]. These guides are the ****.
Enemy Weaknesses
This section is meant to help out Forces. Each enemy has at least one elemental (except bastard online Dark Bringer D: ) weakness, and you can exploit that weakness to get the most bang for your TP. Here's the breakdown.
If I don't list the ultimate version of the enemy, assume the same weaknesses apply.
Forest
Rag Rappy - Foie
El Rappy (Offline): Foie
El Rappy (Online): Barta
Al Rappy - Foie
Booma - Foie
Gobooma - Zonde
Gigobooma - Barta
Savage Wolf - Zonde and Foie
Gulgus - Foie
Barbarous Wolf - Zonde and Foie
Gulgus Gue - Zonde
Monest - Zonde and Foie
Mothmant - Zonde and Foie
Hildebear - Barta
Hildelt - Grants
Hildeblue - Foie
Dragon - Barta
Sil Dragon - Foie
Caves
Poison Lily - Foie and Barta
Nar Lily - Zonde and Barta
Evil Shark - Foie
Pal Shark - Foie and Barta
Guil Shark - Zonde
Grass Assassin - Foie
Pofuilly Slime - Foie, Zonde and Grants
Pouilly Slime - Zonde and Barta
Nano Dragon - Zonde and Barta
Pan Arms - Foie, Zonde and Barta
Hidoom - Barta
Migium - Foie
De Rol Le - Foie
Dal Ra Lie - Foie and Zonde
Mines
Gillchic - Zonde and Grants
Gillchich - Foie
Dubchic - Zonde, Grants and Barta
Dubswitch - Foie, Barta, Zonde and Grants
Canadine - Zonde and Barta
Canane - Foie and Barta
Sinow Beat - Foie and Zonde
Sinow Gold - Foie
Sinow Red - Barta
Garanz - Foie
Baranz - Zonde
Vol Opt - Zonde
Vol Opt Ver 2 - Barta
Vol Opt Ver 2 Pillars - Zonde
Ruins
Claw - Foie and Grants
Ultimate Claws - Zonde
Bulclaw - Grants
Dimenian - Foie
La Dimenian - Barta
So Dimenian - Zonde
Delsaber - Barta
Dark Belra - Zonde and Grants
Chaos Sorcerer - Foie
Chaos Bringer - Foie
Dark Gunner - Grants
Darvant - Barta and Grants
Dark Falz 1 - Zonde and Grants
Dark Falz 2 - Barta
Dark Falz 3 - Foie
Temple
Rag Rappy - Foie and Zonde
Poison Lily - Grants
Monest - Foie
Mothmant - Barta
Grass Assasin - Foie
Dimenian - Foie
La Dimenian - Barta
So Dimenian - Zonde
Hildebear - Barta and Megid
Dark Belra - Grants
Pig Ray - Barta
Barba Ray - Zonde
Spaceship
Pan Arms - Foie, Barta and Zonde
Hidoom - Foie, Barta, Zonde and Grants
Migium - Megid
Garanz - Barta
Savage Wolf - Zonde
Gulgus (Offline) - Foie
Gulgus (Online) - Zonde
Barbarous Wolf - Foie
Gulgus Gue (Offline) - Zonde
Gulgus Gue (Online) - Foie
Delsaber - Barta
Gillchic - Barta
Chaos Sorcerer - Foie
Dubchic - Barta, Grants and Megid
Dubwitch - Foie, Barta, Zonde and Grants
Gol Dragon - Zonde
Central Contral Area
Gee - Barta and Grants
Zol Gibbon - Zonde
Ul Gibbon - Zonde
Meritas - Barta
Merllia - Foie
Sinow Berril - Grants
Mericarol - Barta
Gibbles - Barta and Grants
Gi Gue - Grants
Sinow Spigell - Foie
Gal Gryphon - Barta
Seabed
Recobox - Foie
Recon - Foie, Barta, Zonde and Grants
Dolmolm - Zonde
Dolmdarl - Foie
Sinow Zele - Grants
Sinow Zoa - Foie
Sinow Zele - Barta
Morfos - Zonde and Megid
Deldepth - Zonde
Delbiter - Foie
Gael - Foie
Olga Flow 1 - Barta
Olga Flow 2 - Random o:
-Credit to PSOworld.com. Original source can be found [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=45]here[/link].
Also, thank you to IGN users [link=http://users.ign.com/about/tickeroo]tickeroo[/link], [link=http://users.ign.com/about/darkbroken]darkbroken[/link] and [link=http://users.ign.com/about/Sephiroth_VII]Sephiroth_VII[/link] for additions/corrections.
Tekking
Tekking is a great thing if used wisely. Tekkers can turn useless weps into monsters if given enough time and money. With tekking, you have to keep two things in mind: Percents never go higher or lower than 10 percent of the original percent values, and you'll be able to get at most 3 attributes out of a weapon. For example, A ??? Calibur with the percents of 0/10/0/5 will only be tekked within a range of 0/0/0/-5 and 0/20/0/15. I've never in all my times playing PSO seen percents go higher or lower than 10% of the original values. Any tekker has the ability to give the best percents, just some may take longer than others. Be persistent and patient, and the percents will come.
Now for weapon attributes. Most people scuff at the "rare" nine star gold series weapons, but they can be some of the best to use during ult. A charge vulcan with hit percents will own any ult enemy, and it's not even yellow texted. Imagine that. Anyway, I've seen the same 1 above 1 below trend with the attributes as I have with percents. You'll have a middle attribute when tekking, and you can either get one level higher or one level lower than that attribute. For example, let's you tek a ??? Raygun and it turns out to be a Shadow Raygun. You retek and get a Dark Raygun (one level higher than Shadow). You retek again in the hopes of getting a Hell attribute, but get a Dim Raygun. Shadow is the middle attribute, so the highest attribute you can receive on that item is Dark. It's worked this way for me everytime I've ever tekked something. I've never seen a weapon tekked that has spanned all 4 attributes. There are exceptions to this rule. I've found that in the charge/spirit/berserk series you get what you get the first time tekked. So if you get a Spirit Berdys the first time tekked, you're going to get a Spirit Berdys no matter how many times you retek.
Here's a list of attributes a weapon can receive. Don't take them for granted. Some of them work wonders.
Elemental and Status Attributes
With these attributes, the higher the level, the more likely the weapon is to deal the elemental damage/status change.
Fire Elemental:
Heat - Fire - Flame - Burning
Lightning Elemental:
Shock - Thunder - Storm - Tempest
Freeze Condition:
Ice - Frost - Freeze - Blizzard
Paralysis Condition:
Bind - Hold - Seize - Arrest
Confuse Condition:
Panic - Riot - Havoc - Chaos
Instant Death Condition:
Dim - Shadow - Dark - Hell
Draining Attributes
These attributes steal HP/TP/EXP from the enemy. Very useful.
HP Drain:
Draw - Steals 5% HP
Drain - Steals 9% HP
Fill - Steals 13% HP
Gush - Steals 17% HP
TP Drain:
Heart - Steals 3% TP
Mind - Steals 4% TP
Soul - Steals 5% TP
Geist - Steals 6% TP
EXP Drain:
Master's - Steals 8% EXP
Lord's - Steals 10% EXP
King's - Steals 12% EXP
Other Attributes
These attributes are among the best. Cherish weapons found with these attached to them.
Fury Attributes:
Charge - Uses 200 meseta to double damage
Spirit - Uses TP to double damage
Berserk - Uses HP to double damage
Demi Attributes:
Devil's - Cuts enemy HP in half
Demon's - Cuts enemy HP to one fourth
Now the fun part is getting the percents you want AND the attribute you want. u__u
-Credit to PSOworld.com.
Original source can be found [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=326]here[/link].
Enemy Parts and Weapons
Throughout the course of the game, you may find body parts of fallen enemies. These can be formed into weapons by Dr. Montague in one of two offline quests; Dr. Osto's Research and Unsealed Door. To get Dr. Montague to convert parts for you, complete the following quests, and make sure you have ruins opened for the difficulty you are playing.
* Battle Training
* Claiming a Stake
* Magnitude of Metal
* Secret Delivery
* Doc's Secret Plan
Once you finish Doc's Secret Plan, he will tell you he can make a weapon if you bring him materials. Take your material into Dr. Osto's Research and Dr. Montague will be walking around on P2 between the Medical Center and the warp to the Principal's Office. Talk to him and, after some pleasantries, he will take your material and make you a spiffy, new weapon out of it.
-Credit to [link=http://www.ah-king.com/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7]Sashi[/link] and the users from the ahking.net forums for compiling this information.
Known Enemy Parts - Weapon Conversion
* Booma's Right Arm - Booma's Claw
* Gobooma's Right Arm - Gobooma's Claw
* Gigobomma's Right Arm - Gigobooma's Claw
* Rappy's Wing - Rappy's Fan
* Hildebear's Head - Hildebear's Cane
* Hildeblue's head - Hildeblue's Cane
* Dragon's Claw (Sil) - Dragon's Claw
* Grass Assassin's Arms - G-Assassin's Sabers
* Pan Arms' Arms - Pan Arms' Blades
* Sinow Beat's Arms - S-Beat's Blades
* Sinow Red's Arms - S-Red's Blades
* Baranz Parts - Baranz's Launcher
* Delsaber's Left Arm - Shield of Delsaber
* Delsaber's Right Arm - Delsaber's Buster
* Indi Belra's Arm - Belra Cannon
* C. Sorceror's Right Arm - C-Sorceror's Cane
* C. Bringer's Right Arm - C-Bringer's Rifle
* S. Berril's Hands - Berril Knuckle Type 0
* Gi Gue's Body - Gi Gue Bazooka
* Gal Gryphon's Wing - Gal Wind
-Credit to PSOword.com.
Original source can be found [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=327]here[/link].
Soul Eater Guide
Getting the Soul Eater requires you to complete a number of offline quests, but not all of them. Two beneficial side effects of this are that you'll level up a bit and, if you follow the steps in order, you'll also unlock Dr. Montague so he'll convert parts for you. You'll get 2 shots at him in this guide. Now, to get down to it.
1. Complete Forest, Caves and Mines offline. Remember to go see the principal after completing the Mines.
2. Complete the following quests:
[blockquote]* Battle Training
* Claiming a Stake
* Magnitude of Metal
* Addicting Food
* The Lost Bride
* Secret Delivery
* The Graves Butler
* Doc's Secret Plan[/blockquote]
Doing the above should have unlocked Waterfall Tears. Check to make sure it's on the list. When you finished Doc's Secret Plan, you unlocked Dr. Montague as well.
3. Do Dr. Osto's Research. At the end of the quest, Sue will ask your name. DO NOT tell her. After not telling her your name, enter the pipe and finish the quest. This will unlock Unsealed Door.
Note: Take any enemy part to Dr. Montague and he will convert it for you. If you want to do more than one, just cancel the job and restart the quest to change another part.
4. Do Unsealed Door. Along the way, you'll see Sue. Talk to her and finish the quest. This should have unlocked From the Depths. Check the list to make sure and continue.
Note: Take any enemy part to Dr. Montague and he will convert it for you. If you want to do more than one, just cancel the job and restart the quest to change another part.
5. Do Waterfall Tears. You'll fight Anna twice during the quest. After you whup her the second time, DO NOT go into the telepipe. Look at your map. There should be a green arrow just north of you. That's Kireek. Follow your map to get to him. After a short cutscene, he'll try to kill you. It's imperative that he does not succeed. After you slap him around a bit, he'll run away. Pipe up and finish the quest. This will unlock Black Paper.
6. Do Black Paper. In Caves 1, check your map. There should be a green arrow on it to the east of the start. That's Kireek again. He still wants to kill you. Follow the map and take him on again. He'll run away again. Finish the quest.
7. Do From the Depths. Ash will join you in Ruins 3. After you get the Monument Data, Ash will go off to look for survivors. Backtrack to Ruins 2. Check your map. The two arrows are Ash and Kireek. Wind your way back to their location. You'll notice Ash lying unconscious on the ground. Big surprise. Kireek is pretty insane this time, it's for keeps. If you manage to survive, you'll be rewarded with the Soul Eater.
Notes:
* Make sure you have less than 30 items in your inventory when Kireek dies or else you won't get the Soul Eater.
* Don't stand near Kireek when you cast Resta or you will heal him. This goes for Shifta/Deband as well.
* Kireek uses a Soul Banish in hard mode and up, but you can't get it from him. You still get the Soul Eater. This ruins the replay value of this side quest, IMHO.
Thanks a lot Harlequin.
-Credit to [link=http://www.ah-king.com/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=17]Harlequin[/link] from the ahking.net forums.
Akiko's Frying Pan Guide
Like the Soul Eater, Akiko's Frying Pan is a rare weapon that is only obtained through completing tasks in the offline guild quests. And like the Soul Eater, the sooner you get this weapon the more effective it is. The Frying Pan also possesses a comedic effect that makes it desirable regardless of it's usefulness as an actual weapon. Here's the steps to getting it.
1. Complete all the guild quests in any difficulty.
2. Return to the guild quest Secret Delivery. Once there, find the male NPC in orange and purple near the Nurse's Station. Talk with him and he'll ask you some questions. Respond to each of his questions with "!!". He'll explain to you what WEAPONS is, and he'll give you an emblem. Now complete Secret Delivery.
3. Now do the following quests (order does not matter): Claiming a Stake, Value of Money, Gran Squall and Lost Bride. In each of these quests, you'll find a NPC on Pioneer 2 that is a member of WEAPONS. Find them, talk to them, and you'll receive another emblem. Remember you have to complete the quest you're in after receiving the emblem for the game to recognize you have it, so don't just get the emblem and quit.
4. Once you've obtained all five emblems, return to Secret Delivery. Talk to the NPC next to the bank and she'll give you Akiko's Frying Pan. Completing the quest is not necessary. Now have fun whacking boomas with a frying pan. ;D
-Credit to [link=http://users.ign.com/about/PSOThugLife]PSOThugLife[/link].
Original source can be found [link=http://faqs.ign.com//articles/390/390293p1.html]here[/link].
Soul of a Blacksmith Guide
Completing the Soul of a Blacksmith offline guild quest can net you one of three rare weapons if completed properly. The three weapons you can receive are:
* God Hand
* Supressed Gun
* Technical Crozier
The requirements for obtaining them are pretty easy.
1. You have to be in ultimate difficulty
2. You must obtain the Blue Mineral located in Caves 3 as the last mineral your contractor needs. Giving him a Red or Green Mineral will result in a plain basic class of weapon. The Blue Mineral is located in a wall portion of Caves 3, in a small circular room. You have to be looking closely for it, for it's easy to miss if you don't know the location prior. You can find a map detailing the location of all the minerals [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=633]here[/link].
3. Once you get all three minerals (the last one being the Blue Mineral), take them to your contractor and he'll give you the choice of a sword, gun or rod. Select the sword for a God Hand, the gun for a Supressed Gun, or the rod for a Technical Crozier.
4. You can only receive one rare weapon from Soul of a Blacksmith per character, so to get the other selections, you need to get another character to ultimate and do the process again.
Letter from Lionel Guide
You don't receive a rare item from the Letter from Lionel quest, but it consistently gives players problems just trying to complete it. Here are some guildelines.
1. On your way to finding Lionel's head, you'll see a NPC Ranger in Forest 2. Talk to him and he mentions some shady business, and then disappear. You'll be seeing him later.
2. Play until the end of Forest 2. In the little room off of the elevated platorm section of Forest 2 (the one you have to warp to), you'll find Lionel's head. Go to your quest board and talk to him. Say you will help him find the rest of his body and you can continue on the quest.
3. Go back through Forest 2, and a door that was previously locked is now unlocked. Go into it's room, and defeat the hildebear within. He'll drop Lionel's Right Arm. Go to your quest board again and talk with the Right Arm. It'll give you hints on the location of his legs.
4. Travel back to Forest 1 and search in the stream of it's biggest room. You should find the glowing white star that is Lionel's Right Leg.
5. Now, travel back through Forest 2 and continue to Caves 1 and 2. Once in Caves 2, you'll find Lionel's Left Leg at the very end of it. After receving all 4 parts (head, right arm, left and right leg) from the levels, pipe back up to Pioneer 2.
6. You should find the Ranger near the entrance of the Guild Quest area. Talk with him and he'll cough up the rest of Lionel. You are now in possession of a complete Lionel, so by all means, get your reward meseta at the counter.
7. Detailed maps of this quest can be found [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=634]here[/link].
Amplifiers and Merges
Throughout the course of the game you may find items called amplifiers. You can use these items with special barriers to create shields called merges. Merges do one of the following: increase the strength of your attack techniques, or increase the range of your support techniques.
There are 3 separate color coded barriers you can find, each corresponding to a different series of attack technique; red for the foie series, blue for the barta series and yellow for the zonde series. Exact merge combinations and technique increases for the attack merges are as follows:
Red Barrier combines with the following:
Foie Amplifer for Foie Merge - 30% more power to Foie when worn
Gifoie Amplifer for Gifoie Merge - 30% more power to Gifoie when worn
Rafoie Amplifer for Rafoie Merge - 30% more power to Rafoie when worn
Red Amplifer for Red Merge - 20% more power to all Foie techniques when worn
Blue Barrier combines with the following:
Barta Amplifer for Barta Merge - 30% more power to Barta when worn
Gibarta Amplifer for Gibarta Merge - 30% more power to Gibarta when worn
Rabarta Amplifer for Rabarta Merge - 30% more power to Rabarta when worn
Blue Amplifer for Blue Merge - 20% more power to all Barta techniques when worn
Yellow Barrier combines with the following:
Zonde Amplifer for Zonde Merge - 30% more power to Zonde when worn
Gizonde Amplifer for Gizonde Merge - 30% more power to Gizonde when worn
Razonde Amplifer for Razonde Merge - 30% more power to Razonde when worn
Yellow Amplifer for Yellow Merge - 20% more power to all Zonde techniques when worn
For the support spells, there's two different barriers you can find; recovery (for resta and anti) and assist (for shifta and deband). Like I said earlier, these don't increase the potency of the techniques, they simply allow for the techs to reach party memebers further away. The merge combinations for the support techniques are as follows:
Recovery Barrier combines with the following:
Resta Amplifier for Resta Merge - Boosts casting range of Resta
Anti Amplifier for Anti Merge - Boosts casting range of Anti
Assist Barrier combines with the following:
Shifta Amplifier for Shifta Merge - Boosts casting range of Shifta
Deband Amplifier for Deband Merge - Bosts casting range of Deband
-Credit to [link=http://www.ah-king.com/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7]Sashi[/link] and the users from the ahking.net forums for compiling this information.
Photon Drops
Photon Drops are currently only useful online (unless you need a quick 1000 meseta). You need to go to the "Gallons Shop" Quest. Go down the ramp in P2 so you go to the open commons area. Take a left and go down that small alley. A FOnewm will be there. If you have any Drops on you, he will ask you if you want to talk at his father. Say yes, and you can trade all the drops on you for items.
Also, with each level of Items, the previous items are available as well. For example, at 99 Drops, you can still get a Monomate or a Red Barrier.
1+: Monomate, Monofluid, Recovery Barrier, Assist Barrier, Add Slot
16+: Parasite Cell D
17+: Berril Photon, Magic Water, Nei's Claw, Blue Barrier, Red Barrier, Yellow Barrier
35+: Heart Key
50+: Photon Booster, Photon Blaster, Blue-Black Stone
99: Photon Sphere
-Credit to [link=http://www.ah-king.com/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7]Sashi[/link] and the users from the ahking.net forums for compiling this information.
Thanks to IGN users [link=http://users.ign.com/about/tickeroo]tickeroo[/link], [link=http://users.ign.com/about/Galahad-DFC]Galahad-DFC[/link] and [link=http://users.ign.com/about/MikeyAde]MikeyAde[/link] for helping with additions/corrections.
Adding Elements to S-Rank Weapons.
If you have completed the online East Tower quest, and taken the necessary steps, you will be able to speak to Hopkins. Paganini will now offer to add elements to you S-rank weapons along with exchanging pds for items..
Elements and pd cost
A-50 Jellen, Zalure, Arrest, Demon and Hell
B-40 Geist, Spirit, Chaos, King and Berserk
C-30 Burning, Blizzard, Tempest, HP Drain and TP Drain
Adding Percentages to Weapons
If you have successfully completed the online West Tower quest, and taken the necessary steps, you will be able to speak to Hopkins and add percentages to your weapons.
Paganini will now offer to add percents to weapons based on photon drops and photon spheres.
20 photon drops- 5% addition
1 Phonto Sphere- 30% addition
Rules:
Can add percents to the same attribute multiple times.
Can't add percents to an S-rank weapon.
Cannot add percents to hit.
Can add percents to a attribute even if its at 0%.
Can add percents to a total of 100%.
Can add percents to multiple attributes on the same weapon. .
You can only have % in three areas. If you do and try to upgrade an area that has 0%, thats why you'll get an error.
When using a photon sphere, you must have 70% or lower to use it.
Item Combination
Episode I and II has introduced an intricate item combining process new to the PSO world. Many existing weapons and armors can be upgraded into new weapons and equipment. While I'm sure there's many combinations that have yet to be discovered, a good amount have. The following is a list of known combinations. I haven't done any of these personally, so there may be inaccuracies.
Created Item = Items Needed for Combination
Hunter Weapons
Berril Knuckle Type 1 = Berril Knuckle Type 0 + Berril Photon
Sange Yasha = Sange + Yasha
Black King Bar = Monkey King Bar + Blue-Black Stone
Lavis Blades = Lavis Cannon + Syncesta
Double Cannon = Lavis Blades + Syncesta
Dark Flow = Sword Series + Parasitic Gene "Flow"
Ranger Weapons
Egg Blaster = Handgun Series + Parts of Egg Blaster
Iron Faust = Panzer Faust + Photon Booster
Burning Visit = Flame Visit + Photon Booster
Snow Queen = Frozen Shooter + Photon Booster
Power Maser = Maser Beam + Photon Booster
Dark Meteor = Shot Series + Parasitic Gene "Flow"
Force Weapons
Summit Moon = Cane Series + Magic Rock "Moola"
Twinkle Star = Wand Series + Star Amplifier
Magical Piece = Wand Series + Heart Key
Striker of Chao = Branch of Paku Paku + Chao Mag
Plantain Huge Fan = Fatsia + Magic Water
Plantain Fan = Plantain Leaf + Magic Water
Dancing Hitogata = Hitogata + Book of Hitogata
Dark Bridge = Rod Series + Parasitic Gene "Flow"
Armor
Brightness Circle = Spirit Garment + Star Amplifier
Aura Field = Spirit Garment + Magic Rock "Moola"
Love Heart = Spirit Garment + Heart Key
Chu Chu Fever = Spirit Garment + Chu Chu Mag
Safety Heart = Invisible Guard + Heart Key
Parasite Wear: De Rol = Stink Frame + Parasite Cell D
Parasite Wear: Nelgal = Parasite Wear: De Rol + Parasite Cell D
Parasite Wear: Vajulla = Parasite Wear: Nelgal + Parasite Cell D
Virus Wear: Lafuteria = Parasite Wear: Vajulla + Parasite Cell D
Now, for a lot of these combinations there's extra requirements for the combination to work, whether it be grinding amounts or the level of your character. Follow the link to my source to get all the specifics for each combination, and also for updates on new combinations.
-Credit to PSOworld.com.
Original source can be found [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=302]here[/link].
Challenge Mode
This guide is intended as a mini challenge mode guide which covers tactics and discussion of challenge mode (or cmode for short) play. It is a guide compiled out of love of the experience of pure PSO, a way of playing where you are not the only hero, where playing as a team takes your skills and resulting times far beyond an individual effort with no thoughts about the welfare of the teams you participate in. You will get the most out of this guide if you play cmode for the very experience of cmode itself, rather than playing cmode for an s-rank item.
Now on to the guide.
Class Overview
HUmar
Not the "worst" Hunter choice as far as cmode play is concerned, in fact he has a lot going for him that needs to be appreciated. He is a male character and hence gets the excellent male saber animation. He also has a substantial amount of ATA as far as hunters are concerned. The HUcast's pitiful ATA is really apparent when a HUmar is used. Has a decent amount of ATP which is used to kill enemies fast and efficiently. His drawbacks are really his lack of immunity to poison and paralysis, and his lack of traps; a serious setback as traps really make the difference in a cmode game as far as time is concerned.
HUnewearl
Considered the "worst" Hunter for challenge mode with good reason. The versatility of a HUnewearl is not seen until the HUne reaches a sizable level of experience, an amount you will not see playing cmode. Her ATA growth is very slow, on par with that of the HUcast. Her ATP is the lowest of the hunters preventing her from easily using a pallasch. Her MST advantage has little effect in the realm of cmode. To top it off, she is vulnerable to poison and paralysis as well as having the less favorable female saber animation, all on top of not being able to use traps. To be avoided unless one is looking for a challenge which I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone once they have a grasp of cmode.
HUcast
A very popular choice for challenge mode. His popularity has some substance behind it though. He has the highest ATP in cmode which allows the HUcast to equip a pallasch without any help, has the male saber animation, has a high amount of HP, immune to poison and parlysis, and can use traps. His glaring weakness is his lack of ATA, which is counteracted by teamwork, an adept grasp on defensive HU fighting, and a good hit% weapon.
HUcaseal
The other common HU found in cmode games is the HUcaseal. The HUcaseal is quite versatile in cmode. She has a decent amount of ATP, a very nice amount of ATA, immune to paralysis and poison, and can use traps. With her incredible amount of ATA she can use powerful handguns and mechguns when necessary, weapons useful for a variety of reasons which I will cover later. Her only weakness I can see is her female saber animation, a weakness which isn't a big deal.
RAmar
Not a very common cmode choice but has a few redeeming qualities which should be mentioned. His ATA is the highest out of the Rangers, which will allow him to connect with his weapon's special abilities if it has one. ATP isn't a grand issue for Rangers as their role is not to deal damage in a cmode game. His vulnerability to poison and paralysis, and his inability to use traps are his shortcomings.
RAmarl
The HUnewearl of the Rangers, the RAmarl is considered the "worst" Ranger for cmode play. Her only advantage over other Rangers is her MST, which is more or less useless in cmode for non Force players. All her other stats are outdone by the other Rangers. To make things worse, she suffers what other non androids suffer from, a vulnerability to poison and paralysis, and an inability to use traps. Use the RAmarl for a challenge or to change things up.
RAcast
Not a bad choice for cmode. He has the advantages of being an android, but also has the ability to disarm the traps he spots because he usually uses a gun. His ATP is higher than his female counterpart, the RAcaseal, but his DFP and ATA are lower. There are no real weaknesses to an android Ranger in cmode.
RAcaseal
Another excellent choice for cmode. She has the android advantages, the 2nd highest ATA of the Rangers, and the ability to disarm traps with ease. No glaring weaknesses.
FOmar
Not a common Force you see in challenge mode, but Forces are fortunate in that they all have something to contribute in cmode. The FOmar's strengths are his increased shifta range, his bonus to gifoie, and his fast barehanded casting speed. Weaknesses are his low HP levels.
FOmarl
Pretty common Force as far as non-TA Forces are concerned. The increased resta and shifta range make survival a non-issue. She also is the most durable of the Forces. However her tech-damage is the lowest out of the Forces. Normally this wouldn't matter in the DC challenge mode days, but with the increased tech damage of the GC version and the FOmarls lack of innate bonuses, she is not the greatest Force to use for TA purposes.
FOnewm
A good force for TA. High MST, rafoie and gifoie bonuses, fast barehand cast speed. Weakness is his lack of range on support spells.
FOnewearl
A good Force for either survival or TA play. The highest MST of the Forces, basic tech bonus damage which proves to make a big difference in TA games, and increased resta range to make survival of the team easier. Her weakness is that she is the most fragile of the forces, and does not have the very fast barehanded casting rate the male Forces have.
Weapons Analysis
Saber Class
The saber class of weaponry is going to be one of the more important weapon classes one will use in cmode. It does the largest amount of damage per hit of all the weapons, it is accurate, and it causes a decent amount of knockback. This class of weaponry will be used quite often with good reason; it's common, powerful, and useful. The male saber animation is great. It causes knockback and moves your character around. The third hit of the combo usually does not leave you open to retaliation by a monster. The female saber animation is not so great but still does the job. It does not cover a lot of ground, and the third hit animation lags a bit more than the male animation does. The bread and butter of cmode.
Dagger Class
The dagger class of weaponry is good when one uses them correctly. Used correctly, they can quickly dispatch foes. However used incorrectly they are just going to lead to much pain and suffering on the hunter using them. The daggers of non HUcaseals should be used on an enemy who is targetting anyone but you. HUcaseals should also follow the same advice but it is not as crucial as it is to non HUcaseals.
Sword Class
The sword class of weaponry is good, but only in certain situations. Unfortunately you are forced to use a sword in the beginning of certain cmode stages when it is more favorable to have a saber on hand. The sword is inaccurate but powerful. Swords also have poor weapon animations for both genders. 3 hit combos with swords should be used very sparingly. With a sword, attack only monsters who aren't targetting you, preferably ones with their back turned. Swords are good for De Rol Le and frozen clusters of enemies. They are also rather nice on groups of confused enemies beating on each other.
Partisan Class
Far superior to a sword at the cost of less ATP. They are faster and more acccurate, cause a decent amount of knockback, and are able to be used with 3 hit combos with no chance of retaliation unless your third heavy strike misses. Useful if one HU in a 3 HU party is wielding this to support the other HUs.
Slicer Class
Only to be used if no other options are available.
Handgun Class[/color
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Created by [link=http://boards.ign.com/user.asp?usr=281017]sephfire[/link]
Last update made on June 30th, 2003
hi again.
This is the first update to the FAQ I made a while ago. So I guess it's something like PSO FAQ 1.1 or version 2 or whatever. Hope everyone enjoys the new additions.
Getting Started
Here is a really nice beginning FAQ created by one of our community members, [link=http://users.ign.com/about/jrodri07]jrodri07[/link]. It's a great read to get yourself familiarized with the PSO online environment. Plenty of great pics and information.
[link=http://faqs.ign.com//articles/365/365841p1.html]PSO Beginner's Guide[/link]
Official Online Meeting Blocks
IGN GC Block - Deneb 9, Altair 2
IGN Xbox Block - Davburite 9
IGN DC Block - Cordelia 9
Come to one of the above to hang out and play with all of your IGN cohorts.
Canceling your Hunter's License
For Xbox:
To cancel your subscription, call:
1-800-4MYXBOX
They will need your name, address, phone number, and Xbox live gamertag.
For Gamecube:
Go [link=http://www.sega.com/community/profiles/pso_gcn/pc_front/gcn_pc_edit_login.jhtml] here[/link]
This will allow you to create your account and edit your account.
Phantasy Star Online: Episode 1 & 2
For Microsoft XBOX
- PSO Character Name & Section ID Guide -
Created by kyodaimaru on 4/16/03
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5 steps to getting any name you want with any section ID you want in XBOX PSO.
****WARNING: AS FAR AS I KNOW THIS ONLY WORKS FOR THE XBOX VERSION BECAUSE THIS IS A GLITCH HAVING TO DO WITH XBOX LIVE ITSELF****
This is really simple, no section ID calculator required:
1. Create a character for online play and name it one of the following to get the specific section ID that you want:
Pinkal: 0 v5.0 (there is a space between the "0" and "v")
Redria: 1 v5.0
Oran: 2 v5.0
Yellowboze: 3 v5.0
Whitill: 4 v5.0
Viridia: 5 v5.0
Greenill: 6 v5.0
Skyly: 7 v5.0
Bluefull: 8 v5.0
Purplenum: 9 v5.0
2. After you hit "ok" you will go through the voice mask screen and then the HL agreement screen. You'll start to connect to XBL but then an error message will pop up on screen that reads:
"(No.309)
This character name cannot be used on Xbox Live. Press A to use the Character Select screen to rename your character."
When you hit A it saves your character information and takes you to the "Game Mode Select" screen.
3. Choose either "Online Game" or "Offline Game" and select your new character and then select "change name" from the prompt list.
4. The next screen will be the "rename" screen and allow you to change your character's name so that you can play on XBL. Now here comes the good part. . .you can name your character whatever you like and it won't change your section ID!
5. Get online and play with your new character.
**I've checked this for every section ID and it works every time without fail.
The Classes
This is a run-down of the 12 different character classes you can choose from in Phantasy Star Online. Use the stats and weapon selections for each class to pick a character that you think suits your playing style the best.
For the stat listings below, the number to the left is the character at level 1. The number in the middle is the character at level 200 with no units, mats or mag levels. The number to the right is the highest you can get the stat with the aforementioned items.
Also, it's been brought to my attention that the HP/TP maxes are off. One of my friends who has characters of high level has told me he's already surpassed the TP totals listed below for both RAmarl and FOmar. I'm not quite sure how to respond to this, since I'm not clear on exactly how you gain tp (specifics for level ups, mst amount, D: ). Also, the number listed below for HP is HP at level 200. You can feed your characters 125 HP mats over that, so just add 250 to your characters HP at level 200, and you should get the max. Hopefully. :l
Hunters: The hunters have the highest attack potential of all the classes. They specialize in close range combat, using mostly melee weapons like sabers, swords, daggers and partisans. As strong fighters, hunters are mostly in the front lines, and therefore give and receive the most damage.
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[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=HUmar]HUmar[/link] - Male Human Hunter
Character Stats:
HP: 40 / 1420
TP: 29 / 793
ATP: 45 / 943 / 1397
DFP: 17 / 422 / 579
MST: 29 / 594 / 732
ATA: 68 / 174 / 200
EVP: 45 / 682 / 756
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 15
Megid and Grants: Not Available
Resta: 15
Anti: 5
Reverser: Not Available
Zalure and Jellen: 15
Shifta and Deband: Not Available
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 250
HP: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=HUnewearl]HUnewearl[/link] - Female Newman Hunter
Character Stats:
HP: 38 / 1308
TP: 40 / 1084
ATP: 40 / 835 / 1237
DFP: 22 / 538 / 589
MST: 40 / 885 / 1177
ATA: 63 / 147 / 199
EVP: 60 / 666 / 811
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 20
Megid and Grants: Not Available
Resta: 20
Anti: 7
Reverser: Not Available
Zalure and Jellen: 20
Shifta and Deband: 20
Special Ability:
TP Regeneration
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=HUcast]HUcast[/link] - Male Android Hunter
Character Stats:
HP: 44 / 1762
TP: 0
ATP: 45 / 1146 / 1639
DFP: 18 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]501 / 601
MST: 0
ATA: 64 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]158 / 191
EVP: 35 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]585 / 660
Traps:
Damage: 2, gaining 1 every 11 levels
Freeze: 2, gaining 1 every 7 levels
Confuse: 2, gaining 1 every 7 levels
Special Ability:
HP Regeneration
Material Limits
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=HUcaseal]HUcaseal[/link] - Female Android Hunter
Character Stats:
HP: 44 / 1380
TP: 0
ATP: 45 / 901 / 1301
DFP: 23 / 399 / 525
MST: 0
ATA: 71 / 184 / 218
EVP: 35 / 777 / 877
Traps:
Damage: 2, gaining 1 every 9 levels
Freeze: 2, gaining 1 every 10 levels
Confuse: 2, gaining 1 every 10 levels
Special Ability:
HP Regeneration
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125[/blockquote]
Rangers: The rangers have the highest accuracy potential of all the classes. They specialize in long range combat, using ranged weapons like handguns, shots, rifles and mechguns. A ranger's role in team play is usually peppering the enemies with support fire, giving the hunters room to breathe while in the front lines.
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[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=RAmar]RAmar[/link] - Male Human Ranger
Character Stats:
HP: 29 / 1520
TP: 20 / 704
ATP: 23 / 806 / 1260
DFP: 18 / 359 / 515
MST: 20 / 505 / 665
ATA: 80 / 230 / 249
EVP: 36 / 639 / 715
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 15
Megid and Grants: Not Available
Resta: 15
Anti: 5
Reverser: Not Available
Zalure and Jellen: Not Available
Shifta and Deband: 15
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 250
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=RAmarl]RAmarl[/link] - Female Human Ranger
Character Stats:
HP: 29 / 1315
TP: 20 / 931
ATP: 23 / 743 / 1145
DFP: 13 / 426 / 577
MST: 20 / 732 / 1031
ATA: 72 / 216 / 241
EVP: 36 / 798 / 900
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 20
Megid and Grants: Not Available
Resta: 20
Anti: 7
Reverser: Not Available
Zalure and Jellen: 20
Shifta and Deband: 20
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 250
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=RAcast]RAcast[/link] - Male Android Ranger
Character Stats:
HP: 33 / 1964
TP: 0
ATP: 30 / 859 / 1350
DFP: 23 / 505 / 606
MST: 0
ATA: 75 / 199 / 224
EVP: 31 / 626 / 699
Traps:
Damage: 2, gaining 1 every 7 levels
Freeze: 2, gaining 1 every 9 levels
Confuse: 2, gaining 1 every 11 levels
Special Ability:
HP Regeneration
Material Limits
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=RAcaseal]RAcaseal[/link] - Female Android Ranger
Character Stats:
HP: 31 / 1890
TP: 0
ATP: 25 / 775 / 1175
DFP: 28 / 562 / 688
MST: 0
ATA: 77 / 208 / 231
EVP: 31 / 713 / 787
Traps:
Damage: 2, gaining 1 every 7 levels
Freeze: 2, gaining 1 every 11 levels
Confuse: 2, gaining 1 every 9 levels
Special Ability:
HP Regeneration
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125 [/blockquote]
Forces: The forces have the highest mind potential of all the classes. They specialize in technique (spells) usage. Forces have access to every technique in the game, and more powerful versions of them at that. Their role in team play is mainly to support the other classes with support spells like shifta (attack increase), deband (defense increase), and resta (healing), but higher level forces can really be a threat with hard hitting attack techs.
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[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=FOmar]FOmar[/link] - Male Human Force
Character Stats:
HP: 29 / 1175
TP: 79 / 1783
ATP: 16 / 753 / 1002
DFP: 15 / 321 / 470
MST: 53 / 990 / 1340
ATA: 63 / 138 / 163
EVP: 35 / 551 / 651
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 30
Megid and Grants: 30
Resta: 30
Anti: 7
Reverser: Yes
Zalure and Jellen: 30
Shifta and Deband: 30
Technique Bonuses:
1.3 Damage to Gifoie
1.3 Damage to Gibarta
1.3 Damage to Gizonde
1.3 Damage to Grants
Double the Range on Shifta
Double the Range on Deband
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 250
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=FOmarl]FOmarl[/link] - Female Human Force
Character Stats:
HP: 29 / 1273
TP: 79 / 1699
ATP: 16 / 721 / 872
DFP: 15 / 351 / 498
MST: 53 / 934 / 1284
ATA: 63 / 144 / 170
EVP: 35 / 513 / 588
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 30
Megid and Grants: 30
Resta: 30
Anti: 7
Reverser: Yes
Zalure and Jellen: 30
Shifta and Deband: 30
Technique Bonuses:
1.5 Damage to Grants
Double the Range on Shifta
Double the Range on Deband
Double the Range on Resta
Double the Range on Anti
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 250
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=FOnewm]FOnewm[/link] - Male Newman Force
Character Stats:
HP: 27 / 1232
TP: 90 / 1945
ATP: 16 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]613 / 814
DFP: 12 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]408 / 463
MST: 60 / 1098 / 1500
ATA: 61 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]128 / 180
EVP: 50 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]531 / 679
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 30
Megid and Grants: 30
Resta: 30
Anti: 7
Reverser: Yes
Zalure and Jellen: 30
Shifta and Deband: 30
Technique Bonuses:
1.3 Damage to Gifoie
1.3 Damage to Gibarta
1.3 Damage to Gizonde
1.3 Damage to Rafoie
1.3 Damage to Rabarta
1.3 Damage to Razonde
Special Ability:
TP Regeneration
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/classes.php?class=FOnewearl]FOnewearl[/link] - Female Newman Force
Character Stats:
HP: 29 / 1148
TP: 87 / 2098
ATP: 13 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]483 / 583
DFP: 18 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]334 / 390
MST: 61 / 1200 / 1750
ATA: 53 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]133 / 186
EVP: 35 / [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]735 / 883
Technique Level Maxes:
Attack Techniques: 30
Megid and Grants: 30
Resta: 30
Anti: 7
Reverser: Yes
Zalure and Jellen: 30
Shifta and Deband: 30
Technique Bonuses:
1.3 Damage to Foie
1.3 Damage to Barta
1.3 Damage to Zonde
Megid Penetrates through Multiple Enemies, and has a higher Effectiveness
Double the Range on Resta
Double the Range on Anti
Special Ability:
TP Regeneration
Material Limits:
Stat Mats: 150
HP Mats: 125[/blockquote]
Stat Comparisons
HP
1964 - RAcast
1890 - RAcaseal
1762 - HUcast
1520 - RAmar
1449 - Class Average
1420 - HUmar
1380 - HUcaseal
1315 - RAmarl
1308 - HUnewearl
1273 - FOmarl
1232 - FOnewm
1175 - FOmar
1148 - FOnewearl
TP (may be a little off....)
2098 - FOnewearl
1945 - FOnewm
1783 - FOmar
1699 - FOmarl
1380 - Class Average
1084 - HUnewearl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]931 - RAmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]793 - HUmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]704 - RAmar
ATP
1639 - HUcast
1397 - HUmar
1350 - RAcast
1301 - HUcaseal
1250 - RAmar
1237 - HUnewearl
1175 - RAcaseal
1153 - Class Average
1145 - RAmarl
1002 - FOmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]872 - FOmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]814 - FOnewm
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]583 - FOnewearl
DFP
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]688 - RAcaseal
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]606 - RAcast
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]601 - HUcast
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]589 - HUnewearl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]579 - HUmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]577 - RAmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]542 - Class Average
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]525 - HUcaseal
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]515 - RAmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]498 - FOmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]470 - FOmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]463 - FOnewm
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]390 - FOnewearl
MST
1750 - FOnewearl
1500 - FOnewm
1340 - FOmar
1284 - FOmarl
1185 - Class Average
1177 - HUnewearl
1031 - RAmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]732 - HUmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]665 - RAmar
ATA
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]249 - RAmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]241 - RAmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]231 - RAcaseal
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]224 - RAcast
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]218 - HUcaseal
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]204 - Class Average
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]200 - HUmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]199 - HUnewearl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]191 - HUcast
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]186 - FOnewearl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]180 - FOnewm
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]170 - FOmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]163 - FOmar
EVP
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]900 - RAmarl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]883 - FOnewearl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]877 - HUcaseal
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]811 - HUnewearl
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]787 - RAcaseal
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]756 - HUmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]751 - Class Average
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]715 - RAmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]699 - RAcast
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]679 - FOnewm
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]660 - HUcast
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]651 - FOmar
[color=c9c1c2]0[/color]588 - FOmarl
Maxing Comparisons
The total difference between a character's max stats and level 200 stats.
623 - RAcaseal
660 - HUcaseal
690 - RAcast
701 - HUcast
749 - FOmarl
849 - HUmar
855 - RAmar
858 - FOnewm
873 - FOmar
907 - FOnewearl
942 - HUnewearl
979 - RAmarl
-Credit to ragol.com for level 200 stats, tech and trap levels.
-Credit to PSOquest.com for level 1 stats.
Original source can be found [link=http://www.psoquest.com/ep2-characters.shtml]here[/link].
Section ID's
Section ID's determine what rare items you will find. The Section ID you receive when you first create your character is final, so be sure to research what you want prior to starting your character. Your assigned Section ID is entirely dependent on the characters you use (a, b, c, 1, 2, 3, etc.) for your character name, so experiment with capitalization and spacing to get an ID you want. Remember that there is a 12 character limit when creating your name, so get the ID you want within 12 characters.
Now, for the section ID's and their weapon series strengths. Most of the ID's have a primary strength, and then a weaker secondary strength. The series listed first in the list below is the ID's main strength.
VIRIDIA: Strong in Shots and Partisans
GREENNILL: Strong in Rifles and Daggers
SKYLY: Strong in Swords and Rifles
BLUEFULL: Strong in Partisans and Rods
PURPLENUM: Strong in Mechguns and Daggers
PINKAL: Strong in Wands and Partisans, with an increased occurrence of Technique Disks
REDRIA: Strong in Slicers and Shots, with an increased occurrence of Armor and Units
ORAN: Strong in Daggers, and tied secondary in Swords and Wands
YELLOWBOZE: Equally strong in all weapon areas, with an increased occurrence of Meseta
WHITILL: Strong in Slicers and Mechguns
Recommended ID's for Classes:
Hunters: SKYLY, ORAN, BLUEFULL, REDRIA
Rangers: PURPLENUM, VIRIDIA, GREENNILL, WHITILL
Forces: PINKAL, REDRIA, YELLOWBOZE
Useful Section ID Links
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/secid.php]PSO-World's Section ID Calculator[/link]
Try different name combinations to get the Section ID you want here.
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/faq.php?myfaq=yes&id_cat=19&categories=SectionID%20FAQ]How the Section ID System Works[/link]
For you people that need to know everything, check out this FAQ to see the exact formula on how section ID is calculated.
[link=http://psoz.myqto.com/display.php?file=sectionid]Section ID Weapon Occurence Breakdown[/link]
A complete (and well presented) breakdown of the weapon occurrences for every weapon series for each Section ID.
[link=http://faqs.ign.com//articles/393/393635p1.html]Ultimate Rare Drops by Section ID[/link]
[link=http://faqs.ign.com/articles/401/401972p1.html]Very Hard Rare Drops by Section ID[/link]
With the hard work of [link=http://users.ign.com/about/redlightsaber][hl=black]redlightsaber[/hl][/link], [link=http://users.ign.com/about/heyf00L]heyf00L[/link] and [link=http://users.ign.com/about/dolphan86]dolphan86[/link], an accurate chart of enemy drops has been compiled. Check this IGN FAQ to see what rare items your Section ID yields in Ultimate and Very Hard.
Sonic Team (ST) has also decided to get a little creative it seems, and went crazy with the lobbies interior design style. Every Lobby has a corresponding Section ID. They are in the same order as the ASCII script which determines Secion ID (Add the ASCII number of the letters together, and pick the 2nd digit). There are 10 in total. There is also a different scenery item for each lobby. Around Holidays (Christmas, Easter, Halloween), the items may change. During the Holidays, all lobbies have the same item.
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]1 - VIRIDIA - Trees
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]2 - GREENNILL - Flowers & Butterflies
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]3 - SKYLY - Windmills
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]4 - BLUEFULL - Fountains
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]5 - PURPLENUM - Aquariums
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]6 - PINKAL - Flying Doves
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]7 - REDRIA - 3D Space Maps
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]8 - ORAN - Rainbows
Lobby [color=c9c1c2]0[/color]9 - YELLOWBOZE - Stained Glass
Lobby 10 - WHITILL - Snow, Trees, & Snowmen (
)Known Holidays:
Halloween - Pumpkins
Thanksgiving - Fall (Brown Leaves) Trees
Christmas - Falling Snow, Snowmen, and hella annoying music
Valentines Day - Red, Spinny Hearts
White Day - Blue, Spinny Hearts
Easter - Easter Baskets
-Credit to IGN user [link=http://boards.ign.com/user.asp?usr=328871]CoolQuatre[/link] for bringing this to my attention.
Mags
Yeah.......there's way too much information on mags for me to even try to put down here. So I'm going to cop out and just post a bunch of links.
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/magguide.php?page=ALL]Episode I Mag Feeding and Info Guide[/link]
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/maggallery.php]Episode I Mag Gallery[/link]
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/magguidev3.php]Episode II Mag Evolution Guide and Gallery[/link]
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/magguidev3.php?page=2]Episode II Mag In-Game Pictures[/link]
[link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=659]Mag Cell Combination Requirements[/link]
-TONS of credit to [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/index.php]PSOworld.com[/link]. These guides are the ****.
Enemy Weaknesses
This section is meant to help out Forces. Each enemy has at least one elemental (except bastard online Dark Bringer D: ) weakness, and you can exploit that weakness to get the most bang for your TP. Here's the breakdown.
If I don't list the ultimate version of the enemy, assume the same weaknesses apply.
Forest
Rag Rappy - Foie
El Rappy (Offline): Foie
El Rappy (Online): Barta
Al Rappy - Foie
Booma - Foie
Gobooma - Zonde
Gigobooma - Barta
Savage Wolf - Zonde and Foie
Gulgus - Foie
Barbarous Wolf - Zonde and Foie
Gulgus Gue - Zonde
Monest - Zonde and Foie
Mothmant - Zonde and Foie
Hildebear - Barta
Hildelt - Grants
Hildeblue - Foie
Dragon - Barta
Sil Dragon - Foie
Caves
Poison Lily - Foie and Barta
Nar Lily - Zonde and Barta
Evil Shark - Foie
Pal Shark - Foie and Barta
Guil Shark - Zonde
Grass Assassin - Foie
Pofuilly Slime - Foie, Zonde and Grants
Pouilly Slime - Zonde and Barta
Nano Dragon - Zonde and Barta
Pan Arms - Foie, Zonde and Barta
Hidoom - Barta
Migium - Foie
De Rol Le - Foie
Dal Ra Lie - Foie and Zonde
Mines
Gillchic - Zonde and Grants
Gillchich - Foie
Dubchic - Zonde, Grants and Barta
Dubswitch - Foie, Barta, Zonde and Grants
Canadine - Zonde and Barta
Canane - Foie and Barta
Sinow Beat - Foie and Zonde
Sinow Gold - Foie
Sinow Red - Barta
Garanz - Foie
Baranz - Zonde
Vol Opt - Zonde
Vol Opt Ver 2 - Barta
Vol Opt Ver 2 Pillars - Zonde
Ruins
Claw - Foie and Grants
Ultimate Claws - Zonde
Bulclaw - Grants
Dimenian - Foie
La Dimenian - Barta
So Dimenian - Zonde
Delsaber - Barta
Dark Belra - Zonde and Grants
Chaos Sorcerer - Foie
Chaos Bringer - Foie
Dark Gunner - Grants
Darvant - Barta and Grants
Dark Falz 1 - Zonde and Grants
Dark Falz 2 - Barta
Dark Falz 3 - Foie
Temple
Rag Rappy - Foie and Zonde
Poison Lily - Grants
Monest - Foie
Mothmant - Barta
Grass Assasin - Foie
Dimenian - Foie
La Dimenian - Barta
So Dimenian - Zonde
Hildebear - Barta and Megid
Dark Belra - Grants
Pig Ray - Barta
Barba Ray - Zonde
Spaceship
Pan Arms - Foie, Barta and Zonde
Hidoom - Foie, Barta, Zonde and Grants
Migium - Megid
Garanz - Barta
Savage Wolf - Zonde
Gulgus (Offline) - Foie
Gulgus (Online) - Zonde
Barbarous Wolf - Foie
Gulgus Gue (Offline) - Zonde
Gulgus Gue (Online) - Foie
Delsaber - Barta
Gillchic - Barta
Chaos Sorcerer - Foie
Dubchic - Barta, Grants and Megid
Dubwitch - Foie, Barta, Zonde and Grants
Gol Dragon - Zonde
Central Contral Area
Gee - Barta and Grants
Zol Gibbon - Zonde
Ul Gibbon - Zonde
Meritas - Barta
Merllia - Foie
Sinow Berril - Grants
Mericarol - Barta
Gibbles - Barta and Grants
Gi Gue - Grants
Sinow Spigell - Foie
Gal Gryphon - Barta
Seabed
Recobox - Foie
Recon - Foie, Barta, Zonde and Grants
Dolmolm - Zonde
Dolmdarl - Foie
Sinow Zele - Grants
Sinow Zoa - Foie
Sinow Zele - Barta
Morfos - Zonde and Megid
Deldepth - Zonde
Delbiter - Foie
Gael - Foie
Olga Flow 1 - Barta
Olga Flow 2 - Random o:
-Credit to PSOworld.com. Original source can be found [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=45]here[/link].
Also, thank you to IGN users [link=http://users.ign.com/about/tickeroo]tickeroo[/link], [link=http://users.ign.com/about/darkbroken]darkbroken[/link] and [link=http://users.ign.com/about/Sephiroth_VII]Sephiroth_VII[/link] for additions/corrections.
Tekking
Tekking is a great thing if used wisely. Tekkers can turn useless weps into monsters if given enough time and money. With tekking, you have to keep two things in mind: Percents never go higher or lower than 10 percent of the original percent values, and you'll be able to get at most 3 attributes out of a weapon. For example, A ??? Calibur with the percents of 0/10/0/5 will only be tekked within a range of 0/0/0/-5 and 0/20/0/15. I've never in all my times playing PSO seen percents go higher or lower than 10% of the original values. Any tekker has the ability to give the best percents, just some may take longer than others. Be persistent and patient, and the percents will come.
Now for weapon attributes. Most people scuff at the "rare" nine star gold series weapons, but they can be some of the best to use during ult. A charge vulcan with hit percents will own any ult enemy, and it's not even yellow texted. Imagine that. Anyway, I've seen the same 1 above 1 below trend with the attributes as I have with percents. You'll have a middle attribute when tekking, and you can either get one level higher or one level lower than that attribute. For example, let's you tek a ??? Raygun and it turns out to be a Shadow Raygun. You retek and get a Dark Raygun (one level higher than Shadow). You retek again in the hopes of getting a Hell attribute, but get a Dim Raygun. Shadow is the middle attribute, so the highest attribute you can receive on that item is Dark. It's worked this way for me everytime I've ever tekked something. I've never seen a weapon tekked that has spanned all 4 attributes. There are exceptions to this rule. I've found that in the charge/spirit/berserk series you get what you get the first time tekked. So if you get a Spirit Berdys the first time tekked, you're going to get a Spirit Berdys no matter how many times you retek.
Here's a list of attributes a weapon can receive. Don't take them for granted. Some of them work wonders.
Elemental and Status Attributes
With these attributes, the higher the level, the more likely the weapon is to deal the elemental damage/status change.
Fire Elemental:
Heat - Fire - Flame - Burning
Lightning Elemental:
Shock - Thunder - Storm - Tempest
Freeze Condition:
Ice - Frost - Freeze - Blizzard
Paralysis Condition:
Bind - Hold - Seize - Arrest
Confuse Condition:
Panic - Riot - Havoc - Chaos
Instant Death Condition:
Dim - Shadow - Dark - Hell
Draining Attributes
These attributes steal HP/TP/EXP from the enemy. Very useful.
HP Drain:
Draw - Steals 5% HP
Drain - Steals 9% HP
Fill - Steals 13% HP
Gush - Steals 17% HP
TP Drain:
Heart - Steals 3% TP
Mind - Steals 4% TP
Soul - Steals 5% TP
Geist - Steals 6% TP
EXP Drain:
Master's - Steals 8% EXP
Lord's - Steals 10% EXP
King's - Steals 12% EXP
Other Attributes
These attributes are among the best. Cherish weapons found with these attached to them.
Fury Attributes:
Charge - Uses 200 meseta to double damage
Spirit - Uses TP to double damage
Berserk - Uses HP to double damage
Demi Attributes:
Devil's - Cuts enemy HP in half
Demon's - Cuts enemy HP to one fourth
Now the fun part is getting the percents you want AND the attribute you want. u__u
-Credit to PSOworld.com.
Original source can be found [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=326]here[/link].
Enemy Parts and Weapons
Throughout the course of the game, you may find body parts of fallen enemies. These can be formed into weapons by Dr. Montague in one of two offline quests; Dr. Osto's Research and Unsealed Door. To get Dr. Montague to convert parts for you, complete the following quests, and make sure you have ruins opened for the difficulty you are playing.
* Battle Training
* Claiming a Stake
* Magnitude of Metal
* Secret Delivery
* Doc's Secret Plan
Once you finish Doc's Secret Plan, he will tell you he can make a weapon if you bring him materials. Take your material into Dr. Osto's Research and Dr. Montague will be walking around on P2 between the Medical Center and the warp to the Principal's Office. Talk to him and, after some pleasantries, he will take your material and make you a spiffy, new weapon out of it.
-Credit to [link=http://www.ah-king.com/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7]Sashi[/link] and the users from the ahking.net forums for compiling this information.
Known Enemy Parts - Weapon Conversion
* Booma's Right Arm - Booma's Claw
* Gobooma's Right Arm - Gobooma's Claw
* Gigobomma's Right Arm - Gigobooma's Claw
* Rappy's Wing - Rappy's Fan
* Hildebear's Head - Hildebear's Cane
* Hildeblue's head - Hildeblue's Cane
* Dragon's Claw (Sil) - Dragon's Claw
* Grass Assassin's Arms - G-Assassin's Sabers
* Pan Arms' Arms - Pan Arms' Blades
* Sinow Beat's Arms - S-Beat's Blades
* Sinow Red's Arms - S-Red's Blades
* Baranz Parts - Baranz's Launcher
* Delsaber's Left Arm - Shield of Delsaber
* Delsaber's Right Arm - Delsaber's Buster
* Indi Belra's Arm - Belra Cannon
* C. Sorceror's Right Arm - C-Sorceror's Cane
* C. Bringer's Right Arm - C-Bringer's Rifle
* S. Berril's Hands - Berril Knuckle Type 0
* Gi Gue's Body - Gi Gue Bazooka
* Gal Gryphon's Wing - Gal Wind
-Credit to PSOword.com.
Original source can be found [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=327]here[/link].
Soul Eater Guide
Getting the Soul Eater requires you to complete a number of offline quests, but not all of them. Two beneficial side effects of this are that you'll level up a bit and, if you follow the steps in order, you'll also unlock Dr. Montague so he'll convert parts for you. You'll get 2 shots at him in this guide. Now, to get down to it.
1. Complete Forest, Caves and Mines offline. Remember to go see the principal after completing the Mines.
2. Complete the following quests:
[blockquote]* Battle Training
* Claiming a Stake
* Magnitude of Metal
* Addicting Food
* The Lost Bride
* Secret Delivery
* The Graves Butler
* Doc's Secret Plan[/blockquote]
Doing the above should have unlocked Waterfall Tears. Check to make sure it's on the list. When you finished Doc's Secret Plan, you unlocked Dr. Montague as well.
3. Do Dr. Osto's Research. At the end of the quest, Sue will ask your name. DO NOT tell her. After not telling her your name, enter the pipe and finish the quest. This will unlock Unsealed Door.
Note: Take any enemy part to Dr. Montague and he will convert it for you. If you want to do more than one, just cancel the job and restart the quest to change another part.
4. Do Unsealed Door. Along the way, you'll see Sue. Talk to her and finish the quest. This should have unlocked From the Depths. Check the list to make sure and continue.
Note: Take any enemy part to Dr. Montague and he will convert it for you. If you want to do more than one, just cancel the job and restart the quest to change another part.
5. Do Waterfall Tears. You'll fight Anna twice during the quest. After you whup her the second time, DO NOT go into the telepipe. Look at your map. There should be a green arrow just north of you. That's Kireek. Follow your map to get to him. After a short cutscene, he'll try to kill you. It's imperative that he does not succeed. After you slap him around a bit, he'll run away. Pipe up and finish the quest. This will unlock Black Paper.
6. Do Black Paper. In Caves 1, check your map. There should be a green arrow on it to the east of the start. That's Kireek again. He still wants to kill you. Follow the map and take him on again. He'll run away again. Finish the quest.
7. Do From the Depths. Ash will join you in Ruins 3. After you get the Monument Data, Ash will go off to look for survivors. Backtrack to Ruins 2. Check your map. The two arrows are Ash and Kireek. Wind your way back to their location. You'll notice Ash lying unconscious on the ground. Big surprise. Kireek is pretty insane this time, it's for keeps. If you manage to survive, you'll be rewarded with the Soul Eater.
Notes:
* Make sure you have less than 30 items in your inventory when Kireek dies or else you won't get the Soul Eater.
* Don't stand near Kireek when you cast Resta or you will heal him. This goes for Shifta/Deband as well.
* Kireek uses a Soul Banish in hard mode and up, but you can't get it from him. You still get the Soul Eater. This ruins the replay value of this side quest, IMHO.
Thanks a lot Harlequin.
-Credit to [link=http://www.ah-king.com/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=17]Harlequin[/link] from the ahking.net forums.
Akiko's Frying Pan Guide
Like the Soul Eater, Akiko's Frying Pan is a rare weapon that is only obtained through completing tasks in the offline guild quests. And like the Soul Eater, the sooner you get this weapon the more effective it is. The Frying Pan also possesses a comedic effect that makes it desirable regardless of it's usefulness as an actual weapon. Here's the steps to getting it.
1. Complete all the guild quests in any difficulty.
2. Return to the guild quest Secret Delivery. Once there, find the male NPC in orange and purple near the Nurse's Station. Talk with him and he'll ask you some questions. Respond to each of his questions with "!!". He'll explain to you what WEAPONS is, and he'll give you an emblem. Now complete Secret Delivery.
3. Now do the following quests (order does not matter): Claiming a Stake, Value of Money, Gran Squall and Lost Bride. In each of these quests, you'll find a NPC on Pioneer 2 that is a member of WEAPONS. Find them, talk to them, and you'll receive another emblem. Remember you have to complete the quest you're in after receiving the emblem for the game to recognize you have it, so don't just get the emblem and quit.
4. Once you've obtained all five emblems, return to Secret Delivery. Talk to the NPC next to the bank and she'll give you Akiko's Frying Pan. Completing the quest is not necessary. Now have fun whacking boomas with a frying pan. ;D
-Credit to [link=http://users.ign.com/about/PSOThugLife]PSOThugLife[/link].
Original source can be found [link=http://faqs.ign.com//articles/390/390293p1.html]here[/link].
Soul of a Blacksmith Guide
Completing the Soul of a Blacksmith offline guild quest can net you one of three rare weapons if completed properly. The three weapons you can receive are:
* God Hand
* Supressed Gun
* Technical Crozier
The requirements for obtaining them are pretty easy.
1. You have to be in ultimate difficulty
2. You must obtain the Blue Mineral located in Caves 3 as the last mineral your contractor needs. Giving him a Red or Green Mineral will result in a plain basic class of weapon. The Blue Mineral is located in a wall portion of Caves 3, in a small circular room. You have to be looking closely for it, for it's easy to miss if you don't know the location prior. You can find a map detailing the location of all the minerals [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=633]here[/link].
3. Once you get all three minerals (the last one being the Blue Mineral), take them to your contractor and he'll give you the choice of a sword, gun or rod. Select the sword for a God Hand, the gun for a Supressed Gun, or the rod for a Technical Crozier.
4. You can only receive one rare weapon from Soul of a Blacksmith per character, so to get the other selections, you need to get another character to ultimate and do the process again.
Letter from Lionel Guide
You don't receive a rare item from the Letter from Lionel quest, but it consistently gives players problems just trying to complete it. Here are some guildelines.
1. On your way to finding Lionel's head, you'll see a NPC Ranger in Forest 2. Talk to him and he mentions some shady business, and then disappear. You'll be seeing him later.
2. Play until the end of Forest 2. In the little room off of the elevated platorm section of Forest 2 (the one you have to warp to), you'll find Lionel's head. Go to your quest board and talk to him. Say you will help him find the rest of his body and you can continue on the quest.
3. Go back through Forest 2, and a door that was previously locked is now unlocked. Go into it's room, and defeat the hildebear within. He'll drop Lionel's Right Arm. Go to your quest board again and talk with the Right Arm. It'll give you hints on the location of his legs.
4. Travel back to Forest 1 and search in the stream of it's biggest room. You should find the glowing white star that is Lionel's Right Leg.
5. Now, travel back through Forest 2 and continue to Caves 1 and 2. Once in Caves 2, you'll find Lionel's Left Leg at the very end of it. After receving all 4 parts (head, right arm, left and right leg) from the levels, pipe back up to Pioneer 2.
6. You should find the Ranger near the entrance of the Guild Quest area. Talk with him and he'll cough up the rest of Lionel. You are now in possession of a complete Lionel, so by all means, get your reward meseta at the counter.
7. Detailed maps of this quest can be found [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=634]here[/link].
Amplifiers and Merges
Throughout the course of the game you may find items called amplifiers. You can use these items with special barriers to create shields called merges. Merges do one of the following: increase the strength of your attack techniques, or increase the range of your support techniques.
There are 3 separate color coded barriers you can find, each corresponding to a different series of attack technique; red for the foie series, blue for the barta series and yellow for the zonde series. Exact merge combinations and technique increases for the attack merges are as follows:
Red Barrier combines with the following:
Foie Amplifer for Foie Merge - 30% more power to Foie when worn
Gifoie Amplifer for Gifoie Merge - 30% more power to Gifoie when worn
Rafoie Amplifer for Rafoie Merge - 30% more power to Rafoie when worn
Red Amplifer for Red Merge - 20% more power to all Foie techniques when worn
Blue Barrier combines with the following:
Barta Amplifer for Barta Merge - 30% more power to Barta when worn
Gibarta Amplifer for Gibarta Merge - 30% more power to Gibarta when worn
Rabarta Amplifer for Rabarta Merge - 30% more power to Rabarta when worn
Blue Amplifer for Blue Merge - 20% more power to all Barta techniques when worn
Yellow Barrier combines with the following:
Zonde Amplifer for Zonde Merge - 30% more power to Zonde when worn
Gizonde Amplifer for Gizonde Merge - 30% more power to Gizonde when worn
Razonde Amplifer for Razonde Merge - 30% more power to Razonde when worn
Yellow Amplifer for Yellow Merge - 20% more power to all Zonde techniques when worn
For the support spells, there's two different barriers you can find; recovery (for resta and anti) and assist (for shifta and deband). Like I said earlier, these don't increase the potency of the techniques, they simply allow for the techs to reach party memebers further away. The merge combinations for the support techniques are as follows:
Recovery Barrier combines with the following:
Resta Amplifier for Resta Merge - Boosts casting range of Resta
Anti Amplifier for Anti Merge - Boosts casting range of Anti
Assist Barrier combines with the following:
Shifta Amplifier for Shifta Merge - Boosts casting range of Shifta
Deband Amplifier for Deband Merge - Bosts casting range of Deband
-Credit to [link=http://www.ah-king.com/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7]Sashi[/link] and the users from the ahking.net forums for compiling this information.
Photon Drops
Photon Drops are currently only useful online (unless you need a quick 1000 meseta). You need to go to the "Gallons Shop" Quest. Go down the ramp in P2 so you go to the open commons area. Take a left and go down that small alley. A FOnewm will be there. If you have any Drops on you, he will ask you if you want to talk at his father. Say yes, and you can trade all the drops on you for items.
Also, with each level of Items, the previous items are available as well. For example, at 99 Drops, you can still get a Monomate or a Red Barrier.
1+: Monomate, Monofluid, Recovery Barrier, Assist Barrier, Add Slot
16+: Parasite Cell D
17+: Berril Photon, Magic Water, Nei's Claw, Blue Barrier, Red Barrier, Yellow Barrier
35+: Heart Key
50+: Photon Booster, Photon Blaster, Blue-Black Stone
99: Photon Sphere
-Credit to [link=http://www.ah-king.com/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7]Sashi[/link] and the users from the ahking.net forums for compiling this information.
Thanks to IGN users [link=http://users.ign.com/about/tickeroo]tickeroo[/link], [link=http://users.ign.com/about/Galahad-DFC]Galahad-DFC[/link] and [link=http://users.ign.com/about/MikeyAde]MikeyAde[/link] for helping with additions/corrections.
Adding Elements to S-Rank Weapons.
If you have completed the online East Tower quest, and taken the necessary steps, you will be able to speak to Hopkins. Paganini will now offer to add elements to you S-rank weapons along with exchanging pds for items..
Elements and pd cost
A-50 Jellen, Zalure, Arrest, Demon and Hell
B-40 Geist, Spirit, Chaos, King and Berserk
C-30 Burning, Blizzard, Tempest, HP Drain and TP Drain
Adding Percentages to Weapons
If you have successfully completed the online West Tower quest, and taken the necessary steps, you will be able to speak to Hopkins and add percentages to your weapons.
Paganini will now offer to add percents to weapons based on photon drops and photon spheres.
20 photon drops- 5% addition
1 Phonto Sphere- 30% addition
Rules:
Can add percents to the same attribute multiple times.
Can't add percents to an S-rank weapon.
Cannot add percents to hit.
Can add percents to a attribute even if its at 0%.
Can add percents to a total of 100%.
Can add percents to multiple attributes on the same weapon. .
You can only have % in three areas. If you do and try to upgrade an area that has 0%, thats why you'll get an error.
When using a photon sphere, you must have 70% or lower to use it.
Item Combination
Episode I and II has introduced an intricate item combining process new to the PSO world. Many existing weapons and armors can be upgraded into new weapons and equipment. While I'm sure there's many combinations that have yet to be discovered, a good amount have. The following is a list of known combinations. I haven't done any of these personally, so there may be inaccuracies.
Created Item = Items Needed for Combination
Hunter Weapons
Berril Knuckle Type 1 = Berril Knuckle Type 0 + Berril Photon
Sange Yasha = Sange + Yasha
Black King Bar = Monkey King Bar + Blue-Black Stone
Lavis Blades = Lavis Cannon + Syncesta
Double Cannon = Lavis Blades + Syncesta
Dark Flow = Sword Series + Parasitic Gene "Flow"
Ranger Weapons
Egg Blaster = Handgun Series + Parts of Egg Blaster
Iron Faust = Panzer Faust + Photon Booster
Burning Visit = Flame Visit + Photon Booster
Snow Queen = Frozen Shooter + Photon Booster
Power Maser = Maser Beam + Photon Booster
Dark Meteor = Shot Series + Parasitic Gene "Flow"
Force Weapons
Summit Moon = Cane Series + Magic Rock "Moola"
Twinkle Star = Wand Series + Star Amplifier
Magical Piece = Wand Series + Heart Key
Striker of Chao = Branch of Paku Paku + Chao Mag
Plantain Huge Fan = Fatsia + Magic Water
Plantain Fan = Plantain Leaf + Magic Water
Dancing Hitogata = Hitogata + Book of Hitogata
Dark Bridge = Rod Series + Parasitic Gene "Flow"
Armor
Brightness Circle = Spirit Garment + Star Amplifier
Aura Field = Spirit Garment + Magic Rock "Moola"
Love Heart = Spirit Garment + Heart Key
Chu Chu Fever = Spirit Garment + Chu Chu Mag
Safety Heart = Invisible Guard + Heart Key
Parasite Wear: De Rol = Stink Frame + Parasite Cell D
Parasite Wear: Nelgal = Parasite Wear: De Rol + Parasite Cell D
Parasite Wear: Vajulla = Parasite Wear: Nelgal + Parasite Cell D
Virus Wear: Lafuteria = Parasite Wear: Vajulla + Parasite Cell D
Now, for a lot of these combinations there's extra requirements for the combination to work, whether it be grinding amounts or the level of your character. Follow the link to my source to get all the specifics for each combination, and also for updates on new combinations.
-Credit to PSOworld.com.
Original source can be found [link=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/psoworld/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=302]here[/link].
Challenge Mode
This guide is intended as a mini challenge mode guide which covers tactics and discussion of challenge mode (or cmode for short) play. It is a guide compiled out of love of the experience of pure PSO, a way of playing where you are not the only hero, where playing as a team takes your skills and resulting times far beyond an individual effort with no thoughts about the welfare of the teams you participate in. You will get the most out of this guide if you play cmode for the very experience of cmode itself, rather than playing cmode for an s-rank item.
Now on to the guide.
Class Overview
HUmar
Not the "worst" Hunter choice as far as cmode play is concerned, in fact he has a lot going for him that needs to be appreciated. He is a male character and hence gets the excellent male saber animation. He also has a substantial amount of ATA as far as hunters are concerned. The HUcast's pitiful ATA is really apparent when a HUmar is used. Has a decent amount of ATP which is used to kill enemies fast and efficiently. His drawbacks are really his lack of immunity to poison and paralysis, and his lack of traps; a serious setback as traps really make the difference in a cmode game as far as time is concerned.
HUnewearl
Considered the "worst" Hunter for challenge mode with good reason. The versatility of a HUnewearl is not seen until the HUne reaches a sizable level of experience, an amount you will not see playing cmode. Her ATA growth is very slow, on par with that of the HUcast. Her ATP is the lowest of the hunters preventing her from easily using a pallasch. Her MST advantage has little effect in the realm of cmode. To top it off, she is vulnerable to poison and paralysis as well as having the less favorable female saber animation, all on top of not being able to use traps. To be avoided unless one is looking for a challenge which I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone once they have a grasp of cmode.
HUcast
A very popular choice for challenge mode. His popularity has some substance behind it though. He has the highest ATP in cmode which allows the HUcast to equip a pallasch without any help, has the male saber animation, has a high amount of HP, immune to poison and parlysis, and can use traps. His glaring weakness is his lack of ATA, which is counteracted by teamwork, an adept grasp on defensive HU fighting, and a good hit% weapon.
HUcaseal
The other common HU found in cmode games is the HUcaseal. The HUcaseal is quite versatile in cmode. She has a decent amount of ATP, a very nice amount of ATA, immune to paralysis and poison, and can use traps. With her incredible amount of ATA she can use powerful handguns and mechguns when necessary, weapons useful for a variety of reasons which I will cover later. Her only weakness I can see is her female saber animation, a weakness which isn't a big deal.
RAmar
Not a very common cmode choice but has a few redeeming qualities which should be mentioned. His ATA is the highest out of the Rangers, which will allow him to connect with his weapon's special abilities if it has one. ATP isn't a grand issue for Rangers as their role is not to deal damage in a cmode game. His vulnerability to poison and paralysis, and his inability to use traps are his shortcomings.
RAmarl
The HUnewearl of the Rangers, the RAmarl is considered the "worst" Ranger for cmode play. Her only advantage over other Rangers is her MST, which is more or less useless in cmode for non Force players. All her other stats are outdone by the other Rangers. To make things worse, she suffers what other non androids suffer from, a vulnerability to poison and paralysis, and an inability to use traps. Use the RAmarl for a challenge or to change things up.
RAcast
Not a bad choice for cmode. He has the advantages of being an android, but also has the ability to disarm the traps he spots because he usually uses a gun. His ATP is higher than his female counterpart, the RAcaseal, but his DFP and ATA are lower. There are no real weaknesses to an android Ranger in cmode.
RAcaseal
Another excellent choice for cmode. She has the android advantages, the 2nd highest ATA of the Rangers, and the ability to disarm traps with ease. No glaring weaknesses.
FOmar
Not a common Force you see in challenge mode, but Forces are fortunate in that they all have something to contribute in cmode. The FOmar's strengths are his increased shifta range, his bonus to gifoie, and his fast barehanded casting speed. Weaknesses are his low HP levels.
FOmarl
Pretty common Force as far as non-TA Forces are concerned. The increased resta and shifta range make survival a non-issue. She also is the most durable of the Forces. However her tech-damage is the lowest out of the Forces. Normally this wouldn't matter in the DC challenge mode days, but with the increased tech damage of the GC version and the FOmarls lack of innate bonuses, she is not the greatest Force to use for TA purposes.
FOnewm
A good force for TA. High MST, rafoie and gifoie bonuses, fast barehand cast speed. Weakness is his lack of range on support spells.
FOnewearl
A good Force for either survival or TA play. The highest MST of the Forces, basic tech bonus damage which proves to make a big difference in TA games, and increased resta range to make survival of the team easier. Her weakness is that she is the most fragile of the forces, and does not have the very fast barehanded casting rate the male Forces have.
Weapons Analysis
Saber Class
The saber class of weaponry is going to be one of the more important weapon classes one will use in cmode. It does the largest amount of damage per hit of all the weapons, it is accurate, and it causes a decent amount of knockback. This class of weaponry will be used quite often with good reason; it's common, powerful, and useful. The male saber animation is great. It causes knockback and moves your character around. The third hit of the combo usually does not leave you open to retaliation by a monster. The female saber animation is not so great but still does the job. It does not cover a lot of ground, and the third hit animation lags a bit more than the male animation does. The bread and butter of cmode.
Dagger Class
The dagger class of weaponry is good when one uses them correctly. Used correctly, they can quickly dispatch foes. However used incorrectly they are just going to lead to much pain and suffering on the hunter using them. The daggers of non HUcaseals should be used on an enemy who is targetting anyone but you. HUcaseals should also follow the same advice but it is not as crucial as it is to non HUcaseals.
Sword Class
The sword class of weaponry is good, but only in certain situations. Unfortunately you are forced to use a sword in the beginning of certain cmode stages when it is more favorable to have a saber on hand. The sword is inaccurate but powerful. Swords also have poor weapon animations for both genders. 3 hit combos with swords should be used very sparingly. With a sword, attack only monsters who aren't targetting you, preferably ones with their back turned. Swords are good for De Rol Le and frozen clusters of enemies. They are also rather nice on groups of confused enemies beating on each other.
Partisan Class
Far superior to a sword at the cost of less ATP. They are faster and more acccurate, cause a decent amount of knockback, and are able to be used with 3 hit combos with no chance of retaliation unless your third heavy strike misses. Useful if one HU in a 3 HU party is wielding this to support the other HUs.
Slicer Class
Only to be used if no other options are available.
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