Surlent¶

Surlent is a scholar working with Dr. Muench. His party is Legin, Sork and later Lolo.

Mantras below are from New Playthrough where one fits:

Elemental barriers are an element word + NAREEM, like TEONAREEM for wind. They halve that element's damage for a few turns.

Armor with an element halves damage of that element and doubles damage of the opposite one, so the gear notes under each boss list what to wear and what to take off. They only include gear you can have by then. Buy lines at each town list what's worth buying there and which fight it's for. See Equipment for stats.

Day 0: Eremia's Manor¶

Go west from the Dragon God Ruins to the manor to collect the Holy Grail. Dune and Cid are stealing it. Eremia sends you back to Dr. Muench.

Day 1: Oriab and Thor Volcano¶

• Dr. Muench is on the second floor of the inn in Oriab, north of the ruins.
• The pub teaches AQUMEL. The northwest house has a Purifier in a desk.
• Buy in Oriab: Lemnos Mail (lightning) for Surlent. It halves Lazm Thunder on Day 6, and Oriab stops selling it after Day 3.
• Talk to Castagia in the lab in the northeast corner. He lends you the boat to Solon.
• Thor Volcano: east along the bridges. South at the fork for a Medical Herb. The chest further east is a mantra puzzle: REEM, the elemental barrier.
• Take the south door, cross the magma and talk to Solon. Sork joins.

Day 2: Great Forest and Horn Cave¶

• Optional: in the Sakkara Desert, east of the Dragon God Ruins, Paymon camel riders drop the Red Eagle. It's very strong for now and attacks from the back row.
• Great Forest: the right path at the first fork is only a note for PEACE, so go left. Beat the plants blocking the way and grab the item under the second one.
• Horn Cave: cross the leaf bridge and go north. Dune and Cid steal the Holy Robe in the back room. Go back to Oriab.

Day 3: Ruins of Fahl¶

• Talk to the doctor at the inn and the harbor, then sail to Ompross. Nurk in the southwest house takes you to the ruins by boat.
• Left door first for Tasty Water. Up the left stairs, press the button on the right to drop the stakes:
  • Left chest: 240 Ragu
  • Right chest: Alarum
  • Center chest: mantra puzzle, STELLA (absorbs HP)
• Press the button again to raise the stakes and go up. Drink from the jar on the far left.
• Next floor: left stairs for the Fahl Stone. Then the right stairs to a switch, the middle stairs, and up where the poles were.

Boss: Ozunne¶

• HP: 1000 · Weak: water · Drops: Alarum
• Wear: the Fahl Stone (fire) from this ruin halves his fire mantras.
• Weapons: if you got the Red Eagle, it's fire, so he takes half from it.
• Kill his Kukuros first. They drop Alarums too. Surlent casts PECOAMINUNA while Legin and Sork attack.

Day 4: Avdol¶

Free the children and take the boat to Avdol. Watch the eclipse upstairs, then take the elevator down when you hear the scream. Dr. Muench is dead, and the Rudra of the Reptiles kills Surlent.

Day 5: Museum of Magic¶

• Talk to the man at the table upstairs. Go north through the tunnel, east at the split, then south around the bend to the Museum of Magic.
• Talk to Culgan at the Lago Stone and release the seal on the Rudra of the Humans, then on the Apocalypse Blade.

Day 6: Netherworld and Eremia's Manor¶

• Talk to Gomorrah and go through the hole. Pick a body. Leave through the teleporter to the south and north through the gate past the lizard town.
• Sork rejoins. Go through the volcano and take the boat to Oriab.
• Talk to Legin, Lolo and the doctor. Legin and Lolo join.
• Buy at the forge: gear for Surlent and a bow for Lolo. Lolo in the back row, Surlent in the front.
• Eremia's Manor: the side door. Three chests, including a Cosmo Gun for Legin and the Hector Armor (fire). Go to the room where the Holy Grail was.

Boss: Lazm¶

• HP: 1500 · Drops: Rem Herb
• Avoid: wind gear, like the Logical Cap. Lazm Thunder doubles against it.
• Wear: the Lemnos Mail (lightning) halves Lazm Thunder.
• Open with strength down and defense down on him, then strength up and defense up on you. After that his attacks barely hurt.
• Lazm Thunder hits several times but isn't too bad.

Hausen exposes you to sunlight and you're back in the Netherworld. Pick another body and go to the Museum of Magic.

Day 7: Teleporters¶

• Riza's mother is the talking stuffed animal in the museum basement.
• Take the warp to Thor Volcano and talk to Solon. Through the right door is a teleporter.
• Teleport to the Ruins of Sodom and talk to Riza. Keep teleporting to Meifa's Statue for the Warp Energy and Sleipnir.
• Back at the volcano, warp to the Underworld, go west and warp to the Vilshin Ruins. Leave and head east.

Day 8: Hidden Village and Great Forest¶

• Lost Forest: paths are a clock starting at nine: west, north, east, south.
• Talk to the sage in the north house and the historians in the southwest house.
• Buy in the Hidden Village: the Large Shield and HeatsealCharm (dark) for Dark Ein and Culgan. Skip the Axis Shield.
• The sky falls and opens the Garal Tunnel. Take its east exit, then south into the Great Forest for the Peschel Boots. Go west and over the bridge.

Boss: Dark Ein¶

• HP: 3000 · Weak: holy · Drops: Moon Ring
• Wear: dark gear from the Hidden Village: Large Shield (Def 26) and HeatsealCharm.
• Avoid: the Jaques Mail (holy).
• Spirit down and strength down, then attacks and PECOAHILINA.

Go to Oriab. Castagia gives you the Stabilizer for the sandstorm.

• Buy in the Ruined City (optional trip): the Beze Wing (Speed +8, wind) for Culgan and Hausen, the Large Robe (water) for Kidal, and the Baker's Cap (lightning, Spirit +8) for Gandharva. The Rinon Helm and Daniel's Robe (fire) are for Lezastes on Day 14.
• Skip Oriab's Meio Shield (wind) and Slamath Armor (lightning). Wind gear stops Float against DesertRose, and lightning gear doubles Culgan's wind.

Day 9: Sakkara Desert and Ruins of Ruhle¶

Legin uses the Stabilizer. North for an Alarum.

Boss: DesertRose¶

• HP: 2000 · Weak: lightning
• Avoid: wind gear (Beze Wing, Logical Cap, Meio Shield, Axis Shield). It stops Float, and Float dodges its earth mantras. Cast FLOAT.

• Earth mantras that can one-shot. Spirit down on it, then spirit up and magic defense up on you. WARHETPRA still does about 100 to everyone.

• Go to the lab in northeast Avdol (zombies again) and check the Lago Stone.

• Buy in Avdol: the Sultan Helm (water) for Kidal, and Daniel's Robe (fire) for Lezastes if you skipped it in the Ruined City.
• North around the bend and south into Thor Volcano. Solon says Culgan went to the Ruins of Ruhle.
• The party splits. Take the Holy Grail, then through the clock door for the Rondine and Horn Water. Trap Culgan in the basement.

Boss: Culgan¶

• HP: 5000 · Weak: holy · Drops: Moon Ring
• Wear: dark gear: Large Shield, HeatsealCharm. Wind gear like the Beze Wing halves his late wind mantras.
• Avoid: holy gear (Jaques Mail), and lightning gear (Lemnos Mail, Slamath Armor, Baker's Cap, Peschel Boots), which doubles his wind.
• Weapons: the Rondine (fire) from this ruin is fine for Lolo.
• Magic defense down, spirit down on him, spirit up on you. Surlent and Lolo cast PECOAHILINA, Sork and Legin attack.
• At half HP he casts SOAREEM and strong wind mantras. Put up TEONAREEM.

Day 10: Sigmund Glacier and Tower of the Giants¶

• Buy in Roma: a Flat Shield (lightning) for Gandharva. Skip the Aegis Shield (fire), which doubles Kidal's water.
• Buy in Danelf or Babel: the Lucius Armor and Beluga Shield (water) for Kidal, and the Zeland Helm (lightning) for Gandharva. The Cassius Mail and Braham Shield (fire) are for Lezastes, but keep them off for Kidal.
• North, west to Roma, then southeast to the Ruins of Sodom. The hole in the northeast wall has a teleporter to the Sigmund Glacier.
• Take the southeast path, past the chest and through the north door. Check the sword to open the bridge. An Ice Queen attacks.
• Get the Horn Water, go through the door and talk to the Rudra of the Danans. Through the next door, go forward one screen and back one, beat the Ice King and take the Ice Sword.
• Teleport to Mantra Peak. Zora lends her boat to Danelf. Go west to Vad and south to the Tower of the Giants.
• Tower chests: 800 Ragu, Rem Herb, Alarum, Nuad Herb, 1100 Ragu, Huey Ring (south door), Horn Water. Drink from the jar and save.

Boss: Abilijer¶

• HP: 4924 · Drops: Large Mace
• Gear: his attacks are physical, so elements don't matter here.
• High magic defense. Use attacks.
• Open with spirit down, defense down, strength down and strength up. Large Mace drops to 1 damage. Ogre Revenge does about 90.

Take a shard from the Lago Stone. Drop down the hole below the mantra chest for 1920 Ragu, then cast PEACE and leave. Teleport back to the glacier, talk to the Rudra, then warp from Thor Volcano to the Netherworld.

Day 11: The Ark¶

• Take the shard from the Lago Stone in the museum.
• Leave Thor Volcano by the east exit and go south of Avdol to the vault. Moon Ring on the right, the ark piece in the center.
• Let Dune and Cid use the contraption and they give you a ride. Talk to Cid in the engine room and fly to Lyla.
• Buy in Lyla: the Aqua Ring (water) for Kidal, and Alexis Mail (water) for anyone without the Lucius Armor. The MontanoShield (wind) is for Hausen.
• Talk to the elder in north Lyla and take the ark to the Undersea Palace.
• Right door for 2000 Ragu, an Alarum and Horn Water. Up the stairs, west at the fork to the Rudra of the Mermaids. Sealed chests: Blue Swallow and Ophelia.

Boss: Kidal¶

• HP: 5000 · Weak: fire · Drops: Aqua Ring
• Wear: water gear: Lucius Armor (Def 35), Large Robe, Beluga Shield, Sultan Helm.
• Avoid: fire gear: Cassius Mail, Hector Armor, Daniel's Robe, Rinon Helm, Braham Shield, Aegis Shield, Fahl Stone, Huey Ring.
• Weapons: Red Eagle and Rondine (fire). Not the Ice Sword or the Blue Swallow from this palace (water).
• The hardest Rudra so far. Open with spirit down, magic defense up, strength up and AQUNAREEM. Recast AQUNAREEM every few turns, then defense down.
• Surlent, Legin and Sork attack. Lolo heals every turn.

Take a shard from the Lago Stone. Dune drops you near Thor Volcano.

Day 13: Delphi Mountain¶

• Follow the black paths in the vault for a Magic Leaf, then go to the Netherworld. East of the museum, Gomorrah sends you to the Ruins of Tuhla.
• The bridge is out, so leave Thor Volcano east to reach Oriab. Talk to Castagia, then sail to Ompross and go north to Mount Delphi.

Day 14: Ruins of Tuhla¶

Party is around level 32. Climb the mountain and search the closed door at the top of the ruins.

Boss: Gandharva¶

• HP: 5500 · Weak: wind · Drops: Flight Stone
• Wear: lightning gear: Zeland Helm, Baker's Cap, Flat Shield, Peschel Boots.
• Avoid: wind gear: Beze Wing, MontanoShield, Meio Shield, Logical Cap.
• Weapons: Lolo's Ophelia (wind) hits his weakness.
• Strong lightning mantras. Open with spirit down, magic defense down, spirit up, defense down and TOUNAREEM.
• Surlent and Lolo cast PECOAJINNA, Sork and Legin attack.

Warp Gates¶

Boss: Lezastes¶

• HP: 4343 · Weak: water, but his magic defense is very high
• Weapons: his magic defense is high, so attack with water weapons: Blue Swallow and Ice Sword.
• Wear: fire gear: Cassius Mail, Daniel's Robe, Rinon Helm, Braham Shield, Huey Ring.
• Avoid: water gear.
• Drops: Life Leaf
• Spirit down, strength down, defense down, strength up, then attack. Lolo heals.

Switch Puzzle¶

You can step on three switches before it resets. Go down two and left one to save. Cross the switches for the chests, then the bottom chest's switch, and around through the door.

The Fool Shoes (Speed +4, dark) are in a hidden chest near the exit, tucked behind a wall.

Boss: Gaya¶

• HP: 4500
• Weak to physical attacks. Spirit down, defense down, strength up, magic defense up, then attack.

Take the far right stairs and keep going.

Boss: Dampti¶

• HP: 5424 · No weakness
• Some attacks can one-shot. Spirit down, magic defense down, spirit up, strength down.
• Sork and Legin attack, Lolo heals, Surlent alternates attacks and healing.

Down the stairs, through the south door, and insert the Humans' Lago Stone shard.

Boss: Saizou¶

• HP: 8309 · Drops: Life Leaf
• Gear: his attacks are physical. Wear your highest Def, like the Lucius Armor (Def 35) or Cassius Mail (Def 34).
• No mantra weakness. Strength down, spirit down, defense down, strength up, then attack. Recast them when they wear off.

Go north over the roots to Tarach.

• Buy in Tarach: a Thunder Sword (lightning) for Sork and the Heavy Shield (wind, Def 31) for Hausen. The Marcus Armor (Def 51) is the best armor you can buy. Skip the Octave Mail and Hecate's Robe.
• BoneKnights in the Netherworld drop the Black Shield.
• Go north into Shumisen.

Day 15: Shumisen¶

Party is around level 41.

• Baalzephon drop the Thor Ring (lightning, Spirit +4).
• Follow the Rudra into the right tower. Cassius Mail and Daniel's Robe, then the large door.
• Through the teleporter for the sealed chests, back by the left steps, then up the right steps.

Final Boss: Hausen¶

• HP: 13000 · Weak: lightning
• Wear: wind gear: Heavy Shield (Def 31), Beze Wing, MontanoShield, Logical Cap.
• Avoid: lightning gear: Zeland Helm, Baker's Cap, Thor Ring, Flat Shield, Peschel Boots.
• Weapons: lightning, like Sork's Thunder Sword. Not Lolo's Ophelia (wind).
• Wear wind defense on everyone. Open with spirit down, TEONAREEM, defense down and strength up.
• Surlent, Legin and Sork attack, Lolo heals. Most of his attacks then do 30–50. KAAKEPIBUL is the one to watch.

Sources¶

• Route and strategies: Kurt Reonis's walkthroughs, based on Trunkz0r's guide.
• Boss HP, weaknesses and drops: God Bird's boss data (Japanese).
• How elements work: God Bird's strategy hints (Japanese).
• Where gear turns up: God Bird's elemental armor list and rare items (Japanese).