You will be staying at the Town of Carona the whole game so you better get used to it. There are no other towns in the game (just like Brave Fencer Musashi). ___________ | _ 1 _ | 1. Church ________|__|___|__|________ 2. Hotel | |__A__| | 3. Klaus' House |_____ |_| |_| _____| 4. Item Shop | = | | 5. Inn | 2 | = 3 | ________|____= |____|_______ =____B___ ___C____= A. Leads to the Docks |_____ _____| B. Leads to Hobb's & Tavern | = = | C. Leads to the Grasslands | 4 | | 5 | D. Exit |____| _=====_ =____| |_________| D |_________| 1. Church - Being run by Doyle, talk to him if you want to pray and give donations. By giving donations, he will give you coins. [Better call it the Coin Shop rather than a church]. Coins are used when you are knocked out (O HP) and you want to continue the game at the same spot. ___________________________________________________________________ | Donation | Coins | Description | |------------------------------------------------------------------ | 1,000 G | 10 Bronze Coins | Full HP & 1/4 MP | | 5,000 G | 5 Silver Coins | Full HP & 1/2 MP | | 10,000 G | 2 Gold Coins | Full HP & MP | | 30,000 G | 1 Platinum Coin | Full HP & MP, +1 STR & DEF | |----------------------------------|------------------------------| 2. Hotel - Being run by Leeson, the guy at the counter and Solin, the bellboy or security guard, talk to Leeson and pay 500 G to get a hotel room. Sleeping in a hotel is just like sleeping in the inn but if you sleep in a hotel, you may get a dream that is somewhat related to the side quests (for example after 'World Domination, Baby', if you sleep there, you will dream of a monkey going down the stump of the tree then you need to go there and follow what the monkey did). Also, in the hotel room, sometimes there are items that can be found. I already found the Dream Stone and a Bronze Coin together with Silver Coin. I found out that these (through an experience) that these items appear at random (except for the Dream Stone) so check the Hotel if you want to. 3. Klaus' House - As the name states, this is Klaus' house. You need to go back here most of the time or all of the time after completing a quest in which you got an item which needs to be interpreted by Klaus. Many parts of the story takes place in this house, such as talking about something that is part of the storyline. You can also give the Mysterious Statue to Klaus for a +10 MP [Rue Only]. 4. Item Shop - Being run by Tonio, this is the place to buy the bonus items (bonuses for strength or defense). You can sell your Monster Coins, Stones and the rare stuff that you found in the game here (DO NOT SELL RARE STUFF ESPECIALLY THE RARE WINE, NEVER EVER EVER SELL THE RARE WINE). The bonuses doesn't add up (example if you buy Bronze Bracer which is +4 then buy Silver Bracer +8, your bonus will be +8 and NOT +12). Items that I have bought so far - to be updated as I progress ________________________________________________________ | Item | Cost | Description | |------------------------------------------------------| | Bronze Bracer | 1,000 G | +4 Strength Bonus | | Silver Bracer | 3,000 G | +8 Strength Bonus | | Gold Bracer | 3,500 G | +12 Strength Bonus | | Platinum Bracer | 4,500 G | +16 Strength Bonus | | Mythril Bracer | 5,500 G | +20 Strength Bonus | | Brave Bracer | 6,500 G | +24 Strength Bonus | |------------------------------------------------------| | Bronze Belt | 1,000 G | +4 Defense Bonus | | Silver Belt | 3,000 G | +8 Defense Bonus | | Gold Belt | 3,500 G | +12 Defense Bonus | | Platinum Belt | 4,500 G | +16 Defense Bonus | | Mythril Bracer | 5,500 G | +20 Defense Bonus | | Black Belt | 6,500 G | +24 Defense Bonus | |------------------------------------------------------| 5. Inn - After the first Atelier, you can stay here for free. Here, you can recover your HP (HP Only). You can save your game and go to your room too. A. Docks - Some coins just come out at the docks at random so be sure to check them when you feel like it. ______________________ | | 6 _| | Town of Carona (B) = |___|=| ____| | | | 6. Tavern | = 7 | 7. Hobbs' Shop | |___| | | |____________________| 6. Tavern - Being run by the bartender together with the waitress Annette. At the first time, if you talk to Annette many times, she will treat you with Milk or Root beer. But after that, you have to buy them from the bartender. Also after getting the Brooch at Gamul Forest [Mint Only], you can give it to Annette and she will give you a discount on the drinks. The drinks here restores MP. For me, it is not worth it because I whack enemies if I want MP (it costs free and I get to earn money too!). _________________________________________________________________ | Drink | Cost | Discounted Cost | Restores | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | Milk | 50 G | 10 G | 10% MP | | Root Beer | 120 G | 30 G | 25% MP | | Tropical Delight | 220 G | 50 G | 50% MP | |---------------------------------------------------------------| Also, here, if you give the 3 Legendary Stuff, the Legendary Sword, also known as the Kitchen Knife, the Legendary Shield or a Frying Pan, and the Legendary Helmet or a pot to the bartender, he can create dishes that will increase your parameters (just like buying from Hobbs' Shop). After cooking a number of dishes he will say that he has overused his items and it will break (after cooking 10 times) but he will give you a Platinum Coin. _________________________________________________________________ | Dish | Enemies Required | Status Raised | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | Minced Fire Blobs | 50 Fire Blobs | +10 Maximum HP | | Mushroom Soup | 60 Fungies | +10 Maximum MP | | Pollywog Souffle | 50 Pollywogs | +2 Base Strength | | Gudon Liver Soup | 30 Gudons | +2 Base Defense | |---------------------------------------------------------------| 7. Hobbs' Shop - Shop owned by Hobbs, you can upgrade your base status here. At first it is expensive (30,000 G each) but when you have the Rare Wine (found in the Underground Ruins), you can give it to him and he will give you a discount (now, 5,000 G). (SO DO NOT SELL THE RARE WINE FOR HOW MANY 1000 - 5000 G BECAUSE IT IS NOT, AND DEFINITELY NOT WORTH IT.) _________________________________________________________________________ | Upgrade | Effects | Original Cost | Discounted Cost | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Strength | Base Strength +1 | 30,000 G | 5,000 G | | Defense | Base Defense +1 | 30,000 G | 5,000 G | | HP | Maximum HP +10 | 30,000 G | 5,000 G | | MP | Maximum MP +10 | 30,000 G | 5,000 G | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| ______________=__ || | | Town of Carona - Grasslands (C) ||____| | ||_PO_| | - this is where you will be fighting Rod | | - Pulsar Inferno Typhoon Omega or Pinto (by Mint) | | |+++++++++++++++| | | |_______________| This is the place where in you can fight Rod for 100 G and if you win he will give you 1000 G. Also this is the place to go to during the nighttime because if you do, you can hear many things about Rod's past [;_;] and he can encourage you to go on with your quest (and to go to sleep [^_^]). Note that Rod's ability, speed, and status increase every time you fight him. He also changes his weapons once in a while. Rods weapons: (Silver Breeze, Golden Gale, Black Tornado and Hurricane) Also, if you fight Rod a lot ... and win, he'll give you coins (but after that, you have to give him a break in order for him to develop a new weapon). Thanks to William Chang ([email protected]) for this one. Silver Breeze - Beat him 4 times - Gold Coin Golden Gale - Beat him 5 times - Gold Coin Black Tornado - Beat him 6 times - Gold Coin [please verify, I made this up] Hurricane - Beat him 6 times - Platinum Coin After beating Rod enough, the music will change and he will show you his stats. He'd be very hard to beat though.