Section 8: The Sun Sets in the Tropics (Hobo Island)
I suggest making sure you have the best equipment from Haine, Yayrie Village, Nino Bay and the Scales of Libra before going. Also if you have only 1 shark skin from Nino Bay, I would suggest picking up 1-2 more because it is the best armor for several heroes at this point in the game, including one we will soon acquire. Ropes will also be useful – I recommend carrying 20+ with you at all times, including going into this island.
 

Talk to Elias. Head south, and find spicy herbs hidden in woods. Then talk to Nalin. Our mission now is to head east and locate Elias' missing sister.
 

You can pick up a couple of spicy herbs around the island but before you can explore the rest of the island you will be forced to go into the Bog of Styx. Somehow Boaz is separated from the rest of the party and this becomes a solo dungeon. Unequip any equipment you might want from other Heroes for Boaz and then enter. Make sure you are stocked up on vital mix and some angel tears. If Boaz runs out of hp in this next section it is not a game over.
 

Mimic – very difficult to beat by Boaz himself. It's possible but since you can go down to slurp at any point, coming back with a full party is advised. If you do try it I would suggest butcher's edge, battle scarf, and wraith rags and chameleon mask for max evasion. Can do over 1K damage a hit, but it will take more than a little good luck to do the 5k damage you need to. Similarly, Gourmet and Geo Crystal enemies are dangerous to fight on your own.
 

Note: Pick up 2 bows of Sagittarius from the dark knights here if you don't have them already. (You might want to wait until you get your other party members back rather than face them with Boaz alone, though.)
 

You can heal, pick up some equipment from chests, and buy Pepp Peps before fighting the boss. This is your last chance to buy Pepp Peps until you can exit the continent so buy the maximum amount and save them until you encounter the boss of the Valley of Sol. Save your game. Boaz receives some assistance in his fight against Cerberus – and his hair turns blue.
 

BOSS – Cerberus: This is a really easy fight – your hero has been superpowered by an unknown force. Cerberus has 3 heads, each has about 7000 hp. Heads will occasionally revive but with only a fraction of their base hp.
 

Hobo Festival: This scene will vary depending on the characters you have. Differences:
Notably – Esther has a different scene if Maximus is there.
Ezra has a different scene with Sybil.
Pica has a different scene with Karma.
Nathan has a scene with Nalin.
Romeo has a different scene (with Trevor instead of by himself)
 

When the dust settles we have a few new things we can do around town, including shopping at the newly opened weapon shop. Also, talk to Elias (in his house). Also, we want to pick up a couple of items that were too difficult for Boaz to get by himself in the swamp. Finally head E, to Elysium Falls. We will go to the Valley of Sol later. Also, I strongly encourage you to keep Nalin in your party for the rest of your duration on the Island.
 

Note: There are sections of this upcoming dungeon (and of several others) that are not accessible until we have a raft. We cannot assemble a raft until we get Maximus.
 

The actual dungeon begins when we reach a waterfall and an entrance to a cave. This portion of the map can be traveled to with the land drum.
 

Seductress is a one-time enemy found in Elysium falls that drops the Golden Demon Statue. She inflicts a large variety of status ailments on your party that can be tough to overcome, and has strong physical and magical defense. The easiest way to defeat her is to level Sybil to 31 and cast Blessing – a spell that wards off status ailments. She has about 4000 hp. She is weak to light damage so Pica and Ezra can make short work of her if left to cast unimpeded.
 

Before the boss we reach a warp, so go back to town and stock up on vital supplies. We also see a pier to use for when we get a raft.
 

But wait. Apparently the Sun Rune isn't charged enough to break down the barrier. In the party ball, Nalin will concede as much, motioning us onward to the Valley of Sol. Still much stronger for our efforts.
Head south from the village and through the wilds to reach the Valley of Sol. Note another pier for the raft when you reach the lake.
 

There are switches hidden under some rocks so if you don't see a path to the next area search nearby rock formations to reveal a likely exit. The first rock switch is blue, but later ones will not be as obvious.
 

Face puzzle: All the rocks have to face each other. That means you will see the backs of the bottom 2, and the 'chins' are pointed to the center panel.
AB
CD
You can probably figure this out on your own but I have an easy way to solve it if you don't want to.
There is a simple technique to do this. Starting in the top left, touch all the rocks in order going clockwise. Do this 6 times, and THEN STEP INTO the center. A warp point will appear, the top entrance will open and the puzzle will be solved.
ABDC
ABDC
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Use the warp at least one time, otherwise it will not appear at the bottom of the mountain for future uses.
Save and heal your heroes before going to the next screen. It's crucial that Nalin be at least level 33 for you to get a reward in an event later in the game. Make sure to bring Pica into the party.
 

Nalin gets wrecked before the next fight – oops. You get her equipment back though so don't worry.
BOSS – Kaiser Rex: Kaiser Rex has a lot of hp, but only uses physical attacks. Use Pep Talk on the 1st turn, then use your hardest hitting attacks. Kaiser Rex is susceptible to Caltrops. Technically, you could use a 100% evasion strategy on Pica to guarantee your victory but equipping her to maximize intelligence is likely to finish the battle quicker. Leonardo can revive allies with his pep up skill.

Section 9: In the Wake of a Tragedy
While Erin suggests we visit Elysium Falls we have a couple of other things we want to do first. Talk to people around town to get a new destination on the world map. Visit Nalin's room (twice). Go trade in our statue to Bigger Ben. We can trade in Spicy Herbs for Neo Tonics back in Pepp City.

 

On our world map we have several choices –
Elysium Falls on Hobo
Islan
Mt. Sirius
Veya
And Carlo which I strongly discourage.

 

One of our major priorities over the next several dungeons is getting every hero to that crucial level 33. There is a reward for getting every hero his complete skillset, even a hero like Nalin whose stay in the party is short-lived.

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Generally I hold off on leveling Heroes without illuminated Rune Skills for last as they tend to be less useful in general than the other heroes. For example – Leonardo and Ezra both get strong magic nukes way ahead of everyone else, making them a superior choice for most situations.

 

Getting Elias some levels over the next several dungeons might be a good idea, as he is required to participate in a boss fight on Mt. Sirius to illuminate his rune and is a bit fragile.

 

BOSS – Oroboros (Elysium Falls): Soul division, destroys your mana. Approx 45K hp. Oroboros is a strong boss, with the ability to hit hard, attack multiple heroes in the same turn, and destroy your mana with soul division. He also will rarely inflict ailing on the party, which should be removed immediately with Scales of Libra. He also has the most hp of any bosses we have fought so far. Lucky for us, his defensive stats are underwhelming, and we can dish out over 5K damage a turn using our strongest attacks. The hardest challenge for this fight is staying alive. I recommend a party of Leonardo, Pica, Sybil and another damage dealer (for me Leah). Leonardo should buff stats the first turn. Sybil should heal, nullify dark guard, and defend otherwise. If Sybil can't keep up with the damage other heroes can use recovery items (Leonardo can also use Pep Up).

 

Note: After this fight, Boaz and Erin can visit the bar in Pepp City for a scene.

 

BOSS – Quetzalcoatl (Mt. Sirius): Elias is a mandatory party member, if he dies at any point during the fight it's game over. Use pep talk and wind spirit dance the first turn. If you use Sybil you should cast blessing. Elias can also cast camouflage and empower on Leonardo. From there on he should defend. He can also cast camouflage to increase his evasion for the duration of the battle. Quetzalcoatl can double attack, blind with meteor shower, body whip, poison with wormwood, and silence the party. This is a tough battle for this stage of the game. Quetzalcoatl has 45K hp. The skill he gives Pica, Star Power, is super useful. It’s vital that Pica survives this battle.

 

Veya: Leah goes missing partway through this dungeon. Pepp Peps sold for 500 gold and a healing point are found in the foggy woods near the end. After a short event battle you will get Leah back and the Sky Horn.

 

After getting the Sky Horn revisit Hobo and talk to the townspeople to put Cambrian reefs on the map (only accessible by Sea Chime).

Section 10: Death from Above
Cambrian Reefs: We will permanently lose access to this dungeon later in the game. Big Pearls and Viking's Helmet are both very valuable. When we reach Aquarius Castle we will be able to access it using the Sea Chime. Aquarius Castle is also a limited area. I will warn you before it expires. Also we will revisit anyway. There is a secret room hidden in this castle – save before looting it. After speaking to King Poseidon we can visit Cambria using the Sky Horn. (But you have to leave the underwater section with the Sea Chime and be on dry land before using it.)

 

Surface Cambria: There’s a fairy priestess cave in the northwest (need dynamite). The village of Hazel is to the southwest; be sure to pick up the cyan headband along the way. In Hazel, note the girl talking about the Mermaid Leotard. Triton's Tower is added to the world map after events transpire in the village of Hazel.

 

Ms. Pearl trades: Pearl Necklace. Special dialogue – Bath, kiss (gives Leonardo 1 level), Hazel Omelette if Leonardo visits alone. For additional ones will need to trade goodie eggs (dropped by certain bird-type enemies). You must bring her several pearls to get all these scenes.

 

Triton's Tower: There’s a secret room to your immediate right with a block puzzle. Tower Keys are used automatically, so you might not notice when they are used. If a door is locked, try returning once you find one in the dungeon. There are 4 tower keys to use in total. When you reach a warp point, save, heal up, return to town to stock up on supplies if needed, put Pica in your party and get ready to fight Octoboss.

 

BOSS – Octoboss: Immune to fire, can poison, blind, slow. Does a lot of damage with glitter rain (gold magic attack all). Body whip. Sharpen. Use the Scales of Libra to manage ailments. Esther can do a lot of damage with wave chain, especially if buffed by Pica's star power. We have some gold accessories that can reduce glitter damage but for many characters it isn't worth the trade-off in physical defense.

 

After the fight we obtain Ondine. Ondine is only available to fight for the duration of this dungeon so level her to 33 for a later reward. Before we do move forward in the dungeon and obtain the Aquarius Castle Key. Return to Aquarius Castle, get the treasure and then level up Ondine to 33. Stock up on Pepp Peps and other supplies before taking the warp to fight Kiwa. This boss fight also becomes significantly easier when Ondine is at level 33, as there are portions of the boss fight when only she can inflict damage. After completing this dungeon we lose access to all underwater areas.

 

BOSS – Kiwa: When power overflows Ondine has to use water magic to damage him. Ondine's equipment returns to us after the fight. Use Star Power on your hardest hitting heroes. Ondine's healing water will hurt Leonardo, but heal the rest. Razor torrent can paralyze. Hush can silence. Kiwa is immune to fire damage. Also uses glitter rain.

 

If you return to Hazel village you will notice 2 things. First, the shops have acquired all the equipment sold at Aquarius Castle. Second, one of the villagers there wants you to give her the Mermaid Leotard. If you do she will give you the Teeny Bikini in exchange.  The Teeny Bikini can be traded for a Black Leather Corset at the Carlo Inn. If you trade in either the Mermaid Leotard or the Teeny Bikini you will never get the chance to use them again. Black Leather Corsets can be found later in the game, but they are a very rare drop, and will become available only shortly before the final boss. In short, it will be extremely cumbersome (2% drop rate from an enemy that is part of a series of scripted battles). Additionally, you will need to acquire a Black Leather Corset to complete one of the game's most-challenging and most-rewarding optional sidequests. The vast majority of players will not complete this sidequest until the post-game, if at all.

 

The Mermaid Leotard and Teeny Bikini can both be situationally useful, although not nearly as useful as the Black Leather Corset. The Black Leather Corset allows several of the female heroes to assume a role of dominant physical attackers (coupled with other equipment), able to KO powerful enemies in a single blow and become the primary damage dealer for many boss fights. Paired with the Hobo Lily, a  helmet that increases all stats including attack by 20% it is virtually impossible for any of the male heroes to match up to the firepower at this point in the game. Note: As powerful as combinations like this are, it will come at the expense of defense.

 

For the purpose of this walkthrough, I will not be trading for the Black Leather Corset. That is because I want this walkthrough to be accessible to all players, and many players will miss the opportunity to obtain an early Black Leather Corset by reacquiring Maximus too early. Also, because the game's increasing difficulty means many players will not seek the help of a walkthrough until even later in the game when things get really tough. Make no mistake, trading for the Black Leather Corset will make the game easier.

 

RPG perfectionists looking to create a perfect save file should also hold on to either the Mermaid Leotard or Teeny Bikini since they can obtain Black Leather Corsets later (albeit with great difficulty). Of the 2, I tend to think the Mermaid Leotard is more useful. Dodging 100% physical attacks is great but if our hero is going to melt to a single magical attack because of 0 will, I would prefer to take the small defensive stats and hope the 25% agility boost is useful. 25% evasion bonus is also nice. Really though, whichever you choose is to be of little consequence as neither of these items is likely to be featured for your heroes regularly or recommended for boss fights.

 

Note – This game has only 4 save slots so if you aren't sure what you prefer you can make a backup save slot. The game's first save file has the name save1.rxdata. You can copy and rename these files in another folder to create additional backups. I like to use parentheses after the core file name, so I can delete them and move them back into the main folder for no trouble. For example save1.rxdata (just killed Kiwa).

 

Mermaid Leotard: 50 Defense, 50 Will, Evasion +25%, Agility +25%
Teeny Bikini: 0 Defense, 0 Will, 100% Evasion
Black Leather Corset: 100 Defense, 50 Will, 0% Evasion, Attack +25%
Black Leather Corset can eventually be upgraded as part of a side quest.

Section 11: Maximus Returns! Loose Ends, White Water Rafting and the Frozen Isles
Carlo: Before speaking to Maximus make sure you have picked up all the items in Carlo. The Black Leather Corset can also be acquired here if you so choose. Leonardo fights this event battle alone. Defend after Maximus charges, and heal as appropriate. It's not a difficult fight.

 

Before exploring Carlo we have the opportunity to pick up some new items with Maximus. Start by returning to Glymac and sleep at the Inn. Maximus can also get a free level up by stopping by his home in Alavon. Next visit Haine, there is a tree you can chop down to visit a Fairy Priestess. After that, visit the log Cabin on Mesomia to find the raft. A Poison Barb is nearby. After that we are going to revisit various locations on Mesomia, Hobo and Cambria where we can use the raft.

 

Nino Bay: Cutthroat Dagger and Megalodon Tooth. You may fight Killer Fishmen depending on the path you take across the Bay.

 

River of Decision (South of Yayrie Village): Left branch has Fairy Pond and Insomnia Choker. Right branch has golden enemy, Toxic Thorns.

 

Cambria: Golden enemy, Remora, at base of Triton's tower (accessible by raft).

 

Hobo: South of Hobo on path to Valley of Sol. Spicy herbs and golden enemy (Bladefish)

 

Elysium Falls: Warp to the top and take the raft down. Going left, then right earns you a Phoenix feather. The other directions drop you off in parts of the dungeon we have already explored.

 

When you are ready, go back to Carlo and head north to the main lab. One of the scientists there will tell you how the code system they use to lock up their secret labs. I suggest you write out the sequence from A-Z if you want to unlock the doors by yourself. And save here so you can speak to the scientist for hints in case you get it wrong. Otherwise the solutions will be provided by me.

 

Password Key: A1 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 G7 H8 I9 J1 K2 L3 M4 N5 O6 P7 Q8 R9 S1 T2 U3 V4 W5 X6 Y7 Z8

 

Our next objective is the storage facility on west side of the woods. ITEMGATE: 92547125

Pick up 4 Filter Goggles from a chest. Now it's off to the secret lab on the east side of the woods. We can take the land drum back to the main lab to save some time if we have gotten enough dark katars.

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Before entering the east lab it is recommended we pick up at least one dark katar from the dark horse enemies. We lose access to this dungeon shortly after obtaining the Rune of this Island, and won't have any additional opportunities to fight the dark horse. Multiple heroes can equip dark katars.

 

Secret lab #2: LOCKDOOR: 36324669
There’s a warp before the boss. Note the 3 land drum warps on the continent: CSO's front gate, Carlo Beach, Secret CSO Lab. NEWBIRTH: 55529928

 

BOSS – Elf x 2: The next 2 boss fights will be very easy if you have been following my guide. While it is possible to beat Twin Soul without Filter Goggles it will be much easier if you do. You should kill both elves in the same turn, to earn 2 thinks ups, gold and experience. If you kill only one, the fight will end automatically and you will advance with no reward. Glitter Rain, Infernal Dragon and whatever other mass magic attacks you want to use should take care of this no problem. You are fully healed automatically before the next fight.

 

BOSS – Twin Soul: This boss uses only 2 attacks, radiation and inner light (a healing ability). Heal as necessary. After winning you have 5 minutes to escape the Island (saving is temporarily disabled). You need to decipher one final code on your way out. LEAVENOW: 35145565

 

The land drum is also disabled, all enemies are missing and the main lab will be locked if you try to stop by. You have plenty of time to escape. You will exit to the world map automatically upon reaching the beach. There should only be one place on the world map we have yet to fully explore. Onward to Islan. Before going I suggest stocking up on lots of pillows, sacks, angel tears and some defrost potions.

 

Islan: The old man here is able to Bless your heroes – providing a substantial stat bonus for one fight. Additionally, if you bless your heroes and return them to the party ball, they will retain that blessing until they are next used.

 

Leonardo needs to use all his mana to melt the ice towers. Enemies here can drop several stat-boosting items, while snow sprites drop snow coat, a rare armor that may be useful for some upcoming bosses. Eventually you will reach great-granny's cabin where you can heal up and get a new item. Save before exiting north of the frozen lake and put Pica into your party. A boss is coming up.

 

BOSS – Kraken: Can blind, slow, poison. Immune to fire. Sybil can prevent negative status effects with blessing. Pica can use magic attacks or buff heroes with star power.

 

BOSS – Kirin: Can silence all with Hush. Sybil will absorb some magical attacks from him.

 

If we visit Ikory at night after obtaining the Element of Heart we can see an optional scene. Finally, visit Yayrie Village and speak to everyone in town to have a new location added to our world map.

 

Southern Islet: This dungeon has a lot of secret passages. Make sure to check behind all waterfalls, and if you see a chest in an out of the way place explore for secret passages. After reaching the 2nd warp, save. Remove Sybil from the party if you have her.

 

BOSS – Ruiner Mk-II: If you picked up a couple of Snow Coats from the previous dungeon you might want to equip them on some of your characters, as this boss can freeze your heroes. Each part of the boss has about 15K hp, so focus fire and heal as appropriate. If you prevent freezing this fight is much easier. Esther can absorb ice magic, heal and remove armor.

 

Make sure to reread the letter in your inventory after regaining control of your party in Ikory. Then search the temple to find the Heart Lockett. This item is extremely useful.

Section 12: Return to Fiyara
Fiyara Castle: Enter through the rebel base. After you reach the warp point, prepare for a boss fight. Leah and Ezra will be incapacitated, so if they are part of your active party you may want to sub them out.

 

BOSS – Yasushi and Troy: Troy absorbs light magic. Yasushi can slice off 75% of a single hero's hp in a blow. Both Yasushi and Troy have roughly 30K hp. Troy and Yasushi are relatively non-menacing, and you should be able to deal with them without much difficulty.

 

Don't eat food off the table in the banquet hall. Also read the note about pressing the torches in a certain order to unlock part of the castle. Make sure to fall through the trapdoors at least once when you reach them – they bring you to an area with a valuable piece of equipment, plus the sharks there drop a valuable accessory.
BOSS – Emperor Fiyara: Pica doesn't get a skill for this battle, but can still be a useful addition.

 

SKILLS: Soul Division can burn off mana. Dark Guard. Blades of Wrath (attack all). Hush. Dark Surge. I used Luna as the primary damage dealer. Use Pep talk, Flex and Star Power. Eventually he will cast Hell’s Fury, ending the battle. He has 70K Hp. Kit's Bandana will be equipped to Jessica automatically after this fight. It can be useful, so you may want to unequip it for another character to use.

 

Following the battle with Emperor Fiyara, you return to Alavon. Talk to Granny after you leave town, she will tell you that she needs a Panacea Root. We owe it to this woman.

 

Head back to Arean, make sure we have 3 or less members in our active party and then speak to Joe.
Super-duper Secret Character Alert!!! Joe can only be added and removed from the party from Leonardo's home in Arean. Joe is permanently equipped with White Gloves and Black Suit. He is a unique hero for several reasons. He has no strengths or weakness and can't change 3 equipment slots. His base stats have significantly improved from the start of the game. He can equip a helmet and accessory. With a base attack of 200 Joe can handle himself comfortable through the next area of the game. You may choose to eventually buff his damage further with megalodon tooth (50% strength), battle scarf, or best of all Union Ring.

Section 13: Behgar Island – To Endoria
The people around Fauston have a lot of useful hints for us. Make sure to hear about Methuselah, to get a new location on the World Map.

 

Lydia the tailor wants: 2 feathers of a rare bird, a special headband and a small, high-quality piece of gold. If you speak to her with black leather corset unequipped she wants the spiritual remains of a demonic being. But she will only ask for this after you’ve brought her the other items she requested and made a new piece of equipment from them.

 

Another citizen of Fauston mentions that the Halo is needed to survive Hell's Fury. If you recall, that is the spell Emperor Fiyara used to wipe out our party with the last fight.

 

There's also a lot for us to buy, including a secret shop full of accessories. I suggest buying 1 of each weapon, then before buying anything else use the sky horn.

 

Stick to the right side of the map, then walk north. When notified of something mysterious choose to investigate. The man here can teach our heroes their ultimate elemental attacks. He asks us to reduce our party size to teach us. Unfortunately, we cannot do this with Joe in the party. I suggest buying them as soon as we can afford them. They cost 100K each, so we will need a total of 700,000 gold.
Leonardo – Seraph's Breath
Romeo – Storm Force
Esther – Frozen Eruption
Boaz – Daylight's Requiem
Nathan – Zeus' Lightning
Ezra – Sacred Radiance
Leah – Terra Crush

 

Now return to Fauston. We can speak with the guards to the mansion north of town to advance the plot but I suggest exploring the East district first. The enemies here aren't too tough, but the block puzzles will take a few moments of thought. If you screw up a puzzle you can enter the party ball to reset.
After a cutscene we should use the Sky Horn and visit West Behgar.

 

West Behgar: Eventually you reach an elemental barrier. You can't go through it, but speak to the Necromancer here to open 2 new locations on the world map. North Behgar and East Behgar. Outskirts of Endoria is also added to our Land Drum.

 

North Behgar: Jessica is kidnapped as you enter this area. Some of the areas you venture into off the main path have some carefully hidden items.

 

In a cave here you can fight Dragon God – an optional enemy with roughly the same strength of a boss. Prepare for him the same way you would a boss, he has approximately 75K hp. Make sure you have a full supply of Pepp Peps. He can attack hard physically and magically, can also inflict burn. He drops the valuable dragon armor as reward. Some of the new elemental attacks (for example sacred radiance) you learned may also be useful for this fight. Pica also learns a skill from this fight. If this fight is too tough for you right now or you would like to reorganize your party (Joe needs to be flown back to Arean if you have him) you can always come back a little later. We will find some useful equipment even in this next area that might make the fight that much easier.  Dragon Armor is best-in-slot for Maximus and Romeo right now.

 

Saving is disabled when you get to the temple area so make sure to save outside. After going through the temple you will go through an Event battle and save Jessica. Soon thereafter you will meet a savage in the jungle who will show you some dance moves. Hey, didn't a mystic in town talk about that? Consider making a backup save here if you want to solve this puzzle on your own, otherwise I will provide it for you. The order is 2 steps left, 1 step north, 1 step east, 1 step south, 1 step east, 1 step south, 1 step north.

 

Also save before taking the raft, as it’s possible to drown if you are a poor sailor.
Immediate down - death
Right – left – up (returns you to earlier section of the dungeon)
Right – left – left (dragon shield and dragon gloves)
Right – down – down – (returns you to earlier part of the dungeon)
Right-down-right – down (earlier section of the dungeon)
Right-down-right-left – left (earlier section of the dungeon)
Right-down-right-left – down – left (beginning of the dungeon)
Right-down-right-left- down – right (I think this is the Dragonblade and/or a Phoenix Feather, forgive me if this is incorrect) This equipment can be a big help fighting Dragon God, if you opted to wait.

 

South of the raft screen we enter the Jungle Maze. Follow the dance steps exactly or we will be returned to the entrance. The order is 2 steps left, 1 step north, 1 step east, 1 step south, 1 step east, 1 step south, 1 step north. When we exit we will see the savage again. We have added a new location to the Land Drum – Maia's Garden. I suggest returning to Fauston to heal up, and restock on crucial supplies before proceeding farther. Make sure Pica is in the active party, we have a boss coming up.

 

We have a 2-stage boss fight coming up and are fully healed after the first. We have lots of great equipment from the last 2 dungeons so make sure to equip accordingly. We also probably don't want to use a hero that is weak to wood.
Suggested Party: A conservative lineup would be Leonardo, Pica, Esther, Maximus. It has plenty of healing and wood resistance. Plus Maximus equipped with Halberd does extra damage to plants. Of course, we can also inflict heavy magic damage with our new spells. Buffing Leonardo's intelligence and letting him burn the boss to the ground makes the rest of the party less important.

 

BOSS – Maia: Can make flinch and poison with thorn whip. Powerful physical attack. Wood magic attacks. 90K hp. After the fight we get a new character and a key item. Go to town stock up on supplies then off to East Beghar.

 

East Behgar/Mirror Maze: Mirror Maze can be a slightly confusing dungeon to navigate, because some of the paths overlap. You may enjoy exploring it on your own, and simply checking the guide afterward to see if you missed anything. Otherwise detailed directions are provided below.

 

Prometheus wanted me to note that the directions here may be confusing and/or inaccurate.

 

The entrance hall has 5 warp points we can use from the get go. Arranged and labeled as followed:
Upper left: Warp 1
Upper right: Warp 2
Lower right: Warp 3
Top Middle: Warp 4
Lower left: Warp 5
From Warp 1 you will discover the Goddess Tiara.  In addition to the way you came into the room (warp 1). There are 3 additional warp points you can access. From left to right I will label them
Warp 6, 7, and 8.
Warp 6 is a single room with Psycho Discus and a monster.
Warp 7 has Master Headband, an upgrade for Leonardo. Warp 7 is situated in the upper left corner of the room. There are several other warps labeled as follows
Warp 8: Upper Right Warp 9: Situated between 4 pillars in the center of the room. Warp 10: Accessible from the lower right corner.
Warp 8 takes us to a mirror maze. A careful search of the area will turn up a Winged Mask. For the rest of the treasure, we will need to use a different entrance.
Warp 9 takes us to the Halo – a Leonardo-exclusive Helmet required for our next fight with Emperor Fiyara.
Warp 10 brings us to a room with Pugio. Warp 10 is situated in the top of the room. There are 3 additional warps at the other cardinal directions. Left labeled warp 11. South returns us to the entrance hall connecting to Warp 3. And to on the right side of the room is Warp 12.
Warp 11 takes us to a room with 2 warps, 1 in the south and to the right. The southern warp connects us to the entrance hall (Warp 2). The right warp here is labeled Warp 13. Here we cross a bridge and take the only other available warp, now labeled Warp 14.

 

Warp 14 is located in the top right corner. There is a treasure chest with an Opal Crystal nearby. The warp to the south (hence referred to as Warp 15) takes us to a room with a gold monster and a message on the wall. The message is important – When one stands alone reflected in the mirror a soul will go free. The warp on the left brings us back to a previous screen (Warp 12?). Like previous golden monsters, Shining Dragon may KO your characters with a single attack. With about 8K HP though, he will go down quickly. Throw a diploma on Boaz and he should go down with a single casting of Daylight's Requiem.

 

If you have been following carefully we have cleared 3 out of 5 of the warps in the entrance hall: Warp 1, Warp 2 and Warp 3.

Warp 4 (top middle) is situated in the upper left corner of the room you warp to. There are 3 additional warps we can take from here. From left to right Warp 16, Warp 17, and Warp 18.
Warp 16: Warp 16 is situated in the upper left hand corner. There are 2 additional warps in this room. 1 in the south (Warp 19) and 1 more in the the upper right hand corner (Warp 20). Warp 20 brings us to an enclosed room with Angelic Bodice. Warp 19 brings us to the shrine of Marid, Guardian of the Body Element. “If one who has conquered their Darkness stands at the top, they will be granted a wish.”
We will revisit this room later in the game, but for now, there is nothing we can do here.

 

Backtrack and go to Warp 17. There is a mystic cape in this room. South of the mystic cape is Warp 21. Warp 22 is on the left side of the room. Warp 21 takes us to a room with several large mirrors. Remove everyone else from the party (if Joe is in the party the game won't register him) and look at the mirror for a scene. At the end receive the powerful Phoenix Claws. Now backtrack and go left to Warp 22.

 

Warp 22 brings us to a room with multiple warps and two treasures. Magic Barrettes and Starlight Dress. Warp 22 is the lower of 2 warps on the right side of the room. There are 2 additional warps on the left side. The warp immediately above us is labeled warp 23. Warp 23 brings us to a room with a Phoenix Feather. Warp 24 is in the upper left corner. Warp 25 is also on the left side of the room but lower.

 

Warp 25 brings us to a room with a death tag and warp 26. Warp 26 brings us to a room with Holy Miter and another warp (warp 27). Warp 27 brings us to an enclosed space with White Shroud.

 

Warp 24 brings us back to the mirror maze. Make it through the other side (warp 28) to find the 2nd Body Rune fragment. The 2 fragments automatically join and form the illuminated Rune of Body. Trevor can equip it, as well as use the skill Superpower. We can use the land drum to return to the entrance.

 

We have one last section of the Mirror Maze to navigate to get all the items. Go to the lower left corner (warp 5).
Warp 5 is the rightmost warp in a room of 3 warps. The left warp is warp 29. The middle warp is warp 30. Warp 30 takes us to the mirror maze again. We can retrieve Glass gun before exiting the mirror maze once again. Warp 29 takes us to a room with Onyx Crystal and another warp, which connects us to familiar Warp 18. The circuit is complete.

 

With the holy miter, white shroud, heart lockett, new magic, and new weapons, Ezra has become way more useful.
Finally, stop back in Pepp to trade in our golden statue for Dragon Chakram. Also stop in Haine. Talk to someone in Haine to receive Hester's Charm and the Sheriff's Vest.

Section 14: Endoria and the Cave of Destiny
Save before doing anything in town. There are several unexpected ways we can die. We can sleep safely in a bed in the mansion. We can also find a murder hook. Make sure to check the closer to earn a skeleton key. We are going to need to collect lots of skeleton keys, so practice for these. King Corpse is a rare random encounter and always appears with 4 corpses.

 

Clue about treasure of the necromancers: Follow the light, from left to right... farthest left, to farthest right... deepest left to deepest right. The order of the bookcases is 2, 5, 1, 6 , 3 ,4. As a reward we get a lot of death tags.  

 

Note: Poison Potions don't always poison.

 

After speaking to the chief we can enter the Cave of Destiny. There are a couple of fights we want to watch out for. First the King Zombie like we mentioned before – we need to amass about ten keys (or more?).

 

Be careful of Demon Chibis – they have an instant death retaliation move as well as other instant death abilities. This isn't to say the other enemies here aren't also dangerous, since several more of them have instant death abilities, but they’re the most dangerous. If you encounter them, just RUN AWAY.

 

Cave of Destiny: After the entrance, the first Stairway will be labeled Stair 0.
Aside from the entrance, there are 2 exits from the first room – 1 on the left labeled Stair 1. 1 on the right labeled Stair 2.

Follow Stair 1 to another staircase and a treasure. We can now return to the entrance hall and follow Stair 2.
Stair 2 continues to another Stair (Stair 3).

From Stair 3 we reach a room with 2 chests. There is another stair directly above us (stair 4), south of us (stair 5), a skeleton door in the upper left hand corner, another stair going down below that (stair 6), and in the bottom left corner a staircase going up (stair 7). The skull door contains the weapon Reaper's Scythe.

Take stair 7 up first. This leads us to another staircase and a skull shield. Now return and take stair 4 to discover staff of necromancy. Return to the big room again and take stair 5. We have to navigate through a dark room with occasional purple lighting to reach the next set of stairs (stair 8). There are a couple of shortcuts if we veer off the illuminated path.

Stair 8 takes us to a room with lots of spider webs and heavy chains. Continue to Stair 9.We see gravestones on a bridge. Continue immediately south to see a door requiring a Skeleton Key to open. If you have one you can use it to find a Rose Pendant. After continuing to the right we will see a staircase going up (stair 10) and a staircase going down (stair 11).

Go up the stairs first. Navigate through more tombstone and take another stairs up to face a Glutton. Glutton is a powerful enemy that drops Neo Tonic. We will face several more of them over the course of the dungeon. In addition to hard hitting physical attacks, gluttons can use inhale – like slurp from mimics, except it targets your whole party. Leonardo is immune. Heavy chains provide immunity. And if you have Joe he is also immune. Glutton has approx 50K hp.

Now go down stair 11, we will be in a room with poison on the ground. Saving is disabled while you are on the toxic surface so be cautious, saving and backtracking as necessary. Your characters will take damage (2% of max hp every couple of steps) as well as additional damage  every turn from the surface in battle so avoiding battles and escaping is recommended. We can get a game over if we don't watch our health. Our short-term objective is to hug the left wall until we can duck into an alcove. From here we can go down a set of stairs. We should continue following the path until we find a pitchfork. Once we return from the alcove we should escape to stairs in the bottom left (Stair 12). Continue following the path and we will reach a warp point, connecting to the Cave of Destiny entrance. A path leads to a stair going up on the left.

The path on the left eventually reconnects to Stair 6 we mentioned earlier, with some goodies on the way. And another path leads down deeper into the Cave.

From Stair 6: Stair 6 also leads us to a room with poison floors. After we reach the end of the poison path we will see a stair to the right (Stair 13) and more poison floors to the south. Follow the path south to find Berserk Herb.
Stair 13 takes us to a room with 2 staircases. To the lower left, Stair 14, to the lower right Stair 15.

Stair 14: Go south. At the intersection go left to find a skeleton door and the Lifesickle. Then follow the path right to Stair 16.

Stair 15: Stair 15 is situated in the upper left of a large room. Follow the path to reach an intersection.
Follow the path south to find a skeleton door with another Rose Pendant. Then go north up a staircase (Stair 19?) You will find a Dark Tonic nearby. Continue following the spiderwebs down to the lower left hand corner of the room, picking up a Spider Web before taking the stairs (Stair 20) down. Here we will encounter another glutton so equip heavy chains and prepare to slug it out.

Stair 16: This room has two additional exits. A stair to the far right (Stair 18), and a hidden exit to the south. Go south first. Upon exiting south follow the path right, and down 2 sets of stairs to discover Horned Flail. Follow the path right to find Lilith's Gown.

We have successfully cleared the first half of the Cave of Destiny.

Cave of Destiny Section 2: Put Pica in the party.
BOSS – Evil Root can inflict lots of nasty ailments, and will dispel positive buffs on the party. Ryota or Luna with Balance Garb is recommended to counter these with scales of libra. Branch and Bud are revived but with less than initial hp – clearing them with infernal dragon is one solution. Also does magic damage with wood but if you can manage the ailments the rest of this fight isn't too tough. He has about 80K hp. Pica is mostly a utility hero in this lineup but can heal herself with photosynthesis and increase attack with star power – if the boss uses a turn casting dispel instead of disabling our party that's a good result for us.

Continue down the path, and when given the chance go right to the threshold. Continue right as far as the path allows, then take the path north. (Ignore the stairs to the south for now) Continue following the path north to reach a warp point and from there another Glutton. Now backtrack to those stairs we ignored.

In the next room, ignore the immediate walkway to the south and go right. Take the stairs in the upper right hand corner of the room. The chest nearby contains a Phoenix Feather, but triggers an enemy encounter (trap). Continue north until you reach a warp pad and find a Titan Blade. Now walking south as far as you can go until you are forced to walk left. Go up the stairs and navigate to a nearby staircase. You should be in a room with blue spiderwebs and a treasure chest containing Gleipnir.

We should now return to the southern path we ignored previously. Follow it down the stairs, up the stairs and discover a nearby plague vial before following the blue sparkles to another exit. Go through a giant archway and prepare for a boss fight by stepping on the red tile between two purple torches.

BOSS – Ancient: Dangerous, but many weaknesses to exploit. Immune to dark magic. Can dispel. Stone gas. Ailing, petrify, burn. Hard hitting physical attack. More so if uses evil power. Leah is immune to petrify so she is a good choice for this battle. Also she can use a weapon that does extra damage vs undead. Rarely uses shadow of death, a move that can kill all party members. Ezra is immune, you also have items that can resist it. But in my experience he doesn't cast it enough and it doesn't have a high enough hit % for using special accessories to be worthwhile. He also is a dragon, so Dragon Chakram can also inflict good damage.

Recommended party: Leonardo, Leah, Ezra, Pica. Leah can be switched out for a damage dealer with Dragon Chakram.

After this boss save and walk immediately right into the wall. Here we can encounter Saruma, an optional superboss. Defeating Saruma at this point of the game is unrealistic but we can safely say hello. More importantly, we should trigger the warp point so we can revisit him without traversing long portions of the dungeon in the future.

Now we want to go back to the section of the cave immediately below the mid-warpoints. From there go south and follow the sign west to the Guardian. Soon you will reach a large marsh. Search carefully to find Vampire Fang. You will randomly encounter Lemurs in this area, a powerful enemy with instant death abilities. You may wish to equip Rose Pendants on your heroes to cross this area more safely. When you find a staircase take it. Continue through the cobweb-laden room to another staircase going down. You can fight a Glutton in this room if you discover the hidden passage to it.

Now take the stairs to the right. Go through the cobweb-laden room once again and activate the warp point. You will need the Rosetta Keystone from the Ancient to open the door. Before confronting the Guardian of Spirit, circle around the back of the room and pick up a Golden Stud. We can return to the Tailor in Fauston. If we give her: Master Headband, 2 Phoenix Feathers and the Golden Stud we obtain the Phoenix Headdress.

Master Headband stats: 55 Defense, 27 Will, 10%  increase of strength, dexterity, agility and intelligence
The Phoenix Headdress also has 55 Defense and 27 Will, but provides a 20% bonus to strength, dexterity, agility and intelligence.

I also suggest you buy 99 poison potions and bloody tears, as well as any weapons you haven't. We will permanently lose access to the shops here after an upcoming event. Make sure Boaz is level 33.

BOSS – Osiris: Uses Strike Down frequently. Exodus (magic damage). Dispel. Glare (petrifies). Double attack (strong). Death touch – near fatal damage with status effects. Hush. Soul division. Vitality drain. Shadow of death. Life drain. Has some extremely dangerous abilities. The best thing going for us this fight is that we can counter his instant death abilities with our equipment, which he uses a lot. Ultimate magic attacks are recommended as the primary damage method, with other characters healing and negating ailments. Only has 100K hp.
After the Cave of Destiny, pick up the black diamond. Also make sure Erin and Elias are level 33.

Section 15: Faust's Mansion, the Legacy of Blood
Stock up on all necessary healing supplies before approaching the Mansion. I am getting a bad feeling about this place.

Follow the light downstairs. We need to search rooms to find a key (it is assigned randomly). We will fight random enemies and can heal by sleeping in any available bed. This is a one-time dungeon, you will not get a chance to fight many of these enemies again. Keep searching and eventually you will find the Basement Key.

Take down the stairs and you will find a room full of locked doors like the upper hallway. Keep searching and you will discover the following:
(Treasure by room)
Upper left – Speed Ring
Left Middle – Power Ring
Lower left – Iron Maiden
Upper right – Defense Ring
Right Middle – Mystic Ring
Lower right – Black Armor

Keep exploring the dungeon. In the next room take the door find a Crosier. Then go back out to the next room and push a crate to reveal a new staircase. This next room has flashing panels that will warp you back near the beginning. Treasures found in this room include ectoplasm, prayer beads, white ether, and ghost sash. Take another stairs lower. Hopefully you have another skeleton key left over from the last dungeon, if not king zombies can be encountered at a low rate. Get the last treasure, steal the key from the shining light in the next room and prepare for a boss fight. Put Pica in your party.

BOSS – Gatekeeper: Like many bosses on this continent, Gatekeeper has an instant death ability (leer). Compared to Osiris though, his ability is cast less often, and less accurate so you may choose to risk equipping your heroes with damage dealing accessories instead. Gatekeeper does heavy magic damage and can poison your party. Pepp Peps, Life Elixir and Photosynthesis should let you stay on top of it. On the 16th turn you will be crushed.

Continue down the corridor and there will be a heal point. You need Ezra in your party equipped with Crosier to win.

BOSS – Faust: Strike him (repeatedly) with the crosier. It can take awhile for the staff’s effect to manifest, and it can be challenging to keep Ezra alive in the face of Faust’s Dark attacks. You may want to equip Ezra with one or more articles of equipment that grant defense against Darkness. Your party is automatically healed, then you face Legion.
BOSS – Legion: Takes heavy magic damage. Evades physical attacks. Vitality drain. Dispel. Silent darkness. Use all your best magic for this fight. If you have all of Elder Methuselah’s ultimate attacks, they’ll really help.

After Legion, Elias and Erin are sent home to recuperate, and any items they were equipped with return to our inventory. Make sure to visit them (speak to Erin from the foot of the bed) to learn our first combination skill.

Section 16: The Long Barren Road
In the southern part of this area you can fight King Mimic. He is a powerful enemy, with the ability to slurp, inflict various status ailments, heavy magic damage and solid physical damage. He can also heal himself to the tune of 9999 hp. If a key character is slurped in the first few turns just reload and try again. After inflicting roughly 55K of damage the battle will become a scripted event, and you will receive the Quartz ring. Pica does not learn any abilities from this battle.

As you continue along the path you will notice bombable areas in the walls. Not all of these contain items. It is my understanding, that they may contain items if you missed treasure in previous areas (such as Faust's mansion.) One of them contains the last necromancer from Endor.

Gemstone Cavern: When you reach Troy you will fall through the floor. There is a secret passage to your immediate right. Continue until you reach an area with lots of gangplanks and crystals. If you take the stairs below it takes you to an area with randomly encountered Earth eaters and a couple of treasures.

Crystal Puzzle:
left
right, middle
left, right, middle
right, middle, left, right, drop
This takes you back to the start of Gemstone Cavern. Now head to where you first saw Troy.

BOSS – Troy: Absorbs light. Kill off the lovebugs before fighting Troy, as they can heal him. He isn't too threatening an enemy.

Upon completing this area you should have at least one of every shard – you should trade in to Dimitri for the Rainbow Ring. Depending on how many sets you have, Dimitri will take the least valuable. If you have all 8 rings, at least 8 crystals, and at least 8 shards he will take the shards. He will also prioritize taking crystals before the rings. I suggest not trading in the rings.

Make sure to save before continuing past the healing point (to the Lake of Fire). You will be trapped until you can complete a series of fights.
4x Death Crow
4x Wicked Witch
4x Gargoyle
4x Leviskull

Lake of Fire: You will want to go north and right until you go through a temple area. There are a couple of secret passages throughout this next dungeon. Make sure to pick up the Ruby Shield.

Eventually you’ll reach an area where you’re walking behind the support columns of the bridge above you. In the temple connected to the bridge, walk behind the stairs.

Hell Kitty: as the last golden enemy, hell kitty is formidable. Spell-seals the party, hits hard physical, magically, has multiple status ailments. Susceptible to caltrops.

After crossing back over the top section of the bridge, you will find your next secret passage behind an empty chamber. It leads to Nidhoggr's Revenge. Nidhoggr as you recall, guarded the entrance to the Kingdom of Ashe. Nidhoggr is an optional boss, so if he is too difficult for you you can come back later.

BOSS – Nidhoggr's Revenge: Ailing, blind, petrify, silence. Immune to fire. Can remove all mana. Hates respawn every 4 turns but with minimal hp so they can be killed off much easier. Glitter rain can do it.

Nidhoggr's Revenge is weak to Light, Ice, and Thunder magic (if you have weapons with these elemental attributes as well, they should also be effective). He's Reptile/Demon, so he's weak to swords, katanas, and staves (but realistically, staves won't be doing much physical damage to him; however, if you have a stronger weapon that is effective on demons, such as Maximus' Ogre Axe, which is available to buy in Endoria before you complete the Cave of Destiny, it may help). If Jessica knows Empowering Force, that will help increase your damage.

We still have a lot to do in this area, so now might be a good time to return to town for supplies and complete some quests around the world.

Big Ben: Slave Driver and Ogre Badge
Rusted sword to smith in Glymac: If you let him keep it you get the Great Cleaver – an item that does heavy damage (1 + 250000) to Saruma. Really, though you should take Excalibur, Romeo's ultimate weapon. Also the rainbow ring if you haven't got it yet.

To the north of this area is a rock-hopping area. Your time to get to each treasure is limited. You can find a power ruby and a berserker bangle.

You will soon reach an area that Leonardo has to traverse alone. Save before trying it. I suggest running from all enemies and maintaining max hp at all times. Also equipping an anti-death accessory is also a good idea. This can be tough. For your efforts, you will receive an armor upgrade for Leonardo.  Equip it immediately, you still need to make it back alive before you can save and reassemble a party. Make sure to hit the switch before proceeding to the next checkpoint.

Mt. Golgotha: Save your game when you reach the graveyard area.  There are some items hidden here (one requiring dynamite to find). You can also fight an extremely challenging optional boss by examining the lower right plot. Bonepickers have the ability to steal A LOT of your hard-earned cash. You will probably want to reload if that happens.

BOSS – Fenrir: On my first play through, I had to come back and fight him later. He is very tough. It is possible to beat him though with some smart planning and a little luck. I would recommend your heroes be level 60 or higher. Leonardo and Pica are mandatory. Ezra is protected from many harmful status ailments, included his dreaded half-stat move, so is a great primary damage dealer. Leah is a good 4th hero. She can increase physical defence for the entire physical party, combo with Leonardo to wipe out, and absorb one magic attack from Fenrir (mega quake).  I suggest equipping her with the Ghost Sash, avoiding all physical damage and many status effects (including the half-stats).  Having Pica and Leah defend on the first turn is probably safest.

If you have the teeny bikini, you may also choose to experiment with it this fight. Fenrir has a couple of powerful magic attacks though so it isn't for the faint-hearted. Fenrir Pups will be revived every three to four turns after dying turn but can be cleared with any mass-magic spell you have.

The first turn for this battle is extremely important. Most importantly, we want Leonardo to wipe out the Pups with Flame Meteor. Second in importance is avoiding key status effects. Frozen and lycanthrope can be a big setback. Thirdly, Leah should cast shielding crystal before Leonardo if possible. Pica is mostly a utility hero this fight, and should focus on healing the other heroes.

Ezra is going to be pounding away on Fenrir with Sacred Radiance all fight. Once the fight is reduced to just Fenrir it is a lot more manageable. We are even happy when he revives the pups since that will be a turn where we are otherwise safe from harm. It is crucial that we be spamming spells like infernal dragon or glitter rain every 3-4 turns after they have died. Since they do not have an action the first time they revive, and revive with minimal hp this keeps them from letting us lose control from the fight.

On the first turn he uses a spell that halves all stats for the duration of the battle. For this reason you may wish to forgo some of the usual stat-boosting equipment you might ordinarily use (like hobo lily). Ezra is immune with heart locket.

Fenrir's Pups have an estimated 10000 hp and can be killed with Karma's instant death abilities. They can cause fear, a very disruptive ability in this battle if it interrupts your spells. Fenrir has many powerful physical attacks. He can also freeze your party. Poison, blind, and sleep, Make you flinch. Inflict lycanthropy. If you do manage to defeat Fenrir you may want to return to town and stock up on Pepp Peps and other supplies once again. We have another boss at the end of this area.

The screen to the immediate left of the graveyard has multiple exits. The northeast and south exits both have some treasures. I next suggest blasting open the rocks and walking through the underground passage to set some of your ropes. You now have a shortcut available but we are going the long way first. You will miss out on some semi-valuable consumables (such as a Neo Tonic) but no unique equipment if you do, so it your choice. Anyway assuming you go the long way, return to the beginning and exit to the NE. Read the sign on the way for some clues to the next area.

In short, you need to search for blue-eyed skulls to activate bridges. There is plenty of treasure, as well as plenty of enemies along the way. Eventually you will reach a graveyard in front of the tower. One of the gravestones has some money hidden with it. When you reach the top of the tower you have the choice of exiting north to a bridge or south to a set of stairs. Make sure to take the stairs down first to find the Katana hidden at the bottom of the tower. You will need a skeleton key. On your way out of the tower, speak to someone to learn about the dispel staff. It can be found nearby to the NE, and can be helpful for the next boss.

Taking the other exit north and enter a long corridor with no enemies present. Save your game and prepare for a boss fight before continuing. Leonardo needs to wear the Halo. Put Pica in your party.

BOSS – Emperor Fiyara: Can hush. Powerful double attack. Blades of wrath. Evil power (can be dispelled). 2nd form: Cripple, Ice Belch, Double Attack. Heals with golden sheen. Erode. Dark Power. Tongue Lash. Evil power. Firebolt (can paralyze). Strangle. Dispel. Last Hurrah. Fell swoop. Serpent Fire. Half-moon. Trevor's equipment will automatically be returned to you.

Fiyara's death triggers several events on the global map. You can speak to your party members for clues about some of them. After one more dungeon we will get a warp back to Fauston, but if you are all out of Pepp Peps and other supplies you may want to go. Plus you can do the other events I'm referring to.

In Haine: One of the horses will give you a Neo Tonic.
Visit Glymac next to learn Emperor Claudius is visiting Winstar. Speak to the guard in the dance hall to trigger a key cut scene. If we return to Winstar Arena we can fight another of the Game's optional superbosses, the Iron Emperor. I wouldn't recommend it, but you are welcome to give it a try.

Finally stop by Maia's Garden to pick up a Leaf of Life. Other Leaves of Life can also be found throughout the jungle.

Pepp Peps are sold before the next boss, so if you don't want to spend the extra time backtracking you should be ok.

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