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Minimal Spoilers All Achievements Schedule
By Goonan
This guide aims to provide a basic schedule which achieves all possible achievements on one play-through (with the exception of one final achievement that requires NG+) with minimal spoilers.
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Guide Index
Overview
Foreword 
Before You Begin 
June 2nd - June 23rd 
June 24th - July 15th 
July 16th - July 30th 
August 1st - August 17th 
August 18th - August 30th 
September 1st - September 17th 
September 18th - October 3rd 
October 4th - END 
Comments
Foreword
This guide was originally made for a friend on Google Sheets, before it was suggested that I also make it public on Steam. You can find the Sheets version of this guide here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12GQgDqTKej90EGcpk2fiUKaW8R2wmxW77yb2Msueq-M/edit?usp=sharing

As I prefer the editing options available in Google Sheets, I've opted to leave the original guide available to everyone there. While I will make my best attempt to recreate the guide in Steam as well, I suspect that the above version will be the easier of the two to parse.

This is my first attempt at a guide of this kind. I sought to balance both efficiency and variety, taking on what events I could that would also provide social stat benefit at the same time. There will undoubtedly be more efficient routes found, as everything here simply comes from my own personal play experience in the early days of release. This guide is for those who find themselves paralysed by choice, or worried that they might miss an achievement that requires specific actions on specific days (of which there are a number in this game).

If you're looking for a more comprehensive guide than this one, I would recommend Hayate's guide here: https://test-steamproxy.haloskins.io/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3346632862

Let me know if there are any mistakes in this guide, and I will fix them as soon as possible. Most of all, enjoy the story of Metaphor!
Before You Begin
In order to get every achievement, you will need to do a second run on NG+, and on at least Easy difficulty for that run. If you are looking to get through everything as quickly as possible, I recommend:
  1. Do your first playthrough on Storyteller, not only to breeze through combat, but also to reduce grinding due to increased XP/MAG gain.
  2. Start your second playthrough on either Easy (minimum requirement and fastest for all achievements) or Hard. If you then want to bump the difficulty up to Regicide later for more challenge, you can. Once on Regicide, however, you can't reduce the difficulty back down.

This guide is primarily a chronicle of my own play experience, and will not guide you through combat in the slightest. There are a number of difficult fights throughout this game, and I leave you to discover and experience them yourselves. I want to still leave things for everyone to enjoy on their own, rather than just ticking off a checklist!

Finally, a few things that I think are worth noting:
  • After mastering an archetype, you will start receiving 1k A-EXP items for each 1k extra A-EXP you earn, so there is no A-EXP loss while on a mastered archetype. As such, you shouldn't feel the need to switch off an archetype just because it's mastered.
  • In the early game, if you're low on MP, make use of the MC's extra ability on Mage, which recovers 1 MP with every overworld kill. Handy in a pinch.
  • The Merchant Archetype gives 15 x (MC's LVL) cash per mob killed in the overworld, which is useful for early grinding (this guide pushes to unlock merchant ASAP)
  • Generally, for social stats, you should be fine with just about any balanced approach, but I would recommend against Courage due to its excess elsewhere.
  • While fast travel is quicker, consider sword-surfing around town as you go, as it takes a good amount of time to get your travel distance up for the Sword Surfer achievement.
June 2nd - June 23rd
Date
Afternoon
Night
Notes
June 2nd
Game Begins
X
There are two Medicinal Herbs you can pick up on the second screen of the desert, and that's it.
There's a Gold Beetle in the Recruitment Centre which you can grab, but will be picked up later in this guide.
June 3rd
X
X
June 4th
X
X
June 5th
Northern Border Fort
Camp (Gold Beetle)
Remember to get the Gold Beetle during the camping sequence! Turn the camera to look behind you once you have control, you'll see it out in the open. This is permanently missable!
June 6th
Nord Mines
Camp
Triple Mage recommended.
Once you beat the first boss (which triple mage can do unscathed relatively easily for extra rewards), go back to the magla hollow and save just in case. Then pick a fight with the sleeping boss further in. There's good loot to be had from winning.
June 7th
X
X
June 8th
X
X
June 9th
X
X
June 10th
Arrive at the Royal Capital
X
Be aware that Idlesday (every 5th day) provides discounts at vendors, which can later be combined with perks from followers for even greater discounts. All of these discount days have the date in bold.
June 11th
Royal Funeral
X
While you can get the Gold Beetles today, I will list their locations on the following day as we go about quests.
You should change Strohl back to Warrior to make use of the gear we got, and it's worth changing MC to Healer to start working on More's first request. *With the pre-order bonus items, you can even get Healer to 10 and complete the request immediately before continuing on.
June 12th
Quest: Pagan's Dilemma (Outside Inn)
Talk to the Informant (will set him to be inside the Inn with more info that evening)
Extra: Give Medicinal Herb to citizen for Hero's Incense on the way to the shops
Gold Beetle: Behind staircase near item shop
Gold Beetle: Item shop spice bags
Gold Beetle: Recruitment Centre
Quest: Help the Hushed Honeybee (Sunlumeo Street)
Visit Church, get medicine, hand in quest.

Wisdom: Observe the city from street bench
Buy all notes available at the informant in the Inn. ('Secrets' will let you purchase redgrass once you possess the info, which we will use)
Visit all shops, especially night-only Gloamhall for quick travel.
Appraise accessory from quest hand-in (you can save-scum for a particular acc. here if you prefer, but I don't believe it's worth it)
Buy at least four each of Red Herb, Bidou Meat and Water from the market.
Take the eating contest at the market.

Tolerance: Make Redgrass-Roasted Bidou at the Inn. (Follow the recipe)
In future, whenever you unlock a new dungeon, visit a new town or get a hunt request, make sure to visit the informant and get info on what you're about to face.

Gold Beetles Held: 4
June 13th
Quest Hand-in: Help the Hushed Honeybee
Wisdom Rank Up (2)
You can now purify gear at the church.
Quest Pickup: A Bullish Embargo (Sunlumeo Street Igniter Merchantess)

Purchase/Purify gear to prep for dungeon. This will be assumed going forward.
Dungeon: Belega Corridor (Target: Guptauros) Gold Beetles: 1
X
If you want to grind a bit, note that mobs can be respawned by returning to an entrance hall, entering a magla hollow, or by entering Akademeia via our friendly cat. Some mobs cannot be respawned.
At least 80k cash equivalent in order to buy the Golden Epee and Noble Tuxedo on June 15 is worth farming up.

Gold Beetles Held: 5
June 14th
Quest Hand-in/Bond: A Bullish Embargo (Brigitta)
Tolerance: Make Redgrass-Roasted Bidou at the Inn. (Follow the recipe)
June 15th
Aim to do your big shop during today's discount

Dungeon: Grand Cathedral (Target: Royal Sceptre)
(As farming is better at the end of this dungeon than later, see June 20 Night to figure out how much cash/MAG you'll want on hand)
X
As with all dungeons, you should fully complete the dungeon before leaving. However, the first rooms you find locked near the entrance will become available during a re-visit later.
I highly recommend making use of MC on Merchant for easy cash as you progress through.
June 16th
Hunt Pickup: Maneater Manjula

Bond: Strohl
Bond: Brigitta
June 17th
Bond: Hulkenburg
Tolerance: Make Redgrass-Roasted Bidou at the Inn. (Follow the recipe)
June 18th
Bond: Strohl
Bond: Brigitta
June 19th
Dungeon: Tradia Desert (Target: Maneater Manjula) Gold Beetles: 1
X
If you choose to leave and re-enter after your mark is dead, you'll find a large bird roaming the area. It is level 46, and only drops an item you can't yet use, or an accessory that gives poison immunity as a rare drop. It is absolutely not worth fighting this high-level mob.

Gold Beetles Held: 6
June 20th
Free Activity (I went with Eloquence)
Rain + Merchant perk puts MAG trade at 7.2x, decent early cash. You should need no more than 200k cash for the next town's big ticket items. Trading in 30k MAG will give you 216k, which will cover everything even should you currently have 0 cash. You can get any remaining shopping done in town today as well.

Bond: Brigitta
June 21st
Free Activity (I went with Eloquence)
Tolerance: Make Redgrass-Roasted Bidou at the Inn. (Follow the recipe)
Tolerance Rank Up (2)
June 22nd
X
X
June 23rd
X
X
June 24th - July 15th
June 24th
Read: Pride and Persuasion (To gain the upper hand)
Every time you camp at night, grab the item from the campfire

Chat with either party member
For travel activities, the most important things are getting reading and cooking complete. Cooking can be left until you unlock speed cooking, which stops it from consuming a time slot.
The pantry will have free ingredients for you every day, even when you aren't travelling. We will need 5 Gauntlet Shrooms from here by the end of the game, so try and check here relatively regularly.
June 25th
Toilet Luck
Read: Pride and Persuasion (Scare them)
Chat with remaining party member
Each time you use the toilet on Idlesday, you will gain a permanent +1 Luck. Make sure to grab your free stat points! This works even when you're not travelling, so make sure you make a trip to the gauntlet runner each Idlesday.
June 26th
Forced Combat
X
June 27th
X
Gold Beetle: Tavern Fireplace
Gold Beetle: Tavern Jug (next to bed)*
*Don't worry about getting this one specifically on the first night, just remember to keep checking the jug until you get it.
Gold Beetles Held: 8
June 28th
Just head straight to the castle for now.

Spread out and search for clues, gang!
X
June 29th
Weapon and Armour shopping day!
Quest: Hatching a Plan (middle of square)
Hunt Pickup: Goborn King

Bond: Maria
Courage: Bungee Jump (save scum until you succeed)
Courage Rank Up (2)
Major discount at weapon and armour stores on the 29th of each month.
You can now freely teleport between towns, allowing you to get anything you previously missed (except for time-sensitive quests)
Three successful bungee jumps are required for an achievement. We will need higher courage before we can succeed on the third.
June 30th
Everything shopping day!
Travel: Imp's Den
Toilet Luck
Bond: Hulkenburg

Dungeon: Imp Den (Target: Goborn King) Gold Beetles: 1
Return to town
Gold Beetles Held: 9
July 1st
Quest: Skullduggery (Catacombs Entrance, just don't actually go in!)
Quest: A Haunted Heirloom (Sunlumeo Street)

Bond: Maria
Courage: Bungee Jump (save scum until you succeed)
July 2nd
Depart for Giant Sandworm's Nest

Read: New World Travel Diary
Read: New World Travel Diary (The pavillion)
Imagination Rank Up (2)
July 3rd
Giant Sandworm's Nest
X
Dodge-roll through the stomach acid to progress faster than normal walking. You have more than enough time to take everything in there. Just be wary of the fish...
July 4th
X
X
July 5th
Hunt Pickup: Alpha Rockworm Valmo
Quest: A Dagger, a Ring, and a Rake
Toilet Luck

Bond: Maria
Eloquence: Stairstone Market Podium (Let's promote local delicacies)
Eloquence Rank Up (2) (If you used your previous free activities on Eloquence)
July 6th
Travel: Komero -> Man-Eater's Grotto
Cooking: Redgrass-Roasted Bidou
Read: New World Travel Diary (Sounds pretty)

Automatic Bond: Neuras
Make sure you buy/have at least 1 Orgo Sugar for a later quest
Buy Pigeon Parcel in Komero
Continue to Grotto

Dungeon: Man-Eater's Grotto (Target: Alpha Rockworm Valmo + Relic) Gold Beetles: 1
Return to town
We need to cook all recipes at least once by the end of the game. To be safe on ingredients, I always buy a stack of 10.
MC on Thief lineage and all party members inheriting 'Lucky Find' from Merchant will net you A LOT of items. This remains my overworld setup all the way to the end of the game.
Presuming that you have gotten More to Rank 2 already, studying both the Gunner and Merchant will get More to Rank 3 and 4, respectively.
Gold Beetles Held: 10
July 7th
Quest Hand-in: Hatching a Plan
Hunt Hand-in: Alpha Rockworm Valmo

Bond: Maria
Bond: Neuras
July 8th
Dungeon: Castle Waterways
X
Say hi to mimics! Steal from them when you can for extra purification materials.
During the stealth section, you can choose instead to just fight the thing. If you win, you'll get a Health Incense for your troubles, but be prepared for a very tough fight.
July 9th
Quest: The Queen of Cuisine: Heart (Inside Tavern)

Bond: Bardon (Square Centre)
Debate: Stairstone Market Podium (Taxes benefit us all)
We must win a debate against 8 different tournament participants for an achievement. The first of these debates is today against Roger.
Bardon's bond today will give us access to our 15th archetype, allowing for a bond rank up with More. Note that you don't need to have unlocked all archetypes on MC, just at least once throughout your party on someone.
July 10th
Toilet Luck
Bond: Hulkenburg
Bond: Heismay
July 11th
Dungeon: Grand Trad Catacombs (Target: Mortaskulls + Black Jewel Necklace)
X
July 12th
Quest Hand-in: Skullduggery (Catacombs Entrance)
Quest Hand-in: A Haunted Heirloom (Sunlumeo Street)

Bond: Heismay
Debate: Stairstone Market Podium (What are your policies?)
Lina Debate
July 13th
Cattleracket Road: Get free veggies from Kind Old Woman, buy Fragrant Spice from girl
Square: Get Mellow Milk from water vendor
Travel: Abandoned Tomb
Cooking: Benevolent Bread (Required for quest)
Bond: Strohl
Cooking: Magical Bread
Bond: Hulkenburg
In general, so long as you're cooking a new recipe on around half of your travelling time slots, you'll be fine. The benevolent Bread, however, is for the cuisine quest. Make sure you grab the listed ingredients!
July 14th
Cooking: Invincible Noodles
Read: Pride and Persuasion (Plead with them)
Eloquence Rank Up (3)

Dungeon: Abandoned Tomb (Target: Malveno's Ring) Gold Beetles: 1
Return to town
You should need no more than 300k cash for shopping in the next town. This is our last dungeon before moving on, so grind the giant lichs if you want/need to farm at all.

Gold Beetles Held: 11
July 15th
Toilet Luck
Quest Hand-in: The Queen of Cuisine: Heart (Benevolent Bread)

Quest Hand-in: A Dagger, a Ring, and a Rake -> Automatic Bond: Alonzo
Bond: Heismay
July 16th - July 30th
July 16th
Bond: Strohl
Debate: Stairstone Market Podium (Alcohol won't bring equality)
Loveless Debate
July 17th
Story Travel

Cooking: Curative Coney Roast
Read: Bygone Days
Cooking: Coney Stew
Spend time with any party member (Imagination +4)
Imagination Rank Up (3)
The campfire item can either be a dreameater moth or lumibee. If you somehow haven't gotten one or the other yet, consider save scumming a transition from afternoon to night to make sure you get one by the end of this travel section.
July 18th
Cooking: Critical Meatballs
Read: Bygone Days
Vista
Read: Bygone Days
Reading a book past completion still rewards the same base progress in a social stat. We'll be making use of this to push Tolerance to meet a later requirement.
July 19th
Read: Bygone Days
Read: Bygone Days
You will run out of new things to cook during this trip. There's no need to cook during each time slot, as mentioned before. If you were missing something that you managed to acquire through the campfire or pantry, you can use these free slots to catch up.
July 20th
Shopping!
Gold Beetle: NW section of Seabreeze Street eastern back alleys
Gold Beetle: NE corner of Seabreeze Street western docks (behind ramp)
Gold Beetle: NW area of Merchants' Bazaar southern stall area
Gold Beetle: Near Recruitment Centre
Gold Beetle: Arenafront Wharf NE area
Make your first exchange at the Gold Beetle Vendor here for a potent accessory

Find an Inn
X
As you're free to explore the town and shops are all open, you can do your discounted shopping today. There's also a few vendors to note:
- The accessory vendor in the market area has some nice stuff, but changes his wares every day. One of them boosts A-EXP gain for the wearer, which will be pointed out later when it's on sale.
- The Eugief in the first area will only sell meds to us for now, we need to come back much later to access the rest of their wares.
After exchange, Gold Beetles held: 4
July 21st
X
X
July 22nd
8.4x trade at MAG vendor
Archetypal Ring (A-EXP Boost) on sale at accessory vendor for 40k
You'll want 7 in total to optimise grinding out archetypes for all characters later.
If you can't afford them all yet, it's here every Watersday.

More story, no combat
X
July 23rd
Quest: Soldier's Solace (Just in front of your Inn)
Get the book from Julian near Angler's Inn Square Fountain
Quest: Deeds and Diversions (Nightprowler area)
Quest: The Chalice vs. The Brew (Arenafront Wharf)
While you're here, give the man in pain a medicinal herb for bait and gear. We want the bait in particular for fishing later.
Head up to the arena and talk to the Deeds and Diversions target NPC
Quest: Superior Scrimshaw (Merchants' Bazaar)
Quest: Efflorescent Youth (Seabreeze Street south)
Quest: Dental Distress (Seabreeze Street west)
Hunt Pickup: Fatolich
Head to the informant in the tavern for a boatload of info.
Grand Trad St. Fermis Church: Buy Rainbow Flower
Head to Grand Trad Market, progress Strohl's quest
Gold Beetle: Grand Trad Market stalls, SE end of NE group of stalls
Gold Beetle: Martira Cattleracket Road, directly in front after you TP there
Quest Hand-in: Efflorescent Youth

Bond: Strohl
Debate: Merchants' Bazaar Podium (We should help anyone)
Jin Debate

Gold Beetles Held: 6
July 24th
Bond: Bardon
Debate: Merchants' Bazaar Podium (You only parrot Louis!)
Glodell Debate
July 25th
Toilet Luck
Dungeon: Infiltrate the Charadrius
X
July 26th
Bond: Bardon
Debate: Merchants' Bazaar Podium (The tribes must stand together)
Rudolf Debate
July 27th
Bond: Strohl
Debate: Merchants' Bazaar Podium (Beauty is deeper than our skin!)
Eloquence Rank Up (4)
Milo Debate
July 28th
Bond: Maria
Arena: Ranked Match
We have 12 fights in total to be done in the arena, 11 ranked and 1 gauntlet. There's a lot of good prizes to be won, and a lot of Courage stat that can be gained at the same time. We're also required to get to at least gold for the gauntlet match, and win 30 matches in the gauntlet for an achievement.
July 29th
6 Days of Travelling coming up! Make sure you check supplies/gear before departing!
Travel: Inundo -> Tomb of Lament -> Tower -> Gracia Forest

Bond: Hulkenburg
Stop at Inundo to buy a toothbrush!
Bond: Heismay
Major discount at weapon and armour stores today.

For the first section of the upcoming trip, there shouldn't be anything to cook here. As always, if you need to catch up, you can cook on any time slot you're travelling.

These will be the last dungeons before moving on to the next town. You'll want about 500-600k cash to buy everything. With quest rewards, selling extraneous items and your cash on hand, you shouldn't really need to grind at all, but the tower is likely the best out of the three dungeons if you're particularly concerned.
July 30th
Toilet Luck
Read: The Future of Magic (It won't work for everyone)
Vista

Dungeon: Tomb of Lament (Target: Fatolich + Relic) Gold Beetles: 2
Camp here -> Go somewhere else tomorrow
Bond: Neuras
We now have access to our first Elite archetype, Samurai. Since we need General at 15 for More's requests, make sure to level it to at least that point before changing to Samurai.
If you no longer stun the mimics here, consider entering directly into squad combat so you can steal their blessed water. These mobs do not respawn.
Make sure you get a few Giant Ribs for cooking from the roaming minotaurs. Thankfully, these guys respawn if you don't happen to get any drops your first time through.

Gold Beetles Held: 8
August 1st - August 17th
August 1st
Continue onwards to the Tower via the north-eastern route

Cooking: Steadfast Stew
Read: The Future of Magic (Immediately is too rash)
Cooking: Precision Fermented Ribs
Read: The Future of Magic (We have to live and fight on)
Wisdom Rank Up (3)
August 2nd
Read: Bygone Days

Dungeon: Forsaken Tower (Target: Orgas) Gold Beetles: 1
Camp here -> Go somewhere else tomorrow
Read: Bygone Days
Gold Beetles Held: 9
August 3rd
Travel towards Gracia Forest
Read: Bygone Days
Read: Bygone Days
Tolerance Rank Up (4)
August 4th
Read: The Future of Magic

Dungeon: Gracia Forest (Target: Dragonthistle Berries) Gold Beetles: 1
Return to town
Gold Beetles Held: 10
August 5th
Quest Hand-in: Soldier's Solace
Hunt Hand-in: Fatolich
Courage Rank Up (3)
Quest Hand-in: The Chalice vs. The Mead
Speak to the NPC at the arena about your trip to the tower, receive the deed
Quest Hand-in: Deeds and Diversions
Quest Hand-in: Superior Scrimshaw
Quest Hand-in: Dental Distress (Receive Gold Beetle x1)
Toilet Luck

Bond: Maria
Courage: Bungee Jump (save scum until you succeed)
With this third bungee jump, you should get your achievement.

Gold Beetles Held: 11
August 6th
Bond: Bardon
Bond: Heismay
August 7th
Bond: Maria
Bond: Brigitta
August 8th
Bond: Bardon
Bond: Alonzo
August 9th
Bond: Strohl
Bond: Brigitta
August 10th
Toilet Luck
Bond: Bardon
Bond: Alonzo
August 11th
Arena: Ranked Match
Arena: Ranked Match
August 12th
Arena: Ranked Match
Bond: Alonzo
The reward from this ranked match is a piece of gear that further increases A-EXP gains. With the earrings all purchased, this rounds out your archetype grind gear.
August 13th
Story
X
August 14th
Forced travel begins

Cooking: Cursed Love Ballad
Fishing: Tail Bait (Give in to nap time / thrash and splash / think like a fish)
Cooking: Secretest of Secrets
Talk with Junah
We need Queen's Honey for a recipe later. Your fishing here should yield 1 Lord of the Lake, and 2 Queen's Honeys, if you select whichever of the options listed is available to you.
August 15th
Toilet Luck
Read: Top Secret Poetry! DO NOT READ!
Forced Combat
August 16th
Talk with any one of your friends to receive an accessory with +5 All stats.
They all have the same stats, but each friend gives a different accessory with flavour text saying it was from them. I chose to talk to Gallica.
Talk with Junah
August 17th
X
X
August 18th - August 30th
August 18th
Save your major shop for August 20
Gold Beetle: Back of Tavern outer walkway
Gold Beetle: Near the ladder at the top of the western high point
Gold Beetle: Behind Dragon Statue (go up the ramp from the Plaza TP and look behind the statue)
Gold Beetle: Behind the boxes near your Gaunntlet Runner
Buy 1 Monster Bone before you leave for cooking

Travel: Dragon Temple
Cooking: Finisher Noodles
Read: Top Secret Poetry! DO NOT READ!
X
August 19th
Quest: Peak Curiosity (Just outside Inn)
Quest: The Price of Hope (Down the path from previous questgiver)
Get Intel from Informant in the tavern
Hunt Pick-up: Psyocropos
Head to Gold Beetle Exchange to trade in for a nice piece of gear
You can head to each of the informants to get their info, but it doesn't really do anything
Grand Trad Item shop: Buy Parchwater, get Gold Beetle in the corner
Igniter Shop: Get Igniter Appraised by listening to the clerk
Hand in Parchwater
Quest Hand-in: The Price of Hope
Quest: Save the Mourning Snakes (Junah, behind you after handing in parchwater)
Quest: A Guiding Gift (Back near Inn)
Gold Beetle: Directly past the previous questgiver on the east edge of your current area

Arena: Ranked Match
Courage Rank Up (4)
Bond: Brigitta
The intel available will allow us to access the rest of the Eugief's wares on Seabreeze Street. They sell mask components ffor Junah on most days, and monster cooking ingredients on Idlesday. You can only buy 1 of each mask material each day, and the types available change based on the day of the week. It is possible to get all of these materials through monster drops, but if there's some you seem to be missing later in the game, make use of this vendor to get the last of what you need.

After exchange, Gold Beetles Held: 4
August 20th
Shopping Day (Weapons/Armour will be 40% off due to combined discounts)
Grab at least 1 Queen's Honey from the water vendor
Travel: Dragon Temple
Toilet Luck
Cooking: Sweeter than Poison
Read: Top Secret Poetry! DO NOT READ!

Dungeon: Dragon Temple (Target: 3x Polar Stones + Story Quest)
Return to Town
This dungeon is particularly large and long. Set aside around 3-4 hours to full clear.
August 21st
Quest Hand-in: A Guiding Gift
Quest: The Trial of Malnova (Eupha)
Talk to Clumsy Boy near Eupha for a Gold Beetle

Travel to Land of Ceremony
Cooking: Holistic Whitefish Platter
Meditate with Eupha
Vista
Cooking: Stale Blackbread
Chat with Junah
We can now pay to have weather cleared for us. Whether you choose to make use of this function or not is up to you. This guide will often opt to head to a dungeon during bad weather for the extra EXP.

Gold Beetles Held: 5
August 22nd
Cooking: Almighty Golden Stew
Read: The Future of Magic

Dungeon: Land of Ceremony (Target: ♥♥♥♥ Pento + Relic) Gold Beetles: 1
Return to town
Gold Beetles Held: 6
August 23rd
Relax at the Beach
Wisdom Rank Up (4)
Help out Fabienne at the Honeybee Inn (Just scrape the top)
Achievement: Cooking with Maria
August 24th
Bond: Hulkenburg
Bond: Heismay
We now have access to over 25 archetypes, and can rank up More. If you've already gotten Samurai (an Elite archetype) to 20, you can get More to Rank 8 today.
I recommend getting Soul Hacker to 20 ASAP, as Emerald Vortex is a powerful AOE Wind spell that ignores resistances.
August 25th
Travel: Orbwise Path -> Silento -> Spire of Blind Faith
Toilet Luck
Meditate with Eupha (Breathe deeply)

Dungeon: Orbwise Path (Target: Kokasadors) Gold Beetles: 2
Camp here -> Go somewhere else tomorrow
Bond: Neuras
Gold Beetles Held: 8
August 26th
Continue towards the spire
Meditate with Eupha (Focus on my numbness)
Stop and shop in Silento before continuing on
Chat with Junah
August 27th
Bond: Heismay
Bond: Hulkenburg
August 28th
Read: The Future of Magic

Dungeon: Spire of Blind Faith (Target: Leogron) Gold Beetles: 1
Return to town
I recommend grinding your main damage dealers to lvl 57+ here for a boss fight in a few days. There is a good spot at the top of the tower, just before the boss to grind. Enter Akademeia, leave, kill skeletons, go down a floor, kill the 3 big mobs, go back up, kill the mimic, re-enter Akademeia and repeat. You can also use this mimic to stock up on Graced Waters.

Gold Beetles Held: 9
August 29th
Brilehaven MAG exchange will be at 11.2x today. We'll eventually see 16x later (Sep 26), but trading around 300k MAG now will set you up for the rest of the game if you want to trade now. If you did some grinding just before this, you should have plenty spare to trade, though you'll need to go through around 2m MAG if you plan on unlocking all archetypes on all characters.

Quest Hand-in: Peak Curiosity
Bond: Eupha
Bond: Alonzo
Major discount at weapon and armour shop today. Combined with our follower perks, there's now a total 50% off.
August 30th
Toilet Luck
Save before talking to Bardon. His bond activity involves fighting a level 60 boss.
Bond: Junah
September 1st - September 17th
September 1st
Bond: Eupha
Arena: Ranked Match
September 2nd
Bond: Alonzo
Bond: Junah
September 3rd
Bond: Eupha
Arena: Ranked Match
Courage Rank Up (5)
September 4th
Travel: Inundo
Fix your party formation!
Meditate with Eupha (A burning fire)

Defeat the candidate, then head back to base
If you haven't already, talk to the NPC near the meat vendor in Eht Ria. Take on the squirming eyes in order to get more tail bait.

Bond: Junah
This travel is purely to face off against the gauntlet runner before we move on. Since there's not much else to do in this time slot, it fits in well.
September 5th
Toilet Luck
Buy all of the talismans available in the island market.
Bond: Eupha
X
These talismans will allow you to unlock more summons earlier. You may well be able to unlock all summons at the end without purchasing these talismans, but with the amount of cash that you should have on hand, their purchase shouldn't be an issue.
September 6th
X
You can spend the evening with a character of your choice. This time, the rewards differ by character, each giving a weapon for the lineage they're related to (All 320 ATK with small MP recovery every turn in battle):
- Strohl: Warrior
- Hulkenburg: Knight
- Neuras: Gunner
- Heismay: Thief
- Junah: Masked Dancer
- Eupha: Summoner
- Gallica: Mage
I chose Gallica again for my first playthrough
I'd love to see someone dedicated enough to go through to NG+7 for all the weapons and accessories from character interactions!

Once back in the Inn for the evening, it's a good opportunity to spam through Gallica's 100 interactions for the achievement. She only has the single line when you interact, so it doesn't get any faster than this.
September 7th
Fish: Tail bait (Give in to nap time / thrash and splash / think like a fish)
Talk with Eupha
Same as before, we need Queen's Honey for a recipe later. Your fishing here should yield 1 Lord of the Lake, and 2 Queen's Honeys.
September 8th
Read: How to Walk Outside the Island
Vista
Read: How to Walk Outside the Island
September 9th
Read: How to Walk Outside the Island
Tolerance Rank Up (5)
Vista
Shop tomorrow
Gold Beetle: Right hand side of the street on your way in
Gold Beetle: Down the stairs on the right before the bridge leading to the next map
Gold Beetle: Bottom of Whitepeaks Magic Shop
Gold Beetle: Blue Sky Bridge, just south of the weapons store
Gold Beetle: Opera House Square, at the FAR end of the bridge

Find an Inn
Gold Beetles Held: 14
September 10th
No Toilet Luck today...
Gold Beetle: Skyward Tavern
Do your shopping before heading to the Opera House

Enter the Opera House
X
Gold Beetles Held: 15
September 11th
X
X
September 12th
X
X
September 13th
Speak to Loveless to put his runner on the map
Speak to Rudolf to put his runner on the map
Quest: Warmth in Winter (Man just outside Inn)
Quest: Proof of Power (Opera House Square, soldier near TP point)
Extra: Give a Medicinal Herb to the man in pain on lower Blue Sky Bridge for tail bait and gear
Hunt Pickup: Icebeast Chimenzahn
Buy Info from Informant to unlock Tower of Insolence
Head to the Gold Beetle Exchange to get yourself a potent piece of armour

Travel: Malva
Cooking: Amber Stew
Bond: Basilio
Defeat Loveless, buy durable spider silk in Malva, then head back to town
Quest: Defeat Milo (speak to Loveless outside the Inn)
Quest Hand-in: Warmth In Winter
Speak to Milo outside the Recruitment Centre to put his runner on the map

Debate: Upper Blue Sky Bridge Podium (The present day matters too)
Eloquence Rank Up (5)
Imagination Rank Up (5)
Today is the last debate against Julian. You should get your achievement after beating him.

After exchange, Gold Beetles Held: 2
September 14th
Travel: Milo's Runner
Cooking: Enchanted Pottage
Read: Literacy Workbook
Quest Hand-in: Defeat Milo
Bond: Catherina
September 15th
Toilet Luck
Bond: Basilio
Bond: Junah
September 16th
Bond: Eupha
Bond: Catherina
September 17th
Travel: Rudolf's Runner
Cooking: Indestructible Honey Cake
Bond: Basilio
Bond: Alonzo
September 18th - October 3rd
September 18th
Travel: Everfrost Forest
Cooking: Adamantine Honey Cake
Sublime Spoonful Recipe unlocked
Bond: Junah
Vista

Dungeon: Everfrost Forest (Target: Icebeast Chimenzahn + Relic) Gold Beetles: 1
Return to town
You should be short 1 fish for the Sublime Spoonful recipe. We will get this as a quest reward later. If you are short Gauntlet Shrooms, make a visit to the pantry every day until you have what you need.
Gold Beetles Held: 3
September 19th
Hunt Hand-in: Icebeast
Bond: Basilio
Bond: Catherina
September 20th
Travel: Scoundrel's Hold
Toilet Luck
Read: Literacy Workbook
Bond: Neuras
September 21st
Play a match of Hexachess against Hulkenburg

Dungeon: Scoundrel's Hold (Target: Psyocropos + Relic) Gold Beetles: 1
Return to town
Gold Beetles Held: 4
September 22nd
Hunt Hand-in: Psyocropos
Bond: Basilio
Bond: Alonzo...?
September 23rd
X
X
If you happen to study all currently available archetypes with MC, you'll get a piece of gear that you can't seem to use yet...
September 24th
Gold Beetle: After the cutscene looking over the burnt village, turn back to the fork in the road and take the other side.
X
This is another Gold Beetle that can be permanently missed! On the second map, after the cutscene make sure you turn around and grab it before progressing!

Gold Beetles Held: 5
September 25th
X
X
September 26th
Quest: The Edge of Glory (Near the MAG trader)
Quest: The Queen of Cuisine: Soul (Sunlumeo Street west side)
Immediately talk to her again and hand in Indestructible Honey Cake
Quest: Trial of the Dragon: Mad Mischief (Port Brilehaven Angler Inn Square)
Quest: Trial of the Dragon: Heroes' Rest (Eht Ria Dragon Statue Plaza)
Quest: Trial of the Dragon: Bygone Legacy (Altabury Heights Upper Blue Sky Bridge East)
Quest: Deliver Hot Spring Water (Altabury Heights Upper Blue Sky Bridge West)
Hunt Pickup: Ordemos, Bandit Chief Cistus, Kokamordos
Head around to all the Informants to get all the info you need
Gold Beetle: Martira Item Shop

Bond: Basilio
MAG exchange in Altabury Heights is 16x. This is as good as it gets, so if you want a trade, now's the time.

Go see Daturam at Angler's Inn Square (Doesn't consume a time slot)

Head to the hot springs in Altabury Heights Lower Blue Sky Bridge to finish a quest
The Lord of the Lake received from the Queen of Cuisine quest will give you the last of what you need for the Sublime Spoonful. If you're missing Gauntlet Shrooms, try save scumming the pantry for some over the next few days. If you're missing Queen's Honey, buy it from the water vendor on Eht Ria Island (If you already have, you will need to fish some up later during free time using any bait, some of which can be bought from the kids on Cattleracket Road).

Gold Beetles Held: 6
September 27th
Quest Hand-in: Deliver Hot Spring Water (Also gives 1 x Gold Beetle)
Travel: Mt. Vulkano
Cooking: Sublime Spoonful (Achievement)
Read: Literacy Workbook (Achievement)

Dungeon: Mt. Vulkano (Target: Sanctor Hyperic + Relic + Sword) Gold Beetles: 1
Return to town
Gold Beetles Held: 8
September 28th
Head to the Gold Beetle Exchange to get a weapon and achievement!
Quest Hand-in: The Edge of Glory

Bond: Basilio
Bond: Neuras
There are a few more gold beetles we will come across, but we have now finished all exchanges.
September 29th
Bond: Bardon
Bond: Neuras
Last Major discount at weapon and armour stores today.
September 30th
Toilet Luck
Talk to the guard near the Grand Trad Recruitment Centre to put Jin's runner on the map
Travel: Jin's Runner
Read: The Future of Magic

Defeat Jin and return to town
Bond: Junah
October 1st
Travel: Disgraced Ruins
Read: The Future of Magic
Vista

Dungeon: Disgraced Ruins (Target: Bandit Chief) Gold Beetles: 1
Return to town
The respawning mimics at the end of this dungeon are, by far, the best A-EXP grind spot in the game. As there are a good number of spare days in this schedule, you can come back here later during blight for more EXP, and break up the grinding as you wish.
We will be following this up with one of the hardest bosses in the game, for which you will need moves that ignore resistances. Leave once you have a decent amount of A-EXP items on hand in preparation.
October 2nd
Hunt Hand-in: Bandit Chief

Bond: Basilio
Bond: Brigitta
October 3rd
Arena: Ranked Match
Bond: Catherina
You now have access to all archetypes. I recommend studying (unlocking) them all on MC for a potent reward. You can also get similar rewards for doing the same on your other party members.
October 4th - END
October 4th
Travel: Tower of Insolence
Read: The Future of Magic
Vista
Wisdom Rank Up (5)

Dungeon: Tower of Insolence (Target: Dragon Trial + Ziocropos) Gold Beetles: 1
Return to town
We now have all social stats at max rank, and all vistas visited. Drop by Maria to hand her all of your pictures, and they'll be put up in the Honeybee Art Gallery that you can check out whenever you like.
Once you complete this dragon trial, know that you're more than prepared for the remainder of the game! Well, Almost...
October 5th
Toilet Luck
Quest Hand-in: Proof of Power
Bond: Eupha
Bond: Junah
October 6th
Travel: Abandoned Path
Free Activity
Free Activity
We now have a lot of free time on our hands. I would simply recommed saving the rainbow bathsalts for NG+ if you plan to do the extra hard fight there. Otherwise, do whatever you wish!
If you are short Gauntlet Shrooms for the Sublime Spoonful, planting seeds will occasionally yield some. Cleaning the storage room may yield Tail Bait for fishing.
October 7th
Bond: Eupha

Dungeon: Abandoned Path (Target: Ordemos) Gold Beetles: 1
Return to town
Today, we finish with bonds! We now only have dungeons and the arena left to complete over the next 20 days. Once you've mastered everyone's Royal Archetype, talk to More to receive an important item.
October 8th
Hunt Hand-in: Ordemos
Travel: Skybound Avatar

Dungeon: Skybound Avatar (Target: Louis)
Return to town
October 9th
Travel: Manor of the Ascendant
Free Activity

Dungeon: Manor of the Ascendant (Target: Kokamordos) Gold Beetles: 1
Return to town
October 10th
Toilet Luck
Hunt Hand-in: Kokamordos
Travel: Forsaken Tower
Free Activity

Dungeon: Forsaken Tower (Target: Dragon Trial)
Return to town
October 11th
Travel: Spire of Blind Faith
Free Activity

Dungeon: Spire of Blind Faith (Target: Dragon Trial)
Return to town
Take a look at what components you still require for your mask experiments, and make use of the Seabreeze Street Eugief stall to wrap them up. You will likely get some or all of those components in the last dungeon, but you should have plenty of cash to spare to finish this early for peace of mind.
October 12th
Travel: Dragon Temple
Free Activity

Dungeon: Dragon Temple (Target: Superboss)
Return to town
This will likely be the hardest fight of your playthrough. As we have abundant free time, you can freely move this to a later date if you want to prepare some more. Completing this will give you an achievement and some nice equipment.
October 13th
Arena: Ranked Match
Arena: Gold Gauntlet Match (get 30 wins in a row for an achievement)
October 14th
Free Activity
Free Activity
October 15th
Toilet Luck
Arena: Ranked Match
Arena: Special Match
Today should round out the vast majority of achievements. You may still have combat achievements, such as using 50 synthesis skills or 100k reeve used on skills, left to get. Make use of the upcoming free time to wrap everything up.
October 16th - 23rd
Free Activity
Free Activity
October 24th
Free Activity
Free Activity
You'll need to be available tomorrow night to talk with your followers
October 25th
Toilet Luck
Free Activity
Chat with all of your followers for important items before resting
You can interact with Gallica to teleport to each of your followers. Just take the top option each time, as they're removed from the list after you talk to them.
October 26th
Final Dungeon
X
In order to get one of the achievements, head straight for the objective and final boss without fighting any side bosses (remember to save right before the end). Once you defeat the final boss at its full power and get the achievement, you can reload, go back and fight all the side bosses, and re-clear before saving your clear data if you so choose.
There is one last grind spot on the last map. The 2 spawners that spawn teeth mobs can occasionally spawn a giant tooth. Squad combat will result in 1 giant gold, and 1 giant platinum tooth. Both teeth drop an accessory that repels physical attacks, and they also have a rare Health or Energy Incense steal/drop. EXP, A-EXP and MAG are all good here, so grind to your heart's content before you finish the game! If you destroy the spawner, just head to Akademeia and it'll respawn.

Congratulations on completing the game!
37 Comments
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kaiser 5 Jun @ 4:54am 
i followed this guide on my first run in the game
kaiser 5 Jun @ 4:53am 
anyone know a good follow up schedule guide for new game plus runs not needing royal virtues and mostly focusing on gear bonds and story?
kaiser 3 Jun @ 12:30am 
august 24th night i could not bond with heismay as my imagination was not high enough. it is very possible i have missed something and now will have to bond with a different character and come back to this later im guessing.
TheShadowHatter 14 May @ 8:56pm 
and funnily enough, I got the Briny Salt from the pantry after making this vent comment. I would suggest for OP if they still update this, to include reminders to check the pantry like they did with the toilet luck. Maybe I'm the only one, but sometimes games like this with time mechanics always make me overthink what I need to do and I end up forgetting small things like the pantry, and so having those reminders would be helpful.
TheShadowHatter 14 May @ 8:43pm 
Wish this guide was a bit more thorough. I followed it all until July 17th, where I was SUPPOSED to make Coney Stew, but I only have 1 Briny Salt instead of the 2 I require. I suppose OP had 2 at the moment and didn't think of mentioning ways to get Briny Salt in here, but regardless, now I feel stuck. I suppose I'll have to continue with the guide and hope that I come across Briny Salt again, and even then, remember that I'm missing the Coney Stew in the first place in order to make it. Just feels annoying now since I'm the type to follow guides strictly and so I assumed OP would have mentioned somewhere about when to specifically seek out this Briny Salt. Anyways decent guide so far, but yeah just needed to vent for a bit.
Wehzy 12 Mar @ 11:38am 
This guide actually sucks. He said two times go to the main objective before leveling up and now i gotta replay 2 hours for the second time because im under level'd.
Macus64 10 Mar @ 3:15am 
Thanks for all your work on this, it's really helped.

I thought there was a mistake, but I believe now that on August the 24th Night, the only way to progress the Bond for Heismay is to ensure you rank up More as mentioned in your notes... the only change I'd suggest would be to capture "Imagination Rank Up (4)" somewhere on this day to make it more obvious this is required before continuing.
Wehzy 4 Mar @ 8:33am 
There is no way to clear Belega Corridor before Grand Cathedral. I wasted 2 hours and i always get one shot killed.
Arion 5 Feb @ 9:40am 
Right, so the last one requires new game+ ... or does it? Noway i'm replaying the whole thing again, and thankfully there's an easy to fix to this problem: https://fearlessrevolution.com/viewtopic.php?t=31583&start=75

That's a cheat table that can turn on the new game plus flag, enabling you to fight the superboss without replaying the game. It can also change the difficulty from Storyteller to something else, even Regicide if you want, thus enabling the fight.

Let's be honest, having to start over... That's a big time waster. I could play the game again like 5 years later or something, but not right away no thanks.
Goonan  [author] 3 Feb @ 4:05pm 
@Arion added a bit to the "Before you Begin" section about working on sword-surfing, cheers.