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There are a total of 6 classes in this game. All of them can be upgraded making a total of 12.

• Fighter / Knight: A well-balanced class for physical attack, can equip a majority of equipment. When upgraded to a Knight, this class can learn low level white magic spells.
  
• Thief / Ninja: Good at speed and accuracy. Until it is upgraded to Ninja, Thief is not a really useful class. Ninja can equip most of the equipment and can low to mid-level black magic.
  
• Monk / Master: As a master of martial art, Monk is very strong in physical attack in early game. Although it lacks growth, especially, defensive stats and cannot use magic.
  
• Red Mage / Red Wizard: Is jack of all trade class. It can equip a majority of equipment, can learn some low to mid-level black and white magic.
  
• White Mage / White Wizard: The best class in term support, white mage can heal, revive, and provide various support the team.
  
• Black Mage / Black Wizard: This class specializes in dealing magic damage and can learn the highest level of black magic.

By default, your main party consists of "Fighter", "Thief", "White Mage", and "Black Mage". However, you can mix and match your party whatever class you like, make sure it makes sense. For example, 4 Black Belts don't really make any sense.

You learn black and white magic by buying them from magic shops. Here are things you need to know:

• There are 8 levels of black and white magic. Each level has its own MP, cap at 9 MP each.
  
• MP is basically the number of times you can use the magic.
  
• There are 4 spells for each level, but you can only learn 3 magic spells. So you have to choose wisely what one spell you don't need for each level. I personally DON'T learn spells that cure ailment status that items can cure, because it is a waste of slot.
  
• Some equipment can be used to cast spells during a battle, you can read the description of the equipment if it mentions something like ".... that casts (spell) when used.". To use it, go to "Items", then select that equipment to use the magic.
  
• Some classes can learn magic too like Red Mage/Red Wizard can learn some of low to mid-level of black and white magic, Knight can learn basic white magic, and Ninja can learn basic black magic.

Character's position is very important too. The top 2 slots are more likely to be hit the most. By default, here is the composition:

• Slot 1: Fighter
  
• Slot 2: Thief
  
• Slot 3: White Mage
  
• Slot 4: Black Mage

Mages are squishy heroes, so you want to put them at the 2 bottom slots.

There are 2 ways you can view the bestiary list:
1. From the main menu: "Main Menu" -> "Extra" -> "Bestiary".
2. During gameplay: "Menu" -> "Configuration" -> "Bestiary".

While on bestiary list, you can press Y button (or Tab on keyboard to view monster locations on the map). It provides a nice visual on the map.
Unknown monsters will be displayed as question marks so you cannot rely on the in-game bestiary list. You can view a full list of bestiary here to complete your achievement.

• Turn on/off "Encounters": this is an invaluable feature. I normally turn it on when I want to go through dungeon quickly.
  
• The new update includes a feature "Boost", it allows you to "EXP" and "Money" earn from battle. Just in case you don't want to spend time on grinding, this is your to-go setting.
  
• If you are stuck with bosses, it means that your level is low. Just grind a little bit and you'll be fine.
  
• Poison and Petrify ailment status do not wear off after the battle. So always stock up "Antidote" and "Gold Needle" as much as you can and use it to remove the poison after the battle.
  
• Always use "Quick Save" to frequently, especially before a boss fight.

Go up and enter the castle, then talk to the guard to initiate your first quest.


Leave the castle and enter Cornelia town.
The first thing you should do is to shop for weapons and armors, but don't overdo it as you only have 500G. Later on, you won't need to buy any gears as you progress through the game, you'll get better equipment from dungeons. So I'll list a of magic shops you can buy.


Our first Dungeon is located in the far north of Cornelia.
Once you reach the shrine, follow the map below and pick up 3 chests before fighting the boss in the middle. Ignore the chests in the 2 rooms on the right side for now.


Bestiary checklist:

• (B-010) Zombie
  
• (B-012) Garland

Enter the middle room for the boss fight.


This boss is really easy, keep hitting him with physical attack and magic, he will die in a few turns.

After defeating the boss, you'll appear in Castle Cornelia.
Leave the castle and head north to the bridge.

Let's make a detour for item collection first.

This town is in the far east of Cornelia and Matoya's Cave. Feel free to talk to town people for stories.

After you are done shopping, go to the house in the top-left corner of the town. Talk to the pirate to initiate a fight. These guys are super squishy anyway.
Once you defeated the pirates, you'll get a ship; it's docked just south of the town.

• When you are on the ship, Hold X button then press O very quickly (if you are on a keyboard, hold Enter key and press Backspace) until a mini-game screen popup; it's called "15 Puzzle Game".
  
• You don't have to complete the game to get the achievement, though.

This section is optional, but it serves as your stop before our next dungeon.


Once done, enter the town, Elfheim, and do some upgrade if you have money to spare. Everything here is expensive, so you don't have to buy all of them.

IMPORTANT: stock up as much as "Antidote" as you'll be encountering monsters with poison from here on.

Note: "Haste" is one of the best spells you can have, it greatly boosts number of hits on your damage dealers (Fighter/Monk/Red Mage etc.)


I suggest you grind a bit before going to the next dungeon. Upgrade your gears and stock up items.

Path to Marsh Cave.

Bestiary checklist:

• (010) Zombie
  
• (027) Green Slime
  
• (028) Crawler
  
• (029) Gray Ooze
  
• (030) Gargoyle
  
• (031) Bloodbones
  
• (032) Piscodemon

Backtrack to the previous floor, then go to the bottom room, proceed to F2-B (C).


These guys hit hard, if you lose to them, it means that your level is still low.
They are weak against "Thunder".

This guy can cast elemental magic so if you have any white magic start with "Nul*", use them to reduce the damage.
Support magic like "Protect", "Invis" also help to reduce some damages.
If you still cannot beat this guy, just farm a little bit more.

Give the "Crystal Eye" to her, she'll reward with a key item "Jolt Tonic".

Time to clean up chests that are locked by Mystic Key.



Immediately equip these weapons.


Equip these weapons immediately.


IMPORTANT: I highly recommend you buy some "Gold Needle" from Cornelia town before jumping to the next section. Our next dungeon has monsters that can petrify you.

Feel see to talk to everyone for some dialogues. There is this guy in the top-left room say something about "Adamantite". We'll come back later for this.
Leave the large room and give Nitro Powder to the guy standing outside at the bottom. He'll set a bomb open up a canal which you can cross to the outside sea with your ship.

Note: This town doesn't have an item shop, so if you want to stock up items, you'll have to go back to Cornelia.
If you have mages in your party, I suggest you buy "Silver Armlet" for them since they have very low defense. This Armlet provides a whopping +15 Defense.

Bestiary checklist:

• (030) Gargoyle
  
• (032) Piscodemon
  
• (034) Mummy
  
• (035) Wraith
  
• (041) Earth Elemental
  
• (043) Wight
  
• (044) Ochre Jelly
  
• (045) Cockatrice
  
• (046) Vampire

This boss is weak against fire, so "Firaga", "Fira", or "Fire" can finish him off quickly.

Pick up Star Ruby inside the chest after defeating the Vampire.

Leave the cave by turning off "Encounter" or using "Teleport".

Bestiary checklist:

• (030) Gargoyle
  
• (032) Piscodemon
  
• (034) Mummy
  
• (035) Wraith
  
• (041) Earth Elemental
  
• (043) Wight
  
• (044) Ochre Jelly
  
• (045) Cockatrice
  
• (046) Vampire
  
• (049) Lich

This boss is weak against fire and Dia, so use both spells to quickly kill him.

Once you are done, go to the east side of the town and talk to all elders to get a key item Canoe. This item allows you to paddle across shallow water.

Bestiary checklist:

• (029) Gray Ooze
  
• (058) Horned Devil
  
• (059) pyrolisk
  
• (060) Fire Elemental
  
• (061) Fire Hydra
  
• (062) Lava Worm
  
• (064) Fire Lizard
  
• (065) Fire Gigas
  
• (066) Red Dragon
  
• (067) Marilith

This boss is weak against the ice element, so Ice Band and Blizzara will deal great damage to him. You can further boost Ice Band with "Temper" (This spell can stack, so you should cast multiple time increase the damage).

Bestiary checklist:

• (031) Bloodbones
  
• (032) Piscodemon
  
• (034) Mummy
  
• (035) Wraith
  
• (043) Wight
  
• (045) Cockatrice
  
• (068) White Dragon
  
• (070) Mindflayer: These guys are super rare, you have higher chance of encounter in "Flying Fortress"
  
• (072) Specter
  
• (074) Dark Wizard
  
• (075) Evil Eye

This boss die in one hit. What can I say?

Bestiary checklist:

• (034) Mummy
  
• (058) Horned Devil
  
• (070) Mindflayer: These guys are super rare, you have higher chance of encounter in "Flying Fortress"
  
• (087) King Mummy
  
• (088) Medusa
  
• (089) Rakshasa
  
• (090) Clay Golem
  
• (091) Nightmare
  
• (092) Dragon Zombie

Follow the path, enter the top door; there is a monster blocking your path.

Entrances (D) and (E) have nothing but a few dragons, if you like conversation, you can enter and talk to them.

Take the entrance (F), then go south to and proceed to B2.


Leave the cave.

• Enter the house and buy Bottled Faerie for 40,000 gil.
  
• After you bought the battled faerie, new items will be available for sale.

IMPORTANT: Talk to the golem in the bottom-left room for a key item: (Warp Cube)

Bestiary checklist:

• (034) Mummy
  
• (059) pyrolisk
  
• (087) King Mummy
  
• (090) Clay Golem
  
• (091) Nightmare
  
• (108) Green Dragon

Immediately equip these newly acquired weapons then leave the cave.

Bestiary checklist:

(093) Sahagin Prince
• (094) White Shark
  
• (095) Deepeyes
  
• (096) Sea Snake
  
• (097) Sea Scorpion
  
• (098) sea Troll
  
• (099) Ghost
  
• (100) Water Elemental
  
• (101) Water Naga
  
• (102) Kraken

Wear these new gears immediately.
You can either exit using "Exit" or backtrack to the 3F-A.
Once you reach 3F-A floor, use the northwest exit (D).



This boss is weak against thunder, so any Thunder magic will deal great damage to him.

Bestiary checklist:

• (034) Mummy
  
• (045) Cockatrice
  
• (046) Vampire
  
• (059) pyrolisk
  
• (087) King Mummy
  
• (088) Medusa
  
• (091) Nightmare
  
• (104) Black Knight
  
• (105) Chimera
  
• (106) Guardian
  
• (107) Blue Dragon

Note: If you don't have the "Warp Cube", you won't be able to teleport (go back to Waterfall Cavern to get it from the golem).

Bestiary checklist:

• (056) Neochu
  
• (061) Fire Hydra
  
• (070) Mindflayer
  
• (075) Evil Eye
  
• (088) Medusa
  
• (089) Rakshasa
  
• (090) Clay Golem
  
• (091) Nightmare
  
• (104) Black Knight
  
• (105) Chimera
  
• (106) Guardian
  
• (109) Stone Golem
  
• (110) Air Elemental
  
• (111) Spirit Naga
  
• (112) Death Knight
  
• (113) Earth Medusa
  
• (114) Black Flan
  
• (115) Soldier
  
• (116) Vampire Lord
  
• (117) Dark Fighter
  
• (118) Warmech: This guy is super super rare and strong, I have a note below for you when it's time to farm it.
  
• (119) Tiamat

Note: there is an observation window in the middle where you can interact with. Nothing special.


IMPORTANT: Warmech, this guy only spawns in Flying Fortress - 5F, chance of encountering is very low, but you still need to complete your bestiary. Run back and forth on the bridge until you found it. Make sure you are always fully healed because this guy is nasty.

This guy can be tough if your level is low. Grind more if you cannot defeat him.
Use "Protera" and "Invisira", then keep healing your party. Black Mage uses "Haste" and "Temper" on your damage dealers.

Bestiary checklist:

• (041) Earth Elemental
  
• (046) Vampire
  
• (060) Fire Elemental
  
• (062) Lava Worm
  
• (064) Fire Lizard
  
• (065) Fire Gigas
  
• (066) Red Dragon
  
• (068) White Dragon
  
• (070) Mindflayer
  
• (074) Dark Wizard
  
• (090) Clay Golem
  
• (091) Nightmare
  
• (092) Dragon Zombie
  
• (093) Sahagin Prince
  
• (094) White Shark
  
• (095) Deepeyes
  
• (096) Sea Snake
  
• (097) Sea Scorpion
  
• (098) sea Troll
  
• (100) Water Elemental
  
• (101) Water Naga
  
• (104) Black Knight
  
• (105) Chimera
  
• (108) Green Dragon
  
• (109) Stone Golem
  
• (110) Air Elemental
  
• (112) Death Knight
  
• (113) Earth Medusa
  
• (114) Black Flan
  
• (116) Vampire Lord
  
• (117) Dark Fighter
  
• (120) Rhyos
  
• (121) Death Eye
  
• (122) Purple Worm
  
• (123) Iron Golem
  
• (124) Lich
  
• (125) Marilith
  
• (126) Kraken
  
• (127) Tiamat
  
• (128) Chaos

From here on, you'll have to fight a boss (the four fiends) on each floor until B5.

Use "Haste" and "Temper" on the damage dealers. He is also weak against Fire and Dia.


Use "Haste" and "Temper" on the damage dealers, then cast blizzard-based spell.


Just use "Haste" and "Temper" on the damage dealers, it's a relatively easy boss.


This guy is tough, so just give everything you got at him.


The final boss is waiting for you in the middle room.


Just give everything you got. If you got Black Mage, use "Haste" + "Temper" + "Temper" on your Fighter, it'll give a very nice boost.

THE END!

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