Created Sunday January 6, 2002
Version 1.0
Written By: Darksword  ([email protected])

Towards The Future Online Quest SS Rank Walkthrough

In PSO there has been released, an online quest in which you can earn some
really cool legit weapons.  To earn some of these weapons, you need only to
kill all enemies, and for certain others you must win without dying.  The
ranking system is as follows:

SS rank - 2 ways to earn it, 2 different weapon selections.  Must win
without dying and fulfilling the other requirements (see below)
S rank - Your choice of the following weapons:  Plantain Fan, Drill
Launcher, Flight Fan, and Maser Beam.  Kill all enemies OR not die.
A rank - same as S rank
B rank - dont get jack
C rank - see B rank
D rank - ditto

The remaining weapons are the Yamigarasu, Huge Plantain Fan, Ano Rifle, and
Blue Ring.  For the Yamigarasu (a saber type with Death special, looks like
a purple glass Agito) and the Huge Plantain Fan (looks like errrr, well its
a partisan type and an AWESOME weapon.  HUnewearl and Force only)  you must
complete the first condition SS rank:  Kill 197 enemies and dont die.

The Blue Ring (shield with better evasion that Tripolic shield, and just
plain looks cool) and Ano Rifle (looks like a freaky WW1 Machinegun, very
powerful, awesome legit weapon for all Rangers) you must complete, what is
arguably the most difficult task in PSO: the second condition SS rank.  Kill
no more than 20 enemies and dont die.  The first condition SS is pretty
self-explanatory, but the 20 baddie quest is extremely difficult.  The full
walkthrough is below.

The first SS rank condition is easy: kill everything that moves. There are
also some secret rooms in mines and caves that youll have to enter and
leave, in which case new enemies will appear. I spent over 100 attempts with
my group before we completely deciphered the 20 baddie SS rank. Tried using
mamaks maps and theyre not specific enough to do ANY good. Heres the "Master
List" of enemies to kill.

Forest: Only kill the Hidelt, then move through the door. Run through the
not-open boss warp pad, and a new enemy will appear by the door you came in.
Kill it and go to the boss.

Caves:  When you enter the first room, run along the left wall and go
through the fake wall section into a secret room. A vulmer will appear back
in the main room, kill it and move on. In the next room, lean heavily to the
left side of the doorway when you go in. Vulmers will spawn blocking the
door, this should allow you to skim around them before your target, an Ob
lilly, can lock its megid onto you. Kill it and move on. Next room, a lilly
spawns in the center of the room, so kill it and move on. Last room, run
into the room and touch the locked door. As the 4 slimes pop up to attack,
cast jellen on them. The biggest problem in this quest is keeping certain
enemies from killing EACHOTHER, if they do it counts as an extra kill and
you lose. Now run back out of the room and watch the radar. After a few
seconds a new blip will appear in the center of the room, its a pan arms.
Have your teammates skirt the left wall as they head for the door, to draw
the slimes towards them. Kill the panarms when it pops up and the door will
open, go kill De Rol.

Mines: Run to the far end of the first room and kill the Sred, move on. Do
NOT kill the traps that shoot foie. In the room filled with canadines, your
target is in the left hand row, farthest one. You can tell because it will
float up in the air to zonde you. Kill it and move on. Next room, run
straight through and through the fake wall directly across from the
entrance, and go into the little room. Run back and an Sred will drop from
the cieling, followed shortly by four Sblues! Kill the red quickly and the
door will open. Now the hard room. Run in FAST, because 3 beranz will appear
behind you, and if you arent in the room, will completely block the doorway.
you HAVE to hold these guys somehow! Have androids use freeze traps, have a
force cast jellen 30 on them to lower their attack, use an srank special and
hope for paralysis, ANYTHING, as these guys will kill eachother SOO fast
with those damn missiles. Just past the beranz a Dubchic will spawn. Knock
it down and kill the dubswitch in the northwest corner, then move on to Vol
Opt.  For this boss fight, you must watch out for Vol Opts green energy
ball.  It encloses you in a little prison of rocks that is ALWAYS ONE HIT
KILL online!  If he catches you with it, your teammates can destroy the
rocks holding you.  If they cannot, you will die and you cant get SS rank.

Ruins: First room, run straight down the center of the claws and gun down
the Deathbringer that appears, move on. In the farthest corner of the next
room, a Granz Sorceror is waiting. Waste him, then head out the bottom left
door and take the warp. Then go back through the warp and exit the main room
via the top right door. Entering the warp caused a single Arlan to spawn in
the next room, kill him and the door to DF is open.

DF: This guys a real punk in this quest. The reverser trick DOES NOT work on
him here, you actually have to beat him. Thats not too hard in an of itself,
but the catch is you have to do it without DYING. Youll need this AT
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM;

Over 1290 HP. My first time beating him, I had to equip 4 God/HPs and a Last
survivor to get 1296 and survive his claw swipe.

A mag, either Soniti, Apsaras, Rhibava, or any mag that gives invincibility
in all 3 situations; Boss fight, PB, and low HP.

Some weapons, preferably mechguns, with hella dark %s. I use hacked srank
psychoguns 60% dark.

An optional cheese needle to deal with his first form.

Finally a little luck because:

If your mag doesnt invince you at the start of the fight, youll be killed by
his techs in his second form, and his Heavens Punishment and spikes in third
form.

If you dont have over 1290 HP, his claw swipe will kill you. there is NO WAY
to reduce the damage! 9999 Defense and youll still die, it takes off a fixed
amount of HP.  1290 is the magic number.

Have trimates on a hotkey, and when the swipes is coming, MASH THAT BUTTON.
He always swipes as his first attack in his fourth form. You should survive,
and instantly heal, and your mag should invince you. Then waste his final
form at your leisure.

There are other possible ways of beating DFs last form however.  If your mag
doesnt invince you at his claw swipe, you can do this:  When he shoots those
blue balls at you, dont try to run!  Stand still and mash your trimate
button.  You WILL survive, I garuntee it.  Just mash the button.  With this,
your PB may well be filled up for invince, and if not, his Grants may make
you critical and youll be invinced from that.


Credits:
Rhys of IGN  (best questing partner you could ask for)
Raven/Sparda (old V1 friend, great to play with, helped out alot)
Stillness of GameFAQS (the little force that could, helped us get SS1 for
the first time)
C MO Cash of GameFAQS (reminded me about Vol Opts one hit kill)

Disclaimer:  you can use this guide anyplace you like, but do not alter it
and give due credit to myself and my friends who dedicated over 20 hours of
our lives to figuring this crap out ^_^

LONG LIVE PSO!!!

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