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| BIOMOTOR UNITRON | ARMS DEVELOPMENT FAQ
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System: Neo Geo Pocket Color
Developer/Publisher: Yumekobo
Genre: RPG
Size: 8-Megabit Cartridge

ARMS DEVELOPMENT FAQ
by Kelvin Koh ([email protected])
Version: 1.0
First Release : 18th September 1999

CONTENTS:
1) Introduction
2) Guide
3) Arms Development List
4) Miscellaneous

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1. INTRODUCTION
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One of the key aspects in BIOMOTOR UNITRON is the development of various
Arms (weapons) which you can use to customize your Unitron.

Arms Development play a very vital role. Constant experimentation with
various Arms and Material will usually pay off in the form of new &
powerful attacks. Having a wide range of Arms to choose from will enable
you to handle different enemies and adapt to many situations.

This FAQ lists all the available Arms in the game and how to obtain
them. Whether you are looking for a suitable Arm or merely reading out
of interest, I hope that this FAQ will be a helpful reference to all
BIO-UNI players. ^_^

*Please note that this FAQ is based on the English version of the game.
Some of the names may be different from that of the Japanese version.

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2. GUIDE
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The Arms listed in this FAQ will be arranged in the order that they
appear on the list in the game itself. Besides the combination for each
Arm, the EP and AF for each Arm is also listed.

2.1 ENERGY POINTS (EP)
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The EP of an Arm refers to the amount of Energy Points that is
required to attack with that particular Arm.
The EP can also be used as a rough guide to the destructive power of
an Arm. Generally, an Arm which requires a high EP to use is more powerful
than that with a lower EP usage.

2.2 AFFINITY (AF)
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The Affinity of an Arm is another factor which determines the
power of its attack. An Arm may possess any one of the following
elemental properties:

FR = FIRE
WD = WOOD
ER = EARTH
WT = WATER
WN = WIND
LI = LIGHT
DK = DARK

You would want to equip arms which are advantageous against
certain enemies in battle to maximise the effectiveness of an Arm's
attack.

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| AFFINITY | STRONG AGAINST | WEAK AGAINST |
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| FIRE | WOOD | WATER |
| WOOD | EARTH | FIRE |
| EARTH | WIND | WOOD |
| WATER | FIRE | WIND |
| WIND | WATER | EARTH |
| LIGHT | DARK | NONE |
| DARK | ALL | LIGHT |
+------------------------------------------+

2.3 MATERIALS
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The Materials found in the game are vital to the developement of Arms.
Mixing various Materials with different Arms may result in the creation of
newer Arms. However, some of these Materials are very rare, so you'll have
to decide very carefully when choosing an Arm to develope.

The following is a list of all the Materials in the game:
(arranged from the cheapest to the most valuable)

01. Steel *
02. Silver *
03. Gold *
04. Tungstan *
05. Platinum *
06. Mithril *
07. Salamander **
08. Dryad **
09. Undine **
10. Sylph **
11. Gnome **
12. Hirokin ***
13. Oricon ***
14. Zeus ***
15. Hades ***

The number of asterix (*) beside each Material displays its rarity.

COMMON (*)
- Can easily be bought from the Shop or found in Dungeons.

RARE (**)
- Obtained from Dungeons, Bosses, or certain Events.

VERY RARE (***)
- Similar to RARE, but these are very scarce throughout the entire game.

*** TIP ***

If you can afford it, you may want to pay COLLA a visit. He is
the Elf who lives in the FOREST, and will offer to sell you a random
Material each time you talk to him.
Try talking to him repeatedly to see what he has up for sale. Who knows;
He might have what you are looking for!

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3. ARMS DEVELOPEMENT LIST
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NOTES:

- The Arms listed below appear in the same order that they appear in the
game's item list itself.
- Although some of the Materials on this list can be substituted by
others to give exactly the same result, I have only put down the
cheapest Material combination for convenience.
- "n/a" indicates that the Arm can be bought directly from the Shop.
(Such Arms cannot be created.)

+---------------------+---------+--------------------------+
| ARMS | EP | AF | COMBINATIONS |
+---------------------+---------+--------------------------+

001. Battle Fist | 03 | FR | n/a
002. Power Hand | 06 | FR | Battle Fist + Steel
003. Armored Hand | 09 | FR | Power Hand + Tungstan

004. Silk Hand | 03 | WD | n/a
005. Oak Hand | 06 | WD | Silk Hand + Silver
006. Crossbow | 09 | WD | Oak Hand + Platinum

007. H-Gun | 03 | WT | n/a
008. Ice Blow | 06 | WT | H-Gun + Silver
009. Hydro | 09 | WT | Ice Blow + Platinum

010. Hawk | 03 | WN | n/a
011. Air Hand | 06 | WN | Hawk + Silver
012. Killer | 09 | WN | Air Hand + Platinum

013. Ogre | 03 | ER | n/a
011. Golem | 06 | ER | Ogre + Steel
012. Giant | 09 | ER | Golem + Tungstan

013. Magma | 03 | FR | n/a
014. Binder | 06 | FR | Magma + Steel
015. Hammer | 06 | FR | Magma + Gold
016. Pliers | 09 | FR | Hammer + Platinum
017. Blade | 09 | FR | Binder + Platinum
018. Driver | 06 | FR | Magma + Silver
019. Drill | 06 | FR | Driver + Tungstan
020. Grv Hammer | 20 | LI | Pliers + Oricon
021. Cutter | 18 | DK | Blade + Hirokin
022. 3DDvr | 18 | WN | Drill + Oricon

023. Rapier | 03 | WN | n/a
024. Sabre | 06 | WN | Rapier + Platinum
025. Dirk | 06 | WN | Rapier + Steel
026. Sabre+ | 09 | WN | Sabre + Platinum
027. Gradus | 09 | WN | Dirk + Tungstan
028. Gram | 15 | WN | Saber+ + Oricon
029. Lavatn | 15 | FR | Gradus + Zeus / Saber + Gnome
030. Wyndia | 15 | WN | Saber+ + Salamander
031. Demon | 30 | DK | Lavatn + Hades
032. Crusader | 30 | LI | Gram + Zeus

033. Hand Axe | 03 | FR | n/a
034. Battle Axe | 06 | FR | Hand Axe + Steel
035. Tomahawk | 06 | FR | Hand Axe + Sylph
036. 2Edge | 09 | FR | Battle Axe + Tungstan
037. Break | 18 | ER | 2Edge + Salamander

038. Ball Arm | 03 | ER | n/a
039. Mega Ball | 06 | ER | Ball Arm + Steel
040. No-Wire | 06 | ER | Ball Arm + Mithril
041. Crusher | 09 | ER | Mega Ball + Tungstan
042. Sthn+ | 09 | LI | No-Wire + Mithril

043. Lancer | 03 | ER | n/a
044. Drill Arm | 06 | ER | Lancer + Steel
045. Pierce | 06 | ER | Lancer + Undine
046. Tornado | 09 | WN | Drill + Mithril
047. Spiral | 12 | WT | Pierce + Platinum

048. Hook | 03 | WD | n/a
049. Log Hook | 06 | WD | Hook + Steel
050. Battle Hook | 09 | WD | Log Hook + Tungstan
051. Ice Claw | 18 | WT | Battle Hook + Undine
052. Devil Claw | 18 | DK | Battle Hook + Gnome

053. Whip | 03 | WN | n/a
054. Whip+ | 06 | WN | Whip + Silver
055. Fire-Boot | 09 | FR | Whip+ + Salamander
056. 9-Tails | 09 | WN | Whip+ + Hirokin
057. Electric-Boot | 12 | WN | Whip+ + Gnome

058. Fork | 03 | WT | n/a
059. Hk-Claw | 03 | WT | n/a
060. Trident | 06 | WT | Hk-Claw + Steel
061. Wolf Claw | 06 | WD | Hk-Claw + Silver
062. Tiger Claw | 09 | WD | Wolf Claw + Sylph

063. Disc | 03 | WN | n/a
064. Spiked Disc | 06 | WN | Disc + Steel
065. Ring Disc | 06 | WN | Disc + Mithril
066. Disc+ | 09 | WN | Spiked Disc + Tungstan
067. Air Disc | 09 | WN | Ring Disc + Mithril

068. Electric Wire | 03 | WN | n/a
069. Arm Wire | 06 | WN | Electric Wire + Mithril
070. Tangle | 06 | WN | Electric Wire + Steel
071. Lightning | 12 | WN | Arm Wire + Mithril
072. Coil | 18 | WN | Lightning + Oricon

073. Mage | 03 | WD | n/a
074. Wizard | 06 | WD | Mage + Silver
075. Warlock | 09 | WD | Wizard + Platinum
076. Arch Mage | 15 | WD | Warlock + Oricon
078. God Hand | 20 | LI | Arch Mage + Zeus

079. Skull | 03 | DK | n/a
080. Dragon Head | 06 | ER | Skull + Silver
081. Dark Claw | 09 | DK | Skull + Platinum
082. Cursed | 12 | ER | Dragon Head + Mithril
083. Inferno | 18 | DK | Cursed + Salamander

084. Spring | 03 | WT | n/a
085. Curler | 06 | WT | Spring + Steel
086. Snaker | 06 | WT | Spring + Dryad
087. Zoomer | 06 | WT | Curler + Tungstan
088. Buster | 15 | ER | Zoomer + Gnome

089. Claw | 03 | ER | n/a
090. Triger | 06 | ER | Claw + Steel
091. Qatar | 09 | ER | Triger + Tungstan
092. Indra | 15 | WD | Qatar + Sylph
093. Agni | 15 | FR | Qatar + Salamander

094. Maxi | 03 | WT | n/a
095. Twin | 06 | WT | Maxi + Steel
096. Fire-Pulse | 09 | FR | Twin + Salamander
097. Ice-Pulse | 12 | WT | Twin + Undine
098. Ashra | 15 | WT | Fire-Pulse + Oricon

099. Bazooka | 03 | FR | n/a
100. Saw-Disc | 06 | FR | Bazooka + Steel
101. Chain Saw | 06 | FR | Bazooka + Mithril
102. Saw | 09 | FR | Chain Saw + Tungstan
103. Hacker | 15 | FR | Saw + Hirokin

104. Knuckle | 03 | WT | n/a
105. Gloves | 06 | WT | Knuckle + Steel
106. Rocket | 06 | WT | Knuckle + Mithril
107. Mail | 09 | WT | Gloves + Tungstan
108. Plate | 15 | WT | Mail + Gnome

109. Trooper | 03 | WD | n/a
110. Scorpion | 06 | WD | Trooper + Silver
111. Spider | 09 | WD | Scorpion + Platinum
112. Mantis | 12 | WD | Spider + Hirokin
113. Red Claw | 15 | WD | Spider + Dryad

114. Hand Gun | 03 | WT | n/a
115. Vulcan | 06 | WT | Hand Gun + Silver
116. Launcher | 06 | WT | Hand Gun + Salamander
117. Gatling | 09 | WT | Vulcan + Tungstan
118. Phalanx | 09 | WT | Launcher + Platinum

119. Cannon | 03 | FR | n/a
120. 2-Barrel | 06 | FR | Cannon + Steel
121. Line Gun | 06 | FR | Cannon +Mithril
122. X-Gun | 09 | FR | Line Gun + Tungstan
123. Rail Gun | 15 | FR | X-Gun + Salamander

124. Flint | 12 | WD | n/a
125. Sword | 09 | FR | n/a
126. Kama | 09 | WD | n/a
127. Tiger Hand | 09 | WD | n/a
128. Mole Hand | 09 | ER | n/a
129. Stunner | 12 | WT | n/a
130. Needle | 12 | WN | n/a
131. Pole | 09 | ER | n/a

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4. MISCELLANEOUS
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GOOD ARMS
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In case you were wondering which Arms are worth developing, here is a
small list of some of the more powerful Arms in the game.
(In no particular order)

01. Demon (031) EP: 30 AF: DK
02. Crusader (032) EP: 30 AF: LI
03. Grv Hammer (020) EP: 20 AF: LI
04. God Hand (078) EP: 20 AF: LI
05. Devil Claw (052) EP: 18 AF: DK
06. Cutter (021) EP: 18 AF: DK
07. Inferno (083) EP: 18 AF: DK
08. Coil (072) EP: 18 AF: WN
09. 3DDvr (022) EP: 18 AF: WN
10. Ice Claw (051) EP: 18 AF: WT
11. Break (037) EP: 18 AF: ER

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Revisions
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18th September 1999
- First release.

This FAQ was created by Kelvin Koh.
(e-mail: [email protected])
Please visit my NGP Page for the latest versions of this FAQ at:
http://underworld.fortunecity.com/retro/19/

Thanks for reading! ^_^
If anyone has any comments, information, or corrections to offer,
please feel free to e-mail me. Also, if you intend to post my FAQ, feel
free to do so, but please have the courtesy inform me first.

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