Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 20:49:13 -0700
Star Ocean most powerful and useful weapons
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Made By: Monkey Fetus
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STAR OCEAN: THE SECOND STORY
MOST POWERFUL AND USEFUL WEAPONS
Hi, my name is Monkey Fetus, and I am currently a student at my local high
school.
This is my first FAQ, and it's based on a game I've playing for about the last
month, trying to discover everything that this amazing RPG experience had to
offer. Like I said, this is the first FAQ I've ever written, so if you have ant
comments on the content, or you would like to use it in any way, contact me
(located in the contact section).
This FAQ is basically constructed like this:
Character's name:
Best Weapon:
Method of attaining weapon:
Weapon stas:
Contents:
I: contact me
II: why this type of FAQ?
III: note to readers
IV: Claude C. Kenni
V: Rena Lanford
VI: Celine Jules
VII: Ashton Anchors
VIII: Precis F. Neuman
IX: Opera Vectra
X: Bowman Jean
XI: Ernest Raviede
XII: Leon D. S. Geeste
XIII: Dias Flac
XIV: Noel Chandler
XV: Chisato Madison
XVI: Thanks
XVII: Copyright stuff
I: The best way to contact me is by e-mail. My e-mail address is
[email protected].
Also, you can contact me by ICQ. My ICQ number is 43948616. You can also contact
me by AIM/AOL instant messenger. My screen name is RCoEH. If you have comments,
questions or you'd like my help, or you think I could use your help, go ahead
and contact me.
II: Why this kind of FAQ? I basically wanted to do a FAQ based on the weapons of
star ocean because, well, no else, had. It seemed logical enough. And the weapon
systems of Star Ocean are pretty complicated. And I always wanted to write a
FAQ, and now seemed like the right time, since no else had.
III: This is a VERY important note to all the people reading this. This FAQ is
in no way finished, because frankly, your opinions could differ greatly from
mine. If they do, and you feel that I am way out of line, feel free to send me
an email and a kick to the mouth, and I'd be happy to mention you in my next
update and include whatever information you provided for me. If you have any
information regarding the weapon info I have here, feel free to drop me a line
(in the "contact me" section). Also notice that some of these weapons can only
be obtained in the Trial Cavern, the game's bonus dungeon, and as a rule of
thumb, you need to have the specialty customize before reading the bulk of this
guide. In order to get the specialty customize, you need to learn the skills
craft, metal casting, and functionality. Functionality is part of the skill set
sensibility 3 and can be bought in the Lacour guild, and in the guild in the
town of Armlock. Metal casting is part of the skill set technique 3, which can
be bought in Linga and North City. And craft is part of the skill set technique
2, which can be bought in both Hilton and North City. If you tried hard enough
and got alchemy high enough (to create Mithril), and had the sharp edge, you
could make on of Claude's most powerful weapons pretty early in the game. You'd
then be able to breeze through the game until you got to the Trial Cavern. Also,
as a rule of thumb, having the super specialty, Orchestra will help A LOT. In
order to get Orchestra, you need the specialties Art and Music.
IV: Claude C. Kenni
His best weapon: This is actually under debate. While most people say that
it's the Eternal Sphere, some people would say otherwise. I, personally, think
that his best weapon is the Levantine Sword. While the eternal sphere causes
multiple hits, the Levantine sword is an ungodly powerful weapon, causing about
9999 points of damage with every hit if you have the Atlus Ring on! That amount
even holds true with his best killer attack, the mirror slice! Also, once you
get the angel armband, it causes stars to spray out of sword holder's (like
Ashton, Claude, Dias) weapons… completely defeating the purpose of using the
eternal sphere. Even though it's great for characters that don't have weapons
that spray stars.
Way of Attaining: The only place to get the Levantine sword is in the trial
cavern, after you beat the boss of level 9, the Wise Sorcerer. You also get one
by beating the sadistic witch (and hardest boss I've ever faced), the
Iscera-Queen. Or you can just use the eternal sphere. You get the eternal sphere
by using the specialty "customize". Then use the weapon you got from Gamgee
after the tournament of arms, the sharp edge, and combine it with Mithril with
the customize ability. You will then get the minus sword. Using customize,
combine the minus sword with another piece of Mithril. It helps to have the
orchestra super specialty.
Stats: Levantine Sword Atk: 3000(!) Guts:50
Luc.:0
Hit:50
Stm.:50 Crt: 35
Mag.: 0
Special powers: strength increases as HP decreases
Strong: none; Weak: none
Eternal Sphere Atk:1600 Guts:40
Luc:0
Hit:70
Stm:0 Crt:25
Mag:0
Special powers: stars spray out causing extra hits
Strong: Light, Vacuum, Dark;
Weak: none
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V: Rena Lanford
Best weapon: Since Rena isn't really a fighter, a weapon that raises her
defense is probably the best way to go. That's why I recommend using the fallen
hope. Sure, you'll get more powerful weapons for her, but this is the best one
to use, mainly because it has a high defense rating and it halves her MP
consumption.
Way of Attaining: You automatically get this during an event in Fun City,
when Mirage gives you this weapon before the fight with 3 of the Ten Wise Men.
You also get Claudes weapon, the sacred tear.
Stats: Fallen Hope: Atk:1000 Hit:50 Mag:300
Guts:0 Stm:0
Luc:0
Crt:20
Special powers: ½ MP consumption
Strong: none; Weak: none
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VI: Celine Jules
Best weapon: The best weapon that Celine can equip is the Million staff. In
fact, you get a couple of them (on a side note: I never really played with
Celine that much because I really don't like attack magicians. But, when I got
her million staff and the magic spell meteor swarm, she did about 9999 damage
with the spell! All this and at only level 35! Hee hee! ^_^). One of the best
things about this weapon is its incredibly high magic stats. 800!! It also
converts 1/5 of the damage received into MP.
Way of Attaining: the only place to get the million staff is in the trial
cavern, on level 7, 8, and 10.
Stats: Atk:300 Hit.80 Mag:800
Guts:0 Stm:30
Luc:30 Crt:40
Special powers: converts 1/5 of the damage
Received into MP
Strong: none; Weak: none
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VII: Ashton Anchors
Best weapon: the best weapon that Ashton can equip is the Melufa sword.
It also has good darkness protection. It's weak to water, making it easy for
Indalecio (or any attack mage that casts Noah, for that matter) to kill you if
he casts Noah. Also, if you'll note the Luc rating on the Melufa… at least it
balances out his bad luck.
Way of Attaining: The way to get the Melufa is trough the customize
specialty. First, you must have the Scyther, which you can get from the weapon
shop in Central City. Then combine that with a piece of Damascus, to get the
Melufa.
Stats.: Atk:1320 Hit:80
Mag:0 Guts:0
Stm:0 Luc:100
Crt:40 Special powers: none
Strong to: Light, dark; Weak to: water
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VIII: Precis F. Neuman
Best weapon: this HAS to be my favorite sounding weapon. The "Super
Delicious Ultra Great Atomic". ^_^ With a name like that, you'd expect something
REALLY special, right? . All it is is just a really powerful punching hand.
Nothing really special about it except the name… and that's a damn cool name
^_^.
Way of Attaining: the only way to get the SDUGA is by using the specialty
customize. First you must have the SD punch. In order to get the SD punch,
combine the thunder punch with a rainbow diamond. After you have the SD punch,
combine it with a Damascus and you'll get the UGA punch (the ultra great punch
^_^). Then combine the UGA punch with a meteorite and you'll get the SDUGA.
Stats: Atk:1600 Hit:0
Mag:0 Guts:65
Stm:0 Luc:0
Crt:30 Special powers: none
Strong: none; Weak: none
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IX: Opera Vectra
Best weapon: Opera's best weapon is the Psycho Box.
Way of Attaining: The only place you can get the psycho box is in Fun City as
the prize for winning the duel battle in A rank. You can only win it if you are
playing as Opera and beat A rank. There's nothing really special about it, it
just has the best attack power. Have you noticed how all of Opera's weapons are
pretty weak? Is it just me, or is she just a weak character… I think I've been
playing way too much as Claude. ^_^
Stats: Atk:1050 Hit:0 Mag:0
Guts:0
Stm:0 Luc:0
Crt:0 Special powers: none
Strong: none; Weak: none
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X: Bowman Jean
Best weapon: The Flare Burst
Way of Attaining: The only place to get the flare burst is in Fun City for
winning A rank duel battle. The same for Opera holds true here, too: You can
only get the flare burst if you beat A rank as Bowman. I don't see why you would
want Bowman's best weapon anyway… he's a horrible character, with terrible
range. It was a living hell playing as him to get this information. You might as
well just get Precis instead.
Stats: Atk:1300 Hit:0 Mag:0
Guts:0
Stm:0 Luc:0
Crt:0 Special powers: Fire-based attack
Strong: none; Weak: none
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XI: Ernest Raviede
Best weapon: Cat 'O Nine Tails
Way of Attaining: Once again, the only place to get his best weapon is at
Fun City as a prize for winning A rank duel battle. You can only get it if you
beat it as Ernest. Also, since this thing is split, (hence the name "nine
tails") it attacks multiple times when cracked, making it a good for people who
like combo demons like Claude, Ashton, and Chisato (like me! ^_^)
Stats: Atk:1280 Hit:0 Mag:0
Guts:0
Stm:0 Luc:0
Crt:0 Special powers: multi-hit attack
Strong: none; Weak: none
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XII: Leon D. S. Geeste
Best weapon: Leon's best weapon is the Book of Chaos (or Ancient Wisdom,
depending on how you look at things)
Way of Attaining: The only way to get the Book of Chaos is through the
customize specialty. You first combine the book of darkness with a Damascus. In
order to get the book of darkness, combine any strong weapon with a Damascus.
Then again, the ancient wisdom is a powerful weapon, too. Not only does it cut
your MP consumption by ½, it also restores Leon's MP a little every 10 seconds,
or so. Its magic power is only lower by about 20, so I'd go with the ancient
wisdom. You get the ancient wisdom by combining the book of chaos with a
Damascus. Also, the Ancient Wisdom doesn't have any weaknesses… then again, it
doesn't have any strengths, either. It's your call as to which you want to use…
but I'd choose the Ancient Wisdom.
Stats: (Book of Chaos) Atk:950 Hit:80 Mag:400
Guts:0
Stm:0 Luc:0
Crt:0 Special powers: Void and
Darkness based attacks.
Strong: Dark, Void; Weak: Light
Stats: (Ancient Wisdom) Atk:800 Hit:50 Mag:380
Guts:0
Stm:0 Luc:20
Crt:0 Special powers: MP consumption 1/2
Restores MP every 10 seconds in battle
Strong: none; Weak: none
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XIII: Dias Flac
Best weapon: Dias's best weapon is the Cromlea Sword
Way of Attaining: Once again, (are you starting to see a pattern?) the
only way to get the Cromlea Sword is in Fun City for winning A rank duel battle.
Also, outside of Fun City, his best weapon you get from the trial cavern is the
Levantine Sword. If you want the stats for the Levantine Sword, look at Claude's
information… I'm not gonna type it twice.
Stats: Atk:1399 Hit:0 Mag:0
Guts:0
Stm:0 Luc:0 Crt:0
Special powers: none
Strong: none; Weak: none
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XIV: Noel Chandler
Best weapon: Noel's best weapon is the Death Fangs
Way of Attaining: jeez, I'm kinda getting tired of typing A rank and Fun
City. I'm starting to think it's not healthy for me. If that's not a good enough
hint for ya, how about this: Noel, A rank, Duel Battle, one-on-one fight, Fun
City, Battle Arena, it's on Energy Nede. Get it?
Stats: Atk:1,350 Hit:50 Mag:0
Guts:10
Stm:0 Luc:0
Crt:15 Special powers: none
Strong: none; Weak: none
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XV: Chisato Madison
Best weapon: Chiasato's best weapon is the Weird Slayer, mainly because
it's the strongest weapon that she can equip and, unlike her second best weapon,
the Psychic Gun, it doesn't cost MP with every use. Imagine this: Chisato's best
killer move is her tear gas… it hits about 15-20 times. Now imagine that with
every hit from the tear gas that your enemy gets, it charges her 2 MP… not
pretty. You're looking at using nearly 40MP plus the normal amount it takes to
cast Tear Gas… that's almost 70MP… ouch, right? Well, the Weird Slayer is a
stronger weapon than the Psychic Gun, AND doesn't take up nearly as much MP. In
fact, it helps conserve your HP by making it so that whenever you hit your
enemy, half of the damage you did to them is brought back to Chisato. I love
Chisato. ^_^
Way of Attaining: The only place to get the weird slayer is in the trial
cavern on level 5, and 7.
Stats: Atk:1000 Hit:40 Mag:0
Guts:10
Stm:10 Luc:0 Crt:0
Special powers: instantly kills weird
Enemies, ½ damage converted to MP
Strong: none; Weak: none
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XVI: Thanks
First, I'd like to thank all the people at Exdeath's message board. Here are the
names of all the people that helped me out when I needed it. Thanks to Id,
Keith, Exdeath, inventor_7, and Erasmuss for everything. I can't remember what
these guys specifically helped me with, but thanks a lot anyway! All the other
people on the board, thanks for asking questions I felt too stupid to ask! ^_^ I
would specifically like to thank Exdeath for writing all those massive FAQ's on
both scenarios of Star Ocean. Thanks a lot! I'd also like to thank Ian Kelley
for answering all my insipid questions and answering all of my e-mails and also
writing massive FAQ's on Star Ocean. Also, while this is completely off the
subject, I'd like to thank all of my favorite bands like TOOL, Type O Negative,
White Zombie, and so many others just for giving me something to listen to while
writing this so I wouldn't go insane. I'd also like to thank my good friend
Brittany for keeping things in perspective and helping me through the whole
'writing process'. Thanks Brit! I'd like to thank all the random people I met in
chat rooms (I can't remember their names now…) for providing vital info. I'd
like to thank both Elizabeth M. Hollinger and James M. Ratkos for writing the
excellent strategy guide of Star Ocean for Prima game guides… without all of
these fine peoples help, I wouldn't have survived for a second! Thank you all so
much! I'd also like to thank both Tri-Ace and Enix for developing and producing,
respectively, such an amazing RPG experience. And, I' like to thank that guy at
EB (his name escapes me now) who told me to buy Star Ocean instead of Lunar:
SSS. I own both now, but if I hadn't gotten Star Ocean first, this FAQ would
never have come to pass. Thanks a lot… guy.
XVII: This FAQ is completely copyrighted to Monkey Fetus and may not be used in
any way without the authors consent and knowledge of the copyrighted material.
If you wish to use this FAQ in any way, contact me, and keep the copyright in
place, and give me credit where credit is due.
