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In-depth FAQ for Ant Colony Version 2 last updated 03/23/03
Copyright Jim Bierbrauer 2003
Contact information:
Email:
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This guide is for the use of anyone who needs it. This is a nonprofit guide and
by no means is to be distributed, taken in part for any profit! If you would
like to put this guide on your site my contact information is listed above. If
you notice that the BOF: DQ is similar to what you have seen before then you
know I have another FAQ. This is my first FAQ.
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Index:
-Version History
-The ant colony
-Colony map
1.) Right half
2.) Left Half
-FAQ
-Jobs
1. Excavation
2. Market
3. Laboratory
4. Explorer
5. Cafeteria
6. Bank
7. Music
8. Trainer
9. The Daily
10. Review Board
11. Breeder
-Song List
-Shop list:
1. Skill shop
2. Ryu Shop
3. Nina Shop
4. Lin Shop
-Challenge list
1.) Chicken Runner
2.) Combo Master
3.) Goo King
4.) Technician
5.) Duke Hunter
6.) 1-Round Warrior
7.) Tri-Buster
8.) Hard Puncher
9.) Robo Crusher
-Sites that have permission to use host this FAQ
-Credits
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Version Log:
V.01 03/01/03:
I started the guide and created the sections. Not to mention a nice looking
boarder! Well it is a small start and too late at night for me to continue for
now. I will get it ready for public viewing by Tuesday afternoon!
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V.42 03/02/03:
I entered the first seven job descriptions. I also started a shop list for the
fairy colonies! Well now it is getting very far!
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V.5
It has came to my attention the boards are getting plagued with posts on the ant
colony so I am putting a finishing touch on it to make it useful. You can expect
may more updates from me on this soon! I finished the Skill Shop, and have put a
big hurting on the Ryu shop and started Nina Shop! I also put in the Song list!
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V.52 03/02/03:
I keep constantly coming back to this guide with new stuff and more stuff I have
to add. I now changed the index because I forgot to before. I added Songs 7-18
to the list. I added a few new weapons and jobs.
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V.8 03/03/03:
Whoa! I added a lot. I will either submit it again or this will count as an
update! I added 19-48 in the song department. Added a lot of Items in the Shop
list for the market! I also added a maps section which features a left side and
a right side. Added a job or two as well.
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V1 03/03/03:
I added a little. There is nothing incomplete anymore. Everything has something
now. It is now ready!
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V1.5 03/05/03
I overhauled a lot of stuff to day. All shop lists are complete. The job list is
complete. The song list is complete. Now the map is complete. I fixed some
grammar errors. Challenge list is well put through.
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V1.6 03/06/03
I decided to change the ACSII art. I now looks a lot better. Nothing really
worth updating on GF. I also added one question in the FAQS section.
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V1.8 03/17/03
I have been very busy lately so that is why there have been few updates (Dang I
could kill to have enough free time to change ACSII art for fun). I added a few
prizes for the Review Board (all due to Kareemverdun).
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V2 03/23/03
Now all the sections have been filled. With another bit of added help from
Kareemverdun keeps this FAQ up. My next update won't be for a long time but I
have a few more ideas and will add them as soon as possible. Also IGN wants this
guide now!
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The Ant Colony:
This seems to be a running mini-game in the BOF series. As many who have played
the others will have a good grasp on what to do. The Colony now has improved. It
starts out the basic same as the others. You help a fairy and they want you to
manage their life for them. So then you help them manage their life.
To start the mini-game after Ryu becomes aware of his dragon abilities you go to
a lab complex. You come to a door where there is a warning! Just say open the
door. You walk in to find a fairy. She then takes you to her home. Now you
control the colony.
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FAQ:
Q: Should I save my Fairy Drops?
A: Fairy drops aren't consumable. They stay for more then one use. If you
accidentally lose one then just go to a fairy in a town like area and talk to
her. She also gives you one if it isn't in your inventory so put one in your
item locker!
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Q: What good is the Ant Colony?
A: It can provide a place to store your money that is a very good reason. It
also provides shops which have great weapons and skills.
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Q: Should I be scared of ant lions?
A: Not really a good excavation team has nothing to worry about in terms of a
real battle.
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Q: How many antz can I have at once?
A: I believe it is twenty antz. That seems to be the right number. It has in
every colony before has been 20 of something and Capcom decided to keep the
magic number.
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Q: How do you tell if a shop has reached its maximum?
A: When the page is full then the shop won't get anymore items!
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Q: Do I need to use the Ant Colony?
A: It all depends on you level of commitment. If you want to get 1/4 D-ratio
then it is probably necessary. It isn't required but to get Kokon-Horay that is
your only option.
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Colony map:
I have slowly been mapping out the colony and have be drawing this map then
transferring it in to ACSII Art.
Key
R= Room
M= main area
- or | = means path
S= Secret Room
B= Bolder
W= Water pit
K= Kokon-Horay
Right half:
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Jobs:
1.)Excavation:
This team is in charge of digging through the dirt. Tunneling can find you money
and rooms to build houses. While digging you can run into miner problems.
Sometimes a rock can land on the team hurting the ant team. Or you can run into
a giant ant lion (Note you can see it way before you run into it). Fighting the
ant lion isn't hard.
STATS NEEDED: High HP
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2.)Market:
This is a job for antz who are kind of pathetic. To what I have seen the ant
needs no special requirements. There are 4 types of shops. A skill shop, Ryu
shop, Nina shop, Lin shop. These are all useful with giving skills and other
stuff. To see a shop list go to the next section! Shops become useless after you
have gotten all you wanted so just change the store until there is no more then
convert to something useful!
STATS NEEDED: Nothing really.
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3.) Lab:
Smart antz think up of new jobs and Items. An essential for having the colony
grow. Eventually the jobs lab and the item lab will be useless but first you
have gotten everything. So like the market you should convert it once it is all
over.
STATS NEEDED: High Smarts!
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4.) Explorer:
Useful to a point but it isn't a really big deal. You send the ant on an
expedition and hope it comes back. If it does you may get a great item.
Probability doesn't favor you so I can't recommend this.
STATS NEEDED: High HP
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5.) Cafeteria:
This job is a basic way to make money. Put antz with high tastes in the job
position and money goes up rather quickly. It only gains you money and nothing
else. Really a beginners job that can come in handy but you should do something
else.
STATS NEEDED: High Tastes
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6.) Bank:
This is another job that really doesn't need high anything. It stores money for
you and stays stored when you restart! So this already is useful. It has a
foreign exchange system that is quite unique. You can exchange for foreign money
then trade it back later. You could possibly make money on the exchange if the
value of the currency you exchanged goes up. If it goes down you lost money.
Trust me it is a great money maker. It is so easy to max out you wallet you
should do it! It also has an interest system called the big 100. Kill 100 Genics
you get 1.1 interest on your Big 100 account. There is another thing called a
Super 500 which is the same principle as the big 100 only you get twice as much.
STATS NEEDED: Smarts more or less.
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7.) Music hall:
This lets you listen to the sound track as well as make money. It makes money
and you get the sound tracks. So I would recommend converting the cafeteria to a
Music hall.
STATS NEEDED: High Tastes!
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8.) Trainer
This trains you antz for you. Helpful to a point. Best for low stat antz. I
highly recommend using it for your antz.
STATS NEEDED: Nothing
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9.) The Daily
This is another money maker job. It requires a bit more work than the others.
There are three jobs. One for you high HP ant, one for you smart ant, and one
for your tasteful ant. Max stats can make you a fortune but I don't use it.
STATS NEEDED: High everything (One of the three stats high on each ant)
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10.) Review Board
This is a reward job for doing weird tasks. This is okay and will keep the
challenge in the game. Your main goal with it is too complete them all. There
are some that aren't favorable but you do what you have to!
STATS NEEDED: High Smarts
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11.) Breeder
You get to breed some nuggets. This is a hopeful moneymaker for you. Not really
very useful, more of a hassle than anything else. You pick the food that the
fairy feeds the nugget and hope you raise a good one. Unfortunately this takes
too much time for me to get really into it and there really ain't much
interaction.
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Song list:
These are the songs found in the Music Hall:
1.) Sky Gazing
2.) Good Friends
3.) Ranger HQ
4.) Low sector Borough
5.) The lift
6.) Victory feast
7.) Bio Corp
8.) The attack
9.) Distant Call
10.) Origin
11.) First Determination
12.) They Who Rule
13.) Abandoned Shaft
14.) Adversary
15.) A Small Beginning
16.) End Sector
17.) Industrial Sector
18.) Danger Approaching
19.) Prologue
20.) Tearful Memories
21.) Prelude
22.) No Regrets
23.) Old Trade Sector
24.) Midsector Borough
25.) The Trinity Pit
26.) Life Line
27.) Title Logo Jingle
28.) Opening Movie
29.) Power One
30.) Last Vestiges
31.) Serenity
32.) Centre
33.) The More We Dig...
34.) Mad Heart
35.) Omens
36.) Color of Grief
37.) The True Way
38.) Breaking Through
39.) A Moment's Joy
40.) The Reunion
41.) Forget Tomorrow
42.) Trapped
43.) Just Smile
44.) Top Sector Borough
45.) A Silver Color
46.) Kokon-Horay
47.) Ending Movie
48.) Cradle in the sky
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Shop item lists:
Here is a list of the items provided at the Market(s) at the Colony
Skill shop:
Item Cost
Hex 240z
Fire blast 240z
Ice blast 240z
Lightning 240z
Weapon boost 240z
Shield boost 240z
Cut space 240z
Divine 240z
Slow 240z
Skull split 240z
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Ryu Shop:
Item Cost
Impact Gear +3 4,680z
Bari Shell 5,000z
Ruby master +2 3,600z
Bari Guard 15,000z
Saphhmaster +4 4,200z
Protect Suit +1 66,000z
Strong Sword +8 2,700z
Chobhamplate 36,000z
Legend Blade +1 88,000z
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Nina Shop:
Item Cost
Antenna +5 1,800z
Impact Check +3 3,900z
Bari Ring 5,000z
Holy Heart 20,000z
Delux Antenna 6,800z
Bari Loop 15,000z
Divine Coat +1 2,600z
Demonscythe 20,000z
Platinum Arc 9,000z
Wizard Wand +1 88,000z
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Lin Shop:
Item Cost
FlameBlaster +2 3,840z
Bari Ribbion +1 5,500z
Impact Proof +2 3,960z
Thunder Rifle +3 4,160z
Bari Bangle 15,000z
Quick Garter +6 6,240z
Save Queen +1 59,400z
Light wave 9,000z
Grenade +1 129,800z
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Prizes for Review Board:
Here are the challenges that the fairies at the review board offer you. Note you
have to activate the challenge to complete it!
Chicken Runner: Run away from battle 9 times in a row (Through a door).
Suggestion: Just put all your money in the bank. Then runaway 9 times in a row!
Prize: C'Mere!! (level 1 skill for Lin)
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Combo Master: Get a Combo 9 times in a row.
(Thanks to Kareemverdun)
Suggestion: You first need to equip a weapon that has all the slots available.
Then, put a skill into each slot. Then charge one round of AP to double your
points, (you need to be able to reach 180=10+10+10+20+20+20+30+30+30), find a
boss or an enemy with high HP and, the title combo master is yours. You will
only be able to do this with Ryu in the beginning. I say this because:
1-You would have to go through the Kokon Hooray to get Nina's level 3 skills, or
go through the Powersector area.
2-Lin only have 2 available level 3 skills early on, Blow up and Lets dance.
3- Ryu can do this very early after acquiring the Legend Blade, (either by
buying the +1 at the Ryu's skill store in the ant colony or getting the +9 on
level 48 or 49 in the Kokon Hooray, I did not get this far yet!!!) All the slots
are open, and I have never had the Great Smash skill work on a boss,(believe you
me, I have tried!!!).
I actually found this out by accident. I completed all of the other challenges
and just hoped I would stumbled over it, and I did, hee hee
Prize: Auto Rifle +9
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Goo King: Kill 9 goos in a row!
Suggestion: After beating the game in BioCorp
(When you have Nina and Lin) on the first or second floor there is a D-ratio
door. Go through it. In the lower levels there are Goos galore. I counted like
15 goos easily.
Prize: 30,000z
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Technician: Win 9 battles in a row and receive no damage
Suggestion: After restarting beef up Ryu to level 20. Then in the early levels
this is no problem.
Prize: bladesmack level 2
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Duke Hunter: Kill 9 Dukes in a row (you guessed it) 9 times.
Suggestion: After restarting beef up Ryu to level 20. Then in the early levels
this is no problem.
Prize: 1000 party XP
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1-Round Warrior: Kill all enemies in 1 round 9 times in a row!
Suggestions: Single out one enemy doing what I suggested above and bingo you
will do it easy.
Prize: Kidding!! (level 2 skill for Lin)
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Tri-Buster: Kill 9 three headed monsters in a row!
Suggestions: At Biocorp Lab 2cd floor there are two 3 headed monsters. Just keep
Restoring!
Prize: ? armor for Nina (Angel Coat+6)
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Hard Puncher: Do 999+ damage in one turn!
Suggestions: D-dive, D-Power twice, Hurricane on a weak enemy.
Prize: ? sword for Ryu (Celtis+9)
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Robo Crusher: Defeat 9 machine creatures in a row!
Suggestions: In the factory after Ice cavern there are huge strings of them.
Prize: ? shield for Ryu (ChobhamPlate)
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Credits:
Here I would like to thank the following people:
My best friend Ryan who was the first to get me addicted to BOF.
My Grandmother who was the one who helped me get my PS2.
Thank you, Kareeverdun for your help it has been well appreciated!
I would also like to thank CjayC for constructing GameFAQs!
