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Game Title: Grandia Extreme
System: Playstation 2
FAQ written by: Shiletimis
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Table of Contents
I Introduction
II About the Vortex Corridor
III At this time in the game
IV Preparing for the Vortex Corridor
V Traversing the Vortex Corridor
VI Extra hints about the Vortex Corridor
VII Extras
I : Introduction
In this FAQ I will give information on how to get through the
Vortex Corridor, what it is good for, and extra hints about the game to
make it more pleasurable. Although the levels are randomly
made/selected there can be a FAQ to help get through it. If the
information is just about the monsters encounter and there levels, to
tips on how to get through it faster or how to get use full items from
it.
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II : About the Vortex Corridor
The Vortex Corridor is unlocked after defeating Quan Lee and
gaining the broken/defective sound bite. The Vortex Corridor is not
necessary for the game and although there is an ending after you reach
the 100th level, it is considered an extra to the game because of how
monotonous it is.
III : At this time in the game
After Quan Lee is defeated there is a movie that has Evan
questioning Quan Lee and the broken/defective sound bite (which
resembles his heart and/or soul) Afterwards you are in the town and
can go back to any level you have previously visited (except the
evolutionary corridor) Also, you can set 1 to 4 people in your party
to venture into the now much harder levels.
Also, there will be another type of skill and skill book
avalible, the S rank skill set. The vellium is called Ultimate vellium
and will turn into 1 of about 10 or 15 different skills, which are much
better than A,B, or C rank skills. The book that they are equipped to
is called limited books and can equip 1 of any skill. The best skills
in the S rank category are Hero's Spirit-Doubles exp. gained. Full
Armour-Able to equip any amour of any class. Line Attack-Critical
becomes a line attack. Circle Attack-Critical becomes a circle
attack(suggested for Lutina)
There will also be the Juston's Game that can be played by
talking to Juston in his house behind the shop. This game can be hard
to get what you want but the items can be extremely good. For more
information on this game look at other FAQS.
V: Preparing for the vortex corridor
When venturing into the Vortex Corridor the way you want to go
about it and prepare for it depends on what you want to do there.
Using the methods will be in the Traversing the Vortex Corridor section
V.
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1 Quickly (get to the 100th level ASAP)
2 Searching (looking for an item)
3 Leveling up
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1 Quickly
When trying to get to the last level when preparing you will want
to equip mana eggs that can do a lot of damage to a lot of enemies
really fast. Having Jaid with equipment that reduces MP consumption is
good, it is possible to have him decrease it by 90%. Also, for skills,
equip Strength and Asura Spirit (if you don't have Asura Spirit, get it
by getting the High Vellium avalible from the skill master, it will
always be an Asura Spirit skill) You will want to get your attack as
high as possible for those with 4 or 5 slots for skill books so they
will be able to attack many times to get rid of enemies. This is
because fighting is what takes the most time to get to the end.
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2 Searching
When trying to find a certain item either from treasure chests or
from monsters this is what I advise you do. First, if your trying to
get items from a monster then having Titto steal rather than just hope
they drop it is much faster. If so, have Titto equip Items that reduce
SP consumption like Energy Charm or God Hand. Have strong magic that
can last because if you are looking to steal from a certain monster
then you will be fighting a lot just to find it. Having 1 or 2 strong
melee attackers(Brandol, Ulk, Carmyne, and Titto are best) with 2 or
more Asura Spirits will help make getting rid of the extra monsters
really easy.
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3 Leveling Up
I do not recommend going to the Vortex Corridor to level up
because unless your party has 1 or 2 people it will be really hard and
it will take a long time, instead, look to the extras about Zenothlee,
but if you insist, this is what I recommend. Just like with the quick
method, have very strong magic that can clear the screen fast. Also
have characters that can kill monsters in 2 or 3 hits and have them
equipped with Asura Spirit (Asura Spirit is your best friend in the
Vortex Corridor) Also, if you have it equip Hero's Spirit to gain
experience way faster, if not, you should try the searching method and
you should get quite a lot of vellium (most of the time you will leave
because you have to much stuff) Or you can try to win the Zero weapons
which give more, but not as much (maybe 25%-50% more) Do not try to
combo the Zero weapons with Hero's Spirit because it doesn't work.
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V : Traversing the Vortex Corridor
The Vortex Corridor is found by going to the underground cavern
using the Geo Gate at the town. Here I will tell you how to use the
methods described in the preparing section as well as give a
description of the levels and monsters that you will encounter.
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1 Methods
A: Quickly
B: Searching
C: Leveling Up
2 Description of the levels and monsters
D: 1-9
E: 10-19
F: 20-29
G: 30-39
H: 40-49
I: 50-59
J: 60-69
K: 70-79
L: 80-89
M: 90-99
N: 100
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1 : Methods
A: Quickly
When trying to get through the Vortex Corridor quickly the
are a couple of things to kept in mind. First, try to avoid battles by
running around the monsters, It is possible in most cases to get around
every monster (unless they're in a small hallway) To do this you will
want to lure them towards you by getting close to them, when they start
chasing you and their picture on the map turns red run away and wait
for them to leave you alone, at this point you will want to run past
them. Most of the time they will start to chase you again, if this
happens don't turn sharply, and don't stop, you can run faster than
most monsters and the ones you can't run in a straight line. When you
get to level 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, etc. You will have a choice to turn a
Geo Gate into Entrance, Exit, Item, or for it to recover you. The
first one you come to you should turn into an item, the second into an
entrance, and the third into an exit. I say to get an item because
they can most often be good (like vellium, mana eggs, weapons, amour,
and items) Using this method you will get through the Vortex Corridor
within anywhere to 20-50 hours depending on how lucky you are to find
the next gate to the next level quickly.
B : Searching
When trying to find certain items in the Vortex Corridor
they way you go about it depends on what you are looking for. If you
want just any really good item then you will want to use the Quick
method to get to the higher levels (60+ have the best but you can get
decent ones anywhere) Then go to the levels with Titto and have him
steal from every monster that has 5 or more gem indicators for the item
they have. Also get an item at every 5 levels until full, then just
exit, there is no need to make an entrance. If you are looking for
items from chests then bring who ever you want, search everywhere for
chests and when there are pots or mushrooms that can be opened, open
all of them, most of the time you can find 1 to 4 seeds that raise
stats, as well as mp restorative items and jewelry (for selling)
C : Leveling Up
When going to the Vortex Corridor to level up then you
should reduce the amount of characters you have in your party to 2 or 3
and go to the higher levels. Also have Hero's Spirit if you have it or
the Zero weapons (don't mix them because it doesn't work) Fight all
the enemies in a level and then proceed to the next one and continue.
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2 : Descriptions
More is coming in an update soon. There is a lot of information
in this FAQ already and this section will be the hardest, most time
consuming section so bare with me.
D : 1-9
These first levels are obviously the easiest to get past
unless your character is at low levels. The monsters are not that
strong and give little experience.
E: 10-19
These levels are slightly harder but the monsters here are
still pushovers.
F: 20-29
These levels are better for finding items and getting
slightly more experience. Watch out for the plants here because the
can cause plague which can kill any high level character really fast.
G: 30-39
H: 40-49
I: 50-59
J: 60-69
K: 70-79
L: 80-89
M: 90-99
N: 100
The last level here is at the same place where you fought
Quan Lee and defeated him, walk into the middle of the room and it will
give you an option to continue or back out to do more things. I
suggest to go back to town and save because the Geo Gate here can be
used to exit and return to this level.
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VI : Extra hints about the Vortex Corridor
The Vortex Corridor is good for many things, there are lots of
extremely good items that can be found there as well as experience at
higher levels. The items you can get in the Vortex Corridor are
weapons, amour, items, skills, man eggs, and skill books. The best
items that can be found here are the seeds that raise stats, they can
only be found in the breakable pots and mushrooms that are sometimes in
the levels. The best levels to get them are 70-75. You can get 1-3
each level that has mushrooms. There are also items that can be sold
for lots of money to play the Juston's Game that are found in the same
way as the seeds as well as from monsters and in chests. The other
items that can be found that are good are mostly acquired from monsters
so look at KingK's FAQ for which monsters drop what.
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VII : Extras
This section will contain information about leveling up in an
easier way than in the Vortex Corridor, the Smash Heads music game, and
soon to be more.
Leveling Up Fast
The best way I have come up with to level up is to fight
Zenothlee over and over again. Although he is level 200 and very hard
to beat, It can be done alone, or with a party as long as you follow
these instructions. First you will want to be able to get to the
darkness ruins factory interior by Geo Gate, then you will need to
prepare for the battle. The most important thing that you need to
survive is a 100% resistance to blizzard magic, use the blizzard charm,
and anything that will get you to 100% resistance to crackle flow,
which the crystals use quite often. I suggest using items that resist
blizzard 100 by them selves like mistral armour and amethyst shield,
this way you can equip better armour to raise your characters defense.
You will want to have a defense of 900-1000, possible 800 but 1000 I
found to be the best because it defends against all the attacks (normal
ones) To do this equip toughness to characters, strength is useless if
your dead. Having attack at 1000+ is good, 1200 is better but 1000
will do. Do not equip Asura Spirit because the crystals attack so
frequently that it will take forever to get a combo off. Make sure all
your characters know their last most power full move to use on him,
that is the most effective way to damage him. Magic is only good if
your character has high intelligence like Jaid or Miam, they should be
the only ones using magic if any (other than curative spells which
every one should be able to do) Electric magic does nothing so use
strong magic from eggs like the Ether egg (Galactic Bang would be best,
it's on the Ether egg)
If you don't have enough equipment to meet these requirements, take a
couple characters out, it might take longer to beat him but at least
you will be able to.
When going to Zenothlee, fight a couple of monsters on the way to
get SP, having Elvin Boot's (they cast Fader at the start of the
battle) helps so you don't take damage beforehand. When you start
battling Zenothlee have Evan use Invincible Aura, this will nullify all
damage done to him, when he gets attacked and falls down moaning, use
it again because it just wore out. Also cast WOW on your characters
(Brandols Battle Cry works really well here) Have all the characters
use their special attack (combo moves are good if they are strong, no
electric ones) when a character runs out of SP just have them defend,
Titan Canon will give a defending character about 40 SP. If you manage
to beat all the crystals don't let Zenothlee cast Meteor Strike because
it causes a lot of damage, eventually the crystals will revive and
attack you again. If a character gets caught in the Crystal Capture
move, critical hit the crystal to knock it off. When Zenothlee is
defeated you will get about 130,000 exp per character.
Afterwards go to the Spiritual Atrium to get 3 items, usually 1
man egg or a skill book, and two other items from armour and weapons to
rings.
