Title: Growlanser III
                         Author: William Tran
                        Date: July 15, 2005
                       Completed: July 20, 2005
                       Email: [email protected]

Table of Contents

I. Introduction
II. Preparation
III. Equipment
IV. Where to Battle
V. Battle Strategies
VI.Blessing Bells
VII. Skills
VIII. Final Preparations
IX. Schwartzhaas Mission
X. So What Now
XI. Frequently Asked Questions
XII. Legal
XIII.Credits and Thanks

I. Introduction

Hey all! THis FAQ is soley designed for those completionists who wish
to do everything possible in Growlanser III and challenge themselves. If
you remember, the first battle at Schwartzhaas is the one in which you
must escape on the bridge with Annette and Slayn. Of course, many wonder
if it is actually possible to win this battle by destroying all the
enemies. Well, I decided to test this and realized that it is possible
to achieve a Mission Complete by destroying all the enemies.

***This FAQ does contain minor spoilers and is intended for you to read
this from top to bottom. Enjoy.***

***This FAQ stricly concerns the battle at Schwartzhaas in which your only
available characters are Slayn and Annette. There are two more battles
in this city but they are easily winnable***

II. Preparation

       1. New Game+: I do not think this is possible on a regular game.
          You have the option of creating a Clear Data Save (New game+)
          upon completing the game.

       2. 9 Blessing Bells: This is the Arena Prize (Voltone) for
          2 on 2 Battles. You will have to fight the arena five times
          in order to get the maximum 9 Blessing Bells.

       3. 9 Fairy Tears: This is also a prize for the 2 on 2 Battles;
          however, you will only have to fight it once.

       4. 3 Fighter's Fists
          2 Muscular Growths
          2 Lvl 4 Quickness
          1 Lvl 4 Faint Guard (optional)
          1 Lvl 2 Quickness (optional)
          3 Lvl 2 Deft Wind (optional)
          1 Lvl 4 Arms Might (Optional)
          These gems can be bought from the Gem Store in Voltone

       5. Good Armor: Preferably the Final Guard for Slayn and Louve
          Armor for Annette. The Final Guard is the prize for the Damage
          Competition (Arena) and the Louve Armor is located at the end
          of the Voltone Well (Optional Dungeon). In order to gain
          access to the Voltone Well, you must complete the optional
          dungeon Trial Cave which is located north of Lindenberg.
          If you agree to the Dungeon Mistress's proposal, she will
          go to Voltone where you can talk to her and then climb down
          the ladder to the Voltone Well Dungeon.

Now Start the New Game+. Your astrological sign actually determines your
growth rate for Slayn. For my FAQ, i chose Aries.

III. Equipment

       1. ASAP, Use the 9 Fairy Tears on Annette's Ring. This will change
          her gem slots into a 5-5-4.

       2. Equip Annette with the 2 Muscular Growths and a Fighter's Fists.

       3. Equip poor Slayn with just 2 Fighter's Fists.

You are now ready to start the grueling and monotonous practice of battling.

IV. Where to Battle

       1. Next to the Federation Outpost is a patch of land that is yellow,
          brown,and green.

       2. You know you are on it when you fight "Green Slimes" in battles.

       3. Only fight battles here because green slimes have the most experience
          at this time.

       4. The experience you earn from these battles ranges from 20-26. As you
          level up, this experience grows smaller, usually -2 experience per
          level.

V. Battle Strategies

       1. These battles are easy of course, so there's no real strategy besides
          auto-battle. (Press Start)

       2. However, the "Silm" monsters (green unicorn thing that gives you an
          item if you keep it alive), is actually good for experience. KILL IT!!!

       3. Level up both characters to Level 9 or 10.

       4. If you decided to make Slayn an Aries, his HP will grow 8 HP/level.
          Annette generally grows 14 HP/level.

VI. Blessing Bells

       1. Give both Slayn and Annette a Blessing Bell.

       2. Fight a battle.

       3. Watch the stats grow (especially Annette's)

       4. Level both characters to Level 9 or 10

       5. Repeat Steps 1-4 until you run out of Blessing Bells.

       6. If you just cannot battle anymore, I quit when I had 3 blessing
          bells left. Slayn had about 450 HP and Annette 570 HP. Slayn's
          STR was about 250 and Annette 350. Both had about 400 in DEF
          after equipping their best armor.

VII. Skills

       1. Equip limit definitely. This will allow Slayn and Annette to equip
          their best armor with about 200 and 230 STR respectively.

       2. You will be extremely prepared to fight the battles so skills will
          not affect the battle that much. However, fighter-oriented skills
          like Hit Up, Attack Wait Down, Critical Hit, etc. will be beneficial.

       3. Same strategy applies for Magic and Techs.

       4. FYI, i did not spend any of my master points on Magic.
          Slayn & Annette spent all their points on Critical Hit, Attack Wait
          Down, Hit Up, Equip Limit, Dash & Bait.

VIII. Final Preparations

       1. When you feel that you are strong enough, equip the Final Guard
          and the Louve Armor. Other equipment is up to you.

       2. FYI, My Annette had Lvl 4 Arms Might, and 2 Lvl 4 Quickness.

       3. My Slayn had a Lvl 2 Deft Wind and Lvl 1 HP Recovery.

       4. Things to note: Even if you are all-powerful, Annette can still
          be fainted (is that the right word?) by the enemy soldiers if
          she is surrounded. A Lvl 4 Faint Guard might be necessary.

       5. Save

If you haven't done so already, initiate the Schwartzhaas Mission after
getting the Mission Briefing by Annette's Father at Voltone.

IX. Schwartzhaas Mission

       1. Aggressival General's Stats: 270 ATK, 300 DEF, 138 HIT, 105 ATW,
          175 MOV, 500 (estimate) HP

       2. Make sure your stats are better if not comparable.

       3. At the start of the battle, move back to your army and kill the
          closest units. If you like, you can have Slayn charge up a Fire
          Arrow (level 1 or 2) to kill the Mages. Forget about your army,
          THEY HAVE TO DIE IN ORDER TO GET A MISSION COMPLETE (yes, ironic).

       4. The 2nd hardest enemy will be the Aggressival Commander (the guy
          with the green hat). However, Annette can take him down in one
          strike.

       5. If you are strong as you are supposed to be, everyone will be
          doing 1 damage to you with the exception of the Aggressival
          General who does about 30.

       6. Attack the Aggressival General like any normal enemy. It will take
          about 4-6 strikes to kill him. You will then receive a powerful ring

       7. After you defeat all the units that do not reappear
          4 soldiers continue to spawn in. If you destroy these four
          soldiers before another spawns in, you get a Mission
          Complete.

       8. Every set of 4 soldiers is two levels higher than before, so you
          better get the Mission Complete before level 22. To accomplish
          this, have the four soldiers follow you to the end of the bridge.
          This is done to bunch them up. Kill them all quickly. Deft Wind
          will help. Good job. Mission Complete.

X. So What Now

       1. The end result probably wasn't worth the effort so what should
          you do now?

       2. Play the game again. It's a great game.

       3. Defeat Simone at the Featherian Tower. She will still escape
          though. The key is to use the Blessing Bell trick on Monika
          until she has a good amount of STR and Transport Wings.

       4. Beat Vincent during the 2nd battle at Schwartzhaas. The key is
          Monika with Transport Wings.

XI. Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Why am I leveling up to 9 or 10?
A. THe Blessing Bell lowers a character's level by 10. If you use it on
someone lower than 11, then the character just goes to 1, meaning that
you cheated the character a few levels. Because we want to have as much
strength as possible, you do not want to do that. I just give you the
option of using the item at 9 or 10 instead of 11 because this is a
really monotonous process. Earning 400 experience with 7-10 experience
battles is really taxing.

Q. I can't kill the 4 soldiers to get a Mission Complete!!!
A. If the bridge strategy does not work, you might have the Tech
Inferno in Slayn's skill list. Purchase this skill and keep Slayn's
MP as high as possible. When the four soldiers have you surrounded,
use the skill. If you are like me, you will do about 150+ damage
which is sufficient to kill them all. If they are still alive,
chances are, their levels are in the higher twenties, in which case
it's not possible to kill them. Sorry.

Q. Is there another way to increase stats?
A. Yes. Gale Apples, Wisdom Apples, and Life Apples. Of course, these
won't increase your stats significantly to matter. So how about you
just read this FAQ?

Q. This FAQ is awesome! Do you have any more challenges?
A. Unfortunately no. The fact that you can become powerful the minute
you start playing shows that there are no more real challenges. However,
the one that is more commonly known is beating Clive in the mines for
the first time. Of course, if you do this strategy, you'll have no
problem with Clive.

Q. Is it OK if I just level up one character instead of both Annette and
Slayn?
A. I have not tried this, but from my experience, I say it will not work.
The problem is that if either one dies, it's over. The other problem is
that it will be really hard to achieve the Mission Complete with only
one character doing the damage. Annette or Slayn alone probably cannot
kill 4 soldiers before one spawns in.

Q. Can you save Annette's Uncle?
A. Unfortunately, no. When I killed all the soldiers with Martin
still alive, this caused four more soldiers to appear. He must die
in order to get the Mission Complete (ironic)

Q. If you save Annette's Uncle, can you see him again? And does that mean
Zion will still need another soul?
A. You are reading too in depthly and once again, YOU CANNOT SAVE HIM

Q. You are awesome! Can I give you a dollar for your efforts?
A. Email me at [email protected] and we'll chat.

Q. Can you be more specific on your Schwartzhaas Mission?
A. Well, I did not actually start the Muscular Growths on Annette
until I already used a Blessing Bell, so Annette wasn't as strong
as she could have been. However, Slayn was about 450 HP and Annette
was 570 HP by the time I was strong enough to fight the battle.
Annette's strength was about 350 and Slayn was like 250. These
were just enough to overcome the required strengths to equip the
armors. Annette did 100 damage to the General on critical and
Slayn was like 80. I started the battle running back to our army
and then proceeded to kill whoever. Annette along with Slayn then
killed the General. After that, we waited for the four soldiers
to surround us before killing them. Mission Complete

XII. Legal

This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except
for personal,private use. It may not be distributed publicy
without my permission because I wrote this FAQ and did this
long, daunting process.

Copyright 2005 William Tran

XIII. Credits and Thanks

I would like to thank Career Soft and Atlus Co. for making
this game

I would like to thank Alex Eagleson and Gerald Guess for
helping me create my FAQ using their formats.

I would like to thank Working Designs in translating
and distributing this game to the United States.

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