Side-quests/Secrets FAQ:

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Side-quests/Secrets FAQ:
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|Game: Shadow Hearts |
|Developer: Sacnoth |
|Publisher: Midway/Azure |
|Author: Joe Messer (Grand Admiral) |
|Version: 1.52 Updated 6/26/03 |
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|Date: 7/31/02 |
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|This document is copyright 2002 by Joe Messer. This document can be |
|used for any non commercial use as defined by the law. All characters|
|and details relating to the game are copyright of Midway, Azure, and |
|Sacnoth. This is a original work and you must have written permission|
|to use it in other FAQ's or publications. Parties contributing to |
|this FAQ are credited with their name, alias, and email. |
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New Information (6/23/03)
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Just changed my email address. Further changes will not warrant a comment here.
Thanks for your support.

(9/2/02)
-Added a couple of squaresoft similarities and a FAQ entry. There will
most likely be no more updates to this guide. Thanks for all your great
feedback. Feel free to continue emailing me with your comments and
questions.

(8/27/02)
-Extra Seraphic Radiance strategy
-Location of Moon Card

(8/19/02)
-Added a FAQ. This was meant to go in the previous update, but I forgot
about it. So here it is.

(8/18/02)
-Squaresoft information
-Table of contents
-Snake card information
-Updated Contact Information
-Format improved

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Table of Contents
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>Introduction

>Asia
>>The Erotic Book
>>Pit Fight #1
>>Kowloon Forest

>Europe
>>Pit Fight #2
>>The 3 Forbidden Documents
>>Ancient Ruins
>>Cave Temple
>>Amon
>>Good Ending
>>The Seraphic Radiance
>>Margarets Confession

>Ultimate Armor's and Weapons
>>Yuri
>>Alice
>>Zhuzhen
>>Margaret
>>Keith
>>Halley

>Lottery Members

>Miscellaneous
>>Guild Cards
>>Gravestones
>>Obtaining ??? skills
>>The Pedometer

>Squaresoft Influence

>FAQ

>Contact Information

>Credits

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Introduction
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Hi and welcome to my Shadow Hearts side-quest and secrets FAQ. This is
my very first FAQ and I hope that it will serve you well in completing
this excellent RPG. Before we begin let me tell you what this guide
includes. Steps to take in order to get the good ending, including the
best time to do it and the cut of point. Obtaining the ultimate
fusion's, Amon and Seraphic Radiance. Where to get all ultimate weapons
and armors. Locations of lottery members including the SUPER SECRET
(well not so secret anymore) #00. This is just a list of the major ones.
I've tried to include everything possible. If you have a contribution,
correction or suggestions please email me at [email protected]. My
email policy is explained below.

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|Spoiler Note: I have done my best to keep this walkthrough spoiler |
|free, but its not 100%. Be sure to take caution when reading this if |
|you have not yet completed the game. |
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Asia
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Things to do here: The Erotic Book, Pit Fight #1, and Kowloon Fortress

~~~~ The Erotic Book ~~~~

This really isn't a side quest but you need it to get the ultimate
fusion monster later down the road in Europe. So I will include this
part here. The Erotic Book is located a room on the left hand side of
the Kuihai Tower. BE SURE TO PICK IT UP! It's on the floor somewhere.
Just run around until you see a "\^^/(heart: P)" mark over your head.

~~~~ Pit Fight #1 ~~~~

To tell you the truth I did not get very far in pit fights, as they are
pretty tough. The reason being is you only get to fight one on one. If
you plan on pit fighting use these tips:

-Rest at an inn before fighting
-Wear accessories that protect against Silence, Paralyses, and ring
abnormalities.
-Acupuncture your weapon
-Use Yuri. The other characters are just too weak.
-Carry PLENTY of healing and support items
-Fight before entering the kuihai tower so you will be at a higher
level.

There are 3 kinds of enemies you will face: Normal, beefed up Boss', and
beefed up Wind Shear. Normal monsters are easy but when you start
fighting Yamajara's and those wind shears GOOD LUCK! Also there are
other status effects then those mentioned above but those are the ones
that are more deadly.

I'm not sure how many times you have to fight in order to get a reward,
but if you ever make it that far drop me a line and tell me. I will
credit you with the information.

Update: Thanks to LyssaJ for this info. Win 10 consecutive bouts and you
get 5000 cash and an Anne's Cross.

~~~~ Kowloon Fortress ~~~~

Whether or not you participate in this side quest all depends on your
reaction to Dehuai's torture on Alice. In order to get the quest you
must answer the first option of all Dehuai's questions. If you don't you
will never be able to complete it.

First leave the Kuihai tower and head back to Shanghai. Once there go
back to where the smugglers boat is and talk to the man on the pier. He
says the boat is now ready for use. Get on the boat and answer yes to
set off for Kowloon Fortress.

When you get to Kowloon Fortress there is a silent peddler nearby. Talk
to him and stock up on items. Be sure to buy and equip some Leonardo
Bears for your entire party. Then continue along the path. Take the
first set of stairs on your right. Go down the ladder and then climb up
the next one on the right and go through the green door. The bottom
shelf contains the Wugui room key. Go back to the first area and head up
the last set of stairs. Continue to go up and then head left and up the
next set of stairs. You should see a yellow door. Enter and then go
through the door on the other side to get rid of theblocks. Continue up
the stairs and when you reach the next floor cross the bridge (there is
a lottery ticket in the yellow stuff) and continue up another flight of
stairs. There is a save point up here and I suggest you use it. I also
hope you bought some Leonardo Bears.

*** BOSS: Cursed Puppet ***
Hit Points: 1300 (approx.)
Element: Darkness

This is a pretty easy fight with those Leonardo Bears. One thing to keep
in mind is that he absorbs all special attacks so stick with physical
ones. Have Yuri and Margarate handle the attacking and use ZhuZhen to
heal and distribute support items. If ZhuZhen has nourishing potion use
that. If not then Thera leafs will have to do. The boss has 2 main
special attacks, which can both cause instant death: Game of Death and
Nightmare. Game of Death is no biggie, but Nightmare causes damage to
all allies. If your whole party is low on HP Yuri's Heavens Fiend has a
cure all special. Use that.

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Europe
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Things to do here: Pit Fight #2, Amon, Good Ending, The 3 forbidden
documents, Ancient Ruins, Cave Temple, Seraphic Radiance, Margarets
Confession

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|Note: Some of these side-quests must be done in order. I have |
|indicated what ones by adding a PREQ notice. If there are prerequsite|
|side-quests they will be listed there. |
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~~~~ Pit Fight #2 ~~~~

After rescuing Koudelka the London Rats Hideout is home to the second
Pit Fight. This pit fight is easier since you can level up better for
it. This pit fight is just like before except there are more variety of
bosses and enemies. Follow the same strategies as the first one and get
your level above 50. It should be a piece of cake then. Here are the
rewards for winning 10 consecutive bouts.

//----------------------------|
|Yuri |Seventh Key |
|Alice |Crucifix |
|Margarete |Tissues |
|Zhuzhen |Silver Hand |
|Keith |Belt of Thor |
|Halley |Metal Jacket |
|All Characters |Crystal Ring |
|----------------------------//

~~~~ The 3 Forbidden Documents ~~~~

-Codex of Lurie

On the floor where you fought Alber Simon in the Nemeton Monastary. You
must do this after you hear the conversation between Koudelka and
Halley.

-Book of Rituals

Take ZhuZhen to Nemeton. ZhuZhen will pray at the grave in front and
then give you the book.

-Emigre Document

Go back to the orphanage. Jack is gone but the kids have stayed and they
want to play hide and seek. Go straight from the lobby into the middle
door and talk to the little kid. He will ask you to play hide and seek.
You have one minute to find 4 kids scattered throughout the orphanage
and then return to this kid to tell him. This is a pretty easy mini-
game. The most common hiding spots are behind the pillars and in the
crevices between furniture. Beware one of the kids will say that he's
not one of them, but he is most definitely one of them.

~~~~ Ancient Ruins ~~~~
PREQ: The 3 Forbidden Documents

This is an extra area that's required to advance over to some of the
other side-quests. It's a labyrinth so be sure not to get lost. First of
all take a look at your valuable section and read the Book of Rituals.
Ancient Ruins should now appear on your map. Go there and enter. There
are coloured lights that represent paths in each section of this
dungeon. Your task is to enter the paths in the correct order. If you
would like to figure it out on your own I'll give you a hint: THE
COLOR'S OF THE RAINBOW

Still can't figure it out? OK, here is the order: red, orange, yellow,
green, sky blue, blue and purple. Go down the stairs previously flooded
and pick up the Gold Thread Coat (Alice's ultimate armor). Now leave and
examine the book of rituals again. It's changed this time. Re-enter the
ancient ruins and again the stairs are flooded. Go through the maze
again this time in reverse order. Now the stairs are unfolded. Go down
but this time it's a boss battle.

**** BOSS: SERAPHIM ****
HP: 5000 (approx.)
Element: None

The only advice I can give is to equip crucifixes. His divine punishment
attack damages all enemies and gives them random side effects. Other
then that, just use your normal boss strategy. Have two people attack
and one heal.

~~~~ Cave Temple ~~~~
PREQ: The 3 Forbidden Documents

Like the ancient ruins this is an optional area that opens up some of
the other side-quests. I recommend you do the ancient ruins first since
the boss is much easier. Anyway lets get started. This is another maze
and it took me forever to figure this out so I don't blame you for
reading the FAQ. Before you enter read the Emigre Manuscript. When you
first enter the maze there is a chest in the doors ahead. After you get
it go back and then go left. Up. Left. Up. Down twice. Left. There is a
lottery ticket in the top room. Left. Up. Left. Up. Keith's ultimate
armor is here. You will then exit the temple.

Read the Emigre Manuscript again and it will say something different.
Re-enter the temple and take this path. The door ahead contains a chest.
Right. Up. Right. Down and then down again. Right. There is a chest in
the top room. Right. Up. Right. Save and fight a much harder version of
the ruins boss.

**** BOSS: CHERUBIM ****
HP: 9000 (approx.)
Element: None

Wow that's a whole lot of HP! And guess what, you can't use and magic or
special skills. It's all physical this time around. This amounts to a
really long battle. In addition to divine punishment, Cherubim can also
use that!!! skill that drains your HP down to one. It is absolutely
necessary for Alice to have her Arc skill for this battle. You will not
survive if you don't. Just use the same strategies as before and you
should be fine. The only thing you have to worry about is falling
asleep. Seriously...

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|Note: Just a bit of trivia here. Seraphim and Cherubim are both choir|
|(ranks) of angels Seraphim being the highest and Cherubim being the |
|fourth highest. Its kind of odd that Cherubim would be the harder |
|boss don't you think? |
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~~~~ Amon ~~~~

Getting Amon is a requirement to get the Seraphic Radiance so it would
be a good idea to pick up this awesome fusion monster. Upon entering the
Nemeton Monastary you will notice that there are coloured switches and
treasure chests with coloured locks around them. Lets solve this puzzle.

First go right and hit the blue switch, but its blocked by a cloud. In
order to clear it up you must solve a chest puzzle. Head left from the
entrance. Then go down and take a right. Cross the bridge with the green
slime below. Continue right and open the chest. Return to the blue
switch and open the chest that is closed. The cloud will clear up.
Activate the switch. Now all blue locked chests will be available.
Return to the entrance area. Now head left and keep going left until you
reach another slime trench. Go up and hit the red switch. Go down and
you'll see an area that looks like a blacksmiths workshop. Remember this
place, but for now move on. From the next screen go right until you see
a staircase. Go up and hit the green switch. After you get the chests
that were unlocked go and turn off the blue flame. Head back to the
brimstone to pick up the destruction stone.

Proceed to fight Cardinal Simon and after the battle you will receive
Amon.

~~~~ Good Ending ~~~~~

In order to do this you must have the Oath Grail and you must do this
after you defeat Albert Simon but before you reach the float. To obtain
the Oath Grail talk to Joshua at the London rat's hideout and he will
give it to you. Once you have this its time to rack up malice. In order
to get malice quickly fight where enemies are the weakest. My place of
choice is Blue Castle. After you fill your malice those masks from the
graveyard will attack you. Defeat them in this order: Grail, Gold,
Staff, and Sword. If one of them does not appear in order run away and
try again. Once you do this go to the graveyard and check out the
tombstone next to the dark grave. If Alice's name on it your all set to
go.

Now go talk to Roger. He says the machine is complete and lets you rest.
When you fall asleep Alice will be taken to the graveyard. Have her read
all the tombstones then talk to the masks. The masks will open the gate
and you must fight Atman.

***BOSS: ATMAN***
HP: 9000 (approx.)
Element: None

If you did everything that I told you, Yuri will come to help Alice. If
not Alice will die. Have Yuri transform into Sandalphon for best results
and have Alice heal. Not to tough of a battle.

~~~~ The Seraphic Radiance ~~~~
PREQ: Amon, The 3 Forbidden documents, Ancient Ruins, Cave Temple

Remember the Erotic Book I told you to pick up back in the Kuihai tower?
You will need it. Read the Erotic Book in your valuables section and
give it to Bacon. He will turn it into the Pulse Tract. Read about it in
the valuables section and head over to the ancient ruins. When you get
there, go through it in this order: Yellow, red, green, purple, blue
red, sky blue. Go down the stairs and open the chest. You will get a
stone of rebirth. Find the nearest save point and head to the graveyard.
Go through the gate where you fought Ben Hyuga and examine the tree.
Prepare yourself for the toughest battle of the game and then try to
leave.

**** BOSS PART 1: Ben Hyuga ****
HP: 3000 (approx.)
Element: Darkness

This is the easy part of the battle. Just do normal attacks on him.
Don't fuse. Save your SP and MP for the next part. When your HP's get
low use a Thera root.

**** BOSS PART 2: SERAPHIC RADIANCE ****
HP: 5500 (approx.)
Element: None

Let me just say that this boss is ****ING HARD!!! I died many times. I
thought this game was pretty easy, but then I found out that they were
saving the difficulty for this climactic battle! So how do you do it
without getting wiped on the floor? First of all be around level 45+. I
recommend 50, but if you think your good enough go ahead and try it
earlier. Get as many Thera extracts and Mana extracts as you can. If you
have fruit of yggdrasils, that will help you to. My fusion monster of
choice is Amon. He gives you the best statistic upgrades and has the
strongest attacks. If you're at a low level be sure to carry some pure
extracts. Seraphic Radiance mostly attacks you with physical attacks.
Every once in awhile he will use Malcto, an attack that drains HP from
you and uses it to heal him (it) self. Every physical attack will take
about 300 HP from you and with only one character that equals a whole
lot of healing. Good luck. If you can defeat this monster you will have
no trouble with the rest of the game.

Thanks to Scott McCoy([email protected]) for this Seraphic
Radiance strategy.

---
About that damned Seraphic Radiance, I ran around a bit (with pedometer)
to stock up on Thera Extracts, which is helpful. Use the Pure Extract
NOW, right after fusing with Amon, just to be safe.
I also found Demon Rays more effective than The End. Equip the Belt of
Power and Seven-Eyed mask.

I found the Huge Jug worthless, but I liked the Small Jug because it
sped up the process of going Berzerk with the Level 3 souls.
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~~~~ Margarets Confession ~~~~

Go to Rouen and enter the church through the back door. As you enter the
main hall Margaret will ask you to speak with her through the
confessional. Listen to her whine and she will reward you with the Pearl
Ring

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Ultimate Armors and Weapons
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Here is a list of all ultimate armors and weapons.

/----------------------------------------------------|
|Character |Weapon |Armor |
|Yuri |Nightbird Claw |Father's Coat |
|Alice |Holy Book Flesh |Gold Thread Coat |
|ZhuZhen |Holy Peak Staff |Coat of the Adept |
|Margaret |10 Guage |Leather Suit |
|Keith |Demon Sword Tryving |Mantle of Shivering |
|Halley |Volt Snipe |Metal Jacket |
|----------------------------------------------------/

Yuri

Ultimate Weapon-
To get his ultimate weapon first you must complete the forbidden
documents quest. First go up to the float and fight all the bosses up to
messiah. Take the yellow transport back to earth and talk to Roger
Bacon. He tells you he wants to go to the moon. Complete a 10 ring to
send him to the moon. When he comes back you will get the Nightbird Claw

Ultimate Armor-
Get Seraphic Radiance

Alice

Ultimate Weapon-
In order to get her ultimate weapon you must have Alice in your party.
Go to Prague. There is a man at the bar who hires you to go exorcise a
demon at his house. Dollhouse should now appear on your world map. Go
there and enter. First examine the clock to get the crank. Go through
the left door and then north to a fountain. Complete a push ring and
get a storage room key. Leave the dollhouse and if you go left from the
entrance there is another room (storage room). Use the key. It's too
dark in here to see. Use the crank on the light and it will reveal
stairs leading down to the basement. Go down and get the slide
projector. There is room farther below but you can't go there quite yet.
Go back to the house, but this time head upstairs. Use the slide on the
projector to reveal a picture of a child and her mother with the date
December 24. Now head downstairs and enter the room on the right again.
There is a fireplace. Enter the code 1224 (if you couldn't figure it out
its the month (12) and the day (24)). Now that room in the basement is
accessible. Head down there. Once you enter the door examine various
places through the room (this part gave me the chills). Then try to
leave.
**** BOSS: ORB CHAOS ****
HP: 8000 (approx.)
Element: Light
Crucifix's are your friend. If you don't have any this will be a
hard battle for you. If you do have some then this battle is easy. Have
Yuri fuse with a dark class monster, Charon will do fine. And have your
other two characters play the traditional support roles. When you beat
it you will get Alice's ultimate weapon Holy Book Flesh

Ultimate Armor-
From ancient ruins sidequest

Zhuzhen

Ultimate Weapon-
Complete Cave Temple side-quest. Reward for beating boss.

Ultimate Armor-
Go to the inn at Rouen. Enter the room on the bottom floor and Meiyuan,
the acupuncture guy, will give you a letter from Qihua. The letter
contains ZhuZhen's ultimate armor.

Margarete

Ultimate Weapon-
Win from lottery member #2

Ultimate Armor-
Get 10000 steps with the pedometer. Put Margarete in your party and
claim from the silent peddler.

Keith

Ultimate Weapon-
Put Keith in your party and go to Bistriz and talk to Nina. She says
that she saw something strange at your castle. Go and investigate the
big coffin and a golden bat will appear. Some dialogue will take place
and then you must fight it. You have six turns to kill him. If you
don't, then it's instant death for you. Your reward is the Demon Sword
Tryving.

Ultimate Armor-
Complete Cave Temple side-quest above.

Halley

Ultimate Weapon-
Complete Ancient Ruins side-quest.

Ultimate Armor-
Win Pit Fight 2 with Halley

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The Lottery
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Contains: Complete list of lottery members, their prizes, and location

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|Note: If you fail to win an item you get a tissue. Be sure to use one|
| lottery ticket to purposely fail. You will need a tissue to get one |
|of the gravestones. |
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|Second Note: If you see a "!" be sure to get that item. A common |
|practice is to save before you play and if you fail reset and try |
|again. |
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~#15~
Location: In Fentigan near fountain
Prizes: Black Tortise Fang, Jade Lariat Talisman Of Mercy, Pure Seed

~#14~
Location: Turtle Restaurant in Dalian Port
Prizes: Pocket Watch, Tea of the Healer, Pure leaf, White tiger hair

~#13 (Sergant Kato)~
Location: Smugglers Boat
Prizes: Blue Dragon Horn, Pure Leaf, Witches Broth, Iron Clogs

~#12~
Location: Smugglers boat next to save point after arriving in Shanghai
Prizes: Star Card!, Red phoenix talon, pure seed, tea of holy one

~#11 (xiaofang)~
Location: Temple Ruins
Prizes: Kirin Scale, Priests Wine, Pure Seed, Flash Badge

~#10~
Location: Kowloon Fortress in front
Prizes: Moon Swallow, Mind's Eye!*, Talisman of Wisdom, Pure Seed

*Only 2 chances to get this item.

~#9~
Location: Japanese Soldier in Kuihai tower. The farthest one up.
Prize: Warlock Earrings, Star Swallow, Pure Seed, Soul Benediction.

~#8~
Location: Streets of Prague
Prize: Seal of Luck!, Berzerker Earrings!, Talisman of purity, Thera
root

~#7~
Location: Bistriz, house in the northern area. Only after defeating
Tindalos
Prizes: Oracle Earrings! Tea of the holy one, Seal of Life!, Mana root

~#6~
Location: Rouen (second visit)
Prizes: Seal of Aura!*, Accelerator, Alchemist water, pure root

*the only one I've found

~#5~
Location: Homeless guy in Old Castle Street
Prize: Priest Earrings, Thera Extract, Thera Root, and Seal of Speed!

~#4~
Location: Calios Hospital (come back to this place after defeating Olga)
Prize: Eternity Card!, Seal of Force!, Mana root, ManaExtract

~#3~
Location: Orphanage, the kid in the pot after completing the mini game.
Prize: Crucifix!!*, Seal of Wisdom!, Pure root, Pure extract

*I have only found 2 of these in the game are crucial for fighting some
of the more difficult bosses.

~#2~
Location: Rouen, after you get the pearl ring. He's in the alley
Prize: 10 Gauge!, Dice of Ceasar, Seal of Strength, Eye of Ourboros

~#1~
Location: Blue Castle, after completing all of its side quests. He's
invisible siting on the throne. Make sure Keith is not in your party.
Prize: Thief Earrings!, Key to success, Seal of vitality!, Fruit of
Yggdrasil!

~#00~
Location: Roger Bacon. You must have Yuri's ultimate weapon and played
lottery with all previous players.
Prize: Cotton Underpants!, Comet Mask!, Seal of soul!, Talisman of power

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Misc.
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Contains: Guild Cards, Gravestones, Obtaining ??? Skills, Pedometer

~~~~ Guild Cards ~~~~

Guild Cards enable you to get discounts at shops here are there
locations.

Snake Card-Get from Silent peddler in Zhaoyang Village.
Moon Card- Nina's house in Bistriz
Sun Card- Talk to homeless guy on old castle street.
Star Card- Lottery #12
Eternity Card- Lottery #4

~~~~ Gravestones ~~~~

Air-
In Prague go to the bar and talk to one of the men. He will tell you
that some guy went into the bathroom and he is taking forever to get
out. Go into the bathroom and check out the second stall. It seems the
man is out of toilet paper. Hand him a tissue and try to leave the bar.
The man will run out and give you the gravestone.

Water-
Go to Rouen and return to the room that you stayed at in the hotel. A
couple will be arguing about a diamond ring or whatever. Go to the
church and enter the last coffessional door. The husband will enter and
ask you for advice. Tell him to buy her a diamond ring. Return to the
hotel room and he will give you the water gravestone.

Dark-
Return to the tower at Blue Castle where Yuri was kept. It's on the
floor.

Earth-
Go to Bistritz and talk to Nina she will tell you that she found a
strange stone in the roots of the plant she was growing and hands you
the earth grave stone.

Fire-
Enter the room with the spade lock and examine the chest twice.

Light-
Go to nemeton and go into Rogers house. It's on the second floor.

~~~~ Obtaining ??? Skills ~~~~

Have you earned your Lv.3 fusion monsters and are wondering what those
??? skills are? Look no further. I will tell you how to get them. Just
go into berserk mode while fused with the monster and you will learn its
??? skill. To deplete sp faster fuse with lower level monsters first.
Disembody and then fuse with the Lv. 3 one.

~~~~ The Pedometer ~~~~

Remember when the silent peddler gave you that pedometer (sure you do!).
Well put that bad boy to use. Equip it on one of your characters and
walk around random encounter areas. Run away from the enemies and
continue until you have the desired amount of steps. Here is the list of
rewards.

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|100 | Thera Extract |
|300 | Voodoo Doll |
|800 | Weird Bottle |
|1500 | Iron Clogs |
|2500 | Flash Badge |
|3500 | Moon Swallow |
|5000 | Star Swallow |
|6500 | Monkey Paw |
|7000 | Silver Hand |
|8000 | Belt of Power |
|10000| Leather Suit |
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Squaresoft Influence
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-Like Chrono Trigger and Cross Shadow Hearts has a new game+ option
after beating the game.

-The vampire in FF7 and Shadow Hearts have the same last name, Valentine

-Yggdrasil(from Fruit of Yggdrasil) is the name of Bart's ship in
Xenogears. It is also an item (Yggdrasil Tears) in Vagrant Story.

-Tent has the same use in Shadow Hearts and Squaresoft games.

-Scott McCoy([email protected]) made an interesting comment about
the Shadow Hearts storyline.

"As for similarities to Squaresoft, perhaps the most glaring between
this game and FFX is the story emphasis on the relationship between hero
and heroine and their respective fathers. It's a bit much after a
while..."

-Andrew([email protected])

"Second off, In your Squaresoft [similarities] section I would like to
add something. It is that in Final Fantasy 9 Zidane(The main character)
does the same arm movements as Yuri... When I first [saw] this I was
[laughing] my head off...Another squaresoft influence is In battle when
you have to press R1 to run away. Squaresoft uses this same [tactic] in
almost all of its games" -edited for spelling errors

Someone also sent me an email mentioning that Ifrit is in Shadow Hearts.
Im sorry but I lost your email. If you want credit please email me
again.

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FAQ
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I've received many emails pertaining to this game asking various
questions. Here is a list of the most common.

#1
Q: Im trying to get the good ending, but my malice wont fill up, whats
the deal?
A: Alice must be in your party to accumulate malice after Yuri rejoins
your party in Europe.

#2
Q: I cannot complete [insert quest here].
A: Try completeing the other quests first. Sometimes they will open
other side quests up. Also see #7.

#3
Q: What quest should I do first?
A: The three forbidden documents are a requirement for most of the side
quests so I would do those first

#4
Q: I can't ride the boat to Kowloon forest. What EXACTLY do I need to
do?
A: You answered Dehuai's questions incorrectly. Re-read the section
again.

#5
Q: Do I have to get Amon in order to get the Seraphic Radiance?
A: Absolutely Yes.

#6
Q: I can't do the push ring is there a trick to it?
A: Not side quest related, but asked enough to warrant an entry here. No
there is no trick. I can offer two tips. 1) Use your index finger. It is
more responsive. 2) Don't look at the ring. I know this may sound
stupid, but believe me it works.

#7
Q: I can't get any of the ultimate weapons and armors or do any of the
sidequests. What gives?
A: You went up to the float. The float is a major point of no return.
Don't go up there until you have finished everything.

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