Shadow Hearts Where To Go FAQ
Version 2.0 - 23 April 2004
Written by: transience (
[email protected])
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Table of Contents
I.) Introduction
II.) Copyright Information
III.) Version History
IV.) Where To Go FAQ
V.) Credits, Contacting, and other things that start with c
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I.) Introduction: This FAQ is, basically, a small and quick guide of where
to go in Shadow Hearts. If you're looking for help beating a boss,
understanding plot, or learning game mechanics, this is not the FAQ for you.
This FAQ is simply a spoiler-free list of where to go. This is especially
helpful for those who don't feel like getting lost in puzzles/mazes.
This FAQ can be used a speed guide; Shadow Hearts can be beaten in under
15 hours (probably a little longer if you're not using new game plus), and
probably a lot faster if you learn the whole game. It is meant for people
who have been through the game before and don't feel like searching
for stuff, but will also work for first-timers.
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II.) Copyright Information: This FAQ is copyrighted (2004) to me, myself and
I, luke yagnow. If you want to use this FAQ on your site or elsewhere,
drop me an email and I'm sure I won't care. I'd just like to know. If you
do host this FAQ, you may not change as much as a comma in it. If touched,
altered, or posted without permission, your mickey mouse kung fu will be no
match for my superior fighting style, if you know what I mean.
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III.) Version History
v1.0 (8th April 2004) - First completed version of this FAQ.
v2.0 (23rd April 2004) - Will include more information regarding optional
sidequests, ultimate weapon locations, and other stuff you'd like to know.
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IV.) Where To Go FAQ
Beginning (from the train to the first town):
- Watch the opening scenes and run to the front of the train. Fight/lose to
Bacon.
- Go to the plains and watch the scenes with Alice. Afterwards, follow the
path down to where Alice is laying on the ground.
- Follow the path to the right until the next screen. head east and north to
click on the gate.
- Click on the top blinking handle, completing a ring to acquire the handle.
Bring it back to the gate.
- Watch the scenes that follow and do the scene fight with Fox Face. You'll
be in the graveyard.
- Talk to the glowing gravestone to fight Raging Tiger. Afterwards, see the
scene with the masks and then exit the graveyard to the right.
- Head back left and down until there's an intersection, at which you go
southwest.
Zhaoyang town:
- Following the scenes you'll be at Zhaoyang's town gates. Once inside, head
all the way north to the pile of bones.
- Go inside the house with the torches. A fight will commence (not a hard
one). Afterwards, head back to the pile of bones.
- Go to the entrance and meet Zhuzhen. After the scenes, go to the house
with the torches again.
- You'll need to collect a metal vessel and a torch - the metal vessel can
be found on the ground next to the middle shop on the left, while the torch
can be found at the gate.
- Back in the house with the torches, mix the powder and fight the cat lady.
- After that fight, go fight the Yamaraja where the bones are.
- After the scenes with Zhuzhen, you can get a guild card from the peddler on
the way out.
Fengtian:
- Talk to pretty much everyone to get Alice to wake up, getting the pedometer
and using your lottery ticket. Head left. Buy stuff from the store if you
like and then try to leave.
- When you get to the sewer, go straight and take the second left until you
encounter a scene with the dog.
- After you get Margarete, head back down and around to the right. Climb the
ladder near the save point for a scene.
- After the bomb hits, head all the way back around left to where you found
Margarete.
- Get the sealing stone and then go back to break the seal. Kill the
mermen-looking dudes, save if you need to, then head up to fight the boss.
Dalian:
- Upon crashing into Dalian, enter the inn on the left. After the scene with
Yen Yen, exit to see a scene with Li Li.
- Buy a weapon for Zhuzhen if you feel you need it and then head towards the
entrance to fight a boss (use special attacks).
- After beating the boss and seeing the scenes with Kawashima, go downstairs
and grab the flare brooch, a must-have for any new game plus game. head to
the boat.
- Once aboard, wander upstairs. See scenes with both Margarete and then
Zhuzhen (to the left). Then see the scene inside the cabin with Kawashima.
- Go back down to where Alice is. After the scenes, head back up and enter
the cabin where Kawashima and Kato were. You'll fight some enemies.
- Do the same with where Sea mother and Zhuzhen are. Afterwards, you'll
fight two bosses - you can go save if you like.
Shanghai:
- When you arrive, you'll see a scene with Zhuzhen and Yuri's father. When
you're in control of Zhuzhen, head south down the stairs to trigger a scene.
(note: - At the smuggling boat to your you can win guild card #2 at the
smuggling boat to the right here if you so choose in the lottery.)
- Talk to the guy behind the bar and you'll see some scenes and a scene fight
with Wugui.
- After the scenes, exit Shanghai and head to the Temple Ruins.
Temple Ruins:
- Inside the temple ruins, drop Zhuzhen off at the altar. Head left and talk
to Kawashima and then head back. Zhuzhen will unlock the ruins for you.
- Downstairs, you'll meet Xiaofang. So start the trials - you can't use items
in battle.
- The goal here is to find three different coloured platforms: green, then
purple, then red. Yellow brings you back to the beginning. Buy some items
from Xiaofang, along with enough leonardo's bears for everyone. I suggest
selling the weird bottle for money.
- Trial 1, green: you pretty much can't miss it. go straight.
- Trial 1, purple: take a left at the first intersection. from there, head
down and then left.
- Trial 1, red: head straight west and then north. (note: you may have to
hit the yellow platform - I can't confirm this) You'll be at a boss - he
can be nasty if you're low in level thanks to no items. Silence protection
for Zhuzhen helps.
- Trial 2: Margarete and Alice, no special attacks, which makes this part
annoying.
- Trial 2, green: just head north.
- Trial 2, purple: go down some until you can go left, and then head north.
- Trial 2, red: hit the yellow platform, which is left and down from where
you appear. From there, basically head a lot of north and a lot of right.
- The boss here, besides looking cool, paralyzes you which is a bit of a
drag. Just heal and attack with Margarete.
- Trial 3, green: nothing but attacking here, making the game quite
one-dimensional. Anyway, head right at the fork and go straight north.
- Trial 3, purple: head right.
- Trial 3, red: before you can go on, you need the wood token. Head north and
way right until you find the yellow platform and warp. From there, go left
until you can't anymore, go south and follow the path around the bend, north,
the first left, and south. If you come across a pure seed, you're going the
right way. If you find a studded cap, you went too far left.
- From the wood token, head back north and left, followed by a lot of down.
Use the wood token and blam. There's not much strategy here since all you
can do is attack. if you're having trouble, you might as well throw Zhuzhen
in the front row. I generally win after about ten Yuri turns, depending on
level. And i'm always low.
- Another boss: as long as you have leonardo's bears equipped, you should
beat Wugui. Use only physical attacks.
Shanghai:
- After the fight, you'll be back in Shanghai. Go to the room next to yours
to talk to Kawashima.
- Head down to Zhen's bar, see two scenes, leave. See a third scene. Head to
the smuggler's boat due right.
- At the boat, head to the hatch and open it to find the key. Back to the
inn, Kawashima's room.
Kowloon Fortress (OPTIONAL):
- Afterwards, you'll see some scenes with Alice and Dehuai. Choose the first
option for each choice. Leave Kuikai tower and head back to the Smuggler's
Boat in Shanghai.
- If you did the Alice scene right, it'll be fixed and you can depart for
Kowloon FOrtress.
- If you need items, there's a silent peddler in the top left corner.
Afterwards, go through the two entrances north.
- Take the first entrance on the right here. Find the hand needle on the floor
near the stairs heading up. Go through the door.
- Examine the desk to find Wugui's room key. Exit out of here to where the
fork was.
- Go to the back left entrance. Loop around until you come to the door on the
left and enter it.
- Near the barrels is a Seal for the Soul, which is nice for Alice. Exit out
the door on the other side.
- The rest of here is very straightforward - save at the savepoint and fight
the boss.
Kuihai tower:
- Enter Kuikai tower and encounter an easy boss. You'll get the black
tortoise votive picture.
- Head straight until you get into the room with the red phoenix vp. Take it
and place the black tortoise one in its place.
- OPTIONAL: If you're planning to do the sidequests at the end, the erotic
book is in this room, on the floor to the left. Grab it.
- Head up the left stairs and put the red phoenix on the pedastal, unlocking
the door.
- Go through the door and get the w. tiger. Down the stairs you go.
- Back in the room where you put the black tortoise, exchange it with the w.
tiger.
- Go up the right stairs and place the black tortoise there. Go out the door
that it unlocked. Grab the b. dragon.
- Go downstairs and place the b. dragon in the middle. Head back up the left
stairs and through the pathway. Fight a pitiful boss. If Margarete knows
snipe, use it.
- Next you'll fight Dehuai - no big problem. Save, buy a ton of items and
move on.
- Dehuai 2 (Yamaraja - Calamity) can be a nasty fight if you're not prepared.
Grab some mirror bracelets to be on the safe side. A bell bracelet on
Zhuzhen (or anyone) never hurts, too.
- After winning, watch the awesome scene and save. Go to Prague.
Prague:
- Go inside the bar. Talk to people until Zhuzhen returns. Talk to him and
Terry will appear.
- After Terry leaves, head north. After the fight, exit Prague and go to
Bistritz.
Bistritz:
- Head to the second screen, the shop on the right. See a lot of scenes and
then exit.
- Go to the mayor's house, back on the first screen. After you trigger that,
talk to the two houses on the second screen and then enter Michelle and
Nina's house.
- You can find the moon card in Nina's house. After she speaks to you, go to
the gate and unlock it with the key.
Blue Castle:
- At Blue Castle, go a whole lot of up. Try to open the gate and then walk
away as it opens by itself. Go some more up.
- At the intersection, go left and then down. See a scene at the stairs and
then continue right.
- In the coffin room, you have to pray at the coffins in alphabetical order.
For the not so smart (or lazy), that's Abel, Edgar, Frank, Helen, Leon,
Maria, Robin, Steven. For even more lazy people: bottom left, 2nd right,
2nd left, bottom right, top right, top left, third right, third left.
- See a scene at the open coffin. Retrace your steps to the save point, only
this time head right. Go through the door.
- Try to leave and you'll meet Keith. Leave the castle.
Bistritz:
- Head back to Nina's house and find out that her mother has been captured.
- Go to the mayor's house, Break in and whip him. Afterwards, head back
there to see a scene with Keith.
Blue Castle:
- Go to the left sealed entrance and climb the mass of stairs.
- Fight the "boss" and you'll end up in the graveyard with Alice.
- Talk to the masks and then head past the gate to see a scene with Yuri.
You'll fight Foxface and then return to Blue Castle.
Prague / Rouen:
- Head back to Prague, to the bar where you started. After the scenes, enter
the bathroom.
- Check both stalls, the mirror, both stalls, and the mirror again. Go into
the closer stall and then to the mirror again. Fight Olga.
- Head to Rouen - see a scene with Bacon, Enter the inn. You'll end up in the
graveyard again.
- Talk to the masks, of course. When you get back to Rouen, go to Alice's
room to find out she's not there. Go back to your room.
- Buy new stuff from the silent peddler and then exit. Head north to the
alley.
- After talking with Bacon and seeing more scenes, return back to the alley
to meet Olga.
- If you're interested, you can get an accelerator and the huge jug from the
lottery guy in the alley and in the alley, respectively. Afterwards, head to
London.
London:
- You can get the sun card here by talking to a guy. You'll see a scene at
the bridge - afterwards, head to the bar to the left of the bridge.
- After naming Halley, head back to the hotel. After Zhuzhen yells at
Margarete, go to the wrecked house and click on the door on the ground to
execute a push ring.
- Head upstairs, getting your wallet back and the crucifix.
- Exit the hideout and make your way to the right side of town, where Carl
lives.
- Leave Old castle Street and the Orphanage will appear on the map. Go there,
obviously, and talk to Jack.
- Zip on over to the hideout and you'll find that everyone is gone. Go back
to the Orphanage.
- Once inside, head straight left and try to enter the door. You'll get into
a fight and win a key. Go through the door.
- Go up the stairs and unlock the door to the left.
- Try to take the book and do a normal ring - note the date, 5 march (3) 75.
(at least in my game)
- Exit and open the door to the right with the passcode from the book: 5375.
- Examine the diary on the table, doing another normal ring to do so.
Examine the picture as well, revealing 3 july (7) 54.
- Unlock the bottom middle door using the password 3754. You'll fight a
couple of bosses.
- Exit the hideout and go to the Calios Mental Hospital.
Mental Hospital:
- Fight the guys that attack you - you can find the demonwardnecklace in
this room.
- Go forward past three sets of forced battles. On the ground next to the
save point, you'll see a blinking object - grab the silver coin and drop it
in the top left fountain.
- Get the heart key from the key laying on the ground. Head back to the
first room of doors and open the first one. Get the club key.
- Grab the bronze coin in the first room, top left corner.
- In the second room of doors, open the first one. You'll find the diamond
key.
- Open the third door in the same room and get the gold coin from the floor.
Also get the platinum coin from the fourth room.
- Drop the three coins you've found in the other three fountains. Head down
the staircase.
- Examine the door, fight a boss. Get the spade key from him.
- Open the second door in the last room of doors. Rest on the bed if you
feel like it. Run back to the big door, saving on the way.
London / Rouen:
- After the boss, you'll be at the hideout. Talk to Joshua (optional) to get
the Oath Grail. Go to the bridge for a scene with Halley.
- When in Rouen with Alice, head down the alley. Do a push ring to open the
door. Go to the second confessional and do a spin ring 3 (don't ask why).
- Exit and see a scene. you'll be back at the hideout, magically. If you want
the last guild card, head to the Mental Hospital and talk to the guy in the
torture chair to play lottery.
Nemeton Monastery:
- Go to Nemeton monastery. Talk to the freaky door twice. Exit and go north
to see a scene. Then go back to the hut.
- Buy stuff from the stupid machine thing and then go back to the ruins.
OPTIONAL:
- There are many optional things you can do at this point. The main one is
using the Oath Grail to kill the masks and get the good ending - the order is
grail, gold, staff, and sword. See a FAQ for details.
- You can also grab the following gravestones to unlock level 3 fusions:
Light, next to the vending machine in roger bacon's house;
Air, go to the bar and give the owner in the bathroom a tissue;
Dark, in blue castle where you fought Yuri;
Earth, go to nina's house and examine the blinking object outside the house,
talk to her, water the seed, exit, and repeat a number of times until Nina
appears outside;
Water, go to rouen and head up the stairs and to the rightmost room to see a
scene. go to the church and enter the last confessional door, choose the
first option when the guy comes and talks to you. head back to the hotel and
buy it from him.
Fire, go to the mental hospital, second door in the second room of doors,
and examine the empty treasure chest.
- If you want another crucifix, go to the Orphanage and win hide and seek
and then play lottery.
Nemeton Monastery (cont'd):
- Back at the ruins, the minimal way to go through here is to head left and
around until you hit the savepoint. If you want to get all the chests (and
the Destruction Stone for Amon) you'll have to play with the colours, which
I will detail in the next version of this FAQ.
- Watch the totally over the top scene and fight a boss. If you've got the
Destruction Stone, you'll get Amon.
- After the scenes, you'll do a spin ring 3. Zip back to the hideout for a
scene with Halley and Koudelka.
- Back at Nemeton, talk to Roger and rest. You'll be at a scene with Alice -
if you completed the Oath Grail sidequest, Yuri will come to Alice's aid.
If not, Alice will die. You'll know pre-Atman if you're all set if the
gravestone in the graveyard has Alice's name on it.
- Afterwards, execute a spin ring 5 to go to Neameto.
More optional stuff:
- You can get the three documents now - the Emigre Transcript is at the
Orphanage, the Codex of Lurie where you fought Albert at Nemeton, and the
Book of Rituals at Nemeton (have Zhuzhen in your party).
- Examine the Book of Rituals in your Valuables section and the Ancient Ruins
will appear on your map. Once inside, go the following: red (middle),
orange-yellow (right), yellow (left), green (middle), light blue (left),
dark blue (right), and purple (right). You should see the water drain. Go
down the stairs, acquiring Alice's ultimate armour. Exit, re-examine the Book
of Rituals, and do the same thing again, only this time in reverse order
(purple/dark blue/light blue/green/yellow/orange-yellow/red)
- Cave temple: examine the Emigre Document in the Valuables Menu and then go
to the Cave Temple. Here's a quick where-to-go: left, up, left, down, down,
left, up, left (should be a savepoint here), up (keith's ultimate armour),
and you'll exit. re-read the Emigre Document. Re-enter the cave temple and
follow this path: right, up, right, down, down, right, right, up, right
(savepoint), up. Fight Cherubim.
- Dollhouse (I find this doesn't open up until I've defeated both Cherubim
and Seraphim; if someone else knows what the trigger point is, let me know):
Talk to the dude in the bar in Prague with Alice in your party. The
dollhouse will appear on your map. Once inside, grab the crank from where
the clock is. Go right until you reach the fountain and execute a push ring
to get the key. Head back to the entrance and go through a semi-hidden path
left. Use the crank from the clock to turn the light on here and head down
the stairs. Get the slide plate from the open wine bottles. Go back to the
room with the deer head-looking thing and input the password 1224. (or use
the slide in the projector to find the password, either way) Head back
down the stairs to where the locked iron door was. There's a crucifix in
this room - grab it. Examine stuff and then try and exit. (This place is
absolutely awesome)
- Rouen: you can do two things here. See the accupuncture dude with the name
no one remembers in the hotel's closest room on the bottom. You'll get a
letter from Qiuhua. Also, go to the church with Margarete in your party.
Watch the embarassing scene (not as bad as some, I guess) and get the Pearl
Ring. Afterwards, talk to the lottery dude in the alley and get Margarete's
ultimate weapon.
- Bistritz: talk to Nina with Keith in your party inside her house and
she'll tell you about a golden light at Blue Castle. Go there and head to
where the coffins are. Fight the Golden Bat and get Keith's ultimate
weapon.
- Pulse Tract / Stone of Rebirth: Talk to Roger after doing the following:
getting the three documents, Ancient Ruins/Cave Temple, the Erotic Book,
and Amon. He'll trade you the Erotic Book for the Pulse Tract. Read it
and head back to the Ancient Ruins yet again. Follow the directions of
the Pulse Tract, or do the following: yellow, red, green, purple, blue,
red, and light blue. Grab the treasure. Exit.
- Seraphic Radiance: After getting the Stone of Rebirth, head to the
Graveyard, through the gate. Try to leave. If you've done everything
needed (I'm not sure exactly what the prerequisites are, but assume
that you need to do everything), Yuri's father shows up and fights
you. Win this fight to get the Seraphic Radiance. Afterwards, get
the treasure chest behind the tree to get the Father's Coat.
- A quick note on everyone's ultimate weapons/armours and locations:
Neameto:
- If you've done all the optional stuff, warp back and do a 10 ring
to get Yuri's ultimate weapon.
- Take the northwest exit and examine the seal. After triggering it,
exit back.
- Take the northeast exit and go straight. When you hit the scene point,
you'll have to choose a different party - it's up to you. Go to
the northwest exit.
- Touch the big triangle thing at the fork. Bring Yuri and whoever the same
way that the others went.
- Head north and you'll fight a boss. Use only special attacks.
- From the savepoint, go northeast and then to the left-most entrance. Head
straight north. You'll fight another boss.
- This next area is weird - you warp all over the place.
- After initially warping and seeing a scene, go up, right, left, and right
at the forks (you should get a weapon for Keith). Go straight the rest of the
way - you'll be at a boss.
- Save, heal, equip all the crucifixes you have (as if you hadn't been) and
fight the last two bosses. Save your game, the end.
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Here's some nice lists that may prove useful:
Ultimate Weapon/Armour Locations
Weapons
Yuri (Nightbird Claw) - do a 10 ring after acquiring the three documents and
going to Neameto. You can warp back right after you get there. Talk to Roger.
Alice (Holy Book-Flesh) - defeat Orb Chaos in the Dollhouse
Zhuzhen (Holy Peak Staff) - defeat Cherubim in Cave Temple
Margarete (10 gauge) - after seeing the scene with Margarete at Rouen,
talk to the lottery member in the alley to win it.
Keith (DemonSwd-Tyrving) - defeat the Golden Bat at Blue Castle
Halley (Volt Snipe) - defeat Seraphim at Ancient Ruins
Armours
Yuri (Father's Coat) - defeat Seraphic Radiance in graveyard and search
behind the tree.
Alice (GoldThreadCoat) - find it at the end of the Ancient Ruins
Zhuzhen (CoatoftheAdept) - get it from the accupuncture dude in Rouen
Margarete (Leather Suit) - get 10,000 steps with the pedometer
Keith (MantleOfShivering) - from the chest at Cave Temple
Halley (Metal Jacket) - win the Pit Fight at the hideout with Halley
Crucifix Locations:
1.) gotten automatically when you get your wallet back in London
2.) After freeing the Orphanage, play hide-and-seek and win, then play
lottery.
3.) Found in the Dollhouse, in the room where you fight Orb Chaos
4.) Win the Pit Fight with Alice at the hideout
5.) Defeat Scapegoat in Neameto
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V.) Credits, Contacting, and other things that start with c
Thanks:
- First, to all FAQ writers - people who write FAQs rule like a yardstick.
- To all the people that will be emailing me with corrections or suggestions
- To CJayC, because no one's ever thanked him before for GameFAQs or anything
- Most of all, Yoshitaka Hirota and his incredible soundtrack.
Yasunori Mitsuda's tracks cannot compare. And Shadow Hearts II is even
better.
Contacting:
The easiest way to contact me is through email (
[email protected]).
Alternatively, I usually check the Shadow Hearts message board on GameFAQs,
so if you've got a question or a suggestion, you can leave a message there
and I may see it.
Oh, and don't be shy, I like getting questions. Unless you can't spell.
