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                                  FAQ


-Xenosaga Boss FAQ-
By AcidDragon ([email protected])
Started March 17 2003 Last updated March 19 2003
Version- 1.5
This document Copyright 2003 for Shane Reichenbach


COMPENDIUM
1.Intro

2.Frequently asked questions

3.Bosses
-Battle Simulator (A1)
-Woglinde (A2)
-Plermora (A3)
-Elsa (A4)
-U-Tic Battleship (A5)
-Cathedral Ship (A6)
-Encephalon, Militia (A7)
-Kukai Foundation (A8)
-Song of Nephilim (A9)
-Proto Merkabah (A10)

4.Optional Bosses (Almost Done)
5. Special Thanks

1.This is a boss FAQ for Xenosaga Episode 1 Der Wille Zer Macht. I
noticed that there is no FAQ on this subject and many people have been
talking about this on the message boards. So I figured that my first
FAQ might as well be for a game that I enjoy! I hope you enjoy it. If
you have any questions about bosses or the FAQ do not hesitate to email
me at my email address listed at the top.

This FAQ will be listed as the bosses appear in the game with optional
bosses at the very end.

If you would like to add to this FAQ I need a description on how to
defeat Mintia (Momo's optional boss).

If you would like to quickly go from one point of the guide to another
I have provided numbers and letters in the Compendium to use control F
with.

2. Frequently Asked Question

Q: How do I find Great Joe/Mintia/Din or Meld Gareth?
A: I will cover how to get to these optional bosses in depth in my
Optional bosses section.

Q: Why can't I hurt this boss?
A: Perhaps you are too weak to inflict any major damage and/or are
using the wrong elemental type of damage to attack him.

Q: What characters are you using to fight these bosses?
A: I am usually using a party of Shion/Jr./KosMos except where you are
forced to use others.
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3. BOSSES (Finally we get to the good stuff!)

I will be setting up the bosses in this fashion.

Name
HP
Weakness
Items
Exp (not split into 3 parts)



: KosMos Battle Simulator: A1

Okay the first boss should be a piece of cake; in fact it's almost
impossible to lose!

-Drone SPX-
HP-280
Weakness-Lightning
Item-Med Kit S
Exp-40


This boss is fairly straightforward and will serve its purpose in
teaching you how to use an AGWS that will make later boss battles ten
times easier!

To defeat him in a few turns guard with KosMos and let Shion hop into
he AGWS. Now you're going to either attack with KosMos's R cannon or
use a weapon from Shion's AGWS after both characters attack he should
die.

-Drone GX-
HP-420
Weakness-slash
Item-Ether Pack S
Exp.-100

The Drone GX just provides a review for whatever you learn in the
simulator with a few new twists.

First of all do not attack this boss while it's guarding. If you
attempt this it will launch a deadly attack called "Revenge Combo"
Because AGWS are available and they almost always make a battle easier
begin by putting Shion into hers. Because he is weak against slash
attack make shions firs turn into a sword attack. Meanwhile use
KosMos's R Blade for the same effect. Remember during a guard position
heal your party members or guard yourself for tech attacks.

:Woglinde: A2

-Cyclops-
HP-560
Weakness-Lightning
Item-SM99AG
Exp.-560

This can be a very simple boss unless you accidentally use ether or
triangle based tech attacks. When you use some of these it will enable
the Cyclops to use a spread beam attack that can damage the entire
party. Save Shion's AGWS for a tougher boss that you will face soon.
With Virgil use a square; square, circle and KosMos use her Mode A7 so
she will inflict better damage. Eventually this hybrid of AGWS/Gnosis
will topple.

-Minotaur-
HP-920
Weakness-Beam
Item-Skill Upgrade S
Rare Item- Skill Upgrade Z
Exp.-720

-Sky Fish x2-
HP-240 each
Weakness-Pierce
Item-Escape Pack
Exp-150 each

This can be a bit of a tricky enemy if you don't know the trick. First
of all if you have the ability to steal jack the Minotaur's Skill
Upgrade Z because who couldn't use 100 extra skill points? Now take out
the sky fish first as they can be a bit of a nuisance. Use spell ray &
R Cannon to make quick work of them. Next pop Shion into her AGWS and
equip her with dual submachine guns. That way she can use W Act after
guarding once to do some nice damage. Heal KosMos is need be then just
beat on him unless he tries his gravity pulse then just guard.
Eventually he will fall.

:Plermora: A3

There are a lot of AGWS in this stage so be sure to upgrade lightning
attacks on Ziggy but don't skimp on his cyber kick because he will need
it against a amazingly hard boss at the end.

-Gardis M1-
HP-450
Weakness-Lightning
Item-Med Kit S
Exp-200

-Gardis F10x2-
HP-60
Weakness-lightning
Item-None
Exp-36

This can be an extremely easy fight if you play your cards right but if
you make a few mistakes this fight could be potentially dangerous. The
best route to take while fighting these three is to kill only one of
the F10's because if you kill both then he will summon 2 more. Using
your lightning fist is the best way to damage him. Use med kits or
recharge until this guy goes down.

-Zolfo A-
HP-820
Weakness-Lightning
Item-none
Exp-200

-Mercurio B x2-
HP-640 each
Weakness-none
Item-none
Exp-150 each

This is an easy battle as long as you follow one simple rule DON'T
ATTACK THE ZOLFO UNTIL THE MERCURIOS ARE DEAD! Instead guard with Ziggy
and nail the 2 Mercurios with MOMOS sleep ether, that way the Zolfo
will get pissed off  and shoot his own people! In a few turns he will
kill all of his people with Ziggy's help. Now don't bother with her
sleep attack against the Zolfo. Instead use an ether pack and heal with
her, attack with Ziggy until he goes down.

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The hardest battle you will face in a while will be very soon so hit
the save point heal up (ether too!) use all the available skill& tech
points. Set Ziggy's cyber kick on high if possible. If you can't just
upgrade the power and the wait. Now go to formation and place MOMO
directly behind Ziggy. Also her refine is a good skill to have.
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-Margulis-
HP-820
Weakness-None
Item-Red Ring
Rare Item-Purple Ring
Exp-2400

Alright this is a tough battle to test your Xenosaga skills with! The
main Idea of fighting Margulis is to outlast him cause he's one bad
mutha. In order to get the jump on him use a speed stim, now make sure
you don't use any lightning attacks because the do about 0 or they heal
him! Just use you cyber kick, heal with MOMO, and heal MOMO with ether
packs. On his second turn cast bodyguard and keep it up to help
diminish the damage because Margulis can sure dish it out. If you get
lucky you might get the purple ring.

:Elsa: A4

-Domo Carrier-
HP-1800
Weakness-Lightning
Item-Anti beam Armor
Exp-4500

This boss is super easy if you have kept your AGWS up and current. Just
be sure to have their FHP at full. Now on the first turn the DOMO
Carrier will use an analyze attack that copies the event slot. This can
be good or bad either doubling attack power or boost power or giving
him no advantage. Now get chaos and Shion into their AGWS and use Guard
and W-Act. With them doing close to 500 damage this battle should be
over in a few turns. But you might want to keep the other member of the
party alive for the XP. So just guard and heal with them.

:U-TIC Battleship: A5

This is the scene for two optional boss battles which I will cover
later in the guide. But for now there is only one boss that you can
access and he is extremely simple!

-Ambix-
HP-1200
Weakness-None
Item-Frame Repair Z
Rare Item- B-Max Circuit
Exp-1800

Ambix is fairly simple and should collapse on your first try. In fact
there is almost no strategy to use against this boss at all. Just set
all your characters in AGWS and whale on him with W-Act.

:Cathedral Ship: A6

This is a long level with strong enemies a few miniboss and one hell of
a big boss. You'd do best to level up Shion' Medica all, KosMos's R
Cannon, and Chaos's Heavens Wrath.

-Mini Bosses-

There are quite a few of these so I will only only post basic
strategies.

-Svarozic-
HP-1500
Weakness-slash/ice
Item-Tech Upgrade S
Rare Item-Tech Upgrade Z
Exp-800

Just use one or two AGWS and KosMos's R Blade should finish him off
quickly.

-Perun-
HP-1500
Weakness-Slash/spirit
Item-Ether Upgrade S
Rare Item-Ether Upgrade Z
Exp-800

Use KosMos & Chaos's attacks to take advantage of his weaknesses and
take him out fast.

-Stribog-
HP-1500
Weakness-Slash/Fire
Item- Skill Upgrade S
Rare Item- Skill Upgrade Z
Exp-800

Try using AGWS and Chaos's Heavens Wrath attack for best results
against this boss.

-Gargoyle-
HP-3600
Weakness-Slash/Lightning
Item-Silver Crown
Rare Item- Commanders Crest
Exp-7400

-Oudogogue x2-
HP-1000
Weakness-Slash
Item-Frame repair A
Rare Item- Frame repair Z
Exp-800

This can be one hard and tricky boss if you don't know how to handle
him. First of all if you've been following my FAQ disregard all of my
advice about using AGWS. They are just too slow in this battle. Now
watch out and keep on your guard for the special attack Hell Flash,
Make sure Shion makes good use of Medica All too. Use KosMos to R Blade
the 2 lesser enemies into oblivion now that he's powered up use R
Cannon. Now with Shion cast Medica one more time and pop her and chaos
into their AGWS's and finish him off.

:Encephalon, Militia: A7

-Tiamat-
HP-6400
Weakness-Beam/Pierce
Item-B-Max Circuit
Rare Item-Revenge Power
Exp-15600

As long as you have a guard cleaner, pop everyone into their AGWS and
beat on him till the sun don't shine! Also make sure you have guard
recovery to recover FHP. Finally have your party W-Act until there is a
few HP left on Tiamat, then have Jr. and Shion both attack in a row to
finish him off.

:Kukai Foundation:  A8

-Gigas x2-
HP-2800 each
Weakness-Slash/Spirit
Item-Spirit
Rare Item-Soul
Exp-7800

Get ready for a double header! This boss splits into two on it's first
turn. Make sure at least one person on your team has Shion's Medica all
because it's key in this battle. With KosMos using R Blade and your
other characters in AGWS you should have no problems. Although you
might want to keep your HP above 400 or so because lower HP increases
it's 1 hit KO attacks chances of success.

:Song of Nephilim: A9

(miniboss)
-Athra 26 series-
HP-3000
Weakness-None
Item-Revive DX
Exp-2400

This boss can be simple or hard depending on your AGWS development. You
are going to not want to use any kind of ether or beamish type attack
because he will absorb them and be unhurtable  by those for the rest of
the battle. Instead use the lancer arms or gattling guns. He'll die
easy as long as you have an engine shield to stop him from stopping
you!

-Rianon SE-
HP-5600
Weakness-Fire
Item- Boost Pack
Rare Item-Sheild Armor
Exp-20000

DON'T USE AGWS IN THIS BATTLE! That is very important. This is very
much a patience battle. Cast chaos's supreme judgment attack to get him
to cure your own status ailments! You can't use AGWS in this battle
because he can drain almost half of their HP at once with an attack.
Basically just try to outlast this boss.

-Simeon-
HP-8400
Weakness-None
Item-B-Max circuit
Rare Item- Fast circuit 25
Exp-32000

It's time to face Albedo's formidable AGWS Simeon. Unfortunately he
doesn't present the challenge you'd expect. All you need to do to beat
this wuss is equip a guard cleaner and recovery. After that just use
piercing W-Act weapons to kill him.

-Ein Rugel-
HP-3600
Weakness-None
Rare Item- Master Pendant
Exp-24000

Steal his masters pendant and jump in your AGWS's. Now use an equipped
cockpit guard accessory to stop his sleep attacks and use W- Act to
kill his fist stage.

-Doppelwogel-
HP-4400
Weakness-None
Item- Samurai heart
Rare Item- Gemini Clock
Exp-24000

Get ready for the flying form #2. Make sure all the AGWS you are using
have the following accessories- engine shield, cockpit guard,& guard
recovery. Now make sure all of your characters have long range attacks.
As long as your AGWS are immune to status effects you should have no
problems just be sure to get out of the AGWS if you have less than 500
HP left.

:Proto Merkabah: A10

-Proto Dora-
HP-12000
Weakness-Beam
Item-Frame repair Z
Rare Item- Fast circuit 50
Exp-32000

-Schutz x2-
HP-3800
Weakness-Lightning
Item-Frame repair A
Rare Item-Fast circuit 25
Exp-5000

Steal the rare items then have KosMos use X Buster every turn. Have
Shion heal the party for the whole battle and take out the Schutz's
first. Save up your boosts until you have 2 or 3 and then heal when you
see a "begin energy recharge" message on the screen. It will then
unleash a killer 800 damage attack! Now heal everybody and get ready to
boost! You must boost 9 or 10 consecutive times to take him out when
you get him to about 5000 hp before he heals himself. With a little
luck you will kill him. Although if you have Erde Kaiser then you don't
need to bother with the boosts.

-Albedo-
HP-7400
Weakness-None
Item-Revive DX
Rare Item- Rejuvenator
Exp-54000

I have 2 words to say to you ERDE KAISER, this will save you from one
hell of an almost impossible boss! For those of you diehards who have
to do everything the challenging way here you go... Albedo has an
awesome draining attack that can almost kill people or AGWS and restore
him about 1000HP. Some of the best strategies to apply when fighting
him is to give him status problems. KosMos's S chain is perfect for
this! It will distract him enough to inflict some serious damage. Now
cast boost 1 on everyone now use boost again and again with powerful
techs. Eventually this madman won't know what hit him and just drop!

-Sophie Peithos-
HP-16000
Weakness-None
Item-None
Exp.- 88000

-Jaldaboth-
HP-1200
Weakness-None
Item-Revive
Rare Item-Revive DX
Exp-2400

-Ratatosk-
HP-1800
Weakness-None
Item-Revive
Rare Item- Revive DX
Exp-3800

Okay I have assembled this walkthrough for the final boss based on Erde
Kaiser so I'm sorry if you don't have it but you'll have to improvise
on the first part.

First off use any Items or ethers to increase boost and attack power
like boost packs, speed stims, and stim DX's because you won't have any
more use for them. Once you have 2 or 3 boosts on each character and
all the abilities are up cast Erde Kaiser. Now Jaldaboths will appeat.
They are much like the bombs of final fantasy's so take them out with
boosts so they can't inflict any damage. Hurt him some more and then he
will summon the Ratatosks take them out with consecutive rain blades, X
busters, and Angelic requiems before they can inflict ether attack
down. Watch with a scope so you can find when he'll fall below 4000
then heal up. He's about to do a Huge ether attack! Now dedicate one
character to healing and boost attacks for the rest of the battle all
while keeping HP high so he can't damage you much.
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4. Optional Bosses!




Finding them

You cannot find the ACE pilot or his AGWS until after you clear the U-
TIC battleship with Jr., Mary & the soldier. Once you recieve an email
telling you to come over to the Ship has been added as an evs map your
in business! When you can first access these batttles you prolly will
be to weak so first get an AGWS with at least 1500 health & guard
recovery for Meld, And one with at least 2000 FHP for Din.
Now when you enter the battle ship go down, take a right, go straight
and through the first door, now head right, down through the next door
on the right. and finally move straight ahead to the second door!

Fighting them

-ACE Pilot-
HP-360
Weakness-Fire
Item-Skill upgrade A
Rare Item- Ether Upgrade A
Exp-30

Very simple! if you have any trouble at all with him go back and level
up right now! A good strategy before the song of Nephilim is to get all
of your AGWS out before you fight them and steal his items (ether &
skill upgrade A nothing to sneeze at at earlier levels). When you are
charged up for W-Act kill him with a circle attack.

-Meld Gareth-
HP-5500
Weakness-None
Item-Frame Repair Z
Rare Item- B-Max circuit
Exp-4000

Very good for farming levels midway in the game with no one else to
fight! To get to Meld Gareth after the Song you will need 2 or more
AGWS on the field. He is very easy so long as you have at least 2 AGWS
with guard recovery and weapons with W-Act. He will start by boosting
into his AGWS and using either Dragon scale (a close range attack) or
68 series missle (a long range attack) The 68 missle can do up to 300
hundred damage to each member of you party so watch out! the Dragon
scale is tamer usually doing 200-400 damage to one person. You should
already have 2 or 3 W-Acts saved up and use those immediatly. A B-Max
cuircut is also helpful as an accsesory allowing you AGWS to boost.
(save these boosts till he's down to 500 or so HP) Now continue healing
with guard rec. and attacking with W-Act until he's down to close to
500 or so HP. now wait until you see a golden ring on the slot machinge
thing and boost! Finally kill it with W-Act to get a point bonus!

-Din Gareth-
HP-8500
Weakness-None
Item- Frame Repair Z
Rare Item- Fast circuit 25
Exp-8000

Din Gareth only appears after the Song, to fight him you must have 1 or
less AGWS on the field. He is stronger than Meld in everyway except the
fact that he has no entire party attacking attacks. Don't feel safe
though, his 20mm blaster can do over 300 damage & his 71-series railgun
can do over 600 damage. Again make sure you have guard recovery and
over 2000 hp. Also spend the majority of your time guarding only
stopping to W-Act with over 1000 hp otherwise a critical railgun could
take you out! If you are going to fight this battle with KosMos or
Ziggy I suggest making sure they have over 1000 hp for the reasons I
mentioned before. The main weapons you should use are the gattling gun,
flamethrower, lancer arms, or some other piercing/fire/slashing weapon.

-Great Joe-
HP-9999
Weakness-None
Item-Swimsuit
Exp-18000

Get ready for one Bad Mamma Jamma! Great Joe knows how to put on the
hurt, with his 4 attacks that he uses most he will give you a run for
your money. I'll start with his biggest attack "soul crusher" this will
attack your whole party with about 500 damage. He also has an ether
which charges all of his attacks. When he starts this "cerebration"
attack heal and guard. He can also use gamble which does around 200
damage. His "Heart Shot Punch" will do about 175 damage and curse you.
Finally Joe will hit you with a spur for medium damage.

Now a good strategy to use is equip Jr. with a bravesoul and put Shion
behind him to use dandyism. Now use psycho arm, boost packs and other
items to up your power. Now attack with last symphony which benefits
from his psycho arm. Have KosMos on the side absorbing Joes Damage and
using Items and techs. Now when Joe challenges you to a duel only
attack with Jr. and heal with the others. When he has around 2000 HP
and Jr. has Dandyism have KosMos use a hemlock on him boost and finish
Joe off.

-Mintia-

*I need a strategy for this boss. If you have one email it to me and
you will be given credit for your part*

I've found a strat that works pretty well and doesn't require
particularly
high levels.

I used a team of Shion (level 26), KOS-MOS (level 29), and Momo (like
27 or
something).

I gave Shion boost 1, Medica-All, Medica-Rest, Revert, and I probably
should
have given her Purifying storm.  I equiped her with Alpha armor, a
silver
crown, and a Cross.  She should also have a high-speed ranged tech
attack
(like Spell Ray)

KOS-MOS should have Medica-All and Medica-Rest.  She was equipped with
the
F*RSHOT, D unit V5, speed shoes and a bravesoul.  She should have a
high
speed R*Cannon, although you're not going to need it much.

Momo should have Medica-All, Medica-Rest, refine (or revert), boost 1,
and
Starlight.  As for equipment, give her Ruby armor (when I fought her I
accidently had MOMO with a bathing suit), a Ruby Helmet and Blue Topaz

She should have a high-speed Momo's kiss (ranged attack usable with
starlight), preferably leveled up a little (it's not very important).

Before you go in, you'll need a few S-Ether packs, some Cure-Alls, a
few
revives, and 7+ hemlochs (You probably won't need all of them, though.

Go into the battle with everyone at max HP.  Either put everyone in the
front row, or put MOMO and KOS-MOS in front and put Shion behind KOS-
MOS.
She has several attacks.
Dark Star: Can hit anyone in the front row, does around 200-350
damage.
Can also push back (I'm not sure if that's a seperate attack with the
same
name or what).
Dark Snake: A poison attack, does damage similar to Dark Star.

She can also summon a big black ball.  This has two attacks.
The first hits the entire front row for less than 200 damage.
Sometimes
less than 100.  He uses this when she summons with a red circle.
The second one is worse.  When she summons with a blue circle, he'll
knock 1
character down to 1 HP, and Mintia will absorb that.  She only seems to
summon him after being hurt a bit.

Ok, the strategy here revolves around KOS-MOS's rail gun (F*RSHOT),
the
Hemloch,  and the bravesoul she's equipped with.  The rest of it is
more or
less optional.  When the battle starts off, have KOS-MOS defend, and
have
the other two cast boost on her.  Heal when you get hurt.  Once the
battle
cycle has come back the the blank grey box, have KOS-MOS boost and
someone
else use a hemloch on her.  When KOS-MOS's turn comes, have her use the
F*RSHOT, which will probably hit critical and do around 1700 damage.
If it
doesn't do critical it'll only do 1200.  You could then heal her to
around
500 HP, move her into the back row, or whatever.  Once she's got 6AP
again,
do the same thing.  For the rest of the battle you can just blast her
with
F*RSHOT.

If you need some supplementry damage you can use MOMO.  Have her cast
starlight and then use MOMO's kiss, which should do 500+damage.

Finally, if you get desperate, you can use R*Cannon to do 120-200 a
hit.

It should be pointed out that you want to stay around 500 HP, unless
you're
using the F*RSHOT.  This is because of her pet's HP absorbtion ability,
which will heal her.  Hopefully Mintia won't get a chance to use this
attack
much, because it can be a pain.  However, notice that it has the same
effect
as a hemloch.....


Strategy 2:Get Shion with over 60 MP and blast her once with Erge
Kaiser.
Mintia'll die instantly.

*thanks to Thomas at [email protected] for this strategy*

5. Special thanks

I'd like to thank GameFaqs for allowing me to post this guide.

I'd like to thank NAMCO for making this great game.

I'd like to thank my parents for allowing me to hog all of this time at
the computer composing this guide.

I'd finally like to thank all the reviews out there that convinced me
to buy this classic.

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