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To look for the section that you want, press CTRL + F and input into the search
box the subsection that you want (aka. Fillmore Offerings or Northwall Act 1,
but not Basics or Walkthrough).
1. Basics
a. Platforming
-Platforming Controls
-Platforming Magic
-Platforming Items
b. Simulation
-Simulation Controls
-Simulation Magic
-Simulation Items
c. Forcing Civilization Improvements
d. Building in Fillmore and Bloodpool
2. Offerings
-Fillmore Offerings
-Bloodpool Offerings
-Kasandora Offerings
-Aitos Offerings
-Marahna Offerings
-Northwall Offerings
3. Walkthrough
a. Fillmore
-Fillmore Act 1
-Fillmore Simulation
-Fillmore Act 2
-Fillmore Sim Aftermath
b. Bloodpool
-Bloodpool Act 1
-Bloodpool Simulation
-Bloodpool Act 2
-Bloodpool Sim Aftermath
c. Kasandora
-Kasandora Act 1
-Kasandora Simulation
-Kasandora Act 2
-Kasandora Sim Aftermath
d. Aitos
-Aitos Act 1
-Aitos Simulation
-Aitos Act 2
-Aitos Sim Aftermath
e. Marahna
-Marahna Act 1
-Marahna Simulation
-Maraha Act 2
-Marahna Sim Aftermath
f. Northwall
-Northwall Act 1
-Northwall Simulation
-Northwall Act 2
-Northwall Sim Aftermath
h. Death Heim
4. Professional Mode
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INTRODUCTION
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Back when I was little, I wandered into a pawn shop in Small-Town,
Canada. It was here that I first encountered a copy of Actraiser. The logo
plastered over the box was more than enough to draw me in; the obligatory
information on the back sealed the deal for me, and I forked over the 20$.
What a steal, as it turned out to be one of the more uniquely fun games
that I have encountered in my lifetime. With only the lightest of censorships to
cover up your identity as the God, I was immediately thrown into a bout of
action, with beautiful and fluid motions. However, the game truly did not click
with me until I got to the simulation mode of the game; in this, you give
directions to the lands that you look over, and they build as ordered.
Eventually, the faithful people will give you spells, extra lives and magical
power that you can use to kick butt in the action mode.
With that said, I was somewhat surprised to not find a fully
comprehensive guide for this, so I decided to write out this project (done in
two days for the most part) as a tribute to those old-school gamers whom still
remain (my fourth project, as it were, even though I had only planned to do one
guide ever in Chaos World...which then slowly turned to Warlocked, then
Radiata Stories, and now this). I fully believe that this should be able to
help you, the reader, out with basically anything you need help with, with
complete platforming walkthrough, boss strategies and tips, and simulation
information. As much, thank you for using this.
~Darkstar Ripclaw
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BASICS
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PLATFORMING CONTROLS
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Y - Swipe your sword when standing, jumping, or crouching
X, A - Use Magic
B - Jump
Down - Crouch
R, L - Do nothing
Start - Pause
Select - Does nothing
When jumping, you can go either left or right without changing
directions, but once you are moving in one direction, you CANNOT go the other
way (you can, however, stop going left or right and instead just freefall
downwards). Furthermore, when you land from a jump, you'll go into a crouch
position for a half second, which may or may not screw your sword attack up.
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PLATFORMING MAGIC
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Magical Fire - Probably the most basic of the four magics, three fireballs will
spit out from both sides of God's avatar, streaking across the
screen and blazing through any enemies until they finally go
offscreen.
Magical Stardust - God's avatar will call down a slew of shooting stars from the
sky, which will start at the upper-right corner of the screen
and fall down diagonally to the bottom-left. As such, it's a
lot easier to harm an opponent when he's on the right side of
the screen, because it is a lot more difficult for him to
dodge an attack.
Magical Aura - Four orbs of protective energy will emerge from the avatar, two
on either side. Each pair will then intermingle with each other,
drawing close to each other, then retracting away, and drawing
close together again up until they make their way offscreen. Any
enemy that comes into contact with this energy will be destroyed.
Magical Light - A bar of light will shine down on the avatar, and it will then
split into two halves, each half going down to one end of the
screen. The halves, on their way off-screen, will destroy
anything on screen.
The four Magics are obtained by fulfilling certain conditions for the
townsfolks, and in the order they are listed here, they are gotten from,
respectiely, Fillmore, Bloodpool, Marahna, and Northwall. While casting a spell,
God's avatar is invincible.
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PLATFORMING ITEMS
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While going through the stages, you will find blue statues of angels
holding orbs, ala the Angel Orbs. These Angel Orbs are the exclusive holders of
items that may help your out on your trek throughout the Act. Without further
ado...
Apple - Completely heals all your bars of life.
Bomb - All the enemies onscreen (but not in the general area; just enemies that
you can see) will be killed. Doesn't work on enemies that teleport and
are in their invisible stage.
Crown - Adds 1000 points to your current score.
Diamond - Adds 500 points to your current score.
Flame Sword - This rare item is only found in Aitos Act 1, and with it (for your
current life only), you will be able to slash with your sword, and
it will send waves of energy down the screen.
Half Apple - Restores one quarter of your TOTAL HP to your life bar.
Source of Life - Gives you one more life to use if you die.
Source of Magic - Gives you another use of Magic during the current Act, and
sticks with you even after you die, up until you finish or
otherwise exit the current act.
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SIMULATION CONTROLS
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Up, Down, Left, Right - Move around
Y - Shoot arrows, cancel, get out of menus
A, X, L, R - Do nothing
Select - Does nothing
Start - Pause screen while not on menu
B - Open up menu, scroll through text, confirm choices
MENU CONTROLS
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To Move
-> Return to Sky Palace - Sends you back up to the palace to talk with
God.
-> Sky Palace Movement - Move around the world map.
Direct the People
-> Building Direction - Lets you choose where you want the direction of
the roads to start building in.
-> Let us Listen - Allows you to listen to the peoples' current concerns
Miracles - Lets you cast a variety of magical spells.
Offerings
-> Take Offering - Take one of the Offerings the people of the current
town have found/made and are offering you
-> Use Offering - Allows you to use one of your items on the town
Status
-> Status of Masters - Shows your current stats, collected platforming
magic and items.
-> Status of Cities - Shows the population of each city and how many
Offerings they currently have for you.
Other
-> Progress Log - Allows you to save your game.
-> Message Speed - Allows you to toggle the speed text comes up onscreen
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SIMULATION MAGIC
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Lightning - God will call down a bolt of lightning that can destroy all
non-permanent structures and forests. If a monster is on the panel
that the magic has been called onto, it may also harm or kill said
monster. 10 SP
Rain - God will cast down a shower of rain which can be used to water down any
desert terrain. 20 SP
Sunlight - God will increase the amount of sunlight to an area, which will
either evaporate wet marshlands, or else completely melt snow. 30 SP
Wind - God will create a large breeze, which will blow all monsters in the area
(not just onscreen) away for good. 80 SP
Earthquake - God will make the Earth shake, destroying any fragile properties,
such as lower-level civilization houses or non-wheat farms. 160 SP
Each of these Magical powers are available from the get-go in your first
simulation mode, but you will not necessarily have the power to actually cast
them. In addition to the effects listed above, they also have several
miscellaneous effects, which I will list and describe when the time to use them
is correct.
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SIMULATION ITEMS
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Bombs - All monsters that are within your line of sight (onscreen, but not all
in the general area) will automatically be destroyed.
Source of Magic - This will add one use to the amount of times you can use magic
during an Act.
Source of Life - This will add one life to the amount of lives you have during
an act.
Strength of Angel - Multiplies the power of the Angel's arrows by four times
for a limited period of time.
Wheat - Turns a designated corn field into a wheat field.
For the more obscure one-time use items...
Ancient Tablet - Use in Marahna to obtain the Magical Aura.
Bridge - Use in Bloodpool to teach the citizenry there how to build bridges.
Compass - Use this in Bloodpool to get a Source of Life, OR use in Marahna to
get the Magical Aura (the latter, however, can be done by use of the
Ancient Tablet, so use it for the former).
Harmonious Music - Cures the people of Bloodpool from their negative moods.
Herb - Allows the people of Kasandora to recover from the plague.
Loaf of Bread - Feed to Teddy in Bloodpool to get him to come home and obtain
the Magic Skull.
Magic Skull - Used to destroy the Red Demon Monster Lair in Bloodpool.
Sheep's Fleece - Warms up the people of Northwall.
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FORCING CIVILIZATION IMPROVEMENTS
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For all you folks whom desire absolute perfection in the game, this is
the section for you. Although your population statistics in-game might say
"Maximum", in many cases, you can stretch it a bit farther and get a few more
civilians out of it. Much of this information is reproduced from Admiral's
Maximum Population Guide, which goes further in-depth than this section. For his
full file, go here;
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/file/563502/47431
•Get as high a score as you can in the Act 1 and Act 2 of each level. This
DOES affect your total possible population. Without getting into the
technical, every 50 points you score in Act 1 and 2 will add another
possible civilian that can join your city. This also means you must
continue to overlook your city after Act 2. The cumulative score of Act 1
and 2 that must be scored for each level for the maximum population is;
Fillmore - 20600
Bloodpool - 27100
Kasandora - 21100
Aitos - 22800
Marahna - 16300
Northwall - 23400
•Do NOT, DO NOT build any more bridges than IS NECESSARY. Each extra
bridge takes up the space for another whole house, and the extras CANNOT
be destroyed. However, this only qualifies in Fillmore and Bloodpool; this
is because each region can only have 128 buildings max. Fillmore can be
maximized with one bridge, and Bloodpool with three. It does not matter
in Northwall and Marahna, because your total buildings will not match 128
anyways. In Fillmore and Bloodpool, take extra care to make sure that your
roads are built parallel to the rivers, or else a bridge will be built
automatically once construction occurs on the other side. For a map
and instructions to avoid building more than necessary, see the section
below aptly named "Building in Fillmore and Bloodpool"
•Zap the lower-grade houses as soon as better options become available.
When you finally have enough SP to be able to utilize Earthquake, use that
instead to affect the whole map. The houses that are unable to withstand
an Earthquake will be destroyed, and better (and higher-population) houses
will be built in their place (The exceptions to this rule are the Desert
Tents of Kasandora and Island Huts of Marahna, which house 8 people each,
but are not Earthquake-proof. Nevertheless, use Earthquake anyways, as
they can be replaced with better buildings).
•Never, ever, ever, EVER leave a crop field as is. ALWAYS plant Wheat in
it. Wheat will give you more food per field, which allows more people to
live in each town, and thus max out the ratio of fields to civilians. You
can get an infinite supply of Wheat from Bloodpool, so do not hesitate to
use it. This does NOT need to be done in Fillmore or Northwall, but it
is required in Kasandora and Marahna.
•Except for going across rivers, build everywhere. Every bit of land is
vital for obtaining the max population. Some areas have tricky spots that
you might not realize is buildable land. You still need to build a road
there.
•In Fillmore, Aitos, and Northwall, there is a phenomenon called "phantom
construction". What this basically means is that the town develops
(slightly) when you leave the area. There are three houses in Aitos, one
on each of the inhabitable squares at the bottom, one house in Fillmore
two squares left and one square north of the temple, and a house in
Northwall in the southwest corner. The reason this even occurs is because,
oddly enough, townspeople simply can't go through other objects when
trying to build something. As such, you have to go into another town for
them to be able to build. While you are in another town, you have to wait
for the hourglass to empty and fill itself thrice for a building to
undergo phantom construction.
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BUILDING IN FILLMORE AND BLOODPOOL
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This whole section is reproduced entirely from Admiral's Maximum
Population Guide. Only edits done are indentations.
Within each square, structures will always be built as indicated by the
image below.
H = housing structures, S = supporting structures, and = designates roads.
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Within each square, no more than 5 housing units can ever be created.
Supporting units will always appear at the top left corner, and roads will
separate the two. Even if roads or supporting structures do not exist on a
particular square, housing can never be built on any part of there square
where a supporting structure or road *could* exist.
This construction pattern debunks some of the older tips for this game
that told you to delete excess fields and supporting structures to make more
rooms for houses.
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DIRECTION OF ROADS
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Roads within each square can run north-south or east-west. Roads will
typically follow your building direction. For example, if you order the town
to be built three units upward from the temple, roads will only appear north-
south. Also, if you select a building direction and do not move to any
different squares (just press B and remain on the current square), roads will
typically be filled out in the square for both directions. This is how you
can get N-S and E-W roads on squares in the corner of the screen that can only
be approached from one direction.
Road direction is important when it comes to regions where bridges are
built (particularly Fillmore and Bloodpool). You can minimize the bridges built
by ordering the building direction to run strictly parallel to rivers, rather
than perpendicular (or right at them). If the roads are built perpendicular,
bridges will automatically be constructed once you build on the other side of
the river.
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|EXAMPLE |
| The image below shows 9 squares with a river (river indicated by ~) |
|that divides squares 1-3 and 5-7 (similar to the river in Fillmore). If you|
|command the build direction to go from 1-7, sequentially, only one bridge |
|will be built (in square 5). If you build or enter squares 1, 2, 6, or 7 |
|from the east or west, the game will build another one or two bridges over |
|the river. This area can have as few as one bridge or as many as three. |
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| _____ _____ _____ |
| | | | | |
| | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| |~~~~~~~~~__|_____| |
| | | ~~ | | |
| | 6 | ~~ | 2 | |
| |_____|_~~__|_____| |
| | | ~~ | | |
| | 7 | ~~ | 1 | |
| |_____|_~~__|_____| |
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| Build parallel to the river and carefully choose where you wish to |
|cross it to minimize bridges. |
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OFFERINGS
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The following is a list of all the offerings that you can obtain from
each area, coupled with the objective that you must fulfill to obtain said
offering. The only item that you can repeatedly get from the people is Wheat
from Fillmore.
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FILLMORE OFFERINGS
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Bomb - Seal the northwest Monster Lair.
Magical Fire - Destroy the rocks just above the first mountain with a blast of
Lightning.
Strength of Angel - Seal the central southern Monster Lair.
Bridge - Destroy the three Monster Lairs that house Bats.
Source of Magic - Defeated the Minotaurus in Act 2.
Source of Magic (2) - Defeated the Minotaurus in Act 2.
Source of Life - Use the Compass obtained from Bloodpool and wait awhile.
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BLOODPOOL OFFERINGS
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Wheat - Destroy at least one Monster Lair, and wait a bit. Infinite supplies.
Bomb - Seal the bottom center Monster Lair.
Loaf of Bread - Wait for a short while after sealing off the central bottom
White Dragon Lair.
Magic Skull - Give Teddy the Loaf of Bread after you're told to do so.
Magical Stardust - Destroy the Red Demon Lair in Bloodpool using the Magic
Skull.
Source of Magic - Defeated Zeppelin Wolf in Act 2.
Compass - Use the Harmonious Music from Kasandora on Bloodpool after you defeat
Zeppelin Wolf.
Source of Life - Use Rain Magic on the northern end of the lake after destroying
the Red Demon Lair (only works on some panels).
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KASANDORA OFFERINGS
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Strength of Angel - Seal off the Bat Monster Lair to the north and east of the
Temple.
Source of Magic - Build the road over to the man who was lost in the desert.
Harmonious Music - Build the road over to the man who was lost in the desert.
Bomb - Seal off the White Dragon Monster Lair in the northeast corner.
Source of Life - Once the Pyramid has been revealed, use the Earthquake magic.
Ancient Tablet - Wash away the plague with a Marahna Herb, and stick around for
awhile.
Source of Magic (2) - Build the road down south to the very bottom of the screen
and head to the foot of the mountains at the east.
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AITOS OFFERINGS
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Bomb - Seal off the Flying Skull's Monster Lair.
Sheep's Fleece - Sometimes after sealing your second Monster Lair (Possibly
also after providing wind to the windmills).
Strength of Angel - Seal off the White Dragon Lair in the center of the region.
Source of Magic - Sometimes after sealing off the third Monster Lair.
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MARAHNA OFFERINGS
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Bomb - Seal off the White Dragon Monster Lair to the southeast of the Temple
Strength of Angel - Seal off the White Dragon Monster Lair to the northwest of
the Temple
Herb - Sometimes after sealing off the third Monster Lair
Magical Aura - Cast lightning on the bird-shaped island to the northeast, and
use the Ancient Tablet on Marahna. After a short sailboat search,
the people will present you with the Magical Aura.
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NORTHWALL OFFERINGS
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Strength of Angel - Seal off the Flying Skull Monster Lair to the north and
east of the Temple.
Bomb - Seal off the Red Demon Monster Lair in the northwest corner of Northwall.
Source of Magic - Destroy the first two Monster Lairs, and build at least one
bridge across the river.
Magical Light - Warm up the panels surrounding the lake in the northeast area of
the map, and once that's done, wait for the people to send out a
boat. When it returns, you will obtain the Magical Light.
Source of Life - Cast Lightning Magic on the Temple.
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WALKTHROUGH
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Input your name, then scroll down to Fight. Move the cursor right one,
then choose Fight Monsters to head down to Earth.
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FILLMORE ACT 1
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From the start, head right and chop at the two Goblins that are walking
your way on the ground, then jump onto the ledge and slash at the third Goblin.
Now continue, dropping down to the ground floor, until you get to the bottom.
Ward off the Dark Ape coming in from above, then cut down the two Goblins below.
Jump up the first two branches to the top and break open the Angel Orb for a
Diamond (500+ Score).
Continue onto the next branch, and then slash at the Bird that'll come
dashing at you. Now, run and jump over to the tree to your right, and kill the
Bad Bee that comes out of the knothole. Make your way to the top of the tree,
and get onto the wooden platform to head down the line. One tree later, repeat
the same actions over, but beware; once on the second platform, there'll be a
Dark Ape that'll leap at you near the end of the line, so watch out for it and
hit it before it can hit you. Furthermore, don't bother breaking the Angel Orb
at this point in time.
Anywho, continue on right up the cliff and over a couple of stumps. Up
top, you'll see a Tree Man (the only one in the game), whom will spit out orbs
of fire in your general direction. So long as you keep yourself moving
constantly, however, he'll never hurt you. All you have to do is hit his head
three times before he'll be destroyed, and then a ledge will extend out from the
cliff wall to your right. Take it, and continue 'til you get to another tree
stump, making sure to thwart off Bad Bee and Dark Ape attacks from above.
Get onto the branches and head down the line going left, and at the end
of the first line, you'll need to act quick to kill a Dark Ape. Go down the
second line, and at the end, destroy the Angel Orb for a 1Up. Now go back to the
last stump that you got to before heading left, and continue to go up right.
You'll find another Angel Orb - destroy it to get an Apple, which will
completely restore your life. Pursue the path once more, taking out a Bird, and
once you get to the next tree, kill the Dark Ape and Bad Bee that will strike
from above. Jump up onto the wooden platform, and glide down the wire,
eliminating a Dark Ape at the end.
Now drop straight down from your current tree, then head right and jump
over the next stump, killing the lone Bad Bee that will interfere. From here,
jump right onto the left hand of the Platree (from your view), and it'll start
moving left and right. Get onto the top of the tree and slash at the Angel Orb
up top, and grab the Apple. Wait until the Platree gets as far right as it will
go on it's patrol, then jump off and down into the battlefield below. You'll
face off the first boss of the game, the Centaur Knight.
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CENTAUR KNIGHT
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You'd expect that for the first boss of the game, Quintet would throw
you an easy picking. And they did. The Centaur Knight consists of two attacks
that are both pretty short-range, low-damaging, and easy to dodge (although
coming into contact with the CK can be a lot more harmful to your health, so
don't overreach your attacks).
In any case, the first type of attack the Centaur Knight will employ is
where he picks up his spear and holds it out horizontally. When he does this, he
will then charge forward, trying to impale the hero. The reason this is
laughably easy to dodge is because when he charges, he has the same speed as
God, so you can just run to one edge of the battlefield. Once there, all you
have to do is duck, and the spear will go straight over your head. This isn't to
mention that the Centaur Knight never goes all the way to one side of the
battlefield during his charge; his spear will stop short a bit of the walls,
meaning you can just stand next to a cliff wall and virtually be unharmed.
Furthermore, it's very possible to attack him while he's charging; all you have
to do is duck, then retaliate by slashing at his legs to harm him.
His second attack is a bit more difficult to dodge is you don't know
what you are doing. The Centaur Knight will suddenly stop, and will raise his
spear. It'll glow for a moment, and then it'll let out two bolts of lightning in
rapid succession, the first slightly away from the Centaur Knight, the second a
bit closer towards him. However, the bolts are so close to him that it's
laughably easy to dodge them; the rare exception is when he manages to back you
up far enough so that you have no breathing room. If that happens, take the bolt
rather than trying to run past Centaur Knight. Should you wish to keep this type
of situtation from happening, you're going to have to run up to Centaur Knight a
lot, hack him down, then retreat as he charges at you; the farther away he is
from one side of the wall, the much less likely it is that he'll back you up
against that wall.
END FIGHT
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FILLMORE SIMULATION
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Should it be your first time in the Simulation Mode of Actraiser, take a
look at the Simulation section in this FAQ. With that out of the way, your first
step should be to direct the road up and left to the Monster Lair in the
northwest corner of Fillmore. Although the villagers won't immediately have the
ability to destroy the Lair, they should be able to gain it while on the way to
the Lair. At the same time, cast some Lightning on the bushes around the temple
(in particular to the direct south of the Temple). Now set yourself just
slightly to the right of where the Temple is, and shoot down all the Bats that
come from the upper-right, upper-left, and the south.
Once the first Monster Lair has been sealed off, take a hand again and
direct the road to go far right, and then down into the second Monster Lair.
During the building of this road, you'll have by then probably been alerted of
the one villager's dreams coming true. Ignore this for now, as it won't hit a
climax until later. Instead, continue as normal, killing off the remaining Bats
that come your way along with the White Dragons (which take three hits to kill),
and wait until some houses light up on fire. When they do, use your Rain magic
to douse the fires, and continue to wait until the second Monster Lair is
destroyed.
When you've taken care of the second Monster Lair, start redirecting the
path of the roads down south from the Temple, and then right to the third
Monster Lair. At about the same time, you'll be told about a possible magical
artifact nearby; when it does, go southeast from the Temple. There should be a
pile of rocks just above the first mountain. Use Lightning to destroy the rocks,
and you'll get the Magical Fire offering (a type of magic that you can now use
during platforming). Once you finally finish off the third Monster Lair, you'll
get a Strength of Angel offering, and the people will finally be able to build
bridges.
With the art of making bridges established, intervene in the matters of
the people and direct the roads over the river to the left of the Temple, and
send it straight to the Monster Lair that has the White Dragon. Once you've
eliminated the last Monster Lair, however, you'll learn about the true evil in
the land of Fillmore, and will be given the option to fight through Act 2 of
Fillmore. Before doing that, however, you may want to consider building up your
town as much as possible (and striking down early-civilization huts so that new
houses with more population capacity can be built over them), so as to increase
your level and add on more HP. Level 4 will be your max before you finally head
into the second dungeon.
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FILLMORE ACT 2
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As a side note, even if you equipped the Magical Fire for this battle,
it'll be useless for the current battle.
From the start, head right and kill the Zombee that will appear out of
the darkness, then drop down until you get into the water on the bottom floor.
Destroy the Zombee zooming in from above, then head right, killing yet another
Zombee. Duck if you need to to dodge the rocks the Troll will throw at you, then
jump over the spike pit and kill it. Continue, killing another Troll, until you
make it to the stones. Get up, slay the Maggot on the platform right next to
you, and kill the Death Orb on the ground. From here onwards, you have two paths
that you can take now; Path A will take you going right and down, while Path B
will take you up and right.
PATH A
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Head right, and just before the end of the cliff, wait a few seconds. A
Zombee will materialize and come attacking you, so take it out quickly instead
of being caught unaware. Once that's done, drop straight down to the ground
below, and then head left over the spike pit. Here, you'll find a Cave Troll
that's pretty much the same as his Troll cousin except for color scheme, and
another Zombee. Eliminate them both, then destroy the Angel Orb for an Apple.
Now go back onto the last platform, then head right until you spot
another Cave Troll on top of the next ledge. Kill the Zombee that's perching on
the ceiling above first, then jump onto the same ledge as the Cave Troll,
slaying it while you're at it. Now, time your next jump onto the next ledge so
as to not get pierced by the spikes coming out of the floor, but once you've
caught the attention of another Zombee, jump back one ledge and take it out.
With that done, progress forward past the spike floors and spike ledges until
you get onto safe ground again, killing yet another Cave Troll in the process.
Here, jump up a number of platforms until you have Death Orbs to either
side of you. Two Zombees will emerge from above; take care of them first, then
jump to the left side, and destroy the Death Orb. Slash open the Angel Orb for a
1Up, then get back onto the platforms. Head up to the top, where you'll fight a
Skeltous, and once it's dead, head through the door.
END PATH A
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PATH B
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Jump onto the stone pedestal, and then head left onto a rock platform.
Destroy the Angel Orb for a Crown (+1000 Score), and then kill the two Maggots
straight above to your left. Jump up to the left cliff and kill the Death Orb
for good measure, then head up right to solid ground, taking out a Troll while
you are at it. Go up to the right, killing the lone Death Orb, then jump along
the stone pedestals to your left, slaying the two Maggots crawling on them. Back
on rocky platforms again (make sure you don't jump into the spiked ceiling),
kill another Maggot, then jump up and exterminate a Zombee.
Now head up onto the left wall to crack open an Angel Orb for another
Crown, then continue up. Once you get to the platform before the Death Orb,
however, watch out; another Zoombee will swoop down from the left, so you'll
have to fend both of them off at the same time. Continue on right, then head up
rock platforms, killing one more Zoombee before finally dropping onto the stone
ledge (you could, however, drop down to the left of the stone ledge, head right
and down, and destroy the Angel Orb for an Apple, though.), and take out the
Cave Troll.
Progress right and take out a Death Orb on the ground, and then continue
to slay another Zoombee and Cave Troll. Destroy the Angel Orb for an Apple,
eliminate one more Zoombee, then drop down. Cut down yet another Zoombie while
destroying the Angel Orb for a Half Apple, then drop down and head left, killing
a Zoombee, Death Orb, and Cave Troll in rapid succession. At the end, drop down,
kill the Skeltous, and wait for the door to open before entering.
END PATH B
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In the next room, start heading right, and strike the Maggot over the
first platform by crouching and slashing, then continue on to take out a Death
Orb while avoiding fire from a Cave Troll. Get onto solid ground at the end,
slay the Cave Troll, then start climbing up, fighting off a Maggot, then later
another Maggot, and then a Death Orb. Do it fast, because if you remain idle,
the Demon Mouths on both sides of the wall will begin to shoot out slow-moving
orbs of fire.
Eventually, you'll get to some platforms with some spikes on them. Get
past the spiked platforms, slay a Death Orb and two more Maggots in that order,
and make your way up to the top. Once up there, make sure that you don't get hit
by the Cave Trolls, and then dispose of them. Start going left once you're done,
then drop down onto the lower elevation. Destroy the Angel Orb for an Apple, and
slay the Zombee coming in from the left.
Keep an eye on the spiked ceiling; white-colored spikes will drop down
once you get close to them, so be sure not to get caught in their path. Besides
that, the only other thing you have to worry about is two more Zombees, and once
you've made it through, you're clear at the boss door. Enter.
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MINOTAURUS
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Minotaurus can be a pretty difficult fight for first-timers whom would
try to spam some hack'n'slash action. But at core, he's pretty much just a boss
with one attack that isn't so much the decisive factor in the battling, but how
you manipulate him into attacking.
Y'see, Minotaurus's only attack is where he'll jump down from above, and
throws his axe spinning in one direction horizontally. Although at close range
it's impossible to dodge the axe, if you place yourself a few feet away from
where Minotaurus lands, you can jump over the axe and slash'n'dash until the
Minotaurus jumps up and repeats the same attack over again. The problem there is
that the Minotaurus will usually jump straight down onto the spot where you were
only a moment before.
As such, you DON'T want to move to the side walls once Minotaurus jumps
up, as you shall then have less breathing room to jump over his spinning axe.
Instead, hang around the center for a few seconds, and then run to one side just
as Minotaurus drops down, then repeat the strategy of jumping over the axe and
kicking his ass. DragonAtma of the GameFAQs Actraiser forums also brings up a
good point - you can just pull of a semi-kamikaze attack and go wild on him and
let the Minotaurus hit you with his axe. While you will lose a bit of life, the
damage you can cause to him is significantly greater.
Eventually, he will fall.
END FIGHT
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FILLMORE SIM AFTERMATH
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After you have defeated the Minotaurus, the townspeople will have
discovered two Source of Magic scrolls for you. They basically each allow you to
cast a spell once in platforming, so grab them, as they will be very useful in
the next level, Bloodpool. Furthermore, once you have obtained the Compass from
Bloodpool, use it in Fillmore, wait awhile, and you will get the Source of Life
offering.
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BLOODPOOL ACT 1
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Once the fight is underway, start off by heading right and jumping onto
the wooden pier. Continue on, but watch out for the Rock Thrower - unlike the
Trolls before them, their rocks will obey the forces of gravity, so don't think
you can duck beneath their throws. Once you've effectively dispatched of him,
jump over the bridge and cut down the Lizard Knight, all the time dodging the
Rock Thrower from above. Once you've slain the Knight, climb up the platforms to
the top, kill the Rock Thrower, and break open the Angel Orb for a Crown. Now
jump off the wood onto the stone platform to the right some more, and duck down
and slash at a Blood Bird.
Continue, but don't jump onto the wooden planks in the lake just yet.
Instead, walk to the edge, and a Flyfish will come out of the water in your
direction. Dispose of it, then hop over the platforms (they'll start dropping
down once you land on them) to the other side, where another Flyfish will come
from your right. Jump over again, and attack the Lizard Knight from the rock
platform (because he isn't to level, he can't hit you). Once dead, slay the Rock
Thrower for good measure, then continue on and take out another Rock Thrower.
Now head up and left along the wooden platforms here, taking out a
couple of Blood Birds that may come your way. Up top, walk onto the bridge, but
watch out; any rocks that look old, deformed, wilted, etc., WILL fall down once
you put your weight on them, so walk on them and jump right quickly, then walk
right quickly before the remaining rocks fall down. Take out a Rock Thrower and
Blood Bird on the other side, and cut open the Angel Orb for a Half Apple. Now
walk down and jump over the pool onto the next set of platforms.
O'er here, climb up the wooden planks going right and up, and take out
two Rock Throwers in rapid succession. From the top, jump right again and land
on another rock platform, under a bridge with an Angel Orb on top, and then head
right to cut a Flyfish that will jump out. Jump using the lone platform to the
other side, then climb up some more platforms to ward off a few Flyfish from the
right, a Blood Bird from the right above, and then climb up to the left to kill
the Rock Thrower. Jump over the bridge, being careful not to stay too long on
the decaying parts, and kill the Lizard Knight guarding the Angel Orb. Once
dead, open up the Angel Orb for a 1Up, then travel back across the bridge.
Back at the ranch, head right a bit until you can jump onto the next
platform, then jump up and left to the platform with a Rock Thrower. Kill him,
and the go destroy the Angel Orb he was guarding for an Apple. Head right again,
then head over the bridge. Jump up the few remaining platforms, and then fall
down to the right to fight the boss.
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MANTICORE
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Here is the basic gist of Manticore's arena. You have two sets of wooden
planks, one to the left and one to the right. Each set has one plank on the
bottom, one in the middle, and one a bit higher. In between the two sets is a
gaping hole which, should you fall in, is instant-kill.
The Manticore will jump out of the pool of blood onto one of the bottom
platforms. He will then spit out a ball of fire horizontally in the direction of
the other set of wooden planks, then jumps one platform up, breaths more fire,
repeats the pattern, then goes to the other top platform, goes down one, goes
down one more, and finally gets into the pool once more. It is a constant that
he will always jump up three platforms and jump down three platforms.
What is not a constant is that he will stay on the same set of platforms
for the first three jumps, or on the same set for the latter three jumps. This
is because if you are on the same platform as the Manticore is, he WILL jump to
the other side. There are some tricks to and around this thing. The first is
that after he jumps up/down, he will not switch platforms twice or more, only
the first time. The second is that if you're two platforms below or above him,
he shall stay sitting where he is. The third is that he will shoot fire anyways
if you have NOT YET landed on his side, even if you're going to. As such, if it
looks like you don't have a chance in hell of landing before he spits fire,
do not do it; if you get caught in the path of fire, you may very well land in
the pit of blood.
Other than that, there are only two other notes. The first is that when
you are platform hopping, if you are one platform above the Manticore, stay at
least a sword's length away from him in the direction opposite of the other set
of planks; otherwise, when he hops to the other side, he will hit you while he's
at it (this also happens if you are extremely close to him while you're one
platform under him, so watch out). And if you are on the same platform as he is,
DUCK AND SLASH; not only will you dodge his fireball, but he will also jump over
you, and yet you will still be able to damage him. The second is the Magical
Fire magic that you may want to use here; it will not cause much damage (it only
takes away an eighth of his health max), but if he is beginning to become
annoying, it may be helpful to you.
END FIGHT
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BLOODPOOL SIMULATION
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It should be duly noted that your first step should be, before anything
else, use the Bridge offering that you got from Fillmore. This will enable the
people of Bloodpool the ability to build bridges. Next, use the Lord's Sunlight
Magic on the three squares directly south of the Temple, and start building the
roads two squares south and east into the first Monster Lair, that of a White
Dragon. Before you've even gotten to the first Lair, the townspeople will bother
you about a child named Teddy, but ignore it for now.
Once the first Monster Lair has been destroyed, go ahead and redirect
the roads to continue straight south from the Temple, and then west and south a
bit to the White Dragon Monster Lair at the bottom center of the map. Along the
ways, the people of Bloodpool will likely learn the arts of Wheat and begin to
offer you Wheat. Finally, once you've sealed the lair of the second White
Dragon, the people will find a Bomb to offer to you.
With that out of the way, go to the northwest segment of the map and use
Lightning magic to destroy all the bushes, then direct the road to start going
north and west to the Bat Lair. However, by about this time, the townspeople
will start bothering you about Teddy, who's apparently gone missing. When this
occurs, go and take the Loaf of Bread offering from the people. then head to the
southwest portion of the map while waiting for the Bat Lair to be reached. Next
to the lake, you should see a Castle with a cave next to it, and there's a
person wandering next to the person. Use the Loaf of Bread offering on Teddy,
and after some plot, you'll be able to get the Magic Skull offering. At about
the same time, the people will finally seal off the Bat Monster Lair.
Now that that is done, go to the southwest corner of the map, and you
should see some trees that you will be able to destroy with Lightning. Do so,
and you should find the Red Demon Lair. Use the Magic Skull on it to destroy the
Lair, and the lake will return to it's normal color. You'll get the Magical
Stardust magic, but the true source of evil in the land will emerge thereafter.
With that happenstance, build up the town as much as you can right now, then
head to the overworld map, and get ready to fight the monsters (equipping the
Magical Stardust magic is also something you should do, as it's usually a lot
more useful than the Magical Fire).
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BLOODPOOL ACT 2
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Your first action onscreen is to head right, and carve a path through
the constant flow of mindless Goblins running your way. Once you make it to the
end, there shall be a Gargoyle Statue that will just spit fire at you
horizontally, so wait for it to shoot, then jump over the fireball, and slash at
him until he dies. Afterwards, enter the castle.
Inside, head down the staircase, and kill the two Goblins wandering back
and forth before jumping onto the platform, then walk across, killing one more
Goblin on the ground. Head on until you see a giant chasm in front of you, with
two sets of chains with one having elevators going down, the other going up.
Take the down elevator first, making sure to thwart any Red Slimes and
Ghostheads that come your way when you do so. Near the bottom of the room, you
should see a small room to the left, so jump off and destroy the Angel Orb for a
Source of Magic. Now jump back onto the first set of elevators, then get onto
the second set to go up.
Near the top, you'll have a Red Slime on both walls, so watch out for
them as they jump off, and be sure to cut them down before they can get close. A
bit later, you'll finally reach your exit point to the right, so get off and
start walking. In this area, drop down off all the rocks, ignoring the
Ghostheads (unless you're here for the high scores). Down below, enter the next
room of the castle).
In this small room, the lights will turn dark, and go up in small levels
of brightness, and will then begin to dim out again. When you're able to see
clearly enough, drop down from the left wall onto a platform in the center, then
head down left and kill the Goblin wandering around in the near bottom-left
corner. Drop down to the right after that, and go kill the Gargoyle Statue. Grab
the Apple from the Angel Orb he was guarding, then jump directly up the
platforms on this side of the room. Kill the one Goblin that'll be in your way,
and up top, head through the door again.
Coming in, immediately kill the Red Slime hanging down on the left wall,
then climb up the rock piles in the room, making sure to destroy the Red Slimes
that are around before they can destroy you. At the highest rock pile, jump
right onto the platform, then head right to find a giant spike pit. Hop onto the
ledges here, but beware; they WILL fall soon after you land on them, so don't be
idle. At the end, walk down the first staircase, and jump down onto the second
one. Duck, and you'll stay below the Gargoyle Statue's line of fire. Now, if
you're a score whore, then you should crouch-slash the guard statues littered
over the staircases, but otherwise, ignore them and make your way down to the
bottom, and fall down into the water.
Once in the water, head left and cut down the Skeltmon before it can
attack you, then break open the Angel Orb for a Source of Magic. Head right now
through the doorway, and eliminate another Skeltmon on the other side (ignore
all the Ghostheads unless you absolutely need to kill one). Press onwards, and
watch out for the Electmachine - if you get shocked by it while it's shooting
out electricity it can be quite harmful, so make sure to time your jumps over it
correctly. On the other side, slay another Skeltmon, then jump over one more
Electmachine. Finally, head through the door, and you'll be in another area with
elevators. Jump onto the middle of the room, then wait for an elevator going up.
During your upwards journey, be sure to watch out for the Red Slimes as,
just like the last time, they will crawl down and up the walls, and on the
occasion hop from one wall to the other. Later, when you get near the top, you
should see a crevasse in the left wall with an Angel Orb. Jump onto the left
temporarily, jump into the niche, and break open the Angel Orb for a 1Up. Jump
back to the right again, and then head through the exit at the top.
You'll be outside once more, so head right. A new enemy will encounter
you quickly; the Flying Goblin. These guys will dive into the ground once
they're straight over you, with the intents of coming into contact. As such, you
should eliminate them before they get the chance to hit you first, so do so and
press forwards until you come into range of a Gargoyle Statue, and kill it.
Proceed to repeat the pattern of Goblin-slaying until you get to another
Gargoyle Statue, and dispatch of it. Once that is done, head through the door
and outside again.
Inside again, quickly kill the Skeltmon wandering along the floor. Next,
climb the rocky platforms up top, making sure to terminate the next Skeltmon
before it can attack you on level ground. Once on the next solid ground, you'll
have to deal with reclining and extending blocks from the background.
Fortunately, there IS an easy timing to it; when Set A blocks go in, Set B comes
out at the exact same time. When Set B blocks go in, Set A come out at the same
time. As such, climb the blocks going up with a leftwards tilt until you come to
a Gargoyle Statue, and destroy it if you need to to progress upwards some more.
At the top, head left to break open the Angel Orb for an Apple, then go to the
right side. In this last hallway of the castle, the boss is protected by two
Skeltmons followed up by another Skeltmon along with a Gargoyle Statue, so take
care of them in an orderly fashion. Once that's done, go through the door.
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ZEPPELIN WOLF
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Zeppelin Wolf has two forms; his regular form, and a werewolf form that
he transforms into after he takes at least half damage. However, Zeppelin Wolf
will not transform into a wolf straight after he loses half his life; he'll only
do it during the first teleportation AFTER you damage him down to half his life
or less. This means that you could knock 12 points of life off his bar and when
he teleports away, he'll transform, or it means you could knock 12 points off
his bar, plus another 7 for a full 19 before he teleports away and transforms,
meaning he would only have 5 HP left.
Anyhow, I digress. The battlefield here consists of a solid floor, and
there are six rock platforms; three to the left, three to the right, the left
has them dispersed in a backwards L shape, the right in a straight L shape.
Zeppelin Wolf, while a human, will teleport around the arena various
times, and can appear on one of eight different locations; any of the six
platforms, and just under the middle platform of each sides and tilted slightly
towards the center. When he teleports there, he will send out three purple
rocks; one straight forward, one going 45 degrees upward, and one going 45
degrees downward, but they are remarkably easy to dodge. Next, he will cast
three lightning bolts in rapid succession (unless he is on the ground), the
first slightly away from his body to the center, the second slightly away from
his body to the side, and the third dead center underneath him. Again, if you're
trying to stay away from him, it will be remarkably easy to dodge, as it's range
will never be able to reach you.
Forging a way to kill Zeppelin Wolf is remarkably easy; it all has to do
with the Magical Stardust you should have equipped. Since you can have a maximum
of four Magical Stardusts currently (two regular and two extras from this
dungeon), this is my suggestion as to what to do; hit him with one Magical
Stardust at first, then attack him head-on until he has 13 HP left, then use
another Magical Stardust so that he has very little HP left when he transforms
(or you can wait for him to go down to the floor and then hack away at him). As
another piece of advice, DO NOT cast the Magical Stardust when he is standing
on the left side of the arena. Because the stars come in from the right side,
he will be struck by more Stars if he is on the right side.
Once Zeppelin Wolf transforms into a Wolf, it is safe to say that you
may want to kill him as quickly as possible. Although he has no attack of his
own, he can summon mini purple wolf-heads from the statues holding up the
platforms on one side of the room to go straightforward your way. He also does a
lot of leaping around (reminding me of Flame Stag from Mega Man X2), and is more
than capable of running into you to cause that "damage-by-contact" rule that all
platformers seem to have. A good trick to take him out quickly is to use the
avatar God as bait by bringing him onto the upper-right platform, then waiting
for Zeppelin Wolf to come to you. When he does, use the Magical Stardust (of
which God is invincible during the duration of the time it's being cast), and
Zeppelin Wolf will take lots of damage quickly.
END FIGHT
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BLOODPOOL SIM AFTERMATH
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Afterwards, the people will give you a Scroll of Magic offering. At the
same time, however, the population will become quarrelous, and to rectify the
problem, you'll have to wait until you get the Harmonious Music from Kasandora.
Once you do get it, use it here, and the people will offer up a Compass for
later use.
Also, a bit later, Bloodpool will be connected with Fillmore (which, if
you look at the map, the two towns are the only areas not seperated by tough
geographical boundaries), and Fillmore will also be able to produce wheat farms
on their own.
Furthermore, if you use Rain Magic on the northern end of the map (it
only works on some panels), the lake waters will rise and the people will find a
Source of Life Offering.
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KASANDORA ACT 1
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The Magical Fire is recommended for this act.
Start the mission off by heading right and jumping up to slice down the
Spear Goblin on the head of the skull. Continue on, leaping over the Cacti, and
knock off another Spear Goblin who's patrolling around the general area, then
jump over a second Cacti. Go up the slope to the top now, and kill the two Spear
Goblins here, then hop onto the skeleton. Walk across the skeleton to the other
side, and ward off another Spear Goblin along with a Fireman coming in from the
right. Once you've finished them both off, continue on, jumping over three more
Cacti.
When you come to the hill, climb it up by taking a series of long-jumps,
and slow down once you hit the top; a Sand Flower will emerge from below, so
make sure that you're going down at regular speeds. That way, you can kill the
Sand Flower before you ever run into it. Repeat this for another Sand Flower,
then head up the next hill onto some rock. From there, jump onto the bowl-shaped
rocky platform, and eliminate the Spear Goblin and Fireman. Jump onto the next
platform, kill another Spear Goblin. One platform later, take out two more Spear
Goblins, then fall down to the right to find an Angel Orb with an Apple in it.
Climb over the small rocky cliff onto the other side, then head right. A
Sand Flower will pop out of the sand just before the next small expanse of rock,
so take it out before it can cause any more trouble, then jump onto the rocks
and kill the Spear Goblin. Head along some more sand now, where you'll have to
deal with a two-pronged attack by a Sand Flower and Flameman, then go over some
more rock, slaying another Spear Goblin in the meantime. Drop down to finish off
one last Spear Goblin, then head right, and jump onto the platform with the
door. Enter.
On the other side, jump onto the tall ledges, slaying the two Flying
Goblins that will attack from above, until you get to larger solid ground. Once
down here, a Scorbee will emerge from the hole in the colony hive, so killl it,
then climb up to the top, killing another Scorbee and two Goblins. Once at the
peak of the hive, jump over right onto the next platform, and kill another
Scorbee at the start. Climb up to the top again, killing another Scorbee and
Goblin, and break the Angel Orb at the top for a Scroll of Magic. Leap to the
right, and you should land about halfway on the next hive.
From this vantage point, slay the lone Goblin, then start climbing
upwards, exterminating any more Scorbees that decide to interefere with your
progress. Once you make it to the height of the hive, jump over to the top of
the next hive to kill a Flying Goblin and break open an Angel Orb for an Apple.
Jump off the right down from here, and you should land on sand, just as a Sand
Flower pops out of the ground. Kill it, and swat the Fireman out of the sky if
you need to, then climb up the hill. Eliminate the Spear Goblin, then go up to
the top to defeat another Spear Goblin. Head down again to break open a last-
minute Angel Orb for an Apple, then go over the next rock.
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DAGOBA
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*Resists the urge to make Star Wars-related jokes*
Fighting the Dagoba is remarkably easy, but not so much if you only have
part of your life bar full. However, considering you just got an Apple, it
should be full, so let us go.
Dagoba will have two pincers that will extend from the slopes and then
come earthwards, forcing you to either stand in the middle (which would render
you vulnerable to getting hit by Dagoba when he pops out of the ground), or jump
over the pincers (which gets easier the farther down to the center you are).
Afterwards, Dagoba will emerge from the ground in the center, and then throws up
five rocks; one goes straight up and then comes down from his position, two will
be slightly to the left and right of him, and the remaining two will be flung
very far off to his left and right.
This attack can be dodged by slipping in between the outer and inner
rocks on either side, and, if you don't get too close to Dagoba, he will
literally continuously throw rocks, forever. However, we don't want to do that.
Instead, you can weave through the outer two rocks, and hit him with some
Magical Fire (of which with four Sources of Magic, can half his life). Once that
is done, go down to him just as he's about to throw his rocks up, and start
slashing at him. Because it takes a while for him to submerge, you have
breathing room enough to deal at least two or three points of damage to him.
From there, all you have to do is jump over his pincers again, keep up
the ghost, and then leap at him and swipe. It technically is also a worthwhile
strategy, as at a rate of losing one of your bars of life for every three or
even two of his, you would still have a lot of life left by the time Dagoba
dies, even without using magic.
END FIGHT
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KASANDORA SIMULATION
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Kasandora is a unique place in that you'll have to cast the Rain magic
over every single panel of sand, panel-by-panel. I can guarantee now that it
will be at least somewhat frustrating to do. For now, you should carve a path,
from the Temple, going East 2, North 5, and East 1 more, after which you'll have
found all the Monster Lairs and a Pyramid, which will be the spot of your final
showdown in Kasandora.
With that done, start off by direting the road two panels east and north
to seal off the first Monster Lair, that of the Bats. On your way there,
however, the people of Kasandora will ask you to lead their roads to Kasandora
explorers who have gotten lost. You can, however, ignore this event until later
on, and instead focus on clearing the rest of the desert away and slaying
monsters. After you seal off the first Lair, you'll get a Strength of Angel
offering from the people.
Next, start going south and east to the Red Demon Monster Lair in the
southeastern corner of the map, and water down any desert panels that may block
the people from building roads. The path to this Monster Lair should actually be
fairly uneventful. Go south from here down to the mountains at the very bottom
of the screen, and once you've built the road on the eastern end of the range,
you'll get a Source of Magic Offering.
With two Monster Lairs down and two to go, go back to where the Bat Lair
was, and redirect the road to continue up north to the second Red Demon Monster
Lair. Much like the Lair before it, sealing it and the lead-up into it will also
be uneventful.
Once you've sealed everything but the White Dragon Lair, however, don't
focus your efforts on the last Lair just yet. Instead, look at the far right
extreme of the map, and in the center. You should see a small person lying on
the ground there, so rain a path through to him, and redirect the road to go to
him. When you get over there, in rapid succession you'll get the Source of Magic
Offering, the Harmonious Music offering, and will be told of suspicions about
the Pyramid up north. Ignoring that for now, however, rain your way directly
north into the Monster Lair of the White Dragon. With it sealed off, you'll get
a Bomb offering. You'll also be told that the Pyramid is the true source of evil
in the land, yadda yadda yak, all that stuff, so now you can go do Act 2.
After you've finally destroyed all four Monster Lairs, however, use
Earthquake if you have the SP to cast it. Once you do, all the non-Earthquake
resistant homes will be destroyed along with the farms (to be replaced by
sturdier buildings), but more importantly, the people will give you a Source of
Life offering.
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KASANDORA ACT 2
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Magical Stardust is a must to take on for this Act, mainly because the
boss can be completely and utterly destroyed in pretty much one hit.
Anyways, once you start, go down the slope to your right, and on the
bottom, crouch and eliminate the two Visps, while dodging the arrow of the
PharoahHead. Get up after the PharoahHead fires, and slash at it until it dies,
then advance forward killing another Visp. Drop down into the tomb hallway, and
Mummies will come out of their tombs. They're one hit kills, however, so you
don't need to worry too much about them. Once you make it to the end of the
first half of the hallway, you'll have to kill a PharoahHead, so dispose of him,
then leap over to the other side to take out another PharoahHead. Slay the two
Mummies from here on in, then continue and destroy yet one more PharoahHead.
Climb up, and you'll face off an annoying Bird God, who can slash quickly and
retreat even more quicker. Once he's done for, continue, and go through the
door.
In the next room, slide down the slopes quickly, but don't bother
sticking around to kill any of the Wasps or Pharoahheads; you're more than
likely just going to harm yourself by accident, and it's of no use unless you're
a score-whore. Once you get down onto the ground, kill the Scorman and Wasp,
then jump over the spike pit. On this side, continue left, then climb up the
pole heads, jumping to the left at the feasible top to break open an Angel Orb
for a Source of Magic. Next, wait for a platform moving up and down on the right
wall to come down to you, then jump on it and jump off on the above platforms.
From here, head left again, waiting for the first moving platform to
move towards you, then get on. From here, kill the lone Wasp in the air, then
wait for the other set of platforms to get close to you before jumping on. When
they head towards the left. Get onto the cliff, break open the Angel Orb, and
grab the 1Up. Drop down from the ledge from here, but keep yourself moving left
while freefalling. Head left from here and kill a Scorman and a Wisp, then wait
for the elevator platform to come down, and get on.
Up above, get onto the moving platforms to your right. Ignore the first
Scorman, but climb up the platforms and get off to the right to slay the second
Scorman, and break open the Angel Orb for an Apple. Head back onto the platforms
going left and right, and wait for the second platform on the left wall to come
down. Jump on it, then head up to the top of the room. Get off and terminate the
two Scorman along with another Wisp, then head through the door into the next
room.
In here, crouch down quickly to eliminate a Visp, then prepare for the
Bird God that will be coming your way. Once you've disposed of him, run across
the room to avoid the Acid Droplets (so long as you keep running at a constant,
you'll be able to avoid all of them), and jump over the Visps when you see them.
Don't worry; you still won't get harmed by the Acid Droplets even if you do jump
on your way. Once you've made it to the end of the hallway, however, you'll have
to fight another Bird God, so take him out as well. Climb up to the top now,
avoiding the line of fire of the Pharoahheads by timing their attacks correctly
to dodge.
Once you've exited out to the left, head across the statue heads to the
other end of the hallway, waiting for the Visps to go right before timing your
last jump. At the left end, climb up the pole of statues, and then climb up some
more to the top, slaying or dodging the PharoahHeads. At the top, kill the
Mummy, then jump over the spike pit, cutting down two more Mummies that get in
your way. Repeat one more time, then jump over one last spike pit. Head on, and
you'll see a large slope. Slide down, but DON'T touch any buttons; you'll stay
standing on the very edge of the slope. Wait for the elevator to come down, but
don't jump on it as soon as you see it. Instead, wait for it to go into the
spike pit and then come back up again, THEN jump on it.
When you make it to the top, jump off to the left. Here, you'll be
required to quickly stave off a Bird God, so fight him tooth and nail until he's
done for, then continue left. Break open an Angel Orb for an Apple, then
continue on to spot the Red Bird God. This guy takes six hits to kill instead of
the regular three, and he can send moon-shaped beams of energy out of his sword
when he parries, so be careful in fighting him. If you have to, you may want to
consider running right past him (taking what could be less damage than if you
fight him), and then run down the slope to the boss.
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PHAROAH
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Even though I said to bring Magical Stardust at the beginning of this
act, which can easily destroy the Pharoah in just two uses, this is for those
two of you who did not still have a legit strategy (wait, will two people even
read this? My bad).
Anyhow, the Pharoah will hover over the battlefield arena, and will
continue to do so even when you run underneath him, until you pause long enough
under him. When this happens, he will slam down onto the loor to where you were
just a second before. After this, he charges up a blast of energy that will go
horizontally, and which you will be able to jump over. The sad part of this is
that it is so unbelievably SLOW; you could literally get in at least five hits
before you have to run away, and if dodging it is not an issue, seven or eight.
The only thing that would keep the Pharoah from being a complete joke is
that when his blue orbs of energy hit a wall, a Pharoahhead will appear on one
of the walls and shoot an arrow straight out at you, then disappears. However,
if it's coming towards you from the front instead of from behind your back, you
can literally just time your next strike to both destroy the arrow and harm the
Pharoah further. Either way, he's still a mockery of our talents, and unless you
for whatever reason come in with 2 HP remaining (impossible, given the Apple
just before this boss arena), you shouldn't have any problem winning.
END FIGHT
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KASANDORA SIM AFTERMATH
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After you win the battle against the Pharoah, the people of Kasandora
will begin to suffer from the plague. This cannot be rectified until later, when
you retrieve the Herb from Marahna. When you do, use it here and the Plague will
be swept away from Kasandora. With that done, stick around for a while (you may
have to continue road construction), and the people will find an Ancient Tablet
Offering for use back in Marahna.
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AITOS ACT 1
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Off the bat, head right into the field of vines and kill the Rock
Thrower, then move right slightly a bit more. Wait for the Poletrap to slam down
first, and then pass under it when it's rising up, killing another Rock Thrower
past it. For the next Poletrap, wait for it to fall down, and then jump over it,
killing a third Rock Thrower. Go down now and then jump over the pit to the next
platform. Drop down onto the Bird Carriage.
As the Bird Carriage carries you right, crouch down. Black Birds will
come from the bottom of the screen and dash at you, and you cannot hit them
unless you crouch-slash at them. Once you get through that obstacle, continue to
stay down, as a Black Rock Thrower will begin to chuck rocks at you from below;
it should be OK though, as he more than likely won't be ever able to hit you.
The Bird Carriage will continue on, and you should keep your sword ready and
steady; the volcano on the next cliff will spit out lava balls, but you can
destroy them with a swipe of your sword. The Bird Carriage will finally stop to
the right side of this cliff, so get off and kill the Rock Thrower to the right
side.
Get back on again, as the Bird Carriage will soon continue on it's
journey. From there on, continue, dodging the Black Rock Thrower's firepower, as
he can shoot a bit higher. You'll soon come upon an Air Fiend; when you see him,
crouch down and wait for him to come up to you, and cut him down as quickly as
is humanly possible for you. Soon, the Bird Carriage will drop down over some
cloud cover again, so get ready, as not only will you be confronted by Black
Birds, but Skulls will also appear. However, don't worry about the Skulls; they
can't attack you, but are rather there as something for you to run into, and
they can be taken out in one hit.
At the end of the air path, get off onto the cliff and head up the first
slope. A rock will come falling down from above, so jump over it, then head up
past the Rock Hand; instead of waiting for it to reemerge and kill it, just
ignore it, because it cannot throw uphill. At the top, break open the Angel Orb
for a Diamond, and stand right next to the wall to escape harm from the rock the
above Rock Hand will throw down. Now, go up four more of the same slopes,
ignoring the Rock Hands but killing the Rock Throwers on the first two slopes.
When you are finally going up the last slope headed right, kill the Air Fiend at
the top.
Now, drop down the volcano hole, going down to the left along the bunch
of platforms strewn about the face, and on the left side of the bottom, break
open the Angel Orb for a Crown. Now continue back up to the platforms and then
drop down to the right side, and kill two Rock Throwers. Head through the door.
In the next room, go right and slash at the Air Fiend, then fall down
the long pit. Down below, immediately duck and weave to dodge attacks from the
two Rock Throwers, and take them out. Continue on right some more, killing a
down-to-earth Air Fiend, and you'll come upon a waterfall with a bunch of small
rock platforms to traverse.
Start off by jumping onto the first platform, then continue on right and
destroy the Angel Orb for a Bomb. By doing this, all on-screen enemies in your
sight will automatically be destroyed, so with your foes temporarily detained,
head up left and up, then continue on right and drop down for the first Angel
Orb. Break it open for an Apple, then drop down some more and head left to the
beginning platform. Go up to the top once more, and head right 'til you find an
Angel Orb guarded by a Rock Thrower. Kill the Rock Thrower, and destroy the
Angel Orb to obtain the super-rare Flame Sword upgrade. With this, slashing your
sword sends out a wave of energy during your current life, and is imperative for
the fight with the soon-to-come boss. Continue on right, jump off onto solid
ground, and head through the door.
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SERPENT
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It is almost admirable how Quintet was able to make this battle so easy,
but they managed to do so, with the only fallout action being if you let
yourself get knocked off one of the rocks (more on that later). In any case, the
battle should be a piece of cake if you got the Flame Sword and Apple from
earlier.
First off, stay on the ledge that you're put on in the first place, as
it is very hazardous to run around; if you get hit by the Serpent while jumping,
you will more than likely fall down the waterfall to an instant death (to
counteract this, just duck when he comes swooping at you if you have nowhere you
can go; while ducking, you WILL NOT be knocked back, which is key here).
Besides, the rate at which you fall back when you get hit by the Serpent is so
little that you should still stay on. With that in mind, it brings me to two
more important notes; the first is that only coming into contact with the
Serpent's head will harm you. The rest of the body will not ever hurt you. The
second is that if you jump to try and dodge his head, and he hits you anyways,
snapback rate will be greater and you will very likely fall over. As such, you
may want to stay in the center of the platform at all times.
So long as you got the Apple and Flame Sword (which you should have,
unless you are trying for a run based purely on skills), then you will not only
have full or close to full health, but also be able to shoot waves of energy
from your sword. Because the amount you can fire out is infinite until you die,
slash like mad, and wait for the Serpent to get in the path of your fire and
take damage.
In other news, both Magical Fire and Magical Stardust magic can be
effectively used here. In the case of the Magical Fire, all you have to do is
wait until the Serpent gets close to cast it, but when you're using the Magical
Stardust, wait for when the Serpent comes in and starts to do his weave around
you so as to maximize the time he's onscreen, and your chances of hitting him.
END FIGHT
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AITOS SIMULATION
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You'll get the start-off message of the people asking you to destroy the
rocks using your Lightning magic. Before starting any building of roads, you
should take the time to completely shatter the rock field to the left. This area
consists mainly of White Dragons, but it also has a Flying Skull Monster Lair, a
really annoying monster who takes eight hits to kill and is the fourth of the
overworld monsters that you can fight and shoot down.
Once you're done calling down lightning, start building your road left,
first going up to seal off the Flying Skull's Monster Lair, then down and left
some more to seal the White Dragon Monster Lair. After sealing the Flying Skull,
you'll get the Bomb Offering. Further along, once done with the White Dragon,
the people will make a request of you to send rain over the Temple building, so
cast the Rain Magic over it. Once you've done so, you'll be thanked, and receive
the news of horses.
Now, go north, and start breaking down the forests with more Lightning
Magic, just like the rock field before here. Once you've done casting
destruction asunder the trees, start building the road up north of the Temple,
and then hanging a right to the second White Dragon Monster Lair. On the way,
the people will likely ask you to provide wind to the windmills, so use the Wind
Magic (and as a bonus, it'll blow away the current White Dragons onscreen). They
may also offer up some Sheep's Fleece, which will be useful for the sixth area
of the game. Once you finally seal the third Monster Lair, you'll get a Strength
of Angel Offering.
With that done, start directing your road to go to the northwestern
corner of the map, where the final Monster Lair, that of a White Dragon is. On
the way, the people will pitch in their ability of mountaineering skills, and
they'll likely find a Source of Magic Offering for you. However, shortly after
you seal off the last Monster Lair, it'll turn out that the volcano - which will
become active - contains the true source of evil in the land, so go up to the
overworld map, and start fighting.
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AITOS ACT 2
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Bring with you the Magical Stardust. It will make the boss fight seem
easy-peasy.
Aitos' second dungeon will start off somewhat different than that of the
norm; instead of going right, you must first go left, where you should quickly
kill the Red Flying Goblin floating through the air before he gets the chance to
dive down at you. Continue on left, and wait for another Red Flying Goblin to
float towards thee, and take it down as well. Now, jump onto the first platform,
and a Fire Eye will jump out of the lava; back away quickly back out of the lava
pool, before the Fire Eye explodes and sends flames diagonally in four
directions.
Now, repeat the same thing for the second and third rock platforms over
the lava pool (or else try to cut them down in three quick slashes), and
eliminate another Red Flying Goblin after the second platform. Once you finally
make it back onto solid ground, you'll encounter a Gas Eye. He'll vibrate for a
moment after you strike him once (try to cut down the Red Goblin at the same
time) and break up into a single eye which will circle around you for a bit.
Eliminate that as well, and then press onwards, slaying another Red Goblin and
Gas Eye. At the end of the hallway, drop down the chasm to the bottom of the
next floor.
Down here, terminate the Flying Red Goblin, and destroy the Fire Eye
that will pop out from the lava before it can explode. Jump over, killing a
variety of more Fire Eyes, Gas Eyes, and Flying Red Goblins, and at the end,
head through the door into the next room.
Coming in, wait for the Gas Eye that you'll see at the right end of the
room to cross over to you. Slash it then, and destroy it afterwards. Now, wait
for the platforms, which go up and down, to be in their 'up' phase, then jump to
the fifth platform before stopping. Once it goes up again, continue on to the
end of the room, and head through the door.
In this next room, cut down the arrows that the Archer will fire at you,
pressing forward until the Fire Eye breaks out from under the bridge; when this
happens, do the mandatory three-chop to slay it. Next, jump into the air next to
the archer, but slash him before you fall to kill him. Otherwise, he'll leap
back, and you'll have to continue catching up with him. If you do kill him, all
you have to do is continue on, keeping an eye on the different-colored parts of
the bridge (they are where the Fire Eyes will come in from), slaying three more
Fire Eyes, a Gas Eye, and then one more Fire Eye.
Once you make it over the pit of lava, head right and ward off any
attacks from the Archer in line with you, and progress forward, killing him.
Defeat the next two Archers, and then climb up the cliff. Jump onto the first
platform, killing the Red Goblin, then head along onto the next platform,
killing a Flying Red Goblin and a normal Red Goblin. Take one more Red Goblin
out on the third platform, and break open the Angel Orb for a Scroll of Magic.
Continue on slightly, and take out a Gas Eye.
Now, head right again, and you'll see some Dragon Mouths. Here's how it
goes; when the top Dragon Mouth stops breathing fire, jump onto the head of the
middle Dragon Mouth, attached to the left wall. When the middle Dragon Mouth
stops breathing, jump onto the head of the bottom Dragon Mouth, attached to the
right wall. When the bottom Dragon Mouth stops breathing, continue the pattern
for the next two Dragon Heads (for Dragon Head #4, stand at the very edge of the
wall), breaking open an Angel Orb for an Apple. Drop onto the ground when you
get the opportunity. Kill one last Gas Eye while going left, and then head
through the door.
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FIRE WHEEL
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Before I say anything else, let me say this; while the Fire Wheel is
spinning along the ground, use the Magic Stardust, and repeat this once. Very
likely he'll die from two hits.
Now that I'm done that, it's quite likely that some of you didn't pack
your Stardust, in which case the fight is a bit more difficult. Fire Wheel has
two different movement patterns; the first is where he will simply roll back and
forth along the ground floor, and he only does this when you refuse to get up on
one of the platforms. As your chances of being able to jump over him from the
ground is absolute zero, you're going to have to get up on one of the platforms
- specifically, one of the two lower platforms, and I'll explain why.
When you are on any of the platforms, Fire Wheel will spin over to your
side of the room. If you're on one of the lower platforms, you will still have
to jump when Fire Wheel comes your way, as his diameter is long enough to still
come into contact with you. However, the reason that you don't want to stand on
one of the two longer platforms is that after he does his rolling, he'll jump up
from the corner of the room onto the taller platform. From there, he will bounce
down onto the lower platform (which you can dodge while still on the platform by
moving very far away from the center of the room, and ducking), and then into
the center of the room, where he will spit out some slow-moving green balls
before bouncing back onto one of the lower platforms and then into the corner.
It is during the time he's spitting out his green balls that you can
take a quick session of slashing, while still running away quickly enough to
dodge his green balls of fury (you'll want to run near the center, though -
going to one side will just make it easier for Fire Wheel to harm you). It's
admittedly slow, but it's realistically the only way to kill him while taking
little damage and using no magic. Or, of course, you could just stand in his way
while he's spinning, slashing like there's no tomorrow, and taking three or four
of his HP for your every one, but it's up to you.
DragonAtma from the GameFAQs Actraiser board also has an alternative
strategy that you can use;
"Fire Wheel is EASY. EASY EASY EASY. When he's in the center, stand on
the ground beneath the second platform from the right. As he passes it, jump
onto it. He'll respond by jumping upwards, which is your cue to walk left, off
the platform, and then back undermneath it. He'll bounce onto the platform you
briefly visited, then to the center to shoot projectiles. You're at the base of
the aforementioned platform, so his attacks will miss. The best thing is that
you can slash as he's on the platform, while he'll just repeat the previous
strategy, so he'll never hit you!"
END FIGHT
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AITOS SIM AFTERMATH
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Aitos is unique in that there's ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do after you
defeat the area. So, yes. This section is here just to let you, the reader, know
about this and thus not waste your time here afterwards.
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MARAHNA ACT 1
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Head right and use the small platform as a stepping stone onto the
building ruins. Dodge the blowgun attack the Tribal Native will likely use by
jumping over it, and then kill him, making sure that you slay the Island Bat
that will swoop in from above as well. Now, continue to the edge of the building
and jump far right onto the next stepping stone, ensuring that you don't have to
deal with the Swamp Jelly that will jump out from down below. Get into the next
small building, and kill another Tribal Native quickly. Progress some more, and
you'll have to take down two more Island Bats.
Now, jump off the building going as far right as you can, preferably
killing the lone Island Bat above. You'll be stuck between two Swamp Jellies;
avoid their initial attack, wait for the right one to pop up again, and then
kill him. Pursue the right once more, getting onto a stepping stone, and then
head into the building. Climb up the first few steps and then head left to slay
another Tribal Native, then get onto the small platform, and get up onto the
right side of the roof. Cut down one more Tribal Native, then run past the two
Green Living Columns (wait for them to turn their face around, then duck.
They'll jump straight over your head). Take out an Island Bat and a Purple
Living Column at the end, and drop down the hole in the roof.
Back inside the building, head left, and jump over the next break in the
floor, and continue on left. Slay the Purple Living Column and break open the
Angel Orb for an Apple, then go down the break in the floor. Head right and
eliminate a Tribal Native for a Source of Magic, then go the opposite way,
cutting down any fire from the Purple Living Column, and go down the hole. dOWN
here, you'll have to fight easily one of the more annoying enemies in the game,a
Headless Spearman. Wait for him to jab at you, then jump close to him, swipe
with your sword once, then jump back. Repeat twice more, and he'll fall. Now go
right all the way down the hallway, headng through the door at the end.
In this second room, things will hit a standstill for your first action.
Go to the right edge of the building, and jump off onto the stone platform.
During this jump, you'll have to go over a Swamp Jelly, yet still be under a
Green Living Column, and also slash at a Visp that will fall down from midair.
Once on the stone, hop up onto the next solid floor, and kill the Tribal Native
seated up there. Continue up the building to the roof, and exterminate yet
another Tribal Native. Now, jump from roof to roof (waiting for some Visps
between the second and third to fall down), destroying or evading a Green Living
Column, and break open an Angel Orb on the third roof for a 1Up. Eliminate the
Island Bat that will likely circle around you, then head back to the first roof.
From here, drop down the roof onto the floor below it, and head left,
slaying a Purple Living Column. Break open the Angel Orb for an Apple, and then
head right and drop down into the swamp. Kill the Swamp Jelly before it can
cause any troubles, then continue and ward off any enemies that come in from
above. Jump over the stepping stone, and take down a Headless Spearman. Continue
to go right, slaying any Visps that fall down from above, and fight off one last
Headless Spearman. Next, go up and head through the door.
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RAFFLASHER
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Rafflasher himself is an immobile boss at the end of the screen (can
anyone say Magical Stardust?), but he has more than enough wards to make the
process of defeating him somewhat sluggishly slow - but not difficult.
In any case, Rafflasher is a big mess of tentacles, with a single blue
venus fly trap-lookalike extending from his body. This lookalike is the only
point where Rafflasher can be damaged, and you could harm it by either standing
on the stepping stone and simply jump-slashing from there, or standing right
under it, and jump-slashing.
However, the Rafflasher has two things to stop you from simply killing
it. The first is a tentacle that will float along the ground, partly obscured by
the swamp. When it gets close to you, it will extend out from the ground and try
to swat you around. It can be jumped over from a stepping stone, though, before
it extends out. Because of this, an ideal strategy is to go to the right
stepping stone (right next to Rafflasher), strike the boss multiple times, and
when the tentacle gets too close, jump over it and head to the left stepping
stone. Wait for the tentacle to come over to you, then run back to Rafflasher
and continue striking.
The other block isn't really difficult, however. Rafflasher will spit
out from his mouth just below the blue part a blue seed which, after sailing
horizontally awhile, will extend out brown vines. These brown vines will extend
left and right from the seed, then up and down, interchanging at a constant
pace. However, it can be destroyed in one hit, and the only real damage it can
do is just knocking you off balance for a moment before you finish it off. As
such, Rafflasher is pretty much an easy boss.
END FIGHT
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MARAHNA SIMULATION
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As you'll find out from the people, Marahan is dominated by palm trees
and marshland. However, before you do anything of the sort of razing and
evaporating, cast your Earthquake Magic. It'll link the northwestern island to
the Marahna mainland, allowing you to build up there. With that out of the way,
raze the palm trees to the south and east of the Temple with Lightning Magic, up
to the White Dragon Monster Lair, where you will need to evaporate the marsh to
reveal it with Sun Magic. Start building the road to said Lair, and on the way,
you'll be informed of a suspicious church-temple that has appeared in Marahna.
After you finally seal off the first White Dragon Monster Lair, you'll get a
Bomb Offering for your troubles.
Next off, go to the northwest segment of Marahna, and destroy the two
plots of palm trees, revealing the Red Demon Monster Lair and allowing you go up
there. Now, redirect the roads to go northeast to the first Monster Lair (that
of the White Dragon). Once you make it there and seal off the Lair, you'll get a
Strength of Angel Offering. Continue on up to the Red Demon Monster Lair. On the
way, you'll likely be alerted to an update on the religous temple in town.
Now, head to the southwest corner of the map, and evaporate the
marshlands with Sun Magic. Per se the usual, bring the road down south of the
Temple and then far west into the final Monster Lair (Don't worry, they'll able
to build a bridge on their own). On the way, you'll likely be alerted of the
people being able to produce Medicinal Herbs, and you'll be able to obtain a
Medical Herb Offering; Kasandora needs said Herb. After you finally seal off the
last Monster Lair, you'll find the people missing, and realize the shrine nearby
is the source of evil in Marahna. Time to fight.
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MARAHNA ACT 2
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Once you start, head left, where you'll have to stave off an intense
Serpent Man/Wynm assault. Quickly kill the Serpent Man, then crouch and wait for
the Wynm. Head left, and you will have to take on another Serpent Man/Wynm duo.
After that, continue on left and go onto the elevator at the end, standing in
the center and crouching. This way, you'll dodge all the laser fire from the
Stone Mouths, you'll be in perfect position to kill the two Wynms to your left
and right, and all the damage that you will take is an unfortunate evil from a
Fireball (unless you're confident in your platforming abilities, in which case,
stand to one side and constantly hit the Stone Mouth statues as you get close to
them to destroy them). On the ground, head through the door.
In here, fight the Serpent Man that you'll encounter quickly, then head
right and fight another Serpent Man. Continue, and you'll come to a large chasm.
Jump over the platforms (which will fall down once you come into contact with
them) to the other side, and break open the Angel Orb for a 1Up. Now, you have
one of two paths you can take. Path A takes you going left, while Path B will
see you taking the right path.
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PATH A
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Drop down a bit left from the ledge that had the Angel Orb on it, then
jump onto the platforms going left, killing the Wynm while you're at it. On the
other side, head through the door. Inside, wait for the Skull Head to activate
and then retreat. Once it's done it's primary attack, go and attack it, and
repeat the same pattern for the next two Skull Heads. Continue on. Now, there
are two ways to get through this area; the first is to go down portion by
portion, killing lots of Wynms and at least two Deaths, doubtless taking lots of
damage and wasting time in the process. OR, you could just freefall by walking
off the floor, then moving right once you're falling. That way, you'll land on
the bottom.
Either way, when you do get the bottom, head right. You'll encounter two
sets of Orbs, which are electrical balls that will form a horizontal line, then
a vertical line, and constantly interchange, sending an electic field in between
them. Wait for them to start their phase change before advancing, killing
another Serpent Man on the way to the edge. Head onto one of the rotating
platforms, and once you get into the lower right corner, drop off to break the
Angel Orb open for an Apple. Get back onto the platforms again, and exit out
onto the upper-right hallway. Continue on to end Path A.
END PATH A
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PATH B
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Drop down a bit left from the ledge that had the Angel Orb on it onto
one of the platforms, then head back right and kill the Wynm. Go through the
door. In this next area, go under the first spike once it heads up, then get on
top of the second one and crouch. When it goes down, slip off to the right side,
and run under the next two falling spikes. Repeat the crouch-freefall trick for
the fifth spike, then run under the sixth, killing a Wymn straight after it.
Now, in four quick motions while going down, fall down to the right, then to the
left, right again (unless the Death gets straight in your face, in which case
kill it quickly) and left one final time to get down to the bottom.
Down here, head left, taking out a Serpent Man/Wymn duo, then continue
on. Get onto one of the platforms, and at the center bottom of the room, drop
off to break open an Angel Orb for a 1Up. Get back onto a platform and exit out
onto the upper-left hallway, then head over to end this path.
END PATH B
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Now that the paths have intersected, first off, jump onto the center
platform at the top, and slay any Wymns around you. Next, drop off to the left,
and kill the Death next to you, then get onto the platform he was on, and
continue dropping down until you get to the bottom platform. Here, kill the
Death to your left quickly, and take out the Wynms to your right. Drop off, and
head left past the Orbs, killing another Serpent Man. At the end of the hallway,
go down the elevator. Going down, jump off to the right before you fall into the
spike pit, and run down past the last Death into the door.
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KALIA
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Again, if you bring Magical Stardust and a good number of Source of
Magics with you, you can end the battle quickly. Even otherwise, Kalia is not
very difficult to defeat.
Anywho, Kalia, who remains immobile for the most part, has three
attacks. The first is where you will happen to be standing under one of the
spike platforms that Kalia has at his disposal. Kalia will have it drop down
onto the ground with a thud, and it will then slowly go back up. It is ideal
that you use this attack as the most common way to counterattack, as you can
jump onto the platform to either the left of right of Kalia and slash at him two
or three times before you will be forced to jump off.
The second of his attacks is where Kalia will charge up a blue wave of
electrical energy. He will then send it onto the floor, and it will head your
direction. However, the energy WILL NEVER DIRECTLY HIT YOU; instead, the ball of
electricity will hit the spot on the floor right beside you, and then go your
way. As such, it is ideal to wait for it to hit the floor, and then jump over
it, instead of getting in it's path when it's going through the air.
Kalia's third attack occurs when you get too close to him. Spikes will
emerge out from his bottom, and he'll hit the ground, and stay there for a few
seconds. He will then get back up, doing a zig-zag through the air (so stay back
a ways to avoid getting hit by him). Kalia is pretty easy so long as you know
the patterns behind all his attacks, so you shouldn't have too much of a
difficult in defeating him.
END FIGHT
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MARAHNA SIM AFTERMATH
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Once you get the Herb, take it to Kasandora, where you will be able to
fix the problems of the Plague with said Herb. Stick around there for awhile,
and the people of Kasandora will find an Ancient Tablet that mentions something
about a 'bird-shaped island'. This refers to the island northeast of the Marahna
Mainland, so use the Ancient Tablet, and cast Lightning on the bird-shaped
island - one of the trees will be destroyed. Once the Marahna sailboat gets
back, you'll be presented with the Magical Aura.
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NORTHWALL ACT 1
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From the start, head right, and when you are going up a small slope,
you'll have to jump up if you want to get anywhere fast. At the same time, you
will be required to kill a Roc. Once that's done, go up and right a bit more,
and kill the Snowman while dodging his axes (which he'll throw, not slash with).
Procede onwards, then when sliding down the slope going down, jump off to the
right at the end, and kill the Snow Gargoyle Statute (ducking if you have to),
and kill any stray Rocs that are around. Jump over the spike pit, and kill
another Snow Gargoyle Statue.
Next, slide down another slope, and while jumping off in mid-air, cut
down any Rocs that get in your way so you don't get knocked into the spike pit
below. Now continue down and destroy another Snow Gargoyle Statue, then head
down three more slopes in rapid succession, jumping over the Snow Gargoyle's
Statue at the bottom of the first, and jumping onto the plateau with the Angel
Orb at the third. Break open said Angel Orb for a Source of Magic, then make
sure that you eliminate a Roc before jumping to the right. For the ice bridge,
the ice will only start to fall down when you've made contact and THEN moved
again; not when you fall or stand on them at first. With that in mind, make your
way to the right side and kill the Gargoyle Statue. Climb up two large slopes
(slaying any Rocs if you need to) and enter the door at the top.
Inside, ignore the Eyeball coming in from the left, and instead jump
over another spike shift. Here, head right to an ice bridge, and exterminate the
Snow Gargoyle Statue at the end along with any stray Eyeballs. Do the same for a
Snowman at the end of the second bridge, then when heading down the first slope,
jump to the right and climb the second slope. Kill the Snow Gargoyle Statue,
break open the Angel Orb for a Crown, and then drop down the pit. On the bottom,
head left, and wait for the Ice Cube to float over to you. When it does, jump
on, and swipe down and Snow Bats that come down from the ceiling. When you float
left, slay the Snow Gargoyle Statue from the safety of your Ice Cube, and when
you float back another time, jump up and break open the Angel Orb for an Apple.
Now head back to the point where you fell down from the room above, then
go down the slope and into the water. Head right and open up the Angel Orb for a
1Up, then head back to the bottom of the slope on the right. Wait for the Ice
Cube on this side of the water to float over to you, then jump on. On your way
right, you'll have to fight off some Snow Bats, so do so. Get onto the second
Ice Cube when you see it, and when you head right this time, crouch to escape
the graze of some low icycles. Jump off at the end, killing the Snowman. Head
through the door.
In here, head right, and go up onto the second ice platform that's
within sight, slaying any Eyeballs that decide to get close to you. When an Ice
Cube drops down, you'll automatically fall down with it, and start sliding
right. When you see some ice platforms, jump off the Ice Cube and get onto them.
Climb up, and head left at the top, killing some Snow Bats and a Snowman.
Destroy the Angel Orb for a Half Apple, then continue left, killing the Snow
Gargoyle Statue guarding the second Angel Orb. Break it open for a 1Up. Now go
back to the platform that you can use to get onto an Ice Cube, and wait. When
you get on, ignore the first set of platforms this time around, and a few
seconds later, the Ice Cube will be in midair. Jump onto these ice platforms
while the Ice Cube goes down into the spike pits. Destroy the Angel Orb for a
Crown, and start climbing. Destroy an Angel Orb on the second portion of the
platforms for a Bomb, and exit out to the left on the third portion.
Procede left, and cut down some Snow Bats from the ceiling. Drop down
the small slope and slay a Snowman, then continue on and kill another Snowman.
Destroy the Snow Gargoyle Statue while still standing on the ground, then go up
a few platforms and slay the Snow Gargoyle Statue to the right. Continue up and
to the right to destroy an Angel Orb for a Source of Magic, then head back left.
Go up the left side of the area, then climb up, killing another Snowman, and
bypassing a third and fourth Gargoyle Statue to get to the top. Up here, kill
the Snow Bats, then head left to destroy the Gargoyle Statue. Break open the
Angel Orb for an Apple, then head right up the slopes, destroying one last Snow
Gargoyle Statue and Snowman before heading through the door.
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MERMAN FLY
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The Merman Fly is perhaps singlehandedly THE most annoying boss in the
game, partially as unless you have some mad platforming skills, you're likely to
take damage every time you try to attack him with one small exception. Allow me
to elaborate.
Merman Fly starts off in the lower-right corner of the screen, and when
you get close to him, he'll fly up and start moving left. When he moves left,
he'll summon up a charged blast of purple energy and send it earthwards straight
down. This energy blast will also create a temporary ripple, which if you come
into contact with, WILL HURT YOU. He will then continue left for awhile, until
he'll drop down and then swoop to the right back to his position in the lower-
right corner, requiring you to duck a good ways away from said corner to not get
damaged.
The problem is that if you try to hit him from the left when he's down
in the corner, you'll have to waste a bunch of time getting out of the way
during his initial onslaught of energy beams, then waste more time chasing after
him, and even more time when trying to duck when he swoops down. The best method
to actually consistently damage him is to make your way to one of the top
platforms. Jump down at the Merman Fly from the top and slash and hack at him.
You WILL take damage, but proportionally he can take as much as six times the
amount of damage that he dishes out. As such, the fight with Merman Fly is
mainly of patience, trying to duck and weave, and jumping from the top.
END FIGHT
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NORTHWALL SIMULATION
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As you'll find out quickly, Northwall is covered with snow. Before doing
anything, use the Sheep's Fleece offering that you obtained while in Aitos. Once
you've done that, start staving a path north to the Red Demon's Monster Lair,
and north & east to the Flying Skull's Monster Lair. With the snow melted on the
left side of the river, direct the road to go first to the Flying Skull Monster
Lair, and then to the Lair of the Red Demon. Once you've gotten the Flying
Skull's Monster Lair sealed, you'll get a Strength of Angel Offering. With the
Red Demon's Monster Lair sealed, a Bomb Offering will have been found.
With the destruction of the first two Monster Lairs, the people of
Northwall will figure out how to build bridges on their own. Use this
opportunity to start warming up the land on and to the right of the river,
starting off with the land to the south and east of the Temple. Once the White
Dragon's Lair has been revealed, proceed to build the road from the Temple onto
said Monster Lair, and continue on warming up the land around there. On the way
to the White Dragon Lair, the people will likely find you a Source of Magic
Offering. Seal up the White Dragon Lair, and once that's done, go right and up
to the last Lair, that of another Flying Skull. Seal it up, and the giant tree
will be revealed as the source of evil in the land, in this last and rather
anti-climatic simulation.
Before you go, however, cast Lightning Magic on the Temple, and you'll
get a Source of Life Offering from the people.
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NORTHWALL ACT 2
---------------
Ah, yes. The last of the last. The final dungeon. Head down left and
jump onto the cliff going up left. At the top is an Angel Orb containing a 1Up.
Go back down now, and slip through the crack between the two ledges, killing any
Eyeballs that may get in your way. Head to the left of this second floor to
break open an Angel Orb for a Crown, then head to the far right for another
Angel Orb, this time with a Source of Magic. Drop through the right hole (mainly
because you won't be able to get up to the left side again), and slay the
Snowman to your left quickly. With him out of the way, go up left and destroy
one more Angel Orb for a Diamond. Now go down right. Fight another Snowman, and
then head through the door.
In here, start climbing up the right side, using the central platforms
to advance your position upwards. The first thing you'll have to watch out for
are the Carrier Eagles that swoop around, not only swooping down at you but also
dropping Worms which will crawl along the floor. When you've dispatched the
first set of them, kill the Snowman to the right, and continue up top while
cutting down more Carrier Eagles, until you get to the Axeman (much like a
Snowman, but he throws axes that go horizontally straight both along the floor
and above it). Kill him, and then head right through one of the tree's branches.
Head far to the right, and then jump onto the ice platform. Continue on
up and outside, and then continue on up into the second branch. Break open the
Angel Orb to the right for a Diamond, then head back left into the tree, killing
another Snowman. Now jump up and left over the Tree Sap to get to a left branch
of the tree, and kill an Axeman. While warding off a bunch of Eyeballs, head up
a branch, and once you make it up, jump over the Tree Sap to break open the
Angel Orb for a Crown. Head back over the Tree Sap and continue right, killing
more Eyeballs and an Axeman.
Back inside, jump up to the right to kill another Snowman, then continue
up and to the left to kill yet another Snowman. Procede upwards some more, and
two Snowman, many Carrier Eagles, and countless Tree Saps later, you should see
a branch to the right. Jump over into it, and kill an Axeman guarding the front.
Go right and slip down the hole, and down here, slay a Snowman. Break open the
Angel Orb to the right for a Diamond, and then slip down the second hole, and a
third after that. On this part, break open the right Angel Orb for an Apple, and
the left for a 1Up. Drop down again to kill another Axeman, and then head back
into the tree. When you get to the branch again, ignore it, instead going the
opposite way and jumping over a Tree Sap, at the same time cutting down a
Carrier Eagle in midair. Now head up a few more platforms, kill one of the
Snowmen, and use the platform the dead Snowman originally was on to climb up to
the next level of the tree.
In here, you'll have to use bubbles to make your way up to the top.
Ignore the Gold and Blue Bubbles, as the Golds will explode when you get close,
and the Blues will break open quickly when you land on them. Instead, take the
Green Bubbles (which you will have to jump on alot so that they have time to
reinflate instead of breaking), first going up the right to get an Apple from an
Angel Orb, then going up the Center and left. At the top of the tree, head up
the branch into the next room.
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ARCTIC WYVERN
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Arctic Wyvern is another of those bosses that tip-toes a fine line
between types of strategies to use depending on your current status. Asides from
using Magical Stardust (which absolutely devastates him), he will be really easy
if you have lots of HP remaining, and not so easy if you wish to keep from being
damaged.
The Wyvern's first step will be to swoop down from the sky, and then go
back up, going off-screen for a few seconds. If you have the Magical Aura
equipped, you can utilize it at this point in time while he is swooping down to
pretty much cut his total HP in half. He will then come down again, and face the
direction of God's avatar. He will fire a couple of ice balls in the direction
he is FACING, but he CANNOT turn around. This means that you can take the time
to run behind him, and get a few shots in, but you will still have to run away
after that; while he can't necessarily turn around while firing, he can when he
is swooping down.
And that is pretty much it. You will have to choose in either ducking or
running away from him when he is swooping, but otherwise, it is just another
game of patience if you want to defeat him.
END FIGHT
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NORTHWALL SIM AFTERMATH
-----------------------
After the battle, the people will thank you for saving them from the
Arctic Wyvern. With that done, go to the northeast corner of the map, and use
Sun Magic on the panels over the lake. The people will then send out a sailboat,
and when it gets back, they'll give you the Magical Light.
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DEATH HEIM
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In Death Heim, you'll have to fight all the Act 2 bosses of each of the
towns one by one, and then Tanzra himself. The following are the rules that
govern this battle.
-You have four lives plus extras from Source of Lives that you can use up. Dying
will only take you back to restart the fight you just lost, except in the case
of Tanzra 2, where you'll have to fight Tanzra 1 again.
-You will start off with the number of Scrolls of Magic you have collected from
the towns (maximum of seven), and each time you use one, it's gone forever.
Even if you die, it WILL NOT be restored back to seven, so if you're at low
health in a situation, it may be wise to not use it.
-Once you fight Tanzra himself, God's avatar will get a sword update that allows
him to shoot waves of energy from his sword, much like the Red Bird God from
Kasandora.
With that said, I'll go straight to Tanzra, as I've already got boss strategies
for the other six bosses. If you want to find them, then open the search box via
Search + F and look their respective strategies up.
Boss 1 - Minotaurus
Boss 2 - Zeppelin Wolf
Boss 3 - Pharoah
Boss 4 - Fire Wheel
Boss 5 - Kalia
Boss 6 - Arctic Wyvern
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TANZRA FORM 1
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This is it. Tanzra has two forms, the first of which has the customary
amount of 24 HP, and he is actually rather easy.
Tanzra's head will float in the sky, grey and closed. During this time,
blue streaks of rain shall fall down from the sky and hit the ground, making
small explosions on impact; both the rain and the explosion will cause damage if
you come into contact with them. However, they are quite generally small, you
never have more than three onscreen at one time, and they aren't so fast that
you can't dodge them.
Once the rain has finished, Tanzra will open his eyes up, and he should
float down onto the bottom of the screen. What he does next is send four small
orbs of blue energy diagonally in each direction. What's amazing is how it seems
the developers MADE him intentionally easy; all you have to do is seat yourself
a certain ways away from Tanzra (hard to describe in words. You will have to
test and see for yourself), crouch, and then slash your sword to send out energy
beam after energy beam after energy beam. Once he closes his eyes, he shall go
back up to the top, and the rain of blue will start again. And amazingly, that's
all there is to it, so all you have to do is repeat to win.
END FIGHT
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TANZRA FORM 2
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After the rather anti-climatic last battle, Tanzra reveals his true
form, which has a whopping 40 HP. He also has a tri-prong of attacks, which he
always does in order, and constantly loops.
The first thing Tanzra will do is send out three pairs of orange energy
balls from his hand. One half of each pair will float along the top, the other
along the bottom, and when you get in between them, they'll collide together,
hoping to hurt you in the process. As such, a good way to avoid this is by
running forward past the first one, waiting for the second one to come to you
and then running backwards, and running past the third one again.
After that, Tanzra will open up what looks like a rib cage to reveal a
blue heart. This is the only time that Tanzra is at all vulnerable to attack,
and his blue heart is the key. As such, you must use this time to either swipe
your sword multiple times to send energy wave beams, Magical Fire, or Magical
Stardust at Tanzra. Magical Light doesn't do so much damage, but it is an option
if the next part of Tanzra's trio of attacks annoy you, as it hits the center of
the screen, then branches out to both sides, destroying everything in it's path
and harming Tanzra's heart. Watch out when attacking, though; Tanzra will
eventually charge up his blue heart for a split second, and then send out a
burst of blue energy across the screen. When this happens, duck. After, Tanzra's
rib cage will have closed.
Tanzra will then drop to the bottom screen, and spit out of his mouth
two sets of star-shaped icons, two blue and two orange (I do not believe there
is any difference besides colors). These things will then hunt you down until
you destroy them with your sword or magic (preferably Magical Light for it's
efficiency). If you come into contact with them, they will hurt you, but WILL
NOT BE DESTROYED, thus making them more annoying; and when Tanzra gets to third
phase again and spits out more stars, the last set of stars will not be
automatically destroyed.
Eventually, Tanzra will fall, and with that, you will have won.
END FIGHT
With that, watch the ending.
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PROFESSIONAL MODE
=================
Once you have defeated Tanzra 2, wait for the ending to go through. When
the game finally restarts and goes through the title sequence, put the cursor on
'New Game'. Press either Select or Down, and then hit A. Professional Mode
results in more difficult action sequences, so beware if that is the part of the
game you struggle with.
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CREDITS
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-The big contributor to this FAQ was also a very BIG help; the GameFAQs user
The Admiral (who also goes under the name Admiral) had created an extensive
guide on population mechanics, and allowed me to use his work. Much of what you
see under the Forcing Civilization Improvements section is thanks to him. His
own guide can be found here;
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/file/563502/47431
-DragonAtma (also off of the GameFAQs message boards) also helped provide some
depth with his (her?) alternative tips and strategies in fighting various
bosses.
Need help with something that's not in this FAQ? Got a comment to make? Find
something wrong in this FAQ, or else just want to contribute something extra?
Email me at darkstar.ripclaw AT gmail DOT com if you need any of these things.
Just a warning note; if I recognize a question as something being asked in this
FAQ, it's not getting answered.
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