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Sorcerer's Kingdom Save State Hacking
By: Chimaera
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Contents:
1. Introduction
2. How to edit the saved game
3. Note about editing/hacking
4. Decimal to hexdecimal conversion chart
5. Hex address locations
6. Item hex values
7. Disclaimer
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1. Introduction:
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I was inspired to write this guide because I've lately gotten interested about
hex editing. The thought of controlling the game and becoming surrogate
programmer just tickled my fancy. Plus I'm writing a guide/walkthrough for
this game and I needed a way to speed past all the tedious, slow parts.
This guide will allow you to freely manipulate your character's stats and
give them items you may have missed or just want.
Sorcerer's Kingdom is a very under-the-radar game. Even on GameFAQs, the
motherlode of all gaming information, there is 1 brief walkthrough and 1
review at the time I am writing this. This is my first save state hacking
guide. If you find any errors, please email them to me and I will try to
fix them. Most of the items in this game are all available in-game, except
for four (Elf Charm, Death Ring, Bare Hands, and Night Axe). The addresses
69 and 70 are blank, and anything after that is an illegible mess. It looks
like the programmers might have started to make a few new items, but they
cannot be equipped and will crash the game. Too bad...
Hex editing really isn't that hard. I've done all the hard work for you, so you
can sit back and get an Element Sword for Midi and Astina, or get a cursed
Night Axe cause it looks cool. Feel free to experiment and push the boundaries
of this game to the limit. Have fun!
(NOTE: Sections 2, 3, and 4 have been adapted from a guide by Seladoor. I did
not want to
struggle with explaining the process of hex editing when someone else has
already explicated it simply and clearly. Big prompts go to him. I adapted
these sections from HIS guide. He gets the credit. Just wanted to make that
clear. I'm NOT a plagiariser.)
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2. How to edit the saved game:
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To begin it may be beneficial to read Bcfis's guide to figure out the basics of
hex editing, I'm not sure how much more I can offer in terms of advising on hex
editing but I'll try. First off download the hex editor 'Hex Workshop' from
http://www.bpsoft.com.
Anyway when your party begins, quicksave a game into any slot F0-F9 (I will use
quicksave slot F5), now go back to hex workshop and click 'file' then 'open'
and direct it to the game you just saved (make sure that it is the correct game
save, gs1 means game save 1 so if you saved it in slot 5 you'll want ****.gs5,
****will be the same as the name of your ROM file). Hex workshop will then give
you a large list of incomprehensible hex numbers and this is where you'll be
adjusting your stats and items. Further down the page is a list of every item
and spell. Next to it is the hex equivalent for each item, so first, figure
out what you want to change. If you're changing a stat then you should find the
location in Hex workshop of whichever stat you want to edit, i.e. if you want
to change player 1's strength you would go to location 2927 and adjust the
number in that location. To find the location 2927 scroll down in the
main window until the numbers at the side get to 0000291E, over on the right is
a smaller window and you should see the name of your first player, you can cha-
nge this in the smaller window easily, be careful not to go over 20 digits or
you'll be changing other values and could screw the game up, never use this
little window for anything other than changing the characters name.
When you find line 0000291E, go to 2927; this is the address for the strength
stat, now you're able to adjust that stat by changing the number, look on the
table provided below to find what figure you want to change your strength to,
then check the hexdecimal equivalent and type that number into the location
you are in (2927), then you click on 'file' and then 'save', Hex Workshop will
then ask you if you want to create a backup, if you choose to make one it will
save the original unedited file as ****.bak, you can always come back to this
if you screw up your save game file and rename it ****.gs5 and you'll have
your original save game back, I recommend making a backup before you start
changing things but don't save over it by making a new backup
When it is saved you can then test it to see if it works by hitting F8 and
loading up the saved game you just edited (make sure it is the same slot that
you edited, gs0 is default i think), then go to your status and check your
strength stat, if it is changed then everything has worked and you can go on to
edit other things. If it hasn't I suggest you reread this section and read it
more thoroughly; this is a sufficiently explained method to hex editing.
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3. Notes about editing/hacking HP and MP
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- HP -
I'm not sure of the upper limit to adjusting the stats, anything too high will
scramble the number into an illegible mess, also the players have a habit of
dying for no reason or never being able to hit at all. I don't know why but if
you set the stats too high the game seems to know you're cheating and you
just die.
Each time you complete a quest and earn a new title, your HP will increase by
256. 01 is the amount you start with, unequipped. However, if you enter in 03
at the beginning of the game for Elrad, he will get the HP bonus, but he won't
learn the Explosion spell until you complete the sixth quest. Bummer.
You can enter in higher hex numbers than 06, but, really, how much HP do you
need? And plus, like above, after you get too high, the game crashes.
Main Character
01 894
02 1150
03 1406
04 1662
05 1918
06 2174
Elrad
01 832
02 1088
03 1344
04 1600
05 1856
06 2112
Astina
01 932
02 1188
03 1444
04 1700
05 1956
06 2212
Midi
01 876
02 1132
03 1388
04 1644
05 1900
06 2156
Each of the characters start at a different number of HP.
1 numeric addition = 256 to the ingame HP.
- MP -
Main Character
N/A
Elrad
01
02
03
04
05
06
Astina
01 330
02 586
03 842
04 1098
05 1354
06 1610
Each of the characters start at a different number of MP.
1 numeric addition = 256 to the ingame MP.
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4. Decimal to hexdecimal conversion chart:
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This will help you change the values accordingly: if you want 99 strength,
locate 99 in the 'DEC' section and find the 'HEX' equivalent; so 99 will be
63, enter 63 into the location for strength (2927) and you should have 99
strength when you load your game.
Dec Hex Dec Hex Dec Hex Dec Hex
00 00 64 40 128 80 192 C0
01 01 65 41 129 81 193 C1
02 02 66 42 130 82 194 C2
03 03 67 43 131 83 195 C3
04 04 68 44 132 84 196 C4
05 05 69 45 133 85 197 C5
06 06 70 46 134 86 198 C6
07 07 71 47 135 87 199 C7
08 08 72 48 136 88 200 C8
09 09 73 49 137 89 201 C9
10 0A 74 4A 138 8A 202 CA
11 0B 75 4B 139 8B 203 CB
12 0C 76 4C 140 8C 204 CC
13 0D 77 4D 141 8D 205 CD
14 0E 78 4E 142 8E 206 CE
15 0F 79 4F 143 8F 207 CF
16 10 80 50 144 90 208 D0
17 11 81 51 145 91 209 D1
18 12 82 52 146 92 210 D2
19 13 83 53 147 93 211 D3
20 14 84 54 148 94 212 D4
21 15 85 55 149 95 213 D5
22 16 86 56 150 96 214 D6
23 17 87 57 151 97 215 D7
24 18 88 58 152 98 216 D8
25 19 89 59 153 99 217 D9
26 1A 90 5A 154 9A 218 DA
27 1B 91 5B 155 9B 219 DB
28 1C 92 5C 156 9C 220 DC
29 1D 93 5D 157 9D 221 DD
30 1E 94 5E 158 9E 222 DE
31 1F 95 5F 159 9F 223 DF
32 20 96 60 160 A0 224 E0
33 21 97 61 161 A1 225 E1
34 22 98 62 162 A2 226 E2
35 23 99 63 163 A3 227 E3
36 24 100 64 164 A4 228 E4
37 25 101 65 165 A5 229 E5
38 26 102 66 166 A6 230 E6
39 27 103 67 167 A7 231 E7
40 28 104 68 168 A8 232 E8
41 29 105 69 169 A9 233 E9
42 2A 106 6A 170 AA 234 EA
43 2B 107 6B 171 AB 235 EB
44 2C 108 6C 172 AC 236 EC
45 2D 109 6D 173 AD 237 ED
46 2E 110 6E 174 AE 238 EE
47 2F 111 6F 175 AF 239 EF
48 30 112 70 176 B0 240 F0
49 31 113 71 177 B1 241 F1
50 32 114 72 178 B2 242 F2
51 33 115 73 179 B3 243 F3
52 34 116 74 180 B4 244 F4
53 35 117 75 181 B5 245 F5
54 36 118 76 182 B6 246 F6
55 37 119 77 183 B7 247 F7
56 38 120 78 184 B8 248 F8
57 39 121 79 185 B9 249 F9
58 3A 122 7A 186 BA 250 FA
59 3B 123 7B 187 BB 251 FB
60 3C 124 7C 188 BC 252 FC
61 3D 125 7D 189 BD 253 FD
62 3E 126 7E 190 BE 254 FE
63 3F 127 7F 191 BF 255 FF
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5. Hex address locations:
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Character locations
28F8
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Main Character
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HP: 2921
Attack:
Attack Points:
Defense:
Range: 292C
Offense: 2924
Strength: 2927
Inventory: 2944-2959
Luck: 292B
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Astina
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HP: 2968
MP: 296A
Attack:
Attack Points:
Defense:
Range: 2975
Offense: 296C
Strength: 296F
Inventory: 292-29A1
Luck: 2973
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Elrad
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HP: 29B0
MP: 29B2
Attack:
Attack Points:
Defense:
Range: 29B7
Offense:
Strength:
Inventory: 29DB-29E9
Luck:
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Midi
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HP:
MP:hp +2
Attack:
Attack Points:
Defense:
Range:hp +7
Offense:
Strength:
Inventory:
Luck: hp +5
I'm still trying to find the addresses for shop inventories and such. I'm also
working on trying to hack it where you can visit all the towns from the
beginning of the game.
1FD2F Town locations?
Edited Heal Spell? properties 1F7AE-F
Edited the Hero's title to where he starts as a Warrior. No effect in game..
1A495 enemy locations
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6. Item hex values:
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NOTE 1: Each character's inventory can hold 22 items.
NOTE 2: If you choose to have your character start with no items, unless you
buy a weapon from the store, you will do 0 damage (you have no weapon)
take loads of hits (you have no armor) and die fairly quickly (you
saw that coming, didn't you?) Needless to say, you start with items
for a reason. Namely, survival.
NOTE 3: The items with an asterisk (*) weren't originally available in game.
00 Potion
01 Mega Potion
02 Elixir
03 Cure Potion
04 Nectar
05 Fairy Tear
06 Revive
07 Magic Potion
08 Fire Scroll
09 Blaze Scroll
0A Cold Scroll
0B Freeze Scroll
0C Thunder Scroll
0D Lightning Scroll
0E Sleep Scroll
0F Elf Charm*
10 Death Ring*
11 Fire Ring
12 Cold Ring
13 Thunder Ring
14 Cure Ring
15 Life Ring
16 Luck Ring
17 Mantle
18 Fire Tool
19 Cold Tool
1A Thunder Tool
1B Earth Tool
1C Robe
1D Leather Armor
1E Chain Armor
1F Splint Armor
20 Boar Armor
21 Saber Armor
22 Plate Armor
23 Mythril Chain Mail
24 Cold Armor
25 Flame Armor
26 Mythril Armor
27 Rune Armor
28 Wizard Armor
29 Caesar Armor
2A Round Shield
2B Buckler
2C Kite Shield
2D Elfin Shield
2E Tower Shield
2F Mythril Shield
30 Rune Shield
31 Caesar Shield
32 Circlet
33 Tiara
34 Sallet
35 Armet
36 Magic Helm
37 Death Mask
38 Full Helm
39 Wing Helm
3A Mythril Helm
3B Rune Helm
3C Caesar Helm
3D Leather Gloves
3E Gauntlet
3F Power Gloves
40 Thunder Gloves
41 Mythril Gloves
42 Rune Gloves
43 Caesar Gloves
44 Leather Shoes
45 Leather Boots
46 Greaves
47 Speed Boots
48 Wing Boots
49 Mythril Boots
4A Rune Boots
4B Caesar Boots
4C Bare Hands*
4D Dagger
4E Rip Blade
4F Quick Blade
50 Staff
51 Flame Staff
52 Freeze Staff
53 Holy Staff
54 Mace
55 Club
56 Evil Mace
57 Morningstar
58 Flail
59 Deathstar
5A Hand Axe
5B Battle Axe
5C Great Axe
5D Night Axe*
5E Halberd
5F Mythril Axe
60 Short Sword
61 Long Sword
62 Saber
63 Mythril Sword
64 Fire Sword
65 Ice Sword
66 Wind Sword
67 Earth Sword
68 Element Sword
NOTE 3: These items are useless and, if equipped, may crash your game.
71 Cure Paralysis
72 Turn-Into-Stone
73 A Fairy's
74 Turn Into
75 Use This To
76 Person
77 This Recov
78 Magic Powe
79 You Can Us
7A It Costs 2
After this point, it gets kind of pointless. They're not technically items
anymore. Its just random scrambled data.
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7. Disclaimer:
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Thanks go to Seladoor for his guide. I've also adapted information from his.
The technical work is mine. He has no affiliation with me or
this guide, but I borrowed from him and I want it clear.
