STAR OCEAN: TILL THE END OF TIME
BATTLE COLLECTION FAQ
(v1.6, 2-23-04)
by Edward Chang (chang dot 459 at osu dot edu)
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IMPORTANT! THIS FAQ IS BASED ON THE ORIGINAL JAPANESE RELEASE OF STAR OCEAN 3.
THE NORTH AMERICAN RELEASE IS BASED ON THE DIRECTOR'S CUT VERSION OF STAR
OCEAN 3. IF YOU ARE PLAYING THE NORTH AMERICAN RELEASE, REFER TO MY FAQS IN
THE DIRECTOR'S CUT SECTION OF GAMEFAQS. ANY EMAILS ASKING WHY MY FAQS LEAVE
OUT THINGS ADDED TO THE DIRECTOR'S CUT WILL BE SUMMARILY IGNORED.
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Revision History
v1.6 (2-23-04)
Quick update pertaining to the US release.
v1.5 (1-10-04)
Many helpful additional tips from Chris Kern and the Final Guide.
v1.0
First complete version.
v0.5 (6-11-03)
Preliminary version. A few conditions still need to be researched.
This is an FAQ for the PS2 RPG Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, AKA Star
Ocean 3. Specifically, it deals with the Battle Collection. Please note that
this FAQ is for the Japanese version of Star Ocean 3; the US version,
scheduled for release in late summer '04, is based off the Director's Cut
version of the game; please see my Director's Cut Battle Collection FAQ
if you're playing the US version of the game.
What is the Battle Collection? The Battle Collection is a list of 300
conditions that you can fulfill as you play the game. Fulfilling a specific
condition will add the date and time you did so to the Battle Collection
screen, which can be viewed from the main menu. Completing certain
percentages of the Battle Collection unlocks new things in the game.
Completing 30% (90 Conditions) unlocks Universe difficulty mode. Completing
60% (180 Conditions) unlocks the Music Test. Completing 70% (210 Conditions)
unlocks FD (Fourth Dimension) difficulty mode, the hardest mode in the
game. Finally, completing 95% (285 Conditions) unlocks Full Active mode.
In order to collect conditions for the Battle Collection, you have to
create the Battle Collection when you first start the game. Once you get
to the Fight Simulator in the Resort Hotel, the game will bring up a menu
of several options, including the tutorial, as well as the Battle Collection
menu. If you don't create the Battle Collection, you won't be able to collect
any Battle Collection events throughout the entire game. After a lengthy
explanation of the Battle Collection, you'll be given a menu. Pick the first
one (バトルコレクション。). Another menu will pop up. Pick the first choice
again if you want to read the explanation of the Battle Collection again.
The second choice will create the Battle Collection on your memory card
(初期化を開始する。). If this is your second time through the game, pick
the third choice (バトルコレクションの データをロードする) instead to add
to the Battle Collection instead of overwriting it. The fourth choice
cancels. When you're done, go back to the main menu and pick the last
choice (実際にゲームを開始する) to begin the battle and continue the game.
If you start a new game when save files are already on your memory card,
the game will ask you if you want to "carry over" some data from the old
save onto the new. Presumably, this allows you to carry over Battle
Collection data, in order to save you time. For instance, if you fought in
1500 battles in the first saved game, and then loaded it for the second,
you will only need to fight 500 more battles in order to get the "2000
Battles" condition. (If you didn't load it, you'll have to fight the
full 2000". Thus, I highly recommend that after finishing the game once,
you carry over the save (and also remember to Load the Battle Collection
as described above).
One other tip to remember is that the Battle Collection is saved
independently from game save files. Thus, you do not have to save a game
file in order to save to the Battle Collection. This lets you do things
like save right before a boss, fighting the boss and getting a certain
Battle Collection condition, and then reloading, fighting the boss again,
and getting a different Battle Collection condition. This will cut down
on the time needed to fulfill all the conditions.
Certain conditions are saved in the save file itself. Thus, even though
the Battle Collection cannot be copied from memory card to memory card,
certain BCs can be gotten by sharing save files. For example, if your
friend has a save file in which he's had more than 50,000 battles (thanks
to the previously described carry-over), if you copy that save file to your
own memory card, the next time you play you'll trigger the 50,000 battle
(and everything below) condition, which you can then save to your own
battle collection.
This FAQ will list all of the conditions in the Battle Collection, and more
importantly, describe tips/strategies on how to get all of the conditions.
Some are easier than others, and some have specific tricks that make them
really easy to solve.
2. CONDITION LISTING
001 50 Battles 151 Defeat FD Gabriel in 1 Minute
002 500 Battles 152 Defeat Iseria
003 1000 Battles 153 Defeat Iseria Taking No Damage
004 2000 Battles 154 Defeat Iseria in 5 Minutes
005 5000 Battles 155 Defeat Universe Iseria
006 10000 Battles 156 Defeat Universe Iseria No Dmg
007 50000 Battles 157 Defeat Universe Iseria 9 Minutes
008 10 Hits 158 Defeat FD Iseria
009 30 Hits 159 Defeat FD Iseria Taking No Damage
010 50 Hits 160 Defeat FD Iseria in 18 Minutes
011 70 Hits 161 Defeat Lenneth
012 100 Hits 162 Defeat Lenneth Taking No Damage
013 150 Hits 163 Defeat Lenneth in 5 Minutes
014 200 Hits 164 Defeat Universe Lenneth
015 250 Hits 165 Defeat Universe Lenneth No Damage
016 300 Hits 166 Defeat Universe Lenneth 6 Minutes
017 Chain 3 167 Defeat FD Lenneth
018 Chain 10 168 Defeat FD Lenneth Taking No Dmg
019 Chain 20 169 Defeat FD Lenneth in 15 Minutes
020 Chain 30 170 Defeat Freya
021 Chain 40 171 Defeat Freya Taking No Damage
022 Chain 50 172 Defeat Freya in 15 Minutes
023 Chain 60 173 Defeat Universe Freya
024 Chain 70 174 Defeat Universe Freya No Damage
025 Chain 80 175 Defeat Universe Freya 20 Minutes
026 Chain 90 176 Defeat FD Freya
027 Chain 100 177 Defeat FD Freya Taking No Damage
028 Chain 200 178 Defeat FD Freya in 50 Minutes
029 Chain 500 179 Taunt Gabriel 10 Times
030 Defeat 300 Enemies 180 Taunt Iseria 10 Times
031 Defeat 600 Enemies 181 Encounter Serious Vox
032 Defeat 900 Enemies 182 Defeat Serious Vox
033 Defeat 1500 Enemies 183 Get Item from Serious Vox
034 Defeat 3000 Enemies 184 Protect Against Serious Vox
035 Defeat 6000 Enemies 185 Counter Aura Against Serious Vox
036 Defeat 10000 Enemies 186 Protect Break Against Serious Vox
037 Defeat 50000 Enemies 187 20 Hits Against Serioux Vox
038 Win in Under 30 Seconds 188 50 Hits Against Serious Vox
039 Win in Under 20 Seconds 189 Over 10000 Damage Against S. Vox
040 Win in Under 15 Seconds 190 Over 50000 Damage Against S. Vox
041 Win in Under 10 Seconds 191 Taunt Serious Vox 10 Times
042 Run 10 Times 192 Taunt Serious Vox 30 Times
043 Run 50 Times 193 Win Using Only Weak Attacks
044 Run 100 Times 194 Defeat Lucifer Only Weak Attacks
045 Knocked Out 10 Times 195 Defeat Iseria Only Weak Attacks
046 Knocked Out 50 Times 196 Defeat Freya Only Weak Attacks
047 Knocked Out 100 Times 197 Win Using Only Strong Attacks
048 Press Buttons 10000 Times 198 Defeat Lucifer Only Strong Attacks
049 Press Buttons 100000 Times 199 Defeat Gabriel Only Strong Attacks
050 Press Buttons 1000000 Times 200 Defeat Lenneth Only Strong Attacks
051 Finish Attack 10 201 Win Using Only Counter Aura
052 Finish Attack 50 202 Defeat Lucifer Only Counter Aura
053 Finish Attack 100 203 Defeat Gabriel Only Counter Aura
054 Finish Attack 500 204 Defeat Iseria Only Counter Aura
055 Finish Attack 1000 205 Win Using Only Items
056 Reach Level 10 206 Defeat Arbel 1 Using Only Items
057 Reach Level 77 207 Defeat Arbel 2 Using Only Items
058 Reach Level 100 208 Defeat Arbel 3 Using Only Items
059 Reach Level 128 209 Win Using Only Magic
060 Reach Level 255 210 Defeat Lucifer Using Only Magic
061 Protect Break 10 Times 211 Defeat Gabriel Using Only Magic
062 Protect Break 50 Times 212 Defeat Lenneth Using Only Magic
063 Protect Break 100 Times 213 Win Using Only Charge
064 Protect Break 500 Times 214 Defeat Lucifer Using Only Charge
065 Protect Break 1000 Times 215 Defeat Gabriel Using Only Charge
066 Angered 10 Times 216 Defeat Lenneth Using Only Charge
067 Angered 50 Times 217 Win Using Only Battle Skills
068 Angered 100 Times 218 Defeat Lucifer Only B. Skills
069 Angered 500 Times 219 Defeat Iseria Only B. Skills
070 Angered 1000 Times 220 Defeat Freya Only B. Skills
071 Over 1000 Damage 221 Win Alone
072 Over 5000 Damage 222 Defeat Lucifer Alone
073 Over 10000 Damage 223 Defeat Gabriel Alone
074 Over 50000 Damage 224 Defeat Iseria Alone
075 Over 99999 Damage 225 Defeat Lenneth Alone
076 Win Taking No Damage 226 Defeat Freya Alone
077 Defeat Norton in 30 Seconds 227 Avoid Firebolt
078 Defeat Norton Taking No Damage 228 Defeat Metal Chinke (Funny)
079 Avoid 10 Norton Attacks 229 Defeat Chinkethief Lvl.99
080 Defeat Larva Fang in 1 Minute 230 Encounter Monjagora
081 Defeat Larva Fang Taking No Damage 231 Defeat Monjagora
082 Defeat Earth Pluto in 1 Minute 232 111 Damage
083 Defeat Earth Pluto Taking No Damage 233 222 Damage
084 Defeat Shelby in 1 Minute 234 333 Damage
085 Defeat Shelby Taking No Damage 235 555 Damage
086 Defeat Tsukikage Leader in 1 Minute 236 777 Damage
087 Defeat Tsukikage Leader No Dmg 237 5555 Damage
088 Defeat Mudman in 1 Minute 238 7777 Damage
089 Defeat Mudman Taking No Damage 239 77777 Damage
090 Defeat Cockatrice in 1 Minute 240 Win 10 Consecutive No Damage
091 Defeat Cockatrice Taking No Damage 241 Win 50 Consecutive No Damage
092 Defeat Crystal Cerberus 1 Minute 242 Win 100 Consecutive No Damage
093 Defeat Crystal Cerberus No Dmg 243 50 Consecutive Battles Alone
094 Defeat Bandein Soldiers 1 Minute 244 100 Consecutive Battles Alone
095 Defeat Bandein Soldiers No Dmg 245 500 Consecutive Battles Alone
096 Defeat Demetrio in 1 Minute 246 Avoid Firebolt 10 Times
097 Defeat Demetrio Taking No Damage 247 Avoid Firebolt 50 Times
098 Defeat Aurora Ganash in 1 Minute 248 10 Continuous Finish Attacks
099 Defeat Aurora Ganash No Damage 249 20 Continuous Finish Attacks
100 Defeat Blue Dragon Zombie 1 Minute 250 50 Continuous Finish Attacks
101 Defeat Blue Dragon Zombie No Dmg 251 5 Continuous Level Up
102 Defeat Robin Wind in 1 Minute 252 10 Continuous Level Up
103 Defeat Robin Wind Taking No Damage 253 20 Continuous Level Up
104 Defeat Crosel in 1 Minute 254 10 Consecutive Protects
105 Defeat Crosel Taking No Damage 255 30 Consecutive Protects
106 Defeat Biwig in 1 Minute 256 50 Consecutive Protects
107 Defeat Biwig Taking No Damage 257 100 Consecutive Protects
108 Defeat Daibensha in 1 Minute 258 250 Consecutive Protects
109 Defeat Daibensha Taking No Damage 259 500 Consecutive Protects
110 Defeat Azazel in 1 Minute 260 5 Consecutive Back Attacks
111 Defeat Azazel Taking No Damage 261 5 Consecutive Surround Attacks
112 Defeat Danzaisha in 1 Minute 262 5 Consecutive Raided Attacks
113 Defeat Danzaisha Taking No Damage 263 10 Consecutive Get Items
114 Defeat Inferior Eye in 1 Minute 264 10 Consecutive One Hit Kills
115 Defeat Inferior Eye No Damage 265 30 Consecutive One Hit Kills
116 Defeat Dark Armor in 1 Minute 266 50 Consecutive One Hit Kills
117 Defeat Dark Armor Taking No Damage 267 30 Consecutive Runs
118 Defeat Crystal Statue in 1 Minute 268 0 Damage 30 Consecutive Times
119 Defeat Crystal Statue No Dmg 269 0 Damage 50 Consecutive Times
120 Defeat Dark Eye in 1 Minute 270 Defeat Universe Lucifer Alone
121 Defeat Dark Eye Taking No Damage 271 Defeat Universe Gabriel Alone
122 Defeat Chimera in 1 Minute 272 Defeat Universe Iseria Alone
123 Defeat Chimera Taking No Damage 273 Defeat Universe Lenneth Alone
124 Defeat Stone Golem in 1 Minute 274 Defeat Universe Freya Alone
125 Defeat Stone Golem Taking No Dmg 275 Defeat FD Lucifer Alone
126 Defeat Spirit Trio in 1 Minute 276 Defeat FD Gabriel Alone
127 Defeat Spirit Trio Taking No Dmg 277 Defeat FD Iseria Alone
128 Defeat Gau in 1 Minute 278 Defeat FD Lenneth Alone
129 Defeat Gau Taking No Damage 279 Defeat FD Freya Alone
130 Defeat Belial/Beelzebub 1 Minute 280 Defeat Lucifer All Male Party
131 Defeat Belial/Beelzebub No Dmg 281 Defeat Gabriel All Male Party
132 Defeat Lucifer 282 Defeat Iseria All Male Party
133 Defeat Lucifer in 1 Minute 283 Defeat Lenneth All Male Party
134 Defeat Lucifer Taking No Damage 284 Defeat Freya All Male Party
135 Defeat Lucifer at Level 1 285 Defeat Lucifer All Female Party
136 Defeat Universe Lucifer 286 Defeat Gabriel All Female Party
137 Defeat Universe Lucifer No Damage 287 Defeat Iseria All Female Party
138 Defeat Universe Lucifer 1 Minute 288 Defeat Lenneth All Female Party
139 Defeat Universe Lucifer Level 10 289 Defeat Freya All Female Party
140 Defeat FD Lucifer No Damage 290 Win Auto Battle
141 Defeat FD Lucifer 1 Minute 291 Hit Battle Sphere 5 Times
142 Defeat FD Lucifer Level 10 292 Battle Over 10 Minutes
143 Defeat Gabriel 293 Battle Over 60 Minutes
144 Defeat Gabriel Taking No Damage 294 Battle Over 120 Minutes
145 Defeat Gabriel in 1 Minute 295 Don't Get Attacked for 1 Minute
146 Defeat Universe Gabriel 296 Happy New Year
147 Defeat Universe Gabriel No Damage 297 Star Ocean Christmas
148 Defeat Universe Gabriel 1 Minute 298 Star Ocean Commemoration Day
149 Defeat FD Gabriel 299 Second Story Commemoration Day
150 Defeat FD Gabriel No Damage 300 Till the End of Time Com. Day
3. EXPLANATION/STRATEGIES
What follows is a detailed explanation of each Battle Collection condition
and suggested strategies on how to obtain them. These are simply how I
obtained them. Different strategies may also work; this certainly is not
inclusive.
001-007 X Battles
A very easy condition, this simply means that you get into the specified
number of battles. You don't have to win; entering battle and then running
away counts as a battle. There are some extremely high numbers here (I
estimate that playing through the game normally will get the average
player 1500-2000 battles) so trying for 50,000 will simply take a lot
of time and should probably be ignored altogether.
From Chris Kern: The Final Guide mentions a method to do this using a turbo
controller. Once you have the Dragon Flute, stand in front of one of the
reliefs, then set the controller to turbo on the X button. Make sure your
party has high enough defense to survive the attacks, then just leave the
game on. This also helps with the Defeat X Enemies and Hit Buttons X Times
conditions.
008-016 X Hits
As the name suggests, this means getting a certain number hit combo in
battle. The combo count is located just to the left of the Heat Up Gauge
in battle. Getting the low combos is pretty easy, but once you start
getting to 200 Hits, this condition becomes a little more difficult. I
suggest a moderately high level party of Cliff, Maria, and either Nel
or Arbel. Cliff should have Flash Chariot and Maria should have Gravity
Bullet. Both of these skills do approximately 20-30 hits in one shot and
neither moves the enemy around much. Set them on those skills and let
the computer handle them, and meanwhile control Nel/Arbel. If you're using
Nel, you should use Kokuyousen or Fuujin; if you're using Arbel, Mugen
Kuuhazan is recommended. In any case, try to time it so that when Flash
Chariot and/or Gravity Bullet is not hitting the opponent, your battle
skill is. If your party is too strong, you may kill the enemy before
getting high hits; I suggest simply taking off your weapon for that battle.
A good enemy to use is the Persona (fencer-type enemies) in the Firewall; they
have high HP, but aren't that threatening, and don't Protect often.
From Chris Kern: Another way to do this is to go to the Battle Arena in
Gemity and fight in the Ranking Battle. Fight the first place team (Night
of the Dragoon); in the battle, use a Super Bottle to petrify the Dragoon,
then hit away until you reach 500.
017-029 Chain X
Chain refers to winning consecutive Bonus Battles. Bonus Battles are
achieved simply by filling the Heat Up Gauge. Once the Gauge is filled,
getting hit may cause the Gauge to break, thus ending the Chain. This
condition is relatively easy to fulfill, just tedious. First go to an area
with relatively difficult enemies (you can tell what enemies are difficult
by the "Rate" displayed to the left of the Heat Up Gauge when you begin a
battle. A rate of 100% means the enemies are approximately just right.)
Fight there until the gauge is full. Now, run back to the easiest area
you can find, such as Pesotto Forest or Coffer Ruins. You should be
ridiculously high levelled for the place and you should thus be able to
breeze through the battles quickly. Just make sure not to get hit or
run away, as that will break the Gauge. Condition 29 is getting a Chain of
500, so this will take you awhile. While you're at it, you might as well
try fulfilling some other Battle Collection conditions (such as X
Consecutive No Damage Victories, X Consecutive Finish Attacks, and so
on and so forth.)
030-037 Defeat X Enemies
Straightforward enough, this simply refers to the number of enemies defeated.
To get the high numbers, you'll just have to keep playing the game. (Or see
the X Battles condition for another trick.)
038-041 Win in Under X Seconds
Also easy enough, once you're high enough level. Most battles last fairly
short anyway, but if you're having trouble, simply level up and then return
to an easy area. You should be able to win a battle in under 10 seconds
easily.
042-044 Run X Times
Self-explanatory. You'll probably fulfill these conditions naturally over
the course of the game.
045-047 Knocked Out X Times
By "Knocked Out" I mean "Death". In other words, get your HP or MP reduced
to 0 X number of times. Again, this will probably happen naturally enough
over the course of the game.
048-050 Press a Button X Times
The game counts how many times you press a button during battle. Button
presses outside of battle don't count. You'll fulfill this naturally, but
sloooowly. You can increase this by using skills that respond to multiple
button presses, such as Fate's Blade Reactor, or Arbel's Mugen skills.
The game counts directional button presses as well as O/X button presses.
See the "X Battles" conditions for an additional tip.
051-055 X Finish Attacks
A "Finish Attack" refers to your character (not a computer character)
dealing the last blow in a battle. You'll know if you did a Finish Attack
because the camera will zoom in on your character after the battle and
they'll say something. In order to fulfill this condition, you'll have
to make sure that your character is killing enemies a lot more rapidly
then the other two party members. I highly suggest Nel; her Kokuyousen
will massacre enemies from mid-game onwards much faster than anybody else
can.
056-060 Reach Level X
Self-explanatory. Just keep playing... you'll need a LOT of experience to
get to level 255.
From Chris Kern: The best place in the game to level up is Sphere 211,
around floor 180. The enemies here are easy to kill with MP damage, yet
they give tons of experience. Combine this with the 3x EXP bonus battle
for easy level gain; you can trigger the Tactical Skill Training too if you
think it will help.
061-065 X Protect Breaks
This refers to you Protect Break'ing the enemy, not the other way around.
In order to do so, of course, you'll either have to use Strong attacks
or Strong battle skills. Again, this one will be fulfilled over the course
of the game, but you can improve your chances by using a character with
good Strong attacks (Nel and Arbel come to mind).
066-070 Angered X Times
Anger is a condition in which a party member is killed, and the surviving
characters get angry, get doubled attack power, and say something angry
(clear enough?). This will happen naturally as you progress in the game,
but an easy, albeit evil, way to speed this up is as follows. Take a strong
character and two weak characters into battle. Have the weak characters
equipping absolutely no armor, and set them to "Don't Do Anything!" in
tactics. Now take this party to an area with enemies that are a lot
stronger than the weak characters but a lot weaker than your own character.
(This is easy if you're gearing up for the "Beat Lucifer at Level 1"
condition...) Let the enemies kill your weak characters. Then use a
Fresh Sage or Reviving Medicine to bring them back to life, only to be
killed again. Repeat until you run out of items. This should get you a
good 50 or so Anger conditions in one battle. Then go and restock and
try again.
071-075 Over X Damage
This refers to doing over the given amount of damage in one hit. Item
damage does not appear to count. In order to get 99999 damage in one
hit, try using Cliff's Aerial Raid. Have that move levelled up by as much
as possible. Raise Cliff's ATK power as high as possible as well,
preferably up to 9999 (this is easily achievable later in the game with
some fancy Item Creation). Now bind Aerial Raid to a strong attack, and
go face a Magmax enemy, which have fairly low physical defense. These
are the giant lava enemies in Urza Lava Cave. One Aerial Raid from Cliff
onto one of these guys should get you 99999 damage. If not, try activating
the Tactical Skill Berserk on Cliff, or cast Growth on him.
076 Win Taking No Damage
This means you must win a damage with your character (but not the
computer-controlled characters) not taking any damage. Getting hit for
0 damage, or triggering a Protect, does not count as "taking damage" for
this condition. This is actually fairly easy to do, once you get
two people in your party; simply let the computer beat up the opponents,
and stay away from them so that you don't take damage.
077 Defeat Norton in 30 Seconds
It sound pretty tough, but it's not. If your Fate is moderately levelled,
you should have no problem. You get Cliff starting in this battle, and
Cliff is an absolute monster compared to Norton; the two of you together
shouldn't have much problem taking him down.
078 Defeat Norton Taking No Damage
Like condition 076, only this applies to the Norton fight. In this case
I suggest running to the far edges of the screen in a circular pattern
and letting Cliff take care of Norton. He should be able to handle
Norton by himself; if he gets in trouble heal him with a Blueberry.
079 Avoid 10 Norton Attacks
You can aim for this condition at the same time as 078. It just
means not letting Norton hit you with his bullet attacks. If Cliff is
taking on Norton TOO much, he might kill Norton before he has a chance
to do 10 Attacks. If this is the case, just set Cliff's tactics to
"Don't Do Anything!" briefly, then resume the battle.
080-131 Defeat X in One Minute, Defeat X Taking No Damage
These conditions all refer to boss fights, just like Norton. The strategies
for most of these bosses are the same so I've lumped them all together.
Don't try getting both One Minute and No Damage at the same time; in most
cases it'll be very hard to do. For the One Minute condition, make sure
your characters are as highly leveled as possible with the best possible
equipment, and abuse MP Damage like nothing else. This means using
Nel's Kokuyousen and Cliff's Aerial Raid. Most bosses have a lot lower
MP than HP, so this method should let you kill most of them fairly
quickly. For the No Damage condition, simply follow the same condition as
076; let the computer-controlled characters take the boss head on while
you run as far away as possible, avoiding all the boss's attacks. Again,
Kokuyousen is great, as it will let you attack from quite a distance.
132 Defeat Lucifer
All you have to do is defeat Lucifer (on any level difficulty). Easy
enough, since he IS the last boss and everything...
133 Defeat Lucifer in One Minute
A little tougher. However keep in mind that as the last boss, once you
get the "Clear" designation on your game file (by beating the game once),
you can go back and fight him as many times as you want. Thus if you have
problems beating him in One Minute, level up your characters. While
you're at it, go visit the Cave of Trials and Sphere 211 to upgrade
your equipment as well. If you manage to clear both of those dungeons,
Lucifer will be a complete joke.
134 Defeat Lucifer Taking No Damage
The key is hitting him quickly and efficiently. Lucifer doesn't have too
much range on most of his attacks except one, the one where the entire
field turns bloody. If this happens, run far away from Lucifer's location
(he is invisible but you can see him on the radar) and stay as close to
the edge of the screen as possible. This SHOULD let you get by unscathed.
135 Defeat Lucifer at Level One
Rather tough. This means that the average level of your party must be 1;
in other words, since you have six people in your party, you must use
Fate, Sophia, and Souffle, and Fate must not have gained any levels at all
throughout the course of the game. Since Fate only needs 10 XP to get to
Level 2, you'll have to make sure he doesn't win a single battle. Run
away from every battle in the course of the game; (the battles in the
Fight Simulator and in the Emergency Shelter give no experience so don't
worry about these). Follow this throughout Pesotto Forest and Coffer Ruins.
The toughest part is the battle with the three Chinpira just outside of
Norton's hideout; what you have to do is ensure that they all run away,
thus netting you no experience. They will tend to run away when they have
low HP, so just hit them, wait for awhile and see if they run away, then
hit them again if they don't. If you accidentally kill one, reset the game.
Once you get to Norton, Cliff joins your party. Set Cliff on "Don't Do
Anything" and then purposely kill off Fate. Then switch to Cliff and beat
up Norton. Now just take Fate out of the active party for the rest of the
game. You will only have Cliff and Nel for a good portion of the game, making
this condition pretty hard.
Then we get to actually beating Lucifer himself, which is actually not quite
as hard. Even though Fate, Sophia, and Souffle are all at Level One, you
should be able to Item Create a number of useful things. Most importantly,
you should create Stun Bombs via Machinery. These bombs do HP (and sometimes
MP) damage, plus dizzy the opponent. Make as many of these as possible and
simply spend the battle using them on Lucifer. It might also help creating
a bunch of Reverse Dolls (refine them so that they have less chance of
breaking).
136-139 Defeat Universe Lucifer (with...)
These conditions are basically the same as 132-135, just on Universe mode
difficulty. You can have an average level as high as 10 for condition 135,
but that doesn't help too much. Simply follow the same sorts of strategies,
though you will probably have to be at a higher level than before.
140-142 Defeat FD Lucifer (with...)
Same as above, though on FD mode difficulty, plus you don't get anything
just for beating him. He's tough enough to beat in his own right, much
less with level 10 characters. However again I suggest that you take
the time to work through the secret dungeons to build up your characters
before taking him on to fulfill these conditions.
143-151 Defeat Gabriel (with...)
These are the same as the Lucifer conditions, just against Gabriel in the
Cave of Trials; you don't have to beat him at low level either. However
you will again have to beat him on the three different difficulty levels.
The toughest one to get is undoubtedly "No Damage"; Brutish Bolt covers
nearly the entire screen and is hard to avoid. If you are dealing enough
damage quickly enough, you can stop him from using Brutish Bolt; otherwise,
I suggest using Machinery to create the "Invincible Unit" (must have either
Vanilla or Meryl; base cost around 61). This will make you invincible for
30 seconds, though you won't be able to attack. Not being able to attack for
30 seconds is preferable to eating the damage of Brutish Bolt, so use it
anyway. Or, you can use Stun Bombs to stop the animation of Brutish Bolt.
152-160 Defeat Iseria (with...)
Like Gabriel. The only leeway you get is that you get progressively more
and more time for the time-limited conditions, such that you have 18 minutes
to beat Iseria in FD mode. The battlefield you fight Iseria on is much much
wider than most of the other secret bosses, and so it should be COMPARATIVELY
easy to get the No Damage condition just by running away.
161-169 Defeat Lenneth (with...)
Again the same conditions apply. However, when Lenneth gets low on health,
she'll start using Nibelung Valesti, a move that covers virtually the entire
battlefield, making the "No Damage" condition VERY hard to get. You can try
using the Invincible Unit trick (described under Gabriel), but she uses the
move fairly often so you will have to have a very high stock. Another
possibility is to equip a Lunatic Ring, which will make you invincible (but
it will also make you dizzied). If your other two characters are levelled
high enough, they should be able to take out Lenneth on their own (you'll
probably have to be around level 200 to even attempt this), so good luck.
Also unlike Gabriel, Iseria, or Freya, you cannot fight her more than once
in a given save game file. Thus, you'll have to use the save-the-BC-but-not-
the-game method a lot.
170-178 Defeat Freya (with...)
Same sort of conditions again. The battlefield you fight Freya on is much
wider than most others, and Ether Strike doesn't cover nearly the range
Nibelung Valesti does and is also a "weak" attack (and therefore can be
Counter Aura'ed). Thus the No Damage result is much easier to get. Try
controlling somebody like Nel or Arbel and attacking from afar with skills
like Kokuyousen or Mugen: Kuuhazan.
179-180 Taunt Gabriel/Iseria 10 Times
Very easy to get, just use the Tactical Skill "Taunt" 10 times against
Gabriel or Iseria.
181-192 Serious Vox Series
A crapload of Battle Collections against Serious Vox, whom you will fight on
Floor 6 of the Cave of Trials. Encounter Serious Vox and Defeat Serious
Vox are straightforward; Get Item from Vox is (I believe) also assured
because he drops a 1/1 Bunny. Protect/Counter Aura against Vox just
requires that you stand still and let him hit you. 20 Hits and 50 Hits
means you must get that number combo; however with Flash Chariot, Gravity
Bullet, and Nel's Fuujin, this should be pretty easy. Undoubtedly the
hardest ones are the Damage stipulations. However, if you have Cliff with
an ATK in the 9000s (certainly easy enough to get at this stage in the
game just by using Item Creation), a single Aerial Raid will break the
50000 damage barrier pretty easily. Finally, just Taunt Serious Vox
30 times for the last two conditions.
193-196 Win (vs. ...) with Only Weak Attacks
As it sounds, the character you control can only use weak attacks (i.e.,
the circle buttons); NO BATTLE SKILLS. The easiest person to do this with is
Maria. Your other two characters can do anything they want to, so just run
around and use Weak Attacks. For the "Win with Only..." conditions, you
MUST NOT CHANGE CHARACTERS. Using recovery-type items is okay, as are
using Tactical Skills and Changing Equipment. Also, you must use it
a certain number of times so if you're too strong, you might not pass the
quota and therefore not earn the condition. If this happens, lower your
ATK power or find a stronger opponent. You must do at least 50 attacks (not
hits) in order to trigger this condition.
197-200 Win (vs. ...) with Only Strong Attacks
Ditto. Maria is again a good choice, but in this case, so is Nel. Again
your two other characters can do anything they want to so just let them
do the majority of the damage to the opponent. The same warnings apply.
201-204 Win (vs. ...) with Only Counter Aura
Same vein as above; however, unlike above, your other two characters must
not do anything other than Counter Aura either. Set all your characters
to "Do Nothing!" in Tactics and set them to use the Wide Aiming Counter
Aura. Keep in mind that the damage done by Counter Aura is proportional
to the damage that would have been done by the opponent; thus, you can
remove your armor and have the Counter Aura do more damage. Just watch
out for strong attacks. You must do at least 50 hits with the CA to trigger
this condition (Wide Aiming is 4 hits).
205-208 Win (vs. ...) with Only Items
Use bomb-type items to win. For the specific battles, "Arbel 1" refers
to the boss fight with Arbel after clearing Becquerel Mines. Arbels 2
and 3 are applicable only if Arbel is not your 5th character. Once
returning from the FD World, go to Cirlsour and talk to Walter there.
He'll tell you Arbel went to Urza Lava Cave. If you go there before
clearing the Sphere Corporation, this will trigger the Arbel 2 fight;
if you go after, this will trigger Arbel 3. Be prepared to have a large
stock of attack items as Arbel has lots of HP; those items that cause
MP damage are preferred. Also keep in mind that if you've recruited
Puffy as a creator, her bombs are 5 times more powerful than the
"regular" bombs.
209-212 Win (vs. ...) with Only Magic
Straightforward enough. Like the Weak and Strong conditions, your other
two characters can do anything, so just pick Sophia and cast Explosion
(from the Heraldry menu, NOT as a Battle Skill) over and over again.
From Chris Kern: Evidently, Meteor Swarm counts as magic, even though
you can't cast it from the Heraldry menu. You need 50 hits to trigger
this condition, but since Meteor Swarm hits so many times anyway, you
should have no problem.
213-216 Win (vs. ...) with Only Charge
Perhaps some of the trickiest ones to do, your characters must not use
anything other than Charge. Since there's no way to force the computer
to use Charge, you just have to set the other two characters to "Do
Nothing!" and do it yourself. If the opponent has low MP, Maria's Charge
is recommended as it does MP damage; otherwise, Arbel's Charge does the
most damage in the game. You must do Charge at least 50 times in order
to trigger this condition.
217-220 Win (vs. ...) with Only Battle Skills
Again fairly straightforward; just use somebody like Nel and use Kokuyousen
over and over again. You must do at least 50 hits.
221-226 Win (vs. ...) Alone
By "Alone", this means that the other two characters must be dead throughout
the battle. Thus you cannot just let your other two characters die before
finishing the opponent off. For the special bosses, this will take a LOT
of work; you'll need to be vastly higher level than recommended since the
enemy will be coming after you and you only. Use your strongest weapons
and armor and you should be able to make it with a high enough level.
227 Avoid Firebolt
You must avoid the spell "Firebolt". The Magma monsters in Urza Lava
Cave cast it a lot; they also appear as the third battle in Rank D
Single Battle in the Arena at Gemity. Firebolt homes on you, so your
best bet is to lure the Magma Man towards you so that you are very close
to the wall. As soon as they cast the spell, run upwards against the wall.
As long as the Magma Man is close enough to the wall, the Firebolt will
hit the wall before it can home in on you, therefore earning you this
condition.
228 Defeat Metal Chinke
The Metal Chinke is a regular enemy found on Floors 2 and 3 of the Cave of
Trials. They have a tendency to run away if low on health so be sure to
hit them fast and hard.
229 Defeat Chinkethief Lv. 99
This guy is found from floors 152 to 161 of the Sphere 211. Like the Metal
Chinke he may run, so don't give him a chance to.
230-231 Encounter/Defeat Monjaragora
He's the boss of the 7th floor of the Cave of Trials, easy enough. When low
on health he MAY try to self-destruct; I'm not sure whether self-destructing
will earn you the "Defeat Monjaragora" condition so if the numbers appear
over his head just attack all out.
232-239 X Damage
These conditions require a lot of luck. In a single blow, you must deal
the exact amount of damage listed. You'll have to earn these over the course
of the game. If you play through cautiously it shouldn't be too hard to
get most of these, it'll just take a lot of patience.
240-242 Win X Consecutive No Damage Battles
Like the No Damage conditions for the bosses, your primary character cannot
take damage for X number of battles consecutively. This is easily
accomplished by just going back to a really easy area where the enemies
will do 0 damage to you at most anyway. It would be wise to try and
accomplish these conditions at the same time that you do the "Chain 500"
condition.
243-245 X Consecutive Battles Alone
Again "Alone" means that the other two members in your party must be dead.
Subsequently the easiest way is to once again kill off your other two members
in a hard area, then return to the easiest area in the game where you have
little chance of dying. Running counts as a battle in this case, so you
can just run from everything to speed the process up; alternatively you
can just accomplish these at the same time that you do "Chain 500" and
"Win 100 Consecutive No Damage Battles".
246-247 Avoid Firebolt X Times
Just use the exact same strategies as for condition #227. There is no need
to do this all consecutively so it's really easy to get.
248-250 X Continuous Finish Attacks
Again, Finish Attack is defined as your active character dealing the last
blow in battle. This is easy enough if your other two characters are set to
"Do Nothing", or dead. This is yet another one you can accomplish at the
same time as "Chain 500", "Win 100 Consecutive No Damage Battles", and
"500 Consecutive Battles Alone".
251-253 X Continuous Level Up
This means that in ONE BATTLE your character must gain the specified number
of levels. The easiest place to do this is at the Moonbase with either
Souffle or Sophia (who both start at Level 1). Fight until you have a "300%
Experience" Bonus Battle, then stick them into your party. Get into a battle
with two of the giant robot-type enemies and beat them. If you're worried
that it won't be enough, let the robots kill off one or both of your other
teammates so that the experience is divided among fewer people.
254-259 X Continuous Protects
A tough condition to get because it requires focus. However there's a
tricky way to get this. The tarantulas in the back part (with the mine shafts)
of the Cirlsour Cave dungeon tend to use a radial attack that shoots out
spikes everywhere. If you happen to be standing RIGHT BEHIND them when it
goes off, ALL of the spikes will hit you. What you should do, then, is stand
directly behind the spider and let your Guts go to 100. The spikes should all
hit you, and this counts for approximately 10-20 hits ALL AT ONCE. Thus it
should be relatively quick getting 500 Continuous Protects. Just watch out
for the spider's other attacks; they're not too hard to avoid but don't lose
concentration.
From Chris Kern: Alternatively, get into a battle with the "Huge Spider"
enemy (found in the front part of the Cirlsour Cave dungeon). On Galaxy
difficulty these enemies pretty much do not use Strong Attacks. So, wipe
out any other enemies that may be around, set all of your characters on
"Don't Do Anything", then leave the game on. It'll take several hours to
rack up 500, so you might as well go for the "Battle Over 120 Minutes"
condition while you're at it.
260-262 5 Continuous Back/Surround/Raid Attacks
This is pretty easy, actually. You can save and reload for this condition,
so trigger a back attack (or surround, or raid), then save. Then trigger
another battle. If it's another back attack, great - win and then save
again. If not, reload. It should be easy getting 5 continuous ones in this
case.
263 10 Continuous Get Items
The easiest way to do this is to get into a battle with one of those fat
enemies with the powdered wigs early in the game. If you damage them
enough, they will start crying and occasionally drop a Treasure Chest.
This will give you an item after the battle is over. They are REALLY SLOW
so you'll have to just hit them and then wait for awhile to see if they
drop anything. If not, hit them again. Patience is the key for this one.
264-266 X Consecutive One Hit Kills
This is pretty easy; like the Chain and No Damage conditions, just go back
to a very easy area and have a field day.
267 30 Consecutive Runs
Just run 30 times in a row. Set formation to Escape Shift and go to an
easy area to make it as easy as possible.
268-269 0 Damage X Consecutive Times
This means that you must take 0 damage for the specified number of times.
This is pretty easy if you just go back to an easy area, but a quicker
way is to use the Regeneration Counter Aura. Regeneration is proportional
to the damage that you would've taken, so if you get hit by a really
weak enemy each of Regeneration's 5 orbs will only heal you for 0 damage.
Thus you can speed it up by just getting hit by Regeneration often.
270-279 Defeat X Alone
Just like 221 through 226, except on harder Difficulty Levels. The same
strategies apply, you'll just have to have even higher levels than before.
280-284 Defeat X with an All Male Party
Straightforward. Fate and Cliff will definitely be in your party by the
end of the game, so you will need to pick up either Arbel or Roger (or
both) in order to complete these conditions.
285-289 Defeat X with an All Female Party
Again straightforward. Maria and Sophia will definitely be in your party
so you must pick up either Nel or Souffle (or both) for these conditions.
290 Win Auto Battle
An Auto Battle is one conducted ENTIRELY by the computer. To get this, as
soon as you enter the battle you MUST NOT MOVE AT ALL. No pressing buttons,
no nothing. Just set the controller down and let the computer-controlled
characters win for you.
291 Hit Battle Sphere 5 Times
The Battle Sphere can be created by Machinery (Fate, Cliff, Roger, Dejison,
Vanilla, Meryl, or Isaac), base cost 3010. "Hit 5 times" means that you
must release a Battle Sphere such that it is hit 5 times by the rocks
that sometimes roll over the battlefield in areas like Bar Mountains or
Becquerel Mines. Since the Battle Sphere only lasts for 6 seconds, your
best bet is to wait until two rocks are close to each other, then trying
to fire the battle sphere between them so that it ricochets between the
two. This condition will take a lot of patience.
292-294 Battle Over X Minutes
This means that a certain battle must last for the specified amount of time.
Two hours is a long time; just get into an easy battle where the enemies
have no chance of hurting you, set the controller down (and your allies to
"Do Nothing"), and walk away from the game for two hours.
295 Don't Get Attacked for 1 Minute
This means that during battle, you are not attacked. This is easiest with
the fat men described above in #263, as they do not attack your character at
all.
296-300 Commemoration Days
Easy enough, if you know what you're doing. These are anniversaries of
previous Star Ocean games, or holidays; if you enter battle when the date on
your PS2 hardware is equal to one of these days you earn the condition.
Simply save the game, go to the PS2 configuration, and set the date to the
previous day around 11:58 PM. Then load up your game and start a battle.
You should get the condition. Please note that for the Star Ocean Till the
End of Time commemoration day, the year must be set to 2004 or later. Here
are the dates:
New Year's: January 1st
Christmas: December 25th
Star Ocean release date: 7/19/1996
Star Ocean Second Story release date: 7/30/1998
Star Ocean Till the End of Time release date: 2/27/2003
4. CREDITS
Thanks go to:
Chris Kern for many helpful tips on completing BCs
tri-Ace and Enix for the best RPG I have ever played.
This FAQ Copyright 2003, 2004 to Edward Chang. Redistribution in any form,
including reprinting in electronic or print media, without express
permission of the author is strictly forbidden.
