Star Ocean: The Second Story Cheats

Star Ocean: The Second Story

Extra difficulty levels:
Complete over 45% of the voice collection. A phrasewill appear on the button in the right corner of the screen. Pressthis button to restart the game. New difficulty levels, including"Universal" will be selectable. Monsters will have doublethe HP and attack power under the "Universal" level.

Unlocked voice collection:
To hear locked entries in the voice collection screen,highlight an unlocked slot that is next to a locked slot. PressX then quickly press the D-pad over to the lockedslot. If timed correctly, you will hear the voice from the lockedslot.

Music test:
Collect 75% of the voice effects in the game to unlockthe "Music" option in the voice collection screen.

Hint: Instant pick-pocketing:
Build up FOL and skill points, learn the Pick Pocketingtechnique, and buy the Bandits glove at Herlie. Use the PrivateAction at the port of Clik before it is destroyed. After the fortuneteller speaks of coming destruction, pickpocket her to get theMischief item. Then, every step you take will result in itemssuch as FOL, potions equipment, etc. Note: This trick also dependson Dexterity (random chosen talent for your character), unlessyou build your dexterity level high.

Hint: Easy level gain:
Note: A controller with an auto-fire feature is requiredfor this trick. After getting the LEA metal and return it to Armlock,you will get a N.F.I.D. Go to Fun City and follow the story untilreaching the part where you are asked to do some "immensetraining". Enable the auto-fire on X and allow thegame to continue running unattended. Left long enough, about 35levels can be gained.

On Energy Nede, learn the "Counterfeit" skill, thencreate two Forged Medals. Use one on Crawd, and duplicate theother for an easy level 99 on all characters, including the onesyou usually do not fight with.

The following trick allows two level ups for one Forged Medal.First, make sure you have a Dream Ring. It is an accessory thattemple rarely raises you up on level. Equip it on the characterto be leveled up. Use one Forged Medal on the character her andget in a battle. You will automatically get a level up. Take thering off that character and get in another battle to receive anotherlevel up.

The following trick requires the "Reverse Side". Youwill need Pickpocketing, Copying(Reproduction), and the SuperSpecialty skills, and a lot of vellum paper. If this is done manytimes you will get bounced check. Go near a store so you do notlose your money (caused by bounced checks). Now at some pointyou will at least get one Forged Medal, which will boost yourexperience, so you need 1 experience to advance to the next level.Before you use it, go into "Reproduction" and copy theforged medal many times (Magical Film/Camera is required). Then,use this as many times as you have it. It is suggested you useit only once per character.

To make easy levels at the beginning, when you reach the townto cross, buy all the best equipment for Claude and Rena. Afterthat, leave the town . Once you are in the field map, go behindthe castle and continue up. Go to the area that resembles a typeof mountain. Before entering the mountain, save the game. Theenemies in the mountain maybe tough, but if you can defeat onein battle, exit and save on the world map. Keep repeating thisand your level will go up fast. There is also an enemy that dropsa good sword for Claude at this location. If you need to heal,the castle is not very far away.

Rhat the highest level achievable in this game is 255, or 256with the little level up bracelet. If you want to gain levelsquickly, it can be done around the sixth floor of the Cave OfTrials. The floor is known as the "Bandit's Nest". Inthis level, you will fight the little thieves and strange grayones that give you a lot of experience. The true experience lieswithin the next floor. Make sure you have Claude's Ripper Blastattack at a proficiency of 500 or higher before you brave thisfloor with a "funny slayer" weapon. If you encountera pack of blue level 99 Funnies, use Ripper Blast to kill themquickly; they can destroy your party in a matter of seconds. Makesure you also use an Extension Card item, which you can make throughthe Art skill, and reproduce it using the Magical Camera or RiricaCamera. Use the Extension Card during the battle with the level99 blue funny thieves. When you have defeated them all, the experienceyou recieve should be at least 200,000 for each one killed. Ifyou slay a group of six funnies, you should be getting over onemillion experience points.

In Claude's scenario, just after Rena is kidnapped go back tothe forest where you started the game. Fight the enemies thereuntil a new enemy falls out of the trees during a random battle.Be careful; they are very tough this early, but you can stilluse the Phase Gun. If you manage to defeat them, you will receiveabout 1,800 experience points. This enemy shows up very randomly.Stay at it and you can progress many levels very early in thegame.

Hint: Easy money with Ashton:
Play until reaching the second disc. Note: Orchestrais very helpful. Save up enough money to buy 20 Scythers (or asmuch needed), and in Alchemy, make as much Damascus as you needfor the Scythers. Then, use Orchestra (optional.), and make sureAshton has Customize at a high level (7 or more). Customize aScyther with a Damascus. If you are lucky, you will get Ashton'sbest weapon. They sell for 1.5 million FOL, or 1,920,000 witha high Identify All.

Play until reaching the second disc and have the super specialtyskill Publishing. Write a book, go to Central City, and enterthe building where you met the mayor. Go to the floor with thepublishing room. Talk to the man on the orange carpet, and heask if you have a book to publish. The "Buy, Sell, Settle"screen will automatically appear. Choose "Sell", sellyour book(s), and then select "Settle". Go and completethe Fields, level up, or just take up time doing things. Thenreturn after about three or more hours. Talk to the same man,and if you do not have a book to sell, just choose "Settle".He will answer "When you have a book worthy of publishing,please come back", or something similar. Then, he will tellyou the book you sold to him was a hit and sold. You will thenget money (from 100,000 or higher). You will probably forget youhad sold him a book and come back later and get 100,000's of FOL.

Hint: Easy money:
The following trick can be used if you are level 20or higher. Once you pass the city of Salva (the place where youget Ashton) and are heading to Cross Castle, you should go tothe mountains to the left of Cross. Once you are in the mountains,stay on the right trail. The desert on the other side of the mountainshas monsters that you can obtain equipment and items that areworth between one and two thousand coins.

Make sure you have Machinery and Reproduction at level 10 forany character. Then, buy 20 Material Kit and use machinery untilyou have Rhirica. Buy 20 Magic Film and find a 1-up Pudding. Reproduceit until you have 20 1-up Puddings. You may have to buy more MagicFilm. Then, sell 19 of the 1-up Puddings for about 37,000 each.Repeat as needed.

To get easy money at any time in the game, level up the PlayfulnessSkill. Each time you level up this skill you will get a moneybonus. This is by far the easiest way to make 40,000 Fol to buythe Bandit's Glove before Clik is destroyed.

To get easy money on Energy Nede, have Jeanne's Shield (from oneof the four fields), level 10 Reproduction with a Ririca (by usingmachinery), and High Identify All (Preferably 10). The best placefor this is Fun City's Shop, because it has most of any tool youneed. After getting the Shield, go there and use Reproductionon it as many times as possible. After doing this, Increase Pricewith Identify All and sell. It will sell for 320,000 Fol. Youcan use this money to buy more Magical Film for more Reproduction.

Use the following trick to get easy money with publishing on Disc2. Go to the editor at the Nede publishing company in CentralCity on Disc 2. Sell him books you made with the Super SpecialtySkill Publishing for 1625 Fol. You can go back to him every sooften and collect royalties on your books that he has published.Note: You may have to sell him the characters more rare book toactually get them published and collect the royalties -- the editorwill mention something about bringing him books "worthy enough".

Get a level 10 in the super-specialty skill "Publishing".This works better on Energy Nede, as this is when you will needmoney the most. You will also need 20 Fountain Pens, which costvery little, especially if you have Identify All. Have each characterpublish one Book. Go up to the third floor of City Hall, the bookpublisher. Have the man buy your books for 1550 Fol. Wait, allowingthe game to idle for a day. After at least 9 hours, talk to thepublisher again. He will give you the royalties for your bookwhich is often more than 1,000,000 Fol. If you sold eight books(for eight characters; selling the same book twice in one transactiondoes not work) and waited twenty four hours, you can get wellover 3,000,000 Fol. Also, each character publishes one of twobooks. The most commonly produced one will increase friendshipratings up to 8. If you are trying to get the elusive Claude/Leonending, having Claude read Leon's "Advanced Heraldry"and Leon read Claude's "Planet of the Winds" is a greatway to start. The rarest book that each character produces raisesromantic ratings up to 8, However, Private Actions are the onlyway to ensure couples endings, but published books do help.

This trick should only be used by very experienced players thathave reached the Cave Of Trials. When you get to the bottom (level12, Nest of Angels) of the Cave Of Trials, and have defeated GabrieleCelesta, you get the Silver Trumpet. Use the Silver Trumpet (ifyour music skill is good enough) to summon the Isilia Queen. Note:The Isilia Queen is the most difficult enemy in the game. Afterdefeating the Isilia Queen, she should give you an Angel Armbandeach time. Once you have enough Angel Armbands as needed, youcan sell them each for billions of Fol. Make sure you equip someof your party members with them, as the Angel Armband is the mostpowerful accessory in the game.

This trick is very easy and can easily done near the start ofthe game. After you get out of Salva, go to Herlie and buy theskills to get Perseverance and Playfulness (they are in the samegroup). Max Perseverance (which takes 80 SP) to save skill points.Then, put 10 levels into Playfulness. Those 10 points in Playfulnesswill instantly get you 100,000 Fol! If you need levels for theSP, go to Mars and level up there. Within about thirty minutes,you can reach level 17 easily.

Hint: Armor:
By the time you get to your father's airship, you shouldhave the Pickpocket ability. Pickpocket everyone on the ship.Eventually you should have gotten three or four Armors. ThoseArmors are the strongest ones for the characters on your team.

Hint: Aurablade:
Buy a Force Sword and Customize it with a meteoriteand you should get the Aurablade. If this does not happen, makesure Claude's Customize is at level 10. The Aurablade is strongerthan the Marvel Sword and the Force Sword.

Hint: Bloody Armor:
Equip the Bloody Armor on any fighter, including Noel,and the wearer will receive no damage. However, the Bloody Armorhas an automatic life drain. It can be countered with any recoveryspell. The only attack that can harm you is Spoiler.

Hint: Eternal Sphere and Sharp Edge:
When you get the Sharp Edge from Blacksmith Gamgeein Lacour, never sell it. Although it is worth 5,600 Fol and notvery powerful, the Sharp Edge is required to get Claude's mostpowerful sword, the Eternal Sphere. Customize Sharp Edge and Damascusto Minus Sword. Customize Minus Sword and Damascus to EternalSphere.

Hint: Eternal Sphere:
You must have the Sharp Edge obtained from Gamgee forthis trick. Customize the Sharp Edge with Mithril to get the MinusSword. Then, combine the Minus Sword with Mithril to get the EternalSphere. It can get more than one hit in on the regular attackwithout equipping a Slayer's Ring.

There is only one way to get the Eternal Sphere, and it is normallyobtained very late in the game. However, it is possible to doit in Disc 1. The trick is the Radar skill or the Mischief orTrickster equipment. This will help to get the Mithril item soyou can create the Eternal Sphere weapon for Claude. It is doneby customizing the Sharp Edge with a Mithril to get the MinusSword. Then, customize it with another Mithril for the EternalSphere. Also, the Eternal Sphere is more effective if you havethe Slayer's Ring and Berserk Ring. This will help get more damageand hits against an enemy.

Hint: Force Sword:
This is a very powerful sword that can be found atthe beginning of the game. To get this sword, you must be ableto Pick Pocket. You can get that skill early in the game afteryou go to Cross and meet Celine. Complete the Cross Cave. Afterthat, go right from the castle and stay on that direction untilyou get to the port town of Herlie. Buy Sensibility (or whateverskill has Playfulness) at the Skill Shop. This will give you moremoney for the battles. After that, go to the mountains (if youare facing Cross, go left on that path). Save the game just outsidethe mountain, then go in. These monsters will be very difficult,and you should be on level 9 or 10 before attempting this. Haveeverybody attack with their strongest skills. When you win, goback to Cross, stay at the inn and repeat. You will gain levelsvery quickly. Max out the Perseverance skill first. This lowersthe required Skill point significantly. Level up the Poker Faceskill once, then you will have Pick Pocket. However, to use ityou must save up 40,000 Fol (Playfulness will help), and go backto Herlie and buy the Bandit's Gloves. After getting the PickPocket skill, go to Mars (just before Herlie) and Pick Pocketthe old man by the Inn. You will get a treasure chest. Go outand save. Each time you open the chest you will get three items.After you save, open the chest, go to Claude's Equipment and seeif the Force Sword is there. If it is not present, go to "Data",reload the game, and try again. The sword can bring your attackfrom 300 to 1100. Note: This requires some time to complete.

Hint: Claude's Sawed Sword:
Get Claude's Customize skill up to level10 by gettingMetal Casting, and Funtuality to level10. Customize a WalloonSword with one piece of Ruby then one piece of Orichalcum. Thestatus of this sword will be Attack 990, Hit 80, Guts 60, Critical,20; No Elements.

Hint: Claude's Silvance Sword:
Get Claude's Customize skill up to level10 by gettingMetal Casting, and Funtuality to level10. Customize a WalloonSword with one piece of Mythril then one piece of Orichalcum.The status of this sword will be Attack 1210, Hit 99, and Critical30; Elements: the "Happy Face" and the "Dark Eye"(attacking elements).

Hint: Lady Fingers:
Customize a Knuckle with a gold piece and you shouldget the very rare Lady Fingers.

Hint: Levantine Sword:
Although many believe that the Eternal Sphere is Claude'sbest weapon this is inaccurate. The Levantine Sword is Claude'sbest weapon. It has higher attack, and if you equip the AtlusRing, you will deal 9999 for every hit including the special moves(for example, Mirror Slice). Also, if you equip the Angel Armband,the sword will spray stars which makes the Levantine sword evenmore powerful.

Hint: Magician's Hand:
Once you get Precis, level up her Machinery Skill tolevel 10 for a better percentage of getting this item. Buy ToolBox (the item you buy in Linga in Academy Co-Op and its descriptionstates that it has tools). Machinery it until you get Magician'sHand, which is a better pick pocketing item than Bandit's Gloves.

Hint: Marvel Sword:
In the beginning of the Disc 1, go through the mountaineast of Cross Castle and go to the sand area. It is very difficulthere at the start of the game. Earn as much money as possibleand get minerals that are dropped then sell them. Go to Herlieand purchase the Bandits Glove. Go to Clik. Pickpocket the oldman by the inn until you obtain a treasure chest. Go outside andsave the game. Open the chest. If you do not get the Marvel Sword,reload the game and repeat. The Marvel Sword is extremely powerfuland is especially useful when used by Claude.

Hint: Getting Ashton:
Once you get to Herlie, talk to the people directlyin front of the entrance. They will tell you that there is a two-headeddragon in the Salva Drift. Go to Salva and enter the secret passagewhere you went to get Rena in the beginning. The guard will saythat there is a person downstairs slaying the dragon. Go thereand keep looking until you find a sign reads "Dragons Nest".Keep going into the doors you find and you will see Ashton. Followhim when he leaves. He will leads you to the dragon and he fightsit. When he sees you, he talks and the screen will flash white.

Hint: Eluria Tower card key:
When in the Eluria Tower, you have to get a passwordto get a card key by looking at the statues. The code is A,P,O,C,A.

Hint: Cards, dolls, and portraits:
Make sure to teach Claude the Art technique (Sketchingand Esthetic Sense). He is very good at making special cards anddolls, and sometimes portraits that fetch more money. You canalso create the Battle Art (for example "The Scream"),which in battle will aid in defeating the enemy.

Hint: Fun City:
This is the place to get the best weapons for mostcharacters. Win Rank A in Battle Arena and to get a lot of powerfulweapons.

Hint: Leader's strongest attack:
When you obtain the skill for the leader that makesjagged rocks shoot from the ground, do not remove this skill.Use the skill, and as it levels up the rocks will increase inlength and directions making it much better than Mirror Slice.Note: For greatest effect, use the leader's best sword.
and Lindsay Snead.

Hint: Favorite foods:

Claude: Steak
Rena Shortcake (Reproduce it - it is very rare)
Celine: Baby Rabbitt Rissoto
Ashton: Hamburgers
Dias: Chicken Skewers
Bowman: Misco Soup
Leon: Carrrot Juice
Ernest: Hassaku Tea
Opera: Apple Cider
Noel: Big Tuna
Precis: Chocolate
Chisato: Lady Fingers (Extremely rare, found by using a treasurebox).

Hint: Mayor Mansion: Killing all enemies:
Before you have to rescue Rena from the Mayor Mansion,you can use the Phase Gun to kill all enemies with one hit. Note:This is only in Claude's scenario.

Hint: Recommended character selection:
One of the best party choices would to one that isnot all out brute force, but is quick and strong with good magicand specialties. Some examples follow. Note: You cannot get Ashtonand Opera in the same party.

Claude's scenario
Claude, Ashton, Precis, Rena
Claude, Ernest, Chisato, Noel
Claude, Opera, Leon, Rena

Rena's scenario
Claude, Dias, Opera, Rena
Claude, Ernest, Opera, Rena
Dias, Ashton, Chisato, Bowman