Vagrant Story
In-game reset:
Hold L1 + L2 + R1+ R2 + Start+ Select during game play to return to the main menu.
Hint: Unlimited human class experiencefor your weapons:
Early in the game, immediately after defeating theMinotaur Boss and receive the Chain ability, an attack dummy willappear in the save room outside the Minotaur's lair. The dummynot only gives you points toward learning new battle abilities,gained by chaining your attacks. It also gives human class experienceto the weapon you are using as you attack the dummy. It givesthe human class experience at the same rate you would get if youwere attacking a real human class enemy.
Hint: Rare Grimoires for five differentspells in one location:
At the Sinner's Corner save point/teleport/room andthe four rooms immediately surrounding it is a phantom class enemycalled the Dark Eye. After a Dark Eye is defeated it may dropa Grimoire for one of five different, rare, warlock class spells.Those spells are Solid Shock, Lightning Bolt, Fireball, VulcanLance, and Dark Chant. Note: that these Rare Grimoires are droppedvery infrequently, and some time is needed to get them.
Hint: Combining:
When two items that are exactly the same are combined,the resulting item will be the same type of item, but will havehigher stats. For example, if you have two identical short swordsand combine them, you will lose those two short swords and geta new third short sword, with slightly higher stats.
Hint: Chaining:
Do not stop chaining just because you miss, even onthe first hit. Chain hits after a miss will continue to add upone to two points each hit, even if you are at 100 Risk. Of course,it takes a while to defeat anybody that way, but if you are stuckin a fight you cannot get out of it works. This is especiallyuseful if you chain Gain Magic with Heavy Shot -- this will refillyour MP and give you unlimited healing during a fight (Gain Magicnever seems to miss), and hurt your opponent somewhat in the process.
Hint: Save MP when healing:
Cast the healing spell when you are in battle mode.This will give you more HP than just healing when in normal/relaxedmode.
Hint: Easy training dummies:
Note: This feature works best with a controller withan auto-fire feature. When hitting a dummy just keep pressingCircle. Only do this for about ten minutes or else he willdie and you will just open and close your battle sphere. Then,exit two or more doors to replenish the dummy's health after youkill him and do it again. Note: Kill all enemies in the room first.
Hint: Training dummies:
Throughout the game you will find training dummiesnear save points. These training dummies allow you to practicecombos and power-up your weaponry. The locations of the trainingdummies are as follows.
Wine Cellar, "Blackmarket": Human dummy
Wine Cellar, "Worker's Restroom": Human dummy
Abandoned Mines B1, "The Dark Tunnel": Beast dummy
Catacombs, "Hall of Sworn Revenge": Undead dummy
City Walls North, "From Boy to Hero": Phantom dummy
City Walls South, "The Boy's Training Room": Dragondummy
Town Center East, "Gharmes Walk": Evil dummy
Hint: Weapon and shield combinations:
Combine two Hangane Dubble-Blades to get a Hangane Halberd (Weapon)
Combine two Nodachis to get a Rune Blade (Weapon)
Combine two Khopeshes to get a Wakizashi (Weapon)
Combine an Oval and a Heater to get a Knight (Shield)
Hint: Defeating the rock opponent:
Before fighting the rock opponent, take out the cluband shield and enter the room. Do not go down the stairs. Instead,go all the way to the right, next to the pillars, and jump off.This will allow you to kill him easier.
Hint: Defeating Elemental Phantoms:
Once you defeat a Phantom, he will give you a radialspell (such as Flame Sphere the fire elemental, or the Avalanchethe water elemental, etc.) Use these spells against enemies withthe opposite affinity enemy. For example, use the Thunderburstagainst the Earth Elemental. If necessary, first use "Enlighten",then attack. If you have a weapon stronger against Phantoms, thebetter. You will be able to kill them with a single attack.
Hint: Defeating Elementals:
First, use a Fusion spell on yourself. Then, startchaining its belly for easier chaining.
Hint: Easy Boss battles:
Have Instill in your chain abilities. Attack normalenemies chaining Instill and another ability. Do this until yourweapon's Phantom Points are full. Switch your weapon and repeatthis process. When all of your weapons are full, fight the Boss.At this point, switch your chain abilities so that you have PhantomPain in your arsenal. Attack the Boss with your first weapon,using the Phantom Pain chain ability. Switch your weapon. Repeatthe process. Since most weapons have around 100 PP, this makesquick work of almost any Boss.
Hint: Stop Bosses from doing magic:
To stop Bosses from doing any magic, do not use anymagic on them. If you do and it misses, the Boss will gain theMP off your attack and use magical attacks.
Hint: Defeating Asura:
This trick requires a Wakizashi Blade, Papillion Reelbreak art, and Dispel magic. Fight Asura as late as you can onreplay to take advantage of your slightly higher stats. As shecasts the "Surging Balm" magic that regenerates herHP, casts "Dispel" on her. She will always try to castSurging Balm again, preventing her from using her most powerfulmoves. Attack her with Papillion Reel, which will result in about80 HP with each hit. Heal as needed and she will be defeated afterabout nine turns without attacking you once. Keep HP regeneratingitems and some MP items on hand. You may also cast "Leadbones"magic and "Invigorate" on you to be sure not to missany attack.
Hint: Defeating Dullahan (Titan):
After killing the minotaur and acquiring both the SeventhHeaven and Chain abilities, practice combining chains on the practicedummy until you are able to string together at least twelve chains.When you have finally made it to the room that Dullahan is in,cast Degenerate on him as soon as possible. Follow this up witha series of chain attacks. Note: Use the attack abilities thatcan inflict 70% of original damage that was inflicted with theinitial blow.
Hint: Easy Dragon battles:
In order to defeat any Dragon Boss (Wyverns, Dragon,Earth Dragon, etc.) easily, it is important to run up as closeas possible (in the case of Dragons, you can get under their heads)and stay there. The Dragons' only powerful moves are long range(fire, acid breath) and they cannot hit a close target. Be waryabout casting Degenerate, because they are smart enough to knowthat they have lowered powers and will evade attacks better. Also,make sure you use proper affinity defense commands and chain attacks.
Hint: Charming enemies:
When you are around a human, they usually think youare the enemy and will attack. Use heal on one soldier three timesand a heart shape will appear above his head. When you are ina room with such a guard, he will help you during battle. Thisdoes not work during Boss battles. The guards will not followyou to a different screen or area. This is useful in areas withone or more guard, and only one of the guards can use magic.
Hint: Romphia at the start of the game:
After you fight the second Boss (the weaker form ofthe Dark Crusader), go back into the room and check his stats.He should have an iron Romphia. If you want a silver Romphia,go to Iron Maiden B2 near the last Crusader with the Holy Win.
Hint: Easy affinity:
Note: This trick requires a controller with an auto-firefeature. Find a training dummy you need an affinity for and theset the auto-fire to Circle. This is useful when raisingaffinity getting items, learning break arts and techniques, andcompleting the gazette.
Hint: Easy regeneration:
To regenerate to full HP, MP, and zero risk, kill allenemies is the current room. Enter relaxed mode and just wait.Note: This excludes bad status such as poison, numbness, etc.
Hint: Dread armor:
Dread is the best armor in most cases. To make Dreadarmor, combine two Jazeraint peices. To get Jazeraint, combinetwo Hoplites. In most cases, combine Plated with Fluted to getHoplite. Gloves are the exception; combine a Rondache and a PlateGlove to get a Tilt Glove, then combine two Tilt gloves to geta Freitenure, next combine that with the Fluted to make Hoplite.In the case of helms, combine a Burgonet with a Close Helm tomake a Hoplite helm. Making a Dread shield works the same way.Combine an Oval Shield with a Knight Shield to make Hoplite.
Hint: The Holy Win:
The last Boss has a weapon called the Holy Win, thatis in the shape of the "Rood". You also can get thisweapon. During a reply game, enter the Iron Maiden and defeatAsura on the third floor. Next, go back down the Iron Maiden untilyou get to the door to the second floor. Now, use magic or BreakArts to lower your HP to below 150. Then, enter the second floor.You have new enemies to face, so be ready. When you get to theroom that takes you to the third floor, you will see an enemyholding the weapon. Kill him and you may get it. If not, go tothe third floor and back to try again. Remember to keep your HPunder 150 and use Break Arts as needed.
Hint: The Hand of Light:
Your first Boss in the game is the Mighty Minotaur.He has a big mace called The Hand of Light, which you can get.After you find the Stock Sigil later in the game, return to theplace where you battled the Minotaur to find his Zombie. He respawns,just like any other enemy. Kill him repeatedly and you may berewarded with his weapon.
Hint: Damascus Destroyer:
Combine four Damascus Tabars to make a Damascus Crescent.Then, combine three Silver Khukuris into the Crescent to makea Damascus Griever. Repeat this to get a Damascus Destroyer. Addthree Arturos Gems to it and an Elephant Grip to make it 2 STRhigher than the Holy Win.
Hint: Heater shield:
Combine a Knight shield and Oval shield to get a Heatershield.
Hint: Raging Ache:
Sometimes it seems that this chain ability is almostuseless when you are healthy. However, if you have to fight againstan enemy and none of the weapons you have can produce significantdamage to it, use a few Break Arts until your HP is very low.It now does not matter if you have 100 Risk nor 0/0% damage. Eachstrike with the Raging Ache will cause an important amount ofdamage to your foe. The lower HP you have, the greater the damageyou will cause.
Hint: Crossbow:
The Crossbow is one of the best weapons in the game.If you are in a situation when you do not want to fight closerange, the crossbow takes care of that issue. When you save upon multiple enemies, your stats will decrease in other fields.The best method is to have lots of crossbows specialized for differentenemy types.
Hint: Customizing an ultimate weapon:
When you bring a weapons stat to 100 and combine itwith the exact same weapon, it turns out to be 100. For example,if you have a Phantom Damascus Holy Win sword with 100 stat inthe Phantom category and you also have a weapon that is identicalin material and type, and it specialized in Dragon with 100. Combinethe two to receive a sword that excels in both fields. Your swordnow has 100 in Dragon and Phantom class. Get another Holy Win,specialize it in a different field, and repeat the process untilyou have a weapon that has 100 stat in each of the enemy classes.This trick works for all weapons.
Hint: Better weapon use:
Different weapons work better on different enemies.For example, the sword works better on humans and beasts thanon dragons, and polearm weapons work better on dragons. Use yourweapons wisely. Carry the maximum amount of weapons and have eachweapon assigned to one or two class(es) of enemies. For example,use a sword only on human and beast and polearm only for dragon.The best weapon matches are as follows:
Sword: Human and beast
Polearm: Dragon
Dagger: Evil (perhaps a Damascus sword)
Sword: Phantom
Sword: Undead (or a dagger; Damascus Sword works best)
Bow: Beast
Bow: Evil
Wand: With three gems which add 20% chance to magic being successful
