Xenogears Cheats

Xenogears

Change gears quickly:
Press L2 + R2 when on the world map orat a place that you can use your Gears to hop in and out withoutgoing to the menu.

Select same gear at the Battle Area:
Hold L2 + R2 to use the same gears.

Chrono Trigger's Lucca cameo:
Lucca from Chrono Trigger is in Xenogears. After thegame first begins, take control of Fei and go to the InformationHouse (left of the Elder's House). Look closely to see that itis Lucca that teaches you about Save Points.

Sound test:
When you are in the Yadrisil (Sandmarine Ship), goto the control room and talk to the large dolphin-like controlman. Choose the top selection for a sound test. He will keep askingthe same question over and over again. Select the first choiceagain for a new sound, or use the second choice to exit.

View Gears:
After winning two rounds in the battle arena in Kislev,press R2 + L2 to remove the victory time text fromthe screen. Press Left or Right to rotate your Gear.

View all FMV sequences:
Note: You must have the game Lunar: Silver StoryComplete for this trick. Place the "Making of Lunar"disc in the PlayStation and turn on the power. Once the FMV sequencestarts, open the lid, remove the disc, and quickly replace itwith Xenogears disc 1 or 2. The FMV sequences from thosediscs will begin to play. Note: This can also be done with SquareSoftbonus disc that is shipped with Parasite Eve: Highlightthe "Final Fantasy 8 Demo Movie" option, switch discs,then select that option.

Play as Argento:
In the battling area, select Special Mode One, setthe difficulty to hard, and rounds to three. Defeat every gearthat is selectable to unlock Argento in Special Mode One.

Hint: Amusing signs:
In Lahan Village, look behind the signs. There areamusing messages written there.

Hint: Spider and web:
At the start of the game in Lahan Village at Feis house,go to where the two barrels are located. Look around that room,and you should see a spider web in the corner. Jump up and pressX to get it. To get the spider, go to the mountain pathjust before Citans house. Look at the trees near the end of thepath. You will see a spider in one of them, but when you approachit hides quickly. If timed correctly, you can grab it to solvethe spider and its web puzzle.

Hint: Replenish armor and fuel on all Gears:
This trick is useful after getting access to the Yggdrasil,and your Gears are damaged from battle. Simply enter the Yggdrasiland exit to replenish the armor and fuel on all Gears.

Hint: Change Seibzehn name:
After you get Maria in your party, head to the Gearshop in the Yggdrasil. In the shop is a man wearing all black.Talk to him. He will tell you about how the Gear is too big tofit in the Gear Hanger and then offer you a chance to change Seibzehn's(Maria's Gear) name.

Hint: Actions at Bledavik Castle:
Here are a few things to do when you are in Aveh.

In first floor of the Bledavik castle is a kitchen. Hanging fromthe ceiling is some meat. Jump to grab it and get some Hob-jerky.

There is also an armory on the first floor of the Bledavik castle.In there are suits of armor on stands. Press X on themto obtain an Iron Armor.

On the highest floor is a room with a wine cabinet. Press Xon the green wine bottle to use the cameras throughout the castleto look at things. Press Square to zoom in and Circleto zoom out.

Near the main entrance of the castle is a guard near a small door.This leads to the Gebler base. There is nothing really to do therebut just explore.

Bring Emeralda to the restaurant in Bledavik and order food tosee a glitch. When she sits down, she looks like she did whenyour first met her (in the test-tube).

Hint: Zeobim ruins:
On Disc 2, travel to the lighthouse near the AquvyIslands. In there is the vast ruins of the Zeobim and many documentsand information about the culture. If you have Emeralda in yourparty you can make her "grow up". Past all the buildingsis a huge parking lot. There is a hole in the parking lot. Getout of your gears and jump into the hole. Continue moving forwarduntil you get to the town square, where an intermission startsand Emeralda grows up.

Hint: Early Kislev battling:
You can use the special battle modes in Kisvel as soonas you leave Shevat with the Yddrigsial 3.

Hint: Fighting tip:
Immediately dash up to your opponent and begin rapidlyalternating between the X (attack) and the Circle(dash) buttons. X will launch a kick and Circlewill cancel the combo, allowing you to immediately start another.With a bit of practice, any Gear (including the Champ's) willbe in endless stagger until it is defeated.

Hint: More experience:
If you have Elly, Emeralda, or Bart in your party youattack your teamates with their Ether. You can kill them. whichgives you more experience points so you can level up faster. Note:This does not work with Fei and Rico because they cannot attacktheir party. It also does not work too well when you are in yourGears. Warning: Do not use this trick when you are fighting Tearsor Forbiddens because they are too strong -- as a general rule,do not use this trick on anything bigger than you are becausethey will kill you.

Hint: Easy money:
This trick is only useful late on Disc 2, when yougain control over the YggDrasil on the world map. Instead of huntingCroaker tribes and Tusk-Tusks to earn money late in the game,an alternate is to visit Big Joe's shop under the lighthouse.Big Joe is surrounded by four chests which appear and regenerateeach time you enter the shop. Usually, these chests contain uselessitems such as Spider Webs, Radishes, Elfananas, etc., or obsoleteitems such as Aquasol and Zetasol. However, occasionally theycontain items such as Eyeballs, Fangs, Scales and Ivory (veryrare). It also is not that unusual to find weapons, usually Matchlocks,which sell for a reasonable amount of money (6000G). While thisdoes not seem like a good way to make money, it can be much faster(depending on your luck) to enter, collect the contents of thechest, exit, then repeat as opposed to flying to the Anima reliccave, spending time there trying to earn Ivories and Scales, flyingto Nortune to sell them, then flying to where you wish to shopat.

Hint: Metronome bank:
In the capital of Nortune in the Kaiser's room, thereis a metronome bank on the shelf near the treasure chest. Youwill get gold if you can stop the metronome in the center. Dothis 20 times in a row to get 1000G.

Hint: Obtaining the deathblow item:
When you are on the Thames, you will encounter peoplewho challenge you to a game that is similar to Speed. If you winagainst all the people located in the Beer hall and the SupplyGrounds, go to the Armor grounds and play against the female whois standing with two men. If you beat her, she will give you adeathblow item for your Gear. This item will allow you to do adeathblow attack.

Hint: M-disk:
After you become the battling champion, go to A-blockin Nortune. Find Big Joe and he will ask for you to give him 5000Gin order to look behind him. Accept his offer and he will saythat he scammed you. Later, after you get Elly back in your party,go to the main map of Nortune. Big Joe will be there. He willgive you an M-disk, which can be used for the jukebox at the Wildcatbar in A-block and also at the battle area on Disc 2.

Hint: Hercules Ring:
In the very beginning of the game at Citan's house,search around the main house. Once you find a flower bed, jumpbehind it to the house and search the flower bed from behind;you should find Midori's ring. After Shevat's crash, go to theSnowfield Hideout, find Midori, and hand the ring to her. Shewill give you a Hercules Ring in exchange. When equipped, it gives50% more experience for that character for each battle.

Hint: Sleep:
If you have a sleep item, use it against any kind ofenemy. They will not attack you until they are destroyed.

Hint: Play as Sophia's Gear in the BattleArena:
On Disc 2, go into the final dungeon and make yourway to where you are about to fight Deus. Go to the room withJohnny the shop robot and ask to leave. Then, go to the Arenaand you can now play as the Gear.

Hint: Kim's message to Emeralda:
At some point in the game, go to Citan's house. Enterthe room with the music box. Press X on the left side ofthe box to read a message to Emeralda from Kim.

Hint: Chu-Chu on Disc 2:
After all the drama in Disc 2 is over and you can moveyour characters on the world map, you will notice that Chu-Chuis gone. To obtain her again, go to the Gear hanger in the Yggdrasil.She will be in the location where Elly's Gear was. Talk her andshe will rejoin your party.

Hint: Defeating Hamar:
This is useful during disc 2. A monster called Hamar,who self-destructs after he glows red, is located at the dungeonwhere Rico gets his new Gear. The explosion is lethal, but theparty can escape before Hamar explodes. However, the trick hereis to kill him before he blows up to receive a special item thatincreases the chance of receiving rare items to 100%. Reservesome infinity or level 3 attacks until Hamar turns red. Once hestarts glowing, give it all to him. (Booster also helps). Withthe special item equipped, go to any forest and fight white snails.These creatures were plentiful in disc 1, but now they are quiterare. Killing these creatures gives the speed belt (helps gearsand human battles). Besides this, there are many other specialitems/equipment carried by monsters.

Hint: Defeating Calamity:
A huge Gear will be encountered at the end of the StalactiteCave. Make sure Fei and Bart are on high levels (20-25), eventhough it still may be difficult win at that. Have Bart cast WildSmile on Calamity, making it hard for him to hit you with anyof his physical attacks. Next, hit him with all your ten pointattacks, and save your energy until your Gear power is at levelone. Use your best level one combos for both Fei and Bart, hopefullyhurting the Huge gear. Keep in mind that Calamity has 2500 HP,and that it will take a while to wear him down. His missile attackwill still hit you with 400 - 500 points of damage, not givingyou much time to defeat him. Use Fei's Guided Shot as your lastdefense.

Hint: Defeating Deus:
Go to Joe's shop at the Lighthouse and buy the Z-goldarmor. This will you 1000 defense alone. Ignore the Omega enginesbecause they only have 1000 fuel. Equip three DX Armors when fightingDeus. Deus will have a hard time doing more than several hundreddamage with each attack.

Hint: Defeating the final Boss:
First, equip all Gears with Z-chargers and some sortof frame hp (such as 90). Build up to level infinity and do thefollowing: use frame hp, charge (with level infinity charge istimes ten), then attack. If this is done, you will never run outof fuel and always be healed, while doing extra damage.

Hint: Defeating Bosses:
This is a fast way of taking care of most of the Bosseswhen you are not in your Gears. You will need Billy and Rico besidesFei. When you start the battle, use Billy to cast Goddess Callon Rico, then on the next turn use it on Fei. Once these two are"hasted", use Billy for healing purposes, Do not attackwith him as Rico and Fei will easily be able to finish most Bosseswithout Billy wasting his ammunition. Have accessories that boostattack power on the both of them, as well as use their respectivepower up skills. During the Boss battle, do one weak attack thencancel the rest to get as much AP as possible. Once you buildup to 28 AP, go to the combo menu and deal it to the bottom combos,adding the left over AP to weaker ones. Fei's combos will do about2000 damage if powered up correctly. Rico's can do close to 2400.The crucial thing is to use Goddess Call, as Rico is an extremelyslow character.

Hint: Lahan Well items:
At the start of the game in Lahan, jump down the wella few times. You will get an eyeball (sell it for gold), an AquasolS, a Power Ring, a chill and a lot of "well" puns.

Hint: Alice's wedding dress:
To get Alice's wedding dress, just defend through theentire battle when you fight Dan in the Area.

Hint: Get a Mermaid Ring:
At the very beginning of the game, enter the bar inLahan village. Talk to the drunk by the stairs and he will askyou if you have a problem with him drinking. Say "Drinkingwont help matters!" and he will give you an item called a"Mermaid Tear." Remember that you have this item. Then,when Shevat is destroyed and is now the Snowfield Hideout, therewill be a woman somewhere inside She is on a flight of stairssomewhere with her back to you. Talk to her, and after tellingyou something about her son, she will craft the Mermaid Tear intoa "Mermaid Ring". You can either use this on Emeraldaand perhaps other females. It raises your character's magic powerand defense by quite a bit.

Hint: Anima Relic Cave:
When in the Anima Relic Cave on disc 2, you can geta lot of G. Fight the Croaker Tribes to get Fangs and Scales.Fight the Tusk-Tusks to get Ivory. You can even equip the TraderCard to get nothing but Scales and Ivory.

Hint: Hidden room in the Orphanage:
Get the three books from the kids at the orphanage.There is a bookcase in the back room. With Billy in your party,place the books in there. The book case will side open a bit --you may have to push it slightly.

Hint: Deathblower locations:

Deathblower1: Thames, Nisan Revisited, and Lighthouse
Deathblower2: Sargasso Point and Lighthouse
Deathblower3: Solaris and Lighthouse

Hint: Final Fantasy Legend 3reference:
The wolf Eidolon Fenrir is also a Boss from FinalFantasy Legend 3 on the Game Boy that looks almost the same asthe Eidolon.

Hint: Final Fantasy 7reference:
Inside the residential section of Solaris, oneof the small apartments located near the shopping area has a posterof Tifa Lockheart from Final Fantasy 7.

Hints: Things to do:

In Lahan Village search Fei's bed you will find 200 G. Also, searchthe barrels near Fie's room to find two aquasols.

To get a Movie scene at the beginning, talk to the maid in theroom across from Fei's room.

Go behind Alice's house and talk to the boy. He'll say that hehad a crush on Alice. Most of the people talk about Alice, sotalk to them.

Glitch: Size disorder:
When doing Fei's Chi attack named Big Bang, it showsa huge Earth and a small Moon before they get hit by an energyblast and explode. When they get hit by the energy blast, it showsa huge Moon and a tiny Earth.

Glitch: EP and MP references:
In the menu/battle screen, Ether Points are abbreviatedas EP. However, in the change party members window the same thingis referred to as MP (Magic Points).

Debug room:
cartridge. Enable the following code: 80043FC 0000. Loadthe game and refer to the following guides.