NOTS-Hidden Goodies

[Lady JJ]

@Lis and @kimo-To my knowledge, I never found either of those portals to the Witch's House. I'll tuck these notes away for a future repeat playthrough.

Cosmic Plane - There are invisible paths to seemingly unattainable chests. There are no 'teaser' chests. If you can see one (or three side-by-side) then you can definitely reach them.

There was another character (robot-like) in the church basement when I returned to Faust from the Drone. Looks like the Hero statue (as discovered by kimo) and the church basement (both in Faust) should be visited each time you complete a new area.

[Lady JJ]

I think I had 3 encounters with Kranko. Does he have any significance in the story, or just an optional miniboss to maybe practice techniques?

He does mean something...

Magnetic pliers? Was there ever a use for these

Yep there is.
A potential entry for your "secrets not in the guide" topic

Okay, I'll post here.
I don't have any clue about Kranko as I didn't get any kind of a dialogue when I defeated him in the Drone. Anybody else have any ideas? It might be a good idea to post where/when you fought him and what, if anything, he said that might have some significance.

The only thing I can think of with the Magnetic pliers was something Nemesis said about magnets in the final battle. Maybe retry that final battle without the pliers?

I'm going to edit the opening post to include things as they are discovered.

[kimo]

Sort of a Hidden Goodies/Baddies at the same time. One of the last secret rooms is accessed at the end of 2 rows of statues. There is a machine inside which will not only buy your stuff, but also sell you permanent stat items (i.e. Royal Eggs).

BUT, the machine only buys for a limited time. Pressing the "action key" advances a counter until it stops buying your stuff, as well as changing the items available to buy from it. SAVE before you encounter the machine, because the machine will eventually sell you the "suckiest" items ever heard. This is truly the ultimate "Trickster" act in this game.

I would suggest you buy/sell everything in a single transaction or two.

@Lady_JJ
I don't understand Kranko's role and I'll let you know if I find a use for magnetic pliers outside of ixing some stuff I have around the house here. Congrats on finishing.

[Lady JJ]

When you do the recruitment battle with Lexus, her battler is titled 'Chaos Magnet.' I'm definitely going to leave those pliers untouched this playthrough and see if it makes some kind of a difference.
I'm also keeping track of where/when I'm encountering Kranko. So far I've encountered him twice in the Evil Shrine. I wonder if there's a minimum, like there was with Bodken, and then a reward?
And... I found a place in the Metal Shrine basement, just above the switch, that gives an instant increase of 1 level. I'm updating the opening post now.

[kimo]

OMG!!!!!!

Ever notice those arrows on the floor of the Metal Fortress? Some arrows lead you into a wall with something at the wall you can collect. But, I found a short arrangement of arrows on one of the floors on the 2nd level that just sort of meandered in a weird circle-like shape. I'm not sure why (intermittent reinforcement I'm sure), but I decided to follow the arrows from the first one to the last one. As soon as the party stepped on the last arrow, the party was restored with +999HP, +99MP, +9TP, and 1999 EXP each.

I have no idea if other floor areas (in this, or other dungeons) have something like that, but knowing Indy .... Well, let's just say he's the Greatest TRICKSTER of all Time (GTOAT).


@Lady_JJ I'm curious what you will find re: Kranko. He appears in the Metal Fortress and could be missed if you use an Ocarina to go the the beginning of the Fortress. As for that Magnetic Wrench, I also am wondering if NOT taking it is the answer.

[Lady JJ]

@kimo, yes, that's the first one I posted about following the path. I found another in the Metal Fortress. In the area you reach by a transporter, get off the transporter and walk a narrow path counterclockwise, you are in the area with secret room #08, but there are also two adjacent pillars in the upper left area. The right appears broken. If you interact with the left before reaching Kraken, your party will just continue to lose HP. Could be used to build up Piper's aura spell, but, more importantly, after you recruit Kraken return there with Kraken and he'll get a temporary boost plus a permanent ATK increase. It might be worth doing before the battle in Secret Room #08 just because of the TP increase.

Kranko update-3 sightings thus far... Two in the evil shrine and just one in the metal fortress. I did return to the River of Blood area to see if he'd appear a second time as he did in the evil shrine, but he didn't.

Edit-Visit the Temple of the Void each time you return to Faust with a recruited god/goddess to spawn another Eye of the Void. I have 4 thus far. Also, Pauline the Alchemist is near the Temple of the Void and if you have Toxic Germs, she'll make a poisoning artifact for you.

[poshpaws]

I'm still getting unexpected frozen screens and issues with some of Luke's skills which cause the game to crash. I suspect I don't have the latest version. How can I obtain this?

[Indinera]

I'm still getting unexpected frozen screens and issues with some of Luke's skills which cause the game to crash. I suspect I don't have the latest version. How can I obtain this?

Sent!

[kimo]

When the party returns from Drone via the Transporter and visits Luke's parent's house the food that is on the table becomes endless with giving 790HP/61MP and most important a whopping +11MHP.

Also, if you return to the Metal Workshop, before advancing past the Underground Tube and entering Zamazari "Beach", Kraken can make an excellent item (Hammer of Power) that gets equipped in the shield hand. He will make one using 5 of each ore, and if you have collected enough he will make a lesser version using 3 of each ore.

Q#6 requires a recipe to fully complete. If you didn't acquire the recipe, then when Luke talks to Suze after returning one last time via the Drone Transporter, she will have made a "65-Sword" that causes 65% Bleeding, and 65% Critical BUT has only a 65% Hit Rate. The weapon has decent stats, but I haven't used it ... yet.

[Lady JJ]

There is a Witche House entry that appears in the Breach. It appears as a glowing arched portal in the north wall of the map just before the final map with all those dark chasms. I have no idea if it is the same place (a second chance?) as in the previous dungeon. I also have no idea what I did to activate it. It was not there when I first entered the map. Maybe you have to kill a bunch of baddies?

I found the following stuff there when searching around.

Spoiler: show

2@ Golden Crumb, 3@ Scroll of Virtuosity, Golden Pearl, Lasercage, Opaline Pearl

Two different witch houses. And the portals are only visible to you if one (can be anyone) of the part members is equipped with the Orb of Truth.

I just edited the OP with a goody you can get from playing the piano in the NE building in the Drone.

[briony]

found a fox in the night of stars opposite the pot of gold and also at the top is the storekeeper from the holy shrine