Star Ocean: The 2nd Story - Secret Dungeon Boss Guide Version 0.2 For U.S. Version Only On PSXŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ By Dan GC Last updated: 08/05/99 05:46 PM PT First Edition: 07/31/99 07:31 PM PT Document Info: 28 K (29, 577 Bytes) Designed for at least IE 3 or NN 3 at 640x480 Resolution and Courier New font enabled 29, 577 characters (letters, numbers, symbols, etc.) Star Ocean: The 2nd Story was/is... Created by: tri-Ace Creator of Most FMVs: Links Produced by: Enix Published by: SCEA (Sony Computer Entertainment America) Released: June 9, 1999 in US If you can help me with anything: basics, more strategies, etc., or if you just have questions, comments, etc., E-mail them to One more thing, don't E-mail with questions that are already in this FAQ, otherwise, I'll discard them or tell you to check the FAQ. _________________ Table of Contents ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Part 1: Updates Part 2: Introduction Part 3: Bosses - Darkfeather & Weird Knight x2 - Blood Gerell & Hunting Gel x5 - Dream Shade x3 - Miel 32 - Weird Beast - Funny Thief LV 99, Dream Shade, & Funny Thief x3 - Mithril Eater - Erysin Beast - Geo Guardian - Dragon Tyrant - Phoenix - Wise Sorcerer & Dream Shade - Gabrie Celeste Part 4: Frequently Asked Questions Part 5: My Comments and Stuff Part 6: Special Thanks Part 7: Author Information Copyright Disclaimer: This Document Copyright (c) 1999 Dan GC This FAQ is for personal and/or private usage only. 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This FAQ can be found at: ________________________________________________________________________ GameFAQs www.gamefaqs.com ________________________________________________________________________ Part 1: Updates ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Version 0.2 8/05/99: Changed equipment for fighting Gabrie Celeste, added something at the end of the "Introduction," added a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) in the FAQ section Version 0.1 7/31/99: First Edition ________________________________________________________________________ Part 2: Introduction ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Well, well, well, you've made it to the Cave of Trials, have ya? The Cave of Trials is a fun and difficult place. But the problem is, you can't save ANYWHERE inside the Cave of Trials, you have to return outside to the World Map to save. You can buy this item from Santa called 'Go-home Frog' which allows you to escape to the first floor of the Cave of Trials. But you won't get that until you go to the 11th Floor and do something there. If you manage to beat the final boss of the Cave of Trials, there won't be ANY random battles whatsoever as long as you stay in the Cave of Trials, but if you leave the dungeon and go back in, random battles will start. Also, if you stay in there, all doors will be open, so you can get ANY items you were unable to get and won't have any trouble with it. In my opinion, the hardest floors are the 10th and 13th Floors. The 10th floor has hourglass guys that can cast Dream Peace (which stops all of your characters) and there are the blob monsters that can eat your character whole. The 13th floor, you fight regular enemies in random battles that look exactly like previous bosses you have fought, except for the color. Many people cheated in the Cave of Trials, they used a GameShark code that allowed them to save anywhere, but at least that wasn't as serious as using a GameShark code for invincibility and stuff like that. Anyway, I've ranted long enough. The descriptions of all bosses are from Ian Kelley's Walkthroughs. The names of the bosses are from the Japanese version as well as the Weaknesses/Resistance, so correct me if I'm wrong. I can't get the U.S. names because I already beat the Bonus Dungeon and didn't have a spare save so I can start all over from the beginning of the dungeon. I saved after I beat all of the bosses up to the last one. The strategies are made for Full-Active battles, if you are playing the Standard (turn-based) or Semi-Active way, too bad, this FAQ just isn't for that type of gameplay. You'll have to look elsewhere, heh heh heh. All battles in the Cave of Trials, I assume you have Bunny Shoes equipped on all of the characters you are using. If not, then go back to Energy Nede and get those Bunny Shoes at the Bunny Races! Once you get the Valiant Boots and Valkyrie Boots (two of each available in the Cave of Trials), replace the Bunny shoes for the characters you are using with those equipment (Valiant Boots for males, Valkyrie Boots for females). This FAQ is based on Galaxy mode, hence the high levels if you're playing on Earth mode. I base it on Galaxy because it's in the middle (Earth, Galaxy, Universe). ________________________________________________________________________ Part 3: Bosses ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ While in the Cave of Trials, you should always have Claude and Rena in battle. The other two characters will be fighters (your best fighters in your opinion other than Claude). Every character should have their best equipment and the final changes for the Killer Moves they have. Claude: Mirror Slice and Twin Slash Other fighters: Ashton: Sword Dance and Dead Triangle Opera: Hyper Launcher and Alpha on One Bowman: Sakura Attack and Explosion Pills Precis: Barrier and Mujin Super Beam Ernest: Broken Heart and Sonic Whip Dias: Illusion and Firebird Shock Wave Chisato: Rising Dragon and Tear Gas Choose whichever two fighters you want (personally, I chose Chisato and Ernest). _____________________________ - Darkfeather & Weird Knight x2 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Level One Recommended Level: 108 Description: [Darkfeather] 160,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None [Weird Knight] 23,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Fire, Dark Strategy: This is a a relatively easy fight. The other fighters will take out the Weird Knights (hopefully) while you can stall Darkfeather. But you might have to attack Darkfeather, then help the other fighters, then go after Darkfeather again so she doesn't cast magic. You might have to keep switching like this. But to stall Darkfeather, just do Mirror Slice. But, if the other fighter(s) is/are helping you take out Darkfeather, she'll probably die before the Weird Knights, which makes it easy from then on. Darkfeather is wearing Bunny Shoes, so she travels at a considerable speed. You have to stop her when she is casting a spell. Just run up to her and do Mirror Slice. After you beat her, if you thought she was hard, "You ain't seen nothin' yet." _____________________________ - Blood Gerell & Hunting Gel x5 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Level Two Recommended Level: 114 Description: [Blood Gerell] 60,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None [Hunting Gel] 20,000 HP Weaknesses: None? Resistance: None? Strategy: The Hunting Gels aren't too harmful, they can't do much to you anyway since they are SOOOOO slow. If you fought Blood Gerell in the Fighting Arena in Survival on Energy Nede, then you know how easy (or hard, depending what view you're looking in) it is. With Claude, just keep doing Mirror Slice on Blood Gerell until in dies then go after the Hunting Gels. Blood Gerell isn't very harmful, he only has two attacks: a projectile and a bite. Although he can stone/poison you sometimes if he attacks you. But he's pretty slow, so it doesn't matter. You might want to take out some of the Hunting Gels first, then when there's only one or two left, go after Blood Gerell. But you might have to take out Blood Gerell earlier so it doesn't hurt you or your partners. Otherwise, this battle is still too easy. _____________________________ - Dream Shade x3 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Level Three Recommended Level: 120 Description: 35,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None Strategy: Now, these guys aren't hard, but they play cheap. They can do Dream Peace, which stops time for your party and gives them time to either attack you or use Dream Peace again. If you see a Dream Shade starting to do Dream Peace, attack it as soon as possible. This battle will take a while since characters might die and the such. The only strategy is to prevent them from using Dream Peace and kill them. _____________________________ - Miel 32 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Level Four Recommended Level: 126 Description: 190,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Everything Strategy: This robot is actually pretty hard. But maybe that's because it has a lot of HP and is resistant to everything. When it attacks, it can cause you to lose quite a lot of HP. But if you trap it or keep attacking it continuously from both sides, it won't be too much. Claude just needs to keep doing Mirror Slice while the other fighters just help with what they do. He will probably hit your characters a few times, but Rena will take care of that by healing them. _____________________________ - Weird Beast ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Level Five Recommended Level: 132 Description: 811,200 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Invulnerable against Magic Strategy: The first time you fight this thing, it's with Puffy but Puffy isn't in the battle. You can only do one HP damage per hit to this Weird Beast. And look how much HP it has, that would take you so long to kill it. Also, it's invulnerable against magic. So, you should just run away. Later on in the level, you will encounter Puffy again, she is being attacked by Dream Shades. After you defeat the three Dream Shades, it's the same Dream Shades you fought on Level Three, so just follow that strategy. Puffy will run away after the battle and drop the Weird Slayer. Equip it on Chisato and find the Weird Beast. When you find the Weird Beast, you will battle it. Just attack it with Chisato and it'll die in one hit. _____________________________ - Funny Thief LV 99, Dream Shade, & Funny Thief x3 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Level Six Recommended Level: 138 Description: [Funny Thief LV 99] 40,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None [Dream Shade] 35,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None [Funny Thief] 30 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance None Strategy: Before you go into battle, equip the Funny Slayer on some character (not Claude). With Claude, go after the Dream Shade and do Mirror Slice. Now switch to the character with the Funny Slayer equipped and go after the Funny Thief LV 99 and attack it once. The Funny Thief LV 99 is overly difficult, and does over 1000 damage per hit, and it is really fast. So sometimes, the only way to kill it is to Counterattack (note: a Combat Skill). After killing it, go after the Funny Thieves, they're easy to kill since they are the Funny Thieves you fight in the beginning of the game near Arlia. Claude should have killed the Dream Shade with his Mirror Slice, otherwise, just keep attacking it. _____________________________ - Mithril Eater ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Level Seven Recommended Level: 144 Description: 600,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None Strategy: When you arrive on this level, you should equip the Funny Slayer with some character since you will encounter Funny Thieves LV 99. But when you enter the room with the Mithril Eater, take off the Funny Slayer and equip the best weapon with that person. Mithril Eater is an overly difficult boss that can parry attacks too much. Well, the only strategy here is to...attack normally with Claude. The other fighters will do what they will. Lost Patience is an attack Mithril Eater can cast ANYTIME it wants to, and it usually causes your characters to become critical and poisoned, if they don't die from it, that is. This battle will take a long time. Claude's normal attack is better than Mirror Slice here. Also, with the normal attack, you can cause Mithril Eater to be dizzy easier, so it won't be able to use Lost Patience. You will have to heal your characters as soon as possible when Lost Patience is used. Keep this strategy up and Mithril Eater will EVENTUALLY die. _____________________________ - Erysin Beast ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Level Eight Recommended Level: 150 Description: 450,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Star, Fu, Mu Strategy: It's only one monster who can eat you up, how much trouble could it be? Lots of trouble, I'd say. If it eats one of your characters, that character usually doesn't come out until the monster dies. So, how do you kill it. Well, with Claude, keep doing Mirror Slice. The other fighters will aid you. This battle will take a while, but not too long. _____________________________ - Geo Guardian ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Level 10 Recommended Level: 156 Description: 400,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None Strategy: The Geo Guardian is exactly the same as the Guardians you fought in two of the four Fields on Energy Nede. The only difference is this one is much stronger and some of its attacks are different. Otherwise, to defeat this Guardian, just trap it against a wall and keep doing normal attacks with Claude. The other fighters will aid you here as well. Sometimes, the Guardian can escape the wall trap, but just hit it with a normal attack before it can attack again. It's a very simple battle. _____________________________ - Dragon Tyrant ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Level 11 Recommended Level: 162 Description: 550,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None Strategy: The Dragon Tyrant is similar to the Synard you fought on Energy Nede. Except this one is much stronger. How you are going to beat this? I'm not sure, but I just used Mirror Slice with Claude, Tear Gas with Chisato, and Broken Heart with Ernest. Okay, just control Chisato again. The AI will do the strategies you want Claude and Ernest to do. Claude will usually keep doing Mirror Slice or Twin Slash while Ernest will usually do Broken Heart and do Sonic Whip occasionally. With Chisato (you're controlling her), keep doing Tear Gas. The hits will do less than 900 damage per hit, but if your keep this up, it'll be trapped against the wall and will die eventually. _____________________________ - Phoenix ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Level 12 Recommended Level: 168 Description: 350,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Fire, Wind Strategy: You will only have two characters for this battle. The characters you should use are Claude and Chisato/Opera. You see, after beating the Dragon Tyrant on the Level 11, there is a door you can't go through. There's a teleporter nearby that door which transports you to the first floor of the dungeon. You then have the option of only having two party members (you have to if you want to get past Level 11). On your way to Level 12, you should encounter Santa on the sixth floor (I think it's random when he appears, but he appeared here when I was going to the Level 12 floor), you can buy stuff from him, buy at least two 'Go-home Frog's. When you get to the 12th floor, in the room just up ahead, there will be the Phoenix. If your partner is Opera, the match will be no problem. If your partner is Chisato, still not much of a problem. You should also use Chisato again in this battle. The AI will usually keep doing Twin Slash with Claude. Okay, with Chisato, keep doing Tear Gas. It'll eventually die and won't be able to do anything since it's trapped against the wall. BUT, if you have Opera instead of Chisato, use Opera. With Opera, just keep doing normal attacks. The Phoenix won't be able to do anything, and Claude will just do a buncha' Twin Slashes. It'll die soon enough. _____________________________ - Wise Sorcerer & Dream Shade ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Level Nine Recommended Level: 174 Description: [Wise Sorcerer] 700,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Earth, Fire, Star, Mu [Dream Shade] 35,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None Strategy: After beating Level 12, use the 'Go-home Frog' and talk to one of your party members to bring the party back together. Now, proceed to Level Nine and examine the coffin. You will see it's open and the boss will appear and you have to fight it. This is another pretty easy battle. With Claude, go after the Dream Shade and do Mirror Slice, it should die after that one Mirror Slice. If not, just keep attacking normally. The Wise Sorcerer is easy, but has a lot of HP. When the Wise Sorcerer stops moving and appears to attack/cast magic, use Mirror Slice. Just keep doing Mirror Slice until it dies. Don't worry about the other characters, they'll do what they will to kill the Wise Sorcerer. This battle is a little too easy, if I do say so myself. After beating this boss, use the 'Go-home Frog' to teleport to the beginning, go outside, sleep in Arlia, go back to the dungeon and save before going in. Well, now it's time to fight the final boss of the Cave of Trials. Do you think you're ready? The random battles are insanely difficult on the last level (Level 13) so you might want to run away from all of the random battles on Level 13. _____________________________ - Gabrie Celeste ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Level 13 Recommended Level: 180+ Description: 1,000,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Star, Light This battle took me about 24 minutes to beat. I say to have Bunny Shoes on all of your characters, but you can equip the best greaves you have for the characters you are using in battle and use Skanda Compress in battle to make everyone faster, but when they die, they lose it, I think. The characters you should use in this battle: Claude Chisato/Ashton Leon/Celine Rena _________ EQUIPMENT ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ [Claude] Weapon: Eternal Sphere Armor: Valiant Mail Shield: Valiant Guard Helmet: Duel Helm Greaves: Valiant Boots Acc. 1: Fairy Ring Acc. 2: Tri-emblem [Chisato] or [Ashton] Weapon: Weird Slayer Weapon: Melufa Armor: Battle Suit Armor: Valiant Mail Shield: Valkyrie Guard Shield: Valiant Guard Helmet: Mithril Helm Helmet: Duel Helm Greaves: Valkyrie Boots Greaves: Valiant Boots Acc. 1: Fairy Ring Acc. 1: Fairy Ring Acc. 2: Tri-emblem Acc. 2: Tri-emblem [Leon] or [Celine] Weapon: Million Staff Weapon: Million Staff Armor: Ishtar's Robe Armor: Ishtar's Robe Shield: Valiant Guard Shield: The Armband of Kali Helmet: Isis Tiara Helmet: Isis Tiara Greaves: Bunny Shoes Greaves: Bunny Shoes Acc. 1: Fairy Ring Acc. 1: Fairy Ring Acc. 2: Tri-emblem Acc. 2: Tri-emblem [Rena] Weapon: Fallen Hope Armor: Ishtar's Robe Shield: The Armband of Kali Helmet: Isis Tiara Greaves: Valkyrie Boots Acc. 1: Tri-emblem Acc. 2: Tri-emblem ____________________ COMBAT SKILLS NEEDED ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ [Claude] Everything at Level 10; disable Flip [Chisato] Same as above [Leon/Celine] Everything at Level 10; disable Flip [Rena] Same as above __________________________ KILLER MOVES/SPELLS NEEDED ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ [Claude] Mirror Slice [Chisato] Rising Dragon and Tear Gas [Ashton] Sword Dance and Tri-Ace (optional) [Leon] Extinction, Growth, Protection [Celine] Meteor Swarm, Angel Feather [Rena] Fairy Heal, Fairy Light, Raise Dead, Growth, Protection, Angel Feather _________________ STRATEGY SETTINGS ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ [Claude] "Protect Friends!" [Chisato/Ashton] "Protect Friends!" [Leon/Celine] "Attack till all MP are gone!" [Rena] "Aid Friends!" _______________________ ATTACKS TO LOOK OUT FOR ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Well, the spells Gabrie can cast take a short time to cast, but you should have enough time to hit her out of it. All of her attacks are very deadly. They can usually kill your characters in a few hits. If she successfully casts any spell and you don't have enough resistance, you will either become critical or just die. I'm going to list her physical attacks, but I don't know the names of them, so I'm just going to make up fake names. [Cross Blast] This is an attack that is similar to Claude's Ripper Blast, but much deadlier. Crosses pop up out of the ground in a similar fashion to Ripper Blast, but more crosses come out and usually kills any character hit by the crosses. [Homing Discus] This attack is a homing discus, or otherwise frisbee, that does quite a lot of damage to your characters. It follows the character it's after and usually hits that character. [Barrier] This exactly isn't a barrier, but she is invincible when she does this attack. She spins around the room much faster than Bunny Shoes speed and does too much damage to any character no matter how much defense. [Star Guard] This isn't an attack, but when she parries, stars come out to hit any character(s) in front of her. It's similar to knight shields in which "sparks" come off the shield to hit the enemy when it's used to parry. _______________________________ STRATEGY TO BEAT Gabrie Celeste ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ If you have Leon, use him instead of Celine. If you don't have Leon, use Celine. Rena will constantly heal the fighters because they are there to damage/distract Gabrie Celeste, which is pretty hard. Well, if you think you're good enough, you will need to control BOTH of your fighters. It's not as hard as it seems. But then again, you might need to use three or all of the characters, but usually only two. If your fighters are strong enough, they will hurt Gabrie Celeste about 1000 HP per hit. Chisato's Tear Gas repeated tactic won't work very well here (aww...only if it did, heh). I said you have to control both of your fighters, right? Well, here's the strategy: Let your magic people do what they will (Leon/Celine will cast their best spell which is Extinction/Meteor Swarm respectively). The magic attack will always do 9999 damage except when Gabrie is doing the barrier attack. Rena will heal and cast spells at the same time. The magic people will be casting magic, so you should be given enough time to attack Gabrie. If a character dies or is low on HP/MP, use items. A remedy for MP is Fairy Glass, which temporarily halts the consumption of MP. You can also use Merlin Drink, which restores MP to its fullest. HP is Fresh Syrup, which restores HP to its maximum. You can use either Smelling Salts, Resurrection Mist, or Resurrection Bottle to revive a character. Although Resurrection Bottle only restores the character's HP to 60% while the Smelling Salts and Resurrection Mist restore them to their maximum. Basically, you'll be low on many of your items after this battle. A tip here is to use the quick character select which is L2 as default, it switches between the leader and the character you used last other than the leader. You may also have to use different characters just to use items because the fighters will be busy, while sometimes, the magic users aren't the busiest. Now, using both fighters, it won't be easy, but it won't be hard. Okay, you should start out using Claude. Go up to Gabrie and use Mirror Slice. This will keep her busy enough for your other fighter (which is Chisato or Ashton, right?). Now, switch to that ohter fighter, go behind Gabrie, and use Rising Dragon or Sword Dance. If you keep her busy enough, you can keep her between both characters by just using Mirror Slice and Rising Dragon/Sword Dance. But that won't work for long. You'll have to keep trying to do this, although it'll probably only work once for each fighter per trap. Another strategy is to keep attacking normally from behind with Claude and use Rising Dragon with Chisato. The Eternal Sphere stars can hit Gabrie for some damage, if you're strong enough. The Eternal Sphere is a replacement for Chisato's Tear Gas ToD. This battle will take a long time, but you'll eventually do it. ________________________________________________________________________ Part 4: Frequently Asked Questions ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Are you working on a hidden/secret/bonus dungeon boss guide? Yep, here it is. Heh. Help me, I'm stuck on [insert boss name here]! How do I beat him/her? You have enough strategies for the Cave of Trials bosses in this FAQ. The items you say in your FAQ are in Japanese, I have the American version! Well, well, well, my, my, my, yea, okay, enough of that. That really wasn't a question, but it was linked to another question like listing something for them or whatever. Have you checked your items/equipment? No, I mean it, have you really? The items and equipment in all of my SO2 FAQs are from the U.S. version, but some of the boss names as well as the resistance/weaknesses are from the Japanese version. ________________________________________________________________________ Part 5: My Comments and Stuff ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ First of all, I'd like to say this: if you have any corrections for me, such as the Weaknesses and Resistance, and Boss names, then e-mail me at and correct me. This is because most of the stuff is from the Japanese version, and I tried to put all of the US names and stuff replacing the Japanese stuff. You might want to use Noel instead of Rena when fighting Gabrie Celeste because when you want to revive a character, just use an item. Also, Noel can equip the Million Staff like Leon and Celine. This makes them the strongest magic users. It took me over an hour to type up a strategy worthy of anyone to beat Gabrie Celeste. ________________________________________________________________________ Part 6: Special Thanks ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Ian Kelley (ikelley@sas.upenn.edu): Allowing me to use the boss information (HP/Descriptions) from both of his excellent SO2 Walkthroughs tri-Ace: Creating this game Enix: Producing this game Links: Making most of the FMVs in the game SCEA: Publishing the game My Most-Previous FAQs: Got most of the layout from either of them ________________________________________________________________________ Part 7: Author Information ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Name: Dan GC E-mail: LB Dan GC@aol.com Web page: None Under Construction ICQ: None "You're funny. But keep it up and you'll just piss me off." ~ Xenogears' Fei Don't plagiarize! It's bad! And always give credit where it is due! ________________________________________________________________________ This Document Copyright (c) 1999 Dan GC ________________________________________________________________________ END