Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 14:29:11 +0700 DRAGON FORCE II FAQ ver. 0.7 By : Grandchester Resurrection (grandc@indosat.net.id) Welcome to my Dragon Force II FAQ. I hope this guide'll answer whatever questions you have about the game. Feel free to distribute, however in its current form. Well, lets starts!!! Table Of Contens: - This Version - Introduction - About The Game - Kings Of Legendra - Type Of Soldiers - Type Of Generals - Item Mixing List - Tips & Tricks - Updates - Credits THIS VERSION version 0.7 (July 12, 1998) The major update is change the names! Finally I found the correct names for Dragon Forces and troopers. Also add General list. Well, what do you think? Send me your comments... If you think it's perfect enough, I won't update this FAQ again, and I'll work hard in the Walktrough section! INTRODUCTION Hi there! Well, as I already said in the Update Section, now I'm working hard to complete this FAQ. For this FAQ, I'm preparing the complete general list, soldier list, and walktrough for others characters... I almost done the general type list! I'll update this version soon! And for the great Dragon Force 2 players ! If you guys want to discuss a little about the game in hope to exchange some ideas on the game, you can send me e-mail to grandc@indosat.net.id I'll be very happy if you can help me to complete this FAQ!!! ABOUT THE GAME What I think of Dragon Force 2... I'll start off with the first thing you'll probably notice. The anime intro is GREATLY improved over the first. The animation quality and music were both very well done. when you start a game up you are given the choice of picking from 6 of the 8 rulers again. The other 2 you can only get after you beat it,like in DF. After chooseing your ruler you are taken to the traditional Administration Mode, were you can take care of domestic affairs. This time however there are a few new options. You are now able to create your own weapons and items by combining minerals found in mines(showed on the main map) and some of your crapier weapons. This Is REALLY cool. You know have the ability to equip 2 items to each character now instead of 1. The main map is VASTLY different from the first DF. The scaling is better now and there are trancparent clouds hovering over the map (WHOOPEEE!!). New for the battle scenes. New ALL of the characters with the exception of 2 have there own faces. No more of that same picture for a different character crap. All of the commanders animate much better now, although they do seem a little smaller. There are ALOT more types of troops now, and the ability to have 2 different types of troops in your army. Other than that stuff the battles are pretty much the same. Your commanders can now use 6 different spells instead 3. The look of the spells themselves are a mixed bag. Many of the older, cooler looking spells in the first DF like Wein's "Power Storm" have been seriously down graded in there look. But most of the newer spells like "Earthquake" and "Meteor Rain" really look cool. I just wish they all looked that cool. The music is not as good as it was in the first ether. Its not horrible, but it is a down grade from the first. Well, thats about it. All in all DF2 is a good sequal, I think it's better than the first. If you import Saturn games be sure to pick this one up. Dragon Force II is the best strategy game for Sega Saturn. This is the sequel of Dragon Force I. This game can be pretty confusing to those that never play the prequel, so I'll explain them as much detail as possible... This game sets in a land called Legendra. There is eight big kingdom. You play as one of the king. The eight kings have a diffrent story. Your mission is to reunite all the king and save Legendra from Madruk (evil who wants to destroy Legendra). I'll list the kings and their kingdom. KINGS OF LEGENDRA 1. Evers - Lord Of Higlanders (Highland Kingdom) He is the main character in this game. The Highland Kingdom is located south of Legendra. 2. Gangas - Guardian of the Forest (Bozack Nation) The strongest king in Legendra. He has great strength, offence, defence, etc. Bozack is located in the south-east of Legendra. 3. Shen - Thief Master (Topaz Kingdom) Shen is a good choice for a beginner. He has strong generals, and he seeks the Dragon Force destiny first. At the beginning of the game, Kaede will join without battle, and the other kings always join after you beat them. Topaz is located north-west of Legendra on a small island 4. Batsu - Lord Of Fandaria (Fandaria Empire) Batsu scenario is very hard at beginning. But after Shen joins, everything will be easy. He is a great fighter. Fandaria located west of Legendra. 5. Kaede - Princess Of Samurai (Izumo Nation) Kaede is not a good character. She is weak, and her magic sucks... Izumo is located east of Legendra. By the way, she is Shen's girlfriend !!! 6. Sanice - Magic Queen (Tradnoa Kingdom) Sanice is a great magician. She has the best magic, and her magic meter is very quick. Tradnor is located in the center of Legendra. 7. Renie - Queen Of Elves (Moon Palace) She isn't a great fighter, but she has great magic. Moon Palace is located north of Legendra. 8. Adelva - The New Black Knight Of Masked Death (Tristan Empire) Adel probably's the best character in this game. He is a great fighter and a great magician, he has got a lot of great generals too. Tristan is located between Moon Palace and Tradnor. TYPE OF SOLDIERS In Dragon Force, each general can bring 100 soldiers to battle. The difference between Dragon Force I and II is the way to put the soldiers in a battle. Dragon Force II has a complex system, you can give 2 type of troops for one generals to use in a battle (the maximum capacity is 100). For example : You can give Calvalry to Evers, but Calvalry weak against Hawk Knight, so you can give Dragon to support Evers's Calvalry ! Great isn't it ! Anyway, this is the troops list as far as I know : 1. Soldiers This is your basic soldiers. 2. Thieves Fast troops, but they have a low defence. 3. Monks Avarage troops. Have a good offence and defence. 4. Archers Long range attacker. Have a great formation. 5. Mages Use lots of mages. Mages are the second best players next to dragons ofcourse. I don't know if this is known to people since I've never looked for it. With mages, you can do almost anything. All of the monarchs I've played I've given them mages. You can take out an entire army and general with probably a minimum of 2 casualties, but if you're really good, you won't lose one at all. It saves having to recruit all the time and handy during those in-the-pinch battles. 6. Samurais Strong troops. Have a great offence and defence. 7. Beasts Fast troops. Great for fight Calvalry, but not much else. 8. Calvalries Strong and fast troops. Great for fight generalsand goblins. 9. Robots Have the best defence, but are slow. 10. Robot-Calvalry As strong as Robots, but as fast as Calvalry. 11. Fyling-Robots As strong as Robots, but attack from air. 12. Harpy Fast troops. Attack from air and are good against most other troops. 13. Birdsman They are faster than Hawk Knights (They swoop down and jab with their weapon) and are pretty much good against everything, yes even dragons, except for archers. Archers will just tear straight through them. 14. Zombies Like the first Dragon Force, they are fast and strong, but killed easily by mages. 15. Ghosts Great for long range attacks and short range attacks. 16. Hawk Knights Great Air Attacks. Fast and strong and very good against Calvalry 17. Chimera Best for fight generals. Attack from air. 18. Dragons Perfect troops. Have the best offence and defence. 19. Goblins This is Madruk's troops. As strong as Dragon. 20. Demons This is Madruk's special soldiers. Stronger than Dragon!!! TYPE OF GENERALS The Generals in Dragon Force are variety. They have their own fighting style, command style, magic, etc. This is their type list... 1. Knights Well rounded General. They are strong, kill soldiers easly, good in duels, and have some useful magic. Basically, they command Soldiers. Use them to assist your Dragon Forces. 2. Fighters Faster than Knight but have low defencive. Their magic isn't as good as Knight but very handy in duels. 3. Thieves Not very good generals. They don't have high offencive, defencive, don't have good magics... But they are fast, very fast! 4. Calvalries Stronger than Knights. However they aren't as many as knights. Don't let them stay in your kingdoms, because they're the real killer! 5. Archers Commands Archers. Not very good in duels, their magic isn't very good either. I won't use them as an attacker, I use them to defend my kingdoms. 6. Mages Have a lot of killer magics. Use this general to crush an enemy with a lot of soldiers. Never use them in duels! 7. Healers Their magic is to heal themself and to resurrect some dead soldiers. Some of them have Charm magic! 8. Spirit Users They are better than Mages. Their magic is the real killer magic. Summons a crazy creatures that'll destroy a lot of soldiers. 9. Robots The best general in duel! They have a great attack power. But they don't have a good magic. Their Magic Meter is slow and they have a few MP. 10. Robot Commandoes Semiliar to fighters, but command robots. They are very powerful general, because they can command such as great soldiers. 11. Beasts Wild generals with wild attack and magic. They are great to destroy enemy's soldiers, and also good in duels. 12. Samurais Good general. As strong as Knight, I think. Use them to attack enemy's kingdoms. They donmt have good magic... 12. Ninjas Semiliar to Samurais, but faster. Their magic is worse, tough... But they is very powerful in duels. 14. Special Soldiers There's a few Special Soldiers. They're very loyal and very handy in battle. They are Teacher, Punk, Dragon, Duelist, Servant etc. ITEM MIXING LIST (Kamui's section) Building weapons this section will help you with Dragon Force 2's annoying yet cool weapon building system. I've listed all of the combinations Ive found. More will be added as I find more. Crystal and Stone help I figured I should help you out with the names of each mineral and crystal, especially for those of you who dont know much japanese. - Magic Crystal Redish crystals pointing outward, usually enhances the magical abilities of an item. - Power Crystal Green gem,adds Strength to an item.This item is probably used the least. - Wind Crystal White crystals pointing outward. - Hard Crystal I'm not sure what this one is called. It has a purplish color to it and is covered in small bumps. - Light Crystal White gems. - Thunder Crystal Yellow crystals pointing outward. - Gold Stone Golden rock. Not much else to say. - Iron Stone Very shiney, silver stone. Metallic. - Silver Stone Tan with with a strange spiral to it. - Copper stone Has a rust color to it. Very rare for some reason. - Dragon Stone I wish I new EXACTLY what this does,but I think it has all of the properties of the other stones, but also has its own original combinations. - Ore Supposedly there is a material called "ore",but I have yet to find it. There may be more types,but Ive probably forgotten. Ill try to find out as soon as I can. If you have found ANY that I have not listed, send them to me and I'll put them up with your name by it. NOTE: All weapons with a " * " by it can be combined a second or third time. NOTE: Sometimes talking to your characters many times will result in them telling you combining hints. Combinations Kamui's found *Buster Sword: Long Sword + Copper + Power(STR+15) *Hayabusa Sword: Buster Sword + Iron + Wind(STR+20) *Dragon Sword: Hayabusa Sword + Silver + Dragon(MP+1 STR+30 CHG+10) *Great Dragon Sword: Dragon Sword + Gold + Dragon(MP+2 STR+30 CHG+10) Sword of light: Great Dragon Sword + Light + light(MP+2 STR+40 CHG+20) *Iron claw: Claw + Iron + Wind(STR+15) *Silver Claw: Iron Claw + Silver + Hard(Mp+1 STR+30 DEF+2) *Inazuma Lance: Lancerod + Iron + Thunder(MP+1 STR +30 CHG+10) Lance of Light: Inazuma Lance + Light + Silver(Mp+2 STR+30 CHG+20) *Thunder Katana: Katana + Gold + Thunder(MP+1 STR+20 CHG+10) Village savior Katana: Thunder Katana + Iron + Hard(MP+2 STR+30 DF+2 CHG+10) *Divine Saber: Saber + Gold + Wind(mp+1 str+15) Magic Sword: Sword + Silver or Dragon + Magic(MP+1 STR+10 CHG+10) Magic Rod: Rod + Magic + Magic(Forgot,Ill get the info thursday) Silver Shield: Shield + Silver + Silver(DEF+6) Dragon Shield: Silver Shield + Gold + Dragon(MP+1 DEF+7 CHG+10) Magic Book of Light: Book + Magic + Light(MP+3 DEF+5 INT+20 CHG+50) Book of Power: Book + Power + Magic(STR+10) Wind Bow: Bow + Wind + Dragon or Iron(MP+1 STR+20 CHG+10) Bow of Light: Wind Bow + Light + Silver(MP+2 STR+30 CHG+20) Magic Book of Defense: Book + Magic + Hard Stone(MP+4 CHG+50) Light Robe: Robe + Light + Magic(again,I forgot to write it down.its good) *Storm Whip: Whip + wind + Thunder(STR+12 int-5) *Chain Mail: Armor + Iron + Copper(DEF+4) Whip of Light: Storm whip + Light + Light(mp+1 STR+15 CHG+20) Ring of power: Magic Ring + Power + gold(STR+5) Karakiri(Flying Robots): Samurai Scroll+ Iron + Magic(Gives you Flying Robot scroll) Upgrades Weapon Upgrading Path This list shows the chain in witch SOME weapons can upgrade thru. Not all are finished. If you know an item or weapon combination that I haven't listed, please send it to me so I can finish the chain. SWORDS Sword -> Magic Sword(one upgrade) Long Sword -> Buster Sword -> Hayabusa Sword -> Dragon Sword -> Great Dragon sword -> Sword of Light(5 upgrades) LANCES Lancerod -> Inazuma Lance -> Lance of Light(2 upgrades) SABERS Sabre -> Divine Saber -> ? KATANAS Katana -> Thunder Katana -> Village savior Katana(2 upgrades) RODS/CLUBS Gold Spiked Club -> ? Rod -> Magic Rod / Rod -> Thunder Rod(I havent found the T.Rod yet, it this info came from a character in the game tipping me on how to make it) BOWS Bow -> Wind Bow -> Bow of Light(2 upgrades) More to come! I'm CONSTANTLY finding more combinations. I will have more up soon! Go to my page for a full list. This section takes from Kamui's page. Kamui can update his page as soon as he get a new combination. You can go to his page at http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/5482/dfcombo.html. Check it out!!! TIPS & TRICKS As you know, Dragon Force 2 have a lot of soldiers. However special ones come often when you mix certain materias (soldier scroll,with two other crystals etc;). The same thing applies to special eq. The only problem I find with this process is gathering materials. Crystals tend to come only once in a while. Herbs can only be gather seasonally in villages. And most difficult, are the silver and gold stones(they tend to only come once a life time #.# and it's the major necessity) So far I've only made a magic rod, basta sword, mystical steel spike club. This issue is a major thing I would like to talk about because I've never played any other game with such an option. (Thanks to Michael L. Nguyen for this info !) - See above for the item mixing list. If you know any japanese. Talking to your characters many times will get them to release hints on how to make certain Items, but they NEVER tell the whole combination. Like the first Dragon Force, now you can command generals while paused. This is a great way to save the time. Dragon Force 2 doesn't have Search commands. To earn items, the only way to do is auto-Search at the Domestic Affair Becon. If you want to find a lot of useful items, separate your general to all of the kingdoms, villages, and caves before the Domestic Affair Becon. If the enemy runs from battle with you, immediately pause the game and then deploy your units. This will immediately attack the fleeing armies when you unpause the game. Make sure you check which way the retreating generals are moving so you can aim your armies the same way. After winning enter your castle again. A quick way to earn a lot of merits is to attack enemy generals in the caves. This generals will never dies from battle each time I beated them. And they have a great level. This is a great way to build your general's level. The only thing you have to know is the knight generals have the silence magic, so fight them with the non-magician generals, and the mage generals have the earth rave and lightning magic that can destroy your soldiers easly, I usually fight this one with harpies. UPDATES Version 0.6 The walktroughs are missing!!! But don't worry, because I separate the Walktrough from this FAQ. Actually, I wan't them together, but I don't know why, when I try to send this submission to Game Faqs, my space in e-mail is full. So I decided to separate them... Anyway, enjoy them!!! Version 0.5 (June 17, 1998) Fuuuh... Long time not updatting this page! I'm very busy lately... I made Rockman Dash Short Walktrough, Shining Force III Character List etc... But, Dragon Force is still the best!!! In this version, I... Actually Kamui... Kamui updated his own page, and I copied here... Again, thanks a lot Kamui... He made a new section, called Upgrades section. Check it out! Version 0.4 (June 3, 1998) Add more combination in item mixing list... Again, thanks to Kamui. Also add Kamui's review for Dragon Force II. Version 0.3 (June 2, 1998) Add Item Mixing List !!! Thank you very much for Kamui (ADeats@AustinTX.net) for the Item Mixing List. You can go to Kamui's homepage at http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/5482/ He's got a Dragon Force II review and Item Mixing List! Version 0.2 (May 30, 1998) Just add Kaede's walktrough from Zero Alpha (thanks !). And still working in general list and other... Now I'm making Shining Force III FAQ too... Check it out! Version 0.1 (May 23, 1998) Well... I haven't been in Internet for a while, so I can't updated it earlier. Now I'm working for the complete general list and others, and I want to update it as soon as possible. Actually, this version is same as the 0.0 version. I just only correct the Japanese names and add mixing item info. Thanks to Andy Bonz (ABonczkows@aol.com) and Michael L. Nguyen (mnguyen@lonestar.jpl.UTSA.EDU). Version 0.0 (begun in April 28, 1998) CREDITS Thanks to, in chronological order : Kamui (ADeats@AustinTX.net) Thank's for item mixing list. You are great. Andy Bonz (ABonczkows@aol.com) Heeeeiiiii !!! Thank you for everything pal. I know you're a great Dragon Force 2 player !!! I hope you can finish Sanice' and Gangas' walktrough soon... Michael L. Nguyen (mnguyen@lonestar.jpl.UTSA.EDU) Thanks for your information about item mixing. Oh I hope you can give me a full list in kanji/kana with how much time it takes to build the eq !!! Auggie (auggie@crazysexycool.com)... Psssttt... Thanks for the ICQ! Ray Game Master X Indonesia (radixwp@sby.centrin.net.id) for the first reactions and some active support, including the real names for the kings. CRUSHER (CRUSHER123@aol.com) thanks... Really thanks for the real names from the japanese text... Hope your success in your quest! Jhy Chebeet Team (jchebet@sby.mega.net.id). Chrisvian, Arie, Especially for : - Dipta Erlangga (DEL) for tips and Shen's walktrough - Root-D for the hard work finishing Batsu' walktrough. Zeron Kusanagi (zeron_kusanagi@hotmail.com) Thank's for the correction. AMAKUSA (AMAKUSA718@aol.com) Thanks for adding Birdsmen info! Last but not least. Chandra of Sega Center for the Dragon Force II CD and info. And special for Erwind Prasetyo Game Master X Indonesia (ErMac@sade.com).... SATURN IS NOT DIE !!! Well, I hope you enjoyed my guide. And, if anyone has any correction or want to add something please mail me. Your contributions will be noted. I promise I'll update it as soon as possible. Thanks for reading !!! This updated page can be found at www.gamefaqs.com Grandchester Resurrection PANDORA INDONESIA 1998