Xenosaga-Episode 1-Der Wille Zur Macht
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Swimsuit Location
If your looking for one of the swimsuits acquired in this game go to the Kukai
Foundation and go to City sector 25 and 26. When the Gnosis attack the
foundation, go into the Iron Man store and behind the counter (where the
bartender was) is a box. To gain access to this box you have to find the
switchboard to lift the elevator. When you do so the elevator will raise and
you'll gain access behind the counter. Also if you cannot find the bartender
shoot the huge boxes that was behind the elevator. You will find him and you'll
acquire one of the swimsuits when you go behind the counter. I believe this is
random. If it is not there then it will be behind the counter in the hotel.
(behind the counter where the huge safe is located) Look over to the window
beside the safe and you should see a box. You should acquire the swimsuit if it
is not in the Iron Man store
Casino Passport
In the Durandal, open the chest inside the Game Room to get it.
Card Passport
On the Elsa, talk to the robot/bartender in the bar.
Casino Passport
In the Durandal, open the chest inside the Game Room to get it.
Decoder #8
When you visit the Dock Colony for the first time, a woman in front of the
clinic tells you of a Fish Detector that her husband lost. Go to the Kukai
Foundation's cleaning place and inspect the tuxedo to find the Fish Detector.
Talk to the girl in the Iron Man bar, sitting at the lower left table. She says
that she lost an important ring and asks you to find it. Go to the Private Beach
and go in the water where the fish show up on the radar screen. Run up to every
fish and press Circle. Sometimes you will get an item, and sometimes you will
not. You can get a Med Kit, a Speed Stim, and the Engagement Ring. If you return
to the beach on any return trips, the Med Kit, and Speed Stim will be there
again. Give the ring back to the girl in the bar. She will give you the Decoder
#8 to open the red door.
Hazardous Area Map:
On board the Elsa, you will see the pilot walking around in Hangar 1 (A.G.W.S.
hangar), looking for a map. He does not give any concrete details, except to
look everywhere, and that the captain wants it. To get the map, speak with the
captain on the bridge. He will give it to you to take to the pilot.
Easy cash:
Get the Casino Card from the Durandal's Casino (north and east of Shione's
room on the Durandal). Then, play Poker. Start with 100 coins (900 bucks) and
play level 1 until you get about 200. Then, move straight to level 3 until you
get about 700. Then, play level 4. The way to always beat the house is as
follows. Always hold a pair or any other scoring combo. After you win, always do
double or nothing. If the number is greater than 7 bet low, if the number is 8
it is your choice, and if the number is 9 or above it is best to go low. After
accumulating about 45000 coins, get 99 starter decks of cards and sell them for
20,000. It takes a total of two hours to make about 100,000 (and all the prizes
and art.)
Game completion data:
Once you complete Xenosaga: Episode 1, after the ending credits roll, the
game will ask if you want to save. Answer "Yes" and the game completion data
will be saved. Although you cannot load this saved game data with the Episode 1
game disc, do not delete it. It is likely that this game completion data will be
used to load your characters stats into Xenosaga: Episode 2.
General Tips
Whenever possible, fight. You will never know when a Boss is lurking around
the corner. Utilize all of your T, E, and S points. Upgrade each attack
accordingly and level up your characters. Also save your items (such as medkits
and ethers). Whenever possible, evolve your Ethers. One of the most powerful
character encountered using is KOS-MOS. She levels up quickly, and when she
receives weapons and such she becomes more powerful. Note: In certain parts,
KOS-MOS will not be a playble character. Keep your characters at even odds. The
game is very unpredictable. Also take advantage of "Booster", as a lot of times
you will die. All enemies possess the same abilities as you do. Whenever
possible, stock up on Medkits and also upgrade your AGWS's.
Gargoyle:
You have to face Gargoyle in the Gnosis Cathedral Ship. The Gargoyle
actually Commander Cherenkov. You need to have Shion, chaos, and KOS-MOS fight.
Make sure that you have the upgraded frame and generator parts for Shion's and
chaos's A.G.W.S. units. Equip both A.G.W.S. units with a sword since the
Gargoyle and other Gnosis aren't good against close range attacks. Make sure
everyone is at least level 18 or higher. When the battle starts, get into the
A.G.W.S. units, and only attack the Gnosis on the right until it is dead. Why
the Gnosis on the right? Because it can heal the Gargoyle 600 hp every turn.
Then have KOS-MOS use med-kits on herself until she is fully healed. Finally
attack the Gargoyle.
In-game reset:
Hold L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 + Start + Select during game play.
Moving quickly and silently:
Tap R2 rapidly when walking around to can hover quickly without making a
sound.
See Shion without her coat:
Immediate before the part where the Woglinde gets attacked, Shion goes to
rest in her room. Notice that she takes off her coat. When the intermission
sequence ends, you have the option to take a nap. Answer "No" and you can walk
around as Shion without her coat.
MOMO's first transformation:
Go to the Cathedral Ship (inside the Gnosis). When you get to the stairs to
go up (not the ladder), have MOMO as your lead character and search near the
boxes. It should be there.
See Shion or MOMO in a swimsuit:
When you are saving the people at the Kouki foundation, there is a chest in
the hotel. When you get it, it will say "Swimsuit". You can equip it to Shion or
MOMO. This allows their TP reward to increase by 25%. Also, when they are
fighting they will be in a swimsuit. If you saw the intermission sequence where
they are at the foundation's beach, you will see MOMO and Shion in a bathing
suit. That is how they will appear as when they fight with the swimsuit
equipped. Also, the same item can be won by completing Mission 4 of the Driller
Game. A third and final swimsuit is to be found by defeating Great Joe. Note:
Jr. and Chaos can also wear the swimsuit, and can be seen in swimming trunks.
Deadly Jr.:
Play poker in the casino long enough to buy the coveted Brave Soul. Then,
either equip Jr. with it or have him extract and equip the skill. Jr. is ideal
for the Brave Soul because he has many physical attacks. All his normal attacks
use his guns, and he has the all-powerful Angelic Requiem at his disposal, which
does physical damage to all enemies. Equip Jr. exclusively with tech attacks
that do physical damage. Attacks such as Storm Waltz, Prelude to Battle, and
Angelic Requiem are good, while Ether attacks such as Mystic Nocturne and
Moonlit Serenade should be avoided. Angelic Requiem should be in his HI slot, if
available. During battle, use a Hemlock on Jr. to hurt him badly, then
immediately heal him for 150 to 300 points to keep him from dying too easily.
Using Shion's Safety Level Ether is even better. Now that Jr. is thoroughly
hurting, try attacking an enemy. Near the middle to end of the game, he can do
over 500 to 700 damage with just his normal attacks, and anywhere from 700 to
1200 with his Tech attacks. As long as you can keep Jr. from taking too heavy a
hit, or keep him protected with Safety Level, there should be few things that
can stand up to him for long.
Shion's Giant Robot Ethers:
In the bottom of the Gear Shop in the Kukai Foundation, you can meet a
strange professor who wants you to find parts so he can build a giant robot.
Finding the six different parts, consisting of two arms, two legs, a torso, and
a head will reward you with four different Ether attacks for Shion. These parts
are located in the various Segment address rooms, which you find through
exploring. The first attack is rewarded when you find both arms, and is called
the Throni Blade. Next, you will find both legs which reward you with the Ether
attack called the Dominion Tank. The head is the next item you can get,
unlocking an attack called the Seraphim Bird. Finally, you will find the body
which combines with all the other parts to create the summon of Erde Kaiser.
This is the most powerful attack in the game, causing 9999 damage, but requires
twelve Skills slots it makes it the only Ether that Shion can use.
Robot parts:
Torso 2: Dock Colony, Junk Store. Defeat the Arthra 26 series that appears
on the central floor of the second tower on Song Of Nephilim system. Destroy the
fourth box in the location where five boxes are in a line.
Right leg 3: Kukai Foundation Cleaners 1F. The treasure box in Bunnie's house in
the Encephlon.
Right arm 7: Woglinde, front of Sergeant Major Swagger. Talk to Swaine on
Woglinde during the Gnosis attack.
Left Leg 8: Elsa, corridor of the cargo bay. Before the Gnosis attack, talk to
the woman in Ironman Bar in Kukai Foundation City Sector 26/27 to learn about
the Engagement Ring. Search The White Tub on the second floor of the cleaners to
obtain Fish Detector. Go to Gaignun's private beach and catch the fish that has
the Engagement Ring. Return to the bar and give the ring back to the woman.
Left arm 9: Inside Gnosis mothership, Research Lab 3F. The treasure box guarded
by Stribog (the long armed monster) inside the Gnosis mothership.
Slide Deck Key:
When you are onboard the Elsa, before the ship is attacked, you can speak to
the repair robot in the A.G.W.S. hangar. He mentions that he is the hardest
worker, and that while he was cleaning one of the cabins he lost his key to the
Slide Deck. The key can be found on the couch in the lounge of Cabin 2 (the
southern-most cabin).
Hidden e-mails:
Talk to the orange worker in the Woglinde near the right exit, then just run
around anywhere to acquire new items or pictures of other Namco games. Note: If
you do not know how to help Vector with the hacker problem in the Woglinde,
leave the Realian infirmary and enter it again then run for the starboard door.
Skip scenes
Whenever you are viewing a previously watched scene, press Start
then press Triangle. You will then skip the entire scene until you are in
quest mode again.
Pause game play and you will be prompted if you want to resume or skip the
scene. This is useful when you have saved a game before a scene and get
killed afterwards
Keeping Shion safe during the Gnosis attack:
During the Gnosis attack on the Starship Woglinde at Shion's second
encounter with the Gnosis, as they chase her she must run through the partition
and quickly press the red switch on the other side to close it to stop the
Gnosis from touching her. As this is difficult to do, there is a second, easier
option. Have Shion keep running. Ignore and pass both red switches. Go through
the open door into the empty room a few steps further down the hallway. Wait a
few seconds in the room. The Gnosis will lose track of Shion. Then, give up and
return to where they were before the chase. The coast will be clear and Shion
can go safely to her next stop.
Defeating Zolfo and the two Mecurio:
Since Zolfo will not attack until both Mecurio are out, take out the Mecurio
as Zolfo will use his shields.. If you use MOMO's Sleep Ether attack (to the
right of life shot), it will put one of the Mecurio to sleep. When it is Zolfo's
turn, he will attack his own Mecurios and reprimand them for sleeping. This
should hurt them for at least 100. Attack once or guard with Ziggy. When you
have the AP, attack the one that is awake (if any). Zolfo becomes quite easy
when they are both gone; just heal and attack as usual.
Fast sneaking:
If you do not want to alert the enemies with your loud footsteps, you can
walk by pressing R2. Additionally, if you want to save time, repeatedly press R2
while moving behind or out of the range of the enemies' view.
Eliminate enemy power-ups:
Quite often the enemy (especially Bosses) will use spells on themselves that
wreak havoc on your party. There are spells that increase speed and attack
power, cause a 50% chance of healing instead of being hurt, and charge up power
just before an attack. Use a spell such as Refresh or an item like Cure-All on
the enemy to clear all their statuses (good or bad) and wipe out the threat. Be
careful; this also wipes out any bad status effects that you have put on them.
Fighting Din Gareth before Song of Niphilim:
In order to fight Din Gareth before the Song of Niphliim, you must have
access to the U-TIC battleship in the EVS system. First, fight Meld Gareth about
fifty times. After you defeat him enough times, you will be able to fight Din
Gareth. Note: Unless you have really trained hard, it can be difficult to defeat
either one of these enemies this early in the game.
Defeating Din Garreth:
Once you have completed the Song of Nephilim and return, you can fight
another version of the Ace Pilots Gear called Din Gareth. To do this, you have
to kill the Ace Pilot while you have only one or less Gear in battle. Otherwise,
it will just be another Meld Gareth. Din Gareth is roughly twice as hard as its
counter part, giving twice as much experience and slightly higher ability
points, and a Fast Circuit 25 as the rare item.
Defeating Great Joe:
This Great Joe Boss also appeared in Xenogears. You can fight him as soon as
you have control of Junior in the Durandal. Have Junior in the lead and destroy
the walls in the top right room in the residential area. Great Joe will appear
and challenge you to a fight. Great Joe is not too tough, as long as you have
access to Shion's Medica All spell to deal with Great Joe's Soul Crusher, which
does a few hundred damage to each character. Keep you character's HP high as you
whittle down Great Joe's 9999 HP. Upon killing him, you will get Junior's tech
attack Soul Rhapsody and the ability to summon Great Joe in battle
Defeating Meld Garreth:
The first optional Boss type of enemy appears soon as you have access to the
U-TIC Battle ship in the EVS. The Boss starts the same Ace Pilot that you saw
when Junior goes through the first time. The Ace Pilot has 360 HP and as soon as
you take that much off, he boards his Gear called Meld Gareth. If you are at
fairly low levels and do not have properly equipped Gears, this fight is bad
news. Meld Gareth has 5500 HP and can case as much as 300 points of damage to
each character with its missile attacks. Meld Gareth also is extremely fast,
usually getting a turn after two of your characters attack. Early in the game,
the best way to kill it is to have three characters in Gears with gatling guns
and flame throwers for the W-Attack, as well as Frame Restores to survive its
constant barrage. If you manage to kill it, you will receive 1333 experience
points per character, 1000 gold, and either A Frame Repair Z ( common), or a
B-Max Circuit (rare), as well as decent amounts for all three types of ability
points.
Defeating Minita:
If you are not properly prepared, she can be one of the hardest Bosses in
the game. Minita is first available when the Kukai Foundation is under attack by
the Gnosis, and resides in Sector 26 above the Iron Man Bar. To get to her, you
have to first lower the overhang above the entrance to the Iron Man Bar. Next,
go to Our Treasure Inn, climb to the second floor, and exit to the catwalk. Go
to the right until you find a pile of junk, which can be destroyed to reveal an
Ether Upgrade S. Once there, jump off the side and work your way across the
overhangs until you can enter the archway. Before going in, arrange your party
with all female characters and have a battle formation with Shion behind Kos-Mos,
and MOMO in the front to the side. If possible, use tech points on Kos-Mos to
allow her to use her R-Cannon each turn, and whichever of MOMO's long range
attacks you use, because Minita is flying in the air. Having Chaos's Healing Dew
on Shion is good, because the higher healing of Medica is not recommended for
this battle. Also, put Attack Poison Guards on everyone so that you will not
waste turns to cure it. Also, Minita can lock Circle with her attacks, making it
impossible to do a tech attack until that character is healed. If you choose to
use male characters, you will have things considerably difficult because Minita
does not like men. She will counterattack and use her Bibo's summon far more
often when they attack. Minita has 7777 HP and her main attacks are Dark Star,
which hits for around 300 HP and can knock party members back. Her other attacks
are the two forms of Bibo which she summons to either hit the entire party for
one quarter of their current hp, or the far worse one which takes all but one
character's current HP and adds it to Minita's health. To combat this. try to
keep your characters HP at about 400 so that they can survive Minita's Dark Star
attack, and limit her ability to drain large amounts of HP from your characters.
This battle is also hindered by the fact you cannot use AGWS, and Shion's robot
attacks almost always miss. When Shion has a free turn, try to use her Queen's
Kiss to steal Minita's rare item called the Craft Apron, which is very valuable.
The best strategy is to constantly use Kos-Mos' and MOMO's long range tech
attacks and have Shion heal the characters to keep them alive, but not higher
then 500 HP. Due to the evasion of Minita, you will miss frequently and do low
damage when you hit. Keep at it for a while, and as long as Minita drains less
HP than the damage you inflict, she will die sooner or later giving MOMO her
Dark Scepter attack.
Destroying objects:
After receiving an e-mail about the "vapourizer plug-in". press Square on an
object with target to destroy them. When multiple objects are nearby, you can
switch targets by pressing L1 or R1.
