Grunties
In most root towns you will find a baby grunty, if you feed these babies lots of
foods you can acquire in the field it will become an adult and give you the
grunty flute, if you use it on the field it will come to help. This will only
work if you are in the same server as that grunty.
Defeating Martina R
When fighting Martina R use a scroll called the Moon on her to put her to sleep.
Then use a item called Beast Bane on her (Found in trade with a non-playable
character named Koji) to eliminate her magical defenses. Now you can inflict
magical damage against her. Use the summoning scrolls against her to kill her in
two hits.
Extra health SP and key items
After beating the game (or maybe before i did this after) Go back to the first
root town and visit Haunted "Forbidden Holy Ground" four times. Each time
you see a special cut scene from the show .Hack//Sign. You also get a special
Key Item And a Gold or Silver Grunty that will increase you health and magic.
Defeat Cubia
message: CUBIA IS HARD. If you get stuck at him, then read this. Now in order to
beast him easily, all you have to do is bring Mistral and Piros (Mistral is
required anyways). Make sure you're at least at level 36. Now you don't attack
Cubia head-on, you have to destroy the core. The core sends out miniature cores,
and they heal, attack, and stuff like that. Destroy all the 'Repth' cubias, and
then all the attacking ones. MAKE SURE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LEFT. Next, you just
beat the snot out of the core until it dies! But be warned: DO NOT HAVE YOUR
PARTNER(S) ATTACK THE CORE- HAVE MISTRAL HEAL AND YOUR OTHER CHOICE (preferably
Piros) ATTACK UNTIL IT DIES. Hope this worked!!! =D
Defeating Goblins:
Have some Wood magic equipped. Start the match, wait until the Goblin runs,
then sits still for a moment. Then, use the magic. Goblins are all weak against
Wood; two shots will kill them.
Defeating Golden Goblins:
Stock up on Wood scrolls. When you get into battle with the goblins, let
them run away. Turn your view so that you can see them. When the battle says off
and they standing still ,you will be able to hit them with level 1 Wood spells.
Defeating Martina R:
After you defeat Magus (the last Boss), the message board gets updated and
you are challenged to another round of Goblin Tag. Go to the Root Town and look
for a player named Koji. Trade him whatever you can for a Beast's Bane. Go to
Lambda: Detestable, Vengeful, Gate and you will start the fight with Martina R.
You will notice that physical attacks do very little, if you can even hit her,
and no magic can hurt her. Use the Beast's Bane and it will lower her Magic
Defense significantly. If you have the Fishskin Twin Blade weapon (obtained by
Data Draining the Squidpod enemy) you can use Merrows. Using Merrows one time
should knock about 1,000 HP off of Martina. Use it a second time to finish her
off. After the battle, Martina gives you the Imp's Praises Key Item. Once again,
equip all the Goblin Armor on Kite and he will be able to summon level 2
Goblins.
You can also buy the Beast's Bane in the Delta and Theta servers, which makes it
easier than searching for Koji.
Defeating House Golems:
You can defeat a House Golem by having a Wavemaster repeatedly use a level 2
Tornado skill (element does not matter); or go to the Delta or Theta servers and
buy lots of Warrior Banes. Use it on the House Golem and he will no longer be
physical tolerant. Note: Always have a Wavemaster and/or lots of healing
potions, Mage's Souls, and Resurrects.
OVA Keyword:
In the OVA that comes with the game, there is a hidden Keyword shown while
Mai is on the computer: Lambda: Capricious, Unending, Corridor. When you reach
the statue of Gott at the end of the dungeon, you will get Chinese Food. Go back
to the Root Town and look for a player named Annri. You can trade the Chinese
Food for a Super Wufei (a very powerful spear for either Nuke Usagimaru or
Gardenia).
Bony Grunty (Lambda Server):
Feed your little Grunty: 4 Cordycep, 1 Mandragora, 2 Piney Apple, 1 Snaky
Cactus, and many Golden Eggs until it is an adult.
Snakey Grunty (Lambda Server):
Feed your little Grunty 2 Cordycep, 2 La Pumpkin, 2 Mandragora, 2 Twilight
Onion, and 16 Golden Eggs.
Grunty racing:
When you are Grunty racing, make sure you save any progress you made in the
game. First, get a lot of practice by not worrying about wasting all your money.
Then, reset the game without saving to get your money back. Do not save if you
place first. If you wait until you get very good, first will be easy. Instead,
try to place a half to one second past second place so that you can get up to
three Silver Gruntys. Do the same thing for first place to get up to three
Golden Gruntys.
Grunty food:
An easy way to get food for Grunties is to go to the areas where you played
tag with the Goblins. There usually is a lot of food there, and no monsters.
When you are looking for Grunty food in the field, call Noble Grunty and press
Triangle. He will automatically track down Grunty food for you. Also, Aqua
Grunty and Rocker Grunty will take you to the dungeon if you are too far away
from the dungeon.
Drain Arc:
After obtaining the last Ryu Book (Ryu Book VIII), Data Drain a few more
times to obtain Drain Arc, which allows you to Data Drain multiple enemies at
one time.
Golden Eggs:
Go to Lambda Collapsed Pangen Remains. In the third room is a Golden Egg.
Get it, then go to the field. Walk or use Sprite Orcanas to get to the field.
Repeat this as many times as desired to get many Golden Eggs.
On the level where the people are trading, go to where the Golden Gruntie Egg is
located. Take it, leave the dungeon, then turn. There will be another one.
Golden Axe and Silver Axe:
Go to the weapons shop in root town Lambda - L, Cultural City Carmina
Gadelica and buy one Spiral Edge for 700 GP. Each time you encounter a Spring Of
Myst, throw in the Spiral Edge. Monsieur will tell you that "With a weapon of
this level, there is nothing I can do". He will give you back the Spiral Edge
plus one Golden Axe and one Silver Axe every time. Note: This trick works with
any "rare" weapon thrown in the Spring Of Myst.
Key Axe:
If you completed .hack Part 1: Infection and finished the OVA Keyword
dungeons you should have an Ice Bar. If not, go to Delta: Hideous, Organ Market,
Scaffold, and when you reach the Statue of Gott you will receive the Ice Bar. Go
to the Root Town and look for a player named Panta. You trade the Ice Bar to him
for a Level 38 Key Axe.
Getting items needed for trade:
Use the following trick to get certain items needed for trade (for example,
Cooked Bile). Remember a place that has the item and go there. Once you get to a
place with a lot of jars or eggs/small eggs (usually a treasure box area), break
everything. If you get the desired item, exit then immediately return. The jars
or eggs/small eggs have been restored. Break everything again. Note: This does
not mean you will get the desired item every time. Keep repeating the process
until you have enough of those items to trade. You will get items that are
useful, such as Healing Potions, Healing Drinks, Antidotes, Resurrects, and
Restoratives. This is especially useful just before Bosses. Also, since it is
free you will not want waste any money.
Getting good weapons:
Visit your Grunty to get good weapons that might help. Just go to Lamda or
the first place where you raised your own Grunty then talk and trade.
First, get a powerful weapon that you can hold. Unequip it and go to a high
level area. Go to a stream and throw the weapon in there. You will either get a
more powerful weapon or your original weapon back and a golden and silver axe.
If it does not happens, go to a higher level area with a stream.
Rare weapons:
If you Data Drain monsters, you can either get Virus Cores or weapons/armor.
Most high level monsters have very rare weapons and strong armor. Most of these
monsters are above level 45; be careful when fighting them. If you do not
receive the item, keep Data Draining that monster. However, do not Data Drain
too much where you are in danger of system crashing.
House Golem: Laevateinn (Heavy Blade)
Wander Demon: Rod of Pattern (Wave Master)
Mad Witch: SWORD (Blademaster)
Harpy Queen: Great Elite (Wavemaster), Jishuwen (Long Arm)
Easter Rock: 8 Key Guardian (Heavy Axeman)
Squidpod: Fishskin (Twin Blade)
King Worm: Bureido (Blademaster)
Angolmere: Crimson Raid (Twin Blade)
Easy experience:
If you are level 30 or more, go to a place 40 or above. Keep using magic
skills to gain levels very quickly and easily.
If you are at or above level 40, go to Lambda: Chosen Hopeless Nothingness. The
monsters here are easy to defeat.
Go to an area with a battle level at least six or seven levels higher than
yours. Bring either Mistral or Elk and any other character around your level. Do
not go into the dungeon, as it is too strong. Bring either The Moons or The
Hanged Mans. If you know that Mu Guardians will be there (or any other
anti-paralysis monsters), bring more of The Moons. Get into a battle on the
field and use either The Moon or The Hanged Man. When the monster is stunned,
attack strongly. After killing it, if your level is about ten or eleven levels
lower than the battle level, you should gain about 400 to 600 experience points.
Note: Party members that you did not bring will also get experience, according
to if they were there fighting with you.
Easy weapon and armor power up:
Go to the Chaos Gate at the third server and choose to write a new keyword.
The first two words can be anything, and for the last word enter "sea of sand".
You will always get a power up spring and the weather will always be sunny. Take
a weapon and power up it until it cannot be more powerful. Note: It is
recommended that you to take a high level keyword, like 42 and above, and that
you have the Grunty Flute to avoid encounters with very powerful monsters.
Use the following trick to get the highest level for your weapons and armor per
server. When at the Choas Gate to choose a place to go, choose "New Keywords"
instead of "Random". Here is a simple formula to choose your keywords to get a
Monsenor (Blue) to upgrade your weapons: Enter anything for the first two words,
then "Aqua Field(Hypha)" for the last word. To get a Granpa (Red) to upgrade
your weapons, enter "Lonely(Great)" for the first word, anything for the second
word, then "Aqua Field(Hypha)" for the last word. To get a Monsenor(Blue) to
upgrade your armor, enter anything for the first two words, then "Twin Hills"
for the last word. To get a Granpa (Red) to upgrade your armor, enter "Lonely(Great)"
for the first word, anything for the second word, and "Twin Hills" for the last
word.
Hidden dungeon:
After you defeat Magus (the last enemy), you will get two e-mails from RIKA..Bandai.com.
One just tells you that you can convert your game data into the next .hack. The
other one gives you a hidden dungeon. Restock on healing items and Resurrects
when you log on and give your characters the strongest armor and weapons you
have. Mia and Wiseman also are finally able to join your party. Take Wiseman
(Elk or Mistral will do just fine) and someone with good attacks. Give Wiseman
better armor (something that lets him cast Ola Repth and Rip Maen recommended)
and a good weapon (Great Elite or Rod of Pattern recommended). After fully
prepared, go to Theta: Bitter, Fantasy, Mirror World. Use the Virus Core U you
received earlier to hack the Gate. The dungeon is level 50; make sure everyone
is at a high level. When you reach the door with the purple flame, a Boss is
behind it. Heal your characters and recover their SP. Head to the magic portal
and you will fight Agnomen. Angolmere is an easy Boss if you know the correct
tactics. Have Kite attack a couple of times and retreat so the Boss will not hit
you. Send your attacker to attack and use skills. He or she will most likely get
killed frequently; use Resurrects to revive them. Set Wiseman to First Aid and
occasionally switch him to use magic. Angolmere only attacks one character at a
time. This lets you attack him as he is barraging your other character. Keep
Wiseman healing, and when he gets low, use a Mage's Soul on him. When Angolmere
gets a little more than halfway past his health, he Protect Breaks. Use Data
Drain and you will receive the Crimson Raid Twin Blade weapon. Also, after you
kill the Death Head that he becomes after Data Drain, you receive the Lucky
Shoes which allows the casting of Rig Saem and Rig Gaem.
High level fields:
In the Lambda server, if you type in Chosen, Hopeless, (and another keyword)
you will get fields that range from level 48 to 50.
Easy monsters:
Go to the Lambda server and enter the key words Bitter, Hopeless, Spiral to
go to a level 50 area with monsters that are easy to defeat. Equip Slayers or a
twin blade weapon with Dragon Slayer to easily defeat them. You will get over
500 experience points per monster if you are below level 37.
To get easy level dungeons with only two floors, very few monsters and, at the
most eight portals in the dungeon use the keywords Generous Primitive, then and
any other word at the bottom of the list. This works in the Beta Root Town only.
This is an easy way to get dungeons off your Ryu Books unlock a movie or music.
Exit dungeons quickly:
Whenever you get lost in a dungeon, for example one that is crawling with
Data Bugs, and you need the fastest route out; or if you just want to exit,
remember that you can also use the Fairies Orb inside the dungeon as well as
outside.
Hidden meetings:
You can do this at any time, but you may want to do it early. Go to
Delta:Hidden, Forbidden, Holy Ground. This is the same place from .hack:
Infection that BlackRose invites you to, and the first place you met Balmung.
When you go through the doors, an intermission sequence will begin and you will
see a meeting with the characters from .Hack//Sign. It is also the same scene
from .Hack//Sign where Mimiru and Bear think Tsukasa is a girl. When the scene
finishes, you will receive M:Wavemaster to your Key Items and a Golden Grunty
under the Books section of your items. The Golden Grunty raises your Max HP by
30 and the M:Wavemaster is a line that Tsukasa says from the anime.
After the scene with Subaru, Silver Knight, Bear, Mimiru, and BT, you will see
another scene from .Hack//Sign. This time, it is the meeting between Crim and
Sora. After the scene, you will get the M:Long Arm added to your Key Items and
another Silver Grunty which raises your Max SP by 15. You can see the first
scene at the beginning of the game, but you have to wait until you finish other
events before going back to see more.
If you go back to Delta: Hidden, Forbidden, Holy Ground after the scene with
Sora and BT, you will see another scene from .Hack//Sign. This time it is the
meeting between Subaru, Silver Knight, Bear, Mimiru, and BT concerning Tsukasa
not being able to log out of "The World." After the scene, you will receive
M:Heavy Axeman and another Golden Grunty which raises you Max HP by 30.
If you go back to Delta: Hidden, Forbidden, Holy Ground after the scene with
Tsukasa, Bear, and Mimiru, you will see another scene from .Hack//Sign, where
Sora asks for BT's member address. After the scene concludes, you will receive
M:Twin Blade for your Key Items and a Silver Grunty which raises your Max SP by
15.
If you are lucky enough, you will get a message on the board for Mimiru and
Bear. It will then say a place where they will meet. At the end of the dungeon,
you will see Mimiru actually there (not in memory fragment form). She will then
give you heavy blade called Mimiru's Sword before leaving.
Defeating Goblins:
Keep going out of battle mode and the Goblin will stop and wait. Then, run
towards him and he will run straight at you. Then, all you have to do is slash
him. Keep doing this and you will win easily. Sometimes if you run from him, he
will chase you. If this happens, do a quick turn around and slash him, then run
out of battle mode to make him stop.
Defeating the last Boss:
After you go to Net Slum, you can fight the last Boss. You have to kill the
leaves that it drops. Hit it until it breaks and Data Drain it.
DVD secrets:
The DVD that is included with the game has a secret section. It reveals
secrets in the game. Highlight the gallery of pictures, then press Right. The
pointer will disappear. Press X or Enter, then scroll right and left between
secrets one to ten.
Data Drain warning:
When you Data Drain, do not use it as often as you would have in .hack:
Infection. The viral infection has spread almost twice as fast and is much more
dangerous to Kite. To lower your viral infection significantly, go to an area in
Delta server, then defeat all the monsters in the dungeon and field. Note: This
also helps in Gott statues, treasure boxes, crates, skeletons, all field portals
opened, and all dungeon portals opened for the Book Of Ryus.
When you Data Drain, the guide states that you can be deleted or your character
can be destroyed. However, apparently this does not happen. The only thing that
can occur is your meter going up to dark red and reading "Warning".
Note: If you keep on using it after it says "Infection", "Warning", "Dangerous",
and something else, you can lose 1,000 experience points. This will cause you go
down a level. It will also say that "Data Drain is out of control" and your HP
and SP are at 1. Sometimes you will die in "the world", or nothing will happen
to you.
Easier game:
It is much easier if you have a Wavemaster in your party, whether it is Elk,
Wiseman, or someone else; and also have a heavy blade person. This helps very
much. Also keep your other members leveled up with you because you have to use
them at times.
Buy items such as Speed Scroll, Warrior Blood, Hermit Blood, etc. to have a
better boosted character.
Easy level up:
Put in a random keyword until you find a significantly higher level than
yours (use Kite only) and make sure what element it is. Once you reach the
server, use Speed Scrolls, Warrior Bloods, etc., and items such as Burning Oil,
Well Water, or magic's to raise element damage. Use a Hermit Blood on Kite and
raise his element damage with an item/magic (whichever element is needed).
Encounter an enemy with the opposite element and you will do heavy damage. After
you level up, bring your other characters to the stage.
You will notice that they also grew in levels by a bit. Use the same strategy
(if needed) and raise their level as well.
Easy battles:
Keep powering up your Wavemasters so that you can just let them do all the
work. None of them will get hurt. Make sure to have a lot of Artisan's Souls.
When you are going out to go to fields, choose Blackrose and Mistral in your
party. They are very useful. Make sure they have strong weapons from .hack Part
1: Infection. Have Mistral equip Starstrom or Storm whatever. She will have
Summonings 1 and 2 of Earth Yarthkins and level 2 Vulcan Fire. Also find an
armor for her that has Ola Repth. It recovers 400 HP with anyone near the target
she is healing. When in battle, have Mistral use the First Aid command and if
you have to everyone First Aid.
Opposites:
The characters in game and the television series .hack//sign are similar in
appearances, but different in personalities. The following is a list of the game
characters and their opposites.
Game Series
Gardinea BT
Orca Bear
BlackRose Mimiru
Marlo Silver Knight
Nuke Usagimaru Crim
Moonstone Sora
Terajima Ryoku Subaru
Natsume A-20
Elk Tsukasa
Parody Mode (Japanese Version)
Once you beat the game you unlock Parody Mode.
Unlock secret characters
Unlockable How to Unlock
Marlo He will post a message on the board asking you to go to a dungeon. help
him in defeating the monster at the bottom.
Moonstone You should have found him in the previous dungeons. at a certain point
he will send you an e-mail. Go were he asked and clear the dungeon.
Nuke Usugimaru After reading his post on the board go to that location. then
defeat the monster on B3 floor.
Rachel After reading her post go to that location. Find the item she is looking
for and trade items with the others on B1 floor.
Contributed By: Speeddevil X
Easter Eggs
Secret Areas from the DVD & Manga
From the included DVD:
/ Capricious Unending Corridor
Find: Gemini Soul (rare weapon) and Chinese Food (trade it for special spear)
From back of .hack//SIGN DVD set 2:
/ Bottomless Soul Kaleidoscope
Find: Stat Increase Book (water +4)
From a Japanese manga, has not been translated into English, but the area still
works. Not sure how we in America were supposed to find it without help from
overseas :
/Lightless Sacred Remains
Find: Bent Glasses (rare headgear)
Contributed By: thfisher
Secret Information on Bonus DVD
In the Liminality DVD, select ''Data''. Then highlight the Gallery. Press Right,
then Enter (X on a Playstation 2). You will find secret information on
characters and behind-the-scenes information on the storyline.
