DVD secrets:
The DVD that is included with the game has a secret section. It reveals
secrets in the game. Enter the "Data" menu and highlight the ".hack Pro
Trailers" option. Press Right to highlight a circular icon. Press X or Enter to
view the secrets.
Parody Mode
Successfully complete the game to unlock the parody mode. Parody mode
replaces the original text with joke dialogue. Note: This is only available in
the Japanese version.
Secret Keywords
At the bottom of
the ad for Quarantine in the January and February 2004 issues of Shonen Jump,
the keywords "Reincarnated Elusive Lyric Poet" can be found
Hints:
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.
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.
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 magics 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.
As soon as Omega server opens enter Chosen, Hopeless as the first two parts of a
keyword at that server. For the last part of the keyword, choose any one that
has an element that your weapon is strong against. The monsters are not really
that difficult. Your other party members that you did not bring will also get
real nice experience gains. It is recommended that you take Wiseman and a lot of
healing items. You can also use the keyword Chosen Hopeless on any server to get
better gains.
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 400HP 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.
Additional characters:
After you defeat the final Boss and the credits roll, save your game. When
your desktop appears you will have new mail. Read the e-mail from Aura (which is
unscrambled unlike her others). She tells you to go to Delta: Bursting, Passed
Over, Aqua Field with Orca, who is now out of the hospital. Go to the bottom of
the dungeon and Aura will give you the Book Of Daybreak, which allows you to use
your Data Drain and Gate Hacking abilities again. After you log out, you will
receive a message from Helba. She gives you member addresses for a lot of
characters from .Hack//Sign, along with hers. The members addresses you get are
for Helba (Wavemaster at level 99 with maxed out stats because she is a hacker),
Tsukasa (Wavemaster at level 1), Subaru (Heavy Axeman at level 15), and Sora
(Twin Blade at level 90). You will also receive another e-mail from Aura after
receiving the Book Of Daybreak. You will get the Keyword Omega: Hidden, Darkside,
Holy Ground. You will be accompanied by Elk for this dungeon; choose another
character that has good strength. When you get to the last floor (there are
fifteen floors and each contains many Data Bugs), you will fight a boss which
resembles the guardian from .Hack//Sign and the Gate Hacked dungeons you went to
earlier in the game. When you defeat the Boss, you will be able to choose Mia as
a character again and receive two FMV sequences to watch on your desktop.
Rocker Grunty:
A Rocker Grunty requires four Cordycepts and eighteen Golden Eggs.
Wooden Grunty:
A Wooden Grunty requires four Cordycepts, one Immature Egg, and seventeen
Golden Eggs.
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.
Game Hint
For your party you will want a Wavemaster like Elk, Wiseman, etc. You also need
a heavy Blade Slinger.
Game Over Bonuses (Japanese version Only)
Finish the game one time to get parody
mode
Game Hint (weapon info)
The best three weapons for your twin blade character are: Sora's Blades, Nil
& Despair, and Last Betrayal. Submitted by gtfandrew: gtfandrew
Completion Perks
After gaining the characters from the series as party members then you will
also get emails from them, which will give you more missions to go on...these
missions are pretty fun. Submitted by gtfandrew: gtfandrew
DVD Secrets
If you set the audio to Japanese and play subtitles you can see a hidden
dungeon. Submitted by gtfandrew: gtfandrew
Completion Perks
View the email from Bandai after beating the game to
see where to find the Mummy Ship. Travel there and you can fight another Boss.
Data Drain the Boss to obtain a rare weapon for Kite.
Check the BBS to find the final Goblin location. Travel
there to fight and defeat the Goblin. Wear all the other Goblin items and you
will be able to summon a Yellow Goblin in battle.
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.
2128 Drain:
2128 Drain allows you to Data Drain monsters. The chance of getting a rare
item is high. You can get this after you have obtained all of the Book of 1000
Enhancements and after you have gotten Data Arc. After you have Data Arc, use
Data Drain Many times to get 2128 Drain.
Drain Heart:
Drain Heart allows you to 2128 Drain multiple enemies. The chance of getting
a rare item is high. You can get this after you have obtained all of the Book of
1000 Enhancements and after you have gotten Data Arc and 2128 Drain . After you
have 2128 Drain, you must use Data Drain many times to get Drain Heart.
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.
Choose Wiseman as a party member. Wiseman will always have six various items
(Cooked Bile, Pure Water, etc.). Trade with him for them then log out. Log back
in and call Wiseman again. His inventory will be replenished and you can trade
with him again for six more of the item that you are looking for.
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
Game Hints (weapon help)
What gtfandrew says is partly true, the weapons he listed are good weapons,
and easy to find....but this list of weapons is a much stronger list:
Sublimer
Staff Of Truth
Ultamite Spear
Tsumugari
Missing Axe
Eternity
(they are the highest level non-rare weapons)
As for the rarest and greatest weapons:
Sin of Hades
Banyuinryoku
Valhalberd
Forsaken Light
Hell's Herald
Chaos Sword
(remember, all of these weapons are for all classes of characters- heavy
blade, twin blade, wavemaster, blade master, heavy axemen.)
Submitted by x fighta x: sirgamezalot
