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********** PHANTASY STAR ONLINE EPISODES I & II: FAQ/WALKTHRU ***********
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Gamecube Online RPG; released 2003 UK

FAQ/WALKTHRU (Version 1.0) 25/07/2003

Author - falsehead (Sophie Cheshire). Contact me at falsehead@aol.com

Copyright stuff; this is (c) Sophie Cheshire. If you wish to use this FAQ on
your website, feel free to do so under the following conditions. a) You email
me first and let me know where it will be appearing and b) you do not alter the
content in anyway (if you need to change the formatting slightly for display
purposes that's OK).

This guide may NOT be used as part of a restricted Pay-to-Enter website or in
print unless you are prepared to pay me for its inclusion.

If I find out that any part of this FAQ has been lifted and used without credit
to me, especially if you use it to earn money, then I will be annoyed. I didn't
type all this up for the good of my health you know.

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1) INTRODUCTION/REVISION HISTORY

2) THE BASICS
a) Creating a Character
b) Character Types
c) Section ID/Section ID calculator
d) Game Basics

3) GAME WALKTHRU - EPISODE ONE

a) FOREST
i) Hunters Guild Quests
ii) Defeating the Dragon/Sil Dragon

b) CAVES
i) Hunters Guild Quests
ii) Defeating Del Rol Le

c) MINES
i) Hunters Guild Quests
ii) Defeating Vol Opt

d) RUINS
i) Hunters Guild Quests
ii) Defeating Dark Falz

4) GAME WALKTHRU - EPISODE TWO

a) VR TEMPLE
i) General Strategy
ii) Defeating Barba Ray

b) VR SPACESHIP
i) General Strategy
ii) Defeating Gol Dragon

c) CENTRAL CONTROL AREA
i) Beach
ii) Jungle
iii) Mountain
iv) Defeating Gal Gryphon

d) SEABED
i) Upper Level and Lower Levels
ii) Seabed Boss - Olga Flow

5) BATTLE MODE
a) The Rules
b) Basic Info
c) Strategy
- Hunter
- Ranger
- Force

6) CHALLENGE MODE
a) Stages
b) Strategy
c) Rankings and Prizes

7) MAGS
a) Normal Mag Types
b) Raising Mags/Photon Blasts
c) Special Mags and Mag Cells
d) Mag Abilities Chart

8) WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT
a) Weapons
b) Shields
c) Armour
d) Armour Slot Items
e) Weapons Side Quests
f) Amplifiers, Barriers and Merges
g) Photon Drops

9) TECHNIQUES
a) Simple
b) Normal
c) Hard
d) Healing
e) Support

10) ENEMY LIST
a) Forest
b) Caves
c) Mines
d) Ruins
e) VR Temple
f) VR Spaceship
g) Central Control Area
h) Seabed
i) Rare Creatures

11) ULTIMATE MODE STRATEGIES
a) General Strategies
b) Force
c) Ranger
d) Hunter

12) FAQ
a) General FAQ
b) Dreamcast Veterans FAQ

13) THE STORY OF PHANTASY STAR ONLINE
a) Episode 1 - Messages from Rico
b) Episode 2 - Conversations with Elly

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INTRODUCTION - Well after spending much of 2002 playing and writing up a FAQ on
PSO ver. 2 for the DC, it was inevitable that I would turn my attention to PSO
Ep I & II when it finally arrived in the UK. And so I now present my
FAQ/Walkthrough for the latest incarnation of Segas online masterpiece. Some of
this guide may seem familiar; basically I have taken the relevant information
from my DC guide, rewritten it where necessary and used that as a basis for the
Episode One walkthrough and my guides to Challenge and Battle Mode. The
Weapons and Enemy listings have also been taken from that guide, but obviously
I have added lots of new information and all the new Episode 2 enemies and of
course a full guide to Episode 2.

Regarding items and weapons etc. There are literally hundreds of weapons,
items and armourments in PSO Ep I and II. All the items available in the DC
version are present and many more new ones added. I would welcome submissions
from readers of any rares you come across that I have not listed. If you can
send in the stats, description, your section ID and where you found it, I will
list it in the FAQ along with your name if you so wish! I want to try and make
this guide as comprehensive as possible, so I also welcome any strategies for
any character types in Battle/Challenge, against Bosses and in Ultimate Mode.
Especially for Episode 2. Contributions to the usual address and please mark
them PSO related or they will be overlooked. Enjoy the FAQ!

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Credits: in writing this massive guide several sources have proved invaluable
for checking my findings against. If you don't find answers here check out
either of these two fantastic PSO sites.
www.pso-world.com
www.mamak.com

And also props to www.camineet.com for allowing the use of their script from
PSO Ep I at the end of this guide.

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REVISIONS - (25/07/2003) Version One. This guide covers all of the offline
adventure for both Episode I & II. It also covers all character types in
detail with strategy for Battle, Challenge and Ultimate Mode.

There is a fairly comprehensive item/armour/weapon listing contained here, but
all genuine submissions of new finds are more than welcome for future addition.
Future updates will hopefully contain guides to download quests if Sega ever
gets around to offering them to online players and more detailed walkthroughs
for online only quests.

Currently I am not available for online play, but as soon as I am, I will post
it in an update along with my character names and times most likely to be
online. Before that though, it's not worth emailing me about it, I'll only
forget =)

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The first thing you need to do upon beginning the game is create a character
based on one of twelve different classes. You use the colour pallets and
proportion tweaker to create a unique online identity. For those new to the
game here is a guide to the relative strengths and weaknesses of each type.

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a) CREATING A CHARACTER
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The most important part of any game of this type is creating a character that
you will feel comfortable playing as for long periods of time. PSO offers
three "races" and three job types, which combine to offer twelve character
types
to choose from. Each has their own strengths and weaknesses and like me you'll
probably start off trying several before settling with one or two characters
you really want to build up. You can save up to four characters to your
Gamecube memory card.

The races are as follows:

HUMAN - These are the basic "good all-round" characters. They can use magic
(techniques) and have well-rounded stat growth. They also come in all three
job flavours.

NEWMAN - These are more magic orientated characters. They tend to lack
physical power but have excellent mental faculties and good defence and can use
techniques to devastating effect. Newmans can regenerate TP if they stand
still.

ANDROIDS - These can't use any magic techniques at all, but compensate with the
ability to spot and set traps. They are also immune to poison and paralysis
(though can suffer "shock paralysis" from Zonde techs). They have high
attack power and HP and will regenerate lost HP while standing still.

The jobs are as follows:

HUNTER - Excel in close range combat. Experts in hand-to-hand combat, they can
also use pistols and techniques to add long range attacks. This is a good
class to start out in if you are new to the game. All four are physically
strong and powerful and you can make headway quickly early on in the game.
Later on though things become more challenging. The two android classes lack
of techs means they have to get up close and personal with some very powerful
enemies and can't take them down in crowds easily. HUmars can keep themselves
healed, but can be disadvantaged by the low level they max out techs at.
HUnewearls have it
easier at higher levels as they can cast defence and attack raising magic and
use attack techs to a high level.

RANGERS - The most accurate fighters in the game. Rangers provide support with
a range of high-powered rifles and pistols. Rangers excellent accuracy means
you'll rarely miss an enemy at lower levels and the long range ability coupled
with a lot of power makes the android Rangers effective. Unlike the android
Hunters in higher difficulties they can clear rooms from a distance with
powerful Shotguns. The human rangers also benefit from having attack
techniques with the RAmarl having more tech power than a RAmar, but less
strength and defence. Rangers stay pretty effective at all levels of play.

FORCE - masters of techniques, Force characters can learn magic up to the