Complete run script, including every fight 1) never eat meat unless instructed to do so 2) "mash" means mash the A button as fast as you can to make everyone do the same thing to end selection quickly. If it's on the first turn it means they will do the top action. 3) It's important that no steps are wasted, with the exception of the first floor of Sei-Ryu's castle (you need to soak up steps there). 4) I'm assuming you know exactly where to go to advance the plot/beat the game etc. Create a female mutant named CCC (names are for reference really) Recruit a Goblin named WGE. Recruit an Albatros named ND. Unequip CCC's saber and sell it. Buy an Ice book, Gold armour, Gold gloves, and a Rapier. I actually do it in that order. Equip them all on CCC (like so, for optimum speed: Up A Down A Up Up A Down Down A Up Up Up A A Up Up Up Up A Down Down Down A BBB) Leave town (go directly right and then up to bridge) 1 Lizard: mash Ice, mash 1 Zombie: mash Ice, mash WGE eats. Goblin -> O-Bake 1 Asigaru: run, 0 (denotes number of times you see "can't run") Switch WGE and ND. Change Speed to 1. (You may ask, "Why not just recruit the Albatros first and leave it there?" This still kills P-Frog properly, yes, but leads to a different combat destiny that will end up with a Wererat killing off your Oni.) 1 P-Frog: mash ND eats. Albatros -> Oni 1 Albatros: mash 1 Albatros: mash WGE eats (O-Bake -> Oni) 1 Goblin: mash Get King Armour and equip it on CCC (A Start Right Right A A Up A A BBB) 1 Lizard: Rapier, Horn, mash 1 Zombie: Rapier, Horn, mash ND eats (Oni -> Phantom) 2 Skeleton: Ice, mash 3 Goblin: Ice, mash ND eats (Phantom -> Gecko) 4 Karateka: run, 0 Guard stack, 2 Wererat 1 Zombie: Ice Wererat, Tusk Zombie, Horn Zombie Ice, mash King Sword: Ice, Horn, Tusk mash Guard stack, 2 Wererat 1 Zombie: Ice Wererat, Tusk Zombie, Horn Zombie King Wererat, mash (CCC will go first) Guard stack, 1 Wererat 2 Zombie: Ice Zombie, Tusk Wererat, mash Ice Zombie (doesn't matter), Tusk Zombie, Horn Zombie Guard stack, 1 Wererat 1 Zombie: King Zombie, Tusk Wererat, mash WGE eats (Gecko -> Red Bone) Redbull: King, Bone, Horn WGE eats (Red Bone -> Hornet) Redbull: King, mash Zombie: run, 0 Zombie: King, mash Lizard: King, mash WGE eats (Hornet -> Catwoman) 1 Skeleton, 1 Asigaru: King Skeleton, Nail Asigaru, mash Steward: Power, Nail, Horn (nail will do 19 and drag the fight on) Buy a Hammer. You can press A really fast to get it. Put Gold armour back on CCC and swap the Rapier for the Hammer. (Horn's attack animation takes longer, and if you use it, Gen-Bu will use Shell on the next turn) Genbu: mash Hammer, Tusk, mash Use the Sphere, remove CCC's Hammer. it doesn't matter if you put the rapier back on because it won't be used again. 1 Zombie: ESP, mash Buy a pack of Potions and Eyedrops. Sell Hammer (and Rapier I guess, if you don't sell it here you'll sell it later) Switch CCC with ND. The Gargoyles will do no damage and this will save a few frames each time. 2 Gargoyle: Tusk, Flame, Horn Nail, mash WGE eats (Oni -> Condor) 2 Ghoul: Tusk, Flame, mash mash 1 Snake: Tusk, ESP, mash (note CCC goes first so if Catwoman is still in slot 2 you'll just use Tusk first. maybe this makes up for missing time) 2 Gargoyle: mash mash 2 Gargoyle: Tusk, ESP, mash mash 3 Worm: Nail, Ice, mash mash ND eats (Catwoman -> Beetle) (You'll want ND in the front for sure now) 1 Pirate: run, 2 1 Big Eye: run, 4 1 Pirate: run, 0 2 Piranha: run, 1 Get Airseed and go straight north to northeast town. Buy a Battle Sword (mash A) and a Silver helm. Swap CCC's Gold gloves (second from the bottom, remember!) and equip the Battle Sword where the Rapier used to be. Sell the Gold Gloves (and rapier if you still have it) 2 Magician: run, 6 2 Gecko 1 Piranha: Bite Piranha, Ice Gecko, Beak Pirahna Bite Gecko, Ice Gecko, Beak Pirahna Bite Gecko, ESP, Beak Pirahna 1 Piranha: run, 4 Switch ND and CCC. If you don't then ND will most likely die to Chill in the next fight because he has xIce. 2 Phantom 2 Shrimp: Ice Phantom, Saw Shrimp, mash Ice Phantom, Saw Shrimp, mash mash (ND goes first) [NOTE: if you try to step in sand instead of coral, you get 1 Big Eye 1 Jaguar 1 Rhino. NOT RECOMMENDED.] Switch CCC and ND. 2 Pirate 1 Jaguar: Bite Jaguar, Power, Beak Jaguar Bite Jaguar, Battle Pirate, Beak Jaguar Bite Jaguar, Battle Pirate, Beak Jaguar (okay. if you don't pace around, you see ALL THIS: 3 Magician 2 Werewolf: run, 0 3 Magician 2 Werewolf: run, 0 1 Shrimp 4 Red Bone: run, 0 4 Gecko 1 Jaguar: run, 0 4 Gecko 1 Jaguar: Gecko meat. use last 3 pages of Ice. (3 Octopus: meat) (2 Octopus: no meat) 2 Gecko 1 Jaguar: run, 4 3 Cactus: no meat 5 Cactus: meat 1 Shrimp 2 Red Bone: run, 2 ) Pace around with the octopus guard offscreen for a bit, then patrol back and forth in front of the door to the Bluekey closet. If you're moving left and right on the bottom right corner, you'll get into these fights on the left square (1 to the right of the door) 1 Pirate 2 Gecko 2 Jaguar (or whatever): run, 0 Get Bluekey. big fight: run, 0 1 Shrimp 4 Red Bone: run, 0 4 Cactus: run, 0 Enter the closet on the 3rd floor in the top left corner with the Bluekey. Open all 3 chests. Swap CCC's Ice Book (should have 4 pages left) with Grenade, swap Gold armour for Silver armour. NOTE: I'm not completely sure about the meat counter, but fighting exactly 3 octopi didn't destroy Sei-Ryu's meat... 4 Cactus: Bite, Grenade, mash mash Use any potions you have left right now so your top item slot is open. Sei-Ryu: Saw, ESP, mash WGE eats (Condor -> Gazer) 3 Werewolf: Saw, ESP, Beam 2 Werewolf: Saw, ESP, Beam 1 Werewolf: Saw, ESP, Beam Sail directly east and turn south at the correct spot to visit Ryu-O twice. Get the Blue Orb, then open your item screen by mashing A so you can use the Red Orb instantly. Use the Sphere. Head South until you reach the Airseed island, sail around to its west coast and go directly west. Use the Inn, sell all junk, buy a pack of Needles. Arrange your inventory so the order is Cure, Eyedrop, Needle. Pace around outside of the tower until you get into this fight: 1 Pirate: Bite, Beam, Ice/ESP Switch CCC and WGE (CCC is now in the back). 5 Worm: Bite, Beam, Grenade 1 Hornet: run, 4 1 Woodman: run, 2 2 Raven 1 Clam: Saw Clam, Beam Raven, Ice Raven 1 Atomcrab 1 Medusa 1 Catwoman: Saw Atomcrab, Beam Medusa, Grenade Catwoman Bite Catwoman, Beam Catwoman, ESP Use Ice whenever applicable because it won't last. 2 Atomcrab 2 Catwoman: Saw Atomcrab, Beam Catwoman, Grenade Catwoman Saw Atomcrab, Beam Atomcrab, ESP Beam may miss a few times by now... 1 Raven 1 Clam: Saw Clam, Beam Raven, Grenade Raven (this can be 2 Raven) 3 Sabercat: Saw, Beam, Grenade as necessary. Buy a Dragon armour for CCC, don't sell yet. 2 Mosquito: Saw, Beam, Grenade HOW TO FLY IN WORLD 3: Up 2, Right 3 (on the castle's top right corner), right 1 more, go straight north 3 Siren: Saw, Beam, Ice plot battle: 1 Garlic 1 Sabercat 1 P-Worm: Saw Sabercat, Beam P-Worm, Grenade P-Worm Saw Garlic, mash PRO-TIP: you don't have to talk to Jeanne MORE FLYING: go right just around the trees, go north until you can't see the clouds to the south, go directly east, Secret Town is just 2 squares north, you'll see it. Fly to Secret Town and use the Inn. Buy two Stone Books. Replace CCC's Battle sword with it, Grenade is still useful in World 3. Sell Silver Armour and Battle sword. Fly directly south and you'll bonk into trees, fly to the first town and if you go directly west of the south side of the trees you'll bonk into the castle again, just remember to disembark a square early. 2 Dragon 1: Saw, Beam, Grenade When walking in Byak-Ko's castle, always press Down after going into a door. On the staircase, press Right. REMEMBER TO HEAL!!!!!!!!!!!! SABERCATS CAN HIT BEETLE FOR 90+ DAMAGE plot battles: 2 Sabercat: Saw, Beam, Grenade 1 Imp: Saw, Beam, Grenade 2 Mosquito 1 Garlic: Saw Garlic, Beam Mosquito, Grenade Mosquito 5 Imp: Saw, Beam, Grenade Byak-Ko: Saw, Beam, Stone TO FLY HOME: GO STRAIGHT SOUTH, TURN EAST AROUND TREES UNTIL YOU BONK INTO MORE TREES, THEN GO STRAIGHT SOUTH. TOWN IS JUST ON YOUR RIGHT. Use the Inn. This run wasted about 8 steps after rescuing Jeanne and didn't fight any Octopi. It was also fairly unlucky with Beam and Saw misses, and is down a few Grenades I guess. 3 P-Flower 1 Shark: Saw Shark, Beam Flowers, Grenade Flowers (2 miss WTF) Bite Flowers, Beam, Grenade Flower meat drops. 1 Medusa 3 Eagle: run, 0 1 Anaconda: Saw, Beam, Burning 3 Harpy: Bite, Beam, Grenade. meat drops. 1 Anaconda: Saw, Beam, Burning Don't forget to grab the Saw! 2 Ant Lion: Saw, Beam, Grenade 2 Crawler: Saw, Beam, Grenade. I ran out of grenades here. Meat dropped. 1 Anaconda 1 Triceras 1 Gazer: run, 0 3 Crawler: Saw, Beam, Stone 1 Jelly 1 Ant Lion: Saw and Stone on Jelly, then go for Ant Lion. I ran out of Beams by now. Stick WGE in the front and let him die. 1 Ninja (on cobbles, not rails): run, 3 plot battle, 2 Atom Ant: Saw Stone etc. meat drops. Su-Zaku: run 0 is an option but it's a waste so try to Saw him. Use the Inn to heal whoever is left I guess...recruit the Amoeba IN THE BACK, name him SDB and get the bike. K NOTICE THE ESCAPE COUNTER MOSTLY SAYS 01010101 SO RUN FROM EVERYTHING THAT ISN'T LAMIAS Su-Zaku: try to saw. have the Amoeba use Bother on any worthless enemies. (wasted 2 steps, don't think it matters really) 1 Lavaworm: Saw it. No meat... 1 Atom Ant 1 Seeker 1 Thorn (cobble, not rail): run, 0 1 Lamia! (rails): no meat :< Cruise north to Akiba. Get the ROM and get out of there, then head for the tunnel. Su-Zaku (before Akiba): I got stealth so I ran away. Escape counter is at 1 but I would have tried to saw. 1 Atom Ant 1 Seeker 1 Thorn: run, 0 2 Lamia: Saw, Stone, Melt, etc. MEAT!!!!! SDB eats. Amoeba -> Warrior Now the other monsters have to die. Go upstairs and let Su-Zaku devour you. When he's done, have your Warrior use the Saw. CCC should have just enough uses of Armor to stall. I wish Invincible Su-Zaku could drop meat, rofl Head into town, head for rightmost shop first to sell Whitkey, Jailkey, and Revenge sword. I had exactly 48000 gold after this. Buy enough revives to leave you with 5000 or 10000 gold, but be mindful of space, you need one spot for the Board I think. My cure book had 19 uses left, but I bought a Rod anyway. Recruit a female mutant named Quix and a Stoneman named Tybo. Buy a Geta shoe for Quix, and a stone book if you have enough left. Don't buy a Geta Shoe for CCC, it has 1 less defense than the silver helm. Once you get the Board, cast Teleport and walk west, having your Warrior use Saw every time on Su-Zaku. Notes: Quix starts with 38 str (after Geta shoe) so Saw works about 1/3 times. Quix has 41 mana, while CCC has 22, keep this in mind when going for Stone. I gave the Cure book to Quix for use in battle. Oops I wasted two steps on my way back to town and fought Su-Zaku once more rofl Jump on So-Cho's bike and talk to him in the bar! Remember it's faster to fly over the water to the right when underground. 2 Thorn 1 Dokuro: Axe Dokuro, Bash Dokuro, Stone Thorn, P-Blast. repeat but with CCC using Armor. 1 Gunfish: I got stealth so I ran. 2 Gunfish 1 Behemoth: Axe/Bash Behemoth, Stone Gunfish, P-Blast. Bone, Kick, Stone, Stone. Meat of Behemoth drops. the Evil Eye: just Saw. No meat ;_; 2 Gunfish: do I even have to explain these any more? Bone, Gas, Stone, Stone. only one stoned so Axe, Kick, P-Blast, Stone. meat drops. yes it matters because of the Evil Eye on the train. 1 Atom Ant: kill it with damage. Kick does 71, not bad. Watch So-Cho be a REAL MAN, give the Band to Quix (I gave the cure book to CCC instead), heal up then Saw the Machine. You can drop the ROM. I took 1 step and got in a fight... 1 Dragon 3 2 Lavaworm: Axe Dragon, Kick Dragon, P-Blast, Stone worms repeat Use the Inn, grab the bike and head north (and a little west) to Skyscraper. It's faster to go up that thin path on the left, then dismount when you're 3 spaces away. Go around to the left, press Right in the elevator to go up. Just reminding. 5 Buruburu: run, 1. IT'S IMMUNE TO STONE NOOO 5 Buruburu: run, 1. good thing they can't do much except chill you for 30. 3 Sorcerer: run, 1. They have 74 mana, not good odds for Stoning...that reminds me, Quix should go in front due to universal resists. wasted 4 steps, forgot to grab Hyper cannon. I probably don't need it but I'd like CCC to have something other than Stone. oh wait she learned Heal. You can chuck the Board too. 1 Dokuro 2 Mou-Jya: P-Blast, Axe Dokuro, Stone Mou-Jya, Gas Dokuro. WTF it took like 3 Stone attempts to bring down the Mou-Jyas but they only have 37 mana. I'm not being extremely detailed with commands any more because combat probably won't happen the same way in the real run. Maybe even all the fights will be different! 3 Snowcat: Stone Stone Bone Gas. meat drops. wasted 2 steps, accidentally went back into elevator haha...then 2 more going into that empty room. SUP LOOOOONG HALLWAY 4 Giant: HOLY SHIT a giant kick does 147 to CCC (33 defense). But Quix got a 4x stone out, it was over in 2 moves. meat drops. 4 Giant: same as always, Stone makes for an easy win. Quix has 54 mana, 48 def and 46 str now. Same abilities too...Fighting lots makes for a mighty mutant. Rememeber to use Mutant Heal instead of Rod while you have it around. 4 Demon: Stone Stone Gas Bone. meat drops. in spike room, it's that first left door. wasted 4 steps in the dark room, don't go too far north. 1 Ammonite 3 Stoneman: I got stealth so I ran. wasted 16 steps. THE ELEVATOR IS THE FIRST DOOR AT THE BOTTOM IDIOT 2 Thorn 3 Sorcerer: use the hyper cannon! Thorn meat dropped. 2 Ten-Gu 3 Behemoth: Stone the behemoths, kill the Ten-Gus with damage or stone I guess. they only have 368 hp. behemoth meat drops. 2 Ammonite 3 Stoneman 1 Dragon 3: use the hyper cannon, immunity to stone is dumb. meat of Stoneman drops. If you can hang onto the last shot for an Arcane after Ashura... 2 Dragon 3: Stone them. evil eye #1: nope #2: nope #3: yay! Tybo eats. Stoneman -> Pudding. Put him in the front, he is the tank for the rest of the game. 4 Robot 3 Snowcat: Good thing I got stealth!! (NOTE: PUDDING HAS STEALTH OMG) Su-Zaku: I got meat but who needs it?! Note that the rest of the game is very simple...the ONLY THING you need to do against bosses is have SDB use his unstoppable Saw. You can have the others attempt Saw/Stone if you like in case they go first but what's the point?! Save the pages of Stone! Step outside the grave site. Who needs Teleport? Consider using the Inn if Warrior Saw (or maybe even mutant Heal) is getting low but you should be okay...I'm going to try going without it...(famous last words) 3 Ogre: I got stealth so I ran. 1 Jelly 4 Ogre: Melt+Sword Jelly, Stone Ogres. Meat drops beyond this point will not be recorded because top tier monsters aren't really necessary, Pudding is enough, just make sure you don't need more than 2 Revives (HINT: ONLY THE WARRIOR NEEDS THEM). second stairwell on the right On the next floor, go right, not left. Forgot about this floor for a bit. 2 Naga: I got stealth. I almost guaranteed-edly won't in the real run. 5 Wight: Beware the Touch. P-Skin won't trigger on it either. I used double Stone successfully but they have 65 mana...touch hits for about 160. 4 Demolord: Stone worked instantly. Quix has 55 mana, CCC has 32 (and O-Fire, too bad Dragon Armor makes it useless) 2 Wraith 2 Watcher: WATCHER CAN'T BE SAW'D AND HAS 94 MANA! WRAITH IS IMMUNE TO STONE! RUN AWAY (3) I spent a turn fighting, SDB died :\ wasted 2 steps, spring is fake, stairs are on the right 5 Wight: stone'd 5 Wight: oops forgot to put another Stone book on CCC. Quix sawed 2 of them actually. 5 Wight: stone'd instantly by Quix. 2 Ironman 1 Cocatris 4 Dragon 4: Gas and Stone Dragons, Quix saw the Cocatris, SDB saw the Ironmans. CCC got oneshotted by a Bash and failed to stone dragons, Quix should have done that...Melt the Cocatris instead! SDB can switch to any Dragons that are left. no meat, wow. 4 Wizard: run, 4, NOT A GOOD TIME TO RUN AWAY. After SDB got gunned down, Quix and Tybo were immune to everything else. I revived SDB, against my better judgment. nevermind, no fights until Ashura, it was actually Quix who got in the saw though. Go around to the back where the House of Life is first. 160442 gold left after all the healing, HAHAHAHAHAHA Note that you can't buy Stone books at this point! So arcane whatever you have! Wow, Quix's stone book had 1 page left!! Nothing better to spend my money on, so I got a pack of Elixirs and another Arcane for the road. No revives, this is really tense. I also bought a Dragon helm for CCC, finally replacing that Silver helm. +14 def, hah. You can buy a Sun sword if you think it has a better chance of working than the Saw. Mutant stats: Quix: 374 hp, 46/48/61/59 knows Stench, Barrier, Mirror, and Armor. CCC: 269 hp, 22, 55, 19, 33 knows Stealth, O-Fire, Armor, and Electro. ...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE DOOR DIDN'T TURN OVER WTF I DIDN'T EVEN USE MY SPHERES WTFWTFWTFWTFWTWTF K NEXT TIME I AM GOING TO TALK TO HAT MAN BEFORE GOING UPSTAIRS TO ASHURA ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH