v. 0.5 Initial version
v. 0.9 Added some Customizes and Katankajis
v. 1.0 Added some more items. Thanks to Jason Murata for pointing them
out.
v. 1.1 Added some more Chouri items
There are lots of different Item Creations in Star Ocean, which take a
while to get used to, but can really make your party a lot more
powerful. Generally, the more skilled you are in any one type of Item
Creation, the more likely it is to succeed. However, each character's
Talents will also play a large part in whether or succeed. At the start
of the game, what Talents each character has are randomly decided.
You should take this into consideration when deciding how to spend
your Skill Points. It's possible to gain Talents you don't start with by
lots of practice in a skill, but it doesn't happen often. However,
successfully gaining a new Talent will also net you an additional 50
Skill Points to spend. So keep that in mind when deciding which
characters are going to get which skills.
SAIKU:
Saiku is used to create special items from the various gems or
minerals you have in your inventory. For each type of gem or
mineral, I believe you can create three different types of useful
items. The more rare the stone you are working with, the more
difficult it is to create something useful; getting a useful item out of a
piece of Orihalcon or a Kenja no Ishi is quite difficult. Failed Saiku
will create a worthless piece of junk; some of them are kind of
amusing. A character without the Talent of "Kiyou na Yubisaki" will
have an extremely hard time making anything of any use, even with
a Saiku skill of level 10. Even with Kiyou na Yubisaki and a Skill
Level of 10, it is still tough to get anything of any use out of Saiku.
Overall, Saiku is the toughest Item Creation to do successfully.
Iron: Poison Check, Stone Check, Paralyze Check
Gold: Gold Ring, Gold Idol, Gold Brooch, Stone Check
Silver: Silver Idol, Poison Check, Silver Ankh, Silver Ring
Ruby: Ruby Persia, Berserk Ring, Flare Ring, Shield Ring
Sapphire: Necklace, Aqua Ring, Feat Symbol, Paralyze Check
Green Beryl: Talisman, Fairy Ring, Crown, Emerald Ring
Crystal: Reflect Ring, Resist Ring, Kaeru, Paralyze Check
Diamond: Brooch, Pretty Idol, Purple Mist, Reverse Doll
Star Ruby: Star Crest, Star Necklace, Star Ring, Protect Ring
Rainbow Diamond: Magical Drop, Magical Persia, Dream Crown
Moonite: Misty Symbol, Lunar Talisman, Lunatic Ring, Lunar Tablet
Orihalcon: Levitate Ring
Kenja no Ishi: Piyohan, Mental Ring, Regenerate Ring, Dream Crown
Failed Saiku:
Waraeru Katamari, Hen na Katamari, Busaiku na Yubiwa, Hen na
Ningyou, Hazukashii Kazari, Sense Nai Yubiwa, Heppo Konakazari,
CHOURI:
Chouri is used to cook the various ingredients you have into usable
healing items. If you feed a character his or her favorite type of food,
the healing effects are drastically improved. For each type of
ingredient, there are at least 3 or 4 different types of successful food
you can make; with Kokumotsu I've made as many as eight different
types of food. Failed Chouri will result in unappetizing food, which
can be used, but either is damaging, or has partially negative effects,
like healing you, but poisoning you at the same time. Characters with
the Talent of "Mikaku" will have a much easier time making
something appetizing.
Bad Yasai: Mazui Stew
Bad Kudamono: Mazui Dessert, Karai Cake
Bad Gyokairui: Yasui Sashimi
Bad Nikurui: Katai Steak
Bad Kokumotsu: Sanzoushu
CHOUGOU:
With Chougou, you can mix two of your herbs to create a usable item.
Most of the items are helpful in one way or another, but not all; the
Melt Potion, made with two Mandrakes, will instantly kill the
imbiber. Below are the combinations that are possible, and the items
that you can produce with them. Failed Chougou will simply result in
the loss of the components used. I believe the Talent "Kiyou na
Yubisaki" will make it easier to successfully mix items.
KANTEI:
Kantei is the ability to identify unknown items. Often in your journey
you will come across items with names like: ?HERB, ?JEM, or
?WEAPON. With the skill of Kantei, you can identify these items and
be able to use them. Each attempt at identifying an item takes a
Spectacle which is lost after the attempt, even if the attempt to
identify fails. I'm not sure whether or not there is a Talent that
helps this skill succeed.
CUSTOMIZE:
This type of Item Creation is used to customize the user's own
weapon (usually it's a weapon) towards his or her own fighting style.
Each character has one item that they can Customize. If you
successfully customize an item, you will get the new item, but if you
fail, the item will be junked. Since it is very difficult to successfully
customize an item, save before you try. If you do manage to succeed,
you will usually end up with the most powerful weapon in the game
that character can equip. In order to have any chance at all to
succeed, you need the Talent "Originality."
Note: This list is, at the moment, very, very, short. As I get more
characters with Customize and the necessary items, I will put them
here.
Here are what each character can Customize
Ratix: Silvanse--->Aura Blade
Milly: Magical Persia--->Omamori (not a weapon, but...)
Marvel: Rainbow Diamond-->Holy Orb
Cius: Silver Sword-->Cius Special
Ronixis: Metal Fang-->Kaiser Knuckle
Fear: Bloody Sword-->Deathbringer
Tinek: Spinning Spear-->Houtengeki
Perisie: Neko Fang-->Q-Kyoku Punch
Ashlay: Mithril Sword-->Murasama Blade
ART:
There are two kinds of art: with the Magic Color, you can duplicate an
item in your inventory. With the Magic Card, you randomly create
items, either portraits of your party members or items that you can
use in battle. Below are the items you can create with Magic Cards.
Failed Art when using Magic Colors will simply result in the loss of
the Magic Color used, whereas failed use of Magic Cards will create
useless drawings. Making anything of any use without the Talent of
"Design Sense" is very difficult.
Shouzouga A: Picture of Ratix
Shouzouga B: Picture of Milly
Shouzouga C: Picture of Dorn
Shouzouga D: Picture of Ronixis
Shouzouga E: Picture of Iria
Shouzouga F: Picture of Cius
Shouzouga G: Picture of Ashlay
Shouzouga H: Picture of Fear
Shouzouga I: Picture of Joshua
Shouzouga J: Picture of Marvel
Shouzouga K: Picture of Perisie
Shouzouga L: Picture of Tinek
TREASURE
UPSTART
CRITICAL
VICTORY
PHOENIX
Failed Art:
Rakugaki A: Bad picture of a boy
Rakgaki B: Bad picture of a girl
SHIPPITSU:
Shippitsu is used to write books on different types of Skills. Books
can be used to raise the reader's Skill level in the book's topic by one
point without loss of Skill Points. For example, a book on "Ensou"
would raise the reader's "Ensou" Skill by 1 level, without them
having to use the Skill Points necessary to do so normally. Books
cannot be used to raise any skill over Level 7. Writing books
requires a Research Pen, and the writer cannot write about a skill
that he or she has no knowledge of. Failed Shippitsu will usually just
result in the loss of a Research Pen, but occasionally you will write a
useless book. The Talent of "Bunsai" helps immensely in the use of
Shippitsu.
Skills you can write books on:
Seibutsugaku, Yakusougaku, Seishingaku, Koubutsugaku, Dougu
Chishiki, Recipe, Otamajakushi, Youseiron, Mekiki, Craft, Houchou,
Ensou, Dessin, Bunpitsu, Cast, Kagaku Gijutusu.
RENKIN:
Renkin is an alchemy-like skill; you can use it to turn the item "Iron"
into different types of minerals and gems. Failed Renkin will just
turn the iron into a useless rock. The higher your skill level, the more
rare the types of gems you can make. The Talent "Mana no
Shukufuku" helps in the skill of Renkin, but even with this talent and
Level 10 in the skill, making the more rare types of stones is
extremely difficult; you can go through 25 pieces of Iron sometimes
before successfully making a Kenja no Ishi or Orihalcon. However, if
money is not a problem (it usually isn't if you're good in art), it is
generally a lot easier to duplicate gems or ore with Art rather than
Renkin, unless you need a Kenja no Ishi, which is undrawable.
Types of stones creatable with Renkin, organized from easiest to
make to most difficult to make:
Gold
Silver
Ruby
Sapphire
Green Beryl
Crystal
Diamond
Star Ruby
Damascus
Rune Metal
Rainbow Diamond
Orihalcon
Kenja no Ishi
KATANAKAJI:
Katanakajii is the skill that is used to temper your weapons with
various minerals to either enchant them or otherwise make them
more powerful. A failed Katanakaji will result in the creation of a pile
of junk, and will lose the weapon and the mineral used. Therefore, be
sure to save your game before you try this skill and lose your Sword
of Buttkicking +2 and your super rare ore.The more powerful magic weapons
and ores are very difficult to successfully temper; I've found Rune Metal,
Meteorites, and Moonite especially difficult to work with...Also, there is a
degree of randomness for the magic (ie +1, +2) weapons; most combinations that
can produce a [Weapon] +1 can also produce a [Weapon] + 2, and vice versa.
Specialized weapons are not like this.
Hints for Katanakajis: Be stingy with your mithril, since you cannot
create any more, either through Art or through Renkin. The only way
you can get more Moonite or Meteorites is through Art, so don't use
up your last one.
DRAGON LANCE
Pow: 650
Magic Longspear + Rune Metal
WHIRLWIND
Pow: 500
Magic Longspear + Meteorite
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Thanks to:
Jason Murata (bludgeon_16@hotmail.com) for filling me in on many item
creations I
missed.
