1. Story and Character Information
2. Controls
3. Menu
4. The Village
5. Food
6. Weapons
7. Armour
8. Fighting
9. Magic
10. The Dungeon
11. Tips
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1. Story and Character Information
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50 years ago, after the discovery of EHRGEIZ in an ancient German
castle, the mysterious materia became the prize in the EHRGEIZ
tournament. Koji Masuda, being the three-time Ehrgeiz champion, used
this mysterious materia and found an old excavation site. He then found
out that he had stumbled upon Red Scorpion's secret excavation site,
and thus his life was sought after by this dangerous organisation. When
he returned to the Ehrgeiz tournament headquarters, his daughter told
him that in a certain place, an unimaginably powerful source of energy
is hidden, and that she wanted him to get it. Thus, Masuda and his
assistant, Clair Andrews followed the source of information and arrived
at a mysterious village. It is said that this village used to possess a
huge source of mysterious energy, and thus angered god. God then sent
this village to another dimension, and all its treasures were hidden in
the dangerous and mysterious dungeon along with long forgotten memories
of the past.
Koji Masuda
He is the father of Yoko but had divorced his wife. As his daughter was
left under custody of his wife, he could concentrate on his excavation
and exploration work, and became the three-time EHRGEIZ tournament
champion. This time, having been led to the secret excavation site of
Red Scorpion, his life has been threatened.
Clair Andrews
She is Masuda's assistant and studies ancient exploration. Since the
age of 12, Clair has been a world-class champion at both golf and net
ball. Later, she became the student of a martial arts expert. She is
good at high speed barehanded fighting as well as using military
weapons.
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2. Controls
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L2 and R2: Select equipped item
Triangle: Use equipped item
L1: Jump
X: Start a conversation, open doors, pick up things
Start: Open menu
Select: Pause
In the village:
Square: Start a conversation, open doors, pick up things
Circle: Start a conversation, open doors, pick up things
In the Dungeon:
Square: Attack
Circle: Cast Magic
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3. Menu
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In the menu, the statistics are:
Level Your level
Experience Points Your total experience points
Max Hp Your maximum hit points
Attack The damage dealt using
physical attacks
Defense Reduces physical damage
Magic attack The damage done using magic
attacks
Magic Defense Reduces magical damage
Weapon Skill points Increases effectiveness of using
special attacks
Speed The speed at which you can
run and attack
Endurance Rate at which you exchange you
use up your energy
Experience gaining rate Rate at which you receive experience
points
The numbers in yellow are your character's base statistics. Those in
blue are the status after you equip your weapons and armour.
Your inventory is the big space on the left. It can hold up to 30 items
(100gil = 1 item, 50 magic materia = 1 item).
When you select a weapon, armour, helmet or shield, there will be four
options:
Equip
Status
Drop
Cancel
When you select potions, bombs or dragon wings, there will be yet
another four options:
Use
Equip
Drop
Cancel
When you select food, there will also be four options:
Eat
Equip
Drop
Cancel
When you select the green magic materia, there will only be drop and
cancel options.
When you select magic materia, there will be four options:
Equip as normal magic
Equip as super magic
Drop
Cancel
The box below your inventory give you a quick look at what you are
equipped with and the Hp of your weapon, armour, shield and helmet.
You can press select to bring up three options:
Nutrition
Save Game
End Game
When you open the nutrition balance menu, you see five status. Starting
from the top and going in a clockwise direction, they are:
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Fats
Minerals
Vitamins
You can save your game anywhere, but you have to pay gil to save your
game. The amount of gil paid is your highest level character's level
multiplied by ten.
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4. The Village
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This village is not very big. There are a total of 5 places:
Hotel You can bank in your money
and exchange character
Weapon Shop You can buy and sell weapons,
armour, etc...
Grocery Stall You can buy and sell food
Blacksmith You can repair weapons, etc. and
also combine them
Restaurant You can play shares and find
out basic info.
Materia Shop You can buy green magic materia
There are 3 entrances to the dungeon here. The first is at the top of
the hill and leads to level 1. The second is at the bottom of the hill
and leads to level 7. The next is at the bottom of the well and leads
to level 13.
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5. Food
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When in the dungeon, your energy will slowly decrease and your Hp will
be drained when you have no energy left. To replenish your energy, you
have to eat food.
Food also enhances the statistics gained when you level up. Here is how
it works:
Meat* raises attack
Vegetables raise magic attack
Fish raises defense
Ki no ko (????) raises Speed
Berries raise weapon skill
Proteins raise everything
*Bird meat raises defence though
You can check your nutrition balance in the menu.
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6. Weapons
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Weapons in Ehrgeiz quest mode are not just excuses for adding attack
power. They will decide how you fight.
There are many different kinds of weapons such as knives, spears, axes,
gloves, swords, Japanese swords, magician rods, etc... Each weapon has
its own specialty in terms of range, speed, special moves, etc.
When you fight monsters, your weapons will get damaged and you will
have to repair them at the blacksmith.
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7. Armour
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There are various kinds of defensive wear. Basically, you have body
armour, helmets and shields.
These get damaged after you are hit many times. Repair them at the
blacksmith.
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8. Fighting
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When you are fighting with enemies, you cannot access the menu, and
thus will be unable to heal. So, you will have to equip items to aid
you in battle.
You can actually do some special moves in the quest mode.
Special Moves
Square, Square, Square
Direction pad + Square, Square, Square
L1 + Square
Hold Square for 2 seconds, then release
R1 + L1 (uses energy)
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9. Magic
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To use magic, you must have green magic materia and magic materia
equipped.
Magic materia can be equipped as normal magic or super magic.
To use normal magic, press circle
To use super magic, hold circle till you bend down, then release.
Normal magic uses 1 Mp
Super magic uses 3 Mp
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10. The Dungeon
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When you first enter a new floor of the dungeon, it will be randomly
generated. As you progress, you will map the place. There are a total
of 21 floors.
In the dungeon, you might find special rooms that have books, altars,
or food.
There are also secret rooms that will only be revealed when you bomb
the walls.
Using a bomb in the dungeon will cause the monsters to regenerate.
There are many traps in the dungeon that will lock you up with the
monsters, which will regenerate at alarming rates. Thus, you should
always be fully prepared.
You should not dwell in the same place for too long or monsters will be
sent at you.
If you should die in the dungeon, your other character will have to
rescue you by picking up the medicine box that you drop when you die.
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11. Tips
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1. When you run out of space, you can drop your items anywhere on the
ground*
2. You can use a Dragon Wing to escape from even the deepest dungeon or
even from traps
3. You should not depend on buying weapons to survive. You need the
money for saving the game. Thus, you should save as much money and
sell useless weapons.
4. The only way to refill your characters Hp and energy for free is to
change characters
*If you dump too many things, > 50, your items might be deleted!!!!!
I hope that my FAQ has been of some help to you.
I would appreciate it if you could tell me any secrets, etc that have
not been mentioned.
My FAQ is still under very heavy construction.
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