Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes 100% Walkthrough - Complete Minimalist step-by-step guide

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is a spiritual successor to the Suikoden JRPG series, now available for consoles and PC. If you are looking to 100% the game and get all achievements, we're here to help.

This walkthrough is a minimalist bullet point guide for those who don't want to dive into a dense lengthy walkthrough, but also for those who don't want to miss anything that will prevent you from getting 100% bestiary and chests. 

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is a pretty easy RPG, especially on its normal difficulty selection, so anyone with RPG experience should be able to get through the game without too much trouble. Remember to keep your mages in the back row, physical attackers in the front row, heal when needed, use items (they're cheap!) and all that.

What this walkthrough will do:

  • Offer a minimalist walkthrough so you know what you need to do at any point in the game.
  • Point out treasure chests and enemies so you can complete the game 100%.

What the walkthrough will not do:

  • Offer anything more than the most rudimentary introduction strategies for bosses or party build.
  • In-depth Dungeon Walkthroughs. The dungeons in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes are mostly very straightforward. Use the in-game map and you will usually not get lost. I'll will help out some of the trickier ones.
This guide is currently in progress. but it should contain every treasure chest, fish, enemy, and hero. It's worth nothing that no enemy or treasure chest is missable. You can always go back to get those.

Also, it's worth noting that as of the game's launch date, a few of the recruitable heroes can be bugged and unable to be recruited. While some patches have already been applied to the game, we'll make note about how to avoid these bugs to obtain all the heroes.

FInal Note: The final recruitable character in the game *is* missable, in that you need to recruit all other characters before a certain point in order to get the final character in the game. I make a note of this cut-off later in the guide.

Last Updated: April 28, 2024

1. Opening Mission in the Northern Runebarrows

  • Arenside - Recruit Automatic party members, shop for items, then head to Northern Forest. There's nothing else to get in the town for now.
    • Permanently joined members include Garr, Mio, and Lian. Seign and Hildi are joining temporarily.
    • Generally speaking, you should talk to all NPCs, as occasionally they will give items. I will note the items I found in this guide.
    • Star Item: Herb Chicken Recipe sold at Arenside General Store
Note: Star Items in Shops

One of the more strange mechanics in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes are items that can sometimes appear in shops throughout the game, but not always. Nearly every item shop can have special items show up from time to time, with a star on the item icon. For that reason, I will call these Star Items. 

The appearance of these items is somewhat random, and they can disappear just as randomly. If you see a Star Item in a shop, it's best to buy it right away, as you never know when it'll appear again. For the purpose of this walkthrough, I will note what Star Items can be found in the shop, but don't worry if it does not show up for you. This is normal. Check back occasionally and see if it appears later.

For now, Arenside's General Store can sell an Herb Chicken Recipe. Buy it if you see it.

For more information on how these rare shop "Star" items work, we have a page explaining rare shop items in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.
  • Grum County-North
    • This is effectively the game's world map, which is divided into sections. For now, you can only head to the Northern Forest.
      • There are never chests on the world map, but later in the game, you might find a treasure chest in a random battle on the world map. However, there's none in this section.
    • There is a Fishing Spot here, but you cannot actually fish until later once you have a fishing rod.
    • Enemy List
      • Plantvine
      • Rabbit Knight
    • Note: You will get access to both an Enemy Bestiary and Fishing List later in the game, once you get to the town-building section and have built a library.
  • Northern Forest
    • Enemy List
      • Plantvine
      • Rabbit Knight
      • Rabbit Wizard
      • Huge Mite
      • Forest Eater [Boss]
    • Treasure Chests
      • Healing Herb x6
      • Ruby Ring
      • 400 baqua
      • Revival Medicine x2
      • Tricorne Hat
  • Northern Runebarrows
    • Enemy List
      • Golem Cleaner (Version 1)
      • Spy Orb (Version 1)
      • Huge Mite
      • Wandering Golem
      • Golem Pulverizer [Boss]
    • Treasure Chests
      • 400 baqua
      • Tanzanite Ring [optional room with 3-symbol door]
      • 400 baqua [After this chest, you'll fall down with Nowa and Seign here]
      • Healing Herb x6
      • Bronze Mail 
      • Revival Medicine x2
      • 400 baqua [a little hidden to the right of the 2nd device that activates symbols]

2.  Timeskip to Eltisweiss and Exploring Grum County

  • Eltisweiss Heroe’s Den
    • Treasure Chests
      • Faded Book, Chapter 19 [NW room]
  • Eltisweiss
    • Recruit Iugo at Tavern on the east side of town
    • Scene with Mellore slightly north of center-south Fountain
      • After this, see a scene slightly south of the fountain
      • We’ll recruit her at Redthroat Ridge shortly
    • Pick up Faded Book, Chapter 3 at NE house (speak to girl)
  • Grum County
    • Fishing Spot (east of town)
      • You can return to Arenside now, through Fort Xialuke to the North, to get a fishing rod, this is also in the walkthrough below.
    • Fishing Spot (western lake, there's no wooden pier here, you simply fish from the lake shore)
    • Enemy List
      • Lizard
      • Carcasseater
      • Shell Egg
  • Altverden Village
    • Found west of Eltisweiss
    • Trigger Kuroto’s introduction shortly to the west of Altverden Village entrance and choose “Actually, I’m looking for stalwart allies.”. You’ll be tasked with killing three boars at Redthroat Ridge. We'll go there shortly.
    • Recruit Francesca in NW part of the village. Choose “You have a place with us.”
    • Star Item: Tlayuda Recipe sold at Altverden Village Tool Shop
  • Werne Village
    • Located north of Eltisweiss
    • Pick up Faded Book, Chapter 4 at a house in between Rune and Trader shops
    • Star Item: Pineapple Pork Recipe
  • Fort Xialuke
    • Located east of Werne
    • Recruit Yusuke with the options ‘He’s not the culprit.’ and ‘Welcome to the ranks.’ dialogue option.
    • Can return to Grum County - North by heading through Fort Xialuke
  • Arenside 
    • Return to Arenside, speak to Huang near where you started the game on the west side of town to get a Bamboo Rod, which unlocks fishing
    • For more information about all fish and fishing spot locations, check out our Eiyuden Chronicle Fishing Guide.
  • Grum County-North
    • Can now fish at the pier here. Once all fish at caught at a fishing spot, they’ll respawn after a few minutes.
      • Shovel Lobster
      • Tigerloach
      • Fountain Minnow
      • Melon Sweetfish
      • Webclaw Turtle
      • Moss Tadpole
  • Grum County
    • Can now fish here. Eastern Spot
      • Fountain Minnow
      • Fruitigil
      • Porter Chub
      • Death-Scythe Salmon
      • Drill Turtle
    • Western Fishing Spot
      • Fruitigil
      • Tigerloach
      • Melon Sweetfish
      • Drill Turtle
  • Redthroat Ridge
    • Located east of Grum County. Mellore will join the group temporarily.
    • Enemy List
      • Lizard
      • Hraesvelgr
      • Shell Egg
      • Wild Boar [somewhat rare, kill three in order to recruit Kuroto]
      • Nerthus [Boss]
    • Treasure Chests
      • Thick Robe
      • Magic Drop x2
      • Tricorne Hat
      • Healing Herb x6
      • 600 baqua
      • Rune of Magic
    • Mellore joins permanently after defeating boss
  • Altverden Village
    • Speak to Kuroto again to recruit him, as long as you defeated three Wild Boars in Redthroat Ridge
  • Eltisweiss Heroe’s Den
    • Scene with Sabine [this triggers after some recruitments]
    • Talk to Ymir to be tasked to take care of bandits

3. Bandits and the Abandoned Mine

  • Altverden Village
    • Speak to Elder to learn about bandits in the abandoned mine
  • Abandoned Mine
    • Enemy List
      • Carcasseater
      • Land Octopus
      • Aether Slime
      • Rabbit Lancer
      • Rabbit Mage
      • Angry Bat [later sections only]
      • Death tracker [later sections only]
      • Titan Slug [Depths only]
    • Treasure Chests 
    • Due to the length of this dungeon, we'll split up Treasure Collection by section of the map
      • Abandoned Mine Entrance - First Visit - Lower Left Section
        • 900 baqua [you can get this one early if you stop in here right away]
        • Topaz Ring 
        • 900 baqua
        • Rune of Earth
      • Abandoned Mine-Midpoint - Lower Section
        • Heavy Helm
        • Antivenom Herb x6
        • 900 baqua
        • Rune of Feint Thrust
        • Rune of Power
        • 900 baqua [near Hiro]
          • Make sure you talk with Hiro. You'll recruit him a bit later in the game
      • Abandoned Mine-Midpoint - Middle Section
        • Healing Herb x6
        • Revival Medicine x2
        • 900 baqua
        • Rune of Resistance
      • Abandoned Mine Entrance - Center Section
        • Healing Herb x6
      • Abandoned Mine Entrance - Upper Section
        • 900 baqua
        • Magic Drop x2
        • 900 baqua
        • Anti-Poison Beads
        • Antivenom Herb x6
        • Growth Badge [red chest]
        • Revival Medicine x2
        • Rune of Defense
        • Rune of Skill
        • Fluffy Shield
      • Abandoned Mine-Midpoint - Isolated Room to the East
        • Rune of Water
      • Abandoned Mine-Midpoint - Upper Section
        • Quality Healing Herb x6
        • 900 baqua
      • Abandoned Mine Depths
        • Rune of Speed
        • Magic Drop x2
        • Dash Boots
        • Rune of Fire
  • Castle Ruins
    • Boss fight with Yuthus, Kogen, Zabi
  • Return to Hero’s Den to get your next main quest to go to Kyshiri
    • Return to the Castle Ruins to get a Focusing Armband at a search point
  • Arenside
    • Recruit Gigina west of the entrance

4. Return to Kyshiri and the start of War

  • Mountain Pass
    • Enemy List
      • Cockatrice (Hatchling)
        • Later there’s an adult Cockatrice, but I believe these cannot be encountered yet
      • Richie Cockatrice (rare reinforcement spawn)
    • Treasure Chests
      • Rune of Wind
      • 900 baqua
      • 900 baqua
  • Kyshiri Village Area
    • Fishing Spot
      • Shovel Lobster
      • Tigerloach
      • Fountain Minnow
      • Lantern Catfish
      • Moss Tadpole
      • Flat Snakehead
    • Enemy List
      • Odd Egg
      • LOPOPO
  • Kyshiri
    • Kyshiri will be temporarily unavailable after this, but only for a very short while
    • Star Item: Hot Spring Fruit at Kyshiri General Store
    • Get Faded Book, Chapter 2 from west house
    • Make sure to get Red Riding Hood Script from chest in Leene’s room
    • Enemy List
      • Hurstwine [Boss]
      • Thief (Knife) [event]
      • Thief (Bow) [event]
  • Mountain Pass + Events
    • Partway up the pass, Mio will return to the party.
    • After some scenes, Sabine will join the party and you’ll be tasked to go to Werne Village, now occupied
    • Kyshiri Village is available again at this point
  • Story events starting at Werne Village
    • Sneak past the guard to the story points
      • Getting caught doesn’t seem to matter
    • You’ll eventually have to fight your way back to Eltisweiss 
      • Enemy List
        • Imperial Soldier (Sword) [event]
        • Imperial Soldier (Bow) [event]
    • You’ll do your first war battle here
      • This is straightforward, but you’ll “lose”
    • Then you’ll fight a few more times as you escape through the East entrance
      • Imperial Soldier (Spear)
    • Duel with Seign
      • The outcome doesn't matter as you always “lose”.
    • You’ll ultimately get to your new home base and recruit several allies (and several tutorials)
      • Ymir
      • Sumire
      • Cassandra
      • Kogen
      • Yuthus
      • Zabi
      • Gocteau
      • Iris
      • Caine
      • Martha
        • This one you have to head outside east of the Inn.

5. Beginning of a New Nation (Townbuilding Starts)

  • At some point when you return to Your Town, you'll get some scenes and a short playable section as Marisa. Eventually, you are tasked to go to Treefolk Village
    • This guide won’t tell you when you build parts of your village. You’ll get plenty of materials and money to do so. Just build whatever you feel like.
  • For the sake of this guide, I will simply call your town ... "Your Town". 
  • World Map Area Near Your Town
    • Fishing Spot
      • Tigerloach
      • Fountain Minnow
      • Shovel Lobster
      • Melon Sweetfish
      • Magma Tuna
      • Hammerhead Bass
      • Webclaw Turtle
      • Ironcarp
      • Flat Snakehead
    • Enemy List
      • Eggfoot
      • Army Beetle
      • Wyvern
    • Random Battle Chest: Iron Cap
Note: This is where we ran into our first 'Random Battle Chest'. These are chests that can randomly appear during a normal encounter in the region.

However, while the appearance of the chest is random, like any random battle, the contents of the chest are not random. The Random Battle Chest found in this region will always be an Iron Cap.

Also, you *can* run into the Random Battle Chest again in a second encounter, but you'll notice it's already open. This suggests that these chests are set and limited, like any treasure chest. They are not random items and not farmable. They aret basically just a normal treasure chest, found in battle rather than on the field.

These chest *do* count for the treasure chest achievement!
  • Bounty Hill (First visit, located southeast of Your Town)
    • This area is not fully open yet, you can only explore a small section for now. You'll be able to explore deeper later in the game
    • Recruit Wyler and Marin by doing the easy quest here, simply follow the events
    • Treasure Chests
      • Malachite Ring
    • Enemy List
      • Strange Bird
      • Gourmand Bat
  • Dappled Forest (located west of the river)
    • Like Bounty Hill, this area is not fully open yet and will be fully explorable later in the game.
    • Recruit Kerrin by finding 20 Lumber in the immediate area
    • Treasure Chests
      • Turquoise Ring
      • Feather Hat
    • Enemy List
      • Bloodleech
      • Maneater
Note: A handful of new recruitable characters are available now if you return to the Grum County area through the Abandoned Mine from the back entrance to your base, including Hiro, Frieda, and starting the Beigoma sidequest.

All this is listed later in the guide, as we wait a bit until you unlock fast travel because it is easier to move around and even more characters become available then. But feel free to revisit older areas at your leisure to get some recruits earlier than we did.

6. Treefolk Village and The Proving Grounds

  • The Greatwood-East
    • Partway through this section, you'll meet Gieran. You recruit him by giving him the Rune of Conservation Key Item dropped by the boss
    • Treasure Chests
      • 1500 baqua
      • Scale Armor
      • Runeshard of Fire 1 x3
      • 1500 baqua
      • Anti-Confuse Beads
      • Healing Herb x6
      • Hard Scale Band [get launched by the west lip plant thing..]
      • Revival Medicine x2
      • Necklace [get launched by the lower east lip plant thing..]
    • Enemy List
      • Sky Sahagin
      • Forest Lizard
      • Hellhound
      • Bear Rider
      • Ancient Seed [Boss]
    • After the boss, make sure to return to Gieran to recruit him.
    • Make sure you do what you want to before heading to the area behind the boss, because you won’t be able to return for a while. (You will be able to return eventually, don't worry)
  • Treefolk Village
    • After scenes, talk to an NPC near the Inn to get Vegetable Juice Recipe
    • Star Item: Fruit Parfait Recipe at Treefolk Village General Store
    • Star Item: Autumn Leaves at Treefolk Village General Store
    • Star Item: Cinderella Script at Treefolk Village General Store
      • That's right, there are at least three Star Items that *can* appear here...
  • Path to Proving Ground
    • Treasure Chests
      • 1500 baqua
      • 1500 baqua
      • Magic Drop x2
      • Random Battle Chest - Evasive Garb
    • Enemy List
      • Shadow Unicorn
      • Sky Sahagin
      • Forest Lizard
  • The Proving Grounds
    • Treasure Chests
      • 1500 baqua
      • Ruby Brooch
      • Magic Drop x2
      • Tanzanite Brooch
      • Quality Healing Herb x6
      • Palenight Mail
      • Topaz Brooch
      • Rune of Fire Enchantment
      • Rune of Sidewinder
      • Rune of Quick Slash
      • 1500 baqua
      • Random Battle Chest - Spiked Armor [in a battle with Pawn Demon near triangle floor switch]
    • Enemy List
      • Yellow Slime
      • Spy Orb (Version 2)
      • Shadow Unicorn
      • Hardknock
      • Golem Cleaner (Version 2) [back paths with gears/switches]
      • Greedtoy [back paths with gears/switches]
      • Pawn Demon
        • This enemy is rare, I found it near one of the switches deep in the dungeon
      • Astrea the Judge [boss]
      • Slaosha the Enforcer [boss]
        • Make sure to take out Slaosha before Astrea in order to add it to your enemy library
      • Hurstwine [boss]
      • Narungarde [boss]
    • Since this dungeon is a bit trickier, here’s a mini walkthrough.
      • Grab 1500 Baqua chest (1/11) and proceed to the first room
      • Rotate the room such that you can enter the first door to the left in the corridor in front of you (the pedestal will be red-ish)
      • Head to the platform and ride it
      • Follow the path and press the buttons to get the Ruby Brooch (2/11)
      • Examine the semi-circle at the far south, then exit right with the platform
      • Get chest Magic Drop x2 (3/11), continue to be back at the front.
      • With the pedestal set to ‘red’ again, enter the first door on the left, then move north and exit back to the main corridor through the other door, then enter the middle door on the right. In this room, ride the lift.
      • Follow the path again to another button/gear puzzle. Get Tanzanite Brooch (4/11) and continue. Examine the semicircle, then exit left.
      • Get chest 6x Quality Healing Herb (5/11), then continue back to the start of the corridor
      • Set the pedestal such that the whole display is colored yellow, then head RIGHT, backwards through the side path. You’ll end up in the corridor again. First, head to the fan-platform to the north to be in a dead end with Palenight Mail (6/11). Then, go back to the corridor and head into the first room on the right. Get the Topaz Brooch (7/11), then continue through another fan-platform to a dead end to get Rune of Fire Enchantment (8/11). Backtrack to the pedestal.
      • Click the Pedestal until there’s a fan immediately across the gap in front of you. You should know what to do here, head RIGHT and get to that fan by backtracking through the right side-path again. Get chest with Rune of Sidewinder (9/11). Back to the pedestal.
      • Don’t change the pedestal (keep it such that there’s a fan-platform across the gap). Head LEFT. Follow the path, and once you return to the corridor area, you’ll be able to cross a bridge (from the right-center room to the left-center room) to get to a new fan-platform. Get chest Rune of Quick Slash (10/11), then return again.
      • Change the pedestal such that you can enter the last room on the left (will show a red-orange bar in the center). Get 1500 baqua (11/11) and ride the platform. Continue on the path through a few platforms and click the triangle floor switch.
        • Make sure to get the Random Battle Chest in the area with the triangle floor switch
      • Change the pedestal so you can enter the last room on the right (the pedestal will have a yellow-green bar on the bottom). You’ll have to zig-zag through the corridor rooms to get there. You’ll find a switch that Kallathor will hit for you.
      • You can make your way through now. Click the pedestal a few times to make a straight path.
    • Kallathor will officially join at the completion of the dungeon

7.  Heading to Euchrisse

  • Back at Your Town
    • Recruit Chron by simply speaking with him near the southern exit
  • Treefolk Village
    • Speak to Squash to start his recruitment
  • Dappled Forest (revisit)
    • Treasure Chests - There are three more to get in a newer area of the map
      • Rune of Power Smash
      • Vegetable Milk Soup Recipe
      • Magic Holy Water
    • Enemy List
      • Phantombird
        • Get a Sparklestone drop to recruit Squash, this might take some time
      • Red Wyvern
    • You can also get Mystic Lumber here, used in several Town upgrades
  • The Greatwoods - South - Depths
    • Treasure Chests
      • Malachite Brooch
      • Turquoise Brooch
    • Enemy List
      • Rabbit Archwitch
      • Rabbit Hero
      • Bear Rider
  • The Greatwoords - South
    • Enemy List
      • Bear Rider
      • Killer Fungus
      • Rabbit Archwitch
      • Rabbit Hero
    • Treasure Chests
      • Armband
      • Pearl Brooch
      • Antivenom Herb x6
      • Magic Drop x2
      • 1800 baqua
      • Random Battle Chest: Gazpacho Recipe [near south save point]
      • There is another a Random Battle Chest here, but it's tied to an event, so we'll note this later. It contains Mariette's Charm, but you might not be able to get it to appear until you talk to Mariette, shortly. This one is closer to the Euchrisse entrance.

8. Euchrisse

Note: As of the launch of the game, there is a recruitable character, named Lam, that is bugged, meaning if you are not careful you might be permanently locked out of one of the 120 heroes. However, there is a way to avoid the bug and recruit Lam if you are careful. I suggest making a save in a separate slot here, just in case.

Namely, you need to recruit Riufan in Hishahn before going to Daphan Village. As soon as you recruit Riufan, put him in your playable party, head to Daphan, and talk to the yellow-haired woman in a martial arts outfit. This is Lam. If you are lucky, hopefully the event will play out normally and you'll recruit her.

You may not *have* to be this precise to avoid the bug, but it's best to be as careful as possible.

Update: This bug has apparently been patched as of May 2024, but I'll leave this note here for posterity.
  • World Map - Euchrisse Area
    • Fishing Spot to the SW of Seaside Cavern
    • Note: Some fish are nearly impossible to catch without upgrading your rod, which you can do at Your Town later in the game.
    • Note: You should aim to catch a Wheel-eye Bream to recruit Huang.
      • Saber Squid
      • Crested Puffer
      • Boost Mullet
      • Extra Hot Curry Mackerel
      • Curry Mackerel
      • Twinhead Eel
      • Eight-eyed Octopus
      • Armored Mackerel
      • Lion Amberjack
      • Wheel-eye Bream [Note: This fish is used to recruit Huang]
      • Coral Grouper
      • Super Chili Moray
    • Enemy List
      • Sahagin
      • Grimeoid
      • Cactus Predator
    • Random Battle Chest: Shell-on Fried Shrimp Recipe
  • Twinhorne East (located in the west part of Euchrisse)
    • Get Faded Book, Chapter 5 from NPC in house near trading post
    • Recruit Pastole by talking to him
    • Recruit Mariette
      • Get her charm from a random battle chest in Greatwood - South, as aformentioned
  • Seaside Cavern (located to the SE section of Euchrisse) 
    • You don’t have to go here yet, but why not stop by
    • Treasure Chests
      • Rune of Water Enchantment
      • Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Recipe
      • Unknown Pocket-Watch
        • When appraised, this turns out to be a Pearl Pocket-Watch! Don't sell it! Keep it for later for a recruitment. If you do sell it, you can get more, but just hold onto it.
      • Faded Book, Chapter 6
      • 2500 baqua
      • Blue Symbol
      • Lucky Badge
      • Random Battle Chest: Cream Cake Recipe
    • Enemy List
      • Sea Slater
      • Shell Octopus
      • Sahagin
      • Savage Crab
    • Fishing Spot (near the capsized boat in the north-center)
      • Shock Saury
      • Scissor Seabass
      • Wheel-Eye Bream
      • Eight-Eyed Octopus
      • Armadillo Shark
      • Armored Mackerel
      • Crested Puffer
      • Magma Tuna
      • Great Stealth Remora
      • Golden Demon Marlin
      • Lion Amberjack
    • Note: You'll unlock the sealed section of the cavern much later. There is also a final chest here, but we'll note this when we get it.
  • Hishahn
    • For now, let's avoid the Inn as that will progress the main story.
    • Lemon Honey Pickles Recipe: Talk to NPC at house west of Hishahn Inn
    • Recruit Huang by catching a Wheel-eye Bream
    • Recruit Nell by inspecting the bag near the NW exit
    • Recruit Carrie by running into her three times in the village
      • She should appear as you explore Hishahn, around the bridges
      • She appears a second time north of northeastern bridge
      • Encounter again at south of southeastern bridge
      • She joins after this. She gives you the ability to Fast Travel. We'll have a section on this shortly
    • Talk to Kurtz, he wants a Grilled Tutava Recipe. We'll get this shortly..
    • Recruit Riufan by beating him with Nowa in a one-on-one battle
    • Fishing Spot - South of Item/Armor Shops
      • Spotted Ohagi Crab
      • Great Stealth Remora
      • Boost Mullet
      • Brilliant Filefish
      • Elder Mackerel
         
Put Riufan in your party and head to Daphan Village. Hopefully you avoid the bug!
  • Daphan Village
    • Speak with Lam to recruit her. You'll have to speak to her several times.
    • Get an Herb Tea Recipe from performer to the west
    • Put Mio in your party and talk to Hakugin to recruit her
    • Talk to Code L in Rune Shop, he wants you to find Rune of Currents
      • This is dropped by a story boss in a moment. We'll be back
    • Star Item: Mee Siam Recipe from General Store

9. First Teleportation Tour

  • Treefolk Village
    • Talk to an NPC near the trade post to get the Grilled Tutuva Recipe. Return to Kurtz in Hishahn to recruit him.
  • Arenside
    • Talk to Glen, beat him in a card game to recruit
  • Eltisweiss
    • Meet Reid and Crash in the SW corner. Then head to the Beigoma mansion (SE side of Eltisweiss), pick your Beigoma top, and beat Reid in a duel. He won’t join yet.
    • This starts the Beigoma side quest, which is fairly lengthy and requires winning several duels. This is much easier to do later in the game when you can gain access to better tops, so it's honestly best to just let this sit for now.
      • Specifically, I would start Beigoma after The Chelonian Goliath, Vilashnu. I'll make a note of this later.
    • Treasure Chest: Pick up the Faded Book, Chapter 20 while you’re here
  • Kyshiri Village
    • Talk to an NPC in a house to get Strawberry Milk Recipe
  • Alterverden Village
    • Talk to Falward in the town hall and give him 15 Healing Herbs to recruit him
  • Werne Village
    • Talk to the old woman to learn about Yume, who is at Redthroat Ridge
    • Talk to Frida to recruit her
    • Talk to Pieter to recruit him
    • Go to Redthroat Ridge and talk to Yume to recruit her
  • Abandoned Mine
    • Talk to Galdorf and show him Palenight Mail to recruit (has to be unequipped, and don’t worry, he won’t take it).
      • You should have gotten this in the Proving Grounds, but there's another in the Abandoned Mine in a search spot, if you need it, near Ormond.
    • Talk to Hiro to recruit him. He's in the same place you left him
    • Talk to Ormond and give him three Iron Ores to recruit him. He's in the section north of the save point north of the bridge that was once blocked by a minecart.
  • Mountain Pass
    • At the NW side of the area, talk to Maureus with a character with 300 MP and recruit him (a level 30+ healer like Francesca or Falward with a Turquoise Brooch might work)

10. Hishahn Old Town and the Battle for Euchrisse

  • Hishahn
    • After you are done exploring the world with Carrie, speak with Perrielle in the Inn
    • During the events, you'll automatically recruit Perrielle and Janquis 
    • There will be a sequence of events at the Palace, during this you can speak with Sayid Ali, a man in a green turban, who will have some dialogue and move away. 
      • Speaking with Sayid Ali at a few points throughout the game ultimately leads to a Rune in miniquest. We'll note his other appearances as they come.
    • After the events, you’ll be tasked to go to Hishahn Old Town
  • Hishahn Old Town (Located just SE of Hishahn)
    • You'll need Carrie for this dungeon area
    • Treasure Chests
      • Magic Drop x2
      • Solid Helm
      • 2300 baqua
      • Quality Healing Herb x6
      • Earning Badge
      • Rune of Water Enchantment
      • Random Battle Chest: Moonview Kebab Recipe [in the section after Carrie warps you]
    • Enemy List
      • Grimeoid
      • Sea Ghost
      • Sea Lizard
      • Remora [appears in the section after Carrie warps you]
      • Aquasoul [appears in the section after Carrie warps you]
      • Salt Slug [appears in the section after Carrie warps you]
      • Nikkari [appears in the section after Carrie warps you]
      • Boss: Pagurian [boss]
      • Young Pagurian [boss]
    • In Harlan’s room, you can pick up Harlan’s Underwear before interacting with the desk
      • (not sure if this does anything)
    • After defeating the boss, before continuing on with the story, you can recruit Code L in the Daphan Rune Shop
  • Euchrisse Story Events
    • After returning to Hishahn from Hishahn Old Town, there will be a long sequence of scenes, events, and two war battles.
      • For the first War Battle, the focus is to stay alive
      • For the second, let the enemy troops come to you. Several turns in, Seign's squad will become an ally. After that, Goldwyn will retreat from the battlefield, leaving only Chapell.
    • After these events, you’ll gain several new characters and get access to a Nowa/Seign route split.
      • Melridge
      • Barnard Sawad
      • Seign Kesling
      • Pohl
      • Valentin
      • Hildi

11. Teleportation Tour 2

  • Nowa is tasked to go to Impershi'arc, while Seign heads to Ardinale. Before that, let's teleport around the world a second time.
  • Your Town
    • You may have done this earlier, but this is a good time to raise your city to rank 2, which unlocks quite a bit.
    • Bump into Faye west of center section
    • After bumping into Faye, stop quickly by Daphan Village and talk to B’baba in the western house to recruit her
    • Steps to recruit Faye
      • Talk to B’baba in the eastern room on Floor 1
      • She says “We must seek out a swaggering man, rosy clad and brashly so.”
      • Go to Yusuke at the Roof of Your Castle and find Faye there
      • Go back to B’baba. She says “We must seek out a mouth most vulgar and foul, veiled in a sheath of ivory elegance.”
      • Go to Francesca at Castle Floor 1, leftmost room
      • Go back to B’baba. She says “We must seek out a pair joined in friendship: one minute, one mammoth.”
      • Go to Yume at Castle Floor 2
      • Faye finally joins you.
    • Find Leon laying down near the West entrance to your base and he’ll join automatically
    • Recruit Milana at the Rune Shop, she joins automatically.
      • You need to upgrade the Rune Shop to sell Runeshards.
    • You don't have to do this now, but if you do 15 Cooking Contests by speaking with Kurtz, you will recruit Celia. The contests appear within roughly 10 minutes of the previous one. There's no expiration on this availability, so do them when you feel like it. However, it's easier when you have more recipes, so probably best to come back later in the game.
  • Hishahn
    • Recruit Aire at the SW portion by beating her in a race.
      • I believe this is automatic
    • You can run into Syd near the smithy, but you can’t recruit him yet
    • You can run into Jorhan near the Hishahn Trading Post. Put Perrielle in your party and speak to him to learn about a Scarab in Eastern Desert that hoards rare antiques. You’ll come back for him later, after going to the desert.
    • A new fishing spot is now available in the NW side of the castle area
      • Meteor Carp
      • Spotted Ohagi Crab
      • Fountain Minnow
      • Sawgar
      • Flat Snakehead
      • Twinhead Eel
         
  • Treefolk Village
    • An NPC gives Tiger Salad Recipe near the Rune Shop
  • Eltisweiss 
    • Recruit Douglas in the smithy by bringing him 10 iron ore
      • If this doesn't seem to be triggering right, turn in your iron ore to your base, then talk to Douglas.
    • Meet Larla at the Eltisweiss Inn. She’ll join if you receive an Epic Success on a Guild Mission. You may not have this yet, and it’ll be easier to achieve once your base is Rank 3.
      • A decent combination to use is Zabi / Marin / Kallathor / Gieran in Get us lumber!
    • Steps to recruit Isha
      • Encountered at southeast fountain of Eltisweiss. You’ll have to do a series of tasks to recruit her
      • Find a lost cat with “black fur and a slinky walk.”
        • Find that cat at southwest corner of town.
        • Get Stamp Card as a reward
      • Collect 1 Cockatrice Egg
        • Encounter Cockatrice (adult) with Treasure Chest Gimmick command as a random encounter in Mountain Path
        • Treasure Chest contains Cockatrice Egg
      • Make delivery to Arenside General Store
    • Isha joins you after this
  • Arenside
    • Recruit Paquia by bringing her 5 Regular Eggs (dropped by Eggfoots).
      • You’ll automatically recruit Mandie alongside Paquia
  • Bounty Hill
    • The second section of Bounty Hill should be open after getting access to the Nowa/Seign route split
    • Enemy List
      • Blaberus
      • Goldbug
    • Treasure Chests
      • Scallop Lunch Set Recipe
    • You can get Dire Beastbone in this section
  • Daphan Village
    • Recruit Enoe, west of the entrance which requires getting the Mission Guild opened at Your Town
  • Dappled Forest
    • Recruit Fume near the midpoint Save Point, which requires getting Enoe

12. Heading to Impershi'arc 

  • Shandar Ridge
    • Treasure Chests
      • Rune of Mighty Power [semi-hidden in a southern dead end]
      • Knight’s Guard [also hidden]
      • Quality Healing Herb x6
      • Rune of High Magic
      • Anti-Poison Corsage
      • Antivenom Herb x6
      • Magic Holy Water [after boss]
      • Random Battle Chest: Anti-poison Scarf
    • Enemy List
      • Sandworm
      • Veronite
      • Cactus Predator
      • Desert Serval
      • Salamander
      • Sand Lizard
      • Surkkamui [boss]
  • Eastern Desert
    • Random Battle Chest: Hamburg Steak Recipe
    • Enemy List
      • Desert Serval
      • Flame Gel
      • Scarab
        • Get an Unknown Antique and hope it appraises to a Yellow Rose Censer to recruit Jorhan in Hishahn. Go ahead and do that. It might take a while. 
  • Dabavin
    • NPC gives Gazpacho Recipe at bottom
    • Star Item: Cold Pasta Recipe at Dabavin General Store
    • Recruit Rody by giving them the Pearl Pocket-Watch from Seaside Cavern
    • Recruit Prunella in the Inn by giving her 100,000 baqua (she’ll give 50,000 back)
    • You can meet Reyna by the harbor, and she’ll ask you to deal damage to her. This is basically a DPS check, and you probably not strong enough to do this until later.
  • Impershi’arc
    • You’ll meet Quinn early on
      • After first meeting, speak with her again on the east side of the city
      • Meet with her a third time at the Harbor
      • Complete The Den of Dunes and she’ll join. We list this as the next section of the guide.
    • Recruit Stadler near the entrance by beating him in a War match
    • Recruit Cabana near the Inn
    • Get Faded Book, Chapter 7 in a chest in NE house
    • Get Shark Fin Soup Recipe in NW house
    • Star Item: Jelly Bean Recipe at General Store
    • You can encounter Sayid Ali for the second time here, near the east side
  • The Den of Dunes
    • Treasure Chests
      • Beetle Headgear [SW Side]
      • Rune of Ground Shatter [West side]
      • Rune of Earth Enchantment [Far NW]
      • Monster Attract Charm [E side]
      • Faded Book, Chapter 16 [Center island, use plant in center of area to reach]
      • Brown Symbol [East Island, use plant right of Faded Book chest]
      • Avocado Sushi Recipe [NE, use plant left of Faded Book chest]
      • Rune of Prevention [NE Island, use plant north of Avacado Sushi Recipe chest]
    • Enemy List
      • Scavenger
      • Gigas
      • Desert Crab
      • Scorpion Assassin
      • Oyamatsumi [multi-part boss]
  • Great Sandy Sea
    • Random Battle Chest: Unknown Pocket Watch
    • Enemy List
      • Sonic Rider
      • Flying Egg
      • Sandfish
      • Desert Killer
    • Fishing Spot - Little Sandfish Island
      • Anchor Ray
      • Mewing Gurnard
      • Sand Goby
      • Hippo Halibut
      • Wolf Coelacanth
    • Fishing Spot - Big Sandfish Island
      • Mewing Gurnard
      • Sand Goby
      • Wolf Coelacanth
      • Anchor Ray
      • Hippo Halibut
      • Cow Flounder
      • Dragon Seahorse
  • Impershi’arc
    • Meet Skyd in the top building to progress the story and do some races.
    • After this, you’ll automatically recruit Skyd and Yuferius VII
    • Find Scarlet near the Harbor to re-race, and she’ll join after beating her.
    • After this, you are done with Nowa’s route for this little split

13. Seign and the Rune Research Lab

This section is relatively short, but makes sense to keep it its own section. Speak to Hildi at Your Town to begin Seign's diversion.

  • Ardinale City
    • You can meet Clarke, but he won’t join yet
    • Raclette Recipe - Talk to NPC in house closest to Smithy in Ardinale City
    • Spicy Pigs’ Ear Recipe - Talk to the NPC in front of the 3rd circle building in the leftmost side of Ardinale City in low-town
    • Maqluba Recipe - Talk to the NPC inside the 2nd circle building in the leftmost side of Ardinale City in low-town
    • Follow the marker for story events. Remember to power up your characters’ weapons
  • Rune Research Lab - UG Passage and following events
    • Treasure Chests
      • Anti-Confuse Scarf
      • Red Key
      • Blue Key
      • Rune of Swift Speed [hidden in NE corner of map]
      • Mystical Magic Medicine [hidden chest at center hallway]
      • Patchwork Armor
      • Tom Yam Kung Recipe
      • Blue Key [another]
      • Breton Galette Recipe
      • Red Key [another]
      • Crankshaft
      • Random Battle Chest: Energizing Scarf [I found this battle in the left-hand side corridor]
    • Enemy List [note, some enemies may not show up right away until an event battle part way through the dungeon]
      • Murdersoul
      • Andromalius
      • Wandering Golem
      • Assault Cleaner
      • Lesser Demon
      • Protoguard
    • Ivy and Yaelu will join automatically during these events after the dungeon
    • (Before doing the Rune Tank diversion, you can get a free heal and a consumable from NPCs)
      • Modified Specimen W_1155 [boss]
      • Heavy Modified Specimen B_1929 [boss]
      • Synthetic Specimen R_0812 [boss]
      • Chimera [boss]

14. Teleportation Tour 3 (and an Eiyuden Chronicle Rising reunion)

  • Your Town
    • Stop by the Great Hall and Mihlu joins automatically
    • Rest in your room for a series of scenes
    • Leave Your Town and immediately return, then head back to the Great Hall. You’ll gain Garoo and Marisa automatically.
    • Talk to Marisa and she’ll mention a Griffon. This is Aleior, who you’ll recruit momentarily.
    • Head to the drill training area (behind the resource depot once it is unlocked) and see a scene about a Dragon (Chandra), who you'll recruit later
    • Leave your town again through the front entrance and you’ll run into CJ. After some scenes, you’ll be tasked to head to the Runebarrows near your city. I'll outline this dungeon in the next section.
  • Dappled Forest
    • The last area is now accessible. The area has Excellent Laquer, which is needed to upgrade your base to Level 3.
    • Treasure Chests
      • Sauteed Chicken Breast Recipe
      • Magic Holy Water
    • Enemy List
      • Forest Ruler
      • Seed Conqueror
  • Hishahn
    • Talk to Syd, find Mystic Lumber, Iron Ore, Dire Beastbone, and return. He’ll join.
  • Abandoned Mine
    • Bring Marisa to the Abandoned Mine. In the first room, you’ll run into Aleior the Griffon, and recruit him.
      • Note: Aleior is Missable. You will not be able to recruit him after a certain event later in the game, so make sure to recruit him now before it is too late.
    • In the last room (Depths), you can run into Durlan. He’ll join if you upgraded your Quarry to Productivity level 3.
  • Twinhorne East
    • Talk to Dalton with Sabine in your party after upgrading your guild with Mission Task 1. He should join then.
    • (Note, if you don't have enough funds to upgrade your quarry and guild for Durlan and Dalton, go ahead and do the Runebarrows section below with Garoo/Cj/Isha, and hopefully you'll have enough when you are done. Or just remember to come back later.)
  • Ardinale
    • Star-Crossed Lovers Script at Ardinale City store (it's a Star Item, unfortunately, which mean it seems to randomly appear.)
    • Once you get this, you can recruit Clarke near the fountain
  • Runebarrows
    • Bring Isha and Garoo to the Runebarrows (note, not the Northern Runebarrows, the other ones near Arenside)
    • After a scene, run away from the boss, then do the dungeon.
    • Treasure Chests
      • Super Lucky Badge
      • Nanami Ice Cream Recipe
      • Monster Repel Charm [Underground]
      • Rune of the Warrior’s Path [Underground]
      • Wealth Badge
      • Faded Book, Chapter 8
      • Dark Chocolate Cake Recipe [Underground]
      • Rune of the Warrior’s Pinnacle [Underground]
    • Enemy List
      • Earthcat
      • Windcat
      • Firecat
      • Watercat
      • Orbguard
      • Borschy
      • Darkcat
      • Lightcat
      • Trovegeist [rare, underground sections]
      • Prometheus [boss]
    • Here are the third puzzle solutions for the Left and Right paths (the puzzles before these are straightforward)
      • Third puzzle (left room)
        • Bottom piece right
        • Middle piece down, then right
        • Top piece right, then down
        • Right-most piece up
        • Bottom piece left, then up, then right
      • Third puzzle (right room)
        • Right piece left, then up, then left, then up
        • Upper piece left, then down
        • Left piece right, then up, then left
    • CJ finally joins when you defeat the boss

15. Heading to Yarnaan 

  • Eldroad
    • Bring Code L as your support character
    • Partway down the path uou’ll run into the dragon Chandra. Fight it and they’ll join. Bring fire protection.
    • Treasure Chests
      • Anti-Petrify Scarf
      • Dragon Doria Recipe
      • Bloodstained Helmet
      • Faded Book, Chapter 15
      • Random Battle Chest: Chopan Salad Recipe [early sections]
      • Random Battle Chest: Rune of the Firefly [late sections]
        • That's right, Eldroad has two chests that can be found in battle.
    • Enemy List
      • Bushtamer
      • Toadstool
      • Cockatrice (adult)
      • Elder Dragon [boss]
      • Dragon Viper
      • Tyrant Tortoise
  • Yarnaan
    • There’s an event battle here with Corpse Knight
    • Sasa Dango Recipe - NPC at the southeast side of 2F Yarnaan
    • Rubber Duckie (hot spring item) - southwest house at 2F
    • Recruit Goldsmid. He requires a "strong" character, but I already had one so it was automatic
    • During the story scenes, you’ll recruit Alwe and Nil
    • Fishing Spot
      • Porter Chub
      • Fruitigil
      • Death-Scythe Salmon
      • Flat Snakehead
      • Lantern Catfish
      • Alligator Pirarucu

16. Norristar Exploration

  • Norristar Area
    • Two fishing spots
      • Norristar (Far North by Skriss Village)
        • Frostbite Smelt
        • Fountain Minnow
        • Icicle Trout
        • Ice Char
        • Snowball Taimen
        • Rune Clione
      • Norristar (South-center Lake)
        • Frostbite Smelt
        • Drill Turtle
        • Icicle Trout
        • Webclaw Turtle
        • Ironcarp
        • Big-Mouthed Pelican Perch
    • Enemy List
      • Snow Wolf
      • Carbuncle
      • Tundra Bat
    • Random Battle Chest: Duck Soup Recipe
  • Skriss Village (north section of Norristar)
    • Chili con Carne Recipe - NPC at first house at the left gives it to you
    • Curry Recipe - NPC at first house at the left gives it to you
    • Star Item: Bang Bang Ji Recipe at Skriss Village General Store
  • Twinhorne West (south section of Norristar)
    • Shrimp Doria Recipe - First house on the left side
    • Find Hogan at the harbor
      • Have to make 50,000 baqua in profit through Trading Posts. There's no time limit for this.
    • Recruit Rohan at Twinhorne West Inn
      • Might need Town rank 3
    • Star Item: Colorful Macarons Recipe
  • Optional
    • If you’ve gotten Platinum Ore from the Rare Ore Guild Missions, you can build the Build Mysterious Room in your Town.
      • This is an easy way to level up characters, if you can manage to win a battle
      • Attempt floor 1 and Selbineth will join regardless if you win or lose
  • Athrabalt
    • Brew Bar Satay Recipe - House by Appraisal Shop
    • Faded Book, Chapter 1 - House by Smithy
    • Star Item: Steamed Bread Recipe at Athrabalt Tool Shop
      • This may not show up until later, unsure.
    • After scenes, Rudy and Maxim join temporarily and you'll be tasked to go to the Ice Cave

17. Ice Cave, Snowpeak Pass, and Norristar Invasion Events

  • Ice Cave
    • Treasure Chests
      • Rune of Quick Slash
      • Ancient Shield
      • Blue Symbol
        • (You have to really wiggle the analog stick left/right to get this and some other chests, huh)
      • Rune of Currents
      • Anti-Paralysis Scarf
      • 3200 baqua
      • Eyepatch
      • Faded Book, Chapter 10
        • Return to area behind boss afterward
      • Random Battle Chest: Veteran’s Face Guard
        • Found in a battle with Ice Golems in the last section of the map
    • Enemy List
      • Frost Slime
      • Carbuncle
      • Snow Wolf
      • Ice-soul
      • Ice Golem
      • Fenrir [boss]
    • Rudy will join after the cave
  • Yarnaan
    • Return to Athrabalt for some scenes. You’ll eventually head back to Yarnaan for an attack. You'll fight several event battles.
    • Yarnaan will become temporarily unavailable after this event, but you'll regain access to it before the end of the game.
    • Before defending Yarnaan, Lilwn will join automatically
    • Enemy List
      • Corpse Guard [event]
      • Corpse Witch [event]
  • Recruit Galladur (MISSABLE)
    • As soon as you leave Yarnaan, warp to Proving Grounds, go to the pedestal that rotates the room, and head straight west to the door, but don't go through it. Galladur is sitting right in front of it, down a little bit in the grass. Speak with him to fight an event battle, and he'll join.
Due to a bug, if you miss out on recruiting Galladur during his available window, he may be permanently missed. Get him now!
  • You’ll escape back to Athrabalt. During the scenes, Euma and Kassius will join automatically
  • Odds and Ends
    • Recruit Aoi - Twinhorne East after assembly conference at Athrabalt Castle
      • She’s looking for Iugo so bring Iugo into party
      • Choose ‘Ready if you are’ to fight her (1v1 with Iugo only)
      • Aoi joins you after that
    • Recruit Foxiel - East of Athrabalt after assembly conference at Athrabalt Castle. She's seeking a food item
      • Approach Kurtz at Your Town Inn for scene - he’ll make Vegetable Milk Soup
      • Return to Foxiel, who joins you after this
    • Momo - Southside of southeastern bridge of Hishahn after assembly conference at Athrabalt Castle
      • Choose ‘Absolutely!’ dialogue option
      • Transported to Seaside Cavern - go all the way to the back & beat Kraken boss
        • Make sure to return to the Kraken boss area to get a Treasure Chest with Rune of SP
      • Momo joins after this
  • Snowpeak Pass
    • After completing the initial run through this dungeon, it'll be closed off momentarily, but eventually you can come back
    • Treasure Chests
      • [Seign route, west]
        • Anti-Blind Scarf
        • Wyvern Leather Shoes
        • Peridot Brooch
      • [Marisa route, east]
        • Wayve recruited automatically
        • Magic Holy Water
        • Elemental Crystal
        • Opal Bangle
      • [Nowa route, north]
        • Anti-Sleep Scarf
        • Rune of the Sniper’s Pinnacle
    • Enemy List
      • Frost Shell [all regions]
      • Jotunn [west]
      • Snow Boxer [all regions]
      • Sonic Wolf [north]
      • Frost Boar [east]
      • Assault Tiger [north]
      • Jellysalis [east]
      • Heinrich [boss, fought with Nowa’s team]
  • Odds and Ends
    • Bounty Hill last area is available
      • Enemy List
        • Qualasmi
        • Hippogriff
      • Treasure Chests
        • 4000 baqua
        • Mixed Fruit Recipe
      • You can get Legendary Beast Horn here for town-building
  • Recipe Collection
    • Shooting Star Recipe - from NPC in NE Eltisweiss house
  • Norristar Invasion Events
    • Head to the castle in Athrabalt when ready.
    • War Battle: Legion Elektra Vs Legion Heinrich
    • War Battle: Legion Elektra Vs Legion Dux Aldric
      • This is just two turns
    • Athrabalt during Empire invasion
      • [Seign’s party]
        • Boss: Maiden-Revenant
      • [Nowa’s party]
        • Boss: Samurai-Revenant
      • [Marisa’s party]
        • Enemy List (note, some enemies here will not show up anywhere else, but you can always encounter these enemies via the Mystery Room in Your Town)
          • Corpse Rider
          • Corpse Witch
          • Corpse Knight
          • Corpse Guard
          • Cursed Witch 
          • Cursed Guard
          • Spookybear-Revenant [Boss - two different versions fought in subsequent battles]
      • Twinhorne West
        • Enemy List:
          • Experimental Specimen A_0099 [event]
        • Yulin recruited automatically
      • Go to Great Hall, then walk around the castle
        • Scene at:
        • 1F East
        • 1F West
        • Training ground
        • Medical room (1F west),
        • 2F library
        • 2F balcony
        • 2F west
        • War room (2F west)
        • Galdean room 2F
        • 3F west
        • Guardian room 3F
        • Then go to 1F, then Great Hall

18. Teleportation Tour 4

  • Odds and Ends
    • Recruit Allaby - Speak to her at Your Town Inn
    • If you haven't yet, you can meet Sayid Ali for the third time near your Hot Spring.
    • Recruit El Alicanto - Revisit Snowpeak Pass and go along the north trail where Nowa’s party went after Empire’s invasion of Norristar
      • Encounter him at the northernmost bone-gathering resource point
      • Beat him in a duel
      • Joins you after that
    • You're probably strong enough to recruit Reyna in Dabavin now
    • Recruit Dijkstra - Found at Twinhorne East
      • Choose ‘I’ll do it if you agree to join us.’ dialogue option
      • Beat the Boss at The Chelonian Goliath, Vilashnu
        • This is the next section of the guide
  • Recipe Collection
    • Galactic Meat Recipe - NPC gives it to you at Fort Xialuke
    • Cold Pho Recipe - NPC in the house to the left of Hishahn Smithy
    • Tomato and Cheese Sandwich - Closest house to General Store in Kyshiri
    • Pancakes Recipe - Female NPC in Northeastern house at Altverden Village
    • Cream Cheese on Crackers Recipe - Male NPC in Northeastern house at Altverden Village
    • Hummus Recipe - In Arenside, the NPC at the first house you see at the beginning of the game musing about beans
  • The Chelonian Goliath, Vilashnu
    • Treasure Chests
      • Material Crystal
      • Pasta Carbonara Recipe
      • Rune of Impregnable Defense
      • True Sight Glasses
      • Rune of the Mage’s Pinnacle
      • Forceful Armband [hidden at big northeastern part of the map]
      • Blueberry Pie Recipe
      • Malachite Bangle
      • Faded Book, Chapter 18
        • Hidden at end of the area after boss, return to get it by heading to the dock at Twinhorne East
    • Enemy List
      • Earth Dragon
      • Azhdahag
      • Asterion
      • Nidhoggr
      • Mach Egg
      • Goblomancer [boss]
        • Note: Target Goblomancer, NOT Letus
      • Letus [boss]
        • Note: Letus will not be added to your bestiary in your Library yet. You have to beat her in the Mysterious Room
  • Cooking Contest Diversion
    • You should now have a sizeable number of recipes to complete 15 Cooking Contests with Kurtz in order to recruit Celia
  • Beigoma Diversion
    • With the gold beigoma available from several Vilashnu enemies, now’s a good time to do the Beigoma storyline and recruit Dr. Corque and Reid. Check out our Beigoma Trainer and Locations guide for more details about this sidequest.
  • Recruit Shixeen
    • If you haven't yet. Buy and play cards until Shixeen shows up near the card shop in Your Town. Beat her in a match to recruit her. Apparently, you need 120 cards for her to show up.

19. Castle Harganthia

Note: Before Castle Harganthia is a good place to keep a back-up save, just in case. You will also not be able to recruit the griffin Aleior after the events at Castle Harganthia, so make sure to do that now.
  • Castle Harganthia
    • You should automatically get a scene with Carrie and Milana in Your Town’s square to kick off this event. You’ll send Marisa and a team to Castle Harganthia when ready.
    • Recruit Markus Automatically
    • Treasure Chests (Like with Abandoned Mine early in the game, we'll separate this section by map)
      • Castle Harganthia Outside
        • Pearl Bangle
        • Rune of Impassable Resistance
      • Castle Harganthia Inside
        • Anti-Seal Scarf (a little hidden)
      • Castle Harganthia-Outside again
        • Rune of Arcane Magic
        • Warded Ribbon
        • Shoes of Flight [hidden in a bush]
      • Castle Harganthia Inside again
        • Faded Book, Chapter 9 (hidden at top right corner of map)
        • Rune of SP Charge
        • Mystical Bangle
      • Castle Harganthia-Outside again
        • Tanzanite Bangle
        • Rune of Rapid Shot
        • Turquoise Bangle
      • Castle Harganthia Inside
        • Elemental Symbol [gear room]
        • Ruby Bangle [gear room]
        • Rune of Runeshard Studies (top of spiral staircase)
        • Random Battle Chest: Sphene Bangle (Spiral Staircase)
      • Castle Harganthia-Outside again
        • Rune of Blessed Luck
        • Material Symbol
    • Enemies
      • Castle Harganthia-Outside
        • Torasampe
        • Hellflower
        • Soul Reaper
          • May be only in later areas
        • Evil Spirit
        • Xibalba
        • Corpse RIder
        • Balor
      • Castle Harganthia Inside
        • Evil Spirit
        • Xibalba
        • Petit Gargoyle
        • Hell Knight
        • Hell Guard
        • Lilith
      • Dead countess [boss]
    • Head to Great Hall. Recruit Lakian Arkathies Fawud automatically after defeating boss

20. Liberating Athrabalt and Eltisweiss

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Before you rest in your room following the completion of Castle Harganthia, make sure you have all recruitable characters, except for Leene. There is a key event coming up in which the optimal outcome will only occur if you have every character possible by this point. That means doing 15 Cooking Contests for Celia, trading for Hogan, completing the Beigoma storyline for Reid, playing cards for Shixeen, etc. If you aren't sure, check B'baba's divinations. Only Leene will be missing. There are a few automatic characters you'll get soon, too, but this is your last chance to fill your roster properly.
  • Imperial Army Headquarters
    • When ready, rest in your room. Walk around your castle
      • Note: This can be glitchy in events not triggering as they should. Don't return to Nowa's room until you see all the scenes listed below.
      • Scene at roof (make sure to talk to Seign), 3F, 3F statue courtyard, 2F west, 2F balcony, 2F west war room, 2F east, return to Nowa’s room
    • When ready, head to the Great Hall.
    • Legion Dux Aldric Vs. Legion Nowa
      • You’ll gain a bunch of reinforcements in this battle as part of the story
      • Don’t bother fighting the revenant enemies too much, they’ll disappear after turn 3.
    • No chests in Imperial Army Headquarters
    • Enemy List (This is a one-time-only area, but any enemies missed you can fight later in the Mysterious Room)
      • Imperial Soldier (Sword) 
      • Ripper Raptor
      • Mach Egg
      • Imperial Soldier (Bow)
      • Modified Specimen T_1965 [second map of the area]
      • Imperial Soldier (Spear) [second map of the area]
      • Ogre [second map of the area]
      • Imperial Elite (Sword) [These enemies can appear in random battles, but they are somewhat rare. However, there are two with the boss, so you'll definitely run into them.]
      • Heinrich [boss]
    • After all the scenes you’ll recruit:
      • Goldwyn
      • Elektra
      • Maxim
      • Vorrdice
      • Viesskin
      • Leene [When you give your speech, ONLY if you've followed the note above and recruited all other characters]
  • Liberate Eltisweiss
    • Legion Nowa Vs. Legion Chapell
    • You'll fight a few event battles after this
    • Boss: Chappell
    • Star Item: Cherry Pie Recipe sold at Eltisweiss Tool Shop
    • Star Item: Rising Script sold at Eltisweiss Tool Shop
  • Yarnaan:
    • Star Item: Forest Musicians Script: Yarnaan General Store
    • Star Item: Crown of Guile (headgear): Yarnaan General Store
    • You can meet Sayid Ali for the fourth time on 3F east side. Then you can find him near your Hot Springs again. He'll give you a Rune of Clairvoyance. (This might appear later, maybe after the credits.)

21. Gardhaven Castle

  • Battle of Gardhaven Castle
    • Pretty easy at this point
  • Gardhaven Castle
    • Treasure Chests
    • Gardhaven Castle - 1F
      • Rune of Supersonic Speed (far NW)
      • Holy Circlet (SW room, blue door)
      • Blessed Shield (NW room, blue door)
      • Sacred Helmet (NE room, blue door)
      • Blessed Armor (SE room, red door)
    • Gardhaven Castle - 2F
      • Rune of Medical Studies (NE section)
      • Rune of the Knight’s Path (SW section)
      • Osechi Recipe (center west room)
      • Ascent Badge (center room)
      • Rune of SP+ (center right room)
      • Rune of Tremendous Power (SE section)
      • Blessed Heavy Helm (NE section, red door, you’ll be back here later)
    • Library Section 3F
      • Book of Knowledge (behind a secret panel on the NE side)
      • Rune of Quick Movement (optional hidden panel on the left side)
      • Faded Book, Chapter 17 (NW)
      • Book of Power (follow the pat to the east side after placing first book)
      • Book of Fate (follow the path to another hidden wall after placing second book)
    • Enemy List
      • Imperial Elite (Sword) [1F/2F]
      • Imperial Elite (Bow) [1F/2F]
      • Ogre [1F/2F]
      • Mine Orb  [1F/2F]
      • Modified Specimen H_008 [3F]
      • Synthetic Specimen R_0901 [3F]
      • Arch-Demon [3F]
      • Synthetic Specimen C-0282 ["Perimeter" rooftop]
      • Narungarde [boss]
      • Alde Dracare [boss]
      • Alde Dracare [boss]
    • After beating the game, a clear save will be made, placing you just before the final boss. You can continue to do whatever you need to at this point.