Part 32: Mini Update 002 - Ukyo, Serena, Fuuko, and Naru Kill A Porno

Hello friends, today we're taking a small field trip around the world in the search of Real Ultimate Power.



First stop are these lil' froggies. They drop a ThiefKnife. The only other enemy in the game to drop them is in the Ancient Castle and I don't want to go there early. You can also get a ThiefKnife at the Colosseum by betting a Tack Star but the only way to get a Tack Star is by Morphing a creature with Ragnarok (which we don't have) or betting a Pod Bracelet. Literally nothing in my text file has a Pod Bracelet in any capacity. This means it is locked behind one of the three mystery items I have left in the Colosseum.

Magus Rod -> ???????????? : LV 58 Ocel
Punisher -> ???????????? : LV 32 Pumie
ValiantKnife -> ???????????? : LV 57 Sushtr Two

These items will be found in places we haven't gone to yet so I have no idea what they trade for.

Anyway, ThiefKnife! I need this because no one in our entire group has Steal or Capture, and no item changers turn into Steal/Capture. ThiefKnives are the only way for me to steal an item. When you use Fight with a ThiefKnife, there's a 50% chance you will use Capture instead; this chance occurs on all four attacks if you use X-fight. Unfortunately there is a bug where if you steal an item with X-fight, no matter what, the rest of the attacks in that chain will not steal an item. Still, it gives you more chances to steal per command and saves some time if you're hunting for one item.



The froggies only have ThiefKnives as their drop so that's pretty easy.



Remember this pack? I hate this pack.



Wait, no, I meant I love this pack. The only other source of Illuminas (that I know of) in this file are as a drop from a super boss.

You might be saying "What super boss? 6 didn't have a super boss!" and to that I'll say "Just you wait!"



Besides being a massive stat stick, Illumina isn't as good as Ragnarok for Fight. Ragnarok casts Ultima which is way better than Pearl. Zepeli will probably roll with double Ragnarok at some point, everyone else that won't be using Fight and can equip it will get an Illumina.


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Seiken Densetsu 3 - High Tension Wire

For now, we've got some betting to do!



Serena is my go to Colosseum fighter. ?-Aero takes care of a lot of things AND they can go into a random Rage, while having more HP than Fuuko. With clever equipment loadouts, they can survive a lot of things while dealing heavy damage.





It's possible the two remaining characters we need to get could use it but I'm not going to hold my breath. Naru can equip precisely zero Espers and is not a natural mage. This means they are limited to learning spells from equipment.



I start going through Illumina's chain to figure out some of the missing items I had at the start. Through clever use of my eyes to read things, I figure out the full chain:

Illumina -> Economizer -> Ragnarok -> Snow Muffler -> Thunder Shld -> Marvel Shoes -> Merit Award -> Offering -> Minerva -> Aegis Shld -> Force Armor -> Excalibur -> Flame Shld -> Excalibur

In theory, this means I can get as many as I want of all those items by stealing Illuminas to bet. At most, I'll need three Economizers. What I would like is some extra Ragnaroks, Snow Mufflers, Marvel Shoes, Minervas, Aegis Shields, and Force Armors. Whether or not I'll be able to bring myself to do that much farming, we'll see.

Speaking of farming, how can I get a Paladin Shield? Well, I can't. Nothing drops it and I don't know if anything bets for it. I can bet the shield for a ValiantKnife so I wouldn't be surprised if a VK bets back for the shield.

What I can do is Steal a Cursed Shield from Goddess, one of the final dungeon bosses, or bet a Force Shield for one. Where do I get a Force Shield? Well, I have one already. The White Dragon drops that or an Economizer and I save stated for the Force Shield. But that means I can only have one Paladin Shield, ever!

HOWEVER


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Chrono Trigger - Rhythm of Wind, Sky, and Earth



White Dragons are one of the handful of bosses that appear on the Veldt!




I got insanely lucky and encountered one after only SIX battles on the Veldt. I assumed I would be there for half an hour trying to find one. It certainly won't be that easy if I go back for more.



Easy peasy.



This little spot here, on the right side of the continent that holds Kefka's Tower, is the ideal Cursed Shield farming spot.



Both of these enemies have 35 hitpoints. This little area is basically the same level as the world right outside of Narshe in the WoB and you can easily fast forward through 255 battles with minimal fuss.



Finally, Real Ultimate Power! Elemental attacks will be nothing to these seven characters, not to mention the stat boosts and Ultima!



Fuck!