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Search: go HomeWhat's NewContributeFeaturesBoardsMy GamesAnswersHelp Platforms: 3DS | DS | iPhone | NGP | PC | PS2 | PS3 | PSP | Wii | Xbox 360 | All Systems PSP Action General Lord of Arcana HomeData FAQs SavesReviewsImagesVideosMy Games Answers Board FAQ/Walkthrough by Exulus1 Last Updated 2011-03-02 Liked this FAQ? Click here to recommend this item to other users. Table of Contents Controls In Mission Actions Requiring Skills In Town Status Conditions Status Ailments Multiplayer Tips Things to keep in mind Missions Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Frequently Asked Questions Contact Credits Legal Controls In Mission Directional Pad = Camera Control Analog = Movement X = Block X+Analog = Roll *When on ground it should recover and make you roll *If you're a Mace type, X doesn't do anything. You can't block. *If you're a Firelance, this is the load button. *While being knocked away, this turns into a Recovery Roll.

[] = Normal Attack *Unless you're a Firelance then this is a Ranged Attack. *While being knocked away, this turns into a Recovery Attack. Triangle = Battle Art *In the field, this is used to toggle the map. O = Magic *If you're a Mace type, this is instead an Uppercut. *If you're a Firelance, this becomes an Assist attack. L = Lock on *L+Directional Pad = Switch Target R = Dash R+[] = Dash Attack Start = Call for allies (Multiplayer only) *In the field, this is used to bring up the menu. Triangle + O * Summon Actions Requiring Skills Hold down [] = Uppercut (unless Mace type, then stronger Normal Attack) Uppercut while targetting knocked down enemy = Stomp O after uppercut = Aerial Combo In Town Directional Pad = Camera Control Analog = Movement O = Talk R = Dash Start = Menu Interactable objects Monsters: Touch them to initiate a battle. Guardians: Monsters that block the passage to another area. Defeat them to open up paths. Master Guardians: Monsters with a large demonic aura. Requires all party members to approach it and ready up. Crates: When broken, they yield items. Treasure Chests: Same as Crates. Crystals: Same as Crates. Gathering Spots: They're spots with a small green "aura". You can harvest multip le items here until the spot runs out. Status Conditions These are a series of different status conditions a target will go through accor ding to their state. Normal: Target is more or less in good condition, everything is well. Staggering: Target is at critical health. The signs are obvious limping with blo od spewing (enemy). In this condition, the target is unable to dash. Exhausted: Triggered by running too much, target is unable to use actions that r equire Pulse for a period of time until the bar on the Pulse meter is completely depleted. Status Ailments These are a series of inhibiting status ailments that are inflicted upon opposin g attacks. Paralysis: Marked by three waves and static around the target's body. Target is unable to act. Cures in time or alternatively can be cured (with no penalty) by having a party member strike you with a Coup de Grace or Uppercut. Sleep: Marked by Zs. Same as Paralysis. Dizzy: Marked by a series of stars over the target's head. Same as Paralysis alo

ng with the ability to cure Dizzy faster by rotating the Analog in any direction rapidly. Burn: Marked by flames around the target's body. Target suffers damage in unifor m frames in time. Poison: Marked by a murky, purple aura. Target suffers damage in uniform frames in time. Mini: Marked by the target becoming severly down scaled. Target does only one da mage, moves at a slower speed, and covers a smaller distance. Additionally, the target cannot use items. Can be cured by striking the ball of light following th e user. Multiplayer Lord of Arcana has an ad-hoc multiplayer mode. This means that you can only play with another person who is sitting next to you OR online if you use Ad-hoc Part y (PS3) or Xlink Kai (PC) in conjunction with your PSP. The changes from single player to multiplayer are as follows: Results screen time is longer. More targets are needed to collect/hunt in missions. Master Guardians have more HP. There are enemy reinforcements in battle even without existing enemies calling f or them. Initiating battle causes everyone in the area to be involved. The middle Melee Duel requires every party members' participation. The finisher Melee Duel is split up; party members take turns doing the QTE. Friendly Fire is introduced--you can be knocked around by Coup de Grace and Uppe rcut but no damage is suffered. Items can be given to other members from the Start Menu. Lives are shared. As you start dying and the time counts down to your next revival you can press T riangle to alert other players of your status. Before an member dies another can revive them using Life Injection. Hold Triangl e down over the corpse and HP will be cut in half and distributed amoung the par ticipating members. A party member in battle is able to call for other party members to join them in the fray (if they aren't already participating) using the Start button. You can only escape from a Master Guardian battle if all party members are tryin g to escape. Playing in Multiplayer is typically harder and more time consuming than if one w ere to play alone. Why then, play online? It's easier to break parts on Master Guardians. You'll get a bigger payoff in the end for each mission: more EXP and materials. Firelances are safer now that you have other allies that can distract the enemy and act as tanks. Tips After 03 - Agni Invades, craft the Eye of the Gods. Equip it and you'll be able to lock on to breakable parts on a boss or weak points saving you the trouble of manually orienting your strikes. Every time you come back from a mission, search the whole town and gather materi als. Most of the time these materials will be Clean Water which is crucial for m aking Potions. When you roll, dodge INTO the enemy so that you'll be ready to launch a countera ttack afterwards. Don't forget that you'll be vulnerable at the end so don't use it too soon. When escaping, run straight into the boundry to initiate the action. Then, run d iagonally so you'll slide to the side, allowing you to dodge some attacks while still running. Things to keep in mind

This guide will be written as if the player is playing alone and NOT with someon e else Enemies respawn so when doing missions that require you to kill multiple enemies try leaving and reentering the area you were just in. Rolling your analog while your stunned will make you recover faster. You can use your ultamite spell as a way to recover faster and then rolling to c ancel without using it. Ambushing the enemy will give you an attack boost but if you're the one being am bushed then you're defense will decrease. Missions Prologue 00 - Prologue Mission: Don't pick up any of the treasure chests--you'll end up l osing them by the end of this mission anyway. Just follow the key icons in the s creen and destroy all guardians while proceeding to the opened gates. At the end , kill Nidhogg. When you need to talk to the guild, approach the white haired woman behind the c ounter next to the blonde haired woman to start. Chapter 1 01 - Entrance Exam: Raid Area 2, 3, 6. 02 - Goblin Treasure: Get into an encounter with every Goblin you see. For each encounter they'll randomly drop a chest that has a Red Stone in it. Repeat this for five times (or more for extra money) then return to the Delivery Box marked by the "house" symbol and click O. 03 - Agni Invades: Ignore all enemies and head straight for Agni. He occassional ly switches from Area 6 and 9. Agni: All of his attacks hit forward so throughout the whole battle, stay behind him unless Agni is spiraling the stage in a rolling attack. To avoid that attac k, wait until he's about to do his last revolution then charge to the center. Chapter 2 04 - Adventurer's Soul: Skeletons are the monsters with the red clothing. They a ppear in Area 1 and 5. Defeat the Guardian in Area 6 then look for the last Skel eton in Area 6. Exit and reenter if you have to. 05 - Sandstorm Hellfire: Agni is paired up with a Blaze Goblin this time around and often goes in Area 10 first and then Area 6. 06 - Rose of the Desert: The items you need are located in Gathering Spots in Ar ea 3, 6, 7, 9, and 10. 07 - Takemikazuchi!: Directly confront Takemikazuchi. The boss resides in Area 3 or 5. Takemikazuchi: Like Agni, you can avoid most of his assault by staying at his ba ck. There's only two attacks that can hit you this way and that's his thunder cl ap that inflicts Mini (no damage) and his charge which will only hit from behind if you're too close to him. Chapter 3 08 - Baby Xuan Wu: The Baby Xuan Wu are green turtle-like monsters that appear i n Area 2, 6, and 8. 09 - Find Mandrake: They pretty much look like green onions, occasionally they'l l have an aura of healing. They appear in Area 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 (not in that order) and blend in well with the enviroment so look carefully. If you don't kill them quick enough they will summon drake shades so if you have a hard time killing d rake shades run from the battle and re-engage the mandrakes 10 - Earth-Loving Kirin: Kill the Guardian in Area 9. You should get a message t elling you the target has appeared. After that, look for what looks like a rainb ow colored monster that looks like a cross between a chick, a peacock, and a hor

se (Kirin) in the same area first before checking the other areas. 11 - Thunder Clouds: This time, Takemi is with a Skeleton. Head to Area 3 or 5 t o confront him. 12 - Bahamut Attacks: Defeat the Guardian that's typically at the bottom (map-wi se) at Area 1. Proceed to Area 2 and defeat both guardians in front of the gates in order to open them. Now, check Area 6 for Bahamut. If he isn't there then vi sit Area 5 to find him. Be sure to activate the gate that connects to Area 5 for easy access on subsequent runs. Bahamut: Stay at his right side, somewhat close but not next to his tail. If you 're in this position, don't panic when he does his tail whip as it'll just miss. Keep a safe distance so you also don't get hit by his flip and all should be we ll. When he charges at you, dodge to your left and when he throws out Mega Flare don't underestimate it's range--the shockwaves are huge and fatal. If you still have trouble, you can switch to the Firelance and snipe him from afar while usi ng Artillery when you have enough Pulse. Chapter 4 13 - Collector's Plea: To get a Glittering Stone you need to defeat a Griffin wh ich can be found in areas 9, 4, and 6. They're the monsters floating around with 3 wings on each side. Once you defeat a Griffin it should drop a chest with the Glittering Stone inside, bring it back to the delivery box in area 1 and you're done with the quest. 14 - Inhuman Rampage: Use the teleporter in area to get to area 8 then go to are a 7 and use the teleporter there to get to area 2. Once in area 2 kill the guard ian there and it'll unlock area 3, kill the guardian there too and the target sh ould appear in area 8. Take the teleporter in area 2 back to area 7 then go back to area 8 to find the drake shade, it looks like a dragon with someone on top o f it. 15 - Winged Dragon: Bahamut will appear in area 4 or 5, this time he'll be with a skeleton 16 - Twin-Head Snake: Defeat the guardian in area 7. Azdajha will be in area 5. If you have the Agni ultimate card now what be a good time to use it. She stays in the ground and uses her 2 snake heads to attack you but Agni will just knock her on the ground where you can attack her and she'll be stunned too. If you don 't have it then you'll have to destroy her 2 snake heads first. They will rise u p from the ground and stike back down, this will keep them in place for awhile g iving you time to get in a few hits. Once she isn't underground anymore just kee p attacking her, the safest place to attack her from is from behind.If she does an attack where she digs into the ground after 2 or 3 times she'll be stunned le aving you a chance to attack. She does have a move where she puts her 2 snake he ads into the ground and does a spinning attack to hit everything around her so b e ready to move or block if you see it coming. Chapter 5 17 - Bog Dumplings: Green slime can be found in area 7. Once you kill the first green slime drake shades will appear so leave quickly on the map and one will ma ke an attempt to stop you from leaving the area so if you have a hard time killi ng it. You should get a message saying a new target has appeared. The next green slime will be in area 5, the last one will be in area 2. 18 - Kirin Rampage: Killing the guardians in each area will cause a Kirin to app ear. Killing the guardian in area 9 will cause a Kirin to appear in area 7, kill ing the guardian in area 8 will cause a Kirin to appear in area 8, and killing t he guardian in area 6 will cause a Kirin to appear in area 1. 19 - Sky Assassin: The Griffins are in area 7 and 6. Use the teleporter in area 5 to get to area 7, after that a guardian will appear in area 4. Once you kill t he guardian the gate to area 6 will unlock and you can kill the last Griffin. 20 - Slime Overload: You may see blue slimes in this map, those aren't the ones you need to kill, you need to kill the green slimes. The green slimes are in are as 1, 6, 4, and 7. The green slimes will also be with the mandrakes and the blue slimes.

21 - The Snake Returns: Azdaja will be in area 2. Kill the guardians in area 1, 6, and 7 and she should appear, this time she'll be with a green slime. 22 - Bog Guard: Killing the guardian in area 6 will cause the Griffin to appear in area 2. Once you kill it another guardian will appear in area 6, killing this one will let you go to area 7 where the drake shade is. 23 - Sword Master: Kill the guardian in area 8 and another one will appear in ar ea 1. Once you kill both of them Grendel will appear in area 5. You won't really be hitting Grendel too much. He will do a sword rain type of attack and his swo rd will appear on the ground hit that as much as you can and it should do a lot of damage to him since it's also his weakpoint. If he charges at you while he's in rage mode try and keep your distance since he'll do a spinning attack. Using agni is useful since it stuns Grendel and lets you get a few hits in. If you wan t to, since Grendel stays in the air most of the fight you can use the fire lanc e and snipe at him. Chapter 6 24 - Nose Ring Theft: You need to get 3 Ornate Nose Ring in this quest, to get o ne you need to kill a minotaur. These monsters where armmor and can sometimes be found attacking each other. Minotaurs can be found in areas 1, and 5. Once you kill one it should drop a chest with a Ornate Nose Ring inside. 25 - Bird Beast Battle: The Griffins are in areas 5 and 6. You can just ignore t he guardian in area 2 and get past the gate if you have the protal connecting ar ea 7 and 5. 26 - Immortal Dragon: The skull dragon's in area 7. To get to area 7 you have to first kill the guardians in area 8 and 9 to unlock the gate. Once you do that y ou can fight the skull dragon. 27 - Ancient Sword: Grendel will be waiting in area 9, 5 or 7. To get to him kil l the guardian in areas 3, and 6. This time Grendel will be with 2 red goblins 28 - Demonic Ox: In this mission you have to kill 7 minotaurs. The minotaurs wil l spawn in areas 3, 8, 4, and 5. After you kill 5 minoutaurs you will get a mess age saying a new target has appeared, the last 2 should be in area 7. 29 - Red Conqueror: This stage has a lot of floors but is pretty straightfoward, just keep on killing the guardians until you get to Vermillion. If you use up y our items getting to Vermillion then restock with the items that are on the floo t where Vermillion is. Vermillion: When Vermillion teleports he will reappear to the side of you and do a attack. To dodge this just run and hit him once he's done. Another thing Verm illion can do is make clones of himself and they'll shoot fireballs at you. Don' t attack the clones, they'll blow up, do a lot of damage, and once they're done blowing up he'll do a attack that can 1 hit kill you if you don't block it. The clone that holds his sword in his right hand should be the real one. He will alw ays look diffrent from the other clones. (Ex: He will have a diffrent pose or sw ord in diffrent hand) He can also teleport and shoot a lazer at you. Having a Gr endel or Agni card here can be useful too, thankfully he doesn't seem to have th at much hp. SPOILER! Highlight to View This is actually the end of the game, the rest of the chapters are post-game. Chapter 7 30 - Reaper's Overture: Frequently Asked Questions Q. Will you put more in-depth strategies on how to beat monsters? A. No, unless there is an urgent need for me to personally write the strategies I won't. Q. Will you put a section on blacksmithing? A. No, pllus there is the Japanese Wiki. I MAY however provide armor pictures in

the future. Q. Will leveling up increase my stats? A The only thing leveling up does for you is increase your hp but your no strong er than a level 1 Contact Email me at hatakekitsue0@gmail.com or send Exulus- a message on the Playstation Network. I'm happy to provide answers to your questions, respond to any comment s, or clarify anything. Feel free to point out errors or provide suggestions of any kind--don't worry, I'll add credit. Please do not simply message me about te aming up with me. Credits Thanks to Square Enix for creating the game Thanks to Zahlzeit for some of the mission info in chapters 1, 2, and 3 Legal This guide is Copyright 2011 by Exulus-. It may not be hosted on any site other than GameFAQs.com and its affiliates without the consent of the writer. All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their resp ective trademark and copyright holders. View as a single printable page: Variable | Fixed-Width Free Games | News | PC | Xbox 360 | Wii | PS3 | PSP | Nintendo DS | PlayStation 2 | GBA | Mobile | Cheat Codes | Forums GameRankings | Metacritic.com | GameSpot | MovieTome Help | Sitemap | About Us | Advertise on GameFAQs Today on CNET: