Retro Game Walkthroughs for Dark Chronicle (PlayStation 2)
Submitted By: mikelar
The sequel to a game that seemed to slip past the general gaming public like a naughty bar of soap, Dark Chronicle (also known as Dark Cloud 2 to our chubby cousins in the US) really is in a league of it's own when it comes to console RPGs. If there had to be a description of the game, it'd read something like "Zelda meets Suikoden who falls in love with Skies of Arcadia who then gets a gang beating by the entire Final Fantasy series, then dressed up in its Sunday best and pushed out, naked, into a room full of relatives all in very nice cell shaded graphics". Kinda strange and definitely a game you have to play yourself to get a even the slightest grasp of how much of a gem it is.
Anyway, enough of the praise because, as good as the game is, there are some difficult parts here. As such, I decided to write a sort of mini-walkthrough on the most important aspects of the game (weapons, inventions and, strangely, fishing) to aid those struggling to finish this epic game.
I'd like to say that even though this walkthrough was written by me, mikelar, there is information in here copied from other sources on the Internet because, quite frankly, even I didn't know how to get a Heela by breeding a Gummy and a Priscleen together. The point is, the main paragraphs introducing different sections or details is my own work.
Now, on with the show. We'll start with a nice aspect of the game, the weapons.
Weapons:
Both Max and Monica have very different weapons. Where as Monica uses swords in her right hand and magic armbands in her left, Max uses wrenches/hammers in his right and a gun in his left. It is with this combination that you are expected to defeat the various monsters in Dark Chronicle. To make defeating monsters easier, you can upgrade your weapon either generally or specifically. Generally upgrading your weapon will make it a good all rounder but it will take you longer to defeat certain monsters relative to what specifically you could have upgraded your weapon in. For example, fish/frogs are considered 'Scale' monsters so upgrading your weapon specifically in this attribute will make you a fearsome warrior against this type but it may take you longer to defeat a monster in the 'Beast' category if you haven't improved that ability. The other weapon abilities you can upgrade are, with their abbreviation:
At - Attack
Fl - Flame
Ch - Chill
Li - Lightning
Cy - Cyclone
Sm - Smash
Ex - Exorcism
Be - Beast
Sc - Scale
Weapons can also have conditions applied to them so that you can gain more money from monsters or so that you can poison them, not all of them are good though. All the conditions are listed:
Wealth: 30% increase in Gilda dropped by monsters.
Poverty: 30% decrease in Gilda dropped by monsters.
Poison: Poisons enemies, takes 1 away every 5 seconds.
Stop: Chance of freezing enemy movement for a set time.
Steal: Chance of stealing an item after an attack.
Critical: 15% chance of inflicting more than usual damage.
Durable: Slower WHP decrease.
Fragile: Faster WHP decrease.
Absorb: Chance you'll get energy from hitting monsters.
Heal: Restores 1 HP every 5 seconds.
Dark: Inflicts 1.5x damage, but you lose 1% of your max HP each time
ABS Up: 20% increase in ABS dropped by monsters
Inventions:
A huge part of Dark Chronicle and a brilliant, original, concept that has made the game fun even when you're not playing the main game! The invention element of Dark Chronicle involves taking 3 ideas and coming up with a way to make something useful out of them, an invention if you will, simple! During the first few minutes of playing the game, Max will receive a camera which will enable him to photograph objects, monsters, people and just about anything else in Dark Chronicle that may be of interest. With these photographs, Max is then able to create an invention as explained above which he can build and use.
There are an amazing 294 photos in Dark Chronicle but not all are need to create an invention (of which there are, a very respectable, 128). So you don't have to aimlessly wander around each dungeon and city, here is a list of each and every invention with each of the 3 photographs needed to invent it. Once invented, select make, then highlight the invention to see what you require to build it, easy!
The inventions descriptions shown here are set out so they read:
' Invention - 1st Idea & 2nd Idea & 3rd Idea'
It isn't important in which order you enter your ideas for an invention. Right then, all the inventions are shown under an appropriate heading, see what photo you need then go and find it!
Shoes/Boots for Max or Monica:
Clown Shoes - Cloth & Clown Robo's & Attack & Parasol
Dragon Shoes - Cloth & Runaway Dragon & Waterfall
Knight Boots - Belt & Shield & The Moon
Leather Shoes - Chair & Cloth & Gyumo's Yell
Metal Boots - Belt & Drum Can & Work Robot
Panther Boots - Panther Boots
Princess Boots - Flower Chandelier & Moon Flower Palace & Waterfall Curtain
Spike Boots - Moon Crystal & Parasol & Pumpkin
Wing Boots - Belt & Weather Vane & Windmill Feather
Wing Shoes - Cloth & Parasol & Windmill Feather
Work Shoes - Cloth & Constructor & Ladder
Items:
Anti-Curse Amulet - Hmmmm! Jurak & Holy Emblem & Saint's Writings
Antidote Amulet - Bed & Dell Clinic Sign & Holy Emblem
Antidote Drink - Bottle & Dell Clinic Sign & Well
Anti-Goo Amulet - Laundry & Ruler of the Pond & Waterfall
Anti-Petrify Amulet - Clock & Jurak's Eye & Morning Sun
Aquarium - Fountain & Window & Wooden Box
Bomb - Candle & Pot & Weapon Shop Sign
Bread - Fireplace & Polly's Bakery Sign & Wheat Flour
Cheese - Cafe Sign & Lao Chao's Trademark & Milk Can
Double Pudding - Find the Golden Egg! & Milk Can & Wheat Flour
Escape Powder - Ancient Mural & Elevator & Transmission Device
Final Bomb - Candle & Cinders & Oven
Gift Capsule - Bone & Letter & Pot
Holy Water - Bottle & Holy Emblem & The Sun
Improved Bomb - Candle & Coal & Egg
Level-up Powder - Sun Chair & Sun Table & The Sun
Lightspeed - Lightspeed
Lure Rod - Fish & Lafrescia Stem & River
Non-stop Amulet - Clock & Monument & Starglass
Premium Chicken - Burning Dragon Fire & Pork Dumpling & Special Peking Duck
Resurrection Powder - Fruit & Hot Springs Spirit & Lotus Flower
Ridepod Fuel - Luna Stone Shards & Mud & Stardust Pond
Soap - Laundry & Palm Tree & Waterfall
Stamina Drink - Bottle & Chinese Lantern & King Mardan
Tasty Water - Bottle & Fountain & Waterfall
Treasure Chest Key - Golden Door & Labyrinth Door & Sun Chamber Gate Keeper
Ridepod Parts:
Barrel Cannon - Barrel & Fountain & Mushroom
Barrel Cannon II - Barrel & Fountain & Well
Barrel Cannon III - Barrel & Water Tank & Waterfall
Barrel Cannon IV - Air Cleaner & Barrel & Fire Squall
Bucket Leg - River & Trashcan & Water Tank
Bucket Pack - Mailbox & Trashcan & Warehouse
Buggy - Belt & Car & System 5WP2
Cannon Ball Arm - Manhole & Old-Style Robot & Post
Cannon Ball Arm II - Constructor & Post & Rock
Cannon Ball Arm III - Constructor & Moon Crystal & Post
Cannon Ball Arm IV - Constructor & Egg Chair & Rock
Caterpillar - Car & Cart & Wheel
Cleaner Pack - Air Cleaner & Belt & Vacuum
Clown Body - Cup & Paints & Parasol
Clown Foot - Clown Robo's Attack & Egg & Scale
Clown Hand - Clown Robo's Attack & Parasol & Pipe
Clown Hand II - Clown Robo's Attack & Parasol & Scale
Clown Hand III - Clown Robo's Attack & Flag & Work Arm
Clown Hand IV - Clown Robo's Attack & Paints & Power Arm
Drill Arm - Auto Book Reader & Fan & Windmill
Drill Arm II - Electric Sesame & Horn & Work Arm
Drill Arm III - Ixion & Luna Stone Shards & Work Arm
Drill Arm IV - Deer Horn & Flower of the Sun & Work Arm
Drum Can Body - Chair & Drum Can & Lamp
Energy Pack - Belt & Milk Can & Pipe
Energy Pack (Barrel) - Barrel & Belt & Tree
Energy Pack (Urn) - Energy Pipe & Generator & Pot
Hammer Arm - Barrel & Post & Work Robot
Hammer Arm II - Hammer & Post & Work Arm
Hammer Arm III - Chimney & Earth Gem Altar & Hammer
Hammer Arm IV - Moon Column & Power Arm & Tiny Hammer
Iron Leg - Fence & Old-Style Robot & Trashcan
Jet Hover - Candle & Fire House & Relaxation Fountain
Laser Arm - Barrel & Energy Pipe & Geyser
Laser Arm II - Crescent-Shaped Light & Energy Pipe & Ixion
Laser Arm III - Energy Pipe & Relaxation Fountain & Search Light
Laser Arm IV - Blue Lantern & Energy Pipe & Legend of the Moon
Machine Gun Arm - Fan & Rifle & Runaway Dragon
Machine Gun Arm II - Fan & Telescope & Windmill
Machine Gun Arm III - Propeller & Rifle & Windmill
Machine Gun Arm IV - Drum Can & Propeller & Wind Gem Altar
Milk Can Body - Chimney & Milk Can & Peeping Pole
Missile Pod Arm - Mushroom & Rotating Sign & Wooden Box
Missile Pod Arm II - Fountain & Symbol of Luna Lab & Wooden Box
Missile Pod Arm III - Deer Horn & Generator & Gold Store
Missile Pod Arm IV - Fire Gem Altar & Gold Store & Mount Gundor
Multi Feet - Deer Horn & Post & Work Robot
Nova Cannon - Generator & Rapper & The Sun
Nova Cannon II - Fire Gem Altar & Streetlight & The Sun
Nova Cannon III - Moon Column & Stove & The Sun
Nova Cannon IV - Flotsam Revived! & Pot Torch & The Sun
Propeller Leg - Cart & Fan & Windmill Feather
Refrigerator Body - Refrigerator & Small Generator & Traffic Light
Roller Foot - Freight Train & Rotating Sign & Wheel
Samurai Arm - Barrel & Crescent-Shaped Light & Weapon
Samurai Arm II - Runaway Dragon & Weapon & Work Crane
Samurai Arm III - Deer Horn & Moon Column & Weapon
Samurai Arm IV - A Surviving Soldier & Flotsam Revived! & Legend of the Moon
Samurai Body - Cedric's Shop Sign & Crescent-Shaped Light & Telescope
Sun & Moon Armour - Electric Sesame & The Moon & The Sun
Super-Alloy Body - Gold Store & Search Light & Work Equipment
Triple-Urn Pack - Flower Chandelier & Light of Luna Stone & Pot
Wooden Box Body - Giant Yorda Tree & Hmmmm! Jurak & Wooden Box
Weapons for Max and Monica:
Albatross - Fire Squall & Geyser & Tree
Bandit Brassard - Clock & Gold Store & Show Window
Bell Trigger - Fountain & Phone & Tree
Bone Rapier - Bone & Cloth & Withered Jurak
Cubic Hammer - Dresser & Gold Store & Work Equipment
Dark Viper - Night Stalker & Puppet Shingala & Rifle
Digi Hammer - Computer & Constructor & Decorative Lights
Falcon - Hammer & Large Crane & Withered Jurak
Flamingo - Light of Luna Stone & Palm Tree & Tiny Hammer
Grenade Launcher - Chimney & Egg & Fountain
Heavy Hammer - Drum Can & Paznos & Power Arm
Magic Gun - Fountain & Moon Crystal & The Moon
Poison Wrench - Deer Horn & Mushroom & Sulfur-Colored Juice
Question Shooter - Brave Little Linda & Fountain & Neo-Projector
Ruler's Sword - Figure & Iron Maiden & Paznos
Sand Breaker - Hand-Sewn Silk Flag & Horn & Spinning Ivanoff
Sexy Panther - Elena's Portrait & Flower Bathed in Light & Rifle
Smash Wrench - Constructor & Rock & Star Lamp
Soul Breaker - Energy Pipe & Geyser & Transmission Device
Star Breaker - Chimney & Fire House & Phantom Memo Eater
Steal Gun - Book & Fountain & Work Crane
Stinger Wrench - Air Cleaner & Pipe & Wheel
Swan - Boat & Tiny Hammer & Tree
Trumpet Gun v Fountain & Rapper & Tree
Turkey v Special Peking Duck & Tree & Windmill Feather
Twin Buster v Flower Chandelier & Jurak's Nose & Rifle
Wild Cat v Charging Ram & Rifle & Work Equipment
Wise Owl Sword v Charging Ram & Grass & Tree
Fish:
When you receive the fishing rod during the first few hours of gameplay, you'll be able to fish in the many ponds, lakes, rivers and oceans in Dark Chronicle. Catching fish will result in you receiving "FP" or fishing points which you can add to your rod to improves its ability. At first, you'll only be able to catch smaller fish but as you upgrade your rod, you'll be able to land some 'proper beauties'! Each rod characteristic is shown with its definition so you know which ability you need to upgrade if you're struggling to reel some of the bigger fish in:
Flight - How far you can cast the bait.
Strength - How quickly you can reel in.
Resilience - How long you can reel in without having to stop.
Grip - How much the controller rumbles when a fish is about to bite.
Luck - General improvement in fishing skill.
Flight, Strength and Luck all affect how big the fish is that you're reeling in so improve these if you're only catching tiddlers!
After you have invented an aquarium, the fish you catch can be placed in and fed, breed or fought together. Each of the three tanks; the Battle, Breeding and Rec tank, all of which are available when you invent the aquarium, mean that you have to move the fish around if you want to feed them (Rec tank) rather than battle them (Battle tank, obviously).
Catching the fish is the first step in creating your own living aquarium, however you might not want a tank full of Gummies, the games most common (and therefore annoying) fish. As such, the varying baits result in different fish being caught. Some baits catch the same fish whilst others may only catch one, they are shown here:
Mimi - Gummy, Niler, Nonky, Bon, Tarton, Bobo
Petite Fish - Bon, Kaji, Den, Hama Hama
Battan - Gummy, Niler, Bon
Carrot - Umadakara
Poison Apple - Mardan Garayan
Gooey Peach - Gummy, Bobo, Bon
Bomb Nuts - Piccoly, Gummy, Bon
Minion - Bon, Bobo, Den
Bananna - Piccoly, Niler
Evy - Bon, Tarton, Bobo
Potato Cake - Gummy, Tarton, Bon, Priscleen
Prickly - Bon
Heart-Throb Cherry - Gummy
Each fish you capture has varying attributes and each attribute effects the characteristics of the fish. The attribute definitions are:
Boost - How fast the fish can swim.
Endurance - How long the fish will last in a fight
Strength - How tough the fish will be in a fight.
Tenacity - How fiercily the fish will battle.
Stamina - How long the fish can take a beating
Gender, Length and Weight are all self explanatory.
Once you invent the aquarium, you can feed the fish you catch once they are placed in there. Feeding the fish with the following baits improves a particular attribute:
Battan - Tenacity
Carrot - Boost. Will also change fish from male to female or vice versa.
Evy - Stamina
Petite Fish - Endurance
Potato Cake - Stamina
Prickly - Tenacity
Mimi - Endurance
Minion - Boost
Breeding Fish:
Catching the fish you're looking for can be tricky at times, there are lots of fish to catch each with their own favourite bait, their own specific location and even their own time of day they'll be in the water. In order to be able to see all the fish in Dark Chronicle, you can breed the them together. Two fish, once placed in the breeding tank, will create one fish that will be the same breed as its parents if they were both the same breed, it will however, have better attributes. However, crossbreeding fish can lead to the creation of new fish, here is a selection of which fish are created from which crossbreeds:
Kaji + Nonky = Baku Baku
Baku Baku + Tarton = Bobo
Bobo + Hama Hama = Gummy
Gummy + Priscleen = Heela
Heela + Niler = Den
Den + Mardan Garayan = Negie
Negie + Umadakara = Piccoly
Piccoly + Priscleen = Gobbler
Gobbler + Umadakara = Hama Hama
Hama Hama + Umadakara = Tarton
Keep in mind that there are many other combinations which result in the same outcome as those listed above, experiment to find the fabled Baron Garayan fish.
So that concludes this walkthrough on some aspects of the game, I hoped it helped some!
mikelar.
Anyway, enough of the praise because, as good as the game is, there are some difficult parts here. As such, I decided to write a sort of mini-walkthrough on the most important aspects of the game (weapons, inventions and, strangely, fishing) to aid those struggling to finish this epic game.
I'd like to say that even though this walkthrough was written by me, mikelar, there is information in here copied from other sources on the Internet because, quite frankly, even I didn't know how to get a Heela by breeding a Gummy and a Priscleen together. The point is, the main paragraphs introducing different sections or details is my own work.
Now, on with the show. We'll start with a nice aspect of the game, the weapons.
Weapons:
Both Max and Monica have very different weapons. Where as Monica uses swords in her right hand and magic armbands in her left, Max uses wrenches/hammers in his right and a gun in his left. It is with this combination that you are expected to defeat the various monsters in Dark Chronicle. To make defeating monsters easier, you can upgrade your weapon either generally or specifically. Generally upgrading your weapon will make it a good all rounder but it will take you longer to defeat certain monsters relative to what specifically you could have upgraded your weapon in. For example, fish/frogs are considered 'Scale' monsters so upgrading your weapon specifically in this attribute will make you a fearsome warrior against this type but it may take you longer to defeat a monster in the 'Beast' category if you haven't improved that ability. The other weapon abilities you can upgrade are, with their abbreviation:
At - Attack
Fl - Flame
Ch - Chill
Li - Lightning
Cy - Cyclone
Sm - Smash
Ex - Exorcism
Be - Beast
Sc - Scale
Weapons can also have conditions applied to them so that you can gain more money from monsters or so that you can poison them, not all of them are good though. All the conditions are listed:
Wealth: 30% increase in Gilda dropped by monsters.
Poverty: 30% decrease in Gilda dropped by monsters.
Poison: Poisons enemies, takes 1 away every 5 seconds.
Stop: Chance of freezing enemy movement for a set time.
Steal: Chance of stealing an item after an attack.
Critical: 15% chance of inflicting more than usual damage.
Durable: Slower WHP decrease.
Fragile: Faster WHP decrease.
Absorb: Chance you'll get energy from hitting monsters.
Heal: Restores 1 HP every 5 seconds.
Dark: Inflicts 1.5x damage, but you lose 1% of your max HP each time
ABS Up: 20% increase in ABS dropped by monsters
Inventions:
A huge part of Dark Chronicle and a brilliant, original, concept that has made the game fun even when you're not playing the main game! The invention element of Dark Chronicle involves taking 3 ideas and coming up with a way to make something useful out of them, an invention if you will, simple! During the first few minutes of playing the game, Max will receive a camera which will enable him to photograph objects, monsters, people and just about anything else in Dark Chronicle that may be of interest. With these photographs, Max is then able to create an invention as explained above which he can build and use.
There are an amazing 294 photos in Dark Chronicle but not all are need to create an invention (of which there are, a very respectable, 128). So you don't have to aimlessly wander around each dungeon and city, here is a list of each and every invention with each of the 3 photographs needed to invent it. Once invented, select make, then highlight the invention to see what you require to build it, easy!
The inventions descriptions shown here are set out so they read:
' Invention - 1st Idea & 2nd Idea & 3rd Idea'
It isn't important in which order you enter your ideas for an invention. Right then, all the inventions are shown under an appropriate heading, see what photo you need then go and find it!
Shoes/Boots for Max or Monica:
Clown Shoes - Cloth & Clown Robo's & Attack & Parasol
Dragon Shoes - Cloth & Runaway Dragon & Waterfall
Knight Boots - Belt & Shield & The Moon
Leather Shoes - Chair & Cloth & Gyumo's Yell
Metal Boots - Belt & Drum Can & Work Robot
Panther Boots - Panther Boots
Princess Boots - Flower Chandelier & Moon Flower Palace & Waterfall Curtain
Spike Boots - Moon Crystal & Parasol & Pumpkin
Wing Boots - Belt & Weather Vane & Windmill Feather
Wing Shoes - Cloth & Parasol & Windmill Feather
Work Shoes - Cloth & Constructor & Ladder
Items:
Anti-Curse Amulet - Hmmmm! Jurak & Holy Emblem & Saint's Writings
Antidote Amulet - Bed & Dell Clinic Sign & Holy Emblem
Antidote Drink - Bottle & Dell Clinic Sign & Well
Anti-Goo Amulet - Laundry & Ruler of the Pond & Waterfall
Anti-Petrify Amulet - Clock & Jurak's Eye & Morning Sun
Aquarium - Fountain & Window & Wooden Box
Bomb - Candle & Pot & Weapon Shop Sign
Bread - Fireplace & Polly's Bakery Sign & Wheat Flour
Cheese - Cafe Sign & Lao Chao's Trademark & Milk Can
Double Pudding - Find the Golden Egg! & Milk Can & Wheat Flour
Escape Powder - Ancient Mural & Elevator & Transmission Device
Final Bomb - Candle & Cinders & Oven
Gift Capsule - Bone & Letter & Pot
Holy Water - Bottle & Holy Emblem & The Sun
Improved Bomb - Candle & Coal & Egg
Level-up Powder - Sun Chair & Sun Table & The Sun
Lightspeed - Lightspeed
Lure Rod - Fish & Lafrescia Stem & River
Non-stop Amulet - Clock & Monument & Starglass
Premium Chicken - Burning Dragon Fire & Pork Dumpling & Special Peking Duck
Resurrection Powder - Fruit & Hot Springs Spirit & Lotus Flower
Ridepod Fuel - Luna Stone Shards & Mud & Stardust Pond
Soap - Laundry & Palm Tree & Waterfall
Stamina Drink - Bottle & Chinese Lantern & King Mardan
Tasty Water - Bottle & Fountain & Waterfall
Treasure Chest Key - Golden Door & Labyrinth Door & Sun Chamber Gate Keeper
Ridepod Parts:
Barrel Cannon - Barrel & Fountain & Mushroom
Barrel Cannon II - Barrel & Fountain & Well
Barrel Cannon III - Barrel & Water Tank & Waterfall
Barrel Cannon IV - Air Cleaner & Barrel & Fire Squall
Bucket Leg - River & Trashcan & Water Tank
Bucket Pack - Mailbox & Trashcan & Warehouse
Buggy - Belt & Car & System 5WP2
Cannon Ball Arm - Manhole & Old-Style Robot & Post
Cannon Ball Arm II - Constructor & Post & Rock
Cannon Ball Arm III - Constructor & Moon Crystal & Post
Cannon Ball Arm IV - Constructor & Egg Chair & Rock
Caterpillar - Car & Cart & Wheel
Cleaner Pack - Air Cleaner & Belt & Vacuum
Clown Body - Cup & Paints & Parasol
Clown Foot - Clown Robo's Attack & Egg & Scale
Clown Hand - Clown Robo's Attack & Parasol & Pipe
Clown Hand II - Clown Robo's Attack & Parasol & Scale
Clown Hand III - Clown Robo's Attack & Flag & Work Arm
Clown Hand IV - Clown Robo's Attack & Paints & Power Arm
Drill Arm - Auto Book Reader & Fan & Windmill
Drill Arm II - Electric Sesame & Horn & Work Arm
Drill Arm III - Ixion & Luna Stone Shards & Work Arm
Drill Arm IV - Deer Horn & Flower of the Sun & Work Arm
Drum Can Body - Chair & Drum Can & Lamp
Energy Pack - Belt & Milk Can & Pipe
Energy Pack (Barrel) - Barrel & Belt & Tree
Energy Pack (Urn) - Energy Pipe & Generator & Pot
Hammer Arm - Barrel & Post & Work Robot
Hammer Arm II - Hammer & Post & Work Arm
Hammer Arm III - Chimney & Earth Gem Altar & Hammer
Hammer Arm IV - Moon Column & Power Arm & Tiny Hammer
Iron Leg - Fence & Old-Style Robot & Trashcan
Jet Hover - Candle & Fire House & Relaxation Fountain
Laser Arm - Barrel & Energy Pipe & Geyser
Laser Arm II - Crescent-Shaped Light & Energy Pipe & Ixion
Laser Arm III - Energy Pipe & Relaxation Fountain & Search Light
Laser Arm IV - Blue Lantern & Energy Pipe & Legend of the Moon
Machine Gun Arm - Fan & Rifle & Runaway Dragon
Machine Gun Arm II - Fan & Telescope & Windmill
Machine Gun Arm III - Propeller & Rifle & Windmill
Machine Gun Arm IV - Drum Can & Propeller & Wind Gem Altar
Milk Can Body - Chimney & Milk Can & Peeping Pole
Missile Pod Arm - Mushroom & Rotating Sign & Wooden Box
Missile Pod Arm II - Fountain & Symbol of Luna Lab & Wooden Box
Missile Pod Arm III - Deer Horn & Generator & Gold Store
Missile Pod Arm IV - Fire Gem Altar & Gold Store & Mount Gundor
Multi Feet - Deer Horn & Post & Work Robot
Nova Cannon - Generator & Rapper & The Sun
Nova Cannon II - Fire Gem Altar & Streetlight & The Sun
Nova Cannon III - Moon Column & Stove & The Sun
Nova Cannon IV - Flotsam Revived! & Pot Torch & The Sun
Propeller Leg - Cart & Fan & Windmill Feather
Refrigerator Body - Refrigerator & Small Generator & Traffic Light
Roller Foot - Freight Train & Rotating Sign & Wheel
Samurai Arm - Barrel & Crescent-Shaped Light & Weapon
Samurai Arm II - Runaway Dragon & Weapon & Work Crane
Samurai Arm III - Deer Horn & Moon Column & Weapon
Samurai Arm IV - A Surviving Soldier & Flotsam Revived! & Legend of the Moon
Samurai Body - Cedric's Shop Sign & Crescent-Shaped Light & Telescope
Sun & Moon Armour - Electric Sesame & The Moon & The Sun
Super-Alloy Body - Gold Store & Search Light & Work Equipment
Triple-Urn Pack - Flower Chandelier & Light of Luna Stone & Pot
Wooden Box Body - Giant Yorda Tree & Hmmmm! Jurak & Wooden Box
Weapons for Max and Monica:
Albatross - Fire Squall & Geyser & Tree
Bandit Brassard - Clock & Gold Store & Show Window
Bell Trigger - Fountain & Phone & Tree
Bone Rapier - Bone & Cloth & Withered Jurak
Cubic Hammer - Dresser & Gold Store & Work Equipment
Dark Viper - Night Stalker & Puppet Shingala & Rifle
Digi Hammer - Computer & Constructor & Decorative Lights
Falcon - Hammer & Large Crane & Withered Jurak
Flamingo - Light of Luna Stone & Palm Tree & Tiny Hammer
Grenade Launcher - Chimney & Egg & Fountain
Heavy Hammer - Drum Can & Paznos & Power Arm
Magic Gun - Fountain & Moon Crystal & The Moon
Poison Wrench - Deer Horn & Mushroom & Sulfur-Colored Juice
Question Shooter - Brave Little Linda & Fountain & Neo-Projector
Ruler's Sword - Figure & Iron Maiden & Paznos
Sand Breaker - Hand-Sewn Silk Flag & Horn & Spinning Ivanoff
Sexy Panther - Elena's Portrait & Flower Bathed in Light & Rifle
Smash Wrench - Constructor & Rock & Star Lamp
Soul Breaker - Energy Pipe & Geyser & Transmission Device
Star Breaker - Chimney & Fire House & Phantom Memo Eater
Steal Gun - Book & Fountain & Work Crane
Stinger Wrench - Air Cleaner & Pipe & Wheel
Swan - Boat & Tiny Hammer & Tree
Trumpet Gun v Fountain & Rapper & Tree
Turkey v Special Peking Duck & Tree & Windmill Feather
Twin Buster v Flower Chandelier & Jurak's Nose & Rifle
Wild Cat v Charging Ram & Rifle & Work Equipment
Wise Owl Sword v Charging Ram & Grass & Tree
Fish:
When you receive the fishing rod during the first few hours of gameplay, you'll be able to fish in the many ponds, lakes, rivers and oceans in Dark Chronicle. Catching fish will result in you receiving "FP" or fishing points which you can add to your rod to improves its ability. At first, you'll only be able to catch smaller fish but as you upgrade your rod, you'll be able to land some 'proper beauties'! Each rod characteristic is shown with its definition so you know which ability you need to upgrade if you're struggling to reel some of the bigger fish in:
Flight - How far you can cast the bait.
Strength - How quickly you can reel in.
Resilience - How long you can reel in without having to stop.
Grip - How much the controller rumbles when a fish is about to bite.
Luck - General improvement in fishing skill.
Flight, Strength and Luck all affect how big the fish is that you're reeling in so improve these if you're only catching tiddlers!
After you have invented an aquarium, the fish you catch can be placed in and fed, breed or fought together. Each of the three tanks; the Battle, Breeding and Rec tank, all of which are available when you invent the aquarium, mean that you have to move the fish around if you want to feed them (Rec tank) rather than battle them (Battle tank, obviously).
Catching the fish is the first step in creating your own living aquarium, however you might not want a tank full of Gummies, the games most common (and therefore annoying) fish. As such, the varying baits result in different fish being caught. Some baits catch the same fish whilst others may only catch one, they are shown here:
Mimi - Gummy, Niler, Nonky, Bon, Tarton, Bobo
Petite Fish - Bon, Kaji, Den, Hama Hama
Battan - Gummy, Niler, Bon
Carrot - Umadakara
Poison Apple - Mardan Garayan
Gooey Peach - Gummy, Bobo, Bon
Bomb Nuts - Piccoly, Gummy, Bon
Minion - Bon, Bobo, Den
Bananna - Piccoly, Niler
Evy - Bon, Tarton, Bobo
Potato Cake - Gummy, Tarton, Bon, Priscleen
Prickly - Bon
Heart-Throb Cherry - Gummy
Each fish you capture has varying attributes and each attribute effects the characteristics of the fish. The attribute definitions are:
Boost - How fast the fish can swim.
Endurance - How long the fish will last in a fight
Strength - How tough the fish will be in a fight.
Tenacity - How fiercily the fish will battle.
Stamina - How long the fish can take a beating
Gender, Length and Weight are all self explanatory.
Once you invent the aquarium, you can feed the fish you catch once they are placed in there. Feeding the fish with the following baits improves a particular attribute:
Battan - Tenacity
Carrot - Boost. Will also change fish from male to female or vice versa.
Evy - Stamina
Petite Fish - Endurance
Potato Cake - Stamina
Prickly - Tenacity
Mimi - Endurance
Minion - Boost
Breeding Fish:
Catching the fish you're looking for can be tricky at times, there are lots of fish to catch each with their own favourite bait, their own specific location and even their own time of day they'll be in the water. In order to be able to see all the fish in Dark Chronicle, you can breed the them together. Two fish, once placed in the breeding tank, will create one fish that will be the same breed as its parents if they were both the same breed, it will however, have better attributes. However, crossbreeding fish can lead to the creation of new fish, here is a selection of which fish are created from which crossbreeds:
Kaji + Nonky = Baku Baku
Baku Baku + Tarton = Bobo
Bobo + Hama Hama = Gummy
Gummy + Priscleen = Heela
Heela + Niler = Den
Den + Mardan Garayan = Negie
Negie + Umadakara = Piccoly
Piccoly + Priscleen = Gobbler
Gobbler + Umadakara = Hama Hama
Hama Hama + Umadakara = Tarton
Keep in mind that there are many other combinations which result in the same outcome as those listed above, experiment to find the fabled Baron Garayan fish.
So that concludes this walkthrough on some aspects of the game, I hoped it helped some!
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