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This is my very first FAQ to GameFAQs, and possibly the very first FAQ for Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution! I hope people use it, even though it may seem short, it took me a LOT of time and effort to put together. ^_^ __________________________________________________ -2.00 Obtaining The Akiko's Frying Pan Card __________________________________________________ Step 1 - Start an Offline Game, then Free Battle. It doesn't matter if you use a character you already have, or a character you already created. NOTE: You can only get the card ONCE per character. Step 2 - From your starting position, go forward then to your left, to see a man wearing orange and blue ( Possibly the only person who looks like he's from Episode I & II. Well, that's because he IS... ). Start a conversation with him, and you'll learn it's Ratts ( Many of you might remember him from the Episode I & II's "The Value of Money" Guild Quest. Well, he's still after his "toys", but now has a new fetish for cider. ). He tells you if you bring him some Real Cider, he'll tell you about cards. Step 3 - Turn around and head forward, talking to the second man ( Behind the central...thing ) with the orange clear hat. He'll tell you he's been trying to make some cider, and gives you Homemade Cider. Step 4 - Head back to Ratts with the cider, who'll spit it out and yell at you. And he thinks YOU need a lesson in manners... Step 5 - Run up to Karen ( The Cheif's assistant ) and she'll tell you about how the Cheif received too many cakes from an admirer, and will give you, well, fifty Delicious Cakes. Step 6 - Run back to Ratts, who'll eat one of the cakes ( And for some reason, confused it with cider... ). He'll get upset again, then take all of the cakes, and yells at you to find him the Real Cider. Step 7 - Run forward again, and up to the man in the orange and white uniform beside the man you got the Homemade Cider from. After telling you about cards, he'll offer you some Vintage Cider he's been drinking. Step 8 - Ratts will be incredibly pleased with the cider you bring him this time, but will get upset again when he discovers it's not THE cider he wanted. That, and the bottle was pratically empty. Step 9 - Running off again, this time to the first clear orange hatted man you see next to the central machine ( Beside the man walking around ). He'll suddenly go off topic about how robotic characters can't use techniques normally, then call you a "Cider Nut". Step 10 - Run back to Ratts, again, who'll be a bit displeased that you were giving the name "Cider Nut." He'll hand over his Precious Cider, then threaten if the man thinks you're the Cider Nut around here afting tasting his cider, he'll kill him! O.o;; Step 11 - Return to the man who called you a Cider Nut and let him drink the Precious Cider. He'll love it, and then tell you his "deepest secret" about card battles. AFterwards, he'll give you his Treasured Cider. Step 12 - Return to Ratts, who will overly enjoy the cider, then thank you. He'll then tell you his secrets about card battles, then send you off to meet with his apprentices for more of his secrets. Step 13 - Now to meet all three of his apprentices. Turn around and head right, and talk to the man in the orange and white uniform by the door for the first secret. Turn left and head through the card room, go down, and talk to the man on the right with the clear orange hat for the second secret. Lastly, head back to the central machine and turn right, and talk to the man in the orange and white uniform who is by himself ( Just outside the Cheif's room ) for the final secret. Step 14 - Head back to Ratts for your final time, and he'll make you one of his apprentices. He'd give you what you've been longing for the entire time, The Akiko's Frying Pan Card, but...he's lost it. So for now, he'll just give you Ratts' Autograph. Step 15 - Quit and save your game to go back to the main menu. Select Offline Game, then Story. Select either the Hunters or Arkz, it doesn't matter at all. Step 16 - Run back to Ratts, who'll now be beside the door instead of infront of it, and he'll recognise his autograph. He'll then hand over The Akiko's Frying Pan Card. He'll lecture you on how to always do your best so you don't embarrass him, then let you go do whatever you were originally doing. __________________________________________________ -3.00 Card's Stats __________________________________________________ Name - Akiko's Frying Pan Type - E Pts Needed - 2/7 Colour Bars - (Right) Blue, Red, Yellow, Purple, Green HP - 1 AP - +? TP - +? MV - - Attack Area - []SS[] [] [] [][][] GUIDE - Akiko's Frying Pan -----------sing Sword-type item -Tech OK }{Copy During attack or defense, your AP & TP changes temporarily to half the amount that the opponent has. __________________________________________________ -4.00 Strategy __________________________________________________ Seeing how the card only has HP, it's best to only equip it the same turn you're going to use it, otherwise it's an easy target for your opponent to knock off one more HP from you. So, just make sure you have a high enough ATK to equip it and use it ( Meaning you need to roll atleast a 3 ). Since this card has all five resist colours ( refer to your manual, page 21 ), it can also be blocked with any defense card the opponent might have. Just keep this in mind ( If you can, use The Akiko's Frying Pan Card last, since most people will use up their defense cards on earlier attacks! ). However, this also means you can use any Action card as well! This card is best used when your opponent has a very high AP ( Or TP if you equip the Akiko's Frying Pan Card with a technique, such as Foie ). Do not even bother equiping this card if you know your opponent has an AP/TP below four ( Unless you only want to do 1 HP damage, for some reason ). __________________________________________________ -5.00 Glitches/Fun Stuff __________________________________________________ Even though you received the Akiko's Frying Pan Card from one story ( Either Hero or Dark ), if you go to the other story and talk to Ratts, and he'll recognise the autograph a second time and say he gives you the card again. However, you will not get the card a second time. If you go online before doing the quest, Ratts will be ranting about how he wants cider, though you can't do the quest online. If you go online after doing the quest, he and his apprentices will tell you their secrets again. __________________________________________________ -6.00 Legal __________________________________________________ This guide was created by Bendilin Spurr on March 7th, 2004. Game created by Sonic Team 2003-2004 Only GameFAQs has permission to use this guide. None of the information from this guide is allowed to be copied into other guides, or the guide itself to be posted on any other site than GameFAQs. Thanks to Sonic Team and Sega for creating the Phantasy Star series, and the great PSO series, and thanks to GameFAQs for posting this guide.