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Now, I fell in love with this game when I got it last year, so I decided heck I'll right an strategy guide for it. Also a note on reading this guide. When in a dungeon I use the term "exit" as the way into different areas of the room. This way I dont have to say "gated door" or "door blocked off by a stone", it is just easier for me. Also if you want to help with any info, please e-mail me with information, any useful information will probubly be used and will be credited if it is. =============================================================================== Update History =============================================================================== Version .70 -(December 01, 2004)Almost done with the story mode, my format is almost completed andam working on the extra charactors for this game. Version .85 -(December 06, 2004)Did a lot of work on the Extra's section. Added the extra members address' and some of the dungeons they drag you to (via E-mail). =============================================================================== ----------------------------------Walkthrough---------------------------------- =============================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Quick Note ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A quick note to those who are starting from this game. I am using my original data from .hack//Infection and Converting it over to Mutation. This should effect anything but the level i start at in the game and maybe the weapon attack strength. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------Desktop----------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you first get to play the game you will notice that you have 3 new e-mails. The first is from Mistral the second is from BlackRose and the third on is from CC Corporation. Read the CC Corp. one and than log into The World. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------Dun Loireag-------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you log in BlackRose will be waiting for you, she will tell you that you and her are going to "Theta Chosen Hopeless Nothingness" to find out what happened there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------Theta Chosen Hopeless Nothingness---------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Level: 32 My Party: BlackRose(required), (no one else is online for third member) Area Element: Earth Monsters: Mantis, Cursed Blades, Metal Goblin As you warp to this area you will notice that the land looks corrupt. Run to the dungeon killing off (or running) from any monsters you may find. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Floor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you enter this dungeon, BlackRose will remark how it looks the same as before. Now go through the door through to the north. You will enter a four way hallway, take the exit to the west. This will take you to a curved hallway, take the door on the other side of the room and go to the next floor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Second Floor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you enter this floor BlackRose will say the obvious, there are no enemies in this dungeon. Now go through the door straight ahead of you this will lead you to a four way hallway take the door right in front of you again and you will be to the stairway to the next floor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Third Floor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now she will talk about if the big thing is still here, you will reply to her and she will get huffy. Now go through the door straigh ahead of you and it will lead you to a large room, from there take the exit on the west side of the room. You will be in another large room now, so take the north exit and it will take you to a three way hallway. From here take the exit to the east and it will lead you to a floor held up by chains, go across this room and take the east exit on the other side. this will lead you to another three way hallway. Now take the north exit, this will lead you to a curved hallway, go to the east exit and now you will be at the stairs that lead you down to the next floor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fourth Floor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You will now see a scene that I think is kind of funny. They are talking about being afraid, AFFAID from a VIDEO GAME. Yes, I understand they are fighting monster but COMMON. Okay back to the dungeon, head out the exit you see in front of you, this will lead you to a hallway, take the exit you see ahead of you. Now you will be in a large room. Take the north exit into another large room. Now take the north exit into another large room. In this room you will see and exit on the west side, take it and you will now be in a hallway. Follow the hallway to the other side and go through the exit. You will be in another large room, take the north exit into the staircase and into the next floor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fifth Floor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Go through the exit you see when you enter this floor and a scene will happen. When the scene is over just head through the north exit through the rest of the rooms. When you get to the end of the hallway, you will notice that it is a dead end. You will automaticly return to the Root Town. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------------------Dun Loireag----------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you warp back to this town, one of the Shop Keepers will be waiting for you, he will ask you if you won the Power Up Campaign. He tells you the item they previously gave you had a defect that wont let you install it. They will than give you the Book of Absolute, in exchange for the old one. If you want to install it, it's not in the books section of the items list it is in the Key Items and guess what IT WONT INSTALL and guess what it never will. Okay now log out and you will have new mail. One will be from an Anonymous person giving you a place to check out. The place is "Theta Soaring Sky Bounded Abyss". You will also get a jumbled email from Aura. Log back in and go to "Theta Soaring Sky Bounded Abyss". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------Theta Soaring Sky Bounded Abyss----------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Level: 32 My Party: No one Area Element: Wood Monsters: None When you get to this place it is totally white, BlackRose will be there but you can't Gate Out. Now you will see the system administrator talking to you, they will blame hacker for the comatose victims and tell you to too. They will than try to delete you, at least before Helba comes to save the day. When the ordeal is over you will automaticly Gate Out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------Dun Loireag---------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Log out to see you got an email from Lios (the System Administrator) telling you that people are now allowed to go to the Lambda Server. He is going to be a Shop NPC and go talk to him. Log back and go the the Lambda Server ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------------------------Carmina Gadelica------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you get here go to the weapon shop. He will tell you your late, and will than give you instructions on what to do, he will give you a Virus Core P. He will than tell you the protected area Keywords were on the Board. Log out and check the message board. When you get to the board in the Topic "Is This an Event Character?" Read the third message down and you will get the keywords "Lambda Dolorous Evil Eyed Widow". Log back in after you find them. When you get back to Carmina Gadelica, Elk and Mia are waiting for you, they will greet you and Mia is unabled to talk correctly. They will ask you to take them with you when you go to "Lambda Dolorous Evil Eyed Widow". So when you are ready, go their with them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------Lambda Dolorous Evil Eyed Widow------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Level: 32 My Party: Mia (required), Elk (required) Area Element: Water Virus Cores Needed: Virus Core P Monsters: Mu Guardian, Tetra Armor, Red Scissors, Phenix Queen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First Floor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you enter this dungeon head through the exit you see ahead of you, this will lead you to a four way hallway with a monster portal in the middle, kill off the monsters and go through the west exit, this will take you to a small room. Take the north exit in this room to go into another small room, take the west exit in this room to take you to a three way hallway with a magic portal in the middle, kill off the monsters that come out of the portal and head through the south exit, and into the next floor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Second Floor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Go out through the exit you see right infront of you, this will lead you to a large room with a magic portal in the middle of it. Kill the monsters and go through the east exit. This will lead you to a three way hallway with a magic portal in the middle of it, kill the monsters that come out of it and go through the north exit, this will lead you to a hallway with a magic portal in the middle of it. Kill the monsters that come out of that portal, than go through the north exit. You will now be at the stair case and to the next floor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Third Floor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Head north into a hallway, go to the other side of the hallway and you will see Purple fire, next to an exit, this is the sign of a boss fight. Go through when ready. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boss: ^u{G/&}

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----------------------Lambda Stalking Silent Footstep--------------------------
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My Level: 41
My Party: you were told to go alone!!
Area Element: Water
Monsters: Great Sled Dog, Valkryie, Headless King, King Snakoid

Head to the dungeon.

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First Floor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When you enter this dungeon, go through the exit you see in front of you.
This will lead you to a hallway, in this hallway Marlo will be feuding with
two other players, apparently they are like free cops who protect and serve
or something.  Anyway, follow him when the conversations over.  So go 
through the north exit, this will lead you to a small room, take the north
exit in this samll room to enter another small room.  Now take the north
exit again to go into the stairway and the next floor.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Second Floor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Okay, on this floor take the exit you see in front of you.  This will lead
you to a large room with a magic portal in the middle of it.  Kill the 
monsters that emerge from it and head through the west exit, this will lead
you to a small room, from there take the north exit.  You will be in another
small room, take the north exit again and you will now be in a large room
with a magic portal in the middle of it.  Kill the monsters that emerge and
take the east exit, this will lead you to a small room, take the north exit
now and you will see the stairway to the next floor.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Third Floor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Head through the exit in front of you, this will lead you to a large room
with a magic portal in the middle of it.  Kill the monsters and head through
the west exit.  You will now be in a three way hallway with a magic portal 
in the middle of it, kill the monsters and head through the north exit. 
(Head through the west exit first to get the Gott Statue).  Well after
taking the north exit, you will be in a small room, go through the north 
exit, this will take you to another small room, take the north exit again.
Now you will see Marlo being a Pissant and fighting a Hades Hound.  

When you finish off the Hades Hound, Marlo will play stupid about wanting to
talk and tells you to meet up with him again sometime.  You will get Marlo's
member address. You will warp out automaticly.

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Moonstone
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The character Moonstone can be tricky to get if you don't know what your 
doing, you will see him randomly in some dungeons around the Lambda server.
after you do Nuke Usagimaru's, Rachel's, and Gardinia's Second Drag Along
dungeons, he will finally E-mail you asking you to assist him in "Lambda
Bottomless Guffawing Raw Ore".  You will also get his member address from
the E-mail.

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----------------------------Drag Along Dungeons--------------------------------
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I didn't know what else to call these, Drag Along Dungeon's as I call them are
exactly what they sound like.  They are were an extra character E-mails you 
telling you go do "Alpha Help Me Please" (that is clearly an example).


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Gardenia's Dungeon
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I dont know what else to call it but Gardenia's second dungeon she totes
you along through.  She will tell you after you first get her, second do
the first dungeon she asks you to go through with her and third, well i dont
think there is a third.  Anyway she will email you the area.

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------------------------Lambda Quiet Oblivious Cabbage-------------------------
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My Level: 41
My Party: Gardenia (required), Mistral
Area Element: Fire
Monsters: Armor Evil, Green Wyrm, IronBall Mania, 

You probubly don't have to do this at level 41, but I put it on the 
backburner and forgot about it, anyway i would recommend it at about level 
36 or so.  

Now head to the dungeon.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
First Floor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When you enter a quick scene will happen.  When it is through head through 
the exit in front of you.  This will take you to a hallway with a portal in
the middle, kill the monsters and continue through the north exit.  this 
will take you to a small room, take the east exit.  This will take you to
another small room, take the east exit in this room, to bring you to a large
room with a magic portal in the middle of it.  Kill the monsters that come 
out of the portal and head through the north exit and onto the next floor.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Second Floor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When you enter this floor, another scene will happen and Gardenia will get
snippy at you, anyway go through the exit in front of you.  This will take
you to a four way hallway with a portal in the middle.  Kill off the
monsters that come out of the portal and continue going north.  You may see
a character named Moonstone, if he shows up he may say "Aah" and warp out.
anyway. continue going north and into the next floor.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Third Floor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Go through the exit in front of you, this will take you to a hallway with a 
magic portal in the middle of it.  Kill the monsters and continue going 
north.  This will take you to another hallway with a magic portal in the
middle of it.  Kill those monsters off and go through the east exit.  You 
will now see the Gott Statue, go open the treasure chest, now return to
the three way hallway you just came from and head to through the north
exit this time.  Gardenia will tell you that the monsters in this room are
extremely powerful than you will have to fight a Skate Ark Rat.  When he 
dies you will get a Crystal Stone, a scene will happen than you will warp 
out automaticly.

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Moonstone's Dungeon
=====================

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--------------------Lambda Bottomless Guffawing Raw Ore------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My Level: 41
My Party: Moonstone, Natsume (all TwinBlades hehe)
Area Element: Fire
Monsters: Histeria, Armor Evil, IronBall Mania

When you enter this area his request is clear as day, Annihilate all 
monsters within the dungeon.  So make your way to the dungeon with out 
spilling to much of your own (or teammates) blood. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
First Floor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Magic Portals: 7

Enter this dungean and head throug the north exit, this will lead you to a 
fourway hallway.  Kill all the monsters in this portal and than take the 
west exit, this will lead you to a large room ith a portal in it, take out 
the monsters that come out of that dungeon.  Now take the north exit into a
small room, in the small room take the north exit again into a large room
with two magic portals in it.  Take out all the monster and return to the
four way hallway, now take the north exit.  This will lead you to a large 
room with two magic portal in it,  Eraticate the monsters in this room and
go back through the south exit returning to the four way hallway.  Now take
the east exit which leads you to a large room with a magic portal in the
middle, kill the monsters in this room and head through the north exit, you 
will now be in a small room, continue going through the north exit and into
the next floor.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Second Floor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Magic Portal: 1

Easy Floor, just go through the exit you see in front of you, this will lead
you to a small room, head north again to be in a large hallway with a magic
portal towards the end of the hallway, kill off the monsters inside and 
return to the small room by going through the south exit.  Now go through 
the west exit and into the next floor.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Third Floor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Magic Portals: 3

Head through the exit you see in front of you, this will take you to a large
room with a magic portal in the middle of it.  Kill of the monsters that 
come out of it and go through the north exit.  This will take you into a 
small room (go through the east exit two times to get the Gott Statue).  Now
in the small room take the west exit, this will take you to another small 
room.  Now in this small room, take the west exit again and it will lead you
into a large room with two portals, kill off the monsters in that room.  Now
when you have finished killing those monsters, go through the east exit back
into the small room, and take the east exit in that room.  Now you will be
back in the small room with four exits, now take the north exit into a small
room, continue north into a large room.  Kill the monster in this room now.

When your finished a scene will happen and you will warp out automaticly.

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Gardenia's Dungeon
====================

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--------------------Theta Beautiful Someone's Treasure Gem---------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My Party: Gardenia (required), Mistral
My Level: 30 (can be done at about level 20)
Area Element: Wood
Monsters: Mehnir, Phantom Wing, Noisy Wisp

This is a pretty normal dungeon with the only difference being that Gardenia
tells alittle bit about herself in this one.  On the actual field there are
a lot of magic portals so be hasty go get to the dungeon unless you want to
battle some.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
First Floor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Head through the north exit into a hallway with a magic portal.  Kill the 
monster off and continue going north, going through the small room, and into
a four-way hallway with a magic portal in the middle of it.  Take out the 
monsters in the portal and continue through the north exit and to the next 
floor.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Second Floor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Head through the north exit, and into a three way hallway with a portal in 
the middle, kill the monsters and head through the west exit, into a large
room with a magic portal in the center, again kill the monsters and continue
north into a lava filled room with a floor following the wall and kill the
monsters in the portal, and again continue north.  Now you should be in a 
small room with an exit to the east, take it into another small room and 
take the exit on the other side to find the way to the next floor.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Third Floor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now go through the door you see ahead of you, this will lead you to a four
way hallway with a portal in the middle, kill the monsters and head north 
into another four way hallway with a magic portal in the middle, after do
you know what the the portal, head north again to the Gott Statue.

After you take the loot from the Gott Statue, Gardenia will tell you to go 
back.


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