Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland Formatted FAQ/Walkthrough

Atelier Totori: Adventurer of Arland - FAQ/Walkthrough

Current Version: Ver 2.01 - Feb. 5, 2014

Introduction

First of all, thanks for reading my FAQ.

A thing you should know before stepping into the world of Totori's is that the game is tedious and time sensitive. It would be a good idea to read through any Character Endings requirements ahead of time or you will find yourself playing through the game multiple times.

With 10 different endings, each with its own requirements, you will need to make multiple saves through the game to make sure you don't make any mistakes. I will explain this more in the ending section of this guide. I will try and guide you through this overwhelming information in the least amount of playthroughs possible, but mistakes are possible and you do not have to follow my advice.

If you want me to add something or notice a mistake, please email me at the above address with the correct information.

Gameplay

Controls

The controls for Atelier Totori are straight forward and easy to understand.

Characters

Each character has their own skills that they can use in battle. Some skills are used in battle while some are passive. Each character also has a Special Move as well (excluding Totori).

Attack Skills & Passive Skills

• The attack/passive skills that you get through leveling.

Special Attack

• Unknown yet how these trigger in battle.

Totooria Helmold

The protagonist of this story. She had always been timid and introverted, but after learning alchemy, she has begun to have more confidence in herself. She lives in a small fishing village at the edge of Arland with her father and sister. Her mother is a famous adventurer, but she had gone missing several years ago. She wants to become an adventurer one day to travel and find her mother.

Cecilia Helmold

Totori's elder sister. She's capable and reliable, possibly because she has taken a motherly role with Totori after their real mother had gone missing. When she and Totori fight or argue, she tends to act like a child and will sulk for days on end.

Gino Knab

Totori's childhood friend. He's innocent, optimistic, and perpetually cheerful. His dream is to become a great adventurer and continues to train for it. He doesn't seem to know or understand why he wants to become an adventurer.

Melvia Siebel

An adventurer from Totori's village and also Ceci's best friend. She hates work and when things get serious, she's often seen interjecting with facetious commentary. She was born with freakish strength, making her a powerful adventurer when she puts her mind to it.

Mimi Houllier van Schwarzlang

A member of an aristocratic family of Arland. Unable to accept others calling the aristocracy a relic of the past, she becomes an adventurer to make her name known throughout the land. She is very hardworking and hates any act of cheating.

Marc McBrine

A young man who loves machines of all kinds. He may not look it, but he has a very amicable and sociable personality. His dream is to propagate the use of machines throughout the nation and have everyone use them as a part of lives.

Rorolina Frixell

Totori's alchemy teacher and protagonist of the previous game. She really hasn't changed much, but years of traveling and a variety of experiences have made her a stronger person. She completely spoils Totori, who is her very first student. Since the end of the last game she has traveled all around Arland to teach alchemy.

Sterkenberg Cranach

Years of worry and hard work had put him in an even worse mood, making his already scary face more menacing. However, his personality hasn't changed at all. Because Arland became a republic, he is no longer a knight.

Chim

A tiny Hom, also known as Chim. These are homunculi Rorona made to assist Totori, unlike the original Hom, they can't talk. Instead, they have a myriad of emotions and expressions they share. Also, they work for pie. No pie, no work.

Battle

This game is a standard turn-based one, with no real learning curve for previous JRPG players.

Every character has the below options:

• Fight
• Skill
• Defend
• Escape

Totori and Rorona on the other hand can use items. They can use anything in your bag that you have made or found previously.

Like every other RPG, and unlike Atelier Rorona, you use MP for skills and your HP is your life. The only new addition is LP. This is for travelling and when you characters reach zero they get negative stats like ATK and DEF down in battle.

Synthesis

Unlike the more well known games by Gust, Mana Khemia and Atelier Iris, where synthesis was less of a focus, this game revolves around alchemy synthesis as a basis to get items. The game gives you a decent tutorial for what synthesis is so I will skip to the details.

MP to Synth

Like Skills in battle, crafting takes a certain amount of MP per synth. When Totori drops below 1, the success rate greatly decreases. You can restore her MP with items or by sleeping on the couch in her workshop. As sleeping takes up valuable time, I suggest using items.

Synthesis Takes Time

Unlike Atelier Iris, where time didn't exist, Totori is all about time management. Every synthesis takes time to craft and can easily make you miss your deadlines, SO BE CAREFUL.

Synthesis Level

Every synthesis has a level to it, which determines Totori's success rate. The higher the level, the more likely you are to fail. You can fix this by crafting often, as every synthesis increases her Alchemy Level (which is separate from her Adventuring Level). When synthing, Totori will give you an idea of the success rate by her dialog when you select a synth.

Item Traits and Effects

Every item you use to make your synthesis has traits and effects. Also any item you make has it's own traits and effects. Previously, the traits of the ingredients you used determined the traits of your synthesis, but now you get to choose. Everytime you synth, your item has a cost level. The higher the cost the more points you have to use on your traits. The higher quality the items the more the cost level. Also, using previously synthed items in your synth will boost it a great deal.

Item effects work differently though. Certain items have the ability to get traits depending on the quality of the items you use to make them. An Arland Crystal, for example, has 5 different effect possibilities (Crimson, Sapphire, Topaz, Emerald, and Diamond). You will know what trait you are getting because the item slot that determines it, a [Jewel] in this case, will have the word Effect under the picture of the ingredient slot. When you go in to choose the item it will also say effect in the bottom right, indicating the outcome if you use that ingredient.

Gathering

When you visit any area on the world map, you will see bubbles floating around. These points can be harvested for items you will use during synthesis.

Normal Bubbles

• Most bubbles will be light blue in appearance. These are generic points.

Special Bubbles

• Some bubbles will actually have a yellow center. These are higher quality items.

Gathering Time

• Like everything else in Atelier Totori, gathering on a field takes time. Without any bonus, from Speed Gloves, gathering will take half a day.

Basket & Container

The basket, which I call your bag, and the container are your inventory space.

Most items will automatically be in your container. The container has all the room you will need and you won't need more space until late game. Whenever you return to the ateliers you will be asked if you want to store the items in your container. You will almost always say yes, unless it is something like healing items you want to use on the field.

Your bag is where your items will temporary be stored in between your trips to the atelier.

Front Quests

Front Quests are something that has been carried over from Atelier Rorona. They are random quests that are offered and can be fulfilled for money. In fact, this is you main source of money until later when you get the Spring Cup trick.

Front Quests can be accepted from Alanya at Gerhard's Bar or Arland at the Adventurer Guild.

Each quest has many aspects to take into consideration:

Units

• The units are the amount you will need to turn in. For items, you will need that many crafted or harvested. For hunt quests, this is the number of enemies you will need to defeat.

Reward

• This is the money reward you will receive.

Deadline

• Each quest has a deadline that it must be completed by. Although there is no negative to failure, it is better to only accept a quest when you know you will be able to complete it.

Bonus Reward

• All quests also have a bonus reward of an item rated at S, A, A, B and C. For crafting and harvested items, this is the quality/rank of the item. For hunts, the rating is based on how quickly you turn the hunt in and how many monsters you kill. So you can take longer but kill a lot more than required and still get the S rank item.

Friend Requests

Friend Requests will be possible once you officially meet Sterk. Like, Atelier Rorona, he is the one that teaches you how they work.

The basic are that every once in a while a character might come visit you at the atelier and ask for an item. Giving them that the item will give you friendship points.

Your friends will never ask for something you don't already have made in your container. I state in my walkthrough that there is almost NEVER a reason to give someone an item they ask for. The exception to this is Sterk and Rorona.

DO NOT MAX OUT ANYONE'S FRIENDSHIP

In general you don't need/want anyone's friendship over 60, which you get from traveling.

License

The major point of the game is to become an adventurer. To do this you will have to go to Arland and receive your license. Once you have it you will need to earn points by completing certain requirements.

Battle

• Complete a certain kill count or kill a certain enemy, such as a boss.

Exploration

• Exploring certain locations on the map, going to new locations, gathering all harvest points at certain locations, and finding landmarks on certain maps.

Quest

• Completing certain turn in quests at Gerhard or Filly including different TYPES of quests, from hunts to gathering, and even certain rankings on the quests you accept.

Library

• Earned for completing Alchemy and Adventure levels, synthing all recipes per book, and completing sections of your library (including Characters, Equipment, Enemies, Items, etc.)

Ending Requirements

This game is ALL about the endings. Because of this, I have put the requirements for each ending all the way up here. Sure you can play through and forget all about this, but your success of getting any character endings is rare.

There are two factors that influence your ending:

Adventurer's Rank

• Earned through completing tasks

Story Events

• Certain events must be seen

There are three basic endings, not counting character endings.

Here is the breakdown:

True Ending

Satisfy Normal Ending conditions

Satisfy all 6 Character Endings conditions

Trigger Chim Ending conditions

Trigger Rich/Store Ending conditions

Normal Ending

Become an adventure

Reach Diamond Rank before 4/6/1

Find out what happened to Totori's mother

Bad Ending

After the starting events, sleep til 1/5/15

Fail to reach Diamond Rank by 4/6/1

Fail to find out what happened to Totori's mom

When it comes to endings, there is a priority as follows:

Bad Ending

True Ending

Character Endings (only Sterk and Gino's friendship matters here)

Chim Ending

Rich/Store Ending

Normal Ending

For details on each ending, see below in the Character Endings and Other Endings sections. There I will detail what you need to do.

Character Endings

Every character requires you complete the Normal Ending events and see certain scenes to trigger their flag.

Unlike Atelier Rorona where you needed to trigger flags asap, you don't want to in Totori. After a certain point you will be at a POINT OF NO RETURN. This means you will trigger their flag if you take that action. This is bad because the Rich/Store Ending requires that you have NOT triggered any flags. For this reason you want to get all the way up to the last scene, but not see it until you are going for the character's ending or True Ending.

Every character's flag requires you to trigger certain events throughout the game. You should know that you will at least 60+ friendship for a character to get their ending. This means you will need to have them in your party and go adventuring with them for at least some time.

Gino Flag

POINT OF NO RETURN

Starting 4/1/1, level 25+, head to Atelier Totori.

7 days later head to Atelier Totori again.

7 more days and the last event will occur at Atelier Totori.

HOLDING FLAG TRIGGER

Kick Gino before he hits level 25.

Melvia Flag

POINT OF NO RETURN

In another 30 days head out again.

Defeat the 3 Scarlet monsters with Totori alone.

Defeat the game boss Evil Face.

HOLDING FLAG TRIGGER

Don't invite Ceci out a third time.

Mimi Flag

POINT OF NO RETURN

Get Mimi and Totori Adventure Level 50.

HOLDING FLAG TRIGGER

Kick Mimi before she hits level 50.

Marc Flag

POINT OF NO RETURN

Take Marc to the Promised Land.

2 days later there will be an event at Atelier Rorona.

HOLDING FLAG TRIGGER

Don't go to the Promised Land with Marc in party.

Rorona Flag

POINT OF NO RETURN

Reach Alchemy Level 50 and synth in Atelier Rorona

HOLDING FLAG TRIGGER

Do NOT craft in Atelier Rorona once you're 49+

Sterk Flag

POINT OF NO RETURN

Activate Gino Flag.

HOLDING FLAG TRIGGER

Same as Gino's.

Other Endings

These endings have other requirements than characters; in fact some require you to not trigger any character flags.

Chim Ending

Requires Normal Ending conditions to be met

Do NOT trigger any Character Endings

You must have all five Chim's

1) Automatic

2) Water of Life from Pamela's Shop

3) Water of Life from Sterk, 50+ friendship

4) Water of Life from Iksel's Cooking Contest

5) Water of Life from reaching Cobalt Rank

At least one Chim (likely the first one) needs to eat 9 LARGE pies

POINT OF NO RETURN

Chim's eat 35 LARGE pies

HOLDING FLAG TRIGGER

Stop ALL Chim's from working at <35 LARGE pies

Rich/Store Ending

Require Normal Ending conditions to be met and must NOT trigger any Character Endings, including Chim Ending.

Must complete all of Iksel's Cooking Contest quest

Must complete all of Gerhard's Beer Hunting quest

Must have more than 500k at game end

HOLDING FLAG TRIGGER

Stay under 500k or sell/make equipment to drop under

Iksel's Cooking Contest

Have at least one Chim (probably near the end of year 2)

Gerhard's Beer Hunting

Have Rorona recruited.

Walkthrough

My goal is to guide you through the game with limited spoilers. I will mention when and where events occur, but give you only enough info to know you are seeing the correct event.

This guide is designed to get you to see as MANY of the events as possible in the quickest time. They are not required to be gotten in this order, but if you want 100% of the background CG's and events, use it as a guideline for what you should be doing.

HOW TO READ THIS GUIDE

Firstly, read an entire date before doing anything, as not everything is listed in order. I may say leave town before I state optional things you SHOULD see in town.

Everything listed under a date with not prefix of the below SHOULD be done.

Optional Events

Events that are not mandatory to get the platinum, but they are events that I assume you are going to see. TRY and make sure to see them. If you aren't getting them, don't freak out.

Other Events

Events that may happen if you choose to deviate from the guide and strive to see them. I either did not see them at that time, or I saw them at that time in a DIFFERENT PLAYTHROUGH. This means the conditions are unknown exactly and you may need to fuss about to find out how to see the event. These should NOT be done if you plan to follow the guide date for date.

Light-Blue Areas

Tips, Notes, and Advice.

Before Your License

This nation has a job called "adventurers. It all happened before Arland became a republic. People wanted to explore, adventure, or develop the frontier. The knights of Arland were weak, so the citizens joined them and helped out. It happened gradually, but that system was later institutionalized. Adventuring is now a real job. My mother was one of those adventurers. I hear she's actually famous, too, but we haven't heard from her in years. My father and sister both think she's already... but I don't think so.

Totooria Helmold will remind you of Rorolina Frixell and give you your first trophy, "A Day in the Life" and meet Cecilia Helmold.

Enter the house to the right of your starting position to meet our lovable friend Pamela Ibis. If you have played previous Atelier games, her running into a wall makes perfect sense, or rather doesn't.

Head left of where you met Gino Knab to the bar to meet Gerhard Konev.

Head left of Gino for a scene with Peter Rietz.

Leave town and listen to the World Map tutorial.

As soon as you enter you'll get the Battle tutorial.

Afterwards, Totori will explain more about adventurers and her past.

Continue left toward the bubbles to learn about Gathering.

After gathering, head back to town.

Back home, learn about the Basket & Container and run into Totori's dad, Guid Helmold.

Synthesize a Healing Salve.

Go ahead and view the tutorial to learn about your atelier.

Head to Gerhard's Bar and you'll be introduced to Front Quests.

I suggest buying the Magic Grass from Pamela's Shop and using 1 day to make the 5 Supplements.

Head out to gather more items from Nuse Grove.

Harvest points and fight, but make sure you leave the area BEFORE the end of the 11th and head back to town.

At home an event will occur and a day will pass.

Head back to Nuse Grove again. We will go to Western Plains soon, don't worry.

Get the trophy "Monstorous Power" and meet Melvia Siebel.

Harvest and fight until just before the end of 19th and head to town.

At home an event will occur and a day will pass.

Head out to adventure for a scene with Mel and Gino and a new area.

Spend time gathering, fighting and finishing quests for the rest of the time until the game forces you forward at the next date.

Here are some things you SHOULD do:

Synthesize Crafts and Supplements for Front Quests.

Synthesize at least 2 more Healing Salves and make sure to grab the one you made as part of the tutorial and visit Roaring Craggy Path at least 7 times (taking a break halfway through to empty your bag and get the healing from walking) or until Gino is level 10.

If you have time left over once Gino hits 10, use it to gain more crafting levels.

OTHER EVENTS

• There is a scene with Mel saving you from a Griffon as you walk to a location on a certain day. I forget the exact day and it is not a required event so I never wrote it down.

The day will automatically pass and you will be forced home.

View the scene with Mel, Gino and Totori. At home Ceci will help you out (poor dad... no one appreciates you).

Head to town to kick Peter's.... carriage.

Ewww.

Oh noes. Does Peter get on your nerves too? Enjoy a familiar face from Atelier Rorona and receive the trophy "Like the Flash".

Head to the right for a scene in Beefy Weapon Shop. If you got the scene to make Hagel a wig in Atelier Rorona, this scene will make you laugh even more.

Continue right to visit Rorona's Workshop. Awww.... bad Astrid.

Right again will land you at Tiffani's R & T Sundries.

Head west of where you originally came in and into Sunrise Cafe. Iksel sure grew up nice didn't he?

Heading left again will take you to the castle where you meet a very feisty and familiar friend as well as a new one. The trophy "Shouting Match" will trigger as well. View the Adventurer Tutorial and you're set for some fun. Grats on your new License. Please view the License Points section to see how points are distributed.

Back to Rorona's workshop and spend the night.

After a scene, you'll be on the way home.

A scene at home will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Year 1 w/ License

Learn about recruiting friends and the shortcuts for traveling.

Head to town for a scene with Peter and recruit Gino.

Inside Pamela's Shop is another scene and some recipe books.

At Gerhard's Bar Ceci will shock you with her feminine charm.

Accept some new quests, such as Green and Blue Puni, Squirrel, and/or Coastal Penguin. Do NOT accept Audra.

Be sure to grab Mel before leaving.

Ceci has also opened up a shop at Gerhard's Bar.

Heading out, a scene will occur. I suggest you head to Hunter's Forest.

Hopefully you grabbed the Green Puni quest from Gerhard. Fight and harvest until just before the end of the 24th. Now leave and head back to Alanya.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• You should get a couple of extra scenes with Mel and/or Gino during the next few traveling days. They aren't important, but they are hard to miss, unless you do not put them in your party.

If you went adventurering, your father will reward you when you get home with Rorona's Recipes.

Mimi Flag

• Make sure to head home and meet Mimi Houllier van Schwarzlang.

Accept a crafting quest from Gerhard and/or burn 3 days.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• If you gain a alchemy level 5 you will get a scene with Ceci on how you met Rorona. This can also happen later.
• A scene with Ceci about Totori's outfit will occur.

Mimi Flag

• A scene at the Town Square with Mimi will occur.

Now is a good time to go adventuring with Mimi. Replace Mel, but be careful since Mimi isn't as strong.

Pick up Coastal Penguin and Blue Puni if you haven't already and head out with Mimi, Gino and Totori. I went to the Abandoned Mine.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• When you leave town there will be a scene between Gino and Mimi or Mel and Mimi. This is true for all characters. Meaning if you have two people with you who have never adventured together, there will always be a short scene between them.

OTHER EVENTS

• If you don't take Mimi out she will eventually come to the atelier and yell at Totori.
• If you don't go adventuring for about a month, Gino will come complain to you.

Harvest 3 points and then leave for Dry Sea.

Depending on the hunt quests you got, you can go to Dry Sea 3 times or do it twice and hit up Western Plains on the way home (if you need more Blue Punis than you have encountered with Coastal Penguins).

If you are doing Dry Sea 3 times, leave for Alanya before the end of the 19th.

If you are leaving Western Plains, head back before the end of the 22nd.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• If you brought Mel to adventure with you, you will get a scene with her underestimating her strength. This will put a ton of Eiche with Complex S in your inventory. Feel free to drop these to make room for other items.

Turn in any quests you completed to Gerhard and make sure your basket is empty.

Time to head out for a long trip. Don't accept any quests because they will most likely expire before you come back. There is no negative effect from this, but it's better to not start what you can't finish.

Head out to Natural Garden.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• If you took Gino with you, you will get a scene with Gino, Totori and Ceci when you arrive in town.
• If you took Melvia out and saw the scene with the Eiche, there will be a similar scene at home.

Harvest 5 locations (try and get the ones with Purple Grapes), if possible, and then leave for Golden Plains.

Be sure to harvest all points in Golden Plains for the License Points. You will know you got them all when it pops up on screen.

Head for Buried Ruins next.

Marc Flag

• Meet Marc McBrine at the Buried Ruins (you need to enter again to get the landmark for your License Points and harvest a Bounce Stone).

Head back to Alanya.

Mimi Flag

• If you followed my advice and cleared the above areas with Mimi in party, you should get a scene when you return involving dinner. This requires her friendship be 10+. Which it should easily be.

I headed to Abandoned Mine again (you'll need the Snow Stone for weapons later). If you don't want to you can adventure somewhere else until 9/20 (this is when you need to be back, take that into account for traveling time). We need the friendship though, so make sure you adventure.

Grab more Coastal Penguins if Gerhard has them and you plan to follow the guide.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Mel won't be at the bar and you can see a scene between Ceci and her.

Harvest 3 points and head to Dry Sea.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• If you swapped out Mel for Gino, because you had her previously, you will get a scene about yellow fruit.

Harvest and leave before the end of the 14th.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• If you still have Gino, you will get a scene where he peels food for her.

Mimi Flag

• Mimi's friendship should be 15+ by now for the next scene at the atelier. She talks about your friendship with Ceci.

You now have until the 13th to do whatever you need to.

Here are some things you should make sure to do (in order):

If you missed any scenes for Gino, save and try and get these by leaving to a nearby area and then coming back. Do NOT replace Mimi (unless her events are blocking Gino's when you arrive in town). If you missed any events with Mel, don't worry, we will get these when we take her to Arland.

It's a good idea to do a Front Quests you haven't done yet for License Points... such as Audra or Squirrels.

Spend time getting crafting License Points rewards now. Things such as crafting all items from a book or simply alchemy level. A big one is getting Glass Artisan by turning in quests to Gerhard.

By the end of the month you should be ready for your next rank up. If so, you will get a scene with Peter at the atelier telling you the carriage is ready. I suggest you don't rush to get your rank up asap since points can carry into the next. Finish the stuff in Alanya.

With Mimi and Mel in your party, head for Arland via Peter.

Get Iron Rank at the Adventurer Guild with Cordelia.

After getting access to the workshop, return to Cordelia. You will meet Filly, Etsy's sister. You can now do Front Quests in Arland.

Be sure to visit Sunrise Cafe, Beefy Weapon Shop and R & T Sundries.

Check out quests at Fillys. If she is offering Green Puni and Blue Puni, accept them and head to Uni Grove.

You should be able to clear out Uni Grove to finish off the hunt quest if you have it. Leave for Arland near the end of the 2th.

Melvia Flag

• Mel should talk about her outfit.

Next I headed to Old Path

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Head to Rorona's atelier and you should get a scene with Cordelia about her height, this is an long-standing joke for Rorona players.

Harvest 3 points with the most Quake Stones and leave before the end of the 10th.

Head back to Beefy Weapon Shop to learn more about Weapon Synthesis.

I suggest you take a moment to craft some items for weapons. Doing this will make your characters survivability much better. Pay attention to the traits, these are what will help your characters the most.

SAVE BEFORE CRAFTING ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE

The trick to crafting good weapons and armor is to craft multiples at once so you can stick more traits to it.

ARMOR

You should be able to make Muffcot at the moment, so do the following:

You want to make a Zettel with traits we want to put into the Muffcot. Synth 2 Zettel and try and get HP, MP, LP, or Defense + traits in it. Make sure you are paying attention to how much Cost Level you have versus what you want to allocate them to since you will not have much to work with on the Zettel. I was able to get HP, MP, and LP.

Now save and then make 3 Muffcot using the 2 Zettel you already made and an extra one you probably own (if you don't just make 2 Muffcot).

You will have more points to allocate, so try and get another trait in the [Thread] slot.

Go for the higher quality items if you can or Quality + traits. If you fail, reload. Save when you succeed.

WEAPON

For weapons we want to make 2 Dry Metal and I suggest Attack +3, Lightning Power (Quake Stone), Ice Power (Snow Stone), Convert Damage S (which will give you small bits of HP when you attack) or something else useful.

Save when you are ready to try and make the weapons since your success rate is pretty low. You WILL fail a lot, but it is possible to make them.

When you make the [Ingot] and [Cloth], head to Beefy Weapon Shop to turn them into items.

This is what we want:

• ?Metal Staff?
• ?Elegant Spear?
• ?Normal Clothes?
• ?Activewear?

Mimi Flag

• Mimi will drop by the workshop and will mention coming back to Arland for good. You can now only recruit her in Arland.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• You can also get a scene with Mimi about taking a tour of Arland.

Grab Audra or Scissor Bug if they are available and head to Calamitous Mountain.

Marc Flag

• Meet Marc automatically.

Be sure to head across the bridge for some License Points. Leave before the end of the 10th.

Marc Flag

• Return to Arland and talk to Coredlia.

Burn a week in Arland crafting (check Filly for quests or just make a bunch of Supplement and any items I listed earlier that you didn't make.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Mimi may drop by to learn about alchemy if you level up enough.
• You may also get a scene with Filly about who she is.

Marc Flag

• Marc should come to the atelier. You can now add him to your party.

Head to Alanya now via Peter in Artisan's Way.

Year 2

Sterk Flag

• Sterkenberg Cranach should stop by the atelier and introduce himself.

Kick Marc from your party and get Gino. We mostly just wanted him to get friendship on the trip from Arland to Alanya.

Head to a nearby area that is 2 days away, Nuse Grove or Western Plains.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Head home for a scene with Ceci.
• Head to Pamela's Shop for a scene about Arland, Astrid and the ocean.

Gino Flag

• If he has 40+ friendship you should get a scene about a supermove.

Leave for Alanya before the end of the 12th.

Mimi Flag

• You should have 20+ friendship with Mimi, so enjoy the scene about cooking.

Spend time crafting a few of your new recipes. Here's what I made:

• Sweet Gem
• Arland Crystal
• Bomb Ice
• Lightning Bomb
• Migraine Syrup (Save this to wholesale later)

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• If you're lucky, Marc should have gotten enough friendship to get a scene between him and Peter. This will make your trips to Arland much faster, just bring him a Bounce Stone and Pure Oil.

Grab Mel and head to Nuse Grove or Western Plains and make sure to leave before the end of the 27th.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• When you leave town, Peter and Mel may discuss Ceci.

Mimi Flag

• If you're 25+ friendship, you'll get a scene with Mimi about her mother.

Gino Flag

• On a side note, Gino should be ready to come back. Make sure you leave and enter the atelier and get both his return and then the recipe for his Rustic Weights. Craft them now and take them to him.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• I got a scene between Mel, Totori and Ceci in the Dining Room. It is linked to the event between Peter and Mel when you leave to the world map.

Gino Flag

• After turning the Rustic Weights, talk to him about Sterk coming to your house.

Spend the next 7 days doing whatever you want. I am going to craft some more items to raise my Alchemy Level.

Gino Flag

• Head to Alanya Square to see a scene with Gino, Totori and Mel.

Spend the next 6 days crafting.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Drop by Pamela's for a scene about her teddy bear.

Mimi Flag

• You should be able to get the scene Mimi at your atelier right away if her friendship is 30+.

Burn 2 days crafting.

Gino Flag

• Head to the atelier for a scene with Gino and Sterk.

Spend 3 more days crafting. You will probably be low on MP. If so, go ahead and sleep one day and use the other 2.

Gino Flag

• Head to Alanya Square for a fun scene with Sterk and Gino.

Now, head to Arland in your new and improved carriage.

Mimi Flag

• Head to the Adventurer's Guild and talk to Cordelia about Mimi.

Sterk Flag

• Talk to Cordelia again for a conversation about Astrid and Sterk.

Mimi Flag

• Talk to Mimi inside the Adventurer's Guild.

You should also be able to rank up by now to Bronze Rank.

Kick Mel and put Marc in your party.

I suggest you pick up Ear Puni and Audra from Filly if she is offering it and head to Traveler's Path.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Head to Tiffani's shop for a conversation about Pamela.

Harvest the locations and fight the enemies here.

Leave before the end of the 3rd.

Turn in some quests for Filly to get Bronze Artisan and Silver Rank. If you need to adventure for her hunts, do so, but stay nearby if possible.

Here is what I did:

• Crafted Alchemy Coal x4 and Dried Meat x3 for Filly.

• Headed to Nabel Lake for Coastal Penguin.
• Headed to Uni Grove for Green and Blue Puni.
• Also fulfilled the Mandragora from random encounters.
• Crafted Smelly Liquid x2 for Filly.
• Crafted Tinc x3 for Filly.

You should have Silver Rank up by now and Bronze Artisan, so talk to Cordelia.

Now that you are Silver Rank, you can go to Tiffani's shop with your bag 3/4 full and she will give you a larger basket.

I took some time to buy Dress Meister from Hagel and upgrade my armor. You will need this for survivability in all newer areas.

SAVE BEFORE DOING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING.

We want to make 2-3 Polywool I suggest 3 to make new armor for someone who's gonna join soonish. Try and stick good stats on it again, but you may have used that Defense +5 already. This is okay, because the armor will get its own natural boost. I, personally, had really bad items so all I got was Sturdy, Defense +3 and MP +10.

This is what you want to make:

• ?Lady's Armor?
• ?Silk Armor?

You're going to be getting wholesaling soon so now is a good time to craft some items for it before going back to Alanya.

Suggested items (if you haven't made them already):

• Supplement (make one with Stable and Satisfying or any of the Boosts so all items that use Supplements can get these.)
• Zettel
• Pure Oil
• Polish Powder
• Medical Cream (This is the one I mentioned a while back.)
• Migraine Syrup (This is the one I mentioned a while back.)
• Lightning Bomb
• Tonic (This is just a generic one)
• Bomb
• Sweet Gem
• Arland Crystal
• Bomb Ice
• Craft

Other items you should craft if you have time:

• Heavenly Parasol

Mimi Flag

• You should eventually get a scene with Filly and Mimi when you do about 25 quests for Filly

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Stop by the Adventurer's Guild for a scene with Mel.
• Filly might also complain about work. This is the first step toward Tiffani's trophy.

Head back to Alanya via Peter.

Gino Flag

• Head to the Wharf for a scene with Gino again. For Rorona fans, there is a lot of subtle hints at events from Rorona in the conversations between Gino and Sterk.

Sterk Flag

• Head home and Sterk should come by and have a conversation about Astrid.

Talk to Ceci and you will gain access to wholesaling.

Items you should register:

Ceci

• Polish Powder
• Supplement
• Pure Oil
• Medical Cream
• Migraine Syrup
• Zettel

Pamela

• Lightning Bomb
• Tonic

Optional stuff you might have on you:

Ceci

• Alchemy Coal
• Hay

Grab Ear Puni, Fighting Goats, and Green Puni if Gerhard is offering them.

Make sure you have a Tonic, and healing items like Healing Salves or Medical Cream and head to Stein Hill.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Head to Pamela's for a scene with a snoozing teddy bear.

Use the Tonic and make sure you harvest all the points here.

There is also the Jagd Wolf here. It can be hard if you are under level or if you do not carry healing items. Hopefully, you took my advice and made good weapons and armor back in the day.

Leave before the end of the 13th.

Spend the time until the next date crafting and fulfilling quests.

Rorona Flag

• Ceci will ask you to go find your dad and you will be shocked by your father's discovery. Get the "Catch of the Day" trophy.

Make sure you have at least 1 Supplement, Pure Oil, Medical Cream, Migraine Syrup, Polish Powder and Zettel on you to wholesale in Arland, which is where we are going. Buy them from Ceci if needed.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Stopping by the bar may get you a scene between Mel, Ceci and Totori.

Rorona Flag

• After the scene with Rorona, head to the Adventurer Guild.

Mimi Flag

• You should now get a scene with Mimi about saving some guy at the Adventurer's Guild.

Marc Flag

• Marc should easily be 30+ friendship now so head to Beefy Weapon Shop for a scene.

Take a moment to register items with Hagel, Iksel and Tiffani.

Register these:

Tiffani

• Medical Cream
• Migraine Syrup
• Zettel
• Polish Powder
• Supplement

Iksel

• Pure Oil

Hagel

• Bomb
• Sweet Gem
• Arland Crystal
• Bomb Ice
• Craft

Let's make some Speed Gloves now (You'll get this in a bit).

SAVE NOW - Start by making the 2 Crimson Dye and registering it at R & T Sundries.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• At the atelier Rorona should come up with a funny name for Marc.
• Similarly, Cordelia should show up for a nickname game as well.
• When you go to synthesize you should get a scene with Rorona.

Now head to Cordelia and get Gold Rank.

Mimi Flag

• Mimi should come by and get angry about you ranking up so fast.

Now make the Rainbow Oil. You should have Pure Oil registered.

Synthesize the Tar Liquid now.

You can now make the Magic Paint, but you are probably too low in Alchemy Level. Time to craft for Filly and for levels.

Stuff you CAN make if you haven't already:

• Glass Beads x2
• Crystal Ball
• Sylph Breath x2 (Make sure you let these sit in storage and gain quality)
• Witch Salve x2
• Nectar x3 (For Filly)
• Mega Bomb
• Bomber Ice

Mimi Flag

• Mimi will be spying on you from outside.

Marc Flag

• Head to Sunrise Cafe for another scene with Marc and Hagel.

Keep crafting for more levels. Refer to my list above for what I made.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• You will probably get a scene with Totori asking about the linked containers.
• If you crafted a lot, you should get a scene at the atelier with Rorona and get her recipes.

Make sure to register the Magic Paint at R & T Sundries. If you can't make them, don't worry about it. Sadly the Magic Paint is only the first hurtle with the Speed Gloves. Now we need more levels to make the gloves themselves.

After this, we need to kill time until Mimi shows back up. Since there are no other characters in Arland to recruit, I suggest you continue to craft and fulfill quests for Filly.

Mimi Flag

• If you ended up behind, you will get the scene with Mimi and the guy at the Adventurer's Guild now.

Craft until the next date and continue on as normal. The next event won't happen until we rank up again.

Mimi Flag

• Head to the Adventurer's Guild and talk to Cordelia.

Hire Marc and Mimi again and let's head to Nabel Lake.

Leave for Arland before the end of the 6th.

Marc Flag

• Marc should have 40+ friendship (if you did a Friend Request for him like I suggested).Head to Artisan's Way for a scene with a robot.

Let's get a few more alchemy levels.

I was able to at least TRY Speed Gloves by now. Save and try them if she doesn't say "Nope, I can't."

Grab the Gloves, Heavenly Parasol (if you ever made one), and a Bomb and put them in your bag. Now let's head to Sandy Wind Plains.

Sterk Flag

• At Sandy Wind Plains you should get a scene with Sterk.

Harvest the best points and fight, but make sure to leave before the end of the 29th for Scorched Wasteland.

Getting all the gather points here can be a pain, but make sure you get them all. You will need to throw a Bomb at a rock in the middle of the map to get to the landmark and the last gathering point. You will also run into the Wasteland Beast, which you must kill for License Points.

Leave before the end of the 6th.

You should be easily be able to get Platinum Rank up by now, if not sooner.

Marc Flag

• If his friendship is 45+, you should get another scene at Artisan's Way. OMG Marc you're MEAN!!!

You now have until the 23rd to do whatever. I suggest you craft up levels so we can make Traveler's Shoes. Also fulfill quests for Filly.

Head to Alanya.

Sterk Flag

• Head home for a scene between Totori, her father, and Sterk. That's right Sterky... you're an old man.

Gerhard's Beer Hunting

• You can get the first event in the Beer making quest-line by talking to Gerhard.

When you are done in Alanya, accept any goat or ghost mobs from Gerhard and head for Silent Path.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• If you talk to Mel you will get a scene about birthdays (Also, grab Mel if you don't have Mimi in your party and kick Rorona).

Harvest some points and leave before the end of the 10th for Forgotten Village.

If you have the Speed Gloves you will want to gather all the points for the License Points, but if you haven't, just make sure you leave by end of the 17th for Alanya.

There isn't much to do in Alanya, so view this optional stuff and then continue on.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Take a moment to craft a pie at Atelier Totori and Ceci will step in and give you a new recipe.

Head for Arland via Peter now.

Marc Flag

• Another event at Artisan's Way will happen if Marc is 50+ friendship.

Chim Ending

• At the atelier, determine Chim's sex by answering Rorona's question.

Gerhard's Beer Hunting

• At the atelier, Totori should ask Rorona about drinks and get a recipe book.

I suggest you synth the items for Gehard now and get access to the new drinks.

By now you should be able to craft the Speed Gloves and/or Traveler's Shoes, so craft them. Make sure to save before trying.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• You may get a Filly event at Tiffani's shop if you've fulfilled enough quests. If not, look for it in the future. This is the first of the events here before you need to go to the Sunrise Cafe.
• Talk to Tiffani for more information on brewing.
• I also got an event at Tiffani's about how Filly has been doing at work. This is not the event that leads you to the Sunrise Cafe.

Head for Alanya again.

Make sure you have your Traveler's Shoes on you and head to Natural Garden.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Head to Pamela's Shop for an interesting scene between Rorona and Pamela.

Harvest as many Grapes as you need and leave by the end of the 28th for Rolling Hill.

If you didn't go to Natural Garden, leave for Rolling Hill now. Make sure you have the Traveler's Shoes on you.

At Rolling Hill, you should get the License Points for Hill Pioneer (which is the only reason we even walked this far). Harvest the locations on the right, staying out of the middle/upper left, and leave by the end of the 14th.

You will probably want to stop by each of the following locations on the way back, leaving before you spend a whole day:

• Jade Ruins (Use a Tonic to get some good items here, if you have 1).
• Camp of the Defeated
• Pixie Dance Floor (Get the Fairy Circle landmark)
• Vanishing Path

You should be back in Alanya by now. Use some time to craft the drinks you couldn't make earlier (either the Fancy Drinks or both set of drinks).

Gerhard's Beer Hunting

• Grab the three drinks from the Fancy Drinks recipe and turn them into Gerhard.
• Now head home for a scene and a new recipe.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Head to Gerhard's Bar for a scene with Ceci. Boy, that girl can suck 'em back. That's kind of scary really.
• Head to Pamela's for a scene about where she gets her supplies.

Gerhard's Beer Hunting

• Make the Anchobeer and bring it to Gerhard.

I suggest you buy out Ceci's stock of Homemade Pie and then head back to Arland.

Chim Ending

• Head to Rorona's for a scene with the birth of Chim. Your reward is a cute picture and the "Cuteness Swarm!" trophy.

Iksel's Cooking Contest

• Head over to Sunrise Cafe and talk to Iksel to start his cooking contest.

You should also be able to get Diamond Rank up, so do that too.

Iksel's Cooking Contest

• Take a moment to make Iksel's Black Tea and Passionate Soup and turn them into Iksel.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Rorona should give you another recipe book.
• Cordelia should stop by the atelier as well to see Chim. Awww someone is finally shorter than Cory. I still wonder what happened to big Hom.

Iksel's Cooking Contest

• Craft the Danish and Meister Tarte and take them to Iksel. (If you need to use that Alchemy Yeast that was sitting in storage for all this time gaining quality, assign Chim to copy it before you use it.)

Iksel's Cooking Contest

• Craft a 60+ Century Biscuit and turn it into Iksel.

Iksel's Cooking Contest

• Craft a 80+ Totori Brunch and turn it into Iksel. (This is easiest done with the 120 Sylph Breath you have lying in storage and the 80 quality Some Egg that Iksel sells.)

Chim Ending

• Go ahead and put the Water of Life on you and make another Chim.

Now 2 days crafting something and then head to Alanya on the 23nd.

Year 3

Head to Alanya Square for a scene about Flauschtraut.

Head back to Arland (gotta love traveling for friendship and certain quests).

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Head home for a scene between Rorona and Ceci. Oh, Rorona and your pie obsession.

Chim Ending

• If you bought the Water of Life, make another Chim.

Let's now take a moment to upgrade our gear again, since we are done with mandatory quests until 3/7/1 and we will be getting a strong ally soon.

WEAPONS

Make 2 Ster Metal. By now you should know how to do this, but here is the traits I ended up with: Convert Damage M, Attack +5, Inflict Sleep, and Holy Power and Earth Power.

This is what we want:

• ?Metal Staff? / Light Iron Staff
• ?Elegant Spear? / Spee Weiss

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Heading home should get you a scene with Rorona about Hom. I guess that is what happened to him/her.
• At home there should be a scene about Hom and another about Chim. KIDNAPPED? NOOooo. Wow Totori is oblivious to whom she speaks.

We need to kill some time crafting now. Here is what I made:

• Grape Water x2
• Blessed Wine (increases quality in your container and used for something later)
• Stockfish (register w/ Iksel)

Sterk Flag

• YAY.... at the atelier an event will make Sterk recruitable. In case you didn't play Atelier Rorona, Gio is the lazy ass king who Sterk has been trying to get to take his responsibility serious since game 1. I guess a republic was Gio's way of getting off duty.

I suggest you grab any ghost/demon-type and Ear Puni quests from Filly and head to Holy Land Shortcut.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Rorona will most likely give you another recipe book in her set.

Make sure you get the Treasure Chest and leave before the end of the 19th for Ancient Monastery.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• You will likely get a scene with Sterk about women's reactions to him.
• You may get a scene in which Sterk comments on your battle style and increase Totori's level.

Make sure to get all gathering points and approach the altar. There is also a Mini-boss here called Scarlet (a red demon).

Leave before the end of the 25th and head for the Promised Land.

Clear out the area and leave before the end of the 1st for Arland.

Remember that extra Ster Metal I told you to copy? It's definitely done, so grab it and make Sterk a ?Famous Sword?.

You now have a lot of time to do whatever you want, so you can skip ahead to 4/3 or continue to follow this guide.

Let's craft some new items (since we have been getting a lot of recipes).

Stuff you SHOULD make:

• Secret Bag (carrying this will give you access to your container from ANYWHERE).

Stuff you can make and register:

• Fish Sauce
• Fish Can (if you have any extra ingots)
• Meteor (if you have any extra cloths)
• Conch Horn (duplicate Medicine Base if you're using it up)
• Auto Alarm
• Mystery Ankh

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• You will probably get a scene with Rorona about her opinion on adventuring.
• You will probably see an event about Chim parts. This is a joke that goes back to Astrid telling Rorona what Hom is made out of.

I suggest you grab Rorona and Sterk (make a new weapon for Rorona if you have extra ingots from duplication) and head to the world map. They make a reference to Aterlier Rorona when you had to pay your party members.... oh the days when I had so much money to burn that I didn't even realize they cost me.

Now head to Dragon Grave.

Harvest and fight and leave before the end of the 5th for Morning Mist River.

Harvest and leave before the end of the 12th for Seaside Hill.

Harvest and leave before the end of the 16th for Ancient Woods.

Harvest and leave before the end of the 20th for Arland.

Rorona Flag

• If you have enough friendship, you should get a scene at the Sunrise Cafe. Players who have played the previous game will enjoy the memories and new players get to feel like Totori.

Burn 2 days if you get the Tiffani and Filly event.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• If you have enough quests done with Filly you will get a scene with her at Tiffani's. This is the trigger for the trophy. You will need to visit the Sunrise Cafe in 2 day. (If you aren't getting this, make sure you have no quests accepted before you assume you don't have enough quests done).

Head to the Sunrise Cafe for the trophy "Legendary Drunkard".

Head to the Adventurer's Guild for a scene with Filly.

We still need more friendship for Sterk. Since the Trevaler's Shoes shortens are walking distance in days, we have to walk more and farther to get friendship points (since 3 days on the map equals 1 friendship point).

Head to Drifter's Grave.

Harvest and leave before the end of the 15th for Herbal Plains.

Harvest and leave before the end of the 24th for Alanya.

SAVE NOW - important choice ahead.

Gino Flag

• At home, Gino may stop by all beaten up. This may require him to be level 15. If you aren't getting it, don't worry about it, this can be gotten later when you have the Warp Gate.

Head to the world map by hitting Start and avoiding the Town Square, and walk to Arland.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• At home, you will probably get a scene with Rorona and Ceci about pies again.

Sterk Flag

• At home, Sterk should drop by and ask for medicine and talk about Gio.

Gino Flag

• Head to Artisan's Way to bump into Sterk and get a new background image for your collection.

Sterk Flag

• Head to Artisan's Way for a scene with Sterk and Ro-ro-na bird if his friendship is 30+.

Now head to Alanya.

Gino Flag

• Talk to Gino. How come Sterk can't always use that all the time? Stupid Specials.

At home, you will see a scene with Guid, Gerhard and Ceci if you synth something (see below). Time to build a ship... well soonish.

Let's do some crafting here:

• Living Rope
• Magic Chain (register this and a Mystery Ankh at Pamela's Shop).

I headed to Fragrant Plains now.

Harvest and leave before the end of the 24th for Mountain Cave.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• You may get a scene about Totori being stubborn and not resting.

Harvest and leave before the end of the 26th for Alanya.

Head to Arland via Peter.

Sterk Flag

• Head to Artisan's Way for a scene with Sterk's pigeon and Sterk in a field if he is 40+ friendship.

I'm actually running out of places to go and things to craft at this point. You have until 7/1 to do whatever. If you are behind in the guide, this is the perfect time to catch up a little.

I spent the time crafting:

• Fertile Pot
• Iksel Plate
• One Powder
• Mont Blanc
• Ether Ink
• Runestone

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Cordy will probably be at the atelier for a scene.

Head to Alanya via Peter.

In Alanya Square there will be a scene between Mel and Totori about her mother.

Head to Pamela's Shop for a scene. Of COURSE.... damnit Pamela.

Talk to Gerhard now. Well Gisela doesn't sound anything like Totori.

Talk to Peter. Oh man, this town is full of meanies.

Head back to Arland via Peter.

Talk to Cordelia. Man I love Cordy.

Rorona Flag

• Head to Artisan's Way for a scene with Rorona and Cory.

Talk to Sterk about your mother. Then again for some fun.

Back at the atelier Mimi will bust in and complain about your mom.

Let's get Sterk 50+ friendship. Head to the world map.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Talk to Sterk a second time for some funny talk about his face.
• Talk to Marc twice for some funny scenes that are not required.
• If you head to the world map, Rorona should sneak up on Totori and Sterk.

If Sterk is friendship 50+ he should drop by and drop some items off.

Chim Ending

• Get another Chim. One more to go.

Let's craft another thing we will need for the ship making:

• Tar Liquid (Have a Chim copy it at least 5 times)

Now we can start working toward making good weapons and armor for the events to come.

We need to kill 13 days while the Dark Dew duplicates. I suggest you spend it adventuring to get Sterk to level 60 friendship. I'm going to leave this all up to you. (The max distance you can go is 6 days if you leave before the day is up.)

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• At the Adventurer's Guild, Filly will probably scream at Sterk's face. Poor guy.

You should have the second Dark Dew by now. Craft a Spring Cup with Spring Liquid + and MAKE SURE ITS IN YOUR BAG so it can get to quality 100 while you travel.

Now head to Alanya via Peter.

Head to Crystal Hole.

Harvest and fight and leave before the end of the 15th for Runestone Nest.

This place can be pretty hard. You probably want to avoid as many battles as possible and stay away from the Jewel Element boss (if you saved recently you can always try though). Leave before the end of the 18th for Alanya.

Your Spring Cup should be quality 100 by now (if not, give it a few more days and catch up later). Register it at Pamela's Shop. You can buy and re-register the Cup as many times as you want, but once should be enough for now (if you want the Rich/Store Ending you will want to register it and use it a LOT in year 5.

Register and buy the Spring Cup back and head to the world map and look for the above mentioned water and Dark Dew.

Chances are you won't get the above traits in 1 Spring Cup, so spend a few days crafting while you wait for restock on the 1st.

I suggest making 6 Sylph Breaths so that you can use them for Cost Level help in a little bit. If you can stick any two of the following traits on it, do it:

• Attack +10 - Cost 10
• Attack +5 - Cost 6
• Beast Repel - Cost 6

Buy the Spring Cups from Pamela. SAVE BEFORE OPENING

Now that we have Dark Dew, it's time to work on some of the best weapons you can get. Firstly, to make your life easier when looking for traits, sell any Dark Dew without the traits listed below before even synthing.

SAVE BEFORE THIS!!!! - Have Migraine Syrup on hand for MP Recovery.

Head to Arland for some Arland Crystals (hopefully you have them wholesaled there).

Head to the Beefy Weapon Shop and R & T Sundries to buy 5 Arland Crystals from Hagel and 10 Polish Powder from Tiffani (you'll have to buy the last 8 in Alanya).

Now we can make accessories, if you like.

You should have 4 Chims with 2 working on each type of Blessed Coin, 1 working on the Spirit Necklaces, and 1 on pie. You can always set the 4th to work on Spirit Necklaces if you don't need them to make pie. ALWAYS copy the Blessed Coins before/if you use one. You will need these FOREVER!!

You can now make Goldstein [Ingot]s and Tanbeash [Cloth] as the Chim's duplicate the Blessed Coins and Million Nights.

By now, you should be done with all of the above, if not, just come here when you are ready. You will have a whole year at the end of the game to play catch up.

Head to a nearby area like Old Path, Uni Grove, or Traveler's Path.

Sterk Flag

• If Sterk 60+ friendship Sterk will need to leave. He will become unavaiable for the next 6 days.

Harvest and leave for Arland before the end of the 3rd.

We need to get Marc to level 30, so put him in your party and head to Ancient Monastery.

Take out all the enemies on the map (except 1 because it pushes you into a new day), avoiding gathering, and rinse and repeat until he's 30.

Six levels took me six days and then I headed for Arland.

Sterk Flag

• Sterk should show up at the atelier. He is now available again. This is the last event besides the one related to Gerhard's Beer Hunting quest that involves Sterk.

You now have until year 4 to do whatever you want really. I suggest fulfilling Filly's quests and crafting. Everyone should be friendship 60+, so there is no need to adventure until we get access to some new areas.

Year 4

Head to the Adventurer's Guild and talk to Cordelia. If you don't she will show up at Rorona's workshop.

Marc Flag

• At the atelier Marc will drop by and say he needs you to take him to the Promised Land for a specimen.

Head back to Alanya now.

When you return home, there will be a scene with Guid and Ceci. Lol... I'm starting to like Guid.

Head into the Dining Room for another scene with the three. Now head to Gerhard's Bar for another scene with Ceci. YAY.

After all the scenes you will get access to making the boat. Time to gather some materials for dad.

Get the Chim's duplicating for what you don't have already. If you have extra Chim's double up on stuff like the Ingots that take a while to make.

Head to Arland to kill some time while the Chim's work.

Rorona Flag

• 6 months after the previous flag trigger, Rorona will ask if you like Alchemy or Adventuring more.

Mimi Flag

• Head to the world ma for a scene with Mimi about gathering materials for the ship.

You have approx. 5 months to do whatever you want. I suggest you fulfill as many Filly quests that you can and get some levels for Mimi. You will also want to make the ship parts as the items get completed in duplication. You should have all ship parts done by 4/6/1.

You will automatically go to the Adventurer's Guild for your Cobalt Rank Up. Make sure to TALK to Cordelia to get the rank window.

Chim Ending

• FINALLY! Your fifth Chim. This is the last one. Now all you have to do it put them to work constantly for the flag.

Let's get that damn Warp Gate so we don't need to use the carriage anymore. Head to the world map and select Hermit's Home.

Harvest and make sure to get the Azure Wing from the chest and leave before the end of the 8th for Mutant Forest.

Harvest and leave before the end of the 10th for Arland.

SAVE NOW and then craft the Warp Gate.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Rorona has been holding out on you with her books for a while, but she now gives you the last one.

Grab the Warp Gate from your container and keep it with you always. Use it via the basket (on the world map) and select Atelier Totori.

TADA! Insta-travel between any place to either atelier. This is gonna make your like so much easier. Everything is now a one-way trip.

Melvia Flag

• Talk to Mel and she will mention taking Ceci out adventuring.
• Now talk to Ceci, who agrees to do it sometime.

You can start turning in the boat items to Guid at the Wharf, but you still need to make a Helm.

Now let's go get those Shining Saucers. Warp to Arland and then head to Night's Domain.

Harvest all locations for License Points and leave before the end of the 9th for Dusk Throne.

Make sure to stand on the throne for License Points and harvest and fight, but leave before the end of the 13th via Warp Gate.

Firstly, have a Chim start to duplicate the Shining Saucers, since you probably didn't harvest 5.

Do some Spring Cuping, if you haven't already been keeping track and doing it. Now that you can warp to Alanya at anytime, you should be going there after every restock in a day that ends in 1 or 2.

Now is a good time to make your shops PERFECT. This way you don't have duplicate items in each store. Here is what I had at each:

Iksel:

• Fish Can
• Special Meat
• Pure Oil
• Alchemy Yeast
• Flour
• Honey
• Salt
• Blessed Wine
• One Powder
• Danish

Hagel:

• Bomb
• Mega Bomb
• Bomb Ice
• Bomber Ice
• Meteor
• Craft
• N/A
• Sweet Gem
• Komet
• Arland Crystal

Tiffani:

• Medical Cream (HP Recovery M)
• Migraine Syrup (MP Recovery M)
• Vitality Pill (HP Recovery M and HP+ Temp)
• Nectar (KO Recovery M or L)
• Mind Water (MP Recovery L or XL)
• Supplement
• Witch Salve

Ceci:

• Ether Ink
• Zettel
• Alchemy Coal
• Crimson Dye
• Polish Powder
• Glass Beads
• Crystal Ball
• Magic Paint
• Living Rope

Pamela:

• Mystery Ankh
• Spring Cup
• Tonic
• Magic Chain
• (fill the rest with whatever you want or had already)

Let's go get more License Points while we wait for the Chim's and Mel's Flag to come up. From Alanya, head to the Mist Ruins.

Harvest and fight and leave before the then of the 25th for Arland via the Warp Gate. Make sure you head to the altar in back for License Points.

From Arland, head to Moonlight Forest.

Harvest and leave before the end of the 4th for Old Sanctuary.

The Dragon here can be hard if you don't have good gear, but we should. Take him out by going all out and then get the landmark altar before leaving by the end of the 9th for Neumont Forest.

Clear out all the harvest points here and take out the T. Bomb Squirrel. Leave before the end of the 21st to Alanya (I'm gonna stop saying via Warp Gate now).

Melvia Flag

• Put Melvia in your party and invite Ceci out.

You should now be able to make the last boat piece. Make it and put it in your bag, but don't drop it off to Guid yet.

Warp to Arland, get Sterk and head back into Atelier Rorona.

Head to the Wharf and hand over the last boat piece.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• If you held onto that last Water of Life this long, Rorona will give you the Chim Pie recipe. You can save and try and make it without a 5th Chim if you want, but if you are not wanting to risk replaying the last 2 years, I suggest you just make the 5th Chim now.

We have a long journey ahead of us, so let's make sure you have done the following:

• Hired Sterk and Mimi.
• Have all the Chim's set to make pies for themselves.
• Have at least 2 BIG Bombs (like Meteor, Mega Bombs, etc) on you or in your container in case of emergency if the ones you brought don't do enough damage.
• Used up any Spring Cups that have restocked (I had about 150k by now).
• Sold any items you have a lot of. (Your inventory is getting full and we are going to the areas with some of the best items in the game. Sell off anything you have more than 15 of and make room for these new items).
• Saved your game in a new slot if you want that 3rd Bad Ending and in case of death.

Mimi Flag

• Head back to the Wharf and say goodbye. That's right folks... in 3 days you too can have a HUGE ship too.

Once you have control, head to the Island of Beginnings.

Harvest some Seahorses and leave before the end of the 2nd for Anchor Point.

Harvest and leave before the end of the 4th via the west side to unlock Himmel Way, which you should go to next.

Harvest or fight and leave before the end of the 7th via the south exit to unlock Grune Rainforest, which you'll be going to now.

When you enter, turn back toward the exit and get the harvest point hidden here. Now harvest all the points here, avoiding the Queen Bee boss unless you want to try it out and saved before you left Alanya, and exiting to the southeast to unlock the Jungle Ruins before the end of the 15th.

Harvest and leave to the south before the end of the 19th to unlock Oceanic Hill.

Harvest or fight and leave before the end of the 21st for Jungle Ruins.

Leave to the northeast this time by the end of the 23rd to unlock the Beast's Den.

Harvest and leave to the northeast by the end of the 26th to unlock the Primordial Cave.

Make sure to get the altar landmark for License Points and leave by the end of the 28th for Beast's Den.

Leave to the east this time by the end of the 30th to unlock the Himmel Gate.

Use a bomb to get past the rock and leave to the north by the end of the 3rd to unlock the Grand Horn.

Harvest every point here and make sure to get the Floating Tree landmark and Elder Griffon mini-boss fight before leaving at the end of the 9th for Alanya.

Melvia Flag

• Put Mel in your party and take Ceci out to adventure again

SAVE NOW

Mimi Flag

• Make sure Mimi is in your for the next bit, as we are headed to the boss fight.

From Alnaya, head out to Rock Island.

Harvest some new fish types and leave before the end of the 24th for Mushroom Island.

Harvest and fight and leave before the end of the 28th for Altmeier.

The Flauscetraut will attack. WOOOT!! What a push over... at level 40 the guy could barely hurt me. I used Vitality Pills to up Totori's HP, but she really didn't need it. I also used Mystery Ankh to get DEF+, as well, but that didn't matter much either. When my allies got low life I used normal attacks (since Skills don't get the Convert Damage attribute) or healing items.

Be sure to go INTO Altmeier after the battle and gather all the harvest points here and leave before the end of the 6th for Tiny Island.

Harvest and leave to the south before the end of the 10th to unlock Lost Island and Jungle Island. Head to Lost Island.

Harvest and milk the goat and leave to the south before the end of the 16th to unlock Ruin Island and Desolate Island. Head to Ruin Island.

Harvest and leave to the east before the end of the 22nd to unlock the Northern Lands.

Harvest and leave to the north before the end of the 27th to unlock the Frontier Village.

Watch the scene... can I make snow angels PLEASEEEE. Piana is so cute. I wanna take her home with me.

Head east toward the grave. Awww really. Yay for finally seeing mom and flashbacks. Get "Tragic Discovery" trophy.

Mimi Flag

• Leave town and watch more scenes including stuff about Mimi. Get "Aristocratic Love" trophy.

Warp back to Alanya for more scenes. Ahahah she followed me.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Head to the Dining Room for a scene with Ceci and Piana. You will need to see a few of these to get a trophy, so check back whenever you're in town.

Warp to Arland.

Mimi Flag

• Talk to Mimi at the Adventurer's Guild.

Gerhard's Beer Hunting

• We can finally craft the drinks that we got the recipes for ages ago. Do that now.

Gerhard's Beer Hunting

• Take the drinks and give them to Gerhard.

Go to the wharf and talk to Guid and Marc. Turning in the items Shining Saucer and Plantine (buy from Hagel) will make your boat go twice as fast. THANK GOD.

Now we need to burn a month. This is a good time to catch up on anything you might have missed previously, any areas you haven't uncovered, and craft any items you want to check out.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• You can talk to Ceci to see her response to your drinks.
• Head to Hagel's Shop and you'll see a scene where Totori mentions the similarity between Gerhard and Hagel's voice.

Year 5

Gerhard's Beer Hunting

• Talk to Gerhard for a new recipe.
• Head to the Wharf and talk to Guid.
• Head to Arland and talk to Sterk.
• Grab a Sonne Fruit and make sure you keep it on you until we go to the Den.

Going to the Guardian Den anytime before the 26th is a waste of time, as you will get stuck waiting there until the 30th, so kill some time until then.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Head home and you should get another scene with Ceci and Piana.
• Head to the bar for a scene with Hagel. Too funny. Same actor?

Firstly, grab Tropical Penguin, Valoshun, Basalt Dragon, Spike Bug, Giant Bug, Raum Lizard, Scare Phantom, and/or Arctic Penguin hunts (make sure they are no limit or at least 2 months away from being due).

Now, head to the Guardian Den above Rock Island.

Gerhard's Beer Hunting

• Wow... now that is a lovely picture for both genders. Receive the "Legendary 'Fish'" trophy.

While you're out here you might as well finish off the other island route and make your second trip to Frontier Village.

First let's head to Altmeier and kill off anything we need for quests.

Ignore the harvesting points, as we have limited space and we don't need any of the ingredients. Kill what you need to, but make sure you leave before the end of the 9th for Jungle Island.

Fight and leave to the east before the end of the 16th for Desolate Island.

Fight or harvest and leave to the east before the end of the 20th and head to Frontier Village.

Head to the Elder's Home for another scene. Talk to Pilca afterwards.

Head to Path of Oblivion when you leave town.

Harvest or fight and leave to the west before the end of the 27th to unlock Mystic Snow Plains.

I suggest you fight here and don't harvest, because the Raum Lizard is a pretty rare spawn, and then make sure to leave to the north before the end of the 30th to unlock Prayer Forest.

Make sure to get the altar landmark at the far north and leave before the end of the 3rd and warp to Alanya.

At home, Piana should drop by for a quick convo.

Now warp to Arland for a scene with Rorona about the sacrifice.

Head to Pamela's Shop for a funny scene.

Gerhard's Beer Hunting

• Let's make that Guardian Liquor and turn it into Gerhard.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Talk to Gerhard about your fishing experience.
• Head home for another scene with Ceci, Rorona, and Piana.

SAVE NOW

Let's do some armor and weapon upgrading:

ARMOR

Start by making 1 Scale Cloth from the one Dragon Scale you should have duplicating and the previously made Million Nights (which you should have more than one of. If not, make sure to duplicate it.

You should have the following traits:

Burn a few days until you have another Dragon Scale ready to use. Check the Chim Board to see how many days are left.

Now make a Velvetis with the same traits as above, using a Dragon Scale and a Million Nights.

With the new cloths, we want to make the follow:

• ?Ancient Robe? (for Totori)
• ?Cloak? (for Mimi)
• Heroic Cape (for Sterk when you have another Scale Cloth)

Now, while we wait for the Dragon Tusks to duplicate, let's work on some end game items:

WEAPONS

By now you should be able to make 3 Halmolium, using one of the Beast Repel Blessed Coins we made ages ago, and making sure you keep enough Cost Level to get all 5 traits.

With the 3 ingots, we want to make the following:

• ?Scary Staff?
• ?Ultimate Spear?
• ?Supreme Sword?

You should be done with all of the above by now, and if you aren't don't worry. Just continue forward wherever you are at.

Grab some Secret Remedy, Mind Water, and anything else you want to bring for a boss fight and head to Liechtein Soehnle.

Hehehe. I knew it. Did you? Anyways, time to fight the game boss. Get the "Haunted Doll?" trophy and then head inside.

TIPS:

• If you made the Ether Ink and a N/A combo, use that.
• Dimension Egg it up with Totori's duplicate, so you can use it multiple times.
• Use Mystery Ankh's if you got them.
• Have enough healing items on you.
• Make sure you have the best weapons and armor.

After the scene at Frontier Village, head to the world map and SAVE NOW. Now Head back to the tower. Let's try and find a LQ Sage Herb for our Elixir.

Mimi Flag

• Beating Evil Face opens up the possibility for True Ending and it is the last event before Mimi's no return.

You can return to the tower at any time to take on some of the hardest bosses in the game, but I don't suggest it for UNDER 45 and not without the best gear in the game. PROCEED WITH CAUTION!!!

Talking to the statue on the right will let you pass the gap.

Head to the second floor and check the harvesting points. Ignore them if they don't have a LQ Sage Herb and move on. If you have to fight the Dragon to go up another floor, you may be too low to kill him. I survived by constantly blocking Totori and having lots of Secret Remedies, Mind Water, and Nectars.

On the third floor is the Iron Giant Proto. This guy is considerably weaker than the previous Dragon, but don't get too cocky. He buffs himself and then he becomes dangerous, especially if you are running low on items.

ON the fourth floor is a battle with Penguin Monks. These guys have incredibly strong skills and really weak normal attacks. The other part is that there are three of them. I hope you have Inflict Sleep on your weapons, cause this will help out a lot here. Try and sleep them and you should be okay. If not, you may die quickly if you are low on items. Make sure to block Totori if any of the skills get used on her, but let her take the normal attacks.

On the final floor is the Rage Beast, but I doubt you can take it on. I was out of items, so I headed back to Alanya.

Head home for a scene with Piana and Ceci.

Gerhard's Beer Hunting

• Head to Gerhard's Bar for the final scene in this quest line.

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• Head to Pamela's for a scene. Awww poor Pamela.

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE READY FOR ENDINGS.

Spend the rest of the month crafting the Elixirs, N/A, and Ether Ink if you didn't have time. Also, you can level up in the tower, while looking for the LQ (under 20) Sage Herb, if you didn't get it yet.

Here are some other things you may want to do:

• Head to any areas you haven't visited yet
  • Holy Slumbering Tree
  • Crystal Spot.
• Beat any mini-bosses you passed up earlier
  • Punicarnate in Rolling Hill
  • Jewel Element in Runestone Nest - bring a bomb to get all the gathering points and the landmark.
  • Queen Bee in Grune Rainforest
• Work toward getting Galaxy Rank by completing License Points

Fishing Festival

• Peter will come running to the atelier to tell you about the fishing festival. Two months is so far away with your Warp Gate in hand.
• Talk to Ceci, Pamela and Mel in Alanya.
• Rorona, Tiffani (for fun), Cordelia, Mimi, and Filly.
• You have everyone you need so now all you have to do is burn 2 month, EXACTLY!!!

By now I had a rank up. Head to Cordy for Galaxy Rank.

You can now do whatever you need to until the Fishing Festival.

Here are some suggestions:

• Complete anything you didn't have time to do in the above list.
• If you haven't made Dragon Repel versions of your weapons, do that now.
• Fight Glass Element in the Moonlight Forest if you are Galaxy Rank.

• Fight the Black Dragon in Night's Domain if you are Galaxy Rank.

• If you haven't gotten the "Legendary Drunkard" trophy. Cancel any quests and try going to R & T Sundries now. If you get the scene, go to Sunrise Cafe 2 days later. (Source: drachmeister for figuring this out)

OPTIONAL EVENTS

• You should get another scene with Rorona and Piana at some point. This should give you "Still a Child" trophy.
• You should get another scene at Pamela's Shop. Dear LORD, her breasts.
• If you got Galaxy Rank, talk to the male adventurer in the Adventurer's Guild and he will tell you about a new boss and a new area.

Peter will come to the atelier EXACTLY two months after the previous event.

Sneaky bastard. The winner doesn't matter, but there is a different ending for whoever wins. Enjoy! You'll also receive "Fishing Festival" trophy.

There are, literally, no events left to do in this game except go for Endings or finishing off your Monster and Item data (neither is required tho). I suggest working on Alchemy Level 50. Once you have that go for level 50 Adventuring Level (remember don't let Mimi hit it tho). Don't forget about getting 500k either and watch your Chim's pies.

The Final Steps

If you don't care about optional stuff, skip ahead to Year 6.

TIPS ON WHAT'S NEXT:

• Craft to get close to Alchemy Level 50
• If you want 100% library, go to every location
• Check what License Points you are missing and work on getting them. Only if you want all 4000 points.
• Go leveling in harder areas or in Liechtein Soehnle, remember there are 5 bosses in there for your Monster data and the Rage Beast for License Points, if you care.

If you want to take out Ozean Kaiser (hardest optional boss) gather items to make the Elixirs I listed earlier, or improve them with these new versions.

Elixir (We will need to make 2 different Elixir's)

(1)

Effects that you want:

• HP Recovery XL
• HP Healing L (HQ Nectar that you should have)
• Ailment Recovery (HQ Sage Herb)

Traits you want:

• Cure-All (Moonlight Flower)
• Source of Life (Blessed Stone)
• Lively (Living if you don't have this or want to be able to register it)

(2)

Effects that you want:

• HP Recovery XL
• HP Healing L (HQ Nectar that you should have)
• KO Recovery/Wake Up (LQ Nectar or Behemoth Heart)
• MP Recovery XL (LQ Sage Herb)

Traits you want:

• Nothing specific, but Usage +1 is nice (+2 can't be registered)

Year 6

You should have the following things by now:

• All character flags right before the Point of No Return
  • Mimi level 49
  • Gino level 24
• Alchemy Level 50
• Adventure Level 50
• Iksel's Cooking Contest and Gerhard's Beer Hunting quests done
  • 34 large pies with your Chims
  • Almost 500k or just a little over

Time to work on some endings. MAKE A NEW SAVE FILE NOW AND ALWAYS LOAD FROM IT Do not overwrite it EVER.

LOAD 1: Rich/Store Ending (also "Alchemy Restaurant" trophy)

• Make sure all your Chim's are not working so you don't get over 34 pies.
• If you are UNDER 500k sell all your items.
• Sleep until the end of the game.

LOAD 2: Chim Ending (also "The Hardest Workers" trophy)

• Put your Chim's to work so you get over 35 large pies.
• If you are over 500k, craft some equipment and dismantle them at Hagel's until you are under 500k.
• Sleep until the end of the game.

LOAD 3: Normal Ending (also "Normal Ending" trophy)

• If you are over 500k, craft some equipment and dismantle them at Hagel's until you are under 500k.
• Make sure all your Chim's are not working so you don't get over 34 pies.
• Sleep until the end of the game.

LOAD 4: Gino Flag (also "Chivalrous Defender" and "Two Masters" trophies)

• Take Gino adventuring and get him level 25.
• Head home for an event at Totori's atelier.
• 7 days later there will be another event at Totori's atelier.
• In another 7 days there will be 1 last event at the atelier.
• MAKE SURE TO DO AT LEAST 1 FRIEND REQUEST FOR GINO, since he and Sterk have the same requirement and Sterk has higher priority. Sleep in Alanya and if he isn't showing up then fulfill one for Melvia. He should show up next.
• Sleep until the end of the game.

LOAD 5: Melvia Flag (also "Ambushed" and "Promises" trophies)

• Invite Ceci out again.
• Fight the 3 Scarlets ALONE
• Sleep until the end of the game.

LOAD 6: Mimi Flag (also "Adventurer BFF's" trophy)

• Go adventuring with her and get level 50.
• Sleep until the end of the game.

LOAD 7: Marc Flag (also "Arise, McVellion!" and "A New Journey" trophies)

• Put Marc in your party and head to the Promised Land.
• Fight the Boss.
• Wait 2 days and Marc will show up at the atelier.
• Sleep until the end of the game.

LOAD 8: Rorona Flag (also "Who's the Teacher?" trophy)

• Synthesize something in Arland at Alchemy Level 50.
• Sleep until the end of the game.

LOAD 9: Sterk Flag (also "Indecisive Knight" trophy)

• Complete Gino's Ending and make sure Gino's friendship isn't higher than his.
• Sleep until the end of the game.

LOAD 10: True Ending (also "True Ending" trophy)

• Complete all of the character endings listed above in one go.
• Put your Chim's to work so you get over 35 large pies.
• If you are UNDER 500k sell all your items.
• Sleep until the end of the game.

Time for the Bad Ending. Start a New Game + and then just sleep in for the first few months and miss all the events. This automatically make you fail and get the Bad Ending. You also get "Bad Ending" trophy.

Harvesting Locations

Firstly, all Bosses/Mini-Bosses have the potential to drop any weapon/armor, this includes armor for DLC only characters. I will NOT be listing those.

Pre-License Areas

Nuse Grove

Western Plains

Roaring Craggy Path

Glass Rank Areas

Hunter's Forest

Abandoned Mine

Dry Sea

Natural Garden

Golden Plains

• Milk the sheep by not standing right next to it.

Buried Ruins

Old Path

Traveler's Path

Uni Grove

Iron Rank Areas

Nabel Lake

Sandy Wind Plains

Calamitous Mountain

Fragrant Plains

Vanishing Path

Silent Path

Bronze Rank Areas

Scorched Wasteland

Dragon Grave

Herbal Plains

Holy Slumbering Tree

Pixie Dance Floor

Silver Rank Areas

Holy Land Shortcut

• Treasure Chest

Morning Mist River

Drifter's Grave

Crystal Hole

Stein Hill

Gold Rank Areas

Ancient Monastery

Promised Land

• Boss related to Marc Flag

Mountain Cave

Camp of the Defeated

• Treasure Chest

Platinum Rank Areas

Seaside Hill

Ancient Woods

Runestone Nest

Forgotten Village