Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl FAQ/Walkthrough

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Introduction

Welcome to yet another 3DS FAQ/Walkthrough of mine. This covers Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl. This fall 3DS release is actually a bit surprising to me as to why it has gone so long (relatively) without an FAQ. The game was made by Atlus, after all, famed developer of the MegaTen series - this game even has a comparable "feel" to many of those games. Then again, it's probably just me - after all, I didn't truly get into Atlus's games until I played Shin Megami Tensei IV over the summer, and that one truly entranced me: enough to run five or six playthroughs in the course of less than four weeks! Well, in any case, I'm definitely looking forward to FAQing this excellent game as well!

All of my meaningless babbling aside, I hope you enjoy my FAQ!!

Walkthrough

General Notes (MUST READ!)

• Firstly, this FAQ/Walkthrough is - at least in its current state - primarily written from the Story Mode viewpoint of the game. From what the manual insofar has revealed to me, it and Classic are little different except in that Classic has a better ability to customize and has less of the story elements. What major differences I can find will be noted. I will still write most of the guide from a Story Mode perspective - since the content is mostly the same, and it's easy enough to pick out what parts just seem "off" to Classic players (like in Adventurer's Initiation) - but I still like to keep everything important covered. If I missed something important, feel free to notify me in the Legalities section. Here's some of the notable ones:
  • The introductionary sequences to the game differ somewhat, notably around Ren and Tlachtga.
  • You get the guild house via some mission from the Radha around B2F in Classic Mode.
  • Classic Mode seems to cut out Gladsheim completely, so pretty much any reference to it (like the first section under each stratum) can be skipped in Classic.

• Secondly, in terms of difficulty, this guide is written from the viewpoint of Standard difficulty, not Picnic and not Expert. This can affect a number of things, including my damage estimates for bosses. In general, in Expert, you'll want to follow a guideline of bringing your level to 2.5 times that of the floor you're on; for example, 6F warrants Lv. 15, 10F warrants Lv. 25, and so on. It will keep those damage estimates relatively in line, if that's what you prefer, but mass grinding will be necessary at points. You can also just accept the bigger damage by altering how much/often you heal or tank attacks. It's just fair warning.

• When it comes to character classes and their skills, for the most part you're on your own. (You can switch classes at Level 30 in the Explorers Guild.) I wholly recommend creating an actual balance like you would in most RPGs, but it's ultimately up to you for what to do - personally, I stuck with the initial combo Story Mode gave me (Highlander, Gunner, Protector, Medic, Alchemist). I'll try to cover every possible angle of the strategy; if you have additional notes or tips I should give out, feel free to contact me.

• A similar philosophy will be used in the managing of equipment for the most part (i.e. beyond the first mission). The ability to earn new equipment is primarily based on what you end up selling to Shilleka, and those are highly based (although not wholly) on enemy drops. Which means it's up to luck. Where reasonable, I will mention some good items to get if you are able to, or will suggest grinding for them if they're useful enough - other than that, it's mostly an implied philosophy of "Get the best you can of what you can for your class".

• Regarding the sidequests you can earn from Rosa and those at the pub (as well as several others), those are mostly covered at the end of each stratum's section, so as to keep stuff organized instead of flitting about throughout the walkthrough: most (if not all) of the stuff needed for each quest should be quite available by then. If you need help on a specific quest, then the Optional Quests section is probably better for you, especially since a lot of stuff there is the same as in the walkthrough.

The 1st Stratum

Sectional Flowchart

• Main Walkthrough:
  • Start-Up
  • Adventurer's Initiation
  • Investigate the Abnormality
  • Exploration of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth
  • The Terror of Fenrir

• Sidequests:
  • First Stratum Quest Cleanup

Start-Up

Once you're ready, begin the game: hit "New Game" from the title screen, opt to transfer the demo's data if desired, and choose the difficulty. There are three in all: Picnic (easy), Standard (medium), and Expert (hard). The difference between the difficulties is primarily the ability to return to the game upon death: Picnic allows this endlessly, Standard allows it once, and Expert makes it a Game Over instantly. Picnic also allows the infinite use of some items, most notably the Ariadne Thread. Enemies in higher difficulties, of course, also have a tendency to be more powerful than those on lower ones, and are generally tougher in the sense of their strategy and status ailment hit rates and the like. In any case, choose. Obviously, Picnic is better for RPG newbies, Standard for more, and Expert for those wanting a definite challenge. You can change this later on in the game from Etria in the Options menu; just know that one of the Guild Card Medals requires you to be on Expert.

Adventurer's Initiation

This particular mission is "Adventurer's Initiation", a mission wherein you are to map out B1F of the Labyrinth. This is a good practice, for it will become a useful skill later on, especially if you're going for the nostalgic method of mapping the area by hand. Before you leave, you will also earn two allies - Ren, a ronin, and Tlachtga, a hexer. Respond to Ren's greeting as desired and give yourself a name, then you'll receive a Map.

Opt to leave the area when you can to reach Etria proper. There, you are allowed to shop for items, rest at the inn to heal up, or get inebriated at the pub. Eventually, you'll have to get your way into the forest, though! In any case... Go to the Rooster Inn to save. At Shilleka's Goods, you can buy some items. For the most part, though, you can't buy or use stuff: I bought a Targe and Knit Glove for my main character, and a Medica for healing. The Pub is mostly just like the Taverns and Hunters Associations in SMT IV (dunno why I choose that specific analogy) - basically, job/mission acceptance. Head now to the Forest Entrance - most of the return is pretty useless - and enter the Yggdrasil Labyrinth.

In Etria, you should go visit the Radha Hall to accept the new mission, "Adventurer's Initiation", where you are to map out B1F of the Labyrinth. This is a good practice, for it will become a useful skill later on, especially if you're going for the nostalgic method of mapping the area by hand.

Opt to leave the area when you can. There, you are allowed to shop for items, rest at the inn to heal up, or get inebriated at the pub. (Later, it can be used for quests, too.) Eventually, you'll have to get your way into the forest, though! In any case... Go to the Rooster Inn to save. At Shilleka's Goods, you can buy some items. For the most part, though, you can't buy or use stuff: I bought a Targe and Knit Glove for my main character, and a Medica for healing. The Pub is mostly just like the Taverns and Hunters Associations in SMT IV (dunno why I choose that specific analogy) - basically, job/mission acceptance. Head now to the Forest Entrance - most of the return is pretty useless - and enter the Yggdrasil Labyrinth.

When you enter the first stratum, aptly named the Emerald Grove, you'll enter the first-person experience of the game. Lucky you (and me?), the navigation is grid-based similar to most older RPGs - it is probably meant to help with the map. The 1st Stratum is relatively safe, almost pretty actually. Anyhow, to the task of map-making...

To operate the Touch Screen map, press X to zoom in on you, or just touch where you want to zoom in. Once done, you can use the Circle Pad to move the map. Use the stylus and the various things on the Touch Screen to make and erase walls and floors. When you actually begin moving around, that's delegated to the D-Pad below the Circle Pad (back to nostalgic grid movement again?), so it's all pretty precise.

As you move forward further into the forest, you'll be told of the skills you can learn. These are (mostly) used for battle. To learn skills, you need Skill Points - you start with 3 already, and one more is earned with each level-up. To manage this stuff, use the main menu's Custom option to do it. Since you are a Highlander, I recommend devoting two points to Spear Mastery (to unlock Long, Draining, and Legion Thrusts) and one to ATK Up.

Back to our forest walk to Grandma's house. Go forward into the next clearing and map it out. If you try exiting to the northeast of the clearing, you will encounter a battle. In battles, a character's class takes extreme effect on how and where to use them: for example, Ren the ronin is better on the front lines while Tlachtga the hexer is better in the back casting magic. In any case, the battle interface is pretty intuitive - plus, when you have two Level 30+ characters in your party, one-hitting the Tree Rat and Woodfly is pretty easy. =P

Once done, go east along the path and south to the fork. Go south past it and continue along past another. Finish off this fork of the map here and go back to the previous fork, heading left when you reach it. Go left at the next one, and the next one, then do a 180 and go along that path. Go right at the next fork to find a clearing with some sparkling flowers - careful, though, if you rest there for you'll fight three Venomflies! Ren and Tlachtga can handle that on their own, but you'll probably want to stick to wide-ranging stuff like Legion Thrust when possible.

If you go forward one more step from there, you can get to a chop point. They, as well as mine and take points, allow you to use the proper ability to get items: they, in turn, can be sold to Shilleka for some money and to let her make more items available! Do note that doing this can make you fight monsters, though. Press A at this time to find a Twining Ivy, plus whatever the chop points yields (I got Hardwood).

Now then... Map out the remainder of the room and go back into the forest path. At the fork, finish off the path to the right. Press A there, too, to find 100 en. Do a 180 and go along the path past the fork to another. Go left and left again. At the end of this path and press A to find a red fruit. Opt to eat it - you will pretty much be forced to eat it, I think - to heal 15 HP. Backtrack to the previous fork and go past it. At the next one, go left to another sparkling clearing. Stand on the central tile to chop; you will also find some Hardwood. Map out the clearing and backtrack to the previous fork. Go north - simply finish off this branch from the map, but you can't go further.

Go back to the fork and east, then left at the next fork, right at the next, and right and left at the next (just go along both - they're pretty bland). Specifically when you go along the northern branch, you'll soon find another fork: past it is a way into another clearing. There, you can see some treasure boxes - those three you see in front of you yield Nectar, Analysis Lenses, and a Fire Talisman, all of which are pretty useful! Map out the remainder of the clearing and return to the forest path, back to the previous fork.

Go right here and right at the next fork to map off a little more. Backtrack to the previous fork and head right (west). As you do so, it seems it is complete enough to finish off the mission. However, if you continue along the path before you (past the intersection), you can press A at the end of the path to find a boot. If you opt to look around, you'll gain suspicions of dangerous foes nearby. If you pick it up anyways, you'll get some Pyroxene before fighting off some Clawed Moles: not really what you'd expect, since they're a common enemy here. =P

There's not much to go for beyond that, so use the map to return to the entrance. As you near it, an earthquake suddenly erupts, then goes away - normalcy in Etria, according to Ren. Continue along to the forest entrance and to Etria.

Investigate the Abnormality

Go along the path before you to another fork. Go left and through the door to arrive in another room. (You'll probably begin to finally encounter monsters around now, too.) In the large room, there is a big wall you can see in the center (northwest of entrance). On its west side, in the central part, you can face east to see a hole. Press A to go through and find some kind of console in front of you. Examine it and opt to touch the holographic screen, then turn around and go back through the hole. Go through the door in front of you.

On the other side, you'll watch a brief cutscene. After you release some unknown girl and soon meet up with some other people, a monster attacks all of you!

Eventually, the pained face on the girl makes you decide to voice your opinion. Do what you will regarding voicing it: she's apparently amnesic. Anyhow, opt to tell her your name, too, if you wish; same goes for whether to go with her and for the trio later on. Examine the storage thing in front of you, then face left and go through the hole.

On the other side, head along the path west and north. As you do, Frederica suddenly begins to remember something Gladsheim and who told her of it, and suddenly is in pain. You can opt to put a hand on her shoulder to try and comfort her, but do as you will. continue to the end of the path to reach a treasure chest containing Nectar. Now, do you recall that large room in which we went through a hole in the wall to find a console? This room - mostly at D3 and E3 on the map - is your next destination.

Head to the northeastern part of it and more will be visible beyond the wreckage to the east. If you didn't get the trio to join you earlier - at least, I didn't - you'll find them there, thinking of how to get across. You can speak with Frederica or the protector about what just happened - speaking with Frederica gets some pretty shocking (if not smart-aleck) results. The Medic speaks on about the singularity in the Yggdrasil Labyrinth being able to enable teleportation - he then proposes a "you scratch my back, I teleport yours" deal. Opt to aid them and then Simon (the Medic) introduces himself. Respond as desired. Raquna the Protector introduces herself, as does the Alchemist Arthur. So, then, backtrack out of here: your map should suffice.

At the entrance - northwestern corner of the southwesternmost room (mostly F1/E1) - speak with the soldier to leave. Explain the presence of your allies if you wish, then you'll return to Etria.

Of course, you are asked to continue investigation into the quakes. The conversation ends up with you creating a guild; make a name for yourself (literally) and you'll get the Radha Note - trade this at Shilleka's later to get the Ariadne's Thread unlocked there (for 100 en a pop), an instant warp from the Labyrinth! Respond to your allies as desired outside (do/don't shake Arthur's hand; do/don't go to the pub). Presuming you went to the pub, you'll get an introduction into quests from the barkeep (albeit a lame one) before being able to inquire stuff about your allies. The main concern is our next objective: finding the Geomagnetic Field in the labyrinth.

However, if you want to focus on the quests for the moment, see First Stratum Quest Cleanup or the Optional Quests sections for more details. I'd personally focus on the quests available from the pub right now! Accept each and do what you're supposed to. Remember, once you complete the quest's goal, you usually have to return to the pub for the reward: it's not instant.

Exploration of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth

After the battle, go far to the north and west to find a chest, in which you can find a convenient Ariadne Thread if you didn't buy one earlier. Go south and west and south some more (be sure to map both of the eastbound paths). Near the end is another Ragelope to deal with. You may be forced into dealing with this one, and it can be a bit taxing on the TP, so be careful. After, to the east of there at the dead-end and map out the path to the north. Go left at the fork and map it out and backtrack to the fork, then go northeast and into another room with a Ragelope. In the northeast corner of this room, be sure to use the Take Point.

Leave this room going east. At the fork, go north and west. At the end of the path there, you can press A to open up a shortcut back-and-forth across the gap. Backtrack to the fork and go east along the path to another. Go south, then head east at the next fork. (The other path is a dead-end, but you may want to map it anyhow.) Partway along it, you'll be pointed out to a shiny breed of Clawed Mole - they're stronger than normal and get stronger every turn, but yield more benefits. The same goes for all shiny species of enemy - don't worry, they're more common than Shiny Pokémon! =P

Continue along to a fork. Head west and press A at the end of the path to investigate a sound. I'm only including it as a word of caution; the animal is a snake, and whoever investigates the sound loses 5 HP. As for the other path? You'll soon come to another fork, at which you should go straight and investigate the end of the path for fruit that heals the party overall for 15 TP. ^_^ Go back to the fork and head west, then continue along the path for a bit.

At one point, you'll turn east after going north. At this corner, face north and press A. You'll find a soldier of the Radha, who offers a (rather generous) picnic - accept and your HP and TP will be refilled fully, party-wide no less! (This, coincidentally, can happen once a day, starting at daybreak around 7 AM.) Not much further along the path, as you reach the fork, the boulder in front of you animates itself: it is a Boulder Boar, a F.O.E. that will charge in a line of sight once you're spotted. If you opt to fight it (it awards tons of EXP.), stick to elemental attacks.

Continue along the path you dodged into to a fork. Head north a tile and the Boulder Boar there will awaken. Fight it if desired, or dodge off to the east. (There's going to be quite a few of them in a moment, so I'd seriously consider conserving your energy.) You'll probably encounter another as you are forced to turn east around D5, and this is more forced, too. At the next fork, go south and west and then east to map that part, then go north and west to where the fork was to finish that bit. Go back east, then south and east into the open room. There, if you head off to the south and east, you can find some Formaldehyde at the end of the path. However, this results in a forced Boulder Boar encounter, so be careful.

If you head off into the room to the northeast of there as you should, we find a room full of Boulder Boars. You will be forced into a fight with at least one of them. As you enter, the Boar to the west awakens. If you fight that one, you can easily deal with the other two by dodging, so do it. Once that's done, go to far east and face south to find some Nectar in a chest. Now, from that spot, move three tiles west, to where you first heard of the Boulder Boar in this room. Go north a tile: this makes the Boulder Boar to the north awaken. Battle it, or head east one tile to dodge it. This will awaken the other one, though - battle it, or go north a tile to dodge by. Then go far west and north and out of the hellish room.

You'll soon reach a fork. Go east and south to a Take Point. Return to the fork and go west and along the path to an open room. Map it out and head out of it to the northwest. At the end, you can activate a two-way shortcut should you come back. (In fact, if you need to backtrack to Etria to heal, now is a great time.) Head northeast out of this room and you should be able to see an alcove to the north. There's not much there for now, but keep it in mind for a future quest. In the room to the east, in the northeast corner, you'll find the stairs. Use 'em.

After the battle, leave heading northwest into the room there. (You might want to return to Etria and heal up. In the next room, you can fight three at once, but that's almost brutal at your lower levels. Luckily, F.O.E.'s don't regenerate. Or at least these.) If you battle, be sure to use line-wide/party-wide attacks to hit 'em all as much as possible. Why bother? In the chests at the west side of the room are a Blinding Dagger and a Lucky Scarab. The Blinding Dagger is mmore notable for being able to blind the target and being equippable by all.

Leave this room heading souther. Map out the small enclosure and leave off to the west. Go south and to the end of the path to find a Mine Point. Return to the small enclosure and go south to another, then east and along the path to find a fork. Head east and along it. As you go east the second time, just before going south at the corner, face north and press A: this will activate a two-way shortcut. Now, backtrack to the fork and go west and along the path - you'll soon meet up with Ren and Tlachtga.

They'll block you from progressing any farther, so, for now, backtrack to Etria.

The Terror of Fenrir

As the man gives you some info, Simon mentions asking about the Geomagnetic Field - the man elaborates about its teleportive powers, and that it's found near the start of the Second Stratum. (The first is B1F - B5F, by the way.) In any case, prep up and head back into the Labyrinth.

Backtrack to the fork and go north and along the linear path and through a door. You'll find a F.O.E. in the northeast corner of the room: the dreaded Boulder Boar! If you want to avoid it (trust me, there's plenty around here...), go far to the east, then north a step and back one. Go east into the next room either way. If you head along the westbound path to the southwest, you can find a Boulder Boar to battle - at least, you're forced into it if you want the Copper Grimoire I at the end of the path. In the previous room, use the door at the southern end.

In the next room, walk two steps to the south to avoid another Boar, if you want. Go west to the wall and back one to avoid another, then go south into the next room. There, walk east a bit. You'll likely be forced into battle with this Boar, but you dodge it, then get back in the same line for another dodge, it should keep the door to the southwest relatively open. Go through the next room and into the clearing where you'll find a wolf ready to finish off a soldier. Suddenly, Tlachtga comes up and rings a bell to magically finish off the wolf. O_o

Anyhow, she'll fully heal you, and offers to keep doing so each time you return to this spot until Fenrir is dead. Go through the door to the west, then go west and north to the stairs. Ignore them briefly and head east a bit to the end of the small path. One tile away from the dead-end, face north and press A to use the shortcut, making it now active. Now go down the stairs.

In the next small clearing, go southwest and along the path. One tile before the dead-end, you can face south and activate the shortcut. Go back to the clearing and exit to the northwest. At the fork you reach, go north and west at the next eventually reach a spot where you can get a Copper Grimoire I. This however leads to a battle with the weak-ish Flying Beetle. Backtrack to the fork and go east and along to another; go north there to find a chest with some Amrita inside. Backtrack to the first fork you found (the east/north one) and go east and along the path.

In the next clearing, go north and through the door. In this lengthy room, you'll see a Forest Wolf F.O.E. in the distance! You have no choice but to battle it, either! It's pretty easy, though - I simply Boosted everyone and had them use a skill each to do some pretty nasty damage, and he didn't even get a chance to respond. =P Fire skills are the ones of choice.

After the battle, go north into the next room and west to another. On the way, Ren will appear and give you three Sonic Bombs to prevent wolves from calling in additional allies. (Unless you want extra EXP.) They also stop enemies from charging up attacks and make that turn (if charging up) useless for the enemy. Defeat the wolf there and go into the next room to the west. There, the stairs to B5F are off to the northwest. However, first go into the path to the south. From the corner at which you turn east, go one tile east and face south so you can activate the shortcut. Then go downstairs (or backtrack to Tlachtga/Etria for healing and/or stocking up).

Leave the clearing heading south. The two branches of the fork you first reach lead to the same place, so you only should go for both for mapping purposes. The fork at their convergence goes east and south. The path to the south is a dead-end in a clearing, so don't really bother (except, again, for mapping). If you head east, you'll soon reach a four-way. Go along the path to the south (doesn't matter which at the next fork, except for mappers) and you'll find a clearing. Its northwest corner serves as a Chop Point. Head southeast out of this clearing and, at the end of the path, is a soldier you can speak with to get a full-healing via a picnic! *noms*

Backtrack to the four-way, then go north and along the path. At the corner where you turn east, one tile past the corner, face north and press A to activate the shortcut. Then continue east and into the southern offshoot of the path to find some birds at the end. If you happen to have a Troubadour - which pretty much means Classic mode at this point - you can earn 20 TP for the party; if not, it's still a nice 10 TP. Continue along the main path to a door. Go through and, on the other side, there will be a simple-to-beat Skoll at the south end of the clearing. Beat it and go south to another clearing with another Skoll to slay.

Leave this clearing heading northeast to another, with another to the south - they're both empty, only good for mapping. Leave this second one via the door to the south; map 'er out, then go into the room to the east. (Ren will appear on the way to hand over three Flash Bombs, preventing additional F.O.E.'s from allying themselves for a turn.) It is filled with Skolls, plus a Reaping Shade. Defeat them if you can manage. There's not much there, though, beyond 400 en in the chest to the northwest. When done, head east into the next room.

If you do some checking in the southeast corner of the room, you can find a rest area of sorts, but some rabbits are in the area. If you want the place all to your lonesome, you have to fight 'em - they're simple Forest Hares, nothing special. ... If you opt to rest here, your party will recover 20 HP; don't rest here any longer, though, unless you want a battle. Leave this room heading north, then leave the next in the same manner. As you have to turn west, you'll see a Skoll to deal with.

Further to the south, you'll have to deal with at least one of the Ragelopes to get by there. (Volt attacks to the rescue!) Past the rocks is another Skoll to deal with, and another west and north of there. Use the door west of the latter to find another clearing. Go south of there and map out the dead-end. There is a hidden path there as you turn east: on the tile north of that corner, face west and press A to get into a hidden clearing where you can get Blaze Oil and a Hunting Horn.

Return to the previous clearing and leave heading north. The first fork you reach is negligible: the path to the east is blocked, so ignore it. Bypass the next one as well, since you can go for the Take Point at the end of the path. Go back to the previous fork and use the other branch to reach a clearing. One tile north of its southwest corner, face west and you can activate that shortcut. Be sure to peruse it and the Floor Jump function to get back to Etria to heal, restock, and whatnot.

Once you're ready, go through the door south of that clearing. There, you'll meet up with Fenrir, who will call out for numerous Skolls. It's up to you whether to go for the Skolls first or not.

First Stratum Quest Cleanup

• The Terror of Fenrir: Since you're here, you may as well go to Radha Hall to report that Fenrir is defeated, no? You will earn 1,500 en as your reward, not to mention a whopping 10,000 EXP. ^_^

• A Certain Shop's Request: For this quest, you need one Hardwood item. Hardwood can typically be found from Chop points in the first floor of the Labyrinth. As I recall, one can also be found as a plain set item (preferable to the randomness of Chop points) - see Adventurer's Initiation for that. The reward: Theriaca A x3.

• A Favor to Shilleka I: After accepting the quest, go speak with Shilleka to go talk about getting the Bone Armor made. ... To be honest, I had already unlocked it at that point, so I don't really know what materials were needed. >_> Reporting the quest as successful still earns a you a free Bone Armor, though, so it's not all bad.

• A Favor to Shilleka II: Similarly to A Favor to Shilleka I, you need to go talk with Shilleka about getting a Skarn Barrette made. ... And, yet again, this was another accessory I already had, and therefore do not know the precise materials one would need to obtain this: I'm pretty sure Andradite, a rare item from the B3F Mine points (see [[Get Rick Quick III]] for a map). >_> Well, a free Skarn Barrette is something.

• Collect Nectar Ingredients!: For now, you need an Amber Lump. Amber Lumps can be found at random from the Take points on B2F of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth. See Exploration of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth for more.

• End of a Story: This appeared sometime after finishing Get Rich Quick III. Looks like that portly merchant got what was coming to him. In any case, he went mining on B3F and lost his money when he was attacked by what sounds like two Reaping Shades. The room is marked on your map: it the room encompassing the majority of A3, A4, A5, B3, B4, and B5 on the map: basically, the second room from the entrance where two Reaping Shades lie. Head to the "!" mark on the map and press A to find a sack o' stuff. Leave and return to the pub to receive a Hakenbuechse (different from what the mission specified). The barkeep also adds another 200 en to his reward so that you get 300 en when reporting the mission's success.

• Explorers Guild Job I: After accepting the quest, head down to the Explorers Guild: the dude there wants three Crabapples, items you can Take from areas on B2F and B5F. B2F is easier, and Get Rich Quick II even shows a map, so go for the map there.

• Explorers Guild Job II: Once accepted, head again to the Explorers Guild and speak with the guy there. This time, he wishes for you to Take something from the Second Stratum, three Mint Leaves. We haven't quite yet gone to B6F at this point in the walkthrough, but it's also not too far in there. After getting on B6F, go north and past the room to a fork. Go east and south and west at the next forks to find one Take point. The other Take point is in square A6 of that same floor, but due to the lengthy travel to it, I'd recommend just waiting until we cover it later in the walkthrough.

• Fashionista I: The client in this quest requires five Insect Eyes. Insect Eyes are a pretty tough item to get, at least early on, especially if you don't know how to get them. Firstly, they are indeed dropped by the Woodflies proliferating on the top floor of the Labyrinth. However, you need to defeat them in a certain way to get the Eyes: specifically, do not do a physical attack on them. In other words, basically have most of your party Defend and make Arthur throw an Inferno Formula or something for a couple of battles.

• Gratitude for a Beast: For this quest, you need to return to the point on B3F where you found a bear from whom you could steal. The spot you need to go to is easy to find. From the staircase that goes down to B4F, go east and two tiles and face north to use the shortcut. Go east, south, and east past the fork to find the bear at the end of the path. Leave the gift outside and return to Etria for your reward.

• Get Rick Quick I: In this quest, you need to speak with a resident of the pub regarding the location of a Chop point - the person is the portly merchant. Speak with him a second time - since I'll point out the chop point's location to you. See the map below - you should be able to figure out what's what.

• Get Rich Quick II: This appears sometime after [[Get Rick Quick I]] - I found it literally before making any further progress through B3F. In any case, the same portly merchant requests to know where some Take points are on B2F. Yet again, I'm decent enough to provide a map.

• Get Rick Quick III: Yet again, you must speak with the portly merchant for this quest. This time, he wishes to find some places on B3F where you can mine: that is to say, he wants to find some Mine points. Once more, you need to tap the spot on the map where one is after speaking with him. And, once more, here's a map:

• Looking for Memories: This takes place on B2F of the Labyrinth. You need to head into the room where you found the second F.O.E. (which was forced); in general, just head to D1 on the map. Head as far south in that enclosure as possible, then go to the far east. At the end of that small dead-end, you should be able to find a lost basket that satisfies the quest.

• Observing Adventurers I: Well, it looks like Shilleka wants to go on some adventure! Head to B1F of the Labyrinth. She'll want you to take her to B2F - Floor Jump suffices, so go ahead. ... Oh, Lord, I hate self-references to a game. x_x Anyhow, she wants to see the monsters living on the stratum: specifically a Ragelope, Boulder Boar, and Reaping Shade. These are all F.O.E.'s easily encountered on B2F and B3F: if you need help finding some, follow the walkthrough from the last half of Exploration of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth and the first bits of The Terror of Fenrir. You don't have to fight them, though, just see them (unless you want items to sell to Shilleka later or somethin').

• Request from the Inn I: For this, you need to speak with the Rooster Inn's innkeep. There, he'll tell you he needs three Small Fangs. Small Fangs are mostly earned from the killing of enemies. Mostly, beating Tree Rats on B1F of the Labyrinth will suffice. Once you get 'em, go to the inn, hand 'em over, and go to the pub for the reward. The reward: Analysis Lenses x2.

• Request from the Inn II: For this one, you need to head to the inn. The innkeep requests you get him the materials to knit a quilt: specifically, he wants a Wolf Pelt. All you need is one, and they are commonly dropped by Skolls. They are the primary F.O.E.'s you find on B5F, and they're pretty easy to beat: just stick to Fire-based attacks and you won't have a problem.

• Request from the Pub I: You need to get three Tiny Petals for this quest. They are found randomly in the Take points on B2F of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth. See Exploration of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth for more.

• Shadow in the Grove: In this quest, you are to go to B5F of the Labyrinth, where some adventurers claimed to have found unusually strong monsters. The enemies in question are Longisquamas. They're not nearly as "super-powerful" as you might expect: they're barely more powerful than most of the normal B5F enemies. The main thing to be aware of is that they resist all elemental damage, so try to stick to physical attacks where reasonable, and that they are found in the field at random. You will have to fight around nine or ten battles before you can leave and report your success.

• Subduing the Woodflies: If you properly mapped and did stuff in B2F, you should be good for this quest. From the entrance going down to B3F, go west a bit. In the path between the two rooms, there is a small path off to the north. Go there and press A to find the herbs for the quest, after a simple battle with Woodflies, and another, and then a Giant Woodfly.

• The Leathersmith's Favor: The goal of this quest to obtain three Soft Hides. Soft Hides are primarily an enemy drop you need to battle for. Enemies that drop this item include the Clawed Mole on the first stratum of the Labyrinth, for the most part - fitting, given how early this quest is unlocked. The reward: a Jerkin.

• To Taste It Once More..: For this, you need some Holy Water. On B1F of the Labyrinth, head to the long north/south path on the east side that you mapped out earlier. Go to the southern end of it (northeast E4) and at the end you can go forward and press A for the Holy Water. The reward: Medica x5.

The 2nd Stratum

Sectional Flowchart

• Main Walkthrough:
  • Beyond the Geomagnetic Field
  • Retrieve the Dragon's Egg
  • Welcome to the Jungle, We've Got Fun and Games...
  • The Hunt for Cernunnos

• Sidequests:
  • Unlocking the White Crystal Doors
  • Second Stratum Quest Cleanup

Beyond the Geomagnetic Field

On the other side, you can see a Raging Camel off to the right. Ignore it for now and go west and south to find another room with a console, again turning on the lights in the darkened room. Now, go back to the camel, beat him, and continue east. Go north in the next clearing and beat up that Raging Camel. At the end of the area behind it is a chest with a Lucky Scarab inside. Opposite where the Camel was is a door to go through. Head along the path until you have to turn north; face south instead and you can find a crack in the wall to go through if you need the Geomagnetic Pole for some reason.

Otherwise, go north to the fork and along the path to the east into the next area. Go forward and fight the Carmine Beak now if you wish, or wait if you wanna dodge around it when the lights are turned on. If you go west from there, you can find another one if you keep an eye out to the north. Continue west to the wall and go south and through the door to find a short path to another light-turning console. Use it and return into the previous room. In the area north of where you found the Carmine Beaks area two doors. The one to the east - square A7 - leads to a room with an Amrita chest!

As for the other one in A6? Go along its path to another darkened room. You'll soon find a fork in your path: go right (since it's a dead-end the other way) and defeat the Camel if you want to. (Or you can wait, as usual, to turn on the lights and dodge around it.) The northeast corner of the room has a door leading to another console controlling the lights. Go along the path behind where the Camel was and then go to the southwest corner of the room for a chest. You'll have to defeat the Carmine Beak first, though, you want the Nectar II. Use the door in the southeast corner of the room now.

On the east wall of this room, there is a crack that serves as a shortcut to the unused path from before near the other shortcut; be sure to at least activate it. Opposite there are two westbound halls. If you were to use the one to the south, you won't find much, but can look upon the room you were in when you noticed this other area. The northern path has a crack in the wall almost next to the door actually leading to this place, too! But there's not much here, so just go through the door.

Defeat the Carmine Beak in front of you if you wish, then leave this room heading west to a hall. At the north/west fork, you can go north and activate the lights, although that'll wake up a Carmine Beak along the western fork, which you have to travel along. Either way, at the northeast corner of the next Beak's room is a door to use. Go through the door opposite you in the next room as well.

In this darkened room, head north and east almost right next to a Raging Camel. Battle it if you want. You can go east and battle a sleeping Carmine Beak, too, or go south from where the Raging Camel was if you beat it, then east or south to some more. Personally, I just fried 'em all. >_> Don't judge me. To the east is another such enemy. (Y'know, I'm wondering how they manage to float in their sleep.) Leave this clearing and the next via the southeast corner to find a door to use.

At the south side of the room, you'll find a crack you can use as a shortcut for whatever reason. Use if to go back and heal in Etria if you want, but otherwise go through the door opposite it. If you go forward... What IS that? Despite all efforts, its invisibility stops you from being able to damage it in battle, which prompts Simon to suggest running if you do fight. Suddenly, you sense it run off: maybe behind us, maybe elsewhere. >_>;; We need to ambush it with light.

The Coeurl is still in the room, so keep that fact strongly in mind. You can see it like a normal F.O.E., but it blends in with the background: the only way to see its presence is by looking at its borders, where the background warps. I don't suggest battling either of the nearby Carmine Beaks, either, for now. The door to the light console is at the north side of the room. Specifically, if you zoom in the map to square B4, it would be the second column of tiles. Bathe the area in light!

Retrieve the Dragon's Egg

In the next clearing, you can find the powerful Cutter F.O.E. These tend to move in a rotary fashion, regardless of what's in their path, so you can use that to your advantage if you want to get by. They're pretty strong, too, but binding their arms is helpful. Leave the room heading south and you'll another room in which two Cutters are going around. If you manage to exit to the northeast, you can reach a clearing in which a Guard Sole lies. Backtrack now to the room in which you first found a Cutter.

Exit to the north to another clearing, which has a door further north. Use it and go along the new path to a fork. If you go to the end of the path to the west, you can find a Rusty Sword we can trade away later on - climb the tree to grab it. Head east from there and through another door: this clearing has three Cutters in it. If you leave this room heading northeast, you can reach another clearing. Exit to the southeast to find a small clearing with a Take Point. Continue along the path to find a door to go through. In the small room beyond, you can press A on the southeasternmost tile to find some hardtack, recovering 50 HP across the whole party! ^_^ That may seem fine, but keep in mind that one character (Frederica in my case) could lose some HP - around 36 - as you leave into the three-Cutter room. The overall benefit is still superior, but you may want to keep some TP/Medica on-hand for her if she gets further hurt in-battle.

Backtrack to the three-Cutter room and exit to the southeast. Head along the path to a fork. Go east there. When you reach the corner where you must turn south, go south three tiles and face west. You can then use a hidden shortcut to reach a chest ontaining a Theriaca B. Continue south in the main hall and go through the door. At the southwesternmost tile of that clearing, you can press A to find some honey, thereby recovering the party for 150 HP and 80 TP across the board!! However, you'll have to fight some Army Wasps for it, but a near-full heal is preferred. ;) Return into the main hall after and go west and south through the next door.

In this area, there are a lot of Cutters about, but they're still as easy to dodge as usual. If you try heading southeast from the start, you can head along a path to a chest in which you'll find 1,500 en. Once you're past the third Cutter (by battle or otherwise), you will soon come across a west/north fork. Go north and along the path. On the tile before the dead-end, you can face north to use and activate a shortcut. Do so, then go along the other branch of the fork to reach the stairs.

Go west of there to a fork. There's stuff to map out off to the south if you want, but there's damaging tiles to cross if you wish to go further. Instead, go west of the fork and south at the next two reach a room. If you look off in the distance to the southeast, you can see a chest across the damaging tiles. You'll take about 50 HP worth of damage if you try to get to it, but the reward is the ever-useful Formaldehyde. Back on safe ground, probably after using Salve or Party Cure, head to the west and out of the room, then go north, weaving between the thorny vines in the next hall.

This bobbin'-and-weavin' will eventually turn you southward to find a F.O.E. in the distance: a Giant Moa. Dodge by it if you want: as Simon notes before you regain control, dodging around it rather than in front of it is ideal for that. Me? I like fried chicken. Anyhow, after the fight, continue south and out of the room into a hall. There, as you begin to turn east, you can press A at the corner to swing on a vine, if you wish. If you opt to yell (I laughed really hard at that), you can recover 21 TP. Of course, this will atrract some monsters. =P Simon's no fun, huh?

Go east into the next room and beat the Giant Moa there, if you wish. If you head out of this room going southwest, you will take 40 HP damage (round-trip) but can reach a chest containing a White Key, which we'll use momentarily. Or you can skip along to Unlocking the White Crystal Doors immediately, since we'll try to maintain some semblance of regularity by completing this quest first. Anyhow, from the Great Moa room, exit to the southeast and go along the linear path to find a room with two inside.

Beat them (since it'll probably be more damaging to dodge around 'em). If you leave this room heading north, you can find a place related to a later quest, "Horticulture", but it's a bit pointless to get yourself hurt over right now. Go head northeast out of the room and along the path. At the first point where you are made to turn south, first face north at this corner to activate a shortcut for whatever use you may have for it later. Continue along the main path to a room with a door at the north side. In the room beyond, simply enter to get your HP and TP fully healed. You'll be forced out, though, until you get to the spring on B8F (then you can battle a crab in here), so go south and to the stairs.

Return into the hall and backtrack to the previous fork, heading east there. In the northwest corner of the next small clearing you reach, you can press A to use the Chop ability to grab Light Wood, among other things (in theory: that's actually all I got, three of 'em!). Continue northeast out of the room if you wish, though this path ends in an area only significant to the quest "The Lucky Coin".

So, then, go back to the fork in E4 and go west this time into a room. There, go north into a large room. (You'll need to accept the quest "Retrieve the Dragon's Egg" from Radha Hall beforehand, which you should've already done.) The Wyvern is indeed beyond, but we have a problem...

... Actually, I highly recommend against battling the Wyvern. A lot. Verily. You can skate by on his west side, luckily, and that's probably preferable to a crapton of instant-kill attacks. So, then, grab the Dragon Egg and try to hightail it out of here.

Welcome to the Jungle, We've Got Fun and Games...

Once you're out of the Labyrinth, Dragon Egg in hand, head to the Radha's and report your results; you'll earn 2,500 en and a ton of EXP. for winning. You'll also learn the location of a way out of B8F and to go further down to a Geomagnetic Pole. Frederica has a headache outside, so you may want to take her to the pub to get her something to drink. This leads to needing to go to the Inn for a missing-persons quest. Once accepted, we can return down into Labyrinth.

Once you're done, backtrack upstairs and head to the "!"-marked area. Face north and go along the linear path to some stairs.

Go west and south and along the path to a door. Go through. To the north of this room, you won't find anything of use, except for mapping purposes. Go to the south is a path to go along. At the first fork, go south to find a way upstairs. There on B8F, walk west three tiles and face north to activate a shortcut. Then go further along the path to find a chest (Hunting Horn) and a F.O.E. (Jungle Killer).

Back on B9F, go back into the hall and go east. Here, go south to find another fork. At the end of the path to the west, you can find a Mine Point. Go back to the fork and use the door to the east. On the other side, press A while on the north-central tile to find a place to rest for a healing of 30 HP. Return to the fork and go north and into the next room past the door. There, go west, north, and east to deal with a Tusked Ruin if you wish, then go further east and south. Past the door are the stairs.

Once here, you'll find the man in question for your "missing persons" quest, and he's heavily injured. The soldier who found him refuses to let you in further for now, so back to Etria!

The Hunt for Cernunnos

Back on B8F again, go north and west to a large room with some water and Jungle Killers throughout. Nothing special, though. From the northeast corner of the room, you can see the stairs to the south. Once you're two tiles north of the stairs, face east to make a shortcut near the start of B8F. (Go ahead and go to the healing spring, too, since you're nearby.) From the shortcut's west side, go south and downstairs. On B9F, simply go north and west along the "safe" path to head further down to B10F.

In this room, the tile in the southeast corner - if you face south and press A - will let you into the hall from before where you got healed. Otherwise, go northwest and out of this room to find a room with a Cutter circling the center. Beat it or dodge by its rhythmic movements to head to the southwest corner. There, you can face south and press A to find a room with a chest containing a Lucky Scarab. Return into the main room and leave heading northeast: you'll deal with a Giant Moa before reaching the door.

Once through said door, go along the path and south at the fork. The instant you reach the clearing in northeastern B3, face south and press A to use and activate a shortcut. Leave the original clearing to the east to find a larger one beyond. There, you will deal with a Giant Moa and a Jungle Killer: nothing special. If you use the door in the northeast corner, you'll find a hallway: go south at the fork to arrive in a narrow clearing with three southbound doors. The westernmost door leads to a Chop Points. That's it for this side: the middle door is blocked for now, and the easternmost one is only useful in the quest "Official Business I", so return to the large clearing from before.

Exit to the south, then exit that featureless clearing to the southeast. Go out of that clearing to the southeast and you'll reach a fork in the hall. Go north and to the end to find an Axcela, then return to the fork and go east. At the next fork, go south and to the end. There, if you helped the monkey earlier on B9F - see previous sub-section for more details - you can get Hamao, Soma, and Nectar! ^_^ See? Helping people - well, bipeds - is always helpful!

Return to the previous fork and go east, then south at the next one. After a lengthy jaunt, you'll soon reach another. Go south at it and you'll soon find an alcove to the north containing a Mine Point. Continue along the path to another fork. Go west and, one tile before the dead-end, face westward and you can press A to activate and use the shortcut. (FYI, that's the last one of this stratum for now.) Backtrack to the previous fork and go east and north, then north at the next one. In the center of the room there, you can receive an Amrita II. If you speak with them a second time, you can also receive a full healing! Nice!

Return to the fork and go east, then leave that clearing heading east. Hm. I wonder what's beyond door number 1?

Unlocking the White Crystal Doors

• B1F: If you head north of the entrance, it will be in the third clearing, which is in B2. If you head west and through the door, you can find a Copper Grimoire I. Additionally, an eastbound shortcut has been made available in D4. Walk north three tiles from the dead-end and face east to get to a new area. There, you can go north and along the easy-to-navigate paths into rooms for a Guard Sole, Four-Leaf Clover, and Ice Talisman. North of the room after the latter, you can go east at the fork to find a Copper Grimoire I. Go along the other path. As you are about to cross back into C4, face west and use the short to return to the main floor.

• B2F: The door is in C3's west-central portion, blocking off a room we couldn't get to earlier. The room contains two chests, an Amrita II and a Divine Gift.

• B5F: This one is better-suited for a longer walkthrough, as below.

• B6F: This one is found at the Take point nearest the floor entrance: simply go east to find it. The room beyond contains an Amrita II.

There, go along the path before you into a room. There, use the southeasternmost door and go along the path into another lengthy room. Exit out the other side and you'll be able to fight some Reaping Shades there. Just north of where they initially spawn are some stairs up to B3F.

Here, go south and deal with the Boulder Boar - you're definitely strong enough by now to have no qualms about fighting them. Go southward along the rooms of the west side of this "secret" area to find another. From there, go east and south to beat another Boar, then go along the path behind him to find another. Go north of where said Boar was to find another, then another. Once beaten, go north into the next room and use the northwestern corner's shorcut - just face north - and that'll do it for this minor quest.

Second Stratum Quest Cleanup

• A Trade: This may not be an actual request, however it fits well here. Speak with the "swordless adventurer" in the pub and hand him the Rusty Sword. (If you don't have the Rusty Sword, it can be found on B6F. From A1, go north and east along the hall to eventually find a fork. Go west and to the end to find it.) You'll get a Leaf Tunic in return.

• The Hunt for Cernunnos: Go to Radha Hall to report the completion of this quest and earn 4,000 en (plus 45,000 EXP.!). After, you are obligated to head to the Rooster Inn and inquire as to the condition of the girl-from-earlier's father: he's apparently okay, and you receive a letter of thanks to accompany this. ... What, no money!? =P

• A Favor to Shilleka III: Another quest type you ought to be familiar with, it involves you going to Shilleka and then gathering the ingredients she needs to make a Bone Flail. And, as with the previous two quests of this type, I've no clue as to what a Bone Flail is made out of: I already had made it myself by this point. Oh well. Free Bone Flail! =P

• Request from the Pub II: The owner of the pub this time requires four Iron Shells. Iron Shells are found sometimes when you defeat the Death Scorpions of the second stratum, specifically found on B7F, B8F, and B9F. Due to the variety of monsters living there, B7F boasts the best chance of finding them: four random monster varieties including the Death Scorpion means a 25% chance of encountering one.

• Fashionista II: For this particular quest, we'll find that Ms. Meryl now requires a Sharp Stinger. The Sharp Stinger is an item found at random by defeating Army Wasps. These particular enemies are found pretty rarely, located on B6F, B7F, and B10F, though B6F and B7F have a higher concentration to some slight extent. You need three Sharp Stingers total.

• Horticulture: This quest involves the wish of a dying man who had quite the green thumb. (Hopefully it's not what he died of.) On B7F of the Labyrinth was a place where a plant could grow that it would nowhere else. When you arrive on the floor from B6F, go west to C3, then go south to the shortcut near there. Cross it and go west into the large room with the many damaging tiles. If you go north from the very center of D2, you should be able to reach a small alcove: go to its northeast corner to plant the Gold Seed. You'll have to fight some Pollen Bees before leaving, though: they're pretty easy to beat, though, especially due to their Stab and Volt weaknesses.

• Adorable Plants: Speak with Johan the botanist in the pub after accepting the quest: he basically wants you to find out where the Petaloids live in the Primitive Jungle. The place is in A4 of B7F: it's on the map below. Simply visit the spot and return to the pub to report its location to specifically point it out. (As a note, the man ends up throwing in two more Axcela to bring the overall reward to three Axcela.)

• Explorers Guild Trial: Well, this is just great. The Guild has at random decided to issue a trial in which you stay on B8F for five days. Get there between 7 AM and 10 AM on a given day (the time is in the top-left: if you don't want to wait around, stay at the inn until morning, which is 7 AM). Time passes as you move around, and it does so automatically: and slowly. I mean, I map out the whole friggin' thing and I rarely spend more than 12 in-game hours on a single floor. One hour will pass with every 30 steps, which means 720 per day and 3,600 total. However, this is a pretty easy trick to this. In the Wyvern's room, you cannot encounter enemies at random (other than the Wyvern itself, which is non-random). If you set yourself up an Auto-Walk path there, you won't encounter a random enemy and can simply wait out the five days! If you want to avoid the Wyvern's electric breath, look at the map near the end of Retrieve the Dragon's Egg. In any case, each hour should pass in about 10 seconds, which means a day every four minutes and the whole quest in about ten. (There are breaks for ~12 hours starting at 7 PM.)

• The Lucky Coin: In this quest, you need to head to B8F, in the northeastern portion of D5. Specifically, from the main entrance in F4, go north and east at the fork, and at the next, then go to the end of the path. There, when you try to pick up the coin, you'll fight a Fire-Eater: a more powerful Firebird, still weak to Ice.

• Chef's Odd Request: For this quest, you need to find some Carminite. Carminite is a rare item, found by defeating Firebirds in a particular way: through fire itself! (That means Fire and Inferno Formulas for Arthur, and Fire Rounds for Frederica.) Firebirds can be found on B8F, B9F, and B10F pretty often. You just need one.

• Scavenging for Ian I: For this quest, you need to get one of every "Mine"-able item from the second stratum. There are only three items for this: Scrap Iron, Laterite, and Smashed Fossils, each found at random from each Mine point once daily. There are Mine points on B9F (very southwest E6, southwest E2) and B10F (alcove in southeast E4) that are almost impossible to miss, so check 'em all. It'll help to boost the level of your Mine skills if you're having trouble.

• Prayer to the Stars: This is a pretty simple quest: find a Starseed (just one) and return it to the pub. The Starseed is an item dropped by Cannon Palms, found pretty much only on B10F. It's a random drop, so there's not a lot to say except grind as needed.

• The Fossil Charm: In this quest, you need to find Smashed Fossils from the Mine points in the second stratum: as always, it is a random find, but you can do it once daily per the three points. There are Mine points on B9F (very southwest E6, southwest E2) and B10F (alcove in southeast E4) that are almost impossible to miss, so check 'em all. It'll help to boost the level of your Mine skills if you're having trouble. Once you've gotten some Smashed Fossils, you need to sell them at Shilleka's until you can buy the Old Choker accessory. Then simply return it to the pub.

• Pest Control: Once accepted, you need to head to that room on B10F that was immediately noted by being bug-infested upon entrance. When you enter the floor from B9F, use the northwestern of the four exits to head to northern E1 and there you'll find it. You'll begin by fighting Toxinflies, which are weak to Volt (Thor Formula, anyone?). After several straight battles, you'll be able to return to the pub.

• Remembering the Fallen: This quest, even though we'll cover it before completing the third stratum per our walkthrough tradition, is still able to be completed: just riskier. There are three spots on B11F to investigate regarding certain items lost by the client's now-dead comrades. They are on the map below.

• The Bandit's Treasure: This is definitely a difficult quest: come along with the White Key item and plenty of ways to heal HP/TP, revive, and do elemental damage. It involves something behind a crystal door on B5F. We already covered most of this path, so look at Unlocking the White Crystal Doors for most of it. This section ends on the note of a shortcut. To the east of the room containing said shortcut, you will encounter a Golem monster, but only during this quest. It is very strong, easily able to deal 30+ damage in a single attack, so set Raquna to Guards and Simon to healing early on. You'll want the main character to focus on elemental attacks if possible (or Black Sabbath), and definitely elemental for Arthur and Frederica as the boss resists physical attacks. Come in with lots of TP-restorers: this will be a long fight, easily able to exceed 30~40 turns, and you will LOVE elemental attacks. After, you'll fail to find any treasure (just press A on any three tiles in the room), so return to the pub to report the quest's success. Worry not, though; the problem resolves itself.

• Observing Adventurers II: Guess what? Shilleka wants to go through the Labyrinth with you again, this time on the second stratum. Specifically, she wants to go to the healing spring. After some of the previous quests (and your main journey through the area), you should be familiar enough with B8F to get there. If not, from the main floor entrance, go north at both the forks you soon reach. After the scene there, you simply need to return back to Etria. (Although she justs decides to use an Ariadne Thread when you leave the stratum ... and she doesn't even offer to take you. Jerk.)

The 3rd Stratum

Sectional Flowchart

• Main Walkthrough:
  • A Pole in the Rainforest
  • Map the Newfound Stratum
  • Lurker in the Rainforest

• Sidequests:
  • Unlocking the Violet Crystal Doors
  • Third Stratum Quest Cleanup

A Pole in the Rainforest

Go back to the Pole and head northeast of it and east when you are in D5 to go to a new portion of the area. Ignore the fork (to the south is just a bunch of dead-ends leading nowhere in particular) and head into the next room. A big, blue bee will be pointed out to you. This is a pretty annoying F.O.E. since it defies most of the territorial obstacles, so just get a big blue flyswatter to kill it. (Or some of Arthur's formulas. But which sounds like more fun? =P) Note there is an Axcela in the southwest part of the room. Leave the room heading southeast, then the next in the same fashion. This will bring you to a console that unlocks doors numbered "2".

Return into the previous room and go through the now-open hall before you. Eventually, the linear path will return you to the area with the Pole: head northwest of it now. At the forks, go north, north, west, north, north, north, north, and you should get into the room around A1/A2/B1/B2. Leave there to the southwest and head along the path to a door. Use the console beyond to unlock all "4" fours.

Backtrack to the previous room and exit to the northeast. In A3 should be a way eastward, so go there. In the room, you'll find a few Blue Patrollers to deal with. Exit out of this room heading east into the hall. At the fork there, go south, then east into the room. Go along the path there and head southeast out of it. Follow the path there and you should reach a doorway - as usual, beyond it you'll find a console, this one unlocking all "3" doors. Return into the hall.

Backtrack to the room with the Geomagnetic Pole. If you leave that room heading southeast and southwest, you can find that the paths are now opened, leading to a Amrita and a Medica II. Now, head northwest of the Pole again and, this time, go south at the fork as you leave the area. Ignore the first fork and go west at the second to enter a room with some Blue Patrollers inside. Once done, leave the room heading west and you'll find a fork. Go south and past the room to find a console opening all "5" doors.

I think that's got it all. Head back to the Geomagnetic Pole and go north of it towards C4. As you enter, a fat bee drops down from above. That wouldn't so much of a problem if it wasn't on the power generator!

Well, well, well... After that spoilerific scene, we decide our first goal is to find three more Geomagnetic Poles in the Labyrinth. Now that our excursion here is over, use the Geomagnetic Pole to go back to Etria.

Map the Newfound Stratum

Head along it a while and you'll soon reach another fork in C3. Go north and to the end of the path there; press A at the end to find a rock to sit on. Whoever sits on it will lose 50 HP, but you'll get some Rock Coral. ... I'm sorry, but how in hell can you not spot sharp coral on a boulder? Go back to the previous fork and then go east. At the next, go south and to the end for mapping, then go north from the fork and into a room. You'll find two Blood Ant F.O.E.'s there to deal with.

Leave that room heading east. In the hall, as you step from A4 to A5, stay in A4 (the third tile of the hall). Face south and go through the shortcut to find a room with a chest containing a Medica III. ^_^ Go back into the hall and east. At the fork, go south for some mapping, then go north. At the fork, go west and through the door, but once beyond don't take a step or you'll fall in the hole: just turn around, nuthin' to see here. Go past the fork and to the end of the path for a Mine Point, then go south into the room.

Smash the Blood Ants and exit this room to the south. At the end of the path, grab up the Silver Grimoire I from the chest, then backtrack all of the way to the room (mostly) in A3/A4 where you first found the Blood Ants. Exit off to the northwest and you'll find a fork in the hall. To the west are just rooms and the like for mapping. Going south brings you to a clearing, then a long hall. At the fork you eventually reach, keep in mind that it's just a square hall, so loop around once, though beware the Servitor Ant F.O.E.'s circling around as well. Plus, to the south, don't go in the door, since there's a hole beyond it to drop you down a floor!

Exit the square hall to the south and you'll soon find another fork. Go south and to the end for mapping purposes, then go north of the fork and into the alcove you quickly find to the east. Press A at the end. You can opt to attack the ants and thereby earn two Honey Crystals, two Crinoid Leaves, and a Sea Branch for winning. You could be forced into a battle with some more later on as a result of this, but they're easy to beat. =P

Exit from the alcove after and go north at the fork. As you reach the second corner and turn southward in D6, face east at the corner to deal with a shortcut. Once done, get back on the proper side of it and head south. Behind the door in front of you (plus the doors to the west) is a pit. You can go safely through the doors, but don't take a step forward or you'll fall. North of them, you can find a room with a Mine Point.

Backtrack to the square hall mostly in D2. Leave it to the west to find another room. Map 'er out and head north into another room. Deal with the Servitor Ants there and get the Warding Bell from the chest near the northeast corner. Map out the room (be sure to remember the little branch-off to the southeast) and return into the previous room. Exit it to the south for one more small clearing. That'll be it for this floor, since the rest is beyond a Purple Crystal Door, sadly. Gah, and there's useful stuff beyond! x_x Backtrack to the downbound stairs in very northern E5 and use 'em.

Backtrack to the fork just north of the staircase, in north D5. Go west there, and west at the next. Map out the small path to the north then come back to the fork and go east and south. At the next fork, go south to find yet another in E4. Explore each and every end of the two paths before you: there are six branching-off points to deal with. Only one is of current use, the one in southwest F5, which yields some water to heal for 80 HP and 30 TP across the party. Still, y'know, mapping.

Return to the fork in southwest D4 and go west of it. Map out the small path to the north, then take the other path. Map it out to the end. That does it for this floor ... in a way. Backtrack to B11F and head to the area south of the Mine point, to the mass intersection in E4. There were four doors there. Beyond each are holes down to B12F: use the second door (going left to right), the western of the two shown in E4. You should fall into a part of B12F that you cannot otherwise reach save for the shortcuts that have to be activated from this side.

Once down here, go along the path before you. At the corner where you must turn west in F4, face east and you can activate that shortcut by using it. Return and go further west through the door. In the clearing, you'll notice an ant egg nearby spawning all sorts of Ant F.O.E.'s. The obvious imperative is to first approach and attack the egg before opting to map out the clearing. (Or you can do it in the opposite order for some en masse EXP.) It'll take three attacks to break it. Once done, map out the clearing and exit to the northeast to find another Take Point. Return to where the egg was, map out the enclosure just to the west, and go north from it.

Map out that small clearing. While there, face east from the northeast corner to use the shortcut for a lot more convenience in the future. Go north a room to find another one of those eggs to deal with. Once it's gone and the clearing's mapping out, repeat in the next clearing to the north. Exit it heading northeast. Once past the door, face northward. If you defeated the ants on B11F and move onto that tile in front of you, you'll battle some ants in several battles; get Arthur ready with his Cocytus Formulas!

Continue following along the path. Three tiles east of the fork, you can face south to find and use a shortcut, although we shouldn't just yet. Continue along to the end of the main path and you'll find a small clearing. Use the shortcut in its southeast corner whilst facing to the east, then backtrack to the other one in A3 and go south into the room. In front of you, you'll find the Queen Ant to deal with!

Lurker in the Rainforest

After this, return to the previous fork and go west, west at the next, then north and to the end of the path to find an Amrita II in a chest. Return to the fork you found just after the startin D3, then go east. At the next, go north, then north at the next one and east further along. As you enter the clearing around the obvious Chop point, you will be effectively threatened by a bunch of frogs. If you throw a stone into the water, you will engage them in battle (alongside some other enemies, perhaps - nothing unusual though). Use the Chop Point, then return to the previous fork.

Go south there. At the next fork, go west and southwest to find a healing spring; otherwise, just go south and along the path for a while. Once you get to square D2, you'll be going north. At the corner where you turn west, face north so you can activate the shortcut, then continue along the main path to a fork. There, go north. At the next one, only go east if you're in the quest "Crab Catchers", which you're probably not if you're following the walkthrough; at the end of the path to the north is a Chop Point.

Backtrack to the fork in southwest D1 and go souith and along the path for a while, past an Aquatic Butcher, to a fork in E2. There, go north and to the end to find a Nectar II within a chest, then go back to the fork and head east. Then go south at the next fork and east at the next two to find 3,500 en in a chest. Go back to the previous fork (southeast E5) and head north from there to another, where you should head south.

At the next fork, go west and into the small alcove where you can find some shellfish to heal the party for 30 TP across the board if you face north and press A. Then go east from the fork and along the path for a bit. Once you bypass the water and Aquatic Butchers, in northwest D7, you should be heading north. In the very northwest tile of that named sector, face west to activate a shortcut before leaving, then continue along the path into the next floor.

Let's go for the northeastern Mine point. Ride the one in this clearing, then leave the next one going west. Grab the Copper Grimoire I from the southern chest, then return to the northwest corner of the island. Leave there going north. On the next island, go to the southwest corner and leave heading south. Go to the northwest corner of that island and go north, then head east from that island's northeast corner. Leave that island heading east and you should reach the Mine Point.

You can go west and south of the Mine point as well to find some different stairs up to B13F. Go along the path there for a bit. One step after turning west in C6, face south to use a shortcut, then return to the main path and continue on. At the fork, go south, then west at the next for a Hunting Horn. Return to the fork and go north and along to another. To the north is another chest, this having the Violet Key, which we'll use momentarily. Or you can just skip ahead to the Unlocking the Violet Crystal Doors sidequest. Whichever the case, we'll go in as far through the dungeon as we can (the boss at B15F) before actually delving into sidequests per tradition, though it can all be done now. Backtrack to B14F.

Now, for the western Take point... Go back to the lily that took you here and ride it west, then leave that island heading west. Go south from that northwesternmost island and you'll arrive in a small enclosure. Get at its northeast corner and face east, then you can go through the shortcut. On the other side is the Take Point.

Now, let's go for the eastern Chop point... Return to the enclosure to the west and use the only lilypad there. Leave this island via the northeast corner, and the next one heading south. From this one, go east from the southern end to end up near the start of the area. Go south a bit to where you first found a lilypad. Ride it again to the cross-shaped island. Leave it again to the west and get to the southern part where the chest is. Ride the lilypad east of said chest to go south. Leave the next small island heading east to find the Chop Point, which yields, as usual, other useful items ... for Shilleka, anyhow. =P

Now let's get the two chests on the island north of the Chop point... Backtrack west to the island from before and leave it to the south. Leave the next one to the east. Get to this island's northeast corner and ride north to the island with the chests and several F.O.E.'s on it. Deal with them and open the chests for a Hex Staff and a Silver Grimoire I.

Ready to leave? Use the only lilypad here to get off the island. Leave this island through the northwest lilypad, and leave that one heading west. On the next island, use the southwestern lilypad to reach the stairs to B15F.

Holy crap, that thing's big.

Unlocking the Violet Crystal Doors

• B1F: This one is in southwest C4, just east of the eastern Chop point. Beyond the door are two chests, a Nectar II and a Copper Grimoire I.

• B8F: The door is in southern E3, the room on the left when you come in from B7F. The five chests beyond contain a Copper Grimoire I, a Nectar II, a Flame Talisman, a Frost Talisman, and a Storm Talisman.

• B10F: This door can be in the northeastern portion of the map, specifically in B6. As you'll recall if you actually mapped the place out, there were three doors in all in this general area, one with a Chop point beyond and one only useful in a quest. The remaining door needs the Violet Key, and the chests beyond contain a Four-Leaf Clover and an Amrita.

• B11F: This one results in a much lengthier quest where you're likely to find enemies out of their normal 3rd Stratum habitats. The walkthrough is below.

This secret part of B10F is in the far southeast corner of the overall map, but it doesn't take much room. You can cut across the four damaging tiles in front of you for 40 HP of damage, or you can cut around to the north to deal with the Tusked Ruin. Either way, the stairs to B9F are in the southeast corner.

Upon arrival on B9F, there's not much to do. Go north, west, and south around the damaging tiles and go upstairs.

On B8F, a similar philosophy is held. Go north and east to deal with the now-wimpy Giant Moas, then go further east and south to head upstairs.

B7F is where it's all at. What, did you really think that whole area from before was the whole map? Nah. It's an area full of damaging tiles, and they're unavoidable to some extent, so you had best be ready to heal, especially with the Tusked Ruins about. On the other hand, you could try risking it by simply staying only on the damaging tiles (since they can't kill). In any case, there is a chest in the northeast corner with the lovely Divine Gift inside. There is a room to the southwest of there (the door is in central B6) that leads to Alraune if you've taken the quest "Phantom of the Forest", but those are details for the quest. If you are next to the door and go due west, you can activate the shortcut to the other portion of the floor, making this journey less harrowing (as if it were before) if you opt to return.

Third Stratum Quest Cleanup

• Chef's Request I: For this quest, you need to get some Bug Nests, three in all. Bug Nests are a random drop by Dragonflies. As Valerie mentions, they can be found on B13F, and B14F as well. Since they're a random drop, it's mostly grinding for the moment.

• Scavenging for Ian II: For this quest, you need to bring back one of every item yielded from Chop points on the third stratum: to wit, a Rock Coral, a Sea Branch, and a Narcissus. The Chop points on B13F are quite a bit easier to get to than the lone one on B14F. In any case, there are two: one at the southern part of C2, and one in western C7. I recommend grabbing the C7 one first (there's a shortcut near the "hidden path" stairs from B14F we covered in the Unlocking the Violet Crystal Doors section), then going along the path from before to the other Chop point. Then just Floor Jump to B1F, rest a day at the inn, and repeat as needed. Boosting your Chop skills' levels can help dramatically, if just to get you a crapload of stuff to sell to Shilleka.

• The Diamond Charm: In this quest, we need a Cullinan. We just need one, but we can't find it outside of the fourth stratum's Mine points - out of sync with the Walkthrough. Still, we only need one. If you've gotten the Floor Jump for B17F, this is easy. On the entrance B17F stairs, use them, then go north, west, and south to the end of the path, west through that shortcut, then go south to the end of that path and north through that shortcut to reach one Mine Point. You can also use it on the stairs that go to B18F, then ignore them and head south, west, and north to one Mine point. Grabbing both, then returning to the inn and resting for a day before returning should suffice.

• Love, Cast in Silver: In this quest, you need to get a single Corundum, found (albeit rarely) on the third stratum's Mine points. There are two that are easy enough to get to on B11F. There's the one in D4: from the B12F stairs, go north three tiles, face west, use the shortcut, then go south. Head west, west, and north at the forks to find it. The other Mine point is in the very northeastern corner of the map, in A6: you'll have to walk there manually, but you should know where it is due to having to map the floor to proceed. Grabbing both, then returning to the inn and resting for a day before returning should suffice. (Note: completing the quest Lost Item will also yield a free Corundum during the course of its completion, much easier than simply hunting for it at Mine points, but it's a one-time-only deal.)

• Official Business I: For this quest, you need to first head to B7 on the B10F map. This is the room east of the violet crystal door we covered in the section Unlocking the Violet Crystal Doors. Once there, go into the center of the room and press A to put down the incense you should have received on the way here. As a result, you'll fight a Murder Vine, a more powerful Fanged Vine, still weak to Cut and Fire. That's it, too - just return to the pub when you're done. (Note: The reward offered gets boosted by an additional two Stonards versus what the quest specifies.)

• Lost Item: After the rather creepy introduction to the quest post-acceptance, you need to head down to B11F. In the northeastern corner of the map, there is a Mine point: if you've already mapped the floor (as you should have, since it was required), you should know at least that I'm talking about A6 - heck, it gets put on the friggin' map, how can you miss it? One step before the Mine point (at the "!" point), you go ahead and return the item in question. (Note: In addition to your reward at the pub, you also receive one Corundum from the survivalist whose item is missing.)

• Orphans of the Forest: For some reason on B12F, the ants are becoming rather antagonized, attacking many adventurers. For this, you need to go to B12F. From the B11F stairs, go north to the fork, then west, south, south, west, and west at the forks. This should bring you to the westernmost of those numerous dead-ends you looked at the last time you were here. (Or the first. Whatever.) You will find quite a few ant enemies on the way, though you can bypass some if you use the stairs going down to B13F first, or all if you properly use the holes mirrored above on B11F. Once you examine that spot at the end of the path, return to the pub.

• Mystery of the Labyrinth: For this quest, you need to head to B10F. ... To be honest, I'm not 100% sure on how I managed to do it. Anyways, in the entrance room from B9F, there are four doors: use the southeast door and go due east in the next area to find a shortcut. I suppose you are supposed to enter-and-exit this shortcut for a while: I set myself up an auto-walk path on the map to suffice and did it for about four in-game hours while I idly did other stuff. Eventually, I gave up (on the east side) and the first battle I ran into (which occurred literally at the dead-end) was the World Sprout, a VERY weak enemy that is the object of the quest.

• Crab Catchers: You know those Aquatic Butchers in the water on B13F? Basically, the client for this quest wants a "sample" of one of them, which means a Giant Crab Shell. If you come down from B12F, go north at the fork and when you see the Chop point across the river in C2, face south and use the hopefully-already-activated shortcut. Go west and along that path to a fork: go north at it and east at the next to find the Giant Crab Shell at the end of the path.

• Love's Uncertain Promise: This one is done on B16F of the labyrinth. From the Pole, go into the second door to the west. After the current ride, go due north for another, then another. Go east and ride the next southbound sand current, then ride the eastbound current next to the wall. After disembarking, go north and ride that one. After getting off, go east and south to the end of the non-sand path to find the missing dude.

• The Foreign Seeker: After accepting this quest, you have to speak with the well-dressed man in the pub. Accept his own request (in addition to this one about the turtle shell): he wants some turtle meat. He'll hand you some Turtle Feed to help bring out the turtles you need to find. Head to B13F now and go to the "secret" part: remember, the northern portion where you went along the path from B14F to find the Violet Key? It's covered in Lurker in the Rainforest's B14F walkthrough... In any case, when you get to the stairs there, go along to a fork in B5: go west and to the end of the path to place the feed. Put it on the ground, then back up as far as possible and get around the corner so you cannot see the food anymore: a F.O.E. should pop up on the map where you put the feed. Rush 'im! The Lure Tortoise is not particularly difficult, just resilient to all but Fire and Volt (its weaknesses). After winning, return to the pub.

• Fishing Contest: Head to B14F to start this quest. There, you can opt to join the fishing competition where you have 8 hours (~240 steps) to find as many fish as possible. There are eight in all. On the map below, the flowery things mark the lilypads you can float on (with the arrow marking the direction in which you move) and the red circles are the fishing spots: there are other spots you can try, but they sometimes yield monsters. These together should help you well enough to finish the quest quickly. After eight hours, return to the pub to check on the results. Your reward will likely vary by place, but I know first place yields four Amrita II!

• Find the Detective:

  "Once property of man, now belonging to the insects who dwell below.

  The light of the ore becomes the sun. The shadow points to the four doors.

  From under the sun, south two steps and one, west one step, and again south two steps and one.

  There, below. The honey shall become an orb and regain its shine."

  Such is the poem having been left to you by Austin, and for you to interpret its meaning. The sun refers to a Mine point, and the four doors can only be found near each other on B10F and B11F, but only the latter has a Mine point near, too. From the Mine point in D4 of B11F - use the stairs to B12F, go north three steps, use the shortcut to the cut, then go south and west - you will find four doors off to the south. From the Mine point itself, go south three spaces, west one, then south through the second of the doors and into the hole beyond. After having fallen, go north a tile and press A to find and speak with the man. If you tell him that the note was used, keep in mind that the sun was a Mine point. In any case, you'll soon fight some Toxic Worms - not unlike their Mad-/Meltworm counterparts, they are weak to Cut and Fire. In any case, after the fight and scene, return to the pub. (Note: Sometime later, when you speak with Austin at the pub, he'll yield up an Amrita for you as payment for helping him in addition to the client of the quest.)

The 4th Stratum

Sectional Flowchart

• Main Walkthrough:
  • Over the Hump
  • Annihilate the Forest Folk, Part One (through the return trip to Gladsheim)
  • Annihilate the Forest Folk, Part Two (through the rest of the stratum)

• Sidequests:
  • Fourth Stratum Quest Cleanup

Over the Hump

There is a F.O.E. in front of you as you enter. It's not quite difficult, but its multitarget attacks especially could cause problems at lower levels. And, yes, you'll have to fight it: the path to the north that Raquna points out just loops around. =/ Anyhow, go east past the Voracious King's corpse and north into the next area. There, if you go north and through another door, you'll find two Voracious Kings to deal with. It's a nice bunch of EXP., since they're pretty easy to defeat anyways. Past the door at the far end, go west and along the winding path. As it goes north into a small "clearing", you can find a chest with a Hunting Horn inside.

Backtrack to the room in A6, then go south and through another door. Beat the Voracious King beyond, then go south and west to find another. (South of the general idea where you find it is a door: it reunites back in the room around D7/E7, and is pretty featureless. However, in the first room you will use is a crack in the western wall that is a shortcut to the Divine Gift room from earlier.) Anyhow, west of where you found this latter Voracious King is a door. Use it.

In this room, along the south wall is a shortcut to the winding, oft-blocked hallway you used soon after you entered. Go north and through the other door in this room when you're ready... (Call it irony, but take note that the room's shape is like that of a bull's head.) Anyhow, hammer time.

Annihilate the Forest Folk, Part One

Once you've returned to B16F, you basically have a number of paths to choose from on this floor, since there are six northbound doors in this room. There are also a lot of sand currents beyond to drag you along to certain places: imagine the water currents oft-seen in the Pokémon series.

Let's begin with the second door, since the first is a pointless loop. After a ride, go north and into the westbound current. Then go north into another, which will take you to find a Medusa Tree F.O.E. Do what you will about it, then exit the clearing via the eastern of the northbound paths. On the other side of the sand tile, face west and open the Hamao chest, then go north and east into another sand current. Then go west and south and around back into the entrance room.

Now, go through the third door. After a ride, go north and for another, then east on another. Go north again, then go along the hall (ignore the sand to the north and south as you go). After riding some eastbound sand, go north to find two northbound paths. Use the one to the east to find a clearing with two Medusa Trees. Deal with them, then open the chest in the northwest corner for a Copper Grimoire I. Go due south of it onto some sand, then go back to the fork and use the eastbound sand. Go south onto some more, then further south to a fork. Go west at it, then south at the next and onto the westbound sand. Follow the nonmoving path to a chest with a Somaprime within.

Redo the path from earlier to return to the "two northbound paths" bit. Ride the eastbound sand, go south, then west at the next fork and south at the next, this time opting to ride the southbound sand. Go east and north to more sand. Ride it along the other edge of the area for a bit and you'll soon come to A5. There is a southbound alcove to the west, in which lies a Chop Point, so be sure to use and note it.

Continue back around to the third door again, and this time continue back into the clearing where we fought the two Medusa Trees. Use the westbound sand just a little south of the chest, then go north and into the room to the west. Open up the shortcut in the northeast corner by facing north, then go southwest and ride the sand there. If you face south in the south-central tile and press A, it seems we need the tablet back from the Radha to go forward. Exit this room to the west and use the Chop Point beyond. Ride the sands as you wish to the outer edge of the area and then use the Pole to return to Etria ... or just use an Ariadne Thread. =P

In this room, simply go due north and use the next shortcut - the only thing of note is in the northwest corner, and only during the quest "Work Stoppage". In the next clearing, go around and deal with the four Medusa Trees, then head to the northwest corner. Face west and use the shortcut there. Go along this path and, at the second fork, go east and use the shortcut at the end. Defeat the nearby Medusa Tree and go east and north of it to find a Formaldehyde in a chest. Go to the southwest corner of the area and use the southbound shortcut.

In the "H"-shaped hall around here, just go due south and use that shortcut. In the clearing there, defeat the two Medusa Trees and head to the southeast corner to get a Unihorn from a chest. Then go to the northeast corner, face north, and use the shortcut. Map out the next clearing as usual, then face east at the northeast corner for a shortcut to a clearing with a Mine Point. Return to the room with the two Medusa Trees (in the previous room, use the southwest corner's southbound shortcut) and exit there by facing west in the southwest corner.

In this hall, go south and along to the end of the path. Use the eastbound shortcut there to reach a room with six Medusa Trees throughout. Burn 'em all to the ground (or whatever you tend to do). Now, there are three shortcuts along the north wall, two in the corners and one in the center. We need the one in the center. You can find it by getting on the southwesternmost tile of D5 (the center of the north wall) and facing north. Go on through. After that thought-provoking scene, go west and to the end of the path for a Mine Point, and east to the end of the other path to activate that two-way shortcut. Go ahead and use the stairs to unlock Floor Jump, then return from B18F and leave.

Once in that room, approach the terminal and examine it. After the scene, we simply have no choice but to backtrack to the Pole and to Etria. Heal up, and return to the Labyrinth...

Annihilate the Forest Folk, Part Two

After descending the stairs on B17F, you'll find yourself in a huge room. If you head northwest, you can find a Take Point in southwest B3. In the south-central part of the area, in southwest E5, you can find a healing spring. If you go southeast to northern F7, you can find a Take Point. After this, head to the very southwestern corner of the area: there should be a small path there. If you face west at the end, you can use the shortcut.

On the other side, you will have to face the Forest Demon F.O.E. After winning, go through the door. Go north along the winding path for a while: it's easy enough to navigate and the only features are another Forest Demon, then two Forest Ogres further along. After the second of the latter, you should find the stairs past a door. First face east at the east-central wall tile of the clearing to activate the shortcut, then go down to the next floor.

After you enter the floor, go along the warp path for a while: it's actually pretty linear to begin with. The first two are dead-end warps. After that warp, go to the end of the path and press A to find some leaves to sit on for a 50-HP healing. Backrtack a little to the corner where you will turn south: it is the top-left tile of B6. Use the warp there.

Map out the general area after you warp: there's a big clearing to the west (with a Diabolix F.O.E. in it) with five offshoots. One of them, you came from. The southern one leads to a Cruella F.O.E. and a Silver Grimoire I chest. Now, as for the teleporters in the other areas... Go to the northwest and, in the small clearing, the northwesternmost tile is your warp. Use it and go along to the end of that path for a Take Point. If you use the warp at the corner due south of the warp you used (south-turning-east, eastern B1), you can find your way to a Mine Point.

Go back to the warp that brought you here, then use the previous warp again. In the small clearing, return to the big clearing. Here, exit to the southeast and face south in the southwest corner of the next clearing for a warp. Then go south and west for a warp, then west and north fork a warp. In the next set of halls, go west and south at the forks and use the warp there. Go along the linear path on the other side west, south, and east into another clearing. The warp is in its northeast tile. On the other side, you can go along the path to find a chest containing 6,000 en.

Backtrack through two warps to the hallway part in C3. There, get into the four-way and go west and use the warp at the end. In this area, go to the fork in front of you. If you go north, then east, you can find a bird nest at the end of the path; after finding them to be empty, you'll fight some Huge Moas - little different than those you've fought already. After the fight, go west and south to the large clearing. Deal with the Diabolix and Cruella there, then plunder the Chop Point in the southwest corner. After you're done, use the warp in the far-eastern alcove to deal with some more F.O.E.'s on the other side.

Exit this clearing via the northeast corner. Bypass the first fork and go west at the second. Use the warp there and you'll be close to the finish: no more warps from here! Go south and throug hthe door: beyond, you'll find a Diabolix and two Cruellas to defeat or magnificantly dodge around. Either way, be sure to grab the Axe of Shivers from the treasure chest in the northeastern part of the larger clearing. Then leave the clearing as a whole to the south and go down the stairs beyond the door.

Fourth Stratum Quest Cleanup

• Chef's Request II: This basic mission is one wherein you need to find two Sandfish Eyes. Sandfish Eyes, as you could expect, are random item drops from Sandfish. Sandfish can be found on B17F, B18F, and B19F of the Labyrinth, so go smash some up.

• Chef's Demand: You've got a list of ingredients to grab for Jackson this time, and it's no basic shopping list. One item is the Fish Scale, a random drop by Swordfish, which are found on B14F and B15F. Another is the Glow Beak, a random drop from the Glowbird found at random mostly on B9F. The third is the Dried Peachtree, found at the Chop points of the Fourth Stratum. The easiest one is near the B17F stairs on B16F: go north through the shortcut, leave that room to the west, and you should see the shiny spot: grab 'em and return as needed.

• Missing Detective: This time, it looks like Austin may have really gone missing. All we know is that his room in the inn was broken into, with a note left behind: "Belief for ultimate return to eventual equilibrium necessitates failure. Such easy comfort only reinforces naivete. Escape relief. Has existential laziness prevented mental exercise?" The puzzle is to look at the first letter of each word: it reads (once the numbers are put in the right place) "B14F SE CORNER HELP ME", or to look in the southeast corner of B14F. Come into B14F from the B15F stairs: ride the lilypad eastward, then two more in that direction. Press A on the southeast corner of this island. During the scene, you'll have to deal with some monsters in several rather big battles: still, the monsters themselves are nothing different than what you'd find on B14F. After winning and the scene thereafter, you can return to the pub.

• The Gold Enthusiast I: For this, you'll need to find five Gold Antlers. Gold Antlers are found as a random item drop from defeating Golden Deer, which are found on B16F, B17F, and B18F of the Labyrinth. Not much to say other than to grind against them.

• Under Construction: For this quest, you need to find three Hard Shards and five Steel Chips. Both items can be found at Mine points on B17F and B19F. For B17F, one Mine point is near the B18F stairs: just go south, west, and north. The other point, from the B16F stairs, can be found by going to the end of the path to the west, using the shortcut, then using the shortcut to the north at the end of that path. The one on B19F is a bit tedious to get to, so I wouldn't really bother with it for time-based reasons. If you need some more, return to Etria and just spend some time at the inn and return.

• Ivory Princess' Dream I: After accepting the quest, speak with the lone butler in the pub: he basically will state that you need some with a skill (such as [[Torpor]] or Anaesthetic) that can put enemies to sleep. After speaking with him, speak with the "Pure Maiden" in the pub, too. She can make you a sufficient sleeping potion if you get five Pure Roots (found by beating Hexroots, found from B16F to B18F). Either way (via a skill or via the potion) should suffice, although all I tested was the potion. Once you manage to get something to work, simply report the results to Valerie.

• Medicine Woman I: This quest is pretty easy: all you need to do is get a Bird Tendon and bring it back to the pub. Bird Tendons are a random drop from the Huge Moas, which are found on B17F, B18F, and B19F. Go fry some chicken.

• Work Stoppage: To first start up this quest, you need to speak with the carpenter in the pub and he'll mention a need for timber. You can help him out by telling him where to find some on B17F. The loci are on the map below in blue circles. After having done this, he'll put up a request at the pub under the above name. Accept it and speak with the carpenter in the pub. At the spots labeled on the map below - not just the one you chose earlier, but all three - you need to defeat some Medusa Trees, nothin' special. Return to the pub when done.

• Medicine Woman II: After finishing Medicine Woman I, this should obviously pop up. This some, you need to find some Cordyceps. It's a rare item you can find via the Take points in the fourth stratum, and I mean rare, but at least you need just one. The easiest Take points are in B3 and F7 of B18F: y'know, that big, wide room? Navigation is definitely easy there. =P

• Medicine Woman III: After accepting this quest, you need to get a member of your party petrified: an annoying task, but nonetheless possible. The Faeries you can find on B19F have the ability to petrify your allies. The Medusa Tree F.O.E.'s also can do this (if you're not finding any, F.O.E.'s regenerate every few days or so). When battling them, defeat all other enemies (since they tend to just chip away at your HP) and then have everyone Defend for a while until someone is petrified. Ideally, you'll get Rosa to make you some Regenurtica to heal your HP automatically while this goes on (since you will be attacked), or abilities like Cover Fire that heal you when defending. If need be, you can also have someone use Party Cure or Salve every now and then to keep you out of KO. In any case, once someone is petrified, do not heal them and return outside (preferably through Floor Jump, for obvious reasons). (Note: The potion you test out will not end up working. It does result in the success of this quest, but keep in mind you'll want to visit the clinic at the inn, use a status-healing skill like Refresh, or use a Theriaca B after the quest to heal the petrification.)

• Detective's Monster-Slaying: After finishing Missing Detective, you are able to let Austin into the mansion, which will help to unlock this mission (and several others down the road, of course). In this, you are to kill three Death Mantis enemies. They are found at random on B19F and, despite their similar appearance to the Reaping Shade of the first stratum, are quite easy to deal with. Get going.

The 5th Stratum

Sectional Flowchart

• Foreword:
  • A General Note About This Stratum - a must-read, especially for those using this in the long-term

• Main Walkthrough:
  • To Activate Gungnir...
  • Turning on the Elevators
  • Going for a Ride

• Sidequests:
  • Fifth Stratum Quest Cleanup

A General Note About This Stratum

Other than that, I can't think of much else truly worth mentioning. Mapping is, to some extent, an "on your own" task here; at least, moreso than I've let on before. =P This stratum tends to lose the whole "room and hall" structure the previous strata had, not to mention it has a ton of irregularly shaped rooms and twisty halls, so I'm not exactly going to point out that you really need to map out a whole room. Honestly, it's an implied task by now, but you never know who I might enrage just by not noting this. >_> <_<

Well, here's hoping you don't get lost in Lost Shinjuku. Read on, brave adventurers.

To Activate Gungnir...

So, when you've gotten the chest, approach the terminal: it's in north-central A4, just north of Gimle. Check it and you'll unlock the previously-locked door in D2. So go on through and examine the console in the room beyond. The scene there climaxes with a fight against Gimle.

Turning on the Elevators

However, if you go south, you'll find a small alcove in southern D1 leading to a Mine Point. Further south in the hall, go east at the fork and south at the next. At the end of the path, you can find two Drywall by pressing A at the end - but you'll battle some Chopper Hares are breaking down the wall. That's about it for now: go back northward to the two doors I mentioned earlier, those to the south of the Pole. Go through the doors and exit the room heading east across the ... whatever it is. As it is, you get into a rather unexepcted battle partway across.

When done, use the southwest corner's door. Go along the hall beyond there. You'll soon come to a north/south fork. Both go to the same place, but the north one is longer and marginally more profitable, so if you don't plan on going for the other path (you know, mapping completionism yields Floor Jumps), it's the better one to go along. (There is an eastbound fork in B5, but it just leads to a room with a fake apple in the northwest corner.) Either way, the next room has three Chop Points and another Ice Claws. Ice, ice, ba-- *gunshot* ... Anyhow, exit this room via the northwest corner. Go along the path to a fork; at the end of the path to the east, you can get a Gummy Wire. (Even though it's the same situation as to the Silkbinder ambush before, it's not: not even an enemy comes by.) If you go west past the fork to the corner, then go one step north, you can face west and activate that shortcut.

If you go to the north and wind around down a few floors to B24F, you can follow a path to the far south to a healing spring, so it's important to note that. The other path leads to an ankh, too. We'll cover B23F in its own effed-up little way in a minute, though it's divided based on the stairs you go down, so you might want to do it after all.

B23F: Go south through the door and along the path through the hall. At the east/south fork in C3, go east and south at the forks. You'll probably battle a Desouler as you go along the path to a Take Point and stuff. Continue northwest from there to C4, then east to find some more Desoulers along the linear path. As you hit B3, go north and west. At the fork in northwest A3, go east and to the end to find some a Shiny Vine a cost of 60 HP to the party. Go west and path the fork to find another: go one tile south and face west to activate the shortcut.

Remember where I told you to head northwest, back in B3? Go northeast of there and deal with the trio of Desoulers. Go southeast from there and south into the 2x2 clearing. Leave it to the northeast while heading north: you'll find a fork with a Desouler to the north and a Gold Grimoire I to the south. Backtrack to the 2x2 clearing and go east to find another Take Point. Go along the path from there to a fork in C5: go south and to the end of the path. There, you can find some fruit to heal one person for 120 HP and 80 TP. (Don't ask how a glass fruit does this, then can practically break your jaw before.) Backtrack to the fork and go east and towards the end of the path. With one tile between you and the stairs. use the shortcut to the west. In this hall, you can find a note to the south, or go up the stairs to the north. (You already could dealt with both from B22F, so just go down to B24F.)

B24F: Go south and along the path, trying to stick as far to the east as you can. (We'll come back and cover more of this floor later, but we are focusing on B23F for now.) At the fork in D6, go south, south at the next, west and south at the next ones, and you should arirve in a clearing after battling some Arboreal Hulks on the way. Exit it to the southeast and go east at the fork and along the path. When you reach E7, exit to the northeast of the clearing: one tile west of the fork is a shortcut to activate, so do so and go back south, through the door, and upstairs.

B23F: Go north and through the door, then along the path to a 2x2 clearing. Exit to the northwest, then go south at the fork. If you go east at the next fork, you can head to the end of the path; if you sit on the wheelchairs, your party is healed for 50 HP and 30 TP before a battle against some Plated Rollers begins. Return back along the path into the main hall and go west a bit. In this little area around a squarish pillar (mostly E4/F4), you'll have several Desoulers to deal with. If you go southeast of the pillar, you can reach a chest with a Formaldehyde within. From the southwest of the pillar, you can go along the halls (north, south, west, west at the forks) to find some stairs.

B22F: Here, go north and out of the room. At the corner in southwest E2 where you turn east, face west to activate the shortcut. Map what's beyond if you want, but go back east and along the path, going north, east, east, south, and west at the forks to end up in a small clearing in east F3. There, you can find some medicine in the southwest corner to heal one person for 700 HP/TP: basically a full heal. Go back to the previous clearing and exit to the southeast. There, you will find two Ice Claw F.O.E.'s to deal with, plus four Chop Points. If you exit this clearing heading southeast, you'll find a door. Once beyond, go one tile south and face west to activate the shortcut if you want; there is a note beyond it if you head north. Head up the stairs on the main path.

B21F: Go north and west into the hall. While you circle around the structure to the west, look out for the two Bone Lizards: even if they are weak to most anything, two together will probably kill you. Anyways, on the north side, you can find two rooms: the west one is empty, but the other room has a Mine Point. Go north/northwest from these rooms and along the path, crossing a bridge similar to the one on which you fought Ren and Tlachtga. On the other side, as you try to cross into D2, face north at the last tile and you can activat the shortcut. From the shortcut itself, go west once, south once, and west into the clearing. On the southern side of it is a room: within, you can approach and interact with the panel on the south-central wall tile to activate the elevators! Return to the previous clearing and go east and southeast to find another doorway, which has a Nectar II beyond. That's about it; return to the previous floor.

B22F: On the other side of the nearby shortcut, go down the stairs.

B23F: Go along the path from before to the squarish hall in E4/F4. This time, leave it heading northwest. In the clearing, you'll want to exit to the northwest. At the end of the hall, you'll find a Take Point. Walk four spaces east of the Take point and face north to find the shortcut to the northern portions of this floor, if you want. Otherwise, go southwest and out of the floor via the stairs there.

B24F: Go north and through the door, then exit the next room to the northwest. At the end of the path, you'll find a chest with 20,000 en inside. Go on back.

B23F: Head downstairs via those in the southeast corner.

Great ... another winding area... We'll be assuming you collected nothing on your brief trip through here in the previous section, too.

Anyhow, leave this room heading north, and the clearing beyond as well. This will take you to a dead-end, but one tile west of the corner, you can face north to activate a shortcut. Do so, but don't really use it; our intended path will loop back here. Anyhow, from the clearing, head southwest and along the path to a west/south fork in F5. Go west and to the end of the path to find an ankh, then back to the south and south to find a lengthy (for this area) clearing. Leave it heading southwest, then turn east at the fork; this will take you to a Take Point (pardon the pun).

Return to the fork and head west, north, and east to a path with plenty of Arboreal Hulks along it. This loops back to the lengthy clearing, which you should exit to the northeast. Go along the path to a fork and turn east there, fighting another Hulk as you go. At the next fork, go south if you need to use the shortcut, or north otherwise. Go along to another fork; go west at it. Go west at the next one and continue along until you see a door to the north. Go through it to find a Mine Point. Continue along the main path to another fork; head west at it.

In the next clearing, exit to the north and go west at the next fork. You can find an ankh at the end of it. From where you find it, go north three tiles and face west: this takes you to the general area where the healing spring was found, so be sure to use it!

Now, then. Everything has been covered - that we can access without elevators - in B21F to B24F ... I hope. >_> In any case, we're now going to use the elevators. We'll assume you're going to use the ones on B21F, although I highly doubt it matters.

Going for a Ride

• West B22F: Here, go south and along the path before you to find a chest with a Lucky Scarab inside. There is little else here.

• West B23F: Go east to find a four-way fork. Go south and along the path to find another elevator, which will take you to B24F or B25F.

• West B24F: This mostly consists of a maze-like set of paths that yield very little, except a Take Point and a Mine Point. Go south from the entrance and go the following ways at the forks: north, south, and north for the Take Point. Return into the hall and go east, then southeast from the clearing and east at the fork to find the Mine Point. Return to the clearing and exit to the northeast, then head northeast to find the elevator to B23F and B25F. If you wish, you can use it (details for the east side are below).

• West B25F: If you come from the west elevator ... well, there's nothing important.

• East B22F: Go south and along the path for a bit. Two tiles before the dead-end, you will feel a breeze (it's automatic). Opting to rest here will allow the party to recover 40 TP. That's it for this floor, though.

• East B23F: Coming from the B22F elevator, the path here goes linearly south, east, and north to a chest; open it for a Hunting Horn. If you come from eastern B24F, threr'es little. However, you can walk forward a tile and face south to open a shortcut to the other elevator.

• East B24F: Uhh... Really? You had to cross from the western side of B24F to get here; details are above.

Backtrack to the door you used (southern D6). Go west at the first fork and west at the second as well. As you enter the room, you can battle some monsters: two battles will be against some familiar ones (Plated Rollers, Gullinburstis, Dire Wolves) while the third will be against the relatively new Babirusa. Still, nothing special - if you eat the nuts found after the battle, the party recovers 200 HP and 100 TP, which is quite decent! Return into the hall and go along the first northbound path you find.

In C5, you'll eventually have an eastbound path to go along: go along it and you can use the shortcut at the end to get near to the elevator. Otherwise, return to the hall and go north and along the path, ignoring the first fork. At the second (in A6), go east, then east at the next one to find some Metopon - not the most useful item, but who knows, you might find it useful at some point. Backtrack to the fork in A6 and head west along the path for a while. Go south at the fork and the other after that to find another chest, this one containing the ever-useful Divine Gift - probably more useful than ever, given the number of F.O.E.'s we'll find later. ;)

Backtrack northwest past two forks into now-unfamiliar terriority. At the next two forks (both in A1), go west and south into a clearing. Exit it to the southwest and go along the path into a 3x3 clearing where you'll probably encounter a Desouler. After the fight, go east. In this rectangular hall (most of D2/D3), you'll find about four Bone Lizards to deal with. If you're crazy enough, you can try to take on all four: just get one from behind, let it live until another joins up (they run in circles, like on B21F), kill it, and loop this as needed for a crapton of EXP., especially with the Divine Gift you got moments earlier: combined, that's 235,200 EXP. And that's assuming non-shiny F.O.E.'s - if just one is (hey, it happened to me!), it's 470,400! >_> <_<

Anyhow, exit this hall to the southwest, then go south at the fork to reach a clearing. Plunder the Chop Point there (I got a Shiny Vine - I guess it's more common than a Shiny Pokémon, huh...) and exit off to the south if you want Frederica to find a rat. =P Back in the clearing, head east and you'll probably deal with some of those Arboreal Hulks and an Ice Claw. In the larger clearing to the east (E3), you'll find a Chop Point. You can also head southwest of the clearing and west at the fork in the hall to find a Rock Saker in a chest - it's a weapon for Frederica, probably to shoot rats with. XD

Back in the clearing, exit to the southeast and go along the path through a door. In the clearing beyond are two Desoulers and an Ice Claw to beat, with another of the former further to the north. So, yeah, nothing special. In the initial clearing, you can also find another two Chop Points. If you exit this area to the southeast, you can go along a path and, one tile before the dead end, use a shortcut ... though it's pretty pointless unless you want to backtrack to the nuts from before. (And it would've had to be a long journey... Not to mention the other shortcut that goes to a shortcut to the elevator we'll find in a minute or so.)

Go north from where the third Desouler was (D4) through either door. In the clearing beyond, head to the northeast corner and face east to find a shortcut: if you go straight forward on the other side and use the next shortcut thereafter, you'll find the elevator if you need to quickly leave for some healing. Which I recommend.

In any case, when you examine the door in the north-central part of the clearing ... I'll let you see for yourself. If you dare to go beyond said door...

Fifth Stratum Quest Cleanup

• The Gold Enthusiast II: In this quest, we need to get ten pieces of Gold Fur, the highest number of something demanded by any quest insofar. Gold Fur is typically dropped by the Gullinbursti enemies found on the fifth stratum, specifically B22F to B24F. That's about all that can be said since its a grind - it'll probably be best to have high Scavenge skill levels for this one, unless you intend to simultaneously grind for EXP.

• Ivory Princess' Dream II: Perhaps in a cruel bout of irony, this quest demands you go to the first floor of the Labyrinth to get rid of the monsters inducing the Ivory Princess's nightmares. And, as you go forward into the Labyrinth, you'll find them. There are four Cutter F.O.E.'s to start with - you're definitely familiar with these weaklings. Beyond them is the Nightmare Beast, basically a stronger version of them. So ... not a lot to say. The Nightmare Beast is a bit difficult to engage with. You probably recall that shortcut in the southwest corner of the Chop point clearing in D2/D3, right? Once you approach the Nightmare Beast, it'll run away, and then later head to the floor entrance (which is bad) - you need to leap out of the shortcut and intercept it to engage in battle with it. That's the only hard part of this mission, though - you could probably win the battle via Auto-Battle.

• I Refuse Thee, Death: After accepting the quest, speak with the Pure Maiden in the bar. For the remedy, she requests a Mugwort, Death Stem, and Red Blood - one of each. Mugworts can be found from Take points in the fifth stratum: due to time issues (all being a little time-consuming to get to), I would recommend the southwestern one on B23F. Come in from the stairs in F1, go along the path to the clearing, then exit it to the northwest to find the Take point. Warp out, rest at the inn, and return as needed. Next, the Death Stem: these can be found at Chop points in the fifth stratum. If you come in from the southeastern staircases (doesn't matter which) on B22F, you can go out into a room with four Chop points within (and two Ice Claws, but they're pretty easy to beat). And, finally, the Red Blood: it can be dropped by Dire Wolves, which are random encounters from B22F, B23F, and B25F. It's a bit to grab, but completely manageable. Once you've managed to get all of the materials needed, speak with the Pure Maiden again, then report the results of the quest. (Note: In addition to the 50 en proposed by the client, you will also earn an Old Shield for completing the quest.)

• Remembrance of a Friend: This quest, oddly enough, requires you to bring an offering to an explorer who died within the Labyrinth, and is now buried on B1F. The grave is in the northwest corner of the first clearing you get to if you come from the entrance. Suggested offerings from throughout the town include a Tiny Petal, Crabapple, Sap Wine, Hard Shard, Targe, Pipe Tobacco, Herb Wreath, and Prayer Flute. The latter three items can be gotten from your guildkeepers, and the Targe from the Shop. Tiny Petals and Crabapples are Taken from the first stratum; see Get Rich Quick II for some locales. (You should be fine enough to deal with just that info, strength-wise.) Sap Wine is also Taken, from the points on B18F (mostly): go to southwest B3 and northern F7 on that large floor's map to find them easily enough. Finally, Hard Shards are Mined for on the fourth stratum; one easy location is south, west, and north of the stairs to B18F there. I'm not entirely sure if how many offerings you give influences the overall result in any way: you can complete it with just one, after all, but I went ahead and left all eight. After doing so, I was able to speak with the sad-looking adventurer in the pub and earn a Rune Glove, Flame Boot, and Circlet.

• Phantom of the Forest: For this quest, you must be able to unlock the violet-crystalled door on B11F. If you need details on how, see Unlocking the Violet Crystal Doors for more. In this quest, you need to head along to B7F via the path there: if you've already gone, there should be a shortcut in southeastern B4 of B7F you can use to make it shorter, but you had to activate it from the other side. A door to a room is in B6, past the damaging tiles. (It'll be best to heal right outside the door.) Beyond, you'll find Alraune to fight. She is pretty strong (able to do about 50 damage per hit) and can use multi-target attacks, but is by no means worthy of the title "boss". Simply keep everyone that you can on a Fire-centered offensive while Raquna throws up Defenders, Ice Walls, and Party Cures.

• The Crystal Maiden: To satisfy the client in this quest, you need three Shiny Vines. They can be easily found from the Chop points in the fifth stratum. There are a total of nine on B22F alone. I recommend coming in from the southeasternmost of the staircases (either will do) and enter the room to the north, which has four Chop points (and two easy Ice Claw F.O.E.'s) within.

• Reversal of the Poles: Erm... Okay, what Valerie says is confusing. In any case, when you arrive here, keep aware that stepping off of a certain invisible path will return you to the stairs. The path is actually very simple: all you have to do is go in certain directions until you bump into something - not just the wall, but literally anything. So, go due north, then due west, then due south, then due east, then due north, then due west to the point on the map. As you turn west for the second time, you will encounter a Diabolix, but they're weak compared to the enemies you've already faced on the fifth stratum, so not much to mention: just remember to go north to that little pole that blocks you before turning west!

• A Sister's Parting Gift: In this quest, you need to get five Angel Wings. Angel Wings are found at random by defeating Divine Bees, found on B21F, B22F, and B25F of the fifth stratum. Since the Bees and items are found at random, there's little else to say but grind.

• Lost Pet; Reward Offered: So ... this is pretty odd. The guy at the inn lost his pet Tree Rat (among the weakest of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth's enemies). Frankly, since the thing has a habit of going deep into the forest, I'd just call her dead, but whatever. Amazingly enough, she is alive - waaay down on B25F, of all places! She's actually in the same place where you found that mouse that scared Frederica, if you paid attention when you were down here. When you arrive via the elevator, go to the southwest corner and due west through the two shortcuts you should have activated. In the clearing on the other side, go south and southwest through the two doors. On the other side of the second one, go north and into the clearing, then west to the one with the Chop point. Exit said clearing to the southeast and go along to the end of the path to find Latche.

• Hidden Treasure: I will say it now: this quest will be an extreme pain for you, especially if you do not have the Mine skill on everyone (don't neglect your Grimoire Stones!), and don't have it maxed. In this quest, you need to retrieve a Glacier Ootheca. This is a truly special item found at the Chop points on the fifth stratum, and only those on B22F. As you may have experienced on your journey through there, some Chop points did not yield Death Stems, Shiny Vines, or Gummy Wires - just Severed Plants by a large majority. Whenever an Ice Claws F.O.E. stands on one, it effectively "ruins" the Chop point, turning any reward there into Severed Plants. On very rare occasions, you can find a Glacier Ootheca among these Severed Plants: basically, the eggs of the Ice Claws. So, basically, your goal is to go to B22F and plunder the Chop points the Ice Claws have laid on. There are four in all: basically, coming from the northwest, northeast, and southeast staircases, the first room you come across are the ones with the Ice Claws, so navigation is not a problem. It's the rarity - if you don't get one on your first try (and seriously try all four or more points), you have to spend quite a while until they appear again, so spend a few weeks or so (seriously) at the inn. All my yammering aside, once you get one, speak with the treasure hunter in the pub, then report the results. (Note: You will actually get to keep the Glacier Ootheca you find! It's very valuable, able to be sold for 15,000 en by itself! That's just 1,000 en more than you get for finishing, too.)

• Sealed Monster: After finishing Reversal of the Poles, you can start this. Apparently, the pole you put the stone back into on B18F was sealed away a powerful monster: it's now on B17F. Once you accept the quest, head to B16F and get next to the Geomagnetic Pole, then go due east and through the hidden shortcut. On B17F, go northwest and to the door. Before going through, be sure to go due west and activate the two-way shorcut, then retur nand go through the door. Beyond, you'll find a bunch of Medusa Trees to deal with, and the Manticore boss is further ahead, through the northern door. Despite its fearsome appearance, it's pretty easy to deal with: for the most part, you'll be fine if Raquna boosts your defenses with Walls and Defenders while Simon heals what Curses and Poisonings appear.

The 6th Stratum

Sectional Flowchart

• Main Walkthrough:
  • Deactivating Gungnir
  • "It's Time We Destroyed the Core"

• Post-Credits Walkthrough: The additional details unlocked after beating the game, like B26F to B29F
  • The Claret Hollows

• Sidequests:
  • Sixth Stratum Quest Cleanup

Deactivating Gungnir

Regardless of what method you choose, you have 50 "ticks" - the equivalent of "steps" - to find the terminal and defeat M.I.K.E. The best route is probably the evasive one to the west. While it is a bit longer, you need to keep strongly in mind that time is kept in battle: one whole turn in a battle is equal to taking one step... Obviously, if it reaches zero, Gungnir activates a suboptimal power, but still kills you.

Do not hesitate to use your best attacks in the intermittent battles: while they drain TP, healing in the field doesn't seem to cost you any time. I'd rather heal in the field than let a battle drag on a few more turns. You should be able to reach the room with the terminal with 25 ~ 30 turns remaining if you use the evasive route, and probably closer to 20 ~ 25 on the other routes.

Once you reach the room with the mainframe in it...

"It's Time We Destroyed the Core"

After beating the game, several options are newly made available for you, since you unlocked them by beating the game. You can begin a New Game+, which allows you to bring over stuff from the old file to the new one, listen to all of the background music and vocals in the Album from the title screen, and continue your game to play the rest of the Labyrinth and stuff you may have forgotten! We'll proceed with the latter.

The Claret Hollows

In the clearing east of the entrance, there is a door to the south. Go through it and along the path to the west and use the warp there. On the other side are seven northbound paths. Go along the westernmost: at the end is some dripping water that allows the party to recover 150 HP and 75 TP. Along the easternmost path, you can find a Take Point. Now, go along the third of the paths and into the light.

(Note: You can go along the middle of the paths, the fourth one which is the one north of where the warp dumps you. This brings you to a Take Point ... guarded by a Nether Tortoise. They are very resilient, tough-to-beat enemies. Personally, I hardly think it's worth it. If you want to leave after getting the Take point's stuff, go due west of the Take point and use the shortcut to pop out in that clearing east of the entrance. Again, I don't recommend it, but it's good for completionists.)

On the other side, go west to the fork, then north and into the warp. On the other side, go east to the three-way fork, south to another, and west into the warp. There, go west, then south when first possible, and west into a warp.

On the other side, go south to the fork and west and along the path; you'll probably fight a Nether Tortoise on the way. They're not very ideal to deal with, but this is one occasion where you don't have much of a choice. Two tiles before the end of the path (on the west side of the B2/B3 border), face south and use the shortcut to reach a warp.

Beyond, go east and south and west to find a chest, which contains a Medica IV. Go back along the path and continue past where the warp dumped you. You'll return to the path where you foguht the Tortoise: go south to the fork and west again, this time to the very end. Face south and use the shortcut, then the warp beyond.

On the other side, go south towards the fork. On the north side of the border between D4 and E4, face west and use the shortcut, then go along the path to the end for a warp. On the other side, go south - you might avoid a conflict with the Nether Tortoise that resides around there. Hopefully. If you need to, beat it. (Alternatively, you can go east at the fork from before and go along to where the Tortoise is, to the east of the fork. Make it follow you to the fork and use the shortcut yourself: since the Tortoise moves at half-speed when you're not in sight, you'll beat it there if you use the aforementioned warp!) In any case, in southern D7 is a fork: go east at it and west at the next one in C7. You likely will have to beat the Nether Tortoise there, but it's also pretty necessary to use what is beyond. At the end of the path, face south and run along the path to a warp.

On the other side, go due west to use the Take Point, then due east to activate the shortcut to the Geomagnetic Pole. Return into the northwestern room you were in. In the northeast corner is a warp to the stairs to B27F: use it and them, respectively.

So, then... You have to pay very close attention to the sequence of directions I tell you to go here. I will guide you through everything on this floor but, especially in the blind portions, it is important you do exactly as I say. You cannot "skip ahead" with this sequence, okay?

The minute you come down the stairs from B26F...

• North, right (x2), south, east (x8), north (x3), left (x2), north (x1), west (x2), south, light the torch, west (x3), north (x3). You can now open a chest to the west; it contains a Nectar II.

• South (x3), east (x3), north, east (x2), north (x5), west (x2). Light the torch to the north. If you want, you can go south and into the hole. This leads to a Chop Point, a Take Point, and a Mine Point. The shortcut from there is in the northwest corner: face north to use it. Then cross the damaging tiles to the northwest corner and return to B27F.

• Only if you went down to B28F: South, east, south, east (x2), south (x6), east, south, east (x2), south, east. This will get you back on track for the next button sequence.

• East, north, east (x4). This will bring you to a Mine Point.

• North, west (x2), south (x3), light to torch to the east, south, east (x4), north (x2). Face east and open the Hamaoprime chest.

• South (x2), west (x4), north (x4), east (x5), north (x3), west. Light to the torch to the south.

• Note that you might deal with a Songbird in this sequence. Go west (x2), north (x2), west (x2), north, west, north (x2), east, light to the torch to the north, east, north, east (x2), north, east. Open the chest in front of you for a Formaldehyde.

• We'll now backtrack a little. Go west, south, west to the torch, south, west (x2), south (x2), east, south, east (x2), south (x2), east (x2).

• Now we'll progress further. East (x2), north (x4), light the torch to the west, north (x2), east, north, and go east to the Mine Point.

• South (x2), east (x4), south, light to torch to the south, west, south, west (x2), south (x4), light the torch to the west. If you go east twice and south twice, you can fall down to a certain part of B28F. There, you can beat a Blizzard Clone to the west and open the chest for a Dark Grimoire I. In the southeast corner, face south and you can use the shortcut. Go west to the west side of the enclosure and you should see a Chop Point nearby; get some stuff from it and return to B27F.

• Only if you went down to B27F: South, east, south, east (x2), north, east (x2), south (x3), east (x2), north, east (x4), south, east (x2), south (x2), east (x4), north (x5), east (x3), south (x2), east (x3), south (x4). You should be beside the torch just lit and ready for the next sequence.

• East (x5), north, east (x2), light the torch to the south, east, south (x3), east, south until you bump a wall, west, south until you bump a wall, west to the chest. Open it for a Stun Knife.

• East (x5), north (x5), west, light the torch in front of you, east (x2), north to the wall, west, north (x2), east, north to the torch, light it, west, north to the wall, east, north to find the stairs to B28F's less dangerous portion. YAY!

Back on B28F, go south, west, and north to use the westernmost of these staircases. Then use the next-to-westernmost of those stairs on B27F. Then use the westernmost of the next set of B28F stairs. This will bring you to a Mine Point. Go back down, then go south and east. Go up the third staircase of this set (the first one in A3). This will bring you along to some more B28F stairs. Before going down, with one tile between you and them, face south and activate that two-way shortcut so you don't have to go through another "holy" hell again. Then go on down. The other side features a healing spring and stairs to B29F. Almost there...

In the entrance room are three warps. Use the one in the southwest corner. Then the next room's northwest warp, then go east in the hall to another warp. On the other side of it, go west and you'll find a chest with a Divine Gift inside. Now use the only warp in the room, the one in the northeast corner. That takes you back to a previous area; go south and through the warp there.

In this room, go use the southeastern warp, then the southeast warp in the next room as well. In the hall you pop out at, go west and north to the next warp. On the other side, go east and grab the Lucky Scarab from the chest, then use the northwest warp return to the start.

Back at the start, use the northeast warp, then repeat that in the next room. In the hall you pop into, go south and through a warp, then south and through another warp, then north and through a warp, and then north and through one more warp. On the other side, go west and open the chest for a Hunting Horn, then use the warp in the southeast corner, then the one due north of its output to return to the start.

Once at the start, go through the northeast warp, then the northeast one in the next room, then south to another, south to another, north to another, and now east (not north) to another. On the other side, a Bane Lizard will be circling around to the north. From that square hall are four offshoots (you came from the south). To the west, you can find a Mine Point; to the north, you can find a Take Point; and, to the east, you can find a Chop Point.

Go west of the square hall and south of the Mine point to a warp. On the other side, go north and press A at the end of the path to find a White Crystal if you're persistent enough in trying to get one. Go south to where the warp dumped you out and go into the hall to the west. There are two Bane Lizards going throught it, so it's not recommended to fight them whatsoever. Go south at both forks you reach and into the warp at the end of the path. Then use the warp to the north of where you're spilled out.

This puts you in the area just around the swastika-shaped area in the center. In front of you is a square hall rounding it with four Bane Lizards within, and some warps as well. You want to go into the square and east and north and west to B4 where you can go off to the north and west into a warp found in B3. On the other side, defeat the Storm Clone and open the chest for a Four-Leaf Clover, then use the southwest warp.

On the other side of this warp, go south and along the first path west into a warp. Go east to another and you'll return to the swastika-shaped hall. Again, exit via the western warp, then go west and south at the two forks in the Bane Lizards' hall to another warp. Then go north into another to get outside of the swastika-shaped hall.

This time around, you want to go west and north to C3, which is where you can veer off to the west and south and into a warp. On the other side, you'll see the stairs in front of you. Ignore them for the moment and go west to activate the two-way shortcut, then use the stairs.

Despite this, the walkthrough itself is easy: navigation is not hard due to the sheer size of the hall. Okay, then, exit this room to the northwest. Go north, west, and south along the path for a while. As you reach southeastern F3, go through the two doors. On the other side, go east and north. As you progress into F6 or F7, right on their southern border near where the Nether Tortoise spawns, go west. One tile to the north will be a shortcut in the wall to the west; go through and deal with the Dragon Clone on the other side. Go north, west, and south to find a chest containing 100,000 en!

Go to the southwest corner of the room and go back along the path some, this time going north past the shortcut. You'll soon find a Bane Lizard to hopefully dodge around (unless you're quite daring); either way, go west and south from there to find a door. On the other side, on the south-central tile of the room, you can find the shortcut you used last time you were here. I highly recommend escaping the dungeon now to return to Etria and heal: there are sufficient shortcuts throughout the dungeon to make sure you can get back safely:

• B26F: Due west of the Geomagnetic Pole is a shortcut. Use it, then the northeast warp, and go south and downstairs.
• B27F: Go north along the western wall towards the B28F stairs. Then, from next to those stairs, go south, east, south, east twice, and north to find the shortcut. Use it to go find some stairs to go down.
• B28F: Simple enough. Use the healing spring and continue on down.
• B29F: Use the northeastern warp, then the northeast warp again. Face east to find the shortcut; go east, south, and downstairs.
• B30F: Go north and through the shortcut, then, like before, through the doors. Where you fought the boss before, examine the wall due north of you to encounter the boss again.

Sixth Stratum Quest Cleanup

• Chef's Latest Request: In this quest, you need to retrieve a single Cursed Root. Cursed Roots are a conditional drop from the Evilroots found on B28F and B29F of the sixth stratum. You can use a Formaldehyde to get them, or you can risk it by meeting the actual condition: Curse an Evilroot. Other than that, there's not a lot to say.

• Official Business II: It seems that the elevator on B21F has stopped working for some reason. Approach the western one and try to pry it open to fight a Binding Stinger - basically an evolved Silkbinder. Repeat this with the elevator on the east side; it's the same thing except you fight two Binding Stingers, plus a Steel Web. Nothing special; once you're done fighting, you're done with this quest.

• The Gold Enthusiast III: For this quest, you need to obtain a Gold Feather. If you know stuff about Iwaoropenelep, the Golden Plume conditional drop for it may come as the first idea - or, at least it did for me. While Iwaoropenelep is indeed the target of this mission, you by no means have to get the conditional drop. By now, he (like most of the other F.O.E.-type bosses) should have regenerated unless you've been rebattling them regularly. In any case, after defeating Iwaoropenelep by any means desired, a Gold Feather will be dropped that will suffice for this quest.

• Song from the Depths: The song in question for this ... well, quest can be found on B25F. From B21F, use the west side's elevator to go to B23F, then go east, south, and along the path to another elevator. There, you can go to B25F. Press A in the northeast corner of the enclosure you enter to find the singing desired if you open the box.

• The Legendary Bird: After accepting the quest, speak with the bard in the bar. After the tale, proceed to B27F. The moment you enter from B26F, go north, east to a wall, south, east until you step in F3, east one more step, north to the wall, west twice, north twice, and east once to find the place where the meat should be cooked. You have to navigate there completely in the dark (don't use the torches), and you have to arrive between 4 PM and 7 PM (sunset). Place the meat and you'll get the Magic Down to return to the pub with; give it to the bard, then get the reward from Valerie.

• Emblem of Love: For need, you need to get three Tri-Colors. Tri-Colors are found at the Mine points of the sixth stratum. Most the "item" points in the sixth stratum are pretty tedious to get to, but here's the one I recommend: on B27F, the moment you walk in from the southwest stairs, go north and along the western wall to the second torch (central D1). Light it, then get on its south side. From there, walk south, east to a wall, north, east, north, east to a torch, south to a wall, and east into the hole: on the other side, you'll find a Mine, Chop, and Take point to plunder. Just set up an Auto-Walk path to mediate this each time you return. (Note: While the quest claims to only give you one Lucky Scarab, you actually get three.)

• Gourmand's Request: You've got quite a shopping list here:
  • Wolf Fang: These are dropped by Forest Wolf F.O.E.'s on the first stratum. A few can usually be found on B4F.
  • Bird Limb: These are dropped by Giant Moa F.O.E.'s on the second stratum. Some can be found in western B7F.
  • Fossil Nest: These are dropped by the Servitor Ant F.O.E.'s of the third stratum, which can be found prolifically throughout B11F and B12F. This is a conditional drop, met through Petrifying the enemy.
  • Red String: These are dropped by the Cruella F.O.E.'s of the fourth stratum. A few can usually be found in the second room of B19F if you come straight from B20F to avoid the warping puzzle.
  • Curse Tusk: These are dropped by the Arboreal Hulk F.O.E.'s of the fifth stratum. A fair few are in the passageway between the two elevators on B24F, as well as throughout the southern portion of the floor.

• Remnants of an Age Past: In this quest, you are to find the Ankhs on B24F of the fifth stratum. There are five in all:
  • From the stairs in A1, go east at the next fork to the south and press A at the end.
  • In A2 is a healing spring. Approach to the door to the south, then go due east through the shortcut you should've activated last time, then south to the end and press A.
  • From the stairs in F7, go into the room to the north and leave it to the southwest, then go west at the fork in F5 and press A at the end.
  • Coming from the western elevator (C1), go south, then go east and west at the forks and press A at the end of the path.
  • Coming from the eastern elevator (C7), leave to the northwest and go northwest at the fork to find the Ankh at the end.

• Proof of Heroism: After accepting the quest, speak with the drunkard in the bar. After, head to B16F and into the westernmost of the six doors. Ride the sides to the southwest corner and face south there to use the shortcut. Run south and east through the area and the door to find the stairs; deal with the Medusa Trees as you will. On B15F, go north, west, and through the door. Go along the path on the other side, going north, east, through a door, south, along the path, through some doors, and you should get into A7. Go north on the other side of the door and along to a fork; go south, through the door, then south at the fork and along to a chest with a Four-Leaf Clover within. Go back to the fork in A5 and go west through the door. Go north on the other side and along the path towards A2 where you can find a Formaldehyde. Go back through the last two doors you used and go south at the fork in west A5, then along the path southward through two more doors. At the next fork you reach (D4), go south, then north, then east and north to find a chest with a Divine Gift inside. Backtrack to B3, just southeast of where the Formaldehyde was, then go west through the doors and north through another. In northern portions of the room, press A to find a Frozen Arm, then return to the pub. (Note: It will be easier for you in the next quest, The Azure Colossus, if you activate a certain shortcut. Basically go south of the room with the Frozen Arm and you should find a lilypad to ride. On the other side, face the west at the southwest corner to find a spot you could've visited last time.)

• Official Business III: In this quest, you need to go to B27F/B28F of the Labyrinth. While there, there are up to five (you need just one) artifacts to obtain. For each one earned, you will earn 7,000 en, up to 35,000 en for all five. And, gods be with ye, for they are not in the hole-filled area~! Starting this quest, I'll assume you're near the shortcut in the northwestern part of B27F, the stairs that go to the healing spring and to B29F thereafter.
  • Go east and downstairs. In the hall, go south, west, and into the first offshoot you find and press A at the end.
  • Return to the previous floor and use the easternmost offshoot you can. Press A at the end there.
  • Return to the previous floor and go into the next stairwell to the west. Then go into the second one to the east and press A at the end.
  • Return to the previous floor and use the easternmost staircase. Use the next stairs to the east (third overall) and press A at the end.
  • Return to the previous floor, then use the next stairs to the east, then again the next stairs to the east. Press A at the end. That should get you all five artifacts.

• Awakening the Serpent: This should be available after finishing Remnants of an Age Past. Apparently, we can now activate a device - with the Ankh Motor - on B21F. Dunno how they connected this logically to an elevator, but whatever. Anyway, the point in question is the panel you used to activate the elevators on B21F: go into the room opposite the west elevator and a shortcut you should've activated should be to the south. Use it, then head southwest and into the room and to the point in question. After pressing the button, head down to B25F: it's in the same room as the stairs to B26F. There, you will fight the Storm Emperor. It's not that difficult, really; just now it's weak to Fire and resists Volt. (Note: Completing this mission, in addition to netting you a whopping 100,000 en, will raise the level cap up ten levels!)

• The Azure Colossus: After finishing Proof of Heroism, this quest should pop up. Basically, we need to now defeat the Blizzard King. Head to B15F and go through the door north of the southwest corner, then face east at where the walls meet to use the shortcut. Ride the lilypad and generally go north back to where you found the Frozen Arm to fight the Blizzard King. He's really not that difficult, especially compared to some of the F.O.E.'s you've fought on the sixth stratum already, though be sure to remember he's weak to Volt, not Fire, for some unexplicable reason. Also, do not attack on turns that are multiples of 4 (4, 8, 12, etc.) because the oft-used Mirror Shield induces immensely damaging counterattacks... (Note: Completing this mission, in addition to netting you a whopping 100,000 en, will raise the level cap up ten levels!)

• Call of the Wyvern: For this quest, you need to head down to B8F, where the Wyvern once was. Approach and battle it (this is easiest if you come from the northern B9F stairs, since you don't have to dodge the lightning breath). The once-fearsome enemy is probably a bit easier by now; it has 22,500 HP and is weak to Ice while resisting Fire and Volt. It's actually pretty easy, since it doesn't have many notable attacks. In any case, after receiving the Hollow Fang, return to the pub to report the results.

• The Dread Wyrm: A result of completing Call of the Wyvern is the appearance of this quest. Return to B8F again and, this time, you'll find a Great Dragon where the Wyvern was. You'll have to fight this enemy - definitely tougher than the Wyvern! - to complete this mission. It's pretty difficult, too... In any case, the main things to note are that it is weak to Ice and resists Fire, and you obviously will want to heal every turn: it's very powerful, after all, and has 45,000 HP. If you can manage that much, it will be much easier. After finishing, go to the pub for your reward. (Note: Completing this mission, in addition to netting you a whopping 100,000 en, will raise the level cap up ten levels!)

Optional Quests

Introduction

Soon after your first trip into Gladsheim, you can go to the pub in Etria and accept some quests, similar to the system presented in another Atlus 3DS release, Shin Megami Tensei IV. These quests are typically optional, so you pretty much have no reason to do them - except for one thing: the rewards! Many quests offer a reward of some kind, sometimes even lots of money or rare equipment! The purpose of this section is to list off those optional quests - also integrated within the Walkthrough - so you can complete them. Good luck!

Quick-Jump

There are a fair few quests, after all! Rather than simply listing them one by one and cluttering up the Table of Contents, I opted for a table right here that links to the quests, found in the Quest List section below.

Quest List

A Certain Shop's Request

• Reward: Theriaca A x3
• Details: For this quest, you need one Hardwood item. Hardwood can typically be found from Chop points in the first floor of the Labyrinth. As I recall, one can also be found as a plain set item (preferable to the randomness of Chop points) - see Adventurer's Initiation for that.

A Favor to Shilleka I

• Reward: Bone Armor
• Details: After accepting the quest, go speak with Shilleka to go talk about getting the Bone Armor made. ... To be honest, I had already unlocked it at that point, so I don't really know what materials were needed. >_> Reporting the quest as successful still earns a you a free Bone Armor, though, so it's not all bad.

A Favor to Shilleka II

• Reward: Skarn Barrette
• Details: Similarly to A Favor to Shilleka I, you need to go talk with Shilleka about getting a Skarn Barrette made. ... And, yet again, this was another accessory I already had, and therefore do not know the precise materials one would need to obtain this: I'm pretty sure Andradite, a rare item from the B3F Mine points (see [[Get Rick Quick III]] for a map). >_> Well, a free Skarn Barrette is something.

A Favor to Shilleka III

• Reward: Bone Flail
• Details: Another quest type you ought to be familiar with, it involves you going to Shilleka and then gathering the ingredients she needs to make a Bone Flail. And, as with the previous two quests of this type, I've no clue as to what a Bone Flail is made out of: I already had made it myself by this point. Oh well. Free Bone Flail! =P

A Sister's Parting Gift

• Reward: Metopon x2
• Details: In this quest, you need to get five Angel Wings. Angel Wings are found at random by defeating Divine Bees, found on B21F, B22F, and B25F of the fifth stratum. Since the Bees and items are found at random, there's little else to say but grind.

Adorable Plants

• Reward: Axcela x3
• Details: Speak with Johan the botanist in the pub after accepting the quest: he basically wants you to find out where the Petaloids live in the Primitive Jungle. The place is in A4 of B7F: it's on the map below. Simply visit the spot and return to the pub to report its location to specifically point it out. (As a note, the man ends up throwing in two more Axcela to bring the overall reward to three Axcela.)

Awakening the Serpent

• Reward: 100,000 en, Level Cap +10
• Details: This should be available after finishing Remnants of an Age Past. Apparently, we can now activate a device - with the Ankh Motor - on B21F. Dunno how they connected this logically to an elevator, but whatever. Anyway, the point in question is the panel you used to activate the elevators on B21F: go into the room opposite the west elevator and a shortcut you should've activated should be to the south. Use it, then head southwest and into the room and to the point in question. After pressing the button, head down to B25F: it's in the same room as the stairs to B26F. There, you will fight the Storm Emperor. It's not that difficult, really; just now it's weak to Fire and resists Volt. (Note: Completing this mission, in addition to netting you a whopping 100,000 en, will raise the level cap up ten levels!)

Call of the Wyvern

• Reward: 50,000 en
• Details: For this quest, you need to head down to B8F, where the Wyvern once was. Approach and battle it (this is easiest if you come from the northern B9F stairs, since you don't have to dodge the lightning breath). The once-fearsome enemy is probably a bit easier by now; it has 22,500 HP and is weak to Ice while resisting Fire and Volt. It's actually pretty easy, since it doesn't have many notable attacks. In any case, after receiving the Hollow Fang, return to the pub to report the results.

Chef's Demand

• Reward: Spark Mist x2
• Details: You've got a list of ingredients to grab for Jackson this time, and it's no basic shopping list. One item is the Fish Scale, a random drop by Swordfish, which are found on B14F and B15F. Another is the Glow Beak, a random drop from the Glowbird found at random mostly on B9F. The third is the Dried Peachtree, found at the Chop points of the Fourth Stratum. The easiest one is near the B17F stairs on B16F: go north through the shortcut, leave that room to the west, and you should see the shiny spot: grab 'em and return as needed.

Chef's Latest Request

• Reward: Nectar II x3
• Details: In this quest, you need to retrieve a single Cursed Root. Cursed Roots are a conditional drop from the Evilroots found on B28F and B29F of the sixth stratum. You can use a Formaldehyde to get them, or you can risk it by meeting the actual condition: Curse an Evilroot. Other than that, there's not a lot to say.

Chef's Odd Request

• Reward: Fire Ring
• Details: For this quest, you need to find some Carminite. Carminite is a rare item, found by defeating Firebirds in a particular way: through fire itself! (That means Fire and Inferno Formulas for Arthur, and Fire Rounds for Frederica.) Firebirds can be found on B8F, B9F, and B10F pretty often. You just need one.

Chef's Request I

• Reward: Confuse Gas x2
• Details: For this quest, you need to get some Bug Nests, three in all. Bug Nests are a random drop by Dragonflies. As Valerie mentions, they can be found on B13F, and B14F as well. Since they're a random drop, it's mostly grinding for the moment.

Chef's Request II

• Reward: Luring Bell x2
• Details: This basic mission is one wherein you need to find two Sandfish Eyes. Sandfish Eyes, as you could expect, are random item drops from Sandfish. Sandfish can be found on B17F, B18F, and B19F of the Labyrinth, so go smash some up.

Collect Nectar Ingredients!

• Reward: Nectar x3
• Details: For now, you need an Amber Lump. Amber Lumps can be found at random from the Take points on B2F of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth. See Exploration of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth or Get Rich Quick II for more.

Crab Catchers

• Reward: Steel Gage
• Details: You know those Aquatic Butchers in the water on B13F? Basically, the client for this quest wants a "sample" of one of them, which means a Giant Crab Shell. If you come down from B12F, go north at the fork and when you see the Chop point across the river in C2, face south and use the hopefully-already-activated shortcut. Go west and along that path to a fork: go north at it and east at the next to find the Giant Crab Shell at the end of the path.

Emblem of Love

• Reward: Lucky Scarab x3
• Details: For need, you need to get three Tri-Colors. Tri-Colors are found at the Mine points of the sixth stratum. Most the "item" points in the sixth stratum are pretty tedious to get to, but here's the one I recommend: on B27F, the moment you walk in from the southwest stairs, go north and along the western wall to the second torch (central D1). Light it, then get on its south side. From there, walk south, east to a wall, north, east, north, east to a torch, south to a wall, and east into the hole: on the other side, you'll find a Mine, Chop, and Take point to plunder. Just set up an Auto-Walk path to mediate this each time you return. (Note: While the quest claims to only give you one Lucky Scarab, you actually get three.)

End of a Story

• Reward: Hakenbuechse, 300 en
• Details: This appeared sometime after finishing Get Rich Quick III. Looks like that portly merchant got what was coming to him. In any case, he went mining on B3F and lost his money when he was attacked by what sounds like two Reaping Shades. The room is marked on your map: it the room encompassing the majority of A3, A4, A5, B3, B4, and B5 on the map: basically, the second room from the entrance where two Reaping Shades lie. Head to the "!" mark on the map and press A to find a sack o' stuff. Leave and return to the pub to receive a Hakenbuechse (different from what the mission specified). The barkeep also adds another 200 en to his reward so that you get 300 en when reporting the mission's success.

Explorers Guild Job I

• Reward: Green Boot
• Details: After accepting the quest, head down to the Explorers Guild: the dude there wants three Crabapples, items you can Take from areas on B2F and B5F. B2F is easier, and Get Rich Quick II even shows a map, so go for the map there.

Explorers Guild Job II

• Reward: Flash Bomb x2, Sonic Bomb x2
• Details: Once accepted, head again to the Explorers Guild and speak with the guy there. This time, he wishes for you to Take something from the Second Stratum, three Mint Leaves. We haven't quite yet gone to B6F at this point in the walkthrough, but it's also not too far in there. After getting on B6F, go north and past the room to a fork. Go east and south and west at the next forks to find one Take point. The other Take point is in square A6 of that same floor, but due to the lengthy travel to it, I'd recommend just waiting until we cover it later in the walkthrough.

Explorers Guild Trial

• Reward: Nectar II
• Details: Well, this is just great. The Guild has at random decided to issue a trial in which you stay on B8F for five days. Get there between 7 AM and 10 AM on a given day (the time is in the top-left: if you don't want to wait around, stay at the inn until morning, which is 7 AM). Time passes as you move around, and it does so automatically: and slowly. I mean, I map out the whole friggin' thing and I rarely spend more than 12 in-game hours on a single floor. One hour will pass with every 30 steps, which means 720 per day and 3,600 total. However, this is a pretty easy trick to this. In the Wyvern's room, you cannot encounter enemies at random (other than the Wyvern itself, which is non-random). If you set yourself up a looping Auto-Walk path there, you won't encounter a random enemy and can simply wait out the five days! If you want to avoid the Wyvern's electric breath, look at the map near the end of Retrieve the Dragon's Egg. In any case, each hour should pass in about 10 seconds, which means a day every four minutes and the whole quest in about ten. (There are breaks for ~12 hours starting at 7 PM.)

Fashionista I

• Reward: Lucky Scarab
• Details: The client in this quest requires five Insect Eyes. Insect Eyes are a pretty tough item to get, at least early on, especially if you don't know how to get them. Firstly, they are indeed dropped by the Woodflies proliferating on the top floor of the Labyrinth. However, you need to defeat them in a certain way to get the Eyes: specifically, do not do a physical attack on them. In other words, basically have most of your party Defend and make Arthur throw an Inferno Formula or something for a couple of battles.

Fashionista II

• Reward: Lucky Scarab x2
• Details: For this particular quest, we'll find that Ms. Meryl now requires a Sharp Stinger. The Sharp Stinger is an item found at random by defeating Army Wasps. These particular enemies are found pretty rarely, located on B6F, B7F, and B10F, though B6F and B7F have a higher concentration to some slight extent. You need three Sharp Stingers total.

Find the Detective

• Reward: Warding Bell x3, Amrita
• Details:

  "Once property of man, now belonging to the insects who dwell below.

  The light of the ore becomes the sun. The shadow points to the four doors.

  From under the sun, south two steps and one, west one step, and again south two steps and one.

  There, below. The honey shall become an orb and regain its shine."

  Such is the poem having been left to you by Austin, and for you to interpret its meaning. The sun refers to a Mine point, and the four doors can only be found near each other on B10F and B11F, but only the latter has a Mine point near, too. From the Mine point in D4 of B11F - use the stairs to B12F, go north three steps, use the shortcut to the cut, then go south and west - you will find four doors off to the south. From the Mine point itself, go south three spaces, west one, then south through the second of the doors and into the hole beyond. After having fallen, go north a tile and press A to find and speak with the man. If you tell him that the note was used, keep in mind that the sun was a Mine point. In any case, you'll soon fight some Toxic Worms - not unlike their Mad-/Meltworm counterparts, they are weak to Cut and Fire. In any case, after the fight and scene, return to the pub. (Note: Sometime later, when you speak with Austin at the pub, he'll yield up an Amrita for you as payment for helping him in addition to the client of the quest.)

Fishing Contest

• Reward: Amrita II x4
• Details: Head to B14F to start this quest. There, you can opt to join the fishing competition where you have 8 hours (~240 steps) to find as many fish as possible. There are eight in all. On the map below, the flowery things mark the lilypads you can float on (with the arrow marking the direction in which you move) and the red circles are the fishing spots: there are other spots you can try, but they sometimes yield monsters. These together should help you well enough to finish the quest quickly. After eight hours, return to the pub to check on the results. Your reward will likely vary by place, but I know first place yields four Amrita II!

Get Rich Quick I

• Reward: Fire Talisman x3
• Details: In this quest, you need to speak with a resident of the pub regarding the location of a Chop point - the person is the portly merchant. Speak with him a second time - since I'll point out the chop point's location to you. See the map below - you should be able to figure out what's what.

Get Rich Quick II

• Reward: Chill Mist
• Details: This appears sometime after [[Get Rick Quick I]] - I found it literally before making any further progress through B3F. In any case, the same portly merchant requests to know where some Take points are on B2F. Yet again, I'm decent enough to provide a map.

Get Rich Quick III

• Reward: Amrita
• Details: Yet again, you must speak with the portly merchant for this quest. This time, he wishes to find some places on B3F where you can mine: that is to say, he wants to find some Mine points. Once more, you need to tap the spot on the map where one is after speaking with him. And, once more, here's a map:

Gourmand's Request

• Reward: Dagger of Mercy
• Details: You've got quite a shopping list here:
  • Wolf Fang: These are dropped by Forest Wolf F.O.E.'s on the first stratum. A few can usually be found on B4F.
  • Bird Limb: These are dropped by Giant Moa F.O.E.'s on the second stratum. Some can be found in western B7F.
  • Fossil Nest: These are dropped by the Servitor Ant F.O.E.'s of the third stratum, which can be found prolifically throughout B11F and B12F. This is a conditional drop, met through Petrifying the enemy.
  • Red String: These are dropped by the Cruella F.O.E.'s of the fourth stratum. A few can usually be found in the second room of B19F if you come straight from B20F to avoid the warping puzzle.
  • Curse Tusk: These are dropped by the Arboreal Hulk F.O.E.'s of the fifth stratum. A fair few are in the passageway between the two elevators on B24F, as well as throughout the southern portion of the floor.

Gratitude for a Beast

• Reward: 200 en
• Details: For this quest, you need to return to the point on B3F where you found a bear from whom you could steal. The spot you need to go to is easy to find. From the staircase that goes down to B4F, go east and two tiles and face north to use the shortcut. Go east, south, and east past the fork to find the bear at the end of the path. Leave the gift outside and return to Etria for your reward.

Hidden Treasure

• Reward: 14,000 en
• Details: I will say it now: this quest will be an extreme pain for you, especially if you do not have the Mine skill on everyone (don't neglect your Grimoire Stones!), and don't have it maxed. In this quest, you need to retrieve a Glacier Ootheca. This is a truly special item found at the Chop points on the fifth stratum, and only those on B22F. As you may have experienced on your journey through there, some Chop points did not yield Death Stems, Shiny Vines, or Gummy Wires - just Severed Plants by a large majority. Whenever an Ice Claws F.O.E. stands on one, it effectively "ruins" the Chop point, turning any reward there into Severed Plants. On very rare occasions, you can find a Glacier Ootheca among these Severed Plants: basically, the eggs of the Ice Claws. So, basically, your goal is to go to B22F and plunder the Chop points the Ice Claws have laid on. There are four in all: basically, coming from the northwest, northeast, and southeast staircases, the first room you come across are the ones with the Ice Claws, so navigation is not a problem. It's the rarity - if you don't get one on your first try (and seriously try all four or more points), you have to spend quite a while until they appear again, so spend a few weeks or so (seriously) at the inn. All my yammering aside, once you get one, speak with the treasure hunter in the pub, then report the results. (Note: You will actually get to keep the Glacier Ootheca you find! It's very valuable, able to be sold for 15,000 en by itself! That's just 1,000 en more than you get for finishing, too.)

Horticulture

• Reward: 700 en
• Details: This quest involves the wish of a dying man who had quite the green thumb. (Hopefully it's not what he died of.) On B7F of the Labyrinth was a place where a plant could grow that it would nowhere else. When you arrive on the floor from B6F, go west to C3, then go south to the shortcut near there. Cross it and go west into the large room with the many damaging tiles. If you go north from the very center of D2, you should be able to reach a small alcove: go to its northeast corner to plant the Gold Seed. You'll have to fight some Pollen Bees before leaving, though: they're pretty easy to beat, though, especially due to their Stab and Volt weaknesses.

I Refuse Thee, Death

• Reward: 50 en, Old Shield
• Details: After accepting the quest, speak with the Pure Maiden in the bar. For the remedy, she requests a Mugwort, Death Stem, and Red Blood - one of each. Mugworts can be found from Take points in the fifth stratum: due to time issues (all being a little time-consuming to get to), I would recommend the southwestern one on B23F. Come in from the stairs in F1, go along the path to the clearing, then exit it to the northwest to find the Take point. Warp out, rest at the inn, and return as needed. Next, the Death Stem: these can be found at Chop points in the fifth stratum. If you come in from the southeastern staircases (doesn't matter which) on B22F, you can go out into a room with four Chop points within (and two Ice Claws, but they're pretty easy to beat). And, finally, the Red Blood: it can be dropped by Dire Wolves, which are random encounters from B22F, B23F, and B25F. It's a bit to grab, but completely manageable. Once you've managed to get all of the materials needed, speak with the Pure Maiden again, then report the results of the quest. (Note: In addition to the 50 en proposed by the client, you will also earn an Old Shield for completing the quest.)

Ivory Princess' Dream I

• Reward: Divine Gift
• Details: After accepting the quest, speak with the lone butler in the pub: he basically will state that you need some with a skill (such as [[Torpor]] or Anaesthetic) that can put enemies to sleep. After speaking with him, speak with the "Pure Maiden" in the pub, too. She can make you a sufficient sleeping potion if you get five Pure Roots (found by beating Hexroots, found from B16F to B18F). Either way (via a skill or via the potion) should suffice, although all I tested was the potion. Once you manage to get something to work, simply report the results to Valerie.

Ivory Princess' Dream II

• Reward: Sonic Dagger
• Details: Perhaps in a cruel bout of irony, this quest demands you go to the first floor of the Labyrinth to get rid of the monsters inducing the Ivory Princess's nightmares. And, as you go forward into the Labyrinth, you'll find them. There are four Cutter F.O.E.'s to start with - you're definitely familiar with these weaklings. Beyond them is the Nightmare Beast, basically a stronger version of them. So ... not a lot to say. The Nightmare Beast is a bit difficult to engage with. You probably recall that shortcut in the southwest corner of the Chop point clearing in D2/D3, right? Once you approach the Nightmare Beast, it'll run away, and then later head to the floor entrance (which is bad) - you need to leap out of the shortcut and intercept it to engage in battle with it. That's the only hard part of this mission, though - you could probably win the battle via Auto-Battle.

Looking for Memories

• Reward: Bravant
• Details: This takes place on B2F of the Labyrinth. You need to head into the room where you found the second F.O.E. (which was forced); in general, just head to D1 on the map. Head as far south in that enclosure as possible, then go to the far east. At the end of that small dead-end, you should be able to find a lost basket that satisfies the quest.

Lost Item

• Reward: Corundum, 2,000 en
• Details: After the rather creepy introduction to the quest post-acceptance, you need to head down to B11F. In the northeastern corner of the map, there is a Mine point: if you've already mapped the floor (as you should have, since it was required), you should know at least that I'm talking about A6 - heck, it gets put on the friggin' map, how can you miss it? One step before the Mine point (at the "!" point), you go ahead and return the item in question. (Note: In addition to your reward at the pub (2,000 en), you also receive one Corundum from the survivalist whose item is missing.)

Lost Pet; Reward Offered

• Reward: 5 en
• Details: So ... this is pretty odd. The guy at the inn lost his pet Tree Rat (among the weakest of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth's enemies). Frankly, since the thing has a habit of going deep into the forest, I'd just call her dead, but whatever. Amazingly enough, she is alive - waaay down on B25F, of all places! She's actually in the same place where you found that mouse that scared Frederica, if you paid attention when you were down here. When you arrive via the elevator, go to the southwest corner and due west through the two shortcuts you should have activated. In the clearing on the other side, go south and southwest through the two doors. On the other side of the second one, go north and into the clearing, then west to the one with the Chop point. Exit said clearing to the southeast and go along to the end of the path to find Latche.

Love, Cast in Silver

• Reward: Soma x3
• Details: In this quest, you need to get a single Corundum, found (albeit rarely) on the third stratum's Mine points. There are two that are easy enough to get to on B11F. There's the one in D4: from the B12F stairs, go north three tiles, face west, use the shortcut, then go south. Head west, west, and north at the forks to find it. The other Mine point is in the very northeastern corner of the map, in A6: you'll have to walk there manually, but you should know where it is due to having to map the floor to proceed. Grabbing both, then returning to the inn and resting for a day before returning should suffice. (Note: completing the quest Lost Item will also yield a free Corundum during the course of its completion, much easier than simply hunting for it at Mine points, but it's a one-time-only deal.)

Love's Uncertain Promise

• Reward: 5,000 en
• Details: This one is done on B16F of the labyrinth. From the Pole, go into the second door to the west. After the current ride, go due north for another, then another. Go east and ride the next southbound sand current, then ride the eastbound current next to the wall. After disembarking, go north and ride that one. After getting off, go east and south to the end of the non-sand path to find the missing dude.

Medicine Woman I

• Reward: Hamao
• Details: This quest is pretty easy: all you need to do is get a Bird Tendon and bring it back to the pub. Bird Tendons are a random drop from the Huge Moas, which are found on B17F, B18F, and B19F. Go fry some chicken.

Medicine Woman II

• Reward: Somaprime
• Details: After finishing Medicine Woman I, this should obviously pop up. This some, you need to find some Cordyceps. It's a rare item you can find via the Take points in the fourth stratum, and I mean rare, but at least you need just one. The easiest Take points are in B3 and F7 of B18F: y'know, that big, wide room? Navigation is definitely easy there. =P

Medicine Woman III

• Reward: Axcela x3
• Details: After accepting this quest, you need to get a member of your party petrified: an annoying task, but nonetheless possible. The Faeries you can find on B19F have the ability to petrify your allies. The Medusa Tree F.O.E.'s also can do this (if you're not finding any, F.O.E.'s regenerate every few days or so). When battling them, defeat all other enemies (since they tend to just chip away at your HP) and then have everyone Defend for a while until someone is petrified. Ideally, you'll get Rosa to make you some Regenurtica to heal your HP automatically while this goes on (since you will be attacked), or abilities like Cover Fire that heal you when defending. If need be, you can also have someone use Party Cure or Salve every now and then to keep you out of KO. In any case, once someone is petrified, do not heal them and return outside (preferably through Floor Jump, for obvious reasons). (Note: The potion you test out will not end up working. It does result in the success of this quest, but keep in mind you'll want to visit the clinic at the inn, use a status-healing skill like Refresh, or use a Theriaca B after the quest to heal the petrification.)

Missing Detective

• Reward: Paralyze
• Details: This time, it looks like Austin may have really gone missing. All we know is that his room in the inn was broken into, with a note left behind: "Belief for ultimate return to eventual equilibrium necessitates failure. Such easy comfort only reinforces naivete. Escape relief. Has existential laziness prevented mental exercise?" The puzzle is to look at the first letter of each word: it reads (once the numbers are put in the right place) "B14F SE CORNER HELP ME", or to look in the southeast corner of B14F. Come into B14F from the B15F stairs: ride the lilypad eastward, then two more in that direction. Press A on the southeast corner of this island. During the scene, you'll have to deal with some monsters in several rather big battles: still, the monsters themselves are nothing different than what you'd find on B14F. After winning and the scene thereafter, you can return to the pub.

Mystery of the Labyrinth

• Reward: Axecla
• Details: For this quest, you need to head to B10F. ... To be honest, I'm not 100% sure on how I managed to do it. Anyways, in the entrance room from B9F, there are four doors: use the southeast door and go due east in the next area to find a shortcut. I suppose you are supposed to enter-and-exit this shortcut for a while: I set myself up an auto-walk path on the map to suffice and did it for about four in-game hours while I idly did other stuff. Eventually, I gave up (on the east side) and the first battle I ran into (which occurred literally at the dead-end) was the World Sprout, a VERY weak enemy that is the object of the quest.

Observing Adventurers I

• Reward: Blaze Oil x3
• Details: Well, it looks like Shilleka wants to go on some adventure! Head to B1F of the Labyrinth. She'll want you to take her to B2F - Floor Jump suffices, so go ahead. ... Oh, Lord, I hate self-references to a game. x_x Anyhow, she wants to see the monsters living on the stratum: specifically a Ragelope, Boulder Boar, and Reaping Shade. These are all F.O.E.'s easily encountered on B2F and B3F: if you need help finding some, follow the walkthrough from the last half of Exploration of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth and the first bits of The Terror of Fenrir. You don't have to fight them, though, just see them (unless you want items to sell to Shilleka later or somethin').

Observing Adventurers II

• Reward: Slumber Knife; Shilleka's SP Potion x3 (revisit the shop after; also becomes for sale)
• Details: Guess what? Shilleka wants to go through the Labyrinth with you again, this time on the second stratum. Specifically, she wants to go to the healing spring. After some of the previous quests (and your main journey through the area), you should be familiar enough with B8F to get there. If not, from the main floor entrance, go north at both the forks you soon reach. After the scene there, you simply need to return back to Etria. (Although she justs decides to use an Ariadne Thread when you leave the stratum ... and she doesn't even offer to take you. Jerk.)

Official Business I

• Reward: Stonard x4
• Details: For this quest, you need to first head to B7 on the B10F map. This is the room east of the violet crystal door we covered in the section Unlocking the Violet Crystal Doors. Once there, go into the center of the room and press A to put down the incense you should have received on the way here. As a result, you'll fight a Murder Vine, a more powerful Fanged Vine, still weak to Cut and Fire. That's it, too - just return to the pub when you're done. (Note: The reward offered gets boosted by an additional two Stonards versus what the quest specifies.)

Official Business II

• Reward: Medica IV x2
• Details: It seems that the elevator on B21F has stopped working for some reason. Approach the western one and try to pry it open to fight a Binding Stinger - basically an evolved Silkbinder. Repeat this with the elevator on the east side; it's the same thing except you fight two Binding Stingers, plus a Steel Web. Nothing special; once you're done fighting, you're done with this quest.

Official Business III

• Reward: 7,000 en, 14,000 en, 21,000 en, 28,000 en, or 35,000 en
• Details: In this quest, you need to go to B27F/B28F of the Labyrinth. While there, there are up to five (you need just one) artifacts to obtain. For each one earned, you will earn 7,000 en, up to 35,000 en for all five. And, gods be with ye, for they are not in the hole-filled area~! Starting this quest, I'll assume you're near the shortcut in the northwestern part of B27F, the stairs that go to the healing spring and to B29F thereafter.
  • Go east and downstairs. In the hall, go south, west, and into the first offshoot you find and press A at the end.
  • Return to the previous floor and use the easternmost offshoot you can. Press A at the end there.
  • Return to the previous floor and go into the next stairwell to the west. Then go into the second one to the east and press A at the end.
  • Return to the previous floor and use the easternmost staircase. Use the next stairs to the east (third overall) and press A at the end.
  • Return to the previous floor, then use the next stairs to the east, then again the next stairs to the east. Press A at the end. That should get you all five artifacts.

Orphans of the Forest

• Reward: 3,000 en
• Details: For some reason on B12F, the ants are becoming rather antagonized, attacking many adventurers. For this, you need to go to B12F. From the B11F stairs, go north to the fork, then west, south, south, west, and west at the forks. This should bring you to the westernmost of those numerous dead-ends you looked at the last time you were here. (Or the first. Whatever.) You will find quite a few ant enemies on the way, though you can bypass some if you use the stairs going down to B13F first, or all if you properly use the holes mirrored above on B11F. Once you examine that spot at the end of the path, return to the pub.

Pest Control

• Reward: Medica III x2
• Details: Once accepted, you need to head to that room on B10F that was immediately noted by being bug-infested upon entrance. When you enter the floor from B9F, use the northwestern of the four exits to head to northern E1 and there you'll find it. You'll begin by fighting Toxinflies, which are weak to Volt (Thor Formula, anyone?). After several straight battles, you'll be able to return to the pub.

Phantom of the Forest

• Reward: 50,000 en
• Details: For this quest, you must be able to unlock the violet-crystalled door on B11F. If you need details on how, see Unlocking the Violet Crystal Doors for more. In this quest, you need to head along to B7F via the path there: if you've already gone, there should be a shortcut in southeastern B4 of B7F you can use to make it shorter, but you had to activate it from the other side. A door to a room is in B6, past the damaging tiles. (It'll be best to heal right outside the door.) Beyond, you'll find Alraune to fight. She is pretty strong (able to do about 50 damage per hit) and can use multi-target attacks, but is by no means worthy of the title "boss". Simply keep everyone that you can on a Fire-centered offensive while Raquna throws up Defenders, Ice Walls, and Party Cures.

Prayer to the Stars

• Reward: Amrita x2
• Details: This is a pretty simple quest: find a Starseed (just one) and return it to the pub. The Starseed is an item dropped by Cannon Palms, found pretty much only on B10F. It's a random drop, so there's not a lot to say except grind as needed.

Proof of Heroism

• Reward: 25,000 en
• Details: After accepting the quest, speak with the drunkard in the bar. After, head to B16F and into the westernmost of the six doors. Ride the sides to the southwest corner and face south there to use the shortcut. Run south and east through the area and the door to find the stairs; deal with the Medusa Trees as you will. On B15F, go north, west, and through the door. Go along the path on the other side, going north, east, through a door, south, along the path, through some doors, and you should get into A7. Go north on the other side of the door and along to a fork; go south, through the door, then south at the fork and along to a chest with a Four-Leaf Clover within. Go back to the fork in A5 and go west through the door. Go north on the other side and along the path towards A2 where you can find a Formaldehyde. Go back through the last two doors you used and go south at the fork in west A5, then along the path southward through two more doors. At the next fork you reach (D4), go south, then north, then east and north to find a chest with a Divine Gift inside. Backtrack to B3, just southeast of where the Formaldehyde was, then go west through the doors and north through another. In northern portions of the room, press A to find a Frozen Arm, then return to the pub. (Note: It will be easier for you in the next quest, The Azure Colossus, if you activate a certain shortcut. Basically go south of the room with the Frozen Arm and you should find a lilypad to ride. On the other side, face the west at the southwest corner to find a spot you could've visited last time.)

Remembrance of a Friend

• Reward: Unihorn x2, Rune Glove, Flame Boot, Circlet
• Details: This quest, oddly enough, requires you to bring an offering to an explorer who died within the Labyrinth, and is now buried on B1F. The grave is in the northwest corner of the first clearing you get to if you come from the entrance. Suggested offerings from throughout the town include a Tiny Petal, Crabapple, Sap Wine, Hard Shard, Targe, Pipe Tobacco, Herb Wreath, and Prayer Flute. The latter three items can be gotten from your guildkeepers, and the Targe from the Shop. Tiny Petals and Crabapples are Taken from the first stratum; see Get Rich Quick II for some locales. (You should be fine enough to deal with just that info, strength-wise.) Sap Wine is also Taken, from the points on B18F (mostly): go to southwest B3 and northern F7 on that large floor's map to find them easily enough. Finally, Hard Shards are Mined for on the fourth stratum; one easy location is south, west, and north of the stairs to B18F there. I'm not entirely sure if how many offerings you give influences the overall result in any way: you can complete it with just one, after all, but I went ahead and left all eight. After doing so, I was able to speak with the sad-looking adventurer in the pub and earn a Rune Glove, Flame Boot, and Circlet.

Remembering the Fallen

• Reward: Kotegiri
• Details: This quest, even though we'll cover it before completing the third stratum per our walkthrough tradition, is still able to be completed: just riskier. There are three spots on B11F to investigate regarding certain items lost by the client's now-dead comrades. They are on the map below.

Remnants of an Age Past

• Reward: Four-Leaf Clover
• Details: In this quest, you are to find the Ankhs on B24F of the fifth stratum. There are five in all:
  • From the stairs in A1, go east at the next fork to the south and press A at the end.
  • In A2 is a healing spring. Approach to the door to the south, then go due east through the shortcut you should've activated last time, then south to the end and press A.
  • From the stairs in F7, go into the room to the north and leave it to the southwest, then go west at the fork in F5 and press A at the end.
  • Coming from the western elevator (C1), go south, then go east and west at the forks and press A at the end of the path.
  • Coming from the eastern elevator (C7), leave to the northwest and go northwest at the fork to find the Ankh at the end.

Request from the Inn I

• Reward: Analysis Lenses x2
• Details: For this, you need to speak with the Rooster Inn's innkeep. There, he'll tell you he needs three Small Fangs. Small Fangs are mostly earned from the killing of enemies. Mostly, beating Tree Rats on B1F of the Labyrinth will suffice.

Request from the Inn II

• Reward: Chill Mist
• Details: For this one, you need to head to the inn. The innkeep requests you get him the materials to knit a quilt: specifically, he wants a Wolf Pelt. All you need is one. They are the primary F.O.E.'s you find on B5F, and they're pretty easy to beat: just stick to Fire-based attacks and you won't have a problem.

Request from the Pub I

• Reward: Dismemberer
• Details: You need to get three Tiny Petals for this quest. They are found randomly in the Take points on B2F of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth. See Exploration of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth for more.

Request from the Pub II

• Reward: Nectar x3
• Details: The owner of the pub this time requires four Iron Shells. Iron Shells are found sometimes when you defeat the Death Scorpions of the second stratum, specifically found on B7F, B8F, and B9F. Due to the variety of monsters living there, B7F boasts the best chance of finding them: four random monster varieties including the Death Scorpion means a 25% chance of encountering one.

Reversal of the Poles

• Reward: Formaldehyde
• Details: Erm... Okay, what Valerie says is confusing. In any case, when you arrive here, keep aware that stepping off of a certain invisible path will return you to the stairs. The path is actually very simple: all you have to do is go in certain directions until you bump into something - not just the wall, but literally anything. So, go due north, then due west, then due south, then due east, then due north, then due west to the point on the map. As you turn west for the second time, you will encounter a Diabolix, but they're weak compared to the enemies you've already faced on the fifth stratum, so not much to mention: just remember to go north to that little pole that blocks you before turning west!

Scavenging for Ian I

• Reward: Hunting Horn
• Details: For this quest, you need to get one of every "Mine"-able item from the second stratum. There are only three items for this: Scrap Iron, Laterite, and Smashed Fossils, each found at random from each Mine point once daily. There are Mine points on B9F (very southwest E6, southwest E2) and B10F (alcove in southeast E4) that are almost impossible to miss, so check 'em all. It'll help to boost the level of your Mine skills if you're having trouble.

Scavenging for Ian II

• Reward: Hunting Horn x2
• Details: For this quest, you need to bring back one of every item yielded from Chop points on the third stratum: to wit, a Rock Coral, a Sea Branch, and a Narcissus. The Chop points on B13F are quite a bit easier to get to than the lone one on B14F. In any case, there are two: one at the southern part of C2, and one in western C7. I recommend grabbing the C7 one first (there's a shortcut near the "hidden path" stairs from B14F we covered in the Unlocking the Violet Crystal Doors section), then going along the path from before to the other Chop point. Then just Floor Jump to B1F, rest a day at the inn, and repeat as needed. Boosting your Chop skills' levels can help dramatically, if just to get you a crapload of stuff to sell to Shilleka.

Sealed Monster

• Reward: 50,000 en
• Details: After finishing Reversal of the Poles, you can start this. Apparently, the pole you put the stone back into on B18F was sealed away a powerful monster: it's now on B17F. Once you accept the quest, head to B16F and get next to the Geomagnetic Pole, then go due east and through the hidden shortcut. On B17F, go northwest and to the door. Before going through, be sure to go due west and activate the two-way shorcut, then retur nand go through the door. Beyond, you'll find a bunch of Medusa Trees to deal with, and the Manticore boss is further ahead, through the northern door. Despite its fearsome appearance, it's pretty easy to deal with: for the most part, you'll be fine if Raquna boosts your defenses with Walls and Defenders while Simon heals what Curses and Poisonings appear.

Shadow in the Grove

• Reward: Guard Sole x2
• Details: In this quest, you are to go to B5F of the Labyrinth, where some adventurers claimed to have found unusually strong monsters. The enemies in question are Longisquamas. They're not nearly as "super-powerful" as you might expect: they're barely more powerful than most of the normal B5F enemies. The main thing to be aware of is that they resist all elemental damage, so try to stick to physical attacks where reasonable, and that they are found in the field at random. You will have to fight around nine or ten battles before you can leave and report your success.

Song from the Depths

• Reward: Syrinx
• Details: The song in question for this ... well, quest can be found on B25F. From B21F, use the west side's elevator to go to B23F, then go east, south, and along the path to another elevator. There, you can go to B25F. Press A in the northeast corner of the enclosure you enter to find the singing desired if you open the box.

Subduing the Woodflies

• Reward: Medica II x3
• Details: If you properly mapped and did stuff in B2F, you should be good for this quest. From the entrance going down to B3F, go west a bit. In the path between the two rooms, there is a small path off to the north. Go there and press A to find the herbs for the quest, after a simple battle with Woodflies.

The Azure Colossus

• Reward: 100,000 en, Level Cap +10
• Details: After finishing Proof of Heroism, this quest should pop up. Basically, we need to now defeat the Blizzard King. Head to B15F and go through the door north of the southwest corner, then face east at where the walls meet to use the shortcut. Ride the lilypad and generally go north back to where you found the Frozen Arm to fight the Blizzard King. He's really not that difficult, especially compared to some of the F.O.E.'s you've fought on the sixth stratum already, though be sure to remember he's weak to Volt, not Fire, for some unexplicable reason. Also, do not attack on turns that are multiples of 4 (4, 8, 12, etc.) because the oft-used Mirror Shield induces immensely damaging counterattacks... (Note: Completing this mission, in addition to netting you a whopping 100,000 en, will raise the level cap up ten levels!)

The Bandit's Treasure

• Reward: 10,000 en
• Details: This is definitely a difficult quest: come along with the White Key item and plenty of ways to heal HP/TP, revive, and do elemental damage. It involves something behind a crystal door on B5F. We already covered most of this path, so look at Unlocking the White Crystal Doors for most of it. This section ends on the note of a shortcut. To the east of the room containing said shortcut, you will encounter a Golem monster, but only during this quest. It is very strong, easily able to deal 30+ damage in a single attack, so set Raquna to Guards and Simon to healing early on. You'll want the main character to focus on elemental attacks if possible (or Black Sabbath), and definitely elemental for Arthur and Frederica as the boss resists physical attacks. Come in with lots of TP-restorers: this will be a long fight, easily able to exceed 30~40 turns, and you will LOVE elemental attacks. After, you'll fail to find any treasure (just press A on any three tiles in the room), so return to the pub to report the quest's success. Worry not, though; the problem resolves itself.

The Crystal Maiden

• Reward: All Mist
• Details: To satisfy the client in this quest, you need three Shiny Vines. They can be easily found from the Chop points in the fifth stratum. There are a total of nine on B22F alone. I recommend coming in from the southeasternmost of the staircases (either will do) and enter the room to the north, which has four Chop points (and two easy Ice Claw F.O.E.'s) within.

The Diamond Charm

• Reward: Adamas
• Details: In this quest, we need a Cullinan. We just need one, but we can't find it outside of the fourth stratum's Mine points - out of sync with where we are in the Walkthrough. Still, we only need one. If you've gotten the Floor Jump for B17F, this is easy. On the entrance B17F stairs, use them, then go north, west, and south to the end of the path, west through that shortcut, then go south to the end of that path and north through that shortcut to reach one Mine Point. You can also use it on the stairs that go to B18F, then ignore them and head south, west, and north to one Mine point. Grabbing both, then returning to the inn and resting for a day before returning should suffice.

The Dread Wyrm

• Reward: 100,000 en, Level Cap +10
• Details: A result of completing Call of the Wyvern is the appearance of this quest. Return to B8F again and, this time, you'll find a Great Dragon where the Wyvern was. You'll have to fight this enemy - definitely tougher than the Wyvern! - to complete this mission. It's pretty difficult, too... In any case, the main things to note are that it is weak to Ice and resists Fire, and you obviously will want to heal every turn: it's very powerful, after all, and has 45,000 HP. If you can manage that much, it will be much easier. After finishing, go to the pub for your reward. (Note: Completing this mission, in addition to netting you a whopping 100,000 en, will raise the level cap up ten levels!)

The Foreign Seeker

• Reward: Kayanohime Crown
• Details: After accepting this quest, you have to speak with the well-dressed man in the pub. Accept his own request (in addition to this one about the turtle shell): he wants some turtle meat. He'll hand you some Turtle Feed to help bring out the turtles you need to find. Head to B13F now and go to the "secret" part: remember, the northern portion where you went along the path from B14F to find the Violet Key? It's covered in Lurker in the Rainforest's B14F walkthrough... In any case, when you get to the stairs there, go along to a fork in B5: go west and to the end of the path to place the feed. Put it on the ground, then back up as far as possible and get around the corner so you cannot see the food anymore: a F.O.E. should pop up on the map where you put the feed. Rush 'im! The Lure Tortoise is not particularly difficult, just resilient to all but Fire and Volt (its weaknesses). After winning, return to the pub.

The Fossil Charm

• Reward: Tusk Charm
• Details: In this quest, you need to find Smashed Fossils from the Mine points in the second stratum: as always, it is a random find, but you can do it once daily per the three points. There are Mine points on B9F (very southwest E6, southwest E2) and B10F (alcove in southeast E4) that are almost impossible to miss, so check 'em all. It'll help to boost the level of your Mine skills if you're having trouble. Once you've gotten some Smashed Fossils, you need to sell them at Shilleka's until you can buy the Old Choker accessory. Then simply return it to the pub.

The Gold Enthusiast I

• Reward: Gold Shoe
• Details: For this, you'll need to find five Gold Antlers. Gold Antlers are found as a random item drop from defeating Golden Deer, which are found on B16F, B17F, and B18F of the Labyrinth. Not much to say other than to grind against them.

The Gold Enthusiast II

• Reward: Gold Helmet
• Details: In this quest, we need to get ten pieces of Gold Fur, the highest number of something demanded by any quest insofar. Gold Fur is typically dropped by the Gullinbursti enemies found on the fifth stratum, specifically B22F to B24F. That's about all that can be said since its a grind - it'll probably be best to have high Scavenge skill levels for this one, unless you intend to simultaneously grind for EXP.

The Gold Enthusiast III

• Reward: Gold Armor
• Details: For this quest, you need to obtain a Gold Feather. If you know stuff about Iwaoropenelep, the Golden Plume conditional drop for it may come as the first idea - or, at least it did for me. While Iwaoropenelep is indeed the target of this mission, you by no means have to get the conditional drop. By now, he (like most of the other F.O.E.-type bosses) should have regenerated unless you've been rebattling them regularly. In any case, after defeating Iwaoropenelep by any means desired, a Gold Feather will be dropped that will suffice for this quest.

The Leathersmith's Favor

• Reward: Jerkin
• Details: The goal of this quest to obtain three Soft Hides. Soft Hides are primarily an enemy drop you need to battle for. Enemies that drop this item include the Clawed Mole on the first stratum of the Labyrinth, for the most part - fitting, given how early this quest is unlocked.

The Legendary Bird

• Reward: Hunting Horn
• Details: After accepting the quest, speak with the bard in the bar. After the tale, proceed to B27F. The moment you enter from B26F, go north, east to a wall, south, east until you step in F3, east one more step, north to the wall, west twice, north twice, and east once to find the place where the meat should be cooked. You have to navigate there completely in the dark (don't use the torches), and you have to arrive between 4 PM and 7 PM (sunset). Place the meat and you'll get the Magic Down to return to the pub with; give it to the bard, then get the reward from Valerie.

The Lucky Coin

• Reward: 1,500 en
• Details: In this quest, you need to head to B8F, in the northeastern portion of D5. Specifically, from the main entrance in F4, go north and east at the fork, and at the next, then go to the end of the path. There, when you try to pick up the coin, you'll fight a Fire-Eater: a more powerful Firebird, still weak to Ice.

To Taste It Once More...

• Reward: Medica x5
• Details: For this, you need some Holy Water. On B1F of the Labyrinth, head to the long north/south path on the east side that you mapped out earlier. Go to the southern end of it (northeast E4) and at the end you can go forward and press A for the Holy Water.

Work Stoppage

• Reward: Nectar II x3
• Details: To first start up this quest, you need to speak with the carpenter in the pub and he'll mention a need for timber. You can help him out by telling him where to find some on B17F. The loci are on the map below in blue circles. After having done this, he'll put up a request at the pub under the above name. Accept it and speak with the carpenter in the pub. At the spots labeled on the map below - not just the one you chose earlier, but all three - you need to defeat some Medusa Trees, nothin' special. Return to the pub when done.

Under Construction

• Reward: Cranial Hammer
• Details: For this quest, you need to find three Hard Shards and five Steel Chips. Both items can be found at Mine points on B17F and B19F. For B17F, one Mine point is near the B18F stairs: just go south, west, and north. The other point, from the B16F stairs, can be found by going to the end of the path to the west, using the shortcut, then using the shortcut to the north at the end of that path. The one on B19F is a bit tedious to get to, so I wouldn't really bother with it for time-based reasons. If you need some more, return to Etria and just spend some time at the inn and return.

Guild Card Medals

When you view your Guild Card - either in the guild base or the "Book" part of the main menu - you get to see several things. On the left is your current party and level, with an attached character for StreetPass at the right. On the Touch Screen, you can see their Grimoire's skills. You can also see various stats about your overall playthrough of this game, including bestiary completion percentage, days played, the amount of Ental that's gone through your hands, and so on.

One of the more attractive features, perhaps, is in the lower-left corner of the top screen. There are fifteen slots there for medals. These medals mark various achievements you've met in the game, whether it be game progress or general completionism. In this section, I will describe the medals and how to get them. Note that some medals will replace others as you achieve greater things in a certain category.

• Top Row, Medal #1 - "Primitive Jungle":
  • Description: For this medal, you simply need to reach the Primitive Jungle layer of the Labyrinth, beginning on B6F.

• Top Row, Medal #2 - "Azure Rainforest":
  • Description: For this medal, you simply need to reach the Azure Rainforest layer of the Labyrinth, beginning on B11F.

• Top Row, Medal #3 - "Sandy Barrens":
  • Description: For this medal, you simply need to reach the Sandy Barrens layer of the Labyrinth, beginning on B16F.

• Top Row, Medal #4 - "Lost Shinjuku":
  • Description: For this medal, you simply need to reach the Lost Shinjuku layer of the Labyrinth, beginning on B21F.