"By the way, my sister's name is Sexilia. That's also kind of a mouthful, so everyone calls her Sexy.

"
...And now you can't unhear it, right? The GFAQs boards have corrupted me, and now I corrupt you.
Oh, and by the way. You. Have. Time.

You can synth everything.

You can go everywhere.

You can grind to level 50.

You can see all events.

You can do some dumb, inefficient things.

You can get to the highest rank.

You even have time for late game, optional bosses.

About NG+: You carry over money and what you have equipped. So if this is your second playthrough, I hope you have a Gibate
Ankh with Great Learner on someone, especially Totori. Ideally, you also made the top tier equipment for everyone.
One of the assumptions I made writing this guide is that you wouldn't appreciate me trying to control you all the time. This guide is a
reference; a calendar and lots of tips.
Play the game however you like, and don't worry about dates overmuch. If I feel you need to get something done ASAP, I will say so.
Dates given, more often than not, are just when the events become available and not the date you have to do them on.
Year 1, 3/1

Do whatever during this period. Get used to the game, because it won't truly start till you get your adventurer license (on 6/1).
This is basically a tutorial.

See Initial Areas for the (few) areas you can visit.

You automatically recive the trophy, A Day in the Life. Be sure to visit the Gerhard, Pamela, and Peter. The rest of your day
is decided for you.

Snooze several times (months!) for the Bad Ending trophy. There are other ways to get the bad end, but this is by far the
easiest.

Make sure to return to Gerhard after you get back to the village to be introduced to quests. Unlike Rorona, you can have your
items in the Container and still fulfill requests. If you don't know what to do, just do requests. It'll get you a nice pile of cash
to start with.

Tips
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Crafts are pretty good to synth so you can easily kill (swarms of) enemies. Even at low levels, items such as these
are nice to have. But Crafts don't work for bosses; bombs and such are better.

Well water is just outside Totori's place. Nice for crap synthing.

Free fish are in barrels at the Wharf.

Melvia
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Go to a field and exit for a scene with Gino about going to Arland. When you get back to the village, another will
come. Once you go to a field again, you'll get another scene and the Monstrous Power trophy. To the village for
more scenes and Melvia in your party.

Roaring Craggy Path opens. With Mel, you should manage, but it's a lot harder than the first couple areas. This is
where Crafts become useful.

Fight a bit, get a scene with Mel.

Whatever you're doing around 5/15, you'll be roped into town for a scene about not saving enough money. Aaaand
then you go to Arland. You get the Like the Flash trophy.

Year 1, 6/1

Don't worry about my dates. Those are starting dates, never the date you have to do something. There are only a couple
exceptions, and those aren't tied to a specific date. Instead, they have strict time limits after you trigger them. I will warn you.

Before heading off to the guild, it's amusing to see what the shopkeeps have to say. Especially Hagel. At the guild, you get the
Shouting Match trophy. You have to reach Diamond rank by Year 4, 6/1 (which is super easy). Once you get to the village,
you're on your own!

See Glass Areas. It's a good idea to check these sections out so you know what quests to accept before going out. Be sure to
do 10 quests in each rank. Easy license points you shouldn't miss! The Areas sections will also tell you when areas have
landmarks, and how many search points some areas have -- both things you need to take care of for license points.

Alanya
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Press start. Yes, you can zap yourself anywhere now.

If you haven't noticed this already, Plus owners, tap the back of your Vita. A cute feature.

Go in town to see that the carriage is gone. Yep, you'll have to hoof it to Arland.

Do whatever you like, but get them points up. Get to Iron around 9/1.

When I give you a general date to get a rank up, it's about the point where I got mine on my first run. I focused
largely on exploring, and I also didn't do 10 requests at Glass Rank, which sped me up. Don't worry about it too
much. By my schedule, you'll have Diamond with a year to spare. That spare time is valuable in its own way. I went
crazy with synthesis, but I also had to prepare for some bosses I couldn't beat.

After 7/1, exit and reenter the Atelier for a scene with Mimi.

Exit and reenter again for Ceci. Synth something successfully for another with her (possibly on a level up). Only
Rorona could cause such a huge explosion.

A few days later, go down to the town square for a Mimi event (earliest: 7/4). The next thing you need to do is get
Iron rank and wait a month. When you go back to either Atelier, you'll get another scene. Eventually, you'll be able
to hire her out of Arland's Adventurer Guild instead of Alanya.

See Mimi Events when she is traveling with you. Stick in the Alanya area with her in the party and it'll be easy to
trigger many events.

Exploration Miscellanea
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Be sure to visit the Buried Ruins for the first Marc scene... and don't forget to return to the area for gathering. A
Bounce Stone is important to have. It's a fairly useless item, actually, but you need one for later!

Explore (probably a second time; I never got it to trigger after my first outing as an adventurer), then return to
Alanya for Rorona's Recipes.

While you're exploring that second time, you should find an Eiche. Mel will help you with that.

Visit the shopkeeps in Arland while you're up there. Tiffani has recipes. You can update your rank with Cordelia
(henceforth, Cory) too.

Make a good Globe or Bomb (I had a Globe) before heading past Arland to take out the Griffon. You will not do this
any other way (for now, anyway). This will probably net you Iron by the time you get up there.

Tips
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Money trick! Buy the Port Outfits from Hagel, then sell for a profit.

Friendship: It increases on the world map as you travel, and that's the wisest way to get it up. Friendship will raise
through this method till it hits 60, then it will stop. So use everyone, at least temporarily. Also, keep Mimi around in
your final party to make it easier to get her to level 50.

It isn't terribly important to get Mimi in your party ASAP. I suggest dealing with Gino first; get him to level 15,
maybe slightly above, before dropping him from your party forever. And seriously, forever. Not a single battle more
till it's ending time. See Gino Events for the reason why.

Ceci is in Gerhard's place. You can buy recipes from her and Pamela. Obviously you have to choose what is level
appropriate.

Do whatever the license part of the menu tells you. This will involve making a bunch of equipment with Hagel,
synthing all the items out of your recipe books, exploring, finding all gather points in certain areas, fighting bosses,
and doing quests. It's pointless to get all 4000 points, and I strongly suggest against torturing yourself to get them
all. This guide thus does not help you with that.

The highest rank you need to hit for all ends (and trophies) is Cobalt. Coincidentally, no new areas will open up after
that. If you like optional bosses, Galaxy, the highest rank, is your goal.

Since many of you are trophy hunters, here's what you need to do: get all important events and ends. No, you don't
need to synth everything (though you likely will, or close to it), nor do you need to fight all bosses, find all
monsters, etc. For those of you who played Rorona, this game is actually easier to Platinum.

Year 1, 9/1

See Iron Areas.

Arland

Hopefully you should rank up around here. You'll gain access to Rorona's workshop. Talk to Cory again for requests
and to meet Filly.

It is absolutely okay to be behind my schedule in ranking up. But there are a few scenes tied to rank that you may
not see immediately as a result. Don't panic. You will see them when you catch up.

After you've completed some requests from Filly, you'll get a scene.

See Filly and Tiffani Events for a trophy. It boils down to this: you need to do 75 requests from Filly and see a
particular event (which has a strict time limit). Try to scoop up all the requests without a deadline. I've heard that it
only matters who you turn the requests in to, so if you have a lot from Gerhard, turn them in to Filly and that'll count
for your 75. I don't guarantee this, and I don't even remember where I read it. But it wouldn't hurt to try.

Talk to Hagel. He introduces weapon synthing after a couple events. This is slightly different from Rorona; now the
Ingots/Cloths are separate items instead of effects. You'll get the Smith's Friend recipe. Ingots can't have particlar
traits, and cloths can't have others. Accessories (which you make in the workshop) have unique traits as well. You
can't play with traits much for now, but when you can... try to get Convert Damage on your weapons. (Not yet -you'll only heal 1 HP.) Anything involving elemental damage is alright early game, but will become useless later.

Enter the Atelier (possibly after 9/15) for a Cory scene.

Go to Calamitous Mountain for another Marc event. The chest will blow up in your face, so don't bite. After, go to
Cory. Several days later, Marc will visit you at either Atelier, and you'll be able to hire him out of Arland.

Alanya
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The carriage will be fixed after you hit Iron. You may need to enter and exit for the scene to pop up. A Ceci scene
about Totori being gone for a long time has priority.

In Gerhard's bar, a scene between Ceci and Mel will trigger.

With Pamela, there will be a scene about her shop in Arland.

Eventually, Marc will pop up in the Square with the carriage. Give him what he demands (throw 'em in your basket)
and the carriage will go faster. Kick him out of the party if it doesn't trigger.

Year 2, 1/1

You should hit Bronze rank soon for Aquanaut Memo. See Bronze Areas.

Equipment Synthesis
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You are at the point that you need new equipment. You may have already made some, but this is intended as a light
introduction. You don't actually have to do this, but if your equipment is really lame it won't hurt.

As prep work, make some good Pure Oils (with Lightweight and any other traits of your choice), as well and Zettels
(shoot for Defense +3 and MP/LP +10). Pure Oil will increase the traits you can buy, and a Zettel is needed for the
second level of armor. Buy Stim Stones from Hagel -- the expensive ones with Attack +3.

Make three sets of Tincs/Muffcots at once. (If your level is high enough you can try much of this for the higher level
ingots/cloths.) You'll need good ingredients to keep the cost level between 6 and 10, depending on what traits you
have.

I've already listed the good traits to get, for now. By all means, shoot for more traits. Just get familiar with the
process of making equipment that is above the bottom of the barrel. Quality alone doesn't make your equipment
godly (it helps, though), especially in the Vita version.

Alanya
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Talk to Ceci after hitting Bronze for Wholesaling. It's good for fulfilling requests and replicating common synthing
ingredients. For instance, put a decent Arland Crystal with Hagel and you'll fulfil a request every so often with it.
Don't be picky; if it seems vaguely useful, register! However, if the item has Traits with 8 or more Cost, wholesale
will duplicate the item, but not those traits. Similarly, if your item is above 100 quality, it will be reduced to 100.

Here's a nugget: shops will stock items on days ending with 1 and 2. So if you register an item on the 10th, there will
be 10 of them on the 11th. Or if you buy up the items on the 10th, they'll reappear on the 11th.

Sterk will force his way in the workshop. Friend Requests become availible. They come every 15 days, and only the
people you can hire near your current Atelier will show up. Really, just adventure with your friends to get them to
60. After they hit 60, do not do requests except to manipulate ends.

To hire Sterk, you have to do at least one or two requests. If you feel the need to get it done quickly, you can try
saving and reloading till he's the one to appear at your door.

See Gino Events for his first batch of things to do. Let me emphasize something: DON'T WAIT. The sooner you
start his events, the better. Feel free to level him to 15, if you haven't already done so, but not much higher. There's a
reason for this; an event will increase his level, and that can be bad.

If you're just now traveling with her, don't forget about Mimi Events. She has a bunch in the Alanya area.

Go by Pamela for an event about the bear. A long while after that, go back for one about snoozing in the bear.

Arland

Year 2, 6/1

Go to Cory for an event. This is part of Sterk's recruitment. You'll have to go back to Alanya for the next couple
events. Sterk will visit the Atelier twice. Once to talk about a certain witch, once with a pigeon (it'll pop up after
doing a request for him).

Event with Tiffani about Pamela.

Make the Parasol you just got before going to Scorched Wasteland. I wouldn't attempt going there before level 15.
Be sure to have a couple good Bomb Ice and upgraded equipment. You'll also need a bomb to get to the landmark in
Scorched Wasteland.

Once you beat the boss there, you'll hit Silver with incredible ease. Lemegeton is your reward for a rank up. See
Silver Areas. Don't worry about beating Jagd Wolf so soon.

Enter the shop menu and exit at Tiffani's after hitting Silver, but with your Basket mostly full (I had 40 items). You
get a bigger basket.

Once Marc's friendship is adequeately high, visit Hagel's store. See Marc Events for the full sequence of events.
Effectively, you'll be visiting Artisan's Way several times at 30 day intervals. You will need to eventually get his
level to 30 as well, but it isn't a big deal to grind him up by the time this is relevant.

Try to hit Gold soon-ish (I got it in August) for Agrarian Mastery. See Gold Areas. Don't worry about beating Scarlet yet.
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Make the Speed Gloves when you can (which will not be soon). You can buy New Age Art Theory, the recipe for
Magic Paint, from Pamela's Shop. Something like Simple L will be VERY helpful in synthing success rates (which,
at this point, you shouldn't see awesome traits like that :P). Your normal success rate might be 0 at this point. It was
for me.

Alanya
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Stock up on Homemade Pie. You'll need it soon-ish.

Pop into the Atelier. Rorona appears and joins! If you need to bomb toss a boss into oblivion, she and Totori can
have loads of fun. For her end, you need to hit Alchemy Level 50. If you hit it and don't want to trigger her end, all
you have to do is avoid synthing in Atelier Rorona (which will be easy at that point). Just a heads up. Oh, you get
the Catch of the Day trophy.

Visit Pamela with Rorona in the party.

An event between Mel and Ceci will occur in Gerhard's bar.

Later, Ceci will get drunk in the bar. :D

At some point, talk to Gerhard and he'll ask you to make alcohol. Go to Atelier Rorona for Alcohol and Life. See
Specialty Liquor for the rest of it.

After 9/1, if you went to Dragon Grave (I think the event can pop up in another area, but I don't remember which
one) for a short Sterk event, he'll pop up at the Atelier. He's worried about age, but he turns out gorgeous in Meruru.
This is entirely optional.

Arland
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You'll meet Rorona upon arriving (if you met her in Alanya first!). Synth for... pie. Ohhhh Rorona. Enter and exit the
Atelier for a Cory event. After a week, you'll get Rorona's Pie Notes. For more like this, see Recipes under Rorona
Events. The very next time you're in Alanya, MAKE A PIE. This is required for the rest of Rorona's recipes, and it
trips a lot of people up. The rest should seriously fall in your lap if your alchemy level is high enough. Another event
will follow after synthing more, this time about the container.

Mel will pop up in Arland.

After 9/15, you'll get to decide Chim's gender. 30 days later, Chim is born. You have to return from adventuring to
see the birth scene. Chim has an ending too, so see Chim End Requirements for that. Be sure to buy the Water of
Life from Pamela! Make the Chim events happen ASAP. Cuteness Swarm! trophy. After Chim's birth, Cory should
pop in the Atelier.

About Chim (Important!)

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Thou shalt not wait to get all five Chims. Thou shalt make Chim the TOP PRIORITY till the fifth is acquired. All
other things can wait. Yes, I'm very serious about that. Nothing is as important as Chim, and about everything else
can be fixed without much effort. So let this also serve as a reminder: If you are behind the guide, it is okay. Even if
you're behind in rank.

In other words, sell your organs to get the Water of Life from Pamela. Get the Cooking Class events done (they will
be coming soon). Get to Cobalt rank. Get Sterk's friendship high (he's coming soon as well). Chim is one of the few
obstacles in the way of getting Platinum.

I don't mean you have to do all these things ASAP. But try to get all five by Year 4, 6/1 (the earliest you can get to
Cobalt rank). If you can't reach Cobalt by that date, make sure you have the other four Chims and focus immediately
on getting your rank up ASAP. The reason I focus on that date is because it's foolproof, not because you're doomed
if you don't have them all by that date (though you could be, depending on now slow you are about getting the
Chims).

Get your Chim working, especially on your most expensive low level item. Chim will work faster as it gets more
pies, so try to duplicate a ton of one-day items with traits that jack up the price for extra cash. I used Alchemy Yeast,
but I never really experimented either. When you get more Chims, you can have them duplicating items that
Wholesale can't duplicate well enough. And if you can't think of something for Chim to do, duplicate pies.

Year 3, 1/1

Try to hit Platinum for Traveler's Tales. See Platinum Areas.

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Make the Traveler Shoes ASAP. Seriously, go to the Forgotten Village, open the chests for the materials you need,
and keep trying to make the shoes! And use the crappy World Spirits. Don't waste the good one (make Chim gather
it instead). Notice that both of them have Simple L. Even with that trait, you probably will load your save several
times. Afterward, you'll run faster on the world map.

Make sure you're ready to do the event with Mimi that requires you to rank up. Hold off on ranking up to Diamond till you're
good and ready for the event. If you already saw it -- good! (Mimi Events)

Try to hit Diamond in the following months for the Book of Sibyl. That's a really awesome item, but you can't make it yet.
Afterward, you can't raise ranks till Year 4, 6/1, so you have true freedom. No new areas will open up. Take your time with
any bosses that you can't beat; you have a long time to prepare better equipment/bombs.

Battle Synthesis

At this point, you should have decent traits across several items, or you will soon. This isn't intended to be awesome;
just something to hold you over. If you can do better, then do better.

For Armor, your goal is to shove traits into two Living Ropes. Try to get as many of the following as possible across
the two ropes: Defense +5, LP +20, MP +20, HP +20. Quality M or L is good; you can never go wrong with Quality,
especially in the Vita version. Now make a Smelly Liquid or alcohol item so you can afford all those nice traits.
Combine those traits with Sturdy (Audra's Tail) and you'll have some good equipment for a while.

Weapons are a little different, but if you can get Heavyweight (Metal Ore), Lightweight (Distill Stone), Attack +5,
Attack +3, and Quality L, you're going to be okay for now. You will have to play with your ingredients a little to be
able to afford those traits.

For items, make a Quality L Supplement, then use that on your attack items. You can make 120 quality mid level
bombs (Bomber Ice, Mega Bomb, etc.) this way. Be sure to put traits like Solvent, Giant Slayer, and whatever else
you have on you. If you're in the Vita version, a little luck and bomb chucking will get you through the toughest
bosses you have access to. PS3 players, you might need some extra prep time.

Arland

When you hit Platinum (and after Chim's birth), an Iksel event should pop up. You'll get Iksel Recipe Book. See
Cooking Class for more info. These events don't have a time limit, but it would behoove you to finish them off
ASAP. (Wealth end, Chim End Requirements)

Just a note for the future: Iksel, as part of those events, will give you a lot of good stuff. Take one of the Sage Herbs
he gives you and toss it in the basket. Let it deteriorate (so no Rot Prevention Blessed Coins allowed) to 35 quality.
This will allow you to make a good Elixir later on.

An event with Rorona at Iksel's cafe will occur. You'll get the Unlikely Party trophy. Don't worry if this takes a
while to trigger; it WILL happen eventually. (Rorona Events) Cory and Iksy will be recruitable after this point, if
you have the DLC or Vita version.

Sterk will join the party, but at least a month after Chim's birth. Go outside with Sterk and Rorona in your party for
some lulz. His events don't have dates; get his friendship up to 60 and they'll keep coming. See Sterk Events for
details. If you're having trouble with Scarlet and Jagd Wolf, bring Sterk along and he'll carve 'em up.

After 7/1, go to Artisan's Way for an event between Rorona and Cory (Rorona Events).

Alanya
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There'll be an event about the Flauschtraut in Alanya's Square. Synth something in Atelier Totori for another scene
about repairing a ship. (Normal end events)

If Gino's level is above 15, there will be an event in Atelier Totori. Then go to the Square, then talk to Gino. Don't
level him to 25 till you're ready to play with ends. In fact, don't level him much at all. There's an event where he'll
increase a level, and you may just get screwed from that. (Gino Events)

After 7/1, go to Alanya's Square for an event with Mel. Then talk to Gerhard, Gino, Pamela, Peter. After, go to Cory.
In Atelier Rorona, Mimi can also barge in, but it isn't necessary to see this. (Normal end events)

Tips
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Get Sterk's friendship up to 50 ASAP for a Water of Life, and thus a Chim (Chim End Requirements). Also, you'll
get a Dark Dew.

Have Chim gather a copy of the Dark Dew, then follow the advice in both Money and Awesome Tonic.

With the Spring Cup mentioned in those sections, you can, at least for your armor, find a liquid with cool traits that
you will probably want to equip. So be sure to set aside a Dark Dew or two for your own personal usage. By the
way, high (100) quality equipment has a small upgrade in stats (bigger in the Vita version!), so Quality traits are not
bad. Also, even if you need to work it into a Blessed Coin (through multiple steps, I might add), try to get Inflict
Sleep on your weapons. It's surpisingly helpful. You could also go with Inflict Paralysis.

With that money, you should be able to make the Gibate Ankh. Make sure it has Great Learner for grinding justice.
One works for the whole party. :D

Year 4, 1/1

A reminder: Be careful about the Filly and Tiffani Events. Beware the strict time limit. Also, don't forget about Specialty
Liquor. It's the easiest of all events to make up if you're behind, but it's also one of the easiest to forget. You can't finish it at
the moment, but find the time to do the events if you're behind.

(Normal end events) Cory will visit you at Atelier Rorona. Then go to Atelier Totori. After the day passes, go into the dining
room. Stalk Ceci to Gerhard's bar. Another day stolen, but you'll get Boat Dismantling. Don't make it high quality. Make it
crap quality. It's okay! These items are in the Key section, by the way. Prepare your Chims, because you need the following:

(Ingot)
Polish Powder
Magic Chain
(Lumber)
(Cloth)
Sylph Breath
Tar Liquid

x10
x18
x3
x47
x10
x3
x5

Supplement
Shining Saucer
(Threads)
Mystery Ankh
(Ore)
(Mystery)
Komet

x5
x5
x5
x3
x10
x5
x3

You'll get Shining Saucers after 6/1.

There is one Ingot you can register: Blessed Coin.

Be sure to take Mimi somewhere before the boat is finished. (Mimi Events)

At some point, you'll have an event in Atelier Rorona about liking Alchemy or Adventures more. This depends on your
levels. This will also vanish after reaching Frontier Village. The final step is to hit Alchemy level 50 and synth in her
workshop. Don't synth in her workshop after that point, if you like other ends. (Rorona Events)

You can finish off Gino Events (and part of Sterk Events, actually) at Atelier Totori now if you have Gino over level 25.
Don't, if you want all ends.

You can also finish Marc Events if his level is above 30. He'll appear at Atelier Rorona. Don't take him to the place he wants
to go till it's time to manipulate ends.

Year 4, 6/1

You should also hit Cobalt (Chim End Requirements). You'll get a Water of Life. And that better be your last one. See
Diamond Areas and Cobalt Areas.

For preparation against upcoming bosses, see How to Beat a Boss. You might not be able to follow all of the advice yet, but a
decent part of it is available to you now. It's super total overkill for the PS3 version, but not the Vita version.

There is one item I do not have listed in this guide -- Chim Pie. The reason is because it's pointless to make it, as it locks you
out of the Chim end. I hear it sells for a decent amount, but it's a one-time sale. The way you get it is simple; don't make a
Chim. Eventually, Rorona will give you the recipe. I don't care to get it, but you know what to do if you're dying to see it.

First Order of Business

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Go to Neumont Forest (for Shining Saucer) and Hermit's Home (for the Azure Wing in the chest).

Once you have the Azure Wing, never waste time again! Make the Warp Gate. You can go to either Atelier from
anywhere.

With the Shining Saucer, make all the boat parts and take them to Guid. Put Mimi in your party. Then run off to the
Wharf. See Boat Areas. (Normal end events, Mimi Events)

If you didn't put Mimi in your party for that event, I don't think you're screwed. I can't find where in the world I read
this (sorry I can't credit you, whoever you are), but try doing the next event, which is to destroy Flauschtraut with
Mimi in your party. If it triggers, you're good!

Events
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Synth at Atelier Rorona. You'll get Rorona Danger Book. (Rorona Events, under recipes) If there is a level needed, I
haven't the slightest. I was 40 the time I kept track. Anyway, you'll get one of the better group killers, Diocraft, and
N/A, a great boss killer in the PS3 version. It'll work for some things in the Vita version, but not everything.

Talk to Mel. She'll try to get you to take Ceci out on adventures. A few days later, you can. A month later, invite Ceci
again. Don't invite her the third time till you're ready to play with ends. (Melvia Events) You have to finish these
events to recruit Ceci (DLC/Vita). I've heard you can get her earlier on NG+, but if this is your first run...

You'll face the Flauschtraut on the way to Altmeier. Make sure Mimi is with you! (Mimi Events) As long as you
have the best equipment you can make (this includes accessories) and you're around level 30, it won't be bad. Better
to not use Fire, by the way, unless you have an uber N/A, which you are capable of making if you followed my
advice about the Awesome Tonic. (Normal end events)

Tips
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To maximize your time, from Tiny Island, go east to Lost Island, then north to Ruin Island. Then, on your return trip
to Frontier Village, go to the Islands you missed.

If you explore the Primordial Island to the south, and later, the Winter/Silver Lands, be sure to take the correct exits
to discover new lands. It sounds silly, but new lands will not appear unless you exit the proper way. And yes,
sometimes you have to go through multiple exits to unlock all areas. This is true of Primordial Island, but Winter
Lands is less complicated.

After reaching Frontier Village

Normal End and Other Events

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You'll meet Piana upon entering. Go north for a scene and trophy. Congrats, you unlocked the Normal End. Let's
get started on unlocking the true end. :D

Leave the village for another scene. And one with Mimi for the Aristocratic Love trophy. (Mimi Events)

Warp Gate back to Atelier Totori for another scene. lolpiana.

Make Gerhard's drinks. Wait a month, talk to him again, then talk to Sterk and Guid. Put a Sonne Fruit in your
basket and go to the fishing point as close to the end of the month as possible . Don't make the alcohol till its time to
manipulate ends. (Wealth end, Specialty Liquor, Sterk Events)

Tips
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To the Wharf to find Marc. Buy a Platine from Hagel, if you must, but the Shining Saucer should be easy. This will
speed up the boat.

Just as a reminder, I made ~73450 Cole with the Spring Cup trick. With 40 Spring Cups, but it works! And
remember to use it on the world map. (Wealth end)

Monitor your Chims. They might go past 35 pies. This is not good. You want them just a bit below that. Stop their
work if they're about to go further. Unless they have already eaten 9; then they can continue working.

As a reminder, make sure to do the last of the Filly and Tiffani Events.

Piana Events
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To the dining room for a scene with Piana.

A few days later, return to the Atelier for another with her. Totori's getting jealous~

Days later, without Rorona in your party, some events between her and Rorona will appear. The second of these (30
days later, Alchemy Level 45+) features Ceci, and you'll get the Still a Child trophy. And a day is lost. It's hard to
miss these events, so long as you ditch Rorona. This will not occur when Pamela is traveling with you, for whatever
reason.

Talk to Piana later for another scene.

She'll also appear with Gerhard and Pamela.

I don't know exactly how this scene works, but eventually a scene about Piana being sick will appear. I got it after
synthesis.

True End and Beyond

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Return to Frontier Village for a scene with Pilca. (True end events)

Talk to her again before leaving. She has a shop! Scoop up those recipes, and some of the stuff is pretty cool. Get a
Dragon Tusk (like other items with only one copy, it disappears after you buy it). You have to fight optional bosses
for more of them. Make sure Chim duplicates it!

Feel free to explore (not the tower, you won't be able to enter), but return to Alanya for a scene with Piana. Gab to
Rorona for some hilarity. Then to Pamela. When you leave to the world map, Pamela will appear. (True end events)

And now you should be able to follow all of the advice in How to Beat a Boss. You don't have to, but be sure follow
it if you intend to take out optional bosses.

Go Liechtein Soehnle, the tower beyond Frontier Village, once you think you're ready. You'll get the Haunted Doll
trophy for going. Fight Evil Face. You do need more levels on you compared to Flauschtraut. (True end events,
Mimi Events, Melvia Events)

Do not fight Evil Face after 6/1. There is a conflict of events, and basically it amounts to this: Pamela will not
show up in her shop. This screws up the entire festival.

The rest of the tower is totally optional. Nothing but bragging rights attached. Yes, no trophies! Lots of bosses, if
that's your thing. FYI, I stormed this tower with three items. A super buffing Totori Brunch, a maxed out N/A, and a
good Elixir. So, combined with Shadow Band, I wasn't even fully restoring my health. And while my armor and
accessory were top tier, I had a mediocre weapon set... but with the buffs, Sterk/Mimi did most of the damage. :P
This was in the Vita version, so I had a little more to work with, but you should be able to do it in the PS3 version
too with a slightly different setup.

Return to Atelier Totori for a scene with Piana.

To Pamela's shop. This is important. Failure to comply will result in screwing up the festival. It seems the town
didn't know she was a ghost either. A while later, there will be another event with her in the bear.

Festival! Year 5, 6/1

In Atelier Totori, Peter will barge in. Keep track of the day you trigger this event. Exactly two months later, you need to
trigger the festival.

In Alanya, you have Pamela, Ceci, and Mel.

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Note: Pamela may cause problems. Be sure to drop by her store immediately after beating Evil Face. (I know this
seems redundant to a lot of you, but I can't assume everyone that looks here is following along.)

In Arland, you have Rorona, Mimi, Tiffani (who won't go), Cordelia (after Rorona), and Lesbian. Uh, I mean Filly.

So, two months later, pop up in Atelier Totori. You get the Fishing Festival trophy. Cheer for your favorite. If you miss this
event, Peter sulks at you and leaves forever. Well, maybe not forever, but I never bothered finding out whether he returned.

Till the End!

Your best bet for grinding is Dusk Throne to the north of Arland. With a Gibate Ankh with the Great Learner Effect, you'll get
4000~5000 exp per visit. Bring a Himmelstern with Swarm Slayer (and MP restoration items), and Totori will rip the mobs
apart.

You shouldn't have issues with your Alchemy level, but if you do, make Elixirs and other super high level stuff.

As long as you've been consistently doing quests (and well in them!), exploring, beating bosses, and synthing new stuff, you
should be able to get Galaxy rank pretty easily. The conversation between Totori and Cory is a hint. There's still stuff for you
to find.

After hitting Galaxy (optional!)

Go back to Moonlight Forest. You'll get new materials, necessary for Ruby Prism... and a new boss.

Similarly, Black Dragon is now at Night's Domain. It drops Dragon Tusk.

Liechtein Soehnle has four bosses. Yep. You should be more than capable of taking them now. In this order: Fran
Pfeil, Iron Giant Proto, Penguin Monk x3 (just before 5F, but out of sight), Rage Beast. There's a shortcut out to the
southwest of 5F.

Once you've done all that, it's time for the PS3's ultimate boss, Ozean Kaiser, complete with 18,000 HP (not as
daunting as it sounds). Go to the Adventurer Guild and talk to the NPC adventurer closest to Cory. On the world
map a new area will appear.

It's... actually very possible to beat Ozean Kaiser before he gets to attack back. Your hint? N/A, Ether Ink, and
Dimension Egg.

Orthogalaxen (Vita exclusive)

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See How to Beat a Boss, if you haven't already. Come. Prepared. Overprepared. More prepared than you've prepared
for anything else. This is a massive difficulty spike. The minimum is top tier equipment, Shadow Band, Dark Water,
Himmelstern, Totori Brunch, Elixir (I had two different kinds), and Dimension Egg, as well as something to restore
your MP after using the egg. Want to solo? Angel Charm.

First boss is a masked trio on floor 4, and KO Peck is annoying. In the chest behind the penguin is Secret Notes.

Floor 7 has two ways up. Floor 9 is a dead end with nothing important. Floor 8 leads to the first required boss,
Cobalt Skull, then to floor 10.

Floor 13 also has two ways up. Floor 14 is another total waste of space in a dungeon that's already too big. Floor 15
is where the next boss, Guardian, is. This guy will eat your MP.

The final boss, Blood Element, is on Floor 16. You'll get The Life of a Noble. This is also the only boss I haven't
beaten in my Totori solo attempts.

How To Handle Ends

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You'll likely have enough time to snooze through much of the last year. I'd just create a split save for any optional
boss fighting.

You can skip the credits after the first viewing. This is a godsend, after Rorona (lalalalalalala~). Unfortunately, the
rest is mandatory watching.

Start with the Normal, Chim, and Wealth ends. These are the three with the lowest priority. Snooze till you hit the
normal end, then reload and make Gerhard's last liquor. Then make sure the Chims eat 35 pies.

Then go back to your original save and trigger the Chim end, but DO NOT make Gerhard's last liquor. If you took
my advice and didn't do any requests from frends, they'll all be hanging at 60 friendship. Go ahead and finish off
their events (see Endings and Events), then (obviously) save. Just raise the friendship of the character whose end
you want. Requests come every 15 days, though they seem to follow your schedule as well. In other words, you'll
probably hit a bunch of requests no matter what you do.

Go back to your save and turn in the last liquor to Gerhard. This will unlock the true end.