Walkthrough the Fire & Flames, with Breath of Fire II (Retranslation)!

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Hello all! I learned how to easily tweak the music in Breath of Fire II! See what the game is like when the music placer has some imagination! When he doesn't score every "dungeon" with "Dungeon Music" :mrgreen: !



Part 20: Breath of Fire II Walkthrough—Treasure Won (SkyTower & Fusion)

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PLOT POINTS (Gone forever, if done before recruiting Beretta. She upgrades her wares for every 8 you get, up to a max of 24):
1. Breaking Nimufu's curse on Jean.
2. Recruiting Seso.
3. Acquire the dragon powers from the old man behind the waterfall.
4. Recruiting three residents and expanding Township.
5. Defeating Jailer.
6. Finishing the cooking contest in SimaFort.
7. Defeating Kuwadora.
8. Finding out about the Gate incident at the Rangers' Guild.
9. Defeating Munmar.
10. Defeat M.C.Tusk.
11. Acquiring the Famous Flute.
12. Finding out about the Queen of Tunlan's condition.
13. Defeating the monsters inside the Queen's body.
14. Defeating Aruhamel.
15. Receiving permission to investigate the Sky Tower.
16. Recruiting Spoo

BERETTA'S NEW GEAR:
You can now buy a Thunder Staff for Katt to equip! It has the same effect as the Frizbees/Thunder Rods, except you can use it infinitely! Magic immune enemies will never be an issue again!

Apart from that, there's nothing noteworthy at her shop yet.

ENEMY AI:
Ammonite Squids (Weak to lightning; No resistance to status ailments):
1/64 defend
Otherwise, Attack (75%) or Iceblast (25%)
[These are immune to normal magic damage... But that doesn't protect them from items!]

Crodworm/Cloud Eaters (Weak to Fire):
1/64 defend
Otherwise, Attack (75%) or Cast a Spell (25%)
Spell list: Tornado (75%), Typhoon (25%)

Darious/Tidalius (Weak to Lightning; No resistance to status ailments):
If used BuildUp last turn, attack
Otherwise, 3/4 BuildUp
Otherwise, 1/64 defend
Otherwise, Attack (87%) or Cast 8.0/Quake

Needle Puffers (37.5% Counter-Attacks; Weak to Fire):
1/64 defend
Otherwise, Attack (25%) or Cast a Spell (75%)
Spell list: Def-UpX/Shield (increases everyone's DEF), Shield/Barrier (increases everyone's Wisdom)

Burner Orcs (37.5% Counter-Attacks; Weak to Ice):
1/64 defend
Otherwise, Attack or Fire Breath

Cyclops (50% Critical Hits; Basically no resistance to status ailments—Aspara has too much Wisdom):
1/64 defend
Otherwise, Attack (75%) or Cast a Spell (25%)
Spell list: Atk-Up/Might or Def-Up/Protect

Marble Golems (Always goes last):
65/128 defend
Otherwise, Attack or Cast Flare

Gallops (Will always outspeed, unless Sten is obscenely overleveled, or is using stat boosters):
1/64 defend
Otherwise, Fire Breath or Cold Breath 17/256 (if over 50% HP), 33/256 (if over 25% and at most 50%), 65/256 (if over 12.5% and at most 25%), or 129/256 (if 12.5% HP or under)
Otherwise Attack

Tri.eyes/Ayyiyis (Weak to Fire; No resistance to status ailments):
1/64 defend
Otherwise, Attack or Cast Sap/Drain (Steals HP)

THE ROUTE:
Overworld:
—X2 Gallops: Normal Formation, and Aspara casts Agi.Down/Slow on one of them
—X2-3 Tri.Eyes/Ayyiyis: Fireblast + Melees + Agi.Down/Slow
Go south for sequence trigger, then Warp to Capitan

Capitan:
Rest at the Inn
Sail upper-left to SkyTower/Heaven Tower

Heaven Tower:
—Frizbees/Thunder Rods on Ammonite Squids & Darious'/Tidalius'
—Flameblast everything else
1st Underwater Floor: Go left, then up to the stairs
2nd Underwater Room: Get Guts Pill
Trio of Chests Room: Ice Shield, Ice Armor, & Norse Dagger
Talk to Spoona
—UNEQUIP: x2 Courage Belts from Lin
—EQUIP: New gear to Sten, with the Courage Belts. Equip Holy Scarf to Aspara
Exit

Overworld:
Sail up to beach
—EQUIP: Whip over Thorn Whip
Warp to Guntz

Guntz:
—CHANGE PARTY: Rand over Lin
—SELL: Smoke Bombs, Herbs, Thorn Whip, Flame Sword, Iron Shield, Auto Bow, Iron Armor, Papillon, Bowie Knife, Buckler, Solblade, Hawk Claw, Assassin, Dream Jewel, and all boosters except Guts Pills
—TRADE: BlndedSH/Alloy Shield (Rand)
—BUY: Up to x17 Vitamins, x4 Wisdom Seeds, x3 Ammonias, x8 Shaved Ices & Fire Spices
Auto your items
—STORE: All items except x8 HelpBLs/Vitamins, as well as your Frizbees/Thunder Rods
—BUY: x46 Frizbees/Thunder Rods!!!
Recruit Gigi Kapp from the northern house’s secret basement
Warp to Township

Township:
Cook x1 Dinker/Fast Food, x11 Biscuits/Hardtacks, & x5 Extracts/Restoratives!
—Dinker/Fast Food: x2 Frizbees/Thunder Rods
—Biscuits/Hardtaks: x4 Frizbees/Thunder Rods
—Extracts/Restoratives: x2 HelpBLs/Vitamins
Fuse Sanamo + Spoona with Sten for Super Sten!
Pop inside home for restoration, then Warp to Guntz

Overworld:
Sail left to Whale Cape
—X2 Gallops: Defensive Formation, and Aspara casts Agi.Down/Slow on one of them

Fog Valley:
—Burner Orcs: Switch
—Marble Golems: Run
—Cyclops: Use Agi.Down/Slow, then Idle/Paralyze, before whittling him down with melees
All Else: Crush with Fireblast + melees
Go straight down

Overworld:
Auto items, cast Smoke, then go straight down to Farma

TRANSLATION MISHAPS:
Nothing interesting today.