XENOGEARS
Stand Tall and Shake the Heavens

SEWER HORROR

Go up the stairs on the /SOUTH\, get out through the door on the /WEST\. Once out of the house, turn [left] then keep on walking (turn in you have to) until you find yourself back in the world map. Go back to that dome in the map. Once inside, go to Hammer on the /SOUTH\. Tune up your gear. For the engine, he'll sell you V12-2000 -- buy it! Now your fuel capacity's increased. The for the frame, he'll sell you Welt-04300 -- buy it! Don't forget the armor! Buy the best he has to offer (in this case MS 15). Lastly, restore your fuel. Go to the memory cube and save.

Get out of Hammer's store and talk to the lady on the right. You'll be fighting a battle. After the first battle of the day, talk again to the lady on the right.

DAY 2 competitors
= Tin Robo =
= Titan =

By this time you should be familiar with the directions to get back to your dorm and how to get back here to the arena. Okay for the last time, I'm giving you the directions to get back to the dorm.

Head /WEST\ to exit the place. Once in the world map, go the green triangle /NORTHWEST\ of the map. Walk /SOUTHWEST\ once inside. Turn a little bit to the [left] (/SOUTH\). Walk straight, go down the stairs. Turn [right], then [right] again. Go up the stairs and before your reach the corner, turn [right] (/EAST\). Near the door is the ladder. Go down the stairs on the /NORTH\ side inside the house.

Save your game in the memory cube. Rest by going to the space at the side of the table in your room, /WEST\ of your room. Go back to the batttling arena. Have you equipped your gears with the best equipment you have? If not, press the <S> button. Go to 'Gears' then 'Equip'. Change your Beam Coat into something more appropriate for the coming battles like Extra Ar+3 and change the Extra Ar+1 with a higher one.

Now, talk to the lady on the right again.

Day 3 competitors
= W-Shaver =
= Musha =

After the first battle of the day, talk again to the lady on the right to enter the day's final battle. Go back to your dorm. Save your game then rest. You'll wake up and a talk sequence will start.

THE SEWERS
You'll find yourself at the top of the stairs after the sequence. Turn [left] (/WEST\) and leave the house. Remember the ladder by the door? Go up! Once you get to the roof, walk /NORTH\ then /WEST\. You'll see a hole in the floor. Jump in!

From the same side of the sewers, walk /WEST\ and don't forget to jump over the water coming out from the wall. Walk /SOUTH\ then /SOUTHEAST\. Go to the end and open the chest.

TIPS ON ENEMIES

Armor wasp -- For Fei, use his Guided Shot chi while for Citan and Rico, deathblows if they are capable of doing it, otherwise a series of <X> attacks.

Acid frog -- use deathblows. This little thing can cause a lot of damage so heal yourself after the battle. On the next floor below, after you eliminate almost all the frogs, another batch of acid frogs will apear.

Batrat -- Rico's Death Drive will kill one of them and the other batrats will probably kill you. These little devils are not worth fighting. Escape! They will 'confuse' two of your companions and kill the other. They will kill Rico first because his combo will kill one of them in one turn. Hopefully you listened to me when I told you to buy Zetasols coz this devils will keep on knocking out your companions.

Hobgobs -- not like the hobgobs you encountered in the forest for they have higher HPs. Fight them anyway coz you'll always get a hob jerky or if you're lukcy, a hob meat.

Lucre bug -- Use Rico's 'Death Drive' to kill this.

Mullet -- hard to beat! Use Fei's Guided Shot while it's still in the water. When it goes to the floor, use deathblows. They're not worth fighting--I suggest you escape if you encounter them.

Rotten Sod -- has lots of HPs and can cause damage, can counter attack, and cause sleep. I suggest you use a combo (Rico or Fei) on this one.

Not all battles here in the sewers are 'forced battles' so you can escape every now and then.

Walk back, back to the ladder but don't go up. Near the ladder is a bridge. Cross it. Walk to the /WEST\ until you reach the end. Open the chest and voila! The Kislev Map! Walk back and cross the nearest bridge. Walk /EAST\, keep on walking until you reach a hole in the wall with water coming out with green stuff at the floor. Examine it. Walk further /SOUTH\, ignore the bridge and you'll see blood on the walls and floor. A short sequence follows.

Walk back to the edge (ignore the bridges). You'll see a ladder going down on the edge of the floor. Go down. Cross the nearest bridge and turn /NORTH\. Keep on walking until you see another bridge. Cross it again. Turn /SOUTHEAST\ then walk. Keep on walking until you reach a door. Open it.

Now you're on the other side of the sewers. Press {SELECT} on your gamepad and examine the map. At the middle is an encircled part. You have to go there. Press {SELECT} again to go back. Keep on walking, ignore the first bridge. Cross the second bridge and turn [right] or /SOUTHWEST\. Talk to the little green thing at the the corner. This is the encirced part of the map. After the talk, retrace your steps but don't cross the bridge. Keep on walking until you see another 'hole in the wall with water coming out' with a green stuff on the floor. Examine it.

Cross the bridge, go /SOUTH\, keep on walking then cross the first bridge you see. Turn /WEST\ and keep on walking. Cross the bridge you see. Walk /WEST\ until you reach a murder site. A sequence follows.

Go back, walk /SOUTH\, cross the 1st bridge you see. Walk either direction /WEST\ or /EAST\ and cross the first bridge you see. Head /EAST\, cross the bridge and walk /SOUTH\, pass by the little green man, keep on walking ignoring bridges. You should come across another murder scene. Walk back to the little green man, cross the bridge, turn /EAST\, cross the next bridge, walk /NORTH\ until you get to a door. Try opening it.

GETTING THE KEY
Go back to the little green man (the encircled thing on the map, remember?). Talk to him. Walk /NORTH\, keep on walking, cross the bridge, turn [left], cross the bridge. Walk either way (left or right), then cross the bridge. Turn [right] then go down the ladder by the wall. Jump over the sign blocking way. Cross the bridge and open the chest by the wall. You'll get 'Cool Shades.' Let Rico wear it--it prevents 'Confusion' caused by Batrats. There is a Memory Cube at the /SOUTHEAST\ of the map. Go there if you want to save your game. After saving your game, head /NORTH\ and keep on walking until you stumble upon a catless rat something. After the very short sequence, examine it again.

OPENING THE DOOR
Go back to the memory cube, cross the bridge near it and walk /NORTH\. Keep on walking until you come across another bridge. Cross it. Turn [right], keep on walking. You'll see the door again. Open it. On the other side of the sewers, walk, ignore the first bridge, cross the second. Turn [right] and keep on walking, cross the bridge near the little green man. Turn [left] then walk a bit, cross the bridge. Turn left, keep on walking until you get back to the locked door again. Try opening the door again. Go to the chest and open it.

Leave the room and when you pass by the drain with the green stuff, a sequence follows. Go back to the little green man. (You may want to go back to the memory cube and save your game because you'll be fighting another boss. From the green man, walk /NORTH\ until you come across a drain with green stuff. Examine it.

BOSS FIGHT
REDRUM
4300 HP
This enemy is powerful. I hope you got the 'Cool Shades' and let Rico wear it. Like the Batrats, he can cause 'confusion' too. What's annoying about him is that he can absorb your energy. If you're not careful, he'll knock you out! Make sure that Fei and Citan have lots of EPs before the fight because you'll be healing your party members every now and then. Zetasols are important because he's got this 'Murder/Steal all HPs' attack.

He uses a fire elemental attack so a water element spell might cause him a big damage. In your party, only Citan seems to be able to have a Water deathblow (Crystal Water, consuming 7 APs). When I played this part, Citan only had Mufu (or Engetsu) as the most powerful deathblow, consuming only 5 APs. I don't know if it's possible to learn Crystal water at this point in the game.

If a member of your party gets hit with the 'Confuse' attack, use Mentsol on him. If poisoned, use Physisol.' Oh wait, Citan has an ether attack called Suiseii which blocks fire attacks and can be used with any character. Use if it you have already learned that Ether attack.

After the battle, there will a be another sequence. We wonder, 'Is Citan an enemy?'

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