Selan --------------------- Continue on to Clamento. Talk to everyone, then buy new equipment and get the Escape spell for Tia. You might also want to get the Release spell. Don't buy the glass stuff. It's too expensive for its small effect. Get a bunch of Mystery Pins; you'll need them. Then head north to the Ruby Cave. Go through the first room and bomb open the door. Follow the passages to four switches. Throw the upper-right, upper-left, lower-right, and lower-left switches in that order to drain the lava. Bomb through the door and step on the transporter. Talk to the dog. He's Blaze, the Fire Capsule Monster, and he joins your party. Blaze is one of the better capsule guys. Go back to the room with three doors and cut the bushes to reveal a switch. Go through the door and cut the bushes for another switch. Downstairs, repair the bridge and head up. Take the right staircase. First, use the ice blocks in the lower-left to get to a chest with Flame Fruit. Save your fruit so you can get your capsules to level M (see the section on Capsule Monsters for more info). Then, head to the bottom of the main ledge and walk to the far right of the bottom. Face down and throw an ice block in. Throw another ice block in at the lower-right corner of the solidified lava and keep doing this until you get to two small ledges. Put one of the ice blocks in at the lower-left corner of the smaller ledge, facing left. Then put the second ice block in at the lower-left corner of the just-solidified lava, facing down. Get the chests for a Fury Helm and Aqua Whip. Shoot the switch with an arrow to make a bridge. Go back upstairs and take the left stairs. Head downstairs and cut away the vines to reveal a door. Get the Ruby Key. Enter the ice-block room from the right staircase and use the blocks to make a bridge to the stairs on the right. There's a save spot behind the vines. Take the door on the left and fight the Tarantula, one of the toughest bosses in the game. Use your IP powers at the start. Guy and Maxim should attack and Tia should use Spark or heal. Ignore the guys he summons. You need to kill him before he starts healing. Don't worry about poisoning; the damage is pretty insignificant. If he paralyzes you, use Mystery Pins. This is a difficult battle and it may take you several tries. After the fight, you'll meet Jaffy and learn the truth about the Ruby Apple. Return to Clamento and sell the Ruby Apple to Rochy. You will automatically use the money to pay off Jaffy's rent (and get a free Ear Jewel). Head up the small shrine northwest of town and continue on to Parcelyte. You'll meet Selan when you enter, then buy new equipment. Don't get the Ironmail for Guy; the Camu Armor's attack bonus is worth the lower defense. Head to the castle and talk to the King. He will ask you to find the Treasure Sword, and Selan will join the party. Go back to town and buy better equipment for Selan. Get her up a few levels outside. You may encounter Red Cores, which are this game's equivalent of Metal Babbles or Rubble. They provide great experience, but almost always run away before you can attack. If you do get a turn, use spells, which do a lot more damage than weapons. Head north from Parcelyte to the Treasure Sword Shrine. Take the left door when you enter. Walk through the little gap in the next room and pick up the pot. Put it on the switch, then bomb through the wall. Fall through the hole. Get the Round Shield, push the blocks out of the way, and head up the stairs. Now take the right door from the entrance room and go down the steps. Stand on the first platform you see to get to a chest with the Undead Ring. Walk across to the platform pointing up. Ride the platform right, back to the stairs. Head down and take the first platform up to a chest with the powerful Cold Rapier. Take the vertical platform back down and the horizontal platform back to the left. Ride the vertical platform down and then take the other vertical platform to the right up. Head back left and ride the vertical platform on the left up, then get onto the horizontal one to ride to two chests, with the Anger Brace and Sword Key. Ride the horizontal one back, the next one down, and the horizontal one to the right. Loop back and ride the vertical one and circle around on the platforms to the door on the left. Head upstairs and return to the entrance room. Use the Sword Key and go through the locked door. Follow the passage to some switches. Flip the top switch twice, the bottom switch, the top switch, then the bottom. Cross and get the Bat Rock. Go back and flip the bottom and top switches. Cross and hit the bottom, top, and bottom switches. Go through the door. Walk through the wall in the upper-right, where the little border around the wall isn't there. The room will open up. Get the Fury Ribbon and head up the stairs. Put a Bomb by the left crate, then the right one. Cross the bridge and the bombs will blow up to move the bridge. Follow the path to the horizontal room. These are some of the tougher puzzles in the game. Move the far left block to the far right. In the next room, move the lower-right red block into the right of the two spaces in the horizontal row. Then move the bottom yellow block into the space in the row. It will look something like this after each step: Y Y Y R R Y YR YRY YR RRRY YYYYYYY YR Y Start Step 1 Step 2 In the next room, move the lower-left yellow block to the bottom of the far right column. Move the right of the two red blocks on the middle row to the middle of the top row. The move the second yellow block from the top in the column to the left of the top row. It looks like this: R Y R Y RRY YYYY RRR RRY R Y Y YRR RY RY YY Y Y Y Start Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Continue through the door and save your game. Head up to the passage and two clowns will appear. Talk to the blue clown and fight him. Save your IP and use regular attacks and Droplet and Gale spells. After you beat him, he reappears and you're kicked back outside the room. Go back, heal, save, and talk to the red clown. Use Flash, Spark, and regular attacks on Daniele, and save your IP again. After both fights, you will split up into two groups to fight the bosses. Fight them in the same way, but now use your IP (Glacial Blast works very well on Pierre). Keep your HP up, because they can cast a spell before you get to heal. These are tough battles with only two characters. After both battles, get the Treasure Sword and return to Parcelyte. A messenger will tell you that someone has destroyed Gordovan. Head down to the basement and get the Holy Wings. Then head west to the shrine. Teleport through there to Gordovan. There's no equipment here, but there is an inn. Head west to the West Tower and go left. When the enemy steps on the switch, shoot it with an arrow and go through the door. Go upstairs and hit the red switch. Push the middle of the lower set of blocks down two squares, then push the one to your right to the right two squares. Push the lower-left blocks of the top set left two squares. Push the block above that one down one two squares. Stand on the bottom white panel to move the switch, then walk up to the top wall and shoot it with an arrow. Cross and flip the switch. Go outside and in the other door. Go upstairs and head south for healing. On the third floor, put the pot on the right switch and walk across the black path to the door. Go upstairs and head south to get your old friend from Zelda, Mr. Hookshot. Back in the main room, push the pillar to the right and swing up to the pillar above with the Hook. Cross the pit and go up the stairs. Go left and bomb the crate to flip the spikes. Save, go outside, and hit the switch. Go right in the spike room to the elevator. Take the elevator to the second floor and go south for a Speed Potion, and get a Miracle on level 4. On the first floor, go up and bomb through the wall for the Eagle Rock. Cross the gap with the hook and go upstairs for the Muscle Ring. Take the elevator to level 3 and head left. Push the closer pillar two squares left, then swing to it from the left side of the pit. Push the bottom pillar down a square, then move the pillar on the right all the way to the right. Swing to the bottom pillar and push it up onto the switch. Go outside and upstairs. Step on the switch and then whack the switches in order (I think it changes each game). Get the Wind Key and head back to the elevator. Go up to level 5 and take the right door. Unlock the door and go up to the top. You'll meet Gades, who can't be beaten (right now). Just whack him and let him kill you. Iris will show up and save you. Go into the room and get the Scimitar and Block Shield, then return to Parcelyte.