Xenogears

Adult Emerelda and Free Money
After Shevat crashes to earth and all the
continents are messed up, in about the
middle there will be a fairly large fairly
empty contenint. However, there will be a
lighthouse - go into it and Citan will say
something then go in the door (bring Emerelda with you for something
extra!). Once you're in the big city, just wander aruond untill Fei says
something like "we can get out of our gears and proceed on foot..." (he
always says this by a door to a building). So do just that, get out of your
gears and head into the light. In one of the rooms the "heroic" music will be
playing and Big Joe will be standing there selling items and (exeptionally
good) gear parts. There will be a few chests - take whats in em' and sell it
to Big Joe. Then leave, come back and the chests will be there again.
Take, sell, reapeat as necesary. For the extra thing with emerelda, in your
wandering Fei will say "lets get out of our gears bla bla bla" and there
won't be a door nearby. If you look closely at the ground you'll see a hole
which you can go in. Go down the tunnels and you'll find yourself in a
subway tunnel. Go in the train and examine the front of it to get a
z-charger. Exit the train and head up the stairs. Proceed to the end of this
room and watch the scene. Emerelda will grow into a full grown woman!
submitted by Kyle Francis (solid_boy@yahoo.com)

Boss Fight Miang

[NOTE: This may be a spoiler for some of you.] After defeating Ramsus
for the last time... when Deus is about to be ressurected again, you will be
taken into battle with Miang... Her attack ranges from 0-5000 HP about
every 4 turns. 

If you are hurting from your battle with Ramsus that is OK. Start charging
your gears as soon as you start the fight with Miang. As long as you don't
attack she will only hit you for 0 HP this will enable you to restore your
Fuel, and also your HP before you begin attacking. 

Once your gears are restored to about 15000 HP and at least 1000 Fuel
attack using X with one person per round between Miangs attacks... It will
hit her for about 1400 - 1700. Then, when she attacks you it will hit for
about 250. Keep doing this until everyone is at attack level 3 then let her
have it - she will die... And thus, this becomes a very easy battle... the
easiest one in the game. :-)
submitted by Tim

Change Gears Quickly
When you are on the world map or a place that you can use your Gears,
press L2+R2 and you can hop in and out without going to the menu.
submitted by Allen Childs (MistaKefka@aol.com)

Defeating Deus
(This tip is the first confrontation that occurs 1/2 into Disc 2)

During Disc 2, you'll come across a huge "alien life form that had been
petrified for thousands of years". This is Deus. Your first indication is to
slash the hell out of this thing. This is impossible, since Deus will recharge
by 20,000 of it's 40,000 Hit Points. The tactics here are to quickly hit
Deus with your best fighter (let's say Fenrir). Now, wait for a while as
Deus may hit your characters numerous times while also using an attack
that will spell his own death. His attack that cuts you HP to half.

Keep waiting while Deus uses this attack on himself. When he uses it and
the HP he loses is one that the level 1 combo of our Fenrir can equal,
whack him with our good friend. Deus will die quickly. If you miss or your
attack does not kill, just await your death as his HP will rise by 20,000
and any of his attacks will kill you (unless you recharge).
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Defeating Hamar
This is a useful tip for playing disk 2 of Xenogears. At the dungeon where
Rico gets his new gear, there's this monster called Hamar, who
self-destructs after he glows red. The explosion is lethal but the party can
escape before Hamar blows up.

However, the trick here is to kill him before he blows up and he will give a
special item which increases the rate of receiving rare items. (Actually, it
goes to 100%.) The way to do it is to reserve some infinity or level 3
attacks until he turns red. Once he starts glowing, give it all to him.
(Booster helps too!)

With the special item equipped, go to any forest & fight white snails. These
creatures were plentiful in disk 1 but now they are quite rare. Killling these
creatures gives the speed belt (helps gears & human battles). Besides this,
there are many other special items/equipment carried by monsters.
submitted by Ang Chee Kheong (Sephiroth@starplace.com)

Defeating Ramsus
Make sure you have plenty of aquasols or omegasols before going into
battle. When fighting Ramsus, he uses a MIRROR MODE maneuver.
Don't attack him or your hits will miss - just defend and if you have Fei you
can try using Fei's GUIDED SHOT attack. This attack only uses 1 HP but
it will knock Ramsus down and he might remove his MIRROR MODE,
allowing you to get in some serious butt-kicking. He has about 200HP.
submitted by bigbro (lilbro@bigbro.erl)

Easy Deathblow Training
There are at least 2 enemys that will let you practice your deathblow
combos all you want. 

1.The creature named Phobia in the 'Ethos' dig site (right after getting
billys gear.) 
2.The creature Dorothy in solaris (before it blows up.) 

Those 2 creatures will get healed everytime you strike them with a melee
attack. Make sure you have a healer in your party and just keep doing the
deathblow moves over and over and over.

Once you've learned all the techniques you desire, simply cast a healing
spell on the monster to kill it.
submitted by NyteBlade

Elly's Power Spells
This is how to make elly an super power. 1. buy the ether doubler at nisan
(38k) 2. get power magic (gear parts) from somewhere 3. equip elly with
the ether doubler and her gear with the power magic and her weakest
spells take off 1000+ at the least.

Try putting 2 or 3 power magics on her and see where it leads! *note*
you must be in gear for this to work!
submitted by Cold Steel

Evade Security Cubes
Right after the emperor has given his speech to the Solarians, Fei and Elly
are spotted by some security cubes and chased into the sewers. Instead of
running away from the cubes, walk instead. As long as you keep on
walking and don't stop to jump the security cubes can't attack you.
submitted by Jason Vraa

Free Gear Repairs and Easy Fuel
While in the secret base which houses "Goliath" you will undoubtedly
encounter gears surrounded by mechanics which repair them. When this
happens kill the mechs but leav the mechanics unharmed. After the mechs
are dead let the Mechanics "attack" you but instead of attacking you they
will fix your gear for a couple rounds.

After awhile they will no longer fix you but attack you however they only
cause 1 point of damage (if that!) so instead of killing them charge your
fuel! By the time you have full fuel capacity they have only damaged you
for about 10 points (not even that if you gear is half-way good!)
submitted by Charles C. Baber

Fun Things to Do
1: In Lahan Village search Fei's bed you will find two hundred smackers. 
Also search the barrles near Fie's room you will find two aquasols.

2: To get a Movie scene at the begining talk to the maid in the room across
from Fei's room to get a cool movie scene.

3: This one is useless but fun - go behind Alice's house talk to the boy he
says that he had a crush on Alice. Most of the people talk about Alice so
talk to them.

4: Go to the floating city of Thames and talk to all of the gears on the deck.
One of them will jump off th edge and kill themself!
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Get Alice's Wedding Dress
To get Alice's wedding dress play the game up to the tornament in Bledvic.
When you fight Dan, do not hit him at all (that also means ether attacks!) It
might take awhile but eventully he will start talking to you and give you the
wedding dress.
submitted by Devin Veal

Get the Deathblow Item
When you are on the Thames, you will encounter people who challenge
you to a game that is similar to speed. If you win against all the people
located in the Beer hall and the Supply Grounds, go to the Armor grounds
and play against the female who is standing with two men. If you bet her,
she will give you a deathblow item for your gear. This item will allow you
to do a deathblow attack.
submitted by Andy Eisenmann

Haggle with the Merchant
When shopping at the Beldavik Market, the merchant will give you option
to buy it or not. Don't choose anything. Just wait for a while and the
merchant will lower the price of the item. You can do this at least 3 times
before the merchant tells you to leave.
submitted by Ramat Mulyadi (tomasbn@indosat.net)

Help on Beating Calamity
At the end of the Stalactite Cave you will meet a huge Gear. Not a happy
camper, Calamity the Gear will be a large problem. Make sure Fei and
Bart are on high levels (20-25), even though it is still hard to win at that. 
Have Bart cast Wild Smile on Calamity, making it hard for him to hit you
with any of his physical attacks. Next, hit him with all your ten point
attacks, and save your energy until your gear power is at level one. Use
your best level one combos for both Fei and Bart, hopefully huting the
huge gear. Keep in mind that Calamity has 2500 Hp. It will take a while
to wear him down. Don't be so happy about how much he can hurt you,his
missle attack will still hit you a whopping 400-500 damage, not giving you
much time. But if it ever comes to this, use Fei's Guided Shot as your last
defense. 
submitted by Max Lewis (fenix@m5.columbus.rr.com)

Infinite Ammo for Billy (and Renmazou)
To get infinite ammo for Billy first you will need 2 guns. Simply equip a
different gun then re-equip your other gun, the ammo you used is as if you
had not used it at all. (NOTE: This only works for his triangle attack.)
submitted by Robert St. Pierre

Kijin Sword
At the episode "First and Last", you will find yourself in the Snowfield
Hideout. Citan must be in your party. Find the Gearshop and there you will
find a passage way. At the end of the passage, you'll find a hole. Enter it
and you'll find a man in a large area. Unequip the Kishin Sword from
Fenrir then talk to that man. After a bit long talk he will present to you the
enhanced Kishin Sword now known as KIJIN.
submitted by Edzel Cañete

Lahan Well Items
At the start of the game in Lahan, jump down the well a few times. You'll
get an eyeball (sell it for gold) an Aquasol S, a Power Ring, a chill (yes, a
chill) and a lot of "well" puns!
submitted by Gino Caparas (gino_c@compass.com.ph)

Lucca Cameo
This isn't really a code, but it's fun to see! Remember Lucca in Chrono
Trigger? Well, she's in Xenogears! When you first start the game and
take control of Fei, go to the Information House (left of the Elder's
House). There, if you look closely, you'll see that it's in fact Lucca who
teaches you about Save Points.
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Midori's Ring
I've seen some of the FAQs that mentions Midori's ring which can be
found behind the flower bed at Citan's house. In the earlier part of the
game, Fei would not give the ring to Midori.

However, after Shevat has crashed. Talk to Midori (in the queen's old
bedroom). you will exchange the ring with her. She will give you hercules
ring that when worned would increase the XP you gain by 50%.

Incidently, you can also get that ring from the Chu Chu's room in shevat
(where the old chu chu was yapping about his ancient treasures). just go in
front of the gear parts stall and take the lift to go up. search the two tables.

Of course the crashed shevat changes from time to time. so after exploring
the continent, regularly come back to check out shevat again. behind the
gear counter, there is a hole. go through there and the man hole that
follows to find your self in a gigantic warehouse. there you meet a man that
will offer to create a weapon to destroy Dues. of course that weapon is
none other than Citan's sword.

The above tips are for disc 2. but this one works when you get ygdrassil
(sand cruiser, sea cruiser or flying cruiser). you land somewhere, get your
gears damaged or run out of fuel and etc. go back to the ygdrassil and then
press square to enter inside the ship. if you know check your menu, you
will see that your gears are fully restored. you MUST however enter the
ship. just pressing X and climbing on the ship does not work.
submitted by Abas-San

Music Test
Just after beating "The Champ" Rico at the arena, head over to the Wildcat
Bar in the Civilian Area in Kislev. You'll find Big Joe standing near an
alley. He'll ask you for 5000 G to show you something cool. Give him the
gold, but he'll take it and run. Let him have it. Later, after the air raid by
Aveh, you'll see Big Joe in the city map. He'll apologize for ganking your
gold and tell you to look in the alley again. You'll find the M Disc, which
you can play in the juke box in the Wildcat.
submitted by Hugh Shen (hughbob@mail.utexas.edu)

Perfect Items

To get the most powerful weapons for Citan & Bart, and the best armor
for your female members you need to EQUIP Trader Card (which you get
by defeating Hammer) on Fei and fight Dragon on the Duneman Isle. After
you beat it you will get large amount of experience points and an item. 

The ones I found were: 

1. Death Adder (Bart)
2. Moyomo sword ( Citan)
3. Kaiser helmet (any male party member)
4. Blessed helmet (female)
5. Blessed armor (female)


submitted by Jastreb

Psycho Rod
Once you have entered Elly's house in solaris you can get a special
weapon for Elly. First you have to wait until Ellys Mother leaves the house
then go to the North East door. talk to the woman there and she will give
you the rod.
submitted by Jason Comack

Rename your Gear
To rename your gear you must do the following steps.

1.Go to the gear bay on the Yggdrasil. 
2.Go towards the gear you want to rename. 
3.You can talk to the engineer and he will give you the downlow on
your gear, or you can go to the right and there will be a guy who
looks like he is welding something. If you talk to him he will ask you
if you want to rename your gear. 


submitted by Mukiaki (stantheman0@mailcity.com)

Same Gears in Battle Practice
When you select the option of "Practice" in the Kislev Battle Arena, you
and your opponent can use the same Gear. To do this, simply select
Player-1's gear and press the X button to select Player-2's gear. Hold
down R2 and L2 to select the same gear as your opponent.
submitted by Liokaiser

Secret Gear
There is a secret gear, "Argento", in the Battle Arena at Kislev. Put on
Special Mode 1. Go to Bonus Battling. Put the options on 3 rounds, Hard
difficulty.

Beat ALL the gears without losing a round. After that, beat the gear you
were playing as with Xenogears (Fei's gear). In the character selection,
Argento will be to the left of Weltall.
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Secret Inscription
On the second disc, after Emeralda has grown, take her to Citan's house in
the mountains and go into the shed behind the house (where you saw that
big music box at the beginning of the game). Check the sides of the box a
couple of times and you will read a secret inscription.
submitted by Falcon997

Sound Test
When you are in the Yggsdrasil, go to the control room and talk to the
large dolphin-like control man. Choose the top selection for a sound test.
He'll keep asking the same question over and over. Select the first choice
again for a new sound, or pick the second choice to leave.
submitted by Joe Dekker

Stones of Dawn, Dusk and Darkness
If you go to Shevat (the UFO country), go into the old capital area. If you
wander around you will find a store full of Chu-Chus. Go onto the balcony
and talk to the pink Chu-Chu on top of the light cone (you have to jump
and hit [X] when you touch her), she will tell you about Light, Darkness,
and Dawn. She is giving you a clue to where to find the Stones of Dawn,
Dusk, and Darkness.

To get the Dark Stone, go down the elevator in the Chu-Chu store and go
out of the door. You'll meet an old woman who will sell you some Spider
Web (unless you got the web in the beginning of the game) and tell you to
fish in the fountain. Go back to where you came out of, jump to the top of
the fountain, and hit [X].

Fei will pull up a fish with the Dark Stone in it's mouth. Now, go to the
ruined house in the old capital. In the first room there is a doll on the table
by the door. It is holding the Dusk Stone. Now go outside onto the main
part of the saucer (with the angel statue and the red things). Go as far as
you can in the direction the statue is facing and search. You now have the
Dawn Stone.

Go back to the old capital and step on the circular stone under the arch.
Now hit [X] and choose to go down. Go down the staircase, out the door,
and go to the elevator pad you can see. Step on, activate it, and Fei will
put the three stones in it. The pad will now take you to a secret room.
Search the two lowest tables. One has a Chu-Chu idol that Chu-Chu can
equip when she joins you, and the other one has a ton of goodies.
submitted by Lord Foul of Illearth

The Anima Dungeon 1

There are some tricky puzzles in the Anima Dungeon. The activation code
for Door Lock Area B and is 0-3-2-0. 

Once in the Central Elevator, you'll have to input another code at each of
the four terminals surrounding the elevator. The codes are as follows: 

Address A: 2
Address B: 4
Address C: 8
Address D: 5

After entering these codes, SEARCH the area to the right of Address A.
You will then be able to activiate the elevator and proceed further.
submitted by Travis Davis

The Final Battle
When you reach the Disc 2 scenario 'First and Last', it's time to win the
game. Getting through Merkava can either be simple or hard, depending
on your technique. Remember that pressing Select lets you view the map.

AREA 1: Head for the top-right dead end which leads you to a new area. 

AREA 2: Dodge those beams.

AREA 3: Your goal is to reach the red circle. The tunnels that surround
you that can connect you to other areas are the only spots where you can
battle. Hop on top of certain elevators to alter the geography here.

AREA 4: Dodge thos beams again.

AREA 5: Ramsus and Miang all over again. This is where you fought these
two earlier. Yes, the save point and Shopkeeper Johnny are there. Johnny
allows you to leave Merkava, do so at your own risk. You cannot start at
this spot, you'll have to travel through all over again. Anyways, go through
to where you fought Miang. Deus is in the green pit.

DEUS: Many strategies exist for him, although the best one is to take out
at least some of the surrounding orbs first. Each one eliminates at least one
of Deus' abilities. The best part, you can fight them with ANYONE! Fei
doesn't need to be in your party.

Okay, which orb? At first glance they all look the same. But, they each
have a different color of electricity surrounding them. The best one to take
out right away is the one that has yellow. Remember not to take out your
best 3 fighters for orb fights. It should look like a flat yellow design on the
ground. This guy can drain your fuel at 400 units per whack. Best to equip
at least 1 GNSR50 on each character (you should have at least 5 of these
for a real easy fight). Now, hit this thing with Triangle attacks. Combos
don't work here. Soon he'll die and victory is yours. Deus can't drain your
fuel anymore.

Finally, take out the red one. After every one of your attacks, he'll counter
attack, but that isn't really a problem. Defeat this one and Deus can't heal.

Next switch to your top 3 fighters. Start by turning everyone's Booster on.
Then just whack the hell out of Deus. It's possible to complete this battle
without restoring HP, but remember to keep your HP above 10,000.
Also, when the hands or mini-angels fly off, you'll be counter attacked for
what's usually around a combined total of 2000 HP if you have 1000
Defence. 

With Deus gone, some scenes will be shown and you'll have another battle
to face. It'll be Xenogears alone agains one opponent. Turn Booster on
and keep using combos. With proper equipment you should end up
winning easily.
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Tifa Cameo
Just before you put in the second CD, you can see a picture of Tifa from
Final Fantasy 7. When you're in Solaris, in the Class 2 Citizen Sector, find
the room with a minigear flying around in a circle. Look above the beds
and you should find a small picture of Tifa on the wall. 
submitted by Ross Cunha (cunhab@tznet.com)

Unorthodox No Random Battles
When in a dungeon (like the sewers in D block) open the lid [NOTE: This
is not recommended by GameSages. Do this at your own risk.] to your
PlayStation and the area you are in will be free of random battles allowing
you to explore freely! But make sure when you leave the area (like open a
door to go somewhere else) you close the lid on your PlayStation first.
submitted by StevenTKX

View Gears
After winning two rounds in the battle arena in Kislev, press R2+L2 to get
the words off the screen that shows how long it took you to win the battle,
then you can rotate your Gear by pressing left or right. 
submitted by Matt Huertas (scudoswald@juno.com)