Breath of Fire 2 -Beginning to Windia (1st time)

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The Beginning

As soon as you gain control of your character (Ryu, or the Hero) go and "talk" to the dresser on your right for a treepole, get this, it's a great way to make money. However, if you don't it will still be there 10 years later on your next trip to Gate. Anyways go up the screen and then go down the stairs. At the base talk to your father Ganer. Then go outside to look for Yua. Talk to everyone you see or else you won't be able to progress. Go in the other houses you should find 2 herbs before continuing on (look in dressers to find them). Keep working your way up until you see some twitching grass. Press the A button next to it to wack it down and continue on. Once you enter the field go up, left, up, right 3 steps, then go straight up. If the screen suddenly bursts into color - you're in the right spot. Otherwise retrace your steps and try again. (It helps to turn up the brightness on your screen) Walk upwards an you'll see Yua. Suddenly your ambushed by a monster. Once your almost dead Ganer comes and saves your sorry behind.

Now Ganer starts to rant about the monsters and things and your mother, it doesn't matter how you answer him when he asks you a question. So go ahead and sleep under the Dragon. Next thing you know the music has stopped and not a single person remembers you. Go back into the church and talk to Father Hulk. You then get to sleep up in what use to be your room. You see Bow an orphan like yourself, he tells you to follow him, but it doesn't matter if you say no, you join up automatically.

Go out side the village and travel west. . . Uh oh smells like rain. . quick go and hide in the cave up ahead!!!

Follow the tail that you see all around, Bow keeps you inline if you go the wrong way. Look at that thing. . .It's Barubary! After he backhands Bow you get to fight him, well almost. He kills you before you have a chance to hit him, unless you dodge his initial attack. . . Notice when he talks his dragon tear is black as in hateful or evil. . .The dragon tear can help you out as you progress through the game when talking to people so that you know how to keep them Happy.

Now comes a long sequence of poorly translated Bull that only makes sense once you beat the game and think about it simply because it's impossible to understand all the things their getting at unless your Japanese, and have a Jap version of the game. Anyways after all that comes the next part.

10 Years Later

Your still a pathetic wimp you haven't gotten any stronger in 10 years....

As you talk to the old guy read and learn about your mission. When the conversation's done go up to the dresser next to the elder and hit A, you get an expensive (but much needed) Life PL. Go out and talk to people all around. You can save by talking to the green statue on the far right side of the Town. To sleep for free go into the 2 houses right next to each other and go into the right one, go up the stairs and into the top bedroom. Walk outside the town and build your level up to 4 (Bow AND Ryu), there yet? Ok good, now go and take the money you won and buy the BEST armor you can for both characters also buy new weapons for them or else you will be killed by monsters.

If your short on cash go and fish, invest in like 24 worms and keep catching the Unagis and sardines on the west part of the map. After you catch several go and sell them, they're worth 30 coins a pop so they're much more convenient then Fighting. Also if you can hunt do so. Hunting is the little grass shifting around on the over world screen put bow in the lead and press the Y button to have him fire. Isn't it nice that Bow has infinite Arrows? I think so.

Anyways after they're up to level 4 go and buy some herbs and antidotes, (about 18 of each should work) then go and save your game and put all you extra money in a bank. Head to the east of the over world. When you see the lake head straight down until you see a winding road into a mountain. Walk onto the road and let the fun begin.

Mt. Fubi

Go up into the cave that leads into the mountain and follow the Path. Its' pretty straight forward. You can drink from the spring that comes out of the wall to get all your strength completely restored. **A note from Epametheus: A good place to build up your levels is at this spring, since you needn't worry about healing yourself, or dying** After you've followed the Path for awhile you'll come out side. As soon as do this heal up totally. Then head left for a Boss fight!

Congratulations you just beat 1st boss of the game!

Move to your left, go up and left and walk into the stone. Then go up and left and take the fork on the right side of the screen and get the salad bowl in the chest. Then go back up and through the door on the left side of the fork. This time go down the left side of the fork to get a firerock. This maybe the most powerful spell casting item in the game so use it wisely. Backtrack, go right and then straight down then left and fall through the hole in the ground. See Azura? You can get him later in the game but I won't say how until then....Then go out, left down and down again.

YES! You made it all the way to the other side of Mt. Fubi alive (presumably) Now head west on the over world map and head for the old shack. As soon as you enter go and talk to the Dragon God to save then heal up and enter the hut.

Eww cockroaches, well you become an exterminator to take out the diseased things. After you beat them a giant one shows up that you have to kill.

Afterward Niro offers to give you some Pig that he found as a reward.

Ack! Its Suzy! After you save Suzy go back to Hometown and save. At Hometown you have 2 choices. Collect your reward or build your level up to at least 7. Novices should do the latter. After you talk to the elder collect your reward and leave the ranger station, you can then go to bed (you lose Bow) or fight and get your levels up. If you choose to wait you'll have to go and sleep in your room to make the game progress.

A late night visitor appears and tells Bow of work for him. Bow heads out by himself and you wake up all alone. Walk out of the house then move right towards the main entrance but go up instead of out, a girl with wings bumps into you, you'll see her again. Go and talk to everyone then go back into your room again. Bow's waiting for you.

Bow tells the story of what happened, but someone comes to the door! Bow quickly hides. Now head out the main entrance and talk to the guard, doesn't matter how you answer him. Make you way back to the ruins with Bow hopping behind you.

Niro lets Bow stay but forces him to do Manual Labor (serves him right). Now you can either go up to Hometown and resupply or go straight across the wooden bridge that goes over the little stream. The Monsters get much tougher after you cross the canal.

Off to Coursair

As soon as you cross the bridge go straight up (always carry antidotes with you) But don't go on the path that leads into the Mountains. Go around and cross a really long wooden bridge. Then go up a little more and you'll see Coursair. Explore the town and buy new weapons and armor, use the switch command to see the improvement it gives you. Then go into the church and save. Ray comes into the Story later on.

Go to the Pub and talk to Rand you may have to kill time untill evening, just go talk to the Bartender. (Remember to explore inns and houses dressers for items.) Then go up to the right and talk to Rand. Go outside and build your level up to 8. (You have to be at 8 or else it's very hard. You should also have the best armor possible, it helps immensely.**A note from Tyr There is a fishing spot above Capitain, you must be "on top of it" to activate it. With the gold you'll find in Tagwoods (you can also win it from Devil kids)and about 4,000 Coins you can fish for A guy named Maniro. When you see a fat guy swim on screen throw you're line in to catch him it's more then worth it,some of the weapons and armor are umatched until Windia.

Tag Woods

To get to Tag woods go up from Coursair until you see a forest, then go in to the indented part of the forest. As soon as you enter go up and right to find a chest with 100 coins!

Go up and right again to find another chest with an herb in it. Backtrack and into the Cabin like house. Move onto the platform and it whisks you away down the rail. Then move to your right and go down and left to get a treasure chest with gold. Then move onto the next wooden shack and get on the zip line. Move left and up to find a chest with Smoke in it. Backtrack slightly and go down the split road, it doesn't matter which side and go straight down for a treasure chest with 100 coins in it. Move back up and take the path left as soon as you can. You should see Baba in the lower left corner of the screen. Once you're about 2 steps away from him, heal up and then talk to him.

After he gives you his Axe make your way back out then go down to Corsair. Get to level 9 before you proceed any farther (anytime you save for a while your name will be Baba.). Now go save, then talk to Rand at night again. This causes the line in front of the Coliseum to open up. In the Coliseum go right and up through the door. Talk to the lady at the counter then go in the center door to fight Dr. HR. After beating him go back through the farthest right door.

Augus tells of his underhanded scheme to kill the girl fighter. Then head back towards the main entrance. You can go in either door but Katt kicks you outta her room (the left one). So go in the right door, and hit the chest, a 1000 coins!! NOW BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE go straight down, do not talk to the guard, do not bump into the top door.. Leave, go deposit all of your money in a bank and then save.

Now make your way back up and hit the door. Rand comes up from behind you and takes all your money, it doesn't matter how much or how little you have he takes it ALL! So he goes and buys antidotes but Katt doesn't like it and boots him out. After the conversation go through the doors into the Stadium. Move up and let the fight begin.

After you beat Katt you can do 1 of 2 things you can let her get hit by a dart or as soon as you can push her up to the top of the log. I prefer the latter, as Katt seems more powerful then Rand and you keep her for just about the rest of the game. (Rand leaves as soon as you beat an upcoming boss) In any case go buy your new found friend and equip them with the best armor possible, it also helps to buy them a new weapon. Put your party in the scramble position until they gain levels. Once whoever it is gets to level 10 go save and go back into the Coliseum and to the far right room to see Augus again. If fighting with Katt, Rand and Ryu. Have Katt and Ryu attack while Rand heals the party. Always have Rand heal unless you know you're not gonna get hit. Or if you have just Rand and Ryu have Rand alternate fighting and healing and have Ryu continuously attack.

Beat him? Good - now go and save, then go all the way back to the shack where Niro is to drop Rand off (I wouldn't suggest equipping Rand at all, just put him in the back, he sucks right now.) A quick way to get around is to put Rand in front of the party and press "y". So after Rand goes to the Ruins have Katt and Ryu go back into Hometown, Go straight up from the main entrance until you see Nina being harassed by some hoodlums. Enter then go up the stairs and into the room on the right side of the room.

To the Joker Gang's hideout

After Nina's taken, go back towards Coursair, but instead of going up to Coursair, go into the little semi-circle of mountains. Go in and fight the guard, he's not that hard. Talk to everyone as they give you clues on how to answer a question at the end of this part. Go to the upper right room and talk to the guard (the answer is Pain), then go bump into the next gate. Go into the little switch thing and hit A. Then fight the guard and Spider. Use an antidote on whoever got bit.

Next go down the stairs. Go down and left to get some Luck Candy in the chest. The go back up to the right. Follow the path but don't go in the door, instead go by it and get to the chest way on the right side for a Silver DR (very useful for the enemies down here.) Now go back through the door. Go to the right to find 100 coins in a chest. Then go up the stairs on the left and go up through the door. Go right and kill the guard by the stairs. After the sequence of events go left and up the stairs. Then go up right and down some stairs. . Get ready to fight. After you kill the 4 guards. Make your way to Nina then go and fight Joker (At least at level 11) (Nina's Ice spell is very effective). Then head all the way back out, but before you exit go to the right and get a chest that was blocked before by a Joker it has 1000 coins in it. Now - its off to Windia.

Off to Windia

To get to Windia head back towards Tag Woods but hang a left and follow the long narrow stretch of land. When you see the pond go up and the across the bridge to the castle. Go into the castle and talk to the guard. Talk to lot's of people but the quick way out is. Up left, left, left, down, right, down the 1st door on the right.

So Nina's not a princess? Well after you get kicked out, go see the monkey's magic show. Just keep talking, you'll eventually get through it. And the Sten joins your group, how thoughtful. Go buy all new weapons and armor or fight until you can (There's a fishin spot NW of Windia, to get back to the continent go south east to the pegs and have Sten reach across.

Added on 9/22/98

Last updated on 10/18/98

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