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                           Ancient Cave Guide(Version 0.1)
                (Newer versions can be found at www.gamefaqs.com)
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                                 About the Author
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Name: Omega-Neo
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                                 Table of contents
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1.0: Revision History
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2.0: Walkthrough of how to find Ancient cave
2.1: Requirments
2.2: Gulduck
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3.0: A quick quest
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4.0: General tips
4.1: Emulation
4.2: Use a gameshark
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5.0: Key floors
5.1: Level 50
5.2: Level 100
5.3: Level 200
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6.0: Bordom fighting tips
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7.0: Discovered Item list(Incomplete)
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8.0: Hall of fame
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9.0: General FAQs
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10.0: Thank you's

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                                Revision history
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10/11/07- First version of FAQ is started


Coming in next update: Feedback, submited tips and corrections. ASCII logo.
Coming in Future: Gameshark codes for Ancient cave.
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                           Finding the Ancient cave
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Once you Get use of dekards ship you can access the ancient cave. It is
located on a island about halfway in the map. once you have landed on it it
will show up on your map.  here is a ASCII map of where the island is.

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The "o" is just about where the island is, the "f"s are the other land
mass's.


  On the island you will find the ancient cave. And a small town called
gulduck, Gulduck isn't important to the ancient cave(or the rest of the game)
so I won't waste time writing about it :P

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                               A Quick Quest.
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  Upon entering the Ancient cave Lobby, Talk to a soldier there and he will
tell you that you can go down 50 floors, but if you want access to 100 of
them you should find the "glass ruby" in broffo cave
  Go to broffo cave and decend 10 floors to the bottom. pick up all the items
including the glass ruby and head back to the cave.
  Note: Depending on how strong your charachters are, The broffo cave monsters
will be Insanely easy or insanely tought. if you attempt this mission RIGHT
after you get Dekards ship you will be in for a slight challenge at broffo
cave. but if you put it off for awhile you should be fine.

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                       How to Survive the Ancient Cave
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  The Ancient Cave was a VERY original idea created in Lufia 2. Its was a 100
floor cave that when yo enter it, you start at level 1 with no items, no
money, no exp points, and no armor. And you quest to the bottom finding
Weapons and armor and occasion blue treaure chests(That contain powerful
weapons you can bring in and take out of the cave). Did I mention the entire
cave was randomly generated?
  The point of the cave was bassicly to find the best weapons in the game.
because most of the blue chests contain items morepowerful then any you can
buy :D~~
 Well in Lufia: The Legend returns the Ancient cave is back and badder then
ever. with 200 levels!!!! But in Lufia: TLR The randomly generated levels
thing isn't that big of a deal, coz EVERY dungeon is like that in Lufia: TLR.


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                                   THE BASICS
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Alright. The ancient cae can be REALLY tough. Especially if you are playing
on a GBC or a GBA. Coz there are no saves in the dungeon. and its a LONG way
down.
  When you enter the cave you'll be without items or any levels. :( I highly
Recomend that you wait till you have the hidden charachter "Egg dragon" before
trying the cave out. he STARTS at Level 1 with all stats @ 999. a great
charachter for your front row!
  Here are some tips that you will NEED if you want even a chance in the
Ancient cave.

1- Grab EVERY treaure box you see.
2- Fight ever enemy you can, levels are very very important in this dungeon
3- Never miss a bush to chop, or a wall to test. Very good items could be on
the
other sideof the wall. or even a healing block under a bush, these are VERY
important in the ancient cave.
4- keep a look out for blue chests. They contain items often timesm ore
powerful
then things you can buy in ANY store in the game. And you can leave the cave
with them and still have them. AND take them BACK into the cave with you.
5- Find Event items before entering the cave. You can take these into the
cave with you as well.

                            How to leave the cave
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You can leave the cave one of 4 ways...

1- getting whiped out by monsters
2- Using the item "Providence" that you can find on floors past level 19
3- By a warp on the last floor you can reach
4- By a providence on the last floor you can reach


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                     What items you can bring into the cave
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 Aside from Items you find IN the cave in blue chests. There are some rare
items you CAN take into the dungeon with you. You WANT these items in a bad
way, trust me :) here is a quick list of the ones i have discovered. If you
know any i do not have listed. then please tell me!

Gades B. (Arm band aquired by BEATING GADES in first encounter in tower of
death)

Gades Blade(POWERFUL sword that you win by BEATING GADES in the fight outside
the dudes manson. Dei joins you in this fight so its somewhat easier then the
first one)

Dragonscale Armor(REALLY decent armor that you can aquire by beating the
Dragon that attacks conas's town)

Terror Armor(Very good armor you can win by BEATING daos in 3 rounds the
first time you fight him. Must beat him BEFORE jan does >_<)

Daos stone(a powerful accesory that is aquired by Beating Daos After Jans
wedding(This is almost imposible))

Daos Ring(a great ring you get by Beating daos when you and seena take him on
alone after the floatium incident(ALSO almost imposible))

Cat Ring(A ring that boosts a female charachters speed stat by 300!!! It is
aquired in a subquest. For more info check other FAQS on gamefaqs)

Any Items found in the Parethea shrine. AKA the BEST weapons in the game. For
more info on them check "Best weapons wish" Lower on this FAQ.



                            One Very important Tip
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   The ancient cave can be very draining. I mean 200 floors and no way to
save? Thats almost inhuman. But there is a way around this. I recomend Buying
the game. Then Downloading a ROM of it and playing it on your PC. when you
play a ROM you have access to Save States. which alow you to hit any button
(lets say F5), and save your game right at that frame. then you can goto bed,
goto work, goto school, take a break.. Then come back, start up the ROM, hit
another button(Say F7) and load your game from the FRAME you left off. a VERY
handy tip for the ancient cave.


                             Software Piracy is bad
                            ------------------------
  I cannot stress this point enough people. Downloading a ROM to a game you
do not own is Illigal. So before you Download the ROM of lufia: TLR be SURE
to own the cartrage. You wouldn't really wanna rip of the company that made
this game would you? They spend good money on making them... (Although,
judging from the graphics of Lufia:TLR, i think they spent about 3.50 on this
one. Still, BUY the game)


                             One Word... GAMESHARK
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  As I have said. The Ancient cave is REAL tough. And sometimes even the best
of us game players need a helping hand(Your looking at my FAQ, aern't you?)
So this section is to recomend that if you have tried and tried to beat the
ancient cave but get killed by the boss, or die on level 40 or whatever.
That its OK to admit defeat and.. CHEAT!! mwa ha ha ha.
   On Gamefaqs there is a very good Gameshark FAQ with ways to get your wave
and levels up REAL fast :) it makes the ancient cave REAL easy. but still
rather boring :( IF your having alot of problems with the cave pay a visit to
the gameshark FAQ and make it easier on yourself.


Think of anything I haven't? If so tell me about it. Seph_316@hotmail.com
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                                  Key Floors
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Not ALL the floors in the ancient cave are random. There are some special
floors. i'll tell you about them...

                              Man Selling stuff
                             -------------------
  Every 5 or 10 levels You will go down the steps and the music will change,
and you will come up in a area about the size of the top of all the towers
you fought the sinistrals in. and there will be a dude there selling items.
  Most of the time he will be useless, but near the end when you have ALL
the best armor but your missign a helmet, and he has a zirco helmet for sale.
around that time he comes in real handy.
  he tends to sell random weapons and armor that are JUST inside your price
range :) and under the Items catagory he usually has one item. i have seen him
selling Coffee, and cafelate, and one other item which the name of it escapes
me at the moment.


                                  Level 50
                                 ----------
   Level 50 is Strange. Anyone i have talked to or any other FAQ I read says
that at level 50 you will meet a waitress who will reward you with the "God
helm" and if you don't have one yet, a providence.
  But for me, When I reached level 50 all there was was a Red chest with a
crocete in it(VERY good item that re-fills everyone magic and health to 999).
  One reason for this COULD be that i found the god helm on level 13, and i
already had a providence. that could be why there was no waitress.
  If YOU know anything about this PLEASE fill me in, coz i don't know a thing
to be honest :P  what did YOU get @ level 50? was there a waitress? drop me
a line and tell me.


                                   Level 100
                                  -----------

  At Level 100 you will meet a Jelly(those who played Lufia 2 should
remember him), he will introduce himself as the master of the ancient cave,
and grant you a wish! Score!!
  The wish's he offers you are....

1: Best weapons wish
2: Make Ancient cave 200 floors
3: nothing
4: FIGHT ME!!!

                                 Best Weapons wish
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  Choosing this wish Grants you 4 of the 12 items in the Parethea shrine. The
Shrine holds 12 weapons total, one for each charachter. and yes, it holds a
sword even better then the duel blade! in order to get all 12 weapons you must
make your way to the ancient cave B100 floor 3 times and wish for the weapons
  It should be noted that the weapons in the Parethea shrine can also be taken
into the ancient cave... that makes them VERY worthwile. The Maxim blade(Weins
weapon @ the shrine) can cause 2000+ damage with a NON-critical hit.
  And the "Capsule ring" for moosse is also SUPER powerful. it makes him your
2nd best charachter in the game(Second only to the egg dragon)

                           Make Ancient cave 200 floors
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  This makes the Ancient cave double in size(And difficulty). But whats
awaiting you at floor 200 is worth it.

                                      Nothing
                                     ---------
  If you select the wish for nothing then when you leave the came you have
more EXP and are higher levels. that is what I have been told I have not
Verified it for myself as of yet tho. But I will soon.

                                     FIGHT ME!!!
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  After you have used up all ofthe "best weapon" wish's. The wish for
"FIGHT ME" will apear. If you fight the jelly and defeat him before he commits
suiside then you will have the option of enteringthe cave and starting at
level 100. to do this talk to the man behind the counter after beating the
jelly.




                                    Level 200
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    People who played lufia 2 are gonna love this. But you encounter IRIS at
the bottom of the cave. :O
  you have the option to fight Iris(Tho her name in the battle is Iria... o_O)
and if you do this and defeat her. you get the mother load of all awards :)
You get a IP skill called "D-end flash" which takes a enemys HP down by HALF.
:D~~~~
 And you also get a bracelet that is INCREDEBLY handy, but a little late in
the game to be REALLY effective.. i will say this tho.. It makes going through
the ancient cave looking for blue chests REALLY easy :)
  I won't tell you what the bracelet does, you'll just have to see for yourself
:)

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                          Bordom Fighting Tips
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   Ok, lets face it. As great as a idea as the ancient cave is, 200 floors of
the same thing over and over again? Lets face it. your gonna get REAL bored
REAL fast. So this section is dedicated to General tips and tricks to keep
you Sain while your decending the Ancient cave.


1: Play music in the background!
  I listened to my system of a down CD like 75857485702375 times while playing
the ancient cave. I know it helped to keep me sane. So crank up some music
and keep your mind on that while playing. :D

2: Have a friend over
  This sounds kinda stupid but its not that bad actually. I was playin and my
Bassist showed up and i talked with him while I played the game and it seemed
to go much quicker. but he seemed kinda bored to tears tho >:P

3: Turn on the TV, That background noise helps a little. I had MTV on and it
helped time pass, But i did have to take a break every once in while when a
good video came on.

Got any other ideas? Let me know about 'em
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                             Blue Chest Items
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   This sections is dedicated to WHAT items you can find in the blue chests of
the ancient cave. While it is going to be amazingly boring for me I will keep
going back into the cave over and over till I have as complete of a list as I
can get.  I will list the Item name, what the item does, and the description.
  If YOU find any items I do not have then for the love of god send me the
items name, its description, and its stats to me and save me the trouble of
looking for it myself! (Look in FAQ secion for how to see stats)

  I have found...
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God Helm- (Helmet sent from heaven)
Defence+ 125
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B. manicure-(Bloody manicure)
attack +427
clt+ 8
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stringsting-(has soul, only for true heros)
Attack +352
clt +10
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Power robe- (A robe with magic power)
Defence +25
Magic +25
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Bunny blade-(A sword with bunny engraving)
attack + 500
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Bunny Ears-(ears for a bunny)
defence +25
Reg+ 25
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Bunny tray-(bunnys tray)
defence +55
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Bunny Suit-(A bunny outfit)
Defence +80
Speed +20
magic +20
Reg+ 20
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Bunny Ring- (Enable to use thunder)
Defence + 5
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  Others have reported finding...


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                          Weapon and Armor sets
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  I have noticed Sets in the Ancient cave. like For exsample the Bunny set.
You can find the bunny Blade, Bunny Ring, Bunny ears, Bunny suit, and bunny
tray(shield) All in the ancient cave.  I will try and keep the items grouped
and keep track of what sets there are in the cave. i will list them here.

Bunny set: Bunny Blade, Bunny tray, Bunny Suit, Bunny ears, Bunny ring

What have YOU found? Let me know! seph_316@hotmail.com
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                                HALL OF FAME
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       (The following are people who have beaten the level 200 boss)

With gameshark cheats:

Without gameshark cheats:

  You beat the level 200 boss? Let me know about it! e-mail me at
seph_316@hotmail.com and tell me the use of the braclet you get from the L200
boss(So I can verify if you beat her or not), and if you used cheats or not.

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                        Frequently Asked Questions
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Q: Who is the best charachter to have in the ancient cave?

A: Without a shadow of a doubt, the Egg dragon. A hidden charachter in the
who you can Aquire after getting the boat, For more info on that check other
lufia: TLR guides. Egg dragon starts out on level 1 with 999 on ALL stats. a
VERY good charachter to have in the front row in the Ancient cave, I think.


Q: I have found a item not on your list, but how do i view the stats to send
those too you?

A: On your equiptment list, while i item is equipt to you, Select the item
hit the Start button. That will show What stats the item effects and how
much it does so. Don't forget to look @ the HP and MP as well to see if it
effects them.

Got a question? Let me know! seph_316@hotmail.com
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                                THANK YOU!!
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  I want to thank everyone who has helped me out with this FAQ, I greatly
apriciate it! And most of all thank YOU for reading this.

Contributions:
No-one has contributed anything so far. :(

Want your name here? Got something to add? A question? A comment about this
FAQ? A typo you have spoted? Inaccurate info given on this FAQ? know
something I don't? Let me know about it! Look in the "About the author"
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