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<<< By:  DLemasa (Dave Lemasa) >>>>>>>>>>>>
<<< Email: dlemasa@lynx.neu.edu >>>>>>>>>>>
<<< Version: 0.50 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<<< Date:  December 23, 2001 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<<< Time: 10:00 PM EST >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I.     INTRODUCTION

II.    VERSION HISTORY

III.   LEVEL THREE (3) FUSIONS

IV.    FIRST POINT OF NO RETURN

       A.  THE EROTIC MAGAZINE

V.     SECOND POINT OF NO RETURN
 
       A.  THE DESTRUCTION STONE & AMON

VI.    THIRD POINT OF NO RETURN

       A.  THE REBIRTH STONE & SERAPHIC RADIANCE

VII.   HIDDEN SIDEQUESTS AND ULTIMATE WEAPONS

VIII.  MISCELLANEOUS T
    
       A.  COMMON STICKING POINTS

IX.    THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

X.     LEGAL STUFF & FINAL THOUGHTS

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I.  INTRODUCTION

OK - while there's lots of activity on the boards re: this game, there's
also a noticeable drought of clearly explained methods to accomplish the
various side-quests, secrets etc. within Shadow Hearts.  In this guide 
I'll attempt to provide clear advice on how to get the various Fusions
and other stuff.  

Please also note that this guide will be rife with spoilers and will
assume that you have played the game and have a decent understanding
of what "Fusions" are and the like.  Check your manual for further
details.

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The following is very important.  There are THREE points of "No Return"
in  Shadow Hearts.  By this I mean that there are three points in this
game where you MUST do or find a certain something in order to ensure
that you will have certain extra's or secrets available later in the
game.

Briefly, they are:

I.    Dehui's Tower: 

      You MUST get the Erotic Magazine, "Shanghai Angels"
      in order to have the opportunity to get the ultimate Fusion, 
      the "Seraphic Radiance".

II.   Under Nemeton Monastary:

      You MUST get the Destruction Stone before you enter the double-
      doors that lead to the Albert Simon battle in order to have the
      opportunity to get the "Amon" Fusion Soul.

III.  The Float:

      You must do ALL side-quests, etc. BEFORE you leave for "The Float"
      or you will lose the opportunity to do them.  Also, you CANNOT
      get the Rebirth Stone (which will give you the Seraphic Radiance)
      after you leave for The Float.

See below for more detailed information.

Finally, please feel free to email any information you may have on a 
fool-proof way to get "X" secret or sidequest.  I will be fairly
candid in here about areas I have not discovered personally and
will credit any help you are nice enough to provide.

On to the Guide!

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II.  VERSION HISTORY

0.50      First draft.
          This FAQ was written in Courier New font with Wordpad.

This FAQ is hosted at:

http://www.gamefaqs.com


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III.  LEVEL THREE FUSIONS

OK - quick intro.  

Unlike the Level One and Two Fusions, you have to do something extra to
gain access to the Level Three Fusion Souls.  This game has a total of
20 Fusion Souls available - 6 in Lvl 1, 6 in Lvl 2, 6 in Lvl 3, and 2
Secret "Ultimate" Fusions.  Call them the "Knights of the Round" of
Shadow Hearts.

To obtain a Lvl 3 Fusion Soul, 2 conditions must have been met:

1.   You have killed enough monsters of a particular element in battle
     to have maxed out a particular Fusion Soul Element.  Look under
     "Graveyard" in your menu.  When a particular element has "maxed"
     that Fusion Soul can be obtained, if...

2.   You have the proper, corresponding Gravestone in your inventory.

And so...

For example:

You have the Lvl 1 and Lvl 2 Fusion Souls under the "Darkness" element.
After various battles, you see that the Darkness element has leveled up
70 points and is now at its maximum.  If you go to the Graveyard, you'll
see that the gravestone for Darkness has grown even more.  To fight the
Lvl 3 Fusion monster, you will have to have the Dark Gravestone in your
inventory to fight and obtain the Lvl 3 Fusion Soul for Darkness.

Got it?  Good.

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In no particular order...


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DARK GRAVESTONE
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Location:  Blue Castle, Room at the top of the Tower.

After you defeat Yuri in the Tower, go back to the top of the Tower again
and pick up the blinking item on the floor.  It's the Darkness Stone.

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LIGHT GRAVESTONE
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Location:  *Real* Roger Bacon's House.

Search the area to the right of the Vending Machine (walk past it,
to the right) after the Real Roger Bacon reveals himself.


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WIND GRAVESTONE
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Location:  Prague, the Bartender has it.

This is a bit more involved.  You will need some Tissues to do it.  If
you don't have any, go to any Lottery Member and purposely lose to get
"Tissues".  Go to Prague.  Talk to the people and they'll tell you that
the bartender has been in the bathroom for a long time and they're
worried about him.  Go into the Men's room and search the stalls.  
Someone inside one of the stalls will tell you that there's no toilet 
paper (it's the bartender).  Yuri will give him some Tissues, and the
grateful barkeep will reward him with the Wind Stone.


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FIRE GRAVESTONE
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Location:  Mental Hospital, in the Spade Room.

After opening the room requiring the Spade Key, search the
chest in the room twice and you'll get the Red Gravestone.


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WATER GRAVESTONE
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Location:  Rouen, at the Hotel. (After you find out about the Real
           Roger Bacon)

Go to the Hotel in Rouen and start to walk up the staircase.  You'll
start to overhear a couple arguing.  Walk all the way up and enter the
door on the right.  Talk to the man and the women - the man will allude
that he needs to talk to a priest about what kind of engagement ring 
he should get the woman.  Go to the church (you'll have to use the door
in the back).  Go into the confessional area (door on the right once 
inside the church).  Enter the second door.  The man will enter the
other side and ask you ("Father") what he should do.  Tell him
to get the Diamond Ring (as he originally promised).  He'll leave.
Now go back to the room in the hotel.  Talk to the man again and he'll
offer to sell you the Blue Gravestone for 3000g.


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EARTH GRAVESTONE
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Location:  Bisritz.  (After you find out about the Real Roger Bacon)

Another involved side-quest.  Go to Nina's house (the item shop), there's
a blinking spot in front of the house.  Search it.  Go inside and talk to
Nina, who has now moved from behind the counter.  Leave the village.  Go
back in and search the blinking thing again and choose "Watch it" from
the menu.  Yuri will water the spot.  Talk to Nina and leave.  Keep going
into the village, watering the spot, talking to Nina, and leaving (whew!)
until Nina moves out of the house.  Talk to her and she'll give you the
Green Gravestone.

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IV.  THE FIRST POINT OF NO RETURN


A.  THE EROTIC MAGAZINE:  "Shanghai Angels"

Location:  Dehui's Tower in Shanghai

Search the room where you get the White Tiger Votive Scroll (the top
room of the left side of the tower).  It's on a table there near it.


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V.  THE SECOND POINT OF NO RETURN


A.  THE DESTRUCTION STONE & AMON

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THE DESTRUCTION STONE
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Location:  Nemeton Monastary Ruins, underneath.

Unseal all of the treasure chests by using the different colored activators
to change the color of the Torch to the color you need it to be.  
(NB - I understand I'm being vague, you'll see when you get there).  
I'll answer a common question right now - Green + Red = Yellow, to open 
the Yellow Chest (and only Green and Red, you'll have to turn the other 
colors off).  Once you have opened all of the chests, go to where the 
large open fire pit is.  You'll lose control of Yuri and he'll walk over
to the fire pit as a blinking object comes down the chimney.  

Yuri will grab the object and you'll now have the Destruction Stone.


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SECRET FUSION SOUL AMON
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Location:  Nemeton Monastary Ruins, Albert Simon Boss Battle

After unsealing all of the chests and getting the Destruction Stone, go
to the double doors and tell your PS2 it's OK to go in now.  Go up the
long stairs and you'll have an interaction with Albert Simon and a boss
fight with him will quickly ensue.  After you get Simon on the ropes,
he'll transform into Amon, a hidden Fusion Soul.  Defeat this form and,
since you have found the Destruction Stone, you'll gain him as a
Fusion Soul.

NB - Amon ricks.  He's Non-elemental, can heal AND revive others,
     has both a huge damage single hit ability as well as a non-
     elemental area hit ability.  He also had incredible attack power
     and agility - he frequently gets 2 attacks per turn.  I'll post his
     full stats later.

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VI.  THIRD POINT OF NO RETURN

OK.  DO NOT tell Real Roger Bacon that you're ready for "The Float" until
you clear all the side- and sub-quests throughout Europe.  You can't go
back.

I'm also not going to fill anymore into this section until the correct
method has become settled.  In a nutshell, there's conflicting info
on how to get the game's most powerful Fusion, Seraphic Radiance.  The
folowing elements have to be found or dealth with before you can get
the Rebirth Stone, which in turn gets you the Seraphic Radiance.

Here's where I'm asking for any info y'all have.  I know that the
following things may or may not have an effect on getting it:

1.  The 4 Masks.

2.  The 5th Mask.

3.  The 4 Hidden Documents.

4.  Alice's Dream Fight.

5.  The hidden game areas.

6.  The hidden bosses (Cherubim, Seraphim).

7.  The Pulse Tract.

8.  Timing relative to even talking to Real Roger Bacon
    after he tells you about his teleporter.

9.  Talking to Koudelka.

See above and below for my email address.


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VII.   HIDDEN SIDEQUESTS AND ULTIMATE WEAPONS

Also, ultimate weapons and the timing on their availability seems to be
in doubt.  I've heard talk of "The Doll" and the "Golden Bat".  When
I sort this out and playtest it I'll fill that in as well.  

See above and below for my email address.

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IX.  THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many Thanks to...

- GameFAQ's for hosting this FAQ.

- Midway, for bringing a quality RPG stateside.

- Sacnoth and Aruze, for making the first great RPG for the PS2.

- You, for reading my FAQ.


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X.  LEGAL STUFF & FINAL THOUGHTS

Copyright:  (c) Copyright 2001 David J. Lemasa, Esq. This FAQ and
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            not be used for commercial or promotional purposes. 
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            transaction. This FAQ shall not be given away as some 
            sort of bonus, gift, etc., with any form of purchase.

In a nutshell, people, if you want to post this FAQ, simply ask.  If you 
want to use it for something else, please make DAMN sure you ask my 
permission. I've heard the horror stories and would rather not become 
another one. I'm a lawyer and I'm not afraid to use me!  :) 

With any luck, this guide will be available first at www.GameFaqs.com 
and then any other websites that properly follow (more on that later).

Thanks for reading!  Your intelligent questions, comments, suggestions, 
etc. are welcome.  My email address is dlemasa@lynx.neu.edu.

See you next version!


DLemasa
<DJL>
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"Professional Devil's advocate, contact me for rates."    




      
			
			
  




 





