RECORD OF LODOSS WAR : THE ADVANCE OF CARDICE

BY ADK :

Welcome to my real time walkthrough of Lodoss. Real what? oh yes : You must 
know
that Lodoss for Dreamcast is really a
difficult game, so difficult that sometime you can despair of life. So i 
found
that saying to do this or that without
humanize the thing was as to taunt the reader. This walkthrough is in fact 
my
personnal progression and not the absolute
way to complete the game like in my other walkthrough.
However if the advice and tips are here i don't know how a non japanese 
speaker
can complete this game even with this
walkthrough. I play usually japanese game and it was a real fight for me. If 
you
can't read katakana you will be block near
the end of the game because all the technics i use to beat the boss came 
from
the skill i discover and increase. The only
possible way for a non japanese speaker is to increase all caracteristics to 
the
max, else i say it again it's impossible to win.

Here is the program :

1 A complete review of Lodoss
2 Our friend the blacksmith
3 Generality about the game (read this before the walkthrough)
4 characters and main boss
5 Walkthrough (main adventure and secret quest)
6 Credits



1 Review :

Oh Lodoss for my Dream ! Cool ! I'm a fan of the first Lodoss which appears 
on
Nec CD and then on Sega CD. This old Lodoss
was (on Sega CD) full of video (45 Minutes) and was a great game. The story
follow the OAV and stop after Ghim sacrificed
his life to free Leyla from the spiritual sorceress Karla. The second part 
of
the game appears only on Nec CD and Japanese
PC. In the Dreamcast game, we can see a video of the two kings killing each
other and it seems that this game is the
parallel of the second chapter on PC and Nec. The story is different because 
you
don't play with Parn and Deedlit but you
meet them. For those who don't understand the presentation, it's simply the
resurrection of Cardice by Karla and Vagnard.
Narse was awake and run away from a fight with Cardice.  For the rest of the
story, you will discover it by playing the game.
The presentation in Lodoss is extremely cool with impressive FMV before and
during the game. Thanks to Kadokawa Shoten for
that. The FMV are in my humble opinion the best thing in the game.
Graphically Lodoss is very poor and good at the same time. Good because the 
area
is enormous (play the game and you will
understand) and we can easily lost our way. The graphism are various but not 
so
good in fact. The color choice is poor,
there are some brightness effect but i found them normal, not especially for 
a
Dreamcast. I can't admit that this game is
in 3D because most of the time it's a classical 2D battle. However some boss 
are
impressive and original, i was also happy
to see how many different monsters i can meet. But even with the good point 
i
couldn't stop to think to Light Crusader on
Genesis which is incredibly superior to this Lodoss for the graphics.
The animation is incredible. You can fight two or three horde of foes at the
same time. Some battles are awful in
difficulty and in fun at the same time. The game slows, yes, but i don't see 
a
machine which can animate this game better.
The character's speed depend on the boots he has and on his dexterity. It's
original and the difference is real in the game.
I give a large credits to the sound. The music are excellent, i don't know 
if
they are link with the OAV, but they are
excellent. I regret there's not an "official" music for the boss. On the
contrary the voice acting is ridiculous. Once
again even on a genesis it was better. The sound effect are correct and some
times good.
The maniability is good for this game, i though to a Gauntlet in 3D view.
However during some battles you can make a game
over without doing nothing to change the situation. In addition, some time 
you
can make directly a reset (A+B+X+Y+START)
because a monster stone you and a second increase the curse. Bug or not ? 
well
once again it depends on the skill you have
increase and so far i play the game i haven't find it.
Well as you can see, the technic is not the strong point in this game. The
action is not everything here, you must think
and find the good skill for the good battle (especially at the end). If you 
want
a long and difficult game you have find
it, else pass your way. Lodoss is not only for the fan but for the elite of
Dreamcast player. Elite means you can overcome
the situation and don't abandon the game due to its difficulty. Honestly i 
doubt
that this kind of player exist yet in
majority. Only a minority will enjoy playing this game. I think that Lodoss 
is a
good game but not a super hit. It's up to
you to choose to play it or not but if you begin you'll see that it's a good 
game.

PRESENTATION : 18/20
GRAPHICS : 14/20
ANIMATION : 16/20
SOUND : 17/20
MANIABILITY : 15/20
INTEREST : 18/20
FINAL NOTE : 85%


2 OUR FRIEND THE BLACKSMITH :

At the beginning of the game, you'll save COX the blacksmith. The entire
originality of Lodoss is in the equipment. You can
keep the same weapon and upgrade it as you wish. Also you can change its 
name
and even transform it. Kadokawa had pity of
us and translate in english the menu of the blacksmith.
First you need to SELECT a weapon of an armor piece to upgrade.
Second go in the ANCIENT menu to choose the skill you wish to upgrade.
Then if you wish you can TRANSFORM your weapon and choose its form. Beware 
it
changes the impact and some caracteristics.
The REFINE option is here to sell unused weapon and armor piece.
The DUPLICATE menu helps you to duplicate Lock pick and Pick mainly.
All this is possible by finding Mithril in the game. In the game, never 
equip a
new weapon, when you will find the book of
Rune just install the Rune on the new weapon to see if she is good or not.

The best classical skill to increase are :

HP for the life
ARMOR for the defense
STR for your fighter
DMG so can hurt violently the foe and boss
DURABILITY so can't be knock by a boss shop
PARING so you don't fall each time an ogre strikes you.
INT so you can master powerful magic
MP CHARGE SPEED AND MP (to increase the number and its regeneration)

Other skills are Regeneration or counterstrike for example. The problem is 
that
YOU must find them. I can't tell you where
they are because they are random.

You will find also special skill for special monsters like a Goblin Killer 
which
allows you to kill a goblin in one hit for example.

Skill in yellow can be installed on your weapon and armor piece to increase 
a
particular skill like number of HP or
Durability. They are the most important so don't underestimate them.

Kyapiko (yes the guy who helped me in the pair con game of 7th mansion and 
the
same who wrote the Super Runabout faq)
played the game simultaneously and provides some interessant advice :

1 When you have a large sword, you must wear a ferral boots so you don't 
fall if
an ogre strikes you.

2 with a single sword you can wear the boots you want, you will not fall if 
the
correct skills are increase.

Last in the game you must choose between a single sword or a double. The 
double
provides power and you can exterminate
easily the foe. The single allows you to use a shield, it's a plus for 
armor, hp
and other skills. In fact i play 80% of
the game with double sword and then change for a single sword according to 
the
situation.
The best advice i can give is to never TRANSFORM a weapon but always have it 
on
you so you can change for free.


3 GENERALITY ABOUT THE GAME :

1 when you have a third party member, heal yourself and he will be heal
automatocally.
2 Store a lot of bottle in your inventory.
3 Abuse of the RECALL spell and of the map (L+R+START) SO YOU CAN SAVE 
whenever
you want.
4 The mithril is the most important thing in this game, use it wisely to 
upgrade
the hero.
5 When the game is complete save it to continue the quest, don't worry 
there's
no trap.
6 Level are not everything in the game. The most important things is to 
upgrade
the hero not his level. It's an option you
need to increase only at particular moment.
7 At the beginning of the game by using L or R you can change the alphabet 
and
enter a name you can recognize. Especially
at the beginning of the game, no one knows you. You must introduces yourself 
to
everyone each time you can, if not people
can hurt you or answer useless things. It's important for you to recognize 
your
name.
8 For non japanese speaker avoid systematically phrase with a "!". Answer 
normal
phrase or question with a "?".
9 In this walkthrough when you see (3,2) it means answer third choice then
second. it's hint for non japanese speaker.
10 Also when i say "introduce yourself" or "asks him" it means use the 
answer
with your name inside and for the second use
the phrase with a "?".



4 CHARACTERS AND MAIN BOSS :

HERO : you can name him as you wish.

WORT : The magician who creates you.

PARN : the first friend you meet.

PIROTESS : is the counterpart of DEEDLIT. Helps her but never fight her.

DEEDLIT : Parn's girlfriend (i think).

SLAYN : a wizard who lives with NARSE.

LEYLA : is her faithful compagnion.

FINGERPOST : is the old woman you save in the pyramid of dark elf village. 
She
is the mother of RUSSEV.

NARSE : He wants you to become the dragon knight. Then other problem will 
fall
on you...

ASHRAM : the bad guy of Lodoss 2 on Nec.

BELD : i haven't meet him but he his in the game. it depends of your choice. 
If
you follow my way uou will never meet him.

MAIN BOSS :

RUSSEV : he burns everything and is difficult.

SERAPHY : is a terrible and speed opponent.

SHORDEL : is SERAPHY's master. He stones you.

VAGNARD : is the sorcerer who resurrects CARDICE.

KARLA : is the spiritual sorceress. It's possible to kill her in the game, 
on
the contrary of the OAV.

CARDICE : is an efreet. No one knows exactly if that thing is good or bad.

NARSE : yes you can fight him.



There are a tons of boss in this game, but you will discover them by reading 
my
walkthrough and playing the game.

5 WALKTHROUGH AND SECRET QUEST :

First i really doubt of an alternate ending. The ending we can see is not 
the
best of course but there is another
interpretation of this. I will not tell you for the moment, you have to wait 
the
end of the main quest.
The only possible way to obtain a bonus ending or a different one is to 
increase
all the skill at 100%, find all the
ANCIENTS (Rune of skills), Obtain the thunder wand and the efreet wand, 
COMPLETE
the secret quest and then finish again
Cardice. I have done all except increasing to the max all the skill and 
never
see a difference.
Also at the end of the game you will see the real name of the character but 
they
are not translate correctly because
Japanese have a lot of problem with our alphabet. However you will learn to
pronouce them correctly.

Now let's go.

"WELCOME HERO, my name is Wort. I have created you to save the world."

The game begins after two FMV. In one of them, Karla advice Wort to abandon 
the
war since the hero of the first battle have
all disappeared.

MINI TUTORIAL :

Remember carefully what you will do here. First search the room you are and
collect boots in a chest. Then exit. You'll
learn to use items ( Y+ up or down), to use a switch or to use a magic 
scroll to
open a sealed door. At the end of the
tutorial you must have find a shield, a potion, a sword, boots, armor and 
helm
in disorders. You can break the chest by
hitting it. The locked chest must be open with a lockpick. After you learn 
to
fill a bottle at the fountain Wort joins you
for a tough battle. After that you exit to the MARMO CIMETERY.

MARMO CIMETERY :

Here you can kill a lot of zombies. First find a house with a green goblin
inside. Never kill him. Talk with him and ask
him how to open the sealed door in the cimetery. He will give you a scroll. 
Now
visit the cimetery and find an area with 5
lockpicks on the ground. collect them all and with them, open two locked 
chest
in this area to collect a double sword. Then
you have now great power. Find the sealed door and open it with the scroll.
First in the dungeon go right then up to find
another lockpick in a chest. Then open the chest left of the entrance. Visit 
the
dungeon and all path. Fight two gargoyles
then go upstairs. You find a jail. Save COX (you can rename him) and he 
opens
the way and go upstairs and look a golem and
an ogre in a jail. Now continue and upsatirs is the

GOBLIN FORT :

There's a lot of ennemies to blast here. Enter a house and find the GOBLIN 
LORD
(boss). Kill him and Wort appears. Take the
book and use it to win between 100 and 150 hp. FMV.
Wort shows you the four hero you must save (Slayn Parn Leyla Deedlit). Wort
teaches you the RECALL spell. It's a combo of
button, then use X to recall. This spell is the most useful because each 
time
you use it you come in this fort,
heal automatically and you can save. Save the game is a good idea.  Go in a 
big
house from where you hear a sound and meet
COX which is the blacksmith. Remember where you see a jail with monsters, 
COX
has let three chests for you. Take them.
Equip then talk to the goblin to learn many tips (L+R+START= MAP for 
example).
Save again. You notice a chest in COX's
house, use it to store useless items. Equip yourself with the knife you had 
at
the beginning and with the best armor and
helm you have. Then talk again to COX : Your mission is to increase your 
weapon,
armor and helm and
you will exit once you have done it. Refine all your old weapon and even the
sword. Select the knife, increase, HP and DMG
then transform it in the double sword. If you do correctly the things your 
knife
is superior now. Then try to increase
armor and helm and when you can exit. It's hard and take time before you 
obtain
the exit. Try different combinations then
each time you talk to the blacksmith you'll be free of your decision.
Go down to the jail and ask the goblin to open the jail (3,2). Kill the ogre 
and
have a lot of potion for the Golem. (you
need to be at level 4 or 5). You can know exit of here and return to the 
green
goblin in the cimetery. Talk to him and use
all questions until he gives a second magic scroll. Remember the second 
sealed
door in the first dungeon, go to it, open it
and you reach a new part of the decor.

MINI QUEST 1 : ZOMBIES :

Enter this cave full of zombies. Kill them all then kill the red one or you 
will
lose a lot of EXP. You obtain a medal and
collect new ANCIENTS.

GOBLIN FORT 2 :
Return to goblin fort and talk to COX. Customize again the hero (1) then 
talk
(2). Talk to Wort and collect new ancients in
the fort. The main door are open. You are now ready for the real game and to
stop the advance of CARDICE.

DARK ELF FOREST :

1 ON THE WAY :

You can collect ancients on the way by going to the right. Don't forget to 
kill
everyone to gain a tons of exp. Then go
north. You arrive in an area with a gray ground. You can locate the cyclops 
cave
because near it is a teleport that didn't
work yet and there is an ancients also. Continue north and you arrive in 
lizard
town. Kill the red lizard to collect a
magic scroll. You are not ready for this cave but remember the location we 
will
come back to it later. Continue north, pass
wooden bridge and you'll reach the dark elf town.

2 DARK ELF TOWN :

When you arrive you see a dark elf lord (Pirotess) talking with a dark 
shaman.
Now enter and save. Go right, introduce your
self to Pirotess (answer 1) or you'll regret it. Avoid the phrase that end 
with
a "!". Then visit the house and the town
to find items and magic scroll. You'll find a lot of ancients here. Then 
you'll
eventually find Pirotess's house. talk and
accept to help her (1,1). She will test you (a bad habit in this game). You 
must
save Fingerpost the elder of the village.

3 PYRAMID :

Visit 1f. Here collect everything. Your test will end when you kill the blue
demon. Exit. Talk with Pirotess and she opens
the way to 2F. Visit 2F and find the elder. Talk with her and you have 
finished.
They all advice you to visit the 3F for a
boss fight, so let's go. Kill the green monster and then all his friend (not 
so
easy). Collect items here and use a
lockpick to open the chest. Now you can go to 1F and use the only exit that 
you
hadn't use because it was lock and you exit
on the last part of the town, near the forest.
Return to Goblin Fort (with a recall of course) and Wort lets a special item 
for
you to COX. It's a Rune book. It allows
you to unequip a rune on a weapon or armor and change to a new weapon or 
armor
you just find. Very useful .

4 PARN :

Your mission is to find Parn in the dark elf forest so from the last part of 
the
town you find an exit to this forest. Use
L+R+START to abuse of the map. For going to the small island you must find a
house with an underground tunnel that leads
you to the island. You find there a magic scroll. Near this house is a way 
to a
lever so use it to open the new area.Go to
this area and enter the sealed house with the scroll. You find new items. 
Enter
a cave to arrive in the final zone of the
forest. Save and equip yourself with the tornado spell. Enter the shrine and
kill the DARK KNIGHT. Have your hero takes
care personally of this boss so you can collect special items like dexterity
boots or power bracelet. You find anyway a
shield and a potion to heal MP and HP at the same time. Talk to PARN 
(1,1,1,2).
Normally the guy laugh, it means that you
have accepted to help him to save Deedlit. (If Parn didn't laugh you must
restart the fight and change the choice, you must
be sure that you help him to avoid bad surprises).

5 DEEDLIT :

Now go downstairs in the second part of the cave you have begin to visit 
earlier
(the exit that Parn shows you). You'll
visit 2 floors before reaching the gobiln village. Advance and kill everyone
until you see a FMV and then advance until you
see Deedlit. Now kill the boss of this village. Then you can save Deedlit.
Deedlit joins the force. Ask her about Russev.
Open a door and arrive in a big area. Here you must visit all ways you find 
and
take all your time because it's very
long. Don't forget to visit all the sub cave to collect special items and 
ancients.
Don't worry about the crystal here. You can't destroy it yet.
You'll obtain new weapons and armor. Don't forget to change the weapon with 
the book.
When you arrive near the exit you'll see a magic stairs near the door that 
says
to follow the light and kill the titan to
open the door. Follow the light and kill the titan... . Go back to the door 
and
Now climb 2 floors (very easy) and emerge
in Russev's area.

6 RUSSEV'S AREA :

OK. To end this part of the game you must visit this area. First, visit this
part and collect the rune and items. Now go in
the cave and arrive in a short second part. Visit another cave and emerge in 
the
last part. Heal and recall to save then
kill Russev (after a FMV and a dialogue of no importance). Now Deedlit and 
Parn
leaves the team... Open the chest here and
use your magic scroll to visit the small area near you. Then go to Wort to 
ask
about Leyla and Slayn. It appears that they
are with the dragon Narse.

MINI QUEST 2 AND 3 : LIZARD AND CYCLOPS :

Visit the lizard cave and the cyclops cave you have found earlier to gain 
two
new medals. Store them for the moment.

MINI QUEST 4,5,6,7 :

Go to dark elf village by using the teleport in goblin fort (click on the 
skull
to open them).Talk to Finger post, the
elder of the village. After a long talkshe opens a teleport to an island and
indicates on your map all the mini quest to
complete. (it also give a dimension to the world of Lodoss, the time you 
were
lost is over). Use the teleport and kill the
LIZARD KING. You obtain a book that allows you to open Sealed Doors. Cool. 
Throw
all your magic scroll of the inventory
because they are useless now. Return to Fingerpost with all your medals and 
she
gives you items to help you. You need now
to find 3 coins to obtain a new item. You can visit TITAN ZOMBIES, SKELETON 
KING
and GOBLIN KING which are all on the first
map and easy for now.

MINI QUEST 8,9,10,11 :

When you exit by the normal way of the dark elf village you can see and 
complete
the following quest : ELDER KNIGHT, DARK
SHAMAN, GARGOYLE. If you exit by the left on this map, you will arrive in a 
land
where it rains constantly. Follow the long
way to the south (north then west then south) to reach the WORM'S LAIR. Once 
you
have finished, return to your home and
customize the hero.

NARSE'S LAIR :

1 ON THE WAY :

Go to goblin fort. Now exit to the map and follow the path until you see a 
fork.
It's a long way. Once you find the fork,
go left and you arrive near Narse's lair.

MINI QUEST 12 : IRON GOLEM

Enter the cave and kill all golem here. Then to beat the giant iron golem,
simply destroy a pillar. He will be stun and you
can hit him quietly. Exit then contiue the way to Narse's lair. Go north and
enter the cave, it's Narse'lair.

2 IN THE LAIR :

1F : You discover teleport 3. Follow all the possible way. It's simple. Near 
the
end of the 1F is a gold giant lizard you
must kill. Destroy the box to collect a ring and open the chest for a book. 
Then
go to 2F.

2F : Talk to Slayn and Leyla (4,2,1,1). Advance and click on the magic 
stairs
here. A mithril golem appears and gives you a
pick. Go to goblin fort and duplicate the pick. Continue and collect the
ancients "durability+3" (in 2F) and go downstairs.

1F again : Go straight for the moment. You emerge on a new area.

3 NEW AREA :
Follow the way to the north to arrive in FARALYS.

4 FARALYS :

You discover teleoprt 4. Explore this area. I have notice 3 traps :
	You destroy a mithril and ennemies appears.
	You open a giant box and a horde of golem and ogre appears to kill you
	Open a door, break a mithril with pick and fight an ogre while 3 magicians 
are
shooting you.
I also notice a door you can't open yet.Here to enter the castle you must
destroy 4 giants demon statues. 2 are easy, the
other are dangerous because a horde of ennmies appears. Then save and go to 
the
castle.You'll fight a new horde before
entering the castle. Then talk to Leyla in the castle and she joins you. 
Destroy
the four statues here to open new gate.
Destroy a chest and kill the gargoyle. Now you are ready for the castle.

5 THE CASTLE :

1F : Destroy the statue to open new doors. Once you have open them all, 
destroy
the big statue and kill everyone. Go to B1.

B1 : Explore B1 until you meet Shordel. Kill the horde he lets with you. 
Pass
the door and destroy the statue and a horde
will appear.Push the lever and come back to the beginning of the floor to
collect 2 items in a chest. Explore the new way
destroy a statue and kill another horde. Continue and pull all levers then
destroy the statue. Save and go to B2.

B2 : Destroy the statue and meet Seraphi. Talk and destroy the horrible 
monster
and his friends.First use only the lever
with yellow arrow on it to destroy the main giant statue. Now use the red 
one to
arrive at the end of this floor. If i say
"kill them all" you believ me?. You must try different lever to reach B3.

B3 : Visit this floor until you meet Seraphi. Kill her. FMV. Visit B3 and 
use
all the way you can and kill them all.
There's a lot to do here. Open a sealed door and once you are near a blue
circle,go north and exit.

B4 : It's very difficult here. I can just say use the lever at your left to 
open
the way to B5. But before this you must
destroy all the statue here and mainly the one of Shordel, protected by a 
tons
of mithril. Once you have done it, Shordel
is no more invincible. You will know you are on the way when you begin to 
open
sealed door. Now go to B5.

B5 : FARALYS CHAMBER : Here kill that pig named Shordel (i hate his voice
Oyakuyokuyo... pfff ridiculous). Exit of the
castle. Once you come back to 1F, search the wall of the castle to find a 
secret
area. Visit it and kill everyone until you
see a shrine. By killing a lizard you discover a new teleport (to ORPHAN'S
GATE).

MINI QUEST 13 : CULTISTS :

This cave is full of poor magicians. You collect a coin and a sword. If you
finish to explore this area you will find the
locked door i mentioned earlier.

Now return to Goblin fort and buy a tons of picks. Explore the 1F of Narse's
lair to collect all the mithril here. Come
back home and customize the hero. Return to Narse and talk with Slayn. Talk
again to give the two heads (of russev and
shordel) you have. You obtain a key that allows you to go to Conquara, the 
final
dungeon. Don't forget it. Then Slayn asks
you to find all the dragon weapon and armor (4 pieces). You will notice four 
new
marks on the general map which are the
location.

You have to complete the two long quest (Fingerpost and Slayn).

MINI QUEST 14 TO 27 :

You can complete GOBLIN LORD and GIGANDETH ZOMBIE cave on the first map by
hiting the mithril. Beware for Gigandeth it's a
long fight. Go to the area full of Worms. At the west side is the FLAME 
DEMON
cave. Then go north to complete the TITAN
CAVE. Exit by the south of this area and on the north of the new map is 
PHANTOM
cave. Then go to the very south and find
the GOBLIN MASTER cave. Then return to Narse's area and on the way to 
Faralys,
if you go east instead of west is the
SALAMANDER cave.

In the area full of worms enter the WORM SHRINE. Here you must fight until 
you
reach level 60. It's not a joke. It means
exit and makes a tons of recall.

Now in the map of PHANTOM cave you can visit MEDUSA cave .

Go again to that shrine full of worms and reach level 76.

Go again in the map of the phantom cave and find this time  THE PADDLE QUEEN
cave (north). Then kill the CHIMAERA with
Firewall near Orphan's gate.

FROM THIS MOMENT ON THE GAME WILL BE UNPLAYABLE IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW MY 
ADVICE.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DESPAIR OF LIFE BELIEVE ME.

Go to Goblin fort and search in all the items you have store and not throw 
(i
hope) the ones that increase greatly your
armor (boots and rings and even armor). You will have to  have them with you 
so
can equip them before an important fight.
Talk to COX nad equip your sword with the first yellow skill in the list 
called
MANA and you triple your HP. You can also
find for your armor a skill that double the DURABILITY and for the HELM a 
yellow
skill that double the MP.

Go to the GRAND DEMON cave near Orphan's gate (on the way, destroy the demon
statue to reach the teleport you have activate
near the CULTISTS).  Then visit GIGANDETH. To kill the horde of ogre here 
you
must hide behind the door and cast firewall
repetively. Then use the WONDERDEAD spell to revive the silver ogre (which
become green when you awake him). Use him to
destroy the other green ogre abd don't forget to heal him. Then let your 
friend
fight with GIGANDETH and simply heal him.
You must be sure that it's a duel so before attacking GIGANDETH kill every 
ogre here.
Once you have finished you collect a single sword ultra powerful but slow. 
Equip
yourself with it. Go to the blacksmith and
increase the FAST ATTACK skill. Now your are virtually invincible (1300 to 
1600
of armor and only 2870 of attack...). But you can do better.
It's time to kill the DEMON LORD. with your new power. All the teleport gate 
to
the main ennemies opens in Orphan's gate.
It's time to build a powerful shield. Take the best you have and increase 
ARMOR
PARING and DMG (DAMAGE).
Now visit the LEATHER DEMON cave which is ridiculous after the demon you 
killed.


DRAGON'S WEAPON QUEST :

The HELM is near an oasis in the area full of worms. With the skill equiped
correctly and a shield and ferral boots given
by Fingerpost it's easy.
The SWORD is near the Leather demon cave.
The SHIELD is on the same map as Goblin master and Paddle queen.

MINI QUEST 28 : THE HELL LORD :

Equip yourself with the dragon's sword (even if it's a poor sword) and the 
mana
that triple your HP (beware you must
unequiped the other weapon if the dragon's sword hadn't it in the yellow 
list).
Then kill the poor hell lord. Now prepare
to fight two Mithril golem. It's simple : take the dragon sword and increase 
the
GOLEM BUSTER and add the mana that triple your HP.

DRAGON'S ARMOR  :
Go to the hell lord cave and near it is the dragon's armor mark. Kill the 
golem.

MINI QUEST 29 :
Now you can visit the MITHRIL GOLEM cave . You obtain the BERSERK SWORD 
which is
the best weapon of the game. It can have
something like 6000 points of DMG if you do things correctly. Increase 
Resist
cold, resist hell and some other stuff if you
can. Go to Fingerpost and collect the last item (a green saber, ultra speed 
but
not so powerful).

In fact you have on you ferral boots and berserk sword for difficult battle 
and
you can wanderer the world with the
dragon sword and helm and shield. If you sacrifice a little of durability 
for
armor you can equip yourself with the
dragon armor. It's not obligatory but NEVER sell them to COX.

MINI QUEST 30 : WORM SHRINE :

Reach level 100 and then kill the big worm mama. There is a simple way, kill
everyone and then the mama. Wait at the
entrance and the mama can't touch you. you have just to cast Firewall again 
and
again.




CONQUARA :

At least you have completed thoses quests. Never bring the 30th medal to
fingerpost. Go to the dragon Narse.  Save before
this.Disguise yourself in the dragon knight and Narse gives to you the 
dragon
buster. Answer 2 i think and you can go away
if not you arrive in a supreme battle you must avoid now. Retrun to Goblin 
Fort
and choose for your shield a yellow skill
that divides MP by two and add 50% of HP. Then choose a yellow skill for the
helm that increase the magic power. Save.
If you have done everything correctly you have something like 16000 HP and 
6000
of attack and 2000 of defense or around
(yes it's my hero you see here and all the skill are not to the max).

Conquara is on the same map as GIGANDETH and north of it. To enter the cave 
put
the item Narse gave to you in the hole.
Destroy the pillar and Kill the horde and enter.

B1 : Visit it and kill everyone after Pirotess joins you (answer 4). Collect 
the
mithril. Exit to 1F and answer 1 to
Pirotess. Use the teleport to arrive in Goblin fort and now you can recall 
in
conquara. In 1F you saved Ashuram. Answer 1
constantly and Ashuram joins the team and Pirotess leaves. Explore the floor
until you find a skeleton king. There are a
lot to find here. Now you can return to B1 by the new exit the skeleton 
guarded
and then complete B1. Find the floor
guardian and all the secrets here. Then you are ready for B2.

B2 : is a duel against Vagnard.

B3 : If Ashuram is with you answer 4 so he goes away. Destroy all the giant
statue to fight with the floor guardian.

B4 : THere is a horrible trap here : When a cultist block you with ennemies, 
you
must kill HIM with firewall.

B5 : is a duel against ZOMBIE VAGNARD.

B6 : At least a permanent teleport gate to B6. cool. Visit the short first 
part
and kill the paddle queen to access to B8.

B8 : here go directly to B9.

B9 : Wort talk and offer a skill. Kill Karla. Don't waste your time to kill
Shordel or Russev else Karla called Vagnard to
help her... . Go to Cardice and Wort appears (1,2,3,4). and then open the 
last
warp. Teleport, heal and save.

You must
complete B6, B7 and B8 for the following reason : Mithril is infinite so you 
can
discover new armor and shield and
customize your hero. On B7 you find a worm to kill before going to B6. The 
main
problem is that the medusa are infinite and
if two stones you can make a reset. There are two demon statue, if you 
destroy
them you arrive near a mithril piece,
destroy it and kill the golem here IF YOU CAN. I have failed but i'm sure it
gives valuable item. I have notice a thunder
sword that knock the medusa and a black armor which is the best i have find 
in
the game. I have heared a rumor about a
statue of Karla in B6 but i hadn't find it.

CARDICE FLOOR : Once you think you are ready, take the elevator to Cardice. 
Once
you reached the ground you notice
explosive pillar. Don't search them and go to the boss. Cardice is nice with 
two
forms, one he attacks you and two he
summon a strange beast to help but it's useless with a berserk sword. You 
can
then watch the final movie.



ABOUT THE END  : It looks like a bad ending because the hero die but i think
that it was Wort plan. He wants to give to
Cardice a pure heart, full of bravery and courage so cardice become a good
efreet. In fact the blond girl you see is
Cardice with the heart of the hero. That's why i think there's no alternate
ending. However don't forget to save your game
and then to reload it because the game is not over.


SECRET QUEST :

Go to Wort's house in Goblin fort and take the teleport.
ROOM 1 : battle with an ogre and a dark golem.
ROOM 2 : the horrible battle with a dark mithril golem and some medusa and
demon. To block the medusa use the spell WALL
and kill all the demon. Then kill the medusa and last the golem. It's ultra 
hard
but not impossible. You must have a lot of
INT so the wall didn't disappear in the second.
ROOM 3 : DARK SERAPHY AND FRIENDS.
ROOM 4 : FINAL KARLA. Yes you can kill her now.

Then Wort gives a mithril skill that allows you to collect a mithril piece 
each
time you kill a monster. That's why i think
you must increase to the max all the skill if you want to obtain a bonus 
ending.
Wort gives you a thunder wand to cast
thunder like a demon.

FINGERPOST FINAL :

Gives the 30th medal to her and talk. If you answer correctly you will fight 
a
green dragon. To kill a dragon you must
increase to the max the DRAGON BUSTER Narse gave to you. You will then do 
35000
points of damage on him. You must remember
that a dragon mustn't fly (at any coast) during the battle.

Here is the exact method : at the beginning the green dragon cast fireball,
avoid them from not so far and in a range so
dragon have just to turn to reach you. Then the draong turn and heads to 
you.
Awaits him and give two strikes to him (with
the dragon sword). Normally the dragon simply push you with his head (if you
have ferral boots). Then you can escape to a
short distance so the dragon never fly and follow you. Wait for him and 
strike
two times again. If you fall, it's not a
problem, run a little more and wait again. It's long but it's possible. You 
will
collect a tons of mithril. Then Pirotess
appears and beware to not answer that you want to kill Fingerpost. Let her 
live
and Pirotess will let you. (sorry i think
it's answer 2 but i'm not sure).

NARSE SUPREME BATTLE :

Talk to Slayn and then you will fight the 30 boss you have killed and Narse
after them. The Paddle queen and the Leather
demon are more difficult this time. To kill the queen, increase the 
ELEMENTAL
BUSTER to 15 so she takes 5800 points of
damage. Normally you can't fall even when Gigandeth hit you.

According to Kyapiko you can hit Narse and fight him directly. Then in the
middle of the fight, he stops and allows you to
regenerate when you have killed the 30 spirits in the supreme battle. It's 
an
easy way to kill him after the 30 boss. In my
case i play the barbarian and kill them all without healing.

NARSE has less HP than the green dragon but has a better move for his 
fireball.
It means that even if you are on the side
and even behind him he can hit you and kill you. However the same method can 
be used.

I don't speak japanese but i'm sure that Slayn and Leyla are not happy you 
do
that. Even if they are free now. You collect a tons of mithril.

CARDICE AGAIN :

In the ground you can see explosive pillar. Destroy the first and kill the
horde. You obtain a demon armor piece. Destroy
the second and the third to obtain other pieces. For the fourth you need the
thunder wand to destroy it. Then you can kill
the horde. (it's not easy to do that). You collect an EFREET WAND. Kill 
again
Cardice and save again to refine the weapon
you have found there. Now you have find something like 95% of the weapon of 
the
game.

Well that's all for this one. But if you have the patience increase to the 
max
all the skill, find the statue of karla in
B6 and destroy the mithril golem protected by four medusas in B6 also. Then 
kill
Cardice and maybe you will have a bonus
ending but there is ABSOLUTELY nothing sure.


6 CREDITS :

I want to thank Kyapiko who plays the game simultaneously and provides goods
advice to me.
I want to thank Napalm (yes the guy who explain to me the CPSL code in the
Nanatsu no hikan faq) who check this
walkthrough (i forget so many times people who do that).
As usual this faq is copyright and if you want it on your site, e mail me at
advanced_knight@yahoo.fr.


						ADK, tired of the Record of Lodoss.


