FINAL FANTASY ENDLESS NOVA INSTRUCTION FAQ Ver 1.0 Endless Nova 2k game and FAQ created by Delita Hyral X using RPG Maker2000 www.Velv.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS I. Getting Started 1. General Information 2. New Game 3. Load Game 4. Saving A Game II. Basic Controls 1. Battle Screen 2. Extra Menus 3. World Maps a. Chocobos III. Main Characters 1. Deren 2. Motor 3. Lisbeth 4. Ibis 5. Ellana 6. Fuban 7. KioSen IV. Battle System 1. How to Win 2. Helpful Hints 3. Desperation Attacks V. Character Growth 1. Character Stats 2. Statistics System VI. Status Effects, Elements, and Classes 1. Beneficial Status Effects 2. Harmful Status Effects 3. Elemental Properties 4. Enemy Classes VII. Abilities 1. Wisdom System 2. Learning Magic 3. Learning Character Skills 4. Learning Summon (Dainsev)Magic VIII. Game Items 1. Healing Items 2. Battle Items 3. Trade Items a. Barter System 4. Key Items 5. Weapons a. Weapon Attributes 6. Wrist 7. Armor a. Armor Attributes 8. Relics 9. Dainsev's IX. Mini Games and Sub Quest 1. Mini Games 2. Sub Quest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I. GETTING STARTED 1.GENERAL INFORMATION Welcome to the instructions of Endless Nova. This was written by Delita Hyral X, who is also the creator of the game. This game has nothing to do with other Final Fantasy games story wise but includes the games traditions. The game is set in a solar system with a sun in the beginning stages of a super nova. For some reason it will not explode and years go by with people forgetting about the danger. A war over 400 years ago left a once mighty nation in ruins. For decades the people of this nation wander aimlessly on the planet Coyas not able to form a new civilization. After an unknown scientist discovers space travel and a way to make asteroids habitable people of the fallen nation migrate to space. This is the begining of the mighty asteroid colony Finel Capital. Eventually people discover that their is a limit to space travel since an impenetrable asteroid/debris dome surrounds the solar system thus the name Hells Dome is given. 2.NEW GAME To start a new game simply turn on the game and select New Game. 3.LOAD GAME To continue a game simple turn on the game and select Load Game. 4.SAVING A GAME On the field map you will encounter certain PuPu's (A small light blue alien) who will allow you to open a menu screen. You can use this menu to access a save option. On the world map you can access the save option by pressing the 2K cancel button. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- II. BASIC CONTOLS 1.BATTLE SCREEN When you enter combat you will have three commands Battle, Berserker, and Escape. If you choose Battle you will receive four commands Weapon (Use weapon against enemy), Special (use special attacks on enemy), Defend (Cut damage in half but waist turn), and Use Item (use item in inventory). If you choose Berserker you loose control over your characters for one round in which they will do whatever they wish. If you choose Escape you will attempt to exit from combat. If you fail however you are not able to perform any more actions that round. 2.EXTRA MENUS Through out the game you will encounter custom menus. These menus allow more options in the game. The most common menu is the Main Menu which can be accessed by finding a Save Point (PuPu alien). 3.WORLD MAPS Through out the game you experience new worlds which are traveled by on a world map. On the world map you can access the Main Menu at anytime by pressing the 2k cancel button. Traveling on world maps involve walking on roads until you reach a dead end. At each dead end is a location which can be entered by walking into it. After completing certain long areas you may have the option of crossing the area without entering it. You can also find invisible treasures scattered on the world map which can be found easily if you face different directions on the roads. a. Chocobos- A certain area in the game has an extremely long travel route with vicious monsters. To make the trip shorter and safer simply find Chocobo pens on the road and select the option use gysahl greens. Once you go back on the world map the chocobo you found will be gone when you go back so be careful. Their are rumored to be rare greens growing somewhere that make regular chocobos stronger. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ III. MAIN CHARACTERS (Possible Spoilers!!!!!!!!!) The seven main characters in Endless Nova each have their own temperaments, goals, skills, and views on life. But somehow these people will join together for a common struggle. Name Age Weapon 1. Deren Star 22 Sword a. Sword Skill- Skills which involve the sword. New sword skills are learned by getting new swords. b. Short Bio - Four years ago Deren was found near dead on the coast of Corret, a large town on the planet Coyas. When he awoke he had no memories of his past and eventually ended up in space. He now works with his friend Motor doing odd jobs on the asteroid colony Arleah. 2. Motor ?? Gun, Mech Hand a. Machinery- Skills which involve rare key items. New machinery skills are learned by finding Key Items. b. Short Bio- A very advanced android who found Deren on Ally Luna. She has no knowledge of her origin being that she was only activated by mistake on Ally Luna. 3. Lisbeth 11 Bell a. Terrain- Skills which involve nature. The type of terrain you are on before you enter combat determines the skill you will have. b. Short Bio- A cat like human with an unknown origin. Lisbeth crashes on Stars Bliss while in a large crystal. When she wakes up she has a major case of amnesia from the impact. 4. Ibis 17 Dagger a. Thievery- Skills which involve stealing rare items in combat. You learn new thievery skills as the game progresses. b. Short Bio- As a young Su Karu Hunter from Kortira Ibis has been all over Hells Dome. But now he focuses his energies to find his best friend and Mentor Reju who has gone missing recently. 5. Ellana Tugama 20 Bokken a. Blue Magic- Skills which involve the use of enemy magic. You can learn new blue magic when the enemy performs a learnable spell during battle. b. Short Bio- After spending most of her life in a secluded temple learning the ways of the beast Ellana returns to her home town. When she arrives however she finds out a horrible new truth which drive her future choices. 6. Fuban Late 20's Claws a. Kakutao- Skills which involve spirit energy. You can learn new Kakutao techniques by bringing ancient scrolls to Fuban's master who is the only one who can teach him. b. Short Bio- A man who seems to only have half of his soul. After an encounter with a great Chi Master, Fuban learned to slightly control his outrages. But for some reason still goes mad if he ever wanders into the Kingdom of Necelia. 7. KioSen 30 Beaker a. Using Trade Items- KioSen has the ability to use most trade items in battle. By doing this he can release the magic inside of it and cast Multi spells. b. Short Bio- After performing an experiment with cryna orbs Mason Lucade's soul gets trapped inside his daughters favorite doll KioSen. To find a cure Mason makes his way to Finel Capital's Labs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IV. BATTLE SYSTEM 1.HOW TO WIN Conditions for winning are simple enough simple defeat all enemies on the battle screen. Game Over happens if all party members are in either petrified or KO conditions. 2.HELPFUL HINTS a. If one of your characters HP is extremely low in battle and your short of healing items use the defend command. b. Look everywhere. Some treasure boxes are very well hidden and can be missed when going through an area to fast. 3.DESPERATION ATTACKS When a characters HP goes to an extremely low point their is a small chance they will gain access to a extremely powerful or useful skill.(Make sure to use it as soon as you get it. Because these skills disappear the next round after you get them.Although their is a tiny chance the skill will remain for the entire battle.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ V. CHARACTER GROWTH 1.CHARACTER STATS When a character grows stronger the values of their stats increase. These values will also change when you equip different items. a. Hit Points- The amount of damage you can take. b. Magic Points- The amount of magic you can use. c. Strength- Determines the power of physical attacks. d. Vitality- Reduces the amount of physical damage a character receives. e. Magic- Determines the power of magical attacks. A high magic value can also reduce the amount of magical damage a character receives. f. Speed- Determines the order of a characters action in battle. It also determines the characters accuracy. 2.STATISTICS SYSTEM Endless Nova does not have a level up system which means no experience points. At first character growth may seem totally random but their is indeed a way for you to raise your characters stats. Using the statistics system enables a player to have the ability to Max out the stats of your characters. All you need is an explanation of how to do so. a. Hit Points- To raise your HP make sure to take alot of damage (at least 50% of current HP)in battle. At the end of the fight their is a high chance your Max HP will raise. b. Magic Points- To raise your MP make sure to use up most of your MP (at least 50% of current MP) in battle. At the end of the fight their is a high chance your Max MP will raise. c. Strength- To raise your Str make sure not to run but fight. When you win combat their is a chance you Str value will raise. d. Vitality- To raise your Vit make sure to recover most of your HP in battle. At the end of the fight their is a chance your Vit value will raise. (Can also raise outside of combat) e. Magic- To raise your Mag make sure to recover most of your MP in battle. At the end of the fight their is a chance your Mag value will raise. (Can also raise outside of combat) f. Speed- To raise your Spd make sure to escape from combat. At the end of combat their is a chance your Spd value will raise. g. Other Stat Bonuses- You also receive stat bonuses after most Boss fights and after completing certain quest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VI. STATUS EFFECTS 1.BENEFICIAL STATUS EFFECTS Beneficial status effects occur when a characters status is changed by a spell, special skill, or an item. Beneficial status effects are canceled if a character is KO'd or if the spell effect wares off.(Note: if a * is next to a status effect that means it can only be accessed by having a certain item equipped). a. Auto-Life* -Target recovers from KO by the next round. b. Fire Shell -Halves fire elemental damage. c. Haste -Doubles targets speed value during battle. d. Ice Shell -Halves ice elemental damage. e. MP Regen* -Recover 5% of Max MP each round. f. Protect -Halves physical damage. g. Regen -Recover 10% of Max HP each round. h. Thunder Shell -Halves thunder elemental damage. i. Water Shell- Halves water elemental damage. 2.HARMFUL STATUS EFFECTS Harmful status effects occur when a characters status is hindered by a spell, or special skill. Harmful status effects are canceled if the character is either healed by the correct item or spell, KO'd, or if they ware off. a. KO -Target cannot participate in battle. b. Poison -Target looses 10% of Max HP each round. c. Darkness -Accuracy of regular attacks decreases. d. Petrify -Target cannot participate until healed. e. Silence -Target cannot use magic related skills. f. Sleep -Target falls asleep. cannot be controlled. g. Slow -Target's Speed is cut in half. h. Confuse -Target begins to attack allies. i. Berserk -Target attacks enemies without your control. j. Stop -Target cannot move for a limited time. 3.ELEMENTAL PROPERTIES By understanding elemental properties you can use magic and weapons that are imbued with elemental power to gain the advantage in battle. Each elemental deals either little or no damage to their own elemental property, but up to double if they are used against their opposed element. There are a total of six elemental properties and one Baseless element. The baseless element differs because it has no strength or weakness. a. Fire - Ice b. Thunder - Water c. Shadow - Light 4.ENEMY CLASSES Throughout the game if you use the scan technique you will notice most enemies belong to a specific Class. If you equip yourself with a weapon with (The name of the class here)Stk that means you will deal extra damage to any enemy who belongs to that class. Although the damage will not be as great as a weapon with an elemental attribute it will still do normal damage to an enemy who belongs to a different class. There are a total of seven enemy classes and one N-A class. The N-A class does not belong to any of the seven classes. a. Beast -Mostly animal/furry creatures. b. Crawler -Mostly bug/grounded creatures. c. Demon -Mostly demonic creatures. d. Dragon -Dragons or large lizards. e. Flyer -Enemies in flight. f. Shell -Most tough skinned enemies. g. Zombie -Undead enemies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VII. ABILITIES 1.WISDOM SYSTEM In order to learn magic in the game you must familiarize yourself with the wisdom system. In the Universe of Endless Nova monsters are the recycled energy of used magic. This makes monsters full of magical energy just waiting to be extracted. The tool to do this is called a Cryna Orb. Cryna Orb's are mysterious gems void of magic. These gems since magic-less are perfect for trapping magic spells from monsters. Once you extract the wisdom you can teach any of your characters a new magic spell. bellow is a brief run down of the wisdom system. a. Make sure to have cryna orbs in stock. b. Engage in a monster battle. c. Use a cryna orb from you inventory. d. If extraction is successful the cryna orb will turn yellow and you will receive a wisdom orb with a learnable spell inside which can be learned after battle. You can only extract one wisdom orb per battle. e. If extraction is unsuccessful the cryna orb will shatter and you can try again the next round. 2.LEARNING MAGIC Once you have successfully extracted magic using a cryna orb a new wisdom orb will appear under your item list. You can now take the new wisdom orb and use it on one of your characters to teach them a new spell. 3.LEARNING CHARACTER SKILLS Each character learns their own skills in a unique way. Please refer to the character section for more information on how to learn character skills. 4.LEARNING SUMMON (DAINSEV)MAGIC Eventually in the game you will come in contact with mystical sprits called Dainsevs. Dainsevs when equip grant the wearer the ability to call upon them in battle. However the stronger the Dainsev the higher the stat loss to the wearer. Most Dainsevs are not easy to find so keep a look out for anything suspicious. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VIII. GAME ITEMS 1.HEALING ITEMS Healing items restore a characters HP, MP, and or harmful status changes. Healing items can be purchased, found, stolen, or dropped by enemies. 2.BATTLE ITEMS Battle items can only be used during combat. Battle items can be purchased, or found. 3.TRADE ITEMS Trade items can bartered with travelers with green bags for prizes. They can also be used by KioSen in battle to cast Multi Spells. Trade items can be found, stolen, or dropped by enemies. a. Barter System By talking to travelers with green bags you can activate a new menu called the Trade Menu. On this menu you can exchange trade items for common or rare goods. 4.KEY ITEMS Key items are items that have a key purpose in the game. These items cannot be sold in stores. 5.WEAPONS Each character has their own unique weapon with their own strengths and weaknesses. In order to be sure how powerful a weapon is you must understand a few key words. (Note: Some key words are not listed since they are self explanatory.) a. Weapon Attributes 1. StrBns - For each StrBns your current Str value will raise by 5. For example if a weapon has a StrBnsX5 your Str value will raise by 25. 2. MagBns - For each MagBns your current Mag value will raise by 5. For example if a weapon has a MagBnsX7 your Mag value will raise by 35. 3. (Enemy Class) Stk- Deals extra damage to enemies of same class. 4. (Elemental) Pow- Deals damage of that particular element. 5. (Harmful Status)Tip- May cause a status effect. 6.WRIST Wrist gear raises your current Spd value. Weapons list Spd value as SpdBns. For each SpdBns your current Spd value will raise by 5. For example if a wrist gear has a SpdBnsX9 your Spd Value will raise by 45. 7.ARMOR Armor can be classified into three sub categories, Heavy Armor, Light Armor, and Robes. Heavy Armor has great defensive power but lowers you Speed. Light Armor has moderate defensive power and raises your speed. Robes have pitiful defensive power but greatly raises your magic and can sometimes protect from certain elemental attacks. In order to understand how powerful an armor is you must understand a few key words. a. Armor Attributes 1. VitBns - For each VitBns your current Vit value will raise by 5. For example if an armor has a VitBnsX3 your Vit value will raise by 15. 2. MagBns - For each MagBns your current Mag value will raise by 5. For example if an armor has a MagBnsX6 your Mag value will raise by 30. 3. SpdBns - For each SpdBns your current Spd value will raise by 5. For example if an armor has a VitBnsX8 your Spd value will raise by 40. 4. (Elemental) Grd- Damage received from that particular element is halved. 5. SpdLoss - For each SpdLoss your current Spd value will decrease by 5. For example if an armor has a SpdLossX2 your Spd value will decrease by 10. 8.RELICS Relics either raise stat values,(Please refer to Weapon and Armor attribute section for more details on Stat Bonuses.) Protect from harmful status effects, cause beneficial status effects, or cause other helpful effects. The most common of the relics however are protective ones. For example (Harmful Status Effect) Prv - Makes makes the wearer 100% immune to that particular abnormality. 9.DAINSEVS Dainsevs can be equipped in order to gain access to them in battle (For further information on this process please refer to the Learning Summon (Dainsev) Magic section). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IX. MINI GAMES AND SUB QUEST 1.MINI GAMES Endless Nova has many mini games to enjoy throughout the course of the game. The most common one being the arcade games. In order to find all of the mini games be sure to talk to as many people as possible for clues to gaming locations. 2.SUB QUEST Throughout the game you will find side-quest that have little or no direct relation to the story. Participating in these activities will neither further or hinder the story so feel free to do whatever. However sub quest can provide extra challenges, information, ultra rare prizes , and or raise stats. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thank you for downloading Endless Nova and for reading my instructions. if you have any further questions feel free to post a message on the message board on www.velv.net 2002 Delita Hyral X