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The Last Remant Guide

The Last Remnant is like few JRPGs you've ever played. Huge,

challenging and occasionally innovative, it places you in the role of a

young man named Rush Sykes who is searching for his kidnapped

sister, Irina. What begins as a simple family matter quickly evolves

into much more, though, as Rush is joined by the leader of a young

country looking to gain its independence while a magical war for

possession of magical artifacts known as Remnants ravages the

lands.

Whether you're looking to speed through the game in the shortest

manner possible or to uncover the darkest secrets locked deep

within this massive game, you made the right decision when you

chose to consult this guide. The Last Remnant will always be a

huge game and perhaps there will always be secrets left unknown,

but with this file at your side you should be able to see Rush's

adventure through from beginning to end without too much anguish

along the way. Enjoy!

In this The Last Remnant strategy guide, you'll find:

BASICS // Battle mechanics and strategies explained for

young adventurers.

FAQ // Answers to frequently asked Last Remnant questions.

WALKTHROUGH // Our full Last Remnant walkthrough to take you from Yamarn Plain to the Sacred Lands.

QUESTS // Tips for completing the game's myriad side quests.

GUILD TASKS // Details on the many guild tasks found in the game.

Guide by: Jason Venter

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The Last Remant Basics

While The Last Remnant is quite the undertaking (particularly if you're new to the RPG genre or you're used to simpler

fare), there are a few simple strategies that will allow you to rise to just about every challenge the game presents. We'll

be going over some of the following information in detail in our walkthrough for the game, but first we thought it made

sense to give you a crash course in how things work. There will be no button-by-button information here (that's what the

instruction manual is for), but you should still find a lot of useful information to help you on your way.

Battle Mechanics

Combat in The Last Remnant can at first seem daunting,

but it's actually not terribly different from any other turn-

based RPG. The first key difference is that instead of

individual units, you're now in control of complete unions.

The second key difference is that you don't give

commands so much as you do suggestions.

Side Quests

Throughout the game, you'll find several distinct cities

as the story progresses. Once these are available on

the map, you can purchase items and gain

information. For the most part the main story will hold

you by the hand and lead you from one point to

another, but you'll miss out on much of the overall

experience if you don't wander away from the beaten

path with some regularity.

When a battle begins, two units will rush toward each

other and engage. You then have as much time as you

need to issue commands. As the game notes early on,

you can scroll left and right to select possible targets on

the battlefield. Your options for battling each enemy union

will display as you scroll over potential targets. An

indicator will appear on an on-screen map to let you know

where that unit is in relation to yours.

Each city has a pub and one or more guilds. At a

guild, you can recruit leaders and you can receive

rewards for various in-game objectives that you may

have completed. In a pub, you can get information

pertaining to the latest plot twist. There are points

where visiting a pub is essential if you want to

advance. When you visit a pub (or sometimes just a

wide open street), look for characters with red text

bubbles over their heads. When you see one such

character, it's a sign that the person in question has

important information pertaining to your main quest or

is interested in offering you a side quest.

The commands that are available to you vary according to

circumstances. It's actually a fairly dynamic system. For

example, you'll only see the "Bring them Back!" option

when fallen comrades need to be revived... and when you

have learned the required skills (and, for that matter, when

you have the required items in your inventory). You'll also

only have the choice of certain offensive maneuvers when

your positioning is right.

Side quests are an extremely important part of The

Last Remnant for a variety of reasons. First, they

open up areas that you won't otherwise see. This in

turn allows you to find special weapons and items that

aren't available elsewhere. Even when a quest isn't

taking you into new territory, there can be some

significant benefits. Certain union leaders will only

become available once you've completed their quests.

Even more importantly, you may only gain access to

key abilities for Rush after completing various

missions. The less attention you pay to side quests,

the more difficult the game will be.

This brings us to the matter of deadlocking an enemy.

Within the game, the term 'deadlock' refers to situations

where you and an enemy meet face-to-face. You'll

generally exchange blows at this point. Because you're

now within close proximity to one another, neither unit can

withdraw without leaving itself open to significant damage.

Once a unit is deadlocked, it generally exposes its flank

and will be particularly vulnerable to attacks from the side,

so there's a certain element of strategy required. Impatient

players may think that simply locking onto an enemy and

attacking is fine, but that can actually turn a simple

encounter into a difficult one if things don't go your way.

Whenever you clear a new dungeon while following

the main story arc, you should look around the nearby

pubs to see if new quests have become available.

This is particularly true at key points in the game,

since certain story elements will cause some side

quests to disappear. Several won't be available once

you reach certain points on the first disc, or after you

pass to the second disc or after you progress past a

certain point on the second disc. The game isn't

always good about letting you know when quests will

disappear. In fact, its general tendency is not to give

you even the slightest clue. Therefore, it's in your best

interest to check for new quests regularly and to

complete them as they become available. Don't worry

too much about advancing the main plot. Take your

time and enjoy the game and all of its side quests!

Speaking of things going your way, note that there's a

meter along the top of the screen that indicates just how

well you're doing. To tip the scales in your favor, you can

flank enemies regularly and also defeat unions or even

make use of battle skills (such as bluffing the enemy so

that it becomes intimidated). The fuller the meter, the

more likely it is that your attacks will land successfully and

inflict serious damage on your adversaries. In the same

fashion, you'll generally receive more damage and dodge

fewer blows when the meter drains and the enemy is

ruling the scene.

A final consideration is your AP meter. This determines

what combat and mystic skills you can use in battle. Like

your HP meter, which indicates how many hit points you

have left before your union is slaughtered, the AP meter is shared among all units within a union. If there are enough

points, you can use powerful attacks that will more quickly send your foes packing. Each round that you survive, you'll

see a slight refilling of the meter if your commands in the previous round caused you to lose AP. This system means that

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you don't generally need to be miserly with skill use--particularly during standard fights--but don't make the mistake of

using skills without asking yourself whether or not you're making the most effective use of your resources available.

The game walks you through much of the above in the early stages, but sometimes it can be easy to forget one part or

another of it. Another unfortunate fact is that even when you know how to do things, you might not have a solid strategy

in place...

Battle Strategies

Throughout the game, you'll encounter many enemies throughout the various dungeons. Your battle actually begins

even before you might think. When you see an enemy roaming about within range, you should consider that the start of

the fight. Press a button to make the screen go blurry, at which point you can rush around for a brief span of time without

worrying about enemies engaging you. This is useful if you want to rush past a monster that might kick your butt, but

there's an even more useful option: you can engage multiple groups of monsters at once.

When you kill multiple monster groups at once, you'll

receive more item rewards. In contrast, fighting enemy

units one at a time seems to allow you to gain more

experience overall. Though the game doesn't actually list

levels for your unions, there is a system called 'Battle

Rank' that determines how powerful your warriors

become. It also determines how difficult your enemies are.

Boss monsters in areas related to the main story will grow

significantly more challenging if you pass certain

thresholds. Therefore, it's worth knowing your battle rank

at all times (it appears in the upper right corner of the

victory screen after a given battle) so that you can avoid

enemies when it suits you... or bring them all into a huge

group and slay them at once.

Equipment and Components

Rush starts the game with a fairly weak sword and

that's not going to change very frequently unless you

take it upon yourself to produce upgrades. This can

be done by visiting the various shops throughout the

game, where you can purchase components or new

weapons that can in turn be customized to your liking.

Though you have somewhat direct control over what

Rush uses, though, the same can't be said of the

equipment other leaders possess. They do their own

upgrading without your input. The only thing you do is

bring them the supplies that they need. While this

saves you from constantly needing to visit stores as

you advance through the plot, it also means that your

units may remain weak much longer than they should.

Once you get the hang of attacking single or multiple

enemy groups at once, then you're ready to start thinking

about how to defeat them on the battlefield. There are

actually only a few things that you need to keep in mind to

win most conflicts.

First, remember to chip away at your enemies based on

their general endurance and the damage they can deal. If

you're in a fight with a particularly tough monster, the last

thing you want is for a bunch of his minions to swarm you

and hit you with smaller chunks of damage that leave you

incapable of surviving an end-of-the-round area attack (a

common strategy that tougher boss monsters employ

once you work your way through around half of the game).

Clearly, it's in your best interests to limit the amount of

damage an enemy group can inflict in a single round, but

how do you prioritize?

The best way around this is to make sure that you are

collecting plenty of components not only from the

shops you encounter in towns, but from the enemies

you battle throughout the various dungeons. Most

enemies drop a range of items. These change

depending on factors such as your battle rank, items

you've gathered, the number of enemies you've fought

and even the area where you encounter a given beast

(since many will appear in multiple locations).

One particularly important point is that enemies can

be captured to gain access to items you might not

otherwise be able to locate. This most frequently

happens when you attack two or more units at once.

When the battle ends, you'll sometimes see "Captured

(Monster Name)" appear on the spoils menu.

Selecting this monster will allow you to break it down

for individual components, or to sell it at market for a

significant monetary reward. Though the latter option

can be tempting if you need to make a quick buck, it's

almost never the route you should take. Components

gleaned from captured monsters tend to be much

more difficult to locate than money. You'll often be

kicking yourself in the long run if you sell too many

monsters for cash when you could have instead

gathered rare components. Remember that.

Start by getting a feel for how much health the main boss

monster has. If it's a total weakling, you can safely ignore

its helpers and focus on it directly. This is rarely the case,

though. Generally, the boss monster has a life meter a

mile long. Therefore, you generally will do better if you

focus on subordinates first. This generally leaves you

facing a few soldier and magus types. The latter of these

often use spells that deal moderate area damage,

something that nonetheless spells doom for your warriors

if things go wrong. Magus types also tend to have weak

resistance to combat skills, so they're your natural first

target. Tend to them, then to the heartier soldiers and

finally to the boss creature. For nearly every difficult

encounter in the game, this is the key strategy.

Monster carcasses and shops aren't the only places

where you find components, either. You also can

obtain them from treasure chests and harvest points...

which is where Mr. Diggs enters the picture.

Another tip is to learn the attacks that will allow you to

heal. When you are selecting options in combat, there's a

descriptive bar at the top of the screen that gives specific

information about the choice you're about to make. This can sometimes be a lifesaver, particularly if you're presented

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with three options for healing that seem much the same. You might find yourself given the choice to spend your whole

turn healing (usually a waste, but sometimes necessary), to heal your comrades in a friendly union or to attack while

healing. When it's available, this last option is generally the most useful. It allows a moderately weakened union to

continue wearing down the enemy without leaving itself in the danger zone. Another great option is "Play it by ear,"

which leaves your union members to make their own choices. Though this might not sound like a particularly good idea,

it's an important option. Sometimes it will seem like you have no choice to heal (when you most want to, even), but that's

not the case. The "Play it by ear" option can be used to heal your struggling unions.

The final thing to remember is that if you don't like your options available, you might be able to find new ones. Because

the options listed are generally specific to a number of factors, you'll sometimes see nothing particularly interesting if you

target the most obvious enemy. Slide along to the left or right, though, and you could see powerful overdrive moves

listed (such as David's Gae Bolg move, early in the game). These can entirely turn the tides of battle. Particularly during

tough fights, you should never make a choice without weighing all of your options.

If you keep the above in mind, you shouldn't have much trouble getting through most of the challenges the game

presents. The next step is forming worthwhile unions.

Unions

Unless you take the time to master the art of forming a strong union, The Last Remnant may kick your butt from

beginning to end. If you've been playing RPGs for awhile, the difference between a bad union and a good one can be

similar to the difference between a warrior with or without armor in a game like Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy.

Monsters that annihilate you one minute could fall to your blade in a few short turns if you come back at them with a

different configuration. The game is even built around this system, since you can save before nearly every battle in the

game and even change unit configuration within dungeons.

Early in the game, you won't have many options. As you progress through the story mode, though, you'll find several

things increased: the number of total unions you can have, the number of leaders and the number of units (both within a

single unit and across the board). By the end of the game, you'll be able to designate up to 18 units spread out among a

total of as many as 5 unions. How do you determine which configurations are best, though?

While there's no set formula to follow, there are a few

principles that hold true for the bulk of the game.

Mr. Diggs

First, note that a middle-of-the-road approach seems to

work best. Just because you can create 5 unions doesn't

mean you should, for example. By the game's halfway

point or so, the optimal number actually seems to be

around 4. Another thing to consider is union type. When

possible, you'll want to have a healer of some sort in each

union. Later in the game, it's best if each union has a

character that can revive fallen comrades or you'll

probably never survive the last few boss encounters.

Early in the game, you'll be presented with a side

quest. Your job is to find some rare metal for a

shopkeeper in Celapaleis. When you do that, you'll

receive a constant traveling companion named Mr.

Diggs.

Mr. Diggs is capable of burrowing into soil and finding

cool items. Typically, he'll find components required to

make weapons. If you see a sparkling point along a

cave wall, or in a pool of water, or at the center of a

patch of grass or just about anywhere else (we note

the bulk of them in our walkthrough), make sure that

you investigate.

Though it can be tempting to fill up unions with warriors of

all sorts, it actually seems to work best if you put like units

together. Pair powerful physical units with more of their

kind. That's because most of the commands you're able to

issue ask units to focus on one type of attack. If you tell a

union to slam the enemy with status elements but only 1

of 5 members even has any appropriate skills to use,

you've all but wasted four perfectly good warriors for that

round. Compare that with a union made up of several

magus units and the difference becomes clear.

Once you find a point, know that Mr. Diggs has limited

energy. You can only explore a certain number of

excavation, dive or dig points within a given area.

Then your meter is empty until you exit to the world

map. As for those individual points, you can dig at

them multiple times if it suits you and the items could

even change. Most harvest points stock two common

items and will occasionally offer a separate item if you

gain bonuses while attempting to harvest.

Try to have at least one union that has concentrated

physical arts. This unit will make boss battles much

simpler. It's easier to support one strong physical unit than

it is to keep four separate groups in great shape so that

they can each attack and gradually build up damage. You

really want to do a bunch of damage all at once whenever

possible. Only careful union planning allows this.

As you work through the game and dig more

frequently, Mr. Diggs will gain levels of proficiency and

new moves. What these upgrades essentially do is

permit him to find cooler rewards for you. Some of the

best stuff in the game can only be built if you harvest

suitable ingredients, so it really pays to explore every

nook and cranny. You might find something important!

When you feel limited by your choices, remember that you

can recruit more soldiers. Early in the game, a character in

the city of Athlum will help you with this. Throughout the game's remainder, you can go to him whenever you need to

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hire new troops. For a fee, he'll bring you all sort of mercenaries that will make up the backbone of your army.

Union leaders also are important. As you work through the game and its many side quests, you can recruit all manner of

warriors to fight by your side. This is handy, but it can tempt some players to experiment too much. If you keep Torgal

active within your party from the game's beginning to end, he'll be using insanely powerful strikes on every enemy by the

time you face the final bosses. If you're constantly swapping him out to see if some new general is better, though, you'll

most likely never see any character meet his or her full potential. Even though leaders continue to grow when not

actively in use, you're doing yourself a disservice. It doesn't matter what leaders you go with in the game, but you should

settle on a few choices early and stick to them.

All of the above should be more than enough to get you started, and probably even to get you through the whole

game. If you need help with something more specific, be sure to check our full walkthrough or the section of this

guide devoted to frequently asked questions.

The Last Remant Frequently Asked Questions

The Last Remnant is a huge game, but you'll find detailed information about various elements within our detailed

walkthrough and in the section of the guide devoted to side quests. Still, some questions are bound to pop up more

often than others. Below, we're including some of the most common questions and brief answers for each of them. For

information beyond what's provided on this page, check the appropriate section of the guide.

Q // What characters offer additional side quests if I recruit them at a guild?

A // You can receive additional quests from Caedmon, Glenys, Jager, Loki, Nora and Rhagoh. Though there are

quests for many other leaders, the quests typically come ahead of the opportunity to recruit them. Once you have

recruited a character that offers a quest, you'll have to satisfy certain other conditions to receive the quest.

Remember that story-specific leaders whom you don't need to recruit also have quests of their own that the above

list does not include.

Q // What characters offer additional side quests if I recruit them at a guild?

A // You can receive additional quests from Caedmon, Glenys, Jager, Loki, Nora and Rhagoh. Though there are

quests for many other leaders, the quests typically come ahead of the opportunity to recruit them. Once you have

recruited a character that offers a quest, you'll have to satisfy certain other conditions to receive the quest.

Remember that story-specific leaders whom you don't need to recruit also have quests of their own that the above

list does not include.

Q // How do I find the Ancient Ruins?

A // The Ancient Ruins area is a great place to level up very late in the game, but Xbox 360 owners will need an

Internet connection to reach it. That's because it is behind a locked door in the northwest portion of The Second

Path. Go online and download the key for the ruins from Xbox Live (it's free). Then play through The Second Path

to the sealed door. Now that you've downloaded the key, you'll be able to open it and enter the dungeon. Once you

do so, you can then exit to the World Map and re-enter from there directly whenever you want to explore the ruins.

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