Saturday, January 9, 2016

PDP Shard of Dreams Guide Part 25: Forgotten Hell

Part 24 can be found here.

This area is quite confusing, so please pay close attention.
There are also a lot of items in here, but the majority of them are Chirei Buns and Rice Dumplings, so I'll be skipping those. I'll just do the simplest route but also gain the big items like Skill Cards/Hakurei Shinshu/Held Items plus anything else that isn't really out of the way.
You can capture Rin, Utsuho, Yuugi, Konngara, and Kikuri here.

From the entrance, head up and then right and cross the bridge. Fight the Vengeful Spirit with a level 36 NueP, then go up the nearby stairs. Continue along, and go down the next set of stairs. Continue to the right, and hop over the ledge. Pick up the Yin Yang Orb containing a Prismatic Candy, then continue up and hop the next ledge.

Head up, ignore the bridge (and Orin) for the moment, and instead head up and then up the steps. Continue along. Fight the Vengeful Spirit with a level 36 MimaD, then keep going. Eventually you'll come to a ladder, which you should take.

Head down. Fight the Vengeful Spirit with a level 36 TojikoD, then cross the bridge. Head up and to the right. Pick up the Yin Yang Orb containing a Chirei Bun, and then keep going up. Fight the Vengeful Spirit with a level 36 SeijaS. Go up, head up the steps and pick up the Yin Yang Orb containing a Sun Fruit Jam.

Go back down and then go left. Continue on and make your way right as you go. Fight the Zombie Fairy with a level 35 YukiS and a level 35 MaiP. Go up and cross the bridge, then go up the steps. Take the nearby ladder.

Head left and then down the steps. Continue to the left. Fight the Zombie Fairy with a level 36 UtsuhoS. Go up the steps and keep going left. Go down the next set of steps. Keep going left, Go up and pick up the Yin Yang Orb containing a Hakurei Shinshu, then go left. Go up the two sets of steps and then take the nearby ladder.

This ladder brings you to a tiny platform with a Yin Yang Orb. The Yin Yang Orb contains Skill Card 91. Take the ladder back.

Keep going right until you pass the Zombie Fairy again, and then go up. Take the ladder.

Keep going down and left / continuing on until you get to another ladder. Take it.

Go right, up a set of stairs, then down another. You'll be back at that bridge with Orin. Approach it and Orin will run off. Follow her that way, and go down, then up a set of stairs. Keep going. Go down the next set of stairs, then turn right and pick up the Yin Yang Orb containing a Chirei Bun. Go left. Fight the Vengeful Spirit with a level 36 KikuriD, then go up and take the ladder.

Head down and fight the Vengeful Spirit with a level 36 TojikoS. Keep going down and go across the bridge, then take the ladder. This takes you to a tiny platform with a Yin Yang Orb containing Skill Card 67. Take the ladder again.

Head up, and left. Keep going up, and then right. You'll see Orin run down a path, so follow her. Keep going. Fight the Zombie Fairy with a level 35 FutoP and a level 35 FutoS. Go down the steps, and then go up. Go right across the bridge and pick up the Yin Yang Orb containing a Prismatic Candy. Then go back across the bridge and go to the left. Fight the Zombie Fairy with a level 36 SuikaD, then take the nearby ladder.

Here, go left and cross the bridge. Fight the Zombie Fairy with a level 35 KisumeD and a level 35 YamameA. Go down. Ok...now, here's the thing. Utsuho is pretty much right around the corner...buuuut there's also a Skill Card near by (Skill Card 12: Burn Strike) which is actually a pretty good attack, but there's a catch. Getting it requires us to hop some ledges, and it brings us basically back to the beginning. And it's really annoying. And now I have to basically write out this whole section again just for one item. If you don't wish to go through this trouble, please skip ahead to where I've marked as *12.

If you wish to go get the Skill Card, please turn right and then go down the bridge. Hop the ledge and pick up the Yin Yang Orb containing Skill Card 12. Fight the Vengeful Spirit with a level 36 KonngaraP. Head right and hop the ledge. Keep going right and go across the bridge. Go right. Go up the ladder when you get to it. Go left across the bridge.

Go left and cross the next bridge. Keep going and take the ladder when you get to it.

Go right, up the steps, and then down the next set. Go down and then left across the bridge where we first saw Orin. Go up the steps and down the next set. Continue left and then go down the ladder when you get to it.

Go down and then up. When you get the chance to go up or right, go right. Pass the Zombie Fairy, then go up. Ignore the bridge to your right and instead keep going up. Pass another Zombie Fairy and go down the ladder.

Go left, cross the bridge and then go down. Keep going down. And we're finally back to where we just started at again. Finally.

*12
Make sure you save and heal your Puppets. When ready, go down and take the stairs up. Utsuho will fight you here with a level 40 RinS, level 40 UtsuhoS, and a level 43 UtsuhoP.

Continue past her, and go up some steps. Continue that way to pick up a Yin Yang Orb containing a Burning Stones. Go back over near Utsuho, and this time take the steps going down. Cross the bridge and you'll see Orin. She won't fight you. Enter the door below her.

Go through the hallway until you see a door above you. Enter that door to find a bed you can use to heal. There's also two pots to the left of the room. The upper one contains an Ecstasy Set.

I'm going to stop this section here, because the next area is separate from Forgotten Hell, so to speak. That, and this section is long overdue since it took forever to find all the items and confirm a good route, so I just want to get this part out already!

Part 26 can be found here.

Friday, January 8, 2016

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Can't finish Forgotten Hell right now. Too tired, and waaay too frustrated with how stupid Skill Card 12 is because you get to the very end of Forgotten Hell and then you have to hop over a stupid ledge to get a good Skill Card and then you're back at the beginning of the area.

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

I don't have the energy right now to do this part, so I'll save it for tomorrow. I basically have the rewrite more than half of the Forgotten Hell guide, but adjust it so it doesn't have detours and stick it to the bottom of the guide just for one item. If it was just a Chirei Bun or even a Prismatic Candy I wouldn't bother, but it's a Skill Card...

PDP Shard of Dreams Guide Part 24: Palace of the Earth Spirits

Part 23 can be found here.

When you're ready,  head down-left from the Inn. Don't cross the bridge, but go left. Go down the nearby steps, and then go right. There's a Yin Yang Orb over there containing a Moriya Shinshu. Head back over to the stairs and cross the river. There's a Yin Yang over there containing a Chirei Bun.

Now, head back up to where the tournament entrance was, but instead, go up and then up some steps. Head to the right, ignoring the stairs until you get to a bridge. Cross the bridge to pick up a Yin Yang Orb containing Skill Card 41. Now head back to the left, and take the steps leading up. Keep going up and cross the bridge. Then go right and go through a screen change.

Up ahead, you'll see Yuugi. She'll fight you with a level 36 SuikaP, level 36 KasenP, and a level 38 YuugiP.

In this area you can capture Parsee, Suika, Kasen, Yuugi, and Nue.

Head up past Yuugi. A male Oni will fight you with a level 34 SuikaD and a level 34 YuugiP. Continue on and fight a Vengeful Spirit with a level 35 TojikoS. Past that is a female Oni with a level 35 KasenP. Next, a Vengeful Spirit with a level 50 (um?) TojikoD.

Continue past that and you'll eventually see the Palace of the Earth Spirits. Head on inside.

Go to the right first and enter a the door. Pick up the Yin Yang Orb containing a Prismatic Candy. Head out and go left (just ignore the Shoebill), ignoring the stairs, and go to the next door. The Yin Yang Orb in here contains an Ecstasy Set. Head back out, and head up the stairs to the right.

Save. Please. Save. This next part can be difficult.

Enter the door and you'll see Satori. She will fight you with your team. That's right, your team. Exact levels, stats, moves, etc. Good luck. Personally, I taught my ShouP an earth type attack, and if I don't hit first I'll reload because otherwise her Shou will one-shot mine with the same move.

That's really the only advice I can give you for this fight, because this fight will honestly be different for everyone.

Once you're done, head out of her room and back down the steps. Go up past the Shoebill until you see more steps to your right. Head up those and enter the nearby room. There's a bed to rest in and an Akyuu Box. Koishi will creep on you while you sleep though.

Exit the healing room and go left. Enter the room at the end of the hall, and this brings you to a balcony-like area. Head left. There will be a room to your left with a Yin Yang Orb in it containing a Chirei Bun. Exit the room and continue up until you get a Yin Yang Orb containing an Oath Thread. Now exit the balcony area and make your way back to the healing room and go down the steps there. From there, continue up and go through the door at the end.

This brings you to the lower area of the balcony area. There's a Yin Yang Orb containing a Magic Ring. The grass here contains Rin, Satori, Utsuho, and Koishi (very rare).

When you're done here, run back and heal, and then come back and head up the hallway to the left. Head through the double doors, and then through the next room.

Part 25 can be found here.

PDP Shard of Dreams Guide Part 23: Deep Road to Hell & The Ancient City

Part 22 can be found here.

So, from the first Inn of the game, head to the right and up. There's a rock to smash up here, so do that and head to the next area.

Up here, an old man will fight you with a level 32 KasenP. A woman up a bit more will fight you with two level 31 Hinas (A/D). The grass here contains Ruukoto, Ellen, Kogasa, Sekibanki, and Meira.

Please be aware that at this point wild Puppets can be level 30+ and as such can already be Style Changed when you capture them. It is generally best to capture Puppets with Normal Style, so you can select the Style you want for them, or capture the one with the Style you want. Or just do what I do and only catch one of each Puppet and then only actually using the good ones (this tends to give me rather eclectic teams though).

Anyway, head left. A purple-haired fairy will fight you with a level 32 DaiyouseiS. There's also a Jizou Statue next to the nearby steps to give an offering to. Head up the first set of steps and go right through the grass. At the end of this path is a Yin Yang Orb containing a Moriya Shinshu. Now head back to the steps and keep going up, then right.

A girl will fight you with a level 32 ParseeD. Head up and you'll see a cave entrance. Ignore it for the moment and head left. There's a rock that contains a Paste of the Fog. The Youkai right near the entrance will fight you with a level 32 ChiyuriS. Now enter the cave.

Head across the bridge, and go right. Don't go up the nearby stairs just yet, instead go right and interact with a suspicious rock to obtain a Gold Dust. Then go back over to the stairs and go up. A Beast Youkai up here will fight you with a level 32 RinS an da level 32 KagerouP. Continue to the left past her and across the bridge. Continue along the path (linear) until you get to a ladder. Head down the ladder to the next area.

Head left and down the steps. Fight the girl with a level 33 ParseeD. Head down and pick up a Yin Yang Orb containing a Chirei Bun. Continue to the right and down another set of steps to another ladder, which you should use.

Next, head up two sets of steps, and then right across two bridges. Fight a Vengeful Spirit with a level 33 TojikoD, then go down and across another bridge. Head down a set of steps and go right. Keep on going and then go down to pick up a Yin Yang Orb containing a Prismatic Candy. Head back over to the steps and go left. Then take the nearby ladder.

Head down the steps and fight the Youkai with a level 33 KoishiP. Then head up and left to another ladder. Take it. Here, continue straight ahead to a suspicious rock at the end and interact with it to pick up a Gold Coin, then head back to the ladder and take it again.

Head up two sets of steps and fight a male Oni with a level 31 SuikaP, level 31 KasenA, and a level 31 SuikaD, then continue left past him, down some steps, and take the nearby ladder.

Continue left and fight the Vengeful Spirit with a level 33 TokikoS. Go down past the spirit and when you get the chance to turn right, do so. Interact with yet another suspicious rock to get another Gold Dust. Head left and down. When you get the chance to turn right again, do it and pick up a Yin Yang Orb containing Skill Card 17. Then go left again and down. You'll see Kisume wandering around. She'll fight you with two level 34 Kisumes (A/D). Continue past him and take the next ladder.

Go right and then go up the bridge. Turn right when you can to pick up a Yin Yang Orb containing Skill Card 95, then head back to the left, and go up. Go up two sets of steps, then go down and to the right. Pick up a Yin Yang Orb containing a Chirei Bun, then go up. Go left, ignoring the stairs for the moment, and fight the Vengeful Spirit with a level 33 MimaD. Now go down the nearby steps, and enter the cave.

In this new cave, go right. The path here is very linear, so just keep going. Along the way, you will fight a female Oni with a level 32 YuugiP and a level 32 SuikaD. Past her is a woman with a level 31 ChenS, level 31 TokikoP, and level 31 MystiaD. And past her is a Vengeful Spirit with a level 33 SeijaD. Eventually, you'll come to a bridge.

In the middle of this bridge, you'll see Yamame. She'll fight you with a level 32 WriggleA, level 32 MedicineP, and a level 35 YamameA. Head down all the steps at the other end. There's a Yin Yang Orb to your right that contains Skill Card 73. Continue up and through the next cxave.

Here, you'll see a very different looking bridge, and in the center of this bridge is Parsee herself. She will fight you with a level 35 YamameP and a level 35 ParseeD.

Continue up past her and you will eventually reach the Ancient City. Finally.

Go up, ignore the first right, but take the second, and you'll see a red building, which is this area's Inn. Thank goodness.

Outside the Inn and to the right and down a bit is a barrel containing a Hakurei Shinshu. Now go all the way to the left and you'll see a building with discrete blue curtains. This is the shop. The merchant here, aside from selling Talismans, Magatamas, Contract Thread, and Oath Thread, also sells Skill Cards 1 through 7, which contain the Javelin skills.

Go up and to the left and you'll see a Ghost standing at a desk/table. Please make sure you are fully healed and prepared for fights (and a level spike), and then speak with Ghost and say Yes to the question.

This will enter you into a tournament.

The first opponent is a Vengeful Spirit with a level  35 TojikoS, level 35 ParseeD, and a level 35 LunasaA.
The second opponent is a girl with a level 35 HatateP, level 35 SanaeP, and a level 35 UdongeA.
The final opponent is Mima. She uses a level 43 (hello level spike!) MarisaP, level 43 ReimuD, and a level 45 MimaP.

Once you're done with the tournament, head back and heal and prepare for the next section.

Part 24 can be found here.

PDP Shard of Dreams Guide Part 22: Muenzuka

Part 21 can be found here.

Regardless of if you wanted to get all the items in part 21, please at least check out the last part about going to Forest of Magic North and how to get to the smashable rocks because that's where we're beginning this section.

Anyway, smash those rocks if you haven't already, and enter the next area. In this area, the pink flowers act as grass, and you can capture Medicine, Nazrin, and Eiki (rare).

Head up and fight the Ghost with a level 30 Komachi. Cross the water to the left of the Ghost to pick up a Yin Yang Orb containing Skill Card 57. Head back across the water, and then go down.

Fight the brown-haired fairy with two level 27 Nazrins. Up past her is a Yin Yang Orb containing Skill Card 10. Hop the ledge to your left. Straight to the left is a Yin Yang Orb containing a Prismatic Candy. Above that is a Sunflower Fairy with two level 26 Medicines. Head up past her and hop the ledge, then head left.

If you head up, you'll find Nazrin's house (I assume). The barrel next to her house contains a Hakurei Shinshu, but there's nothing in her house itself. Head down and to the left to a screen change.

The flowers (grass) here contain Rinnosuke, Renko, Maribel, and Yukari.

Head up through a patch of flowers to pick up a Yin Yang Orb containing a Clear Hairpin (boosts power of Illuion-type attacks). Now head down. There's a Yin Yang Orb down here containing a Vintage Wine. Continuing along is a bridge and a Yin Yang Orb containing a Dust SpStone. Now cross the bridge.

Head down and to the left here. In the bottom left corner of this area is a Yin Yang Orb containing a Silent SpStone. Now head up and to the right (don't go up the steps yet). There's two Yin Yang Orbs over here. The upper one contains a Halo SpStone, and the lower one contains a Dusk SpStone. Now head up the steps, and then head left. This last Yin Yang Orb contains Skill Card 63.

When you're done here, Gap to...well, remember the first Inn you encountered, after Hakurei Shrine? Gap there. Not Human Village, the actual first one because that's our next stop!

Part 23 can be found here.

PDP Shard of Dreams Guide Part 21: Backtracking for Items

Part 20 can be found here.

First of all, if you did Gap back to the Human Village you'll notice that Reisen is now here (disguised?) and selling Dream Pills, but that's about it that's new here. Oh, and stop by Kosuzu's to bring her any books we've picked up, of which there should be four (if you're missing one, go back to Scarlet Devil Mansion and talk to Koakuma).

See? Four books.
Now that we have easy to access to everywhere we've already been, and we have ways of accessing areas we couldn't before, this section of the guide will be dedicated to going back to some familiar places to get some new items and Puppets! Yay!

To begin with, let's head to Hakurei Shrine. First of all, out front you'll see Kasen walking around dressed as a shrine maiden. She won't fight you or anything though. Head to the left corner of the area and cross the water Genji's hanging around in and pick up a Yin Yang Orb containing Hakurei Shinshu. More importantly, you can catch some neat Puppets in this grass. You can catch Shingyoku, Kana, Rin, Sukuna, Sumireko, and Reimu (rare).

Next stop: Senkai (press A or D on Gap Map to see the right page). Head down across the bridge and cross the river to the left to get the Yin Yang Orb containing Skill Card 93.

Next stop, Kourindou. Go through the Forest of Magic until you reach some water, and then surf up through the water (you may have to get onto a bridge and then surf again) until you get to a point where you can't go any farther, then go onto the land below you.
There's a purple-haired fairy here who will fight you with a level 28 Daiyousei. In the grass behind her is a Yin Yang Orb containing Skill Card 58.

Next stop, Scarlet Devil Mansion, kind of. More like we're just gapping there because it's the fastest way to get where we need to go. Head down and left around Misty Lake until you get to the bridge and the Kappa. Head left. This brings you to the area near Forest of Magic North. Enter the forest, and luckily the trip will be much less confusing this time.

Upon entering the forest, head left and keep going until you reach a bridge. Cross it, and then go down. When you can turn left, do so and go through the grass. Fight the Ghost with a level 29 Lunasa. Hop the nearby ledge, and then smash one of the rocks to the left to enter the next area.

I'm going to do this next area as a separate part just for ease of reading since this seems like a good break point. It'll be done super fast, I swear.

Part 22 can be found here.

PDP Shard of Dreams Part 20: Prismriver House

Part 19 can be found here.

So, beginning from Misty Lake, head down and then right across the bridge. Keep going right and pass the Ghost. Just down past the Ghost is a grassy patch going right. Go that way and smash one of the rocks blocking your path.

The blue grass here contains different Puppets from the rest of Misty Lake. Here, you can find Lunasa, Lyrica, Merlin, and Kana.

Head up through the grass when you're ready and enter the spooky house.

Once inside, head left and enter the room. Straight ahead is a trash can containing a Prismatic Candy. Now exit the room and re-enter to fight Merlin and her level 33 LyricaP, level 33 LunasaA, and a level 34 MerlinP. Exit the room and head to the right and enter the next room. The trash can here contains another Prismatic Candy. Again, exit and come back to fight Lunasa and her level 33 MerlinP, level 33 LyricaS, and level 34 LunasaD. Now exit the room and head up the steps to the second floor.

Up here, head right and pick up the Yin Yang Orb containing Skill Card 38. Head back to the steps and enter the door. In this next room, head to the right and up to the left side of the cabinet there to pick up another Prismatic Candy. Exit the room and come back to fight Lyrica and her level 33 LunasaD, level 34 LyricaS, and a level 33 MerlinP. Exit the room and head left. There's a door at the end, so go through that. In here, you'll get a thank you letter (I think?), memorize where it was, and then exit the room. Come back in and the letter will be gone. Interact with the spot where it was and you'll obtain Layla's Amulet. (thank you anonymous commenter). The trash can in the bottom right of the room contains a Prismatic Candy.

Layla's Amulet location


When you're done here, Gap to the Human Village.

Part 21 can be found here.