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Zoids Saga Walkthrough

Overworld

 You'll find yourself in the overworld for the first time, but it'll just be for a brief comment before heading out.

The Town of Arcana

Roman's House

 The group momentarily separates to check out the city, then regroup.




 Their conversation is erupted when a bunch of the guards approach.




 The conversation switches to a location above the bar.




 Regina and Athle go on ahead.

First Floor Bar

 When you go downstairs you'll end up in the bar below Roman's house. Be sure to go back and talk to him to get the Siege Attack command. If you happen to miss it, you can return at a later date. He'll be downstairs by then but will still give you the deck command. There's a few people sitting around to chat with, but not much important info to be had. Leave through the front door and you can finally explore a bit!

Exploring The Town of Arcana

Overview

 Arcana is the main town in Arcadia Kingdom, and its got all the generic locations you'll come to expect. Since this is your first time encountering most of them, I'll include an overview of each one, along with menus. Before then, there's a few people around town you can talk to for general public opinion stuff.

Zoid Research Institute

 The Zoid Research Institute, as well as the other key locations (item and weapon shops) will always be immediately distinguishable by the logo on the front of the building, in this case a Blade Liger. The Research Institute is probably the most important building in the game. You'll be regularly visiting it almost every time you go to a new area.

Main Assistant (Middle)

 The main assistant is the guy in the middle. As soon as you talk to him and open the above menu, all of your Zoid's stats will be restored.


 Zoid Restoration will bring your Zoids back from being fully knocked out. Your hit points, energy, etc. persists from battle to battle, so you have to be careful about keeping an eye on it. If your Zoid hits 0 HP it'll be unusable until you come back here and restore it. It's good to get in the habit of using the command "Prince's Encouragement" as you battle through random enemies in the overworld, to keep topped off.

 Zoid Deveolopment is where you'll go to create new Zoids. Generally speaking, you'll need the Zi Data (usually picked up from treasure chests or battles in the overworld) and some extra parts (same methods). It helps to make good use of the Zi Data Collection command if you're after something in particular.

 Zoid Transfers allow you to swap pilots to new Zoids. This isn't something you can do when traveling, it has to be done at a research facility.

 Sell Zoids is, as the name implies, where you go to sell your Zoids.

Secondary Assistant (Left)

 When you talk to this guy he'll go over the Deck Commands and how to use them. Be sure to talk to him to get the Data Collection deck command, which'll save you a lot of headache in battle.

Dr. T (Right)

 When you talk to Dr. T it'll trigger a conversation, both covering some lore and starting you on the next phase of your journey.

Item Shop

 The item shop is where you'll pick up most of your single-use things, such as 'potions', escape pods, etc. I'll always try to list these in the same order they appear, but you can match up which item is which in-game by comparing the price.

Currently Available Items

Weapons Shop

 The Weapons Shop is where you'll pick up extra armaments. Picking some of these up will help a LOT with handling the overworld at the start, because the multi-target abilities gives you some crowd control. Just remember to also keep an eye on your EN while traveling.




 We briefly discussed stats in Part 1, but let's expand on that a bit here, since it affects your buying choices.

 As you can imagine, AT is Attack (the damage dealt), AC is Accuracy (odds of hitting), EP is the energy points consumed, (Special) Effects are abilities such as stun, and Range is how far the weapon fires.

 Range is an important factor of crowd control. The first 2 numbers represent how many rows it can target. A 1-1 weapon can only target the row directly ahead of the Zoid. Pay attention to this because if you put a 1-1 weapon on a Zoid in the back row, none of the enemies will be in range. Most weapons have the target number represented as "Single", which will hit only 1 enemy Zoid in its effective range. If it says Wide, it means it'll hit all 3 Zoids in the row. This makes the Pulse Laser Gun particularly useful for grinding through overworld enemies. There are more ranges than that, but we'll cover them later.

 Anyway, talk to the guy on the right to pick up a Deck Command.

Exploring The Kingdom of Arcadia

Overview

 Finally! After a long introduction you're finally set free to explore the world of Arcadia. This area is small, but don't worry, there'll be plenty of other overworld maps for you to explore. You'll start by the Town of Arcana. The Space-Time jump point over on the right isn't accessible at this point in the game. Well, it is, but all that's in there is a locked door.

 Roaming Zoids: Gator, Godos, Hel Digunner, Iguan, Merda, Molga

 You'll find a few enemies roaming about. In this game, they're visible on the overworld instead of random pop-up battles, so you can run from and avoid fights. If you get caught, you can run and the Zoid in the overworld will pause for a moment, giving you a chance to get away.

 Take some time here and grind some battles. Get a few levels, a good bit of cash, buy weapons at the shop, and gather items and Zi Data. The only Zoid really worth creating at this point is the Redler. Though it can only use fixed weapons, the tail blade can strike 2 enemies, so it's worth replacing one of your wolves in the front with a Redler. They're hard to hit with non-anti-air weapons and that can pay off.

 Now that you've officially been set free I recommend taking a look at the menu guide to figure out what all the menu options do, as well as the basic instructions for battle sequences.



 That more or less covers what you'll find in and around Arcana. The next section will cover your return to Arcadia Castle.

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