rough rb3 route prologue -------- cross combo tutorial fight rush through start, take chests and gather points (in total between prologue and chapter 1, jump 10 times at boxes for 1000 credits) SP resets after bahamut so use it all on him dont need to change combos because they kill the scrubs regardless (P-P-B) Bahamut - Critical Edge x3 + Cross Combo x1 Chirpers of note at Planeptune 1 - Nep FC Chairman / Healing Grass Dogoos quest - use combos (Nepgear kills with the first hit, Neptune is a range with P-P-B) Chirpers after handing in the quest: Planeptune - Ms Manual: unlock Plan system Lastation - Erohei / Int Booster; Lord Mao / Life Fragment Lowee - Madame Pupa / Angel Wings Leanbox - Magical Girl / SP Charger; Deer Girl / Str Booster do Station Area, skip everything No more interesting chirpers in Hyperdimension Can grab H. Grass and L. Fragment on the way to event marker Take Sunflowery Seed gather point in the topleft a bit north from the marker; if you're grinding for a good start, reset if the quantity isn't 2x (50/50) chapter 1 --------- Chirpers - Saturn Shiro / Life Fragment; Basilicom Staff / Healing Pod Take quest Menu - remove rush and add best power for each character (Thunder for Plutia) Formation - 4 2 1 3 on top row Farm 5 jelly kills, 2 Mysterious Halo, 2 Negative Sap method - kill angel at start then take Healing Pod x3-4 chest, kill the plant, alternate between plants up the top end of the map return to entrance when done or only Mysterious Halos/Jelly kills left In general, make use of run strats: kill the enemies that give the quest drops first and run from the fight if no drop icons have flashed up once there is only non-quest enemies left. Hand in quests, do events Run through Zeca 1 but MENU to set Noire as leader at any point before event marker Arfoire 1 - defend and lose Arfoire 2 (targets leader) - Power combos, Neptune heals Noire whenever below 500 Chapter 2 --------- Planeptune: Kamraman - Life Fragment Use Equip menu to upgrade Nep and Plutia's weapons&armor, Anklet for Neptune (4000cc total) and a handful of Healing Grass IF YOU CONTINUED WITH ONLY ONE SUNFLOWERY SEED: [Optionally: Take the quest for 5 Sunflowery at Planeptune before entering JSR Farm sunflowery until the second seed, also take third gather point Run strat can be used, but probably only worth trying with Neptune.] If did not complete quest, do Nep boxes for ~3k credits (15 total jumps with no item) -> 1, 2, 3 in first area; 2 and 4 or 5 in second area Otherwise do Nep boxes for 1k credits (5 total jumps) -> 1, 2 in first area, maybe 2 in second area for safety Take third chest in area 2 for an INT booster Lizard Guard targets highest HP. Strat: Nep int boost Plutie, Plutie power combo, Nep break or Healing Grass herself if lowest party HP below 900 Enter Lastation for quick event After that, chirpers again Lastation: Ulf / Agi Booster Z See Lastation event, return to Planep See event that sends you back to Lastation Recruit Noire Lastation Guild - accept Crystal Skull quest and hand in Sunflowery quest if applicable SHOP: "Equip" for Noire weapon only for now Overworld: Gramps Monster Weaken Enemies MENU: Implement Weaken Enemies and Life Fragment Use run strats to get at least 1 Crystal Skull from each avatar you pass If you have the choice position-wise, leave Heal Dogoos alive over Frog-in-the-box, their AGI is lower making it easier to run. Bandicrash: STR boosters are an out of the way item, doubt we need them Equip at Lastation again: Armor for Noire, Technique Patch for Neptune Kuzarat facility: take SP Charger(s) from the chest in the middle of the first room and Life Frag near the end 2nd floor: Take another SP Charger from opposite the savepoint Copypaste: Break to begin with, then have Noire buff her own STR and use Lace Ribbons often. Plutia can use power attacks, Nep is healing or re-breaking guard. Return to Planeptune. Chapter 3 --------- Lastation (after Noire joins event): Basilicom Staff / INT Booster Jump at points 1, 2, 5 in Rud Arms Sewer N (1,2,4 in the code) Take the SP Charger on the bridge Jump at points 1 and 2 in Rud Arms Sewer S. Should now be up 3900-4500 credits. Lowee chirpers - Mr Akai Healing Pod, Madame Pupa Healing Pod Equip all three characters at Lowee shop before continuing Use Equipment menu too quickly: equip all S3-2X parts to Plutia. Jump at points 2, 3, 5 in Lowee Castle Exterior and snatch the Life Fragment near 5 Jump at point 1, 2, take SP Charger(s), 3 (chance at P SP Chargers) in the interior Blanc: Break her guard and buff up (Plutie using INT Booster) while everyone gets chipped low, then keep Noire at highest HP with Healing Grass or Pod as she tanks Blanc the best. Spam skills. Menu: Blanc as leader Combos: Blanc Strike Hit and Satellabute, Neptune Hot Edge, Plutia Fire and purge EX finishers Maybe SP Charger on Noire here Jump at 3 and 5 in Underground Cave Castle Chambers - jump at 1 enter middle sandy area for SP Charger chest jump at 4 Mr Badd - Neptune should use the last INT Booster on herself and Plutia, generally power combos with SP Skill from Noire/Plutia if guard is broken. Nep can buff Noire if both their buffs are down. Chapter 4 --------- Chirpers: Lastation - Snake Hayter / SP Charger Lowee - Player 2 / Eject Button (take an extra trip to Lowee to get this) Gigo - jump chests 1 and 5 Drive Hammer grind using first Gigo savepoint. ~16sec per reload, 20% chance Once you do get the Hammer, take the P SP Charger chest straight ahead then go back for the event marker. Leanbox chirper: Ten Buyer / Anti-Paralysis Buy weapons for Nep+Puru+Noire, Armor and Ring of Essence for Blanc using Equip then use "Equipment" to do Blanc's Drive Hammer and processors: Plutia - STV-00 C, H, S, L Blanc - Super BW B, NTD-64 S, NTD-64 W, Super BW L Kuzarat Facility: Jump at 1, 2, 3, fight R4i-SDHC: Spam power attacks except for Blanc. Blanc Rush and then Power if 1000 SP reached Halo Forest: Jump at 1,5 Forced menu: Change Neptune to Mega D-Drive and remove Blaze Break if it was set Change Plutia to Freeze Vert and Gear: Buff everyone on first turn (incl. Blanc VIT) moving Blanc to left and everyone else to right Power attacks except Plutia who should spam Fighting Viper MENU after Vertgear fight - Neptune behind Blanc, Vert into the slot, Noire behind Plutia, Nepgear in her slot - combos Vert: Six Part Thrustx2 + Rapid Rush + Mandarin Slap + Ice Lancer x3 (clear power) Plutia: Plutie Break x3 Nepgear: Rapid Rush x3 + Formula Edge (clear everything else) - eject Copypaste: Brain Steep with Vert then Rush with Nepgear Power with Plutia/Blanc and Break with Vert. Left-right strat. Spread Plutia Vert Gear a bit but close enough so that Plutia and Vert can get int rebuffed towards the end. SP Skill with Plutia when guard broken Arfoire: Switch out Plutia ASAP. Left-right (back-front) strat. STR Booster with one out of Vert/Noire/Nepgear once it can hit all three of them at once. Rush with Gear and Vert and Power with Noire, SP Skills on Gear/Noire if guard broken. Defend with Blanc and have someone keep her topped off above 1-2k. Be aware that Arfoire might go for someone else turn 1 if Blanc isn't the one to take their turn before hers. [alternately: NepgearxNeptune and use Violet Buster on Arfoire at ~2/3 HP; in this case don't forget to move Neptune back to front row in Ch5] Chapter 5 --------- Chirpers Lastation - Full Metal Chef / Nep Bull Lastation leg Upgrade weapons on all and armor on Nepgear Processors Noire - Night Blue S Plutia - White Cast C, H, W, L Nepgear - All Lilac Mk-2 Combos Nepgear - Remove 3rd Rapid Rush, add 3 Blitz Saber Noire - Slash Edge Nepgear set to leader and moved to slot 4? National Factory Jump at 1, 3 Enter top room and grab Eject Button and P SP Charger chests Jump at 2; Take chest by save point (Life Fragment) Anonydeath + Jammers: Power combos (Item Jammer first) then skills, expect to have members die a few times Leanbox Spam AoE skills on Creature fight and Power combos with Neptune Equip at the city for Vert's new Weapon Chirpers (DON'T MISS THESE) - 2D Dude / Int Booster Z, Magical Girl / Int Booster Zega Forest Pop over the bridge to get Ejects + Silver Armlet Jump at 3 Take Exuberant Fragment SP Charge Plutia and Vert to near 1k Badd 2: Focus on clearing creatures ASAP, afterwards spread and spam skills Lowee - Maryo / Hero Drink Lowee: Equip Studded Bracelet Neo for Blanc Equip CPU parts - G-Cube C, S, W Mines: Take first chest for P SP Charger Jump at 3, 4 Copypaste - SP Charge plutia to near full before him Blanc guard, Plutia buff+spam Fighting Viper, Neps break guard (with power or break) Targeting highest HP Eject if any left over (5/6 chance), otherwise walk to the teleporter Haneda Mountain Range Party GearxVert Noire Plutia Blanc(leader)xNep Jump at 1, 3, 4, 5 Take the top chest across the first bridge and then the three in the corner after 2nd bridge Jump at 1 in Peak, ignore chests SP Charge Gear, Noire, Plutia to ~800 Arfoire: Spam buffs and offensive skills while defending every round with Blanc. Heal her with Nepgear's High Heal at <4000HP (or lower if willing to yolo Virus Gas) Alternate strat for low SP Chargers (slower, but not as much as going out of your way for more SP): GearxVert NoirexPlutia Nep Blanc Make sure to use bottom skill on Neptune here, possibly also on Gear. Nep's last fight so her final SP doesn't matter. Chapter 6 --------- Chirpers: Lowee - Lowee Citizen / Exuberant Fragment, Lowee Spy / Int Booster Z Clear events until you get Nep's Pudding, then first compulsory quest Party - Swap Noire for Vert then put Noire behind Plutia (Gear, Vert, PlutiaxNoire, BlancxNep) [slightly different if alternate Arfoire strat used] Combos - Add a third Six Part Thrust for Vert, change Gear back to 3xRapidRush Take quest, go to Gigo Fight first kitty, jump single chest near second, fight it, eject (run strats only if short 1 kitty) Focus on rush attacks from Vert/Nepgear, Plutia generally isn't worth the effort to try to charge Events in Planeptune Take quest, go to Factory Definitely hit at least 1 and 2, maybe 3 if you want to go up that way More Planep events Buy weapon for Vertgear and armor for Blanc Enter Metroid Shelter Jump at 1, 4, 5 on top floor Use reload technique to get Plutia's doll hidden treasure (jump at 1 as well each time) E[cost] = 52sec (20sec for failing if item in 3/4, 7sec for failing if item in 1, 5sec diversion for success) Jump at 3 and 4, take the P SP Charger SP Charge Plutia to [near-]full before the event marker and equip the new doll Badd: HDD everyone, have the attackers use AoE skills and Blanc defend unless she can hit 2+ Creatures at once. After the Creatures are down, keep spread in case of random target change below half. Yellow Heart: Nice break fight. Defensive Cheer on Blanc turn 1 then have Vert and Gear Rush to build SP while Plutia spams skills and SP Chargers on herself. Blanc defend. Chapter 7 --------- Chapter 7 shop items don't spawn until you go to the world map so back out and come back. Equip menu - Strike Lancer, Pearl Bracelet (Blanc), Elysdeon (Noire) Equipment menu - give Vert X-Round B, S, W; Blanc G-Cube B, W11 S, L; Noire Piano Black W, L Give Vert Studded Bracelet Neo, Plutia Cross Bracelet Accept quest, enter Ario Plateau Jump at 3 and 2, grab P SP Charger chest and Healing Drink chest, jump at 4, teleport Renegades: Spread out and spam attacking skills View event in Planeptune View Nepstation twice, first is news and second is Hero Sausage x5 Walletcrusher; buy it. (can maybe skip if SP Charger RNG has been extremely favorable up till now) (this costs only 15 seconds so probably never worth skipping) Accept Flame Fenrir quest (2xRight) MENU: Swap Nepgear with Noire, put Nepgear behind Vert (Plutia, Noire, VertxGear, BlancxNep) Change Vert's Rush to Air Slicer, Noire Rapid Rush + Impulse Edge, Blanc best break Move Gear's Studded Bracelet Neo to Noire Go to Metroid Shelter, SP Charge Noire/Vert/Plutia before the battle Flame Fenrir: L/R Split, HDD, Vert buff, Noire buff self, Plutia debuff, etc Eject out Probably stock up on ~10 Life Fragments around now Hand in quest, 2 events at Planeptune guild, enter Otori Cave MENU: Formation - put Blanc in between 2 and 1 Every item is shit so just run straight to Warechu but SP Charge Noire/Plutia a little before entering Warechu: Front/back formation, lead with Tech Support on everyone (centered on slot 1) Then buff INT and STR and use rush attacks on Vert/Noire, power on Plutia, break on Blanc When the buffs fall off reapply them and switch to attacking skills Random retargets below half, so this is where the Frags are needed. Anonydeath's Lab Floor 1: take the chest near the end for Exuberant Fragment(s) Depths: Do nothing except for using up any remaining SP healing items. Anonydeath: Buff up, spam skills. keep the three attackers separate after buffing due to target switches. Accuracy is fine. Yellow Heart: Similar to YH1, use this as a breather to restore SP. Change to SP attacks once guard broken. Chapter 8 --------- View Nepstation twice again to get 10 SP Chargers for super cheap Sell: All weapons and armor, valuable mats Buy (Equip): Vert's weapon, Plutia's weapon, Rune Bangle for Blanc CPU Parts: Round Next H, W, L on Vert Enter Magma Cave Take Nep Bull EX and Healing Drink on the two bridge chests (on each map) MENU inside: - SP Charge Plutia and vert to full - Break combos for Noire Yellow Heart final boss: Front/back arrangement Blanc - defend or heal yourself if no-one else can, sneak in a VIT buff if you're feeling risky Plutia - defend turn 1, lock of Verbal Abuse and Fighting Vipers Vert - Lead with 1 Brain Steep, then fall into a lock of Terai Division and Sylhet Spear(s) Noire - Lead Tech Training, position herself to use Int Booster/Int Booster Z on Vert and Plutia when their buffs fall, also item bitch. If nothing else to do, use Lacy Ribbons