Project:SandboxDWrecks

Tutorials

Tutorials are in-game events that instruct players on the various gameplay mechanics. There are three within the game, and all of them are one-time opportunities. If not observed during their brief availability, they become permanently inaccessible, and the players are left to fend for themselves. This article will reiterate the basic instruction provided by the game.

Tasman

Tasman is a resident of Seles. He is a combat instructor and taught Dart how to fight with a sword. Tasman is one of the survivors present when Dart arrives in Seles the morning after the night Shana was taken. He provided physical resistance to the invaders and was wounded as a result. Despite being injured, he offers to spar with Dart ahead of his mission to rescue Shana from Hellena Prison in order to determine that Dart is suited for the task. Tasman warns Dart that he will also leave Seles soon, so Dart should ask for any advice he likes before that. By the time Dart is able to return to Seles, Tasman has departed. He does not disclose what his destination is.

Tasman's tutorial teaches Additions, Counterattacking, and Guarding. It is accessible at any point at the start of the game before entering Hellena Prison.

Additions

Main article: Additions

Additions are the basic mode of damaging enemies usable by selecting the Attack command in battle. After selecting a target and an attack begins, the timing sight appears. When the large rotating square overlaps the stationary square in the center of the screen, press Cross. Some Additions involve multiple button presses. Mistiming a button press will end the Addition, and bonus damage will be lost. Characters learn more Additions as they level up, and they learn their final Addition by successfully performing all previous Additions 80 times each. Additions may be selected from the Addition option in the System Screen accessible with the Triangle button and may not be changed in battle.

Counterattacking

Counterattacking is a possible enemy response to Additions. Sometimes during an Addition, the enemy will glow and the timing sight will turn red. Instead of pressing Cross, the player must press Circle when the rotating square overlaps the stationary square in the center. Failing a button press during a counterattack will end the Addition, bonus damage will be lost, and the attacking player character will receive damage.

Defense

To defend, use the Defend command in battle. Upon defending, a character will initially restore 10% of their maximum HP. Until their next turn, any damage they receive will be reduced by 50%, and they are immune to being afflicted with a status ailment.

Merchant

The merchant is a passing vendor in the Forest the morning after the raid on Seles.

The merchant's tutorial teaches attack item usage and Elements. It is accessible at any point at the start of the game before entering Hellena Prison. The player must at least view the vendor screen by selecting "Buy something" in dialogue, but need not buy anything, or the merchant will not offer the tutorial.

Attack Items

Main article: Items

Attacks Items are the primary method of dealing magical damage to enemies. They are usable by selecting the Item command in battle. Magic is otherwise impossible until a character acquires their Dragoon spirit. The damage dealt by attack items is determined by the Magical Attack, or MAT, of the character using it. Items may affect one or multiple targets. In battle, targeting targeting is indicated in the item description with "S" for single targets or "A" for all targets.

Multiplying Damage

Attack items with multiplying damage are indicated in the item description by the key term "(multi)." When used, a button prompt appears on screen. While the graphic displays, the player must press the Cross button as rapidly as possible in order to increase the amount of the damage that the item will do. The damage bonus has a maximum possible value of 268%.

Elements

Elements are characteristics that modify a combat unit's weaknesses and resistances. All playable characters and nearly every enemy in the game have an element. A character's or enemy's element can be identified by the color of the window screen displaying their name. Red is fire; light blue is water; green is wind; brown is earth; yellow is light; dark blue is darkness; magenta is thunder; non-elemental is grey. Although the merchant identifies thunder's color as magenta, it is arguably violet.

Six of the eight elements have opposing elements. When an elemental attack is used against a target of the same element, the attack deals half damage. When an elemental attack is used against a target of the opposing element, the attack deals twice as much damage. The opposing sets of elements are: fire and water; wind and earth; light and darkness. Thunder and non-elemental have no opposition, and they deal neutral damage to all other elements.

Rose

Main article: Rose

Weapons

Weapons primarily increase physical attacking power (AT). There are seven types with each type being exclusive to certain playable characters.

Dart: Longswords

Longsword	Stats	Effect	Acquisition
Broad Sword	+2 AT		Initial equip Chest: Hellena Prison Drop: Skeleton (2%)
Bastard Sword	+7 AT		Chest: Limestone Cave, Hellena Prison Shop: (60G) Bale Drop: Mr. Bone (2%)
Heat Blade	+18 AT	Additions deal  Fire  -elemental damage	Shop: (150G) Kazas Chest: Kashua Glacier
Falchion	+26 AT		Shop: (250G) Fueno
Mind Crush	+34 AT	20% chance to inflict Confusion on target	Chest: Kadessa Shop: (350G) Kashua Glacier
Fairy Sword	+39 AT	Accrues 50% more Spirit Points from Additions	Shop: (400G) Ulara
Claymore	+44 AT		Shop: (500G) Moon That Never Sets
Soul Eater	+75 AT	Dart takes damage equal to 10% of maximum HP at the start of each turn	Drop: Polter Armor (100%), Loner Knight (2%)

Lavitz and Albert: Polearms

Polearm	Stats	Effect	Acquisition
Spear	+4 AT		Initial equip Chest: Hellena Prison (second visit) Drop: Senior Warden (2%) Merman (2%)
Lance	+19 AT		Chest: Marshland Shop: (100G) Lohan
Twister Glaive	+28 AT	Additions deal  Wind  -elemental damage	Chest: Kazas Shop: (140G) Kazas
Glaive	+37 AT		Shop: (250G) Queen Fury
Spear of Terror	+45 AT	20% chance to inflict Fear on target	Shop: (300G) Denigrad Drop: Hyper Skeleton (2%)
Partisan	+56 AT		Shop: (400G) Vellweb
Halberd	+65 AT		Drop: Lavitz's Spirit (50%) Shop: (500G) Moon That Never Sets

Bows

Bows are weapons that Shana can equip.

Bow	Stats	Effect	Acquisition
Short Bow	+3 AT +20% A-HIT		Initial equip
Sparkle Arrow	+9 AT +20% A-HIT	Attacks deal  Light  -elemental damage	Shop: (50G) Bale
Bemusing Arrow			Drop: Arrow Shooter (2%)

Haschel

Haschel	Stats	Effect	Acquisition
Beast Fang			Drop: Lizard Man (2%), Metal Fang (2%)

Meru

Meru	Stats	Effect	Acquisition
Morning Star			Drop: Hellena Warden (2%)
Heavy Mace			Drop: Minotaur (2%)

Armor

Headwear

Headwear primarily increases magical attacking power (MAT). Certain pieces of headwear are restricted by gender, and some headwear is even restricted to an exclusive character.

Headwear	Stats	Effect	Acquisition	Equipped by
Bandana	+3 MAT		Dart initial equip Chest: Limestone Cave	Men
Felt Hat	+5 MAT		Shana initial equip Chest: Hellena Prison	Women
Sallet	+8 MAT +10 A-HIT		Lavitz initial equip	Men
Cape	+17 MAT		Shop: (60G) Lohan	Women
Legend Casque	+50 MAT +127 MDF +50 M-AV		Shop: (10,000G) Lohan	All
Armet	+23 MAT +5 MDF		Haschel initial equip Shop: (100G) Kazas	Men
Tiara	+29 MAT +5 DF +5 M-AT		Shop: (150G) Donau	Women
Knight Helm	+37 MAT +5 DF	Accrues Spirit Points when damaged by magic	Chest: Valley of Corrupted Gravity Shop: (150G) Fueno	Dart, Lavitz, and Albert
Giganto Helm	+14 MAT +10DF +5 MDF	Accrues Spirit Points when damaged by magic	Kongol initial equip Shop: (200G) Furni	Kongol
Jeweled Crown	+24 MAT +5MDF	Accrues Spirit Points when damaged by magic	Drop: Lenus Shop: (200G) Deningrad	Shana, Miranda, and Meru
Soul Headband	+25 MAT +5 DF +5 MDF	Accrues Spirit Points when damaged by magic	Drop: Gehrich (25%) Shop: (200G) Deningrad	Haschel
Dragon Helm	+50 MAT +10MDF	Raises maximum HP by 50%	Chest: Mountain of Mortal Dragon, Flanvel	All
Phoenix Plume	+30 MAT +10MDF	Prevents status ailments Fear, Bewitchment, Confusion, and Dispiriting	Chest: Kashua Glacier, Divine Tree	All
Rose's Hairband	+36 MAT	Prevents Rose from being affected by Can't Combat	Chest: Vellweb	Rose
Magical Hat	+50 MAT +10MDF	Raises maximum MP by 50%	Chest: Aglis, Flanvel	All

Body

Body armor increases both physical defensive power (DF) and magical defensive power (MDF). Most body armor is restricted by gender, and male body armor is also mostly restricted to exclusive characters. Select body armors are exclusive to individual characters.

Body Armor	Stats	Effect	Acquisition	Restrictions
Leather Armor	+2 DF +2 MDF		Dart initial equip Chest: Hellena Prison	Men
Scale Armor	+8 DF +8 MDF		Lavitz initial equip	Men
Clothes	+4 DF +5 MDF		Shana initial equip	Women
Energy Girdle			Drop: Berserker (2%)
Silver Vest			Chest: Hellena Prison

Footwear

Footwear provides a variety of bonuses. Most footwear is restricted by gender.

Footwear	Stats	Effect	Acquisition	Restrictions
Leather Boots	0		Dart initial equip Lavitz initial equip	Men
Leather Shoes	0		Shana initial equip	Women

Accessories

Accessories provide a variety of bonuses, most of which are not limited to stat modification. Almost all accessories may be equipped by any character with four exceptions. Bandit's Ring and Dancer's Ring are restricted to men and women respectively. Shana and Miranda may not equip either Wargod's Calling or Ultimate Wargod because they do not have Additions.

Accessory	Stats	Effect	Acquisition
Bracelet	0		Dart initial equip Lavitz initial equip Shana initial equip
Knight Shield	+10 DF		Drop: Fruegel (100%), Flabby Troll (2%), Dragon Soldier (2%)
Poison Guard	0	Prevents status ailment Poison	Chest: Limestone Cave Drop: Ugly Balloon (2%)
Spirit Cloak			Drop: Fire Spirit (2%/10%?)
Sapphire Pin			Drop: Crystal Golem (2%)
Fake Power Wrist			Drop: Strong Man (2%)
Bandit's Ring			Drop: Gangster (2%)
Dancer's Ring			Drop: Puck (2%)
Guard Badge			Drop: Rocky Turtle (2%)
Giganto Ring			Drop: Wildman (2%)
Platinum Collar			Drop: Succubus (2%)
Sage's Cloak			Drop: Professor (2%)
Therapy Ring			Chest: Hellena Prison
Wargod's Amulet			Drop: Urobolus (100%)