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Item Creation guide

by Jack Power

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Sega Ages Phantasy Star generation 2 Item Creation FAQ
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Version 1.0; last updated 11/29/08
Written by Jack Power
Questions, additions, and comments can be directed to JackPower "at" aol 
"dot" com with "Phantasy Star" in the subject line.

Version history
1.0; Initial release

This document contains charts that are best viewed in Lucidia Console font.

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Contents
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Introduction
Overview
Who makes what
How many battles
Recommendations
Tips


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Introduction
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This document is meant to be a definitive guide for the new item creation 
feature introduced in Phantasy Star: Generation 2. Though I dislike making 
huge charts for these sorts of things, I have received a lot of requests 
for it. That said, the information presented here is based on an endless 
array of chaotic and garbled notes I took back when I was playing the game 
obsessively, so I cannot guarantee its complete accuracy.

When referring to the game characters in this guide, I will use their names 
from the original game�fs translation, which should be familiar to most 
players. However, when referring to the new items and such, I�fll use my 
own rough translations for them and assume that the reader has enough 
knowledge of Japanese script to know what I�fm talking about. Email me if 
you require assistance in identifying an item.


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Overview
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Like many gimmicks inserted into games these days, there is no way for the 
casual player to know how PSg2�fs item creation system actually works. 
Fortunately it is fairly simple. 

As you acquire new party members during the game, eventually you�fll have 
to leave some of them home. Unlike in the original game, they can actually 
do something useful while sitting around at your place. When you enter your 
home, as in the original game, you�fll be asked if you want to stop 
dilly-dallying and leave right away, so select �gno�h to get to the menu. 
You�fll see the following options:

Storage
Create
Member Change
Leave

To set up party members to create items, first go to Member Change if 
necessary to leave certain characters at home. Then select Create to open 
a new window listing the party members and what they are doing. Characters 
in the active party will be grayed out, and those at home will be listed 
in white. Highlight a character at home and press Circle, then select either 
Create (left option) or Train (right option). Training lets a character 
earn experience points while at home and prevents them from contributing 
to item creation.

Once you�fve selected which characters to contribute to item creation, go 
out and fight battles! After a certain number of fights, your team will 
have finished making something. Return home and you�fll immediately get a 
message about the item they made. The completed item will appear in the 
Storage screen. You�fll have to manually move it to your party�fs inventory 
from there. (Remember that you can highlight any item and press Triangle 
to see its description.) As soon as an item is made, the battle counter 
resets and you have the start the process over again.


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Who makes what
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The item you get depends entirely on two factors: The characters at home 
using the Create option, and how many battles you fight. As far as is 
currently known, there are only six valid combinations of party members 
for creating items. Each combination leads to one of six categories of items 
(four for equipment, one for expendable items, and another for cake). Here 
are the known combinations:

Item1	Item2	Item3	Item4	Meds	Cake
Rudo	Hugh	Amy	Rudo	Amy	Anna
Kain	Kain	Anna	Hugh	Hugh	Shir
-	-	Shir	Kain	-	-

Note: These combinations can and will overlap, and there will be multiple 
possibilities for the kind of item you get. If you�fre going for a specific 
item, only have the listed characters for that category do any creating. 
If you were to put all 6 characters on item creation duty, they could 
potentially create anything from the list, but it would be chosen at random.


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How many battles
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To find out how many battles you have to fight to get an item, first find 
the item in the charts below. (This would have been one chart, but it wouldn�ft 
have fit into GameFaqs spacing requirements.) The number on the left side 
of the chart is the number of battles it will take to make the item. Make 
sure to scroll up and find out what category the item is so you have the 
proper combination of characters working on it.

In general, the number of battles fought �grounds down�h to the previous item. 
For example, if you were trying to make a SaberClaw, which takes 10 battles, 
and you only fought 9, you�fd get a SteelScale instead. It has been suggested 
that the �ggrade�h you receive after each battle may make the battle count 
more or less towards your total, but this is hard to confirm.

Also note that each category has an end point. Fighting more battles than 
necessary after qualifying for the last item on the list will not get you 
anything new.
 
------------------------------Item Chart------------------------------
#B	Item1		Item2		Item3		Item4
01
02							
03							
04							
05							
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06								
07	StlScale	CeramGear				
08	��		���@�@�@					
09	��		���@�@					
10	SaberClaw�@�@	Fibrila					
----------------------------------------------------------------------
11	��		��		SilKnife		
12	��		��		��			
13	LsrScalpel	WhtMantle	��			
14	��		��		��			
15	TtnmSlicer	��		��			
----------------------------------------------------------------------
16	��		��		��			
17	CeramDagger	LaserShield	��			
18	��		��		��			
19	��		��		��			
20	CeramScale	��		��			
----------------------------------------------------------------------
21	��		��		TtnmEmel	TtnmShield
22	��		��		��		��	
23	WindDagger	��		��		��	
24	��		��		��		��	
25	FlameSword	��		��		��	
----------------------------------------------------------------------
26	��		��		��		��	
27�@	SilentClaw	��		��		��	
28	��		��		��		��	
29	��		��		��		��	
30	��		��		��		��	
----------------------------------------------------------------------
31	��		��		LuminEmel	WaveGun	
32	��		��		��		��	
33	NapalmShot	ThndrCrown	��		��	
34	��		��		��		��	
35	��		��		��		��	
----------------------------------------------------------------------
36	��		��		��		��	
37	IceSlicer	GaleBandana	PlasmaField	��	
38	��		��		��		��	
39	��		��		��		��	
40	��		��		��		��	
----------------------------------------------------------------------
41	��		��		��		��	
42	��		��		��		��	
43	IceStaff	��		��		��	
44	��		��		WhiteBoots	BlackBoots
45	��		��		��		��	
----------------------------------------------------------------------
46	��		��		(no change)	(no change)
47	LaserVulcan	TtnmHarness				
48	��		��					
49	��		��					
50	��		��					
----------------------------------------------------------------------
51	��		��					
52	��		��					
53	PlasmaSword	��					
54	��		��					
55	��		��					
----------------------------------------------------------------------
56	��		��					
57	LightngWhip	ZirconChest				
58	��		��					
59	��		��					
60	��		��
----------------------------------------------------------------------
61	��		��
62	��		��
63	WindStaff	��
64	��		��
65	��		��
----------------------------------------------------------------------
66	��		��
67	PlasmaCannon	ZirconArmor
68	��		��
69	��		(no change)
70	��
----------------------------------------------------------------------
71	��
72	��
73	ChainSawd
74	��
75	(no change)		

�@�@�@
#B	Meds		Cake�@�@�@
01
02	Antipoison
03	Monomate
04	��
05	��		Shortcake
-----------------------------------
06	��		��
07	Dimate		��
08	��		��
09	��		��
10	��		��
-----------------------------------
11	��		��
12	���@		��
13	��		MonblancCake
14	��		��
15	���@		��
-----------------------------------
16	��		��
17	Trimate		��
18	��		��
19	��		��
20	��		FruitTart
-----------------------------------
21	��		��
22	��		��
23	Monofluid	��
24	��		��
25	��		��
-----------------------------------
26	��		��
27�@	Difluid	ChiffonCake
28	��		��
29	��		��
30	��		��
-----------------------------------
31	��		��
32	��		��
33	Trifluid	��
34	��		��
35	��		NaulaCake
-----------------------------------
36	��		��
37	SolDew		(no change)
38	��
39	��
40	��
-----------------------------------
41	��
42	��
43	��
44	��
45	��
-----------------------------------
46	��
47	StarMist
48	��
49	��	
50	��
-----------------------------------
51	��
52	��
53	��
54	��
55	��
-----------------------------------
56	��
57	MoonDew
58	��
59	(no change)
60	��


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Recommendations
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With only a few exceptions, the items made through item creation cannot 
be bought or found anywhere else in the game. However, because you don�ft 
have a complete party roster until almost halfway through the game, not 
all of them are worth the trouble by the time you have access to them. The 
following is a list of items that I personally recommend. 

-Wind Dagger: Rudo + Kain, 23 battles 
32 attack power, wind elemental, good bonuses to defense, dexterity, and 
luck. A good mid/late game weapon for Shir.

-Flame Sword: Rudo + Kain, 25 battles
84 attack power, fire elemental; casts Foi when used. Good mid-game weapon 
for Rolf.

-Silent Claw: Rudo + Kain, 27 battles
24 attack power, good bonuses to dexterity and luck; casts Vol when used. 
Good mid-game weapon for Nei. Still useful later for its free insta-kill 
tech.

-Napalm Shot: Rudo + Kain, 33 battles
60 attack power, fire elemental. The most powerful gun Kain can use. Highly 
recommended.

-Ice Slicer: Rudo + Kain, 37 battles
40 attack power, good bonuses to dexterity and luck. Good late game weapon 
for Anna. Highly recommended.

-Ice Staff: Rudo + Kain, 43 battles
38 attack power, water elemental, good bonuses to defense, dexterity, and 
luck; casts Wat. Good late game weapon for Amy.

-Plasma Sword: Rudo + Kain, 53 battles
110 attack power, good all-around bonuses; casts Gigaj when used. Good 
mid/late game weapon for Rolf.

-Lightning Whip: Rudo + Kain, 57 battles
48 attack power, thunder elemental, good bonuses to defense and dexterity. 
Most powerful whip for Anna.

-Wind Staff: Rudo + Kain, 63 battles
36 attack power, wind elemental, great bonuses to defense, dexterity, and 
luck; casts Zan. Good late game weapon for Amy.

-Plasma Cannon: Rudo + Kain, 67 battles
80 attack power, good bonus to dexterity. Second most powerful single-hit 
gun.

-ChainSawd: Rudo + Kain, 73 battles
138 attack power, good all-around bonuses. Second most powerful sword. 

-Laser Shield: Hugh + Kain, 17 battles
44 defense power. Good mid-game protection for Hugh or Kain.

-Thunder Crown: Hugh + Kain, 33 battles
32 defense power, good bonuses; casts Zonde when used. Second most powerful 
headgear for Nei and Amy. Highly recommended.

-Gale Bandana: Hugh + Kain, 37 battles
17 defense power, good bonuses; casts Shunera when used. Best headgear for 
Shir.

-Zirconium Chest: Hugh + Kain, 57 battles
52 defense power, good bonuses. Best armor for Hugh and good mid-game armor 
for Rolf.

-Luminous Emel: Amy, Anna, Shir, 31 battles
40 defense power, good bonuses; casts Fanbi when used. Good mid-game 
protection for the ladies.

-Plasma Field: Amy, Anna, Shir, 37 battles
72 defense power, good bonuses; casts Sagaj when used. Second most powerful 
cape, can be used by any of the female cast (and is the best armor some 
of them can equip). Highly recommended.

-White Boots: Amy, Anna, Shir, 44 battles
10 defense power, good all-around bonuses. Arguably the best footwear for 
the female party members.

-Wave Gun: Hugh, Rudo, Kain, 31 battles 
48 attack power. One-handed, usable by any of the male cast. Recommended 
for Hugh and Kain when facing high-defense enemies.

-Black Boots: Hugh, Rudo, Kain, 44 battles
10 defense power, good all-around bonuses. Arguably the best footwear for 
the male party members.

-Trifluid: Amy + Hugh, 33 battles
These TP-restoring items cannot be bought anywhere and are a rare commodity. 
Brew up a few for an emergency.

-StarMist: Amy + Hugh, 47 battles
Cannot be bought, but Shir can sometimes steal them from stores. However 
you get them, they are definitely worth it. The same goes for Sol Dew (cures 
status ailments) and Moon Dew (revives one party member).

-Cakes (various): Anna + Shir
This is delicious cake; you must eat it! Cakes have various properties that 
are listed below. They cannot be bought anywhere, so get your women-folk 
in the kitchen if you want some.
-Shortcake: restores 80HP (5 battles)
-Monblanc Cake: restores all HP (13 battles)
-Fruit Tart: restores 80TP (20 battles)�@�@�@�@�@�@�@�@ 
-Chiffon Cake: restores all TP (27 battles)
-Naula Shortcake: restores all HP&TP (35 battles)


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Tips
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-Don�ft run away from a fight. It won�ft count towards making an item.
-The game doesn�ft care how strong the enemies are. Feel free to squash bugs 
around Paseo all day if you like; they�fll still count.
-Save several battles before your goal! You might make a mistake in counting 
fights, or it may end up that the game weighs each battle differently based 
on your grade. If you save and reset, the number of battles you won will 
be retained.
-Category 3 and 4 items are particularly difficult to get, because each 
combination of three party members also counts for one or more combinations 
of two party members. You might end up getting a Silent Claw when you�fre 
going for a Wave Gun, or a Naula Cake when you�fre trying for a Plasma Field. 
Because of this, it�fs especially important to save several battles ahead 
in these situations. 

[This is the end of the file. Thanks for reading!]