_______________________________________________________________________ Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Playstation 2 Star Ocean: Runic Chess Walkthrough All Rights Reserved Copyright 2005, Shane Duckworth ([email protected]) ______________________________________________________________________ Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time copyright 2003-2004 Tri-Ace Inc. and Square Enix. Star Ocean is a registered trademark of Tri-Ace Inc. and Square Enix. Star Ocean: Till the End of Time is a registered trademark of Tri-Ace Inc. and Square Enix. This document is my work, was written and is owned by me, Shane Duckworth. All copyrights and trademarks are acknowledged where not specifically mentioned. Only GameFAQs has permission to use this document. If you wish to use this document for your webpage or anything else you MUST first contact and ask me by sending me an email. You may ONLY reproduce this guide for personal gaming experiences. You may not sell this to another gamer and take credit for the profit. I spent so much time working on this and only I should take credit for writing it. You may e-mail me about this guide, questions or comments. I may not reply in about a week or two so be patient. If you find any mistakes in this FAQ and you e-mail me about them, I will check them up and if you are correct, I will add it to my FAQ and credit you at the end of this FAQ. If you can help me with finding the problems then please do since I am always busy. This is another FAQ created by the Great Shaneth! This one goes out to Star Ocean: Till the End of Time for the PS2. A few people play Runic Chess, but I find that the ones who do struggle the most, so I devised a Runic Chess cheating guide. This consists of enemy piece locations and where you should put your pieces to crush your opponent. ___________________ -Table of Contents- 1. Version History 2. Controls 3. Runic Chess History 4. Runic Chess Walkthrough 5. Q's + A's 6. Credits ____________________ -1. Version History- Version .10 - 8/16/05 wrote up intro, table of contents, and version history. Version .20 - 8/18/05 wrote controls and Runic Chess history. Version .30 - 8/26/05 wrote up to level 3 in Runic Chess walkthrough. Version .40 - 8/26/05 wrote up level 4. Version .50 - 9/1/05 wrote up level 5. Version .60 - 9/5/05 wrote up level 6. Screwed up with the table somewhere. Version .70 - 9/17/05 wrote up to level 8. Version .80 - 9/23/05 wrote up to level 10. Version .90 - 10/7/05 wrote up level S. Version 1.0 - 10/16/05 proofread everything and wrote down credits. Version FINAL _____________ -2. Controls- I'm no good at drawing Playstation controllers. Hopefully you know where everything is. This is only stuff you need to know. Directional Pad - Movement of Piece Cross Button - Select Commands and Placement Circle Button - Cancel Commands or Placement Triangle Button - Look at opponents pieces ________________________ -3. Runic Chess History- Runic Chess is first stumbled upon the Ancient Ruins of Mosel, but then it is only introduced. The basics are simple because it's like Rock- Paper-Scissors. Here's a lame drawing of a triangle to show relations. SYMBOLOGIST ^ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \/ Thief<------Warrior If you didn't understand that, then here's a chart. ___________________________________ |Piece |Strength |Weakness | |___________|___________|___________| |Symbologist|Warrior |Thief | |Warrior |Thief |Symbologist| |Thief |Symbologist|Warrior | |___________________________________| I hope you understand that chart. The Symbologist is good against the Warrior, but is plucked by the Thief. The Warrior is good against the Thief, but is shorted by the Symbologist. The Thief is good against the Symbologist, but is crushed by the Warrior. It's not that hard. After the Ancient Ruins of Mosel, your next chance to play Runic Chess is in Gemity, which is after you complete Moonbase and jump into the 4D world. This is open all times after you reach it. It's located in the gaming square just after the lobby area. Look on the floor for a drawing of 3 people. These paths are the upper-most paths leading to the left and right. Those paths lead to the Runic Chess area, which is run by Duke Guttarin, who sounds like he has an ego. You can play Runic Chess anytime after this point. It offers prizes if you care for them. If you follow the guide below, you'll have no trouble and you'll never lose a match. ____________________________ -4. Runic Chess Walkthrough- This section explains everything all in easy-to-read charts. It shows the prizes given out too. You can only get the same prize 5 times. You will need to look at your opponents pieces before you do this. Here's a plan explaining everything. S = Symbologist W = Warrior T = Thief E = enemy piece P = player piece _______ LEVEL 1 Entrance Fee - 200 Fol Prize - Blueberries ___________ | 1 | 2 | 3 | < enemies pieces |___|___|___| | | | | |___|___|___| | | | | |___|___|___| | 1 | 2 | 3 | < your pieces |___|___|___| ________ ________ |E1|E2|E3 P1|P2|P3| | | | | | | |S |W |T - T |S |W | |S |T |W - T |W |S | |W |S |T - S |T |W | |W |T |S - S |W |T | |T |S |W - W |T |S | |T |W |S - W |S |T | |______________________| _______ LEVEL 2 Entrance Fee - 400 Fol Prize - Blackberries ___ | 3 | |___| | 2 | |___| | 1 | |___| | | |___| | | |___| | 1 | |___| | 2 | |___| | 3 | |___| ________ ________ |E1|E2|E3| P1|P2|P3| | | | | | | | |T |S |W | - |W |T |S | |T |W |S | - |W |S |T | |S |T |W | - |T |W |S | |S |W |T | - |T |S |W | |W |T |S | - |S |W |T | |W |S |T | - |S |T |W | |_________________________| _______ LEVEL 3 Entrance Fee - 600 Fol Prize - 1100 Fol ___ ___ ___ | 1 | | 3 | |___|___|___| < enemy pieces | 2 | | |___|___| | | 3 | ___|___|___| < your pieces | 1 | | 2 | |___|___|___| ________ ________ |E1|E2|E3| P1|P2|P3| | | | | | | | |T |S |W | - |W |S |T | |T |W |S | - |T |W |S | |S |T |W | - |S |T |W | |S |W |T | - |S |T |W | |W |T |S | - |S |T |W | |W |S |T | - |W |S |T | |_________________________| _______ LEVEL 4 Entrance Fee - 800 Fol Prize - Synthesis Materials ___ ___ | 1 | 2 | < enemy pieces |___|___| | | | |___|___| | | | |___|___| | 1 | 2 | < your pieces |___|___| _____ _____ |E1|E2| P1|P2| | | | | | |T |S | - |W |T | |T |W | - |W |S | |S |T | - |T |W | |S |W | - |T |S | |W |T | - |S |W | |W |S | - |S |T | |___________________| _______ LEVEL 5 Entrance Fee - 1000 Fol Prize - Ripe Berries ___ ___ ___ ___ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | < enemy pieces |___|___|___|___| | | | | | |___|___|___|___| | | | | | |___|___|___|___| | 1 | 2 | 3 | | < your pieces |___|___|___|___| ________ ________ |E1|E2|E3| P1|P2|P3| | | | | | | | |T |S |W | - |S |W |T | |T |W |S | - |T |W |S | |S |T |W | - |S |T |W | |S |W |T | - |W |T |S | |W |T |S | - |T |S |W | |W |S |T | - |W |S |T | |_________________________| _______ LEVEL 6 Entrance Fee - 1200 Fol Prize - 5000 Fol ___ | 1 | |___|___ | 2 | 4 | < enemy pieces |___|___|___ | 3 | | | |___|___|___|___ | | | | 4 | |___|___|___|___|___ < your pieces | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | |___|___|___|___|___| ___________ ___________ |E1|E2|E3|E4| |P1|P2|P3|P4| | | | | | | | | | | |T |T |S |W | - |T |W |W |S | |T |T |W |S | - |S |W |W |T | |T |S |T |W | - |W |T |W |S | |T |S |S |W | - |T |W |T |S | |T |S |W |T | - |S |T |W |W | |T |S |W |S | - |S |T |W |T | |T |W |T |S | - |W |S |W |T | |T |W |S |W | - |T |S |W |S | |T |W |W |S | - |S |S |W |T | |S |T |S |S | - |T |W |T |S | |S |T |W |W | - |S |W |T |W | |S |T |W |W | - |S |W |T |S | |S |S |W |W | - |S |T |T |W | |S |W |T |T | - |W |W |T |W | |S |W |T |T | - |W |W |T |T | |S |W |S |S | - |T |S |T |W | |S |W |W |W | - |S |W |T |S | |W |T |T |S | - |W |W |S |T | |W |T |S |T | - |T |W |S |W | |W |T |S |S | - |T |S |W |T | |W |T |S |W | - |T |W |S |S | |W |T |W |S | - |S |W |W |T | |W |S |T |T | - |W |T |S |W | |W |S |T |S | - |W |T |S |T | |W |S |T |W | - |W |T |S |S | |W |S |W |T | - |S |T |S |W | |W |W |T |S | - |W |S |S |T | |W |W |S |T | - |T |S |S |W | |____________________________________| _______ LEVEL 7 Entrance Fee - 1400 Fol Prizes - Strength Berries ___ ___ ___ | 2 | 3 | | < enemy pieces ___|___|___|___|___ | 1 | | | | | |___|___|___|___|___| | | | | | 3 | |___|___|___|___|___| < your pieces | | 1 | 2 | |___|___|___| ________ ________ |E1|E2|E3| |P1|P2|P3| | | | | | | | | |T |S |W | - |S |T |W | |T |W |S | - |T |S |W | |S |T |W | - |S |W |T | |S |W |T | - |W |S |T | |W |T |S | - |S |T |W | |W |S |T | - |W |T |S | |___________________________| _______ LEVEL 8 Entrance Fee - 1600 Fol Prize - Perfect Berries ___ ___ ___ | 1 | | | |___|___|___|___ | 2 | 3 | | 4 | < enemy pieces ___|___|___|___|___| | | | | | | |___|___|___|___|___| | 1 | | 2 | 3 | |___|___|___|___| < your pieces | | | 4 | |___|___|___| ___________ ___________ |E1|E2|E3|E4| |P1|P2|P3|P4| | | | | | | | | | | |T |T |S |W | - |W |T |S |W | |T |T |W |S | - |S |W |S |T | |T |S |T |W | - |T |W |W |S | |T |S |S |W | - |T |T |S |W | |T |S |W |T | - |T |S |W |W | |T |S |W |S | - |T |S |T |W | |T |S |W |W | - |T |S |S |W | |T |W |S |T | - |S |W |T |S | |T |W |W |S | - |S |W |S |T | |S |T |W |S | - |W |T |T |S | |S |T |W |W | - |W |S |S |T | |S |S |T |W | - |T |T |W |S | |S |W |T |T | - |S |T |W |T | |S |W |T |S | - |S |T |T |W | |S |W |S |T | - |S |T |W |T | |S |W |W |T | - |S |S |W |T | |W |T |T |S | - |W |W |T |S | |W |T |S |T | - |W |T |W |S | |W |T |S |S | - |W |T |T |S | |W |T |S |W | - |W |T |S |S | |W |T |W |S | - |W |S |T |S | |W |S |T |T | - |W |S |W |S | |W |S |T |W | - |T |S |W |S | |W |S |S |T | - |S |T |W |S | |W |S |W |T | - |T |S |W |T | |W |W |T |S | - |T |S |W |S | |W |W |S |T | - |S |W |T |S | |______________________________________| _______ LEVEL 9 Entrance Fee - 1800 Fol Prize - 50000 Fol ___ | 1 | ___|___|___ | 2 | 3 | | < enemy pieces |___|___|___| | | | | |___|___|___| | | | | |___|___|___| | | 1 | 2 | < your pieces |___|___|___| | 3 | |___| ________ ________ |E1|E2|E3| |P1|P2|P3| | | | | | | | | |T |S |W | - |T |W |S | |T |W |S | - |S |T |W | |S |T |W | - |W |T |S | |S |W |T | - |S |T |W | |W |T |S | - |W |S |T | |W |S |T | - |T |W |S | |___________________________| ________ LEVEL 10 Entrance Fee - 2000 Fol Prize - Synthesis Materials ___ | 1 | ___|___|___ | 2 | 3 | 4 | < enemy pieces ___|___|___|___|___ | | | | | | |___|___|___|___|___| | | | | | | |___|___|___|___|___| | 1 | | 2 | | 3 | < your pieces |___|___|___|___|___| | 4 | |___| ___________ ___________ |E1|E2|E3|E4| |P1|P2|P3|P4| | | | | | | | | | | |T |T |W |S | - |W |S |T |T | |T |S |T |W | - |T |W |S |S | |T |S |S |W | - |T |T |S |W | |T |S |W |T | - |T |W |W |S | |T |S |W |S | - |T |S |T |W | |T |S |W |W | - |T |W |W |S | |T |W |S |T | - |W |S |W |T | |T |W |W |S | - |S |S |T |W | |S |T |T |W | - |W |S |S |T | |S |T |W |S | - |W |S |T |T | |S |T |W |W | - |W |W |S |T | |S |S |T |W | - |T |W |S |W | |S |W |T |T | - |W |S |W |T | |S |W |T |W | - |S |W |S |T | |S |W |S |T | - |S |S |W |T | |S |W |W |T | - |S |S |W |T | |W |T |T |S | - |W |W |T |S | |W |T |S |T | - |W |T |W |S | |W |T |S |S | - |W |T |S |T | |W |T |S |W | - |W |S |S |T | |W |T |W |S | - |S |W |T |S | |W |S |T |T | - |W |T |W |S | |W |S |T |W | - |T |W |S |S | |W |S |S |T | - |T |T |W |S | |W |S |W |T | - |T |S |W |S | |W |W |T |S | - |S |T |W |S | |W |W |S |T | - |S |W |T |S | |_____________________________________| _______ LEVEL S Entrance Fee - 2200 Fol Prize - Lezard Flask ___________________ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | < enemy pieces |___|___|___|___|___| | | | | | | |___|___|___|___|___| | | | | | |___|___|___|___|___ | | | | | | |___|___|___|___|___| | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 4 | < your pieces |___|___|___|___|___| ___________ ___________ |E1|E2|E3|E4| |P1|P2|P3|P4| | | | | | | | | | | |T |T |S |W | - |T |W |S |T | |T |T |W |S | - |S |W |S |T | |T |S |T |W | - |W |T |W |S | |T |S |S |W | - |W |T |S |S | |T |S |W |T | - |T |S |W |S | |T |S |W |S | - |W |T |S |T | |T |S |W |W | - |W |T |T |S | |T |W |S |W | - |W |T |W |S | |T |W |W |S | - |S |W |S |T | |S |T |T |W | - 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Questions and Answers- Q. -- Why would I need this walkthrough? A. -- I dunno. Maybe you wanna make some extra cash selling Lezard Flasks? Or maybe you wanna get some extra Synthesis Materials? Or maybe you wanna get a little strength boost with the strength berries? Q. -- This guide sucks. Is there any way that you can make it better? A. -- Not for now. Deal with it. ____________ -6. Credits- CJayC - For the site n' stuff. Tri-Ace + - For a sweet game that remains a favorite. Square Enix Brady Games Strategy Guide - For some of the chess placements. Sony - For producing the PlayStation2 console. You, the Reader - For your time reading this.