The Bandit Raid on Kratus

After the cinematics, you’ll be controlling Roddick. Grab the Blackberries from the chest in the upper right corner of the room. Exit the HQ and get a Flare Bomb and Resurrection Elixir from the chests outside.

While exploring the town, you can talk to the various NPCs if you want. Head to the south and enter Millie’s House to the lower-right. Grab the Blueberries from the chest to your left.

Exit the house and head to the left side of town. Grab the Talisman from the chest near the Weapon Shop and equip it to Roddick or Millie.

Talk to the people in that side of the village too if you want then head back to the HQ to continue with the story. The town will be attacked by bandits so head there are defeat all of them in this side of town.

Tip

Press B to pause the battle and move the DPAD to choose the character you want to control. There will be times that the character you control will be busy dealing with enemies and one of your teammates are on the verge of dying. Switch to an available character, preferably a spellcaster and use a recovery item or spell. You can also manually order your allies to use a spell or technique.

After defeating them, head to the other side of town and get rid of the bandits there as well. After the battle, you’ll be in your first boss battle.

Boss: Baird, Thief x2

Get rid of the bandit boss’ minions first then sandwich the boss between Roddick and Dorne’s attacks. Be warned though, the bandit boss can deliver fast, damaging combos if you’re not careful. Just keep the battle away from Millie and she’ll do a wonderful job keeping you guys healthy. As long as you take out the minions first, you’ll have no problems focusing your attacks on him.

The party will retire for the day. The next day, head to the Defense Force HQ to find a Millie waiting by the door. Talk to her to start another cutscene.

After the conversation with the captain, you’ll get Blueberries x5 and Twice-Cooked Pork (Roddick’s Favorite Food). After this, you can now exit the town. As for the next objective, you’re asked to check out the nearby town of Coule.

Exit the village save your game. It will be a good idea to get into random battles and farm EXP until you reach level 5 or 6. If you need to replenish your party’s HP and MP, you can just head back to Roddick’s home and rest there.

After training, head back to the HQ to move on with the story. Two days will pass in-game and after the cutscene, Millie will leave the village on her own to travel to Coule. Head out and chase after her.

Exit north of town and make your way to the bridge. Since you don’t have Millie at this point, it’s better to avoid Combat and just head straight to your destination. Cross the bridge for a short cutscene then just follow the road to reach Coule.