Obel Ship

Before you go to Hermitage Island for Elenor to advance the story, use the Glowing Mirror to the Deserted Island to meet Lilen and she’ll be recruited. Teleport to Nest of Pirates and then sail to the Hermitage Island.

As you sail in keep in mind that you are forced to use Hervey, Sigurd and Dario. I only had Dario built up so that kind of annoyed me because you can’t leave. It’s not a long trip to Elenor’s House though. Agnes greets you and poisons you with food, but Lazlo isn’t effected.

Lazlo goes inside to speak further with Elenor and Elenor asks you to go to the cave behind her house and get some treasure for her.

Go outside first and get the Mega Medicine x 3 and then the Skunk Orb along with it. Continue along and you’ll be at the back road. A few screens in and you’ll be fighting a boss, the Horned Behemoth. Just use Eternal Ordeal and I have the Water Rune on Lazlo also so I used that to heal, or just use items. Not that tough really, and you get a Horn and Earth Rune Piece afterwards.

Limestone Cave

Go to the back of the cave and get the Green Bottle and Crest. Search to the right for a treasure map. This is all.

Elenor’s House Back here talk to Elenor and give the Green Bottle to Agnes and the Crest to Elenor. Go to the other part of the house and rest if you want and get the Crab Bun steeming on the stove. Agnes joins as you leave.

Search the well right by you for an Earth Rune, and get the treasure on the opposite side for a Copper Hammer and another for a Treasure Map. Leave to the Obel Ship and you’ll get a weird scene with Lino en Kuldes.

Save and then head for the War Room. Elenor suggests a duel between Lazlo and Lino En Kuldes. You can choose the first option and Lino will submit to you anyway, but choosing the duel is more fun. He’s not too tough to figure out and when he goes does he gives a speech, yielding his position as leader of Obel to you, Lazlo. Lazlo gets the Golden Seal from lino at the end.

Elenor will suggest you rename the ship, Chiepoo suggests Chicken while Tov says Dauntless. You then rename the army, Desmond suggests Rush, Akaghi says “the Yuan Shu Army”. Launch the ship and you’ll see another scene with Lino and Elenor as Elenor hints of her past with Cray.

Nest of Pirates Return to Katarina and after further talk about Commander Glen she will ask to join. Allow Katarina to be recruited and then go to the War Room on the Obel Ship. Elenor goes more in depth on your plan, which is to get Middleport to show your power so that the surrounding areas ally with you to take Razril. For now you should roam around.

Talk to the pirate near the shore looking out towards the water. He says he’s seen a mermaid. Well, get on your boat, sail around and then back into the harbor and a scene with Lilon will occur. It’s Big Sister Lilon evidently.

Iluya IslandNow that you have three mermaids, teleport here and take the stairs leading to no where. You’ll see a salmon colored mermaid hiding. Liloon will join you here.

Obel Ship In your ship you should go to your room and Desmond will warn you of scary people. Brec and Jango are inside, talk to them and they’ll want to join you. Teleport to the Hermitage Island now.

Hermitage Island Go on in past Elenor’s House and you’ll see Aldo on your right. Recruit Aldo and then return to rest at Elenor’s. Go to the forest area until you fight a random battle with Gau and four Demon Wolves. Use spells that hit the group to eliminate those Demon Wolves as fast as possible. Gau attacks for about 150 to anyone so be prepared to heal. Again, spells are best on Gau and he has about 2000 hit points so it may be a longer battle. After the battle choose to have him come along so that you recruit Gau.

Nay Island / Nay Kobold Settlement Bring Chiepoo along and a scene will occur as soon as you teleport to Nay. Chiepoo will want to visit the trading post at Nay Kobold so go there. If you haven’t defeated Maxine at Stonecutter’s Field then you should maybe give that a try along the way.

Go to the Traders Shop and talk to everyone in there and around and then leave town. When you get to the bridge you’ll have an odd exchange with some other cats. Turns out you’ve been robbed of the Golden Seal. Go back to town by the warehouse and you’ll see another scene of Nalkul and Champo.

You end up losing the Seal into the warehouse but once Nalkul and Champo are recruited you get to do a mini game to get the seal back. Run around with Champo and catch the three mice, read the directions first but it’s not too hard at all.

Mordo Island Go straight to the Hot Spring in front of you. You’ll get a great deal on your bath, only 10,000 potch. Disagree to pay and a battle ensues versus Lo Fong, Lo Hak and Lo Seng. Either gang up on them or use spells on all of them. They generally counter with low level fire and lightning spells. After the battle you recruit Lo Seng, Lo Fong and Lo Hak. Leave Mordo Island and come back and you’ll see Igor outside and you will be able to recruit him.

Middleport Island Again to continue you must sail to Middleport. Have some spell casters or long range weapon users along with. When you get to Middleport Chiepoo will be surprised by the Moving Isle monster and it’s four Tentacles. Have a fast Water rune user to use the third level spell to heal your party. Lightning Rune is especially effective as the fourth level and the Thunder God spell (two Lightning Runes are needed) can devastate this beast. You get an Ocean Rune Piece and a lot of potch for this battle.

Ramada will come along and you should bring Sigurd too. As you go inside you’ll meet Reinbach III and Micky. They’re a couple of characters, choose the top option and they’ll join for now. Go to the town and talk to Keen in this area, who will threaten Sigurd since you brought him with. Further into town and you can shop for some new armor if you’d like but rest at the inn. Talk to the two lady’s near you notably Deborah who will see the light in Lazlo. She will join you but not Oskar right now.

Talk to the lady outside the inn for an Interior Design Book. Now go up the stairs to meet Schtolteheim Reinbach II. Seems like a nice guy but is reluctant to join with you as the Orark Maritime Trade is important to his business and it is ran by Cray Trading Company of course. Accept his proposal and then go to the harbor. Reinbach III and Micky will offer to join you, so ask him to join. Unfortunately when you do he’ll offer to join only if you bring him the Rose Crest.

Leave the area and teleport to Nay Island. Go to the Inn, the second door on the left. You’ll see Gareth and he’ll know of the Rose Crest. Tell him you know Reinbach III and he’ll give it to you since Reinbach already paid. Take Sigurd out of your party and then return to Middleport with the Rose Crest in hand and talk to Reinbach III and he’ll join along with Micky.

Now talk to Keen where you talked to him before but since you don’t have Sigurd this time he’ll offer to join for a mere 10000 Potch. It’s expensive but recruit Keen.

Come back to Nay Island with Reinbach III in your party. Go to the Inn where you met Gareth and now that you have Reinbach III with you can recruit Gareth. The room next to his is a guy who talks about a powerful lady outside the Middleport Inn.

Teleport back to Middleport again and make sure you still have Reinbach with. Go up to the Inn and try to recruit Helga twice and then Charlemagne comes up. After a little talk Helga joins but not Charlemagne. Go up the stairs nearby and talk to Etienne and he’ll be easy to convince to join with Reinbach here. Now you have to leave the harbor and re-enter Middleport several times and talk to Charlemagne each time and after 3 or 4 times he’ll finally join you.

Fog ShipAre you ready for this tough miniquest? You can get Ted from Suikoden I if you choose to do the Fog Ship. You will only be able to use Lino En Kuldes and another character, so only three characters. Go to the war room and a scene will occur with a ship hitting yours. Strange, Lino will go out to investigate and will prompt the character choosing.

Take Jeane or a powerful rune user. You’ll have a really straight forward path to follow but some of the monsters you fight are difficult around here most notably the Prophet. Hopefully you have some mushrooms along with to replenish your runes. When you get to the end of the long path you’ll reach the Fog Ship Guide. Choose the first answer and you’ll be in a grueling battle.

Grueling because of the 7000 HP the Fog Ship Guide possesses. This is why Jeane is here, to use the Lightning Rune to trounce him. Ted has the Water Rune so use that to heal and for the second level attack for him. As for the Fog Ship Guide he has an attack that hits the entire party but it’s a bit more rare. More likely is a drain attack for about 100 HP on one of your characters. He has a high agility so he’ll likely go before you all the time. Again you may wish to use Mushrooms to replenish your MP if this battle of attrition runs you dry. Silk, Diamond and a bunch of Potch are your rewards.

After the battle some crazy shit goes down and Ted acquires the Soul Eater Rune. Leknaat even shows up for a bit. When you regain control grab the Pirate King Vest ahead of you, that’s some great armor. Now it’s time for the long walk back. Lazlo and Lino will save Ted on the way across the bridge, and then Ted will join when you ask.

Na-Nal IslandTo continue your story you’ll want to go to Na Nal. When you get there Lino will force himself into the party and then you choose two others, preferably powerful characters but not especially important. Go through to the kooluk guardsmen and a battle will ensue. Eventually you’ll meet Axel and will be taken into custody to meet the Na-Nal Island Chief. He wants you to get Elven Remedy in the Great Elven Tree for him.

Actually you’ll be thrown in jail, and get the Old Book Volume 4 near you and then rest. Take the path near you to go towards the elves. It’s a short way until you get the Elven Remedy, and then return with it for a scene. You are to be escorted out now by Axel but Selma throws you in the elven jail.

You’ll see some scenes with the elder elf and then Selma will run by and cut you out. Run out of here and as you return to town you’ll figure out what’s going on. Elite Kooluk Forces will be bitching about being poisoned so the elves must have left the potion there on purpose knowing whoever using it would be poisoned. At any rate you’ll have three somewhat hard battles to do and after them the Na Nal Chief finally will put his trust into you. Accept his proposal and Axel will join you.

Leave Na Nal and talk to Gunter on the way out. Play a few games of dice and leave for the harbor. Talk to Selma before you leave and since she’s been banished from the elven village you may as well have her join.

Nay Island Go here and talk to the Nay Island Village Chief. Show him your Golden Seal and then choose the first option the next two times and he’ll lend you his aid. Return to your ship and come back to the Nay Island Chief’s house and he’ll have Kevin and Pam there. They are the Iluya residents that washed up on shore but survived.

Na-Nal Island Put Reinbach III in your party, along with Ted and Lazlo. Ted’s Black Shadow spell on the Soul Eater will devour the Kooluk soldiers on the beach of Na Nal. Take the first right when you get into the second area and you’ll meet Eugene and his mom. His mom wants him to grow up and fight, so if you allow him Eugene will join.

Leave Na Nal and teleport to Middleport. Talk to the brown clad guy on the beach and he’ll tell of Millay, Reinbach’s lady friend. With Reinbach along you should go back to Na Nal and you’ll see Millay being hounded by two scoundrel’s. Pick the top choice and a battle against them ensues, not a hard one. Afterwards pick the first option again and Millay will join you.

Razril Walk into the war room at any time to illicit the trip to Razril. Are you ready for the upcoming naval battle? Choose either option in the war room and the trip to Razril will be the plan. You are to sail there (from Middleport is easiest of course). Before you go equip your magicians with different variations of Fire Rune, Earth Rune, and a few Water Rune’s if you want.

The best magicians can have multiple, making it easier when it comes time to choose the runes for each ship. Make sure you have about 8 solid level 40 fighters for your ship decks, shouldn’t be too hard to do that. The Na Nal Harbor is probably the best place for you to build up, and if you have a top magician like Ted or Jeane built up you can easily have them use all-enemy spells on the Kooluk’s so that low level characters can skyrocket in level by doing nothing.

Regaining Razril

As you sail up to Razril, Elenor will prompt you to begin the Regaining Razril battle. They have three ships to your two, but let’s not worry about that for now. If you do not attack the Gaien Ship but instead attack the Kooluk Ship B, the Gaien Ship will switch to your side. If you attack the Gaien Ship youll be forced to fight all three and it’s tough to match up with all of those different runes. For the Kooluk A Ship you’ll want the Fire Rune to neutralize or be strong against. The Kooluk B Ship is best suited for an Earth Rune attack.

If you want to be risky and also have a Wind Rune for B and Water Rune for A you can do that. And for the deck members, remember it’s only physical specialists as you cannot use runes.

The enemy will rush you at the beginning. Stick to the left side and put your ships to the side so that you can prepare to match up with the Kooluk B Ship. Have your best Earth Rune user ready for an attack, and after that the Gaien Ship will switch over, having had faith that Lazlo would return to save Razril all this time. Anyway, take both of your ships and destroy that Kooluk B Ship as fast as possible and then rush up to aid the Gaien Ship with Helmut and the Kooluk A Ship. Assuming you have your runes properly prepared and that you succeed in getting the Gaien Ship to aid you, this battle should be no problem.

Afterwards choose the first option to Recruit Helmut. Next thing you know, Tal and Jewel (or whichever two Razril Knights that you didn’t take at the beginning of the game) will run up to you. You’re given a prompt so answer it with the first answer and then those two will join you and you can go on.

Search the treasure to the west of you and you can grab Platinum X5. Check out the Rune shop, there are some expensive goodies like the Violence Rune and Warrior Rune especially. Counter Rune is at 5000 and is useful for your fighters as well. At the equipment shop is a valuable Power Ring (albeit for 20,000) and Frederica who will not join yet. Just next door is the Armor Shop and again you’ll be seeing newer equipment that will prove useful once you attain the cash for it.

Continue on to the Hall of Knights and to the Courtyard and then Training Hall. You make a speech in here when it’s evening but not now, instead go talk to the dad and girl and allow them to come on the ship.

Go to the Square and talk to Basil to recreat him easily. Enter the Inn and talk to Maxine and choose the second option to recruit her. This is assuming you defeating her in Na Nal and Nay Island first. Konrad is here also but you need Katarina to recruit Konrad. On Main Street you can find a Window Setting 9 and more people to send to the training hall.

When you are ready go to the training hall again for a scene. Choose the top choice of course and Snowe Vingerhut’s dad will come out after you with Gaien Soldiers.

An easy battle, and then they retreat afterwards. A scene with Cray, Colton and Troy afterwards, with the latter two having suspicions regarding Cray and the Governor.

It’s night time now in Razril and there are exclusive treasures available now. Go to the Training Hall and check the northwest area for a Hero’s Shield. The Hero Shield is likely one of the best options you’ll have. Go outside and then into the Hallway, where your old room is and the kitchen also. Save and then talk to Funghi twice to recruit her. Funghi is a good cook. Go to the Spire and eventually the roof of this place. You’ll see a Guardian Bracelet and treasure map chest to the southwest.

If you try to enter the audience chamber you will be blocked by a Silver Hammer for forging your weapons to level 14. Go towards the port area, where you entered, and a scene with the original knights occurs. Talk to the cat next to you and you can recruit it. Enter the equipment shop and talk to Frederica again and you can recruit him.

Return to your room to rest when you are ready, but make sure you found the above items as they’ll disappear after you rest. Now that it’s a new day, go to the rooftop and talk to Ameria and recruit her. Go to the armor shop and Gretchen will be outside, and agree to recruit her also. Take the back street and talk to Karl who will join as well. This should be about it for Razril.

Battle Once More

(if you executed Snowe, this battle doesn’t happen) As you leave Razril, Nico will scream of some pirate attacking us. It’s Pirate Snowe and Pirate Snowe’s Ship has only a fire rune. Load up on Water Rune users and surround him with your three ships and maul him. After the battle you’ll get another choice with Snowe, and I choose to recruit him (but he won’t join, you just set him free again). Of course if you execute him then you won’t see him again.

Obel Ship Now you are free to do what you want again. To advance the story, you can look on the map and see the blinker on Nest of Pirates and that will be when you decide to invade Obel. For now, let’s save and talk to Pablo near the rune cannons in the fifth deck. He’ll tell of you Warlock, a guy responsible for creating rune cannons. He suggests you seek his ability in Middleport, so bring a tough party with Wind Runes preferably (this boss is weak against that and strong versus Thunder). Maxine and her Cyclone Rune are especially effective here.

When you are prepared go to the Inn in Middleport to rest and save. Now take the nearby street to the empty house, and when you search the empty treasure you’ll get an option. If you have 51 potch and spent 24 potch, how much potch would you have? Obviously the answer is 27 but choose the wrong answer as Pablo mentioned to you and you’ll be banished into the secret under ground path of middleport.

Get the Ocean Rune Piece and Treasure Map and continue on to the next area. Take the second right path available to you for a Great Earth Armor. Further along and take the westmost path for a Sliding Door antique and then go two paths east for the exit.

Go north past the bridge in this new area and then take the path that veers northeast. This leads to an Ivory Robe, great for your magic casters like Ted or Konrad. The path to advance was the immediate left path as you entered, so go back across the bridge and then take a right for the exit since you’re coming from the opposite way that you started. In the third area there is a boss at your first right path. So, do not take this right away but instead go north for a while and stick to the west for a Canvas 2. Now if you are ready and still somewhat rested, go after the boss.

With two Wind Rune users (Jeane and Maxine (Cyclone)) Fierce Wind Fangs was available. Since this boss is weak against Wind, that’s a good way to start. Remember, he’s strong against Lightning magic so refrain from using that although it’s generally a favorite among most. Ted can cast Judgment to take off the same amount that Maxine and Jeane do combined, wow. The Land Dragon however has a ton of HP and some devastating attacks himself. He has a lightning type attack that puts an ally to sleep and also a powerful attack to take off around 150-250 depending on the character. This is a tough battle but Dragon Scale and 16000 Potch are your rewards for victory.

Go right in and be a respectful visitor by searching the bookshelf to your left for an Old Book Volume 8. Talk to the old fellow, he is the legendary Warlock. To recruit Warlock choose the top option twice and he will then join you. He has a Mother Earth and Flowing Rune so he’s another great magician for you.

Obel Ship Go to the Deck Corridor 4 and talk to Deborah in her room. She’ll tell of an interior design guru, so teleport to Razril, get on the ship and sail to Middleport. Go to that same empty house in the alley that you were just at for Warlock and you’ll see Pecola inside. Since you probably already acquired the Interior Design Book a long time ago from one of the lady’s outside the Inn you will be able to recruit Pecola here.

By my count that’s 93 stars. Teleport to the Hermitage Island and sail to the Nest of Pirates and talk to Tanya out front. If you choose the first option three times she’ll join you and you can give her your Old Book Volume Set.

Go inside and Elenor will have you give back the Golden Seal to Lino En Kuldes. After you will see a scene with the Governor of Kooluk and Ramada, and then someone will sneak up on Ramada but the scene will fade out.

Recapturing Obel Load up on Wind and Lightning Runes for this upcoming battle. Of course having several solid fighters available for the deck. Teleport to Mordo Island, save, and then travel by ship to Obel.

You’ll see some scenes of the Obel people and Lino En Kuldes. Eventually you get to a prompt from Elenor about which way to send the Gaien Ship. I tend to send it with the Grishend and have the Obel Ship be by itself.

For Obel’s Freedom

You’ll have to set your runes up before the battle begins so you won’t see the enemy’s beforehand, but again load up on Lightning and Wind and you should be fine. The 2nd Kooluk Fleet is comprised of Colton and some others, and you’ll get another chance to change your runes for at least your main ship.

After a turn your ambush will spring out. You’ll seemingly get an extra turn or two for your ships so you should be able to knock out that near ship especially if you had both of your other ships be in the ambush. Rush Colton’s and attack him with Lightning from both sides and this battle will be mopped up shortly.

Colton will be in your custody afterwards but two enemy ships will be on your tail from where your old Obel Ship busted out of. It’s Flare and Setsu, but shortly after there are two enemy fleets on your ass again.

Mysterious Fleet The Governor’s Fleet, and there is one ship where you will want lots of Wind Runes and one where you will be using Water or Fire Runes. You should have plenty of magicians to match up with. Youre supposed to win though as the ships are set on fire and force Lazlo to use the rune to destroy them. More scenes and eventually you’ll get to another Rune of Punishment scene where Lazlo is running through and fighting Glen’s Shadow. Go through this and you’ll end up in your room, but with the level 4 Rune of Punishment spell, Everlasting Mercy.

Obel Ship Out on the deck Akaghi and Mizuki will be involved in a scene with Ramada’s bird. Now you’ll have some time to get stars, a lot of them actually. In fact, you can get the rest of the 108 stars right now.

Bring Cedric along. Assuming you’ve talked to Nico on your ship deck at some point you’ll be able to recruit Wendel on the obel harbor. Go to the appraiser in the next screen and recruit him, he’s Nabokov.

Take the east route and talk to one of the laundry lady’s for Wave Wallpaper. In the next screen will be Carrie, an assistant to Yu. With him along she’ll join. Up a set of stairs and you meet Trishtan, another easy recruit. With Yu along he mentions something about selling him special flour…seems a little inappropriate to me. Nearby is Gunter and if you played his card game at Middleport and Na Nal then you can recruit him now. Gary and Ema will join near the top. Enter the palace and go to the very back and search behind the chair to find Noah. Choose the second option three times and she will be recruited. Since you brought Cedric along, go to the cave where your headquarters used to be. Rachel can be recruited if you have Cedric in your party.

Bring an Escape Talisman to the end of the Obel Ruins. Along the way you can fight the Angel Hairball that you skipped long ago. They should be a lot easier for you now. This one yields the Golden Hammer and you can now upgrade your weapons to level 16.

At the end you’ll see a huge, Killer Golem standing in front of you by the save point. Needless to say it is advised you walk around him for now as that isn’t why you came here. He is possibly tougher than the main boss, so continue past him to talk to Travis. He wants you to use an escape talisman so do so. Return back to him to recruit him.

Now that you’ve taken Razril back over you can recruit Jeremy in the Na Nal Gathering Square. You must have Mitsuba with though. He has the Flowing Strike Sword.

If you have been following this walkthrough, there should be one recruit left to complete the 108 Stars of Destiny guide. Teleport to Mordo Island and talk to the guy outside the hot spring in front. He’ll tell of a person floating around. Get back in your ship and sail west.

You’ll get some scenes with Snowe. How sad. If you choose the second option he’ll join you and you’ll have all 108 Stars of Destiny.

Final Sidequests and Optional Bosses for Suikoden IV 4 As you’ve seen at the Deserted Island and Obel Ruins, new monsters are running around in these areas and new bosses have emerged. The Ancient Crab is at the top of the forest area at the Deserted Island and the Killer Golem is at the end of the Obel Ruins. More of them later though.

Limestone Shelves Go a little south of the Nest of Pirates and then travel west. You will run into the Lime Shelf Island. Rene will take over and give you the option to dig around here. First, talk to her at the obel ship about the treasure maps. Before you leave, go to the top of the Lime shelves and you’ll get a Treasure Map. You can now teleport to the Limestone Shelves when you wish.

Mountain Mass Island Like the Limestone Shelves you can travel directly north of Razril or directly west of Iluya to find an island that Rene can dig at. There are some treasures if you follow along the path including one guarded by a Golden Hairball. A Prosperity Rune is the only real treasure of note.

Deserted Island

That Ancient Crab is a tough one at 11,000 HP so it is suggested that only your best magicians come along for this battle. Have one user ready to have Clay Guardian up to reduce damage. Ted should be along for use of Judgment, and if he has two level four spells than that makes it even better. Speed Rings help in general although his speed is low and you’ll likely go before him assuming you’re levelled up a bit past level 50. Things might be a bit sluggish towards the end as you run out of magic to cast but his attacks aren’t that devastating, so stay rested up relatively and keep Clay Guardian up. A very long battle, but rest assured the Killer Golem in Obel Ruins is even tougher. Your rewards here are a Fire Rune Piece and 25,000 potch! If you return a little later…it’ll be back!

Obel – Obel Ruins Revisited yet againTime to go after that Killer Golem. I’m going to assume you’ve already been here as recruiting Travis necessitates that. This boss is a little harder than the Ancient Crab, as it takes off a bit more and has a bit more HP. The general idea is the same as Clay Guardian comes in useful, as do your best Fire / Lightning spells. Ted’s Judgment is the best and if you have a mushroom or two to allow him to get 3 or 4 hits with it then even better.

Towards the end of the line for the killer golem he will bust out a healing spell that does around 1000-1200 for himself. Killer Golem seems a bit more susceptible to lightning than the previous boss. Really, this battle isn’t much more difficult although he can bust out a physical attack that takes off about 400 and will likely knock out a magician of yours. Use a Jizo Clock or just keep plugging away and you’ll acquire 30,000 potch for your victory. Congratulations on beating the toughest battle this game has to offer to you. Remember, you can continue to fight this battle after you leave Obel Ruins and come back.

Suikoden IV End of Game You are nearing the end of the game. Tough battles loom and you’ll have to extend your roster more than you ever have. That’s not saying much but it’s a good idea to have 6-8 fighter / tank types built up and 6-8 capable magicians built up also. You won’t need to pick them all but having options is nice. It’s not too hard of a process if you take Lazlo and Ted, and bring any two characters along that you want to build up.

Bring this party of four to Obel Ruins and fight up to level 50-51. Hopefully you gave Ted Lo Seng’s Prosperity Rune so that you can get extra potch to build up weapons and armor that much faster. Rest assured it’ll still take a while as weapons are way too expensive to build up in this game.

As for characters to consider, try to build Snowe up well and get his True Friendship Unite attack with Lazlo, it’s the best in the game. Other good tanks include obvious ones like Lino and Dario, while if you dig a little deeper you’ll find that Bartholomew and Karl are diamonds in the rough and Gau is quite possibly the best physical specimen of them all. Magicians start with Ted of course, and include Konrad, Katarina, Jeane, Viki, Wendel, Kate, Maxine, and so on. Since you’ll be matching up against multiple runes, you should construct a group of magicians with multiple runes yourself.

When you are ready to continue walk into the war room. Elenor will go over the plans and you’ll have the option to go on with the plans or wait. Go through a few times and you’ll have to talk to Elenor to form your parties. For this Separate Task Force you’ll want a solid group that is ready to rescue Ramada. I have Gau and Konrad to start things off with a top magician and fighter, and then Ramada’s friends Mizuki and Akaghi. Bring Ted and Snowe along with Lazlo, along with a rune user of your choice (I took Maxine).

Talk to Elenor again and she’ll say to rest. Do so and then save and return to War room. More scenes and then you’ll be on the deck at night time. You can go around and see scenes with Kika, Hervey, Rita and so on, or you can continue on by going to your room. Snowe will greet you and then Leknaat will show up if you have gained all 108 Stars of Destiny.

Afterwards save and then go out on the deck for a talk with Lino en Kuldes. More scenes and you’ll have control of Elenor and the detachment party. Take them to where they need to be and you’ll have a scene with Troy preparing for battle. Theyll use the rune cannon to destroy some decoy ships and then it’s time.

Final Engagement The Final Engagement in Suikoden 4 is against Troy and the First Kooluk Fleet.

Now, this battle will be hard, despite your four ships. There is a reason you trained all of these characters. Try to vary your runes as best as you can and hopefully you can have effective rune users in each slot. Brec and Jango should be commanding two of your ships that Kika and Lazlo aren’t taking care of.

As for the battle, Troy moves a bit slower than his two friends so try to take them out as fast as possible. Troy is a very tough out as he has four runes and can attack from 4 spots away, which often results in you not having a counterattack at all! Surrounding him and getting side shots on him with your best rune users like Maxine, Jeane, Warlock etc. He might knock a ship or two down but you should pull through if you’ve built up sufficiently.

Fort El-Eal

Soon you will take control of Elenor and your detachment party. Conserve your MP throughout this and make your way downstairs. As it winds to the left a bit you’ll see a Hero’s Helmet in a treasure chest, and then you can go to the end for a Cape of Darkness.

Return and go up the stairs to floor one, and then go up the stairs to floor 2. Nothing to do here so go up the stairs to floor three. Go to the end of the area (take the other side instead of towards the door) and you’ll find a Goddess Robe). Back to the floor 3 entrance and take the stairs up to floor four.

Take the path to the end but go right for a Mega Medicine, Mixed Herbs and a Fortune Orb. Enter the Control Room of El-Eal when you are ready. Cray will shoot down Ramada and then it’ll be time to do battle with him yourself!

Graham Cray is a tricky boss fight. He’ll use a shield his first turn so get your best magic spells in then. It’ll disappear after about three or four turns and then he’ll put it right back up. By this time though he should be about dead depending on who you have with.

After some bickering it’ll be time for Lazlo and his party to make their way through. Go to the second floor and then the very opposite end of the room. A treasure chest will be there, with an Angel Hairball. Try to conserve your MP and just use the True Friendship attack. You get 20,000 Potch and the Chaos Shield.

Okay, go to the fourth floor and to the rune control room. Then, to the nearby officer. Get the Stair Room Key on the desk and go to the floor 2 stair room. Before going up the stairs here grab the Magic Canceller just under it and then go up. You’ll notice the Kooluk Soldiers are a notch harder here, or maybe you don’t.

Continue up the stairs past two screens and then on the third you’ll run into a chest. It’s Mixed Herbs and then you can continue on until you see a save point. Save and go in the Top Floor Hall, if you’re ready of course.

Giant Tree and Seeds of Light As you notice the Giant Tree and Seeds are glowing certain colors. They pertain to magic elements. The Giant Tree will change it’s occassionally and the Seeds will regenerate as you kill them and they come as different elements when they reappear.

Red – Fire. Green – Earth. Blue – Water. Orange – Wind. Yellow – Lightning. White – Boss near death. The elemental strengths / weaknesses are the same as in Rune battle, with Fire > Wind > Earth > Lightning > Water > Fire.

The wind seeds are bitches and put you to sleep. That’s really the only seed you should kill, if it’s orange. Otherwise, focus on the Giant Tree. It has 12500 HP, which is quite a small amount considering the Killer Golem and Ancient Crab are right around that. The Giant Tree is best near death when it is flashing White, it’ll unleash a multi party attack that will take off a few hundred on each character. Other than that it’s pretty simple attacks that you’ll have to deal with. If you have Ted and his two Judgments available, along with Snowe / True Friendship attack with Lazlo, this battle should last no more than 5 turns. Just be prepared to heal with Shining Wind or Everlasting Mercy or Kindness Drops if you get low.

Cray, Graham will give a speech about the Rune of Punishment and then the fortress will begin to collapse. Elenor shouts to Lazlo to run so do so. Leave Fort Et-Eal and head for the dock where Rakgi is.

Lazlo and Troy will be in the middle of a duel as you are leaving. This isn’t as hard as you may think. Just listen to what he says and be cautious, but if you have a built up Lazlo (how could you not?) Troy should be an easy challenger. After the battle you’ll realize how the tides have turned as it is Troy being banished and Lazlo watches on as Troy’s ship sinks. More scenes with Elenor and Graham Cray and then it’ll look like El-Eal is blowing up. Use the rune and it’ll be more destruction. Run to the flash and then the ending will begin. Enjoy, you deserve it.

Further Reading:

• Suikoden 4 IV Dario Kika Snowe Pirate’s Nest Iluya Walkthrough

OBEL Kingdom

As you return back to Obel you should see a scene with Dario and Nalleo. They’ll have mistaken you for the Cray Trading Company and Cray is not a nice guy. A war battle with Pirate Dario will ensue right away.

Pirate Dario will have a Wind and Fire Rune equipped on his ship so get a Fire and Water rune respectively to match up against his weaknesses. This will likely mean Tov and Desmond and then whoever your four best characters are for your fighters. Since the enemy’s runes are weak against fire and neutral against fire, you might as well continue to use the Fire Rune as you cannot get hit. Nalleo is the one who uses the Wind rune but she tends to go less than the Fire Rune so this may mean a lot of neutral turns.

After you win this battle Dario will be admonished by Lady Kika, Sigurd, and Hervey. They’ll go their own way and you can enter Obel finally. You should have a Message from Desmond at this point. If you go to the Obel Inn you may get a scene with Cedric who runs from the Inn keeper to avoid a bill. Follow him back to headquarters since you have to go there anyway.

Talking to Desmond you will learn that the King Lino En Kuldes has asked you to go to Nay Village to recruit Oleg. Bring some of your newer members to get more of them caught up to speed. Rita from that stupid Rita Pon game is actually quite a magician so I suggest you use her with a Lightning Rune and see for yourself.

Nay VillageAs you leave you’ll get a scene with Graham Cray, The Governor, Troy and Colton. After that it’s time to starting sailing towards Nay Island. It’s a long sail as you probably remember. When you get there head up a few screens until you get to the Inn. On the other side of the bridge is Oleg and a scene will happen when you talk to him as he gets you to pay for the Inn.

During the night you’ll get some scenes with an immense power that Graham Clay enjoys seeing. Rest after this and go back to the other side of the bridge near the Inn.

You’ll look through Oleg’s Device to see an explosion of some sorts. Afterwards you’ll hear people have washed up to the shore. Something must have happened at Iluya Island last night. Run down to the beach and you’ll see the Iluya Cafe owners washed up but apparently alive. Oleg will join you and sail to Obel with you.

Obel Village

Back in Obel you are to go to Lino En Kuldes and Oleg will show him the scenery he recorded of Iluya Island. Flare and Setsu will be distressed over the situation and Lino tells you not to go out on your boat. Oleg does join permanently here though. Rest up and then you might as well head back to headquarters through the Cliff Path.

In the second screen you’ll be ambushed by Ramada, Akaghi and Mizuki, although it’s only the latter two that are fight you. This is why you rested up, although it’s not that hard. Use your best spells like Thunder Runner, Soaring Bolt and the Rune of Punishment. These two are fast but it’s likely you’ll kill at least one of them in the first turn with high powered spells. Their HP isn’t that high and once one is gone it’s easy to maul the other.

After the battle Ramada explains that they are there to get the Rune of Punishment from Lazlo but after losing they submit and request their lives be spared. Desmond runs out and it’s time to head to the Royal Palace. There will be some discussion with Lino and Setsu and then Ramada, Akaghi, and Mizuki will join the 108 stars of destiny.

It’ll be night time after a few scenes so head back to Headquarters. Before you can get there you’ll be Defending Obel against a Kooluk Invasion. More scenes with Lino and others in war, and you’ll get the option of using the Rune of Punishment. Do so and watch an entire fleet of ships get hit.

This battle will be against the Third Kooluk Fleet. Two Obel Ships with Lino in charge of one and Lazlo the other. As you can see you’ll want Fire Rune’s like Tov or Desmond again to match up with the wind runes the enemy has. Wind Runes will be good against the earth rune also. As for members on deck you should have eight allowing you to put four on each. Hopefully you took my advice and built up some others instead of just the ones you started off with as this battle will be that much easier then. This is all assuming your ship is boarded which could also not happen. Stick to your rune matchups and stay a decent length from the enemy and you should be fine.

After the battle Lazlo will collapse with Chiepoo looking on. More Rune of Punishment sidequests going on in Lazlo’s mind. At the end you’ll fight Brandeau’s Shadow, an easy battle. You will acquire the third level spell for Rune of Punishment, and a poor one in my opinion (Voice of Death, “very fatal” to 1 enemy).

Save and go outside the room for some scenes with all of the characters you have, talking about what they would do if they got the Rune of Punishment. Put some characters into your party and leave headquarters. You’ll hear a loud noise so head back and go to the War Room where Lino will tell you it’s time to flee with headquarters, which is actually a ship.

Flare joins you so leave the saloon towards the town and you’ll get more Kooluk scenes with Troy and Colton. Go into town and talk to everyone in the first area and you’ll get more scenes this time with your characters preparing for departure. If you stayed at the Inn and did the Cedric sidequest you’ll find him in this area also where he’ll join (if you didn’t get him through Louise earlier). Go down the stays to the lower area and talk to Yu who was previously charging you to be healed. Yu will join you now. Near him is the trading post where Adrienne is, and she’ll join you of course. Talk to the two ladies in the area on the other side of this where the Rune shop and armor shop are. These two laundry specialists join the ship and you get another scene. Go down to the beach and talk to the fisherman down there and he’ll go to the ship as well, and then Flare suggests you two should return also.

As you return Flare decides to stay and when you go to the War Room and inform the others, Setsu will stay as well. Good riddance. Tell Lino En Kuldes that it’s time to go and you’ll see some funny scenes with Setsu. The cliff will be destroyed and your ship and headquarters will be leaving. Troy will go after you but will be a second late. Troy will establish an interim Kooluk government as the citizens look on in horror.

You’ll be on your ship now so talk to everyone, including Nico at the very end of the boat. Try to enter the ship and you’ll get a scene with Kika and she’ll invite you to the Nest of Pirates. First though there are plenty new recruits to be had.

Na-Nal Harbor

Go to Na Nal. Talk to Ugetsu the fisherman nearby and he’ll join if you offer the ship’s services. Further in Na-Nal and towards the Inn (take the east fork in the next section). Inside is Manu who you probably met outside your HQ in Obel. He will join if you allow it.

Further in is the Rune Shop, where you can request to see the Rune Mistress. It is Jeane from past Suikoden’s. You can ask her to take a rune off or put one on, or you can ask her to join. Of course ask Jeane to join and you now have a rune mistress and a powerful magician on your side. Search the right part of the building for a Treasure Map and leave the Rune Shop. A bit more east and you’ll see the Armor Shop with some good deals and another Treasure Map left of the building.

One more area back and you’ll be in the area where you dueled Mitsuba but now Maxine is here and she challenges you to a fight. She has quite a bit of HP but still shouldn’t last more than a few rounds if you have some good characters. Maxine says grr after the battle and that’s it, she disappears. You’ll fight her later. This is about all the new stuff you can do in Na Nal.

Nay Island

You’ll see a Message Bottle on the shore. It says “Coral…donuts…small island…”. Start going towards the Nay-Kobold settlement and you’ll see Maxine again. Be careful this time because if you aren’t leveled up, you will die by the hands of her Wind Rune and Shining Wind. 325 HP to the entire party is a lot to overcome, unless you can time it where you unleash your best spells just at the right time before she gets it off. At this point in the game you’ll probably want to do this later but congrats if you beat her.

In the next area with the suspension bridge, Viki will appear and then disappear. Continue on into the village. Talk to Bang at the lottery desk right as you walk in and he’ll want to leave Nay-Kobold for your ship. The residence in the upper area is Bartholomew’s home. If you’ve recruited Perrault and checked out his initial newspaper you can then recruit Bartholomew at his home in Nay. Leave the Nay Kobold settlement and you’ll see Viki. Allow her to join and she gives you the Glowing Hand Mirror. Use this immediately and you’ll return to the Obel Ship. How useful.

Iluya Island

You haven’t been here yet but rest assured you’ll need powerful characters to survive. Before coming here, buy a Flower Seed from the Nay Kobold Trading Center and bring Mizuki along with.

As you enter, near you is an Ocean Rune Piece and Treasure Map. Walk all the way until you hit a wall and can go left. You’ll see a Chinchilla Stand, and then to the next area. Careful here as the chest to your right that is partially hidden is an Angel Hairball. Fighting an Angel Hairball is death if you aren’t levelled up or have Silent Lake to neutralize it’s crazy magic casting abilities. You acquire a Guardian Garb for defeating the Angel Hairball. The boxes a little farther down have a Treasure Map for you to take, and enter the nearby building. Grab the Ocean Rune Piece and Treasure Map that comes along with it. Further down is a deck with Simple Wallpaper on it.

The next screen has the Destroyed Town of Iluya. You will see Nataly to your right looking at what once was a window. She’ll join and take care of your Window Settings. To the opposite side is a treasure chest with an Angel Hairball that will likely slaughter you, read above. Your reward for defeating it is a Hero’s Armor. Go back another screen and you’ll see Izak. He misses the flowers that were once there and asks you for a Flower Seed. Well, maybe you already have it if you did as I told you a little earlier, if not go to Nay Kobold Trading Center for one. Also if you brought Mizuki you can go a little to the right of where Izak was, in one of the secluded areas you should find Kate. She seems treacherous but will join if you choose. Also back in this area is an Old Book Vol 7.

Donut Island – To get here teleport to Mordo and go about directly east, and maybe a little south to find the little Donut Island. If you got the Message Bottle in Nay you’ll see Rene there, who will join you and offer to help with your various Treasure Maps.

Obel Ship – Since you’ve acquired Ugetsu, go down to the Rear Deck to speak with him. Shortly thereafter he’ll catch his friend Shiramine, who will join you. Now Shiramine will cast the net for you if you like. If you cast the net at the Nay Island Harbor and then take your ship to Na Nal, you will be able to bring the net in and catch Lilan. She’s a friend of Lilin.

Rest in your room and try to leave, Tov will mention something. Go down to Deck 5, the very bottom and enter the room on the left. This is the Cultivation Room. Inside is Mao, who deals with mushrooms. These mushrooms can increase magic spells or inflict status ailments on enemies based on how you have Mao grow them. Go back to your room again and rest and Tov will again mention something about that Cultivation Room. At the Cultivation Room Mao has a friend there, and it is Nao. He is the Mint specialist and like Mao will grow Mint’s based on what you tell him.

Deserted Island – Take your ship here and enter the cave. Release all the easy creatures of course. At the end is Taisuke, and he wants you to get his clothes at the entrance. Go back and get them and return them to Taisuke. He’s an ass and you need to return outside of the cave and then go back in again to recruit him.

Nest of Pirates

Go left initially for a Pirates Bracer in a chest. Near here is a Treasure Map in a barrel. Check out the shops and go inside to the bar to advance the storyline. Kika is here and after your talk you should go in her room and get the Ocean Rune Piece and Treasure Map. Phil is around and he’s a tailor that will join you. Of course you also get Kika, Hervey, Sigurd, Dario and Nalleo

To continue the story you’ll have to go out and then back in, but be prepared for a tough war battle. Do you have your best magicians with multiple runes to match up against the enemy? Having Viki, Kate, Pablo, Jeane and other good magicians equipped with Fire / Earth would be especially wise in this particular battle. It might be wise to make a separate save before you enter the Pirate’s Nest again.

Katarina will have washed up and you’ll talk to her in Kika’s Room and learn some things about Snowe and Razril. Save your game in that separate slot if you’re smart and when you leave you’ll see some scenes with a green suit Snowe coming your way.

Snowe War Battle – Former Friend

Two ships and two ships. It’s best to try to isolate this into two one on one battles but the enemy may not go along with this plan. Either way, as you can see the Earth Rune is either neutral or strong against Snowe’s ship and the Fire Rune is either neutral or strong against the other Kooluk Ship so as long as you have one rune user of each in both of your ships, you can’t lose. Unless of course they surround you and attack from angles that you can’t counter from. If you can maneuver your ships well this shouldn’t happen.

After the battle, chase Snowe to Razril. It’s a long and grueling trip so have plenty of magic users on hand. When you get there you’ll see some scenes and will be offered a choice with Snowe. It’d be best to choose the first or second if you want to see him or recruit him later. If you choose the third, well, Snowe will be dead. You are to sail back or use the Blinking Mirror to Nest of Pirates and then Hermitage Island to meet this Elenor Silverburg.

Further Reading:

• Suikoden IV 4 Taking back Razril Middleport Obel

Suikoden IV HQ Obel

Deserted Island : Troy : Colton : Graham Clay : Treasure Maps : Obel : Desmond : Kingdom of Obel Lino En Kuldes : Lady Flare : Tov : Chadli : Louise : Rikki : Rakgi

Lazlo is banished from Razril, and has two knights with him along with Chiepoo whom you met earlier. Generally the knights are those who fought with you the most. Anyway, anchor your little boat and go downstairs to save and get 10 Steamed Buns and 10 Medicines. Sail wherever and you’ll fight a few battles and then be picked up by a merchant ship, with ??? and Colton. Go in their deck and search the table for a Treasure Map and Save. Back on top, talk to Troy, and he’ll advice you to rest, so go downstairs and do so.

After resting, go back up and a scene will begin where Troy will find you eavesdropping on him. You’ll explain your situation and then fight you, and you can’t win. Afterwards your party flees and you’ll get into a few more battles but with Kooluk Soldiers that you can defeat. Back on your ship you’ll row away as you have a stairdown with Troy. Fight some more random battles on the World Sea Map and then you’ll fight a boss, the Water Dragon. This thing is tough, hopefully you saved your MP, if so utilize the Rune of Punishment as well as you can. He’s not too tough but use Medicines when you can, and you’ll be rewarded with a Dragon Bone and Dragon’s Scale. Better yet, your boat will end up hitting a deserted island.

Talk to everyone a few times and they’ll join you, in which case you should explore this deserted island. After a while you’ll have to decide what to do, so choose to “escape” and then you’ll be brought up with some more choices. Who is going to cut trees down? Who with make some rope and who will gather coconuts? Really important, right. Well I choose coconuts so just go to the edge of the island and get three. Also take the middle path through the forest for a Necklace at the top of the hill. Chiepoo will sell you generic items if you feel the necessity to do so. Enter the cave and go to the end, where you meet a mermaid who drops a Lucky Ring. Get this ring and search the lake to restore your status, and return to rest. Repeat this procedure the next day, you can choose the same task if you’d like. This time the mermaid drops a Water Amulet. Repeat the process again the next day and she gives you a Guard Ring. Sleep now and the next day you’ll find the mermaid on the lake and she tells you about the “cat” being in trouble with the master. Go up to where you found the Necklace (forest path) and you’ll come to a crab. Defeat his little cronies and attack him, but you won’t be able to hurt him much. Afterwards, Lazlo uses the Rune of Punishment (well, choose to do so) and it’ll remove the crabs guard. Now the battle restarts (with replenished rune spells) and the baby crabs regenerate, so use Keneth’s first level lightning spell to get them down (as there are six of them). Then focus on the large crab of course, he’s not too tough if you keep yourself rested and use your Rune of Punishment. Afterwards, more scenes with Lazlo inside the Rune of Punishment, then he’ll wake up and it’s time to go south.

You’ll fight a few battles and then another boss battle against two Killer Rays, one brown and one green. Focus your attacks on the brown first as it can heal, it should go down in a turn or two if you use your best runes. Jizo Clock and Water Rune Piece were procurred afterwards. The monsters will get your oars so you’ll be stuck resting while a ship comes up. Desmond will greet you and ask your name, so tell him, although it doesn’t matter. He’ll freak out when he sees your rune, but he’ll settle down and tell you you’re with Princess Flare of Obel. When you regain control, go in the deck and search around for another Treasure Map. Talk to everyone and you’ll land eventually. Go straight and search by the barrel to your right for another Treasure Map. Go into the town area and by the Lottery Ticket place is a girl who will give you a free Lottery Ticket. Go east to the second part of town, with an Armor Shop and a Blacksmith that you should spend all your money on. It’ll be a big help but will definitely clean you out as you get your party to level 6. The lady down the stairs behind you gives you Soap. Now you should head to the palace to discuss some things.

You’ll meet Lino en Kuldes. He runs this place and he’s pretty nice. He gives you a place to stay and Desmond comes with you as you visit. Take the east cliff and you’ll get to a ship that will act as your headquarters. Tov, Chadli and Louise will have already joined and work there so to speak. Go to your room and rest and you’ll meet Leknaat who fills you in on your destiny. The next day, go down to Louise and form your usual party, but with her as your support for healing purposes. Now go to the ruins on the other side of the palace. You’ll meet Rakgi who is your guide. These ruins are tough, including an Angel Hairball that is near impossible at this stage. Ideally, you should have your weapons at 6 and you should have new armor, although that’s probably too expensive a venture at this point. Just work on getting those weapons up and you shouldn’t have to worry about your defense then. You can also go recruit a bunch of other characters now that you have headquarters, but let’s do the ruin first. When you’re ready, go to those ruins and get Rakgi to bring you in.

Okay, go through the first room and then go left down the stairs in the next room. Take your next left for a Thunder Amulet. Return and stay on that same floor travel the opposite way from the Thunder Amulet, and you’ll come across a chest with 5000 potch. Go all the way up the stairs now and take the left path, ignoring the first exit you reach on that floor. From here, go right for a Magic Hand, and then return and go straight. Keep going straight into a new room with only a treasure. This is an Angel Hairball that will undoubtedly kill you. It gives up the Golden Hammer when you can beat it (later on). So ignore it for now and return and take your next left, grabbing the One-Piece Dress and entering the nearby room. Take your first right and keep following through the next path until you get to some stairs on your right. Go up these and take an immediate right for a Window Set 2 and then go further up the stairs to save. Continue going straight and you’ll come to a big green Guard. He’s not too bad though, unleash most of your spells but try to keep a few. He’ll go down in a few turns and yield the Platinum. After the battle, take a right for a Mega Medicine and go straight and then right to the outside area. Save and get the treasure that yields some Mushrooms, Mega-Medicines, and an Escape Talisman. Keep going and talk to Rakgi and Rikie. Try to leave and the Guard will come by again, but he’s not any tougher. Hopefully you saved your MP though, some of it at least. He drops an Iron Hammer, and then you should return back to Obel.

Board the ship and if you have recruited at least ten characters, a scene will occur with Lilin the mermaid asking for your help. Her mermaid friends have been captured and might be sold. So get on that boat and head south to the large white dot. You’ll get in some scenes with some bad guys, choose the first option both times to protect Lilin and eventually recruit her. After the ordeal, don’t return to Obel but go north and a little west to find Mordo.

Not much at Mordo Island currently other than the Window Setting 4 by the trade ship and a Treasure Map by the Hot Spring Bath. Now go a good distance north and a little east. We’re looking for Nay Island. It’s a long trip, but it’s a bit south and just east of Iluya Island which is already on your map. Land at Nay and go downstairs to the right to find a Wool Loincloth. Go through the beach and upstairs a few times to get to a blacksmith who can upgrade your weapon to 7. Go up the stairs to the left of him and then go left to find a Treasure Map. Back the other way and go straight to a building (Village Chief’s Home). Search straight ahead on the book case for another Treasure Map. Take the middle stairs and go up to the High Ground. The Inn has yet one more of those great Treasure Maps, and the Old Book Volume 6 on the shelf next to the Innkeeper. Now return to the first area and use the stairs on the right to reach the Nay-Kobold settlement.

Actually, you’ll be at the StoneCutter’s Field, where you should go straight and get (you guessed it) another Treasure Map, and continue on and you’ll be there.

Go to the Trading Post and get Perrault to join you. You can rest at the Hot Springs if you’d like, also stop by the back of the Hot Springs via the left side for another Treasure Map. I think I found another one around here but I’m uncertain. Anyway, in Bartholomew’s house, check it for the Old Book Volume 3. That’s about it, so get on your boat. Head east for a bit and you’ll find Na-Nal.

Be careful, you fight battles around here. Talk to the guys to your left and sell those Ores if you bought them from the Nay-Kobolds. Go towards the beach and go right when you get there. Go up on the boat and search the basket for a Treasure Map, and then search behind the boat to see a treasure, which prompts a battle against a Golden Hairball. Nothing hard, take him out and you’ll get 1000 potch and a Treasure Map.

Near the town you can enter the Inn, and be sure to save. Talk to Rita next to you and she’ll challenge you to Rita-Pon. Rita Pon is a game in Suikoden IV that is very annoying and one that goes on until Rita cleans you out or you’ve won enough to get her to join. Always choose to continue without settling until you get to her limit but make sure to back out and reset if she takes too much of your money.

Further back in the village is the Village Chief’s house where there is a Stone of Strength. Talk to Reinhold along the way and he’ll have you duel Mitsuba. She’s likely very easy for you and will charge you (or has done this to me a few times). Afterwards Reinhold and Mitsuba will join the 108 stars of destiny. Grab the other treasure map in the rune shop and then you can probably head back to Obel.

Further Reading:

• Suikoden Tierkreis Trade Guide Walkthrough FAQ
• Suikoden Tierkreis Recruit 108 Starbearers Guide FAQ
• Complete Suikoden Tierkreis Walkthrough with 108 Stars Guide
• Suikoden Tierkreis Walkthrough Fort Arc One King
• Suikoden Tierkreis Guide Cragbark Shams

Razril : Middleport : Chiepoo : Keneth : Glen : Jewel : Paula : Tal : Katarina : Snowe : Lazlo : Illuya : Brandeau : Rune of Punishment

So you pick your character and some settings (choose the first voice, it’s more manly). You’ll start off in a ship battle, and you should probably go through the tutorial although it’s pretty simple. Pick someone who has a rune that is strong against one of the enemy’s runes. It doesn’t really matter though, you’ll lose and the enemy will board your ship. Snowe will give you details on combat battles but if you’re a Suikoden veteran you can probably skip it. In the battle, attack normally or use the Friendship Unite between Lazlo and Snowe (I’m going to use the name Lazlo for the Hero since that is his name). It’ll end eventually and then Glen will ask you for a duel. Accept his proposal. Duels are very similar to those in the older games. It’s a rock paper scissors concept, and you have to guess based on his quotes that he gives you. It’s never really that difficult, take him out and the “graduation mock battle” will be over.

You’ll now gain control of Lazlo. Go inside (behind you) and use the Save Point. Go back outside, up the deck and talk to Kenneth and then Tal. Now you’ll see the opening sequence of the game. Afterwards you’ll be in Razril. Go to the courtyard, and then the first door on the east part of the room. You’ll see a treasure in your sight, grab it for the Old Book Volume 9. Leave via the door you came in, and then go in the next door in the courtyard. This leads to three doors, one of which being your room. Inside is a Save Point and a treasure containing a Water Rune and a Steamed Bun. Leave and enter the third door in the courtyard to trigger a scene with Glen. It’s a big speech. Glen brings up the name Troy, and when he concludes you are to go to the festival. Head back into the Hall of Knights and then go east towards the port. You’ll see a Save Point along the way. Keep going along the way and another scene will ensue, with Snowe getting a torch and giving it to you. Talk to all the people in the center path holding a torch to light their’s. Keep going straight and you’ll be in an area with all the other graduating knights. Speak with them all a few times and then return to the port area where a Nay-Kobold (the great Chiepoo) will alert you of a girl getting kidnapped. If you “Pet” the cat near the entrance of that area, it’ll give you a Medicine. Now it’s time to return to the square with all the knights. Talk to two of them to get them to join (I chose Paula and Tal). Head to the back streets now.

You’ll fight some random battles, but they aren’t hard. Keep pushing forward and get the Mushroom on the west side a little farther down. Just a bit farther and there will be a huge opening on the left, which you should explore. In a small alley you’ll find a girl cowering and a Pirate looking at her. Talk to him and you’ll be in a battle against the Kidnapper and the Kidnapper’s Underling. Just attack them and use the Snowe Lazlo Unite Combo. Nothing tough. Search behind the crate afterwards and you’ll get a treasure map. Head back towards the Hall of Knights and answer yes to Snowe’s question about going to bed.

The next morning you should go to the Training Hall and spar with one of the students. You can get a few levels doing this. Talk to everyone and they’ll be looking for Snowe, so go find him yourself. He’s in the Hall of Knights (actually you can get him before the Training Hall). Back to the Training Hall where you can spar as long as you want with that one Knight, but go to your other party members and put two of them in your party (Paula and Kenneth for me). You’ll be in another easy battle. After you can change your members, so use this time to familarize yourself with the four choices you have. I don’t know why but I like Paula (probably because she’s not human) and Kenneth (either the haircut or the Lightning Rune). You are to go to the port and leave, but explore the town some more. You can go in the shops, so do that, and search the left part of the Rune Shop for a Medicine. Also you can affix the Water Rune (in his room) to Lazlo if you’d like. The Inn has a Treasure Map in the northeast part of the room (on the dresser). The lady in light blue outside the Inn has a mushroom that she’ll give you. Return to the harbor area and go near the ships. You’ll be prompted to choose between two jobs, so take the letter delivery.

Now you’ll be shown (subjected to) ship travel. Ugg. Slow, random battles everywhere, hard to navigate around land, etc. Well you are to go to Middleport, which is in the southeast (Press O to see the map). Now don’t go to the northwest part of this island; the port is in the southeast part so you’ll have to work your way around. You’ll get 1000 potch for the delivery, and then you can explore the town.

Head to the Inn and search the southeast corner of the room for another Treasure Map. Go outside now and west a little towards the Item Shop. The treasure reveals 500 Potch. You should probably upgrade your armor here. Also, it’s a good idea to take Snowe’s good armor (Chain Main, Scale Shield, Leather Boots) off of him and onto someone else. Trust me, it’s better off not on Snowe. Also you could visit the Smithery and get those weapons upgraded if you have the cash. Go to the very back of the village and you’ll see a house. There is an Antitoxin to the east of it and a treasure (Mushroom) to the west of it. Return back to the square area and up the stairs when you see them. Take an east and get the Fancy Console. Not much else to do, so talk to the port guy and get back on the ship.

If you haven’t done so already, Anchor the ship and get the treasure inside the deck (Medicine x 5). Return to Razril and report on your success. They’ll thank you and then say there is another one at Middleport (must be level 5). Head on over there and talk to the guys around the port to learn about the monster. Return to your boat and one of the next encounters you’ll have is with a Damp Hairball. It can be pretty tough, using the second level Water Rune spell to attack your entire party. If you put some money into your weapons and armor, you should be fine. Kenneth’s Lightning Rune is definitely a big help, and you’ll get 2000 potch from the guy at the port. Back to Razril now.

At the port, Katarina will talk to you and tell you and Snowe to visit them so head towards the courtyard. You’ll be introduced to a guy named Ramada, who doesn’t seem too impressed with you actually. Anyway head to the port when ready to do this mission with Ramada. You’ll meet with Snowe and then it’ll be time to return to the audience chamber once more to tell Ramada that you’re ready. Iluya is a good distance to the northeast, so set sail and you’ll soon get to an event with Snowe who questions the rune cannons that you are transporting. Also you’ll see Glen and Katarina worrying. Talk to Snowe and you’ll be attacked by a rune cannon and Snowe will be hurt. He “can’t move his arm” and he’ll act like a coward this whole time basically. Choose “Let’s Fight”.

You’ll be thrusted into a naval battle against two Pirate Brandeau ships. It’s really quite simple though; just match up your two rune guys with the one’s that their two are weak against. You should have no problem matching up your strengths then. After the victory your ship will be boarded by Brandeau and an Assassin. Take out the Assassin first with both characters and then Brandeau. More scenes afterwards and Lazlo will be in a duel with Brandeau for his life. It can be tricky to pick what he is going to choose, but soon he’ll start repeating himself and you’ll get breaks. If Lazlo is fully developed you should be able to take him down. Afterwards, both of you will be near death. Brandeau will have a rune go crazy and Glen will acquire it. More scenes and you’ll be back.

Snowe will want to go into town and get some medicine. Several scenes along the way. Then return to the kitchen area to get Glen’s meal and deliver it to him. More scenes with Glen and then leave outside. You’ll be attacked! Talk to your comrades and run out to the ship and talk to the night to initiate a ship battle. “Retribution”, as Pirate Dario is attacking.

Try your best to match up with their runes. I didn’t have a match for their Wind Rune unfortunately. Regardless, the enemy never utilized that advantage and only used the Fire Rune (Jewel had Water Rune to match up). After the battle, Snowe will get overzealous and pursue the enemy as they retreat, so choose to help Snowe and his great decision making. But just as you come in, they retreat. Katarina will tell you to go to Glen, and he’ll commend you on your alertness and he punches Snowe for his selfishness. Another scene with Snowe getting upset, then go Save/Rest in your room. Go to the kitchen and bring the meal to Glen. More scenes and then you’ll be involved in yet ANOTHER attack.

By the time you gather your forces, the pirate enemies will have already landed and are just outside at the port. You’ll get in a fight with a few skilled pirates. Three fights actually. Utilize the Lightning Runes if you have them. Meanwhile there will be a scene with Glen for a minute, and then the enemies will look to fire. Glen will be up on the roof of building using the Rune of Punishment. He’ll scorch the enemy ships and they’ll retreat. Katarina will tell everyone to assist the injured, but you should turn around and head to the third floor Spire to see Glen. As you go up there you’ll see him struggling and suddenly he’ll transfer the rune to you as Brandeau did to Glen. Snowe will witness all of this in normal Snowe hysteria mode. He will then tell the knights that it was you that did it. What a fucker, wouldn’t it be nice to just kill him?

More scenes going on, and keep running and attacking the shadows. You’ll hear the Vingerhuts trying to screw you over and blame it on you. Afterwards Katarina will come in and tell her you didn’t kill him. Regardless, you can’t get out of this, and you will be banished from Gaean forever. Two of your trusted characters (Paula and Keneth for me) will be with, as will Chiepoo, on this exiled ship.

Further Reading:

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