Defeating Bosses
When fighting a Boss, make sure you have Plume Of Phoenix Down in all slots and no spells except for one Cure. Keep attacking the Boss until you run low on life, then run to the opposite side of the screen where the Boss cannot get you and cure yourself. Return to the Boss and start to attack him again. Repeat this until the Boss is defeated.
Starting stats for Tribes
Clavats
Hearts/HP: 4/8
Attack: 6
Defense: 7
Magic: 13
Styles: Males: Cow lick, natural, head band, and cap.
Styles: female: Long hair, short hair, dark coat, and white cap.
Clavats start with an advantage in defense and spellcasting, but are not initially skilled with weapons. They wield swords and other blades.
Lilty
Hearts/HP: 4/8
Attack: 7
Defense: 6
Magic: 12
Styles: Males: Bare head, horned helm, steel visor, and bucket head.
Styles: Females: Bare head, blue armor, elegant, and red mask.
Small but fierce, Lilties have the best starting stats for combat but cannot put as much into spells. Lilties use spears, lances, and halberds.
Yuke
Hearts/HP: 4/8
Attack: 5
Defense: 5
Magic: 15
Styles: Males: One horn, bumpy, long beak, black mage.
Styles: Female: Spiral, tulip, spoon, and heart top.
Yukes have the best magic stats and power-up spells quickly. Their Attack and defense tend to suffer. Yukes wield hammers in battle.
Selkie
Hearts/HP: 4/8
Attack: 7
Defense: 6
Magic: 12
Styles: Males: Wolfie, shark eyes, raccoon tail, and bandana.
Styles: Female: Wolfie, shark eyes, raccoon tail, and owl head.
Selkies do not have high strength, but can power up the fastest Focus Attacks with their weapons. They strike with mauls, cudgels and rackets.
You will need to choose one of the eight family trades to occupy your parents and siblings while you are on the road. When you return home, you can get trade-specific items from your family. Consider starting eight characters to cram your town with every item-gaining opportunity possible. When you create your character, you will select one of eight family trades. The one you choose can have a big impact on your inventory over time. Your family will ask you to send gifts in your letters from afar. If you send back items that pertain to the family trade, you will get a big payoff in due time. You will not find many towns or tradespeople on your journey. Visit your family (and other families in your town) for rare opportunities to trade.
Battles
When fighting, be strategic. For example, in multi-player mode, when one player is charging up an attack, stand at the ready nearby. The player who is charging up is susceptible to attacks; the other players need to protect him or her. To defeat a major enemy such as a Boss, you can easily win without anything in your command list or using a Phoenix Plume . When you are low on health (for example, one heart), press Y to go to the menu and heal yourself with Berry. You can then finish off your fight easier with full health .This can be done as many times as desired.
Stat-Boosting bonus
The Boss will drop four great stat-boosting artifacts, which tend to be more powerful if you satisfy your bonus condition well. Find out what the condition is by looking at the bottom of your Game Boy Advance radar.
Treasures and artifacts in multi-player mode
You can walk off with only one artifact no matter what, however in a single player game you will have your pick of the mix. In a multi-player party, the hero with the most bonus points gets first choice. However, the artifacts tend to be superior.
Additional shops
Additional shops will appear in Tipa after characters of various classes are present on your memory card. The more characters and varying classes, the more shops and types of them will appear.
Painting Mog for fun and profit
You can paint your single-player Moogle each time you visit a Nest. Mog will cast spells, and its color determines the spell it is likely to cast: Fire (Red), Blizzard (Blue) or Thunder (Green). The color of your Moogle also decides your Game Boy Advance Radar: Terrain (None), Monster (Red), Treasure (Blue) or Scouter (Green). The latter reveals monster stats.
Monster difficulty
Depending on the number of players and the Myrrh cycle, a creature's HP will be boosted by a multiplier, as follows:
1 player 2 players 3 players 4 players
Cycle 1 x1.25 x1.50 x1.75
Cycle 2 x1.50 x1.875 x2.25 x2.625
Cycle 3 x2.50 x3.125 x3.75 x4.375
Defeating Behemoths
If you have three Blizzard Magicites, the easiest way to kill the Behemoths is to attack the thing, then run to the bridge/planks. It cannot walk on them. Hust cast Blizagga until it is defeated.
Combining magical effects
Combine the Magicite stones for the basic spells to cast amped-up or new effects. To cast one of the basic spells, you will need to assign its Magicite to a command list slot. If you want to crank up a spell's power, place another of the same Magicite beside the first. To create new spells like Haste, experiment by varying stones and their order in the command list.
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