Golden Sun Rename characters:
When prompted to enter a new name for Robin, press Select(3). Enter a new name for Robin, and you can now enter a new name for Gerald, Ivan, and Mary. Press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Select to enter new names for the other remaining characters.
Hint: Dijiin:
Make sure you set your Dijiin the way you want before a battle. If you know you are going to fight a lot of enemies, it would be a good idea to have your Dijiin ready to summon. If you are going to fight a small number of enemies you should not have it ready to summon.
Use your Dijiin according to the element the person using the Dijiin excels at. Give Earth to Issac, Fire to Garet, Wind to Ivan, and Water to Mia.
Hint: Psyenergy:
Use your Psyenergy wisely. You should not just use your Psyenergy at any time, because you will quickly run out. You should only use it when needed or when it will stop you from receiving considerable damage.
Hint: Herbs:
Carry plenty of herbs in dungeons. Even a small task in a dungeon can wipe you out. You will save more money by doing this than by having to revive one of your team members. You will also always have all your team members ready to fight.
Hint: Inns:
Use the inns whenever needed. Inns are your best and cheapest source to get healed quickly. Use them even for minor damage, or just to recover lost Psyenergy. Inns are inexpensive and efficient.
Hint: Ivan:
Keep close watch on Ivan's health. Ivan is the youngest of your group. He is only 15, while the others are all 17. He will get hurt faster. Give him more defensive equipment and less offensive equipment because he uses more Psyenergy than direct attacks.
Hint: Use Reveal to find items:
Use Reveal to find items that are in boxes, ovens, jars, graves, etc. instead of wasting your time looking. Use Reveal near jars and other small storage objects. If you see sparkles off the object, it means there is an item inside.
Hint: Feathered Robe:
Use Wind Djinni on the Grand Golems to kill them. Sometimes you will get a Feathered Robe, but the odds of getting it is low. It is Mia's best armor.
Hint: Giant Axe:
If you destroy an Earth Golem with a Wind Djinni, you will have a slight chance of obtaining the Giant Axe. It is very rare, but your attack rises by +158 and it unleashes Meltdown.
Hint: Kikuichimonji:
To get Ivan's ultimate weapon, the Kikuichimonji, go to Venus Lighthouse and start killing Finrirs. The Kikuichimonji drops rarely off of them. Just keep fighting and killing them until that happens.
Use a Fire Djinn to kill a Fenrir, and you will have a better chance of getting the Kikuichimonji. This does not automatically give you the sword, but increases the chance of the monster dropping it.
Hint: Selling rare items:
If you have rare Items, you can sell them to shops and they will be put under rarities. If you want them back, you have to buy them. This is useful for good, but unusable weapons (such as cursed objects).
If you have items that are rare are not used, sell them to a shop. Usually if they say "This is rare stuff" in their offer to buy, when you sell it to them it will be put in the artifacts section.
Hint: Buying rare items in last town:
You can buy rare equipment that you did not sell. There are a lot of good weapons and armor that you should buy, but they are expensive. Most of the items cost over 10,000.
Hint: Warp back to Sahulla:
Use the following trick to warp back to Sahulla when one of the Tornado Lizard's storms catch you. Use any Psyenergy move besides the ones that heal you or douse. The storm will fly up in the air and land near by Sahulla.
Hint: Snow:
Cast the water Psynergy "Douse" in the snowy northern town of Imil. The game does not show the usual dousing water spell. Instead, it shows frozen snowflakes falling from the sky.
Hint: Getting to Crossbone Isle:
There are two ways to get to Cross Bone Isle, the island of treasures. On your journey across the Karogal Lake, select the following rowers in order to drift off course and end up at Crossbone Isle: Punk with Long Hair, Balding Man, Chef, and the Old Man. However, you will not be able to go all the way through the island's cave yet -- return later by getting there the second way. For the second way, there is a Pink Tornado deep within The Suhalla Desert. Use Reveal near the Pharaoh's head to find footprints. Follow the foot prints. They will lead you to a cave which will get you to the Pink Tornado. Get in the Pink Tornado and do not do anything. The tornado will take you to Crossbone Isle. Psynergy needed: Cloak, Carry, Catch, Frost Reveal, Move and Halt. Note: Every door in the cave has a different Boss guarding it. Defeat each one to progress into the cave. Deep in the cave is a pirate ship. A dead Pirate named Dead Beard is guarding the Treasure, and he is the toughest Boss in the game.
Hint: Mercury Lighthouse:
To finish Mercury Lighthouse, you must have Mia on your team. To get to the top of the lighthouse stand in the hands of the goddess and use Mia's Ply. This allows you to walk on water on selected squares. Once you have completed the puzzles, you will fight Satarous.
Hint: Defeating Dead Beard:
Go to Crossbone Isle, and go all the way through until you find a pirate ship. Go onto the pirate ship. Go to the north side of the ship, towards the treasure ship. You will run into a huge Dead Pirate named Dead Beard. Dead Beard is more difficult than the Fusion Dragon you fight at the end of the game. It is highly recommended that you are at level 30 before you fight him, After you defeat him, take the treasure. The other treasure chest near the sail is a mimic.
Deadbeard is weak against Earth and has 10,000 HP. You will get 10n400 experience and 14000 coins if he is defeated with an Earth Djinni.
Hint: Defeating the Fusion Dragon:
The Fusion Dragon is weak against water and has 5200 to 5300 HP.
Hint: Defeating Menardi:
Menardi is weak against Water and has 3,000 HP.
Hint: Defeating Saturos and Menardi permanently:
Begin with all Djinn sets. Defensive ones are very helpful. Saturos and Menardi have 3000 HP, 260 EP, and 3000 EXP.
Hint: Defeating Saturos in the Mercury Tower:
Since Saturos is a fire adept, use Mia's two Dijnii frequently. Also, watch Ivan and Garet's HP.
Hint: Defeating Saturos:
Saturos is weak against Water and has 3,000 HP
Hint: Easy experience and gold:
Walk outside towns and battle monsters, but do not wander too far away. Use Herbs, Nuts, or anything else that cures your characters. When you run out of magic to heal or need to buy more Herbs, return to town. Go inside the inn or item shop and get cured. Note: You may want to do both. All the gold that you received from battle goes towards curing yourself, but is worth it since you will gain levels faster. Repeat those steps until reaching the desired level. Note: You may want to repeat this trick when you see a change of monsters levels.
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