Jade Cocoon: The Story of Tammamayu By: modemtuh 1/1/2002 Version 1.0 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: LISTEN- I don't play this game anymore, don't email me about anything regarding this game!!!! ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Story 3. The Basics 4. Walkthrough 5. Hints and Tips 6. Copyright Info _____________________________________________________________________ 1. INTRODUCTION Welcome to modemtuh's Jade Cocoon F.A.Q., this is my first time writing a Full FAQ, so bear with me if I screw something up... Jade Cocoon is not an ordinary RPG, the game has to do with the capture, battling, and merger of monster (called Minions) instead of building up your main character (which you DO have to do, but not as much as your Minions), you build up your Minions. It isn't the deepest (or greatest) storyline, but the game IS good, and I really enjoyed playing it. _____________________________________________________________________ 2. STORY (taken directly from instruction manual) The people of Parel are being terrorized by horrible monsters, known as Minions, from the Curse of Alcans. Though the villagers fought the Minions, they could still coexist with the forest. But that was until the Onibubu, the Locusts of Apocalypse, attacked the town without warning, plunging many of the villagers into a deep and endless sleep. Syrus once had a great hunter, known as a Cocoon Master, who could capture Forest Minions and soothe their miserable hearts. But the Cocoon Master disappeared several years ago, and his whereabouts are still unknown. But all hope is not lost. The village has proclaimed young Levant the new Cocoon Master and sent him into the Forest in a desperate attempt to save them. During his difficult and lonely quest, Levant will learn much of the world around him: the origin of the Curse of Alcana, the power of the Forest God, Elrihm, the brilliance of his Divine Minions, the cursed legacy of the Nagi people, and even the truth of his own fate. As he ventures into the depths of the forest, Levant will face countless ordeals as he fights Minions. His holy tasks are to restore nature's lost harmony, decide the fate of his world, and learn to protect and care for the one he loves. _____________________________________________________________________ 3. The Basics Gaining Experience ----------------------- Unlike regular RPG's, in Jade Cocoon, the point is not to build up your character into some killing machine, but it is to capture Minions and battle with other Minions using the ones you've captured, once you have beaten the enemy Minion with your own, your Minion(s) will gain Experience points. Capturing Minions will increase your characters level, which is important, because the higher your guy's level, the higher his HP and Capture Level will be. Your characters level and his Capture level is the same thing. The higher your Capture Level, the easier it is to capture enemy Minions. You won't gain experience if your character kills a Minion, your character only gains Experience when he captures one. Understanding Elements ----------------------- The different Minions you face in the game are of different elements, some elements have advantages over other elemtents, Water beats Fire, Fire beats Air, Air beats Earth, and Earth beats Water. This doesn't mean that your Minions are totally ineffective, it means they will be less effective. Selling Cocoons for Yan (money) ----------------------- Jade Cocoon won't give you money after battles (like most RPG's), to get money, you must take your captured Minions to Mahbu (your wife) to be spun, once spun, the silk can be sold at the shop for Yan, the more the level of the Minion, the higher the price it can be sold for. Cloud Silk - 150 Yan Thunder Silk - 225 Yan Lily Silk - 375 Yan Pearl Silk - 600 Yan First Snow Silk - 1125 Yan Angelwing Silk - 3000 Yan Moonlight Silk - 7500 Yan _____________________________________________________________________ 4. Walkthrough At first, just sit back and watch the story unfold, after you go to bed, you will encounter a Dream Man, you will have to battle him twice, and you will lose, its supposed to happen like that. Next, watch various things happen and you will recieve the Flute of Capture, go to the Watch Tower and get the Beetle Key from Lui. Go to the Shop and get 3 Mugwort. Now go to the Barrier Gate. Once Lui leads you there, go through the door into the Beetle Forest. Beetle Forest ----------------------- Once inside you will encounter Koris the Blue Cocoon Master, he will teach you the basics of combat and some other things. Now you must travel through the forest to reach his hut. The Beetle Forest isn't really large at all, and you should have no trouble reaching his hut, but what you should do is capture a lot of Minions, once your Empty Cocoons are full, use the Earring you were givin and return back to the village, go to Garai's house and get Mahbu to purify them, once you do, merge them or whatever, I recommend you make sure and pick up these Minions: 1. Arpatron 2. Terfrayd (at the back of Beetle Forest, near Koris' Hut) 3. Mardrreg (at the back of Beetle Forest, near Koris' Hut) and anything else you should probably sell, but do whatever you like!! This is YOUR game, I'm just gonna help you through it. Mess around and build up the levels of your guy to around 5 and your Minions to about Level 5. There are two forks in the path, if you take a right on the second one, you will meet up with a Masked Boy, you have to battle him, he's not strong at all though, have your Minions around Level 3 or 4 when you fight him and it will be completely easy, once defeated, he runs off, look inside his hut for some stuff. If/When you capture Terfrayd and Mardrreg (I strongly suggest you do) you can merge them together to make one strong Minion. You can find more in the next Forest, but if you merge them now, they'll really come in handy. Once at Koris' Hut, speak with him and get the Dragonfly Key and return to the vilage. Town ----------------------- Back in Town, talk to whoever and just mess around if you want, buy some supplies and head to the Dragonfly Forest. Dragonfly Forest ----------------------- Once in the Dragonfly Forest, go straight until you reach an intersection, take a left and pick up the Key, keep following that path until you reach another intersection, take a left then a right, go straight until you get to yet another intersection, go left and follow the path until you reach the Poacher, defeat him and recieve various things (Larva Key is basically all you want), then go back to the very first intersection and take a right, you'll be on what is basically a rock bridge, then go straight until you see a rock, put the Larva Key in the rock, go straight until you reach Kikinak (Bird Man), no real strategy to defeat him, just use your strongest Minions, they should be around Level 6 or 7 by know. Once defeated you will recieve the Spider Key. Town ----------------------- Go back to the town and stock up on supplies, then head out to the Spider Forest, by now you should definately be getting the hang of the game. Spider Forest ----------------------- Ok, so now your in the Spider Forest, your main goal is to reach Totoyamu, reach him by going straight, taking a left at the intersection, going straight a little more, and taking a left at the next intersection, then go straight down until a little fuzzy dude pops out, give him the ring and you will be back at your village. After you get the treasure from the Chief, go back to Totoyamu and give him the belt and get the ring back, now you get to go to the Calabas Tree, get there by going straight for a while, until you reach the third intersection, don't make a right, go straight through the door thing, then go straight, right, right, and continue go straight until you reach the Calabas Tree, watch what happens. Town ----------------------- Go to Garai's House, then stock up on weapons and/or Healing items because in a few moments, you won't be able to, go to the Chief's Estate and talk to the guard inside (he's through the door around the top-right just inside the Chief's place), watch all the crazy stuff happen, then go to Garai's house, watch what happens there, then save your game, now go to the Moth Forest. Moth Forest ----------------------- Once inside go straight, right, straight, right, straight, left, follow that path until you reach and fight the poacher, beware, his Minion is more powerful, now you must go to the Nagi Village, do that by going, straight, right, straight, right, straight, right, and straight, now you will learn what has happened with Garai and everything, now two Nagi servants are going to take the place of Mahbu for purifying your Minions and performing Nagi magic. Now its time to go to the Netherworld...spooky, eh? Anywayz, there are all new Minions in the upcoming Forests, and they are high levels as well, first you must return to the Beetle Forest. Beetle Forest (Netherworld) ----------------------- I recommend capturing as many Minions as possible, but you should also build up your Minions to around Level 15, make sure you have a Water Minion at around Level 14-15, because the Boss of this level (Koris, yeah, you gotta fight Koris) is the Fire Boss. So, to fight him, you must go to his hut, which is in the same place (near the rear of the Forest), if you use your Water Minion on him, It will be very easy to defeat him. Dragonfly Forest (Netherworld) ----------------------- Head Straight to the spot where you first fought Kikinak. Kikinak, the Wind Boss, will summon Seterian, a very powerful Air Elemental Minion, I recommend having your Minions around Level 20, Fire Minions will work well against him. You should try to keep rotating your Minions and using Levant to heal them. This might take a while....have Patience... Spider Forest (Netherworld) ----------------------- You will encounter the Earth Boss three times, go to where you met Totayamu, then backtrack to the next intersection and make a left, keep going to the left and you will face him again, then backtrack to the First Intersection of the Forest, make a right there, and go forword pass the first intersection, at the second one, make a left. The true Boss though is at the Calabas Tree. Use any Minions that are immune to Stone, equip your main character with an Anti-Stone Choker, and he will be able to heal your Minions easier. Have your Minions around Level 30. The Chosen One ----------------------- After beating the Earth Boss, the Chosen One will appear. I strongly recommend you heal your characters, or else there will be a 95% chance you will die. The Chosen One's Minions Changes Elements every attack round, the pattern is: Earth Air Fire Water The Minion will attack then change elements, use this knowledge to bring Levant in and heal your Minions when you know the next move is to change elements. The Chosen One really isn't tough, he is just really strong. After... ----------------------- Watch the Final Cinema happen!! _____________________________________________________________________ 5. Hints and Tips 1. Keep your speed above 20 2. Always have a lot of Mugwort and Shab Liquor, or else you're gonna DIE!! _____________________________________________________________________ 6. Copyright Info All this is Copyrighted to modemtuh, all rights are reserved. Don't steal it....be kind, rewind. _____________________________________________________________________