RECORD OF LODOSS WAR : THE ADVANCE OF CARDICE
BY ADK (V 1.4):
Welcome to my real time walkthrough of Lodoss. Real what? oh yes : You must know that Lodoss for Dreamcast is really a
difficult game, so difficult that sometime you can despair of life. So i found that saying to do this or that without
humanize the thing was as to taunt the reader. This walkthrough is in fact my personnal progression and not the absolute
way to complete the game like in other walkthrough of me.
However if the advice and tips are here i don't know how a non japanese speaker can complete this game even with this
walkthrough. I play usually japanese game and it was a real fight for me. If you can't read katakana you will be block near
the end of the game because all the techniques i used to beat the boss came from the skill i discovered and increased. The only
possible way for a non japanese speaker is to increase all caracteristics to the max, else i say it again it's impossible
to win.
V 1.2 update : i obtain some tips about the battle of the golem in B6 of Conquara. I remove the rumor about the statue of Karla because
it's two demon statues, that Leyla asks you to destroy in B6. Also some useful tips appears in generality section.
V 1.3 update : I obtain a new method for the battle against the golem in conquara B6, also i changed the text for people that are
currently using the translated version of Lodoss War.
V 1.4 : Thanks to the new mail i received, i have infos about the maximum power and the alternate ending and also i correct the mistake
about Beld, Wort revives him, it's the hero's name. I couldn't understand cause of the japanese... I have opened a new section, the tips
which are useful like all tips.
Here is the program :
1 A complete review of Lodoss
2 Our friend the blacksmith
3 Generality about the game (read this before the walkthrough) (UPDATE 1.2)
4 characters and main boss
5 Walkthrough (main adventure and secret quest)
6 Tips
7 Credits
1 Review :
Oh Lodoss for my Dream ! Cool ! I'm a fan of the first Lodoss which appears on Nec CD and then on Sega CD. This old Lodoss
was (on Sega CD) full of video (45 Minutes) and was a great game. The story followed the OAV and stopped after Ghim sacrificed
his life to free Leyla from the spiritual sorceress Karla. The second part of the game appears only on Nec CD and Japanese
PC. In the Dreamcast game, we can see a video of the two kings killing each other and it seems that this game is the
parallel of the second chapter on PC and Nec. The story is different because you don't play with Parn and Deedlit but you
meet them. For those who don't understand the presentation, it's simply the resurrection of Cardice by Karla and Vagnard.
Narse was awake and run away from a fight with Cardice. For the rest of the story, you will discover it by playing the
game.
The presentation in Lodoss is extremely cool with impressive FMV before and during the game. Thanks to Kadokawa Shoten for
that. The FMV are in my humble opinion the best thing in the game.
Graphically Lodoss is very poor and good at the same time. Good because the area is enormous (play the game and you will
understand) and we can easily lost our way. The graphics are various but not so good in fact. The color choice is poor,
there are some brightness effect but i found them normal, not especially for a Dreamcast. I can't admit that this game is
in 3D because most of the time it's a classical 2D battle. However some boss are impressive and original, i was also happy
to see how many different monsters i can meet. But even with the good point i couldn't stop to think to Light Crusader on
Genesis which is incredibly superior to this Lodoss for the graphics.
The animation is incredible. You can fight two or three hordes of foes at the same time. Some battles are awful in
difficulty and in fun at the same time. The game slows, yes, but i don't see a machine which can animate this game better.
The character's speed depend on the boots he has and on his dexterity. It's original and the difference is real in the
game.
I give a large credits to the sound. The music are excellent, i don't know if they are linked with the OAV, but they are
excellent. I regret there's not an "official" music for the boss. On the contrary the voice acting are ridiculous. Once
again even on a genesis it was better. The sound effect are correct and some times good.
The maniability is good for this game, i though to a Gauntlet in 3D view. However during some battles you can make a game
over without doing nothing to change the situation. In addition, sometime you can make directly a reset (A+B+X+Y+START)
because a monster stone you and a second increase the curse. Bug or not ? well once again it depends on the skill you have
increase and so far i play the game i haven't find it. (rise your intelligence point, update 1.3)
Well as you can see, the technique is not the strong point in this game. The action is not everything here, you must think
and find the good skill for the good battle (especially at the end). If you want a long and difficult game you have find
it, else pass your way. Lodoss is not only for the fan but for the elite of Dreamcast player. Elite means you can overcome
the situation and don't abandon the game due to its difficulty. Honestly i doubt that this kind of player exist yet in
majority. Only a minority will enjoy playing this game. I think that Lodoss is a good game but not a super hit. It's up to
you to choose to play it or not but if you begin you'll see that it's a good game.
PRESENTATION : 18/20
GRAPHICS : 14/20
ANIMATION : 16/20
SOUND : 17/20
MANIABILITY : 15/20
INTEREST : 18/20
FINAL NOTE : 85%
2 OUR FRIEND THE BLACKSMITH :
At the beginning of the game, you'll save COX the blacksmith. The entire originality of Lodoss is in the equipment. You can
keep the same weapon and upgrade it as you wish. Also you can change its name and even transform it. Kadokawa had pity of
us and translate in english the menu of the blacksmith.
First you need to SELECT a weapon of an armor piece to upgrade.
Second go in the ANCIENT menu to choose the skill you wish to upgrade.
Then if you wish you can TRANSFORM your weapon and choose its form. Beware it changes the impact and some caracteristics.
The REFINE option is here to sell unused weapon and armor piece.
The DUPLICATE menu helps you to duplicate Lock pick and Pick mainly.
All this is possible by finding Mithril in the game. In the game, never equip a new weapon, when you will find the book of
Rune just install the Rune on the new weapon to see if she is good or not.
The best classical skill to increase are :
HP for the life
ARMOR for the defense
STR for your fighter
DMG so can hurt violently the foe and boss
DURABILITY so can't be knock by a boss shop
PARING so you don't fall each time an ogre strikes you.
INT so you can master powerful magic, make combos with a firewall and other type of group magic and avoid being stoned.
MP CHARGE SPEED AND MP (to increase the number and its regeneration)
Other skills are Regeneration or counterstrike for example. The problem is that YOU must find them. I can't tell you where
they are because they are random.
You will find also special skills for special monsters like a Goblin Killer which allows you to kill a goblin in one hit
for example.
Skills in yellow can be installed on your weapon and armor piece to increase a particular skill like number of HP or
Durability. They are the most important so don't underestimate them.
Kyapiko (yes the guy who helped me in the pair con game of 7th mansion and the same who wrote the Super Runabout faq)
played the game simultaneously and provides some interessant advice :
1 When you have a large sword, you must wear a ferral boots so you don't fall if an ogre strikes you.
2 with a single sword you can wear the boots you want, you will not fall if the correct skills are increased.
Last in the game you must choose between a single sword or a double. The double provides power and you can exterminate
easily the foe. The single allows you to use a shield, it's a plus for armor, hp and other skills. In fact i play 80% of
the game with double sword and then change for a single sword according to the situation.
The best advice i can give is to never TRANSFORM a weapon but always have it on you so you can change for free.
3 GENERALITY ABOUT THE GAME :
1 when you have a third party member, heal yourself and he will be heal automatically.
2 Store a lot of bottle in your inventory.
3 Abuse of the RECALL spell and of the map (L+R+START) SO YOU CAN SAVE whenever you want.
4 The mithril is the most important thing in this game, use it wisely to upgrade the hero.
5 When the game is complete save it to continue the quest, don't worry there's no trap.
6 Level are not everything in the game. The most important things is to upgrade the hero not his level. It's an option you
need to increase only at particular moment.
7 At the beginning of the game by using L or R you can change the alphabet and enter a name you can recognize. Especially
at the beginning of the game, no one knows you. You must introduces yourself to everyone each time you can, if not people
can hurt you or answer useless things. It's important for you to recognize your name.
8 For non japanese speaker avoid systematically phrase with a "!". Answer normal sentences or question with a "?".
9 In this walkthrough when you see (3,2) it means answer third choice then second. it's hint for non japanese speaker.
10 Also when i say "introduce yourself" or "asks him" it means use the answer with your name inside and for the second use
the phrase with a "?".
11 In B6 of Conquara you can find a mithril sword, good to kill the golem.
12 if you find the mithril skill in B6 of Conquara Wort didn't give it to you in the secret quest.
13 the more HP you damage your enemy, the more mithril you get.
14 to prevent from being "stoned to death", all you do is to wear the set of armour that is highest in INT (the purple one) and then
wear the necklace and 2 rings... in that case you almost never get stoned long enough such that you will have to restart. You can also
set those rings aside and use them when you need them.
4 CHARACTERS AND MAIN BOSS :
HERO : you can name him as you wish.
WORT : The magician who creates you.
PARN : the first friend you meet.
PIROTESS : is the counterpart of DEEDLIT. Helps her but never fight her.
DEEDLIT : Parn's girlfriend (i think).
SLAYN : a wizard who lives with NARSE.
LEYLA : is her faithful compagnion.
FINGERPOST : is the old woman you save in the pyramid of dark elf village. She is the mother of RUSSEV.
NARSE : He wants you to become the dragon knight. Then other problem will fall on you...
ASHRAM : the bad guy of Lodoss 2 on Nec.
BELD : i haven't meet him but he his in the game. it depends of your choice. If you follow my way you will never meet him.
Update : forget this character, it's the hero's old name, before Wort used his body to create the hero. Sorry i couldn't understand cause
of the japanese.
MAIN BOSS :
RUSSEV : he burns everything and is difficult.
SERAPHY : is a terrible and speed opponent.
SHORDEL : is SERAPHY's master. He stones you.
VAGNARD : is the sorcerer who resurrects CARDICE.
KARLA : is the spiritual sorceress. It's possible to kill her in the game, on the contrary of the OAV.
CARDICE : is an efreet. No one knows exactly if that thing is good or bad.
NARSE : yes you can fight him.
There are a tons of boss in this game, but you will discover them by reading my walkthrough and playing the game.
5 WALKTHROUGH AND SECRET QUEST :
First i really doubt of an alternate ending. The ending we can see is not the best of course but there is another
interpretation of this. I will not tell you for the moment, you have to wait the end of the main quest.
The only possible way to obtain a bonus ending or a different one is to increase all the skill at 100%, find all the
ANCIENTS (Rune of skills), Obtain the thunder wand and the efreet wand, COMPLETE the secret quest and then finish again
Cardice. I have done all except increasing to the max all the skill and never see a difference.
Someone e mail me that nothing change even when all the skills are maximum. So we must forget the idea of an alternate ending definitely.
Also at the end of the game you will see the real name of the character but they are not translate correctly because
Japanese have a lot of problem with our alphabet. However you will learn to pronouce them correctly.
Now let's go.
"WELCOME HERO, my name is Wort. I have created you to save the world."
The game begins after two FMV. In one of them, Karla advice Wort to abandon the war since the hero of the first battle have
all disappeared.
MINI TUTORIAL :
Remember carefully what you will do here. First search the room you are and collect boots in a chest. Then exit. You'll
learn to use items ( Y+ up or down), to use a switch or to use a magic scroll to open a sealed door. At the end of the
tutorial you must have find a shield, a potion, a sword, boots, armor and helm in disorders. You can break the chest by
hitting it. The locked chest must be open with a lockpick. After you learn to fill a bottle at the fountain Wort joins you
for a tough battle. After that you exit to the MARMO CIMETERY.
MARMO CIMETERY :
Here you can kill a lot of zombies. First find a house with a green goblin inside. Never kill him. Talk with him and ask
him how to open the sealed door in the cimetery. He will give you a scroll. Now visit the cimetery and find an area with 5
lockpicks on the ground. collect them all and with them, open two locked chest in this area to collect a double sword. Then
you have now great power. Find the sealed door and open it with the scroll. First in the dungeon go right then up to find
another lockpick in a chest. Then open the chest left of the entrance. Visit the dungeon and all path. Fight two gargoyles
then go upstairs. You find a jail. Save COX (you can rename him) and he opens the way and go upstairs and look a golem and
an ogre in a jail. Now continue and upstairs is the
GOBLIN FORT :
There's a lot of ennemies to blast here. Enter a house and find the GOBLIN LORD (boss). Kill him and Wort appears. Take the
book and use it to win between 100 and 150 hp (it's random).
FMV.
Wort shows you the four heroes you must save (Slayn, Parn, Leyla, Deedlit). Wort teaches you the RECALL spell. It's a combo of
button, then use X to recall. This spell is the most useful because each time you use it you come in this fort,
heal automatically and you can save. Save the game is a good idea. Go in a big house from where you hear a sound and meet
COX which is the blacksmith. Remember where you see a jail with monsters, COX has let three chests for you. Take them.
Equip then talk to the goblin to learn many tips (L+R+START= MAP for example). Save again. You notice a chest in COX's
house, use it to store useless items. Equip yourself with the knife you had at the beginning and with the best armor and
helm you have. Then talk again to COX : Your mission is to increase your weapon, armor and helm and
you will exit once you have done it. Refine all your old weapon and even the sword. Select the knife, increase, HP and DMG
then transform it in the double sword. If you do correctly the things your knife is superior now. Then try to increase
armor and helm and when you can exit. It's hard and take time before you obtain the exit. Try different combinations then
each time you talk to the blacksmith you'll be free of your decision.
Go down to the jail and ask the goblin to open the jail (3,2). Kill the ogre and have a lot of potion for the Golem. (you
need to be at level 4 or 5). You can know exit of here and return to the green goblin in the cimetery. Talk to him and use
all questions until he gives a second magic scroll. Remember the second sealed door in the first dungeon, go to it, open it
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