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Casino Passport
In the Durandal, open the chest inside the Game Room to get it. 


Card Passport
On the Elsa, talk to the robot/bartender in the bar.


Casino Passport
In the Durandal, open the chest inside the Game Room to get it.


Decoder #8
When you visit the Dock Colony for the first time, a woman in front of the clinic 
tells you of a Fish Detector that her husband lost. Go to the Kukai Foundation's 
cleaning place and inspect the tuxedo to find the Fish Detector. Talk to the girl in 
the Iron Man bar, sitting at the lower left table. She says that she lost an important 
ring and asks you to find it. Go to the Private Beach and go in the water where the 
fish show up on the radar screen. Run up to every fish and press Circle. 
Sometimes you will get an item, and sometimes you will not. You can get a Med 
Kit, a Speed Stim, and the Engagement Ring. If you return to the beach on any 
return trips, the Med Kit, and Speed Stim will be there again. Give the ring back to 
the girl in the bar. She will give you the Decoder #8 to open the red door. 


Hazardous Area Map:
On board the Elsa, you will see the pilot walking around in Hangar 1 (A.G.W.S. 
hangar), looking for a map. He does not give any concrete details, except to look 
everywhere, and that the captain wants it. To get the map, speak with the captain 
on the bridge. He will give it to you to take to the pilot.


Easy cash:
Get the Casino Card from the Durandal's Casino (north and east of Shione's room 
on the Durandal). Then, play Poker. Start with 100 coins (900 bucks) and play 
level 1 until you get about 200. Then, move straight to level 3 until you get about 
700. Then, play level 4. The way to always beat the house is as follows. Always 
hold a pair or any other scoring combo. After you win, always do double or 
nothing. If the number is greater than 7 bet low, if the number is 8 it is your 
choice, and if the number is 9 or above it is best to go low. After accumulating 
about 45000 coins, get 99 starter decks of cards and sell them for 20,000. It takes 
a total of two hours to make about 100,000 (and all the prizes and art.)


Game completion data:
Once you complete Xenosaga: Episode 1, after the ending credits roll, the game 
will ask if you want to save. Answer "Yes" and the game completion data will be 
saved. Although you cannot load this saved game data with the Episode 1 game 
disc, do not delete it. It is likely that this game completion data will be used to load 
your characters stats into Xenosaga: Episode 2.


General Tips
Whenever possible, fight. You will never know when a Boss is lurking around the 
corner. Utilize all of your T, E, and S points. Upgrade each attack accordingly and 
level up your characters. Also save your items (such as medkits and ethers). 
Whenever possible, evolve your Ethers. One of the most powerful character 
encountered using is KOS-MOS. She levels up quickly, and when she receives 
weapons and such she becomes more powerful. Note: In certain parts, KOS-MOS 
will not be a playble character. Keep your characters at even odds. The game is 
very unpredictable. Also take advantage of "Booster", as a lot of times you will 
die. All enemies possess the same abilities as you do. Whenever possible, stock up 
on Medkits and also upgrade your AGWS's. 

Gargoyle:
You have to face Gargoyle in the Gnosis Cathedral Ship. The Gargoyle actually 
Commander Cherenkov. You need to have Shion, chaos, and KOS-MOS fight. 
Make sure that you have the upgraded frame and generator parts for Shion's and 
chaos's A.G.W.S. units. Equip both A.G.W.S. units with a sword since the Gargoyle 
and other Gnosis aren't good against close range attacks. Make sure everyone is 
at least level 18 or higher. When the battle starts, get into the A.G.W.S. units, and 
only attack the Gnosis on the right until it is dead. Why the Gnosis on the right? 
Because it can heal the Gargoyle 600 hp every turn. Then have KOS-MOS use 
med-kits on herself until she is fully healed. Finally attack the Gargoyle.

In-game reset:
Hold L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 + Start + Select during game play.

Moving quickly and silently:
Tap R2 rapidly when walking around to can hover quickly without making a sound. 

See Shion without her coat:
Immediate before the part where the Woglinde gets attacked, Shion goes to rest in 
her room. Notice that she takes off her coat. When the intermission sequence 
ends, you have the option to take a nap. Answer "No" and you can walk around as 
Shion without her coat.

MOMO's first transformation:
Go to the Cathedral Ship (inside the Gnosis). When you get to the stairs to go up 
(not the ladder), have MOMO as your lead character and search near the boxes. It 
should be there. 

See Shion or MOMO in a swimsuit:
When you are saving the people at the Kouki foundation, there is a chest in the 
hotel. When you get it, it will say "Swimsuit". You can equip it to Shion or MOMO. 
This allows their TP reward to increase by 25%. Also, when they are fighting they 
will be in a swimsuit. If you saw the intermission sequence where they are at the 
foundation's beach, you will see MOMO and Shion in a bathing suit. That is how 
they will appear as when they fight with the swimsuit equipped. Also, the same 
item can be won by completing Mission 4 of the Driller Game. A third and final 
swimsuit is to be found by defeating Great Joe. Note: Jr. and Chaos can also wear 
the swimsuit, and can be seen in swimming trunks.

Deadly Jr.:
Play poker in the casino long enough to buy the coveted Brave Soul. Then, either 
equip Jr. with it or have him extract and equip the skill. Jr. is ideal for the Brave 
Soul because he has many physical attacks. All his normal attacks use his guns, 
and he has the all-powerful Angelic Requiem at his disposal, which does physical 
damage to all enemies. Equip Jr. exclusively with tech attacks that do physical 
damage. Attacks such as Storm Waltz, Prelude to Battle, and Angelic Requiem are 
good, while Ether attacks such as Mystic Nocturne and Moonlit Serenade should be 
avoided. Angelic Requiem should be in his HI slot, if available. During battle, use a 
Hemlock on Jr. to hurt him badly, then immediately heal him for 150 to 300 points 
to keep him from dying too easily. Using Shion's Safety Level Ether is even better. 
Now that Jr. is thoroughly hurting, try attacking an enemy. Near the middle to end 
of the game, he can do over 500 to 700 damage with just his normal attacks, and 
anywhere from 700 to 1200 with his Tech attacks. As long as you can keep Jr. 
from taking too heavy a hit, or keep him protected with Safety Level, there should 
be few things that can stand up to him for long.

Shion's Giant Robot Ethers:
In the bottom of the Gear Shop in the Kukai Foundation, you can meet a strange 
professor who wants you to find parts so he can build a giant robot. Finding the six 
different parts, consisting of two arms, two legs, a torso, and a head will reward 
you with four different Ether attacks for Shion. These parts are located in the 
various Segment address rooms, which you find through exploring. The first attack 
is rewarded when you find both arms, and is called the Throni Blade. Next, you will 
find both legs which reward you with the Ether attack called the Dominion Tank. 
The head is the next item you can get, unlocking an attack called the Seraphim 
Bird. Finally, you will find the body which combines with all the other parts to 
create the summon of Erde Kaiser. This is the most powerful attack in the game, 
causing 9999 damage, but requires twelve Skills slots it makes it the only Ether 
that Shion can use.

Robot parts:
Torso 2: Dock Colony, Junk Store. Defeat the Arthra 26 series that appears on the 
central floor of the second tower on Song Of Nephilim system. Destroy the fourth 
box in the location where five boxes are in a line. 

Right leg 3: Kukai Foundation Cleaners 1F. The treasure box in Bunnie's house in 
the Encephlon. 

Right arm 7: Woglinde, front of Sergeant Major Swagger. Talk to Swaine on 
Woglinde during the Gnosis attack. 

Left Leg 8: Elsa, corridor of the cargo bay. Before the Gnosis attack, talk to the 
woman in Ironman Bar in Kukai Foundation City Sector 26/27 to learn about the 
Engagement Ring. Search The White Tub on the second floor of the cleaners to 
obtain Fish Detector. Go to Gaignun's private beach and catch the fish that has the 
Engagement Ring. Return to the bar and give the ring back to the woman. 

Left arm 9: Inside Gnosis mothership, Research Lab 3F. The treasure box guarded 
by Stribog (the long armed monster) inside the Gnosis mothership.

Slide Deck Key:
When you are onboard the Elsa, before the ship is attacked, you can speak to the 
repair robot in the A.G.W.S. hangar. He mentions that he is the hardest worker, 
and that while he was cleaning one of the cabins he lost his key to the Slide Deck. 
The key can be found on the couch in the lounge of Cabin 2 (the southern-most 
cabin).

Hidden e-mails:
Talk to the orange worker in the Woglinde near the right exit, then just run around 
anywhere to acquire new items or pictures of other Namco games. Note: If you do 
not know how to help Vector with the hacker problem in the Woglinde, leave the 
Realian infirmary and enter it again then run for the starboard door.

Keeping Shion safe during the Gnosis attack:
During the Gnosis attack on the Starship Woglinde at Shion's second encounter 
with the Gnosis, as they chase her she must run through the partition and quickly 
press the red switch on the other side to close it to stop the Gnosis from touching 
her. As this is difficult to do, there is a second, easier option. Have Shion keep 
running. Ignore and pass both red switches. Go through the open door into the 
empty room a few steps further down the hallway. Wait a few seconds in the 
room. The Gnosis will lose track of Shion. Then, give up and return to where they 
were before the chase. The coast will be clear and Shion can go safely to her next 
stop.

Defeating Zolfo and the two Mecurio: 
Since Zolfo will not attack until both Mecurio are out, take out the Mecurio as Zolfo 
will use his shields.. If you use MOMO's Sleep Ether attack (to the right of life 
shot), it will put one of the Mecurio to sleep. When it is Zolfo's turn, he will attack 
his own Mecurios and reprimand them for sleeping. This should hurt them for at 
least 100. Attack once or guard with Ziggy. When you have the AP, attack the one 
that is awake (if any). Zolfo becomes quite easy when they are both gone; just 
heal and attack as usual.

Fast sneaking:
If you do not want to alert the enemies with your loud footsteps, you can walk by 
pressing R2. Additionally, if you want to save time, repeatedly press R2 while 
moving behind or out of the range of the enemies' view.

Eliminate enemy power-ups:
Quite often the enemy (especially Bosses) will use spells on themselves that wreak 
havoc on your party. There are spells that increase speed and attack power, cause 
a 50% chance of healing instead of being hurt, and charge up power just before an 
attack. Use a spell such as Refresh or an item like Cure-All on the enemy to clear 
all their statuses (good or bad) and wipe out the threat. Be careful; this also wipes 
out any bad status effects that you have put on them.

Fighting Din Gareth before Song of Niphilim:
In order to fight Din Gareth before the Song of Niphliim, you must have access to 
the U-TIC battleship in the EVS system. First, fight Meld Gareth about fifty times. 
After you defeat him enough times, you will be able to fight Din Gareth. Note: 
Unless you have really trained hard, it can be difficult to defeat either one of these 
enemies this early in the game.

Defeating Din Garreth:
Once you have completed the Song of Nephilim and return, you can fight another 
version of the Ace Pilots Gear called Din Gareth. To do this, you have to kill the 
Ace Pilot while you have only one or less Gear in battle. Otherwise, it will just be 
another Meld Gareth. Din Gareth is roughly twice as hard as its counter part, 
giving twice as much experience and slightly higher ability points, and a Fast 
Circuit 25 as the rare item.

Defeating Great Joe:
This Great Joe Boss also appeared in Xenogears. You can fight him as soon as you 
have control of Junior in the Durandal. Have Junior in the lead and destroy the 
walls in the top right room in the residential area. Great Joe will appear and 
challenge you to a fight. Great Joe is not too tough, as long as you have access to 
Shion's Medica All spell to deal with Great Joe's Soul Crusher, which does a few 
hundred damage to each character. Keep you character's HP high as you whittle 
down Great Joe's 9999 HP. Upon killing him, you will get Junior's tech attack Soul 
Rhapsody and the ability to summon Great Joe in battle

Defeating Meld Garreth:
The first optional Boss type of enemy appears soon as you have access to the U-
TIC Battle ship in the EVS. The Boss starts the same Ace Pilot that you saw when 
Junior goes through the first time. The Ace Pilot has 360 HP and as soon as you 
take that much off, he boards his Gear called Meld Gareth. If you are at fairly low 
levels and do not have properly equipped Gears, this fight is bad news. Meld 
Gareth has 5500 HP and can case as much as 300 points of damage to each 
character with its missile attacks. Meld Gareth also is extremely fast, usually 
getting a turn after two of your characters attack. Early in the game, the best way 
to kill it is to have three characters in Gears with gatling guns and flame throwers 
for the W-Attack, as well as Frame Restores to survive its constant barrage. If you 
manage to kill it, you will receive 1333 experience points per character, 1000 gold, 
and either A Frame Repair Z ( common), or a B-Max Circuit (rare), as well as 
decent amounts for all three types of ability points.

Defeating Minita:
If you are not properly prepared, she can be one of the hardest Bosses in the 
game. Minita is first available when the Kukai Foundation is under attack by the 
Gnosis, and resides in Sector 26 above the Iron Man Bar. To get to her, you have 
to first lower the overhang above the entrance to the Iron Man Bar. Next, go to 
Our Treasure Inn, climb to the second floor, and exit to the catwalk. Go to the 
right until you find a pile of junk, which can be destroyed to reveal an Ether 
Upgrade S. Once there, jump off the side and work your way across the 
overhangs until you can enter the archway. Before going in, arrange your party 
with all female characters and have a battle formation with Shion behind Kos-Mos, 
and MOMO in the front to the side. If possible, use tech points on Kos-Mos to allow 
her to use her R-Cannon each turn, and whichever of MOMO's long range attacks 
you use, because Minita is flying in the air. Having Chaos's Healing Dew on Shion 
is good, because the higher healing of Medica is not recommended for this battle. 
Also, put Attack Poison Guards on everyone so that you will not waste turns to 
cure it. Also, Minita can lock Circle with her attacks, making it impossible to do a 
tech attack until that character is healed. If you choose to use male characters, 
you will have things considerably difficult because Minita does not like men. She 
will counterattack and use her Bibo's summon far more often when they attack. 
Minita has 7777 HP and her main attacks are Dark Star, which hits for around 300 
HP and can knock party members back. Her other attacks are the two forms of 
Bibo which she summons to either hit the entire party for one quarter of their 
current hp, or the far worse one which takes all but one character's current HP and 
adds it to Minita's health. To combat this. try to keep your characters HP at about 
400 so that they can survive Minita's Dark Star attack, and limit her ability to drain 
large amounts of HP from your characters. This battle is also hindered by the fact 
you cannot use AGWS, and Shion's robot attacks almost always miss. When Shion 
has a free turn, try to use her Queen's Kiss to steal Minita's rare item called the 
Craft Apron, which is very valuable. The best strategy is to constantly use Kos-
Mos' and MOMO's long range tech attacks and have Shion heal the characters to 
keep them alive, but not higher then 500 HP. Due to the evasion of Minita, you will 
miss frequently and do low damage when you hit. Keep at it for a while, and as 
long as Minita drains less HP than the damage you inflict, she will die sooner or 
later giving MOMO her Dark Scepter attack. 

Destroying objects:
After receiving an e-mail about the "vapourizer plug-in". press Square on an 
object with target to destroy them. When multiple objects are nearby, you can 
switch targets by pressing L1 or R1.