DVD secrets:
The DVD that is included with the game has a secret section. It reveals secrets in 
the game. Highlight the gallery of pictures, then press Right. The pointer will 
disappear. Press X or Enter, then scroll right and left between secrets one to ten


Getting good weapons:
Visit your Grunty to get good weapons that might help. Just go to Lamda or the 
first place where you raised your own Grunty then talk and trade.


Rare weapons:
If you Data Drain monsters, you can either get Virus Cores or weapons/armor. 
Most high level monsters have very rare weapons and strong armor. Most of these 
monsters are above level 45; be careful when fighting them. If you do not receive 
the item, keep Data Draining that monster. However, do not Data Drain too much 
where you are in danger of system crashing.


High level fields:
In the Lambda server, if you type in Chosen, Hopeless, (and another keyword) 
you will get fields that range from level 48 to 50.


Defeating the last Boss: 
After you go to Net Slum, you can fight the last Boss. You have to kill the leaves 
that it drops. Hit it until it breaks and Data Drain it.


Defeating Cubia:
At one point, you will get an email from Aura that is as always garbled, but she will 
mention Cubia in it and Kite will mention the name. immediately stock up on magic 
scrolls , spells, and magic armors . You will be forced to take Mistral along for this, 
but this is a good thing. Your other character should be a powerhouse such as 
Blackrose, Gardenia, or Piros. When you reach the bottom of the dungeon, you will 
be attacked by Cubia. The actual boss here will be Cubia Core, which will spawn 
other variations of Cores such as Repth Core. This should be your first priority. 
The Repth Core holds 1,000 HP. This must be killed first or it will heal Cubia for 
400 Hp at a time. After you kill it, ignore the others and order your companions to 
use magic on the Cubia Core (which holds 5,000 HP). After about 1000 damage it 
will launch a powerful attack. You should immediately heal yourself, then order 
your companions to attack the Repth Core again with physical attacks this time. 
Then once again, attack Cubia Core . You will need to repeat this multiple times. 
Remember to alternate between physical and magical attacks after he launches a 
powerful attack.


Defeating Martina R: 
After you defeat Magus (the last Boss), the message board gets updated and you 
are challenged to another round of Goblin Tag. Go to the Root Town and look for a 
player named Koji. Trade him whatever you can for a Beast's Bane. Go to 
Lambda: Detestable, Vengeful, Gate and you will start the fight with Martina R. You 
will notice that physical attacks do very little, if you can even hit her, and no magic 
can hurt her. Use the Beast's Bane and it will lower her Magic Defense 
significantly. If you have the Fishskin Twin Blade weapon (obtained by Data 
Draining the Squidpod enemy) you can use Merrows. Using Merrows one time 
should knock about 1,000 HP off of Martina. Use it a second time to finish her off. 
After the battle, Martina gives you the Imp's Praises Key Item. Once again, equip 
all the Goblin Armor on Kite and he will be able to summon level 2 Goblins.


OVA Keyword:
In the OVA that comes with the game, there is a hidden Keyword shown while Mai 
is on the computer: Lambda: Capricious, Unending, Corridor. When you reach the 
statue of Gott at the end of the dungeon, you will get Chinese Food. Go back to the 
Root Town and look for a player named Annri. You can trade the Chinese Food for 
a Super Wufei (a very powerful spear for either Nuke Usagimaru or Gardenia).


Bony Grunty (Lambda Server):
Feed your little Grunty: 4 Cordycep, 1 Mandragora, 2 Piney Apple, 1 Snaky 
Cactus, and many Golden Eggs until it is an adult.


Snakey Grunty (Lambda Server):
Feed your little Grunty 2 Cordycep, 2 La Pumpkin, 2 Mandragora, 2 Twilight Onion, 
and 16 Golden Eggs.


Key Axe:
If you completed .hack Part 1: Infection and finished the OVA Keyword dungeons 
you should have an Ice Bar. If not, go to Delta: Hideous, Organ Market, Scaffold, 
and when you reach the Statue of Gott you will receive the Ice Bar. Go to the Root 
Town and look for a player named Panta. You trade the Ice Bar to him for a Level 
38 Key Axe.


Getting items needed for trade:
Use the following trick to get certain items needed for trade (for example, Cooked 
Bile). Remember a place that has the item and go there. Once you get to a place 
with a lot of jars or eggs/small eggs (usually a treasure box area), break 
everything. If you get the desired item, exit then immediately return. The jars or 
eggs/small eggs have been restored. Break everything again. Note: This does not 
mean you will get the desired item every time. Keep repeating the process until 
you have enough of those items to trade. You will get items that are useful, such 
as Healing Potions, Healing Drinks, Antidotes, Resurrects, and Restoratives. This is 
especially useful just before Bosses. Also, since it is free you will not want waste 
any money.


House Golem: Laevateinn (Heavy Blade)
Wander Demon: Rod of Pattern (Wave Master)
Mad Witch: SWORD (Blademaster)
Harpy Queen: Great Elite (Wavemaster), Jishuwen (Long Arm)
Easter Rock: 8 Key Guardian (Heavy Axeman)
Squidpod: Fishskin (Twin Blade)
King Worm: Bureido (Blademaster)
Angolmere: Crimson Raid (Twin Blade) 
Hint: Easy experience:
If you are level 30 or more, go to a place 40 or above. Keep using magic skills to gain levels very quickly and easily. 


Hidden dungeon:
After you defeat Magus (the last enemy), you will get two e-mails from 
RIKA@Bandai.com. One just tells you that you can convert your game data into 
the next .hack. The other one gives you a hidden dungeon. Restock on healing 
items and Resurrects when you log on and give your characters the strongest 
armor and weapons you have. Mia and Wiseman also are finally able to join your 
party. Take Wiseman (Elk or Mistral will do just fine) and someone with good 
attacks. Give Wiseman better armor (something that lets him cast Ola Repth and 
Rip Maen recommended) and a good weapon (Great Elite or Rod of Pattern 
recommended). After fully prepared, go to Theta: Bitter, Fantasy, Mirror World. 
Use the Virus Core U you received earlier to hack the Gate. The dungeon is level 
50; make sure everyone is at a high level. When you reach the door with the 
purple flame, a Boss is behind it. Heal your characters and recover their SP. Head 
to the magic portal and you will fight Agnomen. Angolmere is an easy Boss if you 
know the correct tactics. Have Kite attack a couple of times and retreat so the 
Boss will not hit you. Send your attacker to attack and use skills. He or she will 
most likely get killed frequently; use Resurrects to revive them. Set Wiseman to 
First Aid and occasionally switch him to use magic. Angolmere only attacks one 
character at a time. This lets you attack him as he is barraging your other 
character. Keep Wiseman healing, and when he gets low, use a Mage's Soul on 
him. When Angolmere gets a little more than halfway past his health, he Protect 
Breaks. Use Data Drain and you will receive the Crimson Raid Twin Blade weapon. 
Also, after you kill the Death Head that he becomes after Data Drain, you receive 
the Lucky Shoes which allows the casting of Rig Saem and Rig Gaem.


Extra health sp and key items
After beating the game, go back to the first root town and visit Haunted "Forbidden 
Holy Ground" four times. Each time you see a special cut scene from the 
show .Hack//Sign. You also get a special key item and a golden or silver grunty 
that will increase you health and magic strength.


Grunties
In most root towns you will find a baby grunty, if you feed these babies lots of 
foods you can aqquire in the field it will become an adult and give you the grunty 
flute, if you use it on the field it will come to help. This will only work if you are in 
the same server as that grunty.


Easy experience:
If you are level 30 or more, go to a place 40 or above. Keep using magic skills to 
gain levels very quickly and easily. 


Easy weapon power up:
Go to the Chaos Gate at the third server and choose to write a new keyword. The 
first two words can be anything, and for the last word enter "sea of sand". You will 
always get a power up spring and the weather will always be sunny. Take a 
weapon and power up it until it cannot be more powerful. Note: It is recommended 
that you to take a high level keyword, like 42 and above, and that you have the 
Grunty Flute to avoid encounters with very powerful monsters.


High level fields:
In the Lambda server, if you type in Chosen, Hopeless, (and another keyword) 
you will get fields that range from level 48 to 50.


Easy monsters:
Go to the Lambda server and enter the key words *Bitter, Hopeless, Spiral to find 
amazing monsters that are easy to defeat. 


Data Drain warning:
When you Data Drain, do not use it as often as you would have in .hack: Infection. 
The viral infection has spread almost twice as fast and is much more dangerous to 
Kite. To lower your viral infection significantly, go to an area in Delta server, then 
defeat all the monsters in the dungeon and field. Note: This also helps in Gott 
statues, treasure boxes, crates, skeletons, all field portals opened, and all 
dungeon portals opened for the Book Of Ryus.


Easier game:
It is much easier if you have a Wavemaster in your party, whether it is Elk, 
Wiseman, or someone else; and also have a heavy blade person. This helps very 
much. Also keep your other members leveled up with you because you have to 
use them at times.


Easy level up:
Put in a random keyword until you find a significantly higher level than yours (use 
Kite only) and make sure what element it is. Once you reach the server, use 
Speed Scrolls, Warrior Bloods, etc., and items such as Burning Oil, Well Water, or 
magics to raise element damage. Use a Hermit Blood on Kite and raise his element 
damage with an item/magic (whichever element is needed). Encounter an enemy 
with the opposite element and you will do heavy damage. After you level up, bring 
your other characters to the stage. You will notice that they also grew in levels by 
a bit. Use the same strategy (if needed) and raise their level as well.