Arc the Lad: End of Darkness Hints (PS2)

Arc the Lad: End of Darkness (Arc the Lad: Generation in Japan) is the second game from the Arc the Lad series on the PlayStation 2, the first being Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits. This is the only Arc game to feature a more of a real-time online-play battle system, instead of a tactics-style battle system. Generally, this was viewed as a step backwards for the series.

The basic mode of play requires the player to go to guilds around the world, taking on missions. To advance the story however, the player must speak to NPCs around the towns. A new feature to the Arc games, the Online play allows the player to either explore the world with friends or to go head on head in four-on-four battles. A recent turn of events, however, has been seen in the end of this particular feature.

GAMEPLAY HINTS

Lillia card at beginning

After defeating the final Boss and completing Arc The Lad: Twilight Of The Spirits, save your game. Once you start Arc The Lad: End Of Darkness with that memory card, you will be prompted to load from Arc The Lad: Twilight Of The Spirits. Respond "Yes", and after it loads you will receive the Lillia card.

Better than Cure

Once you become an apprentice, make sure to have two Cures and four Magical Stones. Both can be bought in town of Yewbell for 200 gold each. Synthesize the Cure and Magical Stone to make Cure 2. Then, use Cure 2 and a Magical Stone to make Cure 3. Once you have done this, put the Cure 3s together to make Healing Card. The Healing Card will refill your HP at a rate of 10 every three seconds without wasting your card points. This will make the capture missions very easy, because you will be able to heal yourself just by moving to someplace where you will not get attacked for a bit.

Also make sure that you use the Magic Expert to make the Cures and the Special Parts expert to make the Healing Card. Also, once you find a Universal Cloth, synthesize it with the Healing Card to make Healing Pygmy. It will heal 10 HP every two seconds. You can also make the Healing Card and then sell it repeatedly to make a profit of 300 gold each time.

Defeating Malademons

You can defeat a Malademon by dodging its attacks (press Square to dodge), keep attacking it (press X andb dodge). Then keep doing this in a pattern: attack once, dodge, attack once, dodge, etc.

Defeating The Chalice

To defeat both forms of The Chalice, repeatedly use Thunder Storm 2. However, be careful with the second form. You must protect Ursula, and watch out for when it jumps up and starts spewing blood then slams down onto you. Also, make sure that Ursula's Exorcist's Gun shoots it to stun it. The stun lasts about five seconds.

Get desired cards at lottery

When you are going to use the lottery, first save your game. When at the lottery if you do not receive the desired card, then reload and try again. This is a good way to get all the character cards.

Here's a video from the game: