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Berserker Ring
After completeing the game, load up your file to start a new game. Choose either Normal or Hard, and play the game until you reach the battle with the two Ghouls in the Underwater Cable. Once you win, along with the Power Ring, you'll also get the Berserker Ring, which allows you to always fight in Berserk mode without having the Solar Noise be at 7/8 or MAX.
Defeating Beck/Varin
This fight can be hell if you don't know what you're doing, considering he has massive amounts of HP and a wide range of powerful attacks. He can be split into 4 forms, so I'll go through each one.
Battle Prep:
Varin is nearly immune to physical attacks, so you'll need to be hitting him with the most powerful magic spells you have. This is what you will need:
1) Character 1 (probably Argilla) - Earth Magic (amped), Healing spells.
2) Character 2 - It doesn't matter, so long as they have a move that Nulls/absorbs/reflects physical attacks
3) Character 3 (probably Gale) - Wind Magic (amped), Force Drain (Null will work)
4) Chracter 4 (probably Ciello) - Electric Magic, Healing spells, Electric Drain (Null will work)
1st form:
Easy as hell. Set up your party as follows, and do:
Character 1: Earth Attack
Character 2: Null Physical
Character 3: Wind Attack
2nd form:
Getting harder. Infinate wind is over powered. Do the following. You'll get hurt by a physical attack, but the following wind attack will heal you.
Character 1: Earth Attack
Character 2: Pass
Character 3: Force Drain
Character 1: Earth Attack
3rd form:
This is a lot harder. He now has electric attacks, which will murder Gale, so you'll need to take out Charcter 1 and swap them for Character 4.
His attacks work in patterns. They are not random.
First round -> Electric moves
Character 4: Electric Drain
Character 2: Pass
Character 3: Wind Attack
Character 4: Electric Attack (you'll notice he halves electic damage, which is why we didn't start with character 4)
Second round -> Physical moves
Character 4: Electric Attack
Character 2: Null Physical
Character 3: Wind Attack
Third round -> Wind moves
Character 4: Electric Attack
Character 2: Pass
Character 3: Force Drain
Character 4: Electric Attack
4th form:
Now he's in red HP, and he uses phycho rage. Don't worry too much, as the pattern remains the same. His physical round is a lot harder though so you may need to heal after that. Just keep null/draining his attacks and attacking when you can, and he'll be gone.
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Hell Fire on April 27, 2009
Getting the Pendomonium bullet
You can get this powerful bullet with 300 power from vishnu, use item find skill so she/he will drop it..
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Precept on February 24, 2010
New Game+
After beating the game, load up the slot that says EXTRA on it and you'll be able to choose between Normal and Hard. If you play the game on Normal again, you'll start out at Level 1 with zero money, but you'll retain all Mantras and Karma Rings from your previous playthrough.
Skipping Turns
Don't be scared to Pass your turn to another character. Skipping a turn only uses half a turn up. If you have two heavy attackers and one weaker character, then you should pass the weaker characters turn so that the stronger character can attack instead.
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Hell Fire on October 06, 2008
Weak Enemy Indication
You can tell if your opponent is nearly dead by the colour of the damage numbers. If it's red (rather than white), then the enemy will be close to dead.
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Hell Fire on October 06, 2008
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Getting Heat.
In order to get Heat in Digital Devil Saga 2, you'll need to make four choices; two in each game.
In the first Digital Devil Saga game, use these answers in the following places:
-At Coordinate 136, when you're about to face Mick The Slug, answer "No, I can't"
-After defeating Varin Omega, answer "It doesn't matter"
When you play through Digital Devil Saga 2, use these answers in the following places:
-At the EGG Installation, answer "We're comrades"
-At the EGG Installation (second visit), answer "I do..."
If you use those answers when given the chance, Heat will join you at the final dungeon of the game, taking Rolands place.
Hard Difficulty
Either by loading a clear save from the first Digital Devil Saga, or by completing Digital Devil Saga 2 you can select your difficulty of either Normal or Hard. Hard mode makes it harder to escape, only works 30% of the time, enemies cause 1.5 times more damage and have a 1.5 times higher critical hit ratio, when you hit an enemy's weakness you'll do 2 times damage, and allows you to face an extra secret boss called Satan, that is located in the last dungeon of the game.
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Just a Shadow on September 18, 2006
Karma rings locations
Name/Effect/Stats/Slots/Location
Hee-Ho Ring/ Nullifies Ice Attacks/ Vi +1/ 2/ Found in the Underground cable fixed battle after loading a DDS1 save with King Frost defeated
Power Ring/ Increases Strength/ St +3/ 3/ Found in the Underground cable fixed battle
Vital Ring/ Increases Vitality/ Vi +3/ 3/ Found in Underground cable
Magic Ring/ Increases Magic/ Ma +3/ 3/ Mad Mart Rank 2
Quick Ring/ Increases Agility/ Ag +3/ 3/ Mad Mart Rank 2
Luck Ring/ Increases Luck/ Lu +3/ 3/ Found in Underground cable
Rich Ring/ Increases $ obtained After Battle/ Lu +1/ 2/ Random item from Crimson Box
Trick Ring/ Auto-Sukukaja/Tarunda when battle Starts/ Ag/Lu +1/ 4/ Interminent Facility Control Room
Phantom Ring/ Increases Agility in Human forum/ Ma/Ag +1/ 4/ Interminent Facility
Divine Ring/ Repels Expel Attacks/ Vi +1/ 2/ Get from the Karma Society fixed battle after loading a DDS1 save with Metatron defeated
Demon Ring/ Attack Command does more damage when Cursed/ St/Ma +1/ 4/ Karma Society 11F
Rage Ring/ Auto-Tarukaja/Rakunda when battle Starts/ St +2/ 3/ Karma Society 44F
Protect Ring/ Increases Defense in Human Form/ Vi +2/ 4/ Mad Mart Rank 3
Hi-Power Ring/ Increases Strength/ St +6/ 3/ Mad Mart Rank 5
Hi-Vital Ring/ Increases Vitality/ Vi +6/ 3/ Mad Mart Rank 4
Hi-Magic Ring/ Increases Magic/ Ma +6/ 3/ Mad Mart Rank 5
Hi-Quick Ring/ Increases Agility/ Ag +6/ 3/ Mad Mart Rank 4
Hi-Luck Ring/ Increases Luck/ Lu +6/ 3/ Mad Mart Rank 4
Gamble Ring/ Max Damage up, min Damage Down/ St/Lu +1/ 3/ Random item from White Box
Skull Ring/ Repels Dealth attacks/ Vi +1 Ma +2/ 2/ Get from the EGG Facility (First time) fixed battle after loading a DDS1 save with Fly Beelzebub defeated
Speedy Ring/ 1st person Does 2xDMG; DMG down Gradually thereafter/ Ma/Lu +1/ 2/ EGG Facility (First time) B11F
Change Ring/ Revert/Transform Command will not Expend a Turn Icon/ Lu +2/ 3/ EGG Facility (First time) B13F
Calamity Ring/ Draws the Enemys attention in Battle/ Ag/Lu +1/ 4/ Get from a Lokalopa member in the Underground cable B1 after completing EGG Facility (First time)
Dragon Ring/ Increases resistance to almighty attacks/ Vi/Ma/Ah +1/ 2/ Get from the EGG Facility (Second time) fixed battle after loading a DDS1 save with Kohryu defeated
Ether Ring/ Increases Hp Healed When Subject to Healing Magic/ Ma +3/ 4/ EGG Facility (Second time) B12F
Follow-Up Ring/ Reduces Turn Icon loss from missed attacks/ St/Vi +1/ 3/ EGG Facility (Second time) B11F
Amala Ring/ Increases all Stats/ +10 to all Stats/ 1/ Get from the Airport fixed battle after loading a DDS1 save with Hitoshura defeated
Block Ring/ Reduces Turn icon Loss from voided attacks/ St/Ma/Lu +1/ 3/ Airport B1F
Dual Ring/ Dual Ring/ Ma/Ag +2/ 2/ Airport 1F
Sp Power Ring/ Increases Strength/ St +9/ 3/ Mad Mart Rank 7
Sp Vital Ring/ Increases Vitality/ Vi +9/ 3/ Mad Mart Rank 6
Sp Magic Ring/ Increases Magic/ Ma +9/ 3/ Mad Mart Rank 7
Sp Quick Ring/ Increases Agility/ Ag +9/ 3/ Mad Mart Rank 6
Sp Luck Ring/ Increases Luck/ Lu +9/ 3/ Mad Mart Rank 6
Variable Ring/ Randomizes the number of Turn Icons/ +1 to all Stats/ 3/ Random item from Golden Box
Pass Ring/ Pass Command Will not Expend a Turn Icon/ Ag +2/ 1/ Defeat Jack Frost
Shield Ring/ Auto-Phys Repel When Battle Starts/ Ma +1 Lu+2/ 2/ Sun 5th Layer 1F
Synchro Ring/ Reduces Turn Icons Required for Combos/ Lu +1/ 2/ Sun 6th Layer 2F
Turn RIng/ Adds one Turn Icon/ None/ 1/ Defeat Shiva
Aura Ring/ Increases all /Stats +20 to all Stats /1 /Defeat Vishnu
Avoid Ring/ Void/Miss will end the Enemys Turn/ Ag +3/ 1/ Defeat Seth
Master Ring/ Nullify Every attack Exept allmighty /None/ 1/ Get from the Karma Ring Creator at Sun 2nd Layer 1F after getting all other rings
Berserk Ring/ 4/ Get from the Underground cable fixed battle (2nd round onwards)
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Just a Shadow on October 06, 2006
Secret skills.
To get a few secret skills for three of your characters, you need to make correct choices in both Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2.
In the first game, use this answer at the following time:
-When asked about allying with the Maribel Tribe, answer "We will help them without betrayal". This is to obtain Argilla's skill.
Uploading a saved file from Digital Devil Saga 1 on new game for Digital Devil Saga 2 will get Gale a new skill.
In the second game, use this answer at the following time:
-When you reach the top of the Karma Society Tower, answer "We'd never join you" to obtain Seraph's skill.
If you used those answers, Argilla, Gale, and Seraph will obtain new skills at the final dungeon.
