Quick recovery

If someone in your party falls during a battle, have that character use an item. The sequence of them using the item will take up the time normally wasted on his or her recovery.

Continue+

Save the game after completing it. Restart with the old data and you will have access to the hardcore difficulty level. On the Orbus Barrier, you will find a new dungeon, Neired's Labyrinth. On each level you can use only one character and can only use items in battle.

Manual control

To get manual control for your character, talk to the monk in the third room from the left in Regulus Dojo. Tell him that you like to fight in manual mode and he will give you the ability to use manual control. Press Select during battle to switch to different modes, or access the skills menu and change to manual mode.

Shizel's Castle

When you are in Shizel's Castle on Disc 3, you have to free the powers of your Craymels to use the telporter. In the fire trial, you have to get the fire ball to the door. To do this you must activate the object near the door and push the walls down as the ball travels. At the end, you must press the button to move the stand, and when the stand goes back to its original position, press the button again. In the water trial you must get the three ice cubes into the hole. Push the upper-right hand cube down, left, up, left, up. The middle cube is pushed against the left cube. Once the middle cube is against the left cube, push it down, right, up, left, up. Push the left cube up, left, up. It must be done in that order. The rest of the trials are fairly easy.

Location of the Pirate's Hideouts

Celestia
Hideout # 1 (56,112)
Hideout # 2 (153,164)
Hideout # 3 (168,111)
Hideout # 4 (228,41)
Hideout # 5 (3,150)
also…
Game Picture (167,80)
Aifread Dome (98,92)
Jini's Entrance (130,118)
Shadow Cave (5,12)
Inferia
Hideout # 1 (76,125)
Hideout # 2 (121,122)
Hideout # 3 (142,1)
Hideout # 4 (225,131)
also…
Sunken Ship (34,3)
Meredy's Picture (62,90)
Seyfert Secret Garden (166,18)

Power up spells

When casting spells with Kelee, Max, and Maredy, look down next to the Characters Health and TP to find a mini-D-Pad. Hit the direction the mini D-Pad indicates before your character casts the spell to get a more powerful version of it. Note: While other characters are casting spells, you will not be able to enter any of the commands.

Getting the Aibird

After returning to Inferia, go to Aifread's Tomb (88,63); complete the puzzles to get the Sphere of Light. Then at Shizel's Castle, when you find the elevator, go up and locate the Sphere of Darkness. Return to the Relay Point, and inside the Conversion Dock put both Spheres next to the Aifread Statue to get the Aibird.

Once you get the Aibird, talk to Keele and he will tell you that there is an island south of Morle (Inferia). The Glimmer Spire (107,22) is located on this island. You must reach the top floor and defeat Valkyrie in order to get the S.D. Sword at Celestia Pirate's Hideout #1 (55,11). The S.D. is certainly not a common sword -- it cannot be equipped but summons Destiny every 30 minutes of game play. The Craymel Hot Spring(208,108) can be reached to complete the Rasheans's Elder side quest. Also at Celestia, you can find the Katz Village(120,109).

Quick stop for the Aibird

The Aibird normally stops slowly, making it difficult to put in the exact position intended for landing. When you want to stop, tap Circle so the Aibird moves very slightly backwards. You will be at a complete stop in less than half a second.

Getting Maxwell

After returning to Inferia, go to Farlos Sanctuary (93,110) and check behind the altar.

Getting Sekundes

At Shizel's castle, find the first elevator. Choose down, then make your way to the second elevator. Take it, wait until the elevator stops, then take it again. Choose to go down and follow the path to find Sekundes the Craymel of Time. He will join you without a fight. If you wish to fight him, return and take the challenge. He is very tough.

Recommended moves

The best move in the game is the Omega Demon Slice. The Demon Slice hits 8 times. To learn the Omega Demon Slice, you have to use Demon Hammer hundreds of times.

Ogre Sword

The best thing you can auction in Jini is the Ogre Sword. Although it does not give that high Jini, it is an item that is not rare -- you can buy it at Tinnisa weapon shop. It is possible to push it to 200,000+ Jini. To do this, auction the Ogre Sword then save the game. Raise the reserve price to any of the three you like (maximum suggested). Exit the town, then re-enter and sleep at the inn. Go to the auction hall and check the price of your item. If the auctioneer says something, it means that your item did not sell. Reload your game and resume from the "Raise the reserve price" step. If it fetched a higher price and you want to make it higher, tell the auctioneer that you would like to wait, save the game, then continue from that step. If the Jini value is enough for you, collect your earnings in exchange for the item (which is the Ogre Sword).

Collector's Book

To get the Collector's Book, go to the second floor of the elder's house in Rasheans. Examine the books and you will "borrow" the Collector's Book. Using this, you can check how many items you have gotten so far and your completion percentage.

Monster Collection book

After defeating Undine in Undine's Stream, return to Morle and talk to Professor Mazet. He will give you the Monster Collection book. You can now check the stats of monsters you have previously fought.

Get the Continue+ without replaying the game

Note: Copy your saved game file to another memory before trying this trick. Finish the game and save the Continue+ in a new slot. Insert Disc 1 and start the new game. Save the game in the slot you saved the Continue+ (marked with the star). Press Select + Start + L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 to return to the main menu. Next, load the game which was not with the Continue+, and insert Disc 3. After starting the old save game (which was without the Continue+), save the game one more time in the save slot without the Continue+. The star will appear beside game that you just saved. If done correctly, the game has just unlocked the secret dungeon (Neried's Labyrinth) without you having to restart the game twice. Also, you can use the hardcore mode at the same time. Note: Do not reset the PlayStation while doing this or it will corrupt your saved game.