Star Ocean: First Departure PlayStation Portable Cheats

Machinery

This specialty allows players to create machines that will increase the success rate of specific specialties. Also, these items can be sold at high price as well.

Voice Gallery

Reach the final savepoint during your main playthrough.

5th Movie

Movies can be unlocked as you progress through the game; however, the 5th movie can only be unlocked by doing the following:
1. If you have Cyuss or Ashlay, Joshua and Mavelle, go to the Old Race Ruins (hidden) located in the northeastern tip of Silvalant.
2. Explore the cave until you reach the room with crystallized bodies. A scene will trigger. Choose to help Joshua
3. After viewing the movie, Mavelle will leave the party permanently and you won't be able to unlock Erys.

Abandoned Mine Trick

If you want to loot all the items in the abandoned mine early in the game, remove the UMD after entering the mine to avoid random encounters. You'll need to put the UMD back whenever you enter a new area then remove it while exploring. Tedious but beneficial.

Determination

Don't spend your SP early in the game. Wait until you get the skill Determination and focus in maxing it out first. This skill lowers the skill points needed for all the other skills.

Easy Level Up

Using the Super Specialty Skill Contraband, keep forging materials until you get the Counterfeit Medal. When used on a character, it will reduce the required EXP to 1. The higher the Contraband level, the better chances of producing this item.

Since it is hard to produce,Replicating it is a viable solution. You'll need a Magic Camera and some Magic Films to attempt to reproduce it. If is advisable to have a maxed out Imitation skill before attempting. Try to create a RIRICA camera through Machinery skill to increase your replication chances dramatically!

Free staying at the inn

Using the Contraband super specialty, keep creating items until you create a Contract. When used in a town, the inn there will offer free lodging FOREVER. You can reproduce several copies and use it on every town you visit to get free lodging anywhere.

Easy Money

Its easier to do this with a high level Group Appraisal super specialty where you can control the prices of the shops at will.
Using the Contraband super specialty, keep creating materials until you get Forged Bills, Checks, Stocks, Documents, etc. These can be sold at a really high amount if you Raise the price using the Group Appraisal super specialty. Use this trick to earn millions of fol early in the game.

Power Leveling

With the Train skill, your characters' stats will decrease but the experience gained increases. If you have several characters with Train, you'll unlock the Enlightenment super specialty. Activate this to earn more SP per level up. If you have Scouting, you can set it to search for enemies and you're good to go. Its better to do this outside towns so you can rest and save as needed.

Increased success rate

To increase your success rate when using your item creation skills or specialties, you must have the music from the Orchestra super specialty playing in the background.

Customizing weapons

If there are anybody in your team that are using the same weapon, have one of them concentrate on leveling up his/her customization skill. This way, you will only need to have that character forge the weapons and share it with the other, saving SP.

Art Specialty

The Art Specialty can also produce very helpful support and recovery items. Make sure to have someone with the right talent to specialize this skill.

Familiar

Have someone with talents pertaining to animals learn the Familiar specialty. This will enable you to send a bird to order recovery items. Having this specialty can be a life-saver in deep dungeons.

Abandoned Mine

After getting Cyuss for the first time, while traversing Mt.Metorx, find a rock formation in the first area, right before the second area. Head north of it to find a secret entrance leading to the Abandoned Mine.

The enemies here are pretty powerful at this point of the game so its a good idea to come back later to get the items.

Old Race Ruins

Enlarge your world map and head to the northeastern tip of the frigid continent. Youll find the Old Race Ruins. This is the place you'll need to visit to find Erys and have the chance to recruit her, depending on your current party.

Have fun without random encounters

If you're in a dungeon or cave, you can open the UMD tray, or just take the UMD out, and not have to deal with random encounters. If you're coming up on a boss fight, though, make sure you put it back in before you initiate the battle.

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Star Ocean: First Departure Cheat: Suspend Random Encounters

In a dungeon or cave, pop open the UMD slot and remove your UMD from the PSP and random encounters will cease! Pop it back in before a boss battle and you're good to go.

Star Ocean: First Departure Unlockable: Characters

1. --- Ashlay - Ashlay appears in the arena in Tatroi only if you didn't recruit Cyuss. Go to the arena, go to the audience stands, and talk to him. He's pretty conspicuous. He will make some remark about how the fighters are weak, and then he will leave. After that, clear an arena round with Roddick. Then, go down to the docks in Tatroi. There, Ashlay will talk about how Roddick has potential, and he will join the party.

2. --- Erys - To recruit Erys, you need Mavelle, Ashlay and Ioshua. If not, you can't get her. If you have these three characters, go into the Old Race Ruins, Northeast of Silvalant. Go deep into the ruins, until you find the room with Erys. Pick the 2nd option when Ioshua goes crazy, and you will get Erys. Keep in mind that if you choose to recruit Erys, you will lose Mavelle forever.

3. --- Ioshua - To get Ioshua, you must first, after your adventures in Astral, choose to go to the Purgatorium when given the choice. In other words, you must visit Purgatorium as soon as humanly possible. The first opportunity is after the incidents in Astral. Go to Purgatorium, and from the main entrance, go back to the world map and hug the mountain range to the right of Purgatorium, the one that leads to a dead end. It will eventually take you to the secret entrance of Purgatorium. Ioshua will then request your help, and join your party as you explore Purgatorium.

4. --- Mavelle - In order to recruit her, you must have either Ashlay or Ioshua (or both) in your party. After the party reunites for a night drinking, she will join automatically.

5. --- Periccci - Once the Emblem Quest starts, return to Kratus and start a Private Action. Talk to Millie, and choose Pericci when given an option of three names in the conversation. Equip Roddick with the Ocarina, and play it near the cat. Pericci will then join.

6. --- Welch - To recruit Welch, you must make sure you have the Silvant Emblem, which you acquire during the Emblem Quest. Then, from the town of Ionis, go in the direction of Van City. Eventually, you'll reach an area on the world map with two bridges. Head to the forested area to the west between the two bridges and navigate through it to find a house, Welch's hut. Choose the first option to get Welch. Keep in mind that if you have more than seven characters already in your party, she won't join!

Star Ocean: First Departure Unlockable: T'Nique

While playing the Emblem Quest, head to the Arena in Tatori and fight in any rank. After the fourth battle, T'Nique appears to fight you. You'll have the coice to let him fight you or not. It's best to be at level 50 or so before taking him on.

Star Ocean: First Departure Unlockable: Character Voice Collection

Beat the game to unlock the voices for all of your characters for all saves.

Star Ocean: First Departure Hint: Experience Trick

Using the Super Specialty Skill Contraband, keep forging materials until you get the Counterfeit Medal. When used on a character, it will reduce the required EXP to 1. The higher the Contraband level, the better chances of producing this item.

Since it is hard to produce, Replicating it is a viable solution. You'll need a Magic Camera and some Magic Films to attempt to reproduce it. If is advisable to have a maxed out Imitation skill before attempting. Try to create a RIRICA camera through Machinery specialty to increase your replication chances dramatically!

Note: Do this beside a shop so you can sell Bounced Checks immediately; leaving them in your inventory will eat up your funds until you sell them.

Star Ocean: First Departure Hint: Easy Fol

It's easier to do this with a high level Group Appraisal super specialty where you can control the prices of the shops at will.

Using the Contraband super specialty, keep creating materials until you get Forged Bills, Checks, Stocks, Documents, etc. These can be sold at a really high amount if you Raise the price using the Group Appraisal super specialty. Use this trick to earn millions of fol early in the game.