Battle tips

Units act when their WT reaches 0

The armies do not alternate whole allied and enemy turns. Each unit receives AT when their remaining WT reaches 0.

1. Check the upcoming enemy and ally order before acting. If an enemy acts after a rescue target, prioritize healing or disabling it over attacking.
2. Do not move or attack unnecessarily every time; wait to bring the next turn forward. While waiting for enemies, avoid advancing toward distant targets and becoming surrounded.
3. If heavier equipment slows a unit, remove 1 slot's item or switch to something lighter and check again. Both AGI and equipment weight affect turn order.

Plan around starting at MP 0

Everyone begins battle at MP 0. MP recovers over time: every 20 WT it increases by 1. Repeated powerful spells from the outset therefore require supplies.

1. Give front-line units items to restore their own HP until healers reach enough MP to cast.
2. Separate attackers spending MP from units supplying it through Charge Spell. Keep supply support available for healers too.
3. When repeatedly using summons or Healing Plus, check the MP available for the next action. Do not approach the enemy center while short of MP.

Use height and rear attacks

1. Bows reach more targets from high positions. Before everyone approaches an enemy's high ground from below, check flying units and alternative footing.
2. When accuracy is low, look for positions behind the enemy, then at their sides. Choose allies' facing after movement to avoid turning their backs toward enemies.
3. Do not judge solely by displayed distance when obstacles block guns, bowguns, or other projectiles. Check obstacles and the line of fire before shooting.

Read the opposition between the 4 elements

• Terrain also relates to elements. Compare the displayed effect against the same target rather than memorizing a fixed maximum-damage formula or every resistance.

Deliver healing quickly during rescues

1. Guests act automatically and participate separately from your 10 units. Do not postpone helping them on the assumption that you can freely select their actions.
2. Give a flying unit healing items and approach separately from the ground-based healer. Defeat enemies targeting the guest or stop them with status ailments.
3. If defeating the leader ends the battle, do not finish with the rescue target down. Confirm survival and the recruitment event.

Distinguish death, exorcism, and disappearance

1. Denim falling means game over. Other fallen allies are also lost if the battle ends with them down, so use resurrection before the end if available.
2. Undead revive over time from HP 0. If enemies must be eliminated completely, exorcise them with Exorcism or similar magic.
3. Body-erasing attacks, dismissal, and Snapdragon are not equivalent to ordinary resurrection. Keep a normal save before experimenting with valued allies.

Distinguish treasure from cards

Enemy-dropped treasure remaining on the battlefield is collected at battle's end if enemies have not picked it up. Cards must be collected by the unit you want to strengthen.

1. If enemies are near treasure, move an ally to collect it first. Check that enemies have not recovered rare spellbooks.
2. Choose the front-liner, caster, or other unit you want to improve and have them collect cards. Do not treat cards like treasure distributed to the army at the end.
3. During rescues, do not delay healing to approach cards. Secure survival before collecting them.

Check the date for visiting Deneb's shop

Read the shop report and check the in-game date. Its location changes by the day of the month, and the shop disappears after recruitment.

Reducing major accidents in the Palace of the Dead

1. Use support magic against enemies vulnerable to Petrify Cloud, and remove undead with Exorcism or Star Tiara.
2. Guardians are immune to status ailments. Prepare elemental-resistance equipment, healing, and physical attacks or Dragon Magic rather than relying only on petrification.
3. Handle fast Dark Stalkers, exorcising Fairies, and flying enemies with powerful special attacks through decoys and focused attacks before they reach the back line.
4. Normal saving requires returning outside the palace. Resumed suspend saves do not remain, so plan breaks and retreats around the length of exploration.

Checks for the SFC original and later editions

Guide areas needing further confirmation

Checks continue for each treasure coordinate, all enemy resistances, every equipment item's additional effects, ending support thresholds, Deneb's additional-equipment conditions, and development using bugs. This guide treats the main progression and published stat requirements, weights, and MP costs as its confirmed scope.