Any% - Orb Glitch Two-Character Route

This will be edited over time to include Menuing instruction and AC Screen numbers, among other things.

> Set Element Orb AC on WAFE Screen (I know...I know...I'm sorry)
> Reset, Initialize, Reset

> Choose Terwin

> AC Initial > Element Orb, Money, Skill Potion
> Get Blessing
> AC Temple > HP Potion, Ancient Bow
> AC Blacksmith > Wind Staff
> AC Wizard > Divine Mace, Earth Talon
> Mountaineering on Terwin Twice
> AC Meenu > Witches Broom (193 charges)

> FLY to B4, Use Skill Potion and HP Potion
> 4 South, 3 West, South to Sherman
> FLY to A4, Enter Atlantium, Get Sherman
> AC Star Bow/Exacto Spear for Sherman
> Trade all but Broom to Sherman
> Buy Teleport Orb, 3 Black Tickets

> FLY to C3, East 1, Teleport South 3, Kill Frost Dragon, Leave
> FLY to D2, East 3, South 4, JUROR'S

> FLY to A4, Enter Atlantium, Train
> Enter Arena for BLACK TICKET FIGHT 1

> FLY to E4, Enter Sansobar
> Teleport 6 South, Teleport 3 East, BLACK TICKET FIGHT 2

**NOTE**
- There is a decent chance that your second black ticket fight will be a pair of "Stalker" enemies, which are the "Cats" sprite used to AC the Air Talon and Water Disc.  If you get the Cats sprite here, you can AC them in Sansobar and go straight to Pinehurst Castle.  If not, continue to Tundara.

> FLY to A1, Enter Tundara
> Teleport 4 East, Teleport 9 South, Run from Cats
> AC Air Talon and Water Disc

> Fly to A2, Enter Pinehurst
> Teleport 5 East, Teleport 5 South, Talk to King Twice
> Era 8

> Fly to C2, Enter Xabran
> Teleport 6 North, Teleport 6 East, Get Disc, Rest Out

> Get Blessing, Back Into Inn, Teleport 6 East, Fight BLACK TICKET FIGHT 3
> FLY to A4, Hit Stat Pit, Go to Air Plane

> Rest, Teleport 6 West, Teleport 6 South, Get Talon, Rest Out

> Get Blessing, Fly to E1, Enter Fire Plane

> Teleport 6 North, Teleport 6 East, Get Talon, Rest Out

> Get Blessing, Fly to A2, Enter Pinehurst
> Teleport 3 East, Teleport 3 South, Era 8

> North 1, Give Stuff to Kalohn, Rest Out

> Get Blessing, Fly to D2, Enter Luxus
> Talk to Queen, Then Talk to King, Cast Surface

> Fly to C2, Enter Square Lake, 
> REST, Teleport 1 South, Face East

> Enter WAFE
> Enter Cryptogram - 12345678

Text as it appears on Genesis:

x(3/8), xxx (1)xxx(7)x xx xxxxx, xx
xxxxx xx xx(2)x (4) (5)xxx xxxxxxx
xxxxx, xxxx(6)xxxx

Any% No Orb Glitch Two-Character Route

This route skips character creation and completes the game with just Terwin III and Sherman.

AC = View Char Menu Glitch
FLY = Use Witches Broom
Teleport = Use Teleport Orb

> Choose Terwin

> AC Blacksmith > Wind Staff, Gold
> Get Blessing at Temple
> AC Temple > HP Potion, Ancient Bow, Skill Potion
> Equip Wind Staff, Ancient Bow
> Use HP Potion, Skill Portion
> AC Wizard > Divine Mace, Earth Talon
> Mountaineering on Terwin Twice
> AC Meenu > Witches Broom (193 charges)

> FLY to B4, 4 South, 3 West, South to Sherman
> Use Divine Mace on Turn 1, Fight is then Free

> FLY to A4, Enter Atlantium, Get Hirelings
> AC Star Bow and Exacto Spear for Sherman
> Trade HP Potion, Skill Potion, Divine Mace, Earth Talon to Sherman
> Equip Star Bow and Exacto Spear to Sherman.  Use HP and Skill Potion.
> Discard HP and Skill Potion.

> Buy Teleport Orb, 3 Black Tickets

> FLY to C3, East 1, Teleport South 3, Defeat Frost Dragon, Leave

> FLY to D2, East 3, South 4, Juror's

> Fly to A4, Enter Atlantium
> Train
> Enter Arena for BLACK TICKET FIGHT 1

> FLY to E4, Enter Sansobar
> Teleport 6 South, Teleport 3 West, BLACK TICKET FIGHT 2

> FLY to A1, Enter Tundara
> Teleport 4 East, Teleport 9 South, Hide or Kill Cats
> AC Air Talon and Water Disc
> Teleport 7 East, Run From Pods
> AC Capitor, Todilor, and Fluxer

> FLY to D4, Enter Dawns
> Run to Dogs, Run From or Kill Dogs
> AC Radicon
> Plow through 3 fights to Orb, Give Orb To Sherman and Dismiss
> Walk Out

> Fly to A4, Get Sherman Back
> 1 North, Turn to Face South

> Fly to A2, Enter Pinehurst
> Teleport 5 East, Teleport 5 South, Talk to King Twice
> Time Machine to Era 8

> Fly to C2, Enter Xabran
> Teleport 6 North, Teleport 6 East, Get Disc, Rest Out

> Get Blessing, Back Into Inn, Teleport 6 East, Fight BLACK TICKET FIGHT 3

> FLY to A4, Go to Air Plane

> Rest, Teleport 6 West, Teleport 6 South, Get Talon, Rest Out

> Get Blessing, Fly to E1, Enter Fire Plane

> Teleport 6 North, Teleport 6 East, Get Talon, Rest Out

> Get Blessing, Fly to A2, Enter Pinehurst
> Teleport 3 East, Teleport 3 South, Era 8

> North 1, Give Stuff to Kalohn, Rest Out

> Get Blessing, Fly to D2, Enter Luxus
> Talk to Queen, Then Talk to King, Cast Surface

> Fly to C2, Enter Square Lake, Teleport 1 South, Face East
> Enter WAFE
> Enter Cryptogram

As It Appears On Genesis:
x(3/8), xxx (1)xxx(7)x xx xxxxx, xx
xxxxx xx xx(2)x (4) (5)xxx xxxxxxx
xxxxx, xxxx(6)xxxx

Full Walkthrough

Genesis Any% Walkthrough Notes

# Summary

These were my notes on a route. This makes heavy use of two glitches:
* The "View Char glitch", which I also call the "A+C glitch"
* Resting in no-teleport areas to clear the no-teleport flag.

With this route, we glitch in suitably powerful weapons to get through the Barbarian class quest, use the resulting 5M XP to train ourselves up enough to get through the Black Ticket battles. We try to glitch in as many key items as possible to our inventory; unfortunately there are still a few that we don't have the ability to acquire this way, so we still have to take a jaunt into the 8th Century.

We also utilize a couple other things:
* The "fetid pool" in A4 sets all attributes to 100 until the party rests.
* Temple blessings-* donate until you receive the message that "Truly you are blessed". This confers a whole bunch of statuses, notably "Walk on Water" and the four elemental "Transmutation" statuses, saving the need for a Cleric in your party to cast them.
* Fast transport is done via Witch's Brooms and Teleport Orbs. Teleporting off the edge of a map will cause you to "wrap around".

Possible optimizations:
* If we can glitch in more key items, that saves a huge chunk of time.
* There are probably better ways to optimize movement, both by better utilization of the Teleport Orb as well as walking forwards or backwards in the right places. There can be significant lag in screen updates depending on what things are on-screen; mountainous areas are especially prone to this.

# Route

## Procure a Party
* This counts in the timing. Make everyone Bar/Fem/Evil.

## Save Sherman
* You'll start out in [Middlegate](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=369).
* Go to the Mage's Guild at *(1, 12)*. Use the A+C glitch from the mage sprite, and retrieve the Earth Talon and a whole bunch of gold off one of the fake characters.
* Go to Edmund's Expeditions at *(3, 12)*, get Mountaineering x2
* Go to portal at *(0, 5)* to reach [Sandsobar](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=368) *(8, 1)*
* Go to portal at *(4, 15)* to reach [Tundara](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=370) *(6, 11)*
* Go to Tundarax Weaponry at *(11, 10)*
    * Buy two Witch's Broom
    * Use the blacksmith sprite to A+C glitch a Titan's Pike for all six party members.
* Use Witch's Broom to fly to [A4](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=407)
* Drink from the fetid pool at *(10, 10)* to make all stats 100
* Use Witch's Broom to fly to [B4](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=389)
    * Face west (should be doing so already) and walk backwards 3 times to fight Brutal Bruno (Barbarian Quest). Hold down A to auto-fight.
* Rest, then fly to [D2](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=392)
    * Walk east 3 (you should be facing west, so "backwards 3")
    * Turn and walk south 4
* Read the plaque about the quests; everyone gets 5mil XP
* Fly back to [A4](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=407)
* Drink from the fetid pool at *(10, 10)* again.
* Go to *(13, 10)* to enter [Atlantium](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=372).
* Go to Drewnhald Ironworks at *(6, 13)*
    * Buy Teleport Orb and 3 Black Tickets
* Use teleport orb to jump 6 spaces (to *(6, 7)*)
* Turn west, enter temple, buy blessings
* Go to Island Training at *(10, 4)*, train everyone up
* Go to the coliseum, exchange a Black Ticket for a fight
* Fly to [B4](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=389)
* Go west 3 then south to fight some Amazons to free Sherman

## Get the Element Orb and sneak it out of Dawn's Cavern with a hireling.
* Fly to [E4](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=404)
* Enter Sandsobar and the Monster Bowl, do a Black Ticket fight
* Fly to [A1](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=405)
* Go to Tundara
    * From blacksmith's door at *(10, 10)*, face south, teleport 8
        * Use the screaming pods sprite to pick up three machine parts (J-26 Fluxer, A-1 Todilor, N-19 Capitor) via A+C glitch
    * Teleport west 7 for the cat corpses
        * Use the cat sprite to pick up the Air Talon and the Water Disc via A+C glitch.
* Rest, fly to [A4](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=407), re-fetid-pool yourself
* Head inside into Atlantium, go to the Carriage Inn at *(9, 13)* and pick up Sherman
* Fly to [D4](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=380)
* Walk west into the swamp, then south once for an encounter.
    * Hold A to auto-fight, and hope that Swamp Dogs are at the bottom of the stack! Otherwise, run and try again.
    * Using the A+C glitch off the Swamp Dogs sprite will yield a M-27 Radicon.
* Walk south then west some more to get to Dawn's cavern
    * "A sign here reads: Keep Out!"
* Enter [Dawns Cavern](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=568)
* Go east 1 then south 1. Don't climb out.
* Rest (to clear no-teleport), then teleport 1.
* Turn east, go one step, and trade the four machine parts for the orb.
* Find the Orb Guardian fight in the hallway, and run from it to return to the entrance.
* Trade the Orb to Sherman and dismiss him.
* Exit out of the dungeon.
* Fly to [A4](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=407), go to the inn, pick up Sherman
* Retrieve the orb from Sherman

## Get the four elemental discs in year 800 to access the talons.
* *(Note: at this point, we have the Air Talon, the Earth Talon, and the Water Disc, so the only disc we need is the Fire Disc; if you could find a way to glitch in the Fire Disc or Fire Talon you could skip all this)*
* Unlock the time machine
    * Fly to [A2](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=376)
    * Teleport south 6, then west 7. Enter [Castle Pinehurst](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=377).
    * Teleport south 5, then west 9. Go through throne room door.
    * Talking to Lord Peobody with Sherman in the party unlocks the time machine around the corner at *(2, 5)*.
* 8th Era:
    * Use the time machine to go to the 8th Era
    * Fly to [C2](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=374)
    * Move east 5
    * Move north 5
    * Move east one more to *(14,8)* to reach [Castle Xabran](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=572).
    * Turn south, teleport 9
    * Walk south 1
    * Turn east, teleport 6
    * Take the red disc
    * Rest until you time-travel back and reappear at [Middlegate](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=252).
* Go to the Slaughtered Lamb Pub at *(4, 6)* and restock food
Gateway Temple at *(7, 7)* and re-bless
* Walk backwards into the Middlegate inn
* Turn east, teleport 6
* Fight the arena battle to finish the third Black Ticket battle
    * *(Note: this can be rough, because you don't have the fetid-pool boost.)*

# Get the talons in each elemental plane.
* *(Note: We already glitched ourselves two of them.)*
* The Water Talon:
    * Fly to A4, drink from the fetid pool again.
    * Continue past the fountain until you hit the edge, then south until you reach *(0, 0)* to find the entrance to the [Elemental Plane of Water](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=569).
    * The Water Talon is at *(10, 10)*:
        * Go East 11
        * Go North 10
        * Go West 1 and trade the Water Disc for the Water Talon
    * Rest until you get back
* The Fire Talon:
    * Re-bless, fly to A4, re-fetid-pool
    * Fly to [E1](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=406)
    * Go north once, then east, then north all the way until you reach *(15, 15)* to find the [Elemental Plane of Fire](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=575)
    * The Fire Talon is at *(4, 4)*
        * Go North 1
        * Go West 10 (message and then two more)
        * Go South 10 (encounter)
        * Go South once more to trade the Fire Disc for the Fire Talon
    * Rest until you get back.

# Give the orb and talons to Kalohn in year 800.
* Fly to A2
* Teleport south 6, then west 7. Enter Pinehurst.
* Teleport south 3, then east 3. Turn left to use the time machine.
* Go to the 8th Era
* Walk forward one, and give Kalohn the orb and talons.
* Kalohn then defeats the Mega Dragon. Congratulations, we just changed history!
* Rest to time-travel back and reappear at [Middlegate](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=252).

# Complete the juror quest and black triple crown to deal with Lamanda.
* Dismiss Sherman (he didn't win the triple crown). Now your party consists entirely of triple crown winners. Sorry, Sherman!

# Visit Kalohn in the year 900 to activate the Square Lake events.
* Go to the Gateway Temple at *(7, 7)* and re-bless
* Fly to [E1](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=406)
* Travel west 3 (which will move you into [D1](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=393)), then face north and walk backwards (moving into [D2](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=392)) to get to the castle.
* Enter the throne room.
* Talk to Lamanda. Turn, then turn back; Kalohn's on the throne now!

# Enter Square Lake and encode the cryptogram.
* Exit the throne room (so you don't have a ceiling over your head) then fly to [C2](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=374)
* Go to the cave in the middle of the lake to enter [Square Lake Cave](https://www.oldgames.sk/dungeon-mapper/map.php?map=578)
* Face south, rest (to clear no-teleport), teleport 1.
* Enter override code: `WAFE`
* Solve the cryptogram, which are the letters aligning with `PREAMBLE` in the following.
```
      3      1           2
     We, the people of Terra, in
                   4 5
     order to form a more perfect
                67          8
     union, establish justice,
     
     insure domestic tranquility,
     
     provide for the common
     
     defense...
```

Major Glitches

# Genesis

## View Char glitch

Choose "View Char", then hold A while pressing C at "View which?". This will have you looking at the 26th character in your party; however, because you can only have at most eight characters, what you're looking at is really a buffer overflow. You can press left to advance backwards through the list of characters (pressing right will wrap you back to your first character).

The memory you're looking at as a "character" can be manipulated with which monster sprite was the last on screen. Items and money can be traded to your real party members. Of note:
- The sprite data for the "blacksmith" includes a heavily-enchanted Titan's Pike
- The sprite data for the "cat" happens to work out to include an Air Talon and the Water Disc.
- The sprite data for the "mage" happens to work out to include the Earth Talon.
- The sprite data for the "giant plant" happens to work out to include the Air Talon, J-26 Fluxer, A-1 Todilor, and N-19 Capitor.
- The sprite data for the "wolf" happens to work out to include the M-27 Radicon.

## No-Teleport Cancellation glitch

Several areas are marked as no-teleport. Resting clears the no-teleport flag. Yup, it's that easy.

# Other versions

None known so far.

Nome	Autore
Any% - Orb Glitch Two-Character Route	SchmidttyGames 3 years ago
Any% No Orb Glitch Two-Character Route	SchmidttyGames 3 years ago
Full Walkthrough	Jason_D 7 years ago
Genesis Any% Walkthrough Notes	slab 4 years ago
Major Glitches	slab 5 years ago