Falsebound Kingdom Kaiba Story No Money Cheat Notes:
Start the game.
Hand of Fire: Gold: 1000
Menu Kaiba: Crawling Dragon, Hitotsu-Me Giant, Dark King of the Abyss
Capture all 3 bases, let Jussell take Seirauna. Gold should be 1700. Malairuka boss fight is 3 battles, 2 if there are critical hits. Post mission rewards 1150 Gold.
Bandits: Gold: 3850
Menu Ryu-Kishin Powered to Kaiba’s middle slot for speed (fastest available monster) and attack purposes (400 more attack than HMG). Equip healing items.
Mission: Have Mokuba take Yortsun. Then send Marthis to Dyethruo and Kaiba to Phagttuon. The combined gold for capturing those bases is 1500 (Gold 5350). Bandit Keith is a 2 battle boss. Post mission rewards 1200 (Gold 6550).
Surrounded: Gold 6050
Menu: Equip more healing items to Kaiba’s team
Build an Anti-Ground Cannon at Enno (Gold 6000). Have Kaiba defend Enno and send Marthis to Dyovann. After dealing with the teams, send Kaiba and Mokuba (Discount ability plays) to Chittuhn. Gold should be 7350. Trader Union costs 900 (Gold 6,500). Buy 9 Black Pendants at 675 each (375 Gold). Send Kaiba to Nua Tua. Pegasus is a 3 battle boss (kill Parrot Dragon first). You get 500 Gold there (Gold 875). 1400 Post Mission Gold (2275).
Framed: Gold 2275
Menu: Kaiba’s team is Snake Hair, Midnight Fiend, and Dark King. Equip with 2 Black Pendants and a Healing Item Each. Equip Bonz with Crawling Dragon, Ryu-Kishin Powered (3 BP), and Hitotsu-Me Giant.
Build a barricade (Gold 1775) and have Kaiba defend Beyzon and send Bonz to Craw Valley. Then send Kaiba to Vrauson to defeat Marthis. 1200 Gold for capturing both bases. (Gold 2075). 1200 Post Mission reward (Gold 3275). This mission can be downright awful in terms of attrition and is very reset heavy since there’s a good chance Kaiba’s team dies to Marthis for the final boss fight. I decided to safe it out and mandate having healing items since I have more than enough action points to get through the gauntlet even with less attack. Marthis is a 1 battle boss due to Black Pendant’s effect of doing critical damage to Spellcaster type monsters (Marthis has 2 spellcasters and 1 fiend monster).
Lord of the Forest: Gold 3275
Menu: None
Send Kaiba towards Saxoss and Bonz towards Buhr-Tos, so they’re going in opposite directions. When all of Midnight Fiend’s circle is in forest, send Kaiba to Rasixthen. If you can capture Saxoss in time, it’s 500 Gold, but the strat isn’t tested yet, so I don’t factor it into gold count. Winning gets you 700 Gold (3975). Post Mission reward 1200 (5175).
Lord of the Plains: Gold 5175/5675
Menu: Add Labyrinth Ruler to your list of Marshals
Have Kaiba battle the closest moving team, then send him, LR, and Mokuba to I-Zerua. Liberating the base nets you 400 Gold (5575/6025). Build a Trader Union, costs 750 (Gold 4825/5325). Buy 6 Black Pendants for 4050 (775/1275) and 3 Legendary Swords for 375 each (??/150). When I ran this route, I didn’t have enough money to do everything so I may alter the routing to have Bonz’s team go straight after Rex at the jump of the mission since his team will have healing items.
Extra Note: In my 3:16 run, I did not execute this correctly and fell short of being able to pick up a Legendary Sword for Zanki and may have lost me close to 90 seconds in the run.
Sever the Supply Line:
Menu: Give Pegasus a team of Bickuribox (3 BP), Ryu-Kishin Powered (3 BP), and Zanki (3 LS).
Send Kaiba northwest of Norvey. Even though Pegasus’ team is faster, it doesn’t have the same offensive capabilities that Kaiba’s team will have and having to do a 2nd battle is slower than sending a slower team. Build a barricade and have Pegasus defend Norvey and defeat the first team. Easy boss.
Full Scale Offensive:
Send Kaiba straight down from Van Lova. About halfway down, send him to Gigan-Syip although you’ll need the cursor to navigate him around the moving enemy teams. Easy boss battle for Kaiba. The reason for using Kaiba is the same reason as the last mission, faster because only 1 battle despite the slower moving team.
Crucial Battle:
Immediately build Ground Cannon. Then send Pegasus to Nonnber and have Kaiba defend Bustonn. Build a barricade next. Pegasus should have an easy fight against Haysheen, but the key is patience so healing items aren’t a problem. Axe Raider has Red Medicine, so you don’t want any enemy under 50% health until it’s 2 action points are used up.
Aid from Afar
Send Pegasus northwest between two enemy teams. Have Kaiba defend Mariyah-Denn and build a barricade and healer (heal after the 3rd battle). Kaiba’s team will rip through the enemy teams quicker than Pegasus. Rare Hunter fight is tricky due to Monster Tamer having Blue Medicine so a cautious attack is important and make sure to kill Monster Tamer first. It might be a 2 battle boss, although it’s also possible to do it in a 1 battle kill if the attacks are executed right and/or a crit, but the time saved with Kaiba defending and Pegasus’ faster team is worth it.
Going the Distance
Even though Kaiba has more offensive firepower, it’s faster to use Pegasus in this fight, even on a 2 battle boss. Send Pegasus to Thor Mount, count to 4, then send him to Gigan-Syip. Use cursor mode to navigate Pegasus around the enemy teams (similar to NG+ route). Build a barricade at Tsughut just in case it is a 2 battle boss. 2 boss battle against Scott, but don’t attack his monsters recklessly due to the Embodiment of Apophis each having Red and Blue Medicine.
Raid
In this mission, you want Kaiba’s offense working against the eventual boss. Send Kaiba immediately then wait 10-15 seconds (count if you have to) to send Pegasus so Kaiba gets the 1st and 3rd battles. By this mission, you want Snake Hair above level 25 so her standard attack paralyzes.
Bandits, Again
Menu: Switch Ryu-Kishin Powered with Midnight Fiend and vice versa
All 3 of Keith’s monsters have Red Medicine and Slot Machine has a crap ton of health and the most Action Points. Send Kaiba with Ryu-Kishin towards Bandit Keith, have Pegasus defend the base and build a barricade. Run from 2 fights. Paralyze Slot Machine first and slowly work down his monsters because Red Medicine could be a run killer if you can’t kill Keith in the first battle.
Dragon Lair
Menu: Switch Ryu-Kishin Powered with Midnight Fiend and vice versa
Gauntlet Stage for Kaiba and Pegasus. Send Pegasus around the left side of the map and Kaiba along the right side of the map for the quickest routes. The only hard fight is Blue-Eyes at the end due to their high attack and action point totals. Send Pegasus along the left side of the mission and Kaiba on the right side. Make sure to paralyze Blue Eyes and slowly whittle down health until you can 2 shot one of them, which at that point you go for the kill.
Guidance
Send Pegasus to Nonnber to beat Umbra. Make sure you maneuver him around Lumis’ team because an extra fight is unnecessary. Umbra fight can be tricky, Ryu-Kishin has Blue Medicine, and you can’t afford to waste attacks in order to land a 1 battle kill.
Surprise Attack
Send Kaiba towards Shadow Forest until he’s underneath Twin Rivers. Send him north towards Twin Rivers, enough so he can avoid the moving teams in the mission. Then send him back towards Shadow Forest. This battle can drag on due to Parrot Dragon having a lot of health, but it’s a 1 battle kill for Kaiba against any boss at this point.
Face-Off
Very easy mission, send Kaiba to Nua Tua (lock onto Yugi’s location). Paralyze Dark Magician and kill Dark Magician Girl on the first turn because Dark Burning Magic is a long attack in terms of time and does a crap ton of damage. Fight is easy because Yugi has 2 spellcaster monsters and those are automatic crits.
Banishment
Send Ishizu and Kaiba to Dhornimouth Town (Ishizu first, so she plays the role of meat shield vs. Anti-Air Cannon at Sygh-Varths Gate) and about ⅔ of the way there then send them both towards Sygh-Varths. During that time, you should build and Anti-Air and Anti-Ground Cannon at your base with Pegasus defending. When the AA cannon goes off, replace it with a Barricade to increase your monster’s attack. Two easy sweeps. When Ishizu triggers the AA cannon at the Gate, move her out of Kaiba’s way so he’ll have a straight shot at Scott. Easy boss because his best monster and only source of pain, Cosmo Queen, is a spellcaster (you get the idea). Paralyze one of the Barrel Dragons on the first turn. Hallowed Land of Ishtar
Very easy: send Kaiba to Ishtar Gate. Buffer the input to send him to Ishtar but don’t mash until he gets to the Gate so he has a straight shot. Odion as a boss can linger longer than you’d like due to Embodiment of Apophis each having Red Medicine.
Dream World
At this point, only Kaiba’s team is strong enough to sweep through opponents. Send Kaiba to Memory Bank A-2 and he does both fights. If health is low, heal there. Then move him around towards Terminal Bus. Boss fight is the 3 pieces of Gate Guardian: Make sure to kill Suijin on the first turn so Gate Guardian isn’t a thing.
Dark Spirit
Send Kaiba to fire Scott. On the first turn, paralyze the Serpent Nite Dragon that didn’t attack and kill Skull Knight. Paralyze the other Dragon and it should be smooth sailing for that fight. After the fight, we start the final boss: Level 1 Slifer. Slifer has 8700 health, but by now you already have a crap ton of Action Points, Midnight Fiend Poisons, and Snake Hair paralyzes. If Slifer uses Thunderbolt Summons and has more than 1200 HP, I recommend backing out of the fight, healing up and going at it again. Sometimes the game will behave and you can wail away uninterrupted to kill Slifer (happened in both my 3:43 and 3:36 PBs).
Run Prediction:
Good Luck and RNG: 3 hours, 5 minutes (current WR is 3 hours, 7 minutes, and 25 seconds) Average Luck and RNG: 3 hours, 15 minutes Bad Luck and RNG: 3 hours, 25 minutes
If you did a money cheat run, I think with this route you could easily Sub 3 Hours, which is why I think the run should have two sub categories. With Money Cheat and Without It because the difference is about 20 minutes, which is somewhat significant over a 3 hour run.
My current PB when I submitted this guide is 3:11:46, Sum of best is 3:02:38 so WR is possible with this route, but a money cheat route can easily Sub 2:50.
