User Info: Dragen Dragen 1 year ago #1



Tip 1: Charge Attacks build your Combo Meter. You get a bonus Score after your Combo Meter expires depending on what # your Combo Meter reached.

Combo 4-7 = 100 Score

Combo 8-12 = 300 Score

Combo 13-18 = 1000 Score

Combo 19-24 = 2500 Score

Combo 25+ = 5000 Score



So your goal is to get your Combo Meter to 25 then let it reset, giving you a nice 5000 Score bonus. On Day 1, you don't have strong mobs to deal with, just goats and pigs, so how would you get your combo that high? The way I do it is to use freshly cloned Child-aged characters with the No Shigabane Bonus. That only costs 1000 Score per clone and makes sure they're at their weakest ATK.



Tip 2: Use Bunking Effects. You can make each of the base improvements to Level 1 by the end of Day 1/Demo if you've searched all the rooms. Making the Bedroom allows you to set up Bunkmates, which activates the Bunking Effects. In regards to Tip 1, you're looking for 3 particular effects from Zen, Yuma, and Rinko, but I'll list them all.

Zen's: Score +

Yuma's: Drop +

Rinko's: Improved Charge

Haruto's: Attack Bonus

Ryo's: Wide Mapping

Mamoru's: Ailment Defense

Minamo's: Death Resist Chance

Sachika's EXP Gain +



I generally bunk up Zen and Yuma so they both have Score + and Drop + then bunk Ryo and Rinko so they both have Improved Charge. Zen/Yuma seems self explanatory, but I use Ryo/Rinko because of their weak attack and since we're building combos via the Charge move, less stamina drain is good too.



Using those 2 tips together, I'll clone all 7 characters at 1000 score each. Sleep with the bunkmates assigned Zen/Yuma and Ryo/Rinko. I'll bunk whoever is lowest level with Sachika for the EXP bonus. It's now Day 2 for the children, so I head into the beginning dungeon and up to the 2nd floor, avoiding anything on the 1st floor. You'll want 2 enemies together since even being this weak, you'll kill a goat or pig with 15-20 charge attacks and you're looking to get 25+. My latest run netted me a score of 39k and around 25 combined goat and pig meats.



Tip 3: Sidestep via R1/L1 is important. I've watched some others play this game while streaming and it seems alot don't use this ability. It's pretty important in combat though. Using just a sidestep will usually allow you to easily land 2 charge attacks at a time, followed by another sidestep and 2 more charge attacks. This lets you build up those combos without ever taking damage since most of your attacks land while the goat/pig is still sideways to you after moving into the space in front of you before it's turned to face you.



Tip 4: Check the water tower every time you return to your base. If you can get 1 water from it, you can get 10, so get all 10. Stackable items stack to a total of 99 so get yourself a stack or 2 while building up your score and meat supplies.



So... now that you've got a good amount of Score, Meat, and Water... you can start working on killing your characters in various ways to get them different Shigabane bonuses. Using the Return to Base command will cost you 25% of your non-stored Score, but who cares when you've got 100k+ stored for when you need it. (\/) Read Gold Digger every month

( 'o') & Lvl Up Xplorers every Sunday I played the SEA demo and now that I'm playing the NA demo to carry my save into the NA release, I've put a bit of my knowledge towards grinding so I'll be ready with the game launch. I'm playing on the current highest difficulty, which is III, though IV and V will unlock around the beginning of Day 2. I do this for increased item drop rates and because I want the mobs to be stronger for the following tip...Tip 1: Charge Attacks build your Combo Meter. You get a bonus Score after your Combo Meter expires depending on what # your Combo Meter reached.Combo 4-7 = 100 ScoreCombo 8-12 = 300 ScoreCombo 13-18 = 1000 ScoreCombo 19-24 = 2500 ScoreCombo 25+ = 5000 ScoreSo your goal is to get your Combo Meter to 25 then let it reset, giving you a nice 5000 Score bonus. On Day 1, you don't have strong mobs to deal with, just goats and pigs, so how would you get your combo that high? The way I do it is to use freshly cloned Child-aged characters with the No Shigabane Bonus. That only costs 1000 Score per clone and makes sure they're at their weakest ATK.Tip 2: Use Bunking Effects. You can make each of the base improvements to Level 1 by the end of Day 1/Demo if you've searched all the rooms. Making the Bedroom allows you to set up Bunkmates, which activates the Bunking Effects. In regards to Tip 1, you're looking for 3 particular effects from Zen, Yuma, and Rinko, but I'll list them all.Zen's: Score +Yuma's: Drop +Rinko's: Improved ChargeHaruto's: Attack BonusRyo's: Wide MappingMamoru's: Ailment DefenseMinamo's: Death Resist ChanceSachika's EXP Gain +I generally bunk up Zen and Yuma so they both have Score + and Drop + then bunk Ryo and Rinko so they both have Improved Charge. Zen/Yuma seems self explanatory, but I use Ryo/Rinko because of their weak attack and since we're building combos via the Charge move, less stamina drain is good too.Using those 2 tips together, I'll clone all 7 characters at 1000 score each. Sleep with the bunkmates assigned Zen/Yuma and Ryo/Rinko. I'll bunk whoever is lowest level with Sachika for the EXP bonus. It's now Day 2 for the children, so I head into the beginning dungeon and up to the 2nd floor, avoiding anything on the 1st floor. You'll want 2 enemies together since even being this weak, you'll kill a goat or pig with 15-20 charge attacks and you're looking to get 25+. My latest run netted me a score of 39k and around 25 combined goat and pig meats.Tip 3: Sidestep via R1/L1 is important. I've watched some others play this game while streaming and it seems alot don't use this ability. It's pretty important in combat though. Using just a sidestep will usually allow you to easily land 2 charge attacks at a time, followed by another sidestep and 2 more charge attacks. This lets you build up those combos without ever taking damage since most of your attacks land while the goat/pig is still sideways to you after moving into the space in front of you before it's turned to face you.Tip 4: Check the water tower every time you return to your base. If you can get 1 water from it, you can get 10, so get all 10. Stackable items stack to a total of 99 so get yourself a stack or 2 while building up your score and meat supplies.So... now that you've got a good amount of Score, Meat, and Water... you can start working on killing your characters in various ways to get them different Shigabane bonuses. Using the Return to Base command will cost you 25% of your non-stored Score, but who cares when you've got 100k+ stored for when you need it.

User Info: Dragen Dragen (Topic Creator) 1 year ago #2

Death with 0 Stamina

Death with 100 Stress

Death with Stench effect

. . (These 3 can be obtained together by eating uncooked meat until your bladder meter and stress meter are full. Your bladder meter will empty and you'll be effected with the stench effect. Now hold a charge attack and run back and forth in the starting dungeon and your stamina will go down 1 per step. Once out of stamina, you lose 5 HP a second until dead.)

Death while a Child, Adult, Middle-Aged, Senior

. . (Self explanatory)

Death from Old Age

. . (This requires you to die from aging a day when you're already at your age limit. Sleeping in the bedroom does that quickly.)

Died alone

. . (You'll want to die as the only person in the active party. Your unstored Score takes a big hit but we don't care about that now.)

Died while overencumbered

. . (I usually do this the same time as Died alone and the top 3 of stamina/stress/stench. After reaching 0 stamina, I transfer a stack of meat to the person alone in the party and have them hold it until dead. Man, sounds gruesome!)



After playing for a while, you can get some others like

Died after attacking 100 times

Death from enemy the first time

Death from blunt attack

etc etc



Each individual character also has some unique deaths that can reduce the cost of cloning them. I'm still discovering these but I'll list the few I've come across:

Haruto dies having never attacked.

Ryo dies having never been given an item.

Zen dies while in a party with 3 females.

Mamoru dies while in a party of 4 that includes 1 female child.

Rinko dies after having wet herself. (full bladder)

Yuma dies while in a party with 3 males.

Minamo dies while in a party of 4 that includes 1 male child.

Sachika dies having used over 50 charge attacks but less than 5 normal attacks. (\/) Read Gold Digger every month

( 'o') & Lvl Up Xplorers every Sunday I'll be working on a Shigabane list as I play the full game though someone else might beat me to posting one, so I'll just list a few deaths I recommend getting at the start that'll be useful for the entire game:Death with 0 StaminaDeath with 100 StressDeath with Stench effect. . (These 3 can be obtained together by eating uncooked meat until your bladder meter and stress meter are full. Your bladder meter will empty and you'll be effected with the stench effect. Now hold a charge attack and run back and forth in the starting dungeon and your stamina will go down 1 per step. Once out of stamina, you lose 5 HP a second until dead.)Death while a Child, Adult, Middle-Aged, Senior. . (Self explanatory)Death from Old Age. . (This requires you to die from aging a day when you're already at your age limit. Sleeping in the bedroom does that quickly.)Died alone. . (You'll want to die as the only person in the active party. Your unstored Score takes a big hit but we don't care about that now.)Died while overencumbered. . (I usually do this the same time as Died alone and the top 3 of stamina/stress/stench. After reaching 0 stamina, I transfer a stack of meat to the person alone in the party and have them hold it until dead. Man, sounds gruesome!)After playing for a while, you can get some others likeDied after attacking 100 timesDeath from enemy the first timeDeath from blunt attacketc etcEach individual character also has some unique deaths that can reduce the cost of cloning them. I'm still discovering these but I'll list the few I've come across:Haruto dies having never attacked.Ryo dies having never been given an item.Zen dies while in a party with 3 females.Mamoru dies while in a party of 4 that includes 1 female child.Rinko dies after having wet herself. (full bladder)Yuma dies while in a party with 3 males.Minamo dies while in a party of 4 that includes 1 male child.Sachika dies having used over 50 charge attacks but less than 5 normal attacks.

User Info: Dragen Dragen (Topic Creator) 1 year ago #3



Tip 6: Craft the Plated Gloves as soon as you've found the Work Gloves item in the beginning dungeon. It requires 1 Work Gloves and 1 Scrap Metal to make. It doesn't have much ATK power, but it lets the person wearing it carry an additional 10.0 kg. (\/) Read Gold Digger every month

( 'o') & Lvl Up Xplorers every Sunday Tip 5: If you want to boost your Score early, consider getting Zen's Earth's Blessing skill. It doubles the Score obtained from killing mobs. It costs 5 SP to purchase and has a prerequisite skill at a cost of 1 SP.Tip 6: Craft the Plated Gloves as soon as you've found the Work Gloves item in the beginning dungeon. It requires 1 Work Gloves and 1 Scrap Metal to make. It doesn't have much ATK power, but it lets the person wearing it carry an additional 10.0 kg.

User Info: rikasa rikasa 1 year ago #4 you are not alone Appreciate the info dude, I'm sure I'll be coming back to this when I get further into the game.

User Info: Dragen Dragen (Topic Creator) 1 year ago #5



I've created a PS4 Community for the game but since I don't own the game yet, I can't attach that game to the community. Feel free to come join. (\/) Read Gold Digger every month

( 'o') & Lvl Up Xplorers every Sunday You're welcome! The 10 water bottles you can grab from the water tower have a weird reset requirement. It can reset with the passage of just 1 day but requires you zone out of the base and back into the base as well.I've created a PS4 Community for the game but since I don't own the game yet, I can't attach that game to the community. Feel free to come join.

User Info: hihi123hihi hihi123hihi 1 year ago #6 Dragen posted...

Tip 5: If you want to boost your Score early, consider getting Zen's Earth's Blessing skill. It doubles the Score obtained from killing mobs. It costs 5 SP to purchase and has a prerequisite skill at a cost of 1 SP.

Does this skill only work when Zen is in the active party, or does it work even when he's on standby? 3DS Friend Code: 5370-0510-8592

Pokemon Ultra Sun IGN: Sun Does this skill only work when Zen is in the active party, or does it work even when he's on standby?

User Info: Dragen Dragen (Topic Creator) 1 year ago #7 hihi123hihi posted...

Dragen posted...

Tip 5: If you want to boost your Score early, consider getting Zen's Earth's Blessing skill. It doubles the Score obtained from killing mobs. It costs 5 SP to purchase and has a prerequisite skill at a cost of 1 SP.

Does this skill only work when Zen is in the active party, or does it work even when he's on standby?

I haven't tested it, but I believe it only works when he's in the activate party. The score doubling doesn't work with the Combo bonus to score so that was my main way of earning score during my demo farming so now that I'm at 300k score, it wasn't as important to me. XD (\/) Read Gold Digger every month

( 'o') & Lvl Up Xplorers every Sunday I haven't tested it, but I believe it only works when he's in the activate party. The score doubling doesn't work with the Combo bonus to score so that was my main way of earning score during my demo farming so now that I'm at 300k score, it wasn't as important to me. XD

User Info: Dragen Dragen (Topic Creator) 1 year ago #8 (\/) Read Gold Digger every month

( 'o') & Lvl Up Xplorers every Sunday Tip 7: You don't have to explore with 4 people in the active party. Just 1 is required. Since only active party members lose stamina and build bladder gauge while walking around the dungeons, only use 1 if you're not dealing with any combat.

User Info: hihi123hihi hihi123hihi 1 year ago #9 Dragen posted...

I haven't tested it, but I believe it only works when he's in the activate party. The score doubling doesn't work with the Combo bonus to score so that was my main way of earning score during my demo farming so now that I'm at 300k score, it wasn't as important to me. XD

Yeah I see what you mean. I've been following your farming method (thanks for the tips btw) and I've gained a good amount of score so far although not as much as you. I'll probably just stop at 200k. But I've noticed that some skills say "While in the party" so the fact that this isn't said in the description for Earth's Blessing makes me think it works even if he's not in the party but if that's the case I wonder if it works if he's dead, or more generally if skills work even when the skills' owner is dead. I really wish the game would explain things like this more clearly.



Also I noticed that dropped items don't despawn unless it lands on water, at least not that I've seen. The items I left on the switches in the Ruins on 3F are still there after many in-game days, and Driftwood I left right outside the Garage have also stayed there for days. I don't know if they ever despawn, but if you completely close out of the game and reload the save the items you left on the ground should still be there. So basically,



Tip: If you need extra storage, just drop stuff on the ground. I'm not sure if they ever despawn but you can either check to make sure everything's there before saving or make multiple saves because reloading saves doesn't seem to despawn them. I'd suggest that you start dropping them in the parking lot area in front of the garage. Items will despawn if they fall in water, so it'd be best to keep them near the middle of the island to prevent this, and it's easier to find and will be right next to the cooking and crafting stations for easy access. Also, Driftwood doesn't stack so they waste inventory space so dropping them on the ground helps clear inventory space without losing them.



The Warehouse isn't too necessary at the moment since there's not that many item types available yet so it's not too hard to organize them on the ground, although you do need to pick up the items when you want to cook or craft so it's slightly inconvenient. But there is the option of using the Partition to instead upgrade your Bedrooms or Toilet to level 2 (Workshop and Kitchen need materials not available in the demo yet). The Toilet upgrade isn't really necessary at this point either, but if you want to maximize the amount of grinding you do in the demo before the game's release then upgrading the Bedroom may be a good idea since it looks like you can increase bond levels starting from Bedroom LV2. Although it's too late for those of us who already built the Warehouse. But you can just farm more Score and items in the meantime. 3DS Friend Code: 5370-0510-8592

Pokemon Ultra Sun IGN: Sun Yeah I see what you mean. I've been following your farming method (thanks for the tips btw) and I've gained a good amount of score so far although not as much as you. I'll probably just stop at 200k. But I've noticed that some skills say "While in the party" so the fact that this isn't said in the description for Earth's Blessing makes me think it works even if he's not in the party but if that's the case I wonder if it works if he's dead, or more generally if skills work even when the skills' owner is dead. I really wish the game would explain things like this more clearly.Also I noticed that dropped items don't despawn unless it lands on water, at least not that I've seen. The items I left on the switches in the Ruins on 3F are still there after many in-game days, and Driftwood I left right outside the Garage have also stayed there for days. I don't know if they ever despawn, but if you completely close out of the game and reload the save the items you left on the ground should still be there. So basically,Tip: If you need extra storage, just drop stuff on the ground. I'm not sure if they ever despawn but you can either check to make sure everything's there before saving or make multiple saves because reloading saves doesn't seem to despawn them. I'd suggest that you start dropping them in the parking lot area in front of the garage. Items will despawn if they fall in water, so it'd be best to keep them near the middle of the island to prevent this, and it's easier to find and will be right next to the cooking and crafting stations for easy access. Also, Driftwood doesn't stack so they waste inventory space so dropping them on the ground helps clear inventory space without losing them.The Warehouse isn't too necessary at the moment since there's not that many item types available yet so it's not too hard to organize them on the ground, although you do need to pick up the items when you want to cook or craft so it's slightly inconvenient. But there is the option of using the Partition to instead upgrade your Bedrooms or Toilet to level 2 (Workshop and Kitchen need materials not available in the demo yet). The Toilet upgrade isn't really necessary at this point either, but if you want to maximize the amount of grinding you do in the demo before the game's release then upgrading the Bedroom may be a good idea since it looks like you can increase bond levels starting from Bedroom LV2. Although it's too late for those of us who already built the Warehouse. But you can just farm more Score and items in the meantime.