Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 15:37:01 EDT
ZSNES ZST Save State Hacking Guide for "Mystic Ark" (sequel to "Elnard;"
the series is known as "The 7th Saga" in the United States)
EXTRA EXTRA: Walkthrough/Charts for the early part of the game
Written & Researched by Ragnarosen (ragnarosen@hotmail.com)
"Elnard," "Mystic Ark," and all character names therein are trademarks
of Enix Company.
"The 7th Saga" is a registered trademark of Enix Corporation of America.
To alter the statistics of your characters through hacking into
your save state (or *.ZST file), you'll need to go to Break
Point Software (http://www.bpsoft.com) and download a program
called "Hex Workshop." Once you're finished downloading and
the program is finished running SETUP.EXE automatically, open
Hex Workshop and use it to open any ZST files you may have.
----------------------------GAME HACKING DATA-----------------------------
To learn about HEX WORKSHOP and hexadecimal hacking in
general, refer to Jason Timmon's "Hexadecimal Coding And
Hacking Primer," which I included at the beginning of my
save state hacking guide for "Dragon Warrior III." You
can find it at GameFAQs.
***How To Become Richer Than Bill Gates***
Money: BD36, BD35, BD34, BD33
Input "FFE0F505" at Offset BD33
***Character 1***
Level: BC15 (Actual Value -1. Level 81 is "50" instead of "51."
The level never goes above 81 for some reason. Input a
higher value than 50 and you'll glitch the game.)
Current HP: BC18, BC17 (Highest legal value is 999, input "E703")
Maximum HP: BC1A, BC19 (Highest legal value is 999, input "E703")
Current MP: BC1C, BC1B (Highest legal value is 999, input "E703")
Maximum MP: BC1E, BC1D (Highest legal value is 999, input "E703")
Power: BC20, BC1F (Highest legal value is 999, input "E703")
Guard: BC22, BC21 (Highest legal value is 999, input "E703")
Magic: BC24, BC23 (Highest legal value is 999, input "E703")
Speed: BC26, BC25 (Highest legal value is 999, input "E703")
Experience: BC8E, BC8D, BC8C, BC8B (Highest legal value is 99999900.
Input "9CE0F505.")
----------------------------GAME WALKTHROUGH------------------------------
***Weapon Chart***
*Rainier/Grace*
Name Power Price Comments
Rusty Sword 0 1 Useless, left by Skeleton
Kyzoku Knife 2 10 Sold in Gumbo
Bronze Blade 3 30 Found in Casa Portal
Kyzoku Saber 6 30 Sold in Gumbo, left by Skeleton
***Armor Chart***
*Rainier/Grace*
Name Guard Price Comments
Leather Armor 1 80 Body Armor: sold in Broadhook & Gumbo,
Rainier starts with it
Chain Mail 3 140 Body Armor: sold in Gumbo
Leather Hat 1 8 Helmet: sold in Broadhook & Gumbo
Buckler 1 18 Shield: sold in Broadhook & Gumbo
**Item Chart**
Name Price Comments
Potion 40 Restores 50 HP
Antidote 15 Cures "Poison" status
Goddess Tear - Rainier starts with it
Crystal - Allows you to see enemy positions
Autumn Bottle - Found in Casa Portal, you can store honey
inside
Rusty Key - Found in Casa Portal, use to open CP's exit
Extra Mast - Found in Broadhook
Onion - A cat gives this to you, give it to Bragg in
the Broadhook Dungeon
Ice Claw - Win this from the chess-playing cat
Torch - Found in Cave NW of Gumbo
Spy Papers - Pink-Hat gives this to you, give it to Sixpack
for the Reports
Reports - Sixpack gives this to you, show it to the 2
cats at the Gumbo Entrance so you can
enter Gumbo
***Spell Chart***
*Rainier (Male Hero)*
Learns "Guard" option at Level 3
Learns "Figure" option at Level 7
Learns "Midare-Uchi" option at Level 8
Learns "Hadou" option at Level 20
Name MP Level Effects
Health 3 2 Recover 50 HP/single
Fire 2 4 Fire attack/single
Warp Gate 14 6 Warp to any town visited once
Power 8 9 Increase "Power" by 20%
Fire Storm 4 11 Stronger Fire attack/single
More Health 6 13 Recover 100 HP/single
Death Guard 6 15 Protects against instant death
Heat Cyclone 8 18 Fire attack/multiple
Heal 6 21 Recover 50 HP/multiple
Plasma Field 8 26 Lightning attack/single
Kill 10 29 Instant death/single
Full Health 15 33 Recover all HP/single
*Grace (Female Hero)*
Learns "Guard" option at Level 4
Learns "Figure" option at Level 7
Learns "Midare-Uchi" option at Level 9
Learns "Hadou" option at Level 22
Name MP Level Effects
Health 3 2 Recover 50 HP/single
Sleep 3 3 Puts one enemy to sleep
Cold Down 3 5 Ice attack/single
Warp Gate 14 6 Warp to any town visited once
Speed 6 8 Increase "Speed" by 20%
Ice Wall 5 10 Ice attack/multiple
Ice Rock Nail 6 11 Stronger Ice attack/single
More Health 6 12 Recover 100 HP/single
Death Guard 6 16 Protects against instant death
Hard 8 18 Increase "Guard" by 20%
Ice Chain 10 19 Stronger Ice attack/multiple
Heal 6 20 Recover 50 HP/multiple
Plasma Field 8 21 Lightning attack/single
Full Health 15 23 Recover all HP/single
Cure 4 26 Cures all negative status
***Battle Options***
*Main Menu*
Tatakau Opens "Battle Options" Menu for current
character
Dougu Opens "Item" Menu
Mahou Opens "Magic" Menu
Status View status
Auto-Settei Toggle Auto-Battle mode (Auto/Manual)
*Rainier/Grace*
Name
Kiru Weapon attack on one enemy
Guard Fighter takes defensive position
Figure If successful, target data will be
added to Monster List
Midare-Uchi Weapon attack on all enemies, about half
as powerful as "Kiru"
Hadou Non-elemental magic damage on one enemy
Nigeru If successful, party runs from battle
***Walkthrough***
---The Temple Of The 7 Statues---
You start in an odd temple-like room with 7 statues, and YOU are the statue
in the center.
You start with two items: the GODDESS TEAR and the LEATHER ARMOR, which you
should EQUIP immediately.
Go out of the temple room and throw the GODDESS TEAR into the fireplace to
turn it into the CRYSTAL. Possession of the CRYSTAL allows you to
go through all the doors in the temple, including the one that leads
outside.
There are no monsters outside, just a statue of a goddess who says something
in Japanese, a cave on the beach with a locked door, several houses
with locked doors, an unlocked house with a broken switch and a
broken music box, and an unreachable sword clearly visible from the
north shore.
Go back into the temple and go upstairs. On the second floor, there are 2
doors. Go inside the LEFT door, and SEARCH the ship in a bottle.
You'll be transported to Casa Portal.
---The Rival Clans of Cat Pirates---
Be sure to grab all the treasure inside Casa Portal. One of the bottles
contains honey. Drink it to completely restore your HP and MP for
free. EQUIP the sword you get from one of the boxes.
Use the key you find in Casa Portal to unlock the exit door. Once outside,
you'll be in the Overworld. Anyone who played "The 7th Saga" will
instantly recognize the crystal ball with the moving dots in the
upper left-hand corner of the screen.
The only monsters you'll fight here are "Claws," which look like purple
wyverns. They may look intimidating, but can be defeated with a
couple hits.
East of Casa Portal is the first town, which looks like a pink sailing
ship on dry land. Once inside, two cats in pirate outfits greet
you, and you find out the name of the town (Broadhook).
The main hallway in Broadhook contains an up staircase and a down stair-
case, two rooms to the left of the stairs, and one room to the
right. On the far right of the hallway are two treasure boxes.
Open 'em! The cat pirates won't mind. (You receive LEATHER HAT
and EXTRA MAST)
The room to the right of the staircase is the all-purpose store. It's
got armor and item stores, but no weapon store yet. Inside the
store is a cat named Sixpack. Remember his name and location!
And buy a Buckler, too. You won't need Potions 'cause my hacking
codes will make you practically invincible.
Of the two rooms to the left of the staircase, the right room is the
Inn. Restore your HP/MP for 10 G.
The left room contains two cats. Talk to the one on the top and answer
"Yes" to his question. There's a hungry prisoner named Bragg in
the jail, so this cat gives you an ONION to feed Bragg.
Both staircases are blocked, but if you talk to the cat guarding the
one leading down, he'll let you through.
Downstairs is the prison. First, talk to the cat at the table. He'll
challenge you to a game of chess. Beat him and he'll give you
the ICE CLAW. (It's simple, really: just use your knight to
knock down his pawns.)
Bragg is in the prison cell on the right. When the "Search" menu opens,
select "Use Item" and then select the Onion. Bragg loves Onions,
so he tells you a secret about how to enter Gumbo. (Try to enter
Gumbo, the Black Ship across the gorge from Broadhook, and the
cats will kick you out. There's a cave to the northwest of the
black ship that leads to Gumbo's basement, but it's blocked off
by a monster.)
Go back upstairs and the cat who guards the staircase leading up will
ask you to tell Sixpack to get back to work. Go to the store
and talk to Sixpack.
Sixpack will tell you to talk to his friend Pink-Hat, who is in the
basement of Gumbo. Once you talk to him, the monster inside the
cave disappears.
Go inside the cave, get the Torch from the treasure box, and slide down
the sand falls. Fight Skeletons inside the cave until you get
the Kyzoku Saber, which is twice as powerful as the Bronze Blade.
Once at the bottom of the cave, you'll notice two more passages blocked
off by rocks. (!!) Go through the door at the end and you'll find
yourself inside Gumbo's basement.
Talk to Pink-Hat (He's the cat near the entrance with the pink hat. You
can't miss him.) and he'll give you the Spy Papers. He also
tells you to go back to Broadhook and show it to Sixpack.
Even though you're in Gumbo's basement, you can't access the upper deck
of the black ship because a cat is blocking the only staircase
leading up.
Exit the cave (it's kinda hard to get back up the sand falls) and return
to Broadhook. Show the Spy Papers to Sixpack (he's in the store)
and he'll give you the Reports. Once you have this item in your
possession, you can freely enter and exit Gumbo, the Black Ship.
Gumbo's weapon/armor/item store is located right next to the entrance.
Buy a suit of Chain Mail (and a Kyzoku Saber if you weren't lucky
enough to steal it from a Skeleton).
---The Leads Stop Here---
Well, that's as far as I can get in the game. It would be a lot easier if
there wasn't as much Kanji (Chinese characters) and more Kana
(Japanese syllable-based letters) in the dialogue. I had to keep
my Japanese-to-English dictionary at my side at all times when
playing this ROM, and the partial translation patch available at
Zophar's Domain (http://www.zophar.net) isn't much help. If you
know of a way to progress in the game, tell me about it (my e-mail
address is at the beginning of this FAQ) and I'll print it in my
next version of the FAQ, along with your name in the "Special
Thanks To" section.
