Man why you even got to do a thing
Case File 1
20 May 2009
S.A. Renegade
Stocking up (1)
You just have to give up 5 medicines. I'm not even going to tell you how to do this one. Medicines are all over the place.
Collection Warrant (1)
You get this one from Sadakichi at Kasumidai. You need to hand over 10 lifestones. Please. Don't ask me to tell you where to find these. They're almost as abundant as medicines.
Kagami Hell!
This one requires you to hand over a Pyro Steel. You should already have plenty of these by the time you get this case. If you don't go fight Pyro order demons and kill them for a chance to get it as a drop. You can also try negotiating with them and asking for an item but killing them seems more effective.
Low on Stock (1)
For this one you have to hand over 2 wood ornaments. You should have these as soon as you unlock this case. If you don't have them because you sold them, don't worry too much. Just keep playing and eventually you will have them, because enemies sometimes drop them. Alternatively, there are some wood ornaments scattered about the world in different areas. If you want to get them that way, you can use the search function to look for wood ornament and see which areas have it.
Request for Gems (1)
You need an Aquamarine for this one. You really should already have one by the time you get this quest, but if you don't, remember that you can get gems by negotiating with demons and asking for an item, and also by fusing a demon who has maxed out loyalty. They will give you a letter and an item, which a lot of the time will be a gem.
Demons for Science! (1)
This quest requires that you give up a Pagan Lilim. You'll have to create her through fusion. There are many ways to create a Lilim. Here's the deal: Lilim is level 19. To create her, search through your current demons in the fusion screen for a combination that will result in a pagan order demon. Once you've found that, look at the resulting demon's level. If it's lower than 19 (Lilim's level), then that means the two parent demons' original levels are too low (what I mean by original level is the level they come with when they are created or recruited). So create a demon of the SAME ORDER as any of the two parent demons but with a higher original level. If the resulting pagan order demon is still lower than level 19, keep making parent demons with higher original levels until you get a Lilim.
Here's an example: You have a level 13 Jack Frost and a level 3 Volt Koropokkur. A fusion of these two demons results in a level 12 Pagan Alp. That's lower than Pagan Lilim, so it means we need higher level parent demons. So you decide to create a level 10 Volt Agathion because he's the same order as Koropokkur, only higher level. You check what results from the fusion between Jack Frost and your new Agathion and it turns out this makes a level 15 Pagan Mokoi. This is still lower than Pagan Lilim, so it means we need even higher level parent demons. You decide to fuse your Moh Shuvuu and your Enku to create a level 14 Volt Makami. This is the same order as Volt Agathion, only higher level. You check to see what demon results from the fusion between Makami and Jack Frost, and it turns out Lilim comes out. That's the one you want.
Lab Rats
This is the first sidequest. You have to complete it to progress. Just go to Dark Tsukudo-Cho and walk to the first save point.
Ghost Driver
According to the case information, the ghost car is over at Dark Tsukudo-Cho. So head on over there.
Move over to the place where you fought Inugami. You remember where that is, don't you? 'course you do. Head north from there until you hear an engine sound. Then you'll be thrust into combat.
---Boss: Volt Rumored Oboroguruma---
My level: 17
This guy isn't too strong, but you're on a 3 minute timer, so you have to do a lot of damage to him and kill him before time runs out. He's frail to wind, so what you want to do is have two demons who know Zan (or even better, Mazan) constantly using it on him. If you want to have even more chances to frail stun him, throw Wind Sword into the mix. Remember, Poltergeist learns that if you level it up once. If you're at least level 13, you can fuse an Obariyon and a Sandman to form a Wind Moh Shuvuu. This is a pretty nice demon to have for this fight because not only does she have Zan, but she absorbs Oboroguruma's electric attacks, giving you extra MAG with which to unleash your attacks!
Oboroguruma only has two attacks: Mazio, and a rush attack. If you have Moh Shuvuu, just block the Mazio when you see the cue, but don't hide your demons so that she can drain it and give you extra MAG. Don't worry about the other demon dying. Getting MAG is more important. If you don't have a demon who can absorb Mazio, then go ahead and hide them.
Stay on Oboroguruma's face so that he's more inclined to attack you and leaves your demons free to spam him with Zan. Keep your finger on the block button and combo him once immediately after he uses an attack during his recovery. This will usually cause him to go into frail stun and you can get some more hits on him and replenish your MAG. Once he recovers from stun, go back to blocking because he's about to attack.
Keep doing this and he should go down before the 3 minutes are up.
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Stare from the Cracks
You get this one from either talking to the herald or the owner of Shin Sekai. Damned if I remember which. But whatever, whaddya think I am, some kinda machine? Take the case and head over to the exhibition at Fukagawa-Cho. Check the lattice door on the side to the right of the buffoon who keeps telling you stories for no charge. Looks like the one who was staring from the cracks was just a regular vanilla Makami. He's pissed off at people being dicks and challenges you to a fight! Except wait, now dere's TREE off dem? Well, Makami...dere's ONE of me.
---Boss: Volt Rumored Makami---
My level: 25
Just kidding. There are actually a jillion of 'em. Thing is, uh. These guys are absolute pussies. They pose approximately ZERO threat. In fact, don't even bother trying to avoid their attacks, they don't do that much damage! The entire strategy here is to just bring in two demons who know Mazan and spam it constantly to kill them. That's it. Seriously this is such an easy battle. It's just very long since there are so many of them. Other than that, it helps to command your demon to keep using mazan instead of striking at the Makamis while they're stunned. That'll make it go faster. And if you want to rape them even harder, use Wind Sword. This is far from necessary though.
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You'll get a dragon tiles for your trouble. That's it for this quest. Moving on!
Cursed House
Get over to the gambling parlor to get the skinny from Osamu. He directs you to the house in front of the violent chicken. Go into the house and you'll find the umbrella maker. It seems his illness may be caused by a demon. Gouto says to follow the demon's scent to its source. Hmm... not much to go by. Either way, go to the back door of that same house and take out your volt order demon. Use its inspect ability and you'll find a demonic footprint. Now go back to the violent chicken, and bring out a frost order demon. Use cool down on it. Looks like this chicken's turned out to be a demon. Let's go!
---Boss: Frost Rumored Basilisk---
My level: 25
This guy can be dangerous if you don't defend properly. He's weak to electricity so bring in demons who know Mazio or Ziorati. I suppose Zio could also do, but come on! You can do better. Set both demons to spam their electric skills. Now, you have to be careful. While Basilisk won't outright kill you with an attack, he still hits for a lot and can cause both poison and stone. When the battle starts, hide your demons and watch what he does. If he uses an attack right away, it's a good thing you had your demons hidden huh? But if instead he just starts walking, unhide your demons and let them hit him with their zio skills. Basilisk goes into frail stun very easily. When he does, get two combos on him (if you're using mazio and ziorati. If you're using vanilla zio, you'll only be able to get off one combo). As soon as he comes out of frail stun, hide your demons and roll away and to one side because he will retaliate with one of his attacks.
I said away and to the side because he might use Glacial Blast, which has big range in a straight line. If he uses this and misses (which he should if you rolled away) run up to his backside and unhide your demons and unleash those zio skills while he's locked into the move. If you're lucky he'll even go into frail stun again if zio hits him after he finishes the move.
He also might use Venomstrike. This move is very powerful and also poisons. It's also fast and somewhat difficult to see coming. But if you rolled away as soon as he went out of frail stun like I told you, it shouldn't be a problem, he'll just whiff it. I will note, however, that even though it's fast, it still has a visible cue and avoiding it on reaction like I did in my video is possible. You'll see white beams surround him as he's preparing it. If you see that and your demons are near him, very quickly hide them like I do in my video to avoid it.
Finally he can also use Petra. This move is hell of dangerous, since it turns you to stone and leaves you completely vulnerable to a one hit kill for a while. Do not get hit by this. Fortunately, the cue is somewhat long and obvious. Hell, you even get a big fat message on the screen telling you when Petra is coming. It affects an area all around Basilisk, but rather than try dodging and risking it, it's best to just hide your demons and block whenever you see the cue. Remember not to jump the gun and unhide your demons too soon though, because Petra can still hit them a little bit after it's over.
In any case, have your demons attack him right after he uses one of his attacks, but keep your guard up in case he doesn't get frail stunned immediately and uses another attack.
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After the fight, Basilisk says he's sorry and says he'll let you choose between two treasure boxes if you forgive him. You can demand both boxes but it won't do anything. And you can choose not to forgive him but he'll just keep asking the question again. Ah phooew. Anyways. You'll get the choice of either the heavy treasure box with a lot inside or the light treasure box with not much inside. I know common sense tells us that the light one obviously has something amazing in it, but alas, this time it ain't so. The light one only has like. 200 yen or some shit. The heavy one on the other hand has a beetle and a Stag Beetle! MUCH better! Incidentally, the beetle is the item you need to complete the Bug Collector (1) case, and the other way to get one is through luck with the item find skill, so I strongly urge you to choose the heavy box. Anyways! We're done with this quest. On to the next one!
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