o \ Introduction / o=========================================================================o This is the final version of the guide, and that means that I will no longer be answering emails concerning material covered in the Walkthrough section. This guide has undergone so much cosmetic surgery, that this will be the last update forever. I'm letting the poor thing rest (I felt guilty after posting a half re-formatted version on GameFAQs, and I finally finished up what I started). So please enjoy the contents of the guide! And look for my KH2 Guide soon. (No, I'm not writing one for Chain of Memories, sorry.) o=============================================================================o \ Table of Contents / o=========================================================================o 1. Story --------------------------------------------------------------> [stry]2. Controls -----------------------------------------------------------> [cntr]3. Walkthrough --------------------------------------------------------> [wkth]4. Flowchart ----------------------------------------------------------> [flwc]5. Dalmatians ---------------------------------------------------------> [dlma]6. Trinity Marks ------------------------------------------------------> [trma]7. Postcards ----------------------------------------------------------> [pscd]8. Torn Pages ---------------------------------------------------------> [trnp]9. Mushrooms ----------------------------------------------------------> [mshr]10. Synthesis Shop ----------------------------------------------------> [snth]11. Gummi Ship --------------------------------------------------------> [gmmi]12. Magic -------------------------------------------------------------> [magc]13. Summon Spells -----------------------------------------------------> [smsp]14. Items -------------------------------------------------------------> [itms]15. Weapons -----------------------------------------------------------> [weps]16. Accessories -------------------------------------------------------> [accs]17. Abilities ---------------------------------------------------------> [abls]18. Enemies -----------------------------------------------------------> [enms]19. 'Simple and Clean' Lyrics -----------------------------------------> [lrcs]20. Version History ---------------------------------------------------> [vrhs] * For a quicker way to jump around the guide, use Ctrl+F to search for any of the abbreviations in the brackets. For an even easier time, jump to the Flowchart and then find where you are in the game. From there use Ctrl+F again to jump to a section or Boss Fight. o=============================================================================o \ 1. Story [stry] / o=========================================================================o This is the basic story behind Kingdom Hearts, taken from the instruction book. The Destiny Islands are a beautiful paradise where children's laughter abounds. Day after day, Sora, Riku, and Kairi talk and dream of new places, new worlds beyond their islands. They ponder the usual questions that adolescents do-about the world outside, about their existence. Little do they know a great destiny awaits them. One stormy night, a terrible darkness invades the Destiny Islands. Thus does their journey begin... Sora awakens in another world, in a place called Traverse Town. His hopes of seeing new worlds are realized, but his friends Riku and Kairi are nowhere in sight. Meanwhile, Donald and Goofy have also arrived in Travers Town. They have come from Disney Castle in search of a "key" and its owner. Their king, who has mysteriously disappeared, has left them a cryptic message: "Now, there's somebody with a 'key'-the key to our survival... we need that key." What is happening to this world? The "somebody" mentioned by the missing king turns out to be Sora. To find Kairi and Riku, Sora joins Donald and Goofy and embarks on an epic journey. o=============================================================================o \ 2. Controls [cntr] / o=========================================================================o ===============================================================================X Button ----------------------------> Confirm, execute selected action, attack O Button --------------------> Cancel, jump, swim, surface when swimming/flying Square Button ---> Use certain equipped abilities, descend when swimming/flying Triangle Button -------------------> Makes party members attack selected target Start -----------------------------------------------> Display menu, pause game Select -----------------------------------------------> Enter first person view Left Analog Stick -------------------------------> Move character, browse menus Right Analog Stick ---------------------------------------> Browse Command Menu D-Pad ----------------------------------------------------> Browse Command Menu L1 ------------------------------------------------> Hold to display magic menu R1 ------------------------------------------------------> Lock on/off an enemy L2/R2 -------> Rotate camera in respective directions, switch targets in battle Soft Reset --------------------------------> L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 + Start + Select =============================================================================== o=============================================================================o \ 3. Walkthrough [wkth] / o=========================================================================o
============================================================================= A. AWAKENING [A0]
=============================================================================.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. Enemies: Shadow Darkside (Boss) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Items: Potion '-----------------------------------------------------------------------------' This part is a bit disorienting at first, as you have no idea where you are. After the lovely opening cinema, you take control of Sora, our main character. You are asked to choose between a staff, a shield, and a sword. After you choose one, you are asked to sacrifice one of them. The combination you pick will determine your starting statistics, and what weapon you carry for this brief sequence. Finally, your initial choice affects when Sora will learn certain abilities. Please refer to the Abilities section for a full list of Sora's abilities, and when he gains them. Here is a chart all the combinations.For a list of Sora's learned abilities depending on your choice, please refer to the Abilities section. .--------------------------------------------. Choose Sacrifice STR DEF MP AP -------------------------------------------- Staff Shield 5 1 3 3 Staff Sword 3 3 3 3 Shield Staff 5 4 2 1 Shield Sword 4 4 2 3 Sword Staff 6 2 2 1 Sword Shield 6 1 2 3 '--------------------------------------------' Go with whatever combination you see fit. I chose the sword, then shield, because I don't want to rely on Defense, since I am fairly good at dodging attacks. Think about what compliments your skill as a player. Just don't lose sleep over it ;). As an added note, perfectionists should be aware that starting the game with 3 MP (by choosing the Staff) will allow them to end the game with 1 more MP than normal. Your other stats will be low, but you can always make up for them with status items that raise strength and defense. There is no such item for MP. Also take into consideration the fact that choosing the Shield will result in more item slots you can use in battle. It's a tough decision, but I'd go with the extra MP. After choosing, you will fall onto another platform similar to the first. Here is your first real battle with the Heartless. This is a simple battle, and you really shouldn't lose. Just keep attacking, and practice dodging. .=============================================================================. Shadow (Opening Dream) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stats HP: 10 ATK: 2 EXP: 1 DEF: 2 Drops (Defeated) HP balls ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shadows are the basic creatures that you will fight in Kingdom Hearts. They don't have a lot of HP, and they aren't very strong either. They tend to attack in large groups, and will sink into the floor sometimes. You can't hit them while they are in the floor. The only attack they seem to possess is a scratching attack. For now, they only drop HP balls, but later they drop munny, and items like Potions and Lucid Shards. '=============================================================================' Once you have defeated all of the enemies, you will fall onto yet another platform. Inspect the door (use the d-pad or right analog stick to choose), and a chest will appear behind you. Go ahead and open that to make a box appear. Push it around if you want, but you need to hack it open to make a barrel appear. You will also find a POTION in the crate. Walk over to the barrel and choose lift, and the door finally opens. Walking through this door brings you outside, where you will see three familiar faces (that is, if you are a Final Fantasy player). You need to talk to all three characters to continue. This is another little choice that will affect the difficulty of the game. Depending on the responses you give, you will get one of three messages. The message that says something about leaving at dawn will allow you to level up the fastest, obviously making the game easier. The message about leaving at noon will let you level up at a normal rate, and leaving at dusk is the hardest, as you will level up slowly. Here is a chart that you can use to determine what difficulty you will get. Selphie: "What's most important to you?" 1. Being number one. 2. Friendship. 3. My prize possessions. Wakka: "What do you want outta life?" 1. To see rare sights. 2. To broaden my horizons. 3. To be strong. Tidus: "What are you afraid of?" 1. Getting old. 2. Being different. 3. Being indecisive. Well, this chart is a little weird. To use it, answer Selphie and Wakka first, and take the responses that you gave them and put the numbers in that order. For example, if you told Selphie friendship, and Wakka to be strong, then you would take the number 23. Find that number on the chart and go down until it meets the number you chose for Tidus. Argh, this is confusing. Here's the bloody chart: You picked (Selphie, Wakka) 11 12 13 21 22 23 31 32 33 ----------------------------------- You 1 E M E E M M E M H Picked 2 E M M M M M H M H (Tidus) 3 E M H M M H H H H E = Fast leveling up. Easy. Your journey begins at dawn.M = Normal leveling up. Medium. Your journey begins at noon.H = Slow leveling up. Hard. Your journey begins in the dead of night. For those of you who don't want to be confused by weird charts, just give the three characters the first three answers to get fast leveling up, the second answers for normal leveling up, or the last three answers for slow leveling up. There, it didn't have to be that complicated did it? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE: I received an email from SonoJimmy that said the following: "From my experience, if you pick all three of the first answers then you will level up speedily until level 50, then you will level up slowly from then on until level 100. The second answers will make you level up at the same speed for the whole game, of course at a gradiant equal to your level. If you were to pick all of the third answers then it would be vice versa of picking the first ones, obviously, you will level up slowly to level 50 and then reverse to level up swiftly from that point." I think that's how the leveling system works. Thanks SonoJimmy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once that ordeal is over with, you find yourself back in the dark place. After fighting more Heartless, you will learn about a new feature, the Save Point. After saving, continue up the new ramp that was built until you reach the next platform. The next part is super sweet, and I think you will agree. .=============================================================================. BOSS FIGHT: Darkside (Opening Dream) [A1] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stats HP: 240 ATK: 2 EXP: 18 DEF: 2 Drops (Defeated) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This boss shouldn't give you too much trouble, but it doesn't matter if you die, as this is just a dream, after all (or is it... oooooh). Darkside isn't very agile, and you will be able to anticipate his attacks most definitely. Attack 1: Summon Heartless Darkside's first attack isn't direct. He shoves his hand into the ground to summon Heartless. This gives you an advantage. You can easily attack the submerged hand from here, and you can kill the smaller creatures for HP orbs. Also, if you're good, climb up onto his hand and walk along his arm. You will get 2 tech points every time you hit Darkside's head. Attack 2: Energy Blast This attack IS direct, and much more deadly than attack #1. Darkside releases charged energy that homes in on your position. If you feel inexperienced, and want to conserve HP, keep moving, and you ought to be able to dodge the blasts. If you feel lucky enough, stand your ground and deflect the energy back at Darkside by swinging your weapon at just the right moment. You will get Tech points for this, and it takes a good chunk of his HP away, especially if you hit him with multiple blasts. Try to lock onto his head before you try this to maximize the amount of Tech points you get. '=============================================================================' Regardless of the outcome of the battle, you will finally wake up, back on Destiny Islands.
============================================================================= B. DESTINY ISLANDS [B0]
=============================================================================.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. Enemies: Shadow Darkside (Boss) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Items: Potion (unlimited) Seagull Egg Coconut X2 Cloth Hi-Potion X2 Drinking Water Fish X3 Rope Log X2 Empty Bottle Mushroom X3 Pretty Stone (unlimited) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accessories: Protect Chain ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keyblades: Kingdom Key '-----------------------------------------------------------------------------' Sora lives with his friends Kairi and Riku on the Destiny Islands. They have always dreamt about exploring faraway worlds that they could only guess existed. Lately, the three friends have been building a raft, and this is exactly what your first task is. =====Day 1===== After the awesome cut scenes, you are given control of Sora again. Your task is to find material for the raft, because everyone else is a lazy bum. Your task is to find the following items: 1 Cloth 2 Logs 1 Length of Rope Kairi asks you to return when you have found them all. Turn around and walk along the shore to start your search. You will almost immediately find the first LOG underneath the pier. Continue onward, but turn right to see a small shack. Inside is a Save Point, and an exit to the upper level. Exit the shack on the upper level. You can also get up here by jumping onto the roof of the shack from outside. Cross the pier and search the small island for another LOG. The last two items are on the other side of this half of Destiny Island. (You cannot access the other half of the island quite yet). Trek across the beach to the next development of shacks. Head up the ramps connected to the massive tree and enter the hut here. On the wall is the CLOTH you are looking for, so just walk into it to grab it. Back outside on the balcony, look down and to the right until you see a little kid swinging a stick. Head towards him to a small deck area (the place you were questioned in before, in the dream world). Check the corner of the platform for the ROPE. Congratulations! That's all we need for the raft. =======DUELING======= You have probably talked to many of the characters by now, and noticed that they ask you to duel. Accept the offer to duel, and get ready to fight. .=============================================================================. DUEL: Wakka [B1] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wakka is on the beach with his Blitzball, and he's pretty easy to beat too. When the match starts, wait until he throws the ball, and hit it back at him, much like you may have done with Darkside. When done correctly, Wakka will sustain damage, and be stunned, giving you an opportunity to pull off a single combo on him. You also get 1 Tech point for doing it. If he jumps in the air to chuck the ball at you ("Take this!"), try to hit it back, and you will get 2 Tech points. '=============================================================================' .=============================================================================. DUEL: Selphie [B2] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not too much strategy here. You will get tech points if you can hit her weapon back at her (a jump rope I guess? Apparently it is according to Julie Lee. Thanks for the tip). Other than that, just keep hitting her, and she'll go down in no time. '=============================================================================' .=============================================================================. DUEL: Tidus [B3] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tidus is on a higher platform where you found the Rope for the raft. Fighting Tidus is a little harder than his two friends. Tidus likes to jump and swing his stick a lot, and it causes a lot of damage. Try to avoid these assaults while getting attacks of your own in. Aerial combos work well here, so you shouldn't have too much of a problem. Try to get a few good combos in if you get behind him, especially if he starts to taunt. '=============================================================================' ==========3-Way Duel========== Talk to Tidus after defeating all three of them in single battle, and you can now choose to fight all three of the characters. This is obviously very tough. The strategy that I found most effective was to focus on them one at a time, starting with Selphie. Corner her, but keep moving to avoid Blitzballs. She should go down eventually. After Selphie, focus your attacks on Wakka. It's too risky to stand around waiting for him to chuck the blitzball, so just combo him into submission. When you just have Tidus left, use the same strategy you used earlier, and you should win. You get a POTION for winning this battle. Of course, you will probably find an easier way of winning; it just depends on luck and skill. I was at Level 6 by the time I beat them! .=============================================================================. DUEL: Riku [B4] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riku is found on the tall island where you found the second raft Log. This is by far the toughest of the duels, as Riku is a skilled swordsman (at least compared to everyone else), and his ground recovery attack is lethal. This is definitely a hit and run battle, because if you button mash, I guarantee you will fail (unless you are very, very lucky). What I like to do is rush in after he attacks, hit him once, and jump away. If you get around to his backside (for example, when he is taunt
