Dragon Slayer: Legend of Heroes route notes


1	CHAPTER 1
2	Very first thing, when Elias's cutscene finishes and he starts to walk to the bookshelf, hold down the II button (options) and buffer a menu open. You'll know you got it if the music doesn't start up right away
3	Set options, try to exit town, then immediately reenter	hit left once on all options but narration (ignore for VA on category), and left twice on message speed, this sets everything right
4	Enter AUTO combat, fight all 5 Kowls in cave, including 1 backtrack	If you didn't delay any of your movement after the first VA (for walk down to guards and back into town from outside), I find Logan consistently gets a 7 point level up when using auto combat on the first fight. You do not need to menu frame-perfectly in the combat or elsewhere, just get the movement
5	See leveling tab for Logan's stat growth
6	Do cutscenes, exit
7	Strip Ethan and put his gear onto Logan	Ethan doesn't need XP so we want him taking damage; unfortunately game revives him with 1 HP so there's some RNG with it
8	Walk to Nigel, taking any fights along the way that are winnable; try to kill off Ethan	Wildcat+blue jel groups are doable but a little iffy before shopping, I'd generally run unless at high HP
9	Unequip all of Logan's gear except Buckler, and unequip Ethan's sword; sell all that plus the random Detoxins and such	Hang onto herbs and torches
10	Buy Wolf Sword and Armor, Equip Logan	He should still have Buckler
11	Grind to 8 in the middle section of the map	Use auto combat throughout, but turn it off sometime before commander; Wildcat/Blue jel fights at lower levels can be annoying due to dumb AI, so if you prefer not to use it, that's fine. It probably saves a few frames per fight at best, but heck we've got a lot of them in a row here
12	Go to Revere, do the first cutscene, pick up Markus, exit town, do second cutscene
13	Go to Pits, fight Commander. Heal Logan with herbs when he's below 70ish. Basic rule of thumb is to expect him to get 2 turns to your 1, and protect against that with your healing strat. He will very rarely get 3 turns, or even crit, you can heal a little more conservatively depending on how many herbs dropped in the grind	This fight is more dangerous with the buckler, be cautious with health; if Ethan or Markus get a spellcasting turn at the start use VENOM1 or FLAME3, respectively
14	Equip the Wolf Sword you just got on Ethan
15	Walk to Revere and talk to father, then rush Sylvan; kill the 4 Sentries, plus the one on far right of the line, fight commander and be done with it	You can use autocombat here but I don't think it's worth the trouble, the difference is negligible for a small number of fights and it does cost time to menu to turn it on/off
16	For levels, see tab
17	CHAPTER 2
18	Talk to Sylvia for DOOM'S TEAR
19	Raid treasury below: grab chests 1 2 3 in first row, and 1 3 4 in bottom	Alternatively, don’t pick up chest 4 in bottom row, and come back here at the beginning of Ch 5 for Hyper 2000 (use on Logan). Currently not routing this in, Naja would be a little safer this way but it's also slower
20	Equip Logan with new gear, unequip weapons from all others
21	Walk to NIGEL, sell all surplus gear at item shop, talk to ship captain, stay at inn, take ship	Don't sell the Mage Fruit yet, hang onto it unless you desperately need the cash; it's potentially a safety for Tombs if Ethan runs out of MP
22	Buy 3 LION LANCE, equip all but Logan; buy WARP QUILL and 3 TORCH	I'm splitting up some utility item shopping to save item slots for the armor puzzle in Rokberg; same for Tele-Lenses later
23	Go to cave, fight 2 imp groups and Gar master, pick up 3 treasure chests	Torch use.
24	Warp quill back to town
25	Equip chain mail/lion shield on Ethan, unequip all weapons, sell remaining gear, then see cutscene and exit
26	Tele-lens here. Walk south and across bridge to GREYOAKS, get Cure2, Warp1, Power2 on Ethan, Warp1 on Markus
27	Go to FORT MUIR, enter/exit, then walk to GRIMWULF
28	Buy 3 IRON LANCE and equip all characters
29	Warp1 back and kill the imps, SPEAK TO DANIEL
30	Leave, walk to GRIMWULF, speak to MAYOR and PROPHET
31	Warp1 to MUIR and cross bridge then walk out to get the cutscene
32	Walk back to Grimwulf, fight SENTINEL, lose to Drax
33	Get CLAY from shopkeeper, walk to top of tower and make mold
34	Warp1 back to Muir, turn in mold, UNEQUIP MARKUS, and sleep	If you forget this unequip, pick up Iron Lance at the start of Cave Krys
35	Walk back to top of tower and get CALM for all characters
36	Warp1 to Muir, walk back to Grimwulf, fight Sentinel and Calm Drax, push shelves for stairs
37	Sell GLAIVE and buy 4 TELE-LENS; exit town and use one, walk to CAVE KRYS
38	Rush to NW corner to hopefully avoid enemy spawns, go to stairs in middle top and then on next floor far W for VIPER RING	Torch
39	Warp1 to GRIMWULF, equip Viper ring on Logan, walk to ROKBERG	Take a rest at mayor if low on MP from cave; alternative is to equip Viper on Giles who gets more attacks (but fewer crits), up to you. If you do, be sure to switch it over to Logan before the boss fight (after doorway is a good time). I think Logan is faster though
40	Speak to Matthew, warp1 back to Grimwulf and speak to mayor
41	Walk back to Rokberg, ENTER/EXIT to set warp point, speak to Matthew again; make way past Granits to north gate
42	Second screen: clear gate, juke stuff and go to northeast door near stairs, beat the Granit and then unequip all weapons/armor, walk through (rings don't count)
43	Juke Granits in hallway near stairs, fight the other 2, heal up and approach Strom; use herbs to keep bottom line alive while Logan kills Strom. Use Power 2 then Calm him to prevent healing.	if you have an Evil Eye from Cave Krys drops, use it here
44	CHAPTER 3
45	WARP1 to main part of ROKBERG, sell FLAME STAFF, buy 6 WARP WINGs, stop at wizard and get VENOM2 on everyone, then take ship
46	Turbo through all the dialogues, exit to ship
47	Walk to VONHEIM and speak to Magnus, then walk to HEARTWOOD and wing back to RED PIER
48	Walk to SKYHAVEN, LEVY (enter exit each), then PORT NORS
49	Wing to SKYHAVEN, see dialogue, wing to LEVY, talk to Prince, wing back to SKYHAVEN, then back to PORT NORS
50	In PORT NORS, get WARP2 on Ethan/Sonia, CURE3 on Ethan/Giles, VENOM3 on Ethan/Sonia, SLEEP2 on everyone	Don't overwrite Warp1 or Venom2 on Ethan, you want both tiers of both spells; see spells tab
51	Walk up, buy 2 REPEL ROBE from the shop. Speak to Carlos the fisherman, then exit town on foot	We won't be equipping them for a while.
52	Warp2 to VONHEIM and speak to advisor
53	Warp2 to SKULLROCK, speak to MORGAN
54	Warp2 to RED PIER, speak to fisherman
55	Warp2 to PORT NORS, stay at inn, speak to fisherman
56	Warp2 to SKULLROCK, speak to MORGAN, then exit stairs, reenter and speak to guy in bed	Exiting very important, sets event trigger
57	Warp2 to HEARTWOOD and speak to Helga
58	Warp2 to SKULLROCK and speak to Helga again
59	Warp2 to PORT NORS and speak to Carlos again
60	Warp2 to SKYHAVEN, get a heal from Samantha, exit and walk to TOMBS	Torch; the route budgets two for this dungeon so use a second one to max your radius on vertical hallway
61	In Tombs, grab the two armor item chests on floor 1, put them on Ethan; grab Guard Ring and also put it on Ethan, then make way directly to DOOM'S EYE	Use Venom on Grymgoons as needed; Ethan should mostly use Venom2, not 3, unless he's gained a couple levels or his MP is in good shape. With the armor Ethan should take only 1 hp and should solo these fights okay AND he's low enough level to get a full refill after each fight; use Mage fruit to refill MP if needed here
62	After the vertical hallway, in the next room near the stairs, wait for about 5 seconds before entering; this should cause the next room (water room with vertical stairs) to not have too many spawns	Seems reliable; probably it's filling up spawn slots in memory on the old map so they don't spawn on the new one when it's called
63	Warp1 to PORT NORS, walk to DARKHEIM	Quill is backup item if needed for this warp, because you can be low on MP coming out
64	Fight GIRIUS using Venom and Calm	This is mainly why we got Venom3 for Ethan; use it here instead of 2
65	CHAPTER 4
66	Warp2 to DARKHEIM entrance, go to shop and buy 5 NITRO	Extras are for the Naja fight, and maybe GAIUS
67	Warp2 to SKULLROCK and trade 2 nitro for 2 blast darts
68	Warp2 to HEARTWOOD and walk to borderpit
69	BORDERPIT: use TORCH, grab MOON SPEAR and SHIELD	Torch seems faster here than bumping around, but it could be skipped with good knowledge of the layout
70	Walk to HAVLOK, enter/exit, use inn
71	Speak to CLAIR	SHOCK4 is nearby as a safety if desired. There are some monsters in final dungeon that can only be hurt by spells; ideally don't fight them but this can be a safety in case of bad enemy movement. Personally I don't think it's worth it
72	Warp1 to HAVLOK entrance, walk to CARDIS, speak to JESSIE, CAMPBELL, and DOG
73	Exit and reenter, speak to JESSIE and DOG	before leaving make sure you've talked to the dog and Jessie when dog is in both its locations, this is a necessary trigger
74	Exit, walk to OASIS, buy 2 POTIONS, 2 TELE-LENS, 6 RABBIT FOOT	can also stop to sell some crap like staves, etc., not strictly necessary but helps with PORT MOR shopping, where inv is often full during unequip phase
75	Walk to PORT SORD, speak to ISAAC
76	Warp2 to CARDIS, speak to CAMPBELL
77	Warp2 to PORT SORD, speak to ISAAC
78	Warp2 to CARDIS, speak to CAMPBELL, do DOG quest, get chest
79	Warp2 to PORT SORD, speak to ISAAC
80	Warp2 to HAVLOK, rest, go to TOWER
81	Fight SANDRA, do cutscenes	don't heal in Havlok; this makes it a little more likely Ethan will cast Calm instead of something else, speeding up the fight
82	Warp2 to OASIS, walk to HOLLOW
83	Fight Drax: Rabbit foot, heal with potion if needed, focus Drax	for extra safety you can bring an Evil Eye and kill Drax's luck, which eliminates his crits; use Rabbit first though
84	Fight DAMIUS; use Rabbit's foot on Logan as first action. Do Venom/Calm approach with the rest of the party and have Logan attack, also Calm if a good opportunity presents itself while he's at low HP (half or so)	It's possible that sleep stacking before venom is a more consistent strat, but I feel like its slower on average. One option is to route in 4 repel robes earlier, and equip two on Sonia/Ethan here, they can then combo him with sleep/venom at no risk of dying. However this is quite a bit slower than the normal fight.
85	CHAPTER 5
86	Warp2 to OASIS, speak to guy on left
87	Warp2 to PORT SORD, take ship
88	Unequip Logan fully and Ethan's/Giles's weapons, switch best armor over to Giles, sell surplus gear in PORT MOR	Sell or drop any spare herbs, potions, mage fruit, etc. as well
89	Walk to CAPE VIA, get spells	LEECH4, POWER4 on both Ethan and Sonia. For Ethan, overwrite his cure spell and venom2
90	Walk to ACADIA, enter/exit for warp point
91	Walk to GHILAN, do cutscene, immediately give up on cave
92	Walk to KARKUS, speak to LAZYBONES
93	Warp2 to PORT MOR and exit town	sets warp point
94	Warp2 to GHILAN, speak to bottom THIEF, get SLEEP MIST x12 from FRASER
95	Warp2 to WOLFJAW, get all the stuff, equip Gem gear on Logan, Warp1 to PORT MOR	Torch use. If you sold all your junk in the first trip to Port Mor the inventory space should work out perfectly; equip Logan after picking up the Gem Blade/Rod chests and before upstairs.
96	Sell Gem Rod and Gold Sword, Warp2 to KARKUS	if Ethan hasn't leveled enough you might run out of MP here, there is an inn on the right, and you can then skip resting in Karkus (though still talk to Lazybones)
97	Give mist, heal, speak to KORATOV, exit town	Exiting town here is required to set the next plot trigger, this is an easy one to miss so be careful of it
98	Warp2 to GHILAN, buy 2 Gem Blades go talk to BIG GILES
99	Warp2 to KARKUS, fight the specter, talk to ADVISOR	I like to just cast SLEEP2 with Giles/Ethan (and Logan while he has MP) instead of overusing the mists; Sonia should attack even if it isn't asleep (coma rod can still hit). Logan (low MP) can use mists, but try to mostly conserve them for the escort quest. Once it's asleep, sleep it again to lock it down, then kill it with Sonia, Venom, or just HP damage depending on your party situation.
100	Heal, exit, walk to TOWER, fight
101	Heal if needed, Warp2 to ACADIA, speak to COLIN
102	Do the horrible fights using sleep mist, or sleep spell if you run out; sleep status makes Sonia's rod hit 100%, or alternatively Venom also 100%
103	Walk to the healing spot (you're in Karkus, go SW), equip REPEL ROBEs on Logan and Giles, then warp2 to TOWER	Technically it's optimal to equip after the specter fight but I tend to forget
104	Do the tower; use card slot, take bottom stairs, drop to MICA, fight specter, use Silver Horn at top level	No harm in using any leftover sleep mists at this point. They have a higher success rate
105	GAIUS: Very technical fight. Giles should defend immediately to activate his Repel. Logan should not. He should use a rabbit's foot on Giles first turn, and wait for either Sonia or Ethan to power him at least once. The more Powers the better, but activate Logan's repel too after you've got at least one and preferably two. Try to get EXACTLY one Leech in as well, and be sure to rabbit foot Logan too. The idea is that Giles does a little less than half the boss's health, while Logan does more (power + viper ring). Giles hits first, boss doesn't heal, Logan finishes. That's the hope. You should ideally end the fight with ONLY Logan and Giles alive, this will give tons of levels and mean you don't really need to grind in the final dungeon. It's worth defending for a turn or two to set up Ethan/Sonia dying if they're close to it, but play it by ear. It's okay to leave with only one of them dead if he's not cooperating.	Don't use CALM. If Logan or Giles dies, use a Nitro. They should still have DETOX spell from the beginning of the game if one of them eats a poison. Others don't bother reviving, unless you haven't gotten off any buffs/debuffs yet then it may be worth it.
106	FINALE
107	Warp2 to PORT MOR
108	Unequip Logan and Giles's first three slots and Ethan's top two. Sell everything plus gold card	Should have about 830k.
109	Take ship, buy 2 battle suits and jade shield, 2 torches, and a warp wing if Sonia's max MP is not above 625 (it won't be if she was dead at Gaius)	buying 3 torches is an option, costs virtually no time and gives a spare for beastmaze, you can also buy a spare wing if you're not confident in remembering which warps should be WARP1 vs 2, MP is tight in this next segment
110	Walk to DOOMKEEP
111	Speak to the two leaders, father, and Dale
112	Warp1 to FORT WYND and see scene
113	Warp2 to DOOMKEEP and speak to DALE
114	Walk to JAGRI PIT
115	Get the 3 chests, speak to lackey, WARP1 back	Torch (maybe not needed)
116	Get map, speak to BENJAMIN, WARP2 to JAGRI PIT, see cutscene and pick up the LOST TOME
117	Warp2 to ACADIA and speak to COLIN
118	Warp1 to DOOMKEEP and speak to father, Benjamin, father
119	Warp2 to CARDIS and get DRAGONFLUTE
120	Warp2 to NIGEL, rest, equip gear, go to final dungeon via dragon	Use wing if needed due to MP
121	Lost isle: take top stairs at main branch	Ideally, avoid most fights, only killing if needed for pathing. If under 1200 or so HP on L&G, fight only Raider/Maw, Sultan/Swampsnake groups as needed. Mostly however the Gaius XP should get you the levels you need here, so err on the side of avoiding fights
122	Beastmaze: see a VOD for the walking route; basically, go left and around bottom at start, and it's fairly linear for a bit, then down right and around, etc.	Torch
123	Beastmaze 2: at room you enter from bottom, take right branch, up around to right; upper part of water room
124	Labyrinth: left and all the way around to stairs, then nearby stairs; then mostly linear, take top stairs at eventual branch	In the event of getting stuck in an unescapable encounter situation, use WARP1 to return to NIGEL, heal, and then WARP2 back to the entrance to Labyrinth. You can buffer the menu button coming out of a fight
125	Abode: in room with chasm, take the door on far right
126	Naja: rabbits foots on Logan/Giles, leech/power a time or two, calm and pray	This is why we bought extra NITRO for revivals


1	Logan's level route, assuming the manip for 7 points at 2
2	(without it, just stay 2 STR behind the whole way; this isn't a dealbreaker)
3	2: 12/2/2/2
4	3: 17/2/2/2
5	4: 17/2/2/7	7 luck means Wildcats will rarely crit you, which is helpful for the grind, especially the early part
6	5: 22/2/2/7
7	6: 22/2/4/10
8	7: 22/2/5/14
9	8: 22/2/6/18
10	9: 27/2/6/18
11	10: 27/2/11/18
12	11: 32/2/11/18
13	12: 32/2/14/20
14	13: 32/2/17/22
15	14: 32/2/22/22
16	15: 32/2/25/24
17	16: 32/2/28/26	if Drax is fought at 15 you can go ahead and switch over to STR a level early
18	17+ STR to 45, LUCK 30, then SPD
19		throughout, extra points should be put mostly into SPD, and mix in LUCK and STR based on feel
20		maybe something like a 2/1/1 ratio
21
22	Ethan:
23	prioritize in this order exactly:
24	21 INT
25	then 15 STR
26	then 25 INT
27	then 20 STR
28	then 25 LUCK + 15 SPD
29	then 35 STR
30	then SPD
31
32
33	Giles:
34	I tend to be pretty casual about this, but here's one approach
35	put his first level all into LUCK
36	then rush 35 STR
37	then get to 25 luck or better; dump extra points into it along the way too
38	then go to 45 STR, then all SPD	we want the luck only for status effect spells in chapter 5, after that just get his STR then SPD into shape
39
40	Markus:
41	all points go into SPD	maybe I should add a bit of luck too for imps?


1	The notes aren't super clear about where to place spells in your spellbook, so here it is:
2	For Logan and Giles, just add new stuff at the bottom, except cure spells overwrite the previous cure
3
4	Ethan is the trickiest
5	For ETHAN:
6	when he learns WARP1 and POWER2, put those in slots 2 and 3
7	CURE always overwrites the old CURE
8	put CALM in slot 4
9	put VENOM2 in slot 5
10	WARP2 overwrites POWER2 in slot 3
11	put SLEEP2/VENOM3 in slots 6 & 7
12	put POWER4 and LEECH4 over VENOM2 and CURE3
13
14	for SONIA:
15	she learns 5 spells in the run, just put them in slots 2,3,4,5,6, ignoring all her starting crap
16	optionally you can also keep her DETOX spell and shift everything a slot lower
17	the only place this is relevant is the Gaius fight, and then only rarely, but it doesn't really hurt anything


1	General notes
2	COMMANDER	Weak to VENOM
3	Chests at beginning of Ch 2:	Lion Lance/Chain Mail/Lion Shield/Salts
4		Warp Quill/Seeker Eye/Tele-Lens/Mage Fruit
5	GAR MASTER	Weak to VENOM
6	GRANIT	Immune to VENOM
7	STROM	Weak to VENOM, does not DETOX
8	Chests at beginning of Ch 3:	Iron Sword/Iron Armor/Iron Plate/Salts
9		Warp Wing/Whistle/Tele-Lens/Mage Fruit	Note: Whistle appears to make overworld encounters much more common; can be seen with Tele-lens
10	GRYMGOON	Weak to VENOM, immune to SLEEP
11	GIRIUS	Weak to VENOM, does not DETOX, but CALM is a good idea due to SHOCK5
12	Chests at beginning of Ch 4:	Same as 3 actually
13	DAMIUS	VENOM and CALM him to avoid DETOX
14	Chests at beginning of Ch 5:	Sun Wand/Sun Armor/Sun Shield/Elixir
15		Magic Box/Whistle/Spy Scope/Hyper 2000