Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Return of the seagulls
Lowdown on the restrictions of this challenge:
- EXP gain is only permitted in boss fights and forced encounters, and must be minimised by only having 1 character active at the end of each battle.
- Autolevelling must also be minimised as much as possible. Argilla and Roland take all XP before they leave the party to reduce the impact of this later on, and Argilla's level must not exceed 12 so it doesn't affect Sera's starting level.
- This is a cycle 2 playthrough on hard difficulty with no data transfer bonuses.
- I will be fighting all bosses rather than doing a true minimum EXP run, cuz that's more fun. And let's face it, you're only here for Satan.
- The use of Data items to permanently raise stats is forbidden for as long as possible - at least until Shiva.
Hooray, no more using level 1 characters! (for now...) This is the easiest dungeon in the run, because our characters are relatively overlevelled. We'll pretty much be using a level 12 team for half the game now. Devouring the forced encounters isn't as crucial in this game since field hunts give no XP, but they still take 5-6 minutes to refresh even with emulator speedup, so we may as well be as efficient as possible.
Nue x2 - A Fire Bomb from Cielo puts Nue in hunting range without killing.
Nekomata + Orobas x2 - Mazio and Mabufu should put them all in hunt range. Get the Neko first as she can hit Argilla's weakness with Zanma. Orobas can drop Blue Diamond, which is useful but non-essential for the next dungeon.
Return of the seagulls
Lowdown on the restrictions of this challenge:
- EXP gain is only permitted in boss fights and forced encounters, and must be minimised by only having 1 character active at the end of each battle.
- Autolevelling must also be minimised as much as possible. Argilla and Roland take all XP before they leave the party to reduce the impact of this later on, and Argilla's level must not exceed 12 so it doesn't affect Sera's starting level.
- This is a cycle 2 playthrough on hard difficulty with no data transfer bonuses.
- I will be fighting all bosses rather than doing a true minimum EXP run, cuz that's more fun. And let's face it, you're only here for Satan.
- The use of Data items to permanently raise stats is forbidden for as long as possible - at least until Shiva.
Hooray, no more using level 1 characters! (for now...) This is the easiest dungeon in the run, because our characters are relatively overlevelled. We'll pretty much be using a level 12 team for half the game now. Devouring the forced encounters isn't as crucial in this game since field hunts give no XP, but they still take 5-6 minutes to refresh even with emulator speedup, so we may as well be as efficient as possible.
Nue x2 - A Fire Bomb from Cielo puts Nue in hunting range without killing.
Nekomata + Orobas x2 - Mazio and Mabufu should put them all in hunt range. Get the Neko first as she can hit Argilla's weakness with Zanma. Orobas can drop Blue Diamond, which is useful but non-essential for the next dungeon.
