Star Ocean: Second Evolution (Part 16) - Field Of Might
0The Field of Power is just west of North City (on the snowy patch). You can't actually see the entrance; it's just a path up the mountain. The maze isn't too bad: what's bad is that the rooms are all HUGE and the enemies are tough. Especially watch out for the Ghasts, who hit REALLY hard and can kill a party member in two or three hits (plus it has 20,000 HP!). The knight enemies come in groups of up to 8 and can gang up on your spellcasters, so watch it! Celine is better than Leon for this dungeon, and if you're using Dias give him the Bunny Shoes you should have pickpocketed from Fun City.
At the start, you can go three ways: two paths leading up, or far right. Head to the far right. You'll see a Yety guarding a switch; it'll come towards you and start a fight with three of them. At all costs, keep them away from the switch at the right side of the battlefield! If one of them hits it, it'll cause an avalanche and block off the passageway. If it's getting desperate, use Provocation (press Select) if someone knows it; it might work. After beating the Yetys, keep going right. You can go right or up the stairs to the top right; they're both dead ends holding treasure (a total of three: an Assault Bomb, Melting Lotion, and up the stairs is a Jeanne's Armor - good for Precis, Chisato, or Opera). Head back to start. Exit and save if you wish.
Take the first (leftmost) path up. You can now go right or up; head up for now. Keep following the long path and you'll reach your prize: a Marvel Sword! It's even better than the Force Sword you can buy in Armlock; give it to Claude or Dias. Keep going right to go back outside. You can now go up a ladder, or right into another cave. Head right. Pick up the Blackberry, and continue to the top right to reach another Yety fight. Beat them, then continue right and exit down.
You can now go down the ladder, or right, where the path branches again to up or down. First go down the ladder to pick up a Rune Full Moon for Rena or Bowman, then go back up (down eventually leads back to the start). Head right, and take the upper path leading to the cave at the top right. Go straight to pick up a ?GUARD, which turns out to be a Mithril Helm. I'll call this point "Point A". You can now go left or right. Left leads backwards again, so go right.
Keep following the path to the outside, then to the top left and up the ladder. Go right across the bridge and you'll see two ladders. Take the right one to pick up an Atlas Ring, then go back down and take the left one. Cross the bridge to the left and go up the next ladder to reach a save point. Save, heal up (use Familiar to buy more Black and Blueberries if you need them) then head across the bridge to the top left. You'll eventually exit the screen and immediately start a LONG boss fight with the Guardian.
He has 130,000 HP and a nasty physical attack. Have Rena keep using Fairy Heal and/or Cure All, and have your fighters just keep pounding it (Bunny Shoes REALLY come in useful here!). It's weak against Darkness, so Leon might be better than Celine for this fight. After a while, the Guardian will collapse and stay on the floor in a small oblong piece. When this happens, take your fighters OUT of there! Go as far away as possible, then put them on "Do nothing". Have your spellcasters take it out from a distance with spells. If you manage to keep him dizzy long enough, though, he'll never reach this form. When you finally beat him, you'll get a Protection Ring.
Heal up (this is important) and continue along the path to the north. After another scene, you'll get the Jewel of Power. Go back south to the save point, heal, then go back down the ladders till you reach Point A again. The easiest way to reach the end (it's a long haul in any direction) is going left from here, fighting the Yetys, and continue left. Go down the ladder, left across the bridge, then down the next ladder. Head left into the cave to reach the point where you got the Marvel Sword. Now just go to the lower left (long walk) to reach the starting point of the dungeon. Exit to the lower left. Congrats!