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Rance (ランス)


Fighter Lv 5/∞

Since the beginning.

Unique skills:

Red - ランスアタック (Rance Attack), 罵詈雑言 (Verbal Abuse)

Blue - 逃げる (Flee)

White -

Recommend skill : Rance attack, Damage limit increase, Sword mastery

M item : cannot be Molulune

Build memo : Your starting fighter with an incredibly strong Rance attack and infinity level cap! Just increase his attack like madness, and do not forget to up the damage limit increase for him, that will make the most wonderful physical damage dealer that you can use through the last world. Sword is suitable for him, since you need dexterity, you will not want your Rance attack to be missed, right? And don't forget the Full-Power Slash for bosses. It's better than Rance Attack for single targets.

Sachiko Centers　(サチコ・センターズ)


Guard Lv 1/49

Since the beginning.

Recommend skill : Initial guard, Damage decrease, Recovery

M item : def, hp

Build memo : only guard with 10% hp recover when gain turn (5% before finishing quest 29). Her defense and recovery will be showing off if you put her in action with initial guard, since her speed is not quite fast enough to gain turn before some monsters. And do not forget to max the yellow skill, damage decrease and activate it in her activate skill. Due to her stat design, Sachiko will always have half the attack strength of other Guards. So it's not recommended to give her offensive skills under such penalty. Upgrading her HP is wise too, and especially so because of her regeneration ability.

Optional skills (if you have leftover points) are resistances to--in order of priority--lightning, fire, and darkness. 武器壊し is handy too. Her weak point is the fact Hiroshi-kun cannot be removed.

Suzume (鈴女)


Ranger Lv 12/49

Available initially at the home screen. Does not require clearing the first dungeon.

Recommend skill : ghost form(after first molulune event), assassinate

M item : evade, speed

Build memo : the best assassin in the game! Other rangers need a lot of skill point in order to master in assassination but not Suzume. So just make her your assassin by master the assassination mastery and make the assassinate skill 5 or more times will be good. Do not bother make her a damage dealer because for that job, you have Kanami stand by for it. Moreover, she can be your good tanker because she has great evasion and after the first molulune event she will get another skill, ghost form, which make her take only 1/3 physical damage.

Alkanese Rize (アルカネーゼ・ライズ)


Fighter Lv 1/60

Complete quest number 60　「ライオンマインド」.

Crook Morphus (クルックー・モフス)


Healer Lv 20/50

Complete quest number 45　「公園散歩」.

Crook's selection of skills are amazing, and therefore be careful when spending her points; it's very easy to turn her into a jack-of-all-trades (and master of none). Try to decide beforehand how you want to raise her. Make sure to always equip Alice's Blessing, which makes her sturdy even with no armor, though. And she's hard to use unless you raise her skill slot at least once.

In the combat side, she can deal heavy damage to ghost and humanoid characters--especially because she can hold hammers. But it's not advised to raise a healer for combat. So use the combat skills she comes with in times of need (such as Quest #63), but don't upgrade any of them.

As a healer (with a rod instead of a hammer), she may be used in two ways. One is to equip her default Weapon Attack, All Blessing (全体加護), and then put her in the back-row. Every time her turn comes, the passive skill--All Blessing--will heal everyone a little; so she can essentially heal your party without using up actions.

Another is to just use her normally since All Blessing heals very little. The former strategy is helpful for random battles, but definitely not suitable for any boss battles. Anyway--in this case--focus on raising actions for Recovery Rain 2, Healing 2 (for your Guard), and Healing 1 (for other characters). You may use Healing 3, but it's generally overkill even on HP enhanced Guards; pick your preference. And if you need it, put some points into any of the two revival skills at your own discretion. Also, although she should have magic boosting items for stronger heals, don't bother with Magic Enhancements; it's not worth the points and skill slot.

Aegis Kalar (イージス・カラー)


Gunner Lv 1/50

Complete quest number 70　「カラーの森再び」.

Aegis is a mixed bag. On first glance, she has a wonderful skill making her similar to Sprawlters with Elemental Punch. If an enemy (once identified with Weakness Search) has weakness to fire/ice/lightning, Aegis's physical attack (whether she's using a bow or a firearm) be imbued with that element. However, カラー種 is an unpredictable and negative skill. Depending on the map, Aegis will receive buffs or debuffs--even then, this happens randomly. For example, even if she's battling in a forest (a favorable ground to her), Aegis won't always receive buffs. So put a tactician by her side to use her comfortably.

There are some key points on what to not do. First, do not invest points into Multi-Shot and Reinforcement of Multi-Shot--those skills cost too much points. Even if you do, the number of shots will be random; you won't always make seven shots. And don't invest in her magic skills because it's hard to raise both physical attack and magical attack. There aren't any clean bows with bonuses to magical attack either.

So the best path is to raise her like a normal Gunner. Increase any of her Shooting Attacks to your liking, teach her Volley, Damage Limit, and optionally give her Bow Knowledge. These, along with her elemental arrows, will be sufficient to make her formidable. Note Aegis can exceed any damage limit if she can target an enemy's elemental weakness--if it wasn't obvious.

Uesugi Kenshin (上杉 謙信)


Fighter Lv 1/70

Complete quest number 40　「八甲田山」.

Recommend skill : Bishamonten, sword mastery, pattern1 - cartwheel sword + damage limit increase + attack1-3, pattern2 - Row slash (train slash) + Fullpower slash + attack3

M item : atk, critical

Build memo : Kenshin is definitely the best sword user in this game. You can use her in two patterns. The first one is to make best use of cartwheel sword by upgrade the cartwheel sword damage limit which is only 800 per hit, this will make her one of the best boss killer. On the other hand, if you want to use her with Katsuko and Torako to run along the dungeon fighting various monsters, I recommend the Row slash, to kill all the front row monsters, and use Katsuko with spear to get rid of the df line. And Torako will take care of the little hp remaining monster in one shot with her blizzard. These three will make a supreme combo! Do not forget to plug in Bishamonten when you fight an important battle, this skill will recover all of Kenshin hp and buff atk and def for her.

Her requirement for being H is lower then other characters (level 30 instead of 35), so you can do it more often to make her even stronger.

Kouhime / Oda Kou (香姫/織田 香)


Guard Lv 25/40

Complete quest number 41　「香姫参加」.

Kou may be built in two ways, and the most common solution is to make her a defender. In this case, it's heavily advised to give her the Oda Armor since Kou needs extra protection to make up for her low stats. However, her speed will greatly suffer. So what's necessary is Initial Guard, and March/Priority Seating. Afterward, it's good to upgrade her Tactician Mastery. If there are leftover points, 武器壊し is decent too. Don't bother with 盾反らし since it costs 6 points on Kou. Also, do not teach her any manual buffs in this build; she's too slow for the task. And don't bother trying to poison bosses with this build's poor speed. (Bosses now have a 50% chance to automatically cure abnormal statuses on their turn. Leave the poisoning task to Rangers, or Kou's next build.)

But another method is to remove the Oda Armor, and have Kou forsake any defending duties. Instead, use her regained speed to take advantage of her unique weapon, and her manual buff skills. With the combination of Spear Mastery, Kou can now dedicate herself to poisoning bosses with her unique weapon, which has a 100% poisoning rate. Simultaneously, she can now freely cast 攻撃付与全体, and 防御付与全体. (Pep Talk is useful too when battling bosses who debuff your party.) This build essentially turns Kou into a tactician with the ability to poison enemies. < this one is better

Klein (クレイン)


Ranger Lv 15/38

Complete quest number 54　「クレインの隠れ家」.

She's not combat oriented, so she has plenty of spare points--you can specialize her in many fields. First, max her Escape Technology, which is vital for completing the dreadfully long Quest #77--Klein and Rance (who regains actions after each boss) alone can escape nine times together on this quest. And then the remaining are matters of preference.

If you choose so, teach her Stealth Move with Chest Opening. And perhaps even any treasure-related skills. She'll become a good item hunter then.

But you may also use her for supporting roles in combat. Klein has excellent stun rate, so Shurikens are excellent if you desire a long-range stunning attack. Or better yet, use her as an assassin. Assassination rate increases by 50% after casting Stealth (making Assassination Mastery unnecessary), so she's a great alternative to an assassination oriented Suzume. She's guaranteed to kill humanoids in two turns whereas Suzume has a 70% chance to kill on the first turn; pick your preference between the slow-but-reliable killer, or the fast-but-inaccurate killer.

Lia Para-Para Leazas (リア・Ｐ・リーザス)


Civilian Lv 20/20

Complete quest number 63　「リーザスの怪談」.

Recommend Skill : Increase Charisma pt., Leazus no Kaminari (Leazus's Thunderstorm)

M item : HP

Build memo : The main use of Lia for everyone is nothing other than put her in the party in the last event of each quest, for earning x2 charisma point. If the last event is green, it will have no problem, but if it red, you have to make her survive and make good use of her. Therefore the Leazue no Kaminari will make her become useful. You can spend all of her skill pt. for this Leazus no Kaminari or other skill such as the chest one.

Alternate build: Increase her level to 35, then train up to 5 charges of her Thunderstorm skill, with the rest in increased physical attack. Equip her with the short sword that gives +5 speed (I think this is fixed chest drop from quest #72) and a +10 speed robe. You will now be able to use her for lightning fast levelling in quest #97 as she will kill every group you can encounter there in 1 hit with her thunderstorm (You may need to equip her with a bear statue to do this). Since the attack is physical, you will have no problems with the Hanis either. With the increased speed from items she will always attack before the enemies can, so you can level 3 low level characters at once, or 2 with Merim for her experience buff.

Magic the Gandhi (マジック・ガンジー)


Sorcerer Lv 1/69

Complete quest number 64　「マジックの見舞い」.

Recommend skill : Thunder mastery, Magic Barrier

M item : Magic Attack

Build memo : One of the three best sorceress and the most suitable thunder users. Just spam her thunder skills and with her Magic Barrier, the high level skill which charge is necessary will be no problem for her. The same as other sorceress, just take one Thunder mastery, you do not need to mastered it to 3 stars. Don't forget to learn Fast Casting if you wish to. She has a joke skill, which allows her to withstand light spells, but you probably won't have opportunities to make use of it.

If you want to raise her with a different element for some reason, go for Light (which is useful) or Ice since she learns Snow Laser. Lightning is still the better choice though.

Magic's 雷神雷光 has the most raw power among wide-area spells. But Shizuka has more initial skills, joins earlier, and specializes in Light/Fire, which has more use than Lightning. Pick your preference, or simply use them both; one's not necessarily better than the other in all situations.

Prima Honnoman (プリマ・ホノノマン)


Civilian Lv 1/22

Complete quest number 16　「酒場でスカウト」.

Has pretty limited use since she only heals 100 HP at best. But--she's a great partner for Nozomi who starts battles poisoned. Dump her for Crook or even Frostbine later on.

Megadeth Moromy (メガデス・モロミ)


Gunner Lv 1/18

Complete quest number 16　「酒場でスカウト」.

Mahoko P. Masai (マホコ・P・マサイ)


Sorcerer Lv 1/25

Complete quest number 16　「酒場でスカウト」.

One quest requires her to be Level 20, so you might as well use her in the beginning at least. You can either stick to her fire skills, or teach her light skills, which are useful in the said quest. Mahoko does have potential to learn high-level spells if you raise her level cap though--although you're better off with Shizuka in such case.

Alexander (アレキサンダー)


Sparta Lv 1/77

Complete quest number 16　「酒場でスカウト」.

Since he doesn't start with any Elemental Punch related skills like Kibako, it might be good to forsake those skills to save points. Instead, raise his Shoulder Throw, which is deadly on humanoids such as Matilda, Full Kalar, and Yudain. Otherwise, raise him as you do Kibako. Make sure to get Grapple Knowledge, Armor Breaking Punch, and/or Weakening Punch. Being able to use Weakning Punch about two or three times should suffice.

Cessna Benville (セスナ・ベンビール)


Fighter Lv 1/18

Complete quest number 16　「酒場でスカウト」.

Kapalla Łódź (カパーラ・ウーチ)


Sorcerer Lv 8/24

Complete quest number 89　「アイドル魔法使い」.

Kapalla is a little strange--she begins with lightning magic, but Siberia--an ice spell--is her strongest spell. Since her level cap is low though, it doesn't matter which element you choose; pick your preference among the two. She gains extra points through events at Rance Castle, except it doesn't make her any more useful.

She comes with impressive equipments (like a Tatsu no Otoshidokoro), so she might be useful early in the game at least. Honestly, among underdog Sorcerers, you're better off using Mahoko who can be powerful if you manage to raise her level cap. So unless you have a thing for cute idols, leave her alone.

Copandon Dotto (コパンドン・ドット)


Civilian Lv 14/37

Complete quest number 36　「コパンドンCITY」, 37　「コパンドン護衛」 and 38　「コパンドン護衛」.

お神籤 is unaffected by stun rate, critical rate, or accuracy. It will always hit, and the damage rate is determined by a dice roll. Attack does affect the damage though--so raise her attack, and give her a good dagger at some point. Otherwise, like other Civilians, she's a utility character with 金運, which increases your income when she's in your party. If you wish, make her a monster girl user, or teach her skills such as Item Identification.

Meg of the Meadows (牧場野 メグ)


Civilian Lv 1/8

In quest number 71　「魔人カイト」. Enter green star at the begining area and choose クッキーを食べて (Eat cookie), the quest will fail. Later, play and complete another quest will unlock quest 79　「おっぱいさんイン」. Afterward, Complete quest number 79.

Meg has the Handy skill, and her speciality is Relax, which is guaranteed to let you escape--even against Stone Guardians. However, her speed is low, so Relax isn't as great as it seem; at least, until you put efforts into raising her speed. As a Civilian, she has no other merits. She can use monster girls like other Civilians, but you surely don't want to due to her low level cap.

Aten Gnu (アテン・ヌー)


Sorcerer Lv 1/48

Complete quest number 90　「引きこもり魔女」.

She's a worthy candidate to teach dark-element spells, which are the weaknesses of Vivid Kalar's crystals. However, she has an awful habit of leaving your party--so raising her level requires work. If you do manage though, she's a great addition when tackling Quest #77. Also, you probably shouldn't bother equipping her with Weakness Search. Since you can't use her for very long, you as might as well turn her into a one-hit wonder.

Uesugi Katsuko (上杉 勝子)


Fighter Lv 15/35

Complete quest number 42　「勝虎街道マラソン」.

Recommend skill : With Torako, With Kenshin, Spear Mastery

M item : Atk, Critical

Build memo : The easiest level up fighter in this game, with With Torako skill, the exp gain will be doubled. And With Kenshin skill, Katsuko will have buff since the battle start and will always regenerate hp to full in the beginning of the battle. Therefore this three will party up together often, since Kenshin already learned sword mastery and Katsuko have no Genius Swordman skill, so hammer and sword are not recommended, Spear will be the most suitable, and it will make her able to stand in both at or def line.

Uesugi Torako (上杉 虎子)


Sorcerer Lv 15/35

Complete quest number 42　「勝虎街道マラソン」.

Recommend skill : With Katsuko, With Kenshin, Ice mastery

M item : Magic Atk

Build memo : Same as Katsuko, leveling up her is very easy, so you can M her many times. The best magic element for her is Ice, but be noted that Ice mastery level 1 is enough, since the difference from level 1 to 2 is only 5%, you can use that point for other skills. Ice shot, snow storm 3-5 times usable are considerable.

Kibako (キバ子)


Sparta Lv 1/45

Complete quest number 91　「イフォの暴れん坊」.

Recommend skill : Weakening punch, armor breaking punch, Elemental punch

M item : Atk, Evade, Speed, Critical

Build memo : The Sparta who join with a lot of passive skills since beginning, that make her Elemental punch very strong through the entire play through. armor breaking punch also considerable to be a one hit kill for a lot of monsters. And the most important skill is nothing other than her Weakening punch, it will be the skill to clear your way in the last two bosses, Full Kalar and Masuzoe.

Childie Sharp (チルディ・シャープ)


Fighter Lv 1/44

Complete quest number 50　「若き親衛隊戦士」.

Childie has several points to note--her March costs only 1 point; she's the third fastest to level-up in the game; she gains extra speed through Quest #51; and Pepsi Sword allows her to randomly attack once more. So she's literally a speed god. Anyway, as long as you take advantage of these strengths, Childie will perform wonderfully with any weapon.

As a hammer fighter, she'll be able to deal a fearsome two-hit combo using hammers, which normally can't combo like swords, daggers, and spears. Her attack and accuracy growth is higher than normal fighters, so she should perform fine with hammers. Or with a spear, she'll benefit from the cheap cost of learning March, and the extra attack from Pepsi.

But her true potential comes through using swords or daggers in higher difficulties, in which stunning is important to survive the onslaught of monsters. The idea is to, depending on your weapon, deliver a 3-or-4 hit combo to increase the chances of stunning powerful enemies. And so, it's more important to enhance accuracy and stun rate in this build.

On another note, Quest #56 is excellent for leveling her early in the game.

Zima Bakasko (ジーマ・バカスコ)


Gunner Lv 1/48

Complete quest number 92　「呪われたプリンセス」.

Zima's a great offensive character due to 攻撃特化型, which raises her offense by 20%. However, said skill has some penalties--defense/evasion drops by 50%, and accuracy (which his vital to Gunners) drops by 20%. Therefore, Zima greatly appreciates any boost to accuracy.

In terms of skills, besides your choice of shooting attack, Zima should be using Volley and Strong Bow (怪力弓), which deals 250% damage. However, the latter is locked on the first turn. So giving her Priority Seating and any speed boost is welcome to fire Strong Bow right away on bosses. If you have spare points, consider Bow Knowledge to complement Strong Bow too.

Athena 2.0 (あてな2号)


Gunner Lv 1/1

Complete quest number 81　「奇跡の人工生命体」. (accessible after quest number 71　「魔人カイト」)

Build memo: Atena 2.0 is unique character, she is limited to level one and her max level limit can't be raised because her item and accessory slots are locked with Rance's gifts that she refuses to part with. But she has a number of yellow skills that allow her to raise some of her stats - HP, Hit Rate, Crit Rate, Attack, Speed. If a skill is equiped and battle ends with a character before her (to her left) who has higher stat, her own stat will be raised. This way she can gather max stats from all characters and become much stronger while still being only first level. She attracts attacks of enemies that target lowest level characters (this will help in a quest with guarding Nobel, but is often making her killed when she is opposing Zashikiwarashi). She only have three attacks, but her HP and attack uses are restored after each battle, so she is good for short skirmishes but not so good for prolonged fights. Theoretically she can learn a skill "Become human", that costs 9 skill points, but there is no known way to gain them, except maybe cheating (did anyone try this?).

Her defenses don't grow, so you have three tactics: bear the attacks with her HP, kill monsters before getting hit, or use Guards.

Kaloria Cricket (カロリア・クリケット)


Guard Lv 10/42

Clear quest number 20　「ランス城完成」 and then repeat it. She pops up at the very end of the event the second time.

Kaloria's notable skills are Needle Shower and Hardening. The former, a utility skill, has a 60% chance to stun all enemies, so giving her accuracy/stun-rate boosting items is helpful; daggers might be a good choice. And the latter, Hardening, makes it so she only takes one-fifth the damage. However, she won't be able to move for the remainder of the battle. It's a great skill, but Kaloria won't be able to raise her guard meter any more; so use it wisely. Otherwise, she's like other guards. You may want to forgo the standard guard skills such as Initial Guard and Shield Block for increasing the count of Needle Shower though. (Hardening is already maxed.)

Kaloria also does have a long-range, physical, fire attack. But then you may want to drop Needle Shower in this case, and switch to a high-damage weapon. Needle Shower seems more handy, but pick whichever you prefer. If you do decide to raise her offense, then focus only on 火炎放射; don't bother to learn any weapon knowledges or weapon attacks.

So basically upgrade her unique skills, and/or the standard guard skills. Try to find the right balance for yourself.

Arms Arc (アームズ・アーク)


Fighter Lv 1/44

Complete quest number 93　「ドラゴンスレイヤー」. Then do quest 16.

Although Arms comes with Spear Knowledge, she performs well with any weapon due having white skills to triple damage against certain monsters. So pick your preference, and raise her like any other fighter. If you wish to keep her as a spear user, just make sure to boost her speed in any way possible. And invest in Multi-Thrust to make the few turns she gets count. If you want to raise her as a hammer fighter, then note the bonus damage from Hammer Knowledge won't stack with her white skill against Hannys.

Onoha Mespos (オノハ・メスポス)


Civilian Lv 20/45

Complete quest number 94　「魔物女王」. Then do quest 16.

She can't exactly do much besides use monster girls, which other Civilians are better at handling. Just learn 男Ｍの弱み, and then raise her survivability. モンスター情報 is hardly different from a Sorcerer's Weakness Search, so you might not want it. Or you might as well learn it since she'll have plenty of spare points.

Kentou Kanami (見当 かなみ)


Ranger Lv 20/40

Complete quest number 58　「鈴女が成仏しない理由?」. (quest line 63　「リーザスの怪談?」 -> 50　「若き親衛隊戦士」 -> 56　「サトラレ忍者」 -> 57　「かなみの決意」　 and 30　「忍法不能治療」 -> 31　「抜け忍吹夜」 -> 32　「くのいちの寿命」)

Recommend skill : Suzume take control, Knife mastery, Poison

M item : Evade

Build memo : At long last, Kanami can show off in this Rance 8 as one of the best fighter(ranger) if you leveling up her along with Suzume. Skill Suzume take control will make Kanami absorb 25% of Suzume's atk, evade and dexterity when Suzume is not in your party. That make her a fearsome poisoned knife fighter. By attacking 1-3 times, using poisoned and a paralyzed slash, and with a shuriken, she will be a fighter that make your enemy feel very painful!

Biscuitta Berns (ビスケッタ・ベルンズ)


Sparta Lv 20/38

Require Patch 1.1. After you gain accessed to Rance Palace, do whatever event you want once and attempt to re-enter the palace, Biscuit will warn Rance about cockroaches in the palace. Go out and complete some other quest and quest number 136 will unlock. Complete quest number 36 and repeat the step of re-enter the palace once again, then go out and complete some other quest and quest number 137 will unlock. Complete quest number 137 which in turn will unlock quest number 138. Complete quest number 138 and she'll join your party.

Actually, after you Rance knows about the cockroaches in the palace, you do quest 13 and quest 136 will unlock. Then repeat (visit palace under cleaning, quest 13) and quest 137 unlocks, finish this and quest 138 will unlock. Once all of these are complete (or maybe even right after quest 137, before you make Biscuitta join), Rance's palace will be open all the time. Therefore, you won't have to complete a quest in between each visit anymore.

Note: You also need to have viewed quest #23 to unlock #138. Also, #23 requires you to have done Crook's lvl 35 quest.

You may use like any other Sprawlter. But if deployed alongside Klein and Tomato, you'll have the best item hunting team due to her Labyrinth Cleaning. If you're going to raise her for the item hunting party, then it's not bad to learn Short Battle too.

Noir (ノワール)


Fighter Lv 25/50

Activate a green star that is behind Yudain monster(he's in a red crystal at the entrance) in quest number 63　「リーザスの怪談」. The green star appears randomly. Redo the map if you don't see it.

Tips : Yuzuhara usually don't miss - you can take half of his hp with shot2. Then we have Kenshin with multiple stike skill (costs 8 skills to learn ) and finally archer classes usualy have 100% accuracy skill (4 skills to learn ). Another method would be to use Magic, as magic always hits. However, most magic will not do much damage, so you are racing against time if you rely on Magic. Physical damage does more, but easy to miss. There will still be more Yudain monsters from time to time, so its best to find your best way against it. Or just assassinate the monster. Use Assassinate with Stealth Hide for the added 50% rate if you must.

Noir is a typical Fighter. She may be able to reach Level 50, but she almost goes unnoticed due to the influx of Fighters in the game. Her saving grace is the unique skill 蜘蛛の糸, which debuffs all enemies, so make good use of it--it's the only merit for using her.

Rocky Bank (ロッキー・パンク)


Guard Lv 8/19

Quest number 17　「土壌汚染をなんとか」. Need to find a green crystal to get him to join. Much easier on a replay as you can zoom the map out.

Rocky is a Guard without any quirks. He doesn't have Sachiko's attack penalty, Kou's speed issue, or Teru's paper-thin resistance. However, he doesn't have Kaloria's unique skills either. He may be boring, but it's his good point.

However, to get extensive use out of him, his level cap must by raised at the shop in Quest #64. Visiting the place after leveling him fully will increase his level cap by 5 each time, and will stop after he reaches Level 59. If you want a Guard for Quest #135, then simply increase his level cap only once; he'll be perfectly at Level 24 then.

For skills, give him the standard Guard skills such as Initial Guard, Shield Block, or Strengthen HP.

Bernard Ceramite (バーナード・セラミテ)


Fighter Lv 1/25

Quest number 96　「イカマンの求婚」. Do not do any of the non-exclamation mark green stars and immediately go straight for the exclamation mark star. He will join at the end of the quest.

His natural resistance (to status effects) is much higher than other characters. He's a steady character with no weaknesses, but it's also his downfall. There's no particular reason to use him, and especially so because male characters generally don't fare well in the Rance series. Use him if you must, but he's as generic as you can get.

Tomato Purée (トマト・ピューレ)


Fighter Lv 1/37

In a treasure chest (Mimics?) in quest number 61　「チーターマインド」.

Tomato is best used as a dedicated monster girl capturer. Therefore pick a high accuracy weapon for her (so you don't miss any capture attempts), and teach her skills appropriate to making captures easier. And, of course, give any treasure related skills to take advantage of her unique skill.

Mouri Teru (毛利 てる)


Guard Lv 25/47

Check all green star events in leftmost square in the quest "Majin Kaito"(quest number 71　「魔人カイト」), the last will be Teru, an event will happen. Complete the quest for her to join.

^Only one green star is necessary - the one before the leftmost, which blocks the road, it is near some stone.

Teru is essentially a Guard, but it's really not advised to use as her one. This is because her resistance (to status effects like stun) will be zero no matter what. Even if you H her, any resistance item she held won't be absorbed into her stats. She's unable to guard others while stunned, so she'll be extremely unreliable when raised as a defender.

Instead, take advantage of her Counter, and use her as if she's a Fighter who can guard allies from time to time. Sort of like Leila in Sengoku Rance who doubled as a Warrior and a Footsoldier. Stick to characters like Sachiko if you desire a pure defender.

Rizna Lanfebit (リズナ・ランフビット)


Fighter Lv 1/42

Complete quest number 135　「ハニー秘密基地」 with the only green star event triggered.

Rizna can use magic, but the real highlight is her physical skill--Dance (乱舞, Ranbu), which hits multiple times. Therefore, it's recommended to raise her as you do Kenshin; raise her damage cap to increase the effectiveness of Dance. Also, as per storyline, don't forget enemy magic is ineffective on her. Don't bother teaching her any magic though; she's much better as a pure Fighter.

However, she does have downfalls for rivaling Kenshin's damage output in boss battles. Rizna, unfortunately, will always have only one-third of the defense other Fighters have. Also, she doesn't have 戦士の才能. So it's almost necessarily to give her a sword, and enhance her accuracy through whichever means. Spears are fine if you wish, but not recommended due to the speed drop.

Masou Shizuka (魔想 志津香)


Sorcerer Lv 20/61

In quest number 121　「マルグリッド迷宮1層」, trigger the green star on square just before the square with the finishing green star. For the needed green star to appear, Rance must NOT be in the party.

Recommend skill : Fire Mastery, Light Mastery

M item : Magic Attack

Build memo : Start with 2 elements, fire and light, which both are very formidable in the late game. Same as building other sorceress, spam both her fire and light skills, and that will make her have a lot of actions and be able to clear monsters very quickly. Shizuka is very good in leveling up your new characters, put her with other four low lv character and use her fearsome magic to bombard the field.

You have two choices for building her skills. One is to either keep her initial skills, and improve them by mastering Damage Limit. Or, you may learn the higher level fire and light spells. These should be used in combination with Fast Cast however. Also, do not bother with F Laser as it's useless by the time you can learn it; magic isn't effective on Masuzoe and the Kalar queens. Just concentrate on her ability to nuke monsters in random battles.

If you want an easier time against Vivid Kalar, teaching her Dark Explosion and Dark Knowledge is an option too. Light (followed by Fire) is generally the best element for Sorcerers however.

Maria Custard (マリア・カスタード)


Gunner Lv 20/40

In quest number 125 「マルグリッド迷宮5層」, bring Rance and Masou Shizuka in party and activate a green star event in MAP03 area.

^ Didn't need Rance in the party, just Masou Shizuka is enough

It's actually quest number 124 「マルグリッド迷宮4層」(in MAP03) - confirmed by editor. 125 「マルグリッド迷宮5層」 - confirmed

Raising Maria isn't special. She already comes with Damage Limit mastered, so simply focus on increasing the damage of her shooting attacks. One caution though--don't accidentally teach her bow skills as they're not compatible with her Tulip, which doesn't have the one-use-per-battle restriction Matchlocks have.

Merim Zülle (メリム・ツェーレ)
Civilian Lv 1/23

Have a chest open unsuccessfully 3 times in 1 quest to get the event, and then finish the quest.

Emmy Alphone (エミ・アルフォーヌ)
Sorcerer Lv 1/25

Run away from battle 3 times in one quest, and then finish the quest.

Emmy has a unique masochist nature, so there is a niche for using her. Every time she dies, Phoenix will increase her maximum health--up to 2000 HP. So it's not a bad idea to raise her as a tank-who-can-use-magic. Actually, it's almost necessary to turn her into a tank since she has a skill, which makes enemies target her often. In any case, teach her Strengthen HP, and Magic Barrier--followed by lightning spells. Or you may even forget offense, and use her solely as a wall--don't worry, she likes the abuse.

Noa Hakobune (ノア・ハコブネ)
Healer Lv 1/33

Have 5 characters die in battle in one quest; switch characters so the quest doesn't fail.

A Rance III character who joins with high skill slots, and All-Blessing mastered. In that note, she's superior to Sel who only starts with three skill slots. Sel's level cap is higher, but you might want use her as your back-up healer when Crook isn't around. Her build is similar to Crook's except you end up with less actions. Plus neither Noa or Sel are sturdy like Crook who has Alice's Blessing. So unless you have a Guard, don't put her in the front row with a healer's hammer.

Kuma (クマ)
Sparta Lv 1/66

Go to Quest #121, #122, #123, or #124 with only two characters in the party.

Kuma's passive skill gives it +40% attack/accuracy, +100% stun, and -50% HP. Due to the negative effects of this skill, it's not advised to use Kuma in boss battles without Strengthen HP, which will take away points you'd would normally allocate to offensive skills. If your choice is to use Kuma only for random battles, then aim for learning Elemental Punch and its supportive skills. Also, due to Elemental Punch and high critical rate (as it's normal for Sprawlters), Damage Limit is less important on him.

Yuzuhara Yuzumi (柚原 柚美)
Gunner Lv 1/38

Bring Kuma to a dungeon.

For her skills, take Shooting Attack 3, Less Monsters (魔物減らし), and Strengthen Critical. She can only fire Matchlocks once per battle, so make it count. Raise her critical in other ways possible, and increase her accuracy--you don't want the only shot to miss.

Yuran Mirage (ユラン・ミラージュ)
Fighter Lv 1/27

When you engage in a red crystal battle, sometimes there will be a choice to fight human opponents. Winning this once after Quest #63 will cause her to join.

Yuran has Illusion Sword, which deals 250% damage to bosses, but can only be used once per battle. So it's like an upgraded Full-Power Slash with bonus accuracy. According to your preference, give her a sword and a hammer. And then raise her like any other warrior--such as removing her damage cap, or raising her attack. However, her level cap is tremendously low. So you can't teach her very much skills to begin with, but she's much more fun to use than plain characters like Bernard or Katsuko.

Kaoru Quincy Kagura (カオル・クインシー・神楽)
Sparta Lv 20/38

Bring Magic the Gandhi to a quest you've finished 4 times.

Kaoru is initially able to use Shoulder Throw 6 times. (Like Alexander, she's pretty plain in terms of skills.) So pick between either Elemental Punch or the combination of Weakening Punch and Armor Breaking Punch. Generally, the latter is better since Kibako is superior for Elemental Punch.

Urza Planais (ウルザ・プラナアイス)
Gunner Lv 30/75

Bring any three of Magic, Kaloria, Kaoru, Rocky, Bernard, Prima, Cessna, and Megadeth to a マルグリット Labyrinth quest.

Max out her Tactician Knowledge to begin battles with +25% buffs, and then raise her as a standard bow or firearm user; either is suitable. Pep Talk may be handy for end-game bosses, but isn't necessary.

先制攻撃 has a chance to let Gunners act two times before anyone else. So combining this skill with Urza's manual buffs may be a good option too. You probably don't want Tactician Knowledge in this case though.

Tama (タマ)


Sparta Lv 15/22

Buy item タマの下着 and タマの服 from item shop. Leter on, purchase an item name 傭兵タマ　from the shop.

Frostbine (フロストバイン)


Healer Lv 15/20

Buy item タマの下着 and タマの服 from item shop. Leter on, purchase an item name 傭兵ばばあ　from the shop.

Alcott Marius (アールコート・マリウス)


Civilian Lv 1/43

Buy the Reddish Wing (赤っぽい羽) in the shop, pass time (do some quests), then do number 16　「酒場でスカウト」 when it's available.

Recommend skill : Advantage battle, Girl monsters users(learn by item), tactician mastery

M item : hp

The highest level cap civilian character. That make her the best contestant for girl monsters users. But the most unique skill of her is the skill that make you encounter the battle with an advantage(40%), you will gain free round to attack opponents first. and she also has a tactician ability! What a all around useful civilian. This character can be your main force in your party if you have touched her only once!

Atago McCart (アタゴ・マカット）


Civilian Lv 1/10

Complete quest number 84　「舞姫ローションの噂」. After that, collect lotion A, B, C (randomly drop from マルグリット迷宮 (Need Confirmation) Need not be from the maze, I got my lotion C from the quest to get Magic's medicine). Complete quest number 85　「舞姫ローションを作る」.

Build memo: One of the best civilian characters suited for lategame leveling. Only three characters have Handy skill (ハンデ), that raises aquired experience after battle by 20%. One is Merimu, but she has ultimate identify skill that removes chances for getting item upgrades with completing additional requirements on each map, and her item slot is permanently locked with healing item, so you can't make her a monster handler. Second character with Handy skill is Megu, but her unique skill that allows you to leave the battle is rather bad for leveling. On the other hand Atago has skill that can restore uses of skills of other characters, also her speed is rather bad, that means that she will rarely have moves in the battle, and you can keep those three charges quite a long time. So give her items that raise her max level to 35 (will need a lot of them), then level her to max level (don't forget to leave at least 18 skill points), give her a monster handling book and max monster handling skill. After that equip +300HP accessory (she does not need any other stat) and H her with Rance. Equip Toko-chan or Captain Vanilla and learn a skill that raises chances of finding good items in a chest. All other skillpoints can be spent on studying HP enforcement skill. If you find Miko clothes (that restore 25% of HP after battle) this will make her perfect for her task. Just put her into back row and enjoy 20% experience bonus with occasional 1200 damage from Captain Vanilla or 600 damage on front row from Toko-chan.

Characters Obtained by Completing Scrolls
As of the latest patch (ver. 1.15), it is now okay to equip more than 1 scroll at the same time. You only need to do some other quest for the 2nd character to show up at the bar.

Sel Catchgolf (セル・カーチゴルフ)


Healer Lv 1/44

From black scroll which is from a random dungeon chest, or from the green chest in Fl.1 of マルグリット迷宮 (The chest is already set place and not random), requirements to get her or others from the scroll kill a certain number of gal monsters anyone can kill them as long as the scroll is on someone in the party. The number appears on the scroll counts down as gal monsters are defeated. After the dungeon is finished a 016 quest shows up on quest tab. Defeat 5 Girl Monsters.

If you can't found the black scroll in Fl.1 of マルグリット迷宮 try to search it in the green chest at starting block in quest 31.

The easiest way to defeat many girl monsters is to do quest number 116. Fight '97Chihas'. Each time you find the right red mark, there will be 4 of them plus a 'Meatball'. You can defeat up to 5 things from red marks so you can get 20 girl monsters easy. You'll just need to memorise which red marks are Chihas and not Yankees.

Sel begins with low skill slots (unlike Noa), and doesn't have Crook's Alice's Blessing. So she's not exactly the best choice for a healer. If you're a Sel fan who wants to raise her as a healer, you might desire Strengthen HP since it's pointless if your healer dies first. Or you might not want to since she loses a lot points just to increase her skill slots. For other players, it may be good to dedicate her to warding ghosts since Crook and Noa are much better healers.

Mile Yorks (ミル・ヨークス)


Sorcerer Lv 15/34

Scroll from a random dungeon chest, or from the green chest in Fl.3 of マルグリット迷宮 (The chest is already set place and not random). Everything else is the same besides number of Girl Monsters that you need to defeat. For Miru you need to defeat 20 while holding the scroll.

She's automatically a low-tier character due her age, which lowers her overall stats. In any case, her best magic is Siberia. And unlike other Sorcerers, she can damage Hannys with 幻獣アタック.

Karma Atlanger (カーマ・アトランジャ)


Ranger Lv 1/29

Scroll, that drops randomly from red chests in any dungeon(that is confirmed, I got it from a red chest in quest number 61　「チーターマインド」, and there are reports of it being found in a red chest on quest 26 or so). Defeat 10 Girl Monsters while holding it and then activate quest number 16　「酒場でスカウト」.

Since Karma's stats are low due to her age, it's more practical to raise her an escape artist (rather than as a combat Ranger). So raise her sort of as you do Klein. Master any escape related skills, and then take any utility skills such as the treasure-related skills.

Shitomone Chappie (シトモネ・チャッピー)


Sorcerer Lv 1/30

Scroll, that drops randomly from red chests in any dungeon. Defeat 10 Girl Monsters. Confirmed

She starts with ice magic related skills, so continue her in that field. Just raise her as you would Torako who's also best as a ice-element Sorcerer.

Wichita Skate (ウィチタ・スケート)


Fighter Lv 10/35

This scroll might be found in fixed locations like in above scrolls OR randomly dropped, because I'm pretty sure I found it in either a red mine fight or a chest in the 1st yankee quest. Defeat 10 Girl Monsters.

Found in quest number 40 red chest. Close to the end. Not sure if different people will find scrolls in different quests. The best thing to do is to level up the skill that a Ranger has that allows you to open red chests indefinitely without it exploding. Then explore everywhere in every quest possible for red chests and open all of them.

In terms of skill building, she's in the same boat as Elenoa Ran--Wichita is a mage swordsman; she'll never be as good as pure Fighters or pure Sorcerers. If you want to take advantage of her Flame Slash though, considering raising her level to equip her with スカートメクリ. Of course, this is also means raising her as a dagger fighter. Or just forget about raising magic since you'll do better single-hit damage with swords and what not.

Elenoa Ran (エレノア・ラン)


Fighter Lv 15/30

Scroll from a random dungeon chest, or from the green chest in Fl.2 of マルグリット迷宮 (The chest is already set place and not random). After getting the scroll, equip it on a character, then go defeat 6 Girl Monsters. After that activate quest number 16　「酒場でスカウト」, and she'll join.

Due to her unique skill--Hypnosis--she's nice to have alongside a hammer fighter. But individually, she's not worth much since mage-swordsmen all fall into the jack-of-all-trades category. If want her to be effective in both spectrums--physical and magical--then at least raise her as a dagger user since スカートメクリ adds 320 attack, and 300 magic attack. You need to raise her level cap to use the weapon though.

Okita Nozomi (沖田 のぞみ)


Fighter Lv 25/59

Scroll, that drops randomly from red chests in any dungeon. Defeat 10 Girl Monsters.

Has a personal skill that causes her to start battle with poisoned status. Deploy her with someone like Prima to eliminate the poison on a regular basis. Poison Masks won't nullify her penalty, so don't bother trying. Alternatively, forget about treating her poison on every battle. Instead, rely on auto-regenerative skills or items (like a Hanny Zippo) to counter the effects of poison. Or simply use with a good Guard since poison doesn't reduce HP below 1.

Maris Amaryllis (マリス・アマリリス)


Sorcerer Lv 40/67

Only available during quest number 56 「サトラレ忍者」.

Rick Adisson (リック・アディスン)


Fighter Lv 45/70

Only available during quest number 56 「サトラレ忍者」.

Dossky (ドエススキー)


Civilian Lv 2/10

Only available during quest number 28 「文豪を連れて」.

Nopel (ノーぺル)


Civilian Lv 2/2

Only available during quest number 47 「爆弾の研究」.