It is impossible to have a walkthrough for this game as there are too many interlocking events and there is ABSOLUTELY NOT only one solution to the game. This method will only show you ONE single way to play the game and reading it may destroy your own explorations of the game story. DO NOT try this unless you are already extremely frustrated.
** SPOILER ALERT**
The purpose of this walkthrough is to guide the player from beginning to end without dying (i.e., survive to see Elodie's coronation). The choices are kept as simple as possible (e.g, not attending many of the optional events) so as not to reveal too much plot. The week-to-week guide describes the choices made in each week, and the other sections explain the logic behind these choices.
See also: Minimal Walkthrough for a walkthrough that trains the minimal amount of skills.
Week-to-Week Guide[]
Week | Classes | Choices Made That Week | Weekend Activities |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Accounting Accounting |
Talk to Your Father | |
2 |
Accounting Accounting |
Choose: Let her stay | Visit Julianna |
3 |
Trade Trade |
Choose: Hold still | Visit Julianna |
4 |
Trade Production |
Talk to Your Father | |
5 |
Production Production |
Visit Julianna Choose: What drastic action? | |
6 |
Accounting Accounting |
Choose: Run and hide | Visit the Treasury |
7 |
Court Manners Reflexes |
Visit Julianna Choose: Do it | |
8 |
Reflexes Reflexes |
Choose: Don't invest | Attend Service |
9 |
Reflexes Swords |
Choose: I'm considering it | Attend Service |
10 |
Swords Swords |
Choose: Bluff / Intimidate --> Claim you are allied with Talasse | Attend Service |
11 |
Swords Swords |
Attend Service | |
12 |
Sense Magic Sense Magic |
Choose: Accept his offer | Attend Service |
13 |
Resist Magic Resist Magic |
Choose: Execute her | Attend Service |
14 |
Wield Magic Wield Magic |
Attend Service | |
15 |
Sense Magic Sense Magic |
Visit the Treasury | |
16 |
Resist Magic Resist Magic |
Choose: I would rather not go --> Confess your fears | Attend Service |
17 |
Wield Magic Wield Magic |
Choose: Refuse | Attend Service |
18 | (Any) | Choose: Shame her with silent scorn | Attend Service |
19 | (Any) | Choose: Keep them the same | Attend Service |
20 | (Any) | Choose: Execute him | Visit the Treasury |
21 | (Any) | Visit the Treasury | |
22 | (Any) | Choose: Leave him with Arisse | Visit the Treasury |
23 | (Any) | Choose: Reject her | Visit the Treasury |
24 | (Any) | Visit the Treasury | |
25 | (Any) | Visit the Treasury | |
26 | (Any) | Choose: That's hilarious --> Ignore it | Attend Service |
27 | (Any) | Choose: Send your regrets | Attend Service |
28 | (Any) | Visit the Treasury | |
29 | (Any) | Choose: Keep it | Visit the Treasury |
30 | (Any) | Visit the Treasury | |
31 | (Any) | Visit the Treasury | |
32 | (Any) |
Choose: Employment Choose: Save it for later |
Visit the Treasury |
33 | (Any) | Choose: None | Attend Service |
34 | (Any) | Choose: Don't --> Stay in the capital | Attend Service |
35 | (Any) | Attend Service | |
36 | (Any) | Choose: Meet with diplomats --> Accept his terms --> Magic sword | Attend Service |
37 | (Any) | Visit the Treasury | |
38 | (Any) | Choose: A small feast | Visit the Treasury |
39 | (Any) | Visit the Treasury | |
40 | (Any) |
Skills required[]
This small set of skills, combined with certain choices ensures Elodie's survival:
- Accounting >= 70 (for getting the crystal)
- Composure >= 10 (to enable bluffing in Week 10)
- Production + Trade >= 60 (to avoid being poisoned in Week 32)
- Sense Magic >= 60, Resist Magic >= 60, Wield Magic >= 50, Reflexes + Swords >= 100 (to defeat the enemy in Week 36)
Of course, there are other ways to avoid dying. For example, Decoration >= 70 instead of Reflexes + Swords >= 100 also works, but the former requires building up the other Expression skills, whereas Reflexes and Swords can both reach 50 without building other skills in Agility and Weapons.
Choices Made during the Week[]
In this walkthrough, Elodie makes conservative choices to avoid problems. She does not go to parade, the birthday party, or the tournament. She executes criminals, accepts a marriage proposal, and sends Adair to his stepmother to avoid angering nobles. She does not raise taxes and provides a feast to appease the commoners. To avoid complications, Elodie avoids instigating warfare and chooses not to invest in projects.
Weekend Activities[]
The crystal is obtained by talking to Julianna twice for information, talking to your father to inquire its whereabouts, talking to Julianna again, going to the Treasury with Accounting >=70, and then talking to Julianna one more time to activate the crystal.
Later in the game, the weekend activities involve attending service and visit the treasury. Attending service keeps the first two moods neutral while visiting the treasury increases willfulness. This combination ensures that the dominant mood is usually willful, which is good for the skills we want to build.