Hints, Tips and Secrets for Suikoden I, II & III

[Goldy]

Hello fellow members.
My knowledge of Suikoden might not be as great as alot of you so i am
here to ask a few questions!

Can you please give me info on the following questions for all three games
if you please;

Getting easy money?
Secret locations and people to ask to obtain runes?
Quick leveling up? (i know about the Chris lvl99 trick)
And any other info that you think i should know!

Thanks in advance!

[Eggith Cyrene]

well there is the maktikda trick on s2. where from muse you can "push" the door to enter the maltilda domain;level up to mid forties and obtain futch and humphrey before you even reach kuskus town.
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[Aurelien]

Getting easy money?

S1: At the beginning of the game, go to Rockland and play Marco's mini-game. Bet the smallest amount and keep on betting until around 10 times. Memorize or simply write down which cups are the winners for those 10 bets and quit but don't leave town. Then bet again, but as expensive as you could. Use the same 10 patterns for every 10 bets, and then quit. Repeat until you have the amount of money you want. This only works while Marco is in Rockland if I'm not mistaken.

Another way is to have some money, then play Chinchirorin once you got Gaspar recruited. Save beforehand, and bet 9,999 bits. Keep on doing it until you got 999,999 bits. If you got broke instead, just reload the game and gamble again.

S2: Use the Hans armor shop trick. From Suikosource:

[Lunarblade]

It's not really a trick per se, but in Suikoden 3 the best way to get money/runes/loot/experience is to fight the treasure bosses in each area. They respawn every half hour I believe, so you can do them all in order and come back to the original and he'll be there.

Oh, the lottery works well in S3 as well. Just save before you check the tickets, if you don't win a big prize just soft reset and try again.
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[Wiseman]

In S1, there are certain characters who join at a so many levels before the hero. So if your at level 1, there is no level 0 and it will go to 99. This means you have to make sure Tir dies every battle and then you can finish it. This can make duels very hard but there is a way to get around it. In the very beginning when you go to Sarady and you have to cross Mount Tigerwolf (I think thats the one, its got snow all over and it has the inn with the bandits Ledon and Kessler) fight the blue snails there they will randomly drop defense rune pieces. So keep fighting until you have about 6 or 7 of these and after that just keep them and do not use them. Then when you go to Pannu Yakuta after you save in the castle before the boss fight use all the stones. You will then fight the dragon boss and after that you'll duel with Kwanda. You're going to lose the duel without a doubt. When the screen comes with "Don't Give Up" and "Don't Give Up", choose Don't Give Up. You will start over from your last save. The boosts you got in defense from using the stones will still be there, but the stones will still be there in your inventory. Keep repeating this until you finally beat Kwanda in the duel, but after that reload your save and do it one last time, this time without using the stones before the battle so that you can save them for future use, since you can never get that many again. I don't remember having trouble with any of the duels after that one, just make sure you have the best armor and your weapon is sharpened as high as possible. I also used a duel guide for the duels, it will help a lot. I don't remember which or how many characters join at level 99 using the trick, but I'll go check my game in a little while and I'll post what I find.

Edit: Ok, after looking at my list of party characters, I've discovered that there a whopping 5 characters who join at level 99 using this trick. They are Kuromini, Sheena, Kirke, Sarah, and Gon. Quite disappointing, seeing as how I never even use these characters. I think I'll make a party with all of them and see how much they own. However, I will say that having a level 63 Sheena in Suikoden 2 with all rune slots open when your heroes level is in the early-mid forties is quit nice.
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Battle wounds and scars is how I show my pain
My palms covered in the blood of those I've slain
Yet I still keep comin back all the same...

[Gwendal]

To get unlimited Fury Runes in S3, be sure to fight the Bronze Sun enemies(large floating men) in the Ancient Highway during Hugo`s chapter 3. But Kidd(the detective) in your party to increase your chances of getting them.
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[Goldy]

Thanks for all your help!

Nice to see that you didnt recognise me Eggith! :(

[Njord]

[Thief]

I still consider playing Chinchirorin with Gaspar is far quicker for money making in the original Suikoden... ha.

[KoRnholio]

Yeah, but you can do Marco's trick in the beginning of the game in Rockland. Building up 250,000 bits or so that early will make the early weapon/armor upgradings much easier to reach.

Its kind of useless do actually do in your castle though because you might as well just use Gaspar, plus Marco uses more patterns in the castle....in Rockland once you figure out the first 10, you can just keep redoing those and it'll work every time.

[Njord]

[Snowe Vingerhut]

I only have one tip that I haven't seen posted anywhere else, probably because it's kind of worthless, but I find it helpful for the way that I like to play the game:

1: If you're going to be doing the Matilda glitch, then don't forget to grab Hans so you can buy good armor right when your castle opens up.
You will be able to go to Two River(and thus the inn where Hans is located) after highland takes Muse, but before you leave the area for south window.

You go through the Matilda section, then down to Two River(the Kobold will now let you in), then to get back to the Muse area you go to the South Window area, and then to the Merc. Fort. area, and then back to muse area.
You can also pick up Oulan during that round trip, but you have to have only Nanami in your party, and not the Circus performers(Bolgan, Rina, & Ellie) since Bolgan is a male and you won't be jumped by the stooges then.

But I would also do this with the circus poeple, just so their levels and armor will be better.
If you go with the circus crew, you have to go with them before you board Tai Ho's boat, but after you beat him gambling, and get Rina & them to join your party.

The Hans trick came in handy for a couple of times, but it is not really nessecary, because you get to go to Two Rivers shortly after you obtain your castle anyway.
But, heh.

[Aurelien]

[Snowe Vingerhut]

Typo...
My bad...

Corrected!

[Aurelien]

Argh, just realized that "Y" is indeed close to "T" and was a typo instead of you confusing Tai Ho with Hai Yo X_X Sorry about that.
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