Seraphic Gate (spoilers)

[rokkyrok]

thanks to darklingphoenix, iamtehwin, sheik and myself:

The Seraphic gate is unlocked after you beat the game on normal or higher, its located in kolton in the palace, a teleporter off to the side takes you there.

Floor1 - Graad Prison
Boss:Vembert
Drops the Maestro's Baton for Rico
Port1: Sends you to Oradian Dunes

Floor2 - Oradian Dunes
No bosses, just 2 teleporters
Port1: Shadow Sigmund fight, defeat him and he joins your party, 2 chests and you can use his equipment (he has a 2k dmg sword!). This also unlocks "Big Daddy's Back" for 49 GS.
Port2: Sends you to Luce Plains

Floor3 - Luce Plains
Boss: Wyvern
Drops a Weapon for Edward, Hrotti (?)
Port1: Sends you to Bahir Mines
Chest at the side has a helmet
Chest on rock (i forgot)

Floor4 - Bahir Mines
No bosses, just 2 teleporters
Port1: Sends you to Port Zala
Port2: Sends you to Cobasna Timberlands
Chest: Where you go up stiars and theres a left and right, if you go right theres a dead end rickety bridge over fire, a secret chest is there which contains Sarnga, A sweet ass bow for aya

Side-Floor1 - Port Zala
No bosses here, just a port to the beach
Chest: If you run to the end of the dock there is a secret chest here as well, just flute it and you will get this item Avifir Garb, great armor for eugene or someone who you use

Side-Floor - Port Zala Beach
Boss: Leviathan
Drops a weapon (Moonsword), for Vic
Thats it for this path, head back to Bahir to take the other port

Floor5 - Cobasna Timberlands
Boss: Peluda, a big lion/snake looking thing
Drops a weapon (Sabris Claws), for Gustav
Port1: Sends you to Nolaan

Floor6 - Nolaan
No bosses here, just some enemies
Port1: Sends you to Vesplume Tower

Floor7 - Vesplume Tower
Boss: Gabriele Celeste
Drops a weapon (Genesis), for Michelle
2 chests with Charming Perfume and Nighthawk, for Komachi
Port1: Sends you to Kolton safe area

Safe Area!
No boss in here, just 4 chests (Feet of Saruleus, Pius Wood, Atlantis Metal and Amarlista), a save point and genma (Finally a save point)
Notable thing about this area, there is a teleporter that will send you to kolton, note that this is a one way portal, if you leave you have to run all the way back down again.
Two ways to go, upstairs to floor9 or ahead to floor8.

Floor8 - some dungeon
Boss1: one of those eyes
Drops: nothing
Boss: Wrath
Drops a weapon (Discipline Staff), for Eugene
Port: none, you will need to backtrack

Floor9 - Graad Woods
No bosses here, just some enemies.
Locked chest with Sabris garb
Invisible chest with magic amplio
Port to Dragonbone Shrine

Floor10 - Dragonbone Shrine
Boss: Seaspawn
Drops armor (Karathos Suit), for Capell
Port to castle/prison

Floor11 - Castle/prison
No bosses here, just some enemies.
Locked chest with atlantis metal
Locked chest with symphony notations
Port to Halgitia

Floor12 - Halgitia
Boss: Grymon
Drops an executioner, axe for Balbagan
invisible chest with divinity
Port to the moon

Floor13 - the moon
Boss - Leonid
Drops a celestial sword
Boss - Ethereal Queen
Drops a tri-emblem

[Darklingphoenix]

We have been talking about this place over at GameFAQs, and a few of us have gotten fairly far into it. So far I myself have been able to get all the way to the Ethereal Queen, but i'm no match for her. Here's what I can remember offhand. Some of the drops I cant remember because I did them a few days ago and didnt write them down.

Floor1 - Graad Prison
Boss:Vembert
Drops the Maestro's Baton for Rico
Port1: Sends you to Oradian Dunes

Floor2 - Oradian Dunes
No bosses, just 2 teleporters
Port1: Shadow sigmund fight, defeat him and he joins your party
Port2: Sends you to Luce Plains

Floor3 - Luce Plains
Boss: Wyvern
Drops a Weapon for Edward, cant remember the name though
Port1: Sends you to Bahir Mines

Floor4 - Bahir Mines
No bosses, just 2 teleporters
Port1: Sends you to Port Zala
Port2: Sends you to Cobasna Timberlands

Side-Floor1 - Port Zala
No bosses here, just a port to the beach

Side-Floor - Port Zala Beach
Boss: Leviathan
Drops a weapon, but I cant remember for who at the moment
Thats it for this path, head back to Bahir to take the other port

Floor5 - Cobasna Timberlands
Boss: The big lion/snake looking thing
Again, drops a weapon but I cant remember for who
Port1: Sends you to Nolaan

Floor6 - Nolaan
No bosses here, just some enemies
Port1: Sends you to Vesplume Tower

Floor7 - Vesplume Tower
Boss: Gabriele Celeste
Drops something, still no idea
Port1: Sends you to Kolton safe area

Safe Area!
No boss in here, just a few chests, a save point and genma(Finally a save point)
Notable thing about this area, there is a teleporter that will send you to kolton, note that this is a one way portal, if you leave you have to run all the way back down again.


Theres still alot after this that I have done, but this is a big enough wall-o-text for now.

[iamtehwin]

wait, did i miss something? wheres the seraphic gates at, i havent had any problems with the game but im going through on hard and i dont want to miss anything this time.

[Darklingphoenix]

The Seraphic gate is unlocked after you beat the game on normal or higher, its located in kolton in the palace, a teleporter off to the side takes you there.

[iamtehwin]

ah, so it can be reached during the load you save after
what level are you guys during this, just wondering cuz im lvl 54 and dont know if i should go level up or not

[Darklingphoenix]

I started in the mid 50s, the first floor will be tough, but the enemies give 2-3k exp per mob, better then the ones in the marsh I believe, so you will level fast.

[iamtehwin]

ya i just got sigmund, im gonna help you guys write some guides for this (mainly a sigmund guide cuz i owned him at a lvl 58 ) thanks for letting me know this is here saves me from having to do it on hard!

[iamtehwin]

Beating Sigmund in the Seraphic Gates Guide

First of all sigmund is hard don't go into the fight thinking he isn't, but if your about lvl 55+ you should be ok using this.

Set Up : Capell is the only one you use in this fight so first thing you need to do is set reignleif to the A or B button ( doesn't really matter they dont do that much differnt damage and you are just gonna be running anyway )

Make sure before you enter the seraphic gates you buy 99 of every item especially healing for this fight.



Fight Start : Start by running around the middle like a pussy with your sword put away, and then when far enough away pull it out and reignleif him.

He Should : Now he is going to try and doing an attack to you, If it lands you need to get up as fast as you can and start running, if he doesn't hit you then you need to start running!

While Running : Once you get far enough away this time, Heal with a medicine real quick.

What's that you say? : He only hit me and took off 1000 hit points? It doesn't matter, heal anyway, no reason to act a fool!

EDIT: A tip for doing the seraphic gates, if you defeat a boss and you think "wow theres no save, hope i find one soon" DONT FORGET!!! you can run all the way back up and save, but you will have to fight all the enemies on the way down. Just think, do i want to fight the enemies or do i want to just redo it ALL if i die? personally i f'ing hate dying half way to the next save!! Just a tip good luck to all!
Just keep doing this and he will die in about 10 minutes, easy as hell.

[rokkyrok]

i die by his boulders alll the time, any tips?

got him with luck, i was spamming and hiding/rezzing when needed.

[Darklingphoenix]

As another person on gameFAQs posted, he used the Prudentiae song to block gabriele's spells, but I didnt use it myself, so I can't fully comment on how to use that effectively. As for myself I just fought him like any other boss, ran away from the big attacks and spammed Grinn Valesti when I had the chance.

[WhiteCloverXIII]

How do i get there?

[iamtehwin]

white, theres a portal that takes you there (theres 2 portals with no names) i just got lucky on my first guess, but died in next area.

[Darklingphoenix]

Just finally beat the Ethereal Queen, woo it was tough.

[iamtehwin]

For anyone who gets to a point like beating a boss and than dies and becomes more and more frustrated, heres a tip.

I went all the way to third level and then went back, got sigmund and went back to the top to town and saved, not only do the bosses stay dead you keep sigmund, your levels, items, gold, and anything else.

Also the enemies respawn both up and down, so you get more exp than you can imagine.

Also, once you get sigmund, just take his stuff and put it on capell, hes low level anyway. Im 80 hes 12 so hes stuff beefs my stats up to outragous amounts

Stats for Capell
ATK : 3127
DEF : 1137
HIT : 445
AGL : 232
INT : 346

ATK and DEF is ridiculous i dont get hurt and everything dies fast


Also there is an item in the mines,

Where you go up stiars and theres a left and right, if you go right theres a dead end rickety bridge over fire, a secret chest is there which contains

Sarnga, A sweet ass bow for aya

Another thing, In Port Zala,

If you run to the end of the dock there is a secret chest here as well, just flute it and you will get this item

Avifir Garb, great armor for eugene or someone who you use

[Syraphin]

i have the game finished in normal and im now playing through on hard....will seraphic gate be unlocked on this playthrough or will i still have to beat the game on this difficulity first?

[Sheik]

"Drops a weapon (Moonsword), but I cant remember for who at the moment"

Its a dagger for Vic.

[WhiteCloverXIII]

is there only one safe zone cause im in hailgita area and i wouild like tio save so if i die its ok haha

[Sheik]

Well you could always kill one boss and go back to Kolton to save, thats what i have been doing. So far I have killed everything up to Leviathan.

[WhiteCloverXIII]

yea i was gunna do that bbut i was hopin to find one after halgaita turns out i died there but watever ill redo in a bit haha all i gotta rekill is the turtel

[Darklingphoenix]

Yes, the kolton safe zone after gabriel is the only save point in the whole SG. After the halgita one you fight leonid then the queen right after, so its pretty frustrating to run down there every time she kills you.

[WhiteCloverXIII]

do u get nethin for killin her

[Sheik]

Floor5 - Cobasna Timberlands
Boss: Peluda
Drops a weapon (Sabris Claws), for Gustav

Floor7 - Vesplume Tower
Boss: Gabriele Celeste
Drops a weapon (Genesis), for Michelle
2 chests with Charming Perfume and Nighthawk, for Komachi
Port1: Sends you to Kolton safe area

Safe Area has 4 chests. This is what you get from them: Feet of Saruleus, Pius Wood, Atlantis Metal and Amarlista

Floor8 - some dungeon
Boss: Wrath
Drops a weapon (Discipline Staff), for Eugene

Floor9 - Graad Woods
No bosses here, just some enemies.
Portal to Dragonbone Shrine

Floor10 - Dragonbone Shrine
Boss: Seaspawn
Drops armor (Karathos Suit), for Capell

[Maelmord]

Stocking up items for the 2x EXp and 0 Gold enchant and then just Grinn Valesti all the way is a silly awesome way to get xp, in the Mines are of SG, you get 6-7k per mob and you one-shot them with a Grinn easily at lvl 80+... KABAM level up!

[Zaiba]

i dont know if its the last Floor but nevermind ^^

you will see feina again and she is a pain in the a.. -_- must be the last boss there XD

[Grahf]

I feel I'm gonna do a big mistake. I just fight all the bosses in one run from Wyvern to Peluda, I met Gabriel and he killed my whole team in one shot, except Michelle who survived with one hp. Thank god she had time to revive me and I just ran like hell to the portal. But now I really don't want to make all the way back to Kolton, especially because of the Cobasna Timberlands that are soooo boring.

Question: Do you think I can beat Gab? I'm level 100 with Capell, 75 for Sigmund and 95 for Aya and Michelle. Everyone has the best equipment I can have so far. Maybe I can enchant them with Def + 20%. I'm so scared to go back to him, if I die I'm gonna break my controller. I'm waiting for the answer of someone who beat him. What level should I be please?

Edit: I just found that on gamefaqs:

Regarding Gabriel Celeste, I found him very easy to beat when using the Prudentae song. Just keep it active the whole fight and let Aya and whoever else you have in the group deal the damage to him. You don't have to worry about the spheres that he spawns nor his magic attacks while it's active, you just have to make sure you get out of the way while he executes his noble play melee attack. This is also an excellent time to use mana items as the Prudentae song will suck up your MP.
One other thing to note, make sure not to trap Gabriel in the field of Prudentae if you plan on using casters, as I believe this will negate their offensive attacks. I'll have to do a bit more testing on that, as i'm not positive it's actually negating friendly fire, however this also seems to provoke his Noble Play attack as well.

I'm gonna try it, while placing some Grin Valesti when i can. I make some prayers before, I'm so scared to lose and so lazy to go back.


edit: Yeah, I beat him, the prudentiae song works like a charm.

[DemonI81]

If you fight your way half way through and then leave, do you have to fight the bosses again?

[rokkyrok]

Originally Posted by DemonI81

If you fight your way half way through and then leave, do you have to fight the bosses again?

no, it only resets after you beat the ethereal queen.

[tabion360]

level 100 on normal and i got to Floor7 - Vesplume Tower Boss: Gabriele Celeste and he obliterated me lol, well i did a lot of damage to him but still lost. any tips for him?

[tabion360]

also you missing some chests for some of the floors, this is what i have found so far.

• Floor 1 - Graad Prison
  • Portal 1 - Sends you to floor 2
  • Chest 1 - Next to teleporter to floor 2
  • Chest 2 - Next to teleporter to floor 2

• Floor 2 - Oradian Dunes
  • Portal 1 - Sends you to Sigmund
  • Portal 2 - Sends you to Floor 3
  • Chest 1 - (Grab) In one of the sand typhoons nearish to the Sigmund teleporter
    Chest 2 - ?

• Side Floor - Sigmund
  • Portal 1 - Back to Oradian Dunes
  • Chest 1 - Gold Berry Potion
  • Chest 2 - Pius Wood

• Floor 3 - Luce Plains
  • Portal 1 - Sends you to Floor 4
  • Chest 1 - (Grab) On the rocks
  • Chest 2 - Northside of the rock formation in the middle

• Floor 4 - Bahir Mines
  • Portal 1 - Sends you to Side-Floor1
  • Portal 2 - Sends you to
  • Chest 1 - (Theif) straight ahead up the ramp after 2nd? elevator

• Side Floor - Port Zala
  • Portal 1 - To the Beach
  • Chest 1 - (Tune) At the end of the Peir where Edward usually stands

• Side Floor - Beach
  • Chest 1 - Memoirs of a Knight

• Floor 5 - Cobasna Timberlands
  • Portal 1 - Sends you to Nolaan
  • Chest 1 - (Strength) behind 2 cracked rocks (head straight from entrance portal)
  • Chest 2 - (Strength) behind 2 cracked rocks (keap following the path after the boss)

• Floor 6 - Nolaan
  • Portal 1 - Sends you to Vesplume Tower

[Syraphin]

he kicked my ass too. i found this stragety worked:

setup = free
capell, grinn valesti > run away
sigmund, grin valesti, alfheim
aya, fire bird one (forget its name),
eugune, mainly heals but does geoclaw now and then.


basically, let them attack, run in, grinn valesti and run out, heal if needed and repeat. jhust keep tapping Y and they'll heal each other. eugune and aya usually stay out of range of his nasty move that kills you. and with running away after one move capell should too