o Vareth Magic Institute[edit]

o If you want to recruit Nyx, you will need to recruit the heads of all the other

guilds, which means all of their members. You can't recruit Curtis (the head)

until all the other characters have joined. Cecil

o Talk to him with Aidan in the party at level 32 or greater

Claudia

o To recruit her, you need to get a Blood Orc's horn. You can get these later

in the game from Fire Mountain, but you can also get them during the

training exercises for the axe. Blook Orc Horns don't carry across between

games. If you also want to recruit Zida, make sure you show him the horn

first, since Claudia will take it from you.

o Talk to her in the bottom room of the Moon Tower between 5pm and 7pm.

The first time, give her the horn, then return three nights. Each time you

return, talk to the large glass tube (that originally read "Cautioin Do Not

Touch") The first night, the body will twitch, the next night it will say "Clau",

and finally "Claudia". (Apparently it is the body of her boyfriend who was

killed.) Ernest

o Talk to him and lend him "Earth Valley" or probably any other upbeat

record.

o Talk to him the next day to get your record back and to recruit him

Morgan

o Contrary to the Official Strategy Guide, you must be level 32. You will need

43,000 gold to finally get her, but you can start with "only" 1,000. Talk to her

and she will complain about needing money and ask you for a donation of

1,000. Come back the next day and she will ask you for 3,000. The

following day she will ask for 9,000, and then finally 30,000. She might not

ask if you don't have enough, so if that even happens, go out and make

some more money.

o You don't have to do this four days in a row. If it takes you a few days to get

enough money for your next payment, that isn't a problem

Yack

o Talk to him when you have a tsuchinoko dumpling. The easiest time is

when he leaves his house in Nuevo Village around 7am, or returns around

10pm

o I read someplace that you only need to have seen a Tsuchinoko, and didn't

need to have the dumpling.

Elef, Hip, and Ryan (Non-Guild Humans)

o Accept the mission to defeat the beasts on the bridge. If you don't do this,

you won't be able to get these characters, who are the workmen on the

bridge.

o Keep checking back at the bridge between missions until they complain

about needing their spare set of blueprints.

o Get the blueprints from the inn south of the Olacion Order Shrine (right

behind the lottery stand.)

o This recruitment will continue later, after the Large Man in Vancoor Square

o Walter (start)

o You can start to recruit Walter at this point, but you won't be able to finish

until after the split.

o Talk to Walter and he will ask you to look for his wife Sheila if you ever get

into the castle. Tell him yes.

o You won't be able to finish this until later on the human path

Gerald

o Note: It is easy to miss Gerald, so make sure you start this before the game

progresses.

o Enter the Vampire Club in the Void Community.Be sure to go alone, and

after completing "The Ultimate Battle" job. This will trigger a cut scene

where Nocture will ask you to deliver a letter to Gerald. It will be pretty

obvious what to do, although you will gain control of Jack a few times

between the various cut scenes. You use this to go and save it you want.

o Some time after Nocturne and Gerald fight it out, speak to Gerald, who will

tell you that if you can beat him he will join you. If you lose, don't worry, you

can try again (once per day)

o One strategy I saw on the recruitment wiki was to poison Gerald and then

run around avoiding him until he dies from the poison. An easy way to do

this is by locking on to him with the R1 button and holding up on the

controller. You can tape your controller in this position and walk away while

his health drains away. The same can be done with Nocturne. Another was

to continuously throw Mass of Emneties at him to stop him from using his

volty blast on you.

o The method that I use was to equip "Full Power", which increases your volty

strength, and equip the Rune Sword, which has a side effect of Petrify. Start

the duel by hitting him with the sword. If you paralyze him, that is great,

keep hitting him until he becomes unparalyzed. Lock onto him and use your

volty.

o If at any time, Gerald starts to sparkle, indicating that he will soon use his

volty, immediately equip the "Fierce Defense" skill and use an herb to bring

you to full HP. Then hold down the X button and wait for his volty. If you are

at 100% HP and your Fierce Defense skill is up the whole way, you should

have a few HP left after the volty attack. Quickly feed Jack an herb to

restore his HP to max again. Alternatively, try equipping the skill "Max HP

Plus" and use an Herb Extract S when Gerald starts sparkling.

Void Community[edit] Nocturne

o Talk to him with Gerald in your party. Then defeat him in a duel.

Non-Guild Humans[edit] Finish recruiting Elef, Ryan, Hip (Non-Guild Human)

o You had to have accepted the mission to defeat the monsters at the bridge.

o You had to have gotten them the spare blueprints

o Talk to them after the bridge is finished in their inn where you got the

blueprints.

Godwin (Olacion)

o Talk to him with Miranda in your party at level 35 or better.

Fernando (Olacion)

o After you recruit Godwin, you should be able to recruit Fernando, assuming

you recruited everyone else that you could.

o You need to have recruited Fernando's people, which is basically everyone

on the right side of the Olacion Shrine. They were probably recruited in the

following order: Edgar, Flora, Achilles, Vitas, Miranda, Alvin, and Godwin.

o When he's in his room meditating talk to him and fight him, beat him and

he'll join you.

Kain (Olacion)

o If you have recruited everyone in the Olacion Order (except perhaps

Rocky), talk to Kain. He will thank you for pulling the members together, and

join you.

Ortoroz (Void)

o Talk to him and he will ask you to find some meteorite fragments.

o There are four of them, and they can only be found between midnight

and 6am. Don't be standing in the area before midnight, or it may not

be there. If that happens, try leaving the area and coming back.

o If you have the feathered earing equipped, you can get all four

fragments during a single trip.