THE ATELIER IRIS ULTIMATE WEAPON SYNTHESIS FAQ version 1.0 By David Myers.

A compendium of game information obtained by players active on the message boards of gamefaqs.com, with especial thanks to the contributors to the "I have a Weapons Synthesis Chart, Anyone interested" thread. contacting the author: Given the nature of spam these days, I don't have a public email address currently. I'll set up a gmail account in the near future. ============================================================ i. Legal Stuff This Faq is copyrighted (C) 2005 by David Myers. All rights are reserved. This FAQ is not to be distributed unless you are explicitly listed on the distribution list below. Authors that I have quoted retain their own copyright to their words. I use their comments under fair use. Please treat their contributions as having a copyright of their own, and if you quote them, please say so. Distribution List: 1) The author 2) gamefaqs.com That's it! All other distribution points are unauthorized. ============================================================ Table of Contents 0. Updates 1. Introduction 1A. About This FAQ 1B. What are Mana Stones? 1C. What can I do with Mana Stones? 1D. Where can I get Mana Stones? 2. Body 2A. Synthesis Combinations 2B. What's that (S) mean after the Skill? 2C. A Partial List of Items that can accept Mana. 2D. Accessories and Mana. 2E. The Japanese Site 2F. GameFreeek's Basic Mana synthesis chart 2G. Holy Weapon from Scratch 3. Ultimate Stat Boost Combos 4. Things I need for this FAQ to Grow 5. About the Author ============================================================ 0. UPDATES This is the first version and there have been no updates so far. ============================================================ 1. INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------------------

1A. About this FAQ: The style of this FAQ is what I call a compendium. I'm not the author of most of the ideas in this document (except for large parts of the introduction). Other people are. I am going to try and give as much credit to the people who actually did the hard work on a per-section basis. If you see someone's name or handle in parentheses, that means that gamefaq player contributed directly to this document. So if you see something like: --------~ ( Foo) Then Foo wrote a message on a message board that I read and used as source material in this FAQ. Often I will quote authors directly, in which case this document is using their words under fair use and my use does not invalidate any copyright of their own. -----------------------------------------------------------1B. What are Mana Stones? Mana stones are these Hershey's kisses-like things you collect as you wander through the game. There are different kinds of these stones. Dark Black Yellow Blue Green Glowing Silver Gold Jade Crimson Jade and Crimson are rare stones, the others more common in a relative sense. -----------------------------------------------------------1C. What Can I do with Mana Stones? Once you get the anvil from the fairies, you can turn Mana stones into Mana Crystals. The Mana Crystals in turn, can confer properties onto weapons and accessories that contain these crystals. The power of Mana Crystals is that they allow weapons customization. Mana Crystals can be added to or removed from weapons. Only One Mana crystal can be present on a weapon at one time. The largest number of effects that can be in a single Mana crystal is three. So, it's possible for a Mana Crystal to have, say, Pierce and Double Attack and the Sky Sonata effects. -----------------------------------------------------------1D. Where Can I get Mana Stones? (EvilOne, Stormy Night, Ghost-Bear) Some Mana Stones are found randomly scattered throughout the game. Some are sold by the fairy in the portal. Some are given to you freely by the fairy at the forge in Iris's Resting Place. Others are drops by monsters. You should assume, unless otherwise indicated, that the drop is rare.

Dark: Black:

Red Puni, Golden Puni, Mandragora, Hell Kitty, Mull Beast Faux Puni, Black-Belt Kero, Fly Trapper, Sentry, Nocturne Element, Baphy. Red: Baby Pig, Salamander, Ghost, Brownie, Mountain Pig, Cerebus, Vine Trap, Lantern Jack. Yellow: Jin, Shock Element, Vulture, Totem Blue: Puni, Mini Puni, Giant Puni, Super Puni Green: Wood Golem Glowing: Baal, Phantom Silver: Jin Rider (100%), Supreme Wolf Jade: Master Kero ============================================================ 2. BODY -----------------------------------------------------------2A. Synthesis Combinations ( Blood Drive ) Dragon Slayer.... Puni Slayer...... Demon Slayer..... Evil Slayer...... Mind Curse....... Death Curse ..... Holy Sanctuary... Ancient Curse.... Single Power..... Holy Weapon..... Mana Slayer...... Holy Protect..... Very Heavy....... Double Attack.... Pierce,.......... Heavy Blow....... Masters Karma.... Battle Protect... Animal Instinct.. Beast Killer..... Ice Attack Lv5 & Attack+6 Fire Attack Lv1 & Attack+3 Att+6 & Holy Power Demon Slayer & Holy Sanctuary .Mental Curse & Mental Curse Disease Curse & Disease Curse Spirit Stone & Magic Stone Mind Curse & Death Curse Ancient Curse & Blessing Power Evil Slayer & Single Power Attack+6 & Ancient Curse D. Res+5 & Def+5 Heavy & Heavy Att+5 & Spd+7 Attack Comp Lv 3 & Attack+3 Very Heavy & Attack Comp Lv 4 Avoid Lv 3 & Acc Lv 3 Masters Karma + Battle Lord Attack Comp Lv 3 & Speed+5 Animal Instinct & Attack+3 & & & a I Res+7 L Res+7 F Res+7 Spirt Stone.

Water Protect.... Spirit Stone Thunder Protect.. Spirit Stone Fire Protect..... Spirit Stone Dark has no protect combo with

Dirty Power...... Mental Curse & Mag+8 Magic Stone...... Dirty Power & Blessing of Power Paralysis Sleep and Poison Resistances, have a MAX level of +5 . Fire Ice Lightning and Dark Attack have max level of 5. SLEEP RES........ Slp+5 + Holy Protect PAR RES ........ Par+5 + Holy Protect POISON RES....... Psn+5 + Holy Protect -----------------------------------------------------------2B. What's that (S) mean after the skill? ( Gundam4Fun, Kimber Bob )

From Kimber Bob: "Mana Up (S) means that you restore a small amount of mana each turn. Mana +lvl 1 gives a boost to your max mana points (this caps out at Mana +lvl 9)." (S) - small (M) - Medium (L) - Large (XL) - Xtra Large -----------------------------------------------------------2C. A Partial List of Items that can accept Mana. (Pdaimaoh) Klein's Cane Wing Staff Fairy Cane Divine Cane Fairy Claw Astral Gauntlet (another claw) Whip Sword Fairy Blade Phantom Blade Para Sword Galgazit Bow Fairy Bracer (accessory) Siglis Breath (accessory) -----------------------------------------------------------2D. Accessories and Mana. ( Kimber Bob, dragontears969 ) Only a few accessories can accept Mana Crystals. The list below can accept Mana Crystals. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Astral Gauntlet Locket of Love Bio Frame Locket of Wishes Fairy Bracelet Siglis Breath

Notes from Kimber Bob: "The Astral Gauntlet can be bought from the Weapons Shop in Kavoc. The Bio Frame is what Veola makes when you try to synthesize the Chronolex. The Bio Frame can be equipped by anyone, and is probably the best accessory in the game. After you've synthesized the Bio Frame/Chronolex, talk to Veola again, and she'll open up the Lockets. The Locket of Love can only be worn by Lita (yes, Lita, despite its title), and the Locket of Wishes is for Klein only." -----------------------------------------------------------2E. The Japanese Site (Pdaimaoh)

If you're into JP-EN translators such as Babelfish, there is good information here too. http://tekipaki.jp/~iwashi/iris/mana/manastone.html -----------------------------------------------------------2F. GameFreeek's Basic Mana synthesis chart ( GameFreeek ) This chart is online at http://www.wirefiles.com/uploads/chart.txt _____________________________________________________________________ Dark Black Red Yellow Blue Green Glowing Silver Gold Jade Crimson ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Uru Life+1 Att+1 F Res+2 Speed+1 Def+1 M Comp+1 Def+1 Heavy Life+1 Mana+1 Mag+1 ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ A Comp+1 A Comp+1 BLP Holy Pow SStone Mental C Disease C Bless Pow ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Silwest Psn Res+1 Par Res+1 Slp Res+1 L Res+2 Psn Res+1 Par Res+1 Life+1 Speed+1 Mana+1 Mag+1 ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Mental C Disease C BLP PSN RES PAR RES Avoid+1 Acc+1 Sleep Res Holy Pow SStone ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Nymph F Res+1 D Res+1 F Res+1 Life+1 I Res+2 Mag+1 Life+1 Heavy Speed+1 L Res+1 I Res+1 ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ D Res+1 L Res+1 Bless Pow Holy Pow SStone Mental C Disease C BLP ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Diemia Def+2 Heavy Speed+1 Life+1 Mana+1 Mag+1 ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Mental C Disease C BLP Holy Pow SStone ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Popo Psn Res+1 Par Res+1 F Res+1 Slp Res+1 Psn Res+1 Mana Up S F Res+1 D Res+1 Slp Res+1 Life+1 I Res+1 ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ D Res+1 L Res+1 Bless Pow PSN RES SStone Avoid+1 Disease C Sleep Res Holy Pow ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Aion F Res+1 D Res+1 F Res+1 L Res+1 I Res+1 I Res+1 ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ D Res+1 Att+3 Bless Pow Holy Pow SStone ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Luplus Life+2 D Mag+1 F Mag+1 L Mag+1 I Mag+1 Life Up S ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ BLP Bless Pow Holy Prot Holy Sanc SSonata ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Eital F Res+1 D Mag+1 F Mag+1 L Mag+1 I Mag+1 I Res+1 Def+1 D Res+1 F Res+1 Speed+1 I Res+1 M Comp+1 Life+2 Att+1 Att+1 L Res+1 Def+1 Life Up S ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Mag+3 Bless Pow BLP Holy Pow SSonata L Res+1 Bless Pow Holy Sanc SStone ________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Plua Def+1 D Res+2 Att+1 Speed+1 Def+1 Life Up S

F Res+1 ________ _________ A Comp+1 D Res+1 ________ _________ Paltia Psn Res+1 Life+2 ________ _________ BLP Avoid+1 ________ _________ Fanatos Def+1 Life+2 ________ _________ A Comp+1 BLP ________ _________ Grupt Def+1 ________ _________ A Comp+1 ________ _________ Flay Psn Res+1 F Res+1 ________ _________ D Res+1 A Comp+1 ________ _________ Zeilia Def+1 Psn Res+1 F Res+1 ________ _________ Avoid+1 D Res+1 A Comp+1 Acc+1 ________ _________

_________ L Res+1 A Comp+1 _________ D Mag+1 Par Res+1 _________ Bless Pow Acc+1 _________ D Mag+1

_________ Bless Pow A Comp+1 _________ Att+1 _________ A Comp+1 _________ Par Res+1 D Res+1 _________ _________ Att+3 Bless Pow SLP RES _________ _________ Par Res+1 Slp Res+1

F Mag+1 _________ Bless Pow BLP _________ Slp Res+1 F Mag+1 _________ SLP RES BLP _________ F Mag+1 Att+1 _________ Bless Pow BLP _________ F Res+2 _________ Bless Pow _________ F Res+1

L Mag+1 _________ Holy Sanc Holy Pow _________ Slp Res+1 L Mag+1 _________ Mag Stone _________ L Mag+1 Speed+1 _________ Holy Pow Holy Sanc _________ Speed+1 _________ Holy Pow _________ L Res+1 Speed+1 _________ PSN RES Holy Pow _________ L Res+2

I Mag+1 M Comp+1 _________ _________ SStone _________ I Mag+1 Psn Res+1 _________ PAR RES _________ Def+1 I Mag+1 _________ Single P _________ Def+1 _________ SStone _________ I Res+1 Def+1 _________ SStone _________ Life Up S Par Res+1 _________ _________ M Comp+1 Life Up S _________ _________ M Comp+1 _________ _________ Par Res+1 I Res+1 _________

_________ _________ Psn Res+1 Par Res+1 Def+1 M Comp+1

_________ _________ _________ _________ _________ SLP RES SLP RES PSN RES PAR RES Bless Pow Bless Pow Holy Pow _________ _________ _________ _________ _________

M/Mag : Magic A/Att : Attack SStone : Spirit Stone SSonata : Sky Sonata Holy Sanc : Holy Sanctuary Holy Prot ; Holy Protect Holy Pow : Holy Power Single P : Single Power Bless Pow : Bless Power BLP : Battle Lord Power C : Curse Par : Paralysis Psn : Poison Slp : Sleep Def : Defence Acc : Accuracy I : Ice L : Lightning F : Fire D : Dark ------------------------------------------------------------

2G. Holy Weapon from Scratch From Xaintrix: "So doing some simple algebra to get Holy Weapon from scratch we would use... Evil Slayer & Single Power = Holy Weapon Demon Slayer & Holy Sanctuary = Evil Slayer Plua & Jade = Holy Sanctuary Att +6 & Holy Power = Demon Slayer Other & Jade = Holy Power 2x Flay & Silver = Att + 3 Ancient Curse & Blessing Power = Single Power Plua + Silver = Blessing Power Mind Curse & Death Curse = Ancient Curse Mental Curse X 2 = Mind Curse Disease Curse X 2 = Death Curse Diemia & Silver = Disease Curse Uru + Glowing = Mental Curse Which in line with the combinations we would need... [2(Flay * Silver) + (Other * Jade)] + (Plua * Jade) + [2(Diemia * Silver) + 2(Uru * Glowing) + (Plua * Silver)] Then since we're concerned with mana stones and not the mana... 2 Silver + 1 Jade + 1 Jade + 2 Silver + 2 Glowing + 1 Silver Final Reduction 5 Silver + 2 Jade + 2 Glowing = Holy Weapon Mind you this is FROM SCRATCH." ============================================================ 3. Ultimate Stat Boost Combos: From Dr Zero 7: Klein Divine Cane Locket of Wishes Magic Stone x 5 MAG lvl 9 ----------Lita Astral Claw Locket of Love Double x 5 (Thanks to Astral Claw) Holy Weapon Sky Sonata

---------Norn Astral Cane (Her regular cane attack can do Sky Sonata, unlike Klein. Besides, her cane attack depends on MAG stat, so way better then Klein's Mace ATK.) Fairy Bracer Sigis Breath Sky Sonata Magic Stone x 5 MAG lvl 9 (With Astral Cane with magic boost does more then Zeldalia's Cane) Speed lvl 9 Animal Instinct x 2 (Yeah, I got 7 stuff that boost her CRIT rate... Norn is my ultimate CRIT hitter) ============================================================ 4. Things I need for this FAQ to Grow The one gripe I have about the "ultimate" combos I've seen so far is that this game, in terms of weapons, building, can be rougly divided into three stages. 1. There are the players who are in the middle of the game 2. There are players in the endgame. 3. There are players who have beaten the game and are optimizing their characters on a second play-around. There are tons of material for people in stages 2 and 3. There is virtually -no- information for players in stage 1. An intermediate game ultimate combo, eschewing the use of Crimson stones and using commonly found weapons and stones, would be massively appreciated. ============================================================ 5. About the Author I'm male, in my 40s. I have a bachelors in Chemistry and a PhD in Biochemistry from Rice University that I don't use much anymore. Still, the education was worth the trip, in a Bull Durham kind of way. I write these things largely to help me understand the game I play. I do believe if you can explain a topic to mostly anyone, then you have a shot at explaining it to yourself. Or so the logic goes. I co-wrote a FAQ a few years ago that was well received, legend_of_mana_tempering.txt.