Soras saga continues with another giant Kingdom Hearts RPG on the PS2. Of course, hes not alone. Joining him on his quest are Donald, Goofy, King Mickey, and IGN Guides. If youre looking for help saving Kairi from the Heartless and ruthless Organization XIII, youve come to the
right place. Take a look inside IGNs Kingdom Hearts II guide for a detailed walkthrough, help getting started, and an instructions on how to get past those side quests. Think of our guide as the Keyblade to unlocking the secrets of the Keyblade.
Look inside the guide for:
Basics
: Well get you off on the right path with info on Abilities and Drive Forms.
Walkthrough
: The entire main quest told the way only IGN can.
Side Missions
: Theyre not necessary, but youll want to do these quests.
Secrets
: Hints and unlockables for those that need extra help.
Unlockable: Bond of Flames
You must finish the fight with Axel in Twilight Town.
Unlockable: Fenrir
You must beat Sephiroth, the optional boss at Hollow Bastion.
Unlockable: Follow the Wind
You must beat Barbossa at Port Royal.
Unlockable: Guardian Soul
You must beat Hades in the Underworld section of Olympus Coliseum.
Unlockable: Gullwing
Speak to Yuna after beating Hades in the Underworld section.
Unlockable: Heros Crest
Beat the Hydra at Olympus Coliseum.
Unlockable: Hidden Dragon
Beat Shan-Yu in The Land of Dragons.
Unlockable: Holy Pumpkin
You have to beat the Test Subject in Halloween Town.
Unlockable: Monochrome
Defeat Pete at Timeless River.
Unlockable: Oathkeeper
You must finish Soras first visit to Twilight Town.
Unlockable: Oblivion
You must beat Xigbar in The World that Never Was.
Unlockable: Photon Debugger
You must finish the Space Paranoids.
Unlockable: Rumbling Rose
You must talk to Beast after returning to Beasts Castle.
Unlockable: Sleeping Lion
You must to Ansems study in Hollow Bastion.
Unlockable: Sweet Memory
You must finish the Spooky Cave Mini-Game in the Hundred-Acre Wood.
Unlockable: Star Seeker
You must get Valor Form at The Mysterious Tower.
Unlockable: Ultima Weapon
You must get the Ultima Recipe in the basement of the mansion in Twilight Town. Once thats done, you can use the Moogle Shops to synthesize the keychain.
Unlockable: Mysterious Abyss
You must finish Chapter 3 of Atlantica.
Unlockable: Wishers Lamp
You must beat Jafar in Agrabah.
Unlockable: Secret Ending
Finish all the worlds and Jiminys Journal if youre in "standard mode," or just finish all of the worlds in youre in "proud mode."
Unlockable: Chicken Little
You can pick it up in the 100 Acre Wood world. Itll become available after the second cutscene.
Unlockable: Stitch
Once you acquire Master Form, youll find it in the hallway to the computer room in Hollow Bastion.
Unlockable: Genie
You have to beat the Volcano and Blizzard Lord.
Unlockable: Peter Pan
After the second visit to Port Royal, youll find it in the ship grevayard.
Unlockable: Gummi Ship Level 2
You must obtain Level 1 with S, A, or B Ranks.
Unlockable: Gummi Ship Level 3
Get through Level 1 and 2 with S, A, or B Ranks.
Unlockable: Ship Models
Cactuar S-Rank:
The Broken Highway Mission 2
Cait Sith S-Rank:
The Sunlight Storm Mission 2
Chocobo S-Rank:
The Ancient Highway Mission 2
Fenrir S-Rank:
The Assault of the Dreadnought Mission 2
Highwind Model S-Rank:
The Asteroid Sweep Mission 2
Kingdom Model S-Rank:
The Asteroid Sweep Mission 2
Mandragora S-Rank:
The Floating Island Mission 2
Moogle S-Rank:
The Splash Island Mission 2
Mushroom Model S-Rank:
The Assault of the Dreadnought Mission 1
PuPu S-Rank:
The Stardust Sweep Mission 2
Secret Model S-Rank:
The Assault of the Dreadnought Mission 3
Tonberry S-Rank:
The Phantom Storm Mission 2
Unlockable: Berserk Mode
You must achieve a Metal Level of Level 30.
Unlockable: Hades Paradox Cup
Max out all four drive forms and summons to level 7.
Unlockable: Goddess of Fate Cup
You must win the previous cups and beat the first fight with Xemnas.
Unlockable: Torn Page 1
You can find it in the Disney Castles Library.
Unlockable: Torn Page 3
You can find it in the Hallow Bastion at the Crystal Fissure.
Unlockable: Torn Page 5
You can find it in Agrabah at the Tower.
Unlockable: Torn Page 4
You can find it at the Land of the Dragons in the Throne Room.
Unlockable: Torn Page 2
You can find it in the Pride Lands at the Oasis.
Unlockable: Secret Movie on Proud mode
All you have to do seal all Keyholes.
Unlockable: Paradox Cups: Cerberus Cup
You Form levels must be at Lv. 5, except Final Form. You must also unlock Paradox Cup: Pain and Panic.
Unlockable: Paradox Cups: Titan Cup
Your Summon level should be at Lv. 5 and have the Paradox: Cup Pain and Panic unlocked.
Unlockable: Titan Cup
You must complete the Olympus Coliseum for the second time.
Unlockable: Pain and Panic Cup
You must complete Disney Castle for the first time.
Hint: Drive Gauge Filler
For Forms you get later, there is a quicker way to refill up the Drive Gauge. First, once the Drive Gauge fills up, do a Drive as usual. Before the Drive Gauge goes to empty, use a save point to exit out to the WorldMap. Come back and your Drive Gauge should be back to Max.
For a second way, it is with Olympus Coliseum later on. Enter and Exit out one of the Tournaments, your Drive Gauge will also be Max, regardless what you had.
That means if you have an empty Drive Gauge, you can fill it up to Max with the second way. Remember, later on, Summonings also require Drive Gauge and that means this is pretty handy.
Hint - Easy Coliseum Points
After you get the Ukelele Charm near the Computer Room in Hollow Bastion, go to any Underworld Coliseum Match and Summon Stitch. The second you do, wait for Ohana to appear in the Limit space. Use it, and use the square button command four times. Then, while there is still time, use the TRIANGLE command. After its over, you will have time to use it again. When you are done, you will see you have a lot of points, but no monster is dead.
You might think its useless, but if you want to see the Secret Ending in Normal Mode, then youll almost need this trick for some of the matches to complete the insane amount of points you need to complete the Olympus Coliseum part of Jiminys Journal.
Hint - Master Form Fast Mastery (Fastery)
Easily level up Master Form by going to the corridors outside Ansems Lab. Leave Ansems Lab and go to the first main room. Three Crimson Jazz enemies should appear. Change to the Master Form, beat the enemies, and collect the orbs they drop and keep moving to the other enemies. Its possible to kill them all within the same change. When you Drive Gauge depletes, go to Olympus for a recharge. You can find seven Crimson Jazz enemies for a total of 70 to 80 XP each time.
Unlock - Hades Paradox Cup
Max out the level of your summoning and all your drives (including the Final Form).
Hint - Luck Has Nothing To Do With The Crap For Synthesis
Synthesis materials a must if you want the Ultima Weapon or any of several extremely useful items. If you are having a hard time collecting enough materials for synthesis, try to put both Donald and Goofy into your party, then equip Sora, Donald, and Goofy with the "Lucky Lucky" ability (5 AP to equip, Sora wont acquire it until lvl.99 if you chose the staff with Roxas after meeting Namine).
Equip them with the weapons that have the "Lucky Lucky" ability: Sora- Sweet Memories keyblade (100-Acre Wood), Donald - Meteor Staff, Goofy - Genji Shield (Olympus Colussium). Finally, equip one of the three with the Lucky Ring accessory for a total of 7 Lucky-Luckys. Enemies should drop items at a far greater rate, sometimes even two items at once.
Hint: Orichalcum + and Cure element
Youll receive these items when you complete 100 Acre Wood.
Hint: Blizzard element and Orichalcum +
Finish the Atlantica side mission.
Hint - Orihalcum Run
A good way to get Orichalcums is to find the Bulky Vendors. They go in a loop from planet to planet.
Look in these planets to see which one you first find a Bulky Vendor in:
Agrabah
... in the Bazaar
Halloween Town
... Yuletide Hill
Beast Castle
... West Hall
The Land of Dragons
... Checkpoint
Olympus Coliseum
... Entrance to Cave of The Dead
Start with the planet you first found a Bulky Vendor and go down this list. Once it ends go back to the top. Orichalcums can help you make the Ultima Weapon. This system also helps you get eperiance points because Bulky Vendors give you 1100 exp. each! You might not get Orchalcums on the first try. But keep doing this and you will get Orchalcums!
Hint - Easy Hades Paradox Cup Round 48
Having trouble with Cloud, Leon, Yuffi and Tifa? Well heres a little tip that will garantee victory in a matter of minutes or seconds if done correctly. Simply put Reflega into your quick command display (any button will do) and cast the spell at the very beginning of the match.
All four will attack you, and the damage reflected is immense. Once your magic or health begins to get too low, simply glide to an empty side of the field and use a Hi-potion or ether. This way might be the cheapest way to win, but is very effective.
Easy Pride Land XP
After beating Scar and finishing Pride Lands for a second time there will be several Rapid Thruster heartless on the Peak each time you return there. These will give you 56 experience points a piece and are easy level-ups for levels 60 and lower.
To get more Rapid Thrusters to appear, all you must do is go back into the Kings Den and then go directly back to the Peak. There will be another swarm of Rapid Thrusters there (all of which you can defeat for experience points unlike other scenarios where there are many Rapid Thrusters that can not be defeated. NOTE: Not all Rapid Thrusters will be open to attack all at once, more will become attackable as more are defeated).
You can also use the Thunder and Magnet magic options (or upgraded versions of them) as these will make the process quicker. They will also drop lots of magic orbs which will quickly refill your magic guage if you run around collecting the dropped orbs.
