Legend Of Xanadu Pt.1 (Kaze No Densetsu) Walkthrough

[blueraven]

In light of everyone deciding to play through Xanadu Pt. 1, I have started the game again, and will post this Level by Level so we can actually get through this one. Done with help from BT Garner, and marcoux[at]star.enet.dec.com who contributed much to the original walkthrough. Thanks for being patient guys; This won't turn into a vaporthread.
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Title Screen:
1. Start the game with Cinema
2. Start the game without the Cinema
3. Resume Saved Game

Make sure you have your memory formatted, and that there is enough to support Xanadu which will not save if there is insufficient RAM.

AREA 1:

Tips: Area 1 is included in the map that comes with the game, so get familiar with it very early on. Lots of interaction is required here between yourself and the townsfolk. Talk to everybody TWICE to make sure that there is no dialogue change, because sometimes the townsfolk are stubborn, and forgetting to talk to someone can make you LOLRAGE at your Turbob. Be sure to enable SPD and MSG in the menu which will double your speed, and double the message speed and eliminate the beeps.

- MAKE SURE YOU GET A SWORD. You come completely unequipped, so buy the big $150 sword from the guy in the first town (Ikteia).

- When you first talk to the Nun at the Wing-Altar-Chruch-Temple place she gives you the low down that this is where you will end up when you begin each area. You also get 2 pills (vicodin?) which restore some of your life. Use them sparingly in the beginning. You can sleep in the beds here for free to re-up your life. Do this as often as possible.

- Level Arios all the way up, then head to the northernwestern area of the map. Go past the mountains until you see a single yellow slime, and you will know you're in the right area. Keep heading north until it finally curves east, and you will run into the mini-slime. He's the little off-color and smaller blob-dude who is scared of you. He doesn't fit in with the other blobs. Completely disarm yourself, and talk to him, you will have to answer yes to the questions twice (hai), and he will join you! You now have your first NPC character.



- After you get the blob, people will start closing their doors, you have to go back and talk to everyone. Head to the cave in the northwest, making sure to head north from the Lumberjacks house, and then slightly to the right as you're going north, so you don't exit the mountain range. Enter the Cave. Run through it and grab all of the treasure chests. When you get to the southeastern portion of the area, you will see 8 barrels sticking out of the ground. Try to open one, then head back to town.



- At this point you need to talk to everyone, then head to the western town, and find the man in the red hat who is in bed with illness. Talk to him twice, and he will tell you about his ailment. Then head to the most northeastern town (Bolder), and talk to the old man (Toma) at the top of the village. Then get your ass back to the cave and go to the room with the barrels, which will trigger an event. Leave the cave, and you will run into a green-haired kid that takes off running. Head back to the western town, and talk to the man in the red hat, who is feeling better.

- Then run back to Bolder where 5 people are waiting to talk to the green-haired kid (Nicola) who bumped into you. There seems to be some interest in your slime. Go north to the Northern town (Kasta) to knock on Melina's door. She still wont let you in. In the same town, go and talk to the village Elder, which is the next house over. Then, go one house south and knock, and the girl will have a dialogue with Arios. NOW you can go and talk to the violet-haired Melina, who will give you the carte blanche pass to to and talk to the Luberjack/Woodsmith Theo.  Go to Theo's house in the mountains, where he is now willing to meet with you, and has a long dialogue with Arios. Theo invites him inside, and gets pretty dramatic after hearing about the quest. He goes to the bookshelf and gets you a book from it.



- Now you need to head to Bolder again and talk to the Elder. This causes another event, where he rings the bell for the town to call a meeting. The townspeople come running. They bring Nicola back, and then disperse. Head to Kasta, and go to Nicola's house and talk to him after his parents let you in. Head to the house directly to the west, and talk to the blonde haired man. The neighbor's house to the north is now empty. The people in the West village are now missing too. Head back to Theo's house, and give him back the book. Head back to the cave, and the people from the West Village will meet you at the entrance.  Head inside, back to the room with the barrels. This triggers another event. Theo runs into the room with his shovel. Exit the cave, and the people from the Western town meet you at the entrance. Then go the the innkeeper at Ikteia, right next to the weapon shop and talk to her. Then go talk to the elder in Bolder and talk to him. Then go talk to the elder in Kasta due North. I then talked to people until the guards to the ship in Ikteia showed up. The event, happens, the music changes, and the difficulty goes up.



- Go to Bolder, and talk to the blue haired dwarf looking dude in the center house. He's stoked to see you. Run all the way back to the western town to talk to the man with the red hat. also totally freaking happy to see you. Go back into the cave to look for Theo. This will trigger an event. Now you have to escort the 4 lost West village people who are standing next to treasure chests in the first part of the cave. Then talk to Theo and they will all dip out. Head back to the western town, and one of the ladies will give you 100 gems. Go back to Toma's house in the town of Bolder and Theo will be waiting there with him. Talk to Theo. Go find Azzak, the village elder, and talk to him. The whole town is at his house. This is where you get the boulder key. Head to Kasta, get the staff, and head back to the cave to the metal doorway at the top of the dungeon.



- Get ready for the cake and martini reward that you have just have earned.




AREA 2:

Tips: Area 2 is also included in the map that comes with your CD. Get to know it. You've beaten the first level, but you still have a very long way to go (...tower? ...whu?). This is the level where you get Daimos and Lykos, the fighter and thief (wait... my Avatar is... some other guy  ) who help you on your Journey. The game opens up a whole new level of kickass with the NPC aspect, so get ready for some action. Level up your weapons as soon as possible and blow the rest of your money on health pills. You will be looting hand over fist soon enough, so don't worry about spending Gems. The Only way to travel between the two towns is by boat.



- You are in the town DokuSano (Sunny Dock). Go to the bar directly south of the chapel and have a dialogue with the bartender. Then go and talk to the blue-haired man sitting at teh table to the right. they will tell you where you are. Next, head north to the Jail, where you will trigger an event with the guards. If you try and enter too late, the night watchman will inform you that the jail is closed. The men outside are talking about a bounty. Talk to the orange-haired kid (Patrick) who will then start talking to a man in a yellow hat, (Paul, ahem.... Guess Who?). Paul runs off. Follow him back to the bar and talk to him. Now, speak with the eye-patched head of the Guards, Hikara.

- Go to the village next door (Miserable), keeping in mind that the dead will rise from their graves at night and attack you. Talk to the man in the lower right house, who will extort 50 gems from you for his info. Head to the elder's house north, and you tell him that "Paul" sent you over on a mission. In the meantime, go kick some Zombie ass!! Leave the village and go spend a night in the Chapel at Sunny Dock.



- Head back to the Elders house and Paul will be waiting for you there. He falls asleep after talking about the Kuroroso (Cursed Town) folks. Wait until nightfall, then head north in Sunny Dock to the right of the chapel and you will find Paul hanging out in the alley. After a heated exchange with Arios, and explaining the situation in Miserable, (presumably why the people are cursed and the bounty on Lykos' head) he takes off running, scared. Go to sleep at the chapel, and then head north in the morning to the jail. Paul will meet you and another event will take place. He will take you away from the guards and impart important information to you. Paul will then remove his disguise, and reveal himself as Lykos!! The guards immediately arrest him and take him to jail. 



- Go and talk to Hikara about Lykos. He informs you of the thief's crimes and misdemeanors. You now can take the boat across the ocean to the other town of Kurorosu (Cursed Town). The broken Chapel here has a bed you can sleep in if you like. Head to the cave, and remember to pay attention to the grey squares on the ground. They have arrows which point to subsequent areas, but this isn't really in your face. Trigger the two touch-plates on the left in the first area, enabling a glass barrier up top that will allow you to cross into the next room. On the far east area in the north of the cave, follow the fake wall into a room that will give you a free set of armor. Head back south, to the area where there are 2 blue orbs are firing at you. Run up to the top left area (*Next Photo), and hit the action button; Arios will activate the hidden switch which will activate the next platform. 



- Head to the next floor, and after picking up the treasure chests, you will find Daimos in the northeastern area of the cave, surrounded on all four sides by water, held up by a force-field. Grind your way back out of the cave, and head back to the Inn at Kurorosu. Take the boat back to Sunny Dock, and go speak with Lykos at the jail cell he is in. Go to Miserable, and talk to the old man in the bottom right house. Arios will mention the key to the dungeon, and the water trap Daimos is stuck in. He asks you for 200 gems. Go to the village elders house, and... Paul will be waiting there for you. He has the longest dialogue thus far in the game, and and tells you how to get around the water. SURPRISE! It's actually Lykos, and he joins your party! When you leave the town, he appears in disguise as "Paul". Head back to sunny dock, where you need to talk to the thief who is posing as Lykos. Go to the guards house and speak with all of them, telling them about Daimos. Head to the bar, and speak with the Kurorosu people, and then finally the bum who comes in at closing who tells you about the secret passage in a drunken stupor.



Go to Miserable. Try to talk to the Kurorosu people who have moved into Miserable. They are incredibly rude. Head back to Kurorosu. Go to the Inn, where an event will happen. Lykos finds the hidden passage next to the bed in the back room! There is a nun underneath the room, hiding out from the undead. Sister Anita tells you about how to unlock the force-field, and that it will require 2 people to do the job. Head back to the area where Daimos is trapped. Keep running around to the southwest of the dungeon, and Lykos will notice something about the monsters. Head north to the great oak tree above Kurorosu. Sister Anita is waiting for you. Wait until 9PM, kill the 2 zombies, then talk to Sister Anita. She will summorn a Water mage, who has a dialogue with Arios, and Lykos demands a payment. Ariso, pissed off, pushes Lykos and then FELL IN A HOLE. Lykos and the water mage follow suit, and he cuts a path for you to get to Daimos, and then peaces out. Daimos then Joins the party.



So then, you run into a CLUSTERFUCK of skeletons, and if your armor isnt completely maxxed out, it probably will be after this encounter. You get mobbed, and then curiously the tiles hammer a downward angle at you (See 3rd photo above). Follow them and walk into the wall, and follow the secret path. The next arrow in the tiny room will lie to you telling you to head down. If you do, you will be led into a secret area that spirals to nowhere. Head up and follow the path around to the room with the 3 switches. Enter them 1, 3, 2 = and they will activate a switch. Head back, and if you go to the left again Arios will say that it is too far to reach. Run around directly under the right orb while hitting the action button, and the hidden foot-switch will trigger the bridge. open up the next glass bridge where you got mobbed by the skeletons. Head north...

- Another totally killer castlevania-style side-scrolling stage!! The reward for beating Level 2! YOU DID IT!!



But its not over yet! You can't put the controller down. You still have 10 levels and TEH TOWER ...Have you given up yet?

Now... Your moment of Zen.



AREA 3:

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[NecroPhile]

Lookin' forward to a helping hand, m' man!

[Nando]

AWESOME!!! can't wait to try it out. THANKS GUYS!

[incrediblehark]

Very nice! I'm almost done with the editing video of the first part of the game (been hectic at work, filling in shifts so haven't been able to play/work on it) hopefully with that and your walkthrough we'll all be able to finish the game.

[blueraven]

Level 1 updated, with tutorial on how to get the slime NPC.

[blueraven]

Area 1 of the walk-through is now finished. I've tried to take out as much of the unnecessary parts which to me was much of the challenge (and the sheer fucking awesomeness of it's Leviathan-like nature) of the game. Photos will begin to appear sooner than later.

[blueraven]

Level 1 photos updated.

[Opethian]

amazing work!!!

[blueraven]

Thank you Ope!!

Level 2 is updated... I was able to get a few hours off between the grind and got halfway through the second area. The dungeon is all based off of these pressure plates, and I seem to remember a hidden stairway behind a bookcase in the cursed town.

[NecroPhile]

Head back south, to the area where there are 2 blue orbs are firing at you. Run up to the top left area (*Next Photo), and hit the action button; Arios will activate the hidden switch which will activate the next platform. 

Woohoo!  This is where I got stuck, so hopefully I can make some progress tonight.

[DragonmasterDan]

In light of everyone deciding to play through Xanadu Pt. 1, I have started the game again, and will post this Level by Level so we can actually get through this one. Done with help from BT Garner, and marcoux[at]star.enet.dec.com who contributed much to the original walkthrough. Thanks for being patient guys; This won't turn into a vaporthread.
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Thanks, I fired it up yesterday and messed around a little bit. Now I have some idea of where I am supposed to go, I'll give this a try tonight or tommorow.

[blueraven]

Thanks DDan and Necro!! Level 2 Completed!



Also, all photos for Level 2 including action scenes, boss, and end cinemas!

[incrediblehark]

WOW very nice! I'm sure this is a great help. You're really cruising through the game! I'm planning to start playing again, and this time it won't take 3 weeks to upload my video

[Senshi]

Head back south, to the area where there are 2 blue orbs are firing at you. Run up to the top left area (*Next Photo), and hit the action button; Arios will activate the hidden switch which will activate the next platform. 

Woohoo!  This is where I got stuck, so hopefully I can make some progress tonight.

This hidden switch seems to be randomly placed. I tried it three different times and it wasn't in the same place.

[Keranu]

Been playing this game for the last few weeks. Figured I'd post some advice incase anyone gets stumped by the same part I was stuck at for a few days.

I believe it's in Area 6, it's the level where you used dynamite to blow up the tree stumps blocking the paths in one of the caves. The part I was stuck on was later on in the level after you've brought some town leader back to life and recovered all the townsfolks that were hiding after their town had been invaded by monsters.

After talking to everyone many, many times with no new events triggering, I could not figure out what to do. The trick is to go to the underground cave enclosed by a circular range of mountains and enter the rectangular room on the south-eastern part of the map with the closed door. Wait in here until the clock reaches 17:00 and three pillars will suddenly appear and one of the elders from the town will show up and the locked door on the north-eastern part of the map will open, leading to the rest of the dungeon.

Currently stuck on level 7, but still going to play around to see if I can figure it out.

[NecroPhile]

Nicely done, Keranu!  You're blowing the doors off the rest ot the "plays well together" group. 

[Keranu]

Thanks! Currently on level 8!

Couple tips for level 7:

- There's an unconscious female that's been taking care of by a few people in a cave up north. Go back to the rocky maze area and there should be a nun/clergy woman standing somewhere reading one of the stone tablets. After talking to her she will walk back to her home that's located one screen north. Presumably, she says she needs an ingredient to make the medicine to bring the unconscious lady back to life.

To find this ingredient, go back to the screen that's located directly north from the town you start off in. Around the northwestern corner of this screen will be a lone tree that's distinct from all the dried up bushes in the area. Stand in front of the tree and press the talk/confirm button and you will receive a leaf. Bring this leaf back to the clergy woman and she will make the medicine that you'll bring back to the cave.

- After reviving the unconscious lady she will join your party. Go back to the dungeon shrine place and take the staircase the leads to the basement. The new girl in your party will open the door that was previously locked shut. Continue down this path until you reach a room full of six statues. Talk to the middle one on the right (statue 5) and it will light up and say some stuff. Now here's the trick: before you can illuminate the rest of the statues, you must first unequip your sword and armor and then talk to each of them! Afterwards a teleport panel will appear on the floor and will transport you to a room where you find this red head babe Aerios has the hots for. Once the dialogue is over, you'll now be able to utilize the teleport panels on the second floor and move onto the side scrolling section.

[Keranu]

Wow level 8 was a long, dragged out pain the ass! I had to get a friend to translate one of the dialogues for me so I could get a better idea of what was going on.

The part I was stuck on was after receiving this pot/container from the old guy in the house on the most eastern part of the map. Thanks to the help of my translator buddy, turns out this was actually a jug of sake (or any alcohol, same meaning).

So what you have to do is go back to the house with three officials/generals/slave owners/whatever you want to call them that are located around the center of the map and get them drunk to the point of falling asleep. This only works for the men in the black uniforms, so talk to each of them around three times and they'll pass out.

The man in the blue uniform won't drink (presumably, or has a super alcohol tolerance). Instead he requires a certain item. To find this item, climb up the mountain wall north from here (the one that has the annoying birds dropping stones!). Go inside the house and click on the brown drawer and you'll receive an item that looks like berries. Bring this back to the official and he'll do something with it outside. As he's fiddling around, sneak inside his bed and press the action button to receive a new item (I forget what it was).

The rest of the level should be straight forward fetch quests.

[Keranu]

I'm currently on floor 19-ish in the big tower. Leave it to Falcom to go all out on the last dungeon!

More tips:

Level 9 is a breeze, basic fetch quests. It's a short level too, nice break from the dragged out previous levels.

Level 10 is pretty easy too, but there was a puzzle that took me awhile to figure out. Outside of the town, there are four pyramids in the desert scattered in a north, east, south, west fashion (the northern pyramid is one screen north and one screen east from the town, the other pyramids are four screens apart from each other). Each pyramid has two goddesses statues in front that can be rotated by pressing the action button.

The entrance for each pyramid is blocked by some sort of force. When you're ready to enter the pyramids (I believe you need to have the green haired character wearing a hat in your party for this), you'll need to change the direction of all the goddess statues to correspond in the direction of the pyramid you want to enter. For example, if you want to enter the western pyramid, change the direction of all the statues to face west. There will be a boss fight in each pyramid you enter, and beating them will give you four wind items.

After defeating each boss, change the direction of all the statues to face east (I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's the direction). Go to the screen that's located in the center between all the pyramids and talk to your friends standing around the middle of the screen. There will be a cinema and you'll be transported to the next dungeon. WARNING: After you're transported, you can't go back, so make sure you're stocked up on vitamins!

[Keranu]

Finished this one last night! What a kick ass last boss and ending! The tower isn't that hard actually, it just requires a lot of time and a hefty dash of patience.

[PUSH RUN BUTTON!]

After being completely frustrated during my last go around, I'm going to give this another shot. Thanks for all the great work on this, it's definitely helpful!! 

[blueraven]

Awesome work, guys. Congrats Keranu!

This thread will be updated soon, thanks for your patience!

[shubibiman]

Finished this one last night! What a kick ass last boss and ending! The tower isn't that hard actually, it just requires a lot of time and a hefty dash of patience.

The last action level is simply the most beautiful thing I've ever seen on a PCE.

[blueraven]

The last action level is simply the most beautiful thing I've ever seen on a PCE.

Quoted For Truth

[Keranu]

Finished this one last night! What a kick ass last boss and ending! The tower isn't that hard actually, it just requires a lot of time and a hefty dash of patience.

The last action level is simply the most beautiful thing I've ever seen on a PCE.

Yeah, the cool thing about the Xanadu games is that they already look gorgeous enough as is, but the last levels go balls out on the graphics! They look 32-bit good.

[incrediblehark]

congrats Keranu on finishing!

[Keranu]

Thanks! This game requires a lot of dedication to make it through the language barrier, there are some really cryptic puzzles and triggers to figure out. That's why I started posting in this thread to help out blueraven if he ever gets stuck while making the walkthrough. I actually wasn't aware there was a play together thread for this game when I decided to start playing it.

[blueraven]

*fist-bumps Keranu*

 

[Opethian]

takes some time to get started but Im gonna get through!

[gbapalyer]

where is part 3 of the walkthrough?
i would like to start this game after finishing startling odyssey 2.

[blueraven]

where is part 3 of the walkthrough?
i would like to start this game after finishing startling odyssey 2.

Life has made me unexpectedly busy, but part 3 will be arriving soon.

[gbapalyer]

@blueraven: that sounds great. ;)

i think i will begin xanadu 1 this afternoon. cant wait to start.

[gbapalyer]

started the game today and i finished the first chapter within 2 hours. really awesome game but i think LoX II is better. part 1 has too much fetch questing and without blueravens guide, i think i wont have made it through chapter 1.

@blueraven: and after chapter 3 please finish those other chapters also as soon as possible. ;)

[gbapalyer]

i´ve finished chapter 2 today. does the game get more difficult anytime soon?
i need a good walkthrough now for the next chapters. does anyone know other pages for xanadu guides?

@blueraven: when are you going to post walkthroughs for chapter 3 and beyond?

[NecroPhile]

I used the walkthrough from mindrec - it's vague (to put it nicely), but there's enough there to finish the game.

[gbapalyer]

yeah i know the mindrec guide but with this guide alone i wont have made it through chapters 1 and 2. and i dont think it will be any better for the following chapters. ^^"

[blueraven]

Thanks again gbaplayer.

I'm moving to a different city right now onto campus for college and don't have time to put up level 3, but have this on the top of my list; sometime in the next few weeks when I'm not constantly either driving, working, or moving.

Again, my apologies to everyone for the delay on this.

[Sadler]

Thanks again gbaplayer.

I'm moving to a different city right now onto campus for college and don't have time to put up level 3, but have this on the top of my list; sometime in the next few weeks when I'm not constantly either driving, working, or moving.

Again, my apologies to everyone for the delay on this.

No worries man! At the rate I'm playing this game, I won't need part three for another year. I'm trying to focus on it now though, playing an hour every couple months isn't the way to do it. Thanks for your work, I really appreciate it!

[gbapalyer]

ok iam stuck in chapter 3 now...

the walkthrough says i will get a letter if i talk unarmed to one at the castle. but why wont i get the letter?
i have spoken to every person in the area where i was shot from the cannon. how is it possible to go from there back to the area where the cannon is?

would be great if someone could please help me...

[blueraven]

Unequip EVERYTHING. I think you may have to do the shield, armor, etc.

[gbapalyer]

ok i will try it again sometime...

do you also have finished your walkthrough for chapter 3?

[gbapalyer]

walkthrough chapter 3?

[gbapalyer]

played the game over 10 hours last weekend and now iam in chapter 7.
awesome game, definetely one of the PCE elite rpgs.

[CrackTiger]

played the game over 10 hours last weekend and now iam in chapter 7.
awesome game, definetely one of the PCE elite rpgs.

Fixed.

[gbapalyer]

yes you are right. top notch game.
i finished chapter 7 yesterday and iam wondering, if it was possible to open the door with the pink book on the table behind it in the palace area?
saturday i will be leaving to japan for 3 weeks. hope that i finish chapter 9 by that time.^^

[Bardoly]

saturday i will be leaving to japan for 3 weeks. hope that i finish chapter 9 by that time.^^

So, how many more PC Engine games (RPGs, most likely) do you plan to pick up there in Japan.   

[gbapalyer]

only a few iam missing right now. ;)

chapter 8 completed yesterday (it was the slave farm chapter). took me 3 hours.
i will start chapter 9 today. my overall playtime till now is 20 hours.

this game is so awesome, cannot describe it. it is like a drug.
start playing it and you can not stop.

[Nando]

Why, OH WHY did I have to look at this thread...sigh. This is a MUST PLAY game...FUCK! 

[gbapalyer]

yes, so start it already. ;)

[gbapalyer]

such an awesome game, i cannot believe it^^
iam in chapter 11 right now. pure orgasm everytime i play it.