Sudeki : Side Quests and Misc Notes

A big thank you to Hugh and Glenna for letting me borrow this game from them. I hope SSX3 met your expectations.

Quick Game Review

This game was great, overall. The graphics were colourful and cartoon-like without looking silly and out of place. For most of the game you run around with several characters, only one of which you can control at any time. Luckily the computer does a great job of using the others in combat and the whole thing works very smoothly.

My biggest issue with the game is that it wasn't nearly long enough. With an RPG-type game there's usually limited replay value, so you have to design a deep and long storyline. Unfortunately Sudeki's storyline is pretty basic and the entire game doesn't take very long to play out. Another issue is that the characters are generic, boring, and have absolutely atrocious dialogue with each other.

Side Quests

Some side quests can only be done when certain people are in your party and at certain times in the game.

Some side quests also require that you collect X amount of a specific item. This can really be a pain if you've been selling instead of saving, so here's a list of things you shouldn't sell until you complete the quest that needs them:

Brightwater Pearls (x21), Omnium (x21), Stingers (x5), Woluf Pelts (x5), Glue Spider Glands (x3), Arconite Skulls (x5), Cyantine Eyes (x3), Shadow Stones (x21), Eden Coral (x5).

Street Urchin Hunt: Speak to kids playing in castle courtyard.; The kids will steal a few florins from Tal then scatter and hide around the courtyard. Seek them out to get the florins back and a Red Key. The kids hide near the weaponsmith, near the inn and near the ???. To find the Red Key Door, take the door by the Kemo's shop, head along the coastal balcony, and look for a ladder down to the left of the guards which leads to a door and an Orb of Power.
Valuable Cargo: Speak to the Lighthouse Keeper, and then 4 fishermen at the docks and the blonde womand and brunette womand that wonder near the fountain.; Head to the Brightwater Beach and wander around in the sandy area for a fight to occur. Everytime the party wins a fight a box or two will appear with some of the needed items. After each fight you'll have to walk out of the area and then return. After collecting all the items, return to Brighwater and speak to all 7 people. Rewards: Cyantine Eye, Omnium, Wyrdlord Gem, Eden Coral, Wolf Totem, 3 Crab Crystal, 10 Brightwater Pearl, 3 Illumina Opal.
Remi's Trinket: Speak to Remi before or after cargo quest; Sunder-Rah, the Brightwater kid standing near the weaponsmith, took little Remi's trinket. He will give you the trinket as one of the rewards for doing his Brightwater Pearl Collector quest. Remi will reward you with an Amaranth Drink.
Brightwater Pearl Collector: Speak to Sunder-Rah, kid standing near the save spot in Brightwater.; Give the kid several Brightwater Pearls. First time he wants 1 pearl, then 5 pearls, 5 pearls, and 10 pearls. Rewards are Skill Tincture, Miracle Potion, Remi's Trinket, and Kirklin-Rah's key (which unlocks the tent door in the Brightwater Shadani encampment to a Cat Totem).
Stingers for Kilik: Speak to Kilik; Reward 750 florins
Pelts for Ricardo: Speak to Ricardo in the Illumina Courtroom.; Obtain 5 Woluf Pelts for the queen's new coat and return them to her tailor, Ricardo of Leys, in Illumina Castle. Reward is 1000 florins.
Duct Soup: Speak to Tamista in Shandani-Mo (she's in the upper section by a campfire).; She wants three Glue Spider Glands for her soup. You can easily get some of these by fighting the spiders in the Temple. Reward 3 Luster Wines.
Souls for Ferryman: Speak to Pitt the Ferryman in Shadowland.; The Ferryman wants the Spirit Orbs left by the monsters in Shadowland. For every 25 orbs he will give a unique weapon for one character ( for Buki, for Ailish, for Elco, for Tal). After that, he'll pay 50 florins for each orb, which is a great way to make some easy money.
Skulls for Wazim: Speak to Wazim in Shandani-Mo with Buki; Reward is 2000 florins and a bed that will restore party's HP and SP for free all the time.
Fallen Warriors Skull: Search the shelves in Carick Lore's tent in Shadani-Mo with Buki; Take the skull to the Shadow world and place it on the stake in the hall of spirits. Reward is Pathosis, a weapon for Buki.
Trials of Mo: Speak to Mali in Shadani-mo as Buki; Outside of Shadani-mo follow a path down to a cave that only Buki can enter. Fight 5 waves of increasingly powerful monsters. Victory nets many florins and Cat Totem.
Mafu's Proof: Speak to Mafu in Shadani-Mo as Buki (he's in an upper tent).; Mafu wants 5 Arcanite Skulls. Reward is 1000 florins.
Balum's Staff: Speak to Opal in Shadani-Mo (she's in a tent); She asks you to take her son's staff to the Ferryman in Shadowland. Return after delivering the item. Reward is Orb of Sanctuary.
Shadowstones: Speak to Campos on Mount Lore; Find Shadowstones and return them to Campos in Shadani-Mo. 1 Shadowstone, then 5, then 5, then 10. Rewards are Luster Wine, Luster Brew, Miracle Potion, and Agarth's Cleaver a weapon for Tal.
Eyes for Arlo: Speak to General Arlo in the training yard.; Obtain 3 Cyantine Eye gems for General Arlo. Reward is Arlo's Key which leads to an Orb of Sanctuary.
Heart's Heart: Speak to the robot Heart in Transentia near the inn.; Find the Heart Circuit of Heart the robot girl in the Transentine Research Center and return it to her in Transcentia. After destroying Krenn, return to the lowest level of the Research Centre and fight the mining robots to obtain the Heart. Return it to the robot for a Dragon Totem.
Omnium Collector: Speak to Milly Lupa at the observatory.; Collect Omnium from destoyed robots. First 1 chunk, then 5 chunks, 5 chunks, and 10 chunks. Rewards are Stardust Vial, Moondust Vial, Starflare Vial, Steam Train Power Plant Key which leads to an Eagle Totem.
Collect Eden Coral: Speak to Finbar at Crystal Reef docks.; First collect 1 piece of Eden Coral, then 2, then 2. Rewards are Apotheosis Drink, 2500 florins, a Huge Gold Bar.

Totem Locations

Each of the characters associate with a different totem. Collecting the totems aren't necessary to complete the game, but they do make it a lot easier. Every time you deposit a totem at the appropriate shrine the group will receive an Orb (to raise hitpoints, essence, power, etc). When all four totems have been collected, the character will receive their ultimate weapon, which is usually quite good.

Wolf Totems (Kariston the Wolf, Tal)
Eagle Totems (Olivitess the Eagle, Ailish)
Cat Totems (Mo the Cat, Buki)
Dragon Totems (Lebius the Dragon, Elco)

Weapons

Tal

Tal gets many weapons through the game, but only a handful are worth using and enhancing. Mojo is great to use for a while, but definitely purchase the Chain Sword when you have the opportunity. Chain Sword has great upgrade potential and is the best sword until you gain Tal's ultimate weapon, the Runic Blade.

Recruit's Sword: 15 Str/10% Crit; Enhancement: 2 square slots; Location: Tal begins with this sword.
Mojo: 25 Str/5% Crit; Enhancement: 2 square slots; Location:
Hukin's Fate: 10 Str/10% Crit; Enhancement: Automatic Poison, 2 square slot; Location:
Preystalker: 15 Str/5% Crit; Enhancement: Automatic Poison, 2 square slot; Location:
Agarth's Cleaver: 20 Str/15% Crit; Enhancement: Automatic Poison, 1 round 1 square slot; Location: Complete Shadowstones quest.
Chain Sword: 25 Str/15% Crit; Enhancement: 1 round 2 square slot; Location: Purchased at Kamo's store.
Siren's Song: 15 Str/10% Crit; Enhancement: Automatic Slow, 2 square slot; Location: Siren's caves, chest near exit after Tal/Elco bit (can't miss it).
Mammoth's Fang: 10 Str/15% Crit; Enhancement: Automatic Slow, 2 round slot; Location: Tree of Woe in Akloria.
Faustian Blade: 35 Str/10% Crit; Enhancement: 3 round slot; Location: With Carlos in Aklorian Fortress.
Runic Blade: 40 Str/35% Crit; Enhancement: 3 round slot; Location: Ultimate weapon from Wolf Shrine.

Buki

Most of Buki's weapons are boringly similar. Jakome is great and probably the best weapon to use until her ultimate weapon, Staeysekin.

Kalamarka: 10 Str/15% Crit; Enhancement: 2 round slot; Location: Buki begins with this weapon.
Shalizeh: 20 Str/5% Crit; Enhancement: 3 square slot; Location:
Jakome: 20 Str/30% Crit; Enhancement: 1 round 1 square slot; Location:
Melakorka: 25 Str/20% Crit; Enhancement: 2 square slot; Location:
Pathosis: 15 Str/5% Crit; Enhancement: Automatic Poison, 1 round 1 square slot; Location: Complete Fallen Warriors Skull
Veshchenega: 10 Str/15% Crit; Enhancement: Automatic Slow, 1 square slot; Location: Along road to Transentia, path on right, long wall for Buki to climb.
Mephiticus: 10 Str/10% Crit; Enhancement: Automatic Poison, 2 square slot; Location: Purchased at Kamo's store.
Anemomir: 10 Str/15% Crit; Enhancement: Automatic Slow, 1 round slot; Location: Atop a ruined house in Crystal Reef. Buki must climb to get there.
Staeysekin: 30 Str/40% Crit; Enhancement: 3 round slot; Location: Ultimate weapon from Cat Shrine.

Elco

Elco and Ailish's weapons have a little more variety than Tal and Buki's. Elco has two types of weapons: weak but fast firing weapons, and slow weapons that dish out massive damage. The slow weapons stack on big damage for every damage enhancement added to them, while the little weapons get almost no benefit from them, so use heal/skill regenerating enhancements on the little weapons but put as many damage enhancers on the big weapons.

His best weapons is the Ion Fluxinator which he starts the game with. In addition to doing huge damage (upgrade it with two square damage enhancers) it also knocks back and knocks down his foes. Elco's Plasma Launcher is fast-firing with not much damage, so use it when you need to heal. When fighting Krenn the best weapon is the Proton Phaser.

Proton Phaser: 20 Str/5% Crit/High Fire Rate; Enhancement: 2 square slot; Location: Elco beings with this weapon.
Ion Fluxinator: 35 Str/15% Crit/Low Fire Rate; Enhancement: 2 square slot; Location: Elco beings with this weapon.
Debilitator: 20 Str/5% Crit/Medium Fire Rate; Enhancement: Automatic Weaken, 1 square slot; Location:
Chronotron: 20 Str/5% Crit/Medium Fire Rate; Enhancement: Automatic Slow, 2 square slot; Location:
Omnium Rocket Gun: 100 Str/10% Crit/Low Fire Rate; Enhancement: 2 square slot; Location: Lavafield between Crystal Reef and Cyantine Citadel.
Neutron Blunderbuss: 90 Str/10% Crit/Medium Fire Rate (short range); Enhancement: 1 round 2 square slot; Location: Purchased at Kamo's store.
Plasma Launcher: 48 Str/10% Crit/High Fire Rate; Enhancement: 2 round 1 square slot; Location: Ultimate weapon from Dragon Shrine.

Ailish

Ailish should treat her weapons much like Elco does; upgrade the slow powerful weapons with damage enhancers and the quick weapons with some healing. Batholith, with its heavy damage and a knockback, is usually Ailish's weapon-of-choice for a good portion of the game until the Wizardwood Staff. Royal Scepter works well as a quick firing, healing weapon until she gets her ultimate, Nightshadow.

Royal Scepter: 16 Str/5% Crit/High Fire Rate; Enhancement: 2 square slot; Location: Ailish begins with this weapon.
Xuric's Shockstaff: 50 Str/10% Crit/Medium Fire Rate (short range); Enhancement: 1 square slot; Location: Ailish begins with this weapon.
Batholith: 120 Str/10% Crit/Low Fire Rate; Enhancement: 2 square slot; Location:
Histanica: 10 Str/5% Crit/Medium Fire Rate; Enhancement: Automatic Curse, 1 square slot; Location: Purchased at Kamo's store.
Wizardwood Staff: 70 Str/15% Crit/Low Fire Rate; Enhancement: 2 square slot; Location: Invisible chest, Research Centre vault, Transentia.
Chilltip Cane: 30 Str/5% Crit/Medium Fire Rate; Enhancement: Automatic Slow, 2 square slot; Location: Crystal Reef forest in a chest.
Nightshadow: 48 Str/10% Crit/High Fire Rate; Enhancement: 2 round 1 square slot; Location: Ultimate weapon from Eagle Shrine.

Armour

It costs a lot of florins to upgrade armour, so choose wisely. Usually I go with Anti Evil (immunity to weaken and curse) first, then Hex Proof (immunity to slow) and Anti-Poison. Dealing damage back to enemies is a nice thought, but most of the time it's better to be protected from negative effects to avoid having to use tonnes of potions.

When a character gets a new armour they keep enhancements from previous armours.