Mags are artificial life forms that help you in a quests. Based on the way you feed a mag, its attacking behavior will change. Some information collected here are from wikis. So this information will update during the course of the beta.

How to get Mags

To get a mag you need to be level 10 and complete the Mag License Client Order given by Koffe. She’s at the west quest counter.

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Click the client order マグライセンス授与申請試練 (Mag License) and in the popup press the left button to accept the client order.

Choose the last forest quest and play until Rock Bear Interrupt Events occur. You will need to look for a drop item called Rock Bear Horns. This doesn’t drop very often and will take a few tries before you get one.

After that report back to Koffee, click on the client order with the green icon and press the left button to finish it.

Mag Stats

Level

• When you feed your mag, it will gain levels in a particular stat based on the items you give them.

Energy エネルギー

• You’ll see a bar with a percentage. This is your mag’s energy. When you feed it, your mag will gain energy. However, over time your mag’s energy decreases. When it’s 0% it won’t show its full potential.

Stats

In PSO2 you can now preview how items affect your mag’s stats just by hovering over the item. In addition, your mag’s stats will also affect your player stats.

• 打撃支援 Striking Support
• 射撃支援 Range Support
• 法撃支援 Tech Support
• 技量支援 Ability Support
• 打撃防御支援 Striking Defense Support
• 射撃防御支援 Range Defense Support
• 法撃防御支援 Tech Defense Support

Auto Action オートアクション

These are actions the mag will perform automatically. Auto Actions are added when your mag reaches its second form. The actions discovered so far are as follows:

• なし (None)
• 打撃／アッパー Striking / Upper
• 射撃／炎通常弾 Ranged / Normal Fire Bullet
• 射撃／氷通常弾 Ranged / Normal Ice Bullet
• 射撃／雷貫通弾 Ranged / Piercing Lightning Bullet
• 法撃／フォイエ Tech / Foie

Trigger Action トリガーアクション

Trigger Actions are actions the mag performs under certain circumstances.

• HP低下時／HP回復 Hp Low / Recover HP
• 支援デバイス/HP回復A Support Device / HP Recovery A
• 支援デバイス/状態異常A Support Device / (Cures) Negative Status Effect
• 支援デバイス/復活A Support Device / Revival A

Mag Menu

Mag Menu

• アイテムを与える Give Item
• デバイスを使う Use Device
• 装備を外す Unequip (or equip)
• トリガーアクション優先度  Trigger Action Priority
• アクション確認 Check Actions

Giving an item feeds your mag. Please be careful not to feed your mag items that you actually need. Once you click the item, it’s sent to the mag.

Use Devices

Devices are special items that can speed up the feeding process. You can acquire devices in Scratch. When you give them devices you may get new trigger actions.

• フードデバイス/射撃  Food Device / Striking
• フードデバイス/射撃防御 Food Device / Striking Defense
• フードデバイス/射撃 Food Device / Range
• フードデバイス/射撃防御 Food Device / Range Defense
• フードデバイス/法撃 Food Device / Tech
• フードデバイス/法撃防御 Food Device / Tech Defense

Unfortunately this section is severely lacking information.

Types of Mags

In the closed beta there are 4 types of Mags.

Raira / Fornax / Lepus / Antria

Raira requires high level in Striking Stat

Fornax requires high level in Range Stat

Lepus requires high level in Technic Stat

Antria requires high level in Ability Stat

Photon Blasts

When your mag evolves, it can perform a photon blast. You should try to stick to one of the first four stats to evolve your mag. Mags are capable at evolving past level 50, but based on your stat arrangement, it may take longer to evolve.

Photon Blasts must be added to the sub-palette. Just click an empty area, and select the second tab to add a button that triggers your photon blast.

When the photon blast is ready, you’ll see a glowing indication by  your HP bar.

There are four types of Photon Blast. Based on data mining, each photon blast has 3 suffixes, “Proi, Imera, and Nifta” Each of these sub types behave differently, for example one may be a rush attack, while another will attack the surrounding area. Generally in the Closed Beta, the “Proi” form is available.

Photon Blast

• ヘリクス・プロイ Helix Proi (Striking Type Mags) Charge Attack
• アイアス・プロイ Ajax Proi (Range Type Mags) Grenade like Explosions
• ケートス・プロイ Ketus Proi (Technic Type Mags) PP Recovery
• ユリウス・プロイ Julius Proi (Ability Type Mags) Arm Attack

Helix Proi / Ajax Proi / Ketos Proi / Julius Proi

Hello the servers for Phantasy Star Online 2 Closed Beta are now up. There are five servers available, Ship 1 through Ship 5. The English community has decided that Ship 2 will be our base of operations. This sticky post will serve as guide to help you navigate your way through the game.

This guide will be updated throughout the entire Closed Beta period so please check back for details. During this time we will also take requests, if you have a question about a subject that should be included in this guide, please comment below. New blog posts will appear below this sticky post. They will cover detailed information about various new features in the game.

Mini Guide

The mini guide will be updated during the Closed Beta.

• Game Settings and Splash Screen
• Your first steps
• Intro to Client Orders (Mags) NEW!
  
• Client Orders (+Caves) UPDATED with Caves Free Quest!
  
• Matter Board
• Matter Board Goals
• Starting a Quest
• Changing Blocks and My Room
• Character Menu (Invite to Party)
• Friend Request
• Tekker Shop Location
• Direct Chat
• Arks Cash Price list

Media Guidelines

Sega has outlined media guidelines to avoid copyright infringement. We recommend following these guidelines especially if you are uploading videos on YouTube. The copyright information you should add to your images and videos are directly taken from the PSO2 Closed Beta Site.

Screenshot Guidelines

Please insert the following copyright notation within all of your images. Alternatively you may place this text below your screenshot. （C）SEGA Please insert the following notice on the same page you placed your PSO2 Closed Beta images

「画像は『PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2』クローズドβテストにおいて撮影された実機画像です。開発中のため、正式版とは異なる内容であり、今後改良される可能性があります。」

『PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2』公式サイト http://pso2.jp/

You may crop, enlarge, reduce, and change the resolution of the images. You may alter your player ID and character names. If you take screenshots within the game, it will automatically add the copyright notation for you at the bottom right corner.

Video Guidelines

Please add （C）SEGA for more than 2 seconds at the beginning and end of your video. In your video description, you must add the following notice:

「『PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2』クローズドβテストにおいて撮影された実機動画です。開発中のため、正式版とは異なる内容であり、今後改良される可能性があります。」

『PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2』公式サイト http://pso2.jp/

You are not allowed to alter your footage by placing other videos and music or change the playback speed. But you are allowed to alter your player id name and character name. You may also alter the footage to insert the copyright notation. If you are doing a live stream, you can just insert both the copyright notation and the notice above. We recommend getting consent from other players in your livestream.

Your first steps

When you first launch the game, choose the top option to login with your SEGA ID (SEGA IDでログイン). It will then ask for you to set a Player ID Name. Type one in and press the left button, another screen will pop up, again press the left button. The next screen will just ask for you to choose controls the (left button) Keyboard and Mouse or (right button) Gamepad.

Choose the top (キャラクター選択) option to create your first character.

Don’t forget you can save and load characters you made in the Character creation demo. Click クリエイトデータ読み込み to load the character you made before.

You may notice a new option to change your voice. It is slightly a few options above the place where you load your character. Click on ボイス選択 (Voice Selection) to choose a voice.

You can opt to skip the tutorial by selecting bottom option:
チュートリアルを受けない

Intro to Client Order (Mags)

Throughout the story you’ll come across several NPCs who will ask specific requests for you. We’ll outline what you need to do to unlock these orders.

To get a mag license you must first be level 10. Afterwards go to the west quest counter to find Koffee コフィー. Select the second entry to access her client order. We recommend not doing this Client Order first, instead you should try Koffee’s third Client Order. It will make it much easier to find Rockbears.

Coffy has three Client Orders (an additional one has to be unlocked)

• 1. マグライセンス授与申請試練 (Mag License)
• 2. 武器携帯数拡張申請試練・Ｉ (Weapon Palette Expansion)
• 3. 自由探索許可申請・森林  (Forest Exploration Request)
• 4. 探索許可申請試練・Ｉ(Search Request for *Caves*)
• 5. 自由探索許可申請・火山洞窟 (Caves Exploration Request)
  

Please note the 4th and 5th Client Order on this list will not show up in the same order in game. If you want to get the Caves missions to unlock you need to do the fourth client order. If you want the Caves free field quest to unlock, do the 5th client order. Please read here.

Click on the first one to start the Mag License, in the window popup choose the left button はい (Yes). to start the client order.

Mag License requires you to get 2 Rock Bear Horns.

• ロックベアの角の調達x 2 (Two Rock Bear Horns)

Rockbears will randomly show up in the following missions:

• (ダーカー調査：森林 Darker Investigation)
• (森林探索 Forest Exploration)

Forest Exploration is a free field quest, but you can’t do this quest until you do Coffy’s third client order:

• 自由探索許可申請・森林  (Forest Exploration Request)

The Rockbear horns may rarely drop and it will take a while to acquire them. When you acquire two of them, return to Coffy. Click on the Client Order with the green symbol. Click the left button Yes (はい) to report back to her.

[Important Client Order List]

 Matter Board

After you finish the first quest, you’ll be in the Gate Area lobby. Look for an elevator with a bronze symbol near the center of the lobby to transport down to the Shop Area. In that lobby you’ll meet up with Shion who gives you the Matter Board.

The first Matter you must complete wants you to find a ガンスレイヤー Gun Slayer from the Udan enemy. To start the matter, click on the globe and press はい.

Click the quest icon (the spinning globe) and select “マターボード” to access the Matter Board.

When you play regular quests, key items will drop in a gold aura. Once you pick it up and clear the quest you can select the next matter.

When you play B-2 on the Matter Board. Start the quest ザウーダン討伐, it is the first mission in the quest list. Look for a floating tablet like in the screenshot above. This event happens in the first block (Area 1).

When you approach the tablet for B-2 it should say “エコーは何所だ？” (Where’s Echo?) in the top left corner. If it doesn’t you’ll have to restart the quest and try to find it again.

When you fill the two orange orbs on the Matter Board, head to the shopping area to meet up with Shion. This will unlock the Episode 1 Story Quest for you.

 [ Matter Board Quest List]

Block Changer and My Room Access

When you are in the lobby, there are several “channels” you can transfer to meet your friends. This is the Teleporter that lets you change blocks. When you go inside press the E key to access it. Here you can change blocks and transfer to your room. The entry on the top will let you go to your room.

 Starting a Quest

In the gate area, you can start a quest.

• クエスト一覧から選ぶ Choose Quests
• クエスト中のパーティーに参加する Join a party in a quest
• クエストカウンターを出る Leave the Quest Counter

When you select the first option, the next window has you select a type of quest. Usually you will see Arks Quest, but sometimes throughout the day you may see Emergency Quests.

When you see the quest list menu you can do the following options by clicking on a quest name

• すぐに出発する Immediately Start a Quest
• クエスト中のパーティーに参加する Join a party in a quest.
• クエストレコードを見る View Quest Record

If you choose the top option, you’ll see a new window appear as in the screenshot below:

If you click on the screenshot above, we’ve filled in the essential areas you should know. However underneath the password field are two options, these options are really intended for multi player quest parties.

• パーティーへ参加のみ制限 (Password Protect your party only)
• 他のパーティーからのマルチプレイ要求も制限 (Password Protect other parties as well)

By default the top option will be ticked on. This means that only your party will be password protected. When you reach to a multiparty area, you will see other parties. However by ticking the bottom option, everyone joining your multiparty quest will need to know the password.  

 Character Menu

Now you can click on other players to open up the Character Menu. The easiest way to do so is to press the ESC button so the main menu is open and use your mouse to click on a character. With this menu you can perform the following functions:

• ウィスパーチャットを送る Whisper Chat
• パーティーに招待する Invite to Party
• グッジョブを送る Send Good Jobs
• アイテムトレードを申し込み Request Item Trade
• キャラクター情報を見る View Character Information
• アークスカードを見る View Arks Card
• ブラックリストに登録 Blacklist
• フレンド登録に申し込み Friend Request
• マイルームへ移動 Go to their room.
• モノマネ Mimic

 Tekker Shop Location

The Tekker Shop is located in the Shop Area, on the second level of the rotunda. Bring your ？スペシャルウェポン to her and she can appraise it for a price.

 Direct Chat Mode

Direct chat allows you to type on the keyboard immediately instead of controlling your character. This mode is useful for people with Gamepads. To turn this feature on and off press the scroll lock key. Otherwise press the gear icon in the main menu, and the third entry to reach the options page.

In the topmost category 基本設定 (Basic Settings), expand it and look for Communication Settings コミュニケーション設定. The top entry is for Direct Chat.

• 使用する Turn On
• 使用しない Turn Off.

 Matter Board Goals

To advance the story you need to complete various matters. Each matter in its description will have a Letter and Number combination. For example, in this screenshot B-2 is listed. When we refer to (Area 1) in this list, it means it happens in the first block. Matter Boards highlighted in red are random and may require multiple retries before they drop.

• A-3 Find a ワイヤードオーバー WiredOver drop from the enemy “Udan” (Any Forest Mission)
• A-4 Go talk to ウルク Uruk, you can find her downstairs in the shopping lobby opposite of Zeno.
• A-5 Find a “クレイモア” Claymore drop from the enemy Fongalf (Any Forest Mission)
• B-1 Find a gunslayer drop from an Udan (Any Forest Mission)
• B-2 Play the mission “ザウーダン討伐”  look for a floating tablet in Area 1 to see a cutscene. Look for an event tablet called
  “エコーは何所だ？” (It is the first mission in the quest list.)
• B-3 Go to the Shop Lobby and find Xeno, he will assign a client order you must complete. Afterwards go to the quest counter and complete the mission “フォンガルフ討伐” (Second mission in the quest list). When you are done go back to Zeno and select the client order again and report the information to him. You should see a client order clear appear on the screen once you are finished.
• B-4 Find a “タグバルブ Tag Valve drop from the enemy “Nab Rappy” (Any Forest Mission)
• C-3: Find a “スプレイン” Sprine drop from the Zaudan enemy. (Any Forest mission)
• C-4 Go talk to ジャン Jean, you can find him in the shopping lobby downstairs.
• C-5 Find a  グレイヴ Grave drop from the Agnis enemy. (Agnis are birds in the last forest mission)
• D-1 Find a “リア／ティルトウィンα” drop from the Gorongo. (Forest Missions) Gorongo’s roll up into balls.
• D-2 Play the quest “ナヴ・ラッピー捕獲任務” and look for an event called “オレの名はヒューイ!” in Area 2. (It is the fourth mission in the quest list.)
• D-4 Find a “レッグ／デステレンα” from the Dagan enemy. (Any Mission.)
• D-5 Play the quest “ダガン殲滅任務：森林” and look for an event tablet in Area 1 called “スキルマジすげえって”. (It is the third mission in the quest list.)
• E-1 Play the quest “ダガン殲滅任務：森林” and look for an event called
  “仲良し姉妹アークス” in Area 1. (3rd quest in mission list)
• E-2 Find a “ビーム” Beam from the RockBear Enemy. (Rock Bears are Bosses and random Interrupt Events in Forest Missions, they usually appear in Free Field Quests)
• E-3 Talk to “レダ” Reda, he’s in the shopping lobby a bit away from the makeup counter.
• E-4 Find a “アーム／ティタスティンα” unit from the Galf enemy (Any Forest mission)
• E-5 Find a “ストライカー” drop from the Vriada. (Later Forest Missions)

Important Client Orders

 Coffy’s Client Orders

1. マグライセンス授与申請試練 (Mag License)
2. 武器携帯数拡張申請試練・Ｉ (Weapon Palette Expansion)
3. 自由探索許可申請・森林  (Forest Exploration Request)
4. 探索許可申請試練・Ｉ(Search Request for *Caves*)
5. 自由探索許可申請・火山洞窟 (Caves Exploration Request)
   

 Mag License Requirements

• Req: 2 Rockbear horns ロックベアの角の調達
  Notes: Play last forest quest or free field forest.
• Prize: Mag

Weapon Palette Expansion

• Req: 3 Catadran Crystals キャタドランの水晶の調達 (Caves Missions)
• Prize: 1 extra weapon palette

Forest Exploration Request

• Req: ダガン殲滅任務：森林 S Rank Dagan Forest Mission (3rd quest)
• Req:  ナヴ・ラッピー捕獲任務 S Rank Nab Rappy Forest Mission (4th quest)
• Req: Acquire  5x 森林観測用素子 Forest Devices drops
• Notes: 森林観測用素子 Forest Devices will randomly drop as small yellow boxes in those quests.
• Time Limit: Each mission must be cleared within 20 minutes.
• Prize: Free Field Forest.

Search Request

• Req: 森林探索 S Rank the Free Field Forest Quest.
• Notes: Forest Exploration Client Order must be cleared.
• Time Limit: Mission must be cleared within 20 minutes.
• Prize: Planet Amduscia (Caves) Unlocked

Caves Exploration Request

• Req: カルターゴ殲滅 S Rank Caltago Caves Mission (6th quest)
• Req: キャタドラン討伐 S Rank Catadran Caves Mission (7th quest)
• Req: Acquire 5x 火山洞窟観測用素子 Cave Devices.
• Notes: 火山洞窟観測用素子 Caves devices will randomly drop in yellow boxes in those quests.
• Notes: Caves must be unlocked first.
• Time Limit: Each missions must be cleared within 20 minutes
• Prize: Free Field Caves.

Arks Cash Price List

• Premium Set 30 Day プレミアムセット30日  (10AC)
• Premium Set 60 Day プレミアムセット60日(15 AC)
• Premium Set 90 Day プレミアムセット90日 (20 AC)
• My Room 30 Day マイルーム利用30日 (10 AC)
• My Shop 30 Day マイショップ出店30日 (10 AC)
• Expanded Storage 30 day 拡張倉庫1利用30日 (10 AC)
• Expanded Storage 90 day 拡張倉庫1利用90日 (20 AC)
• Expanded Storage 30 day 拡張倉庫2利用30日 (10 AC)
• Expanded Storage 90 day 拡張倉庫2利用90日 (20 AC)
• Expanded Storage 30 day 拡張倉庫3利用90日 (10 AC)
• Expanded Storage 90 day 拡張倉庫3利用90日 (20 AC)
• Item Pack Expansion アイテムパック拡張 (10 AC)
• Item Pack Expansion x5 アイテムパック拡張  (40 AC)
• Additional Skill Tree スキルツリー追加券 (10 AC)
• Skill Tree Reset スキルツリーリセット券 (10 AC) 
• Mag Ticket (lets you have an additional mag) マグ獲得チケット (10 AC)
• Mag Reset Device マグリセットデバイス (10 AC)
• Aesthetic (Makeup) Counter Pass エステ利用パス (10 AC)
• Scape Doll スケープドール (10 AC)
• Scape Doll x3 スケープドール (20 AC)
• Scape Doll x5 スケープドール (30 AC)
• Cosmo Atomizer x3 コスモアトマイザー (20 AC)
• Cosmo Atomizer x5 コスモアトマイザー (30 AC)
• Creating a new character (10 AC)

Sakai updated this morning with a recap briefing of the closed beta. There are some changes though. As always, I guess nothing is really set in stone at this point.

There’s going to be 5 ships to choose from when the Beta starts. Even though you’ll see Ship 6 through 10, those aren’t available. Unlike previous games, you can’t move your character to different ships, so please choose a ship you and your friends will play on. When you want to make another character on a different ship, you need to purchase the right to do so with Arks Cash.

When you start the game you can play the tutorial. Then afterwards you get the Matter Board to start your story.

Even though there are some elements that require Arks Cash, you can still play the majority of the game for free. Like for example, in PSU you would only be able to access your storage box in your room (My Room requires Premium Course). However in PSO2, the storage box is accessible even from the Camp Ship and Arks Lobby.

You could read the visiphone from the Arks Lobby too. It now displays the weapon collection like from the Phantasy Star Portable  series.

You can also do Client Orders, which give you various rewards and experience points. (Try these out too because it will be slower to level up in the closed beta compared to previous tests.)

You can enjoy the majority of the game for free without the need to purchase Arks Cash. But for those who’d like to use Arks Cash, there’s a “Premium” pack you can purchase.

The Premium Set includes 30 days access to open your My Room/My Shop, Expanded Storage, and Item Trader functions. You can purchase some of these options individually too. Having the premium set allows you access to an area called the Premium Block.

You should also try out the Friend Partner system that lets you use your friend’s character. It will even use the phrases that your friend registered as Auto Words. Only registered friends can be used as Friend Partners. Don’t forget that you can collect FUN points by doing quests with them.

Based on alpha test 2 feedback, they improved it so that you can meet other parties easily. (You can set participation limits for Multi Party Areas if you want.) So even if you are soloing you can meet other parties too.

Now there’s also a ranking menu to see how you compare in the “Interrupt Event Ranking,” there’s even a weekly ranking too.

Then there’s FUN! You can collect FUN by complimenting other players by telling them “Good Job” through a menu. With the FUN you collect you can play the FUN Scratch Gacha. You can win various items.

In the main menu, look for a shopping cart icon. It lets you access Arks Cash shop and scratch features.

Look for a scratch terminal in the lobby too.

Now it was announced that players would receive 10,000 ARKS Cash in the Closed Beta. Since they decided that the price for AC content would be as low as 10AC, they will distribute 1000 AC instead. You should be able to enjoy enough ARKS cash content with this amount.

Now there are some changes to things that were previously mentioned. Before there were going to be 2 types of ARKS Scratch, one with (Various Items) and the other with just (Clothes Only). In the closed beta test, the clothes only version won’t be implemented, but instead they will have 2 types of Arks Scratch that feature various items.

You’ll be able to purchase costume color variations in the Closed Beta. By the time the official game comes out, you can purchase new costumes and they have plans to bring back the (Clothes Only and Various Items) Arks Scratch.

Sakai also posted the list of Alpha Test 2 to Closed Beta changes, but the complete list will be posted here at a later time.