Phantasy Star Nova Guide

Game Flow: Starting a Quest

Head to the "Quest Gate" to start a quest.

Quest Menu

• クエスト: Quest
• あらすじの確認: View Story Summary
  

 

Options for the main story path are indicated by a book symbol icon on a red background. This also extends to "Promise Orders" that appear above character's heads.

 

Quest Menu

• パーティーメンバー : Party Member
• クエスト開始: Start a Quest

 

Select a crew member to add to your party. Whenever you're doing main story quests, you can press the [START] button to automatically select crew members appearing in the story.

Party Menu

• パーティーに入れる (Add/Remove) From Party
• キャラクター表示 (Show Character)

 

Enemies will drop materials that can be used to create an assortment of items, like weapons, shield units, gran arts, and technics. Just run over the items to collect them in your inventory.

 

After a quest is over, you'll be evaluated on the:

• Enemy Defeat Ranking
• Elapsed Time
• Number of  Incapacitations

You'll even receive Gran Energy, EXP, and materials as rewards! Afterwards, head to the bridge for a cutscene.

 

The game will indicate that you'll need to visit characters with red icons overhead to advance the story. After a cutscene with Sharon, head to the Quest Gate and start the next story quest. Don't forget to add Lutina, Sail, and Izuna to your party!

Click the [Orders] tab above to continue the walkthrough.

Game Flow: Promise Orders

Promise Orders are requests from NPCs you can fulfill to receive items and unlock new features. Some Promise Orders can be performed once, others can be repeated as much as you like. The first two Promise Orders you can take are from Fildia. The red icon overhead means you must speak to this person to progress through the story.

 

You can unlock new shops and facilities by clearing Fildia's Promise Orders. Each Promise Order requires a set objective which must be cleared to receive the rewards.

Take note of the icon colors that appear in this menu.

• The green icon indicates the order/item is ready to be handed in.
• A red icon indicates it's part of the story line.
• A yellow icon means you've already completed the Promise Order.
• A blue icon means the order is currently in progress.

 

Fildia's Initial Promise Orders

Promise Order	Objective	Reward
武器ショップ建設 Weapon Shop Construction	Collect 3  [ダーカーの節]	+70 Gran Energy 300 EXP 5x [樹木状の鉱物] Unlocks the Weapon Shop
アイテムショップ建設 Item Shop Construction	Clear the Quest [鋼の荒野哨戒任務]	+70 Gran Energy 300 EXP 3x Monomate Unlocks the Item Shop
防具ショップ建設 Shield Unit Shop Construction	Collect 3 [白い岩石]	+80 Gran Energy 300 EXP 3x [樹木状の鉱物] Unlocks the Shield Unit Shop
クラスカウンター建設 Class Counter Construction	Clear the Quest [ダーカー討伐任務]	+80 Gran Energy 300 EXP 3x [メモリーフラグメント] Unlocks the Class Counter

Her first two orders are shown at the top, but the rest will unlock as you turn them in. 

Fildia's Promise Orders will unlock new shops and facilities. These will automatically appear in the Base as you exit the Bridge.

 

Active Promise Orders will display as a blue icon in the quest menu. Either clear the quest or collect its materials to complete the Promise Order. Afterwards, return to the person who requested it to receive the rewards!

After you've cleared all of Fildia's Promise Orders, head back to the Quest Gate to start your next quest.

 

Click the [Halos] tab to continue the walkthrough.

Game Flow: Halos

In the next quest, you'll come across a Gigantes you'll have to avoid. After a few minutes, a cutscene will appear.

 

Afterwards, head to the Lab next to Sharon to contribute research towards the development of a new weapon category. If the menu is grayed out, you must continue doing random quests and Promise Orders until you have enough Gran Energy.

 

 

 

After a cutscene, a new weapon category will be sent to your inventory. You can learn how to equip weapons by reading the [Start Menu] tab at the top of this post. This new weaponry is called "Halos." They are used to create floating platforms when fighting the Gigantes.

 

When a Gigantes appears, switch to the Halo weapon category and press  to create a "Ring Field."  Step underneath the ring field and press to teleport onto it. If you wish to leave a ring field, run to the edge and press to go back on the ground.

 

After the quest, if you head back to Sharon and clear her Promise Order, you'll unlock a new item called "Ring Generators." These items allow you to create "Ring Fields" without having to use a Halo. Since these are consumable items, they must be set to the sub-palette.

Click the [Cold Sleep] tab to continue.

 

Game Flow: Cold Sleep Counter

Cold Sleep Counter

• カプセル解凍: Defrost Capsule
• 全クルー情報 Crew Information
• クルー配属 Crew Assignment
• パスワード入力 Enter Password

Use the Gran you've acquired to awaken crew members from Cold Sleep. These crew members can be assigned with managing various facilities around the base.

 

Based on their personality traits, you can unlock bonus effects when assigning them to the right facility.  In addition, you can recruit crew members to your party to help you fight the Gigantes!

 

When you first access this menu, you'll have to awaken "Leaders" for each section of the base. In the screenshot above, you'll generally have to select how many crew members you wish to awaken.

The more you select, the more Gran Energy is expended to awaken them. However since this is a part of the storyline, you'll get 4 story NPCs for free.

Select ｢はい｣ to continue.

 

From this point, the game will force you to save. This action MUST be performed each time you awaken crew members at the Cold Sleep Counter.

 

After you awaken crew members, you can verify their names, class levels, and personality traits from this menu. Each character has a list of traits and effects for you to confirm by pressing the button. You can also press the to model the character.

 

If you have PSO2 installed, you can awaken Echo, Afin, and Zeno! Otherwise you may select the first option to awaken "Generalist" crew members.

コールドスリープカプセル (Cold Sleep Capsule)

• ジェネラリストクルー (Generalist Crew)
• セクションリーダークルー (Section Leader Crew)
• PSO2クルー (PSO2 Crew)

Generalists are crew members with extensive knowledge. They can handle themselves as base personnel and can assist in combat.

 

After some cutscenes, you'll see several story NPCs with red icons overhead. Just speak to them to unlock new quests related to the character. However, this is probably a good time to introduce Crew Assignment.

 

You may either head to the Lab or return to the Cold Sleep Counter to assign crew members to your facilities. Based on their personality traits, assigning them to certain facilities can activate bonus effects!

Facility List

• クラスカウンター (Class Counter)
• 武器ショップ (Weapon Shop)
• 防具ショップ (Shield Unit Shop)
• アイテムショップ (Item Shop)
• 食堂 (Restaurant)
• コスチュームショップ (Costume Shop)
• エステ (Beauty Salon)

It's better to memorize the facility icons when assigning crew members.

Press  to remove them from a facility, or press [Start] to automatically assign crew members to each facility.

• The game also seems to automatically assign the best crew members for a facility.

 

Reanbell when assigned to the Beauty Salon, will activate a new effect. A quick way to tell if a character works well together with a facility, is to see if any of their traits have a green icon. When you assign them to the appropriate facility, the "Shop Effects" window in the bottom right corner will display information about the activated effect.

Instead of going through all those menus, you can press the [Start] button when selecting a facility, and it will automatically assign her to the Beauty Salon.

 Reanbell's Shop Effect

• Stylish Thief: Beauty Salon Choice Selection UP (+3)

Reanbell's Password

• EoEReanbell

 

Now when you enter the Beauty Salon, you'll have lots more items to choose from. Once you're done, you can speak to the rest of the NPCs and clear their quests to advance the story.

Click the [Upgrades] tab to continue.

Game Flow: Shop Upgrades

You'll unlock quite a few Promise Orders as you clear the Story Quests from NPCs. Some of these Promise Orders unlock Shop Upgrades and other features. Fildia will be handing out Promise Orders that increases the level of each facility. In addition, Orcus will be handing out a Promise Order that adds a Skill Board.

 

 

Level 2 facilities expands upon the selection of items you can acquire. It also unlocks more customization options at the Beauty Salon! Don't forget to assign crew members to these facilities, though none of them at this point will have traits to affect the facilities.

 

Multiple Skill Boards

Clearing Orcus' Promise Order unlocks a second skill board. It works exactly like the first skill board, just set the skills you wish to activate on the new board. However there's a twist!

 

In the equipment menu, you can attach a skill board to a weapon. Press the left and right D-PAD keys to change which board applies when the weapon is equipped. For example, if Step Attack is set on Skill Board 1, but not on Skill Board 2, any weapon attached with Skill Board 2 will not be able to perform a Step Attack.

 

Operator Selection

After clearing a certain Story Quest, you'll come upon the option to choose an Operator. You can choose between Kisara or Riethiea when you speak to them.

At this point you can read up on unlocking the next class in the [Buster] tab, but come back here after you're done to complete the Promise Orders and continue on with the story.

 

 

 

Game Flow: Busters

Buster is a new class intended for battling the Gigantes. They posses equal ability in Striking, Ranged, and Tech, and can equip all weapons including Piles.

 

The Buster class can be unlocked by investing 5,000 Gran Energy towards the research of a new weapon category.

 

 

After a cutscene, head to the Class Counter to change to the Buster class. Head to the weapon shop and select the new weapon category slot to purchase a Pile. Once you've equipped this weapon, there are a few things you need to be aware of:

• Busters have to set a an action on the sub-palette to capture a Gigantes.
• Capturing a Gigantes requires the firing of these little yellow stakes called Piles.
• You can fire the stakes at the enemies by using Gran Arts like Pile Shooter, etc.

 

A new category has been added to the Sub-Palette Equipment menu:

• 消費アイテム Consumable Item
• スキル Skill
• ロビーアクション Lobby Action
• テクニック Technic
• ギガンテス Gigantes

 

Buster Tactics: Ignition Skill

As a Buster, you'll be tasked with capturing the Gigantes. That's right, you can capture them and summon them to the battlefield. They won't stick around very long so they're best used in dire situations. Aside from that, you can equip a new skill called "Ignition" to your sub-palette. This skill can be found within the "Gigantes" menu when equipping actions to the sub-palette.

You can learn more about equipping actions to the sub-palette by reading the [Start Menu] tab.

 

Now this part is key, whenever the Gigantes is in a weakened state, you can detonate the piles attached to its body to initiate a "Gran Link." This can only be performed when there's Piles (yellow darts) attached to the skin of the Gigantes.

 

When the Gigantes initially falls over, its weakpoint comes exposed glowing a bright neon red. Once its HP is low, this weakpoint will begin to glow a bright yellow, indicating its ready to be captured.

 

From here you can initiate a Gran Link, by pressing the "Ignition" skill on your sub-palette. This will capture the beast and allow it to be summoned through a Gigantes Blast in future battles.

 

Afterwards, you can add the Gigantes you've captured and summon them to the field in a Gigantes Blast! They can be found within the "Gigantes" menu when equipping actions to the sub-palette.

 

The Gigantes Blast gauge will fill as you defeat enemies. Once it's full, the icon will light up allowing you to summon them during a Gigantes battle!

 

During this time, you can complete Sharon's Promise Orders and finish the rest listed in the [Upgrades] tab.

 

Sharon's Orders	Objective	Reward
バスターの訓練  Buster Training	Clear the Quest [仲間の捜索] as a [Buster]	+200 Gran Energy 1800 EXP グランピース(雷属性) x4
グランピースの調達 Supplying Gran Pieces	Collect 8x [グランピース]	+200 Gran Energy 200 EXP グランピース(光属性)x5
甲羅の調達 Supplying Hard Shells	Collect 2x [グランブの甲羅] Try this Quest on Hard	+800 Gran Energy 1800 EXP グランピース(雷属性)x6

  ~ View Entire Promise Order List ~

The Weapon Shop

Weapon Shop

• 武器を作る Create a Weapon
• 倉庫に武器を作る Create a Weapon in Storage
• アタッチパーツを作る Create Attachment Parts
• 倉庫にアタッチパーツを作る Create Attachment Parts in Storage
• 武器のカスタマイズ Customize Weapons
• 退出 Leave

The Shield Unit Shop

Shield Unit Shop

• 防具を作る Create a Shield Unit
• 倉庫に防具を作る Create a Shield Unit in Storage
• 退出 Leave

 

Choose a Shield Unit

This menu lists the Shield Units you can make. The vertical bar in the middle displays the stats it affects. The top right pane lists the shield unit's defense and elemental resistances. The pane at the bottom right displays the materials required. 

 

Select a Core

After selecting a shield unit, you must choose a "Core." This core will append a "Special Ability" to the item. The special ability can change the shield unit's stats, or even increase its elemental resistance.

The Item Shop

Item Shop

• アイテムを作る Create Items
• 倉庫にアイテムを作る Create Items in Storage
• 退出 Leave

 

 

Item	Name	Notes
	Monomate	Recovers HP.
	Dimate	Recovers more HP.
	Sol Atomizer	Recovers status effects.
	Moon Atomizer	Revives a fallen ally.
	Ring Generator	Generates a [Ring Field] without a Halo.
	Scape Doll	Revives the player.

Restaurant

Restaurant

• ガッツ料理 Guts Cuisine
• スタミナ料理 Stamina Cuisine
• グルメ料理 Gourmet Cuisine

Each meal will provide certain effects for the next quest.

 

Base Customizations

Laboratory

• 施設の開発: Develop Facilities
• 施設の設置と移動: Facility Placement
• クルー配属: Crew Assignment

 

Develop Facilities

At the laboratory, you can spend Gran Energy to develop new shops and facilities. Some of these will unlock new store items or grant effects based on its level.

Categories:

• ショップ Shop
• 施設 Facility
• インテリア Interior
• 床 Floor

It's recommended you buy all of the Shops and Facilities at the highest level available to you. You can also purchase optional items like furniture and carpeting to spruce up the design of your base.

 

 

Facility Placement

"Disposition" works similar to placing objects in your room on PSO2. First select the facility, furniture, or floor, then place them down by using the D-PAD and button. Keep in mind that each facility and furniture "costs" a certain amount of space (as shown in the details window). Since you have two floors to choose from, you shouldn't have any problem placing down all the facilities you need.

 

Expedition Party HQ

You can dispatch your crew members out on an expedition to find materials and items. Each expedition requires a certain number of people, takes a certain amount of days, and provides a certain level of danger. These can be alleviated by assigning crew members with traits related to this facility. If this menu is grayed out, it's fairly likely that you do not have enough "idle" crew members to go out on a expedition. So awaken some crew members in the Cold Sleep Counter until you have enough to start the expedition. The crew members will return after a few "days," or in-game terms, after a few quests.  When they return they'll provide some materials they found on the expedition.

 

Gran Booster

Gran Booster

• Boosts Gran Energy and reduces GP consumption costs.
• Its level determines the number of crew members that can be assigned to it.
• Example Crew Member Trait: グラン予報士 (See More Traits)
  • Increases Gran Energy and decreases GP consumption.

 

Item Detector

Item Detector

• Makes it easier to obtain normal and rare items.
• Its level determines the number of crew members that can be assigned to it.
• Example Crew Member Trait: ラッキライザー (See More Traits)
  • Increases the Rare Drop Rate.
  • Members assigned to this facility who share this trait increases the effect.

 

 

Enemy Radar

Enemy Radar

• Makes it easier to discover rare and boosted enemies.
• Its level determines the number of crew members that can be assigned to it.
• Example Crew Member Trait: 野生の勘 (See More Traits)
  • Increases the appearance rate of rare and boosted enemies.
  • Members assigned to this facility who share this trait increases the effect.

 

Burst Augmenter

Burst Augmenter

• Applies Gran Burst effects.
• Its level determines the number of crew members that can be assigned to it.
• Example Crew Trait: BURST：コンバージョン (See More Traits)
  • Recovers GP when the player receives damage.

 

Burst Effects

• Rare Drop UP
  • Boosts Rare Drop rate.
• Damage Cut
  • Reduces damage from attacks.
• Damage Conversion
  • Recovers GP when the player receives damage.
• Critical UP
  • Increases the Critical rate.
• One More Set
  • Increases chance to extend the Gran Burst.
• Guts
  • Survive a fatal blow if HP is 10% or more.
• Mortal Blow
  • Doubles Striking damage.

 

 

Core Refinery

Core Refinery (Version 1.03)

• アタッチパーツ改造 (Attachment Part Altering) 20,000 Gran
• コア強化 (Core Grinding) 500 Gran

 

 

 

 

 

Gigantes Blast

You can capture a Gigantes and summon it to the field through a Gigantes Blast! First you must unlock the Buster class by spending 5,000 Gran Energy at the Laboratory.

 

Once you've changed classes, equip the Ignition skill to your sub-palette and start a quest. This can be found within the "Gigantes" sub menu when equipping actions to the Sub-Palette.

 

Attack the Gigantes until it reaches a weakened state indicated by a yellow glowing diamond. Quickly activate the "Ignition" skill to trigger a Gran Link.

 

After the quest, you can set the Gigantes you've captured to the sub-palette. This can be activated once the gauge is full.

 

Multiplayer Gigantes Blast

In multiplayer mode, your friends can lend their support by tapping on the Gigantes Blast activation button that appears on the bottom of the screen. If everyone lends their support, you can achieve a stronger Gigantes Blast!

 

Read the [Buster] tab for a more step-by-step walkthrough on setting up a Gigantes Blast.

The Stockroom

Stockroom

Stockroom

• アイテムパックを開く Open Item Pack
• 通常倉庫を開く Open Regular Storage
• 一時倉庫を開く Open Temp Storage
• 素材とコアを倉庫に預ける Send Materials and Cores to Storage.
• DLCを受け取る Pickup DLC