AVOID WASTING TIME! Know 22 Essential Tips Before Starting Metaphor Refantazio - Beginner Guide

[@JRPGSamurai]

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[@norwayjalyn]

additional tip: always put your heroes in backline in formation settings by default it helps alot when you get ambush.

[@JRPGSamurai]

Thanks for the norway! I missed this!

[@cZero475]

Wow, I never thought of that

[@fenixchief7]

​@@cZero475 just always push up on the dpad when you ambush. So many times I've lost out on unscathed cause I forgot I had them in back row lol

[@Necr0e1]

just dont get ambushed, EZ

[@justinpulu3984]

Great idea

[@jrodgers674]

I have never played a persona game so you can imagine how much of a help this was. you made sense out of so many things i lost count of all of them. Thank you so much for putthing together for people like me b/c i know i needed it.

[@JRPGSamurai]

I appreciate the comment and glad it helps. Welcome to ATLUS titles! Hope you enjoy the rest of your journey!

[@joearnold6881]

Starting question just determines starting stats. After that it’s one random and one you can pick every level You can test it by running thru the first say fifteen levels multiple times. Ignoring the ones you’ve selected yourself, the stat increases will be pretty even (so, t about three higher in every stat than it was after you answered, again ignoring the points you picked yourself)

[@JRPGSamurai]

Thanks for the tip!

[@arsenelupin1854]

Additional tip: The moment you start to have your own Gauntlet Runner, try to go to the washroom from time to time, it has a low chance to give you a permanent plus 1 on your luck stats, taking a shower gives your protagonist an additional EXP and pantry for free ingredients

[@JRPGSamurai]

Oh, mentioned this in my additional 10 tips video. Its a perma +1 Luck on every Idlesday when you drop the bomb XD thanks for sharing!

[@joearnold6881]

Not random

[@suntzu4607]

Raise the Healer rank as fast as possible. Not only it gives you speedy cooking skill, it also raises your post battle exp gain significantly. For that, you need to have rank 4 tolerance.

[@JRPGSamurai]

Agree! 300%

[@eazybuxafew]

Everyone talks about grinding in the desert but no one mentions the level 46 chicken dragon running around ready to ambush you

[@JRPGSamurai]

I actually focused on the first two dungeons and did not grind on Tradia Desert. And yeah this chicken killed me too during my firsts LOL!

[@eazybuxafew]

@@JRPGSamurai same but after the first bounty I said let me see what this desert is hitting for. Started off great, but then I got kicked in the back of my head outta nowhere. Chicken took me out in two turns 😂😂

[@JRPGSamurai]

@@eazybuxafew HAHAHHA! I got my revenge as well!

[@xDiamondsDogx]

Huh chicken dragon???

[@JRPGSamurai]

@@xDiamondsDogx Its the advance monster in tradia desert. The one that roams around killing newbies.

[@Mystra]

These tips are fantastic. I'm 60 hours in and agree with everything :)

[@JRPGSamurai]

YO MYSTRA! You are playing too!? Nice! Awesome game indeed. Its nice to be back in JRPGs.

[@Mystra]

@JRPGSamurai Yeah I'm playing it so much lol. Thanks! I agree, it's a lot of fun

[@JRPGSamurai]

@@Mystra it is a treat indeed! Let's go!

[@grawman67]

Saw some criticism I disagreed with. I really liked your tips and they're helpful even as someone that has played plenty of Atlus games. Some are obvious but these are for people who are new to Atlus games/RPGs as well as those that are just new to this game. Really good stuff here, man! Definitely going to check out more of your videos

[@JRPGSamurai]

I would to thank you for voicing this out. This is exactly my point that I am telling people about. There are so many things that can alienate a newcomer when playing ATLUS games and its not a surprise that it is the basic and common ones or the mundane things that people are commenting. Starting with the schedule, people will be surprised how many new players are being paralyzed by just handling their schedule. This is a non common game design in JRPGs. Thank you Grawman and I appreciate it. More guides coming!

[@Givejordr]

Also, always save before a boss fight and before doing activities in the gauntlet runner do you can reload your game after you get weaknesses and resistances

[@JRPGSamurai]

Lovely Givejordr, thanks for the tip!

[@aznguymetal]

Their is no mage playable character until mid games, so the protagonist the only character able to raise magic stats.

[@williamantonio9743]

To be fair, str/magic stat only increases your damage by 1.18% per point. So, I don't think it'd be much of a concern whether people want the MC to have a physical or magical build despite the lack of high magic stat party member early on

[@epheusikay]

Nice tip video. no fluff. Noticed you increase strength for all your chars, even the caster archetypes. Increasing magic is negligible?

[@JRPGSamurai]

@@epheusikay Thanks epheus! Will try my best to be better everyday! About the build, depends my build is pure str and luck thats why I pump into str. But any build will work. If you want to go for the magic route no issues there!

[@nikolaiatknight]

Nice video mate, really good tips in here

[@JRPGSamurai]

Thanks nikolai! Have fun gaming!

[@s-wo8781]

Damn I didn't know the question that man asked you affected your stat growth. They did a Kingdom Hearts. I coincidentally picked the one I liked anyway. Got that magic.

[@JRPGSamurai]

Oh now that you mentioned it, I remember KH! Good thing you landed just fine.

[@joearnold6881]

It doesn’t affect growth. Just the start.

[@JMrealgamer]

I’m playing Dragon Quest VI right now and it has classes you can have your crew learn at the All Trades Abbey. DQ did it 1st but this game definitely does it differently. Funny. Same stuff just done differently. Makes me more thankful for the DQ series, but I’m having good fun with Metephor.

[@JRPGSamurai]

I am so interested to cover DQ in the future, I am a one man army so I can't cover two games at the same time my goodness, DQ sounds fun!

[@JMrealgamer]

@@JRPGSamurai oh it is my friend! It’s where all the console RPG’s started! 1986 DQ1 came out and it’s been setting the RPG trend ever since. We in the U.S. got it late due to translations coming out later, it it lead the way for Final Fantasy and Shin Magami Tensei, which the 1 FF came out in 1987. DQ is the Undisputed king of RPG’s and Akira Toriyama was apart of that group as well. I’m sure you’ll love it especially if you like RPG’s. Okay I’ve gushed about it enough. Thanks for hearing me out.

[@JRPGSamurai]

@@JMrealgamer Comments like these makes me going. Seeing someone like me who has an intense passion for the genre. I may not be a fan who managed to play it all ( because of poverty in the past ), I cannot deny the fact that I really love the genre. Bless you man, someday, my dream is to be able to cover the old titles as well.

[@JMrealgamer]

@@JRPGSamurai that’s amazing man! Glad to hear you like it so much. Oh yeah, one more tidbit of info. Dragon Quest IV introduced the 1st ever monster catching mechanic as a side thing. Ranger McRyan was the character who was able to have monsters on his team. They then added it in the mobile version of DQ5 later. They really are legendary titles!

[@JRPGSamurai]

@@JMrealgamer ahohohoho you got me excited. Surely someday I will be able to contribute to the industry by covering DQS and more hidden gems!

[@Nick-t1r5w]

my guy how do you have the time for multiple playthroughs this game just came out

[@JRPGSamurai]

I don't sleep. The price of being a creator.

[@dave3076]

Thanks!

[@JRPGSamurai]

You are welcome Dave! Enjoy this awesome game!

[@marcelomlr]

My question is about the best time to go for a dungeon. I completed Belega and Grand Cathedral one after the other, so 3 days. Now the game opened and I have until day 21 to do anything. I got a bounty request for a monster in the desert. Can I go for it and spend a whole day in the desert as an optional task or does that dungeon become story related later and I should wait until everything I need to do there is available and I can do everything in just one day? And meanwhile I spend my time raising my stats and social links? I know there's a lot to do in the desert, I just don't know how many times I can go to spend an entire day there.

[@JRPGSamurai]

Ok so here's my general tip in terms of handling Sched, if you are into farming, I suggest, putting 1 to 2 hours straight in the Desert, this will cost you just 1 day. 3 if you are an extremist, maybe 4 if you did not max at least 3 to 4 Archetypes in the Cathedral. I am assuming you can 1 shot all enemies in the desert by saying this. The reason that you want to max out your dungeon runs is, it is much better to focus on Requests and increasing social links than going back and forth dungeons. Now regarding the Chimera bounty, you can do both. Accept the bounty and farm after in the desert to complete both if you want. It is also helpful to save scum if you are not sure or just testing stuff.

[@marcelomlr]

@@JRPGSamurai Thank you for the answer. And yeah, I did grind, maybe too much haha, I'm level 23 with the 3 characters. I'm already doing the one-day-dungeon strategy with grinding to a certain level to make it the best out of them. So it's alright to go to the desert and spend a day there, great. My main concern is having to go back to an already visited dungeon in the future and wasting another day there. I think you also gain stats with the bounty, so it's also worth your time for that.

[@JRPGSamurai]

@@marcelomlr I mean this is a very complex game.You know what we say, Its wise to just enjoy the game and don't overthink the schedule. As long you master the core principles and practices which I pretty much covered its fine. Its ok to get bounties as long we can hone our virtues regardless where it is. =D I think you are loving the game as much as I do.

[@marcelomlr]

@@JRPGSamurai I am, and you're absolutely right. Thank you again and keep up with the content, it's been really helpful :)

[@JRPGSamurai]

Always welcome marcel! Yes indeed, been working my butt since release to keep the guides coming!

[@markramos4150]

What lv were you when you tackled the optional dragon?

[@JRPGSamurai]

I forgot but no grinding was done in Nord Mines, just explored it normally and equipped 2 warrior and 1 mage or 2 mages and 1 warrior. Just made sure that the mage can cast blizz.

[@OhWangJing]

shit i skip the dragon T.T while i play DEMO

[@JRPGSamurai]

It is alright OhWang, lots of cool weapons headed your way.

[@henrysanchez6027]

MAGE UNIT✊

[@DrX666]

So you can't beat the early dragon if you start with a pure strength build (your suggestion in the video)?

[@JRPGSamurai]

You can, the mage in the video was grius and my character as pure strength.

[@Sir_Loin_]

Im conficted why wouldnt i just use storyteller difficulty?

[@JRPGSamurai]

If you want to breeze through everything, then you are welcome to do Storyteller. This game is pretty easy already on normal that's why people are playing in on Hard.

[@SimonHendry-w5x]

The Samurai strikes again

[@JRPGSamurai]

Thanks Si!

[@SimonHendry-w5x]

@@JRPGSamurai welcome dude

[@petebagwell6666]

Turning off motion blur is not a tip

[@JRPGSamurai]

It is, I know a lot of people who decided to quit the game just because of this menial tip. It is so horrible, even my friends can't stand it.

[@pandora1807]

Yeah i had the same Problem i got a headache from it , there is too much going on when watching. They probably did it because they wanted a special Design for the Game but its a little too much.

[@JRPGSamurai]

@@pandora1807 I agree 300%, soon, I will mod my game to remove it.

[@Dandoskyballer]

Save MANA potions for boss battles. Avoid using mana to heal. The game is stingy with mana potions. I think i have to restart the entire game over because I can't use mana. So I basically wasted $60 because I'm not sitting through the unnecessary amount of dialogue twice.

[@JRPGSamurai]

Sad to hear that your caught of guard by ATLUS game's usual design. MP in ATLUS games are usually your determining factor that limits your dungeon exploration. here in Metaphor Refantazio they were lenient to be honest. a lot of things to circumvent this. You have MP recovery passive which can give you unlimited MP as long you know how to manage it and first aid skill that only cost you 2 mp that can heal you outside of battle. The long dialogue is pretty much expected as well.

[@grawman67]

Sorry to hear you were really pushed away by that. I hope you give it another shot sometime following his tips. If it helps, you can fairly quickly fast forward through dialogue and skip cutscenes. But if it's not a game for you, it happens! We all like different things after all

[@JRPGSamurai]

Lovely way to put it. Thanks for sharing your insights man!

[@OmnipotentO]

I skipped the dragon 🥲

[@JRPGSamurai]

It's ok no biggie, lots of good items down the line. Unless you are a collector, you can have it next playthrough.

[@MrJoFFC]

I've been wondering... have anyone figured where to farm/hunt stat boost incense yet? I finished the game and restarted on regicide however the time needed to reach the bath option is quite long considering how it goes and also, enemies on SMT and even Persona had a drop chance to get those from time to time. I'd expect their drop be very rare or even requiring the merchant 2nd tier to bring both item drop passives while hunting. I can confirm one possible drop though at early game... we can farm Mag boost incence from the gargoyles at the capital(there are many on it but drop is kinda very low, i wish we had acess to all our arch and 4 skill slots from start... would run the 2 item drop boost alongside Ninja class from the start while beating everything trying to find/meet what drops what e.e.

[@JRPGSamurai]

I absolutely feel you. I am wondering too myself. Hope we can get answers soon since I am kinda focusing on general guides. Its fun to know the little details to be honest.

[@MrJoFFC]

Another tip, right after reaching the 3rd city and being invited into the night bar, don't rush there. Save 120k money to this exact day and talk with a merchant in front of the potion usual store, this merchant rotate accesories and right in this day, should be selling Archetype ring(boosts the a-exp gained). Buying 4 for around 160k money is the ideal but with 120k can buy at least 3...

[@JRPGSamurai]

@@MrJoFFC right on time, compiling some of the advance tip and this one is already on the list. Thanks Mr!

[@Drakthus]

save scum and retry battle for optimal play, games these days....

[@kobashi1365]

Cool tip fast travel 😂😂

[@JRPGSamurai]

@@kobashi1365 It saves a lot of time. There were cases that people tend to forget the little things when adjusting to a game, huge like this.

[@kobashi1365]

@@JRPGSamurai who bro who is going to forget to fast travel 😂

[@kudoooos]

It’s not that serious dawg, he’s just trying to help newcomers or anyone who’s curious about the game’s features.

[@kobashi1365]

@@kudoooos damn bro suck him up already

[@kpopninja]

First off, all nice tips. Some of them will help me a lot. However... a lot of these are no brainers. Hit your opponent's weaknesses? Utlilize Fast Travel? Spend your time wisely? Yeah, no shit. That stardard in almost 100% of JRPGS. Not trying to be mean just... next time, just give the actual tips and leave the obvious shit out.

[@ssjdennis6058]

What confuses me the most, why do all the grinding when playing on Hard(or higher). You want the challenge right? You also lost me around #13. Not that the tips are bad or anything, but the way presented is too boring. Still good stuff bro.

[@JRPGSamurai]

Oh I was trying to explain how can someone tries to experience the difficulty of the game even after grinding, so dialing up the difficulty to hard may help. Oh for reals? Let me check my tip 13, oh right, tip number 13 is all about request. We should pay attention to it. Sure, will take this a feedback Dennis!

[@ssjdennis6058]

@@JRPGSamurai Sure, bro. Not trying to be negative. I always try these kind of games on the hardest difficulty. But grinding like a madmen will take away from that challenge if you ask me. You provided good intel, but it did sound a bit boring. Try to give your voice more depth in different situations and you'll be good.

[@JRPGSamurai]

@@ssjdennis6058 Yeah, also stated that grinding surely will affect the difficulty, addressed this in my other tip video as well to make sure to regulate this, me myself don't grind to preserve the experience to i have a separate file when doing this guide. Thanks for the feedback! Trying to improve everyday.

[@rail7646]

you need to chill you ass bro, downvoted for making day efficiency such a big deal, it's still a game to enjoy not to hurry in like your job depends on it

[@JRPGSamurai]

I am merely suggesting the idea to make every day counts. In fact, I have reminded people to enjoy in my other tips video.

[@QLMTA]

Actually agree with you, tips about making every second count just stress me out. Really hurts the enjoyment of the game.

[@JRPGSamurai]

@@QLMTA I didn't mean to stress out people by providing this tip. Players who are new to ATLUS games should just get the idea that they should be doing something in every period. And I provided an in-depth explanation of this in my added 10 tips that you should be making use of your time wisely and but don't let this stress you out since it can lead you not playing the game entirely.

[@hellgirl1512]

You also need to chill your ass bro. Have you played the game yet? You have to make everyday counts otherwise if you don't meet your deadline, it's literally game over

[@shinigamirenegade]

I love atlus games because of that. So many things to do and it benefits you in the long run. Granted theres no correct way of playing this. But just do whatever you want anything you do benefits you