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Rename People in Your Party

Gaia Blade
Speak to the statue in the Venus Lighthouse twice and it will open up a different path. Go to the Babi Lighthouse and take that path. Eventually, you will find two doors. One will contain and Venus Spirit Statue. Use reveal on the statue. If you are using your first file, then you will receive the Gaia Blade which is Isaac's most powerful weapon.

Snow Wand
To get Mia's best weapon, the snow wand first you must obtain the orb of force from fuchin temple, then go to altin. somewhere in the mine you will find a log. hit it with force and a boulder will chase you. instead of going down the hole use retreat and go back to vale. if you didnt go down the hole this should have triggered a secret entrance to the back of isaacs house. move the bookcase and there is a cave entrance. There are some strong monsters down here so you should level up first, to around level 30. Near the end is a Giant Bat. Beat it to get the snow wand which only mia can equip. It raises attack by 161 and unleashes snowstorm.

Rename characters:
When prompted to enter a new name for Robin, press Select(3). Enter a new name for Robin, and you can now enter a new name for Gerald, Ivan, and Mary. Press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Select to enter new names for the remaining characters if playing a non-linked game. A sound will confirm correct code entry.

To rename people other than Isaac, before choosing "End" to name Isaac, press Select(2). Then, choose "End" and you can also name Garret, Ivan, and Mia.

Send option:
Hold L + R + Left and press B at the black menu screen with the logo. A new option called "Send" will appear. Select it to get a "Password" or "Link" option. This is for sending data to Golden Sun 2 and only works if you have a cleared data in your save files.

You can get the send option by successfully completing the game and have a clear data. You will get it when you can save after the final battle. Press R + B+ Left. If done correctly you will have the "Send" option. In the send option, you can get three different types of passwords, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Gold is for all your data; Silver for your levels, Djinns, and items; and Bronze is for only levels and Djinns. Gold is the longest password and Bronze the shortest. You have to write down the password and fill it in when playing Golden Sun 2. Or, you can transfer all your data using the game link to Golden Sun 2. In Golden Sun 2, you will get all the items, levels, and Djinns.

Teleport to sanctum in previous town:
When you first start your game go to "Continue". When you select your file, hold L + R + Start + Select to be transported to the sanctum in the last town you visited.

Dijiin:
Make sure you set your Dijiin the way you want before a battle. If you know you are going to fight a lot of enemies, it would be a good idea to have your Dijiin ready to summon. If you are going to fight a small number of enemies you should not have it ready to summon.

Use your Dijiin according to the element the person using the Dijiin excels at. Give Earth to Issac, Fire to Garet, Wind to Ivan, and Water to Mia.

Psyenergy:
Use your Psyenergy wisely. You should not just use your Psyenergy at any time, because you will quickly run out. You should only use it when needed or when it will stop you from receiving considerable damage.

As you walk around in dungeons or on the world map, your character's Psynergy will recover by one every six or seven steps. Note: This does not work in towns.

Herbs:
Carry plenty of herbs in dungeons. Even a small task in a dungeon can wipe you out. You will save more money by doing this than by having to revive one of your team members. You will also always have all your team members ready to fight.

Easy money:
Before you enter the portal in Sol Santum at the start of the game, take all of Jenna's items and sell them.

When you get to Crossbone Isle, use Douse on the pink tornado and fight him for lots of experience and money. Go into the cave and when you exit it will be back. There are no monsters on the isle so you can just walk around to restore Psyenergy.

Inns:
Use the inns whenever needed. Inns are your best and cheapest source to get healed quickly. Use them even for minor damage, or just to recover lost Psyenergy. Inns are inexpensive and efficient.

Altmiller Cave:
When you get to the bottom floor where you have to turn the stones in sequence, use Reveal to see the stones in color. You do not have to memorize the sequence. This is also useful if you want to just walk by Babi, without listening to his long speech.

Barricade:
When you get to the barricade look to the left to see a box taller than Isaac. Use your Psyenergy to move it.

Colosso:
Once Issac is admitted into Colosso, if you lose any of the fights the first time you try, Isaac will wake up and it will be just before you began competing in Colosso. This only works the first time you fight in Colosso; otherwise you lose permanently.

If you lost in Colosso more than once you will still wind up in bed, and can re-enter the tournament. Also, your Psi points recover even when you are in a town.

Ivan:
Keep close watch on Ivan's health. Ivan is the youngest of your group. He is only 15, while the others are all 17. He will get hurt faster. Give him more defensive equipment and less offensive equipment because he uses more Psyenergy than direct attacks.

Use Reveal to find items:
Use Reveal to find items that are in boxes, ovens, jars, graves, etc. instead of wasting your time looking. Use Reveal near jars and other small storage objects. If you see sparkles off the object, it means there is an item inside.

Use cursed objects:
Obtain the Cleric Ring from Crossbone Isle. This ring is found in a chest and will remove the "effects of a curse" allowing you to use the item and be able to move.

Aura Gloves:
Defeat the Manticores in the Suhalla Desert to receive the Aura Gloves that boost elemental resistance.

Feathered Robe:
Use Wind Djinni on the Grand Golems to kill them. Sometimes you will get a Feathered Robe, but the odds of getting it is low. It is Mia's best armor.

Game Tickets:
Buy items from either Item Shops, Weapon Shops, or Armor Shops. You can get about four Tickets from each Shop in each Town.

Giant Axe:
If you destroy an Earth Golem with a Wind Djinni, you will have a slight chance of obtaining the Giant Axe. It is very rare, but your attack rises by +158 and it unleashes Meltdown.

Kikuichimonji:
To get Ivan's ultimate weapon, the Kikuichimonji, go to Venus Lighthouse and start killing Fenrirs. The Kikuichimonji drops rarely off of them. Just keep fighting and killing them until that happens.

Use a Fire Djinn to kill a Fenrir, and you will have a better chance of getting the Kikuichimonji. This does not automatically give you the sword, but increases the chance of the monster dropping it.

The Kikuichimonji sword is the rarest item drop in the game. It is is dropped by Fenrirs in Venus lighthouse. Use the following trick to collect it multiple times without fail. First, go to the starting room of the second level in Venus lighthouse (the one with the Psynergy stone in the middle) and save the game. Turn it back on, return to your file, and prepare by doing the following. Make sure that your party's agilities are so they can attack thusly: Ivan, Isaac, Mia, then Garet. Also make sure that none of your Djinn are on standby. You are now ready. Walk around and you will defiantly run into a Fenrir on the left and an Ice Gargoyle on the right. You must use these exact attacks or the trick will not work. If the enemy attacks first, try again, If not, do these attacks exactly (make sure the large arrow is always on Fenrir): Ivan casts Tornado, Isaac casts Clay Spire, Mia casts Ice Horn, and Garet casts Flare Wall. If you are lucky and the enemies do not attack, allowing you have your turn immediately, then do so. If they attack, turn off your game and start again. On this next turn: Ivan defends, Isaac defends, Mia casts Wish, Garet uses Torch on Fenrir. The Fenrir should die. Make sure after this turn -- if the Ice Gargoyle attacks you, do not worry and keep going. On the next turn, finish off the Ice Gargoyle. If you did this correctly, you will receive Kikuichimonji every time.

Lucky Medals:
Throughout the game, search gravestones. Usually you will find Lucky Medals.

To get Lucky Medals, search gravestones, boxes and barrels.

Spiked Armor:
Defeat a lot of monsters in Venus Light House to get this item. It will increase your attack power.

Unicorn Ring:
Defeat a great number of monsters in Venus Light House . This item is used to remove poison from a party member.

An easy way to get the Unicorn Ring is to check the jar to the left of the master in Fuchin Temple.

Zodiak Wand:
The Zodiak Wand is sometimes dropped by monsters in the Venus Lighthouse. The Zodiak Wand unleashes Shining Star.

Selling rare items:
If you have rare Items, you can sell them to shops and they will be put under rarities. If you want them back, you have to buy them. This is useful for good, but unusable weapons (such as cursed objects).

If you have items that are rare are not used, sell them to a shop. Usually if they say "This is rare stuff" in their offer to buy, when you sell it to them it will be put in the artifacts section.

Buying rare items in last town:
You can buy rare equipment that you did not sell. There are a lot of good weapons and armor that you should buy, but they are expensive. Most of the items cost over 10,000.

Free items:
Immediately before entering the portal to the elemental stars in Sol Sanctrum, take all of Jenna's items and give them to Isaac or Garet. Note: You will never have another chance to do this.

Getting various items with Lucky Medals or Game Tickets:
When you receive a Lucky Medal or Game Ticket in the game, sell it to get it out of your item pack until you reach the town of Tolbi. When you get there, you can buy back all of your Lucky Medals and Game Tickets and use them only here in this town. When you are at the fountain, you can throw coins or Lucky Medals. Try not to hit the two turtles or two crabs. Try not to touch anything, and it should roll into the center of the circle. If you tossed a coin, you will get 20 coins. If you threw a Lucky Medal, you will get a great weapon that should be worth much more than the ones that you currently own. You could get an Assassins Blade, Burning Axe, Earth Shield, Adept's Helm, Grievous Mace, or Spirit Armor.

If you play the Slot Machine that takes Game Tickets, you can win armor. The Moon is a free symbol -- this means that if you line up at least one Shoe, Shirt, Ring, Star or Heart and the rest are Moons, you will get the armor that matches up with the symbol; or you can line up all of the armor. If you get a Shoe, you can get Hyper Boots, Quick Boots, or Fur Boots. If you get a Shirt, you can get the Cotton Shirt or the Running Shirt. If you get a Ring, you can get the War Ring or Sleep Ring. If you get a Star, you will get a Psynergy Crystal. If you get a Heart, you will get a Potion, Vial, Nut, or Herb.

On the slot machine you can win Hyper Boots. They boost critical hits, which is very useful during the rest of the game.

If you buy items get Game Tickets, you can sell them back and still have the Game Tickets. Repeatedly buy items and sell them back to get lots of Game Tickets. The farther in the game you get, the more money you have to spend to get the tickets.

By throwing Lucky Medals in the fountain, you can also get Kimano, which boosts agility and resists fire.

Venus Lighthouse items:
Keep killing the monsters at the Venus Lighthouse. They may eventually drop Celestial Wand that unleashes Shining Star. You may also get a Blessed Mace which heals 200 HP when used. Neither of these are extremely strong, but are useful. Shining Star usually gives the enemy Delusion.

Venus Lighthouse entrance:
Use "Reveal" on the painted wall in the beginning. It will lay a "scholar" near the wall. The "Carry Stone" will be in there.

Cheap weapons:
If you enter a new town, always buy the cheap weapons first. Even though they may not seem strong, they are good enough to help you get to the next town, village, cave, etc. This is a good way to not spend as much money.

Note: You may want to buy the more expensive items first so you get game tickets. Also, by the time you get to the next weapon shop, you will be fighting stronger monsters for more money.

Warp back to Sahulla:
Use the following trick to warp back to Sahulla when one of the Tornado Lizard's storms catch you. Use any Psyenergy move besides the ones that heal you or douse. The storm will fly up in the air and land near by Sahulla.

Get to Lunpa:
After you defeat the Collosus event in Tolbi and have the discussion with Lord Babi, go into the room that Babi entered. You will find a bedded Babi, and the Cloak Ball. Tell Babi that is what you want to "Borrow" (he will not ask for it back). He will "lend" it to you. Go back to Lunpa through the cave on its left by using Frost on the puddle below the door. Go to the frame with the two guards in it. Go to the far left side and use Cloak. Stay in the shadows or the guards will see you. Save your game frequently. When you reach locked doors with bushes beside them, use Whirlwind and then Reveal. When you reach a barred entrance with a key in front of you, use Catch. After you have defeated TOADonpa, go to the room with the women guarding a small cave entrance. Donpa will command her to step aside. In the room you will get Tonic, a water Djinni. Once back outside the cave, you can use Reveal on the rock in front of the entrance to the two guard frame. Use Frost on the puddle that appears and go across it. When you reach the end of the path/cliff, use Reveal again and press A on the sparkle. You will get some treasure. Make sure to stock up on the items that you can get in the weapons shop.

Tempest Lizard:
After you return from fighting Dead Beard on Cross Bone Isle. Use the Red Tornado to warp to Suhulla. Then, go back to the desert and the Red Tornado should be back. This time use Douse and instead of a Tornado Lizard, the Tempest Lizard will appear.

Snow:
Cast the water Psynergy "Douse" in the snowy northern town of Imil. The game does not show the usual dousing water spell. Instead, it shows frozen snowflakes falling from the sky.

Golden Sun

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Rename Characters

When prompted to enter a new name for Robin, press Select, Select, Select. Enter a new name for Robin, and you can now enter a new name for Gerald, Ivan, and Mary. Press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Select to enter new names for the other remaining characters.

Pynergy Stones

When you find a purple Psynergy Stone, get it.  If you leave, and come back later, it will have returned.  (may not work in all areas)

Easy Raise to Big Summon Attacks

To easily have Judgment, Meteor, Thor, or Boreas before you battle a boss, Press A and select Djinn. Go to Issac, and press R on the Djinn you want on standby. Do the same with your whole party. Then battle!  On the first turn you can use these 4 attacks. All toeghter about 3000 damage can be done.

Earth Djinn Locations

Ok i'll show EVERY earth djinn location to you most of everyone who plays golden sun does know where they are but i just want to show where they are.
Flint:obvious, outside vale
Granite:kolima, (go behind a house,shop) whatever)
Quartz:mogall forest
Vine:ona small island after getting out of lamakan desert
Sap:vault cave requiers reveal, and bone for dog
Ground:kalay docks go around the sea once you have crossed it.
Bane:Crossbone isle, don't use douse on the tempest lizard

Get Power Bread In Vale

Once Ivan has joined your party go to Vale.North of the Psynergy Stone there will be two leaf passages.Use Ivan's whirlwind(Psynergy)to clear the leaves so you can go through the entrance of the cave.  Go in the cave and get the Power Bread.  The Power Bread increases your maximum HP.  The second leaf passage is considered nothing.

Get Granite (Venus) in Kolima Village

In Kolima Village go to the house with the djiin in a fence.  Go on the opposite side of the house from the front door.  Press down and you will get in a secret passage.  Go down the ladder and find your way to a different ladder(it's not difficult).  Go up the ladder you found and you will be able to go inside the fence.  When you get Granite you don't have to fight him.  To get outside the fence go back the way you came in. 

Extra missions

Collect all djinn and when you finish the game  wait untill the credits end and then you will  be able to finish 3 more missions.

Rename characters

When choosing a name for Isaac, press select 3 times. You should here a little chime sound. After you choose Isaac's name, you will be able to choose Garet's, Ivan's, and Mia's!

Loads of money

When you finish mercury lighthouse and get hermes water sell it and go back and get some more keep repeating that until you have loads of money.

Find wind dijin in Vale

Once you get the lift gem and you are al least in Kalay, go back to Vale and go to Kradens house. Go back down the stairs and there will be a rock that you must use 'lift' nd there will be an opening, go through it,  and run into the cave. Once you go in, you will see a circle of rocks, jump on the first one, use reveal, and you'll see a rock in the miidle that gets you to the other side, solve a simple puzzle and open a chest before you fight this dijin. You will find the 'halt gem' equip it, and go to the dijin he will run away but wait till he hides behind the rocks. Use 'halt' and fight the dijin. Be prepared.

Fire Mage class for Ivan

Get all the Djinn (28 in all!) then give Ivan six Mars (Fire) Djinn and one Jupiter (Wind) Djinni. He should now be a Fire Mage.

Druid class for Ivan and Mia

First, collect all the Djinn. Then put six Venus (Earth) Djinn and one Jupiter (Wind) Djinni on Ivan and you should have the Druid class! For Mia do the same except have one Mercury (Water) Djinni instead of the Jupiter Djinni. Druid is best for Mia, because she should have all Earth healing moves like Revive, and she will still have her Wish, Wish Well, and Pure Wish moves!

The mysterious sunken ship

When you get to the top floor of the venus lighthouse !SAVE! but in a different file....(all will become clear) and when you beat the fusion dragon babi will give you the black orb so u can raise the sunken ship! (the one you saw earlier on in the game)



Elven Rapier

Outside Bilibin Cave, trade Flint and Forge so that Issac would know Growth. Cast it on the small plant and climp up the vine. Within the cave, you can find an artifact called the Elven Rapier. It can be gotten before the Kolima Forest incident, too.

Restore HP with less PP

To start, the health points works with percents. For example, If Isaac has 400/500 health and all his Djinn are set. Now it would trake two herbs to heal this sucker or cure well. Thats a waste of perfectly good money and PP! Now if you place his 7 djinn on stand-by (assuming that they each gave him +50 HP), his max health would drop to 150. Since the max HP has dropped to 30% of its total, the current hp must do the same. Thus the final health would look like 120/150. Then you only need to use one herb or cure! Much less PP and cash! This works for every character though does not nescessarily look the same. When you have properly healed them with this low hp. Re-set the Djinn and there health will go back to normal

How to get Fever(djinn) in Imil

In Imil go up the stairs to the snowman.Once you're right in front oh the snowman use Move to move the snowman to the left which will fall off the cliff onto the ice. Go on the ice and slide your way into the cave at the north of the icy river.There you will see the djinn, Fever(Mars).You don't have to battle Fever to get him.

Easy cash and exp

 For this you'll need the djinn bane(Earth) Mist (Water) Scorch (Fire) Squall (Wind). Go the the second desert that leads to crossbone island. go in the twister and go to crossbone island. Fight the tempest lizard. Use the djinn bane scorch and squall. Bane poisons it for 600 dmg a turn and the tempest lizard attacks twice in one turn Scorch stuns the lizard if that does not work squall will stun it if not mist will sleep it. If bane or one of the other djinn does not work usually scorch squall or mist works so you set your djinn for another try.

Beat Saturos and Menardi

All you have to do is SAVE right before you go down the shoot. Then walk around and raise your partys level. Raise their level up to at least 30 each or if you want more. Try not to get cusred or haunted and save because you have to start all over again. You would have to go to a healer and heal yourself. So good  luck you will need it!

Get to Crossbone Isle

If you go to Suhulla Desert, you must go after the hurricane that followed you. Go to the "stone circle" and use "Reveal". Follow the footsteps, get the Mars Djinn and go through the tunnel. Get to the end and go outside. You'll see a red hurricane. Step in, but don't use "Douse" and you'll be warped to Crossbone Isle, some bonus thingy...

Ninjas and Samurais

this will only work if you have all 28 djinn.

first give all fire djinn to isaac and all earth djinn to garret.  then trade 4 fire djinn for 4 wind djinn from another party member.  isaac will become a ninja.  then trade 4 water for 4 earth djinn and garret will become a ninja.  this helps alot because you will get cheaper versions of earlier psynergy that have the potential of 500+ damage with moves like annialation and death plunge if you are at higher levels.  if not, you can still get 300 damage at around level 35.

to be a samurai, trade back so isaac has 4 fire djinn and 3 wind djinn.  do the same with garret so he has 4 earth and 3 water djinn.  they will become samurai.  they will have less powerful psynergy but will have much higher HP and stats.




Get Water Djinn in Xain

First you have to find this one girl that is carrying water.  After that, you have to talk to her when she takes one step towards the camera after it looks like she dumps it out.  Then, if you did it right there will be a puddle of water on the ground where she spilled her water.  Use frost on it.  Then, go up the stairs to your left and you should be able to jump on the icicle and jump over on to the land that has the Djinn on it.  You don't even have to fight it!!!

Get Gust(Wind Djinn) In Bilbin

Go up the stairs in Bilbin next to the Temple of the Great Healer.There you will be able to walk on the wooden logs that make the Bilbin border.Walk on the path of wooden logs until you get to a small area with leaves on the wall.Use Ivan's wirlwind (psynergy) to blow the leaves out of the way.Go through the passage.There will be a statue that looks like the one in the center of the town.Move the statue out of the way and hop across the water where you will see Gust(wind).You don't have to battle him to get him.

Waterfall Djinn

In the mercury lighthouse theres a bunch of
waterfalls.  The fourth one you see can be entered and has a mercurry djinn in it.  You have to fight it to retrieve it.