Ryu- The main character in the game. Starting off as a dragon that will soon start an epic journey. You start off playing him as a baby dragon, soon to be a young wanderer, and finally a young warrior. His attacks are very good and most of his magic is heal based so he will be a good addition to your party (Not that you will have much choice, 'cause he don't leave!).

Rei- A thief whose ability is to pick locks. Attacks are strong when you start, but seem to be weaker when he re-joins (When Ryu is an adult). He learns the best lightning spell at level 38.

Nina- Another descendant of the long line of Nina?s since BOF1. She is the same as her counterparts, only difference is that her attacks are slightly stronger this time around. Her magic spells will come in handy too!

Momo- A scientist trying to continue her fathers' work. She has strong attacks, but she often misses because of her low evade rate. As soon as you get her, she will be the most needed character in the whole game. Her magic is not that bad because she is the only one who will learn earth magic spells. She is the only healer besides Ryu. She can blast open some doors on the area map, for example in the Dauna Mines.

Pecoros- A little onion dude. Attacks are OK, when he gets a decent weapon (Eg. Flame Talons). He has loads of HP, which replenish at the end of your turn in a battle. Not the best character, but you'll need him to get into the underground passages at the Plant.

Garr- A guardian of an ancient race. He is the strongest attacker of all. But sadly his hit rate becomes lower in the later stage of the game. He is also pretty slow, and has fire magic.

Teepo- The 'Shortest length of time in an RPG' award goes to this little fella. You will be able to play as him for just about the first 5 hours of the game. His magic will be a great help to you. Later in the game you will discover more of his past.

Play through the opening scene as the dragon puppy and torch every miner you see. You will end up in Rei and Teepo's house as a normal kid. Save your game and explore the forest, you will meet Bunyan. Talk to him and leave the forest. Go to the town just south of the forest, a scene will commence. Now you will have clothes and you can get into fights (Cool). Go south and Bunyan will soon arrive. Go back to his house and Rei will leave your party. Bunyan will want you to slice firewood just to see what you can do. Next, go to the question mark area beside the forest. Go through this area and you will now be able to enter the mountain. Enter the mountain and go to the house on top. You will meet a boss (The Nue). Then after that Rei will rejoin your party. Go up the mountain some more until you reach the cave. Enter the cave and explore. Go to the cavern with the water and press the examine button. You will jump in the water and ride down to the bottom. By some time you will meet the Nue again, defeat him and

go down the mountain.

Go back to the town and a scene will start. Watch the scene and wait till it ends. Talk to the hooded guy and he will ask you if you would enter the mansion. Agree and it will turn to night. Go to the mansion and you will see a loose wall. Press the examine button in this wall and Rei will eventually make it fall down. Enter and a puzzle awaits. Your objective is to go through without being caught. Sounds easy enough. The first guard will take bribe and the second and third one will orient you some more. You will have to walk pass the guy with the lamp. Simply hide behind the wall and wait till he turns his back. Walk near him and when he turns around walk through him. Don?t go up the stairs, instead go to the tower with the bell. Let Ryu hit the bell with his sword. The guard will walk away and you could pass further. Battle the dog and the chicken then proceed to the mansion door. A scene will occur and Rei will leave your party once more. Walk in the house until you will find Rei once more. One tip: look left, every path you need to go to is in your left. Fight through until you battle the big ghost. Watch the scene and return to your house.

As you return, you will notice that your house has been burned down by a couple of horses. Battle the horses and you will get whooped. You will wake up in Bunyan?s house. Now you're alone. Go to the nearby mountain to the east and as you reach the top a scene will happen, the horses (Balio and Sunder) will take you to Wyndia, and now you can transform to a dragon. Transforming to a dragon requires you to combine some gems called genes. You will find yourself in the dungeon and will fight the horses for the second time around. After that Nina will join along. Descend the castle dungeon to the catacombs. There you will have a task to talk to all the tombstones. They will ask you something and you must answer the right answer. If not you will fall and need to ascend to the main room and try again. The answers are the green options (If you want a treasure- you will have to talk to the tombstone in the far right hand side of the dungeon.) then the last tombstone will ask you more questions and the answers goes as follows: top, top, top, bottom, middle, middle, middle. After answering the last stone, you will fall down and end up in the town. Talk to the kids playing near the fountain, they will want you to play hide and seek with them. They are hidden in the town, no one is in a house.

(1) Is hidden in the upper level of town playing with an old man.

(2) One is found behind a tree.

(3) One is behind the immunity centre.

(4) One is behind the house with a doghouse near it.

(5) The last kid is behind the house in the lower left side of town.

After finding them you will be able to get out of town. In the junction with the windmill the two horses will catch you, again. You will be taken to the coliseum where you can escape.

After you get out of the town go to the mountain in the east. Ascend it and you will find yourself in Mason's house. Go through the scene and you will be trapped in a room. The only chance to escape is through the cart. Examine the controls and watch the scene. You will now have the second gene of the game. Also look in the question mark area directly at the bottom of where you end up. Genes are frequently seen in places like these. Now, go to the pyramid-like structure. Enter and shoot the large gem you see inside. While the clock is ticking, exit

through the back door and shoot the four gems using Nina. The water will now go down. Get the treasure and continue to go up the structure. In one room you will meet Momo, your third character. Rest and save your game. In the next room you will see a floor with red and black tiles. Talk to the instructions and start the sub-game. Your objective is to make all the tiles black and exit the floor panel. The door will open and you will now have access to three treasures. Go out of the room and then go up. You will be faced with four small cubes and a large one. Talk to cube number 2 and 4 (From left to right). Now go up some more until you reach the room with a large gem and a moving floor tile. Shoot the gem 5 times so that you can step in the right path. Go up some more until you reach the library. Examine the back of the silver desk and you will find a switch and you're outta there!

First of all check out the area where the rocket crashed and you will find yet another gene. Next go to the teahouse, a scene will occur, then leave. Now go to the Plant (as in the factory type of plant). Go and find the head honcho of this joint and talk to him. Your next goal is to go to the cave to the west. Before going in, you might as well check out the question mark area in the north, no genes here just a strong sword that might come in handy. Now go in the cave until you battle a weird looking boss, no technique here but to heal time and time again, wait until his AP is all gone, then beat him up. A scene will follow then you will have Pecoros as a party member. Go back to the plant and rest in the inn.

After sleeping a scene will follow then you will be in the clutches of Balio and Sunder, again. They will ask you who you want to be in your party then let you compete in the tournament. Go to the room beside the macho-guys and talk to the bunny woman. This is the first part of the tournament:

1) Ryu will fight three enemies simultaneously one-on-one. The first fighter, kill him by hitting him, the second, by hitting the bloke underneath him, the third, just hit 'im. After you beat the three, you are free to do anything then you must take battle again with another set of goons in another ring. This will take time but Emitai, your enemy, is never too hard to beat. The trick is to concentrate on Emitai himself and not his goblin companions. Beat him and his goblins will beat each other silly. The next match is with Garr, find your room and face him one-on-one. If you can manage to defeat him or not the story will still remain the same. He will help you escape and as you do get out, save, and then go to the bridge. A scene will follow as the three thieves will face you. Then Garr will join you in your final battle with the two horses, this time they combine as one in the shape of a huge horse. This will let you experience the major pain you will feel in the later parts of the game. Beat him and go through the bridge. Don't forget to check out the house under the bridge and the frost gene beside it.

Before going through the checkpoint, go back to Wyndia and enter the castle. Watch some scenes and you'll get to control Nina. You'll need to talk to the maid downstairs then find Honey, Momo's pet, in the castle. He is found in the brewery where there are lots of barrels. Just walk round the edges of the walls, she is found behind a wall:

After you talk to him, go to Nina's mom's room. Talk to her mom then go to the balcony. Watch the scene, now you can go through the checkpoint. Go to the question mark areas before anything else and search for genes. Now head to the town of Rapala. Talk to the guy below the inn with the orange hair in the upper right table. Now go to the port then talk to the guy in glasses (Beyd), he'll ask you to train him to fight the guy who is pestering his girlfriend. He'll give

you 1000 Zenny to buy him some armour. If you come back without armour he'll pay you some more but this is the last he'll give you. Buy him some and equip it to him. You must train him until he can fight Zig by himself. The training process is long but easy, the more you attack the higher defence he will get, the more you block the higher his attack will be. Just do the training like this, the first 7 times you fight examine Beyd for the twenty rounds. Then block for the next 8 fights. Then for about 15 fights attack him. After this he'll be a lean, mean, fighting machine. Let him kill the bully, do not interfere, unless he is waving at the monkey. When he defeats him, Beyd will return all the armour you bought for him. Then talk to the guy down the inn again and you could go to the blocked up to the lighthouse path to your left. Exit the town, and search the lower level of the house west of the map (should be marked with a ?. There will be a flight of stairs where you should go down. Down there you will find another gene.

You can't go in the volcano just yet. First take the path to the left of the shipyard. You'll come to the lighthouse. Go in and get the three treasure boxes, which contain flame chrysm. They are weapons for Momo. There will be a room with a control panel and a place to put in the flame chrysm. Put one of the pieces of chrysm in then flip the switch. You need to hit the switch again when the wavy line hits the top in the middle. To light up. If done correctly a light will start to come out when wrong, you should try again until all your flame chrysm is gone

(don't worry if you run out of chrysm, there is plenty more at the shop in Rapala). Now when the light has been switched on, divert the light so that it goes up to the top floor by flicking the switches in the other rooms. You will now battle Gazer, a very easy boss, nothing to worry about really. After you defeat him go up and get the gene, flip the switch and watch the upcoming scene. The fairy will give you a tear that will let you enter those rings of flowers you see in the map. Exit.

Go to Fairy Land by entering the ring of flowers in the map. Get in and go to the fairies house. Watch the scene. They will want you to defeat a so-called monster. Go to the docks then watch some more scenes. Fight the dolphin and watch some more in the fairies house. Now go back to Rapala and talk to Sinkhar (Underneath the Inn) and Beyd, then you will get the pass to the volcano.

You should wait a while before you build up the village, but you can start now anyway. In this part of the game talk to the main fairy and she'll let you choose some stuff. Choose a worker then put that worker on the hoe icon that means land. Let them flatten some land for your village, then choose a worker and let them work in the bow and arrow icon, which lets you have some more workers. After that you should start working on the house icon which means to build your house. Do this again and again until you have your dream house. When you have your own house, you could choose if you want to make it a item shop or a weaponry or something.

Before you enter the volcano, make your characters immune to fire and confuse ailments so that they could walk freely in the volcano. Enter the volcano until you see the lava pit. Before you proceed get the gene that you can see when you enter the room. Then an old man will block your path. He is a boss with two worm goons. Kill the bloke before the worms, as he can heal them all. After you kill him you could get out to the other side.

After you get out the first town you see is Garr's hometown. Don't forget to take him in there. Let him push the big boulder and talk to his mentor. His mentor will tell him to go to the big temple. Go there and descend it. There will be a place there where large stones are scattered. Push them around so that they create a path for you to walk on. Be careful not to break one or you will have to repeat this again. Garr will want him and Ryu to be alone in the bottom most room so let them. Ryu will be forced to fight Garr. Defeat him easily using the dragon form Behemoth watch some scenes unfold.

Now you are about half through the game.

Ryu now is older, and more powerful than before! Watch some more scenes and join Garr in escaping the mine shaft. There is a part where you should direct the tracks to the blocked path then let Garr push the dynamite cart to blow up the obstruction. After that you will face the Dragon Zombie. If you are still immune to ailments, you're lucky, because most of this boss' attacks are confuse and poison that might be a real pain. Defeat him and you will receive the dark and fusion genes. Escape then watch the scene. The next thing you must do is to go to the forest.

Go through the forest until a huge tiger will block your path. Battle him until he escapes. Walk through and go in the mountain. Exit this place and go back to Rei's house. There you will find him, watch the scene. Go out and return to the mansion, Nina will now rejoin your party. Watch some more scenes. Go to the dark market (It's real name is Syn City, it's the place near the mine where a wooden compound surrounds a mountain). Talk to everybody, they will tell you about a tiger. Go to the gate in the northern part of this place. Watch the scene and Rei will join you in the next battle. Choose your third player and start the battle. Give Rei some revive item to let him fight. After you defeat the boss head to Wyndia for a short stop.

This is not too important, it's just for fun! Remember those kids who asked you for a hide and seek game around Wyndia? Go to where you found them then talk to the slim guy. Now you'll play a hide and seek game around the world! For every one you find you will get a clue to where the next one might be. No need to get them in order. The boys you could get immediately, the girls need some time. Here are their locations:

1) The slim guy is found in the mines near the big green dragon head behind a post. (If you don?t know where the dragon head is, it?s in B2 of the mine.)

2) The fat guy is right there in Wyndia, in the tombs area, he's behind the upper left tomb.

The girls could be found after the scene where Nina will be banished

from Wyndia.

1) The one in the skirt is found at the back of the bridge that you will open. Press R2 then look at the back, she's sitting there.

2) The one in the shorts is in the junk yard, behind the lower most house in the whole town.

The only use for these guys are they could let you enter Wyndia after you are banished. They are also masters that raise attack power, defence power, charm and luck.

Back to the game. Go back to the Plant and find Momo. When she rejoins your party, go to the Wise Tree where Pecoros is then get him and go back to Plant. Be sure Pecoros is with you. Let

Pecoros push the stones you will see to the X marked spots in the ground. put the stones on the X's, then take a run up and smash the greenhouse window with them. Do the same to the other one. Now it's time to get Momo in your party, blow up the furnace in the place with two chimneys.

A secret passage will be revealed. Descend with Momo still in your party. Go to the main computer room and let Momo talk to the computer marked 1. Momo will do the rest. Your job is to find the possible passwords to the other computers. The password to number two is found in the room with the red/purple chrysm gas. It is in the figure that looks like Pecoros (Use R1 to look at the top left set of plants). The third one is in a piece of paper on the floor. As door 3 opens you will face a worm boss. This one is not too difficult. The fourth password is in the room with the strange things that show you the chrysm pressure. The computer will let you choose from some numbers on which is the right passkey. Guess the right one. Now enter door 4 and fight a boss (Palet, but he has become deformed). This one is tough yet you could get through. Flip the switch then get out of there. Watch the scene.

One of the shortest scenes, done to get the pass to the bridge. Go to Wyndia, watch some more scenes. Go to the castle, let Nina talk to the guard, then watch some more. Talk to Nina's mother then go to the kitchen. Watch some more. Go down to the locked door. Watch some more. Go back to the locked door, open it then watch some more. Go to the teleporter and you?re outta there.

Go back to Garr's hometown then talk to his mentor again. Go to the temple again, climb the ladder to the very top where a stone is found, watch the scene. Go to the room where there is a naked lady in a pyramid. Watch the events. After that go to the volcano in the room where there is a black wall. Let Ryu touch the wall and watch the scenes. Go to the Tidal Caves then watch go through then go to the town. Go and save your game, meet Gaist in his house then answer some questions. Ryu will be left to fight him one on one. Go in between the two flame stands then fight him. Kill the two lamps first because they help him get healed. After that go to the junkyard.

Watch some scenes in the southern exit of the junkyard. Bait will let you pass then go to the docks. Bring Momo then let her talk to Beyd. Watch some scenes, you will need to get some parts for the boat so get them. Go back to the junkyard then talk to the guy with spiked hair. Then go to the cave in the north. Go in and make sure Garr is in your party. Let him talk to the chief and they'll start a pulling event. In this event you'll need to notice which flag is raised. Whenever the red flag is raised, rapidly tap the O button. After this you'll fight the

Anglerfish. Then don't forget to pick up the parts lying around the beach and the gene too. Go in the tower then find the other parts. Bring the parts to Momo, watch the scene. Walk around town and do what you want when you return Beyd will give you the boat with the bully as your captain. Go to the edge of the sea then a scene will follow. Then go to the town near the sea shore

When you arrive at that town buy some supplies then talk to the people in the topmost house in the right side. This is the mayor's house and the mayor is a little out of hand. So talk to the old man and the woman and they'll tell you to go back to the house under the bridge where you

battled the big horse. Go there and talk to the lady. She'll tell you that you'll need some ingredients to give to the mayor. And the location of the ingredients are as follows:

1) A Fish, you'll catch this in the fishpond near the bridge itself. There are only three kinds of fishes you could catch here, the one is a pink puffer fish. You'll only need one of them.

2) In the bridge area itself. Bring Pecoros along with you then let him bump the tree beside the house. You'll only need one fruit that falls down.

3) In the tea house. Bring Garr along then let him talk to the hooded guy/lady near the well. A sub-game will commence, you will need to pull the bucket to get the third ingredient, which is water.

4) The fourth one is in the forest where you fought Rei. Find a weird looking grass then cut it.

After getting the ingredients, go back to the town (With the sick mayor in it) then talk to the old man with the mayor you will have to make the sushi and the proper amounts are:

1 of the fish

8 pieces of the fruit

2 drops of the water

4 pieces of the grass

then watch a scene. The mayor will give you something. Now go to an inlet in the east, it will appear as a question mark area. You must move fast because the clock is ticking. Go to the shining dot in the west, a scene will start.

The house you get to is the sea hermit's home. It will teach you on how you will enter the black ship to sail in the ocean. He will say that you must bump the rear of the ship with yours. Do so after the scene. When you get in the black ship, you will reach a room with very long conveyer belts leading nowhere, and a platform. There is also a computer that will ask you what program you would like. Pick every one, one by one, then get the key and other stuff. Now proceed to the room with the crane. You must lead the crane towards the bright coloured boxes. Press the command button to move from west to east. Then stop when you want to. Press the button again and let it move from bottom to top. When you stop, the crane will pick up the crate under it. It will make a path for you to go to. Make sure you have Momo in your party after this. Let her talk to the computer at the top floor. She'll tell you to push the switch you see near the bedrooms. Notice the counter, wait till it reaches a good number for you to get back to Momo, just make sure that it counts to 100 before you get there. When you've done it correctly, a scene will start. Watch the long scene. Now you must confront two monster bosses. Lightning spells work here best. After that, watch the scene.

You will arrive at Conveyer Yard. Buy the usual stuff (Vitamin and Healing Herbs) 'cause you're

gonna need them. Nothing is to be done here so leave immediately. Go to the colony in the north. Make sure you bring Momo again there. Go to the room with the teleporter, you will find a bag there, get it. Find the ledge above the mirror in the ground. Jump down this ledge then

examine the switch. You must move the mirrors so that they direct the laser in the right spot. After doing so, go back and teleport out of here. You'll find yourself in the ship with the locked door. Follow Honey then watch the scene. Choose your ideal party then go in. Fight

your way down until you reach four switches and a tablet. Talk to the tablet and let the switches down. Push the switches this way: Right, Down, Up. Now you will be able to pass the right way. You?ll know if it's right when all then beams are raised. Go up then you will arrive at a room with three platforms. You must find a way to step in the centre platform, which is a switch to open the door. Go in until you find the satellite dish. Direct the dish so that it gets a perfect signal. When you find the right signal, Ryu will react with a question mark, if wrong some sweat drops. Go and teleport to the Dragon Town.

When you arrive at Dragon Town, a scene will start. After the scene, pick your choice party then go and buy stuff, save, and immunise your party to fire and lightning because you'll need it. Go down the well, you'll see the mural showing the characters in BOF1. There is also an old man named Bono. Let all the members of your party talk to him then let Ryu talk to him again. He will turn to a giant dragon and, of course fight him. If you the advise and got yourself immunised you'll be a sure-win. After you beat him, you'll receive the Infinity gene. Save your game then watch the scene before you get out. Go and take Momo to the Factory. Get in and switch off the laser door. Go to the room where you control a robot to flip the switches. Control the robot by letting it follow your every movement and switch the switches. Find your way up the compound where you are blocked by a locked door. Let Momo shoot the switch box to get out.

Watch the scene then, talk to the guy. You'll need to cross the desert and find the Oasis by following stars. This is how to do it:

1) Examine the jug of water in the guy's camp and get some.

Rule 1: Only walk at night

Rule 2: Don't forget rule 1

Get out of the camp, you'll be wandering aimlessly in the desert follow the fake North Star, the lower red star. Follow the star only at night drink one of the water when necessary only one drink will replenish your whole party camp when the note says it's morning follow the star until you see the town when the town disappears, follow the North Star, the higher red one you'll eventually fight a boss. After beating the boss watch the scene. Nina will be sick. You will

have to kill the strange looking camel with you. Watch some more and you'll arrive at Oasis. Watch the scene, buy your stuff and prepare yourself, for you are approaching the last part of the game.

Bring Momo with you so she could open the gates in the high tech place north of Oasis. When the door is open choose the best party members you have and brace yourself. Go up to Miriam?s station. Find your way through the complicated maze of passages. You'll eventually meet the

Hybrid Chimera. The best technique in this boss is to PRAY! This boss is tough because it will make everyone in your party stop. After that seriously difficult fight go down and pick up the weapons. Rest and save before something happens!!! Now, go to the opposite path on which you fought the chimera. A moving plant will block your path. Equip the cannon you got from the bottom of the cage of the chimera and use it on the plant (Momo should shoot it). Get in and bring Rei along. Let him open the doors until you reach Eden. There a scene will happen, Teepo is there!! He will reveal that he too is part of the dragon clan and just turned to a dragon when their house burned down. Watch the whole thing until...

You will be transported to a training ground. The first scene is with Nina. All you have to do here is to watch then after the scene, turn back and walk around the dragon statue. Then you'll be transported to the next level. There a scene with Rei will start. After that walk around and

earn those levels. Ignore the treasure chest for now. Talk to the statue at the middle of two tablets. Momo will soon arrive. Watch the scene with Momo. Now talk to the tablets so paths would light up. Walk towards the treasure and you will fall down. Get the treasure down there and leave through the path that Momo made. Now you'll be transported to the maze. Find your way until you see Garr. Watch the scene then, find your way still until you see Pecoros. Watch some

more then you'll face the Hell Rider. After defeating this boss you'll watch a scene before fighting the Dragon Lord, Teepo! He is tough in a sense that he can do more than the Chimera, but after the Chimera he is easy. Get the key card A and go down. Save, breathe easy, and immunise

your whole party, get ready for the final battle with Miria!

Use the keycard to open the door near the save point. Descend this perilous path to the depths of nowhere to fight Miriam. There is a part here where you will need to fight some of the past bosses of the game (The bad bit is that you'll need to fight the giant horse again, the REALLY bad bit is that this time there are three of them!). You don't need to fight all of them but

they can give some valuable experience points. Descend some more until you reach Miriam's turf. This is a really long scene, but when the time comes that Miriam would want you to choose your way:

1) Answer the top option then enjoy the worse ending in BOF history

2) Answer the bottom choice and you'll come face to face with Miria. Of course, after you defeat Miria, you're done!

My best time is 55:34, with all of the genes, but not all of the masters. Send your best times to me, with proof (Like a picture, or screen grab, if you have a cheat cart?)