Metaphor: ReFantazio - Things You Should to Know

Helpful Things

Protagonist Stat Progression is Set in Stone

In every level, the protagonist will follow a set pattern of which stat to upgrade, in the following order:

St – Ma – Ag – En – Lu

En and Ag might switch places, but the other stats are consistent. Which means, by Lvl 90 you will have at least 20 points in St, Ma, and either En or Ag, and 19 points in the other En/Ag stat, and Lu.

That’s not mentioning the stat modifiers that come from Archetypes, and the choice at the beginning which also modifies your stats.

Every Battle Stat in More Detail

STR increases melee and any physical skill.
MAG increases magical attack power and potentness of healing spells.
EN reduces damage sustained as well as whether Phys or magical and you get a 10% damage mitigation after 30 points or input.
AG raises our hit, evasion and escape success rate. And it also affects turn order as the party member with the highest will ill be shown represented by numbers next to the Ui portrait art.
LU raises item Aquisition rate, critical hit, recover from ailments faster and land moves with ailments more easily.

Modifiers for Regicide

0.8x Player Damage.
1.75x Enemy Damage.
No Retries.
Increased Subsception to Anxiety.
Reduced EXP.
Reduxed Money.
You take 3x Weakness and Crit Damage from foes.
You get Twice as good enemy drops.

Master Rank Archetypes Stat Boosts

Seeker – Max HP increased by 20
Mage – Max SP increased by 20
Warrior – Strength +2
Healer – Magic +2
Knight – Endurance +2
Merchant – Luck+3
Brawler – Max HP increased by 20

Level Scaling

16 Levels Behind: 0.5x
15 Levels Behind: 0.55x
14 Levels Behind: 0.6x
13 Levels Behind: 0.65x
12 Levels Behind: 0.7x
11 Levels Behind: 0.75x
10 Levels Behind: 0.79x
9 Levels Behind: 0.83x
8 Levels Behind: 0.87x
7 Levels Behind: 0.91x
6 Levels Behind: 0.95x
5 Levels Behind: 0.97x
4 Levels Behind: 0.99x
3 Levels Behind: 1x
2 Levels Behind: 1x
1 Levels Behind: 1x
0 Levels Ahead: 1x
1 Levels Ahead: 1.05x
2 Levels Ahead: 1.1x
3 Levels Ahead: 1.15x
4 Levels Ahead: 1.2x
5 Levels Ahead: 1.25x
6 Levels Ahead: 1.3x
7 Levels Ahead: 1.35x
8 Levels Ahead: 1.4x
9 Levels Ahead: 1.45x
10 Levels Ahead: 1.5x

Some Archetypes and Their Social Link

Archetypes (Origin Class -> Adept Class -> Expert Class).

Some classes only have one upgrade, some have branched final classes.

Seeker -> Magic Seeker -> Soul Hacker (More)
Warrior -> Swordmaster -> Samurai (Strohl)
Mage -> Wizard -> Elemental Master OR Warlock (Gallica)
Healer -> Cleric -> Saviour (Maria)
Knight -> Magic Knight -> Paladin OR Dark Knight (Hulkenberg)
Brawler -> Pugilist -> Martial Artist (Catherina)
Merchant -> Tycoon (Brigitta)
Thief -> Assassin -> Ninja (Heismay)
Berserker -> Destroyer (Basilio)
Gunner -> Sniper -> Dragoon (Neuras)
Summoner -> Devil Summoner (Eupha)
Masked Dancer -> Persona Master (Junah)
Commander -> General -> Warlord (Bardon)
Faker -> Trickster (Alonzo)

Fun Fact: In the Akademeia, all archetypes on the left side of the 2nd floor are for followers who fight alongside you and all those on the right side are for those who do not.

All Weaknesses

Wild Monsters

Orgas, Forsaken Tower – Weak to Dark
Fatolich, Tomb of Lament – Weak to Light
Chimenza, Tomb of Lament – Weak to Wind
Guptaros, Tomb of Lament – Weak to Spears & Bows
Kokasados, Gracia Forest – Weak to Projectiles

Louis Grunts

Salva, Guard Chief – Weak to Projectiles & Lances (Alleged Megidoloan Spammer)
Cabio, Bridge – Weak to Electric
Glechom, Port Corridor – Single target, bring Tank (Hulkenberg)
Ceiba, Starboard Corridor – Repels Phys. Use Mgc. (Magic Seeker or Wizard)
Xanth, Crew Quarters – Weak to Burn & Poison (Gunner)

Tips and Tricks

General Tips

Going to bathroom raises Luck by 1.
Get a party full of Warriors to Rank 3 and their passive will raise the attack of all other Warriors, basically let’s you steamroll the demo at least.
When you help Fabienne cook, there are 2 events that repeat one after another, and you have to choose the correct option for more points. Choose either “grate it in and simmer” or “use less oil” depending on the activitiy that is available.
Also the activist lady that boosts Eloquence demands that you donate 250 fee if you want to interact with her, but that’s only for the current time slot. You’ll have to donate 250 more the next day to unlock her again. Also, she’s only available during the daytime. However, as compensation she gives you Fairy Dust as a bonus.
Also, this is a performance-related thing, but it’s recommended you don’t set your resolution to “High.” It doubles the rendering scale by 200% the default of your device, which makes the game look really sharp. Imagine a 4k device playing at 8k resolution.
You can unlock Brigitta’s quest within a day, even though 6 points of Wisdom are required (for Rank 2).
Spend a block of time enjoying the view at Sunlumeo Street for 2 points, but before that, accept the Nidia man’s request, which rewards 4 points of Wisdom.
At night, help Fabienne with the cooking to complete the Nidia man’s request.
Also, if you happen to cook the Redgrass-roasted bidou, choose “let’s stick to the recipe” for 3 points of Tolerance.
You could infinitely farm MP with mc as a mage from the goborns in the room before the boss. Just go to akademia exit and return to the room and they respawn.

Tips on Good Parties

Work on Strohl Warrior, get him a bit on commander when the time comes. Hulk needs something from mage to power up later. Actually everyone can get the Wizard level 11 skill and knight level 12 skill for infinite MP. Heismay Is good with thief, Commander, Faker, and wants a gunner for late game. MC Phys should work on Merchant, Commander, Warrior and Gunner.

An insane setup later is the following from Skrem:

T1: Rogue Trickery (Heismay).
T2: Atk buff forgot the name moves everyone in front (Heismay, Thief).
T3-4: Mania Shot (MC, Gunner) if not weak to any physicals.
T4-6: peerless stonecleaver (Strol, Samurai/Swordmaster).
T7: Another attack (Stroll) this usually ends any enemy in at most 2-3 rounds beat leogron (spire boss lvl 55) this way at like level 43.

How to Get Free 250HP Healing Item

A 250HP heals all party members item you can get! In the night market area, you can talk to a scholar who will ask you if you’d like to listen to his lecture. It won’t use up your time and after you listen, he’ll give you an item that can heal your entire party with 250hp and cures poison.

How to Increase Popularity

At night in Regaliath Grand Cathedral if you go to the night market and talk to the “Hammy Shopkeep” you can spend 150 Reeves to eat meat skewers which will increase your popularity (this does not consume time).

Higher Level Enemies Trick

If you want to kill enemies of a higher level without entering a squad battle you can stun them and while the squad button flashes just press the roll button to come out of it and wait for them to get up and then rinse and repeat.

You may want to almost kill them, and then engage them when they have low HP and you can finish them off. That way the exp is not reduced like it is when you instakill enemies.

If you can’t finish a strong enemy after stunning them, let the turn pass so they spend the entire round stunned. If you hit them too much in your first round you’ll break them out of the stun status effect and they’ll retaliate immediately in the next turn.

MC Mage MP Recovery

The MC’s (Main Character AKA you) mage archetype provides MP recovery for the entire team when: Stunning enemies OR Killing enemies. This includes killing weaker enemies that die in overworld without the need to go into a squad battle. You have to have it equipped on the main character.

Killing the Elementals

So yeah killing the elementals does grant you alot of magla and money. They will run away so stun them whenever you can.

Weaknesses:

Blue weak to fire.
Red weak to ice.
Green weak to lightening.
Yellow weak to wind.

Mastering is Not the End!

Level up an archetype will give special items that help boost your other archetypes such as.

Easy to Miss +5 All Stats Accessory

On the day following the fight against the Kraken Human, consult Gallica. She will want to spend time with you and this will result in her giving you the “Rainbow Scale”.

Easy Way to Farm Weapons and Armor by Stealing

There’s a simple method to farm armors and weapons. You don’t have to defeat the enemy to try again. Instead, attempt to steal from the enemy, then leave the battle. Start the battle again and use the retry option to steal on the first turn. The item you’re trying to steal will be available each time you restart the battle. You can do this as many times as you want to get multiple copies of the item.

Area to Farm HP and MP Incense

Big Spoilers!!!

There’s a crystal spawner point in Tyrant’s Star in the second map with the spawning teeth. The big teeth and small teeth gives out HP and MP incense sometimes.

Strength Incense Farm Late Game

In the cultist dungeon gotten after 9/24 you can get a bounty. In the dungeon there are bandits who drop strength incenses. be aware that they disappear if you defeat the boss.