Xenosaga Episode I Walkthrough
Durandal Confinement
Treasure TrackerDurandal Confinement: 0 of 4 collected
Check treasures here or beside their pickup instructions. Progress is saved in this browser.
Get your stuff back
After a LOT of cut scenes, chaos has to fight the first group by himself.
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Use chaos’ modified Tech Attackchaos: Lightning slash Tech Attack against one enemy. in the forced opening battle. The Federation soldiers are weak to Slash, so it works fairly well. |
| 2 | When you regain control, head right, go up at the intersection, then take the door at the end of the right-hand hall. |
| 3 | Open the chest for the Key ItemReturns all equipment confiscated during the Durandal confinement sequence. (). This returns all the equipment that was taken from the party. Trust me, you want your stuff back. ;) |
| 4 | Use the shop in this room if you need current equipment or recovery items, then equip everybody again. |
| 5 | Leave through the lower-right door. Continue right into the Game Room if you want to save. |
| 6 | Return left, enter the bedroom on the lower-left side of the Residential Area, and destroy the upper-right closet door for the Key ItemOpens the armory in the Durandal Hangar during the confinement escape. (). You can also rest in the beds for a free HP and EP refill. |
Open the Hangar armory
You have a free bed and enemies between here and the train, so this is a safe place to gain a level or finish a few point upgrades. The opening section of the LocationA shared virtual environment used during the party’s investigation. is an even better farming area, though, so don’t grind here forever.
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fight your way back to the train and choose the Hangar. The Park is closed. |
| 2 | Defeat the Enemy580 HP; Mechanical type. Weak to Spirit. Rewards: 360 XP; 18 T.Pts; 4 E.Pts; 16 S.Pts; 400G. Drops: Med Kit DX; no rare item. Strategy: Its high physical defense makes ordinary attacks inefficient. Use Spirit damage when available and focus on one Gertzog FE at a time while crossing the Hangar and Dock. robots blocking the route. They have high physical defense and are weak to Spirit, so use your strongest appropriate attacks and focus on one at a time. |
| 3 | Use the Key ItemOpens the armory in the Durandal Hangar during the confinement escape. on the locked door. |
| 4 | Destroy the armory containers for:
|
Key ItemItem required to open Segment Address No. 5 opens the SidequestOne of eighteen numbered locked containers opened by the matching Decoder. beyond the locked park gate in the LocationA shared virtual environment used during the party’s investigation.. We will claim its Character AccessoryW Special: with 6 AP, Square, Circle, Circle or Triangle, Circle, Circle executes two Fast-slot Tech Attacks. reward on the next page. You can open Segment 5 in the full tracker at any time.
The world’s most useless cargo hatch
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Return to the train and choose the Dock. |
| 2 | Head south from the station and defeat the Enemy580 HP; Mechanical type. Weak to Spirit. Rewards: 360 XP; 18 T.Pts; 4 E.Pts; 16 S.Pts; 400G. Drops: Med Kit DX; no rare item. Strategy: Its high physical defense makes ordinary attacks inefficient. Use Spirit damage when available and focus on one Gertzog FE at a time while crossing the Hangar and Dock. blocking the route. |
| 3 | Continue down to the emergency access hatch, then follow the ladders until you can jump onto the LocationThe cargo ship that becomes the party’s main transportation hub.. |
| 4 | Watch the cut scene involving the world’s most useless “cargo hatch.” What? They’re carrying groceries? How small is that thing. |
Segment 8 and the Maintenance Lab
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Once inside the LocationThe cargo ship that becomes the party’s main transportation hub., head up and right, then climb down the ladder. |
| 2 | Continue down and left to SidequestSegment Address 8 is opened with Decoder 8. near the Slide Deck. |
| 3 | Confirm Key ItemItem required to open Segment Address No. 8 is in your inventory. Use it, collect Key ItemGive to the Professor at the Robot Academy; both legs give Dominion Tank. from the room, and mark it . This action becomes available here and in the guide rail once both boxes are checked. |
| 4 | Continue south into Lab 1 and save. |
| 5 | Go down one screen, take the first lift down, then use the lift on the right to reach the lab where KOS-MOS sleeps. |
| 6 | Watch the cut scenes and listen to the girl humming “What Child Is This?” |
Key ItemGive to the Professor at the Robot Academy; both legs give Dominion Tank. is one half of the LocationThe workshop inside the Kukai Foundation A.G.W.S. Parts Shop. next reward. Open Segment 8 in the full tracker, or use the Robot Parts and Erde Kaiser reference to keep both legs and the EtherShion: One-use-per-battle attack against all enemies, earned from both Robot Legs. turn-in together.
The Encephalon: Shion and chaos route begins with Jr., MOMO, and Ziggy’s short searchlight section before the perspective changes.