Shining Force CD Guide

Hello gamers and welcome to another of my guides. Being a tactical RPG, Shining Force CD is divided in battle fields. And that is where all the action takes place; you can not explore villages or find treasures anywhere else. I will point you towards hidden characters and treasures but also up to what point you can grind your level and get at least 10 experience points. So if an enemy if worth fighting until level 6, it means that they yield only 1 experience point at level 7.

Land effect means how easily (or not) you can move. Rough sand and rocks have a 30-percent effect, meaning that you will move much slower (but will get better defense from physical attacks). Be sure to watch out for enemy advance so they don’t corner you.

The goal is what you must accomplish to end the battle, and a p next to a character’s level denotes a promoted level. Level p20 is the maximum to gain meaningful stats.

Finally, ∞ means that enemy will keep respawning unless you stand directly on their spot.

Book 1: Towards the Root of Evil

Chapter 1: Cypress Invasion

Battle 1

Goal: Defeat Dark Mage

Enemies you will encounter

Huge bat *6 (can put to sleep, level 6)

Incubus*3 (cast blaze 1; level 9)

Dark Mage*1 (casts blaze 2, level 10)

For this fight, you should definitely grind your levels to at least 5-6. Because after Battle 1, you will not have any equipment (weapons, herbs, etc).

Battle 2

Goal: Defeat Dwarf

Enemies you will encounter

Scavenger*2 (level 6)

Goblin*6 (level 6)

Dwarf*1 (level 6)

After the fight, Cray the Monk will join you. And don’t forget to stock up on equipment again.

Battle 3

Goal: Defeat Cypress Knight

Enemies you will encounter:

Two of each: Goblin, Dwarf, Scavenger and Huge bat

Cypress Knight *1 (level 8)

Battle 4

Goal: Defeat Dark Mage

Enemies you will encounter

Dwarf*∞ (those posted inside doors)

Cypress Knight*3

Death Archer*2 (level 9)

One of each: Huge Bat and Dark Mage

The outside chest contains herb, the one on the first level is cheerful bread and the one on the last floor is powerful wine.

Battle 5

Goal: Defeat all enemies

Enemies you will encounter

Two of each: Incubus and Death Archer

Cypress Knight*3

Ratman*1 (level 10)

Dark Mage*1

Brass Loader*1 (level 11)

The chest contains a middle sword. After the battle Claude the Birdman will join and the chapter will end. Claude will be invaluable since he can fly, i.e. avoid rough terrains and reach enemies quicker.

Chapter 2: Nick’s secret

Battle 6

Goal: Defeat everyone

Enemies you will meet:

Death archer*2

Ratman*4

One of each: Dark Mage, Incubus and Brass Gunner

Rat Fly*1 (level 11)

Hell Soldier*1 (level 11)

Battle 7

Goal: defeat everyone

Enemies you will meet

Two of each: Ratman, Dark Mage, Brass Gunner and Hell Solider

Rat Fly*3

Priest*1 (level 13)

After the fight, Stock the Ranger (a horse with arrows) and Mayfair the (blind) priest will join you.

Battle 8

Goal: defeat everyone

Enemies you will face

Three of each: Rat fly, Brass Gunner and Hell Solider

Zombie*3 (can poison; level 12)

Skeleton (level 13)

Master Mage (level 14)

Battle 9

Goal: Defeat everyone

Enemies you will meet:

Pegasus Knight*3 (level 14)

Hell sniper (level 14)

Two of each: Brass Gunner, Zombie and Priest

Skeleton*5

Get a quick ring in the lower-left chest, power spear in the upper-left one and battle axe in the upper-right corner.

Battle 10

Goal: Defeat Bazoo

Enemies you will meet

Skeleton*3

2 of each: Priest, Master Mage, Hell Sniper

Arc Knight*2 (level 15)

Bazoo

After the fight, Yeesha the mage will join you and reveal Nick’s identity. The chapter will also end.

Chapter 3: Progressing towards Cypress

Battle 11

Goal: Defeat everyone

Note that your party is split in 2; be careful. Trying joining Nick’s half with the other on the boat.

Enemies you will meet

Lizardman*5 (level 16)

Sorcerer (level 16)

Bishop (level 17)

Master Mage*2

Three of each: Pegasus Knight , and Arc Knight

Hell Sniper

After the battle, Gyan the Beast will join you. He’s the only non-flying character not affected by terrain; be sure to boost his movement range.

Battle 12

Goal: Kill Deadly Born

Enemies you will meet

Gargoyle*2 (level 17)

Worm (level 18; pop out every now and then)

Deadly born (level 18/p8)

Bow rider*2 (level 17)

2 of each: Arc Knight, Sorcerer and Bishop

You can find Domingo in this field by searching around the left side of the water pond.

Battle 13

Goal: Defeat Ghoul

Enemies you will meet

Magical mushroom (pop out here and there and can put to sleep, level 18)

Evil Pixie (level 18/p8)

Ghoul (level 18/p8)

Two of each: Lizardman, Bow Rider, Worm and Deadly Born

One of each: Sorcerer, Gargoyle and bishop

The chest on the right contains halberd (can cast bolt 1) and the one on the lower-left contains critical sword. After the fight, Kashing the Knight will join you.

Battle 14

Goal: Kill Minotaur

Enemies you will find

Two of each: Evil Pixie, Bishop, Gargoyle, Bow Rider, Deadly Born

Three of each: Ghoul, Worm

Minotaur*1 (level p9)

After the battle, Gates the warrior joins

Battle 15

Goal: kill everyone

Enemies you will meet

Evil Pixie*2

Brass Gunner*3 (level p11)

Fizzle ball (level p9)

Deadly Borne*5

Ghoul*4

Minotaur

As Gates noticed there are no wizards. The Fizzle ball blocks any spell but Egress so make sure you stock up on healing seeds. And don’t forget the running ring outside the fort to the left.

Battle 16

Goal: Kill Dantom

Enemies you will meet

Hawkman*3 (level p9)

Belial (level p11)

Cerberus*3 (level p11)

Demon master (level p11)

Cleric (level p10)

Brass Gunner*4

After the battle, Shriek the Bird battler will join and the chapter will end.

Chapter 4: The end…?

Battle 17: Macbeth

Goal: Kill Edmond

Enemies you will meet:

Golem*7 (level p12)

Cerberus *3

Belial*2

Dulahan (level p12)

One of each: Bishop, Demon Master, Edmond

After the battle, Randolf the Paladin will join you.

Battle 18

Goal: Kill Executioner

Enemies you will meet

Evil bishop (level p14)

Executioner (level p.15)

Two of each: demon master, Cerberus and brass gunner

Dulahan*3

Four of each: Belial and Golem

Battle 19

Goal: Kill Geppel

Enemies you will encounter

Chimera (level p13)

Assassins*2 (level p16+)

Demon Master*2

Wyvern*2 (level p17+)

Evil Bishop

Geppel (has 140 hp)

Dulahan*∞

The chest contains a dark sword (cursed, can cast desoul)

Battle 20

Goal: Defeat Frabell and Bazoo

Enemies you will meet

Skull knight (level p14 or less)

Two of each: Chimera, Wyvern, Assassin, Evil Bishop

Executioner*3

Frabell

Bazoo (has 160 hp)

Take the opportunity to cast egress after this battle. If you cast it during the very last one you will have to redo the last 2 battles. Make sure you buy as many healing rains as you can afford.

Battle 21

Goal: Defeat Evil Monster

Enemies you will face

Two of each: Executioner, Wyvern, Skull Knight, Assassin

One of each: Evil Bishop, Woldol

Evil Monster (has 180 hp)

After the fight, Lug will join you and he holds the Sword of Haija. To win the next fight, you need to successfully hit Woldol with the sword first before damaging him.

Last battle

Goal: Defeat Woldol

Enemies you will face

Sentinel

Taros*6 (level 16+)

Evil bishop*∞

Woldol (has 250 hp, cast demon breath, and from very far and wide)

After killing him, enjoy the ending of this book

Book 2: The Evil God Awakens

Chapter 1: the Sword of Haija has been stolen!

Battle 1

Goal: Defeat all enemies

Enemies you will meet

Goblin*5

Scavenger*2

Dragonutes (level 7)

Battle 2

Goal: Defeat all enemies

Enemies you will face

Huge bat (can put to sleep, level 6)

Dwarf*1 (level 7)

Two of each: Scavenger, Dragonute

Goblin*3

Slade the priest will join you after the fight.

Battle 3

Goal: Defeat all enemies

Enemies you will face

Three of each: Scavenger, Dragonute, Dwarf

Huge bat*2

Iom knight (level 7)

Battle 4

Goal: Defeat Death Archer

Enemies you will face

Four of each: Dwarf, Huge Bat

Two of each: Dragonute, Iom Knight

Incubus*2 (level 8)

Death archer (level 9)

Battle 5

Goal: Defeat Dark Mage

Enemies you will meet

Ratman*1 (level 8)

Dark mage*1 (level 10)

Iom Knight*5

Death Archer*3

Incubus*2

If you want the secret 4^th book you need to search the well under the house to get the ticket to the museum. Otherwise, get a quick chicken in the chest.

After the fight, Graham the Ranger will join you and the chapter will end.

Chapter 2: Getting the sword back

Battle 6

Goal: Kill everyone

Enemies you will meet

Hell soldier (level 10)

Two of each: Death Archer, Dark Mage, Incubus, Rat Fly

Ratman*4

After the fight Chester the archer will join you

Battle 7

Goal: Kill everyone

Enemies you will meet

Hell Soldier*5

Death Archer*3

Rat Fly*2 (level 13)

One of each: Dark Mage and Hell Sniper (level 12/p3)

Get a protect milk from the chest. May the Mage will join you after the fight.

Battle 8

Goal: Kill Gordon

Enemies you will meet

Zombie (level 12/p5), summoned at random by Gordon

Priest (level 12)

Two of each: Rat fly, Hell Soldier and Hell Sniper

Dark Mage

Gordon

You will get the Sword of Haija after the fight.

Battle 9

Goal: Kill Master Mage

Enemies you will meet

Brass loader*2 (level 12)

Pegasus Knight*2 (level 14/p4)

Skeleton*2 (level 14/p4)

Two of each: Rat Fly, Priest and Hell Sniper

Master Mage*1 (level 14/p4)

Get a quick ring from the chest in the upper-right corner.

Battle 10

Goal: Kill everyone

Enemies you will meet

Arc knight*1 (level 16/p6)

Master Mage

Two of each: Priest, Zombie, Brass Gunner and Hell Sniper

Three of each: Skeleton and Pegasus Knight

After the fight you force will be divided in 2; I will indicate whose team the battle will be from (if that character dies, the battle is over with half your money) and who is in the team. The chapter ends of that dramatic note.

Chapter 3: splitting and reuniting

Battle 11/Deanna’s team (Jaha, Eric, Mayfair, Slade and Chester)

Goal: Defeat everyone

Enemies you will meet

Evil pixie*1 (level 17/p7)

Pegasus Knight*4

Rat Fly*2

Master Mage*1

Bishop*1 (level 17/p7)

After the fight Claude the Bird Battler (yes, the same one from Book 1) will join you.

Battle 12/Deanna’s Team

Goal: Kill Sorcerer

Enemies you will meet

Lizardman*2 (level 17/p7)

Worm (level 18/p8)

Bow Rider*2 (level p9)

Two of each: Evil Pixie and Arc Knight

Bishop*1

Sorcerer*1 (level p10)

Battle 13/Natasha’s group (Dawn, Luke, Randolph, Graham)

Goal: Defeat Lizardman

Enemies you will meet

Two of each: Pegasus Knight, Arc Knight and Skeleton

One of each: Bishop, Master Mage, Hell Sniper and Lizardman.

The chest in the lower-right part has 500 gold. After the fight, Rohdes the Gladiator will join you.

Battle 14/Natasha’s group

Goal: Defeat Sorcerer

Enemies you will meet

Two of each: Arc Knight and Bow Rider

Lizardman*3

One of each: Sorcerer and Bishop

Evil Pixie*∞

Battle 15/Natasha’s group

Goal: Defeat Deadly Borne

Enemies you will meet (most of them only appear as you move near them, so you may not meet them all)

Deadly borne*1 (level p9)

Four of each: Lizardman and Bow Rider

Zombie*5

Two of each: Sorcerer, Bishop

The chest on the right has a protect ring (casts boost level 1, can break) and the one on the left has a demon staff (lots of money).

Battle 16/Deanna’s team

Goal: Kill everyone (and listen to the best track of the game)

Enemies you will meet

Hawkman*1 (level p9)

Worm*4

Pegasus Knight*3

Evil Pixie*2

One of each: Sorcerer and Bishop

Your whole group will join together after this fight. Sarah the vicar will be available as a team member and she can learn aura. She is a must-have.

Battle 17

Goal: Kill Ghoul

Enemies you will meet

Ghoul (level p10)

Cleric*1 (level p11)

Worm*8

Two of each: Deadly Borne and Hawkman

One of each: Sorcerer and Bow Rider

Battle 18

Goal: Kill Solo (not Han)

Enemies you will meet

Two of each: Sorcerer, Deadly Borne, Hawkman and Ghoul

Death balloon*3 (will appear at random and explode spontaneously/when dying with a wide range, level p13)

Cleric*1

Cerberus*1 (level p11)

It’s full of treasure chests! Get a healing rain, a critical sword, a heat axe, a running ring, a halberd and 800 gold. Solo will hint on a traitor by looking at Deanna and the chapter will end.

Chapter 4: the end of Iom

Battle 19

Goal: Kill everyone

Enemies you will meet

Golem*4 (level p11)

Gargoyle*2 (level p11)

Belial*2 (level p12)

Minotaur*1 (level p11)

Two of each: Cerberus and cleric

Sorcerer*1

Gyan will join after the battle. Remember that he’s unaffected by terrain

Battle 20

Goal: Kill Demon Master

Enemies you will meet

Brass gunner*2 (level p12)

Two of each: Cleric, Cerberus, Minotaur

One of each: Belial, Gargoyle

Iom Statue*1

Demon Master*1 (level p14)

See the little alcoves?

They are the only way to avoid the Iom Statue beam when it shoots it, short of being up on the cliffs. So walk as quickly as possible to avoid these three spaces. But like the Laser Eye in Shining Force 1, it strikes everything within range when it becomes red.

Battle 21

Goal: kill Barbara

Enemies you will meet:

Dulahan*2 (level p13)

Taros*2 (level p13)

Chimera*2 (level p13)

Minotaur*2

Brass Gunner*1

One of each: Demon Master, Cleric and Belial

Barbara

Search this pillar (at the very beginning of the fight) to get Rush the Samurai

Get an evil claw and 10k gold from the chests.

Battle 22

Goal: Kill Death Waldol

Enemies you will face:

Assassin*4 (level p14)

Wyvern*1 (level p14)

Evil bishop*1 (level p14)

Taros*2

One of each: Demon Master and Chimera

Dulahan*4

Death Woldol (has 115 hp)

Get Evil lance and 6000 gold from the chests.

Battle 23

Goal: Kill Warderer

Enemies you will meet

Executioner*2 (Level p14)

Sentinel*1 (level p14)

Skull knight*3 (level p14)

Assassin*2

One of each: Evil bishop, demon master and wyvern

Warderer (has 145 hp)

Get the white ring in the chest at the other end of the battlefield. And learn about Deanna’s true identity before the final battle

Last battle

Goal: Kill Iom

Enemies you will meet

Evil bishop*1

Iom Doll*∞ (has 145 hp)

Iom (small heads)*2 (has 155 hp, can cast demon breath at small group range, i.e. 5 people)

Iom (body)*1 (has 300hp, must successfully hit it with Sword of Hayja before damaging it, can cast demon breath at a far range, sometimes twice in a row if no one is within melee range)

You can take care of the small heads at a distance and one at the time to avoid the demon breath from the body.

Enjoy the ending of the main story.

Book 3: A New Challenge

Note that your characters come pre-promoted around level p10, so their statistic will suck compared to the two previous books. Try grinding to around level p20 to maximize your chances against very powerful foes. Also, I do believe that Nick is the main character even though Deanna is also on the team. Make sure you maximize the number of long-distance weapons (lances, bows) and fighters (like Gyan and the birds; wizards are useful in Battle 1).

Battle 1

Goal: Defeat Dava Ghoul

Enemies you will meet

Dava Pixie*∞ (come from tomb 6, level p19?)

Dava Bat*∞ (come from tomb 1, 4, 12, 19)

Dava Zombie*∞ (come from tomb 10, 24; level p19?)

Dava Born*∞ (come from tomb 23, 26, level p17+)

Dava Ghoul*1

You can get a few treasures (tombstones are numbered starting in the lower-left corner): mithril on tomb 5 (purely for cash), medical herb on tomb 9, venom javelin on tomb 18 (cursed), evil ring on tomb 26 and giant knuckle on tomb 30.

Battle 2

Goal: Defeat Chu Rao and listen to the jazziest battle field them ever

Enemies you will meet (those that are fully in color will be the ones you fight. Their drunkenness seems to make them more resistant to cold.)

Groggy dwarf*4

Beserker Knight*3 (level p20)

Dark Priest*2

Dava Knight*3

Necromancer*2

Bow Master*3

Chu Rao (can breathe fire with medium range)

You can get a Teddy’s Coat (Gyan looks like a dog) here

Make sure you say no then yes to the questions; I have a feeling it makes the battle easier.

Battle 3

Goal: Defeat Kisaragi

Enemies you will meet

Satsuki *∞ (their attack can act as Slow; will spawn here)

And here

And here

And here

Mutsuki*∞ (will spawn here)

And here

And here

Uzuki *2

Komainu*2 (the Cerberus statues at the entrance)

Yayoi

Kisaragi (has 130 hp)

Once you climb up the stairs on the left, make sure you leave someone there to avoid being caught from behind.

Battle 4

Goal: Defeat Bulldor

Enemies you will meet

Goblin Pupil*5

Two of each: Lich, Metal Gunner*, White Dragon, Arch Bishop and King Chimera

Dark Paladin *4

Bulldor (has 150 hp)

Get an angel wing from the chest to your right and a power right to the one further up on the right. Get Work Glove here

Kaiser knuckles here (decreased agility to 0)

Chirrup Hammer here

Battle 5

Goal: Kill the shadows

Enemies you will face: the shadow of all party members present.

To make this fight easy, warp, unequip ALL equipment (but keep it in reserve) and return to the fight (don’t forget to equip back). This way your shadows will only attack with 1 damage (but can still cast magic so be careful). You could theoretically only have Nick, but the risk of his shadow casting magic is high.

Get a healing seed here

Final Battle

Goal: Kill Dava

Enemies you will face

Dava (has 310 hp and will ALWAYS start the fight with her Dava Beam, which hits all the screen, 2 tiles on both sides of her. Also casts her own demon breath, Dava Breath).

As the fight goes, enemies will start appearing.

On the second round, she will make Wonder Mush appear here and there (and more will appear afterwards). They don’t move but can cause confusion. And in the 5^th or 6^th round, all the previous bosses (with portraits) will appear. Although you should focus on Dava, don’t let them weaken you too much – they have the same strength as their original fight.

NOW enjoy the ending with Nick’s coronation.

Now, if you picked up the ticket to the museum, you will be able to enter a bonus fight…

Bonus fight

Goal: Kill everyone

Enemies you will face

Every single boss (with a portrait, and Iom’s small heads) you faced in the previous three books. So far I have failed to complete this fight. However I was able to clear the left half of the room without losing anybody.

The only advice I can give you is to take your sweet time. All characters with staves yield the mystery staff which recovers 2 mp per round. This is your only chance to win; otherwise your magic (and only healing seed per person) will run out quickly and you won’t be able to go very far.

Also you can’t really cast Egress; it will only bring you back to the beginning of the fight.

My strategy so far: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBWvouEj2eM

 

 

janus : The guide is good, but janus why didn't you use like colours to highlight the bolder letter's? I was having trouble seeing some things. And your pictures didn't show...it seems kind of rushed? Or even if you didn't rush it I thought you were to use colours to make things easier to read. Did you forget to do it or something? 

Sorry, I'm in the middle of editing it. Trying to do it on the first try usually "times out" the connection and I lose everything. Come back in about half an hour

janus : Ok thank you for letting me know this. It got me worried because I know you better than that with your work. Keep it up.