Top 5 Starting Tips: Tips And Secrets

Play How You Want: Bravely Second offers great flexibility. You can speed up or slow down battles, configure Auto-Battle settings, skip or replay cutscenes (non-interactive cinematic the game plays automatically), and enable auto-saving. Most importantly, you can change the difficulty level and encounter rate anytime on the field via the Party menu -> Tactics - Config - Difficulty. You can also adjust the encounter rate by pressing the R button. Lower difficulty if the game is too challenging, or raise it to Hard and even disable experience gain for a greater challenge. Lowering the encounter rate can reduce battles, but be mindful of experience gain. Increasing it can speed up leveling.

Study Your Foe: Before going all out, spend turns Defaulting (a defensive stance) to observe enemy actions. Use the Freelancer’s Examine ability or a Magnifying Glass item to check enemy stats, elemental weaknesses, and monster families. This helps identify resistances (e.g., high physical defense) or weaknesses (e.g., low magical defense) to optimize your strategy. For example, if an enemy absorbs fire damage, don't waste MP on fire magic after the first spell.

Connect Online: Connecting your 3DS or 2DS to the internet offers significant advantages. Access online functions through the Save menu by speaking to the orange-suited Adventurer or from the world map. Use Add Friends to connect with friends who have played bravely second and borrow their learned abilities via Abilink (under Tactics in the Party menu). You can also summon friends' characters into battle to perform their most recent move. Select Update Data to download guests from around the world and Ba’als (optional bosses) for Fort-Lune. Guests can be summoned but not used with Abilink. Each guest grants an additional resident for Fort-Lune, useful if you lack StreetPass. You can only Update Data once per day.

Rebuild Fort-Lune: Rebuilding Magnolia’s homeland, Fort-Lune, is crucial. Upgrading the Pharm-lab expands the Adventurer’s shop inventory, providing easy access to items before boss battles. You'll also receive free samples. Upgrading the Special R&D Labs unlocks new and stronger Special Moves, fantastic for defeating tough enemies. Upgrading the Parts Labs and Trigger Labs allows further customization of Special Moves. Assigning workers and leaving your 3DS or 2DS in sleep mode with bravely second running allows workers to continue their tasks and gather SP.

Amazing Checklist: While you can complete the game with basic setups, certain abilities are highly recommended:

• Dungeon Master: Nullifies ailments from dungeon traps and terrain. (Freelancer Level 4 Support Ability)

Precognition: Prevents enemies from getting a first strike or Brave Attack. (Astrologian Lv 3 Support Ability)

Limit Breaker: Doubles the maximum value of stat-boosting effects. (Astrologian Lv 10 Support Ability)

Glace: Doubles the effects of items that restore HP or MP. (Patissier Lv 6 Support Ability)

Items for All: Consumable items and Patissier treats affect all allies or enemies. (Patissier Lv 9 Support Ability)

Group-Cast Master: Spells that are group-cast do not receive a power reduction. (White Mage Lv 8 Support Ability)

Group-Cast All: All spells can be group-cast. (Black Mage Lv 10 Support Ability)