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CHAPTER 5: NOCTURNE [0505]
Eternal Strands

CHAPTER 5: NOCTURNE [0505]

Guide to Chapter 5: Nocturne in Eternal Strands. Explore Ritardando, find hidden Score Pieces, manage the item shop, and complete the side quest to cure a sick child.

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Guide to Chapter 5: Nocturne in Eternal Strands. Explore Ritardando, find hidden Score Pieces, manage the item shop, and complete the side quest to cure a sick child.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After arriving in Ritardando and a cutscene, Allegretto, Beat, and Frederic will stroll around town.
  2. 2
    Save your game near the beach.
  3. 3
    Visit the Item Shop and purchase new equipment. Recommended items include Diamond Clovers and Snowpuff Cookies. Avoid buying items for Allegretto as he will be unusable for a short period.
  4. 4
    Head to the bakery (left of the shop). Inspect the shelves and crates in the back to find Score Piece 17 and Score Piece 18.
  5. 5
    Proceed to the Mandolin Church for a cutscene. Viola, Salsa, and March will join the party to investigate noises in the church basement. Allegretto will leave for Tenuto.
  6. 6
    You will gain control of Beat. Head down to the beach for another cutscene.
  7. 7
    Leave the church area and return to the hideout entrance. Speak with Sym to learn that a child in the Ritardando Sewers is sick.
  8. 8
    Exit the sewers and go to the pharmacy (right of the item shop). The cold medicine is sold out.
  9. 9
    Go to the house next to the bakery. The woman there has the last cold medicine. Use your Power Ring to trade for the Cold Medicine.
  10. 10
    Return to the sewers and deliver the medicine to the sick child. Beat will receive a Spell Book as a reward.
  11. 11
    Exit the sewers, save your game on the beach, and then head to the church to continue the story.

Items:

  • Score Piece 17
  • Score Piece 18
  • Cold Medicine (quest item)
  • Spell Book (reward)

Shop Inventory:

  • Lunaticus: 1300
  • Bastard Sword: 1150
  • Hatchet Musket: 1100
  • Battle Shirt: 1000
  • Leather Guard: 900
  • Sock Incense: 500
  • Ugly Clothes: 500
  • Diamond Clover: 350
  • Snowpuff Cookie: 300
  • Angel Trumpet: 200
  • Wormwood: 200
  • Bubble Straw: 50
  • Chance Feather: 50
  • Dawn Feather: 50
  • Fallen Feather: 50
  • Glowing Tail: 50
  • Icy Feather: 50
  • Pure Feather: 50
  • Shadow Tail: 50
  • Time Feather: 50
  • Twilight Feather: 50

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