Chapter 1

Master Final Fantasy Type-0 HD's first mission, The Akademeia Liberation. Learn strategies for S Rank, boss fights against Dainsleif, and item collection.

Start a new game and watch the opening cutscenes. You won't understand all of them, but that's okay. After long cutscenes, which can be skipped if you press the start button, you are automatically taken to the first mission.

The Akademeia Liberation

This mission is the first mission in game, and it also serves as tutorials. Follow each tutorial, explore each area, defeat all enemies, and pick up all items (Potion, Knowing Tag, etc). Clearing every area without casualties should be relatively easy. Life Armlet revives your characters when they die, but it increases casualties count and affects the Report Card in the end of this mission.

I found a strange glitch which happened at Area 7 after having put the Magicite. When I was moving south after having touched the Recovery Portal, an explosion happened and then all character and enemy's visuals were somewhat "vanished", leaving only silhouettes and shadows on the ground. Since I wasn't able to observe clearly, I wasn't able to make a proper decision to dodge at the right time, and I wasn't able to even properly lock-on (and switch). I just pushed the attack buttons blindly and relied on luck to avoid damage. Fortunately, after a few attempts, I could defeat the boss without any casualty.

After returning to Area 4, your Life Armlet will be shattered, so you can't revive your character anymore. Proceed to finish this mission without being killed. Dainsleif wait for you at the Arena, and you fight her twice.

• As Odin, charge up Zantetsuken until the percentage above its head goes to 100%, and then release it to OHKO the boss.
• As Party Members, play as Ace and spam cards while dodging all beams. Keep spamming cards until her health is completely depleted, then switch control to Seven or Jack and deliver the finishing blow.

If you defeat her without any casualty, you can watch a short scene of Ace, Jack, and Seven, who are exhausted after defeating the boss. Jack and Seven are melee fighters, and the game's AI really sucks, so I select Ace to prevent any casualty. Once this mission is completed, you will receive your Report Card. This report was my first report card.

Turn left and approach a big door to complete this chapter.

If you want to do a real challenge, start the game from scratch and try to achieve S Rank in this mission because it's unreplayable in the entire playthrough. Before doing the real attempt, you have to memorize the entire mission, or at least what you need to do until the next save point. Mission time is stopped when you open Relic Terminal's menu, so you can save your game leisurely. S Ranking this mission is proved to be quite hard for first time players; I made countless attempts in 3 real-life days before finally succeeded.

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