Avoiding Random Encounters In dungeons and caves
In a dungeon or cave ONLY open the UMD slot and remove your UMD from the PSP and you will not run into any random encounters
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No random encounters
While playing the game remove the UMD to avoid random encounters Note Replace the disc before any important event to avoid crashing the game
Saving money
Get the Survival skill by leveling up your Herbology and Resilience in the first town you go to after the time portal Go to the world map and enter any forest area or just remain on the world map Keep doing survival and you will get random ingredients Also if you level up your Survival skill it becomes easier to obtain and you will get better ingredients
