As soon as you regain control, fly up and to the right to find a paper flying around. This is the game's one collectible, Confessions (this one is Confession #1), so grab it and go left. As soon as you can go down, do so and then head right to find a MP STARDUST. You probably saw a person standing on an island before going down, so go back up and talk to her. Her name is Rubella and she has been split up from her brother, and she'll join your party.
With Rubella in the party, you'll have an extra character to use in battle, so don't forget to get some Skills for her. From the island with Rubella, go down and follow the tree around until it goes up. Keep following this path until you come to a little house you can go inside. Be careful of the thorns and head to the bottom right for a coffer with a ROUGH SAPPHIRE inside.
Still inside the house, head to the bottom left to find a HP STARDUST. Head back outside and go left, ascending back into the sky. You should find another island here, with a house you can enter. Do so and open the chest to find 2 HEALING TONICS. Head down to the trees and go left until you spot a small alcove with a coffer; open it for a REVIVE.
Continue going left and open the Oculi chest for 2 HEALING TONICS, then follow the trees down. You should see a coffer on a lone tree, so open it for a MAGIC POTION, then go right to find another with a ROUGH EMERALD. Go back up and find the island in the sky, opening the chest there for a MAGIC POTION. From the island, fly left and down to find a path in between the trees, which leads to a STRENGTH STARDUST.
Follow this same path to its other exit and find a coffer there with another MAGIC POTION. Now go back to the top and take the upper path now, which will bring you to an alcove with a DEFENSE STARDUST. There's also an island close by with a chest (REVIVE), as well as a house you can enter with another chest (2 ROUGH RUBIES).
At the end of the tree line, drop straight down and open the chest for a ROUGH RUBY. From there, if you go down and slightly west, you'll find a gap you jumped over earlier in the game. There are secret caves to the left and right, netting you a HEALING TONIC and DEFENSE STARDUST. Keep going west until you come to the big tree you climbed earlier. To the right is a secret cave with a chest you can grab now (2 MAGIC POTIONS).
On the top of the same tree is an Oculi chest with 2 ROUGH EMERALDS and on top of the tree to the left of that is another ROUGH EMERALD in a chest. In between the trees, go up and there will be a chest on the left with a ROUGH SAPPHIRE. Keep going left until you encounter a Bearded Giant blocking your way, so get ready for a boss fight.
| BOSS: Bearded Giant |
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| The boss comes with two dog enemies, so those should be your priority first, since they have an attack that can slow you down on the timeline. Try not to use magical attacks on the giant when he's in the cast range, since he will counter them. Other than that, the giant attacks physically and can use Gathering Strength to deal more damage. Keep your health above 25 and the battle is easy. |
Go above where the giant was and grab Confession #5 floating around, then drop down and enter the gateway leading to the Tree of Thorns. You gain access to the Map of Lemuria, allowing you to fast travel to previously visited places. Go left here and fly down and right in the first gap to find a chest with 2 MAGIC POTIONS.
Continue to the left and go down the next gap, where you'll find coffers on both the left and right sides (ROUGH EMERALD for both). Backtrack a tiny bit and go up, where you'll find a chest on the right (HEALING TONIC) and another to the left (REVIVE). Go back and continue left, getting the MAGIC POTION from the Oculi chest and keep going left towards Capilli Village.
You should see another chest underneath the tree, which houses a ROUGH RUBY. If you go straight to the top portion above the chest, you'll find Confession #8 floating around. Travel left once more and you'll happen upon the village and the end of this chapter.
