Attack while cursed
You can still attack while cursed Just use the tackle move press R while running when relatively close to an enemy that is on or near the ground
Cheats
Play in Magician Mode
Complete the game with Nathan and when starting a new game enter FIREBALL as your name If the code has been entered correctly Magician will appear on the option screen In the DSS option all the Trading Cards will be available
Play in Fighter Mode
Complete the game in Magician mode and when starting a new game enter GRADIUS as your name If the code has been entered correctly Fighter will appear on the option screen In this mode Nathan will be stronger and be able to sustain more damage There are no Trading Cards in this mode
Play in Shooter Mode
Complete the game in Magician and Fighter modes and when starting a new game enter CROSSBOW as your name when starting a new game If the code has been entered correctly Shooter will appear on the option screen In this mode Nathan will have more hearts extra subweapon damage and will be able to use the Homing Dagger subweapon
Play in Thief Mode
Complete the game in Magician Fighter and Shooter modes and enter DAGGER as your name when starting a new game
Get the Shining Armour
It is located in the chapel tower once you have beaten the Battle Arena
Defeating Adremelech
To defeat Adremelech the goat head make sure you are at level 25 or higher When entering the room with Adremelech get back up on the ledge where you entered and use the Wind Wave Diana and Griffin DSS cards Keep shooting at it and in a few minutes the goat head will fall
Defeating Death
To defeat Death very easily just activate the Jupiter Manticore DSS combo His sickles cannot hit you and by this point in the game you will probably never run out of MP because this combo will use it slower than you restore it
Defeating Dracula
To defeat Dracula in the Ceremonial Room equip the DSS cards Pluto and Salamander Make sure you have the Boomerang subweapon Press Down Forward Up Attack in that order when he appears close to you This should kill him in less than a minute
Defeating Hugh
When you are low on health use the Roc Wing to jump to the upper left or right of the room There will be a ledge that you can use to heal yourself without him hurting you by using the Jupiter Mandragora DSS cards However when he powers up blades can come up and hurt you Turn up the sound and listen for the noise Hugh makes when he is about to use the move When you hear it turn on the Jupiter Manticore combo to destroy the blades If you are waiting for your MP to come back only use Jupiter Maticore when you need to
Easy experience
If you have the time to spare go to a place where only Specters attack you Activate the Jupiter Serpent combination By the time you get to fighting Specter you should have enough MP and INT to not have to worry about running out Leave your system on AC power and leave it running all day in that area Depending on your the level when you started you can gain 20 to 30 levels
Extra high jump
Once you have the Double Jump and the Wall Jump you can jump wall jump jump again then wall jump again to get extra high
Heal faster
Equip the Uranus and Unicorn cards and press Down Forward Up
Increased damage
Combine Venus and Salamander to increase your damage by 25
Increased luck
Combine Venus with Mandragoras and your luck will be boosted by 25 This is useful when you need to find cards and items
Magician mode
The following is a list of enemies and locations that drop various DSS cards
Action Cards
More powerful shield and extra defense
Equip two items that increase your attack power such as the Strength Armband and the Solders Fatigue you should have 250 attack power then use either the Fire or Ice Shield Next equip two items that increase your defense such as the Defense Armband and the Strongest Armor You will do extra damage with your shield and take minimal damage from enemies Note Your whip will be weak so use your shield when attacking
Rainbow Robe
Go to the Underground Warehouse and find the Forest Armor Keep destroying Forest Armor until it drops the Rainbow Robe It also drops Chain Mail Combine DSS cards Venus Mandragora to increase your luck and have better chances of finding the Rainbow Robe The Rainbow Robe increases your Defense by 140 Intelligence by 250 and Luck by 15
Secret area
In the room with the Dash Boots kill the skeleton to the left of the room Above him will be a wall Attack the wall with your DSS power
Shoot from the rear
Equip the Bear Ring from Skeleton Medalist in a secret room on the left side of the shaft you fall down in the beginning of the game and activate the last two DSS cards Pluto and Black Dog You will turn into a bear While in bear form you can shoot from of your head Hold Up and press Attack to shoot from your rear Hold Down and press Attack to drop a bomb
Spinning attack
When using the whip hold down Attack to make it spin around in a circle It will act like a shield so you cannot get hit by small enemies around you Note You cannot move while doing this attack
Summons and explosion cards
To use the action cards Apollo and Uranus press Down Forward Up and attack with another card Uranus summons that card and Apollo throws a bomb
Turn into a bear
Defeat the Skeleton Medalist in a secret room in the pit at the beginning of the game until he drops an item called the Bear Ring The easiest way to do this is to get to level 45 to 50 then use the Holy Water Item Crush attack Pluto Salamander You need Holy Water for the required combo Then use the Roc Wing to fly into the room and run at him When you get the ring equip it and turn on the Skeleton DSS combo Pluto Black Dog You should turn into a green bear with a bubble coming out of its nose This bear is also killed in one hit like the skeleton but it has three different attacks and can double jump
Use DSS in the Battle Arena
In the Battle Arena equip a good DSS Summon Combo for example Uranus Cockatrice In the pause menu select quotItemsquot then quotUsequot and use a quotMind Highquot not a quotMind Restorequot they can work but you will need to be extremely fast Immediately after exiting the pause menu press your DSS button When your character is done casting press Down Forward Up Attack If done fast enough you should have pulled off a summon in the Battle Arena
Use summons in the Battle Arena
Select your summon and use a 4 Mind Restore 2 Mind High or a Mind EX As soon as you leave the menu screen press L and do the summon You can only do one summon after using the Mind Restore so bring a lot of them
