MAROGARE マロガレ (DARK)

Learn about the Marogare (DARK) Magatama in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster. Discover its skills, stat bonuses, and unique Maniacs-only abilities.

Alright, let's talk about the very first Magatama you get in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster: Marogare, also known as the DARK Magatama. This one's a real starter pack, focusing on beefing up your physical attacks and giving you some handy utility skills. It's literally given to you at the start, so you can't miss it!

Affinity & Stat Bonuses:

• Affinity: Normal Resistance
• Stat Bonuses: P+2, M+1, V+2, S+1, L+1

Skills You'll Learn:

• Level 3: Charge — This is a big one! It doubles the damage of your next physical attack. Super useful for taking down tougher enemies or bosses.
• Level 4: Analyze — Lets you see an enemy's weaknesses and resistances. Essential for planning your battles.
• Level 6: 10% Life Spring — Restores a small amount of HP at the start of each turn. Nice little passive heal.
• Level 10: Rampage — A multi-hit physical attack that hits random enemies. Good for clearing out groups.
• Level 20: Counterattack — Gives you a chance to retaliate with a physical attack when hit by a physical attack.
• Special (Maniacs Only): Penetrate — This is a game-changer for physical builds. It allows your physical attacks to ignore enemy resistances and weaknesses, hitting for neutral damage. You can't get this on standard playthroughs!

Wild Effects: When you learn a skill from Marogare, you'll get a little bonus: your Hero is healed to full HP, and your Power stat gets a +1 boost. Pretty sweet deal for just leveling up!

Location: As mentioned, this Magatama is your starting equipment. You can't miss it.

My Ratings: I'd give equipping Marogare a solid * (star) because it's your starting point and provides good early stats. For the skills it teaches, I'd rate it *** (three stars). Analyze and Counterattack are particularly good and can be useful throughout the entire game depending on how you build your character.

Maniacs Note: This is super important if you're aiming for the Maniacs Ending. The final skill, Penetrate, isn't available right away. You'll learn all the other skills first, and Penetrate will show up as a locked skill ('?'). You have to reach the very bottom of the Amara Deep Zone to unlock it. This means you can't max out Marogare and get Penetrate unless you're on the Maniacs path. It also means you can't achieve the