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Southern Reaches
Star Ocean: The Last Hope

Southern Reaches

Explore the Undersea Tunnel and Southern Reaches in Star Ocean: The Last Hope. Learn about monsters, items, and strategies for Phantom ambushes.

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Explore the Undersea Tunnel and Southern Reaches in Star Ocean: The Last Hope. Learn about monsters, items, and strategies for Phantom ambushes.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Leave the Exploration Base via the new south exit. You will enter an area similar to the Landing Point, with no enemies or items, but featuring a Hidden Mining Point and a Hidden Harvesting Point.
  2. 2
    Proceed through this area and take the exit to the Undersea Tunnel.
  3. 3
    In the Undersea Tunnel, you will encounter new monsters: Adephaga Venom, Adephaga Milies, and Vampire Bat.
  4. 4
    Collect the Defense Seeds x1 from the sole Treasure Chest in the Undersea Tunnel.
  5. 5
    Exit the Undersea Tunnel to the south, entering the Southern Reaches.
  6. 6
    In the Southern Reaches, you will encounter Phantom Leader, Phantom Soldier, Adephaga Venom, Adephaga Milies, Stinger, Lamia Radix, and Horned Tortoise.
  7. 7
    Gather items from numerous Harvesting and Mining Points. Harvesting Points can yield Cane (useful for high-level wands and staves), while Mining Points offer Disintegration Stones and Magical Clay.
  8. 8
    At the second intersection, head east to find a barrier. This barrier can be dispelled with the Earth Ring, leading to an alternate exit from the Southern Reaches to the Base Area.
  9. 9
    Head west at the intersection to reach an open area along the beach. Near the south beach, southeast of Treasure No. 2, locate a Hidden Harvesting Point around the base of a large root.
  10. 10
    Proceed south from the area with the Recovery Point and Save Point to trigger a series of Ambush battles with Phantoms.
Tips
  • The Undersea Tunnel is uneventful aside from new monsters and a treasure chest.
  • The Southern Reaches has many Gathering Points. Collect Cane, Disintegration Stones, and Magical Clay for future use, even if you cannot use them immediately.
  • Save your game to a new file when you reach the Recovery Point and Save Point before proceeding south to the Phantom battles.
  • To earn Edge's Battle Trophies for surviving ambushes (018, 041, 064, 073), start the battle controlling someone other than Edge. After the first ambush appears, switch to Edge and control him for the rest of the battle. Save after earning a trophy and reload to repeat the process for different trophies.
  • Phantom Leaders significantly boost the stats of Phantom Soldiers. Target Phantom Leaders first.
  • Consider using the spell _Void_ to dispel enemy buffs, as it affects enemies within a moderate radius.
  • Chain attacks, utilize Rush Mode, and land critical hits.
  • EM Bombs ignore defense.
  • Undersea Tunnel Treasure Chest: Defense Seeds x1
  • Southern Reaches Harvesting Points: Cane, Monster Jewel x1, Cursed Cider x3, Vile Goop x2, Bigberries x3, Blackberries x1, Glowstick x4, Regeneration Symbol (Ice Barrier), Steel x2, Biocloth x2 (Except Xbox).
  • Southern Reaches Mining Points: Accuracy Seeds, Aquaberries, Coal, Darkness Gem, Disintegration Stone, Earth Gem, Gold, Iron, Light Gem, Silver, Blue Seed, Red Seed.
  • Southern Reaches Treasure Chests: Aquaberries x7, Light Charm x1 (Darkness Barrier), Recipe Memo 29 x1, 35,003 Fol.
  • Potential Battle Trophies for Edge (018, 041, 064, 073) by surviving multiple ambushes.

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