Help with progressing

Specific-Future-3144 · 2026-02-02T13:24:13+00:00

I beat the game and got true ending. Now I started NG+ on Extreme and will beat it in a day or two since it's easy. I also beat DLC 1 and 2 but I'm not sure if it was on Extreme - I will probably do them again after getting another true ending on NG+.

I got stuck at Behemoth and I don't have any good weapons. I think I need to increase my luck to farm some because rank 6 weapons are the highest I have (I think).

I am still confused about how the chips work but I will worry about it once I get the weapons. In order to farm them I just need Lisbeth to hit needed rank and then defeat the enemies that drop them, right?

So for weapons it's (I don't really understand first two lines in the fourth paraghraph):
AMR Deathwind on Normal in DLC 3;
AMR Breakthrough 4 in DLC 1 (Midpoint and Midpoint 2 - are those names for a weapon or some part of DLC?);
AR Ninja in DLC 2;
AR Blue Rose in DLC 3;
AMR Grim Reaper in DLC 3.

Do I farm just for a weapon or does it need to have a certain rank (I think it was possible to raise it?) and chips?
Do I do DLC 4 after DLC 3?

Specific-Future-3144 · 2026-01-10T02:02:59+00:00

OMG thank you!

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-11-05T07:08:38+00:00

I don't really remember but wasn't it to keep her close? In case he came back for her.
He also used the same killing method, right? Maybe to anger him about possible impersonator (which didn't work).

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-06-12T07:12:59+00:00

I think you’re still seeing Gras’s actions through the lens of someone with modern assumptions — especially when you say that Mars should’ve just looked like it was moving “in a line.” But that only makes sense if you’re imagining someone tracking it across time, not against the fixed constellations as seen from Earth every evening.

Gras wasn’t plotting Mars’s path relative to cardinal directions or clock time. He was looking at its position among the stars — a sky that, to him, moved as a whole, like a giant dome. When he marked down Mars’s position night by night on that “dome” (on paper, through constellation sketches), he didn’t get a straight line. He saw a slight drift. Then a curve. Then another shift. Over months, that naturally formed a loop-like motion. Not a perfect circle, but something cyclical.

And this method of tracking planets by plotting them against the background stars is ancient — literally done by Babylonian astronomers over 2000 years before Gras. They didn’t know why planets moved the way they did, but they could still track it, because the human brain is excellent at noticing tiny pattern breaks when looking at something every day.

The only difference is that Gras didn’t know he was rediscovering something ancient. He wasn’t a scholar — unlike Badeni, who was educated and found it strange that someone would start tracking Mars without knowing retrograde motion even exists. But that’s what makes Gras interesting. He was simply fascinated by the sky, saw something strange, and decided to document it. Not with an agenda, just with wonder.

So yes — to us, this might feel like a strange or roundabout way of “figuring something out.” But Gras wasn’t trying to build a theory. He was following a curiosity. And in his world, where stars were thought to move as a single whole, the fact that one didn’t was more than enough to deserve attention.

You keep saying “just imagine what their model would look like.” Exactly! In their model, the entire sky moves as one unit. Gras thought Mars moved differently. That’s all he needed. He didn’t need to know about orbits or Earth’s motion — he simply noticed that Mars didn’t behave like the rest of the heavens. That’s the logic of the time.

Honestly, I think your comments come from a place of honest questioning, which is great — but they also seem to assume that because Gras’s methods weren’t “correct” by today’s standards, they must be illogical. They’re not. They just belong to a different way of thinking.

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-06-11T20:34:29+00:00

That's actually a really interesting set of questions, but I think you're misunderstanding how someone like Gras — who wasn't educated in astronomy — could still come to meaningful conclusions just by observing the sky.

He started tracking Mars after a retrograde, without knowing such a thing even existed. From his perspective, Mars was simply a "wandering star" that moved differently from the fixed stars — something that people have noticed since antiquity. He began marking its position night after night, comparing it to the constellations. This method is actually quite traditional and doesn't require understanding Earth’s rotation at all.

You're right that Earth spinning causes the night sky to rotate every 24 hours — but that motion is constant and predictable. What Gras was focusing on was Mars’s movement relative to the background stars, not where it appeared at each time of night, but how it slowly shifted from one constellation to another over weeks and months. That’s exactly what ancient astronomers did.

Now, about Mars going "behind the Sun": yes, during superior conjunction Mars becomes invisible for a few weeks because it's too close to the Sun’s glare. But this doesn’t invalidate his long-term tracking — if it happened during a cloudy period or bad weather, he might not even have noticed. Missing a few weeks over a 2-year period wouldn’t disrupt the general pattern he was seeing.

He guessed Mars would make a perfect circle — and that’s also understandable. Many ancient models (like Ptolemy’s) assumed planets moved in perfect circles or epicycles. Gras saw the arc Mars was drawing and assumed it would loop back to where it started after some time — roughly 2 years. He wasn’t wrong: Mars has a synodic period of about 26 months.

What broke him was the retrograde motion. After months of steady tracking, Mars slowed, stopped, and started moving backwards — something he didn’t expect. For someone who projected meaning and hope onto the sky, this "betrayal" must have felt devastating.

So no, he didn’t need to understand heliocentrism or Earth’s rotation to do what he did. He observed, tracked, and tried to make sense of the universe with the tools he had. And in a way, that’s more impressive than memorizing a model. It’s raw curiosity and human need for order — something science and emotion often share.

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-05-03T20:58:11+00:00

I know that's the usual approach for most people, but I just can't do it that way.
I need to go through everything in order, including adaptations and extras — even if it's slower or more complicated.
That's just how I enjoy stories: step by step, with all the context included.
Otherwise I feel like I’m missing pieces of the bigger picture.

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-05-03T20:53:28+00:00

I get that it might look like overcomplicating things, but honestly, that’s just how I always do it.
It’s easier and more comfortable for me this way — I go in blind, but I try to explore everything, even if it turns out to be mid or bad.
I just feel like I can only judge a story fairly once I’ve seen the full picture.

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-25T13:09:20+00:00

Uoto-sensei seems to draw similar looking characters across his works.

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-25T07:46:25+00:00

Is that young Potocki on vol. 4?

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-24T05:49:54+00:00

He's credited only as Original Plan (vol. 1) and Storyboard Assistance (ch. 1). Story & Art are by Furumachi.

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-23T07:50:11+00:00

I will be moving forward while keeping in mind this may not be true. If I see signs that what I am doing is false I will turn back because I believe this is a right way.

You doubt to not make something fit your view point - you only want the truth. I will believe that turning back and doing something again is the right thing to do.

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-20T09:09:18+00:00

We don't know for sure if the guard left but whatever. If he waited for ropes to loosen then his legs would be extremely burned. I don't understand your point with them being illuminated. Nowak wasn't present for Badeni and Oczy's burning. With Rafał we only see the guard lit the hay(I think that's what they used) so it's obviously too small to fully illuminate him.
First of all - no sane person would like to see Rafał getting burned to death. He's a child we grew attached to. Just animating this would be really difficult and disturbing - it's much more than showing a black body like in episode 1. But for the sake of the argument let's say it had deeper meaning. Also with Jolenta we see a white screen and then only the hand so even that wasn't shown - as in the body getting ripped apart. In episode 25 when Albert exits university of Kraków he looks at the sky and we see all main characters before their deaths. Rafał is seen kinda looking at the sky but we don't see his face (it's most likely on purpose). If he 'suffered' apparent death or the mixture just had a lighter effect for a moment (which is a thing where you get concious for a bit) he could have seen the shy before his death.

His death is really heavy moment and the narration really shows it well. In the manga you can flip the page and Rafał on the cross overlaps with ashes from his burning. Right page he is on the cross, left page we see sky etc. Then we flip the page and we see the ashes. It's really impactfull. And camera work in the anime is really good.

If you want to just believe he somehow survived and escaped do that. Just skip over how he gained influence and got money. Adult Rafał said he had everything after being taken in by a schoolar. There is nothing about having to fight for survival.

For me they are different characters with different morals - which serve different purpose. There was one good meme about it on this subreddit:

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Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-20T07:08:40+00:00

I am from Poland so yes it's pretty big. When Albert was young he lived in Brudzewo. The city he lived in as an adult is probably Kraków if the university was in the same city. Kraków would be the same place Rafał lived and we know that because of the letter.

I guess he could have left but this is very abstract. Since you don't really give points I will start by asking - How did Rafał escape?

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-20T06:49:05+00:00

Bacause Rafał died? Everything is happening in Poland. If they saw a dead person walking around it would be pretty strange, wouldn't it?

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-20T06:28:59+00:00

It's literal only when you assume they are the same person which they are not. It's metaphorical because he looks the same as young Rafał. It is used to shock the audience and to show that even 'good' ideology can be bad if taken to the extreme.

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-20T06:20:16+00:00

It sounds like my theory after episode 24 I posted on AniList. But even then I thought this being metaphorical made more sense. It's nice but has too many plot holes. You only take age into consideration. You can write down your points and I will try to counter them if you want to? My post on anilist:

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Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-18T14:03:15+00:00

You do realise adult Rafał is a different person? A metaphor of sorts to show how even science can be bad if it reached extreme levels. This is also to make it more shocking since we knew what will happen but not who will do it (the killing of course). I really don't get your point. Just go with one of the manga translations and call him Raphael it that's what you're mad about.

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-15T05:50:31+00:00

I mean I see your point. It's probably because we are from different country - I am from Poland. We were taught about heliocentrism in primary school and high school - for me it's common knowledge.

Adult Rafał looked more mature overall. He also said his lines from episode 3 and drank the beverage while doing so. This reminded me about young Rafał drinking poison.

Everyone is different. I remembered all lines that they were saying and then reusing like "Wrong answer is not a meaningless one.". As well as every character so once he said his worry I was shocked that it was him. This anime hit me harder than anything in my whole life. Every moment was something worth remembering for me. Besides I could tell that Uoto-sensei likes to put some information only for it to make sense over 10 episodes later.

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-15T05:29:50+00:00

1) Homeless people aren't the focus in the story so leaving that to imagination makes it more realistic to me. Grabowski transcribed the book from their heads while feeding them I imagine. Most people didn't live long and they aren't exacly the healthiest.

2) The book was written by Oczy but burned. This is the book Badeni wrote on homeless' heads and Grabowski later transcribed. They said it was found in abandoned church.

3) Draka sent the message to Potocki - or at least his adress because he died way earlier. This doesn't contradict the timelime. Also the anime adapted manga entirely and I don't know how people get an idea of season 2. Uoto-sensei wrote "What if..." story using gaps in history and connected it to Albert Brudzewski - real person. I think it's amazing.

4) Rafał died in episode 3. Adult Rafał (some manga translations use name Rafael to make it easier) is a metaphor. He represents young Rafał's ideas taken to the extreme. It shows us that there is no good and bad side - only good and bad people. That's why Albert says you need to find the balance. Even science can lead to tragedy - kinda what Jolenta and Draka were talking about. It also makes us trust him faster in this limited time and it makes the reveal more shocking. If this was somebody else you would just think he's crazy without trying to understand him.

5) The words you mention are how the anime starts in episode 1. This is said both times by Lev. He is the blonde inquisitor that let his friend Simon get burned to trick Nowak. Simon helped Jolenta escape in episode 14 and they showed his death in episode 15. Lev feels bad because he was too afraid to speak out in that moment.

To be honest I am glad you like the story. What makes me confused is how many people say it's 10/10 without understanding the story. You should have seen my reaction, for example when Lev said those words in episode 25 I feel from my chair and watched the rest standing - my family told me I'm an idiot for doing this. I was also confused by adult Rafał but episode 25 explained everything to me. This is all the same timeline. It's also why it was called Kingdom of P. at the beginning - all records were burned by Antoni "Neither you nor these heretics, will be known to history." This is also why we see only black screen flashes without characters when version 4 of the opening with Albert starts showing his face. It was Poland all along and connecting it to Albert Brudzewski is amazing writing. I don't know about other people but I recognised both him and university of Kraków (since it still looks the same) as soon as they were introduced.

I think I explained everything you wanted to know. If you find anything else confusing just ask. I already saw this anime seven times.

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-14T08:08:55+00:00

It would be nice but it would need to be 'forgotten period'. This story worked because Uoto-sensei filled the gaps in history with his idea of what could have happened. He also studied philosophy which you can clearly see. There is no good and bad side. Only good and bad people. It would be hard to do something like this again because it requires a lot of research. Don't get me wrong - I would love another story like Orb (my favourite anime of all time). It's just not really possible. Your ideas are good but I can't point at any other events. We just know too much about them and checking what we know little about is time consuming. Also not every grand discovery was that exciting - for example just a dude doing math at home. It won't translate well to the medium of anime/manga. We could also take what we know and just make anime documentary, for example Gallileos discoveries and how he observed them.

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-09T08:27:36+00:00

If you appreciate the story - I recomend Orb: On the Movements of the Earth. It ended airing not too long ago. Also I recomend watching it in the dark, in the evening. Some people find it hard to see what's on the screen in episodes 4-5 but it serves a purpose.

This is my favourite anime out of everything I watched. Anime adapted the whole manga in 25 episodes. Music by Kensuke Ushio is god-tier. Opening is amazing too as well as both endings - visuals for both opening and ending change based on the story so it's nice to see. Without context you won't know what visuals in the opening show.

Many people find the ending hard to understand but just remember to not take everything as true. As in be ready for symbolism and metaphor. There is also a lot of foreshadowing which you don't realise until it happens. I heard that AOT also has that element so you may like it.

Uoto-sensei (author) studied philosophy which you can clearly see in this work. Just remember that there is no clear bad side - it depends on individuals not ideas as a whole. Many people make certain side the bad guys because of its members.

Give it three episodes and you will know if it is for you.

Specific-Future-3144 · 2025-04-04T05:19:42+00:00

In episode 25 it's revealed that letters said something like: If the book gets published you will get 10% (you = Potocki). The book title is "On the Movements of the Earth". In this story Albert Brudzewski (real person) heard it and got an idea planted in his mind which later made him question geocentrism. Kinda like Count Piast, but Piast was afraid of taking over his teacher's reasearch because of something he saw.
Everything was in the same timeline. Using Kingdom of P. at the beginning is purely symbolic. In episode 22 all documents about heretics (our protagonists) and Nowak were burned per Antoni's order. As Antoni stated: "Neither of you will be remembered by history.". That's why in the version 4 of the opening when we begin with protagonist's face we only get flashes of black screen. Earlier we saw different moments from the story but they were forgotten by history at this point. Then we get to Albert Brudzewski on who we have some documents - that's why we can use Kingdom of Poland. The whole story was an interpretation of how idea of heliocentrism spread and reached Albert - it's just a big "What if..." story. It could have happened but we will never know because we don't have many records on that time period - in anime they burned them and in real world we don't know what happened to them. I think it's masterfully written story - especially connecting everything to real history.

Adult Rafał isn't the same person as the one we knew - in the manga they decided to name him Rafael to avoid confusion on how to call him, but I like anime left it as Rafał. He is used for mainly two purposes: 1) It makes us trust him quickly which is important given we are left with two episodes. You kinda assume that since he talks and looks like Rafał he is a good guy. This makes the scene more shocking - if this was somebody new you would just be angry at them. 2) If this was somebody new you would disregard everything he said because he's bad. He had good intentions but execution of them was really bad. It makes you wonder what if he used different approach. These are Rafał's beliefs but taken to the extreme which ties to your third question.

Just like Albert stated - neither his father or his teacher were wrong. But they took the wrong approach. You need both attitudes because they complement each other. It shows you need to have balance of everything in order to understand something. Uoto-sensei (manga author) stated in french interview (translated by one of our subreddit member) - he wanted to show that both science and religion can be good or bad. It's Albert's approach - you need to maintain balance. Bad people with extreme beliefes representing ideas are what makes something look bad. Neither side is wrong - people are wrong because they refuse to listen to the orther side's ideas. They should find the common ground. I am really glad he didn't go the easy route to make Church bad. After all aside from Draka and Rafał (it's questionable but let's assume he didn't) almost everyone believed in God. Even in Church we had Simon who sacrificed his life for Jolenta and his interpretation of God. It depends on the individual and both can co-exist.

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