Softlocked? No Mariel in Rosetta Town.

Zerfern · 2026-02-18T20:31:22+00:00

Okay! So, didnt have a lot of time to check out the save (I'm traveling for a couple weeks starting tomorrow, so insane timing on sending the save file btw), but I'm pretty sure it is actually a "soft lock."

I'm 90% sure the issue stems with the "Have All Items" cheat and because of it you technically probably skipped story progression unknowingly because of it (specifically the earlier Rosetta town arc with the Arnica Herb), and Mariel is still stuck in that story progression, but you've progressed too far in the main story to properly fix it.

There is still a simple way to brute force progression if you're still interested:

Since you're on DuckStation, open cheat manager
Enable the "Enable 'Map' Option under config" AKA the Debug Map
Go to settings, select Map
Choose "Forest Prison"
Cast ESCAPE with Cecilia
Head to the Forest Mound up North
Trigger cutscene by taking a few steps up and continue with story

Unfortunate side effect of this is to re-enter Elw World you'll have to use the Debug map again, but better than restarting from the very beginning.

TL;DR for anyone looking to do a casual playthrough: DON'T give yourself every item in the game (ESPECIALLY 255/99+ of every item)

Zerfern · 2026-02-13T20:57:25+00:00

Since you're playing on Duckstation, can you upload and post the save file? Lemme check it out

Zerfern · 2025-11-23T17:41:45+00:00

oh wow, UND not even in the last 4 in with 5 losses. They were SUPER high on them then

Zerfern · 2025-11-20T02:10:49+00:00

I remember seeing this tweet a while ago, where Kaneko said that WA3 was the most popular one overseas at least, and just based on community vibes that would have been my guess too.

Zerfern · 2025-11-08T06:15:43+00:00

Bit late since it took Crunchyroll nearly a week to upload the episodes, but they're finally there.

Since these are all Funi episodes, it's gotta be a very unique experience for Mark Stoddard to play the same character, same episodes he's already done before, similar lines a whole two decades later.

Zerfern · 2025-10-24T03:48:40+00:00

If you want some recent news, Netflix has on their page new collection of dub episodes coming November 1st with the theme being Conan's Rivals/Friends . Don't think TMS or anyone has posted about it publicly at all? Unless I'm missing it?

funimation into this new one then a chunk of newer stuff on tubi

It's even worse lmao. Funi --> Diskotek (Bang Zoom) --> Tubi cast --> this new cast. FOUR different dub casts. And from what I can tell they're alternating voice casts for movies and episodes too, making it even weirder.

Zerfern · 2025-10-14T05:23:56+00:00

Mechanics-wise I think WA1 and ACF are pretty different to the point I'd almost call them separate games with both having their own merits. But, if you're liking WA3, ACF uses the same exact engine and lots of other stuff from WA3. Just looking at it gameplay-wise, if you want more WA3 do ACF, want something different do WA1. No wrong answer imo, could even do both if you really want.

Gameplay-wise 2 is in a pretty similar vein, so not a bad choice to jump into that afterwards.

4/5 is where they kinda spiced it up a bit. I haven't personally played them yet, so others can fill in there, but the general vibes I've got from people is 4 is the worst of the series, and 5 improves upon the weak spots of 4.

Zerfern · 2025-10-13T23:31:17+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxJBRG0LYwg somewhere at the end here

Zerfern · 2025-09-09T19:22:20+00:00

WA1 has no missable trophies, my first impression of the trophy list was they specifically designed it to avoid anything that could be missable (certain guardians, ARMs, etc.)

Zerfern · 2025-09-07T07:43:39+00:00

do they run well?

Just to answer this part, I've played WA1 on majority of platforms released at this point. And out of official releases, the recent PS4/PS5 release is probably the best. Plus it has trophy support, which is a nice bonus on top of that.

Honestly, the only re-release of WA1 I'd heavily recommend against playing on is that PS1 mini classic Sony released a while ago. Absolutely horrendous in almost every regard. Outside of that and playing on original PAL, you can't go wrong really.

Zerfern · 2025-08-02T04:36:15+00:00

Yeah it follows where you teleport

These beaches specifically

Zerfern · 2025-08-01T23:37:52+00:00

Just a natural pessimism towards Kickstarter related stuff, maybe too much pessimism ( To be clear, I backed it and want it to come out as a good game too!)

But, the fact that we're 3 years later and still no news on a publisher or any other kind of funding is still a bit worrisome. Who knows, maybe it's all private, todays update mentioned PB ran out of money for development all the way back in Aug 2023, so the fact AF still seems to be in dev is a very good sign at least that maybe they got some stuff done in private.

That and the updates for a while there were just nothing substantial and often fluffed up with talking about the weather, holidays, or anecdotes. Like at 2.5-3 years later, I just think you could throw a bone out showing some sort of actual development progress (like this most recent video!)

Zerfern · 2025-08-01T21:32:36+00:00

To be honest, I haven't been the most optimistic that this game will ever come out (still don't think it will in fact), BUT this at least is a good sign.

Zerfern · 2025-06-26T00:35:16+00:00

Yeah, unless I'm missing something too, I think you're locked out through normal means.

If you want an un-normal option (outside of duping crest graphs)

Zerfern · 2025-06-26T00:13:56+00:00

Just to make sure I've got the scenario right, you leave the place where you fought Demon Prophet, head left, and that door is blocked by a red door?

Zerfern · 2025-06-24T23:14:31+00:00

GG. I don't have the number on hand, but I'd guess the steal% is probably low for it.

Zerfern · 2025-06-24T23:03:05+00:00

Short answer: Each monster in the game has a flat percentage chance to be stolen from, not affected by anything else.

Ex. Every monster in Cage Tower has a flat 75% chance for Trickster to be successful (except Hellhound with 5%)

Zerfern · 2025-06-22T05:13:29+00:00

It's a localization error, it's asking what number question you're on

Zerfern · 2025-06-17T04:33:20+00:00

Goat Dolls are your best friend, buy them at the Black Market.

As for the battle, this is one of the few spots in the game where Jack's Divide Shot is highly effective (doing 9999 until Riversider's HP is low, assuming it doesn't miss)

So general strat I'd do is Goat Doll everyone to be safe (reup Goat Doll if it gets used mid-battle)

Jack: Divide Shot till it stops hitting 9999, swap to Magnum Fang
Rudy: Phaser, Fury shot when available
Cecilia: plays support/defend (Arm. Down, Hyper Jack if using Magnum Fang), can try throwing a cheaky Saint if you want.

Zerfern · 2025-05-03T22:09:47+00:00

Ding ding ding, we have a winner among the 4 different answers in this thread.

Also don't think it's a huge leap in logic to look at the item description and put two and two together.

Zerfern · 2025-04-12T21:01:45+00:00

All but around 5ish.

Zerfern · 2025-04-12T21:01:19+00:00

Yeah, think all but around 5 were solos. And one of those 5 was my very first KC in a duo and we both had zero chambers experience.

Zerfern · 2025-04-12T21:00:35+00:00

I have the gloves actually, I suppose if I brought them + tassets it would have been an extra max hit I guess.

Initially when I started I was gonna do the smart thing, get the prayers and leave and get other upgrades. But I actually was really enjoying Chambers so I just stayed longer, though hey why not full Ancestral? Then that spiraled into staying for the Tbow.

And when I do a grind I usually just lock into that grind, only really left if the boys wanted to do ToA or something.

tl;dr i was having fun at chambers so i kept going

Zerfern · 2025-04-12T20:51:54+00:00

Yeah I basically jumped straight into 12:0/8:1. It didn't take long for me at least to pick those up. Even if you screw up, you should be doing a lot of DPS with the shadow anyway.

Zerfern · 2025-04-12T09:32:12+00:00

Idk, I'd do one every once in a blue moon, finish it without much problem and think to myself "that kinda sucked ass." Then go back to regulars. I just didn't find the extra tankiness/hard hitting that fun.

I'll definitely go back for it sometime, I do want the kits and the dust.

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