______________________________________________________________________________ Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Burial Chamber Guide ______________________________________________________________________________ I Table of Contents II General Information About Burial Chambers and How They Work. III Reward for Completing Burial Chamber Side Quest. IV What you need in order to complete side quest. V When is the best time to do the burial chamber side quest? VI How the FAQ will work. VII Bosses and Guide A: First Kalpa B: Second Kalpa C: Third Kalpa D: Fourth Kalpa E: Fifth Kalpa VIII Special Thanks and Contributors IX Copy Write info ______________________________________________________________________________ II General Information About Burial Chambers and How They Work. Each Kalpa has 2 burial chambers hidden with in them. A total of 10 Burial Chambers and 24 tombstones. They will always take the form of a circle area on your map. Each chamber contains two or three tombstones. At first a tombstone will appear blank. After you have defeated the boss in the story mode the tombstone associated with that boss will have red lettering on it. When you click on a tomb stone you will relive and re fight an old boss battle. The number of press turns you take to defeat the boss will be counted. If you manage to beat the boss in less press turns than the record you will defeat that tombstone. After you defeat the boss it will tell you how many turns you defeated it in. The number of turns will be displayed in a pale reddish color if you defeated it. The color will often be hard to see. Here is an example: Defeated in 4 turns. The number 4 would be in red if you defeated the record. Note the back ground of the tomb stone will always be red once it is available, this will never change. If you do not defeat the tombstone the number will appear in plain white. The general order of difficulty from easiest to hardest is Left Grave, Right Grave, Top Grave. Each Kalpa will have bosses more difficult than the one before it. The bosses on the tomb stones follow the order in which they appeared in the story line. The boss strategies you used before will still apply. Only remember you are in a race to defeat the boss as quickly as possible ______________________________________________________________________________ III Reward for Completing Burial Chamber Side Quest. If you defeat all the tombstones then on your next play through when you visit the first burial chamber you will receive a bonus press turn through the rest of your play through. ______________________________________________________________________________ IV What you need in order to complete side quest. You will first need to get the black visor. To get this you need to earn the moon key from the second Kalpa. Return to the first Kalpa and open the vault that was locked before. Here you will get the black visor which you need to battle the tombstones. You also must have defeated the bosses of the tombstones in the story line. If you have not defeated the boss (or gotten the memory of certain optional bosses from the Tower of Kagutsuchi) Then you will be unable to battle that tombstone and it will appear blank. Regardless of your reason or ending you will be able to do battle with all of the tombstones. You may just have to earn the memory; this can be done by talking to certain demons. ______________________________________________________________________________ V When is the best time to do the burial chamber side quest? I would recommend that you wait until the end of the game to begin the burial chamber side quest. The Tower of Kagutsuchi 3 has a good save point from which you can always go back to. The tombstones require you to defeat the bosses very quickly. You will want to be at a high level and have powerful skills to dish alot of damage quickly. You can begin the side quest as soon as you defeat the Second Kalpa and get the black visor. However, you will not be able to access all the tombstones until you defeat all the corresponding bosses in the story line. Thus, in order to beat all them you must wait until the end of the game anyway. ______________________________________________________________________________ VI How the FAQ will work. I will list which Kalpa the burial chamber is in and in which floor. I will include some directions for hidden or hard to find burial chambers. The bosses in each burial chamber will be listed. The Boss information will be displayed as follows. Boss: Which boss you are going to fight. HP: Amount of life the boss has. MP Amount of magic power the boss has. Weak: Types of attacks the boss is weak against. Drain: Types of attacks that will heal the boss. Strong: Types of Attacks that the boss has a stronger defense against. Resist: Types of the attacks the boss will resist and take less damage. Void: Types of attacks that will be negated and have no affect. (Only the status that apply for a boss will be listed, all others are normal defense.) Number of Press Turns: The number of press turns I had when I beat the tombstone. Tip: Some ideas on how to defeat some of the more annoying bosses. *Note that the number of press turns will not necessarily be the actual number you have to beat. It is the number that I had when I defeated the tombstone and may be less. If a * if followed by the number it means this is the number you must match or beat. Sometimes I will include (less than #). This means I got that number of turns and did not beat the tombstone with it. ______________________________________________________________________________ VII Bosses and Guide ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A: First Kalpa i) First Kalpa 1F East Area Left Grave Boss: Forneus HP: 500 MP: 200 Weak: Electricity Drain: Fire Number of Press Turns: 1 Right Grave Boss: Troll HP: 850 MP: 150 Weak: Mind Drain: Ice Number of Press Turns: 1 ii) First Kalpa B1 North western area. *Note. To access this place use the Western area and go all the way north, you will find a door go threw it and continue all the way north. GO left (west) at the fork. You will see a Semi invisible yellow structure blocking your path. Before this on your left hand side is ripple. Walk through this ripple and proceed until you reach some stairs and descend. The burial chamber is hidden there. Left Grave Boss: Orthrus HP: 1000 MP: 200 Weak: Ice Strong: Curse Void: Expel, Death, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 1 Right Grave Boss: Yaksini HP: 1200 MP: 200 Weak: Electricity Strong: Curse Void: Expel, Death, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 2 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B: Second Kalpa *Note to access both of these you must find your way threw the invisible maze in the B3 Area. i) Second Kalpa Floor B3 North Chamber Left Grave Boss: Moirae Sisters (Atropos, Lachesis, Clotho) Atropos HP: 3000 MP: 1500 Lachesis HP: 2000 MP: 1000 Clotho HP: 2000 MP: 1000 Void: Expel, Death, Curse Nerve, Mind ( All 3) Number of Press Turns: 3 (less than 5) Tip: Use Hades Blast, or another multiple attack skill. You want to take the sisters out quick and all at once. Right Grave Boss: Mizuchi HP: 4800 MP: 500 Weak: Fire Drain: Electricity Void: Ice, Expel, Death Number of Press Turns: 6 * Tip: Use Prominance to nail his weakness and get extra press turns. ii) Second Kalpa Floor B3 West Chamber Left Grave Boss: Kaiwan HP: 650 MP: 288 Strong: Curse, Nerve, Mind Void: Fire, Ice, Electricity, Force, Death Number of Press Turns: 3 Tip: Use Hades Blast. Right Grave Boss: Ose HP: 3800 MP: 500 Strong: Curse, Nerve, Mind Void: Expel, Death Number of Press Turns: 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ C: Third Kalpa i) Third Kalpa 1F West Chamber Left Grave Boss: Kin-Ki HP: 3000 MP: 2000 Weak: Fire, Ice, Electricity, Force Strong: Physical Void: Expel, Death, Curse, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 4 Right Grave Boss: Sui-Kui HP: 3500 MP: 1500 Weak: Fire Drain: Ice Strong: Electricity, Force Void: Expel, Death, Curse, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 3 * Tip: Use Prominance. Top Grave Boss: Fuu-Ki HP: 3500 MP: 1000 Weak: Electricity Drain: Force Strong: Physical Void: Expel, Death, Curse, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 3 (less than 5) ii) Third Kalpa 1F North Burial Chamber Left Grave Boss: Ongyo-Ki HP: 5500 MP: 1500 Void: Expel, Death, Curse, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 10 Tip: Fight at Full Kagatushi and hit the one with a shadow. Right Grave Boss: Mara HP: 2300 MP: 3000 Strong: Magic Attacks Reflect: Curse. Number of Press Turns: 2 (less than 8) Tip: You must take this person down in one round or it will just heal itself. Focus, provoke and nail a critical attack and your at 2. Divine Shot or Gaea Rage Should get you the critical. You might be able to cheat with a death/expel attack. Bezzlebubs death flies or trumpeter could do it for you. (I have not tried to use death attacks yet). Top Grave Boss: Black Frost HP: 2950 MP: 2500 Drain: Ice Strong: Physical Void: Fire, Expel, Curse, Nerve, Mind Repel: Death Number of Press Turns: 3 Tip: Use powerful physical attacks, with Pierce. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D: Fourth Kalpa i) Forth Kalpa 1F West Area Left Grave Boss: Specter (X 6) HP: 980 MP: 29 Void: Fire, Ice, Electricity, Force, Expel, Death, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 3 * Right Grave Boss: Sakahagi HP: 1600 MP: 300 Void: Expel, Death, Curse, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 2 * ii) Fourth Kalpa Road To Hell Note: Proceed threw portal with an odd number ratio. Walk down the incline until you are at an area that is flat. On the flat piece there is a ripple in the wall on your hero’s right hand side. Note this ripple will be before the next incline downwards and before the next portal. Walk threw the ripple. Go left and continue again until you see another ripple and walk threw it as well. The ripple will be right before the item box at the end. The burial chamber will be hidden here. Left Grave Boss: Aciel HP: 8000 MP: 2000 Strong: Fire, Ice, Electricity, Force Void: Expel, Curse, Nerve, Mind Repel: Death Number of Press Turns: 9 Right Grave Boss: Skadi HP: 4000 MP: 3000 Drain: Physical Void: Expel, Death, Curse, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 7 (Less than 10) Top Grave Boss: Albion + Tharmus, Luvah, Urizen, and Urthona HP: 2700 MP: 1000 Void: Expel, Death, Curse, Nerve, Mind Tharmus HP: 1300 MP: 300 Weak: Fire Repel: Ice Luvah HP: 1300 MP: 300 Weak: Electricity Repel: Force Urizen HP: 1300 MP: 300 Weak: Ice Repel: Fire Urthona HP: 1300 MP: 300 Weak: Force Repel: Electricity Number of Press Turns: 4 Tip: You must kill Albion and his buddies at the same time or they will revive each other. Powerful physical attacks or almighty magic that hit all will work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E: Fifth Kalpa i) Fifth Kalpa B2 Note: You must descend down the East stairs on the B1 floor to reach it. Left Grave Boss: Mithra HP: 4500 MP: 3000 Void: Expel, Death, Curse, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 6 (Less than 11) Right Grave Boss: Thor (From Tower of Kagutsuchi stats) HP: 8000 MP: 3000 Strong: Curse Repel: Electricity, Expel Void: Death, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 7 ii) Fifth Kalpa B5 Note: to access this chamber you must have Metatron in your party and use him to unlock the door. The door will say "Let one brimming with light step forward. Pick Metatron. When you enter the puzzle room proceed Straight South for door number 1. Again Straight South for door number 2. Now go west threw the open space, you will not have to open a door. You should now be in the most western side of the chambers. Proceed straight south for door number 3. The burial chamber is hidden here. Left Grave Boss: Ahriman First Form HP: 6000 MP: 3000 Repel: Expel, Death Void: Curse, Nerve, Mind Boss: Ahriman Second Form HP: 18,000 MP: 6000 Repel: Expel, Death Void: Curse, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 22 Tip: I really did not have a hard time defeating him. Use your focus and powerful physical attacks, Divine shot, or Freikugel if you have it. You can also buff up your offense to speed it up in the long run. Heel as needed, but I find buffing defense to be a waste of press turns. Right Grave Boss: Noah First Form HP: 8000 MP: 4000 Repel: Expel, Death Void: Curse, Nerve, Mind Boss: Noah Second Form HP: 15,000 MP: 5000 Repel: Expel, Death Void: Curse, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 24 (less than 36) Tip: Noah can be extremely difficult to beat. His elemental shifts changing every turn means you can never deliver decent physical attacks and most rely on magic. The easiest way to defeat him is using Pierce, focus and Freikugel. With this set up you will do full damage every time, regardless of his immunities. Whatever you do, do not forget what he is immuned to, or else you risk loosing precious press turns. Feel free to buff your offense to the max and lower his defense with provoke. You may also want to use war cry to knock down his defense. I used a full party to do this, but if you have the Magatama Masakados you could probably do it solo. Top Grave Boss: Baal Avatar + Flauros, Ose HP: 13,000 MP: 5000 Flauros HP: 6700 MP: 3000 Ose HP: 6700 MP: 3000 Repel: Expel Void/Strong: Death, Curse, Nerve, Mind Number of Press Turns: 12 (less than 18) Tip: You want to do your best to kill Baal Avatar with out her comrades joining her. After you deliver so much damage she will summon them, and her life will be fully restrored thanks to Ose, which is very anoying. You need to deal a large amount of damage in one round such that you kill her before she has the chance to summon them. Focus and Freikugel or Divine Shot are great here. Also max your offense and lower her defense before you go on the offensive. You can take a little bit of damage from her off the front, just make sure its not enough to make her summon her comrades. CONGRATS YOU’RE DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ______________________________________________________________________________ VIII Special Thanks and Contributors If you have any information you would like to be added to the FAQ, then email me or leave a message on the forum. I would update the FAQ and put your screen name and contribution here. ______________________________________________________________________________ IX Copy Write Info Author: epyon77 @ gamefaqs Email: epyon0077@yahoo.com This FAQ was attended for gamefaqs use. Thus this is a free FAQ. 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