Breath of Fire 3 (PS1 - 1997)
Leveling Peco:
-I never used Peco after acquiring him in the party so he stays level 1 up to this point.
-I had to find 4 enemies and use Ivory Dice on each until the EXP they give is 65,535 - which the max xp a single enemy can give.
Part of the strategy is finding a random battle with a DRAK in it since he is paralyzed right of the bat, and a few others that can easily be disabled; in this case by using Sleep. This helps keeping them down while throwing Ivory Dices and avoid killing them thru Reprisals.
-Peco needs to use the Skill MONOPOLIZE (learned from D' LONZO) so he earns all the XP by himself.
-After throwing enough Ivory Dices on all enemy, we can now hand them their butts. And Voila! We now have a big boi in the party.
*This leap can definitely be topped off by fighting an enemy cluster of 5 or more and using the same strategy.
**He is under BAIS' apprenticeship so I can avoid all status penalties and still net an additional strength stat per each level gained. I then enrolled him to FAHL after this battle.
Grinding Ivory Dice
-I spent probably a couple hundred hours in the FACTORY.
PIPE BOMBS and EGG GANG have a decent drop rate for Ivory Dice. I also farm Power Foods here by stealing them from Hob Goblins.
-On a separate note, I also have 14 Faeries set to give gifts so I can periodically earn Stat boosters from them while grinding.
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NOTE: I play this on ePSXe for Android (BOF3 v1.1 ROM). Therefore, I am using save states and speeding up the game by toggling frame limits. These gave my game file better opportunities in progressing (e.g. improving my party's stats and hunting for the best equipments) in ways that might be impossible in a regular play through.
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