If you're playing on the Final Episode make sure to acquire Gebel, Hachi, Alfred and Miriam as your first batch of companions. This group of characters alone can grab all of the power ups in the Final Episode without any issues and outshine both Robert and Dominique for utility during the collecting phase.

The characters are always in a random stage when you first start the Final Episode so if you don't like the configuration, delete your save file and start a new one to try your luck again. It's better to have Hachi and Gebel in easier stages to acquire them first, then work on recruiting Alfred and Miriam next.

Once every one has their ultimate sub weapons make sure to always collect purple lanterns with Gebel or Hachi so you can keep a healthy supply of sub weapon power. You can skip most of the stage hazards with Gebel by just flying in his bat form.

Power Up: Magic Urn
Available Episode: 2 & Final
Minimum Character Required: Hachi & Robert / Miriam


Start the stage off and head right. Switch to Hachi and use his ground pound attack (Jump + Press Down & Attack) to smash through the weak floor. Continue down the staircase and carry on through the stage until the next screenshot.


From the ledge on the left where the skeleton is pointing, use Hachi to jump and hover (Hold the jump button) over to the platform with the small opening. Use Robert (Episode 2) to go prone and crawl through the small opening. Alternatively you can use Gebel (Final Episode) to fly up and through the opening.



Once you're through the opening use Hachi to hover up to the ledge and smash the Iron wall, with his normal attack, to claim your Magic Urn. Follow the yellow skeleton up the staircase to continue on with the stage. (Episode 2 & Final Episode)

Power Up: Red Zanmatou Piece
Available Episode: 2
Minimum Character Required: Hachi & Robert / Miriam


From the above walk through claiming the Magic Urn follow the yellow skeleton up the stairs and continue right through doors until you come across the Red Zanmatou Piece (Episode 2)

Power Up: Magic Urn
Available Episode: EX & Final
Minimum Character Required: Gebel


From the start of the stage head right through the first door. In the second area you'll come across this ledge at the edge of the screen. Use Gebel to fly through the small opening and head right.


Carry on through the stage until you reach this area. You can go down the stairs (longer route) or you can use Hachi to pass through this enemy. Alternatively you can use Gebel to fly over his gunfire, land on him (you WILL take damage) and quickly pass through the door on the right.


Eventually you'll reach this screen. Use Gebel to fly up to the Magic Urn, alternatively you can use any high jump character to reach it (Miriam, Dominique, Ultimate Zangetsu)

Key Item: Shard Furnace
Available Episode: Final
Minimum Requirement: Defeat the Stage Boss

Power Up: Magic Urn
Available Episode: 1
Minimum Character Required: Dominique


Carry on through the stage heading right and up whenever possible. Once you reach this first skeleton, down thrust off of it's head with Dominique (Jump and hold down and right) to get a boost up to this ledge for a shortcut.


Eventually through normal progression you'll reach this screen. Make sure Dominique stayed alive because she's the only character that can grab this Episode 1 exclusive Magic Urn.

Power Up: Magic Urn (Episode 2) / Heart Container (Final Episode)
Available Episode: 2 & Final
Minimum Character Required: Hachi


Right after you're done with the first screen and head up the first staircase of the stage, switch to Hachi and smash this Iron Wall going left. Pass through the door.


Eventually through normal progression of this route, you'll come across this screen. Either use Robert / Gebel or Miriam to get through the small opening or work your way around and smash the Iron Wall with Hachi. The choice is yours. Depending which Episode you're on, this power up changes.

Power Up: Blue Zanmatou Piece
Available Episode: 2
Minimum Character Required: Hachi


From the above walk through continue on through that route past the Episode 2 exclusive Power Up and you'll eventually come across the Blue Zanmatou Piece. Can't really miss it unless you're trying to.

Power Up: Magic Urn
Available Episode: EX & Final
Minimum Character Required: Gebel


From the start of the stage head right ignoring the Iron Wall on the left.


Eventually by heading right you'll encounter a Gebel exclusive opening so pass through it with his bat form.


If you're on the Final Episode and looking to hunt down Alfred's Ultimate Lightning Spell, switch to Hachi and turn on his Iron ability to wade through the poison then smash the Iron Wall to claim your green lantern.


You can choose to take this shortcut if you're in the Final Episode by switching to Gebel, flying up to the Iron Wall then quickly switching to Hachi to smash it. You can then switch back to Gebel and fly up through the opening. If you're in Episode EX, just ignore this shortcut and continue on through the stage as normal.


Eventually through this routes progression you'll come across this screen. Use Miriam, Gebel or Robert to squeeze through the opening and claim your prize.

Key Item: Dense Fosil Fuel
Available Episode: Final
Minimum Requirement: Defeat the Stage Boss

Power Up: Heart Container
Available Episode: 1
Minimum Character Required: Robert


Continue through the stage as normal until you reach this shortcut. Slowly climb down the stairs and wait for the archer to stop shooting arrows. Once he does, carry on down the rest of the stairs and go prone with Robert. Shoot the archer until it dies and carry on down the staircase.


Once you reach the end of this screen, switch to Robert and wall jump (Touch the wall and hit jump multiple times to bounce between the walls) up to the platform and head through the door on the right.


Eventually through normal progression you'll come to this screen. If Dominique or Robert are alive you can claim this Episode 1 exclusive Heart Container Piece. It's easier to claim as Robert with his wall jumping ability. If you only have Dominique you can go down and up the stair case to reset the lanterns, if you mess up the bounces.

Power Up: Heart Container (Episode 2) / Magic Urn (Final Episode)
Available Episode: 2 & Final
Minimum Character Required: Hachi


Continue through the stage as normal until you reach the first stair case heading down. Smash through the floor with Hachi's ground pound attack and continue through the door on the left.


Eventually as you follow this path you'll come across this screen. Only Hachi can reach this ledge in Episode 2 by jumping and hovering off of the small step to the left. Make sure to keep him alive! If you're on the final episode this will be a Magic Urn power up and Gebel can easily grab it.

Power Up: Green Zanmatou Piece
Available Episode: 2
Minimum Character Required: Hachi


From the above route with Hachi you'll just stumble across this item as you pass through on your way to the Heart Container Piece. Chances are you already obtained this if you were following the above route.

Power Up: Heart Container Piece
Available Episode: EX & Final
Minimum Character Required: Gebel


Right from the very first screen you'll notice a stair case heading down. Only Gebel can reach it by passing through the small opening on the right.


If you have Alfred you can freeze this waterfall and smash it. Gebel can then fly up to the opening and Hachi can smash the Iron Wall so you can take a much needed shortcut. If you can't take this shortcut, just carry on through the stage as normal. This only applies to the Final Episode.


Once you're through the above door you can spot another Ultimate Lightning Spell. Grab it if Alfred is an available party member.


Once you head down from the above screen, head down once again. If you took the normal path you'll reach this area eventually. Go down the staircase.


Another Final Episode exclusive shortcut, use Gebel to fly up and repeat the same process of smashing the Iron Wall with Hachi and carrying on to the right. If you're in Episode EX, you'll have to do things the long way.


Eventually you'll reach this room through natural progression of this route. You can freeze the waterfall and fly up, resistance free, with Gebel, or just simply jump up to the ledge with Miriam or Dominique to reach it.

Key Item: Flight Stone
Available Episode: Final
Minimum Requirement: Defeat the Stage Boss

Power Up: Magic Urn
Available Episode: 1, 2 & Final
Minimum Character Required: Dominique


At the start of the stage head down the first set of stairs guarded by the Ice Golem.


If you're playing through the Final Episode make sure to take this shortcut with Gebel. If not, continue on ward the long way.


Use Hachi to smash through the floor if he's available to take a much needed shortcut.


You should use Hachi's Iron ability to avoid damage from this sniper if you want to cut the stage short. If you're on the Final Episode, Gebel is a solid alternative to use as well but he'll probably take a hit of damage descending the staircase.


Regardless of which shortcuts you did or didn't take going along this route, you will eventually reach this screen. Dominique / Miriam can easily jump up to the ledge or you can just use Hachi to smash the Iron Wall and drop in from above, the choice is yours.

Power Up: Complete Zanmatou
Available Episode: 2
Minimum Character Required: Zangetsu


Descend the first staircase in the stage guarded by the Ice Golem.


Enter the room to your immediate left as Zangetsu with all three colored Zanmatou Pieces (Red, Blue & Green) that you've collected from the previous three Stages.


An automatic cut scene will occur and you'll sacrifice the three pieces to make the Zanmatou Sword. This will guarantee the good ending for Episode 2 but will also strip away Zangetsu's ability to combo attack for the rest of this play through.





Power Up: Magic Urn (Episode EX) / Heart Container (Final Episode)
Available Episode: EX & Final
Minimum Character Required: Miriam


This is definitely a path most people get stumped on how to discover but Miriam has a hidden ability to be able to destroy certain walls with her whip. Defeat the first Ice Golem in the stage, pass by him instead of going down the first set of stairs, whip this box and slide under the gap it creates.


If you're playing on the Final Episode you can use Gebel & Hachi in tandem to destroy this wall and reach this ledge for a huge shortcut. If you're on Episode EX, you have to take the normal route.


Use Gebel to fly up through this shaft or if you're feeling stylish, use Robert if he's available in the Final Episode. Take the stairs going up.


This is another easy opportunity to acquire Alfred's Ultimate Lightning Spell. Quickly use Miriam to slide under the gap and grab the Lantern before the tide rolls in.


Use the previous acquired Lightning Spell to destroy this annoying sniper and take a shortcut. You can slide under the gap with Miriam.


This shortcut is the most puzzling in the game as it seems like there's no possible way to reach it. If you have a slew of characters and are on the Final Episode with Ultimate Zangetsu, it's possible to reach. The only other alternative is to be playing in co-op and stand on your partners head to jump up through the floor. You have to destroy the ice spikes by any means necessary. You then have to switch to a high jumping character such as Dominique or Miriam and at the peak of their jump, switch to Ultimate Zangetsu and double jump up through the floor. The issue with this is, most of you will be on your first play through of the Final Episode if you're reading this guide, so this information may be a moot point. If you can't take this shortcut, don't worry about it, you'll just have to deal with two mildly annoying platforming areas to reach the power up.


Eventually you'll hit this room on this Miriam exclusive route so smash the iced block with her whip and slide to the power up.

Key Item: Residual Heat Crystal
Available Episode: Final
Minimum Requirement: Defeat the Stage Boss

Power Up: Heart Container (Episode 1 & 2) / Magic Urn (Final Episode)
Available Episode: 1, 2 & Final
Minimum Character Required: Hachi


Continue along the normal path until you reach this staircase. You may be tempted to Freeze the Ice with Alfred and carry on through the hidden shortcut to the right but don't. Just go up the staircase.


Up the stairs you'll encounter this Iron Golem. You'll most likely have no choice but to kill him and continue right if you're on Episode 1 or 2. So continue on that way. If not fly up with Gebel to reach this shortcut.


Use Hachi's Iron and hover over the pit or just fly through with Gebel to reach this door to the right.


If you're on the Final Episode use Gebel to fly up to this next shortcut and take the stairs up. If not just continue down the set of stairs onward.


Eventually you're going to reach this screen and this power up. If you're on Episode 1 and 2 you can use Hachi to just hover over to the ledge. Alternatively you can use Dominique to bounce off of the lantern, during Episode 1, to reach it.

Power Up: Heart Container
Available Episode: EX & Final
Minimum Character Required: Alfred & Gebel / Miriam




Make sure you nab an ice spell in one of the lanterns. You may have to carry onward a bit and then back track to find one but freeze the first set of lava in the stage and smash it to reveal a hidden staircase.



Once you're at the bottom of the stairs smash the wall to your left to reveal a hidden area containing Alfred's Ultimate Lightning Spell. This is the last easy opportunity to grab it so if you don't have it, grab it NOW! (This information applies to Episode EX)


After you have Alfred's Ultimate Lightning Spell carry on to the right with the stage and pass through this room to the right.


Use Gebel to fly past all the lava balls. Make sure to tap the attack button while in flight mode to give him a boost and allow him to attack while in bat form.


You can easily just go under and around this enemy to reach the upper level of this section but if you're playing on the Final Episode, pass through it with Hachi's Iron ability and save yourself the trouble.


Eventually you'll reach this room on this route. Use Miriam or Gebel to reach it. Zangetsu and Alfred don't have the ability to grab it so make sure either Miriam or Gebel are still alive at this point.

Special Note: If you're playing on the Final Episode, take this bottom path first, once you head up the stair case, back track to the left and up that set of stairs. You can easily obtain the other power up without having to repeat the entire stage again.

Key Item: Self Destruct Switch
Available Episode: Final
Minimum Requirement: Defeat the Stage Boss

Power Up: Attack Gauntlet (Episode 1 & 2) / Magic Urn (Final Episode)
Available Episode: 1, 2 & Final
Minimum Character Required: Hachi


Carry on through the stage as normal going right until you reach this section with the mimic chests. The final mimic chest can carry you across the gap safely if you ride on top of it. Careful not to dive in to the pit with it, make sure to jump off once you reach the other side of the gap for a nice shortcut. On the Final Episode you can just fly over this gap with Gebel.


Eventually you'll come to this screen. Use Hachi to jump off of the rising pillar and smash the Iron Wall. Hold right as you're doing this in case you miss fire so you can save yourself from death and try again. Collect the power up and move on.

Power Up: Attack Gauntlet
Available Episode: EX & Final
Minimum Character Required: Gebel


Instead of heading right through the door, fly up to this opening with Gebel on the left side and pass through the door.


Switch to Miriam and jump from the small ledge on the left and whip these blocks to remove the obstruction. Fly up to the door as Gebel and pass through.


In this area switch to Hachi (if you're playing on the Final Episode) and use his ground pound to quell this rising pillar and take a short cut. If you're on Episode EX you have to take the stairs.


Eventually you'll reach a long room with two staircases going up. Pass by the first set and under the two Iron Maiden Golems. Don't bother whipping the wall and passing through them to reach this set of stairs, just fly up through the hole with Gebel and take this set upwards.


Eventually you'll reach this room with 3 rising pillars. You can take the middle one all the way to the top and collect your power up or you can jump on the third pillar and ground pound it all the way back down and smash this Iron Wall for a secret detour.


In this room you'll get both Dominique and Alfred's Ultimate sub weapons so collect these and head up the stair cases back to the room we were just in.


At the top of this room you'll find the Attack Gauntlet which doubles every characters melee attack damage. Use Miriam or Gebel to enter the small opening and claim it.

Key Item: Mythril Alloy
Available Episode: Final
Minimum Requirement: Defeat the Stage Boss

Power Up: Armor (Episode 1 & 2) / Magic Urn (Final Episode)
Available Episode: 1, 2 & Final
Minimum Character Required: Hachi


From the very beginning of the stage, head up the first set of stairs and brave the platforming wheels to reach another staircase leading up.


Once here you can obtain the Armor (Episode 1 & 2 only) by hovering as Hachi from the ledge on the right. If you're on the Final Episode, grab the Magic Urn and head back down the two flights of stairs to take the alternate path with Gebel. This Stage and Stage 5 are the only two stages that you can obtain both power ups on the same play through, without having to restart the stage. Take advantage of this to save some time.

Power Up: Armor
Available Episode: EX & Final
Minimum Character Required: Gebel


If you're on the Final Episode make sure to go up the stairs and nab the Magic Urn then head back down to this opening as Gebel to take this alternate route. Note that if you're playing on Episode EX, you can just go through this opening as the Magic Urn is not available in this episode.


If you're feeling quick you can take this shortcut by switching to Hachi, hovering, attack the Iron Wall then quickly switch to Gebel and enter his bat form to save yourself from death.


Once you reach this room, head straight to the right and watch out for the Lion Samurai enemy that materializes in front of you.


This room follows immediately after the previous screenshot. The only way to obtain Alfred's Ultimate Lightning Spell in this room is if you have his worst spell available (Soul Vision). The only way to grab the spell is with the clone he creates by allowing it to pass through the green wall. It's also your last possible opportunity to grab this spell if you're on Episode EX. Continue to the right from here.


Eventually you'll reach a room with a bunch of Archers and Alchemist Golems. Go all the way to the right to find an Iron Maiden Golem in your path. Use Hachi's Iron to pass through it unharmed and strike it in the back to kill it, revealing a staircase to the Armor Power up, which will double your defense.

If Hachi isn't available then just tank a hit and try to find the bottom of the staircase by walking right and holding up. You'll pass right through the Iron Maiden Golem (but you'll sustain MASSIVE damage) You may have to have 2 characters at full health to sustain the trip up and down.

Alternatively, you can just grab it through the wall with Alfred's Soul Vision spell but if you have that spell at this point in the game, you've done something terribly wrong.

Key Item: Ether
Available Episode: Final
Minimum Requirement: Defeat Stage Boss