Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinstrals Route

Note that this route requires that you have no save files on your cartridge. To erase data, hold start+select as you turn on the game and continue holding until you get the erase file dialog

Unless otherwise stated, do not buffer movement upon leaving towns/caves into the overworld.

RNG manipulation through Catfish

Elcid

1. After initial talk with Tia, go back in and shop:
   1. Sell 10 potions, buy 1 escape and buy 3 boomerangs.

Cave of Trials

1. Walk up to Jelly (He should move down to you). Auto attack for 8 damage.
2. Hold up to the next fight. Up to wall, right and up into door. Jelly should move off to the right.
3. Continue up. After dialog, go up, left, use arrow to flip switch, then move around it (to the outside) and go in door. Continue into next room.
4. Push pillar up one, left onto bottom. Right and out.
5. After dialog, right to jump off, Wrap around, go up ladder thingy into door. Continue through hallway.
6. Right 1 and up to attack lizard. Auto for 10 damage.
7. Hold right to jump off ledge, wrap around and fight slime at the top of the stairs. Hit for 7.
8. Grass Room: Swipe bottom double row and swipe button grass from left. Hit button and advance.
9. Pot Room: Grab pot, place on right button, go down and grab other pot and place on left button from right (R to change direction).
10. Back to Main room: Left and Down. In the next room, go left one step to avoid slime. Then right and down and out.

Return to Elcid

1. Up left up into village. Go talk to Tia. Leave after cutscene.
2. Get cutscene on bottom tile of bridge, then left down, then out to the left side of the sign (move left immediately beneath tree).

Cave to Sundletan

1. Up, left up across bridge to mountain, then right, up, then right into cave. Run from the jelly battle three tiles before cave (the last forest tile).
2. Up right Up (on door column), slash through grass and go through door. Up across bridge, right,down on button column, slash and down into door (Lizard should be wandering around to the right).
3. Mushroom room: Down, right down, slash two grasses and arrow mushroom. Go around and leave.
4. Grass/Button Room: Right, up to cut grass, go grab pot from left and place. Right and out.
5. Monster/Block Room: Left to push bottom-left block down and fight mushroom. Use boomerang for 35 and 51 damage. Immediately turn around and push block up to fight lizard. Auto attack for 16 damage crit. Right, push block down and enter stairs.
6. Big second floor room: Down all the way, right all the way, down right, then hit toggler from top. Up and jump off, go down bridge and into stairs. Avoid all Shrine buttons around the top side and enter stairs. Go fight lizard dude.
7. Lizard Fight:
   1. Boomer for 48 damage. Get hit for 13.
   2. Boomerang again for 44 damage and the kill.
8. Finish dialog and exit out. Re-enter cave, progress through room 1 the same way, then go straight up to key door. Up right up into Sundletan. Buffer the movement as you leave the cave

Sundletan

1. Up, get earthquake, then right and up into shop. Buy 2 potions. 7 boomearangs. Leave shop. Left and down on grass column left of bottom path. Left, down, left, up left into cave.

Lake Cave

1. Entrance Bridge Room: Up, face left and arrow switch. Grab top part and place, then bottom right then bottom left. All movement done from path. Up into next room.
2. Up left from carpet and up into next room.
3. Swipe bushes and fall into central bottom hole.
4. Left and up into left door. Then immediately leave. right to encounter hawks. Boomerang them and get Eagle Rock.
5. Go up ladder, go right and into door. Right, then push Top pillar left, then enter bottom room. Down right down, then push bottom-right switch down (Fly should be hanging out near the bottom left of the carpet).
6. Arrow Room: Push Bottom block around left side to top, then push middle blocks on each side down. Leave. Get Lake Key! Reset room and leave. Enter stairs (down right down left down).
7. Fly Room: Equip Eagle Rock and use 1 potion. Up left up into door. Go enter left door. Down to bottom of room (not the nook), left and up against ledge, jump down and get into fight. Use eagle rock IP move to kill. Left and up into next room.
8. Bridge Room: Use a potion, then use reset and from spell menu. Up to grab bridge and place above leftmost piece. Down and place that piece. Grab bottom-left piece from left and place. Grab last piece from left and place. Hit switch, go down ladder, grab piece and place to advance. Up to wall, left and in. Up to fight catfish.
9. Catfish fight
   1. Boomerang for 49 damage. Get hit for 18.
   2. Boomerang for 51. Mega Quaked for 25.
   3. Potion self for 31.
   4. Boomerang for 53. Get hit for 14.
   5. Boomerang for 47 and the kill. Rejoice for catfish jewel.
10. End of Manipulation
11. Go save Tia. Use Boomer on both enemy groups.
12. Tia joins
13. Equip Catfish Jewel on Maxim and leave.

Alunze Kingdom

1. Travel west to cave
2. Enter Alunze, and go to shop
   1. Sell Eagle Rock. Buy 11 Boomerangs. Buy 2 Escapes. Buy 11 Antidotes. Buy Mini shield for Tia.
3. Leave town and enter the castle.
4. Go up and watch cut scene. Go into right tower and go down to basement.

Basement

1. Take East door, then south door in pillar room.
2. Horse Room: Place pot on button and continue.
3. Place block on tile and push another down the hall.
4. Fight in Hallway: Boomerang with Tia, Fight with Maxim. Get Bomb and reset.
5. Return to pillar room and go east, bombing the wall.
6. Big Mazey Room:Take first path south, hit switch and reset. Take second path down and follow that opened path down the stairs.
7. Bomb north wall. and continue through.
8. Pot on SE button, then bomb through again.
9. Colored Blocks Room:
   1. Bottom Gold push left two then up two to complete row.
   2. Push top-left red up three
   3. Push single red above the gold block two to the left above the single gold
   4. Push top-right gold left to Red block, then down to complete gold row.
   5. Push bottom-left red block up to horizontal line with other red.
   6. Push bottom-left blue block left one, then up two.
   7. Push bottom-right blue block left to vertical row with other blue.
   8. Push top-left blue right to remove all blues.
   9. Push left horizontal red row down two, then single red down in the middle to remove last 5.
   10. Take bottom door.
10. Take stairs
11. Travel west, push block left onto switch, reset back.
12. Place pot on SW button, enter teleporter.
13. Fight all three groups, double boomerang each group. Try to get preemptive fights by getting them from the side as they walk past. Take NW door into stairs.
14. Watch flooding cutscene and get crown. Escape out. Return crown to the king. Choose nothing and leave town.

Alunze Northwest Cave

1. Arrow switch from right of chest, bypass chest, then complete bridges. Hit switch and enter NW door. Down stairs.
2. Enter South door, then down stairs.
3. Create pillar bridge then go down stairs.
4. Take SW stairs.
5. Pig Bridge Room: Take NW door and hit switch to lower water. take stairs back where we came from.
6. Take eastern door.
7. Continue through next door above monsters. Hit switch to lower water. Reset.
8. Retreat through door and take north door. and down rug stairs.
9. Bomb through wall and fight Regal Goblin.
   1. Tia drowsy, Maxim Mega Quake
   2. Tia Boomerang and Maxim Mega Quake till death. Drowsy's and Strongs if needed.
10. Equip Eagle rock on Maxim and Escape out without getting chest.
11. Take North Shrine toward Tanbel

Tanbel

1. Enter and watch conversation at front of town
2. Enter weapon shop.
   1. Sell Catfish Jewel.
   2. Buy Tough Hide on Maxim, 2 Kukri's, sell cloth,
3. Enter Magic shop
   1. Buy Droplet on Tia, Flash on both Maxim and Tia, Strong on Maxim
4. Enter Item shop
   1. Buy 34 Big Boomers, 11 Hi Potions, 11 Awakes, 11 Shrieks, 11 Mystery Pins, 2 warps, 3 escapes
5. Meet up with Guy. Double Big Boomer on fight in town.
6. Guy Joins the Party
7. Leave town to north and head to tower.

Tannbel Southeast Tower

1. Take Left door.
2. Move right block down, grab pot, move Top block down to button, cover other switches, then place pot on top button. Take stairs.
3. Take south door
4. Fight rug gnome.
   1. Maxim Big Boomer, Guy Big Boomer, Tia Flash all
5. Hit switch and go south.
6. South and out. Go around outside to next room.
7. Push pillar left, go up and take stairs
8. Take stairs again
9. SE door, hit rug switch and go south.
10. Outside, ladder up and hit switch.
11. Back the way you came until you get past rug switch room. Take left door past stairs.
12. Replace pots around around left tile and pillar in middle.
13. Go south and bomb skeleton on ground for switch. Continue south to outside.
14. Ladder down and take door.
15. Sword bottom right pillar, bomb top left, and arrow middle. Get Sky Key.
16. Retreat back, but take stairs. Heal in heal room.
17. Cross outside bridge. Take left door.
18. Place Block next to top tile, put pillar on top tile, then put block on left tile.
19. Take right door, hit switch, then take middle door for Jute helmet.
20. Retreat out. Take ladder up to top.
21. Put Tia in back rank with Maxim and Guy in front. Equip Jute helmet on Maxim.
22. Initiate Camu fight
    1. Maxim Thunder Blast/Big Boomer, Guy Big Boomer, Tia Flash (or strong as needed).