Dark Cloud 2

The following applies to both this trophy and A Royal Arsenal.

Building up your weapons into more powerful ones is essential for completing the game. If you don't do it, eventually, you won't even be able to damage enemies with them. In order to build up weapons, you need to increase their stats to a certain level, depending on what weapon you are building up. You can find the stats for your weapon by pressing and going to the "Item" menu. When hovering over your weapon, press and select "Status." Here, you will find all the stats of your weapon. While the power stat will increase every time you level up, the others will not.

In order to raise those stats, you will need to spectrumize items. Most items can be spectrumized, but some items are better than others. Gemstones (diamonds, rubies, etc.) are the best items to spectrumize, but those are rare and can only be bought in Chapter 8. Weapons can also be spectrumized, providing a variety of stats (depending on the weapon) for only a few synthesis points. However, it takes time to level up a weapon to the point where it can be spectrumized, and it might not be worth it (low-level weapons are not worth much effort later on). The items I recommend spectrumizing are crystals, as they provide 3 points to their respective stat per crystal broken down (with the exception of power crystals, which only do 2 points per crystal).

Before you can spectrumize the items onto the weapon, however, you need to have enough Synthesis Points. Synthesis Points are gained by leveling up your weapon. You can level up your weapon by defeating an enemy with that weapon, thus giving all of the ABS to that weapon. You can also use an item, which will give the ABS to both of the equipped weapons. Similar to using items, you can use a different character completely, and the ABS will be distributed between both equipped weapons for the character that picked them up. Once you have enough Synthesis Points, it's time to start spectrumizing items. In order to find out what stats you need to upgrade, hover over the weapon you are attempting to build up, press , and select "Build Up." Here, you will see your weapon name in a box and one or more boxes connected to it with question marks in them. These are the weapons you can make from your current weapon. Hovering over each of them will make certain stats blink red. These are the stats that need to be increased. If you want to know how much you need to upgrade, you can look at the weapon build up charts for Max: https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps4/185524-d...d-2/faqs/22221 and Monica: https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps4/185524-...d-2/faqs/22222 (made by Gamefaqs user Valken), which will also show the paths you need to take to get to the ultimate weapons.

Eventually, however, stats will not be enough. In order to stop you from getting powerful weapons early in the game, you will need to defeat certain monsters before you are allowed to build up into that weapon. These monsters are found in Chapter 6 and Chapter 7. You don't need to defeat the monsters with that weapon, just as long as you have defeated them at some point.

Here are the crystals you will want to spectrumize and what stat they increase:

• Chill Crystal - Chill
• Destruction Crystal - Smash
• Flame Crystal - Flame
• Holy Crystal - Exorcism
• Hunter Crystal - Beast
• Lightning Crystal - Lightning
• Power Crystal - Power
• Protector Crystal - Durable
• Sea Dragon Crystal - Scale
• Wind Crystal - Cyclone

Once you build up to the last weapon you need, the trophy will unlock.