Metaphor: ReFantazio

At the heart of Metaphor ReFantazio’s combat system is the Archetype system - which is basically this game’s version of the Persona system. Archetypes are effectively classes, which you can choose to equip, and because of the Skill Inheritance system (which allows you to choose other skills you’ve unlocked from other Archetypes) you can basically mix and match to your heart’s content - on not only the protagonist, but also on your allies as well.

There are 40 Archetypes in all, that range from Seeker and Cleric, to Summoner and Elemental Master, and you’ll unlock these as you max out Follower links and meet new characters. So, in order to get the ‘Archetype Hero’ achievement, you first simply need to 1. Meet all the Followers; and 2. Max out their Follower rank. That will give you access to all the Archetypes.

Then you need to unlock them using MAG - don’t worry about this too much, as we ended the game with over 500,000 in the bank, so there’s more than enough to go around.

Getting each Archetype to level 20, however, will take a bit of extra doing - especially as you don’t want to put all the Hero’s Leaf of Light items (and the like) into just your main character, as that will create an imbalance in the party.

Our best advice is to play the game as you wish until you reach Tyrant’s Star (the final level past the point-of-no-return) because there’s some great farming spots there for Hero’s Leaf of Light items (which we’ll run through below). In short, though, we were basically making 10-15 Hero’s Leaf of Lights per minute per run, and filled up our 7 unlevelled Archetypes in no time whatsoever! 

So, don’t over focus too much on the main protagonist, especially if you want to get past the Trials of the Dragon with relative ease, just spread the wealth, and then when you get to the end, go crazy and max out all 40 of your protagonist’s Archetypes and get the ‘Archetype Hero’ achievement.

Check out our supplementary guides for more assistance:

• Metaphor ReFantazio - All Archetypes (Advanced & Elite Archetypes) and how to get them - coming soon
• Metaphor ReFantazio - Best late game A-EXP farming spot - coming soon