Bonus keywords
Enter the following bonus keywords from various episodes,
commercials, and ads to reach the corresponding area.
Sickened Imprisoned Fallen Angel
Confused Fool's Hideout
Reincarnated Elusive Lyric Poet
DVD secrets
The DVD that is included with the game has a secret
section. It reveals secrets in the game. Enter the "Data"
menu and highlight the ".hack Pro Trailers" option.
Press [Right] to highlight a circular icon. Press [X]
or [Enter] to view the secrets.
Defeating Goblins
Have some Wood magic equipped. Start the match, wait
until the Goblin runs, then sits still for a moment. Then, use
the magic. Goblins are all weak against Wood; two shots will kill
them.
Easier game
It is much easier if you have a Wavemaster in your
party, whether it is Elk, Wiseman, or someone else; and also have
a heavy blade person. This helps very much. Also keep your other
members leveled up with you because you have to use them at times.
Buy items such as Speed Scroll, Warrior Blood, Hermit Blood, etc.
to have a better boosted character.
Easy level up
Put in a random keyword until you find a significantly
higher level than yours (use Kite only) and make sure what element
it is. Once you reach the server, use Speed Scrolls, Warrior Bloods,
etc., and items such as Burning Oil, Well Water, or magics to
raise element damage. Use a Hermit Blood on Kite and raise his
element damage with an item/magic (whichever element is needed).
Encounter an enemy with the opposite element and you
will do heavy damage. After you level up, bring your other characters
to the stage. You will notice that they also grew in levels by
a bit. Use the same strategy (if needed) and raise their level
as well.
As soon as Omega server opens enter Chosen, Hopeless as the first
two parts of a keyword at that server. For the last part of the
keyword, choose any one that has an element that your weapon is
strong against. The monsters are not really that difficult. Your
other party members that you did not bring will also get real
nice experience gains. It is recommended that you take Wiseman
and a lot of healing items. You can also use the keyword Chosen
Hopeless on any server to get better gains.
Go to the places that the residents of Net Slum tell you about
in Omega server. The four places are protected. You will fight
those guardian things from Sign. Data Drain them to make them
The Bracelet. They are not too strong and give you about 520 experience
points. Note: The Ryu book will tell you they are level 99, but
they have only 3,000 HP; watch out for their summons.
Easy weapon and armor power up
Use the following trick to get the highest level for
your weapons and armor per server. When at the Choas Gate to choose
a place to go, choose "New Keywords" instead of "Random".
Here is a simple formula to choose your keywords to get a Monsenor
(Blue) to upgrade your weapons: Enter anything for the first two
words, then "Aqua Field(Hypha)" for the last word. To
get a Granpa (Red) to upgrade your weapons, enter "Lonely(Great)"
for the first word, anything for the second word, then "Aqua
Field(Hypha)" for the last word. To get a Monsenor(Blue)
to upgrade your armor, enter anything for the first two words,
then "Twin Hills" for the last word. To get a Granpa
(Red) to upgrade your armor, enter "Lonely(Great)" for
the first word, anything for the second word, and "Twin Hills"
for the last word.
Easy battles
Keep powering up your Wavemasters so that you can just
let them do all the work. None of them will get hurt. Make sure
to have a lot of Artisan's Souls.
When you are going out to go to fields, choose Blackrose and Mistral
in your party. They are very useful. Make sure they have strong
weapons from .hack Part 1: Infection. Have Mistral equip
Starstrom or Storm whatever. She will have Summonings 1 and 2
of Earth Yarthkins and level 2 Vulcan Fire. Also find an armor
for her that has Ola Repth. It recovers 400 HP with anyone near
the target she is healing. When in battle, have Mistral use the
First Aid command and if you have to everyone First Aid.
It is easier to have a lot of different Twin Blade weapons so
that you have various skills. For example, if you were going against
a dark monster, then try to get a weapon that gives Kite thunder
skills.
Exit dungeons quickly
Whenever you get lost in a dungeon, for example one
that is crawling with Data Bugs, and you need the fastest route
out; or if you just want to exit, remember that you can also use
the Fairies Orb inside the dungeon as well as outside.
Additional characters
After you defeat the final Boss and the credits roll,
save your game. When your desktop appears you will have new mail.
Read the e-mail from Aura (which is unscrambled unlike her others).
She tells you to go to Delta: Bursting, Passed Over, Aqua Field
with Orca, who is now out of the hospital. Go to the bottom of
the dungeon and Aura will give you the Book Of Daybreak, which
allows you to use your Data Drain and Gate Hacking abilities again.
After you log out, you will receive a message from Helba. She
gives you member addresses for a lot of characters from .Hack//Sign,
along with hers. The members addresses you get are for Helba (Wavemaster
at level 99 with maxed out stats because she is a hacker), Tsukasa
(Wavemaster at level 1), Subaru (Heavy Axeman at level 15), and
Sora (Twin Blade at level 90). You will also receive another e-mail
from Aura after receiving the Book Of Daybreak. You will get the
Keyword Omega: Hidden, Darkside, Holy Ground. You will be accompanied
by Elk for this dungeon; choose another character that has good
strength. When you get to the last floor (there are fifteen floors
and each contains many Data Bugs), you will fight a boss which
resembles the guardian from .Hack//Sign and the Gate Hacked dungeons
you went to earlier in the game. When you defeat the Boss, you
will be able to choose Mia as a character again and receive two
FMV sequences to watch on your desktop.
Rocker Grunty
A Rocker Grunty requires four Cordycepts and eighteen
Golden Eggs.
Wooden Grunty
A Wooden Grunty requires four Cordycepts, one Immature
Egg, and seventeen Golden Eggs.
Grunty food
An easy way to get food for Grunties is to go to the
areas where you played tag with the Goblins. There usually is
a lot of food there, and no monsters.
When you are looking for Grunty food in the field, call Noble
Grunty and press [Triangle]. He will automatically track
down Grunty food for you. Also, Aqua Grunty and Rocker Grunty
will take you to the dungeon if you are too far away from the
dungeon.
2128 Drain
2128 Drain allows you to Data Drain monsters. The chance
of getting a rare item is high. You can get this after you have
obtained all of the Book of 1000 Enhancements and after you have
gotten Data Arc. After you have Data Arc, use Data Drain Many
times to get 2128 Drain.
Drain Heart
Drain Heart allows you to 2128 Drain multiple enemies.
The chance of getting a rare item is high. You can get this after
you have obtained all of the Book of 1000 Enhancements and after
you have gotten Data Arc and 2128 Drain . After you have 2128
Drain, you must use Data Drain many times to get Drain Heart.
Getting items needed for trade
Use the following trick to get certain items needed
for trade (for example, Cooked Bile). Remember a place that has
the item and go there. Once you get to a place with a lot of jars
or eggs/small eggs (usually a treasure box area), break everything.
If you get the desired item, exit then immediately return. The
jars or eggs/small eggs have been restored. Break everything again.
Note: This does not mean you will get the desired item every time.
Keep repeating the process until you have enough of those items
to trade. You will get items that are useful, such as Healing
Potions, Healing Drinks, Antidotes, Resurrects, and Restoratives.
This is especially useful just before Bosses. Also, since it is
free you will not want waste any money.
Choose Wiseman as a party member. Wiseman will always have six
various items (Cooked Bile, Pure Water, etc.). Trade with him
for them then log out. Log back in and call Wiseman again. His
inventory will be replenished and you can trade with him again
for six more of the item that you are looking for.
Opposites
The characters in game and the television series .hack//sign
are similar in appearances, but different in personalities. The
following is a list of the game characters and their opposites.
| Game | Series |
| Gardinea | BT |
| Orca | Bear |
| BlackRose | Mimiru |
| Marlo | Silver Knight |
| Nuke Usagimaru | Crim |
| Moonstone | Sora |
| Terajima Ryoku | Subaru |
| Natsume | A-20 |
| Elk | Tsukasa |