DVD secrets
The DVD that is included with the game has a secret
section. It reveals secrets in the game. Enter the "Extras"
menu. Press [Right] and select any of the options except
for the DVD credits. Press [X] or [Enter] to view the
secrets.
There are secret field names hidden in the DVD. To see, them select
the Japanese voiceover and English subtitles.
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.
Defeating Gorre (phase 5)
Use Balmung and Blackrose. Make sure they both know
Ola Repth and Rip Maen or better, and Kite Ol Repth or better.
Have 30 Antidotes, Restoratives, Resurects, and Mages Souls; 20
Recovery Drinks and Artisans Souls; and 50 Healing Potions. Note:
If you need money, go to dungeon 66 through 68 and find Rikumarus
for Heavy Blade. It is a bad weapon ,but sells for 5,600 each.
Each dungeon has about five of them. Gorre has two halves, You
only need to Data Drain one. One half is physical tolerant and
the other is magic tolerant. Go into the party commands screen
and set the following: Union Battle, First Aid, and each one individually
set a target. The target should be the magic tolerant one, so
that attacks hurt it. When done, they will heal and attack. They
will attack the same target (magic toleranct). Have Kite attack.
Heal with items. Note: Items are quicker. When you Data Drain
him, he will be stronger, but seldom attacks. It is recommended
that you be at level 66.
In Party (Wiseman and BlackRose), equip Wiseman with an Owl Crest
and have him First Aid. Then, have BlackRose attack the magical
prone one. Kite will use magical spells on the physical prone
one. The Phal Repth will be useful when he uses Flare of Conspiracy
or Data Drain.
Defeating Martina R
You must have a few Beasts Banes, the Moon, Speed Charms
and a few Summon Woods. When you go into battle, use a Speed Charm
first to catch up to her, then use the Moon and put her to sleep.
Next, use a Beasts Bane to eliminate her tolerance to magic. Then,
use the Summon Woods to defeat her. Note: You can get Summon Wood
from a Bony Grunty.
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.
In order to level up extremely fast, go to the dungeon where the
Skeiths Staff was seen once you get Balmung. Also bring Wiseman
and equip him with Tsukasas Wand (if you already completed the
memory side quest). Though the combat level is high, the monsters
are actually quite easy as long as you take advantage of elemental
criticals. Every monster kill will give you over 500 experience
points.
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.
Always try to bring Wiseman with you. If he is offline, bring
another Wavemaster with good equipment.
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.
High level servers
Input the first two keywords "Chosen, Hopeless"
and any last keyword to get all high level servers, from levels
68 to 70. The enemies can get very tough and can overwhelm you
on the field. You should go into the dungeon to fight. Also. if
you fight on level 70 Lambda Server, you can get much easier opponents
at very high experience and is an easy level for the first part
of the game.
Easy level dungeons
To get easy level dungeons with only two floors, very
few monsters and, at the most eight portals in the dungeon use
the keywords Generous Primitive, then and any other word at the
bottom of the list. This works in the Beta Root Town only. This
is an easy way to get dungeons off your Ryu Books unlock a movie
or music.
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.
Golden Axe and Silver Axe
Go to the weapons shop in root town Lambda - L, Cultural
City Carmina Gadelica and buy one Spiral Edge for 700 GP. Each
time you encounter a Spring Of Myst, throw in the Spiral Edge.
Monsieur will tell you that "With a weapon of this level,
there is nothing I can do". He will give you back the Spiral
Edge plus one Golden Axe and one Silver Axe every time. Note:
This trick works with any "rare" weapon thrown in the
Spring Of Myst.
Grunty recipes
Aqua Grunty: 5 Invincible Eggs, 5 Cordycepts, 2 La Pumpkins, and
12 Golden Eggs.
Milky Grunty: 4 Cordycepts, 1 Mandragora, 2 Piney Apples, 1 Snaky
Cactus, and 16 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.
.hack//SIGN character appearances
The main characters from the anime .hack//SIGN make
an appearance in the game and give you many special items. To
see the characters and receive the items, you must have uploaded
your data from .hack//Mutation and have seen the four hidden
intermission sequences at Delta: Hidden, Forbidden, Holy Ground,
in which you saw the .hack//SIGN characters (in .hack//Mutation).
By viewing the four intermission sequences, you will get four
items: M:Wavemaster, M:Twin Blade, M: Long Arm, and M: Heavy Axeman.
These are memory fragments of characters from .hack//SIGN. If
you do not have one of these items, then you will not be able
to see all of the characters and receive all of the items. You
can view the characters at the start of .hack//Outbreak
and receive the items at the beginning of the game. The following
are the characters, what you need to see them, where you find
them, and what they give you:
Mimiru
Requirements: M:Wavemaster
| Server | Location | Item Received |
| Delta | Alley by Magic Shop | Health Elixir, Image 50 (The image is just shadows at first) |
| Theta | Behind Grunty Shop | Emperor's Soul |
| Delta | Near Weapon's Shop | Noble Wine |
| Lambda | Before Grunty Shop | Energy Sutras |
| Sigma | Between the Grunty Shop and Elf's Haven | Spirit Sutra |
| Theta | Behind Recorder Shop | Golden Grunty |
BT
Requirements: Must have seen Mimiru at all six locations
| Server | Location | Item Received |
| Lambda | Near Weapon Shop | Health Elixir |
| Sigma | Between Weapon Shop and Magic Shop | Emperor's Soul |
| Theta | Near Magic Shop | Noble Wine |
| Delta | Near Item Shop | Energy Sutras |
| Sigma | Between Item Shop and Elf's Haven | Spirit Sutras |
| Lambda | Near Grunty Shop | BT's Wand |
Bear
Requirements: M:Twin Blades, Must have seen BT at all six
locations
| Server | Location | Item Receieved: |
| Theta | Near Item Shop | Health Elixir |
| Delta | Alley by Magic Shop | Emperor's Soul |
| Lambda | Near Weapon's Shop | Noble Wine |
| Sigma | Between Elf's Haven and Recorder | Energy Sutras |
| Theta | In front of Grunty Shop | Spirit Sutras |
| Lambda | Grunty Corral | Silver Grunty |
Sora
Requirements: Must have seen Bear at all six locations
| Server | Location | Item Received |
| Sigma | Between Recorder and Grunty Shop | Health Elixir |
| Delta | Near Elf's Haven | Emperor's Soul |
| Lambda | In front of Grunty Corral | Noble Wine |
| Sigma | Between Gate and Magic Shop | Energy Sutras |
| Theta | Between Elf's Haven and Grunty Shop | Spirit Sutras |
| Sigma | Near Grunty Shop | Golden Grunty |
Crim
Requirements: M:Long Arm, Must have seen Bear at all six locations
| Server | Location | Item Received |
| Lambda | Near Elf's Haven | Health Elixir |
| Sigma | Between Recorder and Weapon's Shop | Emperor's Soul |
| Theta | Near Recorder | Noble Wine |
| Delta | Near Magic Shop | Energy Sutras |
| Lambda | Between Recorder and Magic Shop | Spirit Sutras |
| Sigma | Near Magic Shop | Silver Grunty |
Silver Knight
Requirements: Must have seen Crim at all six locations
| Server | Location | Item Received |
| Delta | Town Square | Health Elixir |
| Lambda | Before Grunty Shop | Emperor's Soul |
| Theta | Between Weapon Shop and Magic Shop | Noble Wine |
| Sigma | Between Elf's Haven and Grunty Shop | Energy Sutras |
| Theta | Near Item Shop | Spirit Sutras |
| Delta | Before Weapon Shop | SK's Sword |
A-20
Requirements: M:Heavy Axeman, Must have seen Silver Knight
at all six locations
| Server | Locations: | Item Received |
| Theta | Near Grunty Shop | Health Elixir |
| Delta | Near Magic Shop | Emperor's Soul |
| Sigma | Between Grunty Sho[ and Weapon Shop | Noble Wine |
| Lambda | Between Grunty Corral and Grunty Shop | Energy Sutras |
| Delta | Between Item Shop and Elf's Haven | Spirit Sutras |
| Sigma | Near Item Shop | Golden Grunty |
Subaru
Requirements: Must have seen A-20 at all six locations. Exit
Fort Ouph and return.
| Server | Location | Item Received |
| Sigma | Near Grunty Shop | Health Elixir |
| Delta | Between Magic Shop and Elf's Haven | Emperor's Soul |
| Theta | Near Item Shop | Noble Wine |
| Sigma | Near Item Shop, Grunty Shop, Elf's Haven, or Recorder | Energy Sutras |
| Lambda | Near Weapon's Shop, Magic Shop, Recorder, or Item Shop | Spirit Sutras |
| Delta | Near Magic Shop | Silver Grunty |
Tsukasa
Requirements: Must have seen Subaru at all six locations.
Exit Mac Anu and return.
| Server | Locations: | Item Received |
| Delta | Alley by Magic Shop | Health Elixir |
| Theta | Behind Grunty Shop | Emperor's Soul |
| Lambda | Between Grunty Corral and Grunty Shop | Noble Wine |
| Sigma | Between Grunty Shop and Weapon Shop | Energy Sutras |
| Sigma | Between Grunty Shop and Elf's Haven | Spirit Sutras |
| Theta | Near Grunty Shop | Tsukasa's Wand |
Note: Whenever you talk to a character six times their picture
gets unlocked on image 50. If you talk to everyone six times then
the picture will fill up. Also, Tsukasa's Wand is has very powerful
spells and is good to give to a Wavemaster early on.
Secret Keywords
Hidden Keywords are found everywhere. They are found
on the Liminality DVD, the anime series .Hack//SIGN, and even
in .Hack ads. Here are those keywords (all of which are found
on the Sigma server):
| Keyword | Secret item received from gott's statue |
| Noisy, Sacred, Ringing Ears | 3-Floor Tower (trade to Alicia for Cat's Hat) |
| Unusual, Ghostly, Remnant | Doll Amulet (trade to Stare for Cat's Armor) |
| Barking, Hot-Blooded, 500 Lohan | Magnolia Miso (trade to Flare for Cat's Gloves) |
| Ancient, Destroyer's, Battlefield | Scent of Gero (trade to Fool for Cat's Boots) |
| Greedy, Gambler's, Drift | Boxed Lunch (trade to Benoit for Yoshida) |
| Tested, Morphean, Alchemy | Field's Deed (trade to Waffle for Dreams of Yore) |
| Entwined, Prejudiced, Chaos | Rouge Fragment (trade to Cyan for Gimme Life) |
| Abrasive, False, Tragedy | Maiden's Plot (trade to Teria for Thunder Dad) |
All of the dungeons are significantly harder than other dungeons.
Mainly because you have to fight data bugs in just about every
room. Because you have to data drain so many you run the risk
of losing experience or even a system error. When you finish one
dungeon try to get your infection level back to blue. Also, each
dungeon has another hidden item in it. These items are found in
normal chests on the floor with the Gott's Statue.
| Keyword | Secret item in chest |
| Noisy, Sacred, Ringing Ears | Lady's Cap |
| Unusual, Ghostly, Remnant | Lady's Mail |
| Barking, Hot-Blooded, 500 Lohan | Lady's Gloves |
| Ancient, Destroyer's, Battlefield | Lady's Shoes |
| Greedy, Gambler's, Drift | Lady Killers |
| Tested, Morphean, Alchemy | Vampire Blade |
| Entwined, Prejudiced, Chaos | Kokoro |
| Abrasive, False, Tragedy | Bear's Sword and Crystal Stone |
Recommended party
For a very good party, use Balmung and Wiseman. Let
Wiseman have Tskukasa's Wand (from Tskukasa's Ghost thing) and
wear the Owl Crest for Phal Repth. Balmung should have Bear's
Sword (Abrasive False Tragedy) and all of the "Lady's"
Armor. Kite should use either Sora's Blades or Lady's Killer's
as a weapon, and all the "Cat's" Armor. Get these three
people at very high levels for a Strong party. Note: Abrasive
False Tragedy has Data bugs in almost all of the rooms with portals.
When you first see Terejima Ryoko, she is a low level character.
Wait a little longer, and she will get quite strong.
Recommended weapons
Blademaster: Phoenix's Fire (Data Drain Lich)
Twin Blade: Two Together (Data Drain Stare)
Wavemaster: Heh Heh Heh (Data Drain Dark Maiden)
Heavy Axemen: Tri-tips (Data Drain SkullDevilgon)
Long Arm: Last Tess (Data Drain Hands of God)
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 |
