Shin Megami Tensei (SFC) tips and tricks

Stop the swaying

The swaying screen effect, such as in the opening dream, accelerates as long as you hold down the select button on the two controllers, and stops when you press the start button.

How to judge the main character's attributes

The main character's top-like mark in the field moves differently depending on its attributes. Details are as shown in the table below.

0-111	Law	Right rotation
112-143	Neutral	Swings left and right
144-255	Chaos	Turn left

The initial value is 128 (Neutral), and the higher the attribute value, the faster the rotation will be.

Treatment for status abnormalities of demons

A demon suffering from a status ailment can be cured by putting it in the COMP and taking it out.
However, "Stone, Palyze, Dying, Dead" cannot be cured.

Magic preemptive bug

This work has a bug.
This is a highly useful technique, but be careful as it can also be applied to enemies. (This is why the barbegazi area is hit repeatedly and gets stuck)
If multiple people use magic in the same turn, their order of action will be determined by their speed.
In other words, the rough order of action priorities is as follows.

1. Magic user with high speed
2. Magic user with low speed
3. A non-magical actor with high speed
4. A non-magical actor with low speed

Furthermore, this bug.
When dealing with enemies who are afraid of magic, use it by placing the protagonist behind them.

You can see the result of merging

When merging demons, press and hold [Right + R] while selecting the demon to display a list of merging results.
Press and hold [Left + L] and select to display the combined race.

Hidden enemy "Majin"

There are fixed points where enemies will appear in the locations mentioned below, and rare enemies will appear with a low probability.
moreover. When you defeat them, there is a 10% chance that they will drop the strongest class weapon. Conversation is not possible and it cannot be used as a companion.
The abilities and appearance locations of all three types of demons are as follows.


[Appearance location]
Even if you use Estoma, it will appear 100% of the time. They will no longer appear after a battle, but they will appear again if you save and load.

	Normal enemy: Earth spirit Brownie Rare enemy: Machine Bigfoot
	Normal enemy: Fairy Goblin Rare enemy: Night Demon Charac (Same content even after collapse.Easiest to hunt demons)
	Normal enemy: Fairy Goblin Rare Enemy: Night Demon Kaku
	Normal enemy: Fairy Rusalka Rare enemy: Angel Archangel
	Normal enemy: Demon beast Tanki Rare enemy: Fighting demon Yakshini
	Normal enemy: Corpse Rare enemy: earth spiritKawancha
	Normal Enemy: Fairy Hobgoblin Rare enemy: Gedo Backbeard
	Normal enemy: Fairy Hobgoblin Rare enemy: Gedo Backbeard
	Normal enemy: Night Demon Ni Karon Rare enemy: Evil god Mishaguji
	Normal enemy: Demon Gorgon Rare Enemy: Evil God Orcus (Same for east and west)
	Normal enemy: Dragon King Yurung (No rare enemy)

Rug store replacement item

Jewels can be exchanged for items or spirits at Rug's shop. Details are below.

Garnet	Mahazio Stone
Amethyst	Fuuma no Suzu
Aquamarine	Angel hair
Diamond	Hangonko
Emerald	Core Shield
Pearl	Soma
Ruby	Underarm pot
Onyx	Maharagi Stone
Sapphire	Pentagram
Opal	Talisman
Topaz	Ashuranote
Turquoise	Magic bottle

Regarding gems, if you do not produce them in the following combinations, you will be told that they cannot be exchanged. (Very unfriendly)
Also, even if you are exchanging jewels, you cannot join if the main character's level is lower than Spirit.

Arcies	Amethyst, onyx, opal
Aeros	Opal, topaz, turquoise
Aquans	Aquamarine, pearl, turquoise
Flamies	Garnet, amethyst, pearl
Gnome	Emerald, onyx, topaz
Sylph	Sapphire, opal, turquoise
Undine	Aquamarine, emerald, pearl
Salamander	Garnet, diamond, ruby

Spirit union

If you combine two demons and spirits, the rank of the demon will increase or decrease while keeping the demon's race the same.
By the way, if you perform a spirit fusion with a demon of the lowest rank of the race, and then perform a fusion that lowers its rank, a negative overflow will occur and it will become the devil of the highest rank of the race. However, it is of course not possible to generate demons higher than the main character's level, so its useful value is low.

Spirit generation

The result of a fusion between two members of the same race is always a spirit. The table below shows which spirit you will become.

Night demon/earth spirit	Arcies
Fairy/Bird	Aeros
Youma	Aquans
Fallen angel/holy beast/magical beast	Flamies
Fighting demon/youki	Gnome
Angel/spirit bird	Sylph
Demon Girl/Dragon King	Undine
Divine beast	Salamander

Human union

When merging humans (Messiatics, Gaias) with demons, the results will be random.
However, if you are a Messianist, Law attribute demons will be generated, and if you are a Gaian believer, Chaos attribute demons will mainly be generated.
In addition, in the sequel "Shin Megami Tensei 2", it was possible to create strong demons regardless of the main character's level using this method, but in this work, the level restrictions still apply, so it is impossible to create strong characters from the beginning.

Sword combination

Some swords can be changed by performing the combinations shown in the table below.

Renki no Ken	Yoma tengu	Fuujinken
Renki no Ken	Kishin Takemikazuchi	Raijinken
Renki no Ken	Demon King Belial (pot)	Karyuken
Sword of Kusanagi	Spirit Sylph	Futsu no Mitama
Futsu no Mitama	Spirit Undine	Candy Murakumo
Candy Murakumo	Spirit Salamander	Hinakagutsuchi

Make money at the store

You can make money by selling the imaginary attack knife as many times as you like by following the steps below.

1. Select "Sell" at the store and hold down the A button.
2. Hold down the A button and press the B button.
3. He will buy the attack knife you don't even have.

Purchase secret products

You can purchase items that are not on the list by following the steps below.

1. Select "Buy" at the store and hold down the A button.
2. Hold down the A button and press the B button.

Most of them are attack knives, but the products vary depending on the store. See the table below for details.

Kichijoji Arcade Street	Weapon shop	Maharagi Stone
	Antique shop	Jigodama
	Armor shop	Distone
	Drug store	Skyfly
Shinjuku Underground Mall	Weapon shop	Segamagai
	Armor shop	Zeonga Stone
	Drug store	Disparize
	Recovery Dojo	Attack knife
	Messiah Church	Nyoraizo
	Gaia Temple	Attack knife
Recovery dojo		Attack knife
Shinjuku Underground Mall (After the Great Destruction)	Weapon shop	Attack knife
	Armor shop	Survivor Best
	Junk shop	Attack knife
The Church of the Messiah		Attack knife
Later Gaia Temple		Candy Murakumo
Shibuya	Junk shop	Attack knife
Roppongi	Weapon shop	Tsujodan
	Armor shop	Attack knife
	Junk shop	Gaybork
Ginza	Weapon shop	Attack knife
	Armor shop	Attack knife
	Junk shop	Kunitomonoju
Shinagawa	Armor shop	Attack knife
	Junk shop	Attack knife
Sugamo Prison	Weapon shop	Ariok no Kiba
	Armor shop	Attack knife
	Junk shop	Machete
Ueno/Akihabara	Weapon shop	Attack knife
	Armor shop	Attack knife
	Junk shop	Attack knife
T.D.L.	Weapon shop	Attack knife
Cathedral Row	Weapon shop	Attack knife
	Armor shop	Attack knife
	Junk shop	Gurren's Whip
Cathedral Chaos	Weapon shop	Garnet
	Armor shop	Attack knife
	Junk shop	Brunak

especially.
This itself is strong in the early stages, but its true value is that it is possible to generate as many Kagutsuchi as you like, which is the strongest sword.

Replace ¥ with makkah

After clearing the Kongo God World, an event will occur when you exit Yoyogi Park and your money will be reduced to zero.
At this time, if you fill in the item field in advance (30 types), your money will not decrease and it will become Macca.

This is originally an event where the money you have is converted into an item called ``Yen Toba'', but because there is no empty space for ¥ no Taba, the money you have is not converted.

Macka becomes infinite

If you talk to the devil while magnetite is 99999 and obtain magnetite, you will break the upper limit.
At the same time, Macca is fixed at 99999 for some reason (it does not decrease even if used). This state will continue until the magnetite falls below 99999.
However, in this state, products with six-digit prices such as railguns cannot be purchased.

Defeat Douman for the first time (Overcoming defeat series)

The battle with the boss "Douman" that you encounter for the first time in the early stages will always end in defeat. The characteristics are as follows.


In other words, you cannot defeat it unless you deal 398 damage in one turn.
I haven't really tried to see if I can go the right way, but I was able to defeat it with a powerful weapon equipped with a code modification.

Defeat Belial (Overcoming defeat series)

Demon King Belial, also known as "Uncle Red," appears in the middle of the game, and if you proceed with the event without holding the jar, you will have to fight him.
Belial's abilities are as follows.

. It is impossible to defeat it because it is disabled, including physical reflexes that are effective in the PS version.

If you defeat this by changing the resistance by modifying the code...
After acquiring experience points etc., the low hero says ``I can't do any damage'' and fights again.
If you defeat it again, the heroine will automatically run away saying "Magic doesn't work" after gaining experience points etc.

In other words.

Super skill devil smile

The extra skills are ``Devil Smile'' and ``Devil's Kiss.''
However, if you have learned multiple Extras, there is a specification that randomly activates one of them, so you will have to rely on luck to use it.
The only demons (with a single applicable skill) that can activate this 100% are Ghost Lich (Chaos Lv54) and Evil God Tezcatlipoca (Law Lv62).

Through trial event

If you exit the subway ruins toward Ikebukuro and enter the red frame point in the image below, an event will occur where you will be taken to Sugamo Prison, but
If you re-enter the building, use TREST to exit, and then follow the yellow arrow, you can bypass the event.
This is a phenomenon that can occur because in Traest, you get stuck in the entrance of the subway ruins, so you don't have to enter the event point.

If you skip only the events and use Sugamo Prison (Ikebukuro) as a town, it will be efficient and there will be no disadvantages.

The Mystery of T.D.L.

In the Tokyo Destiny Land 1F test of luck, events occur depending on four types of paths.��, the attribute value changes.

Far left	Chaos cultists appear, attribute value +16 & all fully recovered
Second from left	Angel appears, attribute value -16 & everyone fully recovers
Third from left	Battle with the evil bird Grull. Attribute value +16 after defeat
Rightmost	Battle with the evil dragon basilisk. Attribute value after defeat -16

Normally, there is no point in going to the same place twice, but a bug has occurred where an angel in the next room will interrupt you only when you go to the far left.
If you have not met the angel, the attribute value will be -16, and if you have already met, there will be no change.

Remove the curse

You die while wearing cursed equipment, and when you revive, the cursed state is removed. This allows you to use powerful cursed equipment without any disadvantages.

Generate a bug buddy (information provided by the viewer)

Act in the following order.

1. Prepare the evil god Mishaguji, the evil god Orcus, and the evil god Toutetsu.
2. Save beforehand just in case.
3. Perform the ternary combination in the order of "Orcas → Toutetsu → Mishaguji-sama". Be careful as it will freeze if you put it in a different order.

This will generate the bug demon shown below.

In the provided information, there was a condition that ``the three bodies should be put in the COMP'', but after verifying it, it seems that it is not necessary.
If it doesn't work, try it.

Summary of what was learned from the analysis (small notes)

★Ability value system

	Sword attack power +1
	Swordgun hit/evasion +0.25
	Maximum HP increase for every +8 (male team)
	Maximum HP increase per +10 (heroine only)
	Increased Talk success rate (details later)
	Magic effect +1
	Avoidance +0.25
	Magic power +0.125
	Maximum MP increase per +8
	Increased Talk success rate (details later)
	Magic power +1
	Magic effect +0.125
	Maximum MP increase per +16
	Defense+0.5
	Maximum HP increase for every +4 (male group)
	Maximum HP increase per +5 (heroine only)
	Swordgun hit/evasion +1
	Defense+0.5
	Improved escape success rate
	Increased Talk success rate (details later)
	Swordgun hit/evasion +0.25
	Improved escape success rate

Nanoru	Lv
Appease	Wisdom
Retain	Wisdom
Appease	Wisdom
Smile	Magic power
Stare	Magic power
Sing	Magic power
Tajirogufuri	Magic power
Occurrence	Magic power
Dance	Magic power
I'll return the straw	Magic power
Kamaeru	Luck
Approaching	Luck
Threate	Luck
Cool the smoke	Luck
Further threat	Magic power	Join now
Warau	-	Does not depend on ability score
Insect	-	Bad move
Leave it alone	-	Opponent runs away
Setting up	-	Does not depend on ability score
Accept the challenge	-	Immediate combat

Don't think of it as ``success = joining the gang,'' but rather that it might give you money or items, take a preemptive turn, or even lead to a battle depending on the situation, so think of it as ``it might give you an advantage.''
Also, be aware that even if the option "What do you want?" appears, it does not necessarily mean that you will be able to make a friend.

Dearrama	Dear	Agi
Mapper	Zan	Patora
Dorminar	Mapper	Maharagi
Penpatra	Mahazan	Posmudi
Mahazio	Pararadi	Shibaboo
Posmudi	Zanma	Petradi
Makajama	Dearrama	Agilao
Media	Primpa	Estoma
Zionga	Trafuri	Makarakhan
Marinkarin	Makatra	Maharagion
Diarahan	Mahazamma	Mud
Traport	Summary Calm
Mahamma
Tetraja
Mahajionga
Traest
Recalm
Rimdora
Recurm Dra
Megiddo

Dream (2nd time)	Help the heroine	-5
	Do not help the heroine	+5
Ichigaya Garrison B1F	Help one prisoner (up to 3 people)	-1
Ichigaya Garrison 3F	Defeat Goto	-32
American Embassy 2F	Defeat Tallman	+32
Shinjuku 2F Todome to Ozawa	Yes→Yes	+5
	Yes→No	-5
	No→Yes	+5
	No→No	-5
Shibuya 1F	Donate 10 times or more to Messiah Church	-16
Roppongi 1F	Make your childhood friend attain Buddhahood with anti-soul incense	-16
Shinagawa 1F	Listen to the Messianic Father's story to the end	-1
Sugamo Prison 2F	At Law - Mandatory Guilty	-5
	Neutral time - accept Yama's request	+21
	Neutral - Decline Yama's request	-16
	Chaos - Forced Innocence	-21
Sugamo Prison 3F	Defeat Nioh	-16
Sugamo Prison 2F	Defeat Yama	-16
T.D.L.1F Try your luck	Meet the Gaianists	+16
	Angel EnMeet Gel	-16
	Defeat the evil bird Grull	+16
	Defeating the evil dragon basilisk	-16
T.D.L.4F	Defeat Echidna	-32
		+80
Shinagawa 3F	Defeat Haniel	+32
		-80
Ginza B3F
Tokyo Tower 30F	Chaos - Defeat Kazfer	+16
	Neutral - select "Yes"	-16
	Neutral - select "No"	+16
Shinagawa 3F	Be baptized into Messianism	-16
Ueno/Akihabara 3F	Be baptized into Gaianism	+16

When you progress to the scene with blue characters (a bridge to the cathedral), the attribute values ​​become fixed. (Neutral route is fixed to 128)

It goes up and down slightly even in everyday activities other than events. Details are as shown in the table below.

Use Messiah Church	-1
Use recovery dojo	1 approach to 128
Using Gaia Temple	1
Talk to the same devil as your companion	-0.1
Defeat the same demon as your companion	+0.1
Summon Law demon	-0.1
Summon Neutral companion	±0
Summon Chaos demon	+0.1
Remove the demon (break up)	+0.1
Remove (separate) the demon with abnormal status	+0.4
Merge Law allies	-0.1
Combine Neutral allies	±0
Combine Chaos allies	+0.1

Even if the bridge to the cathedral is built and the attribute values ​​are fixed, the changes caused by the COMP call remain for some reason. (Although it has been confirmed that there are no changes due to recovery facilities, changes in other battles, combinations, etc. have not been confirmed)
Use it when you are fixed and can no longer be baptized.

★Combat related



Tarkaja increases the physical damage of all allies, and Rakunda lowers the enemy's defense (as a result, it also increases the physical damage)

		100%	133%	160%	200%	267%
		150%	200%	240%	300%	400%
		200%	267%	320%	400%	533%
		225%	300%	360%	450%	600%
		250%	333%	400%	500%	667%
		275%	367%	440%	550%	733%
		300%	400%	480%	600%	800%
		325%	433%	520%	650%	867%
		350%	467%	560%	700%	933%

Rakukaja lowers the physical damage taken by all allies, and Tarunda lowers the enemy's attack power (as a result, it also lowers the physical damage taken)

		100%	75%	62%	50%	37%
		66%	50%	41%	33%	24%
		50%	37%	31%	24%	18%
		44%	33%	27%	22%	16%
		40%	30%	24%	20%	14%

Makakaja increases the magic damage dealt to all allies. Makanda magic does not exist.

		100%
		150%
		200%
		225%
		250%
		275%
		300%
		325%
		350%

By the way, energy drain refers to a situation in which a person becomes paralyzed after receiving "Devil's Kiss, Devil Smile," and if a human receives it again, their level drops by 1. If you play normally and get the hang of it, you might not get it.

★Other

It's the friend version of the final boss, and its ability values ​​are lower than when it's the enemy. Depending on his attributes, he might have considered becoming a friend.
As for the "impossibility of demon fusion", it is considered to be a dummy thing since it is in the END part of the nakama code.

There are also boss enemy codes that only have an appearance and do not participate in the battle (Pascal, combined sword, etc.). This one is excluded from the list of "dead demons" because its ability values ​​are not properly set.

3E	Sabbathmaon	20	Unavailable
14	Matrapau	3	All-purpose damage to a single enemy (power 11.5)

Sabatmaon has been learned by Ganesha and Leonardo, and although they can actually chant it, the effect is not set.

0～15	New moon
16～31	1/8 moon
32～47	2/8 moon
48～63	3/8 moon
64～79	half moon
80～95	5/8 moon
96～111	6/8 moon
112～127	7/8 moon
128～143	Full moon
144～159	7/8 moon
160～175	6/8 moon
176～191	5/8 moon
192～207	half moon
208～223	3/8 moon
224～239	2/8 moon
240～255	1/8 moon

In 3D mode, each step increases the moon phase value by +1, and in 2D mode, each step increases the moon phase value by +2, so if you want to advance the moon phase, it is better to walk on the 2D-MAP.
Note that "non-walking" actions such as changing direction or hitting a wall do not count.

Immediately after the game starts	Protagonist's room
After clearing Kongo God World	Shinjuku
After the flood	Cathedral

★Unverified items