Phantasy Star IV:
Profound Distortion

Additions:

• None

Changes:

• Removed challenge rating numbers

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Motavian Gryz was not getting skill charges for War Cry and Sweeping

• Fixed Reflect Suit text to correctly show Magic Defense

• Fixed bug where Sapphire was being placed into Tonoe Basement.

Additions:

• None

Changes:

• Switched Illusion to Shadow for Rika's Druid and Kunoichi classes.

• Removed Flaeli from Le-Faw-Gan's ability pool.

Changes:

• Fixed another item lock bug.

Additions:

• Added 3 New Key Items.

  • The Wisdom Mirror removes the barriers in the Air Castle (defeating the guards no longer removes the barriers).

    • Casts Efess in battle.

  • The Sapphire removes the rocks blocking Valley Maze.

  • The Frade Mantle allows access to the Esper Mansion.

• Added Boss Elemental Randomization.

• Added New Classes for each character.

• Added file path memorization for original file.

Changes:

• Graphite Robe changed back to Frade Mantle (stats increased to be on Laconia Tier)

• Grandfather Dorin no longer can hold a key item in Entrance Shuffle

• Tonoe stalls that are not shops can no longer be interacted with

• Tonoe has been removed from possible starting points.

• Eclipse Torch's damage has been increased.

• White Mantle's defense has been increased.

Changes:

• Fixed bug where exiting Ruined Reshel in entrance shuffle would bring you outside of Reshel on Dezolis.

Additions:

• Added Entrance Shuffle

  • This options shuffles towns with other towns and dungeons with other dungeons.

    • Spaceports, Zelan, Kuran, Air Castle, Passageway, Valley Maze, and any dungeon found within a town are excluded

    • All teleport points are accessible from the start, but Ryuka has been raised to 50 TP and Telepipes cost 10,000 Meseta

• Added Hints to Alys' Grave and Meese Gravestones

  • Hints can either tell you where an item is, a boss, or be a community-contributed non-hint.

• Added Non-Incentivized Chest option

  • This option makes it so key items can be found in any chest rather than in just incentivized spots.

• Added Seed Share Functionality

  • This will allow you to share seed information via a .json file rather than have to copy/paste information

Changes:

• Redesigned Randomizer UI

• Start with Rappy Cap is on by default

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where having a team without Alys would cause the seed to have no random encounters.

Additions:

• Added Rappy Cap item

  • Circlet, everyone can equip, DF+1

  • While equipped, random encounters are turned off

Changes:

• Termi Music Store now permanently sells the Rappy Cap

• Rappy Cap added to Key item pool

• "Start with Call Flute" has been replaced with "Start with Rappy Cap"

• Random Battles option has been removed (all seeds will have random encounters enabled, which is why the Rappy Cap was added).

• Pengu-Feed/Joke items are no longer found in key locations

• Safe steps for random-encounters between map transitions changed to 20 steps.

Changes:

• Termi Gift Shop changed to Ustvestia's Musik Store

  • Guarantee sale of Escapipes, Telepipes, and Call Flutes

  • These items can still be found in other stores.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where turning off Save Anywhere still allowed you to save anywhere.

• Fixed bug where Crystals were still being found in random item shops.

Changes:

• Aiedo Cake Shop changed to Damor's Crystal Shop

  • Sells Crystals only regardless of shop type.

  • This is the ONLY place to buy Crystals in the game.

• Escapipes and Telepipes now are sold with Call Flutes.

• Lowered base price of Star Dew to 5000 Meseta.

Additions:

• Added Simplified Item Names option

Changes:

• Elastic Gear renamed to Storm Gear

  • Casts Hewn, stats changed

• Increased defense of most Circlets

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Star Drone's stats were not being randomized

• Fixed bug where Gryz was getting Laconia Mail in High-Tier Gear start.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where key items were being overwritten by common items.

Additions:

• Added Challenge Rating system

• Added Very Hard and Profound Presets

• Added Boss Action Randomization

• Added Chaos Bringer, Grasshound, Cula-Bellr, Greneris, and Phantom to boss pool

• Added Star Drone as a possible Dark Falz escort

• Re-Added Life Deleter to boss pool

• Re-Added Paralysis to Fanbite's attack

Changes:

• Title Screen (after Start Screen) now has seed's options and challenge rating rather than lore

• Reworked Money Chests to actually be 1 in 3 or 1 in 6 (rather than 1 in 3 or 6 odds)

• Money chests now contain 100-10000 Meseta (in increments of 100)

• Enemy Paralysis attacks and abilities are now disabled if the party size is 2 or less.

• Challenge Preset renamed to Hard

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where characters were getting a random class when classes were not enabled

• Fixed bug where Triple bosses XP on increased XP were not increasing.

Additions:

• Added more filler item names

• Added more title screen lyries

Changes:

• Removed Life Deleter from boss pool

• Removed Paralysis from Fanbite's attack

• Dark Falz now can appear with Tech Plants

• Victor Axe can now stun enemies on hit

• Laconia Rod replaces Dream Rod in Magic Item shops

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Aegis would heal enemies when only 1 character was in party.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Random Shop Type would give the default shop inventory and cause missing items.

Additions:

• Added Boss XP options in Enemies Tab (Normal or Increased)

• Added Starting Gear options for Characters Tab (Low-Tier or High-Tier)

• Added Starting Ability options for Characters (Minimal or All)

• Added Easy preset button

Changes:

• Increased Aegis' heal's base power.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Set Flag would not properly set a forced class unless pressed a second time.

• Fixed bug where generating more than one seed with Randomized Abilities and Insta-Kill On would generate a seed where a character could get multiple copies of insta-death abilities in the later seeds.

Additions:

• "All Chaos" option added on randomization

  • With this checked, all seeds generated in batch generation will have a different flagset.

Changes:

• Moclum's character now faces downward

• Chaos Presets now always have Save Anywhere enabled

• Chaos Presets now always have No Random Encounters

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Shadowblade still had original game's DEX value

• Fixed bug where Leviathan was taking damage from Holy attacks

• Fixed bug where Shadow Mirages could still be killed in No Insta-Kill flags

• Fixed bug where Challenge Preset button was returning with an invalid flag

Changes:

• "Initialize Characters" is now a permanent feature and cannot be changed.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Wren's class in non-class mode was "Scholar" (this caused Medic Power to crash whenever he was in the party).

Additions:

• Randomizer's .zip file now comes with an information file which will replace a lot of the information on this website

• Added Wonder Mode

• Added Voyage Mode

• Added Chaos Preset

• Re-Added Shadowblade to item pool (with new stats)

• Re-Added Geno Claw (now called Shadow Claw) to item pool (with new stats)

• Added Characters to Spoiler Log

• Added Objectives to Spoiler Log

Changes:

• Flag Codes are now numeric (a revert back)

• Removed Paralysis from Boss Attacks option (now just Dex Up)

• Alys' boss music changed to "Defeat at a Blow"

• Seth's Psychic Resistance reverted back to 0

• Swapped stats of Climate Center bosses (the stronger one is now inside)

• Character NPCs at Zelan, Zio's Fort, Moclum, and Tonoe are now random characters who are not in the party

• Talk to Wren, Talk to Rune, Talk to Myau, and Rescue Demi objectives are now renamed "Zelan", "Molcum", "Myst Vale", and "Zio's Fort" respectively.

• Removed Solider Fiend from minor boss pool

• Added Twin Arms to minor boss pool

• Psychic Suit now resists Psychic element

• Reflect Suit now has 55 DEF and 12 MDEF

• Guard Suit now has 74 DEF

• Elastic Gear now has 18 DEF

• Laconia Gear & Helmet now has 20 DEF

• Various class balances (see Information file)

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Hydrofoil was causing an item lock loop. (Hopefully for real this time)

• Fixed bug where "Rescue Demi" in Boss Hunt was still showing as "Rescue Demi"

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Hydrofoil was causing an item lock loop. (Hopefully)

Additions:

• Added version number to Spoiler Log

• Added Flag string to Spoiler Log

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Fract Ooze's stats were default and not getting randomized.

Additions:

• Added Boss Hunt Mode

• Added option to start with or without the Hydrofoil

• Added "+Dex/Paral" option to bosses, which increases their Dexterity and their physical hits can now cause Paralysis.

Changes:

• Color Scarf now can be used in battle to raise party Dexterity by 32

• Guard Shield has been renamed "Aegis"

  • Now casts "NaRes" in battle.

• Alshline now cures Paralysis when used in battle.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Hahn was unable to equip Circlet.

Changes:

• Added LifeDeletr and Fanbite to Minor Boss pool

• Removed Fract Ooze Wild from the Minor Boss pool

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Stun resistances were not being randomized correctly.

Changes:

• Spoiler Log Generation is now optional.

Fixes:

• Corrected some boss location stats that were duplicating other boss locations.

• Fixed bug where generating a seed that already exists would create an error on Spoiler Log Generation and delete the seed, even if there were no errors with the seed generation

• Fixed bug where Flag string was not showing correctly on error reports.

Changes:

• Increased Guard Rod's base power to 64 (from 32).

• Any class that had Recover will now have Barrier (or Stasis Beam if they already had Barrier)

Fixes:

• Fixed bug in Ring Hunt mode where entering Motavia Overworld would loop battle and softlock the game.

• Fixed bug where characters in would get multiple copies of the same ability in Randomized Abilities (hopefully).

• Fixed bug where creating seeds one at a time would force the last seed number to be generated again.

• Fixed chest randomization where there could be 3-way locks.

Additions:

• Added Class System. If enabled, characters will now get stats/abilities based on the class they are assigned.

  • If this is enabled, Wren and Demi can now be healed normally and can receive Vision and Shift buffs, but no longer heals on walking or revives upon battle ending.

• Added "Typed" Shop Type.

• Added Stun abilities to normal and class pools.

  • These include Rimit, Earth, Moonshade, Mindblast, Bindwa, Stasisbeam, Dream Rod (On-Hit and On-Use), and Moon Slasher (on-use)

• Added Batch Seed Generation to the randomizer.

• Added Spoiler Log generator. Spoiler Logs contain a full list of Treasures and Bosses

Changes:

• Many UI Changes to the randomizer.

  • You no longer need to enter in a Save As spot. Randomized seeds will now drop in the same directory as the original file.

  • Flag numbers now look differently, but function practically the same.

  • Preset buttons have been added.

• Item Prices can now have a variance of +/- 50%, +/- 25%, or 0%.

• Xe-A-Thoul has moved to the Major Boss pool.

• Boss Stats can now be set between 90%, 100%, or 110% of their original values.

• End Credits now only display key location spoilers.

• Conduct Thunder, Shooting Star, and Destruct are no longer order sensitive.

• Magic Lamp has been renamed to CALL-FLUTE.

• Dragon's Tear has been renamed to AMBER-EYE.

• Mota Ring's Agility has been increased to 6 (from 3)

• Dezo Ring's Mental has been increased to 6 (from 3)

• Algo Ring's Strength, Mental, Agility, and Dexterity has been increased to 3 (from 2). Attack reduced to 0.

• Rykros Ring's Strength has been increased to 6 (from 0) and Dexterity reduced to 0.

• Palma Ring's Magic Defense has been increased to 14 (from 10) and Dexterity increased to 6 (from 0).

• Valley Maze's chest closest to the Tonoe exit now is incentivized.

• Birth Valley's chest closest to Bio Lab entrance is now incentivized.

• Weapon Plant's incentivized chest is now the one that originally contains the Plasma Launcher.

• Demi can no longer learn Burst Roc

• Kray can no longer learn Death.

• Negatis, SaVol, and Brose have been removed from the randomized skill pools. Vol has been re-added to the pool as a Mid-Tier tech.

  • Ragnarok now can be used with Vol + Diem

  • Black Hole now can be used with Gra + Diem

• Moon Slasher's on-use ability has return to its original stun effect.

• Shadow Mirages now scale with location. Shadow Mirage's HP is 60% of the main boss' HP, all other stats are the same.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug in Air Castle where first set of barriers still had partial collision detection.

Changes:

• Title Sequence AFTER the main title screen now displays randomizer version, confirmation string, and objectives.

• Random Item drops from enemies have been disabled.

• Sound Test can now be accessed from the start of the game without having to previously beat the game first.

• Remove Dream Rod from item pool.

• Added Hijammer back to Wren's skill pool.

• Bridge North of Zema can now be walked across.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Blood Saber was using Flame Bolt instead of Air Slash

• Fixed bug where Moon Slasher and Silver Rod's on-use ability would not work properly when used in Macros.

• Fixed bug in randomizer where putting a forced character into the back slots would sometimes cause you to get multiple characters in randomization.

Changes:

• FOR NON-RANDOMIZED ABILITIES ONLY:

  • Alys learns Shadow instead of Moonshade.

  • Chaz learns Shadow instead of Earth.

  • Demi learns Flare instead of Stasis Beam.

  • Hahn learns Arows instead of Vol and Sashu instead of Rimit.

  • Kyra learns Blessing instead of Warla and Diem instead of Bindwa.

  • Raja learns Doran instead of Anit, Gelun instead of Rimit, and Sashu instead of Seals.

  • Rune learns Deban instead of Seals.

  • Seth learns Vision instead of Mindblast.

  • Wren learns Vision instead of HiJammer.

• Bloodsabers no longer have conditional abilities. Airslash is now in 3 slots.

• Chaos Bringers no longer have conditional abilities. Rimit, Seals, and Shift each have 1 slot.

• Radhin no longer has conditional abilities. Force Flash now has 6 slots, Seals and Deban have 1 slot each.

• Greneris now has  5 Force Flash slots, 2 Vol slots, and 1 Rimit slot.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where some Pengu Feed item names were causing a shift in names for some items.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where highlighting the Thunder Slasher in the shop would cause minor graphical issues.

• Fixed Musical Ring Hints to only appear in Ring Hunt mode.

Game Changes:

• Added new Technique: Sashu (Alternate Text: Wall). This technique increases Magic Defense by the mental stat of the caster.

• Removed Barrier from the skill pool of Hahn, Kyra, Rune, and Raja.

• Removed Composite Armor and Composite Gear from the item pool.

• Snow Crown and Laser Barrier now use the same animation as Swift Helm.

• Laconia Rod is now holy-elemental.

• Dream Rod's on-use effect now casts Arows/Awake on one character. Its on-hit sleep effect has been removed.

• Force Cane has been renamed to Fire Staff, is now Fire-Elemental, and casts Flaeli/Flame on use.

  • The Stats of Fire Staff and Dream Rod have been swapped and their tiers have also been swapped to match.

• Silver Rod's now casts Gires/Cure 2 on use.

• Thunder Slasher now casts Tandle/Thunder on use.

• Moon Slasher now casts Rever on use  (this can also be used on androids)

• Victor Axe no longer has the on-hit sleep effect.

• Item Shop Tiers have been adjusted.

  • Magical Weapon item shop now only contains damaging weapons (Flamesword, Fire Staff, Thunder Claw, Thunder Slasher, Tornado Dagger, Laconia Rod)

  • Shops that contain Magic Lamp and Crystal can now contain Wood Cane, Guard Rod, Dream Rod, and Silver Rod

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Wren could get two copies of Spark

• Fixed Swift Helm's animation to now display on all allies.

Game Changes:

• Added Randomized intro lines,

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where some seeds would cause program to freeze when randomizing.

• Fixed Re-Faze's ice resistance (now should not have any resistance to ice)

Program Changes:

• Challenge Mode has had its options separated into new checkboxes independent of each other.

• UI has been overhauled to be more compact.

• Progress Bar now shows progression during randomization. 

• During Randomization, the mouse cursor now uses the "wait" icon.

Game Changes:

• Added Dragon Tear Item and Trade Locations to get Guard Gear. 

  • 5 Dragon Tears are slotted into Key Item spots (1-3 Tears if Fewer Legendaries/Tears is selected)

• Re-Faze has been nerfed to now have the same resistances as De-Vars and Sa-Lews.

• Added a No Insta-Death option.

  • If selected, Insta-Death abilities will be removed from the characters skill pools.

• Ability and Item Balancing is no longer optional and is forced into all seeds.

• Hahn now uses Rika's Eliminate (which has a stronger base power).

• Rune now uses Kyra's Hewn and Tandle (which has a stronger base power).

• Shadow has been re-added to Rika's Skill Pool.

• Spark has been re-added to Demi's Skill Pool.

• Medic Power has been re-added to Wren's Skill Pool.

• Struggle Axe and Saber Claw has been renamed to Ceramic Axe/Claw

• Item Names and Descriptions have been expanded and are easier to read.

• Added an option to simplify item names.

• Ability names under "Simplify Ability Names" have been re-worked.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where an error would occur if Initialize Characters was disabled.

• Fixed bug where some bosses had the name of a different enemy.

• Fixed bug where Seth could possible get two Sparks.

Game Changes:

• Demi's Skill Pool now has Burstroc and Positron.

• Kyra's Skill Pool now has Legeon and Negatis.

• Seth's Skill Pool now has Spark.

• War Cry has been removed from Rune & Kyra's Skill Pool.

• Juza's Skill Set has been reverted back to its vanilla set.

• Increase Climate Center's Main Boss HP to 999.

• Added extra minor bosses (see Boss Page). There are now a possible 29 Minor Bosses in the game (up from 10).

Program Changes:

• Added a progress bar to indicate that the randomizer is working.

Game Changes:

• Added an option to allow Magic Lamp to be available from the start.

• Added Item Locations to the End Credits of the game.

• Rappy King's battle music is now "Tonoe De Pon".

Fixes:

• Fixed bug in randomizer where flag numbers were not setting correctly.

• Fixed bug where Dark Falz's Destruction Resistance was accidentally set to 1. (He is fully immune to Instant-Kill)

• Removed cutscene where staying at Aiedo Inn would trigger the cutscene of the Uzo girls being arrested.

Fixes:

• • Bypassed bug where viewing the HUNT board on Dezoris Overworld would crash the game (it will now just reload the menu)

Program Changes:

• If randomization fails, a message will display with an error code and details.

• Open File now defaults to all valid types of files.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Daggers were showing up even if nobody could use them.

• Fixed bug where Thunder Slasher was not being randomized into chests.

• Fixed bug where All Shield types were always randomized into the seed regardless of team composition.

Program Changes:

•  Edited program layout slightly.

• Hunter's Mark is now the default mode upon loading the program.

• All commonly-used options are selected by default upon loading the program.

• Program will now validate the original file upon selecting it rather than upon pressing the Randomize Button. If it is valid, a note below the file selection boxes will indicate that the file is valid.

Game Changes:

• MAGIC LAMP NO LONGER CASTS CANCELLING IN BATTLE! This is now cast by the Crystal.

• CRYSTAL NO LONGER CASTS BARRIER IN BATTLE! It now casts Cancelling and is STILL a consumable item.

• Removed Shadow from Rika's skill pool.

• Removed Earth from Chaz's skill pool.

• "Holocaust" combination skill has been renamed "Ragnarok"

• Vision now scales with STRENGTH (to prevent buffs from influencing the power of Vision).

• Dark Falz fight now consists of two Shadow Mirage enemies rather than the two wizard enemies.

  • Shadow Mirage's HP upped to 899 and their AGI lowered to 52 (down from 62)

• Anger Tower's Boss now has an agility of 50 (down from 60)

• Towns that have only item shops will now sell only items in a Non-Tiered Shops option. 

• Pengu-Feed/Filler Item now costs 0 Meseta by default.

• Added CHALLENGE MODE Gameplay:

  • Bosses have all stats except agility increased by 10%.

  • Characters' XP growth curve has been increased by roughly 25%.

  • XP drops from Mile Ranch, Monsen Fissure, and Anger Tower bosses are now 1/2 their non-challenge value.

  • Items sell for 25% of their retail value (rather than the normal 50%).

  • Chests have a 1 in 6 chance of containing Meseta (rather than the normal 1 in 3).

  • Legendary Weapons are now only guaranteed to be 2 per seed. 

    • If there are more than 2 types of weapons in a seed, each subsequent weapon has a 50% chance to be added into the game.

    • Elsydeon and Psycho-Wand are only considered guaranteed weapons if Chaz and Rune/Raja are in the seed.

  • Guard Gear is now limited to one-per type (rather than 1 per character).

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where defeated Garuberk Tower boss caused the game to crash.

• Fixed bug where having Seth in the party would not complete the randomization and give a corrupt randomized file.

• Fixed bug where Set Flags were always coming up with invalid flags.

Fixes:

• Dark Falz now correctly scales its stats when Boss Shuffle is turned on.

Changes:

• Access Key has been split into Plate Key and Vahal Key, each unlocking their respective dungeons.

• Prophallus has been renamed to "Dark Falz".

  • Iglanova fight has been now changed to Dark Falz fight. Dark Falz comes with two mobs on the side.

  • Dark Falz is now a major boss fight. Juza has been moved back to a minor boss fight.

• Sandworm boss has now been changed to overworld sandworm fight (which can use Earthquake)

• Added more Pengu-Feed Names

• Added a check to remove Rever and Moon Dew from lists if the party only consists of 1 unique character.

• Quest Names are simplified and more direct.

• Game Over message has been changed.

• Barrier and Barrier-like items now say "MAGIC DEF UP".

Changes:

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where generating a seed with 4 or less characters would prevent the seed from randomizing.

• Fixed a bug where generating a seed with Randomized Abilities but not Initialize Characters would prevent the seed from randomizing.

Changes:

Features:

• Starting point is now randomized between Aiedo, Tonoe, Ryuon, and Rykros

Items:

• Laser Barrier now casts Barrier at a power of 48 instead of Cyber Suit.

  • Item has been moved to the Special Tier of armor.

• Cyber Suit has been renamed to "Reflect Suit".

  • Item no longer casts Barrier and has been moved to the Reflect Tier of armor.

• Frade Suit has been renamed to "Psychic Suit"

  • Item now has +33 Defense and +2 Mental. Has been moved to the Psychic Tier of armor.

• Plasma Field has been moved to the Special Tier of armor.

• Frade Mantle has been renamed to "Graphite Robe".

  • Item now has +16 Defense and +2 Mental. Has been moved to the Graphite Tier of armor.

• New Item: Silver Suit.

  • New Silver-Tier armor for Hahn and Seth. +49 Defense, +6 Magic Defense

• New Item: Crystal

  • Consumable item that casts Barrier at +66. Item is very expensive.

• Laser Slasher's element is now Laser (was Physical... for some reason).

• Laconia Shield's Magic Defense raised to +13.

Fixes:?

• The filler item is now guaranteed to be in one incentivized location. (Yikes)

  • Since the item cannot be sold, the only way to get rid of it is to go to Zosa item shop and exit so that the penguin steals the item.

Changes:

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where leaving (name) in the custom name box would make the character's name " nam".

• Fixed bug where Thunder Boomerang wasn't giving the intended attack power.

Features:

• Temporarily disabling Vanilla Mode until it has been fully tested.

Items:

• Mage Dagger's attack is lowered to +35 (from +45), Mental to +5 (from +6) and Agility to +1 (from +2)

• Seth can now use all heavy shields (Titanium, Ceramic, Power, Laconia, and Guard).

Changes:

Features/Logic

• Improved logic to prevent 4+ way key item locks (hopefully)

• Added a custom name feature.

• Removed random name feature.

Items:

• Fiber-Suit renamed to Frade-Suit

• Prices of equipment have been leveled up based on type of item and tier (in Balanced Items option only).

• Power Shield and Snow Crown are no longer incentivized items.

• Laconia Mail's Magic Defense raised to +15 (originally +9). This is +1 above Reflect Mail.

• Mota Ring's Agility raised to +3 (originally +1).

• Dagger has been repurposed as Mage Dagger (MAGDAG), a Guard-Level dagger with +45 Attack, +6 Mental, and +2 Agility.

• Boomerang has been repurposed as Thunder Boomerang (THUN-RANG), an Elemental-Level slasher with +30 Attack, +4 Defense, and is Electric-Element.

• Removed Spiral Slasher.

Characters/Abilities:

• Vol has been removed from the Technique Pool (SaVol still remains as a Hi-Level technique).

• Brose has been moved to the Hi-Level technique pool and has had its base power raised (more likely to hit).

• List of skills a character can learn has been narrowed. (see Characters page).

Changes:

• Credits have been added to end of game (after randomizer credits are done, the remaining game credits display in not the right order and very weirdly. OOPS.)

• Searching a spot that has nothing will now display nothing instead of the lead character's "Nothing Here" message.

Changes:

• Classic Mode is now available for play! 

• Temporarily removed HUNT menu option due to bug reports of it crashing game if used on dezoris.

• Hunter's Mark mode now starts the player in the Hunter's Guild again.

Changes:

• Classic Mode is now available for play! 

• Temporarily removed HUNT menu option due to bug reports of it crashing game if used on dezoris.

• Hunter's Mark mode now starts the player in the Hunter's Guild again.

Changes:

• In Ring-Hunt Mode, Talk option in menu is now replaced with "Ring", which does nothing but close and reopen the menu.

• In Hunter's Mark Mode, Talk option in menu is now replaced with "Hunt", which opens the Hunter's Guild window from anywhere.

• Hunter's Mark Mode now starts in the middle of Aiedo, exactly where Ring-Hunt Mode starts.

• Soldier's Island fight now happens (and works this time) when you reach the top of Soldier's Island rather than after you leave the temple after obtaining the item.

• Juza is now a Major Boss.

• Gy-Laguiah is now a Minor Boss.

• Juza's Force Flash base damage has been buffed by 55%. Juza now only uses Force Flash and Zan.

• De-Vars no longer automatically counters magic with Disruptarm. Disruptarm is now a skill in 4 of its attack slots.

• Sa-Lews no longer automatically counters attacks with Legeon. Legeon is now a skill in 2 of its attack slots (formerly two of the four Flaeli slots).

• Iglanova no longer spawns mobs. It only attacks, but its attacks can cause paralysis.

• Fixed bugs from 2.2.3

Changes:

• Temporarily removed feature where reaching top of Soldier's Island would trigger boss fight (bugs have been found with this and is being disabled until it can be fixed)

Changes:

• Fixed bug that warped user to map location 0x0 after using Magic Lamp and ending battle.

• Fixed bug that gave Magic Lamp as first item instead of Hydrofoil in Ring Hunt Mode.

Changes:

• Fixed the Stat Bug that is present in the Vanilla version where leveling up doesn't cause the character's stats to refresh.

• The Boss of Soldier's Island now appears once you enter the top of Soldier's Island (instead of the boss appearing after looting the temple chest).

Changes:

• Restored Moonslasher to cast Moonshade when used in battle (change made in previous version created a graphical glitch).

Changes:

• Game can now be played with 1-5 characters in the party.

• Added Magical Item shop to Shop Randomization list (sells Flamesword, Thunderclaw, Tornado Dagger, and Laconia Rod regardless of characters.

• Improved (?) Logic to prevent (hopefully) 4-way key item locks.

• Removed shops that sell starter equipment.

• Removed Antidote and Cure-Parals from treasure chest lists.

• Blood Axe is now Frost Axe and is Ice element.

• Silver Tusk now has a biological insta-kill effect on attack (similar to GenocyClaw).

• Victor Axe and Photon Eraser now have a mechanical insta-kill effect on attack.

• Moon Slasher now casts Rever on the party when used as an item.

• Randomizer Layout has been updated.

Changes:

• Fixed bug where completing all tasks in Hunter's Mark would not open the Edge.

• Guard equipment shop has been removed. An extra Psychic-level shop has been added.

• Guard equipment is now an incentivized/key item at 1 piece per character. 1 Guard Shield is also available if there is a character who can use it.

• Guard equipment should no longer appear in normal chests.

Changes:

• Hunter's Mark gameplay mode has been added!

• Added Flag Set feature to the randomizer program.

• Fixed bug where  using Randomize Abilities without Initializing Characters would cause the randomizer program to crash.

Changes:

• Color Scarf (with Item Balancing):

  • Vision Ability has been removed

  • Mental stat is now +1 (was +5 previously)

  • Agility stat is now +5 (none was given previously)

  • Item has been removed from Item Shop list that gives only buff items.

• Psycho Wand (with Item Balancing):

  • Attack stat is now +110 (was +120 previously)

• Armor Prices (with Item Balancing):

  • Guard Mail initial price dropped to 49000 (was 56400 originally)

  • Guard Armor initial price raised to 30000 (was 12800 originally)

• Guard Rod (with Shop Randomization):

  • Guard Rod can now be found in Item Shops with buff items.

• Removed Saya's Classroom cutscene (would crash if you entered without Hahn).

Changes:

• Fixed bug where Profound Darkness 1 was getting Dark Force 1 stats when Boss Shuffle was enabled.

• Fixed Color Scarf bug where item was healing party and showing the wrong animation.

• Changed battle ability of Magic Lamp to now cast Cancelling (the same effect the Psycho Wand has).

Changes:

• "Balance Items" option now adds new item descriptions for gear and key items.

• Added "Boss Shuffle" option.

• Added "Ability Balancing" option.

• Added Pengu-Feed (shop filler item) community name/description changes.

• Magic Lamp now casts Cancelling in the same way the Psycho Wand does.

• Enemy XP values have been returned to their normal values (for the most part).

• Required XP to level up has now been reduced by 80%.

Changes:

• Initial Public Release of Profound Disorder