In most of the treasure chests, you will find up to about four Attribute Crystals (Flame,Cyclone, Chill, etc.).

Go into the first floor of the underground channel. Keep going back to him when his skill points increase. Then, send him back to the train and sell them. Select Erik and use his ability to make bombs. Press Triangle to go to the menu and select 'Character'. When you get Erik in Chapter 2, go up to him and add him to your party. This way, you do not have to actually use your gun/armband to level them up. The ABS points will then get distributed evenly between your right- and left-handed weapons. Press 元 immediately after defeating an enemy. To level up your weapons faster, alternate your characters. This makes it so he does not move or get hurt. This is especially useful when trying to build up the Ridepod since he loses fuel easily. Kill the enemy with your strong person, and immediately afterwards, press 元 to switch characters or R3 to switch to the Ridepod. Take one of your strong characters (i.e., most health, strongest weapon) but not the Ridepod, and go to a dungeon that you can get minimal damage done to you. Put him in your party, and if your better character dies, use his special ability to leave a dungeon for free. Go to them and use their ability to gain free items. When you are on the train, add them to your party. To swindle some free items, get Polly and/or Ferdinand to accompany you on your journey. Use them to make things such as Cheese, Roasted Chicken and Improved Bombs. Then go on the train and make them join your party. To get health and battle items easily, go around and collect more people to put on the train.

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