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** The same game has the Plasma Pistol, wielded by Norris or Starky. It has the power of a late-game weapon, but can be obtained far earlier than other weapons of its power; right after recruiting Starky, in fact. Just check the big sawfish in Home Arni village with Starky in your party and it's yours.

** Since few enemies drop actual money in the more recent updates, money is usually made selling VendorTrash. It is possibly to make money very fast though, by selling {{Blackmail}} pictures of one of the party members [[WholesomeCrossdresser crossdressing]].

** Owing to the random nature of the third, fourth and fifth games' loot system, you can potentially get weapons and gear with exceptionally powerful prefixes very early in the game; Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond and especially Obsidian carry heavy enchantments, with Obsidian in particular granting +10 to hit and a whopping ''+50'' damage; even on a crappy dagger or staff, that's league's beyond any weapon' s base damage. That said, the odds of finding these in low level dungeons are extremely low and still aren't great even in high leveled ones, so it's more of a "nice if you get it, but you probably won't" thing.

** ''Owing to the random nature of the third, fourth and fifth games' loot system, you can potentially get weapons and gear with exceptionally powerful prefixes very early in the game; Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond and especially Obsidian carry heavy enchantments, with Obsidian in particular granting +10 to hit and a whopping ''+50'' damage; even on a crappy dagger or staff, that's league's beyond any weapon' s base damage. That said, the odds of finding these in low level dungeons are extremely low and still aren't great even in high leveled ones, so it's more of a "nice if you get it, but you probably won't" thing.

* In ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'', the Profiteer's Purse, obtained by checking behind the stairs in Gogh's mansion in Another Termina, is this in two ways. You can either disassemble it to its base components for Iron (letting you forge far better equipment than would otherwise be possible that early in the game) or give it to Serge for a 1-15% bonus to all money gained from battles (which adds up very quickly). Either way, though, it's well worth making the small detour for it.

** Veteran players of the Legends update for Gamecube always save up their first three Moonberries to unlock Aika's Delta Shield - a wonderful skill that blocks ALL spells that target the party for one round and costs only 2 SP. (The downside is it blocks your own spells too, but healing/buffer items are dirt cheap and bypass this effect, so it's a negligible disadvantage.) This skill single-handedly makes any spellcasting enemies far less of a threat, letting you defeat some of the Wanted battles much earlier than intended and get a ton of cash and some sweet items for your trouble. Rupee of the Larso clan is a perfect example; if you fight him right after clearing the Temple of Pyrynn, he grants enough experience to give your entire team at least one full experience level (probably two) and drops the Captain's Hat accessory, which bolster's Vyse's attack by a whopping 80 points - a pretty ridiculous amount for the early game and still substantial by the end. Needless to say, this makes the rest of the game much easier to complete.

** Erik can be considered a more literal example of this - he's one of the first support characters you get (automatically recruited at the start of Chapter 2) and if you add him to your party, he can make you six Improved Bombs for free; these little numbers do a whopping 400 damage apiece, which will one-shot most enemies and deal hefty damage to bosses for the next two or three chapters. You have to boot him from the party and wait one in-game day for his energy to recharge to get more, but you can get as many Improved Bombs as you want from him at absolutely no cost.

** Veteran players of the Legends update for GameCube always save up their first three Moonberries to unlock Aika's Delta Shield - a wonderful skill that blocks ALL spells that target the party for one round and costs only 2 SP. (The downside is it blocks your own spells too, but healing/buffer items are dirt cheap and bypass this effect, so it's a negligible disadvantage.) This skill single-handedly makes any spellcasting enemies far less of a threat, letting you defeat some of the Wanted battles much earlier than intended and get a ton of cash and some sweet items for your trouble. Rupee of the Larso clan is a perfect example; if you fight him right after clearing the Temple of Pyrynn, he grants enough experience to give your entire team at least one full experience level (probably two) and drops the Captain's Hat accessory, which bolster's Vyse's attack by a whopping 80 points - a pretty ridiculous amount for the early game and still substantial by the end. Needless to say, this makes the rest of the game much easier to complete.

** Erik can be considered a more literal example of this - he's one of the first support characters you get (automatically recruited at the start of Chapter 2) and if you add him to your party, he can make yiu six Improved Bombs for free; these little numbers do a whopping 400 damage apiece, which will one-shot most enemies and deal hefty damage to bosses for the next two or three chapters. You have to boot him from the party and wait one in-game day for his energy to recharge to get more, but you can get as many Improved Bombs as you want from him at absolutely no cost.

** Erik can be co sidered a more literal example of this - he's one of the first support characters you get (automatically recruited at the start of Chapter 2) and if you add him to your party, he can create six Improved Bombs for free; these little numbers do a whopping 400 damage apiece, which will one-shot most enemies and deal hefty damage to bosses for the next two or three chapters. You have to boot him from the party and wait one in-game day for his energy to recharge to get more, but you can get as many Improved Bombs as you want from him at absolutely no cost.

** Erik can be co sidered a more literal example of this - he's one of the first support characters you get (automatically recruited at the start of Chapter 2) and if you add him to your party, he can create six Improved Bombs for free; these little numbers do a whopping 400 damage apiece, which will one-shot most enemies and deal hefty damage to minibusses for the next two or three chapters. You have to boot him from the party and wait one in-game day for his energy to recharge to get more, but you can get as many Improved Bombs as you want from him at absolutely no cost.

** Veteran players of the Legends update for GameCube always save up their first three Moonberries to unlock Aika's Delta Shield - a wonderful skill that blocks ALL spells that target the party for one round and costs only 2 SP. (The downside is it blocks your own spells too, but healing/buffer items are dirt cheap and bypass this effect, so it's a negligible disadvantage.) This skill single-handedly makes any spellcasting enemies far less of a threat, letting you defeat some of the Wanted battles much earlier than intended and get a ton of cash and some sweet items for your trouble. Rupee of the Larso clan is a perfect example; if you fight him right after clearing the Temple of Pyrynn, he grants enough experience to give your entire team at least one full experience level (probably two) and drops the Captain's Hat accessory, which bolster's Vyse's attack by a whopping 80 points - a very hefty amount for the early game and still substantial by the end. Needless to say, this makes the rest of the game much easier to complete.

** Veteran players of the Legends update for GameCube always save up their first three Moonberries to unlock Aika's Delta Shield - a wonderful skill that blocks ALL spells that target the party for one round and costs only 2 SP. (The downside is it blocks your own spells too, but healing/buffer items are dirt cheap and bypass this effect, so it's a negligible disadvantage.) This skill single-handedly makes any spellcasting enemies far less of a threat, letting you defeat some of the Wanted battles much earlier than intended and get a ton of cash and some sweet items for your trouble. Rupee of the Larso clan is a perfect example; if you fight him right after clearing the Temple of Pyrynn, he grants enough experience to give your entire team at least one full experience level (probably two) and drops the Captain's Hat accessory, which bolster's Vyce's attack by a whopping 80 points - a very hefty amount for the early game and still substantial by the end. Needless to say, this makes the rest of the game much easier to complete.

** The same game has the Plasma Pistol, wielded by Norris or Starky. It has the power of a late-game weapon, but can be obtained far earlier than other weapons of its power (right after recruiting Starky, in fact). Just check the big sawfish in Home Arni village with Starky in your party and it's yours.

** Suikoden 1 also has a trick one can perform at the start of the game -- by leaving Gregminster at the first opportunity, heading south to Lenenkamp, and then west to the mountain pass leading to Sarady (Mt. Tigerwolf), one can talk to a villager in the upper-rightmost house there and receive either a Prosperity Rune (which doubles gained experience) or a Fortune Rune (which doubles the amount of money the party earns). This is not the easiest trip to make -- you'll probably have to grind levels, equipment and weapon upgrades for a bit at Lenenkamp to make the journey survivable, and even then you'll have to run from most fights in Tigerwolf. It will make the rest of the game considerably easier, however, so it's worth the risk.

** The same game has the Plasma Pistol, wielded by Norris or Starky. It has the power of a late-game weapon, but can be obtained far earlier than other weapons of its power (right after recruiting Starky, in fact). Just check the big sawfish in Home Arno village with Starky in your party and it's yours.

* In ''VideoGame/DarkCloud2'', there's the famous Name Ticket Glitch, where renaming any crap low-level weapon to the EXACT name of a endgame weapon will give you said endgame weapon, letting you skip a lot of stat grinding (though you will still have to farm a pretty hefty number of dungeon medals for that). A less exploitative example is Jurak's Gun - once you've made some progress in Sindain, check a guide for the hidden requirements to get the Georama there to 100% (normally revealed to you several chapters later, but there's no safeguards in place to prevent you from unlocking them early). Your reward is Jurak's Gun, which packs quite a punch when you get it (it's a chunk of wood that fires lasers, somehow) and offers a direct upgrade path to the strongest gun in the game, the Supernova.

* In ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'', the Profiteer's Purse, obtained by checking the stairs in the mansion in Another Termina, is this in two ways. You can either disassemble it to its base components (letting you forge far better equipment than would otherwise be possible that early in the game) or give it to Serge for a 1-15% bonus to all money gained from battles (which adds up very quickly).
** The same game has the Plasma Pistol, wielded by Norris or Starky. It has the power of a late-game weapon, but can be obtained far earlier than other weapons of its power (right after recruiting Starky, in fact).

** Veteran players of the Legends update for GameCube always save up their first three Moonberries to unlock Aika's Delta Shield - a wonderful skill that blocks ALL spells that target the party for one round and costs only 2 SP. (The downside is it blocks your own spells too, but healing/buffer items are dirt cheap and bypass this effect, so it's a negligible disadvantage.) This skill single-handedly makes any spellcasting enemies far less of a threat, letting you defeat some of the Wanted battles much earlier than intended and get a ton of cash and some sweet items for your trouble. Rupee of the Larso clan is a perfect example - you can fight him right after clearing the Temple of Pyrynn, he grants enough experience to give your entire team at least one full experience level (probably two) and drops the Pirate Hat accessory, which bolster's Vyce's attack by a whopping 80 points - a very hefty amount for the early game and still substantial by the end. Needless to say, this makes the rest of the game much easier to complete.

** Veteran players of the Legends update for GameCube always save up their first three Moonberries to unlock Aika's Delta Shield - a wonderful skill that blocks ALL spells that target the party for one round and costs only 2 SP. (The downside is it blocks your own spells too, but healing/buffer items are dirt cheap and bypass this effect, so it's a negligible disadvantage.) This skill single-handedly makes any spellcasting enemies far less of a threat, letting you defeat some of the Wanted battles much earlier than intended and get a ton of cash and some sweet items for your trouble. Rupee of the Larso clan is a perfect example - you can fight him right after clearing the Temple of Pyrynn, he grants enough experience to give your entire team at least one full experience level (probably two) and drops the Pirate Hat accessory, which bolster's Vyce's attack by a whopping 60 points - a very hefty amount for the early game. The next ten or so hours of fights become much less of a burden with this.

** Veteran players of the Legends update for GameCube always save up their first three Moonberries to unlock Aika's Delta Shield - a wonderful skill that blocks ALL spells that target the party for one round and costs only 2 SP. (The downside is it blocks your own spells too, but items are cheap and bypass this effect, so it's a relatively minimal disadvantage.) This skill single-handedly makes any spellcasting enemies far less of a threat, letting you defeat some of the Wanted battles much earlier than intended and get a ton of cash and some sweet items for your trouble. Rupee of the Larso clan is a perfect example - you can fight himright after the Temple of Pyrynn, and he grants enough experience to give your entire team at least one full experience level (probably two) and drops the Pirate Hat accessory, which bolster's Vyce's attack by a whopping 60 points - a very good amount for the early game.

** Veteran players of the Legends update for GameCube always save up their first three Moonberries to unlock Aika's Delta Shield - a wonderful skill that blocks ALL magic effects on the party for one round and costs only 2 SP. (The downside is it blocks your own spells too, but items are cheap and bypass this effect, so it's a relatively minimal disadvantage.) This skill single-handedly makes any spellcasting enemies far less of a threat, letting you defeat some of the Wanted battles much earlier than intended and get a ton of cash and some sweet items for your trouble. Rupee of the Larso clan is a perfect example - you can fight himright after the Temple of Pyrynn, and he grants enough experience to give your entire team at least one full experience level (probably two) and drops the Pirate Hat accessory, which bolster's Vyce's attack by a whopping 60 points - a very good amount for the early game.

** Veteran players of the Legends update for GameCube always save up their first three Moonberries to unlock Fina's Delta Shield ability - a wonderful skill that blocks ALL magic effects on the party for one round and costs only 2 SP. (The only downside is it blocks your own spells too, but items are cheap and bypass this effect, so it's no big loss.) This skill single-handedly makes any spellcasting enemies far less of a threat, letting you defeat some of the Wanted battles much earlier than intended and get a ton of cash and some sweet items for your trouble. Rupee of the Larso clan, fought right after the Temple of Pyrynn, grants enough experience to give your entire team at least one full experience level (probably two) and drops the Pirate Hat accessory, which bolster's Vyce's attack by a whopping 60 points - a very good amount for the early game.