Star Ocean: The Second Story R is an expansive JRPG with many systems at work and an action-based combat system. The JRPG features dangerous foes and challenging end-of-game bosses that can test the patience of the most experienced players.
Thankfully, Star Ocean: The Second Story R has a lot of room for characters to level up and become overpowered with its maximum level cap. This guide will focus on the game's max level. Plus, how to reach it using the Star Ocean's Item Crafting system that fans love.
Star Ocean: The Second Story R - How To Get Aeterna Sword
The Aeterna Sword is one of the most powerful weapons in Star Ocean: The Second Story R; here's how to craft it.
What Is Star Ocean: The Second Story R's Level Cap?
The maximum level for Star Ocean: The Second Story R is 255. It is 255 in all Star Ocean games and is related to binary code and the divisive ending of Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. It's designed to take advantage of the New Game Plus mode, where players can start the game again and experience it from Claude or Rena's perspective.
There are alternative recruitable characters and side quests in the New Game Plus mode. Levels, Fol, and all items except for story-related ones carry over.
How to Increase Levels in Star Ocean: The Second Story R
There are several methods to level up fast in Star Ocean: The Second Story R, but players must work on IC/Specialties. Here are the Specialties to level up in the game:
Skills
- Determination Lv 10 - increases the Train specialty and lowers the SP needed to level up all skills.
- Effort Lv 10 - Increases the Train specialty and lowers the EXP needed to level up after battles.
- Resilience Lv 10 - Increases the Train and Survival specialties. It also raises the character's DEF by two every time they level up.
- Sketching and Aesthetics Lv 10 - to level up the Art IC.
- Imitation Lv 10 to use the Replication specialty.
Specialties
- Train - At level 10, players can lower their party's attributes but increase EXP gain by 100 percent.
- Art - At level 10, players select Create Card and use Magic Canvas to create an EXP 100 percent booster card in battle. It may take several tries to get the EXP card.
- Replication - Once players get an EXP card, they should use the IC to make a copy with the support item RIRICA and Magic Film to craft it.
Using the above methods to farm EXP will raise the party's level to 255 in dungeons with challenging enemies like the NG Plus exclusive area, the Maze of Tribulations where the party can earn lots of Fol and EXP.
Star Ocean: The Second Story R
- Released
- November 2, 2023
