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The main way you develop your characters inValkyrie Profile: Lenneth, whether they be Valkyrie herself or her Einherjar, is by diving into dungeons and defeating the foes inside, collecting equipment and artifacts as you go. You can find some extraordinary things.
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The Forest of Woe is one of the first dungeons that you’ll encounter in the game (unless you’re playing on Hard mode, of course) and it’s possibly the easiest - even easier than the Artolian Mountain Ruins. That said, it’s a big, featureless, snowy forest with some hidden treasures to find, so let us guide you through.
The Forest Of Woe Overview
As one of the first dungeons to get unlocked for those playing on Easy or Normal mode in Valkyrie Profile, you can expect the Forest of Woe to be a pretty simple, easygoing experience.
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These should be familiar from the battle against the Elder Vampire from the Artolian Mountain Ruins. They’re not very tough, but you might need to string together a competent combo to break their guards if your sorcerer is on cooldown.
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Can deal more damage than the other enemies in this dungeon, but still aren’t very threatening. They like to guard a lot, but not more than the Dragon Servants.
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These are as easy to defeat as they are in the Artolian Mountain Ruins. Don’t forget to equip Counter, as their attacks are often guarded against and you can get some easy damage in with counterattacks.
The Forest Of Woe Walkthrough
From the entrance,head to the left a little bit to find a chestthat contains anEye of Heaven. There is one of these in every dungeon and they can be used toupgrade the mapyou have.
Before using anEye of Heaven, opening the map (with the R1 button) will only show you the rooms that you’ve entered. After using an Eye of Heaven, you’ll get a full silhouette of the dungeon. In some dungeons, such as this one, it’s not that useful. Instead, you canconvert Eyes of Heaven to 1,000 Materialize Pointsin the Use Items menu.
Nowhead to the right, ignoring the exit to the rear as you go, to reach a chest that contains theIcicle Edgespell.
It would be a good idea tomake Jelanda learn Icicle Edge. When you fight the Dragon Servants in this dungeon, casting Icicle Edge from the in-battle menu will deal super-effective damage against them, significantly cutting down how long it takes to beat them.
Backtracka little now andtake the rear exit.Continue on this linear pathuntil you reach a fork. Goleft first, moving all the way until you hit a wall. Take theexit to the rear here, and you should find a chest on this screen, hidden by a bush to the left. It has aFlare Crystalinside, and is protected by a small explosion trap - just move to the right quickly after opening the chest to avoid it.
Movefurther to the rearto find a screen with a Dragon Servant and two chests. Both of these chests containElement Sceptersin them, protected by explosions.
Element Scepters are strong Staff weaponsthat will boost your sorcerer’s (currently only Jelanda) power significantly, but they have achance of breaking when you use them for Purify Weird Soul attacks.
The solution to this is to simplyavoid using Purify Weird Soul attacks with your sorcerer, as you’ll get more mileage out of the Staves when used for regular attacks only. Alternatively, only avoid using Purify Weird Soul attacks when you’re down to your final Staff.
Now that you have Icicle Edge and an Ether Scepter, give them both to Jelanda. Every single random battle in this dungeon can be ended in one turn by having Jelanda cast Icicle Edge from the battle menu - this is something you can use in most dungeons in the game, especially once you have access to stronger spells.
Backtrack two screens to the front, and thenone screen to the right. Take therear exiton this screen andhead to the leftto find a sack containing aLapis Lazuli. Head back to thefront and then press on to the right, taking the nextexit to the rear.
Just to the right of the entrance here, you’ll find a chest containing aFlare Crystal. Open it, but be wary of theexplosion trap. Head further into the dungeon until you reach a save point. Save, and thenhead to the left to encounter the dungeon’sboss.
How To Beat The Insane Yetis
There arethree Insane Yetisto contend with in this fight, but you have the tools to make the fight incredibly easy.
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When the battle begins, the game will prompt you toexploit the Yetis' weakness- which isfire, if you care to check with the Spectacles item or look at the table above.
You have two means of inflicting fire damage:
If you decide tosave your Flare Crystals for later, you’ll be in for a slightly longer fight, but you shouldn’t have too much trouble surviving - the Yetis' attacks don’t deal all that much damage and they’re easily countered. If you haven’t already, definitely equip the Counter skill to all of you party members - those that can learn it, anyway.
If you go the long route, you might want to have theFirst Aidskill set up on your characters. This skill will, when activated, let your characters heal each other. This should be enough healing to avoid having to waste turns on manually using Elixirs.
Forest Of Woe Artifacts
There are two artifacts to pick up after beating the Insane Yetis - as always, do not worry about incurring Odin’s wrath, the small Evaluation Score minus is nothing compared to the boosts you get by transferring heroes up to Valhalla.
Extreme Guard
A very handy piece of armor that doesn’t give you any RDM but will let you counter attacks with fire, and protects against fire damage itself.
Phoenix Feather
A fantastic possession that, when equipped, will revive the wearer from death whenever they get knocked out. Has a 10% chance to break when this happens, but you should circumvent this by Rewinding if it happens (if you’re playing on the remastered version of the game).
Grab both artifacts andbacktrack all the way out of the dungeon to leave. In some dungeons, there are shortcuts to get to the world map, but not in this one. Use the map to help you get to the entrance if you need it.
