How to use this walkthrough
- Edition: Pixel Remaster 2D — not the DS 3D remake. Job lists and balance match the Famicom line with PR softening.
- Jobs cost CP to change; new jobs start weaker. PR boosts job levels so swaps hurt less, but do not thrash every fight.
- Four crystals unlock job batches. Each chapter lists what opens when you free that crystal.
- Boss jobs: Dragoon vs Garuda, Scholar vs Hein, etc. Chapters call these out with Job tags.
- Finale has no save inside Crystal Tower → Eureka → World of Darkness. Chapter 6 is pure prep + execution.
- 100%: all story crystals, major legendary weapons from Eureka, Cloud of Darkness clear, Onion Knight optional mastery if you want the meme endgame.
Party truth: There is no fixed “best” four jobs forever. Keep physical DPS, White magic, Black magic, and a flex (Dragoon/Scholar/Devout) you can swap for walls.
Crystal by crystal
Chapter 1
Floating Continent
Altar Cave, Wind Crystal jobs, Kazus curse, Sasune, Mythril, Canaan, first real party kits.
Open → Chapter 2Tozus to Argus
Mini path, Nepto, Tower of Owen, Subterranean Lake, Castle Argus, crash to the surface world.
Open → Chapter 3Surface & Fire Crystal
Living Woods, Amur, Goldor, Dwarves, Molten Cave, Cave of Shadows, Water Crystal chain.
Open → Chapter 4Saronia & Earth
Garuda (Dragoon), Doga & Unei, Falgabard, Ancients’ Maze, Earth Crystal jobs.
Open → Chapter 5Crystal Tower & Eureka
Syrcus approach, legendary weapons, no-save gauntlet prep, tower clear.
Open → Chapter 6World of Darkness
Cloud of Darkness, Onion Knight notes, master 100% checklist.
Open →Which crystal opens what (PR overview)
- Wind Crystal (Ch.1): Warrior, Monk, White Mage, Black Mage, Red Mage, Thief (+ Onion Knight start)
- Fire Crystal (Ch.3): Knight, Hunter, Scholar (and related mid jobs)
- Water Crystal (Ch.3–4): Geomancer, Dragoon, Viking, Bard, Karateka, Magus, Devout, Summoner / Evoker line
- Earth Crystal (Ch.4): Dark Knight, Ninja, Sage, and late specialties
Exact shop/ability names vary slightly by localization — trust in-game job menu after each crystal scene.