Golden Sun Comprehensive FAQ/Walkthrough

By: Ikillkenny (Mike Bentley) with a Djinn Guide by Baby M

5) Walkthrough

-Floor 9-

The door enemies for this floor are two Cerebuses. Go into the battle with 4 inactive Djinn for Issac, Garret and Ivan and all of the Djinn active for Mia. Cast all of the summons for Issac, Garret and Ivan in the first round. Have Mia use Wish or Wish Well throughout the battle. Once the summons have been cast, have Issac start to use Ragnarok, have Garret use the Djinni Flash or re-summon Flash, and have Ivan use High-Impact then Plasma in the following rounds. Defeat them to get a handy Psy Crystal.

CHEST 1:
Location: East-center part of the screen in the middle of the lake.
Item: 999 Coins
Directions: Head north to get to the lake with many logs to cross. Take the horizontal log to the west of the lake up north. Now, take the vertical log right above it to the east. Head off onto the eastern ledge and head south. Take the horizontal log here up north, then hop east to the double vertical logs. Head down to the south and take the vertical log in the southeastern corner of the lake west to reach the island in the center.
Notes: Head out of the room before attempting to get the next Chest.
CHEST 2:
Location: Northwestern part of the lake.
Item: Sleep bomb.
Directions: Head up the eastern ledge of the lake and take the northern most vertical log west. Hop north to get the treasure chest.
Notes: Head out the room before attempting to get the next chest.
CHEST 3:
Location: Middle of the room in between the two lakes.
Item: Water of Life
Directions: Take the western most horizontal log in the first lake you come to north, then take the vertical log above it east. Head onto the cliff on the east and head south. Bring the horizontal log here north, then hop east to the vertical log. Move that west, then hop south to the vertical log below it. Head all of the way to the west to reach the platform with this treasure chest on it.
Notes: None.
CHEST 4:
Location: Northwest past of the screen.
Item: Muramasa (a sword)
Directions: From Chest 3, head southwest. Take all of the horizontal logs north. Now, go and take the lowest vertical log west, and then take the horizontal log above it south. Go back and take the middle Vertical log west, then take the horizontal log above that south. Go all the way back from whence you came (13) and take the final vertical log at the northern part of the screen west. Jump up north to get the item.

>From Chest 4, simply take the vertical log back east and head south down the ledge to find the exit door.

-Floor 10-

When you get to floor ten, you'll be thrilled to know that there are no longer anymore puzzles to solve. However, you're about to face one mother of a boss. Save your game, inactivate 4 Djinn for everyone but Mia, and make sure everyone's healed. It's time for the battle of your life (you meaning Issac and company.) Head west up the dock to find a treasure chest. This chest is actually a mimic that you may want to fight for the experience. Now, head up the deck the ship (to the north) to encounter Deathbeard in a random battle.

If you're around level 25-26 and have at least 6 Djinn for each character (If you've been following this walkthrough you should by now), then Deathbeard shouldn't be that difficult of an enemy. In the first round, Cast your three Level-4 summons on him, and have Mia use Wish Well on the whole party. Once the first round is done, start using Ragnarok with Issac. With Garret you'll want to use the Djinn Flash *each* turn whether you're casting him or setting him to be active again. This will provide a heat barrier that frees your party from almost all damage that Deathbeard dishes out. With Ivan, use his Impact spell on Issac (you'll pretty much use this throughout the whole match because Deathbeard will occasionally use Break which will decrease all of your party member's stats down to normal.) With Mia use Ply Well throughout the battle to keep healing stats. Whenever someone's PP starts to get down, use a Psy Crystal on him or her (you'll only had to use about 2 or 3 throughout the whole match...when Ivan's PP starts to get low don't worry about it, just have him defend or use his Djinn.) Try to time using Psy Crystals to when you're being defended by a Flash heat barrier. Also, whenever a character goes down, wait until you're under a Flash heat barrier to revive that character with Issac's revive. While this strategy is pretty boring, you should be able to defeat Deathbeard in about 10 minutes. This strategy works because you'll have a lot of HP, PP and defense thanks to having lots of Djinn active. When you finally defeat Deathbeard you will get 8,000 experience points, 9,000 coins and some Water of Life. You'll also be able to get the treasure chest at the very north part of the ship. This box contains the Demon Mail that's unfortunately cursed.

Congratulations! You're now done Crossbone Island! Save your game and use Retreat to head out of the cave. Head back northwest towards the pink tornado to arrive back at Suhulla. Head all of the way back to Babi's tower where you want to go through the entrance there. Also, you will probably want to take a rest in the inn at Lolivero before you enter the tower.