Quick Question about Rank 39-40 items + Hyperdrive

[Helrato]

Hey guys,
Just have a question I want confirmed since I'm not 100% sure. I know that if I want to get the Hyperdrive I need to go from Floor 1-100 in the Item World without exiting (No Mr. Gency's Exit).
But do you have to go 1-100 on a Rank 39 (eg. Legendary Cosmic Blade) to get a Yoshitsuna? Or am I allowed to Gency out whenever? And if so, if I want to get another Hyperdrive, do I have to 1-100 on it as well?

Thanks in advance !

[Tomberry Blue]

A rank 39 item will always have the rank 40 equivalent (yoshi for sword for exemple). You actually want to gency out on floor 99 if you want a perfect yoshi with the maximum number of slots and maybe a specific rarity number.

About the hyperdrive question, i had to verify it because I never thought about getting another one. It seems it's only possible to get multiple on the original PS2 by stealing it off an item god 2 on the 100th floor of another hyperdrive. I'm not entirely sure if it's possible in the other versions.

[Rauvoir]

You need to go straight through a Rank 40 item (Yoshi, Nemesis, Dream Hand, etc) to get the Hyperdrive. It can't be any old item from ranks 1-39, because one of the requirements is to defeat an 'Item God 2' to get the Hyperdrive. They only reside in Rank 40 items.

I'm not sure if you can get a second Hyperdrive if you dive into the first one, but you definitely can't get another one by doing a second straight 1-100 dive in a new Rank 40 item. It may be possible to get a second one in a New Game+ world and doing another 1-100 dive there, but I haven't tried that out yet.

[Bryal]

For the hyperdrive it's 1-100 from a rank 40 item. (Two easy ones to get are the dream hand and Apocalypse from the demonhall mirror) Getting a rank 40 item off of a 39, (Yoshi from a cosmic blade) you can gency out as long as you don't enter another item. And as the dood said, gency out on floor 99 or even make a back up save after floor 90.

[Mhblis]

Only one hyperdrive per game. You can get more in NG+. One guy claimed he got more than one and then promptly admitted to editing the game to pull it off.

And the others covered the R40 stuff.

[Bomb Bloke]

Originally posted by Bryal:

(Two easy ones to get are the dream hand and Apocalypse from the demonhall mirror)

Might as well pick something useful, though. By the time you can defeat the IG2 you'll more than qualify for the other R40 gear.

Though I concede that the Apocalypse could arguably be considered "useful". Even if it's not a sword.

Originally posted by Bryal:

you can gency out as long as you don't enter another item.

To my understanding, this is the rule for getting a Hyperdrive on the PS2 version, not for getting higher-ranked items from Item Gods - I don't believe there are any penalties for doing it in the other versions (given that there you lose your shot at the Hyperdrive as soon as you exit the original item in the first place).

When you are aiming for higher-ranked items, the one catch is if you Gency out on level 100. When you return, the Item God will no longer have the next item.