Baldr Sky guide

Walkthrough and weapons guide, minimal spoilers

Intro

Walkthrough and weapons guide, minimal spoilers

18+ patch (follow the instructions, use at own risk, any issues dont look for me please)
https://pastebin.com/PvNB7ZNY
P.S, I used it for all routes without any issues

Route walkthrough

Things to note

1. You get scenario skip after clearing true route good ending
2. You get battle skip after clearing all endings
3. Secret files are unlocked via survival mode
4. Dive 1 has 3 routes, dive 2 has 3 routes
5. Routes are semi linear, you have to unlock them in order
6. Dive 1 route unlock order spoiler: Rain > Nanoha > Chinatsu
7. Dive 2 route unlock order spoiler: Aki > Makoto > Sora
8. Some routes have a "humiliation scene" your battle time here determines some of the endings
9. Main female lead of route spoiler tagged
10. Keep all your progress in a single save file



Dive 1, Route 1 Rain

Endings completely dependent on humiliation scene timings in chapter 10, total of 5 humiliation scenes, to see all scenes, spend 2 mins or more per fight

Good end
1st stage - unlocks Spectral Missile
2nd stage

Normal end
3rd stage
4th stage
5th stage



Dive 1, Route 2 Nanoha

Total of 6 humiliation scenes in chapter 12, time for each stated below
Entry requirement: Chapter 4 [Dive 1 Route 1], "Choose to contact Aki"

Good end
Defeat final boss
1st stage - 1:44 or less, unlocks Gigantic field
2nd stage - 1:45 ~ 2:14 [First priestess prompt]
3rd stage - 2:15 ~ 2:44 [Second priestess prompt]

Normal end
4th stage - 2:45 ~ 3:14
5th stage - 3:15 ~ 3:44

Dead end
6th stage - 3:45 or more

Bad end
Loose final boss fight (timing does not matter except dead end)



Dive 1, Route 3 Chinatsu

Entry requirement:

• Chapter 1, Choose new option "Rain..."
  
• Chapter 4, Choose "Fine"

Good end
Chapter 14, Choose "I want to believe"
Defeat the final boss

Normal end
Loose to final boss

Bad end
Chapter 14, Choose "I still can't believe"



Dive 2, Route 1 Aki
Entry requirement:

• Branches from Dive 1, Route 3 chapter 6 depending on new choices
  
• Chapter 5, Choose "Leave the dorm with her"
  
• Chapter 6, Choose "Eat breakfast first"
  
• Chapter 6, Choose "It's Aki's face"

Good end
Chapter 10, beat timed event within time limit
Chapter 12, Choose "Accept Aki as she is"
Chapter 13, Win all fights

Normal end
Chapter 10, dont beat timed event within time limit
Chapter 12, Choose "Tell her the truth and have her understand"
Chapter 13, Win all fights

Bad end
Chapter 13, Loose fight where you defend Aki with Eiji while she hacks tranquilizer



Dive 2, Route 2 Makoto
Entry requirement:

• After Dive 2, Route 1, you unlock Reminiscence in main menu, complete ALL nodes
  
• Chapter 1, Choose "Figure out the situation"

Good end
Chapter 13, defeat final boss

Normal end
Chapter 13, loose to final boss



Dive 2, Route 3 Sora
Entry requirement:

• Chapter 1, Choose "Just attack" (new option after D2,R2)

Good end
Chapter 11, Choose "What if she's actually jealous?"
Chapter 11, Win the battle against Sora

Normal end
Chapter 11, Choose "This is kuu we're talking about. She supports us"
Chapter 11, Loose the battle against Sora



True ending
Entry requirement:

• After clearing Dive 2, Route 3, receive 2 new plugins, Neuzehn's Secret, The end of Eternity , enable them both
  
• Scenario skip to Dive 2, Route 3 Sora chapter 11 with plugins enabled, completed Dive 2, Route 3

Weapon List

Things to note:
1. Using weapon without hitting anything gives 10 base exp
2. Exp is based on usage and damage done
3. Range weapons start out horrible, but scales higher than melee weapons
Examples:

• Satellite laser at level 1 is useless, at level 3 (and max heat level), it carpet bombs (multi hit possible) a large area with high damage
  
• The bits increase bit count when leveled (or bomb damage + radius for bomber) and have a high max heat (about 10% of heat bar)

Green bar denotes original heat generated at initial unlock, yellow is leveled

Take note of gatling bit





4. Ocelot at point blank range causes the projectile to bounce between you and enemy, highest single target, single attack damage

Weapon list

Body blow tree

Low Kick tree

Beam sword tree

Handgun tree

Spreadbomb tree

Handgrenade tree

Personal opinion

My personal opinions after finishing the game, dont look at them before you do

Poor Nanoha
Gilbert is real MVP

[Secret... <3]

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[JaxMugen8]

Thanks for the guide. In regards to the personal opinion stuff - not sure why Nanoha specifically needs more sympathy than anyone else, and Gilbert is just annoying. I'm not saying that stories can't include characters that are essentially mentally unstable, and they do even include brief background why, but it does get grating when a character is just consistently unreasonable and their motivation for their actions is "I'm unreasonable and mentally unstable".

@The Nameless Gamer - as long as you get the prompt to proceed further in, you're fine. If you took too long in the battle you won't be given that option and will be forced to retreat.

@Mercer87 - by the time you complete one of Dive 2 Route 1's endings you gain access to all of Reminiscence. Route 2 requires you to have completed route 1 anyway.

[The nameless Gamer]

I have a question about Dive 2 route 1. How long is the time limit for the fight in chapter 10? I managed to clear it after Rain's first warning. Is that good enough? Or Do I need to clear it before that?

[mercer87]

So, I've unlocked all the [Reminiscence till August, but I cannot unlock the others and so I cannot proceed to Dive 2 2nd Route... what are the requirements to unlock the last part of the Reminiscences]? Thanks for the help!

[ReikoRaph]

Achievments are working with 18+ patch?

[Aregularhuman]

For farming weapon use and EXP you'll want to get Scenario Skip for this next step (spoilers for the Aki route): Go to the scene towards the end of Aki's route where Tranquilizer is caught in a trap and you have to destroy it, use the plugin that makes it so your teammates won't attack the same target as you and also the one that cuts their damage so they don't destroy Tranquilizer too fast.
Then you can simply stand behind Tranquilizer and spam your weapons over and over on what is essentially a massive Training dummy while enemies will mostly leave you alone as they have some trouble path-finding to you.
Once Tranquilizer is dead you just scenario skip back to the start of the fight where you can also buy new weapons and check on development progress.
If you have the double speed plugin enabled this lets you grind the weapon tree way faster than trying to use Survival mode while also requiring very little user input (it can get really boring tho).

(2/2)

[Aregularhuman]

If anyone is looking for the most efficient way to grind Weapon usage and EXP, I have figured out a method that should work best.

First you'll want to play through Dive 2 Survival (it's not nearly as hard as Dive 1) to get the plugin that lets you keep Force gained in Survival Mode aswell as the plugin that lets you play at double speed.
Survival mode Dive 2 is also the best place to farm Force by using some form of ranged AOE build and using the Plugin that let's you start at stage 76 as later stages give more EXP and with the double speed plugin you can get through a stage in about 10-20 seconds if you're fast.

(1/2)

[Kei]

Just an add-on for those that are trying to get all the endings and are still confused or lost:

The "Show unseen InsertCharacterName route events" Plug-In can assist you in getting all the endings if you are lost. The unlock requirement is to clear that Characters route ending twice (Same Ending or Not).

The most useful Plug-In to help with the above is the "Show unlock requirements (Dive 1/2 only)". The unlock requirement is to clear each character ending twice in Dive 1 and Dive 2. So if you want the Dive 2 plug-in, you must clear Aki Twice, Makoto Twice, and Sora Twice. (Same Ending or Not).

To unlock the True Ending, you need to get the "The End of Eternity" Plug-In. The unlock requirement is to see all GOOD character endings.

And finally, make sure you use the same damn save file after you clear...

[Klipwc]

@Twilightiger
It was actually a sarcastic joke about him being the mvp
Because due to his actions, neunzehn could be defeated (if not, kuo would have vanished as sora did not want to do anything) and his spite was ridiculous enough the rest of the cast woke up from the sheer disgust of having to merge with him (its even commented by eve how much of a help he is)

[Twilightiger]

I agree, poor Nanoha. Nothing ever seems to go right for her outside of her True Ending. Kurihara/Gregory playing her like a fiddle certainly didn't help.

As for Gilbert... No, fuck him to high hell. The guy is a walking Diabolus Ex Machina; literally everytime he appears he just keeps making the situation worse. The fact that this bastard was the reason Neunzehn woke up in Sora's route practically sealed it for me. The fact that the sheer spite he has for Kou ended up retroactively saving him near the end was helpful yes, but I'd rather not be helped by that hateful, self-serving maniac.