If you take your 3DS out on the go with you, it’s possible that you’ll run by some other people with Bravely Second registered on their Streetpass. The first way of collecting villagers is the same as in Bravely Default, with Streetpass. Upgrading buildings is definitely in your interest as it can give you access to valuable items, so you’ll want as many villagers as possible. Each building can be upgraded to level 10, and takes a certain amount of real world time to construct that scales based on the buildings level. Fort-Lune functions in the same way as Norende Village, with villagers being necessary to unlock sections and construct buildings. They also revolve around moral choices, so you might have to do something you would disagree with on principle in order to get a Job that would better serve your party.Bravely Second brings back the village building minigame that was featured in the original Bravely Default, this time tasking you to rebuild one Magnolia’s home on the Moon. So, think carefully when making your decision. You can eventually get those other classes, but not until much later.
However, you have to choose between one of two Jobs for each side-quest. It’s a fun way to level up without depending on grinding, and completing them earns you a new Job. Side-quests in the game appear as blue exclamation marks on the map. It’s really more important to just make sure you have a well-rounded party that can attack, heal, and use magical abilities. If you want Yew to use a lot of physical damage Jobs, go for it. Any character can work well with any Job. If you really want to get every last inch of value out of a character, keep those in mind when assigning professions.īut the differences are pretty small. Image Credit: Nintendo Don’t worry too much about base statsĮach of your four party members have different base stats, meaning that one might be better at magic-based Jobs while another excels with fighting classes. However, this mechanic makes grinding at lower-level areas more viable, since it’s easier to string together multiple victories and earn high multipliers. If most of your party members have already attacked or are low on health of magic points, it’s probably better to end the fight and heal at the save point.
Be careful, since you’ll start each new fight right where the last one left off. Stringing together encounters like this can add a multiplier to your rewards, which can make grinding even faster. Not only will that save you time, but you can immediately fight a new wave of monsters if you beat one in a single turn. Pay attention to enemy weaknesses in the area and create strategies that defeat them as quickly as possible. Create presets for different situations, like one that just spams physical attacks and another that casts magic spells. Bravely Second also lets you save previous actions as presets, so you can quickly input a ton of commands with just a push of a few buttons. You’ll also want to make sure you that you increase the battle animation speed to its max, which you can do by pushing right on the D-pad a few times during a fight. It costs a little money, but you’ll easily make enough (and then some) to afford it just from all the battle rewards. When you want to earn a bunch of experience points, find a save point, boost the encounter rate to +100 percent, and then just walk in circles and fight monster after monster. It’s only then that you can change the enemy encounter rate.
Bravely Second makes grinding more convenient than any other RPG.įirst off, hold off on any major grinding until you have a full party of four characters.
Of course, if you want to level up quickly, you’re going to need to grind (which is RPG lingo for abandoning any story objectives to just fight monsters repeatedly so you can quickly earn resources).