Actraiser Renaissance 100% Walkthrough Guide

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS
I will publish before done in case it helps anyone or if people want to give feedback. I will work on it as I have time so if you get ahead of my in the guide don’t fret as I will be working on this almost every day until it is done.** post in the comments if you want to see screen shots. I am taking them as I go but wasn’t planning on adding them

My goal is to keep this simple with a guide telling you everything you need to do to 100% the game. I was a huge fan of the originals back in the day and have played through the first game several times getting the absolute highest population possible.

I will be playing on hard so my combat tips and notes may change or be easier if you are playing on a lower setting. if this causes a problem let me know in the comments and I will adjust as needed.

I will also be naming monsters and the like as I see fit. If a name appears on screen at some point I will try to use that one but for the regular enemies I will just be making up names that make sense for my brain.

The combat levels are designed to be played a few times to get the hang of where things are and want you need to watch out for. To that end my walkthrough will not be super detailed to the point of explaining every trap as figuring it out is part of the fun. If want a more detailed walkthrough this one isn’t for you. I don’t like posting screen shots or videos of boss fights as that ruins the excitement and fun for me when I play.

You can replay levels in this version so if you miss something you can come back and get it later. Also the scrolls no longer give you chances to cast spells but boost your HP and MP. You have MP you can use to cast spells now and it comes back. (in the original you had to use the scrolls to cast spells and once used it was gone).

In general, I will post tips and ideas at a high level. Even the spoiler sections are not super detailed as I want to give you the chance to figure some stuff out on your own.

• 3 attack forward thrust – If you attack three times and press the direction you are facing after the first two and hold for the third you will thrust forward and be invulnerable for a short bit.
• Upper sword cut – hold up while attacking
• Downward slam – while in the air hold down and attack
• Duck – this reduces the damage you take and helps avoid things
• Evade – jump back and become immune for a few frames

• Attack – fires an arrow that will auto target enemies in a small area
• charge attack – hold attack for a charged up attack that fires three arrows

• You do not need to fight every little monster on the screen. They do not give you anything at all
• Learn the move sets and how to quickly kill the mods you can’t avoid
• Killing enemies here is a must. It protects your towns people and gets your MP back
• keep an eye out for food from your towns people that will also restore your MP

• make sure you move over the same squares from different directions (up or down and left or right) so the roads go in all four directions
• Make sure you go back to the sky palace and save once in a while; you don’t want to have to replay that last boss fight because you forgot to save.

• You can build block houses by going to build a fort and toggling (L1 and R1 with a game pad) to block house. It took me way to long to figure this out.
• Don’t be afraid to use your blockages and spells early. Items will spawn through out the siege
• Move your hero around to where he is needed most
• It is okay if buildings get destroyed as long as you save the temple

Character level = 1

Bird – Up attack and follow up swing. They will pause and dive down to you
Blue Goblin – they walk toward you and attack. Two hits to kill. they walk faster when they see you
Orange Monkey – they jump at you. Evade and then attack three times
Wasps – easier to kill than birds but the slower speed could throw off your timing. They keep spawning form certain trees

As soon as you start head left.

Scroll 1 – when the level starts go left and climb the tree

Continue to the right killing everything in your way. When you reach a place you can’t jump up to be careful not to break the scroll statue and continue to the right.

Scroll 2 – you will walk under a elevated area that you cannot reach. be careful not to break the scroll statue and continue to the right a little ways. You will see a hill you can climb up and head back to the left with a log you can ride down to the area you couldn’t reach.
** this is before you change screens

Change screens for a mini boss

fireballs – that shoot out in groups of threes
dropping pods – that spawn little monsters

Dodge the fireballs and use the up attack and follow up swings to hit the head. Then when the little bugs spawn, if you time it right, you can use a down slam to take them out. If you jump over the first fireball and start attacking right away you you can kill it before the second fireball

Once done, change screens for a check point

Continue to the right

Scroll 3 – After the check point continue to the right until you ride a log down. Once on the floor head back left and you will find it in the underpass

Continue to the right and ride the statue over the spikes and be careful of the monsters. You can ride on the hands or the top. I find the top the safest to avoid the orange money at the end

On the next statue/tree ride on the top to get a MP scroll and to continue

Change screen for a check point

Charge attack – he charges at you. If you can’t avoid it, use the platform to jump over him or otherwise get out of the way, duck to take less damage
Lightning attack – he does lightning damage in a small area. Dodge back to avoid

Use the platform to jump over him and attack him from behind while he performs his attach animations. If you time it right he wont hit you and you can do a good amount of damage to him. I found it best to stay on the far side of the platform from the boss in case he stopped moving to cast lightning giving me room to run and jump over him.

Congratulations! You have just finished your first level.

Skeleton Bats – One shot one kill (can carry away villagers?)
Blue Dragon – Two shots to kill (can shoot lightning to kill villagers?)

End (after act 2) population – 362 (for now)

Follow the tutorial to help the village grow. Use your lightning miracle as you can to take out trees and help them grow further while using your arrows to take out monsters while they grow. I will list out the quests and events as they happen for me.

After a little time, the villagers will complain about monsters, once that happens you can guide them to take out the monster lair in the north west.

Brown goblin – throws red daggers in a straight line. avoid and kill when needed. Takes several hits
Blue goblin – they walk toward you and attack. Two hits to kill. they walk faster when they see you

Kill the monsters and attack the yellow orb nest to kill it as well. Continue to the right killing another yellow orb nest to spawn the real orb. Once it spawns things get a little hectic so I just jumped up and focused on it while dodging stuff as much as I could. Birds and other monsters started spawning quickly. I found that standing just to the left of the orb on the platform made this the easiest. I would jump attack and regular attack as needed to avoid being hit.

Continue growing and killing trees until you can learn how to build forts and follow the tutorial. Shortly after you can also start visiting your temple. This is also when the blue dragons will start spawning in the west and I had to put out some fires. (note that destroying the rocks in the south east don’t seem to unlock anything in this version)

Quest – put out fires – Legendary Chronicle – Philatas x 5 – boosts Philotas’s level. Faith +100
Use rain to put out the fires

Quest – a time for war – Legendary Chronicle – Philotas x 2 – Faith +50

follow the tutorial and send your Philatas up to the north gate house and he will hold off the monsters and kill them. Save your lightning for groups of 3 or more. wait for entire groups to spawn to kill them all when possible

Quest – A Hero’s Legend – Faith +50
I started building to the lair in the south to take that one out for this quest only to find out you have to take the one in the east. So Eastward!

Blue goblin – they walk toward you and attack. Two hits to kill. they walk faster when they see you
Brown goblin – throws red daggers in a straight line. avoid and kill when needed. Takes several hits
Super Baddies – charged up enemies seem to take way more hits to kill.

Strategy:
Note the purple orb nest took many more hits to kill. Once both are killed monsters spawn and you have to kill the real orb again. I took the time to kill the blue ans super brown goblin before starting on the orb. the skelly bats started spawning as well. This is also when I learned there is a timer so you have to work fast.

Quest – A Blessing of the Harvest – Faith +50 and Legendary Chronicle – Philotas x2
Collect three fruits when they show up

Quest – The Strongest of Men – Faith +50 and Legendary Chronicle – Philotas x 4

You can put all 4 of your forts in the south and west. Basically use your hero for small group and your lightning for bigger groups. My lightning didn’t one shot the last groups but as long as you stack them up you should be okay. Don’t be afraid to use palisades as well. I didn’t have any block houses yet.

Quest – Cries from Within the wood Faith +50 and Legendary Chronicle – Philotas x2
Build 2 new block houses – You can build block houses by going to build a fort and toggling (L1 and R1 with a game pad) to block house. It took me way to long to figure this out.

Quest – Faith and Trust– Faith +100 and Civ. Level +1 (and another fort)
Make your way to the monster layer in the south

Brown goblin – throws red daggers in a straight line. avoid and kill when needed. Takes several hits
Blue goblin – they walk toward you and attack. Two hits to kill. they walk faster when they see you
Orange Monkey – they jump at you. Evade and then attack three times

Ride the tree and kill the yellow nests as you go. Watch out for the orange monkey and to kill the big Orb by stand to the right of it and up attack and down smash.

Quest – Build 6 or more workshops – Faith +50 and Legendary Chronicle – Philotas x2
This was done before I even got the quest. If you don’t have this done try building out more or even leveling some houses and see if the towns people build more.

Achievement – One Angel Army Kill 100 baddies
This unlocked for me here

This is also when I decided to start lightning bolting houses so they can build newer ones. Earthquake will also only target a small area now so lightning away. Either way don’t worry about this to much for now.

Quest – Discord – Faith +100 and Legendary Chronicle – Philotas x6 AND Bridge building

I placed one blockhouse to the NE of your temple and one to the SE. I placed my gates as close as I could to the north, west and south. I put the hero in the north since that gate wasn’t covered by a blockhouse (there will be flyers).

Quest – Strife – Faith +100 and Civ. Level +1
Destroy the 4th layer

– +1 fortification
Brown goblin – throws red daggers in a straight line. avoid and kill when needed. Takes several hits
Blue goblin – they walk toward you and attack. Two hits to kill. they walk faster when they see you
Orange Monkey – they jump at you. Evade and then attack three times
Tree mini boss!

You have a little more time on this one so take the time to dodge and kill. work your way right killing the yellow and blue orb spawners and the tree. Once you kill the last yellow orb kill the brown goblin that spawns on the same platform and work your way left. On the big Orb you want to stay to its left

Upgrade your fortifications and destroy old buildings and houses as often as you can

While working on population and growth I got a my first Settlement Raid. I got the impression that these are not as scripted so just do what makes sense for you. Do have all of our fortifications upgraded. I had 3 of each building and left the west side unguarded.
Reward – 10 legendary chronicle for Philotas

Quest – A Hero’s Birth – Faith +100 and Legendary Chronicle – Philotas x8

I place the blockhouses to the NE, NW, and SW of the temple. I place the gates N, W, and S again all as close to the temple as possible. Just use your spells and move your here as it makes sense and don’t forget to sprinkle int he palisades

Quest – A Vision of Ruin – Faith +150 and Legendary Chronicle – Philotas x10 AND Radiant Fire

Same as Siege 4 for setup but once the boss comes out focus on him with your hero while keeping the minions away form your temple

Quest – The Curse – faith +150
I already had a population over 300 when this came up. If you don’t keep destroying old buildings and letting them rebuild the newer ones.

Quest – Fisherman’s Trade – Faith +5- and Legendary Chronicle – Philotas x2
Gather 250 resources. I was at cap.

Character level = 2 (so close to 3)

Skelly Bat – they fly and sort of at you some times.
Blue Goblin – they walk toward you and attack. Two hits to kill. they walk faster when they see you
Bone tower – it shoots fire at you and takes a couple hits to kill.
Brown goblin – with the daggers again
Rocks – Not really a bad guy but can drop crystals now
Metroid crawlers – they crawl into you slowly so you feel dumb when they hit you
Red dagger bois – like the brown ones but can throw at an angle and take some extra hits

Follow the path to the right and down. Note that monsters will now drop crystals that will power you up so you want those. You can also cast magic now. Once your at the bottom you can head left for HP then go right.

Go right through the water until you reach an area where you can jump up on some platforms. Climb those platforms to the top killing everything in your way.

Scroll 1 – When you reach the top gate in the first area, back track to the left a little bit and drop down then head right to get your first scroll.

Drop all the way back down and go right into the dungeon area

Scroll 2 – At the start of the dungeon area when you first drop down, head left first to grab this one.

Follow the path and feel free to take forks for HP and MP statues until you come to a gate. If you see a ledge you can’t reach, that is where you would have come in if you took the top gate earlier.

Strategy:
he jumps at you and attacks a lot so be ready to back step while you fight him. Otherwise blast him with magic a few times and he is done.

Next area is a check point

In the next area you will quickly reach some platforms head down and to the right first.

Scroll 3 – After the check point head into the next area and jump down and to the right for this one. Watch out for the spikes “hidden” in the boxes.

continue climbing up now but be careful the traps in this area are devious. Watch for falling spikes and be extra careful when grabbing the second golden statue for MP or skip it if you don’t need the MP. or get it from underneath

I maxed my crystals out just before the boss room.

Achievement – In glorious splendor, rejoice
Max your crystal gauge

Check point

Axe throw – you have to duck under it and then jump over it.
Jump attack – He will jump up and slam down. if you are fast and run toward him you can get past him and get some hits in.

Wait for him to finish screaming and blast him with magic. Try to stay closeish to him after that and get good at dodging his axe and jump attack; after a jump attack you an get some hits in if you are behind him. He will tire out once in a while too so you can land some good hits then as well. He will rage (scream again) later so don’t try to hit him then and you may want to save a few spells to finish him off faster once he rages. I didn’t really notice much of a difference though.

Quest – the vow – +250 faith and the Jewel of the King
Completed by finishing the level.

Charter level = 3

I will work on this one as I have more time. It is 9/24 now. Not sure how much time I will have the next couple days but will pick this back up on Monday at the latest.