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I am creating this thread for those of us who need BOF game help. Lets try to keep this thread up as high as we can. I will do my best to post in it as often as I can to keep it on the first page and up as close to the top of the page as I can.

I recently purchased BOF IV and am in the midst of playing through it.

Here are some questions I've ran across so far.

Once you leave an area where a master lives can you ever make your way back to them?

Once one character learns an enemy skill does that make it null an void for any other characters to learn?

Right now that's two of the main ones.

Also, I am finding that there just isn't much info out there on BOF so I am going to try to make a guide to BOF IV for starters. Stay tuned for that.

Thanks everyone!

ScarletCape's Breath of Fire IV Game Guide


Characters

Rhu
Rhu's Magic
Flame Strike - Aura Dragon
Flood Tide - Sea Dragon
Fulguration - Rock Dragon
Healing Wind - Grass Dragon
Holy Circle - Tree Dragon
Mud Flow - Mud Dragon
On Slaught - Grass Dragon


Cray
Cray's Magic
Level 8: Rock Blast
Level 11: Slow
Level 17: Stone Pillar
Level 21: Might
Level 25: Shield
Level 30: Quake


Ershin E
Ershin's Magic
Level 7: Wild Shot
Level 23 : Quake
Level 28: Inferno
Level 35 : Typhoon
Level 45 : Primus

Nina
Nina's Magic
Level 8: Barrier
Level 11: Rejuvenate
Level 14: Cyclone
Level 17: Raise Dead
Level 20: Remedy
Level 23: Vitalica
Level 26: Inspire
Level 29: Typhoon
Level 31: Kyrie
Level 34: Restore
Level 36: Resurrect
Level 39: Vigor

Scias
Scias's Magic
Level 16 : Ice Blast
Level 19 : Rejuvenate
Level 22 : Raise Dead
Level 25 : Remedy
Level 28 : Blizzard
Level 31 : Viltilize
Level 34 : Lifesaver
Level 37 : Restore


Ursula's Magic

Level 21 : Cyclone
Level 24 : Enfeeble
Level 27 : Drain
Level 28 : Leech Power
Level 31 : Inferno
Level 35 : Death

As you can see there are a variety of characters in the game with a variety of skills. You can also see that each character has an inate element. Rhu is Fire. Cray is Earth. Nina is Water. Ershwin does not seem to have an enate element as most of her attacks are physical in nature. Scias is Water. Ursula is a mixture of different elements.

Characters can also learn skills through enemy contact. If you guard with a character, that character has a certain chance of learning an enemy skill. To see what skills a monster can teach you, press the square button on your controller during battle. Blue skills can be learned, red skills cannot, and a black skills have already been learned. Below is a list of different skills and what monsters you can learn them from.

Monster Skills Index:
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Monster Skill AP Monster Location
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Bad Coil Command 0 Fane
Beetroop Risky Blow, Wild Swing 0 Kasq Woods
Bilbao Blitz 0 Secturn, MT. Yogy
Bilbao Last Resort 0 Kasq Woods
BoltArch Multistrike 5 River
Bolt Trp Knock Out 2 River
Cadaver Feint 2 Wyndia Basement
Cap Distracted 0 Kurok
Chingol Shadowwalk 12 Castle
Cracker Mind Fly 2 Kasq Woods
Crawler Air Raid 2 ? Northwest of Chek
Eye Goo Rest 0 ? near Saria
Fireant Flame Strike 2 Jungle
Gold Fly Chlorine 2 Astana
Gonger Timed Blow 13 Astana
Guardian Triple Blow 8 Tomb (Inside)
Gulper Transfer 20 Cove
Icebeak Icicle 4 Ice Peak
Istalk Sacrifice 13 Cove
Kolpum Frost Strike 2 Castle
Krabby Knock Out 2 Cove Ghost Ship
Lampkin Palliate 20 ? near Highway
LizardMn Wind Strike 2 En Jhou, Shan River
Mage Goo Burn 1 Valley
Mask Counter 1 ? South of Lyp
Mouse Snap 2 Synesta
Mud Pup Snooze 0 Mr. Ryft (inside)
NutTroop Double Blow 3 Wychwood
Poppy Curse 3 ? North of Highway
Pusopool Molasses 2 Jungle
Red Cap Command 0 Kurok South Wharf
Ryu (Behemoth) Searing Sand 2 Earth Gem Saldine
Ryu (Mutant) Curse 13 Earth Gem En Jhou
Salt Claw Reversal 0 Astana
Saruge Muffle 2 Mt. Giga
Scorpion Blind 2 Kurok
Sepoy Sword Breaker 2 Cove; Castle
Shadow Disembowel Target 1 Chedo; Castle
StarGazr Ebonfire 9 Castle
Tar Baby Douse 1 Jungle
ToxicFly Chlorine 2 Synesta (Basement)
Wizard Bad Back 0 Cove
Zombie Feign Swing 0 Chamba (Hexed Area)

I am unsure how complete that list is. I will of course make corrections as I play through the game.

Yet another way to learn skills is by becoming a Master's Apprentice. Below is a list of masters,where they are located, and what you have to do to earn each skill they teach.

Rwolf

Location: Kurok
Will: Haste

Task and Skill -

Perform a Combo of 5+ Hits Eddy
Perform a Combo of 10+ Hits Platea
Perform a Combo of 15+ Hits Magic Ball
Perform a Combo of 20+ Hits Flame Pillar


Stoll

Location: Hideout
Will: Filch

Must Give all of your Zenny in order to become his apprecentise

Have 80+ Different Kinds of items in inventory Steal

Have 1200+ Different Kinds of items in inventory Cowards Way


Una

Location: Warent
Will: Wild

Must Defeat Kahn in Warrent before you can become Una's apprentice

Inflick 1500+ damage with a combo Pilfer

Inflick 3000+ damage with a combo Super Combo

Inflick 10,000+ damage with a combo Blitz


Njomo

Location: ? Northwest of Ahm Fen
Will: Pique

Must build one house in Faerie Village before you can become Njomo's
Appearence

Faerie Village has 8+ Faeries Faerie Attack

Faerie Village has 12+ Faeries Faeroe Breath

Faerie Village has 16+ Faeries War Shout

Faerie Village has 20+ Faeries Faerie Charge


Momo

Location: Wyndia
Will: Drowse

Gameplay time of 25+ Hours Spray

Gameplay time of 30+ Hours Clip

Gameplay time of 40+ Hours Oracle

Gameplay time of 50+ Hours Egghead


Abbess

Location: Chek
Will: Reck

You must find 2 Dragon Powers before you can be Abbess's apprentice

Defeat 70 Different Monsters Concentrate

Defeat 85 Different Monsters Sanctuary

Defeat 100 Different Monsters Celerity


Marlock

Location: Synesta
Will: Greed

Must have Copper Ball in order to become Marlock's apprentice

Have Silver Ball in you Inventory Charm

Have Electrum Ball in you Inventory Monopolize

Have Platinum Ball in you Inventory Roulette


Kryrik

Location: Shikk
Will: Finale

You must perform a Combo attack of at least 25 Hits to become Kryrik's
Apprentice

Perform a Combo with 30+ Hits Megaphone

Perform a Combo with 40+ Hits Spirit Blast

Perform a Combo with 50+ Hits Cleave

Perform a Combo with 70+ Hits Disembowel


Gyosil

Location: Lyp
Will: Ward

Must have at least 3000 Fishing Points to become Gyosils Apprentice

4000+ Fishing Points Ring of Ice

6000+ Fishing Points Spanner

9500+ Fishing Points Master's Rod


Lyta

Location: Synesta
Will: Guard

Ryu must be at level 20 Supplication

Ryu must be at level 25 Holy Strike

Ryu must be at level 30 Resist

Ryu must be at level 35 Benediction


Kahn

Location: ? Northwest of Saldine
Will: Valor

Engage in at least 300 Fights Shout

Engage in at least 400 Fights Focus

Engage in at least 500 Fights Tiger Fist

Engage in at least 600 Fights Flex


Bunyan

Location: Hut
Will: Vision

You must be reconized by all other masters to become Bunyan's Appertice

3000+ Damage in one hit Backhand

5000+ Damage in one hit Counter

8000+ Damage in one hit Shadowwalk

12,000+ Damage in one hit Final Hope


Yet another way way to develop skills is to create combos. Below is list of possible combination attacks.

Blizzard + Quake = Disaster
Blizzard + Rock Blast = Storm
Cyclone + Blizzard = Thunderstorm
Fireblast + Cyclone = Simoon
Fireblast + Typhone = Gigaflare
Ice Blast + Stone Pillar = Temptest
Plateau + Flare = Eruption
Rock Blast + Fireblast = Megma Blast
Rock Blast + Flame Pillar - Ragnarok
Sever + Frost = Jolt
Sever + Ice Blast = Lightning

I would like to give credit to Steven Dunbar, who's game faq I used to draw most of this information from. Thank you.

I will be adding to and enhancing this guide all the time. Keep checking for more updates and additions!

Q) In BOF 1 where do you get the Dragon Shield and B-rang?

How about this is simply made a sticky.

this is an awsome Idea, but I'm sorry I can't help with the fourth game, I never played it, but I can help with most of the others

Sure that what this forum is for..

In BoF3 how do I get past the volcano after you fix the lighthouse?