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Stage Clear Medal Farming Guide
(Pre 11/19/08)

NOTICE: Quests for/requiring Stage Clear Medals have been removed in the 11/19/08 update. This guide is for historical purposes only.

Overview

The purpose of this guide is to show you the fastest way to farm SCMs for your guild or profit.

The fastest way to get SCMs is from beating the Lost Temple Guardian in stage 1-10 (History). If done properly you can do a stage 1-10H run in under a minute, meaning 60 SCMs or more an hour.

NOTE: Tia is the fastest SCM farmer as she can run back to the guild area the fastest.
Getting the Stone of Instant Transmission



Having a Stone of Instant Tranmission is critical to SCM farming. It allows you to skip straight to the room before the boss in stage 1-10H.

There are two parts to getting a Stone of Instant Transmission.



First, you need to get the quest. Following Jini gives you the quest in 1-10H. But there are two restrictions:

- You can only find Following Jini at the campfire (when you complete or fail a stage) in 1-10H.

- You must be level 6-13 to see/get the quest.

If you're already above level 13 and don't have the quest you must create a new character to get the quest. Also, you only need to be level 6 to 13 to get the quest. Once you have it you can complete it at your leisure.



The second thing you need to get the Stone of Instant Transmission is a broken stone of instant transmission from 1-10H. There is only one broken stone per run, and it is autoclaimed for one player. You can find the broken stone right before the sub-boss area.
Getting the SCM quest



To get stage clear medals you need to visit the guild area in the upper right (north-east) corner of the square.

Talk to the Servant of Guild Level Manager. The first 6 quests in his list are for raids (and raid clear medals). The second 10 quests are for stage clear medals, ordered by episode (1 to 5 History, then 1 to 5 Legend).

The SCM quest for episode 1 comes right after the raid quests (in other words, it's the 7th item on the list of quests).
Farming 1-10

Once you've got your Stone of Instant Transmission and know how to get your SCM quest for episode 1 it's time to enter stage 1-10.

As soon as you've finished loading (skip the story sequence by pressing ESC), use your Stone of Instant Transmission (don't worry, it doesn't get used up).

Remember, you need to use the Stone of Instant Transmission before you "Break Rock" or it won't work.

The Stone of Instant Transmission will take you to the Sub-boss area. Break all three pillars (left/right, top has to be last). Focus on the Spirit Tree as it's the only one you have to kill to move on.

Beat the boss as quickly as possible and warp back to the square. At the square you can turn in your quest and get a SCM. Get the quest again and repeat as many times as you like.
The Fast Exit

If you want to farm even faster you can use the Fast Exit trick to skip the scoring and rewards screens.



To Fast Exit, you need to pop up the "Menu" and select "Select Square". You should be doing this during the boss loading screen.

If there are other players you need to select Go Separately (or do a Group Fast Exit, not explained here). When the square select screen pops up, click one of the squares but don't double click a square or press connect yet.

Now you need to fight the boss. All your controls still work while the square select screen is up, it's just a bit distracting visually.

When the boss is about to die get your hand ready on the mouse. As soon as you see it die press connect as fast as you can. Just as the stage clear is starting to appear the loading screen will show up and you'll be taken to the square.
Summery and Speed Tips

- Get/use the Stone of Instant Transmission.
- Wait till you're level 35+ to do scm runs.
- Use Tia as she is the fastest runner in the square.
- Break all three pillars at once.
- Target the Spirit Tree, it's the only one you need to beat to move on.
- Start the Fast Exit while the "Boss" is being displayed.
- Finish Fast Exit exactly after you kill the boss.
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