Golden Sun Codes -

Rename characters:
When prompted to enter a new name for Robin, press Select(3). Enter a new name for Robin, and you can now enter a new name for Gerald, Ivan, and Mary. Press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Select to enter new names for the remaining characters if playing a non-linked game. A sound will confirm correct code entry.

To rename people other than Isaac, before choosing "End" to name Isaac, press Select(2). Then, choose "End" and you can also name Garret, Ivan, and Mia.

Send option:
Hold L + R + Left and press B at the black menu screen with the logo. A new option called "Send" will appear. Select it to get a "Password" or "Link" option. This is for sending data to Golden Sun 2 and only works if you have a cleared data in your save files.

You can get the send option by successfully completing the game and have a clear data. You will get it when you can save after the final battle. Press R + B+ Left. If done correctly you will have the "Send" option. In the send option, you can get three different types of passwords, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Gold is for all your data; Silver for your levels, Djinns, and items; and Bronze is for only levels and Djinns. Gold is the longest password and Bronze the shortest. You have to write down the password and fill it in when playing Golden Sun 2. Or, you can transfer all your data using the game link to Golden Sun 2. In Golden Sun 2, you will get all the items, levels, and Djinns.

Hint: Dijiin:
Make sure you set your Dijiin the way you want before a battle. If you know you are going to fight a lot of enemies, it would be a good idea to have your Dijiin ready to summon. If you are going to fight a small number of enemies you should not have it ready to summon.

Use your Dijiin according to the element the person using the Dijiin excels at. Give Earth to Issac, Fire to Garet, Wind to Ivan, and Water to Mia.

Hint: Psyenergy:
Use your Psyenergy wisely. You should not just use your Psyenergy at any time, because you will quickly run out. You should only use it when needed or when it will stop you from receiving considerable damage.

As you walk around in dungeons or on the world map, your character's Psynergy will recover by one every six or seven steps. Note: This does not work in towns.

Hint: Herbs:
Carry plenty of herbs in dungeons. Even a small task in a dungeon can wipe you out. You will save more money by doing this than by having to revive one of your team members. You will also always have all your team members ready to fight.

Hint: Easy money:
Before you enter the portal in Sol Santum at the start of the game, take all of Jenna's items and sell them.

When you get to Crossbone Isle, use Douse on the pink tornado and fight him for lots of experience and money. Go into the cave and when you exit it will be back. There are no monsters on the isle so you can just walk around to restore Psyenergy.

Hint: Inns:
Use the inns whenever needed. Inns are your best and cheapest source to get healed quickly. Use them even for minor damage, or just to recover lost Psyenergy. Inns are inexpensive and efficient.

Hint: Altmiller Cave:
When you get to the bottom floor where you have to turn the stones in sequence, use Reveal to see the stones in color. You do not have to memorize the sequence. This is also useful if you want to just walk by Babi, without listening to his long speech.

Hint: Barricade:
When you get to the barricade look to the left to see a box taller than Isaac. Use your Psyenergy to move it.

Hint: Colosso:
Once Issac is admitted into Colosso, if you lose any of the fights the first time you try, Isaac will wake up and it will be just before you began competing in Colosso. This only works the first time you fight in Colosso; otherwise you lose permanently.

If you lost in Colosso more than once you will still wind up in bed, and can re-enter the tournament. Also, your Psi points recover even when you are in a town.

Hint: Ivan:
Keep close watch on Ivan's health. Ivan is the youngest of your group. He is only 15, while the others are all 17. He will get hurt faster. Give him more defensive equipment and less offensive equipment because he uses more Psyenergy than direct attacks.

Hint: Use Reveal to find items:
Use Reveal to find items that are in boxes, ovens, jars, graves, etc. instead of wasting your time looking. Use Reveal near jars and other small storage objects. If you see sparkles off the object, it means there is an item inside.

Hint: Use cursed objects:
Obtain the Cleric Ring from Crossbone Isle. This ring is found in a chest and will remove the "effects of a curse" allowing you to use the item and be able to move.

Hint: Aura Gloves:
Defeat the Manticores in the Suhalla Desert to receive the Aura Gloves that boost elemental resistance.

Hint: Feathered Robe:
Use Wind Djinni on the Grand Golems to kill them. Sometimes you will get a Feathered Robe, but the odds of getting it is low. It is Mia's best armor.

Hint: Game Tickets:
Buy items from either Item Shops, Weapon Shops, or Armor Shops. You can get about four Tickets from each Shop in each Town.

Hint: Giant Axe:
If you destroy an Earth Golem with a Wind Djinni, you will have a slight chance of obtaining the Giant Axe. It is very rare, but your attack rises by +158 and it unleashes Meltdown.

Hint: Kikuichimonji:
To get Ivan's ultimate weapon, the Kikuichimonji, go to Venus Lighthouse and start killing Finrirs. The Kikuichimonji drops rarely off of them. Just keep fighting and killing them until that happens.

Use a Fire Djinn to kill a Fenrir, and you will have a better chance of getting the Kikuichimonji. This does not automatically give you the sword, but increases the chance of the monster dropping it.

Hint: Lucky Medals:
Throughout the game, search gravestones. Usually you will find Lucky Medals.

To get Lucky Medals, search gravestones, boxes and barrels.

Hint: Spiked Armor:
Defeat a lot of monsters in Venus Light House to get this item. It will increase your attack power.

Hint: Unicorn Ring:
Defeat a great number of monsters in Venus Light House . This item is used to remove poison from a party member.

An easy way to get the Unicorn Ring is to check the jar to the left of the master in Fuchin Temple.

Hint: Selling rare items:
If you have rare Items, you can sell them to shops and they will be put under rarities. If you want them back, you have to buy them. This is useful for good, but unusable weapons (such as cursed objects).

If you have items that are rare are not used, sell them to a shop. Usually if they say "This is rare stuff" in their offer to buy, when you sell it to them it will be put in the artifacts section.

Hint: Buying rare items in last town:
You can buy rare equipment that you did not sell. There are a lot of good weapons and armor that you should buy, but they are expensive. Most of the items cost over 10,000.

Hint: Free items:
Immediately before entering the portal to the elemental stars in Sol Sanctrum, take all of Jenna's items and give them to Isaac or Garet. Note: You will never have another chance to do this.

Hint: Getting various items with Lucky Medals or Game Tickets:
When you receive a Lucky Medal or Game Ticket in the game, sell it to get it out of your item pack until you reach the town of Tolbi. When you get there, you can buy back all of your Lucky Medals and Game Tickets and use them only here in this town. When you are at the fountain, you can throw coins or Lucky Medals. Try not to hit the two turtles or two crabs. Try not to touch anything, and it should roll into the center of the circle. If you tossed a coin, you will get 20 coins. If you threw a Lucky Medal, you will get a great weapon that should be worth much more than the ones that you currently own. You could get an Assassins Blade, Burning Axe, Earth Shield, Adept's Helm, Grievous Mace, or Spirit Armor.

If you play the Slot Machine that takes Game Tickets, you can win armor. The Moon is a free symbol -- this means that if you line up at least one Shoe, Shirt, Ring, Star or Heart and the rest are Moons, you will get the armor that matches up with the symbol; or you can line up all of the armor. If you get a Shoe, you can get Hyper Boots, Quick Boots, or Fur Boots. If you get a Shirt, you can get the Cotton Shirt or the Running Shirt. If you get a Ring, you can get the War Ring or Sleep Ring. If you get a Star, you will get a Psynergy Crystal. If you get a Heart, you will get a Potion, Vial, Nut, or Herb.

On the slot machine you can win Hyper Boots. They boost critical hits, which is very useful during the rest of the game.

If you buy items get Game Tickets, you can sell them back and still have the Game Tickets. Repeatedly buy items and sell them back to get lots of Game Tickets. The farther in the game you get, the more money you have to spend to get the tickets.

By throwing Lucky Medals in the fountain, you can also get Kimano, which boosts agility and resists fire.

Hint: Venus Lighthouse items:
Keep killing the monsters at the Venus Lighthouse. They may eventually drop Celestial Wand that unleashes Shining Star. You may also get a Blessed Mace which heals 200 HP when used. Neither of these are extremely strong, but are useful. Shining Star usually gives the enemy Delusion.

Hint: Venus Lighthouse entrance:
Use "Reveal" on the painted wall in the beginning. It will lay a "scholar" near the wall. The "Carry Stone" will be in there.

Hint: Cheap weapons:
If you enter a new town, always buy the cheap weapons first. Even though they may not seem strong, they are good enough to help you get to the next town, village, cave, etc. This is a good way to not spend as much money.

Note: You may want to buy the more expensive items first so you get game tickets. Also, by the time you get to the next weapon shop, you will be fighting stronger monsters for more money.

Hint: Warp back to Sahulla:
Use the following trick to warp back to Sahulla when one of the Tornado Lizard's storms catch you. Use any Psyenergy move besides the ones that heal you or douse. The storm will fly up in the air and land near by Sahulla.

Hint: Get to Lunpa:
After you defeat the Collosus event in Tolbi and have the discussion with Lord Babi, go into the room that Babi entered. You will find a bedded Babi, and the Cloak Ball. Tell Babi that is what you want to "Borrow" (he will not ask for it back). He will "lend" it to you. Go back to Lunpa through the cave on its left by using Frost on the puddle below the door. Go to the frame with the two guards in it. Go to the far left side and use Cloak. Stay in the shadows or the guards will see you. Save your game frequently. When you reach locked doors with bushes beside them, use Whirlwind and then Reveal. When you reach a barred entrance with a key in front of you, use Catch. After you have defeated TOADonpa, go to the room with the women guarding a small cave entrance. Donpa will command her to step aside. In the room you will get Tonic, a water Djinni. Once back outside the cave, you can use Reveal on the rock in front of the entrance to the two guard frame. Use Frost on the puddle that appears and go across it. When you reach the end of the path/cliff, use Reveal again and press A on the sparkle. You will get some treasure. Make sure to stock up on the items that you can get in the weapons shop.

Hint: Tempest Lizard:
After you return from fighting Dead Beard on Cross Bone Isle. Use the Red Tornado to warp to Suhulla. Then, go back to the desert and the Red Tornado should be back. This time use Douse and instead of a Tornado Lizard, the Tempest Lizard will appear.

Hint: Snow:
Cast the water Psynergy "Douse" in the snowy northern town of Imil. The game does not show the usual dousing water spell. Instead, it shows frozen snowflakes falling from the sky.

Hint: Getting to Crossbone Isle:
There are two ways to get to Cross Bone Isle, the island of treasures. On your journey across the Karogal Lake, select the following rowers in order to drift off course and end up at Crossbone Isle: Punk with Long Hair, Balding Man, Chef, and the Old Man. However, you will not be able to go all the way through the island's cave yet -- return later by getting there the second way. For the second way, there is a Pink Tornado deep within The Suhalla Desert. Use Reveal near the Pharaoh's head to find footprints. Follow the foot prints. They will lead you to a cave which will get you to the Pink Tornado. Get in the Pink Tornado and do not do anything. The tornado will take you to Crossbone Isle. Psynergy needed: Cloak, Carry, Catch, Frost Reveal, Move and Halt. Note: Every door in the cave has a different Boss guarding it. Defeat each one to progress into the cave. Deep in the cave is a pirate ship. A dead Pirate named Dead Beard is guarding the Treasure, and he is the toughest Boss in the game.

Hint: Mercury Lighthouse:
To finish Mercury Lighthouse, you must have Mia on your team. To get to the top of the lighthouse stand in the hands of the goddess and use Mia's Ply. This allows you to walk on water on selected squares. Once you have completed the puzzles, you will fight Satarous.

Hint: Defeating Dead Beard:
Go to Crossbone Isle, and go all the way through until you find a pirate ship. Go onto the pirate ship. Go to the north side of the ship, towards the treasure ship. You will run into a huge Dead Pirate named Dead Beard. Dead Beard is more difficult than the Fusion Dragon you fight at the end of the game. It is highly recommended that you are at level 30 before you fight him, After you defeat him, take the treasure. The other treasure chest near the sail is a mimic.

Deadbeard is weak against Earth and has 10,000 HP. You will get 10n400 experience and 14000 coins if he is defeated with an Earth Djinni.

Use Flint with Isaac, and if you have Djinn Flash or Corona with Garet, use it. With Ivan, use the Djinn Luff if you have him, so Dead Beard cannot use Psyenergy. Also keep setting Luff, so that when his Psyenergy seal is gone you can keep sealing his Psyenergy with Luff. If you do not have Luff, Destruct Ray, Whirlwind or Shine Plasma will do. With Mia, Glacier or the Djinn Hail will work well. When you have enough Earth Djinn on standby with Isaac, summon Judgment, because it will usually do over 1,000 damage to him. Since he is very weak to Earth attacks, even the Venus summon will do over 200 damage to him. Dead Beard will often use Impact. If Garet is a Samurai (four Earth Djinnm three Wind Djinn) use Protector and Angel Spear to boost your attack and defense. Also, use Wish Well with Mia, but not too often -- she will run out of PP. You can also use other summons, but they will only do about 600 or less damage.

Hint: Defeating the Fusion Dragon:
The Fusion Dragon is weak against water and has 5200 to 5300 HP.

Attack with regular attacks, except for Mia. Mia should use the Psyenergy Wish Well to heal the group. When she runs low on Psyenergy, use an Energy Star. Repeat this strategy. If you feel lucky, use Bind with Ivan to bind the Fusion Dragon's Psyenergy.

Use the Djinn Flash, whether its setting him or using with Garret. Use Ragnorok with Isaac (Robin). Use the best attack you have with Ivan and use Wish Well with Mia.

Make sure Mia can use Wish Well. If she can, use this every turn while your other characters use summons and resistances. If someone happens to fall, try to ignore him unless you can revive them easily.

Hint: Defeating Menardi:
Menardi is weak against Water and has 3,000 HP.

Hint: Defeating Saturos and Menardi permanently:
Begin with all Djinn sets. Defensive ones are very helpful. Saturos and Menardi have 3000 HP, 260 EP, and 3000 EXP.

Start with all Djinn on set and call them out one at a time. Defensive Djinn such as Granite and Flash are very effective. Trade Mia's Water Djinn, Sleet, Mist, Hail with Garet's ineffective Fire Djinn. Have Mia use Wish Well every turn and save the spirits for Fusion Dragon. After defeating Saturos and Menardi, they will turn into a two-headed creature that will not stand a chance to spirit's such as Boreas, Judgement, and Thor.

To defeat Saturos and Menardi, use your highest Psyenergy cost moves after you have reached about level 38. Get four Djinnis set for the Fusion Dragon. Make sure they do damage or put up your stats. Then, use Judgement, Boreas, Meteor, and Thor. Make sure Zephyr is not on standby. At the start, use his power and have everyone else use some other Djinni.

Hint: Defeating Saturos in the Mercury Tower:
Since Saturos is a fire adept, use Mia's two Dijnii frequently. Also, watch Ivan and Garet's HP.

Hint: Defeating Saturos:
Saturos is weak against Water and has 3,000 HP

Hint: Defeating the thieves:
To defeat the thieves in Vault, use your Djnii and Psynergy frequently. Have herbs, etc. handy before the battle. Keep an eye on Ivan's HP.
Hint: Easy experience and gold:
Walk outside towns and battle monsters, but do not wander too far away. Use Herbs, Nuts, or anything else that cures your characters. When you run out of magic to heal or need to buy more Herbs, return to town. Go inside the inn or item shop and get cured. Note: You may want to do both. All the gold that you received from battle goes towards curing yourself, but is worth it since you will gain levels faster. Repeat those steps until reaching the desired level. Note: You may want to repeat this trick when you see a change of monsters levels.

When you run into a battle with any kind of Bee or Zombie monster, defeat all monsters but the Bees or Zombies. Then, just choose "Defend" until your screen is full with multiples of the same monster. The "Monster looks for allies" message will appear, then another of the same creature will appear. Once you get a maximum of six monsters on the screen, you can finish them off; or you can kill some and let the survivors multiply once again. Continue this process to get as many coins and as much experience as desired.
Hint: Easy experience:
Go to an area with Drone Bees, such as Lamakan Desert. Get into a battle that includes Drone Bees. Kill all the enemies except for the Drone Bees. Keep defending until the enemies look for allies and there are about six enemies on the screen. Start killing them one by one. When you are deciding who to attack, have all your characters attack the same bee or you can have two characters attacking two different bees. Kill the bees one by one or two by two and they will keep coming back. If you are fast enough, you can gain easy experience. Basically all you have to do is keep pressing A when you have six bees on the screen.

If you are in Venus Lighthouse and need to gain experience or just fill up, go to the room just before the sand waterfalls with the Psynergy Stone. Use all magic that you need to use. Then, take the Psynergy Stone. You should be all filled up. Go up the stairs to the left and back down. The Psynergy Stone should be there again. Repeat this as many as times as needed.

Go to the area outside of Kalay. If you get into fights with Undeads, attack each one with one character only once. Then, wait for only one to be on screen. Wait for it to call for an ally. Attack the ally with only one regular attack,and kill the original with a Fire Djinn. Repeat this as many times as needed for easy experience. Note: This trick also works on Warrior Bees, which are outside Lalivero

On Crossbone Island use Douse on the pink tornado to fight a tough tornado monster for at least 1,000 experience points and 6,000 gold. Walk around to gain PP. Go in the cave entrance, then exit to make the tornado reappear. Repeat this as many times as desired.

When you get to Fusion Dragon, lose to it then heal yourself and lose to it again. The levels you gain from your battle before Fusion Dragon will grow. Repeat until your level is as high as desired.

Go to where the Tempest Lizard is located in the Sahulla Desert. Take the Tornado to Crossbone Isle. When you arrive, put all Earth, all Fire, and four Wind Djinni on standby and enter the Tornado. Select Psyenergy and use Douse. Defeat it, enter the area with the cave, and repeat this as many times as desired. You will get over 1,000 experience points every time.

Hint: Fleeing:
When you are in a battle with monsters, you have about an 85% chance of escaping if you select "Flee" immediately. This helps if you are on a mission.