Xenogears Codes -

Change gears quickly:
Press L2 + R2 when on the world map or at a place that you can use your Gears to hop in and out without going to the menu.

Select same gear at the Battle Area:
Hold L2 + R2 to use the same gears.

Chrono Trigger's Lucca cameo:
Lucca from Chrono Trigger is in Xenogears. After the game first begins, take control of Fei and go to the Information House (left of the Elder's House). Look closely to see that it is Lucca that teaches you about Save Points.

Sound test:
When you are in the Yadrisil (Sandmarine Ship), go to the control room and talk to the large dolphin-like control man. Choose the top selection for a sound test. He will keep asking the same question over and over again. Select the first choice again for a new sound, or use the second choice to exit.

View Gears:
After winning two rounds in the battle arena in Kislev, press R2 + L2 to remove the victory time text from the screen. Press Left or Right to rotate your Gear.

View all FMV sequences:
Note: You must have the game Lunar: Silver Story Complete for this trick. Place the "Making of Lunar" disc in the PlayStation and turn on the power. Once the FMV sequence starts, open the lid, remove the disc, and quickly replace it with Xenogears disc 1 or 2. The FMV sequences from those discs will begin to play. Note: This can also be done with SquareSoft bonus disc that is shipped with Parasite Eve: Highlight the "Final Fantasy 8 Demo Movie" option, switch discs, then select that option.

Play as Argento:
In the battling area, select Special Mode One, set the difficulty to hard, and rounds to three. Defeat every gear that is selectable to unlock Argento in Special Mode One.

Hint: Amusing signs:
In Lahan Village, look behind the signs. There are amusing messages written there.

Hint: Spider and web:
At the start of the game in Lahan Village at Feis house, go to where the two barrels are located. Look around that room, and you should see a spider web in the corner. Jump up and press X to get it. To get the spider, go to the mountain path just before Citans house. Look at the trees near the end of the path. You will see a spider in one of them, but when you approach it hides quickly. If timed correctly, you can grab it to solve the spider and its web puzzle.

Hint: Replenish armor and fuel on all Gears:
This trick is useful after getting access to the Yggdrasil, and your Gears are damaged from battle. Simply enter the Yggdrasil and exit to replenish the armor and fuel on all Gears.

Hint: Change Seibzehn name:
After you get Maria in your party, head to the Gear shop in the Yggdrasil. In the shop is a man wearing all black. Talk to him. He will tell you about how the Gear is too big to fit in the Gear Hanger and then offer you a chance to change Seibzehn's (Maria's Gear) name.

Hint: Actions at Bledavik Castle:
Here are a few things to do when you are in Aveh.

In first floor of the Bledavik castle is a kitchen. Hanging from the ceiling is some meat. Jump to grab it and get some Hob-jerky.

There is also an armory on the first floor of the Bledavik castle. In there are suits of armor on stands. Press X on them to obtain an Iron Armor.

On the highest floor is a room with a wine cabinet. Press X on the green wine bottle to use the cameras throughout the castle to look at things. Press Square to zoom in and Circle to zoom out.

Near the main entrance of the castle is a guard near a small door. This leads to the Gebler base. There is nothing really to do there but just explore.

Bring Emeralda to the restaurant in Bledavik and order food to see a glitch. When she sits down, she looks like she did when your first met her (in the test-tube).

Hint: Zeobim ruins:
On Disc 2, travel to the lighthouse near the Aquvy Islands. In there is the vast ruins of the Zeobim and many documents and information about the culture. If you have Emeralda in your party you can make her "grow up". Past all the buildings is a huge parking lot. There is a hole in the parking lot. Get out of your gears and jump into the hole. Continue moving forward until you get to the town square, where an intermission starts and Emeralda grows up.

Hint: Early Kislev battling:
You can use the special battle modes in Kisvel as soon as you leave Shevat with the Yddrigsial 3.

Hint: Fighting tip:
Immediately dash up to your opponent and begin rapidly alternating between the X (attack) and the Circle (dash) buttons. X will launch a kick and Circle will cancel the combo, allowing you to immediately start another. With a bit of practice, any Gear (including the Champ's) will be in endless stagger until it is defeated.

Hint: More experience:
If you have Elly, Emeralda, or Bart in your party you attack your teamates with their Ether. You can kill them. which gives you more experience points so you can level up faster. Note: This does not work with Fei and Rico because they cannot attack their party. It also does not work too well when you are in your Gears. Warning: Do not use this trick when you are fighting Tears or Forbiddens because they are too strong -- as a general rule, do not use this trick on anything bigger than you are because they will kill you.

Hint: Metronome bank:
In the capital of Nortune in the Kaiser's room, there is a metronome bank on the shelf near the treasure chest. You will get gold if you can stop the metronome in the center. Do this 20 times in a row to get 1000G.

Hint: Obtaining the deathblow item:
When you are on the Thames, you will encounter people who challenge you to a game that is similar to Speed. If you win against all the people located in the Beer hall and the Supply Grounds, go to the Armor grounds and play against the female who is standing with two men. If you beat her, she will give you a deathblow item for your Gear. This item will allow you to do a deathblow attack.

Hint: M-disk:
After you become the battling champion, go to A-block in Nortune. Find Big Joe and he will ask for you to give him 5000G in order to look behind him. Accept his offer and he will say that he scammed you. Later, after you get Elly back in your party, go to the main map of Nortune. Big Joe will be there. He will give you an M-disk, which can be used for the jukebox at the Wildcat bar in A-block and also at the battle area on Disc 2.

Hint: Hercules Ring:
In the very beginning of the game at Citan's house, search around the main house. Once you find a flower bed, jump behind it to the house and search the flower bed from behind; you should find Midori's ring. After Shevat's crash, go to the Snowfield Hideout, find Midori, and hand the ring to her. She will give you a Hercules Ring in exchange. When equipped, it gives 50% more experience for that character for each battle.

Hint: Play as Sophia's Gear in the Battle Arena:
On Disc 2, go into the final dungeon and make your way to where you are about to fight Deus. Go to the room with Johnny the shop robot and ask to leave. Then, go to the Arena and you can now play as the Gear.

Hint: Kim's message to Emeralda:
At some point in the game, go to Citan's house. Enter the room with the music box. Press X on the left side of the box to read a message to Emeralda from Kim.

Hint: Chu-Chu on Disc 2:
After all the drama in Disc 2 is over and you can move your characters on the world map, you will notice that Chu-Chu is gone. To obtain her again, go to the Gear hanger in the Yggdrasil. She will be in the location where Elly's Gear was. Talk her and she will rejoin your party.

Hint: Defeating Hamar:
This is useful during disc 2. A monster called Hamar, who self-destructs after he glows red, is located at the dungeon where Rico gets his new Gear. The explosion is lethal, but the party can escape before Hamar explodes. However, the trick here is to kill him before he blows up to receive a special item that increases the chance of receiving rare items to 100%. Reserve some infinity or level 3 attacks until Hamar turns red. Once he starts glowing, give it all to him. (Booster also helps). With the special item equipped, go to any forest and fight white snails. These creatures were plentiful in disc 1, but now they are quite rare. Killing these creatures gives the speed belt (helps gears and human battles). Besides this, there are many other special items/equipment carried by monsters.

Hint: Defeating Calamity:
A huge Gear will be encountered at the end of the Stalactite Cave. Make sure Fei and Bart are on high levels (20-25), even though it still may be difficult win at that. Have Bart cast Wild Smile on Calamity, making it hard for him to hit you with any of his physical attacks. Next, hit him with all your ten point attacks, and save your energy until your Gear power is at level one. Use your best level one combos for both Fei and Bart, hopefully hurting the Huge gear. Keep in mind that Calamity has 2500 HP, and that it will take a while to wear him down. His missile attack will still hit you with 400 - 500 points of damage, not giving you much time to defeat him. Use Fei's Guided Shot as your last defense.

Hint: Defeating Deus:
Go to Joe's shop at the Lighthouse and buy the Z-gold armor. This will you 1000 defense alone. Ignore the Omega engines because they only have 1000 fuel. Equip three DX Armors when fighting Deus. Deus will have a hard time doing more than several hundred damage with each attack.

Hint: Defeating the final Boss:
First, equip all Gears with Z-chargers and some sort of frame hp (such as 90). Build up to level infinity and do the following: use frame hp, charge (with level infinity charge is times ten), then attack. If this is done, you will never run out of fuel and always be healed, while doing extra damage.

Hint: Lahan Well items:
At the start of the game in Lahan, jump down the well a few times. You will get an eyeball (sell it for gold), an Aquasol S, a Power Ring, a chill and a lot of "well" puns.

Hint: Alice's wedding dress:
To get Alice's wedding dress, just defend through the entire battle when you fight Dan in the Area.

Hint: Get a Mermaid Ring:
At the very beginning of the game, enter the bar in Lahan village. Talk to the drunk by the stairs and he will ask you if you have a problem with him drinking. Say "Drinking wont help matters!" and he will give you an item called a "Mermaid Tear." Remember that you have this item. Then, when Shevat is destroyed and is now the Snowfield Hideout, there will be a woman somewhere inside She is on a flight of stairs somewhere with her back to you. Talk to her, and after telling you something about her son, she will craft the Mermaid Tear into a "Mermaid Ring". You can either use this on Emeralda and perhaps other females. It raises your character's magic power and defense by quite a bit.

Hint: Anima Relic Cave:
When in the Anima Relic Cave on disc 2, you can get a lot of G. Fight the Croaker Tribes to get Fangs and Scales. Fight the Tusk-Tusks to get Ivory. You can even equip the Trader Card to get nothing but Scales and Ivory.

Hint: Hidden room in the Orphanage:
Get the three books from the kids at the orphanage. There is a bookcase in the back room. With Billy in your party, place the books in there. The book case will side open a bit -- you may have to push it slightly.

Hints: Things to do:

In Lahan Village search Fei's bed you will find 200 G. Also, search the barrels near Fie's room to find two aquasols.

To get a Movie scene at the beginning, talk to the maid in the room across from Fei's room.

Go behind Alice's house and talk to the boy. He'll say that he had a crush on Alice. Most of the people talk about Alice, so talk to them.

Glitch: EP and MP references:
In the menu/battle screen, Ether Points are abbreviated as EP. However, in the change party members window the same thing is referred to as MP (Magic Points).