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Close Friends - Susanoo achievement in Onigiri

Close Friends - Susanoo

Reach affection level 20 with this Partner character to unlock.

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How to unlock the Close Friends - Susanoo achievement

  • GeoffistophelesGeoffistopheles
    18 May 2016 08 Feb 2016 24 May 2016
    As of 2016/05/18, this achievement is obtainable.

    Friendship items drop from enemies 12 levels below you or higher, so if you're level 30, enemies at level 18 or higher will drop items. Drop rate increases as enemies are higher leveled and if you have more people in your party. Progress is capped to story progress, so you will need to continually progress with the story to continue leveling up. This achievement will be available once reaching To Kusatsu.

    Susanoo's preferred items are the Friendship Paperback and Komainu, which gives +30 and +90 friendship respectively. Using only Paperbacks, you will need 598 paperbacks to reach level 20.

    Susanoo requires less because completing the story quest Saving Susanoo will give you 70 Friendship Yatsuhashi, which raise friendship for Susanoo only by 150. This is because the story requires Susanoo to be level 15 before proceeding through Echigo.

    During the quest To Kusatsu, you will have a choice to talk to a party member of the same gender as your character. You will get 30 exclusive +100 friendship items for whoever you chose, and 50 generic +20 items that work on anyone.

    THE FAST, BUGGY WAY
    This exploits a glitch in which you can regularly refresh Miroku's bargains. To emphasize the point in advance, this glitch can be very persnickety, and thus I have a few superstitions about making it work just right. I'll note those where I can.

    First superstition: if you've been playing Onigiri on multiplayer in the last four hours, you can't make this work immediately, and you need to let Miroku's bargains refresh. This happens every four hours, minus twenty minutes for every level in Negotiation, so keep a potential updated time in mind every time I refer to four hours.

    Now that that's done, exit out of the game completely by dashboarding and quitting out. When you load up the game, start in single player. This is crucial; starting in multiplayer may result in having to wait another four hours. Check Miroku's bargains, but do not buy anything yet. This is another superstition of mine, but I've seen it override the glitch on odd occasion before. before. You're looking for friendship items first and cheap items second, anything under 1,000 ryou, but the more money you have, the more you can stretch that.

    Now pause, click the button in the top right, and return to character select. This time, select multiplayer. Check Miroku's bargains again, and if the glitch is working, you'll see a separate list of bargains. Once again, do not buy anything. Ideally, you're looking for a friendship item in both lists, or a friendship item in one and a cheap item in the second. Sometimes, you can't do this and you just have to come back later.

    Now, if you do meet those requirements, you're in luck. Go back to character selection and single player mode to bring up the first list. Buy the friendship/cheap item, then character select and multiplayer. Buy the friendship/cheap item here. Character select, back to single player, and Miroku has restocked the bargains, allowing you to buy again. From here, you can regularly switch out back and forth, buying up multiple copies, without the bargains syncing up.

    First caveat: You do not have an unlimited amount of time to do this. If Miroku refreshes the bargains at the end of that ~four hour window, then the bargains will sync up and stop refreshing. You'll have to try again later.

    Friendship items come in packs of 4, plus 1 for every level in Negotiation. Regardless of level, friendship items are always the same price at 200 ryou per item. Buying every single item necessary will cost you 189,600 ryou. Cost effective!

    Now for the fun details! In truth, Miroku only sells the same 12 items in eight different configurations. He sells up to two different friendship items during this time. For instance, in my current configuration, he sells Paperbacks and Goldfish. Until you do something to break the cycle, he will only ever sell those two items. To break the cycle, you need to buy out his bargain inventory. Definitely wait until he's not selling weapons; I generally won't buy them out for more than 30,000. This syncs up his inventory, so you'll have to wait four hours to try again. You may simply end up with a new configuration that holds the same friendship items, so you'll have to do it again.

    Regardless of where you are, when you switch between single player and multiplayer, you will always respawn facing north. To save time, position yourself just south of Miroku. I find it easiest in Yamataikoku, though Izumo and Kumaso are also valid options. Don't use Onigashima or Kyoto, the loading times are bad enough as it is.

    When you're done, you aren't done! The last thing you need to do is, while on multiplayer, leave the town and do something. I leave, kill an enemy, then go back to town and reposition. Sometimes, the bargains sync up after you've done the glitch after a refresh, and for some reason, this prevents it. Again, my superstition is to completely exit out of the game, then come in on multiplayer to do just that.

    THE SLOW (AND LUCKY) WAY
    Exactly what it says on the tin. Get a large group and farm high level areas.

    This method is slow and boring, so unless it gets patched out, I prefer to buy in bulk. However, it's useful if you want to grind and the bargain bin isn't behaving.

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    KiRRAYNEThere's an easier way to do this now, but it requires logging in every day
    Posted by KiRRAYNE on 12 Nov 18 at 13:41
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  • BahaumautBahaumaut
    21 Jul 2020 25 Jun 2020 25 Jun 2020
    The below is more of a tip, in addition to the other guide that covers all your followers. This one is specific to Susanoo, and covers a quest that is worth a third of what Susanoo needs to level up to Friendship Level 20.

    As part of the main storyline, you will have to get through three checkpoints in Hokurikudo after dealing with the story in Kaga. Once completed, you will reach Echigo and will nearly complete the "To Echigo" quest line. Once in town, Susanoo will have a quest continuation marker; talk to him to advance the storyline further.

    As part of the story, you will need to return to Onigashima (the first town), find a tiny Musha, and then end up delivering around 30 "Shell Fragment" resources found from Kappa. For completing this quest, which is mandatory to advance the storyline, you will receive a special Friendship item, the Yatsuhashi. Specifically, 70 of these. These can only be given to Susanoo, and are worth a massive amount of friendship XP, about 5x that of a Friendship Paperback. That means they are worth 350 paperbacks, a third of what he needs to get to level 20. Be careful of how many you give him to level up; select all you can, then undo one Yatsuhashi and replace it with paperbacks to ensure you don't waste any XP.

    Per the Wiki, you also need to advance further in the storyline to actually be able to level him up to at least level 20. Specifically, you need to complete the next town-trip quest, "To Kusatsu", to be able to get to level 20. Level 21 requires the further "To Edo" quest.
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