Metaphor: Refantazio – How to Become a Total Courageous Badass!
Become a Braver Hero in Metaphor: ReFantazio – Why Courage Matters
In Metaphor: ReFantazio, Courage is one of five awesome Royal Virtues. It’s not just about being tough; it's about bravery, facing danger head-on, and having that willingness to take risks. A higher Courage stat completely changes your gameplay. We're talking unique dialogue options, stronger relationships with your followers and this adds a completely new element – access to special quests! Those things aren't easy to come across unless you take time and really develop your character; you get special situations that transform you from a regular protagonist into an absolute legend. And this really shows that having higher stats can actually enhance an individual's feeling and really elevate them in meaningful and interesting ways!
Metaphor: ReFantazio goes above and beyond compared to other Atlus games in terms of boosting courage! Forget those random, limited-time food items or finding that hidden and ridiculously hard-to-locate item! This is going to greatly impact and really improve gameplay. The methods to increase courage in ReFantazio feel far less random, avoiding the frustrations of many other similar games by presenting the challenges far more directly.
Level Up Your Courage: Activities and Quests for the Brave of Heart
Similar to boosting your Wisdom stat, you'll find these main ways to up your Courage in Metaphor: ReFantazio. And luckily, there are multiple options; meaning that it's not entirely possible to fully get to the top very early game without investing effort, so expect to use those key items to improve early levels!
There are a wide variety of things to do; all the tasks add another point for boosting up your Courageous hero.
- Complete Quests and Bounties: This involves a wide variety of different scenarios, from battles and dungeon clearing to those smaller-scale challenges that exist throughout various smaller locations.
- Conquer the Coliseum: Fight bosses. Gain rewards. Improve yourself. This provides a direct, easily understood way to get these improvements without being held back by plot-specific limitations. And completing various different events or battles will unlock new items to help your battles become easier in future attempts. The repetition and the sheer volume available in these environments allows players to spend tons of time and continually develop their Courage skill.
- Hang Out With Strohl: Simple, yet effective! It's an extremely low-risk yet efficient way to slowly increase that courageous aspect. A more enjoyable, social option compared to simply finding various items across the map.
- Recruitment Centre Quests: This offers several bounties, including “Man’s Not-So Best Friend,” “The New King of the Imps,” and “Grieving Ghost of the Goblet,” among many other amazing opportunities for battles; creating opportunities and a way to experience new story plots and encounters; making even those smaller story beats memorable!
- Read “Top Secret Poetry! Do Not Read!”: This book is found in Gauntlet Runner (a ridiculously hilarious name!) It gives you easy Courage points each time you read it! Perfect if you need that immediate boost.
Other specific options for locations include several Quests that all contain extremely unique narratives. Some examples include these events and areas:
- The Right to Rule Quest (Bardon Follower Bond Rank 6 Location)
- Superior Scrimshaw Quest (Merchants’ Bazaar, Port Brilehaven Location)
- Diving Competition (Merchants’ Bazaar, Port Brilehaven Location, daytime)
- Proof of Power Quest (Opera House Square, Altabury Heights Location)
- A Bullish Embargo Quest and A Haunted Heirloom Quest (Sunlumeo Street, Grand Trad Location)
- A Dagger, a Ring, and a Rake Quest (Thoroughfare Square, Martira Location)
- Test of Courage (Thoroughfare Square, Martira Location)
- Peak Curiosity Quest (Village of Pagans, Virga Island Location)
(For those who like Coliseum combat and other battles, be sure to explore those various Gauntlet Challenges)
Climbing the Ranks: From Craven to Heroic!
Metaphor: ReFantazio doesn’t leave Courage to guesswork; those ranks help establish an overall view of that courageous nature; providing insights beyond the gameplay element. You'll move through ranks from Craven all the way up to Heroic! (Check out Legendary#7's YouTube video!) Those five main Courage ranks are going to transform your gameplay significantly; and completing all these events adds important development and gives much greater detail to those courageous aspects.
- Craven
- Spirited
- Fearless
- Dauntless
- Heroic
Leveling up takes a while, folks. Focusing on one skill at a time will let you level more efficiently than attempting to balance across multiple traits simultaneously. That makes upgrading courage an essential strategic consideration and a great opportunity for those needing something to focus upon early in gameplay. Those higher courage levels allow access to those special missions and stronger bosses; this becomes more important as higher level enemies require that additional courageous stat that you really want to maximize early game! It's totally worth it!
Conclusion: Embrace Courage for Ultimate Victory!
Boosting courage isn’t a side-quest; it completely alters your gameplay. And this specific aspect for the Metaphor: ReFantazio experience greatly shows its creative prowess, the amount of innovation compared to prior versions makes for a hugely memorable gameplay. A higher courage stat enhances your decisions, enhances those emotional interactions; unlocks a slew of content and that increased skill and gameplay possibilities mean facing challenges, exploring dungeons, or getting those special rewards makes you completely dominate those battles!
