.hack Part 2: Mutation Cheats (PlayStation 2)

In the Lambda server, if you type in Chosen, Hopeless, (and another keyword) you will get
fields that range from level 48 to 50.

The DVD that is included with the game has a secret section. It reveals secrets in the
game. Highlight the gallery of pictures, then press Right. The pointer will disappear.
Press X or Enter, then scroll right and left between secrets one to ten.

In the OVA that comes with the game, there is a hidden Keyword shown while Mai is on the
computer: Lambda: Capricious, Unending, Corridor. When you reach the statue of Gott at
the end of the dungeon, you will get Chinese Food. Go back to the Root Town and look for
a player named Annri. You can trade the Chinese Food for a Super Wufei (a very powerful
spear for either Nuke Usagimaru or Gardenia).

After you defeat Magus (the last enemy), you will get two e-mails from RIKA@Bandai.com.
One just tells you that you can convert your game data into the next .hack. The other one
gives you a hidden dungeon. Restock on healing items and Resurrects when you log on and
give your characters the strongest armor and weapons you have. Mia and Wiseman also are
finally able to join your party. Take Wiseman (Elk or Mistral will do just fine) and
someone with good attacks. Give Wiseman better armor (something that lets him cast Ola
Repth and Rip Maen recommended) and a good weapon (Great Elite or Rod of Pattern
recommended). After fully prepared, go to Theta: Bitter, Fantasy, Mirror World. Use the
Virus Core U you received earlier to hack the Gate. The dungeon is level 50; make sure
everyone is at a high level. When you reach the door with the purple flame, a Boss is
behind it. Heal your characters and recover their SP. Head to the magic portal and you
will fight Agnomen. Angolmere is an easy Boss if you know the correct tactics. Have Kite
attack a couple of times and retreat so the Boss will not hit you. Send your attacker to
attack and use skills. He or she will most likely get killed frequently; use Resurrects
to revive them. Set Wiseman to First Aid and occasionally switch him to use magic.
Angolmere only attacks one character at a time. This lets you attack him as he is
barraging your other character. Keep Wiseman healing, and when he gets low, use a Mage's
Soul on him. When Angolmere gets a little more than halfway past his health, he Protect
Breaks. Use Data Drain and you will receive the Crimson Raid Twin Blade weapon. Also,
after you kill the Death Head that he becomes after Data Drain, you receive the Lucky
Shoes which allows the casting of Rig Saem and Rig Gaem.

If you completed .hack Part 1: Infection and finished the OVA Keyword dungeons you
should have an Ice Bar. If not, go to Delta: Hideous, Organ Market, Scaffold, and when
you reach the Statue of Gott you will receive the Ice Bar. Go to the Root Town and look
for a player named Panta. You trade the Ice Bar to him for a Level 38 Key Axe.

Successfully complete the game to unlock the parody mode. Parody mode replaces the
original text with joke dialogue. Note: This is only available in the Japanese
version.

After obtaining the last Ryu Book (Ryu Book VIII), Data Drain a few more times to obtain
Drain Arc, which allows you to Data Drain multiple enemies at one time.

At one point, you will get an email from Aura that is as always garbled, but she will
mention Cubia in it and Kite will mention the name. immediately stock up on magic scrolls
, spells, and magic armors . You will be forced to take Mistral along for this, but this
is a good thing. Your other character should be a powerhouse such as Blackrose, Gardenia,
or Piros. When you reach the bottom of the dungeon, you will be attacked by Cubia. The
actual boss here will be Cubia Core, which will spawn other variations of Cores such as
Repth Core. This should be your first priority. The Repth Core holds 1,000 HP. This must
be killed first or it will heal Cubia for 400 Hp at a time. After you kill it, ignore the
others and order your companions to use magic on the Cubia Core (which holds 5,000 HP).
After about 1000 damage it will launch a powerful attack. You should immediately heal
yourself, then order your companions to attack the Repth Core again with physical attacks
this time. Then once again, attack Cubia Core . You will need to repeat this multiple
times. Remember to alternate between physical and magical attacks after he launches a
powerful attack.

Feed your little Grunty: 4 Cordycep, 1 Mandragora, 2 Piney Apple, 1 Snaky Cactus, and many
Golden Eggs until it is an adult.

After you go to Net Slum, you can fight the last Boss. You have to kill the leaves that it
drops. Hit it until it breaks and Data Drain it.

Feed your little Grunty 2 Cordycep, 2 La Pumpkin, 2 Mandragora, 2 Twilight Onion, and 16
Golden Eggs.

If you are level 30 or more, go to a place 40 or above. Keep using magic skills to gain
levels very quickly and easily.

After you defeat Magus (the last Boss), the message board gets updated and you are
challenged to another round of Goblin Tag. Go to the Root Town and look for a player
named Koji. Trade him whatever you can for a Beast's Bane. Go to Lambda: Detestable,
Vengeful, Gate and you will start the fight with Martina R. You will notice that physical
attacks do very little, if you can even hit her, and no magic can hurt her. Use the
Beast's Bane and it will lower her Magic Defense significantly. If you have the Fishskin
Twin Blade weapon (obtained by Data Draining the Squidpod enemy) you can use Merrows.
Using Merrows one time should knock about 1,000 HP off of Martina. Use it a second time
to finish her off. After the battle, Martina gives you the Imp's Praises Key Item. Once
again, equip all the Goblin Armor on Kite and he will be able to summon level 2 Goblins.

Visit your Grunty to get good weapons that might help. Just go to Lamda or the first place
where you raised your own Grunty then talk and trade.

Use the following trick to get certain items needed for trade (for example, Cooked Bile).
Remember a place that has the item and go there. Once you get to a place with a lot of
jars or eggs/small eggs (usually a treasure box area), break everything. If you get the
desired item, exit then immediately return. The jars or eggs/small eggs have been
restored. Break everything again. Note: This does not mean you will get the
desired item every time. Keep repeating the process until you have enough of those items
to trade. You will get items that are useful, such as Healing Potions, Healing Drinks,
Antidotes, Resurrects, and Restoratives. This is especially useful just before Bosses.
Also, since it is free you will not want waste any money.

Go to the Chaos Gate at the third server and choose to write a new keyword. The first two
words can be anything, and for the last word enter "sea of sand". You will always get a
power up spring and the weather will always be sunny. Take a weapon and power up it until
it cannot be more powerful. Note: It is recommended that you to take a high level
keyword, like 42 and above, and that you have the Grunty Flute to avoid encounters with
very powerful monsters.

You can do this at any time, but you may want to do it early. Go to Delta: Hidden,
Forbidden, Holy Ground. This is the same place from .hack: Infection that BlackRose
invites you to, and the first place you met Balmung. When you go through the doors, an
intermission sequence will begin and you will see a meeting with the characters from
.Hack//Sign. It is also the same scene from .Hack//Sign where Mimiru and Bear think
Tsukasa is a girl. When the scene finishes, you will receive M:Wavemaster to your Key
Items and a Golden Grunty under the Books section of your items. The Golden Grunty raises
your Max HP by 30 and the M:Wavemaster is a line that Tsukasa says from the anime.

After the scene with Subaru, Silver Knight, Bear, Mimiru, and BT, you will see another
scene from .Hack//Sign. This time, it is the meeting between Crim and Sora. After the
scene, you will get the M:Long Arm added to your Key Items and another Silver Grunty
which raises your Max SP by 15. You can see the first scene at the beginning of the game,
but you have to wait until you finish other events before going back to see more.

If you go back to Delta: Hidden, Forbidden, Holy Ground after the scene with Sora and
BT, you will see another scene from .Hack//Sign. This time it is the meeting between
Subaru, Silver Knight, Bear, Mimiru, and BT concerning Tsukasa not being able to log out
of "The World." After the scene, you will receive M:Heavy Axeman and another Golden
Grunty which raises you Max HP by 30.

If you go back to Delta: Hidden, Forbidden, Holy Ground after the scene with Tsukasa,
Bear, and Mimiru, you will see another scene from .Hack//Sign, where Sora asks for BT's
member address. After the scene concludes, you will receive M:Twin Blade for your Key
Items and a Silver Grunty which raises your Max SP by 15.

If you Data Drain monsters, you can either get Virus Cores or weapons/armor. Most high
level monsters have very rare weapons and strong armor. Most of these monsters are above
level 45; be careful when fighting them. If you do not receive the item, keep Data
Draining that monster. However, do not Data Drain too much where you are in danger of
system crashing:



House Golem: Laevateinn (Heavy Blade)

Wander Demon: Rod of Pattern (Wave Master)

Mad Witch: SWORD (Blademaster)

Harpy Queen: Great Elite (Wavemaster), Jishuwen (Long Arm)

Easter Rock: 8 Key Guardian (Heavy Axeman)

Squidpod: Fishskin (Twin Blade)

King Worm: Bureido (Blademaster)

Angolmere: Crimson Raid (Twin Blade)