Ys: Memories of Celceta/Gameplay

Camp Menu

 * Equip : Change party members equipment
 * Skills : Equip skills
 * Items : Use consumables, equip artifacts, and view items
 * System : Save and load game, change options
 * Party : Adjust party members
 * Journal : View entries for story, quests, monsters, materials, manual, and records
 * Memories : Recall found memories
 * Map : View map

Attack Types
Each party member has one of three attack types: slash, strike, or pierce. Enemies may have a weakness to one of the types. Effective attacks are shown with yellow numbers and ineffective attacks are shown with blue numbers. In general, slash attacks are effective against soft enemies, strike attacks are effective against hard enemies, and pierce attacks are effective against nimble and flying enemies.

Skills
Party members may learn skills when they attack strong enemies. Up to four skills can be equipped and they map to. Skills require SP and gain EXP when used. They can be leveled up to a maximum of 3.

EXTRA skills are powerful attacks that can be unleashed by pressing when the EXTRA gauge is full. The EXTRA gauge is a yellow circle that fills up over time and when skills are used.

Attack Bonuses

 * Aerial Combo : Attack airborne enemy. Damage is increased and obtain gold, SP, and life energy.
 * Skill Finish : Defeat an enemy using a skill. Regain half of SP and obtain life energy.
 * Excellent Kill : Defeat an enemy using attack type it's weak against. Drops more gold and may drop rare items.

Advanced Controls

 * Flash Guard : Guard just as an enemy attacks. Damage is nullified, SP and EXTRA gauges increase, and all attacks are critical for a short time.
 * Flash Move : Evade just as an enemy attacks. Invincible for a short time and enemies will move in slow motion.

Dropped Items
Enemies may drop the following when defeated. If they leave behind a corpse, it can be attacked to drop more items.
 * Gold : Drops in different values.
 * Life Energy : Small or large green orb that recovers a small amount of HP.
 * Materials : Used for reinforcing, refining, and exchanging.

Party
Up to three characters can be active in the party and they can be swapped out in the camp menu. Reserve characters will still earn EXP. You can switch the playable character by pressing. The party AI can be changed to focus on attacking or evading. The AI controlled party members will automatically harvest and pick up dropped items.

Once there are three characters in the party, party abilities become active. There are two based on the attack types.
 * Rare Item Drop Rate Up : One of each attack type. Enemies may drop more rare items.
 * Increased Damaged : Two with the same attack type. Party members deal increased damage.

Unique Actions
Each party member has a unique action that can be used when encountering a target circle on certain objects or locations. If the target circle is red, then you need to switch characters. Once you have the right character, press to perform the action and an event will occur.

Monuments
Stone monuments will activate when touched and are shown on the map. They restore all HP and cure any status effects. After a game over, you can retry at the last monument you touched or the last town or camp you visited.

Harvest Locations
Harvest locations are found throughout Celceta and can be attacked to drop materials. They regenerate after some time has elapsed. Once discovered, they are shown with an icon on the map.

Resting
When standing still in outside areas, party members will put away their weapons and slowly recover HP. The Spirit Cape artifact can be equipped to increase the healing rate and recover in indoor areas.