Tales of Graces/Walkthrough

Tales of Graces can be split into three story arcs: The story is progressed by traveling to new locations (when prompted) and defeating powerful enemies, though you should generally fight any enemy in your path in order to increase your level. Those outside of the party will also earn "Bench XP," allowing them to keep up with the party level in case you wish to swap anyone out.
 * Childhood Arc: The shortest and, fittingly, the easiest segment of the game, this arc acts as a prologue and can be skipped on subsequent playthroughs.
 * Adulthood Arc: This makes up the bulk of the game, filled with new places and dungeons to explore and tough bosses to fight. The main conflict is resolved here, but if playing ƒ, the story is not over.
 * Future Arc: Taking place sometime in the future, this follows the characters after the main game, acting as a bonus chapter. While you travel to many familiar places, some new dungeons are introduced.

While travel is usually done on foot (where certain landmarks can be examined as Discoveries), fast travel is unlocked in Chapter 8, allowing you to get sidequests done much more quickly. All optional content is best saved for that point, unless mentioned in the guide.