Factory

Factory

The Factory is a dungeon in 2300 AD. It is located in the eastern region of the main continent, east of Lab 32 and north of Proto Dome.

It does not offer a Key Item directly; rather, it unlocks access to the End of Time through Proto Dome. It is unlikely, but not impossible, that completing Factory will be your only access to End of Time, and thus magic and Mount Woe.

The right side of the Factory does not need to be completed in Jets of Time. Unlike Arris Dome, the player is capable of inputting the passcode into the generator console without having first learned it by visiting the Info Archive.

The right side's conveyor robots have a window of opportunity for the party to sneak past them; wait for the two robots closer to one another to pass the party, then dash to the next exit before the two more-spaced robots meet the party. Collision with any robot on the conveyor will trigger the crane to deposit the party on the northern conveyor belt.

Requirements:

  Game Mode:
  Standard: Pendant and completion of the Prison sequence.
  Lost Worlds: None.
  Legacy of Cyrus: Inaccessible.
  Ice Age: Pendant and completion of the Prison sequence.

Recommendations: A full-screen Lightning tech. The Acids and Alkalines in the left half of the Factory are vulnerable to Lightning, and having access to said tech will greatly decrease the time spent clearing Factory.

Boss

R-Series

R-Series x4
HP	Def	MDef	XP	TP	Gold
1000	127	50	400	6	300
Vulnerabilities	Light	Water	Fire	Shadow	Tossable
	133%	100%	100%	100%	Yes
	No Status Vulnerabilities

Strategy

Unlike vanilla, there are only 4 R-Series in the Factory, not 6.

R-Series will begin counterattacking when there are only 2 left. The more R-series that go down, the stronger the counter attacks become. When there is only one party member left, they will counter with laser attacks. When only one R-Series remains, it will counter with party damage. High-damaging magic spells like Flare or Dark Matter that are likely to defeat all of them in one shot is the preferred strategy.

Even when boss randomization is on, the Factory's boss does not get shuffled.

Vanilla Boss	Randomized?	HP Range	if Rust Tyrano
R-Series	N	N/A	N/A

Encounters

#	Enemies	XP	TP	G	Avoid	Run	Location	Notes
1	Acid x1	33 XP	1 TP	20G	No*	No	Entrance	This encounter is avoidable if the player positions the party to be grouped up prior to the game doing it for them upon activating the console; group up and dash out the door before the Acid hits the ground.
2	Debugger x3	900 XP	15 TP	750G	Yes	Yes	Entrance

Left Side:

#	Enemies	XP	TP	G	Avoid	Run	Location	Notes
1	Acid x1, Alkaline x2	123 XP	3 TP	100G	No	Yes	Aux Console
2	Alkaline x1	45 XP	1 TP	40G	Yes	Yes	Security Center
3	Alkaline x1	45 XP	1 TP	40G	Yes	Yes	Security Center
4	Acid x1	33 XP	1 TP	20G	Yes	Yes	Security Center
5	and/or Acid or Alkaline x5	165-225 XP	5 TP	100-200 G	No	No	Security Center	There are a total of five enemies, each of which have roughly equal chance of being an Acid or an Alkaline.

Right Side:

#	Enemies	XP	TP	G	Avoid	Run	Location	Notes
Encounters marked * are encountered only if the party gets caught by the crane and deposited on the northern conveyor belt.
*1	Proto 3 x1	400 XP	6 TP	300G	No	No	Robot Storage
*2	Debugger x2, Proto 3 x1	1000 XP	16 TP	800G	No	No	Robot Storage
*3	Debugger x4, Proto 3 x1	1600 XP	26 TP	1300G	No	No	Robot Storage
1	Bug x4	104 XP	4 TP	0G	Yes	Yes	Infestation
2	Proto 3 x2	800 XP	12 TP	600G	Yes	No	Data Core
3	Proto 3 x2	800 XP	12 TP	600G	Yes	No	Crane Control
4	Debugger x2	600 XP	10 TP	500G	Yes	No	Crane Control	Unavoidable if the player triggers the previous encounter.

Treasure Chests