Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan

Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan

Also known as: Sekaiju no Meikyuu IV: Denshou no Kyojin (JP)
Developer: Atlus
Publishers: Atlus (JP/US), NIS America (EU/AU)
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Released in JP: July 5, 2012
Released in US: February 26, 2013
Released in EU: August 30, 2013
Released in AU: September 12, 2013
Released in KR: September 30, 2013

This game has unused graphics.
This game has unused items.
This game has unused text.

Etrian Odyssey IV is the fourth game in a series of rather difficult dungeon crawler RPGs, and the first to be released for the 3DS. It's also the first to feature a new "casual" difficulty mode, an extended overworld to travel through, and the first to replace the iconic, orange F.O.E. balls with proper 3D models.

Note: This game uses Shift-JIS encoding for all its text, which includes the usage of full-width latin characters (ex. Ｄｕｍｍｙ) even in the English version. For the sake of readability, these have been converted to regular ASCII characters for this article.

Unused Text

General

Various message files in the game contain the strings "ダミー" (Dummy), "Dummy", or variations thereof (i.e. suffixed with a number) in various places, such as the files containing common battle and dungeon strings, files with text for certain facilities, among others. Additionally, various files contain message entries that presumably once pointed to proper strings, but have since been nulled out.

Leftovers

To do:
Check SQ2 text to ensure it's identical, the 3 text all checks out under diff.

Several files in the game contain text that is either left over, or that has apparently been taken (for testing or as a placeholder), from a previous game in the series. These have not been translated for the English version of Etrian Odyssey IV and were left in Japanese. Additionally, they still use the text control code format from the previous games, which uses the prefix 0x80 instead of 0xF8.

Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard

TestData\Test\test_sel.mbm and TestData\Test\test_yesno.mbm contain text apparently taken from Etrian Odyssey II to test user selections in event scripts.

Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City

The common battle strings in Battle\battlemessage.mbm still contain text referring to, for example, certain bosses from the previous game. Also, Item\seaitemequipexplain.mbm, Item\seaitemexplain.mbm and Item\seaitemtext.mbm contain descriptions of items and equipment related to seafaring, while TestData\Test\dungeon.mbm contains common messages used in the labyrinth, and TestData\Test\DUN_01F.mbm contains text for that game's labyrinth floor B1F.

Opening

Along with various text related to starting a new game, deleting old data, etc., the file InterfaceFile\Opening.mbm also contains the opening story text as strings, instead of the graphics from the folder Mori4stex\Event\Opening, which are actually used:

As divine verdure fertilizes;
The malign verdure corrupts.

What is left is a holy husk.

Hollow ones cling to faith;
Fanged ones honor power;
Foolish sages protect a lie.

But the Medium's song remains,
Guiding you to Yggdrasil.

You hold the wings to soar
In this tempestuous saga.

Winds of beginning, blow now...

Enemies

The files Monster\Table\enemynametable.tbl and Dictionary\dictionaryenemyexp.mbm respectively hold every enemy's name and description. Several of them have been dummied out and now just read "NONE" for the name and "Dummy Description here." for the description. Their numbers are 0x00, 0x14, 0x2A, 0x49, 0x4E, 0x52, 0x84 to 0xA9, 0xB9, 0xBF to 0xC1, 0xC6 to 0xC7, and 0xDC to 0xFF.

Useable Items

To do:
Eventually tear into the format like with the equipment below.

The descriptions for many items, such as monster drops, healing items, etc., are found within Item\useitemexpbattle.mbm. Aside from various "Dummy" entries, and entries consisting of the item type and a number or variations thereof (ex. "Other378", "Material Buffer19 Additional Slot" or many duplicates of "Rare Item Reserve"), there are a few copies of the following string:

Probably doesn't exist
Let Nich know if it does

This likely refers to former Atlus USA employee Nich Maragos, the Project Lead and one of the Editors working on the game's English localization. This string can be found with the IDs 468 to 471, 473 and 474.

Quests

Event\quest_name.mbm and Event\quest_explain.mbm contain the name and description for each quest in the game. Similar to the enemies mentioned above, several of these strings are unused, since their quests have either been dummied out or turned into QR quests, while one of them is specifically listed as a debug quest that should not occur in the final game.

Number	0x00	0x2B to 0x32, 0x36, 0x4E to 0x5A, 0x62 to 0x64	0x25, 0x35, 0x37 and 0x38, 0x3B to 0x3E, 0x40, 0x42, 0x44, 0x4A, 0x4C and 0x4D
Name	Debug quest	Dummy	Moved to QR
Description	A quest reserved for Debug Mode. If it happens in the real game, write it up! Each item reward, Polar Flag ON. Reward: All move-related items	(Temp Text) Dummy Quest being prepped. Reward: Medica(Temp)	This is now a QR Quest. Dummy. Quest is being prepped. Reward: Medica(Temp)

Event\Quest\QUE_039.mbm is the message file for one of the quests given by the innkeeper Dalla. The last five messages in this file are marked as "temporary text", with one of them indicating that maybe one of the translators at Atlus USA wasn't too fond of the accent given to Wynne in the localization.

Temporary Text.
I cannot wait!

Temporary Text.
Don't fail it.

Temporary Text.
I cannot wait!

Temporary Text.
Aw, da [Guild Name] crew!
Don't I gots da worst accent?

Temporary Text.
I cannot wait!

The message files for two QR quests, Event\QR\QR_004.mbm and Event\QR\QR_011.mbm, contain some untranslated messages regarding debugging functions.

Original	Translation
現在[Value:0]ポイントです。ここでは、デバッグ用に汎用変数4・5番に指定したエンカウントIDと戦闘が行えます。	Currently set to [Value:0]. Encounter and battle IDs can be selected with variables 4 and 5 to go to those respective battles.
どうしますか? 汎用変数4 ID[Value:2] 汎用変数5 ID[Value:3] 戦闘をしない	What do you want to do? Variable 4 ID[Value:2] Variable 5 ID[Value:3] Cancel
直前の戦闘にて [Value:1]ポイントを入手。	Right before battles, [Value:1] is available to use.

Additionally, QR_004.mbm also contains the following message three times:

Original	Translation
デファインを作るためのダミーだから気にしなくていいわ。	Because this is set to a dummy value via a #define, don't bother worrying about it.

Guild Card Characters

The file InterfaceFile\GuildCardText.mbm contains two untranslated strings which imply that the game once supported Play Coins, like several other games on the 3DS. Registering characters received alongside another player's Guild Card, either via StreetPass or QR code, was intended to cost 20 Play Coins per character.

Original	Translation
ゲームコインが足りません。	Not enough Play Coins.
ゲームコイン20枚を使ってこのキャラクターをギルドに登録しますか。	Uses 20 Play Coins. Are you sure you want to add the character to the guild?

Another related string, which has been translated into English, can be found in the file InterfaceFile\FacilityAirportText.mbm:

Use 20 Game Coins to register this
character to your guild?

Of note is how the English text still refers to "Game Coins", as opposed to their equivalent English term, "Play Coins".

(Source: xdaniel (entire section); Bast (translations))

Test and Debug Text

Test Quest

TestData\Test\QUE_000.mbm appears to hold the text for a simple testing quest of some sort. It is notable that this file is numbered 000, while the quest files that are actually used, in the folder Event\Quest, are numbered starting at 001.

Original	Translation
これから世界樹の迷宮に挑むのか。道のりは長く険しいものになるだろう。だが、千里の道も１歩からという。まずは迷宮に足を踏み入れ、生還することを目標にしてはどうだ？	So you intend to challenge the Labyrinth of Yggdrasil? The journey will be long and hard. But as they say, "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". Why not start by setting foot into the labyrinth with the sole objective of staying alive.
世界樹の迷宮に足を踏み入れた。このまま死なずに帰れば約束の報酬がもらえるだろう。	You set foot in the labyrinth of Yggdrasil. If you manage to keep on and return without perishing, you should receive the reward you were promised.
見事生還したようだな。ほら、約束の報酬だ。	It looks like you've returned safely! Here's the reward I promised!
ギルド名：[Guild Name] アイテム：[Item:0x0001] エネミー：[Enemy:0x0001]	Guild name: [Guild Name] Item: [Item:0x0001] Enemy: [Enemy:0x0001]

This file still uses the previous games' control code style, as described above.

(Source: xdaniel (entire section); Bast, Bluesun (translations))

Party Debug Menu

Inside Debug\debug_party_help.mbm is text that appears to have been used by a party debug menu, which likely would have replaced the player's party with one of several premade ones. The party data itself seems to still exists in Debug\debug_party.tbl.

Number	Description
0x00	Party 0 (Default) Party 1 for A2 Orthodox Party
0x01	Party 1 Party 2 for A2 "Quirky" Party
0x02	Party 2 Ch.1 Boss Party
0x03	Party 3 Ch.1 Boss Party 2
0x04	Party 4 For Skill Tree checks
0x05	Party 5 Ch.2 Boss Party
0x06	Party 6 Ch.2 Boss Party 2
0x07	Party 7 Ch.3 Boss Party
0x08	Party 8 Ch.4 Boss Party

Strings number 0x09 to 0x20 have been omitted from the list above, because they are all simply the string "Party XX Dummy", where XX is the respective string's number in decimal, so, for example, "Party 9 Dummy".

(Source: xdaniel (entire section))

Unused Items

Equipment

To do:
Comb through equipment data & put all other relevant unused items here [1]

...But what does it mean?
This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation!
Notes: Names/descriptions where they significantly differ from the official English translation, if it exists.

...But does it make sense?
The translations on this page need to be proofread. If you are fluent enough in this language, please make any corrections necessary!
Notes: Translation checks for the existing translations.

All data related to the equipment in the game can be found inside the files starting with equipitem inside the Item directory, mainly their names and descriptions, requirements and actual data. Among these items are many that go unused in the final game. Most of them have been dummied out by overwriting their stats with zeroes and replacing their names and descriptions with placeholders, while others have survived at least in part.

Swords

Number	Name	Description (English)	Description (Japanese)	Stats	Effects	Notes
22	Wiglaf Sword ウィラフの剣	Dummy ATK:	ダミー攻撃力	ATK: 165 DEF: 0	5x Fire	Price is 80en, thus incredibly low for a sword with this attack strength. Can be used by every class. Possibly used in battles with the NPC Wiglaf as a guest, but unobtainable by the player.
31	DUMMY ダミー	Dummy ATK: 124	ダミー攻撃力124	ATK: 124 DEF: 0	2x AGI 1x Empty	Price is 21620en, usable by the Landsknecht, Nightseeker, Dancer and Imperial classes.
49	DUMMY ダミー	A sword with a mandala on the grip. Supposedly brings luck to the wielder. ATK:	八葉を柄に飾り付けた幸運を運ぶという刀攻撃力	ATK: 0 DEF: 0		Data has been completely zeroed out, even the weapon's type; only the description is left.

Knives

Number	Name	Description (English)	Description (Japanese)	Stats	Effects	Notes
151	Dummy ダミー	A dagger that provides mercy to those wounded on the battlefield. ATK: 32	戦場で深手を負った相手に慈悲を与えるために作られた短剣攻撃力32	ATK: 1 DEF: 0	6x Death	The description and actual ATK value do not match up. Price is 10en, can be used by every class.

Bows

Number	Name	Description (English)	Description (Japanese)	Stats	Effects	Notes
232	Blaster バスターモス	Debug Weapon ATK: 999	チェック用最強武器攻撃力999	ATK: 999 DEF: 0	8x ATK All Stats +99	Price is 33850en, same as several other bows; can be used by every class. The Japanese name and description translate to "Bustermoth" and "The strongest weapon for checking", respectively.

Armor

Number	Name	Description (English)	Description (Japanese)	Stats	Effects	Notes
512	Dummy ダミー	Woolen clothing that is easy to move in, but has low defense. DEF: 8	羊から刈った毛を用い編み込まれた衣服防御力8	ATK: 0 DEF: 8		Cloth-type armor, price is 70en, can be used by every class.
513	Dummy ダミー	Doesn't look much like armor, but it offers surprisingly good protection. DEF:	一見防具には見えないがしっかりと体を守る防具防御力	ATK: 0 DEF: 45	2x Fire Res 2x Ice Res 2x Volt Res	Cloth-type armor, price is 9980en. Does not state its DEF value in the description, despite one being set internally (45 DEF).
543	Test Armor テストアーマー	Dummy	ダミー	ATK: 0 DEF: 0		Data has been completely zeroed out, again including the type. It directly precedes the various Heavy Armor-type items, so if it ever was categorized, it probably was of that type. Can be found in the inventories of some leftover save data presets.
556	Kirjonen Thing キルヨネンの鎧	Dummy DEF:	ダミー防御力	ATK: 0 DEF: 100	3x TEC	Price is 8500en. Heavy Armor-type equipment useable by the Landsknecht, Fortress and Imperial classes. Possibly used in battles with NPC Kirjonen as a guest, but otherwise not obtainable in-game. The Japanese name more specifically translates to "Kirjonen's Armor".
557	Kirjonen Thing 2 キルヨネンの硬鎧	Dummy 防御力	ダミー防御力	ATK: 0 DEF: 122	4x TEC	Price is 7080en, thus cheaper than the above Kirjonen item with lower DEF. Otherwise identical. Japanese name translates to "Kirjonen's Hard Armor".
558	Kirjonen Thing 3 キルヨネンの重鎧	Dummy DEF:	ダミー防御力	ATK: 0 DEF: 137	6x TEC	Price is a quite expensive 268900en, but the item is again otherwise identical to the previous ones. Japanese name translates to "Kirjonen's Heavy Armor".
591	Dummy ダミー	Dummy DEF: DELETE	ダミー防御力削除	ATK: 0 DEF: 0		Stats are zeroed out; notable for being marked with "DELETE" in the English and "削除" ("delete") in the Japanese description.
592	Dummy ダミー	Dummy DEF: DELETE	ダミー防御力	ATK: 0 DEF: 0		Same as 591, although it's not marked with "削除" in the Japanese version.
636	Kranis クラニス	Dummy DEF:999	ダミー防御力999	ATK: 0 DEF: 999	8x Death Res All Stats +100	Cloth-type armor with an incredible 999 DEF and a +100 boost for every single stat (HP, TP, STR, etc.). Price is 34180en, useable by all classes.

Headgear

Number	Name	Description (English)	Description (Japanese)	Stats	Notes
648	Dummy ダミー	A leather had fitted with scale plating. DEF: 38	革にウロコ状の装甲を貼りつけ防御力を高めた帽子防御力38	ATK: 0 DEF: 38	Price is 6510en, typo in the English description included. Useable by any class.
666	Dummy ダミー	A helm consisting of a chain coif riveted to a metal bowl. DEF: 26	鋼鉄の表面に鋲を打ち攻撃を軽減する力を強めた兜防御力26	ATK: 0 DEF: 0	Data has been zeroed out.
667	Dummy ダミー	Designed to fit your head to provide more defensive strength. DEF: 47	頭の形に合わせて作り防御効率を向上させた兜防御力47	ATK: 0 DEF: 0	Like the above, its data has been zeroed out.

Gloves

Number	Name	Description (English)	Description (Japanese)	Stats	Effects	Notes
677	Dummy ダミー	A gauntlet with the feathers of a huge bird worked into the plating. DEF: 18	巨鳥の羽の繊維を縫いつけた手甲防御力18	ATK: 0 DEF: 18		Price is 1150en, useable by any class.
686	Kirjonen's Bracers キルヨネンの手甲	Dummy DEF:	ダミー防御力	ATK: 0 DEF: 24	2x TEC	Price is 100en, useable by any class; presumably also used by Kirjonen when in battles as a guest, but otherwise not obtainable.

Boots

Number	Name	Description (English)	Description (Japanese)	Stats	Effects	Notes
705	Dummy ダミー	Small slip-on shoes made from a single sheet of leather. DEF: 4	一枚革で作られたヒール部分のないスリッポン式の短い靴防御力4	ATK: 0 DEF: 4	1x AGI	Price is 80en, useable by all classes.
707	Dummy ダミー	Heavy-duty boots for forest walks. Comes with a feather ornament. DEF: 8	樹海探索用の頑丈で羽根飾りのついたブーツ防御力8	ATK: 0 DEF: 8	1x TP	Price is 190en, useable by all classes.
714	Dummy ダミー	Sandals that glow in the dark to light your way. DEF: 26	暗闇でほのかに光り道を教えるサンダル防御力26	ATK: 0 DEF: 18	3x AGI	Price is 3680en, useable by all classes. Again, the description (26) and actual DEF value (18) disagree with each other.
731	Cianontedae シアノンテダイ	Dummy DEF:	ダミー防御力	ATK: 0 DEF: 999	3x Paralyze Res All Stats +100	Not unlike the Kranis armor, this has 999 DEF and raises every stat by 100. At 3880en it's very cheap for these kinds of stats. Also useable by all classes.

Shields

Number	Name	Description (English)	Description (Japanese)	Stats	Effects	Notes
762	Caesar Shield カイザーシールド	Dummy DEF:	ダミー防御力	ATK: 0 DEF: 999	8x Poison Res All Stats +100	Another 999 DEF and all stats +100 bargain, for 70en. Again, useable by all classes. The Japanese name translates to "Kaiser Shield".

Accessories

Number	Name	Description (English)	Description (Japanese)	Stats	Effects	Notes
838	Kirjonen's Charm キルヨネンの護符	Dummy	ダミー	ATK: 0 DEF: 0	8x TEC TP +100 STR +5 TEC +5 VIT +5 AGI +5 LUC +5	Price is 10en. Another item presumably used by Kirjonen as a guest in battles. Useable by any class.

(Source: xdaniel (entire section), Delpolo)

Unused Graphics

Early Title Screen

The file Mori4stex\Debug\ig_deb_title.stex contains the Japanese title logo for an earlier version of the game, which gives the title as "世界樹の迷宮４伝承の巫女" ("Sekaiju no Meikyuu 4: Denshou no Miko" or roughly, based on the final English title, "Etrian Odyssey 4: Legends of the Shrine Maiden") instead of the final "世界樹の迷宮Ⅳ 伝承の巨神", or "Sekaiju no Meikyuu IV: Denshou no Kyojin".

Various Early Graphics

Aside from the early title screen logo above, Mori4stex\Debug also contains various other early graphics, such as graphics for the title menu, UI and QR code testing, and what appears to be textures for a test map of sorts.

i_fac_bg_01a.stex
ig_deb_title_2.stex
ig_deb_title_ui.stex
ig_dun_ainfo.stex
parts01.stex
parts01_.stex
parts02.stex
Test_QrBottom.stex
Test_QrIcon.stex
Test_QrTop.stex
tm_ather.stex
tm_floor01.stex
tm_floor02.stex
tm_step_down.stex
tm_step_up.stex
tm_wall01.stex
tms_forest01.stex
tms_ground01s.stex
tms_ground01t.stex
tms_snow01s.stex
tms_snow01t.stex
tms_water01.stex

Alternate Battle Menu

The file Mori4stex\Battle\Data\ig_bat_menu.stex contains most of the graphics for the battle menu, including alternate versions of the menu items. This file calls the "Burst" option "Limit", while "Item" is pluralized as "Items". Mori4stex\Battle\Data\ig_bat_menu2.stex contains the menu item graphics that are actually used.

Test Graphics

The file Mori4stex\Effect\tool\c_k01_a.stex contains a test image of the protagonist from Persona 4 (Golden). This image can be found in various Atlus titles for 3DS.

An overlay effect used for testing, found in effect_editor\mat\test.tmx. The version seen below is a restoration of what the image should look like. The original image found in the game files is broken due to an unintentional LF→CRLF/CR→CRLF conversion, not unlike this occurrence in Pokémon Crystal. The image in its broken state can be found in Atlus titles as far back as Persona 3 Portable.

(Source: Ehm)

Result Screen Portraits

Four result images unused in the game can be found under Mori4stex\Result\CharaData. The first two, for the NPCs Wiglaf and Kirjonen, are not used even if you complete a battle with them as guest party members; the last two are (identical copies of) the Guildmaster's dialogue portrait edited down in the same manner as the other result screen images. Logre's result screen image also has two identical copies in this directory.

ig_res_cha11_05.stex
ig_res_cha11_06.stex
ig_res_cha11_07.stex

(Source: Delpolo, Yomidian)

Fonts

Three unused fonts can still be found as font\demo_font.bcfnt, font\f09_001.tmx and TestData\font\f11_001.tmx. The first font is a rather simple ASCII font, presumably once used for debugging or testing purposes, and is in the format used by the game. The latter two fonts are images coming from Persona 4 (Golden), and can also be found in other Atlus developed 3DS games.

demo_font.bcfnt	f09_001.tmx	f11_001.tmx

(Source: xdaniel (entire section unless otherwise noted); asasa (P4 font identification))

Save Data Presets

To do:
Maybe make less wall-of-text-like. Also more details about file 02, once the format is better understood?

The directory SavePreset holds eight different complete sets of premade save data files, numbered from 00 to 07, as well as two files for another, incomplete set of data, numbered 15. All of these saves were presumably meant for the Japanese version of the game, but do not seem to function properly in the retail build, as the game crashes the 3DS while trying to load the save data. The files date back to between January and March 2011, over a year before the game was originally released in Japan.

Most of them are on the first day in-game (Emperor 1) and have no Guild Cards. They have very few items in their inventories, but include certain unused ones like the Test Armor, have one character per class, each of which is named after the class, and have very little in terms of maps drawn. The one area, which in most saved games has the same partially drawn map, is the Old Forest Mine, while a few other areas, depending on the save, such as the Echoing Library or the Forgotten Capital, had parts of the map automatically drawn in by the game.

Save data set 02 is probably the most noteworthy of these files, as it contains what appears to be an actual playthrough of at least part of the game. This save is on day 52 (Dormouse 25) and has a Guild Card for the player's guild, giving their name as "アトラス" (Atlus), the skyship's name as "/(^o^)\", and their message as "よろしくおねがいします". For some reason, the maximum level reached is set to 0 on this Guild Card. The characters are all between levels 28 and 55, and are named based on abbreviations of their class names, such as "ソドコ" (Sodoko) for a female Landsknecht, this class being called "ソードマン" (Swordsman) in Japanese. Also of note is that the recruitable Arcanist Wufan, or "ウーファン" in Japanese, is called "ウーフェン" (Wufen) here.

The items collected are mostly what you would expect from a normal playthrough, aside from a single item called "未使用" (unused) in the inventory on-hand; similar is true for the maps, which are not completely filled in, have various notes attached, etc., although there are no maps for the Hall of Darkness and Toxic Cave, implying that these areas have not yet been reached or visited in this save.

Finally, the map data file of the incomplete data set 15 is 124kb in size, as opposed to 88kb for all other map data files.