Crystalis: Crystalis Rebalanced

A big problem with Crystalis is that in order to injure a boss you must be at a high enough level, which forces players to spend a lot of time grinding for experience. This patch removes the level check which allows players to finish the game at much lower levels than before. Some changes to spells and weapons have also been made to give players more viable options for defeating enemies.

The main purpose of this patch is to remove the boss level check, which
eliminates the need for grinding and makes low level runs possible. I also
made small changes to sword damage and magic spell costs.
You must use a headered ROM for the patch to work.


Gameplay Changes

The game determines if you can injure a boss based solely on your level, this level
check has been removed

You don't have to equip elemental balls to get level 2 sword charges
just having them in your inventory will activate their effect.


Sword Damage

Wind Sword
no charge 1
1 charge 2->3
2 charge 3->5
3 charge 6->7

Fire Sword
no charge 2
1 charge 3->4
2 charge 4->5
3 charge 4->5

Water Sword
no charge 4
1 charge 4->6
2 charge 6->8
3 charge 8->10

Thunder Sword
no charge 8
1 charge 6->8
2 charge 8->10
3 charge 8->12

Sword level 3 charge costs.

wind Sword 8->2
Fire Sword 16->4
Ice Sword 16->8
Thunder Sword 40->16

Magic Changes

Telapathy spell cost 08->02
Barrier spell cost 01->02
change spell cost 20->10

Item Changes
deo pendant increases mp much faster than before


This is the final version of this patch. If you have any comments or issues
please email me at [email protected]



Rom Name: Crystalis (U).nes
SHA1: FD0DCDE4F1708B30D5C3DE1E463F1DDE89C5CB64
MD5: 545D341A017CE84641EAF77511EFB458