Archetypes and Akademeia

Metaphor: ReFantazio guide · Visit More's study to awaken, level, and cross-inherit battle vocations across the party roster

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Akademeia serves as an ethereal library accessed through magical doorways, governed by the imprisoned scholar More. Within this study, party members spend Magla (MAG) to awaken, switch, and master Archetypes across multiple combat lineages. Players also configure inherited abilities and turn in archetype mastery research requests directly to More.

Region: Akademeia
Levels: Level range: None
Getting there: Through glowing blue doorway portals located in settlements, dungeon entrances, rest stops, or aboard the Gauntlet Runner
Connects to: Various towns, dungeons, and the Gauntlet Runner
Related quests: More's Task: Foreword and Prologue · More's Task Chapter One: Ordeal · More's Task Chapter Two: Solitude · More's Task Chapter Three: Drifting · More's Task Chapter Four: Turmoil
Services and people: More · Platypus-like familiars

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More: Unlocks automatically on 6/5 during the prologue raid; advance his Seeker lineage bond by fulfilling his successive "More's Task" archetype cultivation goals and speaking with him in Akademeia without spending in-game calendar time.

Worth doing

Spend accumulated Magla in More's study to unlock advanced Archetypes, equip cross-inherited combat skills into unlocked slots, or report completed task milestones to raise the Imagination Kingly Virtue.

Achievements here

Summon Mask Time MissablePerform Special Experiments with More in Akademeia to craft all 16 Summoning Vessels and all 43 Masks.

Archetype AdeptMaximize any Archetype's level to Rank 20. You can achieve this naturally through battle experience or by using hero incense items.

What's Yours is MineSuccessfully steal an item from a hostile target in battle. You can do this by using the Steal skill granted by the Thief Archetype line.

For Science!Visit More inside Akademeia and perform a Special Experiment. This allows you to combine items and relics into unique accessories and gear.

Teamwork Makes the Dream WorkActivate 50 uniquely named Synthesis combinations in turn-based combat using compatible Archetype party setups.

Money is PowerSpend an aggregate of 100,000 Reeve in combat by unleashing skills from the Merchant and Tycoon lineages.

Archetype HeroReach maximum rank (level 20) across every single Archetype lineage specifically on the protagonist.

Closing the BookDefeat the secret superboss, the Redscale Dragon, by interacting with the Book of Apocalypse in Akademeia during New Game+ on Easy difficulty or higher.

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The Chronicle of the End: Akademeia, inside More's study, given directly by MoreHow: Master all Royal Archetypes and speak to More in his study

Shops and people

More: Studies and awakens new Archetypes for party members, configures Skill Inheritance slots, and accepts research milestones in exchange for Incense items and Magla.

Tips

Interacting with More to submit tasks or manage Archetypes does not pass in-game calendar time, allowing you to freely experiment with party builds whenever a portal is available.

Not listed for this area: secrets, enemies.

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