Romancing Saga 2: Revenge Of The Seven - Complete Mermaid Quest Walkthrough (2024)

Romancing Saga 2: The Revenge of the Seven's mermaid quest is one of the more involved of the bunch. It'll have you sailing all over the world, working your way through multiple dungeons, battling bosses, and generally going on a massive wild goose chase. However, as a reward, it will unlock multiple classes, and provide you with one of the game's more notable narratives.

This guide will take you through every step of completing this quest, including directions for each dungeon, and a breakdown of the two bosses you'll need to fight. Since your emperor will need to stay the same throughout this entire quest, I'm going to emphasize skipping battles and provide you with the most direct route through every enemy-filled area you will encounter. This guide should provide you with everything you need to see it through to the end.

Beginning The Mermaid Quest

To get this quest started, you will need to speak to the people of Atlanticus. There is one right outside your ship, another on the bridge on the southern section, and then one more standing outside the Tavern on the north end of town. Once you have talked to them, head to the inn and choose the “Rest until evening” option. Now, head to the tavern and take a seat. You’ll now watch a dance routine performed by a mysterious dancer. Once she is finished, speak to the barkeeper and select the "Maybe I’ll do just that."

You will now need to repeat this process two more times; after the third night, chase after the mysterious dancer. You’ll see her turn into a mermaid. Return to the pub, talk to the bartender, and learn about the witch who lives nearby. Now, head to the witch’s Sanctum.

The Witch's Sanctum

This is a whole dungeon you can explore, of course, but there is an efficient method to get to the witch without increasing your monster encounter number. When you first enter into the large room in the cave, hop up on the left, now run and jump across the the rocky platforms until you reach the pathway on the other side of the cavern. Now, head straight down the tunnel, ignore your first right, and take the second right. You will be at the Witch’s Hut. Ask the witch to make you a Mermaid Potion, she'll now tell you to gather three ingredients: an eggshell from a large egg in the Savannah, water from Lake Aqua, and a sea swallow nest from Toba.

Obtaining The Sea Swallow Nest

This is the easiest of the three ingredients to obtain. Head to Toba - if you haven't been there already, you can reach Toba from the Atlantica ship.

Run past the Octopai. Shimmy across the rocky ledge. Climb the vine wall. At the top, there will be two Water Faeries, wait for them to clear away, then climb the vine wall to your immediate left.

Once you reach the top of that vine wall, you'll climb another. Now, at the top of this cliff, take a right and jump down (watch out for the baby dragon below). Run past the next vine wall, and you will run into a Spritzer. These are weak to swords, bows, and fire magic.

Now, hop down (watch out for the Water Faerie below), and climb the vine wall on your left. Jump down to the next area, where there will be a path that will curve to the left. There will be a Despoiler (the baby dragon-looking thing) obstructing you. They are pretty close to unavoidable. They are weak to swords and earth magic. Climb the vine wall at the end of the path (on your right). Now, take a left, and climb the vine wall (to your right there is a group of Despoilers). There is a BP recovery point. Jump down, and you will be at the Sea Swallow Nest. From here, you can jump down the path on your right, and you'll be back at the entrance.

Obtaining The Egg Shell

You will first need to get to the Savannah. You can reach there by taking a boat from Somon to Miles. Now, exit Miles via the northeast exit. This will take you to The Steppe. The Savannah is on the other side of The Steppe (it is the southeast exit). Thankfully, The Steppe is so wide open, with so much room to maneuver, that you will be able to easily circumvent every Monster.

Now, you will enter the Savannah from the Northwest corner of the map. Unfortunately, the Eggshell is wedged in the southeast section of the map. Just work your way down and around. Like The Steppe, you will have quite a lot of room to maneuver around your foes, so, you won't be obligated to fight any of them.

On your way there, you may want to dip south. There are five exits lining the southern edge of the Savannah. The west-most of these exits will take you to Ponente. The exit southeast of that one leads to the other end of Ponente. The exit east of that one will take you to Bihara. The exit east of that one will bring you to Ostro, which is a location you will need to head to for the next part of this quest. Finally, the exit east of Ostro will take you to Salamat.

Now, make your way to the northeast section of the map, where you will see a massive glowing circle on your map, indicating you are in the right area. There are two ways you can get to the nest. Both paths start by climbing an ivy wall (on the map, this area will contain a cluster of three ladders).

After climbing that first ivy wall, you can head straight and you will climb a series of ivy walls: this route is harder to navigate without engaging in too many fights. However, if you take a right after that first Ivy wall, you only need to circle one snake, then climb the next ivy wall, run and jump across the gap, and then shimmy around the rocky ledge. You will now be at the top of this rocky area. Head for the nearby save spot and recover your BP. Now, prepare for a boss battle.

The Pyrohydra Boss Battle

The Pyrohydra isn't too tough. They are resistant to fire, but they are weak to swords, great swords, spears, axes, water magic, and wind magic. While you can't paralyze them, you can stun them and put them to sleep. Take advantage of this by bringing characters who can perform moves like Stun Slash (swords), Vertical Strike (great swords), Headblow (hammers), etc.

I found that having a tank at the front of the cross formation was the best bet for disrupting the Pyrohydra's attacks. Additionally, the Pyrohydra does have a fire spell that will hit your entire party, so, if you have already unlocked the Firewall spell, that will be extremely useful here for when this multi-headed menace does get a turn.

Once you skewer this snake, you will have the choice of “steal the egg” or “I’m no thief”. Either one will work, as the bird will hatch and you’ll get the Egg Shell. Two down, one to go.

Obtaining The Water From Lake Aqua

There is a whole lot more to obtaining the water from Lake Aqua than was involved in getting the Swallows Nest or the Egg Shell. Depending on what missions you have already completed, this could involve clearing multiple areas. We're going to start with the Ludan Highlands.

Work Your Way Through The Ludan Highlands

You will almost certainly have finished the Gemstone Mine section already for the early game "Securing the Mine" quest. However, you may not have worked through the Ludan Highlands yet. Worry not, the path to the exit is easily navigated as the Ludon Highlands are wide open, with many alternate paths. Just make your way to the southern tip and you will be golden.

The only hard to avoid enemies are a pair of Lizardladies blocking the path at the beginning, who are weak to earth, martial arts, and bows and a pair of Valkyrie blocking the path at the end, who are weak to fire, and spears.

Once you leave the Ludon Heights, you will be in the Lake Aqua area. Unfortuantely, you will be informed by a busybody Nereid that you aren't able to get any water unto you purify it with a Moonlight Comb.

Head To Ostro In The Savannah

If you followed my directions in the previous section, the you should ave already unlocked Ostro for quick travel. Otherwise, head to the Savannah, and exit via the path in the southern section of the map. Talk to the head of the village in Ostro, then speak to all the villagers with markers above their heads. Now, rest at the inn. The termites will attack during the night, choose the option to pursue the termites instead of sealing the hole, and follow them into the Termite Den.

The Termite Den

Once you enter the tunnels of the Termite Den, take the right path at the fork. Now follow that path north. You will encounter a path that will lead to a small room on your right, and then two more on your left as you travel north and ignore them. You will enter into a large area where the path will spiral downward. Follow it, and leave via the north exit.

You will now be in the Mole Den. Intervene and kill the termites hassling the moles. Now, exit via the north exit, on the second floor of the Mole Den - this will lead to one more stretch of tunnel. This one only has one fork. When you encounter it, take the left route. This will lead you to a save point, recovery point, and the Termite Queen.

The Termite Queen Boss Battle

To get things started, the Termite Queen is resistant to dark magic, and they are weak to swords, great swords, axes, staves/hammers, water magic, and earth magic. She is also immune to nearly every status effect. However, she can be stunned. So, make sure you have multiple characters who are able to stun her, as she has a number of obnoxious attacks that you will want to disrupt.

Speaking of those obnoxious attacks, the Termite Queen can poison your entire party, she can also cast charm on a horizontal row. Obviously, that means you will want a character or two who is able to cast Physic Water. In general, having a full-time healer or two isn't a bad idea.

Around halfway through the encounter, the queen will start summoning other termites. Soon after, she will eat them and recover a large amount of health. It is important to note that she will get whatever health remains. So, if you nearly have that Termite dead, she'll barely heal anything.

Once the Termite Queen starts summoning termites, focus on taking them out and stunning her. Having a martial artist can really help in this regard, as they are pretty good at mashing termites. Additionally, having attacks like the Fissure Strike, which will travel in a straight line and allow you to damage both the queen, as well as a termite subordinate, is invaluable.

Keep hammering her, stun her as much as possible, and don't let too many termites stack up, and she will eventually fall. Now, simply head back to the Mole Den and you will be pretty close to getting that sweet, sweet water.

Getting The Moonlight Comb

Ask the mole to make you a moonlight comb. Stay in the Avalon Inn (named the “Full Moon Inn” for a reason). Travel back to the Mole Den and give them the pot filled with moonlight and the 10,000 Crowns. Finally, head back to Lake Aqua and you will be able to gather some Lake Aqua Water. Even better, you will now be able to recruit Nereid class characters. In fact, the Nereid class isn't the only one this quest will give you access to. Come back a little later and you will be able to recruit Mole People as well.

Obtaining The Mermaid Potion And Concluding The Quest

Now that you have all the ingredients, head back to the witch. Give her the ingredients as well as 10,000 Crowns. She'll give you the potion and warn you that you won't be able to return to the land if you use it three times. So, obviously, we are going to ignore that. Head back to Atlanticus, and head for the Inn. Exit out the back, and head for the water.

Now, you'll be able to take the potion and encounter the mermaid once again. Ask her to dance. After you do, you will see a brief scene before being plopped back on the stretch of land outside the Atlanticus tavern. Now, repeat those steps twice more, and you will conclude the mermaid quest (while also progressing the timeline).