Rance IX:Quests Walkthrough

Rance IX is yet another departure from the usual series' storytelling. Endings unlock for heroines who are at max hearts in Rance Mode during the final chapter, with the player having seen all their events before that point. You get hearts by H-ing girls, which you do by exchanging Monkey Orbs. Monkey Orbs are obtained from story battles and by fulfilling conditions in some Free Battles. Don't bother trying to max out every heroine on your first run: there's not enough orbs for it in the game. Instead, focus on all but the 2 that you leave specifically for NG+. Heroine Endings that you have already seen stay unlocked an all future playthroughs, so there's no need to clear the same girl multiple times. Don't bother wasting Monkey Orbs on generic sex unless you are on a second run and don't have a place to spend them, as it gives nothing but a Crab Orb.

The conditions to unlock each heroine event are as follows:
- Kanami: Must have 3 hearts at Chapter 8 and 4 Hearts at Chapter 12+ and view all her events.
- Shizuka: Must deploy her in the battle in Chapter 11, and have 3 Hearts at Chapter 12 and view all her events.
- Tilde: Must have 3 Hearts at Chapter 11 and 4 Hearts at Chapter 13 and view all her events.
- Sen: Must have 1 Heart at Chapter 9 and 4 Hearts at Chapter 14 and view all her events.
- Pigu: Must have 3 Hearts at Chapter 12 and view all her events.
- Miracle and Sheila do not have any requirements other than their Hearts maxed.
- Sheila ver2: have 0 hearts until she goes back to being herself, toward the end of episode 12.

Once you have finished the game once and started NG+ for a second playthrough, you will be able to view a few additional bonus scenes in each Chapter. Thus, it's highly recommended to play NG+ (i.e. start a second playthrough) to view those bonus scenes. After getting every Heroine Ending, you can also see the True Epilogue scroll again in CG mode, which shows some new scenes, which confirm what content from the side routes got carried over into official canon and is getting a follow up in Rance X.

P.S. Leave all the ★★★★★ Free Battles for a second, or even a third playthrough. They are extremely hard on purpose.

Chapter 1: To the Land of Iron[]

Battle 1

Objective: Kill all monsters.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1
Note: The Treasure Lump always gives a normal "Shiitake" (しいたけ) on all difficulties.

Battle 2: Mountain Pass Meeting

Info: Patton and Hubert will arrive after enemy attacked Shizuka or Maria or on the 5th turn.

Objective: Kill all monsters.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1 (+1 on the ground)

Event: Russian joins your party

Event: Maitrea joins your party

Chapter 2: Those Outside the Law[]

Battle 1: A Little Exercise

Info: Rick and Tilde Sharp joins you by the end of the 2nd turn.

Objective: Kill all enemies.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Battle 2: The Peach Incident

Objective: Kill the Giant Crab with Rance, Kanami, Shizuka and Russian.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Chapter 3: How to Suppress an Army[]

Battle 1: Daytime Attack

Objective: Kill all enemies within 8 turns.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Battle 2: Fleeing General

Info: You can only have 10 characters in your party.

Objective: Survive till the end of the 3rd turn.
Monkey Orb Reward: 2

Event: Crook and Alkanese join your party.

Battle 3: Sewer Search

Info: Puryos multiply themselves when hit. They keep the same HP once multiplied.

Objective: Kill all Puryos.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Chapter 4: Mobile Fortress, Activate! (Hoverfort Unlocked)[]

NOTE: Hoverfort will be unlocked once you complete the first battle.

Battle 1: The Magic Defense Device

Objective: Kill Giant Dekant (max 14 characters).

Event: Pitten joins your party.

Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Battle 2: What's Strong to Magic

Info: Monster attackers are Magic Based. Make sure you have Magic defense.

Objective: Kill all monsters by the end of the 6th turn.
Monkey Orb Reward: 2

Battle 3: Nagi's Attack

Info: Rance and Russian join you after 2 turns.

Objective: Kill Nagi Su Ragarl. Maria mustn't die.
Note: Nagi always attacks the last unit that attacked her.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Chapter 5: The 4th Army's Demise[]

Battle 1: Fiery Coffin

Info: For this quest you can use Fortress Base Skills.

Objective: Kill all enemies. If the Core is destroyed, game's over.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1 (+1 if no enemy gets into the fortress)

Battle 2: Inseparable

Info: You only have Hubert and Patton for this quest. Patton joins after 2 turns.

Objective: Kill all enemies.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Event: Senhime joins your party.

Battle 3: Kanami and the Assassins

Info: You only have Kanami and Rance for this quest!

Objective: Kill all assassins.
Monkey Orb Reward: 0

Chapter 6: The Threat of a Veteran[]

Battle 1: Unexpected Elites

Info: For this quest you can use Fortress Base Skills.

Objective: Defend Fortress Base by the end of the 3rd turn.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1 (+1 if 30+ enemies are killed by the end of the 3rd turn)

Battle 2: The Piercing Power of Red

Objective: Kill all enemies. Mustn't let 5 enemies escape.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Battle 3: The Boy's True Colors

Objective: Just kill Hannies before Senhime is KO.
Monkey Orb Reward: 0 (+1 if a least 5 Hannies are killed)

Battle 4: Nagi's Attack 2

Objective: Kill Nagi Su Ragarl with only Rance and Shizuka. Either of them musn't die.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Event: An event appears if Russian, Kanami, Shizuka and Tilde Sharp have 1 heart.

Chapter 7: Russian's Box[]

Pre-Event: Sanada joins your party.

Battle 1: Ambush

Info: For this quest you can use Fortress Base Skills.

Objective: Defend Fortress Base and kill all enemies.
Monkey Orb Reward: 2

Battle 2: Solitary Struggle

Objective: Kill all little Pigu clones with only Rance.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Event: Pigu joins your party.

Battle 3: Dark Crow

Objective: Kill all enemies with Hunty Kalar.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Event: Miracle Tou joins your party.

Event: An event appears if Russian, Kanami, Shizuka and Tilde Sharp have 1 heart.

Chapter 8: Opening an Old Door[]

Battle 1: Commence Gliding

Info: For this quest, you can deploy max 2 characters per turn.
Objective: When all characters are deployed, the mission ends.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Battle 2: His Final Service

Info: For this quest, you have 3 consecutive battles AND you can't pick the same character again, so make sure to plan your team wisely!

Objective: Kill all enemies.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1, 1, 1

Event: An event appears if Shizuka has 1 heart.

Event: A H-event appears if Kanami has 3 hearts.

Event: An event appears if Russian, Kanami, Shizuka and Tilde have 1 heart.

Chapter 9: The Internment Camp[]

Battle 1: Beat Down The Recon Squad

Objective: Kill all enemies before the 2nd turn ends.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Battle 2: Village Rescue

Info: For this quest, you have 2 consecutive battles AND you can't pick the same character again you picked before!
Warning: if you kill the natural wall and every squidman with a conturtle in a single attack (like Rance's Rance Attack or Rick's By La Way) the game will register the battle as won, without letting you get the second monkey orb or engage the newly spawned enemies.
Objective: Kill all monsters.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1, 1 (+1 from the Crystal enemy if the rock is destroyed)

Battle 3: Bloodsucking Bonk

Objective: Defeat Elena by the end of the 5th turn.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Event: An event appears if Senhime has 1 heart.

Chapter 10: Fruits of Research[]

Battle 1: Laboratory Invasion

Info: For this quest, you have 3 consecutive battles AND you can't pick the same character again you picked before!
Info 2: 1st battle requires 5 characters, 2nd battle requires 6 characters, 3rd battle requires 6 characters again
Objective: Reach the target point or wait during 8 turn (in version 2.00 you must reach it in 8 turns or game over). If Pigu dies, it's game over.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1, 1, 1

Battle 2: Squid Squid Squid

Info: The boss is invulnerable until Pigu reaches the target point.
Objective: Kill the boss and Pigu mustn't die.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Chapter 11: The Promise That Day[]

Battle 1: A Night at The Fortress

Info: There are 2 battles. In the first one, Rance will be alone and reinforcements will come. Second battle consists of Kanami and Freya only.
Objective 1st quest: Kill all enemies. If Shizuka participates Nagi Su Ragarl will appear. Make absolutely sure to deplay her here if you want to unlock her route!
Objective 2nd quest: Defeat Elena.
Monkey Orb Reward: 2, 1

Battle 2: Nursing

Info: You only have Russian and Rance for this quest.
Objective: You need to get far east at the end of the scrolling BUT Rance's HP MUSTN'T drop lower than 50%, or it's game over!
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Event: An event appears if Tilde Sharp has 3 hearts.

Chapter 12: The Truth is With Us[]

Battle 1: The Battle For Qurov

Info: You have 3 battles for this quest... For the 1st battle and 3rd battle you can only use the same characters. Maria and Sanada cannot participate in the 1st battle.
Info 2: For the 1st and 2nd quest you can use Fortress Base Skills.
Objective 1st quest and 2nd quest: Defend Fortress Base.
Objective 3rd quest: Kill the General and you only have 3 turns.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1, 1, 1

Battle 2: Suicide Bombers

Warning: Some Helman Knights can self-destruct. There is 6 of them in the battle and can be recognized by having 100 Tenacity. The explosion range is 2 squares and deals 4 time the unit's damage.
Info: For this quest you can use Fortress Base Skills.
Info 2: The explosion occurs after the Tenacity resolve, so defeating a Helman Knight who should self-destruct with a character equipped with the Pig item (a unique item that bypass Tenacity), doesn't trigger the explosion.

Objective: Kill all enemies and maximum 2 characters can die.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Event: An event appears if Kanami's affection is maxed.

Event: An event appears if Shizuka has 3 hearts.

Event: An event appears if Pigu has 3 hearts.

Chapter 13: Become Souls[]

Battle 1: The Great Northern Bridge Transformed

Info: You can only deploy 4 characters per turn.

Objective: 4 characters must reach to the enemy spawning points before the end of turn 10.
Monkey Orb Reward: 2

Battle 2: The Calculator Cube

Info: You can only see this battle if you have 4 hearts with Tilde Sharp and viewed her subsequent event.
Objective: Both Rance and Tilde must survive at least one turn with their combined HP at 100% or less (e.g. Rance at 50% & Tilde at 50%, or Rance at 25% & Tilde at 75%, vice versa).
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Chapter 14: The Imperial Capital[]

Battle 1: White Terror

Objective: Kill all monsters.
Monkey Orb Reward: 2 (+1 from the Crystal enemy)

Battle 2: Mystery Combat Squad

Info: You start out with Crook, Pitten and Patton. If you have Patch 2.0 and are playing NG+, Pitten can be replaced with whoever you swapped (Amitos or Elena). At the 5^th turns, you can deploy other units.
Objective: Kill the active robot dolls.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Event: Rolex and Oruore join your party.

Event: An event appears if Senhime's affection is maxed.

Battle 3: The Capital

Objective: Kill all enemies. Not a single enemy unit can escape.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Event: An event appears if Kanami's affection is maxed.

Chapter 15: The Last True Holy Mage[]

Battle 1: Eat The Rich

Objective: Kill all enemies.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1 (+1 from the Crystal enemy)

Event: the 3 events will be available in NG+.

Final Chapter (True Route: Time For a Revolution)[]

Battle 1:

Objective: Stand for 5 turn without 1 death

Battle 2:

Objective: Stand for 5 turn without 1 death

Battle 3:

Objective: All character reach the Target Point
Try to give Rick and Rance some items for them to be able to kill the soldiers in 1 hit. Otherwise, it would become way too hard to move forward as soldiers keep spawning every turn.

Battle 4:

Info: You need to kill all clones before the boss.
The clones double in number at the end of every turn (3 to 6, 6 to 12, ect), and they have the same hp as the ones they were copied from. It's best to damage all the clones, and then take them out all at once with a super move.
Objective: Kill the boss

Battle 5:

Info: MM boss cannot be killed after breaking the first shield.
Info 2: Patton must make the FINAL BLOW (i.e. Last hit) to the second shield. If it accidently gets destroyed by any other characters, it will spawn a new shield & player will have to repeat the process of lowering its HP again. Because of this, give all your damage items to Patton to make him a viable attacker, as it could be quite challeging to swap someone else to him when dealing a final blow, and every other melee attacker's output in the battle doesn't matter much, as only one melee character (+ Senhime) are able to attack the shield at a time.
Objective: Kill the MM Boss

Heroine Routes[]

Other than Russian & Miracle Route you need to watch all their unique event to unlock route (check each chapter for unique event)

Russian Route[]

Battle 1:

Objective: Kill all enemies

Battle 2:

Info: The boss recovers 20% of max HP each turn.
Objective: Kill Valentine
Strategy: prepare 4 of your strongest Fighters, and give each of them some damage increasing items. You can also give some to Senhime, as she is the only melee character to be able to attack from one tile away. Place your Guards diagonally to Valentine and have them aggro the boss to the sides on which your healthiest Fighter is at the time. Use Sheila and Crook to heal as needed. Use your Mages and Gunners to attack the boss as well. With a few Specials, crits and Act Agains, you should be able to counter the passive healing and eventually kill the boss.

Kanami Route[]

Battle 1:

Objective: Kill all Helman soldiers before 5 turn

Battle 2:

Objective: Defeat Rick and Tilde with only Rance and Kanami. It's wise to not train Rick/Tilde only for this ending as their stats will be retained from however you trained them before the route starts, remember to deequip items from them to make fight much easier.

Shizuka Route[]

Battle 1:

Objective: Kill all Helmanian soldiers

Battle 2:

Objective: Kill the boss guarding the treasure
If the boss dies within 5 turns, you will see Shizuka's adult route
If the boss dies after 5 turns, you will see Shizuka's loli ending
Each ending has a unique CG
Shizuka and Maria deal x9 damage to the boss. Rance Attack (only special) also deals x9 damage.

Tilde Route[]

Battle 1:

Objective: Kill the red soldier commander. Only Amitos can kill him.
This is the best map to get money if you have patch 2.00 installed as the Red commander cannot die unless Amitos deals the final blow. (I have 2.00 patch - enemy Red Commander didn't give any money in the first game but in NG it does)

Battle 2:

Objective: Kill the Doodle Goblin
The monster restricts any sort of spell casting.
Goblin runs away on his turn or after being attacked and appears rarely so try to hit him with your best dmg attacks.

Battle 3:

Objective: Kill all Helman soldiers + Boss

Senhime Route[]

Battle 1:

Info: Senhime must not take any damage.
Objective: Kill 10 units.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Battle 2:

Objective: Kill all Helman soldiers
Enemies spawn infinitely so you need to kill them faster than they spawn.

Battle 3:

Info: You can't attack on first turn. After that 1 - 3 characters per turn can attack (for the rest of a fight).
Objective: Kill all Helman soldiers

Battle 4:

Objective: Kill the boss before 10 turn with Sen, Russian, Rance, Patton, Kanami

Pigu Route[]

Battle 1:

Objective: Kill all monster

Battle 2:

Objective: Kill all monster

Battle 3:

Objective: Kill all monster

Miracle Route[]

Battle 1:

Info: You only have Milacle and Rance
Objective: Milacle and Rance both need to kill the same type of monster in the same turn.
Monkey Orb Reward: 1

Battle 2:

Info: You only have Russian , Milacle and Rance
Objective: Reach the target point

Battle 3:

Objective: Last till the boss performs his AOE attack at the end of turn 3.

Battle 4:

Objective: Kill the distortion. Rance and Milacle will be alone in this battle.

Bad Ends[]

(Google translation from http://alice.xfu.jp/doku.php?id=ランス9_ヘルマン革命:7人のヒロイン#badエンド)

Character	Chapter	Battle Event	Condition
Kanami	11	A Night At The Fortress	In the map fighting together with Freya (2nd Phase of the First Battle), Kanami is defeated
Pigu	12	The Battle For Qurov	1st Phase of the Battle: Pigu is defeated
Miracle	12	The Battle For Qurov	1st Phase of the Battle: Miracle is defeated
Shizuka	13	The Great Northern Bridge Transformed	Shizuka is defeated
Tilde Sharp	13	The Great Northern Bridge Transformed	Tilde Sharp is defeated
Russian	14	The Capital	Russian is defeated
Senhime	14	The Capital	Senhime is defeated

Subquests[]

Subquests for Orbs
Mission	Difficulty	Condition for Orbs	Note
01	★	Finish the Map.
02	★	Finish the Map.
Boss 1	★★★★★	No Monkey Orb.	Gunagan
03	★★★	Let one monster slide the defense line (not an Pixel Invader).	You win when you kill squidman that spawn after few turns.
04	★★★	DO NOT use Pitten.
05	★★★	Let one enemy slide in the core room.
06	★★★	DO NOT LET any enemies slide in the core room.
Boss 2	★★★★	Kill them to get orb. You MUST kill them on the same turn, or they will resurrect.
07	★★	Wait a few turns, ghosts will pop, and one will random drop the orb.	Treasure Box appears if 6 Ghosts are defeated.
08	★★★	Kill 30 enemies by the end of turn 6.	Defeat 35 enemies to unlock the Boss 3 map. Beware that the map is clear once you've defeated 30 enemies.
Boss 3	★★★★	Kill the boss.
09	★★★	Only use 4 characters.	Plant MUST stay alive, protect them.
09-2	★★★★	Clear with 1 Stone Block remaining on the map.	Defeat Okayu Fever to win map
10	★★★	Let 10 or more enemies slide in core room.
10-2	★★★	No Monkey Orb.	Clear this map to unlock the Boss 4 map.
Boss 4	★★★★★	No Monkey Orb.	Hanny King
11	★★★★	Only use 4 characters.	When you kill all enemies, treasure dumpling get out of the egg in center. You need to kill it too before ending quest. Number of turns is limited!
Boss 5	★★★★	Kill the boss.
12	★★★	Let 20 or more enemies slide in the core room.
13	★★★	Two enemies must KILL THEMSELVES when trying to hit the core.
Boss 6	★★★★★	Kill the boss. Beware, he attack the line in front of him, AND the whole map.
14	★★★	Put two characters on the glowing tiles, then wait a few turns while killing the trash monsters. A mime robot will pop, kill it, the boss foot, and you get the orb.
14-2	★★★★	Clear the first map by the end of the turn 5.	Kill the boss on the second map to get the item. You can't pick the same character twice.
15	★★★	Do not let the enemies break the rock.
Boss 7	★★★★★	Kill the boss.
NG+ 1	★★★★★	No friendly unit get defeated.
NG+ 2	★★★★★	Let 20 or more enemies slide in the core room.
NG+ 3	★★★★★	DO NOT LET any enemies slide in the core room.
NG+ 4	★★★★★	~~Finish the Map.~~