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One of the jobs that falls under the “other duties as assigned” for a JRPG protagonist is they often find themselves having to help townsfolk with various tasks. Some are mundane and some are potentially deadly. This is a situation in which Leo finds himself rather frequently inFantasian Neo Dimension.
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Central Vence
In central Vence there is a house with a researcher. The researcher needs to collect samples of mechteria in order to complete his research. Unfortunately for him, the mechteria samples are all in East Vence, which is a forbidden zone due to the extremely dangerous widespread infestation of mechteria along with numerous monsters.
he researcher can’t possibly go there, but since Leo is a strapping young adventurer and is going there anyway, he asks that Leo collect five samples of mechteria to further his research. Leo will be rewarded for the trouble, and as a JRPG protagonist he has no choice but to assist the researcher in collecting the samples.
East Vence
Once Leo and company arrive in East Vence they simply need to keep an eye open for the mechteria samples. The five samples are conveniently located on the path to the main quest objective, and simply running through the infected town and keeping an eye out for the sparkles in areas with high mechteria concentration will lead to finding all the samples necessary to appease the researcher.
Screenshots below show where the mechteria can be found in East Vence, which will ensure that Leo collects everything during this visit and doesn’t have to make a return trip. Grabbing samples only requires Leo to interact with the area. However, the second and fourth mechteria samples screenshots will trigger a battle. These battles are not anything special, but it’s still a good idea to make sure the party members have a decent amount of health before initiating combat.
The Payoff
After Leo and his companions risk life and limb to procure the mechteria samples, it’s time to return to the researcher in Central Vence. Leo is rewarded for his troubles, and the researcher can now hopefully whip up a cure or vaccine or something to eradicate the threat of mechteria in the world.
Now that the researcher has the samples, Leo is free to resume his regular adventuring to restore his memories. But it might not be a terrible idea to check in with the researcher later on, just in case he has some new ideas and needs additional help.
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FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
The Father of FINAL FANTASY, Hironobu Sakaguchi, and renowned composer Nobuo Uematsu return to deliver an original RPG story.Mechteria—a deathly mechanical infection that robs humans of their emotions and lives—is slowly engulfing the world. The protagonist Leo awakens with only one memory left to him in a strange land abundant with machines. The human world, threatened by mechteria… a machine world, filled with mysteries… and the unseen dimensions that lie beyond both.Using the Warp Device that was left behind, Leo must now embark on an interdimensional journey to reclaim his lost memories and save the world from the mechteria infection.
