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As soon as you start playingRune Factory: Guardians Of Azumaand take a glance at the main menu, you’ll quickly notice the profile section. This section contains information on all the special villagers that you meet on your journey, and it’s divided into two parts.
The first half shows all the characters you may romance with while the second half shows the bondable character. Suzu belongs to the latter half of the group, but that doesn’t make it useless to increase your bond with her. You can get a bunch of benefits if you give her the right gifts.
Autumn 3rd
Once you get past the prologue of Rune Factory: Guardians Of Azuma and choose your main character,you’ll wake up in the Spring Village to start your storyand learn the secrets of Azuma. Not long after you head outside the home shrine, you’ll already meet a few special villagers here, and one of them will be tiny Suzu.
Suzu is Iroha’s little sister, and since their parents are long gone, they can be found living in the same house as Sakaki. Suzu will be quite excited when she meets you, but you won’t be able to increase your bond with her just yet. If you want to do that, you’ll first have to solve the crisis of the Spring Village and remove the initial blight.
You essentially have to progress the storyuntil you unlock the Spring godbring Takumi back into the village.
Once you’ve unlocked the ability to bond with Suzu, you might have a hard time finding her on the map. Being a child,Suzu commonly sleeps till later in the day unlike most other characters, who move out of their respective homes in the morning. The best way to find her is by skipping the day or waiting until it’s noon.
At that time, you may usually find Suzu coming out of her house and roaming around the village.In the beginning, you’ll commonly find her around Iroha’s Restaurant. However, as you unlock more areas, you might also see her at Yachiyo’s Restaurant in the Autumn Village or sitting at random benches in the Summer Village.
Best Gifts And Hangouts For Suzu
While playing Rune Factory: Guardians Of Azuma, you’ll find yourself visiting the profile section often. This is because the bond mechanic is an important part of the game as it not only lets you form a relationship with the romanceable character,but also get different skills from respective characterswhen you take them out to combat.
As such, there are quite a few things that you’re able to do to raise your bond with Suzu: use Plum Branch near her,talk to her daily, complete her exclusive requests, or hang out with her. The last mechanic here is your main source of bond level as it can give you up to 24 bond in a single day if you give her the right gifts.
The bond value you get from other hangout eventsdepends on the time taken and the likeness of the hangoutwith the character.
Here are some of thebest gifts and encounter eventsthat you can trigger with Suzu to get high bond value:
Loves
Iroha’s Omelet
To make this item, you’ll first have tounlock the recipe of Classic Omelet and reach bond level six on Iroha. Once you’ve achieved them both, you can cook the item with Iroha at any restaurant to get Iroha’s Omelet.
Tri-Color Dango
This is a recipe that you can unlock in the late game by giving enough food itemsduring the Sage of Sweets side quest. Once acquired, it requires one of each Rice Flour, Matcha, and Pink Melons to be made.
You can buy the first two items from Iroha’s Restaurantwhile the last one can be grown in any region. You can also directly buy this item from Iroha’s Restaurant.
Strawberry Milk
This is one of the recipes you’ll unlock in the early game by simplyinteracting with enough Frog Statues and claiming the rewardsfrom the quest-giver. It requires both Strawberry and Milk to be created.
Melon Milk
you’re able to only unlock this recipe later in the game, and it’snot a good option for Suzu since you can simply give her a Milk (S) anyway.
Matcha Smoothie
This recipe can be unlocked with the Frog Statue quest rewards at the same time as the Strawberry Milk.
Milk (S)
you’re able to easily acquire this item by defeating Buffamoo enemies in the early areas.One of the best places to get it is the Vast Plateauregion in the Spring Village. This is an easy item to acquire, making it the best gifts for increased bond value on Suzu.
Dango
You can find the recipe for this by interacting with theFrog Statue on the Sage of Sweets quest island in the skies. Once acquired, you can easily make it by using one Rice Flour, making it a decent option for gifting Suzu.
Likes
Hot Milk
The recipe for this can be found in asecret part of the Winter Villagebeside a Secret Hot Spring.
Milk (M)
This is a higher rarity of milk that you canacquire by defeating higher-level Buffamoo enemies. Once you find a place to get it, you can also tame the Buffamoo there to have a constant supply from the barn.
Green Dango
you’re able to unlock these Dango recipes very easily while progressing the game, thoughthere’s no point in making them for Suzusince a normal Dango gives you better bond value.
Sweet Soy Dango
Sakura Mochi
You can find thisrecipe on the Frog Statuenear some Sticky Rice seedson the Omen Island in the skies.
Flan Ball
Finally, this is a unique recipe that requires you toget the Flan recipe and reach bond level six with Sakaki. Cook the item with Sakaki and you’ll get Flan Balls.
How Suzu Works In Combat
The characters with the Cyan-colored bar in the profile sections are non-romanceable characters, and the only real reason to upgrade your bond level with these outside of your general likeness for the character is the combat.Once you reach level one bond with Suzu, you can take her out to battle at any point.
She has the buffer role in combat, and doesn’t usually attack the enemies a lot. However, with each bond level after the first one, you can unlock various skills on her:
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Unlocks the Superstar Guard skill, which lets hernegate all enemy damage.
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Unlocks the Inspiring Words skill, whichincreases the target ally’s defense.
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Unlocks the Rookie Dango skill, which lets herremove status effectsfrom the target allies.
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Unlocks the Lucky Cheer skill, whichincreases the crit rateof the target ally.
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Unlocks the Cheerleader skill, whichincreases the attackof all allies.
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Unlocks the Superstar Dango skill, whichheals a bit ofthe target ally’s HP.
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Unlocks the Steadfast Support skill, whichincreases the defenseof all allies.
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Unlocks the Revive skill, whichlets her revive one allyand give them 40 percent of their health. She can’t revive you in combat.
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