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Astral Chain: Collectibles – Feline Friend

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*NOTE:  You cannot rescue cats until you complete File 03.

 

File 01

Kinder is located next to the front driver side tire of a car in some wreckage to the left of where you placed the injured citizen on the gurney.  Interact with the cat to rescue it.

 

File 02

Walnut is located around the part in the story where you have to save the group of people from the chimera.  After the battle instead of following the path down the alleyway where the giant hand is waiting, head to the opposite side past the Coffee Shop to find another alleyway.  At the end of the alleyway is a dead end with the dumpster containing the cat.  You will need the Arm Legion to open the dumpster.

 

File 03

Milky can be found after defeating Diomedes in the Civilian Rescue red side case.  Head down the stairs you took to locate the gate to save Isabella to find Milky just before the pipes that Akira broke.

 

File 04

Bran can be found while chasing Jena after the stairs fall during the main story, separating you from your squad, in Ark Mall.  Head back down to the base of the stairs to find Bran near a chest in some debris from parts of the building that collapsed.

 

File 05

Smee can be found in the subway after you rescue the Shaken Woman and Injured Man during the Out from the Smoke blue side case on the bottom level underneath a yellow bench near track 3.  To reach Smee, head to the middle platform on the top level of the subway with the officers.  From there, head past the vending machines towards the third wounded civilian and enter train car 6 (across from third wounded civilian).  Work your way through the train car, avoiding the lasers until you get to car 4.  Exit car 4 and head to the platform on the bottom level to destroy the bulb.  This will remove the lasers blocking access to the rest of the cars.  Return to the train car and head to car 2.  Exit car 2 and take a right to find the cat under the first yellow bench on the platform.

 

File 06

Danny can be found while chasing Douglas during the storm.  You will pursue him up a ladder where enemies will be waiting for you at the top.  After you defeat them, you will head outside to analyze a second security camera to get Douglas’ position.  The cat will be located in a concrete building to the right of the security camera just before the metal bridge you will need to cross as part of the story.

 

File 07

Nero can be found on a large rooftop A/C unit.  After exiting the elevator, head to the helipad where the homunculus fight takes place.  Instead of taking the ladder up to the helipad, head around the building on the left (facing the helipad) to find another ladder you can shoot down using the Arrow Legion.  Climb up this ladder and chain jump to the adjacent roof.  Head left until you are across from the helipad then drop down on the A/C unit below to rescue Nero.

 

File 08

Chano can be found in the Rayleigh Plaza Parking Area under a car near Officer Mike.  Talk to Officer Mike and select the option that you have cat food to acquire Chano.

 

File 09

Mia can be found in Z33 Harmony Square to the left of the Harmony Media Center.  Mia will be next to a set of three trees in between some shopping buildings.  You will need to roll the can near the dumpsters in her direction to distract her.  While she is walking towards the can, use this opportunity to rescue her.

 

File 10

Yuki is acquired after completing the red side case, Lost Cat Search, from the Cat Lover in Z09 Lower Camp Level.

 

File 11

To locate Vanilla start from the entrance to Hal’s Hideout and head north past the tarp area with the Fretful Mother then through the alleyway.  When you come to the open area, head left through the courtyard and follow the path to the ladder straight ahead.  Climb the ladder up and walk to the end of the fire escape to find Vanilla in a cardboard box.

 

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Astral Chain: Collectibles – Nature Calls

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Nature Calls: HQ

Objective: Get the tissues from the HQ toilet

On B2 Main Floor in the Neuron HQ, use the middle stall in the bathroom near the elevator to acquire a tissue.  This will trigger a dialog event with Bel, a Faerie who guards the toilets.  Agree to hand over the tissue to obtain an empty can.

 

Nature Calls: File 01

Objective: Get the antiseptic wipes from the toilet in File 01

*NOTE:  In order to be able to access this toilet, you must first talk to Bel in the HQ restroom.

The toilet can be found on the left side of the highway right before the Highway Rescue side case.  It will be located on the other side of the median between the GOL Logistics and P.S.L. Line Mega Carrier trucks.  You can use it to acquire the antiseptic wipes.  Hand over the antiseptic wipes to Bel to receive an E-Save +6% and Auto-Sync Attack.

 

Nature Calls: File 02

Objective: Get the tarp from the toilet in File 02

During the File 02 story mission Out of the Gate on Z36 Grand Avenue 1F, follow the trail into the Rayleigh Plaza Parking Garage.  After entering the garage, turn left past the first stone pillar and follow the trail to a wall with graffiti.  Instead of following the trail left, take a right and crouch under the metal gate to find a porter potty.  Use the porter potty to acquire the tarp.  Hand over the tarp to Bel to receive a Common Material Code.

 

Nature Calls: File 03

Objective: Get the dead leaves from the toilet in File 03

The toilet in File 03 is located across from a makeshift medical room.  You will reach this part of the level during the Red Case where you are following the chimera tracks and end up in a medical room that contains three people suffering from contamination.  The blue shift tutorial will pop up on the screen after talking to the Caregiver in the room.  Head back out the way you came and crouch under the metal gate of the building across the alleyway next to a van to enter a hallway.  The toilet is located in a room at the end of the hallway.  Use the toilet to acquire the dead leaves.  Hand over the dead leaves to Bel to receive a Rare Material Code.

 

Nature Calls: File 04

Objective: Get old flyer the from the toilet in File 04

The toilet is located in Ark Mall 2F while pursing Jena after getting separated from your squad.  From the spiral stairs, work your way through the second floor and eventually you will come to a hallway with a giant exit sign.  Enter the hallway through the emergency exit door and take the first right to find the toilet at the end of the hallway.  Use the toilet to acquire the old flyer.

 

Nature Calls: File 05

Objective: Get the subway schedule from the toilet in File 05

The toilet is located in the subway during the part of the main story after you and Alicia split up.  Head past the stairs and take a left behind them.  Follow along the tracks and up the metal plates being used as a ramp along track 4.  You will come to a sitting area with some officers stationed there.  Head past them and enter the train car next to track 6.  Head down the train car dodging the lasers and take the first right to exit the car.  Follow the path forward and jump down into the track to find the toilet at the end next to a chest (this area is before the spot where Alicia gets attacked by the chimera in the story).  Use the toilet to acquire the subway schedule.  Hand over the subway schedule to Bel to receive Red Matter Removal, Speed Boost and Item Drop Rate abilities.

 

Nature Calls: File 06

Objective: Get the hermit pamphlet from the toilet in File 06

After learning about the secret passageway to get to the Hermit Base, follow the objective, Get Into the Hermit Base, to arrive at a vent in the Forgotten Rooftops.  Enter the vent and work your way forward until you come to a section filled with trash.  You will have to use the Beast Legion to clear the trash so you can proceed forward.  Proceed forward to hit a checkpoint.  As soon as the game loads, turn around and bump into the vent grate a couple of times to knock it over.  Head through and pick up the item to receive the hermit pamphlet.

 

Nature Calls: File 07

Objective: Get the emergency blanket from the toilet in File 07

After exiting the elevator, head to the helipad where the homunculus fight takes place.  Instead of taking the ladder up to the helipad, head around the building on the left (facing the helipad) to find another ladder you can shoot down using the Arrow Legion.  Climb up this ladder and chain jump to the roof behind you.  The toilet will be located on the right behind a square structure with a ladder.  Use the toilet to obtain the emergency blanket.

 

Nature Calls: File 08

Objective: Get the dirty rag from the toilet in File 08

During the Cleanup Crew red side case where the timer is running, Akira will jump into a gate leaving you to clean up the area.  From the starting location, Chain Jump through a gap on the left side of the bridge to arrive at a section of the walkway near a platform.  Chain Jump on the platform and use the Arm Legion to move it towards the floating gate.  Destroy the gate and then move the platform to the left of where the gate near a giant wall.  On the other side of the wall is another platform that you can move with the Arm Legion.  Move it closer so you can Chain Jump onto it.  The toilet will be located on the platform next to this one.  Use it to obtain the dirty rag.

 

Nature Calls: File 09

Objective: Get the wet tissue from the toilet in File 09

To find the toilet head to the right side of the Harmony Media Center during the Search Harmony Square main story mission.  Head past the steps leading down into the subway to find the toilet next to a metal scaffold.  Use the toilet to acquire the wet tissue.

 

Nature Calls: File 10

Objective: Get the sandpaper from the toilet in File 10

The toilet is located in the section of the main story where you have to lower the water level in the sewers.  After lowering the water level, exit the control room and climb down a yellow ladder.  The toilet will be located at the end of the path before climbing up a ladder to continue with the mission.  Use the toilet to acquire the sandpaper.

 

Nature Calls: File 11

Objective: Get the optical camo paper from the toilet in File 11.

The toilet is located at ARI Redshift Labs under the bridge leading from the landing pad to the entrance.  Use the toilet to acquire the optical camo paper.

 

Astral Chain
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Astral Chain Guides

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Below are guides and walkthroughs for Astral Chain.

 

Collectibles

 

Blue Side Cases

  • File 01 [Startup]
    • Highway Rescue
  • File 02 [Awaken]
    • Training with Jin
    • Can’t Be Too Careful
    • Crime Prevention
    • Civilian Unrest
    • Gate Disposal
  • File 03 [Link]
    • Down and Nerdy
    • Meet the New You
    • High Maintenance
    • Staying Healthy
    • Take a Load Off
    • Sanctuary
    • Winging It
    • Malfunctioning Robot
    • Quiz Kids
    • Quiz Kid Shuffle
    • A Drone’s Fate
    • Soccer Dreams
    • Locked In
    • Unknown Signal
    • Gate Disposal
  • File 04 [Siege]
    • Find the Perp
    • Stop the Bomb!
    • No Sense of Direction
    • Lost Cat
    • The Woman in White
    • Officer Rescue
    • A Helping Hand
  • File 05 [Accord]
    • Lappy’s Lament
    • Shocking!
    • The Escape Artist
    • The Best Medicine
    • Pickpocket Prevention
    • No Photography
    • Out from the Smoke
  • File 06 [Complicit]
    • Stay Informed
    • Graffiti Bust
    • The Lost Balloon
    • We All Scream
    • Lost Child
    • A Valuable Lesson
    • The Injured Lookout
    • Missing Dog
    • Lunchbox Delivery
    • Out to Dry
    • Berserk Drone
    • Child’s Play
    • Sector V Specialty
    • Buried Treasure
    • Re-Routing Power
    • Smells Like Trouble
    • Rubble Rescue
  • File 07 [Wild]
    • Joey’s Struggle
    • Lappy’s Regards
    • Brenda’s Concern
    • Technically, A Gift
    • Tabuchi’s Woe
    • Gate Disposal
    • Gate Disposal
    • Gate Disposal
    • Gate Disposal
    • Rubble Rescue
    • Gate Disposal
  • File 08 [Peace]
    • Graffiti Master
    • Back In The Day 1
    • Back In The Day 2
    • Back In The Day 3
    • Lappy’s Ultra Quiz
    • Picture Perfect
    • Gate Disposal
    • Gate Disposal
  • File 09 [Salvation]
    • Technical Difficulties
    • A Thief In Neuron?!
    • Gate Disposal
    • Little Lost Boy
  • File 10 [Madness]
    • Staying Informed
    • Olive’s Admirer
    • Fresh Air
    • Measuring Up
    • Special Delivery
    • Gate Disposal
    • Drifting Apart
    • Bad Medicine
  • File 11 [Reckoning]
    • Energy Drink
    • Legion Tricks
    • In Love Again

 

 

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Astral Chain: File 03 [Link] Side Cases

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*NOTE:  The side cases do not start until after you complete the new training the Commander assigned you in File 03.

 

Down and Nerdy

Obtained: Enter the Technical Crew on B3 at HQ

Objective: Get a material code

Enter the Technical Crew office to trigger a cutscene.  After the cutscene, talk to Ted who is sitting at a desk in the room holding a baton.  Buy the material code from him for 0G.  Then head over to Tabitha and talk to her to upgrade your baton.  After you finish upgrading the baton, she will give you a camera that she made for Max.  Test it out by taking a picture of Lappy to complete the mission.

 

High Maintenance

Obtained: Enter the Command Center on B2 at HQ

Objective: Use the Legatus Terminal

Enter the Command Center to trigger a cutscene.  After the cutscene, the case will complete.

 

Meet the New You

Obtained: Enter the Locker Room on B2 at HQ

Objective: Go to the locker room

Enter the Locker Room to trigger a cutscene.  After the cutscene, the case will complete.

 

Staying Healthy

Obtained: Enter the Infirmary on B2 at HQ

Objective: Visit the infirmary

Enter the Infirmary to trigger a cutscene.  After the cutscene, the case will complete.

 

Take a Load Off

Obtained: Enter the Break Room on B2 at HQ

Objective: Visit the break room

Enter the Break Room to trigger a cutscene.  After the cutscene, the case will complete.

 

Sanctuary

Obtained: Enter the restroom on B2 at HQ

Objective: Visit the restroom

Enter the restroom to trigger a cutscene.  After the cutscene, the case will complete.

 

Winging It

Obtained: Talk to the Art Aficionado in the alleyway at Z30 Maison Forest

Objective: Find the graffiti artist

Talk to the Art Aficionado in a dead alleyway near the center of Z30 Maison Forest.  He will ask you to track the artist of some graffiti painted on a wall in the alley.  Activate your IRIS and look for the flock of birds.  They will be located in an area just passed the Quiz Kids, so climb up the ladder near the malfunctioning robot and head past the children behind some dumpsters to find Parnassus No. 2.  Talk with him to begin a foot chase and follow behind him.  Send your Legion to stun the artist then wrap the chain around him to bind him. This will trigger a cutscene and the case will complete.

 

Malfunctioning Robot

Obtained: Talk to the Arm Mechanic near the malfunctioning arm at Z30 Maison Forest

Objective: Look with your IRIS

Talk to the Arm Mechanic near the malfunctioning robot arm in the alleyway.  Then activate IRIS mode to locate the signal causing the arm to malfunction and use the Sword Legion to sever the signal completing the case.

 

Quiz Kids

Obtained: Talk to the group of kids on the landing above the Malfunctioning Robot at Z30 Maison Forest

Objective:  Take the boy’s quiz

Climb up the ladder next to the malfunctioning robot from the last side case and talk with the group of children.  They claim to know something about the case, but will not tell you for free.  Agree to take their quiz and listen to what each brother has to say.  When they are done, talk to any of the brothers and tell them you are ready.  Choose the fourth brother to get the right answer and complete the case.

 

Quiz Kid Shuffle

Obtained: Talk to the group of kids on the landing above the Malfunctioning Robot after completing the Quiz Kids side mission at Z30 Maison Forest

Objective: Take the boy’s quiz

Talk to the boys again after completing the Quiz Kids case and agree to take another quiz.  The kids will run around in circles real fast and you have to keep track of the oldest brother.  When they stop running and line up again, head to the brother you think is the oldest.  You can also activate IRIS to get the boy’s dates of birth to determine who is the oldest.

 

A Drone’s Fate

Obtained: Talk to an officer near a dumpster near where you started on Z30 Maison Forest

Objective: Recover the drone

From the starting location at Z30 Maison Forest, follow the alleyway left to find a police officer standing in front of a dumpster.  Talk to the officer to learn about a drone that is stuck on a pipe attached to side of a near by building.  Locate the drone and when prompted use the ZL button on your Joy Con/Pro Controller to send the Sword Legion up there to retrieve it.  This will trigger a cutscene where you hand over drone to the officer.  Once that is complete, activate the IRIS and target the drone flying along the building diagonally from the dumpster (you can only see the drone in IRIS mode).  Press the A button to check the drone’s footage completing the mission.

 

Soccer Dreams

Obtained: Automatically after bring the soccer ball to the children playing outside

Objective: Obtain the soccer ball

From the crime scene, follow the chimera trail down the alleyway and into an open area at the base of some stairs.  In this area, you will see a soccer ball on the ground.  Keep following the trail right into a hallway, which will lead to another alleyway.  From that alleyway, take a right into a makeshift medical clinic.  Pass through the clinic to arrive on a concrete pad that some children turned into a soccer field.  Talk to the children to learn that their soccer ball is missing.  Head back to the area where you found the soccer ball and kick the ball back to where the children were playing.  When you kick the ball close enough to the children, the case will complete.  Kicking the ball through the goal will award extra points for the case report.

 

Locked In

Obtained: Interact with the door with a 18036J number at the top

Objective: Break the lock

While following the chimera trail in File 03, you will pass through a hallway a short distance from the crime scene.  Interact with the door to learn that there is a person trapped inside.  Press L on the Joy Con/Pro Controller to cut the lock off the door with the Sword Legion, freeing the Confined Man.  This will complete the case.

 

Unknown Signal

Obtained: Automatically while exploring on the other side of the gate in the Chimera World

Objective: Follow the call

This side case will start automatically while exploring in the other side of the gate after following the chimera trail.  Follow the marker on the screen to locate a strange yellow drone and interact with it.  The drone will ask you to locate its parts so that it can be repaired.  The gyrosensor will be located next to the drone on the ground.  From there, look for the two platforms moving horizontally across from the drone.  When you see them, look to the left to spot another platform that moves vertically.  Hop onto that platform and ride it to the top.  Once there use your Legion to jump across the gap landing onto a ledge containing the titanium gear.  Head back down to the drone and make your way past the platforms moving horizontally to find the camera cable.  With the last of the drone parts in your possession, head back to the drone to trigger a cutscene where you will fix the drone, completing the case.