I am pleased to report that the weakness indicator seems to have been fixed on PC through some sort of stealth patch for ver 1.03.

Yet it is with a twinge of sadness that I say that this guide is now effectively defunct as a result. As long as you have an enemy registered in the Sujidex, you will get the weakness indicator if your attack is effective. The only exceptions being the mini-bosses, the vast majority retaining their weaknesses from their original forms, and the Manager/ final boss who does NOT have an entry.

To those of you who used this guide before this update, thank you for using mine.

I have yet to determine what to do with the guide now, but I'll keep it up as a legacy item.
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This is my first-ever guide, so I apologize if the formatting is strange, confusing or unpleasant to look at.

This guide is meant to be a "cheat sheet" for all the enemy weaknesses in the post-game dungeon since memorizing each and every weakness is rather tedious.

Enemies are so you will likely be able to clear the first floor at the very least after loading up Premium Adventure mode from your clear data. Their specific levels can be seen in the provided pictures.


I am being intentionally vague here in case someone accidentally clicks on this guide and I don't want to spoil them.

• It is a repeatable post-game/ Premium Adventure Mode dungeon with an achievement for completing it. Enemies are fairly high-leveled making it a decent place to grind although Kamurocho Underground is a better pick for both types of XP. You must complete the ENTIRE dungeon in one sitting.

• Yes, however the time of day is set to NIGHT while in the Tower. Thus some will NOT be available for use while you are inside.

• Please see the below sections and read ALL relevant sections.
  
  Patch ver 1.04 seems to have cleared up a lot of issues for people. Please make sure your game is up to date.

• Unfortunately, I am very burnt out on the Tower after all the glitchiness I encountered and have no real desire to revisit it in detail.
  
  HOWEVER, the wonderful user Briggs has you covered by creating a much more detailed guide on how to approach each mandatory encounter. I encourage everyone who is having trouble clearing the encounters to hop on by and check out their guide here:
  https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2302640948
  Oh, and a nice "thank you" and thumbs up for their contribution would be nice as well.

• It honestly depends. I have seen enough posts about only having 1 maxed class to say that it entirely depends on how prepared you want to be/ how "easy" you want it. Thus there is no definitive answer to your particular situation.
  
  If anything, try to do it with 1 maxed class and see how far you get.

I was FINALLY able to get to, challenge AND beat Amon with patch ver 1.04 without the game crashing on me. Hopefully everyone else can do the same.

Try to verify your game files to force the patch to update. There isn't a convenient way to see if your game is patched or not, nor any indication on the title screen.


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Ver 1.03

It would appear that the latest patch allowed me to fight Amon. However, since this is still a very new patch and it has yet to be seen if the issue directly below has been resolved, I will keep it here for the time being.

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Ver 1.02

I finally managed to reach the top floor of the True Final Millennium Tower today (Nov. 19th, 2020).

HOWEVER, I encountered a significant bug when it came time to face the boss. Not only did I not get credit for killing the boss, but my game froze after trying to resume gameplay after the cutscene and battle result screen. Here is a screenshot of my bug report. You can find it in the "Official Bug Report Thread!!" pinned in the discussion page.

This report is on page 26, post #390 in case you want to verify the authenticity of the report and screenshots.
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/1235140/discussions/0/2988663148711088952/?ctp=26

Unfortunately, I do not have a recording of the event, but needless to say, I was heartbroken and shocked.

User eddyzer ;DD has graciously allowed me to link their Twitch video of the bug.
The original discussion can be found here: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/1235140/discussions/0/2972901184157054845/?tscn=1605911724

Their Twitch clip:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/807801619

I tried again myself and the battle still bugged out (my version):

https://youtu.be/OoFc-G__WvY

My bug report:

This is a warning to everyone that you may not be able to truly "finish" your tower crawl, in terms of achievements, until this bug is resolved.

I am unsure if this affects the normal Tower, but it is a possibility so please be cautious.

TO BE SAFE, PLEASE CREATE A SEPARATE SAVE FOR WHEN YOU EXIT THE TOWER IN CASE YOUR SAVE GETS CORRUPTED.

Unfortunately, there does NOT seem to be a way to tell if your particular game will be affected by the various bugs listed both here and below aside from trying the TRUE FINAL Tower yourself.

Patch ver 1.04 seems to have fixed most of, if not all, bugginess with Amon.

Out of curiosity, I decided to load up this save in this patch. I can actually play the game, but the encounter music is replaced by Amon's theme. I didn't do extensive testing, but I didn't save over it in case there is a bigger bug lurking somewhere within.

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Unfortunately, if you saved after getting the Amon bug in the aforementioned section and reload the game, attempting to clear the normal Tower might cause your game to freeze when getting to Amon again.

At least one other person in the forums has also experienced this after loading a corrupt save.

I managed to record a video of it this time. Please note that I had to manually terminate the game via task manager. The game simply didn't respond during this crash/ freeze/ softlock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8rsYAPvGRY

I will say it again:

Just use elec attacks and you'll be fine.

1. The first possible enemy is also the only optional one. If you hug the left wall and approach the lone enemy in the office, it is a Dragon King (lv.56).
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Dragon King

   Water
   
   
   
2. The first mandatory pair is a Mister Six and Grand Slammer.
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Mister Six

   Blunt

   Grand Slammer

   Blade, Elec
   
   
   
3. Next up is a Scarredface and Chinese Mafia Boss
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Scarredface

   Blade, Water

   Chinese Mafia Boss

   Gun, Elec
   
   
   
4. The first mini-boss is "Thought Entity" Saejima, but I'll just refer to the minibosses by their real name since they all have the same weaknesses as their normal forms.
   
   He's weak to water skills.
   
   NOTE: The TRUE FINAL version is weak to ELEC for some reason, most likely a bug.
   Thanks to worst player POV > ttv kelevyn for pointing out the discrepancy and reminding me to move the tip here.
   
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Saejima (Final Tower)

   Water

   Saejima (TRUE FINAL Tower)

   Elec
   
   He also becomes invincible when his health bar gets close to the "j" of his name in the UPPER-RIGHT plaque. He will then use Tiger Stance, then become vulnerable again.

1. There'll be a Ironclad Chef and Flash Mobber waiting for us at the end of the hall.
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Ironclad Chef

   Blunt, Water

   Flash Mobber

   Fire, Water
   
   *Both are weak to water.
   
   
2. Next up is a Juggle-O and Maneating Loan Shark.
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Juggle-O

   Fire

   Maneating Loan Shark

   Water
   
   * Note that Shark is unusually spongey and that he can call in backup.
   
   
3. Onwards to meet a Scarred Yakuza and Undertaker.
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Scarred Yakuza

   Blade, Water

   Undertaker

   Elec
   *** I managed to avoid this encounter by hugging the outer wall and running to the next encounter.
   
   
4. Last stop is a Forsaken Samurai and TWO Nameless.
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Forsaken Samurai

   Elec

   Nameless

   Blunt, Elec
   
   *Everyone is weak to elec.

1. Let's say "hi" to the Urbane Legend and Emperor of Funk.
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Urbane Legend

   Water, Elec

   Emperor of Funk

   Blade, Fire, Water
   
   *Both are weak to water
   
   
2. Then we'll waltz on by the inventor brothers: Edison of Anarchy and TWO Tinkersmans.
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Edison of Anarchy

   Blade, Elec

   Tinkersman

   Blade, Elec
   
   *EVERYONE IS WEAK TO BLADE AND ELEC.
   
   
3. We'll have to take on the Mad Dog of Shimano, Majima, again.
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Majima

   Fire
   
   *His Hannya phase doesn't seem to have invulnerability preceding the stance so just wail on him.

1. Dr. Black and his TWO annoying Invulnera-Billboard lackies await.
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Dr. Black

   Blunt, Elec

   Invulnera-Billboard

   Elec
   
   *Everyone is weak to elec.
   
   
2. The three Big B's are up next: Bohemiarch, Biker Vanguard and Bedeviler.
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Bohemiarch

   Blunt, Blade, Fire

   Biker Vanguard

   Blade, Water, Elec

   Bedeviler

   Blade, Water
   
   *Everyone is weak to Blade.
   
   
3. An attack from afar and up close, it's Ultimate Champion and Ghillie Man.
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Ultimate Champion

   Blade, Water

   Ghillie Man

   Fire, Elec

1. An odd couple at best, let's say hello to Pornogra-Pharoh and Weltraiser.
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Pornogra-Pharoh

   Elec

   Weltraiser

   Blunt, Elec
   
   
   
   
2. Time for a rematch with Tendo.
   
   Name

   Weakness

   Tendo

   Elec

He also has 4 distinct phases- all 4 styles from Yakuza 0/ Kiwami 1.

Once he hits certain HP damage thresholds (usually ~25% of his total HP bar per phase), he becomes invulnerable and will NOT receive any additional damage. He'll usually attack once then shift to his next phase and can be damaged again. Keep an eye on his HP bar to see if you are actually doing damage to him- this saves you MP and gives you a heads up to when he will change phases.

The order is like the first encounter in the story: Brawler -> Rush -> Beast -> Dragon of Dojima.

On Normal, his stance buffs are pretty negligible.

Just be wary of his counter attacks if you use non-Heat moves ("Essence of..." skills) as he can punch you out of your normal skill combos.

He also counters your grab skills, so ignore them completely.

He conveniently lacks a Sujimon entry, but I did some testing and here are his "weaknesses" :


Additionally, he also seems immune to ALL status effects, or at least has a VERY high resistance to all.

Like Kiryu, Amon will become invincible after taking enough damage in a given phase. He also uses Kiryu's styles in the same order except Dragon of Dojima. His fourth stage is a mishmash of everything, including the annoying insta-kill move the Bedeviler had. BE VERY CAREFUL HERE.

The tansition from stage 3/ Beast style to Stage 4 is marked by Amon using Malicious Grin which inflicts Fear on your party, increases his ATK and Ailment resistance.

HE WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW THIS UP BY USING ESSENCE OF ORBITAL LASER. YOU CAN PERFECT BLOCK THE ATTACK, BUT THE WINDOW IS VERY TIGHT.

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• "I found when Amon does the Orbital Strike, skip then press Circle right when it hits. EZ perfect block."

This is definitely doable, but you shouldn't underestimate its power if you JUST finished the game.
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Everyone will likely be paralyzed, so hopefully someone can move and you have someone that can party-cure paralysis (e.g. Hero Ichiban with Indomitable Courage).

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Upon beating Amon and watching the concluding cutscene, you will receive the "Fulfiller of Dreams" achievement.

For whatever reason, the vast majority of enemies are weak to elec. Why? I haven't the foggiest.
Bugged Saejima adds 1 to the total as well.

Likewise, gun got the short end of the stick with only one mob being weak to it.

I highly recommend leveling the guys in the Foreman, Host and Fortuneteller jobs so they learn the AoE elemental magic skills that can carry over to your preferred class.


For the gals, they only get fire and ice magic unfortunately.

NOTE: The True Final Millennium Tower is likely the single most buggy area in the entire game. Unlocking and challenging True Final Amon is a nightmare judging by all the various bug reports players have submitted.

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After completing ALL the substories AND beating the Final Millennium Tower, there appears to be a CHANCE that you will receive a text from Amon stating that you have unlocked the TRUE version of the tower.

I had to complete the dungeon around 8 times or more before getting the text, so you may have to clear the tower again multiple times depending on RNG.

• Sujidex completion MIGHT be a unlock condition. I personally had BOTH substories and the Sujidex completed before attempting to unlock the TRUE FINAL Tower, so I cannot vouch for the Sujidex.

As a side note, there is an alternate cutscene that plays when you arrive at Amon's floor in the normal version AFTER unlocking the TRUE form.

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I realized I should be more specific here.





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Many people have said that you will HAVE to grind to character lv.99 and have a maxed out class. I'm seeing more posts about just having ONE job maxed, so the amount of grinding needed seems to vary wildly from person to person.

The difference between the Final and True Final tower is that all enemies are lv.99 in the TRUE FINAL and can easily one-tap Ichiban without proper leveling and gear.

Please refer to Briggs' guide for a pretty good setup for anyone to use to beat the True Final Tower.

An alternative is to do a NG+ Legend difficulty run as all encounters will give you greatly boosted XP gains.

Likewise, try to get EX or EX EX weapons for your team (there are various guides online that show you how to do so; EX EX are just the maxed out forms of normal EX weapons). Every fight is a DPS race so getting an edge can make things go much more smoothly.

The Fable and Quixotic armor sets are the best in the the game in terms of raw defense for magic and melee users respectively. You can forge them at Romance Workshop.

Please see Briggs' linked guide for more detialed info on how to approach each TF encounter.

Your reward will be the "Victory of the Millennium" achievement along with some text boxes of praises and a golden version of the helmet-less Quixotic armor for Ichiban as a COSTUME.

Apologies. Marking an image as a spoiler in a guide is a nightmare to set up.

Everything seems to be working as intended now with patch ver 1.04. I will keep this info up as it may work for some people still experiencing some issues.

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A helpful tip/ suggestion from eddyzer ;DD

I started NG+ few days ago and I tried to complete the True Tower last night.
Well it worked! So maybe you can try to start NG+ and fight the last boss to see if it's working for you :)

This is definitely not an ideal fix since not everyone wants to start a new game cycle, but it's a lead.

I left my save as-is and made a new NG+ save. I'll update if it works.

UPDATE:

TRUE FINAL unlocked upon loading my NG+ Premium Adventure save without having to redo substories and/or Sujidex entry 252 (completing the dex again).
NOTE: I GOT IT BY PLAYING ON NORMAL MODE DESPITE PEOPLE SAYING YOU HAVE TO DO IT ON LEGENDARY.

I was also able to challenge TRUE FINAL Amon, but it is unclear if NG+ or the new patch (1.03) is the cause.

The game crashed in the post-battle results screen.

I was FINALLY able to get to, challenge AND beat Amon with patch ver 1.04 without the game crashing on me. Hopefully everyone else can do the same.

Try to verify your game files to force the patch to update. There isn't a convenient way to see if your game is patched or not, nor any indication on the title screen.

(Repeated since some people may be skipping around.)

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User Briggs has written up a great guide on True Final Tower tips and I highly encourage everyone to check it out. My guide is admittedly more beginner friendly and not nearly as detailed as some would like. If you would like more detailed descriptions of the fights and good strategies, please check out Briggs' guide!

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2302640948

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UPDATE: NOV 30, 2020

Patch 1.03 allowed me to fight TRUE FINAL Amon without crashing (as in "it let me actually do the fight"). However, the game crashed after the post-battle results screen. There hasn't been an official announcement for said patch, but it does seem to have been applied. (I am repeating this info because some people may be skipping sections.)

Do note that some people are still crashing or getting the SEGA taiyaki bug based on recent bug reports.

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I managed to get to the top floor of the Millennium Tower so here are my thoughts on the True Final Tower:

• It was pretty much the same experience as Final Tower, except everything was much more spongey and could consistently down a party member in 1-2 attacks.
  
  
• The biggest tip I can give is to familiarize yourself with each enemy's moveset and learn the block timings. There are absolutely NO differences in moveset in True Final, just in enemy stats.
  
  
• Level your characters to 99 character and 99 in at least one class of your choice.
  
  
• Hoard healing items and deposit them in your Item Box- there are a few located in the dungeon and allow you to restock before/after difficult battles. MP management was the biggest thing I had to worry about.
  
  
• Equip your main team with Brawler God's Mouthguards. You can exchange 25 Tojo Crests with Kamulop for them. These items cut MP costs by a significant amount, allowing you to use more skills and heal MP less frequently. It does NOT stack with the Kiwami Mouthguard, but does stack with other MP cost reducing items, such as certain Fortuneteller weapons.
  
  
• My team was Hero Ichi as healer, Fortuneteller Nanba for magic, Hitman Joon for speed and utility (reviving), and Dealer Eri for damage and filling in needed roles (specifically using food buffs in battle).
  
  This is far from optimal, but also shows you that a non-optimal team can do it with enough strategy.
  
  
• It's game over instantly if Ichi falls, so consider leveling Enforcer to get more HP and Defense.
  
  
• Likewise, use Ichi's Peerless Resolve skill to endure a fatal hit. It appears you can reuse it after enduring the blow, but I never endured more than once per battle.
  
  
• Keep everyone at 100% health if possible and use buffs/debuffs to make encounters easier. My favorite is Nanba's Malodorous Stentch for debuffing both the enemies' Atk and Def at once.
  
  
• If someone is KO'd, consider leaving them dead until the battle ends. You likely won't be here to farm for XP or yen, so being able to take down a dangerous enemy and save resources is a tactical choice. On that note, I recommend that EVERY character gets a revive skill to save revival items for bosses to conserve MP.
  
  
• I think it's a bug, but Saejima is weak to elec attacks, not water in True Final.

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• "I am currently fighting [True Final] Amon and as I hit the 45% mark on his hp bar. He did a move called 'guard order'. Guard order spawns all of the previous thought entities e.g kiryu, majima and saejima."

I can indeed confirm that the fight is manageable if you keep weaknesses in mind.

All 3 "Thought Entities" seem to have their full HP amounts and nerfed damage. Only Saejima is a real threat due to Tiger Stance and his innately high Atk. Amon is just there to troll you now.

You will have to contend with the 3 Entities and Beast Amon at the same time which is quite intense.

Focus your efforts on one Entity at a time- they use their Poundmate attack when low on health (~15%-ish). I never saw Majima's since he has the least HP.

Saejima and Kiryu's special/ Poundmate attack can insta- K.O. party members, so be VERY cautions.

My personal order is:

• Majima- squishiest
  
• Saejima- has potential to do most damage to everyone w/ Tiger Stance
  
• Kiryu- not hard but he retains his 4 phases even here, making him annoying to beat down. Also Tiger Drop.

Saejima is still super bugged and is weak to elec. Since I only had Fulminating Forecast and Essence of Orbital Laser to use, I kept nudging Amon to his HP threshold for using Malicious Smile (~30%-ish). Keep Amon's HP bar in mind when attacking. Getting nuked because you were careless is NOT fun.

Orbital Laser is ridiculously deadly in True Final form. Ichi could perfect block but only had around 1/5 health left and was always paralyzed.

You can equip him with status-nulling equipment if you are scared of this attack or a Stone of Sacrifice if you want absolute peace of mind. I got good RNG and Ichi could act following the Laser so I used a Premium Medkit to revive Joon and tanked Amon's attack with Peerless Resolve. Joon's speed allows him to go first usually, so he kept spamming Premium Medkits to revive my Nanba and Eri.

After that, Amon stays in his fourth stage and runs out of tricks. Just focus all your damage on him and it's over.


EDIT: Your game may crash upon closing the post-battle results screen. However, please check if you got the achievement before the crash like I did.

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• Amon's health is actually very fair. By himself, you won't have much issue just doing damage.
  
  
• Conserve MP in the beginning since he has his summon mechanic now and Kiryu's mode shift invincibility.
  
  
• Have someone dedicated to healing and a preferable someone that can do back-up healing in case your main healer is too slow in the turn order.
  
  
• I brought along all the lunchbox/ bento items from the Bartender. Having a party-wide HP and MP heal is a godsend.
  
  
• Bring along a full stack of Miracle Kimchi. Getting a turn speed buff makes a BIG difference against Amon.
  
  
• Keep calm. This will ALWAYS be a long fight due to the various mechanics and gimmicks at play. Take a deep breath and THINK before acting.
  
  
• Farm a LOT of money before going in. I died around 3-4 times against Amon before I won. Each full heal + revive cost me ~15 million yen. I got it on my last try, but I don't need to say how soul crushing it is to run out of tries and have to redo the ENTIRE dungeon.

UPDATE- DEC 6, 2020

User Briggs has created an in-depth guide for the TF Tower and even linked my guide in theirs. A very big "thank you" to them for their work.

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UPDATE- NOV 28, 2020

The guide has hit 1k unique users and the "Fulfiller of Dreams" achievement has increased from around 0.3% (when I got mine) to 2% achievement status now. I hope my guide contributed to at least some of those numbers.

Let's keep that number going, kyodais.

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Thank you for using my rather shaky guide and hopefully reading everything through. It means a lot to me.

I'd like to thank eddyzer ;DD again for allowing me to use their clip. Hopefully both theirs and mine made some feel more at ease in that they are not alone with the bugginess of the game.

Constructive feedback is welcome.
Additional tips and tricks are also welcome. I'll give credit/ a shoutout to those who contribute to the guide in a meaningful way since my guide is by no means perfect and may be missing info.

Good luck in clearing the tower, kyodai.

-MaverickZealot