| A character's base stats after Perfect Release. | |
| STR | 3315 |
| INT | 4585 |
| DEX | 780 |
| AGL | 1180 |
| HP | 22900 |
| CON | 2220 |
Perfect Release (A.K.A. Perfect Einherjar Release) is a technique in Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria that allows one to overpower their characters extremely late in the game. This is done by releasing Einherjar with the best equipment possible (non-unique).
Perfect Release can only be fully done will all Einherjar once you beat Frigga on the 4th Floor of the Seraphic Gate.
What Perfect Release Does[]
Perfect Release allows someone to give a character or characters high stats. The high stats happen because with Perfect Release, you get A LOT of stat boosting items from your Einherjar. This will allow you to Direct Assault even the toughest of bosses in the game.
How to do a Perfect Release[]
To be able to perform a perfect release, you need to have gotten to floor 5 of the Seraphic Gate. This is possible by exploring 96% of the Last Dungeon in the game, saving at the last save point, loading that save and then going out to the world map. After doing this, you will get to the Seraphic Gate.
After you get into the Seraphic, you need to beat Frigga to be able to access floor 5.
Before this though, you will have to fight the following bosses:
- Dirna Hamilton - Need to beat to get access to the Seraphic Dungeon itself
- Gabriel Celeste - Need to beat to get to floor 2.
- Woden - Basically Odin, but with much, much higher stats. - Need to beat to get to floor 3.
- Obsessed Ex - Basically the Trandescendal Being (Lezard) but with Higher Stats - Need to beat to get to floor 4.
After beating all those bosses, you'll have access to floor 4, where Frigga (Freya boss Modification) lies. After beating her, you'll get access to floor 5.
Floor 5 holds the last items required for Perfect Release. Also note that accessories will do nothing to affect Perfect Release.
Perfect Release Items[]
Note: By Enemy Type, it means what type of enemies you have to start a battle with on the map. There are 4 types:
Walking: Those Slow Walking Guys with 2 Legs.
Floating: The ones that look like a jellyfish and floats.
Flying: The ones that look like a bird and flies.
Crawling: The ones that look like crabs and crawls.
Mage Perfect Release[]
Mages are the easiest to Perfect Release because their equipment is easiest to hunt. Hard to get though, as you have to beat the 2nd to last boss in the Seraphic Gate 7 times (less if you can Direct Assault her). Mages are also your source of INT.
There are 7 mages so you'll need 7 of each item.
Weapon: Holy Wand of Telos[]
Location: Boss Room of Floor 5 of the Seraphic Gate
Enemy: Ethereal Queen
Drop Rate: Leader Item and 100% Get Item after Defeat.
Just beat the Ethereal Queen to get the Wand.
Head: Mithril Crown[]
Location: Floor 3 of the Seraphic Gate
Enemy: Homonculus Copy
Drop Rate: Leader Item and 15% Get Item after Defeat.
Enemy Type: Walking
An Easy enemy to find, but might not be easy unless you've done any perfect releasing already. Just kill the guy and hope you get a Mithril Crown. (You will get a Crown if you Direct Assault the Copy)
Body: Sylphan Robe[]
Location: Boss Room of Floor 2 of the Seraphic Gate
Enemy: Woden
Drop Rate: Leader Item and 100% Get Item after Defeat.
Just beat Woden to get the Robe.
Guard: Wind Glove[]
Location: Crell Monferaigne, Armory
You need to create this item and buy enough items at the Armory you make this available for creation.
Items Needed:
- Bat Wing (1)
Location: Royal Underground Path
Enemy: Goblin (Wings 20%)
Location: Dipan
Enemy: Goblin (Wings 20%)
Location: Kythena Plains
Enemy: Goblin (Wings 20%)
Location: Chateau Obsession
Enemy: Trash Demon (Wings 30%)
Location: Kythena Plains
Enemy: Giant Bat (Right/Left Wing 20%)
Location: Surts Volcano Caverns
Enemy: Fire Bat (Right/Left Wing 20%)
Location: Crawsus Forest Ruins
Enemy: Vampire (Right/Left Wing 15%)
- Bone Mace
Best Location: Dragonscrypt
Enemy: Green Coral (Right/Left Hand 80%)
Enemy Type: Crawling
Location: Turgen Mine
Enemy: Clay Man (Upper Right/Left Arm 15%)
Enemy: Audoula Temple on the Lake, Boss Room
Monster: Kraken (Right/Left Mouth Tentacle 80%)
Enemy: Seraphic Gate Floor 2
Monster: Maneater (Right/Left Hand 45%)
- Ghibli Scales (1)
Location: Crawsus Forest Ruins
Enemy: Bolt Dragon (Right/Left Wing 25%)
Enemy Type: Flying
Location: Palace of the Venerated Dragon
Enemy: Dragon Bat (Right/Left Wing 25%)
Enemy Type: Flying
After getting 7 of these materials, go back to Crell Monferaigne, sell them all and buy 7 Wind Gloves.
Leg: Red Boots[]
Location: Palace of the Venerated Dragon, Dark Moon or Halo Area
Enemy: Dryad
Drop Rate: 30% Chance after Breaking Lower Body
Enemy Type: Flying, Floating and Crawling
This might be hard to get. To increase your chances of breaking the lower body, try using Rufus with Blue Gale and dismantle with an attack which attacks towards the Dryad's lower body. Blue Gale gives 100% Critical Hit rate and Dismantle will make Rufus break the body part first go. You also have to make that 30% happen 7 times.
Light Warrior Perfect Release[]
Light Warriors don't really benefit your attack or magic power that greatly because of their weak weapons. They do increase other things though.
There are 4 Light Warriors.
Weapon: Helgi's Sword[]
Location: Tower of Lezard Valeth, 2nd Area (Forest) and 4th Area (Top)
Enemy: Nymph
Drop Rate: 15% Chance after breaking Headdress
To do this, try using Freya with Crisis Point to hit the headdress and then Heavenly Punishment to hit the headdress again if the headdress does not break. The Nymph will be on the floor when Freya uses Heavenly Punishment so Heavenly Punishment will hit the headdress.
Head: Ether Crown[]
Location: Seraphic Gate, Room behind left Sword Master on Floor 5.
Enemy: Gyne
Drop Rate: 15% Chance after kill.
This is hard to get, because for one, you need to get to the right enemy and then encounter Walther and Gyne (can be very hard). After you do encounter them, make sure you have a character with Ghost Buster (Walther and Gyne are ghostly after you beat them in Chapter 4). After you do encounter them and have Ghost Buster, just kill Gyne (leave Walther). After killing Gyne, Walther will bring him back using Invoke Feather so you can kill him again. Patience can only get you your Ether Crowns.
Body: Infinite Admiration[]
Location: Seraphic Gate, Room two to the right of the first room on Floor 5.
Enemy: Bahamut
Drop Rate: Leader Item and 15% Chance after kill.
A hard item to get 4 of since Bahamut only appears once even if you exit and re-enter the room. You'll need to leave the Gate to get him back again.
Guard: Wind Glove[]
Location: Crell Monferaigne, Armory
You need to create this item and buy enough items at the Armory you make this available for creation.
Items Needed:
- Bat Wing (1)
Location: Royal Underground Path
Enemy: Goblin (Wings 20%)
Location: Dipan
Enemy: Goblin (Wings 20%)
Location: Kythena Plains
Enemy: Goblin (Wings 20%)
Location: Chateau Obsession
Enemy: Trash Demon (Wings 30%)
Location: Kythena Plains
Enemy: Giant Bat (Right/Left Wing 20%)
Location: Surts Volcano Caverns
Enemy: Fire Bat (Right/Left Wing 20%)
Location: Crawsus Forest Ruins
Enemy: Vampire (Right/Left Wing 15%)
- Bone Mace
Best Location: Dragonscrypt
Enemy: Green Coral (Right/Left Hand 80%)
Enemy Type: Crawling
Location: Turgen Mine
Enemy: Clay Man (Upper Right/Left Arm 15%)
Enemy: Audoula Temple on the Lake, Boss Room
Monster: Kraken (Right/Left Mouth Tentacle 80%)
Enemy: Seraphic Gate Floor 2
Monster: Maneater (Right/Left Hand 45%)
- Ghibli Scales (1)
Location: Crawsus Forest Ruins
Enemy: Bolt Dragon (Right/Left Wing 25%)
Enemy Type: Flying
Location: Palace of the Venerated Dragon
Enemy: Dragon Bat (Right/Left Wing 25%)
Enemy Type: Flying
After getting 4 of these materials, go back to Crell Monferaigne, sell them all and buy 4 Wind Gloves.
Leg: Red Boots[]
Location: Palace of the Venerated Dragon, Dark Moon or Halo Area
Enemy: Dryad
Drop Rate: 30% Chance after Breaking Lower Body
Enemy Type: Flying, Floating and Crawling
This might be hard to get. To increase your chances of breaking the lower body, try using Rufus with Blue Gale and dismantle with an attack which attacks towards the Dryad's lower body. Blue Gale gives 100% Critical Hit rate and Dismantle will make Rufus break the body part first go. You also have to make that 30% happen 4 times.
Heavy Warrior Perfect Release[]
A must to do perfect release on. This is because with Perfect Release, Heavy Warriors will give 99 Fencer's Familiarity which will increase your strength by 495.
There are only 4 Heavy Warriors though.
Weapon: Tyrfing[]
Location: Seraphic Gate, Floor 4 room left of where Hamster runs off to with 3 flying and 1 crawling.
Enemy: Tiamat
Drop Rate: Leader Item and 15% Drop Rate
Enemy Type: Crawling
A rare encounter, so it's hard to get a Tyrfing. Also, you'll want a character that can kill Tiamat quick as he can heal!
Head: Ether Crown[]
Location: Seraphic Gate, Room behind left Sword Master on Floor 5.
Enemy: Gyne
Drop Rate: 15% Chance after kill.
This is hard to get, because for one, you need to get to the right enemy and then encounter Walther and Gyne (can be very hard). After you do encounter them, make sure you have a character with Ghost Buster (Walther and Gyne are ghostly after you beat them in Chapter 4). After you do encounter them and have Ghost Buster, just kill Gyne (leave Walther). After killing Gyne, Walther will bring him back using Invoke Feather so you can kill him again. Patience can only get you your Ether Crowns.
Body: Conquer's Armor[]
Location: Crell Monferaigne, Armory
Conquer's Armor must be made you also have to buy alot of items here to get it available to be made. Here are the materials.
- Firemouse Fur (1)
Best Location: Tower of Lezard Valeth, First Area
Enemy: Elder Bat (Body 40%)
Location: Surts Volcano Caverns
Enemy: Fire Bat (Body 40%)
- Windswept Tailfeather (1)
Best Location: Seraphic Gate Floor 3
Enemy: Thunder Bird (Right/Left Tailfeather 15%)
Location: Forest of Spirits
Enemy: Elven Hawk (Right/Left Tailfeather 15%)
Location: Yggdrasil
Enemy: Hersvelgr (Right/Left Tailfeather 15%)
- Deep Doom (1)
Best Location: Tower of Lezard Valeth, First Area
Enemy: Rotting Demon (Stomach 40%)
Location: Valhalla
Enemy: Divine Slave (Lower Left Hand Weapon 60%)
Location: Seraphic Gate Floor 5
Enemy: Sword Master (Upper Right Hand Weapon 40%)
- Sage Quartz (1)
Location: Ravine Caverns
Enemy: Persistent Pursuer (Upper Left Hand Weapon 60%)
After getting 4 of all these materials, sell them all at Crell Monferaigne and buy 4 Armor's (Note: This will cost 3,200,000 OTH).
Guard: Wind Glove[]
Location: Crell Monferaigne, Armory
You need to create this item and buy enough items at the Armory you make this available for creation.
Items Needed:
- Bat Wing (1)
Location: Royal Underground Path
Enemy: Goblin (Wings 20%)
Location: Dipan
Enemy: Goblin (Wings 20%)
Location: Kythena Plains
Enemy: Goblin (Wings 20%)
Location: Chateau Obsession
Enemy: Trash Demon (Wings 30%)
Location: Kythena Plains
Enemy: Giant Bat (Right/Left Wing 20%)
Location: Surts Volcano Caverns
Enemy: Fire Bat (Right/Left Wing 20%)
Location: Crawsus Forest Ruins
Enemy: Vampire (Right/Left Wing 15%)
- Bone Mace
Best Location: Dragonscrypt
Enemy: Green Coral (Right/Left Hand 80%)
Enemy Type: Crawling
Location: Turgen Mine
Enemy: Clay Man (Upper Right/Left Arm 15%)
Enemy: Audoula Temple on the Lake, Boss Room
Monster: Kraken (Right/Left Mouth Tentacle 80%)
Enemy: Seraphic Gate Floor 2
Monster: Maneater (Right/Left Hand 45%)
- Ghibli Scales (1)
Location: Crawsus Forest Ruins
Enemy: Bolt Dragon (Right/Left Wing 25%)
Enemy Type: Flying
Location: Palace of the Venerated Dragon
Enemy: Dragon Bat (Right/Left Wing 25%)
Enemy Type: Flying
After getting 4 of these materials, go back to Crell Monferaigne, sell them all and buy 4 Wind Gloves.
Leg: Red Boots[]
Location: Palace of the Venerated Dragon, Dark Moon or Halo Area
Enemy: Dryad
Drop Rate: 30% Chance after Breaking Lower Body
Enemy Type: Flying, Floating and Crawling
This might be hard to get. To increase your chances of breaking the lower body, try using Rufus with Blue Gale and dismantle with an attack which attacks towards the Dryad's lower body. Blue Gale gives 100% Critical Hit rate and Dismantle will make Rufus break the body part first go. You also have to make that 30% happen 4 times.
Archer's Perfect Release[]
Archer's don't contribute much to attack either, but they're good for other stats.
There are 5 archers.
Weapon: Soothsayer Bow[]
Location: Seraphic Gate Floor 2
Enemy: Ull in Highsocks
Drop Rate: Leader Item and 15% Get Item after Defeat
Enemy Type: Walking
Ull is hard to find, but if you go to the room left of the room to floor 3, you should be able to get Ull on the walking enemy pretty easily (might still be hard to find depending on your luck).
Head: Ether Crown[]
Location: Seraphic Gate, Room behind left Sword Master on Floor 5.
Enemy: Gyne
Drop Rate: 15% Chance after kill.
This is hard to get, because for one, you need to get to the right enemy and then encounter Walther and Gyne (can be very hard). After you do encounter them, make sure you have a character with Ghost Buster (Walther and Gyne are ghostly after you beat them in Chapter 4). After you do encounter them and have Ghost Buster, just kill Gyne (leave Walther). After killing Gyne, Walther will bring him back using Invoke Feather so you can kill him again. Patience can only get you your Ether Crowns.
Body: Sylphan Robe[]
Location: Boss Room of Floor 2 of the Seraphic Gate
Enemy: Woden
Drop Rate: Leader Item and 100% Get Item after Defeat.
Just beat Woden to get the Robe.
Guard: Wind Glove[]
Location: Crell Monferaigne, Armory
You need to create this item and buy enough items at the Armory you make this available for creation.
Items Needed:
- Bat Wing (1)
Location: Royal Underground Path
Enemy: Goblin (Wings 20%)
Location: Dipan
Enemy: Goblin (Wings 20%)
Location: Kythena Plains
Enemy: Goblin (Wings 20%)
Location: Chateau Obsession
Enemy: Trash Demon (Wings 30%)
Location: Kythena Plains
Enemy: Giant Bat (Right/Left Wing 20%)
Location: Surts Volcano Caverns
Enemy: Fire Bat (Right/Left Wing 20%)
Location: Crawsus Forest Ruins
Enemy: Vampire (Right/Left Wing 15%)
- Bone Mace
Best Location: Dragonscrypt
Enemy: Green Coral (Right/Left Hand 80%)
Enemy Type: Crawling
Location: Turgen Mine
Enemy: Clay Man (Upper Right/Left Arm 15%)
Enemy: Audoula Temple on the Lake, Boss Room
Monster: Kraken (Right/Left Mouth Tentacle 80%)
Enemy: Seraphic Gate Floor 2
Monster: Maneater (Right/Left Hand 45%)
- Ghibli Scales (1)
Location: Crawsus Forest Ruins
Enemy: Bolt Dragon (Right/Left Wing 25%)
Enemy Type: Flying
Location: Palace of the Venerated Dragon
Enemy: Dragon Bat (Right/Left Wing 25%)
Enemy Type: Flying
After getting 4 of these materials, go back to Crell Monferaigne, sell them all and buy 4 Wind Gloves.
Leg: Red Boots[]
Location: Palace of the Venerated Dragon, Dark Moon or Halo Area
Enemy: Dryad
Drop Rate: 30% Chance after Breaking Lower Body
Enemy Type: Flying, Floating and Crawling
This might be hard to get. To increase your chances of breaking the lower body, try using Rufus with Blue Gale and dismantle with an attack which attacks towards the Dryad's lower body. Blue Gale gives 100% Critical Hit rate and Dismantle will make Rufus break the body part first go. You also have to make that 30% happen 5 times.
Total Stat Boosting Items[]
- Fencer's Familiarity - 627 - 3135 STR
- Sorcerer's Savvy - 889 - 4445 INT
- Archer's Aptitude - 120 - 600 DEX
- Thief's Thoughts - 220 - 1100 AGL
- Ambrosia - 221 - 22100 HP
- Warrior's Wits - 416 - 2080 CON
- Rose Gem - 9 - 180 STR and DEX
- Jade Gem - 4 - 800 HP and 80 AGL
- Azure Gem - 7 - 140 INT and CON
Total Stat Increase[]
- STR - 3315
- INT - 4585
- DEX - 780
- AGL - 1180
- HP - 22900
- CON - 2220
End Note[]
If you manage to fully complete Perfect Release, congratulations! You should now be able to Direct Assault some Seraphic Gate bosses (This will change on the later runthroughs).