Thread: Gawd I hate Black Box

Arioch's annoying (although less so if y'know its appearance issues), but Black Box's quest starts from the first treasure chest to the 320nd -- there's no comparison in my eyes.

^Arioch is definitely the worst. It's mostly just grinding to even get him to appear and then it's basically the same battle every time. I beat this sidequest the first time I played, but in every additional playthrough, I skip this quest....it's just too boring. In terms of the treasure chests, it's done as you play through the game. I figure you should be trying to get every chest anyway to get items so it's nice...

"There are 320 chests in the world, of which 311 have been opened." I knew it! So I finally got back to Nightmare Castle on my second game, and decided to check out my progress on the Black Box now that I had acquired the Exodus Orb. Sure enough, 9 chests short. I tracked down 7 of them, starting with Sand Canal which was the first I did after finishing the secret garden. And as I suspected, every single one I found had...

It's not even close, especially considering the time involved. It would take hours less to simply walk through all the dungeons again (with a Radar no less) to find what you've missed. Arioch's require you to fight who knows how many battles before you actually encounter one, go to another dungeon, and repeat 100x. I think it's the worst sidequest in the game by far ... and also one of the worst of all time.

Theres no debate. Arioch's: Worst side quest by far.

That's why I never enter a dungeon with 99 of any items. The moment I fill up at the Garden, I zip over to Jolly Roger and sell about 10 - 20 of whatever I need to liquefy.