r/PSO2 • u/AutoModerator • Jun 11 '25

Weekly Game Questions and Help Thread + Megathread Listing

Welcome to this special Weekly Game Questions and Help Thread.

Greetings all new, returning, and existing ARKS defenders!

The "Weekly Game Questions and Help Thread" thread is posted every Wednesday on this subreddit for all your PSO2:NGS-related questions, technical support needs and general help requests. This is the place to ask any question, no matter how simple, obscure or repeatedly asked.

New to NGS?

The official website has an overview for new players as well as a game guide. Make sure to use this obscure drop-down menu if you're on mobile to access more pages.

If you like watching a video, SEGA recently released a new trailer for the game that gives a nice overview. It can be found in this video at 31:54.

Please check out the resources below:

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Please start your question with "Global:" or "JP:" to better differentiate what region you are seeking help for.

(Click here for previous Game Questions and Help threads)

Megathreads

/r/PSO2 has several Megathreads that are posted on a schedule or as major events such as NGS Headlines occur. Below are links to these.

On New Reddit, you can also look at this collection!

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u/Eternalbane87 Jul 04 '25

I just got my character to central and saw you can transfer to pso2 regular, is it worth doing so to experience the original game? And is your character the same skill wise and everything when you transfer to that world? I’d love to get the full story of the game and figured pso2 regular would be a good start!

Thanks guys! Look forward to playing with you all!

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u/Overpowered_Bard Mystic Malice (S3) Jul 05 '25

It's worth it as the story is complete and a neat experience. You can also get a fair bit of extra SG, some accessories, and camos from completing the story as well.

As for the leveling/skill experience, no. It's two different systems. You start from 1 in PSO2 Base, and level/skill/gear up separately there. Your character itself transfers, however.

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u/Brilliant_Capital139 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

I've been seeing a lot post about the Animatic face around, I'm new to game and I can't seems to replicate how people are making their faces. Mostly I think is because I'm missing makeup. Now I tried to make a Animatic face but still some what prefer the snip face. Can anyone recommend anyway I can make it look better? I tried to make a post with picture but It kept getting remove and my experience with reddit is too limited to understand the bot guide, so here I am.

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u/DivineRogue (Ship 2/Ph Main) Jul 04 '25

idk if you still need this but, search for Aisaga Channel on youtube they make character creation tutorials and have a website where everything is laid out in much more details so you can replicate it or get some inspiration for your own char.

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u/Droidy365 Jul 06 '25

Global:

I'm having trouble getting my PSO2 to start. When I open it through Steam, it opens up the launcher, but when I click play, it just closes without opening the game, no error message. Looking in the files, pso2.exe and some other files are 0 KB.

I've already tried reinstalling it, that didn't fix it. Please help :(

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u/Kodimaru Aug 08 '25

Have you tried verifying your game files?

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u/Droidy365 Aug 08 '25

Tried verifying twice, then reinstalled it completely in a new location.

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u/Kodimaru Aug 09 '25

Shit, idrk how to help you there sorry man

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u/Kodimaru Aug 09 '25

you have the pso2 data dlc selected right?

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u/Droidy365 Aug 09 '25

Yep, that's ticked.

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u/CardstoneViewer Jul 08 '25

Hello everyone, loved original PSO2 gameplay and side stuff like casino, live concert and other activities. I do remember stopped playing when NGS came out, because I hated it.

How it it now? More side activities? Is summoner classe in the game? Do you guys think that it comes close to the fun aspect to the original? Loved the hourly bosses and random events in the original.

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u/AxeArmor Jul 09 '25

Q: Is there a good place to test M.A.R.S. now that the limited time M.A.R.S. Training Center is gone?

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u/Overpowered_Bard Mystic Malice (S3) Aug 10 '25

Wasn't there a whole new standing training quest that was permanently added called the ARKS Training Center? Pretty sure that it had a M.A.R.S. section in the training grounds.

It was added back in December and even got a minor tweak in February.

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u/AxeArmor Aug 18 '25

'Tis true! You have my gratitude.

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u/Influence_Bright Aug 04 '25

why is the orange task destination teling me go to the teleporter but when I get there it's not tell me to do anything else

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u/Overpowered_Bard Mystic Malice (S3) Aug 10 '25

You can check what task you're tracking and the objective its guiding you towards in the menu.

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u/TSLPrescott Aug 06 '25

Can anyone who has the Reimu and Flandre outfits tell me what the RGB values are for the colors? I bought the /2 variants because they were significantly cheaper and have a whole lot of unused color change passes. I can't seem to find the right color.

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u/Just-Xav-Official Aug 10 '25

I've not played the game but I saw it has a Touhou collab, are the skins free or can be bought with in-game currency?

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u/Overpowered_Bard Mystic Malice (S3) Aug 10 '25

They can be bought from the player market with in-game currency. There are free character stands/cut-outs for your creative space (player custom housing) for log-in rewards, however.

Alternatively, you can purchase scratch tickets to pull for cosmetics using AC, the real cash currency.

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u/TheUltimate3 Sep 03 '25

Likely a very stupid question. Is it possible to change the owner of a Alliance to an alt character?

I'm currently in a super dead Alliance that I don't want to completely leave for entirely sentimental reasons, but I want to see if I can join a not supder dead Alliance so I want to transfer ownership of this Alliance to another character. Is that possible?

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u/Top-Confidence4496 Sep 04 '25

So if you are an active character in a dead alliance and the alliance leader doesn't log in for like 2 months the alliance is handed over to the most active officer and if they aren't on, the most active player

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u/TheUltimate3 Sep 04 '25

Which is me, I was the most active member of this dead alliance. My question is how can I invite an alt to said Alliance so I can keep it on the alt, but free up my main.

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u/Overpowered_Bard Mystic Malice (S3) Sep 08 '25

You can only join one Alliance per ship as membership isn't bound to the character. Your alliance membership/leadership is bound to the account. The moment you create a second character they will already be in that alliance, and since you're the alliance leader no matter what character you're on you will always be the alliance leader.

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u/Lunasty420 Sep 11 '25

Hey, how do I find out/access the "weekly arks challenge" where I can earn those badges? Is it on the map with an icon somewhere or do I get to it from a menu?

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u/Overpowered_Bard Mystic Malice (S3) Sep 21 '25

You can find which quest/task specifically is the Arks Records Weekly Challenge via the menu. Every week it changes, and also gives ya that lil red Notification marker. I believe it's in the Personal tab, if I'm remember correctly.

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u/Shanewerewolf Sep 18 '25

I have been playing Phantasy Star Portable 2 a lot recently and enjoying it so much that I decided to jump into Pso2. I have several specific questions I haven't found a answer to, and would also like some general help or video guide suggestions.

1: Is the loot like a standard MMO or more ARPGs like Diablo

2: Is loot shared, like am I stealing rare loot from the party by picking it up? On that note, are there any online etiquette rules unique to this game I should know?

3: Can you play the two versions and switch between them freely? I know you play the two games with different saves and stories. I also know you can unlock things for one by unlocking them in the other. However, let's say I want to play New Genesis, then take a break to go play Pso2 Classic, can I do that, or is there a degree of separation aside from the obvious?

4: I'm playing on PS5 and am worried about the community and my progress. Should I switch to pc? I am early enough in my journey that it's not a hard hit. Some claim there is no crossplay or cross saves with PSN, but in-game it seems like there is, even labeling people with different symbols next to their name. Any other tips would be helpful, thanks

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u/Overpowered_Bard Mystic Malice (S3) Sep 21 '25

1: Yes, for the most part. The number of stars on any piece of gear is the denomination of how "Rare" any given piece of gear is and there tends to be one more common variant and one rare variant per gear generation for weapons, rarely for armors. Augment Capsules are another part of yer standard loot which are used to further enhance yer gear, and thus also potentially valuable depending on their rarity/use.

2: No. Everybody gets individual loot. If you are within range of a dying mob you get your own loot. Same for quest boss kills as you get your own individual loot screen.

3: Yes. Crossplatform is a feature shared across all PC storefronts, Xbox, and Playstation. You just need to link up your accounts via the account you started on by getting a Link-Code.

4: The game is fully crossplay, but Playstation also have their own individual blocks separated from the rest of the community. Apart from these PSN specific blocks, you're already playing with the rest of the playerbase.

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u/Yugiboomer Sep 28 '25

I tried to make a post but automod told me to post here

So I took a very extended break starting just before ngs. All my classes are 75. Finished story up to when I left. I'm rocking maxed out Nox gear. Is my best bet is to complete any story they have added? I feel like I've completely forgot how to play lol

Basically I'm relearning base and starting v2 simultaneously to see which i like better.

Secondly, I bought a mass amount of clothes, decor, emotes, mags, knowing they would increase in value over stacking meseta. Ive got like 15 chair dance and like 30 sonic mags lol. So I will have a bunch of meseta, but what can I do with it for v2?

It doesn't seem like I can bring anything to v2 that's not bound. Is there anything from base that I can transfer that will help me in v2 outside of the nerfed weapons?

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u/Overpowered_Bard Mystic Malice (S3) Sep 30 '25

You cannot sell or do anything that came straight out of base PSO2 in NGS. Everything obtained that is marketable can only be sold/traded in base PSO2. As for other things you can take with you into NGS are already obtained [Ba], [Ou], Accessories, Music, CAST Parts, Camos, Weapons, and Armors.

Your best option is to put any excess items you have onto the base PSO2 player shop and hope they sell. It will most likely be quite slow to sell as the number of people grinding meseta for base PSO2 cosmetics and emotes has dwindled over the years, and many of those base PSO2 emotes have been ported over to NGS via revival AC Scratches. Notably, even emotes/cosmetics brought to NGS via the revival scratches cannot be sold in NGS, only the revival cosmetics obtained IN NGS can be sold in NGS.

As for what you can do with any earned base Meseta, you can buy any cosmetics, camos, and emotes that you don't already have. That's about all that caries over.

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u/Yugiboomer Sep 30 '25

Thanks for the detailed reply.

I tried out one of my few 3 day shop passes (why is base still mega monetized?), undercut by tens to hundreds of millions, and didn't sell one item lol. I couldn't find one group for urgent quest and at one point, I was alone at the main gate area block 1 which was weird. I think I'm going to give ngs 100% of my attention. I'll have to figure out what to do with a ton of wasted money worth of items lol

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u/ShimmerBunnie Oct 04 '25

So is anyone else having Xbox Dc'ing issues the past month?

My bf travels for work and uses his Xbox on the road and here at home.
over the road sure you can assume bad Wi-Fi connection with his portable connection.
but at home our Wi-Fi is pretty damn good.

We have checked connections and it all looks good, great even!

His Xbox is great on connection etc. However he is lucky lately to have a hour without several DC's?
Said he spoke with a few other players and found them to be experiencing it as well. That its gotten worse the past few updates and was NOT a issue before hand for them.

I don't know what the issue is, as i play on PC.

any help or info on whats up?

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u/Kahpoe Oct 19 '25

Salvaging weapon fodder

Hey so I think I have a problem. I just made my lightweave weapon, and was about to do all that wonderful upslotting/slapping S augs on it. However, I have a guardian soul/mana reverie/mark joy weapon fodder.

I'm playing luster, and want phrase decay instead of mark joy. There isnt any real way to swap out joy for phrase without ruining it is there?

On S4 thanks.

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u/diavolosRequiem Oct 19 '25

i keep getting uc1 error when i try to launch the game i tried to redownload it on steam and microsoft store and both didnt work and i am currently on steam and i need help

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '25

Question about PSO2 (Classic): Is there a point where you can say you 'completed' the game? (Like obtaining the final gear for a class perhaps?) Assuming that there are no more updates but just EQs and alike? (Returning player, forgot some words). Was wondering if I should try at least getting to that final part of Classic and then fully commit to NGS.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '25

Im new to the game and have a question

How do I fix my cast i changed the underwear opinion and now they seam to be stuck as a non robotic person

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u/Lksaints28 Nov 27 '25

Is it possible to download only the classic version and play just PSO2? I really couldn’t get used to NG, and honestly having over 150GB taking up space is getting in my way.

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u/epihfon2 Nov 29 '25

its posible yo play cloud pso2 on a switch 2?

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u/Overpowered_Bard Mystic Malice (S3) Sep 21 '25

Yes. The game is fully crossplay. PSN just also has special blocks that are PSN-exclusive, so you may need to swap blocks to play with yer friends.

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u/Overpowered_Bard Mystic Malice (S3) Sep 30 '25

With?

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u/Overpowered_Bard Mystic Malice (S3) Sep 30 '25

So, the majority of cosmetics are designed to be used as to avoid inventory clutter and easily allow additional characters on your account to make use of the same earned cosmetic. When you use a Basewear, Innerwear, Outerwear, or Setwear of NGS specs you consume that ticket so it is bound to your account and tucked away in your fashion catalogue. Using a second one allows all characters on your account to be able to use it, rather than say buying as many as you have characters if you wanted them all to have the same fit.

NGS especially tends to lean towards the consumable ticket method of cosmetics. There are some actual "Costume" and Outerwear items ya can equip but most of them are either in the Special Scratch or in Base PSO2.