Make sure that you still have Lavian and Alicia (Agrias' guards from Chapter 1) still in your party in Chapter 4 and have at least 500k gil. Land on a City on Cancer I and you will see a cutscene where an embarrased Mustadio gives a birthday gift to Agrias. You will now have the lip-rouge which is a great stat-boosting accessory for female characters.
Balthier
Have Mustadio in Chapter 4. After Bervenia, go to the mining town of Gollund. At the tavern, read the "Rash of Thefts" rumor. Go to the merchant city of Dorter. At the tavern, read the "A Call for Guards" rumor. When you leave the city, a battle will start. Win the battle with Balthier's help, and he will join you.
Balthier from FFXII
1. When you reach Chapter 4, head over to The Mining Town of Gollund.
2. Check the "Rash of Thefts" rumor from the tavern.
3. Drop by The Merchant City of Dorter's tavern and read the "A Call for Guards" rumor.
4. Leave town, and you'll automatically enter a battle.
5. Win with the help of Balthier, and he'll join the party.
Beowulf
Have Mustadio in Chapter 4. Go to Goug, and read the rumor at Gollund. Go to Lesalia, and invite Beowulf to Gollund. He will join your group after a series of battles.
Character Job Classes
Gain job levels in the following classes to unlock more advanced ones.
Effect - Code
Archer - Level 2 Squire
Arithmetician - Level 5 White Mage, level 5 Black Mage, level 4 Mystic and level 4 Time Mage.
Bard - Level 5 Summoner and level 5 Orator (Male only)
Black Mage - Level 2 Chemist
Dancer - Level 5 Dragoon and level 5 Geomancer (Female only)
Dark Knight - Completely Master Knight and Black Mage, kill (crystallize) 20 units, and reach level 8 with Dragoon, Ninja, Goemancer and Samurai
Dragoon - Level 4 Thief
Geomancer - Level 4 Monk
Knight - Level 2 Squire
Monk - Level 3 Knight
Mystic - Level 3 White Mage
Ninja - Level 5 Thief, level 4 Archer, level 2 Geomancer
Onion Knight - Level 6 Squire and level 6 Chemist
Orator - Level 3 Mystic
Samurai - Level 5 Monk, level 4 Knight, level 2 Dragoon
Summoner - Level 3 Time Mage
Thief - Level 3 Archer
Time Mage - Level 3 Black Mage
White Mage - Level 2 Chemist
Cloud
Have Mustadio in Chapter 4. Go to Goug After Zeltennia. Return Reis to human form, then go back to Goug. Go to Sal Ghidos, win the battle, and Cloud will join your group.
Construct 8
Have Mustadio in Chapter 4. After rescuing Reis from Gollund, return to Goug. Construct 8 will join your party after an intermission sequence.
Dragon Reis
Have Mustadio in Chapter 4. Accompany Beowulf through Gollund. Reis will be rescued during the final battle in the series.
Get Luso from FFTA2
To get Luso in your party, follow the following steps.
1. Go to the Zekalus Desert after the Orbonne Monastary battles in Chapter 3.
2. Once there, watch the FMV and complete the following battle.
3. Congratulations, Luso is yours!
Hidden sound test
When starting a new game, enter your name as PolkaPolka and you will be taken to a sound test menu (tested on US version).
Human Reis
Have Mustadio in Chapter 4. Read the rumors at Zeltennia, buy a flower in Sal Ghidos, then go to Goug. Go to Nelveska Temple, and win the battle. Reis will turn into human form afterwards.
Human Reis
Have Mustadio in Chapter 4. Read the rumors at Zeltennia, buy a flower in Sal Ghidos, then go to Goug. Go to Nelveska Temple, and win the battle. Reis will turn into human form afterwards.
Lip-Rouge
Keep Lavian and Alicia (Agrias' guards from Chapter 1) in your party in Chapter 4. Land on a City on Cancer I. After the intermission sequence featuring Mustadio giving a birthday gift to Agrias, you will have the Lip-Rouge, which boosts the stats of female characters.
Luso
In Chapter 3, go to the Zekalus Desert after the Orbonne Monastary battles. After the intermission sequence, win the battle, and Luso will join your party.
Preview monster before its birth
Put an egg on the bottom row of the editing screen. Place the pointer on top, then press Right or Left repeatedly to see a brief glimpse of the face of the monster in the egg.
See Monster Before It's Birth
On the editing screen, put an egg in the bottom row. Place the cursor on top and press right or left slowly or rapidly. You should be able to get a glimpse of fhe monster's face that's going to be born.
Sound test
Start a new game, and enter "PolkaPolka" as a name to unlock a hidden sound test menu.
The Byblos
Have Mustadio in Chapter 4. Successfully complete all ten levels of Midlight's Deep, and The Byblos will join your group.
Unlocking the secret characters
There are five secret characters that can be attained in the game, six if you count the two forms of Reis. The following list shows how to get them all. Note: You must have Mustadio in your party to get all of the secret characters, and all of these characters are aquired in Chapter 4.
Beowulf
Read the rumors at Goland, go to Lesalia, then agree to accompany Beowulf to Goland. After a series of plot battles, he joins the party.
Biblos
Aquired after clearing all ten levels of the Deep Dungeon.
Cloud
After returning Reis to human form, go to Goug. Cloud will run off to Zarghidas after a scene. After clearing Igros, go to Zargidas and win the fight.
Dragon Reis
Accompany Beowulf through Goland Coal City; Reis is rescued during the final battle in the series.
Human Reis
Read the rumors at Zeltennia, buy a flower in Zarghidas, then return to Goug. This unlocks a battle in Zeltennia, and Reis takes human form afterward.
Worker 8
After rescuing Reis from Goland, return to Goug Machine City. Worker 8 joins the party after a small scene.