NPCs

Like any game, throughout your adventure you will meet a number of NPCs as you journey across the world. Most will be friendly, shopkeepers and townsfolk, but there are always griefers lurking.

## Notable Friendly NPCs

### Astley's Party

Astley's party are a group of friendly NPCs that travel the world and can be found in a number of locations. They will usually offer some advice or items to help you on your journey.

##### Astley

Astley is a Fencer that you will likely first meet on emerging from the Spawning Meadows into Delende for the first time. Astley will ask you what you're searching for in the land of Sequoia, and offer some words of advice. If you've managed to miss it at Nan's Hut, Astley will give you the incredibly useful Home Point Stone here.
You can meet Astley again in Delende, where she will point you towards a crystal in a cave.

##### Chloe

Chloe is a Hunter with a bit of a love/hate relationship with Talon, and a strange obsession with fishing... fishing for birds. You'll first meet Chloe in Delende, where she tells you she's looking for friends. She will give you a Fly Lure when you find her in Capital Courtyard so that you can fish too. She will also give you a Jiggling Lure and a Super Rod in Shoudu Province and Jidamba Tangle respectively.

##### Talon

Talon is an edgelord Rogue that enjoys teasing Chloe. He gives you some advice on how to avoid Flames by breaking line-of-sight in The Pale Grotto or by moving in a serpentine fashion in Rolling Quintar Fields.

##### Reid

Reid is a generous Warrior that will sometimes gift the player with useful items. He will give you a Ring Mail in The Pale Grotto and a Courtyard Key in Salmon River. It's his old gear that he doesn't need anymore, but it's still a kind gesture.

### Quintar Enthusiast

This guy absolutley bloody loves Quintar, so much so that he wants you to go out and slaughter some and then bring him the eyes. You do get a few rewards for doing it so hey why not. If you bring a Brutish Quintar Eye he'll let you have a Quintar Pass, and will gift you a Quintar Flute if you manage to get a Fancy Quintar Eye.

### Gokue

Gokue is a very helpful dude who will give you a tip each time you run into him. Just an all around good guy.

## Antagonistic NPCs

### Rival Party

This group of jerks will try to ambush your party in a few locations, and can be a little frustrating if you're caught unaware. They are very rude too, calling you names and threatening you. If you can get the better of this group they will drop their lunch money and run. They hang out in Capital Sequoia, behind some buildings in the second layer.

#### Dr. Cool Aids

Something of a leader in the party, this Warrior is a real piece of work.

#### Quinsey

All efective teams need balance, and Quinsey the Cleric is the teams healer.

#### Kuroi Darkness

"Darkness darker than dark and darker than black, I call upon thee, combine with my inner crimson. Your time of awakening cometh."
Kuroi Darkness is the teams Wizard, and seems to take it a little too seriously to be honest.

#### Doist

An unfriendly counterpart to Chloe, Doist is a Hunter.

#### Edge Master

True to the name, this is a real master of being edgy, sporting the edgiest class available - Assassin. Replaces Dr. Cool Aids after you reach a certain point in the game.

## PVP Fights

Crystal Project doesn't support real PVP, however you will occasionally be fighting something other than wildlife and monsters. Some of these are ambushes so have been spoiler tagged, and there will also be some story spoilers at the bottom of the page.

### Rival Party

#### Fight 1

You will be ambushed when trying to head to the northeast part of Rolling Quintar Fields, where the Quintar Enthusiast lives.

#### Fight 2

This ambush takes place on the east side of Sara Sara Beach, around the cliffs.

#### Fight 3

The final ambush by these bozos will take place in Tall, Tall Heights. Dr. Cool Aids is no longer with the team, being replaced by Edge Master.

### Non-repeatable

#### Capital Sequoia

If you approach Castle Sequoia drawbridge, past the maze, you will be stopped by Orchard the Ninja and Little H. the Samurai. They will try to make you turn around, but if you insist on trying to get into the Castle they will throw down. If you lose you can challenge them again, but once you win they'll disappear.

#### Rolling Quintar Fields

If you bring the Quintar Enthusiast a Woke or Trusty Quintar Eyeball he will get very upset, and chastise you for harming a protected species. This will trigger a fight with the Enthusiast and his companion, Buttermint. This can be a challenging fight as Buttermint has high stats and powerful skills, while the Enthusiast will cast support spells like Protect and Regen.

#### Okimoto N.S.

Various ambushes take place around Okimoto N.S., although most can be spotted in advance if you're careful. The fights aren't too challenging if your attacks connect. Might have gotten the order of these wrong :)

The Samurai Mitsuroogi will use the Swift Wind skill to generate combo tokens, follwed by Ken: Asura to consume them and deal strong damage. Wind resistance on your tank will help mitigate some of the sting.

Moruto is a Ninja that will use Utsusemi to avoid physical hits, and hit back with Fire Seal skill.

Similar to Fight 2, Sauce Skay is a Ninja that will use Utsusemi to avoid physical hits, and hit back with Ice Seal skill.

Ninja Sukara will attempt to blind your party with Eye Gouge as well as using Utsusemi to boost her dodge chance.

#### Castle Ramparts

Samurai Masashi has high HP and Atk stats, and will use Swift Wind and Swift Ember to generate combo tokens before following up with Ken: Asura

Ninja Murasaki is subclassed as an Assassin to gain access to the Bloody Slice skill, and will also use Thunder Seal and Utsusemi during the fight.

### Repeatable

#### Secret Battle

Story Spoilers below

The final battle of Crystal Project is a PVP fight against Astley and her party. The team hit hard but have no dedicated healer, so you should be able to win without too much trouble if you can keep your team topped up. Status Effects from Summoner can also be very useful by preventing them from acting.
You can repeat this fight at will by simply returning to The New World and speaking to Astley.

#### Super Secret Battle

Story Spoilers below

The real final battle of Crystal Project is another PVP fight against Astley and her party, but this time after presenting the Proof Of Merit key item, gained by defeating most of the superbosses in the game.
As Grandmaster, Astley can Banish a member of your team and will do so at certain HP thresholds, or when an ally dies, during this fight. Astley's Party's stats remain the same, but Astley gains immunity to Sleep, Paralyze and Stop. As such it is much more challenging fight than the first round.
You can repeat this fight at will by simply returning to The New World and speaking to Astley.