Hope Village

Hope Village is the main town in the sequel. All of your adventures start there, at least so far. As in the original game, the town is small at the start, but adds more residents as you get further into the game. Major residents and buildings are listed roughly in the order that they are added to the town as you progress through the game.

Unlike the original game, many of the buildings in the sequel have interiors and you can go inside. Additionally, the town is mostly done from a close third-person behind the character view, rather than the high overhead view that is used in dungeons and most of the rest of the game. As with dungeons, you can also switch to a first person view with the Look Over option.

As in the original game, your friends whom you recruit in dungeons will also hang out in town, and you can talk to them, but don't otherwise do anything with them while in town. There are 40 locations where the game can put one of your friends. If you have fewer than 40 friends, all of them will be in town, and it will pick random locations to put them. If you have more than 40, then all of the slots will have some friend place there, and which friends are in town will be chosen randomly.

## Your House

Your house has two doors that you can access. The right one is for storage, which allows you to store both items and money. The left one allows you to go inside your house.

## Lulu and Lemo

Lulu and Lemo are two early inhabitants of the town. They have some flavor text if you talk to them, but don't otherwise do anything.

## Store

Tanukichi is back and runs a store as before. She sells a limited number of items, but buys just about anything, which allows you to unload most of your loot for cash after your adventures.

## Melt's House

Melt is the ruler of the town, and her aide is Gabli. Initially, they are both inside of Melt's house, though they move for various storyline scenes. Later on, Melt goes outside and stands in the middle of town to prestige your friends.

## Bulletin Board

The bulletin board outside of Melt's house is where you set up your party and choose which friends to take with you. It serves roughly the same purpose that talking to Mayor Tarte did in the original game.

## Coco's Cafe

Coco returns to town and sets up her cafe, just as in the original game. She sells a variety of meals that give you some buffs for the start of a dungeon run. The meals are totally different from in the first game. There is also a Drunken Slime inside the cafe.

## Blacksmith

Inside the blacksmith shop, Judy sells some low level weapons and shields. Outside, Lina can upgrade swords and shields for you just as Oyakata did in the original game.

## Insurance

Ins Rance sells insurance for swords, shields, and bracelets, allowing you to recover them if you lose them by dying in a dungeon. She serves the same purpose as Insya in the original game, and may even be intended as the same character.

## Porter Puree

Puree is back and will take you to various dungeon rest areas that you've previously reached. The farther into the dungeon you want to go, the fewer items you can take.

## Karen's construction shop

After you complete the Route Old Castle dungeon, Karen will arrive in town and set up shop. She can build new buildings for you, expand the storage in your house, or build furniture for your house.