• Gameplay help-related questions are also welcome here, but not mandated. This is NOT officially affiliated with Koei Tecmo nor Gust:

Where do I start?

• Atelier Series Guide - What is Atelier? Which Atelier game do I choose? I am overwhelmed!
• A table with story blurbs about Atelier games on current platforms by e-xtrc

• That's Gust's mascot! And her name is Gust-chan. She's also seen "managing" the Salburg shop (now called Gust Shop) since about 2002 and has made cameos in a lot of Gust games. The hat she's wearing isn't a hat, but her father. His name is Gust-kun! Crazy, right?

My game lags on PC/Steam!

• If you have integrated graphics (such as a laptop): Windows 10 Settings -> Search "Graphics settings" -> Browse -> Select the game exe -> Options -> High Performance -> Save
• Otherwise, plug in a controller.
  • If you don't have a controller, you can try something like vjoy to fake one.
• You may also try using TellowKrinkle's Atelier Sync Fix. (It usually works for some!)
  • Simply paste the .dll file on the game's .exe file location.
  • If in case TellowKrinkle's Atelier Sync Fix didn't work, try using loliii123's Atelier Sync Fix
    • ^{Comment thread of loliii123's Atelier Sync Fix build for reference}

Do Atelier and Gust games go on sale?

• You'd do well to check the major sales periods but they don't always show up.
  • Use DekuDeals to see the price history on console platforms
    • Be sure to enable the PS4 & PS5 setting to see the price history on those platforms (it's disabled by default)
  • Use SteamDB to see the price history on Steam/PC platforms

Which of the Console Atelier games have time limits?

• Has Time Limits
  • SALBURG: Marie (and Marie Remake)^Salburg1, Elie^Salburg2, Lilie^{Salburg3ExceptIt'sSetBeforeSalburg1}
  • GRAMNAD: Viorate^Gramnad2
  • ARLAND: Rorona^Arland1, Totori^Arland2, Meruru^Arland3
  • DUSK: Ayesha^Dusk1 , Escha & Logy^Dusk2
• No Time Limits
  • GRAMNAD: Judie^Gramnad1
  • IRIS: Iris 1, Iris 2, Iris 3
  • MANA KHEMIA: Mana Khemia 1, Mana Khemia 2
  • ARLAND: Lulua^Arland4
  • DUSK: Shallie^Dusk3
  • MYSTERIOUS: Sophie 1^Mysterious1, Sophie 2^{Mysterious4ExceptIt'sSetAfterMysterious1}
  • SECRET: Ryza 1, Ryza 2, Ryza 3
• Has Partial Time Limits
  • MYSTERIOUS: Firis^Mysterious2:
  • MYSTERIOUS: Lydie & Suelle^Mysterious3: It has one chapter with a Time Limit— it's easy

Will preorder or early purchase DLC be available again?

Do the JP releases have EN text?

• Japanese versions of the console releases do not include English text languages.
• However, PC/Steam releases include both English & Japanese text languages!
  • Except for: Surge Concerto DX (because that DX release was never localized in English) (It's also region-locked to Japan on Steam)

I want to access the hardest difficulty without clearing the game first.

• It also includes: A convenience Firis save and a NG+ save for Meruru DX so you don't have to play it twice to get the NG+ ending.

Interesting Links

• Japanese Sales Data
• Atelier Wiki
• Why Atelier is yearly
  • (This news article is obsolete now, especially ever since the Secret subseries' success and ever since Gust as a company has evolved over the years. It's still a nice reading material to put out, regardless.)

Translations

• Marie + Elie
• Lydie & Suelle Vita
• Ar tonelico 2 Retranslation
• More EXA_PICO translations than you can shake a stick at
• Mana Khemia (French)
• Iris 1 (French)
• Nora and the Time Studio -- Creator of Atelier was involved in this game.

People (all in Japanese)

• Notable Musicians involved in mainline Atelier Game OSTs:
  • Haruka Shimotsuki (Twitter) - Vocals / Singer
    • Iris 1-2-3, Mana Khemia 1, Rorona Plus^Arland1, Lulua^Arland4 Dusk, Mysterious, Resleriana
  • Mineko Yamamoto - Vocals / Singer
    • Arland, Firis^Mysterious2, Lydie & Suelle^Mysterious3
  • Daisuke Achiwa (Twitter)
    • Marie^Salburg1, Elie^Salburg2, Gramnad, Iris 1-2-3, Mana Khemia 1-2, Meruru^Arland3, Lulua^Arland4 Dusk, Mysterious
  • Kazuki Yanagawa (Twitter)
    • Viorate PSP^Gramnad2, Totori^Arland2, Meruru^Arland3, Lulua^Arland4, Dusk, Mysterious, Secret, Resleriana
  • Dani ^{alias of Akinobu Mukaedani}
    • Gramnad PSP, Mana Khemia 1-2, Rorona^Arland1, Meruru^Arland3, Lulua^Arland4, Dusk, Mysterious, Secret
  • Hayato Asano (Twitter)
    • Rorona Plus^Arland1, Escha & Logy^Dusk2, Shallie^Dusk3, Sophie 1^Mysterious1, Ryza 1, Ryza 2
  • Ken Nakagawa (Soundcloud)
    • Viorate^Gramnad2, Iris 1-2-3, Mana Khemia 1-2, Arland
  • Dani ^{alias of Akinobu Mukaedani} (Twitter)
    • Gramnad PSP, Mana Khemia 1-2, Rorona^Arland1, Meruru^Arland3, Lulua^Arland4, Dusk, Mysterious, Secret
  • Yu Shimoda (Twitter)
    • Dusk
  • Tatsuya Yano (Twitter)
    • Mysterious
  • Ryudai Abe (Twitter)
    • Escha & Logy^Dusk2, Shallie^Dusk3, Mysterious
  • Kosuke Mizukami (Twitter)
    • Secret, Resleriana
• Main Artists / Illustrators in charge:
  • tokki (Twitter) - Resleriana
  • Umiu Geso (Twitter) - Resleriana
  • toridamono (Twitter / May be NSFW) - Ryza
  • NOCO (Old Twitter, New Twitter) - Mysterious, Nelke, Resleriana^{Antagonist Character Design}
  • yuugen (Twitter / May be NSFW) - Mysterious
  • Hidari (Twitter) - Dusk
  • Mel Kishida (Twitter / May be NSFW) - Blue Reflection, Arland
  • Kazuyuki Yoshizumi (Website) - Mana Khemia
  • Jun Futaba (Website) - Gramnad, Iris
  • Izaemon Yamagata - Elie, Lilie
  • Kohime Ohse (Website) - Marie Original
  • Benitama (Twitter) - Marie Remake
  • yoshiku (Twitter / May be NSFW) - Nights of Azure
  • Yocky (Twitter) - Blue Reflection 1 (Monster Design)
  • ntny (Twitter) - Surge Concerto / Ciel nosurge, Ar nosurge
  • Ryou Nagi (Twitter) - EXA_PICO / Ar Tonelico 1-2-3
  • Nao Watanuki (Twitter) - DS Atelier ^Orde
  • tanu (Twitter) - Atelier Online
  • Riichu (Twitter) - Atelier Ryza Manga
  • Tomoyuki Shitaya (Twitter) - Atelier Ryza TV Animation (Character designer for the animation version of the characters)
• Other
  • Creator of Atelier: Shinichi Yoshiike (Twitter)
    • He's now a freelancer, but Gust hires him very often for supervision/writing in Atelier projects. He's also known to have a lot of connections within the industry, so expect surprises from whoever he invites to work on Atelier!
  • Current Gust Producer: Junzo Hosoi
    • He started being the producer since Lydie & Suelle, but has been working with Gust for a long time (Atelier Ayesha is the first game with his name in the credits)
  • Akira Tsuchiya? Akira Tsuchiya. Akira Tsuchiya! Akira Tsuchiya
    • EXA_PICO, Surge Concerto, Augmented Reality Girls Trinary, Blue Reflection Second Light ^{He's also the Gust merch man!}
  • FlightUnit: Hiroyuki Matsumoto (Twitter)
    • FlightUnit is a studio Gust hired starting Ar tonelico up until Atelier Sophie 1. They were the ones responsible for the 3D models in the past.

Official Links

• Gust (All in Japanese)
  • Social Media Accounts / SNS
    • @GustAtelierPR Twitter - Primarily Atelier info
    • @GustSocialPR Twitter - Non-Atelier info
    • @GustCorporation YouTube Channel - Official videos related to Atelier and Gust games
  • Websites
    • Gust Corporation Website
    • Gust Shop [Redirects to: https://shop.koeitecmo.com/]
    • Gust Social Website
• Koei Tecmo America (English)
  • (Website) - (Twitter) - (Facebook) - (YouTube)
• Koei Tecmo Europe (English)
  • (Website) - (Twitter) - (Facebook) - (Gust Facebook Page) - (YouTube)
• Koei Tecmo Japan (Japanese)
  • (Website) - (Twitter) - (Facebook) - (YouTube)
• Others
  • Gust game-specific Social Media Accounts / SNS
    • @Resleriana_EN Twitter (EN) - Atelier Resleriana English info
    • @Atelier_Resleri JP Twitter (JP) - Atelier Resleriana Japanese info
    • @Ryza_PR Twitter (JP) - Atelier Ryza TV Animation info
    • @BR_general_info Twitter (JP) - Blue Reflection info
    • @BRSUN_game Twitter (JP) - Blue Reflection Sun info
    • @SurgeConcertoPR Twitter (JP) - Surge Concerto info
    • Dead but amusing Pamela Twitter (JP) - Went inactive after promoting Viorate PSP
    • Dead but amusing Ayesha YouTube (JP)
    • Dead but amusing Totori YouTube (JP)
  • Other Gust Websites
    • Atelier 20th Anniversary Website
    • Atelier 25th Anniversary Website
    • Gust 30th Anniversary Premium Live Website

1. Gunship - Lunacy 1000 build by mattimeo005
2. Some damage testing also by mattimeo005, which shows that the Vigilante Set's Destabilized Debuff stacks with Destabilizer Missiles.
3. Vindicator 0 to 2000 Lunacy Guide by avandronov86, whose build post format I'll be benchmarking because of how thorough it is.

• Primary 1: Starforged Efficient Judge (Vigilante Set 1/3) - Coil Gun
  • Catalyst: Kinetic Damage
  • Chance to slow on hit
  • Chance to restore energy on crit
• Primary 2: Starforged Efficient Decimator (Bloodstar Set 1/3) - Autocannon
  • Catalyst: Kinetic Damage
  • Chance to slow on hit
  • Chance to restore energy on crit
• Primary 2: Starforged Executioner (Vigilante Set 2/3) - Railgun
  • Not used, just here to complete the Vigilante set.
• Secondary 1: Starforged Destabilizer Missiles
  • Catalyst: High-cap
  • 20% chance free missile on Primary crit
  • 80% decreased lock duration
  • Cannot be intercepted
• Secondary 2: Starforged Jury (Vigilante Set 3/3) - Homing Missiles
  • Not used (except maybe for Mining), just here to complete the Vigilante set.
• Energy core: Starforged FFT Core (Bloodstar Set 2/3)
  • Catalyst: Tuned
• Shield: Castiel's Protection (Radiant Legendary)
  • No Catalyst yet, not sure what to put on this.
• Armor: Starforged Renegade Plating (Bloodstar Set 3/3)
  • Catalyst: Repair Protocol
• Sensor: Starforged Wavepulse Analyzer (Siren's Sea Set 1/2)
  • No Catalyst
• Booster: Starforged Eco Hydrosurge Drive (Siren's Sea Set 2/2)
  • Decided on this instead of the Bloodstar one due to better efficiency.
• Cargo Module: BOB (Radiant Legendary)
  • No Catalyst yet, not sure what to put on this.

• Teleporter (Scurry), Front Shield Generator (All Day), Missile Defense System (Sustenance), Nano Transmitter (Carefree Package)
• I'm sure one or more of these can be replaced with a more offense-based device, but I think I've gotten complacent with the above combo.

• Must have:
  • 15% increased boost speed
  • 20% increased armour repair per kill

• Exit Strategy, Percussive Maintenance, Crit Happens, Critical Faculty, Exploitation, Symphony of Destruction.

• Hold down the Boost key. Usually sideways and backing away from the target to keep the Front Shield Generator (FSG) trained on them.
• Keep swapping between Judge and Decimator. Usually I open with Judge at range before swapping over to Decimator when in knife-fight distances. I will favour Judge if the target is speedy and hard to hit, and I will favour Decimator on bigger targets.
• Destabilizer Missiles are only manually used against beefy targets like bosses. Outside of that, mostly relying on the free missiles on crit.
• Devices:
  • Teleporter to get into, and out of, trouble.
  • FSG whenever off cooldown.
  • Missile Defense System (MDS) whenever off cooldown.
  • Nano Transmitter when both my armour and shields are nearly completely stripped off.
• Use ULT whenever ready.
• Consumables:
  • Damage Booster on boss
  • Nanobot when around or below 50% HP

• Final tally of sets on this build
  • Tides of Siren's Sea Set 2 pc
    • Two pieces: 30% increased ULT generation
  • Bloodstar Raid Set 3 pc
    • Two pieces: Refill 10% boost energy on kill.
    • Three pieces: Boosting increases Bloodstar weapon damage by 25%.
  • Vigilante Set 3 pc
    • Two pieces: Your locked target receives a stack of Destabilized each second, increasing the damage they take by 10%. Stacks up to 6 times and resets when switching targets.
    • Three pieces: Killing a target with at least 5 stacks of Destabilized creates an EMP explosion that disables enemies within 300m.
• Exploitation Perk is being triggered here by the "Chance to Slow On Hit" affix on both Judge and Decimator.