Haven't you always wanted to work at a hotel? Here's your chance! Just do this! Note: This second one is completely pointless, even though it's fun. You can still talk to the person while you're standing on the ground. You should be able to walk into a wall behind there. Go to the room with the bridge.¿You can already see him. The first one I found is a salesperson selling some good items in the Castle of Tansicia (is that how you spell it?). If all goes well, you should be able to defeat the Dark Lich without getting a scratch and before he even has a chance to do anything! Hidden Areas If the girl's MP gets low, have the Sprite use a fairie walnut on her. When her spells become active again, use the Lumina again. Right after you cast it, keep checking on when you can use another one of the girl's spells. Instead, just have a couple fairie walnuts and when the Dark Lich appears, just start pummeling him with the Lumina spell. In many walkthroughs for SoM, they always want you to do complicated stuff when it comes to killing the second to last boss, the Dark Lich. Also you should make an extra data because you might mess up and the you wont be able to use the data anymore. Note: Do not try this more than once, it will mess up your data.
Every time you get a Mana Seed, you will be able to increase your magic's level. It may not be the final orb of the sword, if not it will be the orb for another weapon.
It will usually contain useless things, but eventually (after ages) you will get an orb. Go to the Mana fortress and kill as many enemies as it takes to get a chest. If you are thinking that the other 'mana sword gaining techniques' are dodgy, fear not. Walk up to the guy at the gate, keep walking into him and keep pushing SELECT until you're on the other side. SNES ONLY: To get back into Potos after you get banished, you have to have all three people alive. When one of your character gets a spell cast on him/her use the Midge Mallet twice and that character will revive with no damage.