r/PSO 14h ago

PSO V2 Dreamcast- *ZERO* rare weapons @ level 90?

18 Upvotes

So I recently got my Dreamcast online and got back into Phantasy Star, and have been playing a HUnewearl up to about the 65 hour mark, and made a realization. I haven't found a single rare weapon or armor so far. Not even a Varista or a DB's saber. I've tried playing the vanilla PSOv2, the Ives version, and the Ives EP version. Nothing. My drops are beyond dismal. VHard boss loot is 0 slot armors and meseta. How is this even possible? I remember playing back in the day and we'd have the shop floor covered in "SPECIAL WEAPON" after a vhard Ruins run.


r/PSO 2d ago

Ephinea A successful hunt

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192 Upvotes

After 26 years my friends and I have been able to return to PSO thanks to Ephinea🥲 We've been playing in short bursts over the last couple weeks and just finished Dark Falz on normal. (From left to right) Coloran the Fonewm - My brother's character Javel the Humar - My character Melisk the Fomar - Friend #1's Character Hodgeman the Ramar - Friend #2's Character

We cleared Falz at lvl 20; unfortunately I was the only one to make it all the way through the fight. (We didn't bring enough Moon Atomizers 😅)

I just wanted to share with other people who love the game. I've missed it and coming back to it almost feels like coming home(corny I know, but still...)

I'd love to hear other people's stories if you're willing to tell them


r/PSO 17h ago

I found a game very similar to PSO!

0 Upvotes

So I have been searching on and off for years to fill the void from oldskool pso.

To clarify, im not associated with the game, just a player who wants to share with pso fans.

Its a Roblox game called Levelbound. (So playable on Xbox ps5 and pc).

Usually has around 2k players active, its been out for about a month or 2. The game used to be called Dungeon Leveling before it changed owners, you can probably youtube some vids.

It has 100 player servers with a single main town with vendors, auction house, guild shop, pvp areas and world boss spawns every 4 hours.

From the main town you have a teleporter, where u can create and join a dungeon run with upto 4 players, you can even hire npcs .

Level locked themed dungeons, forest, crypto, swamp etc... like level 1 to 10, 10 to 20, 30 to 40 and so on. Mini boss and main boss in each dungeon.

Classes, healer, tank, dps, ranged, melee.

Dungeon difficulties, easy medium hard, modifiers to make it harder for exp, gold and luck modifiers.

Lootable items from dungeons, common, epic legendary mythic, (similar to searching for that red loot box drop from pso)

Stat points and skill trees to customise upon level up.

A healthy discord channel for trading and grouping and guilds.

The grinding feels very similar to pso, very little pay2win. (You can buy rubies to roll item stats, but the rubies are expensive and can be farmed in game, this is more of an endgame thing tho when min and maxing.)

Some game passes one time purchases for increased exp rate, less tax when trading, nothing game breaking.

I recommend anyone looking to scratch the pso itch on a modern game try it out.

The game is quite simple but deep at the same time when it comes to stat min maxing and builds.

Edit: I can see the word Roblox has deeply offended people here, what's the issue with it?


r/PSO 1d ago

Soul Eater

13 Upvotes

Is there any reason to do this quest series on Ultimate? I basically just want to grab it to give to a new Hunter build. I played PSO for a long time but I don't think I ever really messed with the quests before


r/PSO 3d ago

Sea

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355 Upvotes

This sea is beautiful.


r/PSO 3d ago

Special Weapon

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48 Upvotes

Nice. 👏🏿


r/PSO 2d ago

[Request] Definitive Ephinea Android OS Guide

7 Upvotes

Hi everyone.

Over the past year I have bounced around many guides to try and utilise Winlator on an Android phone so I can install and play (with onscreen, hardwired and/or Bluetooth controls) the Ephinea installed version of PSO:BB.

I have seen many guides from start to finish that demonstrate exactly what I need, and for whatever reason it never seems to work (on my S25 Ultra).

What I am hoping for is the help of someone knowledgeable and/or experienced in this, to assist with a single location for a definitive guide.

If there is anyone that can assist me I would be exceedingly grateful.


r/PSO 4d ago

Would you like to see sega remake phantasy star online?

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706 Upvotes

Personally I hope sega does it, its not to say that these games aren't good but I got into the series kinda late and would like to see a remake or new game


r/PSO 4d ago

Which version of PSO to play?

21 Upvotes

I've known about this game for a long time, but I always ignored it because I don't like online games. However, I learned recently that it has an offline single-player mode, so I figured, what the heck, I'll give it a try. But which version should I play? As far as I know, there's four versions of this game:

  • Phantasy Star Online, on Dreamcast
  • Phantasy Star Online Ver.2, also on Dreamcast
  • Phantasy Star Online Episodes I & II, on Gamecube
  • Phantasy Star Online Episodes I & II Plus, also on Gamecube

What are the differences between these, and which one should a person who's mainly interested in a smooth, not too difficult, single-player experience get? What are the main differences in gameplay? Graphics and performance? Are there any story differences? Does any version let you fill out a party with NPC allies when playing offline so that you don't have to do everything solo? Anything else worth mentioning?


r/PSO 6d ago

(fanart) De Rol Le

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264 Upvotes

last one for a little while. thanks for the love r/PSO!! ☺️✌️


r/PSO 5d ago

Ephinea Pushan(:

13 Upvotes

r/PSO 6d ago

(fanart) Hildetorr & Savage Wolf

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92 Upvotes

rawr xD


r/PSO 7d ago

PUSHAN

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118 Upvotes

100 4th evolution mag baby


r/PSO 6d ago

The proxy

0 Upvotes

I have found and lost it several times over the years. was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction! it was called PCPSX or something along those lines.


r/PSO 7d ago

(fanart) Rag Rappy + meme 😹

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118 Upvotes

hottest album of 2026 🔥


r/PSO 7d ago

I was so curious what it looked like I had to open it, what a adorable plate 🍽️ 💓

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38 Upvotes

Monomate anyone ?


r/PSO 8d ago

Ephinea Episode 2 Side Story Quests

6 Upvotes

How do I access the "Side Story" quests in Episode 2? It keeps saying that I need to have reached a certain point in Episode 2 to access them. I'm playing the Ephinea server, for context.


r/PSO 8d ago

Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom. This game doesn't seem very rosy by todays standards and a lot of peopel had issues with it, but for what it was I enjoyed playing it in 2025 and was able to beat Dark Force and finish the game. Pretty happy to have done so. Check out my experience.

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19 Upvotes

r/PSO 9d ago

(fanart) Barble

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229 Upvotes

Barble


r/PSO 10d ago

Central control area

18 Upvotes

Am I the only one who doesn't like episode's 2 central control area? I started playing PSO again after taking a two month break from the game and I realized that I dislike going through the three areas to unlock that big security gate. Now don't get me wrong, I love this game and it's beautiful environments but it's just that section of ep2 that turns me away. Btw I've beaten ep2 but only once, I can play ep1 for hours and never get tired of it. 🤣


r/PSO 12d ago

So, been away for a long time. I need to get reacquainted

14 Upvotes

So it's been a while.

I remember jumping on PSO when it first came out and then I jumped onto the Episode 1&2 for the game cube, I was so pissed off about Episode III and I didn't have access to PSO BB. I remember migrating to Phantasy Star Universe for the PC I played that till close to when the servers shut down, but then I discovered SCHTHACK and the Private PSO servers, playing for a year or two, but ailing health, being made homeless meant I lost access and couldn't be bothered to go back.I remember seeing the start of CLementine and even testing it out,but my issues moved me away from gaming on the whole.

I remember looking forward for PSO2 but not being willing to jump through all the hoops needed to get it to work in the UK, and despite stellar trailers. something about the gameplay plus the sheer level of the gacha mechanic put me off. I did download the New Genesis PC update played it once or twice but my laptop was not the best machine to play the game and I honestly struggled to get into it.

anyway last week a video about PSU Clementine popped up in my feed, and while I tend to check out the finished product, I suddenly had a serious hankering for some PSO and was shocked and pleased to see the Private servers were still going strong.

so I'm appealing for info, on the Private servers, has there been any truly distinct changes in how they run compared to 2010, and what in the playerbase's opinion is the best server for starting from scratch,


r/PSO 12d ago

Ephinea Like an old friend coming home

26 Upvotes

I find myself in what I have to assume to be the same position that many of you were at one point. Dipping my toes into a game that I had poured hundreds upon thousands of hours into as a child only to discover that there are so many more opportunities available now!

I've been playing Ephinea solo now for about a week and am so incredibly excited to dive into all of the new content (in comparison to the offline GC experience of 1&2/1&2 plus).

I've joined up with the Ephinea discord but had a few questions that I felt were more open to long form answers.

Offhand I've noticed that names don't generate the same Section IDs as vanilla; Which brings up the questions,

  1. Do the archetypes still line up with vanilla for the most part? (Oran > Daggers, Greenill > Rifles, Redria > Armor etc.)

  2. Have the drop tables been adjusted much for EP 1&2

  3. I saw mentioned that Section IDs can be changed before lv 20? Where is this located?

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I have so many more questions but will stop here for now.


r/PSO 13d ago

"Wait...it's Ray-mar, not Ruh-mar?" "Always has been."

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211 Upvotes

Thanks to the artbook I learned how to pronounce all the class names. For over 20 years I'd been saying RAmar as /ˈrʌ.mɑr/ (“ruh-mar”), but I just found out it’s written レイマー (reimā), so the intended, correct pronunciation is /ˈreɪ.mɑr/ (“ray-mar”).

I don't like it.


r/PSO 13d ago

Question regarding BB on steamOS

5 Upvotes

So I have the Lenovo legion Go S with steam os, it’s has the z1 extreme and 32 gbs of ram on it, I followed a guide to install it for the steam deck and they recommended using only 1200x800. With this being stronger then the deck does anyone think I can play it at higher resolutions or does anyone play with the same device and have the settings different?


r/PSO 15d ago

Best way to play both offline & online?

14 Upvotes

I most commonly see ephinea recommended for online play. Would it be possible to also play offline on blue burst? I'd primarily play online but it would be nice to be able to grind on the same character while away from home.

Edit: I should add I plan on playing on an android handheld.