(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ok, this one's a quick one for those who don't like starting over every single time in each Yakuza title. I for one love the new Dragon Engine, but I DESPISE to death the whole '5 types of EXP' and such... so here's a NEAR maxed starter save with some fun hacks/modifications thrown in.

Features:

Max money (ok, I spent a bit )
Max EXP
All stats maxed and Limit broken (S rank)
Almost all moves and Heat actions gained
All Combat Manuals/Primers read/learnt
All Lifestyle upgrades obtained
Best Gear/Equipment (War God Talisman+Parry Talisman+Four Gods Beads) equipped x2 sets
All Locker keys obtained x90
All Casino/Gambling cheat items obtained x99
Best Weapons (Dragon-SP gun, Photon Blade RG, Rocket Launcher, etc) in Inventory
9999x Majima Construction tickets

Ok, now there's a few things to note:

1) Stats are maxed as far as possible in the beginning area where you are still looking for Daigo. The game is saved inside the Mahjong parlor on Tenkaichi St. Beyond all the Combat Manuals/Primers/Secret Books upgrades being applied, the rest of the upgrades/moves/etc are Story gated and you have to progress the story to get the rest. Everything that can be gotten has been gotten, including the Ultimate Essence which normally requires you to beat Jo Amon first and take his combat manual.

2) All locker keys have been obtained and you have 90 of each... but naturally you can only open each locker once per playthrough. The 90x keys simply means you can play through repeatedly and keep opening them each play without having to re-find them all again. If you do find some, well, it'll add to the count. Likewise with the gambling cheat items you have 99 of each. I tried to make them infinite usage but eh, that didn't work :/

3) There are two sets of the 'best equipment' ie the War God Talisman, Parry Talisman and the Four Gods Beads in this save... this is legitimately impossible to achieve. One set is equipped on Kiryu and the other set is in the Item box storage. The 2nd set is hopefully usable on Majima when you eventually switch to him. I was TRYING to put the 2nd set in his inventory, but couldn't work out how.

Aside from the above, the save is as 'maxed' as you're probably going to get without being in New Game Plus/Premium New Game and is saved on Hard.

The save was made on the EU PSN version... For some reason the save folder ID is CUSA10634 which is the same as the US one so I'm going to assume its all one version. If it doesn't work on the US game then welp... remember this was made on the EU version.

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UPDATE: Sorry, the original 'starter' save is gone... So I've uploaded a Premium Adventure save that you can use to start New Game+ with all of the above features intact and more. All abilities have been obtained and fully maxed... There pretty much is nothing left to do... But eh, this'll make some of you happy

Thank you. im from EU i was just confused from save wizard displaying the US version only. I would use this save but im at chapter 5, do you have the id for four god beads? Also, I dunno how to get all locker keys.

Too finicky and too much trouble as you have no idea which girl is which. Also there's some sort of odd check as I corrupted my save more often than not editing that section. Not worth the hassle... just play normally here with the Lifestyle skills and the girls level really damn fast.

4 god beeds? You mean the Heavenly Beasts Bracelet? That ID is 1372.

If you want all locker keys, edit your Inventory section and add the items 1902 and 1903 and only give yourself ONE of each of these, these items are the keys that display in your inventory and not the ACTUAL keys (ie the keyrings). If you give yourself more than 1 of these, your save will corrupt. After giving yourself 1x of the keyrings, take some time and add the items 1914 to 2013 and give yourself as many as you want of each key.

Have fun editing

EDIT: GFD it, missed my chance to make a pun... I should have said "4 God Beads? I'd tell you but I '4 God' "

to find the bracelet would i search for m_item_id":1372

No, if you want to ADD it, you use that ID.

ok so to add it i just type in m_item_id":1372?

nah brah you search for m_permanence and swap one of the ids with 0 permanance with that id since gear/acc dont have any durability on another note anyway to find out the gambling items ids?

Never used advanced mode but I'll backup my saves and give it a go.



saves are cross region, so EU or US it dosn't matter it will still work.

just had a look and it seems impossible to figure out where to put these item codes, there are tons and rows of m_equip and m_permanence, it's impossible to figure out where to put anything, you obviously have more experience and time than i do.

no clue on where to start with this, at least i tried even though i got nowhere with it.