Chapter 4: route context and preparation

Classic SC places Chapter 4 in Rolent during the fog investigation. Grancel belongs to Chapter 3.

The cited source covers the original SC. It does not establish remake item locations, BP answers, encounter values or missable deadlines.

The official story page summarizes the earlier game and Estelle’s search for Joshua. It does not establish Chapter 4’s location or route. Classic SC places this chapter in Rolent.

The official character index lists party members, allies and antagonists, but not a complete remake availability schedule. Build around the characters actually present in your file.

1. Keep a chapter-start save before following the next main-story marker.
2. Check shops, equipment, Orbments and recovery supplies.
3. Read the Guild board, quest log and notebook entries after each major story change.
4. Keep a pre-event file when the game warns that the story will advance.

The older SC route involves investigating fog around Rolent. No remake quest order, deadline or return condition is established by that historical comparison.

When an NPC, shop or request changes after a story scene, record it before travelling away. This gives the eventual missables table a traceable source.

Kingy recommends keeping a save before a story transition. The demo’s Academy warning does not establish a Chapter 4 lock-in.

Do not mark an item as missed just because a legacy guide places it earlier. Confirm the current journal, map and shop state first.

1. Keep one file outside the next story location.
2. Finish only optional tasks whose availability is visible in the release build.
3. Recheck notebooks and the Guild board after the scene resolves.
4. Retain the file until the next region is accessible.

Some checklist labels previously named the wrong chapter location. Corrected labels start unchecked; recheck them against your current save. This correction does not reset the separate My progress chapter milestones.