The short answer
Use the Prologue to learn both battle modes and check your equipment between training areas. After Kurt’s battle, verify that your S-Crafts are present; Steam demo 1.00.2 repairs the known missing-unlock issue.
Before you start
- Current 2nd Chapter demo
- Expect spoilers for the ending of 1st Chapter
Your opening route
This is a route outline supported by demo reporting, not a chest-by-chest solution. No classic-SC lever order, BP dialogue answer or boss statistic has been imported.
- Follow the opening objective to the Le Locle training lodge. Anelace accompanies Estelle during training.
- Complete the channel training area, inspecting switches and newly opened connections when the path seems blocked.
- Return to the current objective after each encounter and recheck the party’s available skills.
- Continue through the forest and fortress portions of the training arc, saving between major transitions.
Check the post-Kurt unlock
- After the training battle with Kurt, inspect your available S-Crafts.
- On Steam, update to demo 1.00.2 or later if the unlock is missing.
- Load the affected save again. The official fix explicitly says existing affected saves receive the S-Crafts on load.
Sources for this section
Before entering Chapter 1
Make a separate save and review the party’s current equipment and Orbments. Keep recovery items available for the next dungeon instead of spending everything on optional grinding.
Chapter 1 opens up Ruan and its surrounding region. Use the chapter checklist before committing to its final investigation.
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Research checked 2026-09-12. This is a source-based guide; Kingy has not independently play-tested these steps. Evidence and coverage.