Template:Images Template:Sideicon Template:Sideicon Quest Medley is a mode introduced in the iOS version of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy and reappeared in the sequel, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call. The successor to Dark Notes, Quest Medleys are randomly generated "quests" where one guides their party through a map to defeat enemies and bosses. There are four classes of Quest Medleys: Short, Medium, Long, and Inherited. They are the main source of the Crystal Shards used to unlock characters.
Each class of Medley is unlocked by completing a single one of the next-longest class (e.g. completing one's first Medium-length Medley opens up Long Quest Medleys). Further Medleys are generated by clearing ones of the same class.
Players can attach them to their ProfiCards to share with other players.
Structure
Every Quest Medley, regardless of length, includes an overworld sequence and a final dungeon, both involving Battle Music Sequences and Field Music Sequences. There will be at least one fork in the path, with different quest elements down each path (for example, a choice between an Aetheryte or a Key). Although there is no backtracking, a quest can be repeated.
HP is not automatically regained during a quest, and curative items will not automatically be used if equipped; the player must manually do so from the map with the Use Item button. (Curative abilities still function as normal.) If the party loses all HP, they automatically fail in the quest and must either restart from the beginning or the last Aetheryte.
Each song completed adds one ingame "day" to the quest. Each day adds an EXP bonus, for a maximum of twice the EXP (20 days). The day count can be increased by using a Tent.
Type
There are four different types of Quests:
- Short Quest Medleys involve a small number of songs and have one boss at the very end.
- Medium Quest Medleys have a greater number of songs and two bosses.
- Long: Quest Medleys with a large number of songs and three bosses.
- Inherited: Quest Medleys obtained from other players through Streetpass or online play.
Quests are also categorized as Normal (N), Rare (R), or Premium (P). This indicates the rarity of the loot dropped or found.
Gameplay Elements
Certain songs in the quest may have special elements or rewards, indicated with an icon over the song on the map screen.
- Aetherytes function as Save Points. If the player fails, they will restart from this point. There is usually an Aetheryte in the final dungeon.
- Keys appear are available from some songs on the map and come in four colors: Fire, Thunder, Crystal, and Dark. Each color corresponds to a certain gate.
- Fat Chocobo appears at the end of some FMS.
- Gates bar certain paths. They can be unlocked by a key of the same color as the quest's aura. Even if the quest is failed, an unlocked Gate remains opened.
- Ex Bosses appear on Medium-length quests or longer. They drop rare items if defeated.
- Airships: In Medium and Long quests, some paths lead to a seeming dead end with an airship icon and FMS. Playing it will skip over much of the map and drop the party near the Final Dungeon. Airships can also be called by the player using Airship Tickets, which can be used anywhere on the map and replace the next stage with an airship FMS. They cannot be used in the final dungeon.
- First Class Tickets: Skips directly to the final dungeon. They can be purchased with 3DS coins.
- Economy Class Tickets: Moves the player to a random point on the map. Dropped by enemies in a BMS.
Naming
Each Medley has a unique name. As with Dark Notes, the words used in the name indicate what kind of songs the Medley contains.
Bosses
On the selection screen, the silhouette of the boss(es) are shown when the player scrolls through available quests and are filled in after completion. The selection screen also shows what rewards each boss carries; these are usually crystal shards (two to six of a color) but may be rare items. Although quests can be repeated, the displayed rewards can only be won once.
The bosses usually appear earlier than normal in a BMS.
Music
The background music of the Overworld is an arrangement of the "Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII". The final dungeon is either "The Crystal Tower" (Final Fantasy III) if the dungeon is a tower, or "Into the Darkness", the dungeon theme from the soundtrack of Final Fantasy IV.
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