I start collecting ingredients so the Chemist can reopen.

I start rebuilding Colony 6.

We get out of the glaciers and into warmer terrain.

We learn the truth about Metal Face.

Time to do some mountain climbing.

We hunt some more monsters.

We get more of a discussion of the Monado and its powers.

We need to melt some ice to move forward with the story.

We reach our second base camp.

I do a few side quests, and check off some boxes in the Collectopaedia.

The party has reached the mountain pass.

Melia and Sharla have a Heart-to-Heart.

I head out to an island in the middle of the map.

Like the title says, I finish off this batch of side quests.

Melia and Shulk have a heart-to-heart.

I complete a side questline, and expand Melia’s skill tree.

I knock out some more side quests.

Shulk has an emotional conversation with Dunban.

We learn the secret behind the Faced Mechon.

It’s time to learn what Prison Island is imprisoning.

We release the second seal.

We release the first seal.