Are you ready to embark on an epic journey in SaGa SCARLET GRACE: AMBITIONS™? Before you dive into the game, it’s important to understand how the comet quiz works and its impact on character selection. In this guide, we’ll break down the mechanics of the comet quiz, the different outcomes, and provide a comprehensive list of potential questions and answers. Get ready to make informed choices and conquer the game!
Introduction
Of course, if you are unhappy with your choice, you can simply press back on the results screen and choose the protagonist you want directly at will. However, you will get the default version of the chosen protagonist without the aforementioned bonus and penalty.
There is nothing particularly wrong with the default stats, but if you are a min-maxer and aim to get the best stat distribution possible for a specific purpose or just want to know how the quiz works, then read on.
If you are on your very first playthrough and just want to see how to get a certain outcome, refer to this other Steam guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1928247417
Protagonist Stats – Default
Note that you cannot get these default stats through the comet quiz.
Protagonist Stats – Variations
The table below will list those 8 variations and the differences from the default stat.
Each completed playthrough will add one additional variation to the list. The added variation will always be the same regardless of which protagonist you chose for the previous playthrough, so the first variation that gets added after 1 completed playthrough will always be Diemazu for Balmaint regardless of whether your first run was with Balmaint or Urpina or the other two.
The list of the additional variations are as follows, with “Completed” being the number of completed playthrough(s) required to unlock it.
How the Comet Quiz Works
1. The questions offered is fixed depending on your number of completed playthrough.
This means that it isn’t random. On your first playthrough you will get a set of questions, on the next you will get another. For a given number of completed playthrough, the first question is the same, the second question if you picked A for the first one is the same, and so on regardless of how many times you do it.
2. The number of completed playthrough is saved in the system data.
This means that no matter whether you select “New Game” on the title screen or load a clear file from your first, second, or n-th playthrough, you will get offered the same set of questions depending on how many playthroughs you completed. Your selection of completed playthroughs in the “New Game” screen does not affect the comet quiz.
3. When you pick an option, one of the two options of the next question will be associated with the constellation you picked previously, and the constellation you did not choose will not show up again in the quiz.
For instance, the first question on a fresh game is:
– (Kada) Its well-equipped medical chamber.
– (Tejedura) Its beautiful figurehead.
Picking the first option associated with Kada will give you the second question:
– (Macha) Administer treatment and compete.
– (Kada) Give up on the match and rest.
As you can see, one of the two options of the next question is still associated with Kada, and it will keep appearing as long as you keep selecting it. At the same time, since you didn’t pick Tejedura option for the first round, you will not get a question that will have a Tejedura option again in the remaining questions. If you choose Kada again then there won’t be another Macha option either.
4. The final question will determine which constellation & protagonist variation you will get.
It doesn’t matter if the first 6 questions you are all in on Macha if on the 7th you pick the Marigan one, you will get Urpina – Marigan as the results. Similarly, if you picked different constellations on the first 6 questions then picked Shaams for the 7th then the result will show Balmaint – Shaams.
From this, it can be seen that the purpose of the first 6 questions is to eliminate the constellations that you don’t want.
Now, from that you may have a question: if initially all protagonists has two associated constellation, then why does Urpina and to a lesser extent Leonard get so favored in the first quiz?
From the other guide listed at the top and the list of questions below, you can see that the first question make you choose between Kada (Balmaint) and Tejedura (Taria). Depending on your selection, the second question will be Macha (Taria) VS. Kada (Balmaint) if you picked the former or Macha (Taria) VS. Tejedura (Taria) if you picked the latter.
Notice how the first two questions is all about eliminating Taria or Balmaint, in fact you can completely eliminate all Taria options by the second question. Tracking further, the 3rd question is still about Taria VS. Balmaint or VS. themselves. The chance to remove 1 Leonard constellation only starts appearing at the 4th question and for Urpina it only starts at the 5th.
Therefore, it’s very easy to get Urpina and slightly easy to get Leonard due to how the questions are distributed.
The following sections of the guide will show all available questions, answers and which constellation the answer belongs to.
Q&A – 0 Playthrough(s) – Initial
- (Marigan): With my own strength.
- (Macha): By calling forth other fiends.
Death is a fate that none can escape. How do you deasl with this inevitability?
- (Marigan): By choosing where I die.
- (Shaams): By accepting fate.
Lose this battle and your nation will surely fall into ruin. As the emperor, upon what do you rely?
- (Marigan): My own capabilities.
- (Imhokiel): My impenetrable fortress.
Your castle is under siege and you haven’t eaten for days. What do you most desire after you emerge victorious?
- (Marigan): A supreme weapon.
- (Astel): A supreme feast.
Your ambitions reach as high as the heavens. What is the key to fulfilling them?
- (Marigan): Overwhelming ability.
- (Kada): A sound body.
As a potter, you create wares night and day. Why do you work so hard?
- (Marigan): To further myself.
- (Tejedura): To make things people love.
You have a long-time foe who seems unbeatable. How do you seize victory?
- (Marigan): Hard work and discipline.
- (Adamas): Stronger armaments.
Rules have meaning because people follow them, yet occasionally the strong try to break them.
- (Macha): True strength is not bound by rules.
- (Shaams): Rules exist to restrain the strong.
An unstoppable force and an immovable object. Given the choice, which would you wield?
- (Macha): A spear to pierce all things.
- (Imhokiel): A shield that never breaks.
The tale of the tortoise and the hare is a storied one. As the tortoise, how do you win the race?
- (Macha): Put the hare to sleep.
- (Astel): Focus on the goal, not the victory.
It’s the night before an important competition, and your leg has cramped up from practicing too hard. What do you do?
- (Macha): Administer treatment and compete.
- (Kada): Give up on the match and rest.
Fireworks dance in the sky, beautiful yet ephemeral. What do you feel as you watch them?
- (Macha): True beauty is fleeting.
- (Tejedura): They are beautiful, yet sad.
Sports are a good form of training and recreation for warriors. What kind of sports do you prefer?
- (Macha): Sports that are played barehanded.
- (Adamas): Sports that are played with tools.
Beautiful prose and beautiful architecture are two of life’s pleasures. Which do you prefer?
- (Shaams): Beautiful prose.
- (Imhokiel): Beautiful architecture.
Which do you prefer: an orderly, impoverished world or a chaotic, rich one?
- (Shaams): An orderly world.
- (Astel): A rich world.
The downtrodden exist no matter what the age. What is the best way for them to escape poverty?
- (Shaams): Change the framework of society.
- (Kada): Health is more valuable than money.
You broke through the enemy ranks to save the castle and the emperor. What reward do you desire?
- (Shaams): A landed title.
- (Tejedura): A diamond crest.
Ancient ruins long thought lost have been unearthed. Which piques your interest most?
- (Shaams): Ancient codes of laws.
- (Adamas): Excavated armaments.
Your next foe is a fierce one. What preparations do you make to ensure victory?
- (Imhokiel): The best offense is a good defense.
- (Astel): Can’t fight on an empty stomach!
Plagues frequently riddle a land where weather conditions are always harsh. How do you prevent the next outbreak?
- (Imhokiel): Build a grand hospital.
- (Kada): Send out skilled doctors.
Ancient ruins long thought lost have been unearthed. Which piques your interest most?
- (Imhokiel): The structures themselves.
- (Tejedura): The excavated works of art.
A stonemason and a blacksmith are arguing. Which argument do you find more persuasive?
- (Imhokiel): Choose a tool to match the job.
- (Adamas): Choose a job to match the tool.
Death is a fate that none can escape. How do you deal with this inevitability?
- (Astel): By raising the next generation.
- (Kada): By living as long as possible.
As your stomach rumbles on your journey, you happen upon a glowing mushroom. What do you do?
- (Astel): Feast on what nature has given you.
- (Tejedura): Use it as a light source.
You till the land, flood the field, plant the seeds, care for the plants, and harvest the crop. What have you gained?
- (Astel): The bounty of the land.
- (Adamas): The fruits of my labor.
The emperor’s coastal vanguard has set sail. What draws your eye?
- (Kada): Its well-equipped medical chamber.
- (Tejedura): Its beautiful figurehead.
What is necessary for the proper development of a kingdom?
- (Kada): Healthy subjects.
- (Adamas): Diligent subjects.
Taking the time to create something new is an invaluable experience. What is it that you have produced?
- (Tejedura): A new set of values.
- (Adamas): An invention.
Q&A – 1 Playthrough(s) – Diemazu
- (Marigan): Skewer the abomination.
- (Diemazu): Forget this, I’m out.
What is the best way to deal with life’s challenges?
- (Macha): Flexibility.
- (Diemazu): Strong preparations.
As you set out on a sea voyage, the boat’s captain fears a storm but its owner says to set sail. What do you do?
- (Shaams): Set sail. His boat, his rules.
- (Diemazu): Cancel and charge the captain for losses.
The emperor ordered that a large project be undertaken, but later had a change of heart. Should the project change?
- (Imhokiel): Change will lead to ruin.
- (Diemazu): It will be as the Emperor wills it.
Your ambitions reach as high as the heavens. What is the key to fulfilling them?
- (Diemazu): Decide a means of obtaining your goals.
- (Astel): Making an effort each and every day.
Your next foe is a fierce one. What preparations do you make to ensure victory?
- (Diemazu): Know my foe and the battlefield.
- (Kada): Ensure I am in the best of health.
Which do you find to be more beautiful: a verdant forest or a lush garden?
- (Diemazu): Natural beauty is best.
- (Tejedura): Only human hands can make true beauty.
You have been tasked with procuring a wealth of weapons for an upcoming war. What do you need most of all?
- (Diemazu): Someone to take my place.
- (Adamas): A single, peerless blade.
Q&A – 2 Playthrough(s) – Bartlett
- (Marigan): A sword.
- (Bartlett): Treasure, of course.
To commemorate graduating from the military academy, you must climb a mountain. How do you reach the summit?
- (Macha): Hard work is its own reward.
- (Bartlett): Find a shorter path.
A tale tells of a woodsman who dropped his axe in a river. Which do you choose: gold, silver, or your own wooden axe?
- (Shaams): My own, of course.
- (Bartlett): The golden one. What else?
You occasionally spot pillar-like stones along secluded sections of the road. What could they be?
- (Imhokiel): Monuments honoring ancient monarchs.
- (Bartlett): Road markers for travelers.
Journeying unknown lands can teach us much about ourselves. What do you need for such a journey?
- (Diemazu): Planning and preparation.
- (Bartlett): Let things happen as they will.
The world is full of perplexing miracles. Which is the best example of such a phenomenon?
- (Astel): A single seed bearing many fruit.
- (Bartlett): Making an abode from natural materials.
As your stomach rumbles on your journey, you happen upon a glowing mushroom. What do you do?
- (Kada): It’s poisonous!
- (Bartlett): I take it with me.
A dear friend gives you a bracelet, claiming it was from the emperor himself. What do you do with it?
- (Tejedura): Treasure it always.
- (Bartlett): Sell it for gold.
The emperor ordered that a large project be undertaken, but later had a change of heart. Should the project change?
- (Bartlett): Eh, it’s his responsibility.
- (Adamas): Do it as many times as he wants.
Q&A – 3 Playthrough(s) – Tukuz
- (Marigan): The strong shall rule.
- (Tukuz): Consensus wins the day.
Lose this battle and your nation will surely fall into ruin. As the emperor, upon what do you rely?
- (Macha): Unfathomable magic.
- (Tukuz): The citizenry.
It’s the night before an important competition, and your leg has cramped up from practicing too hard. What do you do?
- (Shaams): Have the competition canceled.
- (Tukuz): Cheer on my teammates.
You are a grasshopper, waiting patiently for prey that never seems to come.
- (Imhokiel): Continue to wait.
- (Tukuz): Go elsewhere.
A cadre of fiends is prowling around your village. How do you protect those you hold dear?
- (Diemazu): Learn about how they live.
- (Tukuz): Move to where there are no fiends.
Nomadic horsemen on the western frontier have been behind much pillaging as of late. How do you handle them?
- (Astel): Give them land to inhabit and cultivate.
- (Tukuz): Meet them in the field.
Serving an emperor can be a trying thing, and the work has taken a toll on your health. What do you do?
- (Kada): Take a break to recover.
- (Tukuz): Press on and hope for the best.
Your chieftain has ordered you to perform a task. Which would you rather do?
- (Tukuz): Care for the horses.
- (Tejedura): Care for the equestrian gear.
A vicious rumor has been spread about your best friend. What do you do?
- (Tukuz): Look to see how others react.
- (Bartlett): Use the rumors for my own benefit.
The final battle is before you at last. How do you claim victory?
- (Tukuz): Fight as I always have.
- (Adamas): Find the strongest weapon I can.
Q&A – 4 Playthrough(s) – Uzume
- (Marigan): Hard work.
- (Uzume): A little bit of luck.
Victory depends on the actions of the Nyu tribe, who have maintained neutrality. How do you get them on your side?
- (Macha): Convince them through reason.
- (Uzume): Appeal to their hearts.
The emperor passed away from a sudden illness. What is the best way to choose a new one?
- (Shaams): Let the law decide.
- (Uzume): Choose someone beloved by the people.
The Celestials have protected your village from the fiends that threatened it. What do you offer to them in thanks?
- (Imhokiel): An everlasting monument.
- (Uzume): A yearly festival.
What is necessary for the proper development of a kingdom?
- (Diemazu): Proper governance.
- (Uzume): The passion of its subjects.
Delicious or deranged. Which of these do you prefer?
- (Astel): Delicious.
- (Uzume): Deranged.
The emperor has fallen gravely ill. What do you do to wish for his recovery?
- (Kada): Craft a healing medicine.
- (Uzume): Sing and dance intently.
Your next foe is a fierce one. What preparations do you make to ensure victory?
- (Uzume): Turn the foe into a friend.
- (Tukuz): Bid my friends farewell over drinks.
In a dance to honor the Celestials, the priestesses are dressed to the nines. What do you think?
- (Uzume): Decorations hide their true beauty.
- (Tejedura): It makes them even more beautiful.
A fierce beast has made a nearby cave its lair. What waits for you within?
- (Uzume): Beautiful men and women.
- (Bartlett): An ancient sage.
Your ambitions reach as high as the heavens. What is the key to fulfilling them?
- (Uzume): Live each day in happiness.
- (Adamas): Train hard each day.
Q&A – 5 Playthrough(s) – Balor
- (Marigan): A war god that brings victory.
- (Balor): An Infernal that brings destruction.
An ethereal force stands tall amidst a wellspring of five elemental energies. What is it?
- (Macha): The goddess of magic incarnate.
- (Balor): The personification of atrocity.
A fierce beast has made a nearby cave its lair. What waits for you within?
- (Shaams): A god of law.
- (Balor): An entity of pure despair.
Your ambitions reach as high as the heavens. What is the key to fulfilling them?
- (Imhokiel): By making steady progress.
- (Balor): Cunning.
What caused the freshly christened ship to sink in the Mare Ilfee?
- (Diemazu): The navigator’s inexperience.
- (Balor): A dastardly Infernal.
The downtrodden exist no matter what the age. What is the best way for them to escape poverty?
- (Astel): Agriculture.
- (Balor): Revolt.
You have taken ill but cannot figure out why. What could it be?
- (Kada): Illness is in the mind.
- (Balor): The Infernal of anguish.
Ancient ruins long thought lost have been unearthed. Which piques your interest most?
- (Uzume): What people used to do for entertainment.
- (Balor): How this land met its end.
One lamb is lagging behind the rest of the flock. Who is best equipped to handle it?
- (Tukuz): Bring it along myself.
- (Balor): Let it face oblivion.
Nomadic horsemen on the western frontier have been behind much pillaging as of late. How do you handle them?
- (Tejedura): Win them over with gifts.
- (Balor): Appeal to their greed.
Your dealings with a trading partner are going south, and the other party plays its final card. What is it?
- (Bartlett): A shrewd bluff.
- (Balor): A deal with the devil.
What do you need by your side to expel fears and doubts?
- (Adamas): Unparalleled weaponry.
- (Balor): The god of immortality.
Q&A – 6 Playthrough(s) – Aranea
- (Marigan): Information? Who needs information?
- (Aranea): Use both for my own benefit.
There are likely many places unsullied by human hands in this world. What would you like to do?
- (Macha): Tough to say until I get there.
- (Aranea): Visit as many as I can.
A vicious rumor has been spread about your best friend. What do you do?
- (Shaams): Discover the truth.
- (Aranea): Pretend I heard nothing.
A cadre of fiends is prowling around your village. How do you protect those you hold dear?
- (Imhokiel): Erect a wall to protect the village.
- (Aranea): Entice the fiends to attack elsewhere.
Sweet or sour. Which of these is not to your liking?
- (Diemazu): I don’t care much for sweets.
- (Aranea): Sourness isn’t my thing.
A peach, unbelievably monstrous in size, comes floating down the river. What do you do with it?
- (Astel): Enjoy what the earth has given me.
- (Aranea): Examine it with my companions.
The tale of the tortoise and the hare is a storied one. As the tortoise, how do you win the race?
- (Kada): Create a special herbal concoction.
- (Aranea): Lead the hare astray.
Your nation is encircled by enemies. How do you ensure the regime continues?
- (Uzume): By finding allies in unlikely places.
- (Aranea): By making them fight each other.
Victory depends on the actions of the Nyu tribe, who have maintained neutrality. How do you get them on your side?
- (Tukuz): Reason is persuasion.
- (Aranea): Lie to them.
Your ambitions reach as high as the heavens. What is the key to fulfilling them?
- (Tejedura): Taking things step by step.
- (Aranea): Manipulating information.
The walls surrounding the castle town are not going up as scheduled. What do you do?
- (Bartlett): Offer a reward for finishing quickly.
- (Aranea): Shout Oh no, fiends!””
An unstoppable force and an immovable object. Given the choice, which would you wield?
- (Adamas): Neither.
- (Aranea): Both.
Lose this battle and your nation will surely fall into ruin. As the King, upon what do you rely?
- (Balor): A deal with sinister forces.
- (Aranea): Information will win the day.
Q&A – 7 Playthrough(s) – Chiyou
- (Marigan): Display my strength.
- (Chiyou): Fight, fight, and fight some more!
You can’t seem to hit the target, as it is always too small or too far away. What do you do?
- (Macha): Take precise aim and shoot.
- (Chiyou): Fire off a rapid volley.
The tale of the tortoise and the hare is a storied one. As the tortoise, how do you win the race?
- (Shaams): Tortoises don’t win races.
- (Chiyou): Replace my legs with wheels.
Nomadic horsemen on the western frontier have been behind much pillaging as of late. How do you handle them?
- (Imhokiel): Set up defensive encampments.
- (Chiyou): Punish those committing the crimes.
A storm is brewing on the horizon, and no other boats are setting sail. What do you say to your crew?
- (Diemazu): No sense fighting a storm.
- (Chiyou): A storm here doesn’t mean one at sea!
Ancient ruins long thought lost have been unearthed. Which piques your interest most?
- (Astel): What they ate.
- (Chiyou): Their strange technology.
You have been tasked with procuring a wealth of weapons for an upcoming war. What do you need most of all?
- (Kada): A short break.
- (Chiyou): A mechanical body that never tires.
Your business is starting to blossom, and the more you work, the greater the profit. What do you do?
- (Uzume): Spend the profits and enjoy life.
- (Chiyou): Continue to work hard.
Your ambitions reach as high as the heavens. What is the key to fulfilling them?
- (Tukuz): Friends to journey with.
- (Chiyou): Pressing on no matter what.
You are considering setting up a jewelry shop in Urbs Azhuacan. What kinds of wares do you stock?
- (Tejedura): Expensive handmade items.
- (Chiyou): Mass-produced trinkets.
You have a long-time foe who seems unbeatable. How do you seize victory?
- (Bartlett): Avoid them.
- (Chiyou): Forward, march!
The emperor’s coastal vanguard has set sail. What draws your eye?
- (Adamas): Its steel plating.
- (Chiyou): Its piercing ram.
You occasionally spot pillar-like stones along secluded sections of the road. What could they be?
- (Balor): Wards to seal evil.
- (Chiyou): Parts of evil itself.
Your next foe is a fierce one. What preparations do you make to ensure victory?
- (Aranea): Confuse them with falsehoods.
- (Chiyou): Focus on the conflict.
Q&A – 8 Playthrough(s) – Savnok
- (Marigan): Practice.
- (Savnok): Drug the hare.
You have a long-time foe who seems unbeatable. How do you seize victory?
- (Macha): Trust in those near to me.
- (Savnok): Feign surrender, then strike.
Your ambitions reach as high as the heavens. What is the key to fulfilling them?
- (Shaams): To have my own philosophy.
- (Savnok): To use others for my benefit.
A man proclaims that a tall tower would be the best way to honor the Celestials. What is going through his mind?
- (Imhokiel): The tower personifies the Celestials.
- (Savnok): His faith is wavering.
The emperor’s coastal vanguard has set sail. What draws your eye?
- (Diemazu): Its strong mast.
- (Savnok): Its scuttle valve.
Fireworks dance in the sky, beautiful yet ephemeral. What do you feel as you watch them?
- (Astel): Fireworks can’t fill an empty stomach.
- (Savnok): What would fireworks be without the night?
Your struggle with dastardly fiends has gone on for ages. What do you ask of the Celestials?
- (Kada): Give me the strength to best them!
- (Savnok): Best them for me!
You have been tasked with procuring a wealth of weapons for an upcoming war. What do you need most of all?
- (Uzume): A song to lift my spirits.
- (Savnok): For the war to just start already.
The emperor ordered that a large project be undertaken, but later had a change of heart. Should the project change?
- (Tukuz): Bend to his will just a tad.
- (Savnok): Seize the day and do as I like.
What is necessary for the proper development of a kingdom?
- (Tejedura): A vision for the future.
- (Savnok): A reliable ruler.
Victory depends on the actions of the Nyu tribe, who have maintained neutrality. How do you get them on your side?
- (Bartlett): Bribe them.
- (Savnok): Threaten them.
Lose this battle and your nation will surely fall into ruin. As the King, upon what do you rely?
- (Adamas): Strong armaments.
- (Savnok): Anything that will bring victory.
Plagues frequently riddle a land where weather conditions are always harsh. How do you prevent the next outbreak?
- (Savnok): Appeal to the demons causing them.
- (Balor): None can stop the reaper.
Two ne’er-do-wells are talking. It pains you to admit it, but there is truth to their words. How do you feel?
- (Savnok): Meekness is weakness.
- (Aranea): The strong often take the bait.
A third country intervened in a conflict of yours, securing your victory. What do you think?
- (Savnok): We won. That’s what matters.
- (Chiyou): We should have done it ourselves.
And that wraps up our share on SaGa SCARLET GRACE: AMBITIONS™: Character Selection & How the Comet Quiz Works. If you have any additional insights or tips to contribute, don’t hesitate to drop a comment below. For a more in-depth read, you can refer to the original article here by Mihn, who deserves all the credit. Happy gaming!