If you’re anything like me, there is always a need to get all the items to level up all the things so you can kill all the things. Kingdom Hearts 3 was no exception – if anything you gotta do it more! Here’s the basics of what I learned:
Skip no battles
Skipping heartless, which is faster, means less loot. Less loot means less leveling. Plus, killing everything makes it a whole lot easier when your leveling up because that’s how experience works. Takes longer, but is so much more worth it.
Destroy EVERYTHING
We’re going Link on pots here, I mean literally everything. That small berry bush in Arendelle? Hit it. The barrel in The Carribean? Break it. Some of these small things have items that are actually pretty hard to find! Frost Gems, which are makable and dropped by the Ice Dragon heartless in Arendelle, can also be found by making the little snowballs in Arendelle into massive snowballs and then running them into a wall. Work smarter, not harder!
Use your abilities to up your chances.
There are abilities you can equip to boost your chances of dropping those precious items that can seem to take hours to drop one. Master Treasure Hunter is an ability you can earn further in the game, Lucky Strike is the move we’ve all known as Lucky Lucky which will help drops of the rarer materials and that can be equipped in both the Keyblade slot with Favorite Deputy and in the accessory slot with the Lucky Ring. Goofy can also learn this ability and it helps boost that all the more. Certain world team mates also come with this rare ability, Buzz from Toy Box, Eugene / Flynn from Kingdom of Corona, and Jack from the Caribbean. There’s one final way you can get Lucky Strike, and it’s through the Verum Rex mini game. If you get a high enough score you will receive a Master Medal that has this ability plus 15 AP.
When in need? Moogles!
For the majority of the main synthesis items, once you progress far enough or collect enough of them you can buy them. Keep in mind, some of these get very expensive. I do this only when I have to. Munny is another commodity that goes super quick if you use this method as well.
All Synthesis Items List and where to find them!
Everything in this list has been double checked by me. I’m adding more as I find them, but every single item has at least one drop point!
Blazing Shard
- Bizarre Archer (Kingdom of Corona / Twilight Town)
- Flame Core (Olympus / Monstropolis)
- Pole Cannon (Toy Box / San Fransokyo)
Blazing Stone
- Flame Core (Olympus / Monstropolis)
- Vermillion Samba (Olympus / Toy Box / San Fransokyo / Arendelle)
- Pole Cannon (Toy Box / San Fransokyo)
Blazing Gem
- Rail Grind in Olympus
- Vermillion Samba (Olympus / Toy Box / San Fransokyo / Arendelle)
Blazing Crystal
- High Soldier (San Fransokyo)
Frost Shard
- Winterhorn (Arendelle)
Frost Stone
- Winterhorn (Arendelle)
Frost Gem
- Frost Serpent (Arendelle)
Frost Crystal
- Frost Serpent (Arendelle) I had best luck with these when I went straight for the head before anything else was destroyed.
Lightning Shard
- Marionette (Toy Box / Kingdom of Corona)
- Soldier (Olympus / Arendelle / Monstropolis)
- Bizarre Archer (Olympus / Twilight Town / Kingdom of Corona)
Lightning Stone
- Gold Beat (Toy Box / Arendelle / San Fransokyo / The Caribbean / Monstropolis)
- Tire Blade (San Fransokyo)
- Marionette (Toy Boy / Kingdom of Corona)
Lightning Gem
- Gold Beat (Toy Box / Arendelle / San Fransokyo / The Caribbean / Monstropolis)
- Tire Blade (San Fransokyo)
Lightning Crystal
- High Soldier (San Fransokyo)
- Tire Blade (San Fransokyo)
Betwixt Shard
- Reaper (Kingdom of Corona)
Betwixt Stone
- Sniper (San Fransokyo)
Betwixt Gem
- Ninja (Arendelle)
- Reaper (Kingdom of Corona)
Betwixt Crystal
- Ninja (Arendelle)
Twilight Shard
- Dusk (Twilight Town / Kingdom of Corona / Arendelle)
Twilight Stone
- Dusk (Twilight Town / Kingdom of Corona / Arendelle)
Twilight Gem
- Gambler (The Caribbean)
Twilight Crystal
- Sorcerer (Twilight Town)
Lucid Shard
- Air Soldier (Olympus)
- Puffball (Kingdom of Corona)
Lucid Stone
- Air Soldier (Olympus)
- Malachite Bolero (Kingdom of Corona / The Caribbean)
- Puffball (Kingdom of Corona)
Lucid Gem
- Malachite Bolero (Kingdom of Corona / The Caribbean)
Lucid Crystal
- Anchor Raiders (Caribbean)
Soothing Shard
- Water Core (Olympus / San Fransokyo / The Caribbean / Monstropolis)
- Toy Trooper (Toy Box)
Soothing Stone
- Marine Rumba (Arendelle / San Fransokyo / Monstropolis)
- Water Core (Olympus / San Fransokyo / The Caribbean / Monstropolis)
Soothing Gem
- Marine Rumba (Arendelle / San Fransokyo / Monstropolis)
Soothing Crystal
- Spear Lizards (Caribbean)
Writhing Shard
- Shadow (Common; most worlds)
- Fluttering (Monstropolis / Kingdom of Corona / Arendelle)
Writhing Stone
- Shadow (Common; most worlds)
Writhing Gem
- Fluttering (Arendelle / Kingdom of Corona / Monstropolis)
- Large Body (Olympus / Twilight Town / Toy Box / The Caribbean)
Writhing Crystal
- Mechanitaur (San Fransokyo)
Hungry Shard
- Large Body (Olympus / Twilight Town / Toy Box / The Caribbean)
- Popcats (Olympus / Arendelle / Twilight Town / Kingdom of Corona)
- Marionette (Toy Box / Kingdom of Corona)
Hungry Stone
- Large Body (Olympus / Twilight Town / Toy Box / The Caribbean)
- Frost Serpent (Arendelle)
- Popcat (Olympus / Arendelle / Twilight Down / Kingdom of Corona)
- Parasol Beauty (Kingdom of Corona / Arendelle)
- Chaos Carriage (Kingdom of Corona)
Hungry Gem
- Frost Serpents (Arendelle) I found a great way to make this a lot more likely. Lock on to the tail and use Firaga or another fire spell. I had a much higher drop rate once I did so. But aim tail first!
Hungry Crystal
- Mechanitaur (San Fransokyo)
Pulsing Shard
- Soldier (Olympus / Arendelle / Monstropolis)
- Powerwild (Twilight Town / Kingdom of Corona)
- Toy Trooper (Toy Box)
- Earth Core (Olympus / Kingdom of Corona / The Carribean)
Pulsing Stone
- Earth Core (Olympus / Kingdom of Corona / The Caribbean)
- Satyr (Olympus / Arendelle)
- Powerwild (Twilight Town / Kingdom of Corona)
Pulsing Gem
- Pogo Shovel (Monstropolis / San Fransokyo)
- Spiked Turtletoad (Monstropolis)
Pulsing Crystal
- Helmed Body (Arendelle)
Wellspring Shard
- Shadow (Common; Most worlds)
- Soldier (Olympus / Arendelle / Monstropolis)
- Large Body (Olympus / Twilight Town / Toy Box / The Caribbean)
- Bizarre Archer (Olympus / Twilight Town / Kingdom of Corona)
- Powerwild (Twilight Town / Kingdom of Corona)
- Toy Trooper (Toy Box)
- Flood (Monstropolis)
Wellspring Stone
- Popcats (Olympus / Arendelle / Twilight Town / Kingdom of Corona)
- Rock Troll (Olympus)
- Pole Cannon (Toy Box / San Fransokyo)
- Pogo Shovel (Monstropolis / San Fransokyo)
- Parasol Beauty (Kingodm of Corona / Arendelle)
- Flower Snake (Monstropolis)
- Spiked Turtletoad (Monstropolis)
- Turtletoad (Monstropolis)
- Parasol Beauty (Kingdom of Corona / Arendelle)
Wellspring Gem
- High Soldier (San Fransokyo)
- Mechanitaur (San Fransokyo)
- Pogo Shovel (Monstropolis / San Fransokyo)
- Chaos Carriage (Kingdom of Corona)
Wellspring Crystal
- High Soldier (San Fransokyo)
- Helmed Body (Arendelle)
- Mechanitaur (San Fransokyo)
Sinister Shard
- Flood (Monstropolis)
Sinister Stone
- Flower Snake (Monstropolis)
Sinister Gem
- Spiked Turtletoad (Monstropolis)
- Turtletoad (Monstropolis)
Sinister Crystal
- Spiked Turtletoad (Monstropolis)
Mythril Shard
- Starlight Way Meteros
Mythril Stone
- Starlight Way Meteors
Mythril Gem
- Misty Stream Meteors
Mythril Crystal
- Misty Stream Meteors
Fluorite
- Starlight Way Meteors
Damascus
- Misty Stream Meteors
Adamantite
- The Eclipse Meteors
Electrum
- The Eclipse Meteors
