Tales of Symphonia – Use both Technical and Strike Artes

This guide describes how to get all artes (Technical and Strike) for each character by editing a save file.

The Table

Character	Offset Range (start)	Offset Range (end)	Value
Lloyd	5A8	5AB	FFFF7FFE
Colette	6C0	6C3	FFAF8B1F
Genis	7D8	7DB	FFFFFFFF
Raine	8F0	8F3	FFFFFF09
Sheena	A08	A0B	FFFFFFFD
Zelos	B20	B23	FFFFFF05
Presea	C38	C3B	EFDF5F00
Regal	D50	D53	7FFEFF03
Kratos	E68	E6B	FFFFFF0B

Changing the Artes

Tales of Symphonia’s save directory is:

• [The directory where Steam is installed]\userdata\\372360\remote

To change anything in a save file, you’re going to need a Hex Editor. For this tutorial, I’m going to use HxD.

As an example I’m going to change Lloyd’s artes in save slot 100 (TOSSaveData99.dat). When starting a new game, Lloyd only has Demon Fang as seen in here:

• 01) When you open the save file in HxD, it looks like this:

• 02) Choose Edit > Select block… (you can also press CTRL+E)

• 03) First, make sure “end-offset” and “hex” are selected. From the table above in this guide you should check what the start and end offsets are for each character. For Lloyd, Start-offset should be 5A8, while End-offset should be 5AB. Once you have done typing the correct start and end offsets, click OK.

• 04) If you did it correctly, the offsets from 5A8 to 5AB should be highlighted as seen in here:

• 05) From the table above in this guide, you should copy the correct value for that character. For Lloyd, you want to copy the FFFF7FFE.
• 06) Choose Edit > Paste write or you can press CTRL+B.

• 07) If you did it correctly, you should see “FFFF7FFE” highlighted in red. All you have to do is save the file.

• 08) Now start the game and load the save file you edited. You should now have all the artes for Lloyd. Enjoy not having learn and forget to switch artes ever again.