Live A Live: Near Future - Item Refinement Guide
Once the Near Future chapter of Live A Live has gotten well underway, Akira can give items to Doc Tobei at the antique shop. Doing so will refine them into different items, though the exact results can vary due to Tobei's eccentric methods. Nevertheless, refining items at the antique shop is the only way to get some of the best gear available to Akira and Taroimo.
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Since item refinement in the Near Future can feel like a roll of the dice, it helps to know what the possible outcomes for each item are. Read on to plan your refinement!
This article contains minor spoilers for Live A Live.
When you give an item to Doc Tobei, he will bring it to his basement lab, tinker with it, then return. From there, he will either give the item back unchanged or present you with a different item. If Tobei fails to transform the item you gave him, you can always try again until he produces something; the original item isn't lost until the refinement process is successful.
Rarely, Tobei will inform you that there isn't anything he can do with a particular item. Some advanced refinements aren't unlocked until later in the chapter. Try coming back after defeating the boss at Tsukuba Labs to see if any new refinements are available.
Robotic Enhancements can never be refined. They can instead be used from the Inventory screen to enhance Taroimo's stats, or saved for the Final Chapter to do the same for Cube.
You may get different results from refining the same item, and a refinement can even result in a downgrade rather than an upgrade. Since it's all random, it can be worth saving your game before you start handing over your hard-won equipment to Tobei.
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