Step 2:The Hammer

Before you approach Serenade's hideout however, you need to collect the Hammer. You'll find out why shortly.

	Now that FlamMan is totally and completely deleted (for now anyway) head to Undernet 6. Remember how to get there? The easiest and least confusing way is to go through the hole DrillMan made in SciLab 1 and from there go down then right. When you get here, take the large walkway on your left...
Then go back down the smaller one on your left...
	Walk down, then go up the first smaller one you come...
And finally go up past the two that are side by side.
	You'll grow to love this message.
Continue along the path and collect the WeapLV+1 program below you, then go back up towards the two arrows pointing towards one another. Head across the first one, then go down, then right, and finally right and up to get to Undernet 7.
	Go right at the square and give the monster the fifty BugFrags it asks for (make sure you have 50 first). Go around the collect the Hammer.

Step 3: The Secret Area

Prepare for pain. That's the only way to describe this place. It holds the baddest bosses and most annoying enemies in the game. It also holds (literally) infinite cool chips though.

The black statues are security systems, which you examine to 'hack' (fight). To beat them you have to destroy them with one hit, on the order of the numbers on them, so you need at leats three chips that do more than 250 damage before you even think of coming here. Try to make sure at leats one of them attacks diagonnaly (think V-Gun), and another attacks everywhere, or a close to everywhere as you can get.

Go to the Undernet server beneath the baths in Yoka Inn and jack in. Examine the white hole in the floor and after some spooooky effects you'll land in the Secret Area.
	Head down-right and head along the path. Keep going. The gate will only pass you if you have more than 140 chips Just before you make it to the next area you'll be challenged to the first of the Secret Area's bosses; DarkMan.
When you've killed him, continue into the next area. If you keep pushing against the right wall here you'll find a path hidden under the second bridge which leads to some Zenny. Carry on down. The warp pad leads to a Cannonball * and a Chip Dealer. However, what we want is the green monolith blocking the other path. Remember the Hammer? You should. Examine the monolith and say yes, then prepare for pain. Stock your most powerful chips and healing before taking this endurance battle on.

Pack only MegaChips that attack more than one enemy. PlantMan and ProtoMan are musts. Take plenty of Bombs and Cannonballs, and the best healing you have. Swords will be next to useless. TimeBomb seems to work well, as does Mine for the fast-moving enemies. Equip a lot of Attack, Speed and Charge programs in the Customiser as well. For the rest, go for firepower.

Battle 1: Spikey3 Metrodo	This battle won't be a problem. Take out the Spikey3 first to stop it moving around so damned much and shooting at you, then hit the Metrodo as it's on the floor.
Battle 2: Yart Deetle	Still nothing too taxing. Kill the Yart first to get rid of the damned annoying spiky yo-yo, and then take care of the Deetle at your leisure. Watch out for the purple panels, as standing on them will drain your health.
Battle 3: LowBlow	The entire arena except for where you start is death here. When he starts to use tornados, move. Being slowly sapped is less deadly than being hit by three of these things. Use whatever Long-Range you have to end this fight quickly.
Battle 4: StormBox Fishy3	Kill the Fishy3 first then go for the StormBox using your Buster. Nothing complicated here.
Battle 5: Poofball Poofball	ARRRGH, not these! Attacks from the front won't hurt them at all,so I hope you remembered to pack a lot of Balls (no laughing at the back). When they're on poison squares they'll take damage, but they're recover when they're not. Luckily for you their one attack only reaches one square in front, so you'll be safe for a while.Plantman works well, as it'll hit them whether they're shielded or not. Just hope for the arching chips to come up before they use AreaGrab, and begin to kill you quickly.
Battle 6: Toto Metrodo BrushMan3	Kill the Toto first so his fire attack won't stop you from moving across the rows. destory the block if you have the agility and the patience to dodge the Meteor attack and the BrushMan turning the panels to fire aroudn you (if you have a Heat style this won't be a problem of course, you lucky bastard), otherwise just plug away and hope the right chips come around.
Battle 7: Yart BrushMan3 HardHead	Ignore the HardHead and go for the Yart first (the yo-yo again). if you have PlantMan then that's deal with the HardHead instantly anyways. Avoid being caught by the Yart and just shoot them.
Battle 8: Mashy Moshy	Irritatinglittle mushrooms. not only do these guys regenerate on grass, which much of the arena is, they're fast. If you appears nextto you, move. The attack only reaches one space in all directions, so dodging isn't a problem.
Battle 9: Fishy3 Smasher	The Smasher doesn't move, but just pummels you. Avoid being caught by the crosshairs and shoot away at the Fishy first, and this battle won't be much of a problem.
Battle 10: DemonEye Dominerd2 BrushManOmega	The Dominerd has the annoying trait of appearing in front of you when you use a chip, and so won't be much of a problem. As soon as you shoot one of the other enemies, move backwards quickly and fire again while it's attacking where you just were. The Demoneye only fires down two lines identified by the balls that fly from it, so it won't be much of a problem. This battle shouldn't be too tough, so long as you remember not to get in the way of the DemonEye.

	Now that that horrible, horrible experience is over, continue past the ruined green monolith and walk all the way down to the warp. Step onto it and take the middle path to another warp pad (ignore the other two for now).
Go up and keep hugging the left wall to pass across a hidden wakway. The gate will only pass you if you have at least one GigaChip. Now, face the next boss on your way to Serenade; JapanMan.
	You're so close! Follow the path and hack/fight the security system to pass (You need a chip that attacks one space up and another one right). Go down and say 'yes' to the Monolith-breaking question, and prepare for another endurance test. *sigh*

Battle 1: Mettaur3 Mettaur3 ErthJelly	Jelly. Jelly jelly jelly. Kill the damned jelly first before fires it all-columns attack, then dispose of the Mettaurs as usual.
Battle 2: Pengon Shadow	The Pengon will turn the whole stage to ice if you wait too long, and if that happens it's invincible. Kill it before this happens. The Shadow can only be harmed by Sword attacks, and appears all around you, so try to dodge and hit it when it's momentarily stationary.
Battle 3: Ratty3 Ratty3 Canodumb3	Kill the Ratty's first, as they're far more dangerous. The projectiles they fire are just that little bit faster than lower versions, and they have a habit of firing at once. Luckily theres a hole in the midlde of your side, so if you kill you, you can sit out the other's sttacks and wait for a homing chip to come around. Otherwise do you best to dodge and hit them with whatever you have.
Battle 4: N. 0-2 Trasher	The little fella will just stand on the front row and shoot illusions of himself at you, which is easy to avoid. What you need to worry about is not getting caught in the crosshairs of the Trasher, or your arena will disappear like that. The fact that most of the arena is ice doesn't help either. Kill the N 0-2 before the Trasher.
Battle 5: Eleglobe Eleglobe	An easy one. They stop moving as soon as they end up in a square next to you. Make sure this happens, then move one square backwards and pummel away in safety. A good tactic if you start with some powerful chips is to move forward one space, wait until the first Globe freezes to start attacked, then one one back again. The first one's attack will miss, and the other will just ignore you completely, letting you shoot at your leisure.
Battle 6: Slimest Slimest Trumpy	If you think you can kill the Trumpy before the Slimests block you off entirely, try it. Some electric chips you be handy here. The Slimests will steal every square they touch, so shoot them with everything you have if they get close. A powered-up, speeded-up Buster can do amazing damage. The Trumpy makes them invincible, so if you have some good ranged chips, kill it. Probably you won't get the chance though before the Slimests steal your first column.
Battle 7: Doomer Doomer	Wait this one out. If you try it hit them as soon as the first one fire's, you'll get hit by thr second. Use the second or so you have when both projectiles have disappeared to hit them. Nothing complicated.
Battle 8: Geelte Geetle	When they fire, wait until just before the first bomb hits you before moving, or the second or third lot will get you. They both fire at the same time luckily, so there's no risk of behind trapped in a wall of fire.
Battle 9: Momogre Heaviest Momogre	Stay on the second row and don't fire any chips. As soon as the Heaviest appears above you, move backwards one and hit it with whatever you've got. This way the Momogres can't hit you. After they're dead, go for the Momogres. If you're lucky enough to get PlantMan, use that and it'll hit them whether they're hidden or not. A good way to do it is to stand on the upper-right square, then when one appears behind you dodge down then back and hit him with a WideSword (you can just make it). This is more awkward then hard.
Battle 10: Yart BlueDemon	The BlueDemon will almost never stand still. If you get ProtoMan, use it at once. The Yart can't touch the backrow, so use that to hide in (beware though, the BlueDemon's dagger form goes vertically). Kill the Yart first, then just hold out for a Sword chip to dispose of the BlueDemon.

Done, thank Him. Go down past the monolith and keep going down.
	Oh. Oh oh oh. The door here requires you to have collected all 200 regular chips. Have you done this yet? No? Then go back and do it! If you have plenty of BugFrags, check the BassGS section for an easy way to help this process along. Once you've got them all, you may pass. Go forth and challenge The Man.
This is not the droid you're looking- oh, wait, he is. Huh. Fight Serenade

Congradulations, you're the new king of the Undernet. One more task awaits you. Finally, head to Undernet 7 (where you got the Hammer). You can now pass the cream-coloured curtain (collect the HPMemory here) and the solid blue door. Search around for some chips, then head up the final set of stairs for a GigFldr1 program.

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