Dark Cloud 2

Ferdinand is Maximillian's chef which means he is Max's house. To get him, you will need to give him a Roasted Chestnut. You can find Roasted Chestnuts in the Rainbow Butterfly Wood.

Gordon lives in Palm Brinks in Maximillian's front yard. To get him to become an ally, you must give him Holy Water to help a tree.

To get real easy money, buy the lure rod. Then buy two of any lure. Equip one lure to the lure rod after you equip the lure rod. Go to the lure rod status screen. Now keep adding the same lure over and over again. You can get up to 998 lures on the rod before it will reset back to one. Be careful: If you equip the lure when you can see what lure is on the rod, it will automatically reset.

These unlock the option to recruit various characters throughout the game. These do not work fully until after the game tells you about Recruiting.

Normally, viewing the 3D item model for items (bar special cases like equipment) is limited to the game's debug menu. However, if you have a Lure Rod and are willing to discard it, you can bypass this restriction. When in the item menu, pull up the stats for the Lure Rod, and then discard the Lure Rod: its stats will still be displayed onscreen however. Pick up an item and carry it to the spot where the Lure Rod was. While hovering over that slot, press Square twice, then Circle; you will have done this correctly if the Lure Rod's name is replaced by the item's name. Then equip any weapon or article of clothing and you will see the item's model. Do note that this only works one time and to do it again you'll need to procure another Lure Rod. Note that trying to display outfits crashes the PS2 version, and often does so for the PS4 port as well albeit with varying effects.

Successfully play through the game getting costumes for Max And Monica, then start a new game. You can now choose any costume you previously collected for Max and Monica.