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G: Here’s your streamlined, efficient checklist to clean up side content before heading into Lumière. Try to knock these out in roughly this order to minimize backtracking 🚀

🧩 Endless Tower

• No hidden skills or rewards beyond what the trials already offer. All Monoco skills can be earned here if he’s in your party citeturn0search0turn0search7.

🪄 Missing Monoco Skill

• From your description, it seems you're missing one of the four skills not found in the Endless Tower:
  • Grosse Tête
  • Contorsionniste
  • Catapult Sakapatate
  • Ranger Sakapatate
• Check your grid’s ordering to identify which is missing, then track the corresponding enemy in those overworld zones citeturn0search0turn0search7.

⚔️ Golgra in the Village

• No mechanical reward for using Monoco (or another specific character) in that fight.
• You can slightly ease it by optimizing your equip load-out—focus on:
  • Boosting elemental resist / weapon strengths against Golgra’s main attacks.
  • Using early gradient or status pics (e.g., Anti‑Charm) where helpful.
• No known exploit or special combo to trivialize it beyond general prep.

🐉 Floating Pink Worm‑Dragon (Mini‑Boss)

• That’s a Bourgeon fight. You can indeed prepare with equipment:
  • Use lightning or burn effects (especially Lune’s DoT spells).
  • Equip Maelle with debuff‑inflicting gear.
  • The Deminerim weapon is strong here citeturn0news13.
• As for shortcuts: prioritize landing lightning/burn and applying debuffs early.

🏆 Picto/Lumina Completion

• You currently have equipped:
  • Augmented Counter 1 & 2
  • Combo Attack 1, 2 & 3
  • Dead Energy 2
  • Energising Attack 1 & 2
  • Energising Start 1–4
• You mention 141 total pictos. The guide doesn't list a total, but the Feet Collection achievement requires collecting all 44 Monoco skills, not pictos.
• To find the exact total pictos in the game, use an updated map-checker or the checklist on Game8’s “Best Pictos” guide citeturn0search1.

🌿 Blight Spells & Avoiding Them

• No unique saves or gear that natively blocks Blight spells.
• Your best counter is status cleansing—use Tints, items, or skills that cure or prevent status ailments.

🥀 Dodging a Bourgeon’s Eat Attack

• These are QTEs—time your dodge or block correctly to avoid being swallowed.
• No known passive avoidance; it all comes down to timing the action prompt in combat.

🧭 Lost Gestrals (Missing 2 of 9)

Here’s a quick rundown of where the remaining two might be, using general zone cues citeturn0news9:

1. Near Gestral Village / Sakhapatates – access via mushroom quest tied to Gustave.
2. On a floating island near the Tower Infinita – accessible once you can fly (Act 3).

🌈 Tint Upgrades (Secondary Colors)

• Second-tier Tints usually unlock after you deliver main-tier ones in key side quests (e.g., helping the Jar with resin, Tint reward there) citeturn0news8.
• Other Tints come from Gestral quests, Pictos mastery, or boss rewards like Bourgeon skin.

🔄 New Game+ / Post‑Story Content

• Yes, New Game+ is unlocked at any expedition flag after beating the story citeturn0search3turn0search12turn0news10.
• You retain:
  • Your Base Levels
  • Pictos & Luminas
  • Gradient Skills & Esquie swim/fly
• You lose:
  • Journals, Music records, some relationship progress citeturn0search3.
• Post‑game content includes:
  • Endless Tower
  • Flying Manor & sky islands
  • New high‑difficulty enemies & story epilogues
  • Expanded relationship scenes, extra journal entries citeturn0news10.
• Anything you miss before NG+ will still be doable after—no Kirken or unlocking restrictions.

✅ Recommended 100% Checklist

1. Clear the Endless Tower with Monoco active for missing skills.
2. Track down the four non-tower Monoco skills by enemy/grid order.
3. Fight the four remaining Bourgeon(s) for skin etc. near Flying Waters.
4. Run missing Gestral quests – especially the Gustave‑only mushroom and floating island ones.
5. Fill out Picto collection using map checklist & optional bosses.
6. Get any second-tier Tints from side quests (e.g., Jar, Gestrals).
7. Clean up little extras: quiz in Lumière (old key/weird pictos), Trash Can Man, Nicholas, etc.
8. Wrap up any Anti‑Charm for Gradient boss aid.
9. Engage NG+ only after everything you want pre‑endgame is done.

If you'd like, I can parse your active pictos list and highlight which are missing. Or gather exact map pins for the remaining Monoco skill enemies. Just let me know!

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G: Here’s the info you requested:

🎯 Monoco’s Skills: Grosse Tête Whack & Ranger Sakapatate Estoc

Grosse Tête Whack

• AP Cost: 6
• Effect: A powerful single-target physical strike that deals high damage—Monoco channels the energy of the giant Tête boss into a brutal blow citeturn0search12.

Ranger Sakapatate Estoc

• Skill Trigger: Unlocks after defeating a Ranger Sakapatate enemy with Monoco in the party.
• Delivers a swift piercing attack themed on the Sakapatate’s spear/cannon combo.

📍 Where to Get Grosse Tête Whack

• Grosse Tête is a unique overworld boss. If you defeat it without Monoco in your active party, you’ll miss the skill until NG+ citeturn0search6turn0search4.
• You can encounter Grosse Tête twice:
  1. The first on the overworld (the one you’ve likely fought).
  2. A second respawn appears later at the Flying Manor, giving you a second chance to learn the skill if you missed it citeturn0search6.

✅ Next Steps

1. Check Monoco’s skill grid—see if Grosse Tête Whack is still unlocked.
2. If it’s missing:
   • Return to Flying Manor (use Esquie’s flying ability to access).
   • Fight Grosse Tête with Monoco active to secure the skill.
3. For Ranger Sakapatate Estoc:
   • Hunt down a Ranger Sakapatate in zones like Ancient Sanctuary, Endless Night Sanctuary, or The Monolith.
   • Defeat it with Monoco in the party to earn the skill citeturn0search7.

Let me know once you’ve collected them—I’ll help update your full checklist for a smoother push into Lumière!