Like its original PlayStation version, Star Ocean: The Second Stor R sports multiple endings. If you’re achievement hunting, it’s not a big deal, but for the completionist, it’s a hefty checklist.
Star Ocean The Second Story R has 99 endings in total, including additional endings added in Second Evolution. Some are easier to see than others and mostly involve managing each character’s Friendship Level.
Regardless, it’s one thing to know there’s 99 possibilities and another to see them all. Below, you’ll find a list of Second Story R endings — along with a few tips for seeing how those stories play out.
How Friendship Levels work
Friendship Levels are now visible from each character’s Status menu, so there’s a little less guesswork involved than back in the day. Once you’ve beaten the game, Second Story R adds an Ending Collection menu to its database.
Private Events and decisions made along the way influence how characters feel about each other. You can also use Specialties to craft items that reward Friendship bonuses, like Publication. Each party member has a Level 5 and Level 10 book to craft, raising their Friendship Level to 16 and 28, respectively.
Every ending in Star Ocean Second Story R
As for listing all of those Second Story endings, we’ve got them here. For the most part, you can think of them as post-game events between certain characters. Some are romantic, others are friendly. Below, you’ll find all possible outcomes between two characters in the table. As we make progress through multiple playthroughs, we’ll update this guide to flesh out specific requirements for each.
| Claude and Rena 1 | Claude and Rena 2 | Claude and Rena 3 | Claude and Celine | Claude and Dias | Claude and Bowman | Claude and Precis 1 |
| Claude and Precis 2 | Claude and Ashton | Claude and Leon | Claude and Opera 1 | Claude and Opera 2 | Claude and Ernest | Claude and Noel |
| Claude and Chisato 1 | Claude and Chisato 2 | Claude and Welch | Rena and Celine | Rena and Bowman | Rena and Dias 1 | Rena and Dias 2 |
| Rena and Precis | Rena and Ashton | Rena and Leon | Rena and Opera | Rena and Ernest | Rena and Noel | Rena and Welch |
| Rena and Chisato | Celine and Bowman | Celine and Dias | Celine and Ashton | Celina and Precis | Celine and Leon | Celine and Opera |
| Celine and Ernest 1 | Celine and Ernest 2 | Celine and Noel | Celine and Chisato | Celine and Welch | Bowman and Dias | Bowman and Ashton |
| Bowman and Leon | Bowman and Opera | Bowman and Ernest | Bowman and Noel | Bowman and Chisato | Bowman and Welch | Dias and Precis |
| Dias and Ashton | Dias and Opera | Dias and Ernest | Dias and Noel | Dias and Chisato | Dias and Welch | Precis and Ashton |
| Precis and Leon | Precis and Opera | Precis and Ernest | Precis and Noel | Precis and Chisato | Precis and Welch | Ashton and Leon |
| Ashton and Noel | Ashton and Chisato | Ashton and Welch | Leon and Opera | Leon and Ernest | Leon and Noel | Leon and Chisato |
| Leon and Welch | Opera and Ernest 1 | Opera and Ernest 2 | Opera and Noel | Opera and Chisato | Opera and Welch | Ernest and Noel |
| Ernest and Chisato | Ernest and Welch | Noel and Chisato | Noel and Welch | Chisato and Welch |
Additionally, there are individual endings for characters in the Ending Collection database as the following: Claude, Rena, Celine 1, Celine 2, Bowman, Dias, Precis, Ashton 1, Ashton 2, Leon, Opera 1, Opera 2, Ernest, Noel, Chisato, and Welch.
Count the “Group Up” collective ending, and that makes 99.
