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Metaphor ReFantazio Golden Beetles Guide

Collecting Golden Beetles and delivering them to a specific character provides a constant string of rare and valuable rewards in Metaphor ReFantazio. In this guide, we’ll show you where to find each Golden Beetle, provide details on the rewards you receive, and tell you what to do with them.

What Are Golden Beetles For

Golden Beetles can be found scattered throughout the game world in Metaphor: ReFantazio. They are often hidden in dungeons and tucked away in unexplored maps of the world.

If you gather enough of them, you are able to trade them in for some incredibly valuable rewards – including one of the strongest weapons in the game:

  • 1 Golden Beetle: Arcane Dragonblood
  • 12 Golden Beetles: Venomward Charm
  • 25 Golden Beetles: Claw Breakers
  • 38 Golden Beetles: Flameseal Corselet
  • 46 Golden Beetles: Dragon’s Fall

What To Do With Golden Beetles

A map showing players the location of the NPC needed to turn Golden Beetles into rewards

Once you have gathered Golden Beetles, you need to visit Elderly Entomophile in Port Brilehaven. This is the third major city you visit in the story, and it becomes available after you complete the story events in Martira.

Once you have access to Port Brilehaven, use the ferry system to visit Arenafront Wharf. The Elderly Entomophile will be marked on the map with a small bug icon, as shown above.

Golden Beetle Locations

Golden Beetle #1 (Borderfort Camp)

A map showing where to find Golden Beetle #1

This Golden Beetle can be found right near the start of the game, when the party make camp at the Borderfort Camp.

Golden Beetle #2 Belega Corridor

Golden Beetle #3 Tradia Desert

Golden Beetle #4 Goblin’s Nest

Golden Beetle #5 Man-Eaters Grotto

Golden Beetle #5 Tomb Of Lament

Golden Beetle #6 Tomb Of Lament

Golden Beetle #7 Gracia Forest

Golden Beetle #8 Forsaken Tower

Golden Beetle #9 Dental Distress

Golden Beetle #10 Grand Trad

Golden Beetle #11 Recruitment Center

Golden Beetle #12 Merchants Bazaar

Golden Beetle #13 Port Recruitment Center

Golden Beetle #14 Cattleracket Road

Golden Beetle #15 Village of Pagans

Golden Beetle #16 Virga Islands

Golden Beetle #17 Virga Island Tower

Golden Beetle #18 Orbwise Path

Golden Beetle #19 Orbwise Path 2

Golden Beetle #20 Spire Of Blind Faith

Golden Beetle #21 Scoundrel’s Hold

Golden Beetle #22 Land Of Ceremony

Golden Beetle #23 Altabury Heights

Golden Beetle #23 Altabury Heights 2

Golden Beetle #24 Everfrost Forest

Golden Beetle #25 Tower Of Insolence

Golden Beetle #26 Abandoned Path

Golden Beetle #27 Manor Of The Ascendant

Golden Beetle #28 Deliver Hot Spring Water

Golden Beetle #29 Mt. Vulkano

Golden Beetle #30 Disgraced Ruins

Golden Beetle #31 Arenafront Wharf

Golden Beetle #32 Grand Trad 2

Golden Beetle #33 Grand Trad 3

Golden Beetle #34 Martira

Golden Beetle #35 Martira 2

Golden Beetle #36 Port Brilehaven

Golden Beetle #37 Port Brilehaven 2

Warning: There is no post-game exploration in Metaphor: ReFantazio. Once you finish the final boss battle, you can use the Save Data to start New Game+, but you cannot return to an explorable version of your original game.

As such, if you do not have a save file early enough, you will likely be pushed through the finale without the time to explore, as happened to me.

I’ll leave these up for now and hope to return to find the rest soon.

Blaine Smith

Blaine Smith, or Smith as he prefers to be called as he doesn't have to repeat it four times before people get it, is one of the original founders of Gamers Heroes. Smith has been playing games for over 30 years, from Rex & 180 on ZX Spectrum to the latest releases on the ninth generation of consoles. RPG's are his go-to genre, with the likes of Final Fantasy, Legend of Legaia, and Elder Scrolls being among his favorites, but he'll play almost anything once (except Dark Souls). You can best reach him on Twitter

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