Maria’s journey as a follower is one of the most heartfelt stories in Metaphor: ReFantazio. Despite her vibrant spirit, many in Grand Trad perceive her as an outcast due to her mixed heritage. Her struggles highlight deep-seated themes, making it a fulfilling experience to support her as she faces these unfair challenges.
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There are also gameplay benefits to helping Maria. This guide outlines when you can achieve different follower ranks with her and the rewards that come with each level. While it’s not urgent to achieve these ranks immediately, it’s certainly in your best interest to do so.
How to Unlock Maria as a Follower
Maria becomes available as a follower on June 10, making her one of the first characters you can recruit in Metaphor: ReFantazio. However, an additional task requires you to collect and deliver all pieces of vista artwork for her to display at the Hushed Honeybee, which occurs a bit later in the game.
To advance Maria’s follower ranks, you may need to gather specific artwork. We will outline those requirements below.
All Maria Follower Ranks and Rewards
Just a quick reminder:
your dialogue choices in Metaphor: ReFantazio won’t affect your follower rank progress. This differs from the social links in Persona. Your choices may impact the amount of MAG you earn, but that’s it.
Rank Number | First Available | Ideal Responses | Rank Reward | Additional Rank Reward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
One | Automatic on June 10 | Unlocks the Healer Archetype. | N/A | |
Two | After completing ‘Promising Rewards’. Requires Tolerance Rank 2. |
| Healer Enlightenment. Reduces the MAG cost for studying the Healer lineage. | N/A |
Three | Available on July 5; requires ‘Midnight Sands’ drawing. |
| Healer Archetype: Adept Unlocks the Cleric class. | Scion’s Skill Increases inheritance slots to two. |
Four | Available on July 9 |
| Purpose You’ll earn more EXP in battles. | Speed Cooking Cooking on the Gauntlet Runner won’t use any time. |
Five | Requires ‘City Ruins’ drawing. |
| Healer’s Veneration Significantly reduces study cost for the Healer lineage. | N/A |
Six | Two days after completing Rank 5. |
| Scion’s Merit Increases inheritance slots to three. | N/A |
Seven | Requires ‘Peregrine Falls’ drawing and Tolerance Rank 4. |
| Burning Purpose Significantly boosts EXP from battles. | Chef’s Chops You’ll receive an extra serving while cooking in the Gauntlet Runner. |
Eight | Two days after completing Rank 7. |
| Healer’s Archetype: Elite Unlocks the Savior class. | Scion’s Essence Raises inheritance slots to four. |
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