Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Walkthrough - Chapter 1

After completing the Factory dungeon you'll be able to start a short side quest available which will unlock the ability to craft Legendary Weapons for you. To start this quest you'll want to visit the Araya Shrine in the Rengedai Ward on the map. Go up the stairs to the shrine and change your camera so you can see around the back. You'll find a kid standing here named Knowledgeable Dai (pictured below).

When you talk to this kid he'll mention a Legendary Blacksmith as well as Shiraishi and the man searching side quest that she has available. Head over to Shiraishi in Hirasaka and pick up the search for Takumi Asano. From what I have read online, sometimes this search doesn't appear until later in the game... Each time I did this quest on my playthroughs it appeared right after I talked to the kid. I'm unsure why it would take so long to appear for some people, but I figured I would mention it.

Once you accept the search from Shiraishi you'll want to talk with the Security Guy standing around in the shop. You'll have to pay him 100 yen for a rumor about the Legendary Blacksmith that hangs around at Araya Shrine. Take this rumor to the Kuzunoha Detective Ageny in Aoba and spread it before you head back to Araya Shrine in Rengedai.

The man we're looking for at Araya Shrine looks a lot like the guy we just paid 100 yen to for the rumor. A picture of him and his name, Takumi Asano are found below.

Takumi Asano will give you the Secret Document which is an item we need to take over to Padparacha in Narumi. When you give the clerk this item he will have a new option available called Develop which will let you make a bunch of awesome equipment.

 

You can get one Akashic Ring from the Aoba Park Flower Puzzle. A second Akashic Ring can be obtained from the second dungeon in Mu Continent.

Normally your first Legenbright is obtained from Ixquic inside of the Seedy CD

 

Legenbright
1. Return the Top-Speed Title to Ixquic in Seedy CD
2. Found in World of Conviction, Monado, behind the
door guarded by Ahzi Dahaka
3. Found in Sachiko's Room, Area 8, Bomb Shelter
4. Return a Rank 8 Suzaku persona
5. Have a Rank 8 Odin persona "Persona-Talk" with a
Valkyrie demon (only works once)

Akashic Ring
1. Level 86 Devil demon Shu's Rare Item
2. Answering the Purple Flower's question at Aoba Park
3. Return the Haunted Taxi's item to the girl in Mu
Continent
4. Return a Rank 8 Nata persona
5. Return a Rank 8 Virocana persona