Plachta
- "An old book kept by Sophie's grandmother, stuffed away on a bookshelf in the atelier. She awakens when Sophie writes a recipe into the book, and becomes Sophie's alchemy teacher. Certain events lead to her taking human form, but her personality remains unchanged, and she continues to give Sophie alchemy related advice. She's completely hopeless when it comes to anything besides alchemy, and causes trouble for people when she walks around town and makes ambiguous statements. She's generally cool headed and composed, but she can be unexpectedly bold at times. After taking human form, she begins to remember a certain duty."
- — Official description from Atelier Sophie.
Plachta is a major character in Atelier Sophie, Atelier Firis, Atelier Lydie & Suelle, Atelier Sophie 2, and Atelier Resleriana
Plachta is a talking book who has lost her memories. As Sophie comes up with new recipes and adds them to the book, she recovers new memories. It is eventually revealed that 500 years ago, Plachta was once a human alchemist that was turned into a book. With the help of Sophie and her friends, her soul is moved to a doll body, allowing Plachta to live a human-like life again and forge a deep & important bond with Sophie, her alchemy disciple.
Plachta's young and inexperienced human self is a major character in Atelier Sophie 2. Young Plachta's more childish personality is often embarrassing for the current Plachta, but she tries to guide and support her former self anyway.
Role
Atelier Sophie
Plachta acts as Sophie's teacher and is related to all of Sophie's main goals - finding the Cauldron of Alchemical Brilliance, restoring the memories, regaining Plachta's human form, and defeating Luard. Plachta and Luard were once close friends, but she eventually had to fight him when Luard got obsessed with a harmful kind of alchemy. Plachta ruptured Luard's soul into the artificial lifeforms known as Atomina and Meklet. However, fearing that Luard would regain his ability to use alchemy through the Cauldron of Alchemical Brilliance, she sealed her soul inside a book. Plachta is also the creator of the cauldron.
If the player synthesizes and gives her the weapon she asks for, she will join as a playable battle party member. The player can also customize her appearance and battle capacities through the Dollmaking feature. If Plachta is happy with the outcome, a trophy will be earned.
Atelier Sophie 2
Atelier Firis
Plachta accompanies Sophie on her journey, and acts fondly towards both her own student Sophie, as well as Sophie's student Firis Mistlud. Like Sophie, she is introduced early into the game but doesn't become playable until after the player has passed the exam.
Her demeanor has become softer and kinder since Atelier Sophie. She is always looking after Sophie, keeping her more impulsive side in check. She expresses concern over that Sophie doesn't act her age and take responsibility, but also often teases Sophie with things such as embarrassing memories. She and Sophie have developed a relationship that is difficult to describe even for themselves, Sophie puts it as a bit of a mix of family, friends, and master and student.
Atelier Lydie & Suelle
Plachta once more accompanies Sophie as they travel to Adalet, where they briefly appear when Lydie and Suelle try to fight Falgior. Plachta and Ilmmeria manage to keep the dragon at bay while the twins obtain the rainbow palette, a tool that significantly damages Falgior. Plachta, together with Sophie, will then reside in Firis' tent after the event. If the twins follow Sophie and Plachta's quest to regain Plachta's human body, they will successfully witness Sophie using a tome to transform Plachta into a human. In one of Alt's events, the twins witness Alt (or Luard, as Plachta calls him) making a promise with her to use alchemy for everyone's happiness using the first item Alt synthesized (presumably a failed special nutrient item), reminiscing the events when both of them initially became alchemists.
Resleriana
Variations
| Name | Stars |
|---|---|
| Plachta Enchanting Vampire | ★ 3 |
| Plachta Mysterious Doll | ★ 3 |
Battle
Atelier Sophie
Plachta's basic stats are to a degree customizable through the Dollmake feature. She can use a variety of alchemy items, but not to the degree that Sophie can.
Weapons
Armors
Items
Skills
Active skills
| Skill | Learning condition | MP cost | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | Default | 0 MP | Normal attack. Physical damage. Chance to chain attack (up with speed). | Single enemy |
| Two Hander | Default | Single enemy | ||
| Nine Hander | 3 ability points | Physical damage (up with less HP). Delays turn. Replaces Two Hander. | Single enemy | |
| Lightfall | Default | Medium enemy area | ||
| Prismfall | 5 ability points | Magic damage. Inflicts random status ailments. Replaces Lightfall. | Medium enemy area | |
| Erase | Single enemy | |||
| Dawn Break | 7 ability points | Nullifies 2 enhancements effects. Reduces resistances by 1 stage. Replaces Erase. | Single enemy | |
| Rain Shot | All enemies or all allies | |||
| Squall Shot | 5 ability points | Performs an attack, recovery or support action. Replaces Rain Shot. | All enemies or all allies |
Passive skills
| Skill | Learning condition | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Doll's Body | Artificial body is immune to Blind and Poison. | |
| Modification | Reduces damage taken. Base damage up. | |
| Knowledge of All | Critical rate up. Critical bonus up. | |
| Synchronize | Skill power up. Chain attack chance up. | |
| Swift Arm | 5 ability points | Increases chance of chain attacks. |
| Look of Wisdom | 5 ability points | MP automatically recovers. Increases maximum MP. |
| Rising Potential | 5 ability points | All stats increase proportional to level. |
| Reincarnation | 5 ability points | Automatically recover from KO. No after effects from revival. |
Chain skills
| Skill | Stance | % chain | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outcast | Offense | > 200% | Offense Act. Chain attack (non-elemental). |
| Etherbraum | Offense | 300% | Special Attack. Powerful chain attack (non-elemental). |
| Element Barrier | Defense | > 200% | Defense Act. Bestow fire, ice, electricity resistance. |
| Growless | Defense | 300% | Special Guard. Nullifies enemy healing actions. |
Atelier Firis
Weapons
Armors
Items
Skills
Active skills
| Skill | Learning condition | MP cost | Description | Target | Attribute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One-Two Punch | Default | 0 MP | Plachta normal attack. | Single enemy | Impact |
| Two Hander | Default | 15 MP | Controls a massive sword to deal slashing attribute damage to the target. | Single enemy | Slashing |
| Lightfall | Default | 30 MP | Deals magic attribute damage to targets in the area, and has a chance to cause Blind. | Medium enemy area | Magic |
| Erase | Default | 27 MP | Purges 2 enhancement effects from the target. | Single enemy | None |
| Rain Shot | Default | 36 MP | Generates 3 actions, which can have an attack, support, or recovery effect. | All enemies or all allies | Magic |
Passive skills
| Skill | Learning condition | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Doll's Body | Default | Immune to Poison and Blind status ailments. |
| Modification | Default | Reduces all damage taken by 5%, and increases base damage value by 2-4. |
| Knowledge of All | Default | Increases critical hit chance and critical hit damage by 10%. |
| Synchronize | Default | Increases skill power by 10%, and increases chance of chains attacks by 25%. |
Chain skills
| Skill | % chain | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Support Guard | Defense | Shield Firis, taking damage in her place. Reduces the damage taken by 50%. |
| Outcast | 120% | Deals powerful non-attribute damage to the target, and has a chance to cause several status ailments. |
| Etherbraum | 150% | Deals very powerful non-attribute damage to the target, and has a chance to cause several status ailments. |
Atelier Sophie 2
The younger version of Plachta is a strong character using both Physical and Magical attacks to deal damage, remove enemy buffs, and weaken the enemies' auras. As an alchemist she also has access to a vast range of powerful items, some of them being exclusive to her.
Active Skills
| Attribute | Name | MP | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
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Jab | 0 | Deals physical damage to a single enemy. (Power: 40) |
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Knuckle Crush | 10 | Deals physical damage to a single enemy and applies 1 stack of DEF decrease. (Power: 110) |
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Gleam Laser | 25 | Deals magic damage to target area and applies 1 stack of ATK decrease. (Power: 80) |
| - | Call Catastrophe | 20 | Applies 1 stack of SE resistance decrease to all enemies, has a 80% chance of inflicting 1 stack of poison, and inflicts aura weakening. |
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Sword of Erasure | 40 | Deals physical damage to a single enemy and removes 2 buffs. (Power: 130) |
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Slug Punch | 30 | Deals physical damage to a single enemy, knocks them back, and applies 1 stack of a SPD decrease. (Power: 140) |
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Fallen Rapture | 60 | Deals magic damage to all enemies and has 100% chance of increasing their debuff stacks by 1. (Power: 120) |
| - | Sunlight Helidor | 30 | Changes the weather during battle to sunshine. |
| - | Cloudburst Hydrite | 30 | Changes the weather during battle to rain. |
| - | Glacial Larimar | 30 | Changes the weather during battle to snow. |
| - | Crackling Dravite | 30 | Changes the weather during battle to thunderstorm. |
Passive Skills
| Attribute | Name | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| - | Autoshield | Increases DEF. |
| - | Big Eater | Increases the HP recovery for Food items by 30%. MP is also restores by 20% of the restored HP. |
| - | Earnest Gaze | Increases the chance of inflicting a status effect with an item by 25%. |
| - | Sore Loser | Increases user's SE resistance when moving to the front. |
| - | Strategic Retreat | Increases TP gain when HP drops below 50%. |
| - | Third Arm | Attacking an enemy with an aura reduces the aura gauge by an additional 1. |
| - | Unbroken Focus | Applies 1 stack of DEF increase on the user when moving back. |
| - | Support Guard | Note: Only usable while in the back-up team. The user will switch places with the target character and block an incoming attack. |
| - | Cover Strike | Decreases the enemy's DEF by 2 stacks when breaking its aura. |
| - | Perfect Prep | Increases damage dealt while at Max HP. |
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Quality: Light | Alchemy Assist Skill. The final product quality increases by 3x the number of light links. |
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Element Switch: Light | Alchemy Assist Skill. Can change any one placed component into a light component. |
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Link Morph: Light | Alchemy Assist Skill. Can change any one placed component into a light link component. |
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Extra Ingredient: Magical | Alchemy Assist Skill. Allows you to add an extra magical ingredient. |
Appearances in Other Media
Warriors All-Stars
On November 1 it was announced that Plachta would be joining Sophie Neuenmuller as a playable character in the upcoming Crossover Warriors game Warriors All-Stars.
The story takes place in an alternate world that relies on a miraculous spring to sustain itself. The King who could control the spring's powers suddenly perished, leaving the world in turmoil. The Queen told her daughter to summon otherworldly heroes to save their land, with Plachta being one of them, but the attempted summoning malfunctioned and left them scattered in different areas. Eventually, other members of this royal family are deemed eligible for the throne, dividing all the heroes into three warring factions.
Plachta, unlike Sophie, is not restricted to joining one faction, and can be recruited by anyone. Her introduction involves her bracelet being stolen by bandits and asking for the player hero to retrieve it for her. Once she has it back, she makes short work of the bandits using her weapon and even takes control of some mechanisms similar to tanks to devastate their numbers so the party can escape. Following the battle, the royal family member the player serves will ask Plachta for her help and she agrees to join them.
Alternate artwork of Plachta in Warriors All-Stars
Marie Rose Costume DLC
- 【プラフタ編】アクション紹介『無双☆スターズ』
Play Demo
Gallery
Atelier Sophie
Plachta 500 years ago
Plachta meeting Sophie
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Atelier Sophie 2
Concept Art
Concept Art
Plachta as Roytale's Mayor
Promo Artwork
Plachta with Sophie
Plachta performs Alchemy
Plachta sleeping
The two Plachtas say goodbye
Plachta's Map Icon
Plachta in a Battle
Plachta's Victory Pose
Determined Plachta
Thinking Plachta
The two Plachtas meet each other
Sophie mentoring her
Saying goodbye to her younger self
Doll Plachta's Map Icon
Embarrassed about her younger self
Talking to Young Plachta
Atelier Resleriana
Plachta A25 Announcement
Plachta Halloween
Trivia
- Plachta can't use alchemy in her doll form, as her body is too artificial. However, her wide knowledge of alchemy remains.
- She was born in the same village as Luard.
- Just like Sophie, her reason for studying alchemy was to bring happiness to others.
- Plachta gives the player advice on the menu screen in Atelier Sophie. When the player has completed the main story's ending, the advice changes to friendly messages.
- She shares her Japanese voice with Mimi Houllier von Schwarzlang.
- Plachta means "sheet" in Slovakian.
- Plachta's Japanese name pronunciation Purafuta could also go towards "Pravda", the Russian word for "truth".
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