Plachta

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"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

Upgraded Skills after unlocking all Bonuses
Attribute Name MP Effect
A23 Physical.png Jab 0 Deals physical damage to a single enemy. (Power: 40)
A23 Physical.png Knuckle Crush 10 Deals physical damage to a single enemy and applies 1 stack of DEF decrease. (Power: 110)
A23 Magical.png 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.
A23 Physical.png Sword of Erasure 40 Deals physical damage to a single enemy and removes 2 buffs. (Power: 130)
A23 Physical.png Slug Punch 30 Deals physical damage to a single enemy, knocks them back, and applies 1 stack of a SPD decrease. (Power: 140)
A23 Magical.png 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

Upgraded Skills after unlocking all Bonuses
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.
A23 Light.png Quality: Light Alchemy Assist Skill. The final product quality increases by 3x the number of light links.
A23 Light.png Element Switch: Light Alchemy Assist Skill. Can change any one placed component into a light component.
A23 Light.png Link Morph: Light Alchemy Assist Skill. Can change any one placed component into a light link component.
A23 Light.png 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.

Gallery

Atelier Sophie

Atelier Sophie 2

Atelier Resleriana

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".

External links


Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream Characters
Party Members
Sophie NeuenmullerPlachta (younger) • Alette ClaretieOlias EndersRamizel ErlenmeyerDiebold Lewerenz
Other Characters
ElviraPirkaKatrina BalbastreGnome DumortierPlachta (doll)