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Dusk Time Limit Woe- Jump to E&L or Shallie?
Frankly, the time limit is almost a non-issue in any Atelier games. As long as you understood these points:
don't delay your job / main quest!
each day is split into 10 segments, understood how much you can gather & fight in an area without depleting all the segments. Not depleted = day didn't advance by 1.
don't bother pickup things you don't need! Especially materials that you got plentiful of. Endgame materials are harvested with specific method you will discover later.
save your game, test your synthesis steps & process and try to optimize it. Once you figure out the best way to make your items, load game and proceed.
synthesize those QoL items that save times as soon as you unlock their recipe!
take all the related side jobs before you go to an area!