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* v0.6 02/10/08 *
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* Written by: Lufia_Maxim *
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1) Introduction [intr]
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Welcome to my Final Fantasy 6 Advance Walkthrough.
Yes, this is another guide for FFVIA. Why did I make it? Well, several reasons:
1) None of the other FAQs are really that great (Note: I'm not bashing the
other guides. They may be good, but they don't go into enough detail)
2) I was making MANY other guides for this very game, and I figured: Why not
just make a walkthrough and combine everything into one file?
3) Many people wanted a walkthrough that helps them get a 100% game. I will try
my best to make that guide.
4) Simply because I love this game and wanted to make a guide for it.
Eventually, my hope is that this will be THE most complete guide out there for
FFVIA. If you feel you have anything to contribute, I'd be glad to take a look
at it. Just send it to songoku1 [at] gmail [dot] com
Enjoy.
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2) Version History [vers]
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v0.6 (02/10/08): (1048 KB)
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Within the next few updates here, I'm going to re-vamp my
entire WoR section. I don't like the way it is right now, and I know I can do
a better job than what you see now. Before I do this, I'll finish off
everything including Kefka's Tower, so you faithful followers of this guide
can finish off your game without being totally confused.
- Added all Appendices (sort of)
- Finished walkthrough up to and including Kefka's Tower
- Don't expect an update for quite some time, but I'll try to make the next
update a big one.
v0.5 (11/25/07): (843 KB)
- Added sections 4.102 - 4.112
v0.46 (11/17/07): (713 KB)
- I'm doing more frequent updates right now because I've gotten several e-mails
from people asking me when I'm going to finish my guide. Updating bit by bit
will hopefully give these same people something to do while I continue working
on getting this done
- Added Ancient Castle
v0.45 (11/14/07): (682 KB)
- Fixed a typical east/west mistake (since no one has caught the mistake, I
won't mention where it was <_<)
- blusiryn has struck again, finding many grammatical errors. Thx once more.
- Added up to and including Umaro's Cave to the walkthrough
v0.4 (9/12/07): (652 KB)
- Added Cyan's Dream to the walkthrough
v.035 (8/11/07): (624 KB)
- Just been working on the walkthrough a little
- Rather small update in the walkthrough section, but I just thought I'd let
you guys know that I am still working on this. Progress is slow, but there is
some progress
- Walkthrough goes up to getting 10 out of 14 characters in WoR
v0.3 (5/11/07): (595 KB)
- Fixed TONS of spelling/grammar mistakes. Thx again to blusiryn for that
- Walkthrough is now up to and including getting Shadow
- Worked (and finished) on some of the Appendices. You'll see those in future
versions
v0.2 (5/1/07): (514 KB)
- Added a bunch of character-specific dialogue (Thx to TheMorn for this)
- Removed the Battle Commands section since it had many errors and was
incomplete anyway. Wait a few updates for it to re-appear.
- Walkthrough covered up to Darill's Tomb
v0.1 (4/28/07): (439 KB)
- Started this walkthrough on 2/14/07 and finally released v0.1 on 4/28/07
- World of Balance done
- Some parts of Battle Commands section done
- Obviously there will be many more updates to make this guide as complete as
possible
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3) Table of Contents [tofc]
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NOTE: Table of Contents is still subject to change
1) Introduction ........................................................ [intr]
2) Version History ..................................................... [vers]
3) Table of Contents ................................................... [tofc]
4) Walkthrough ......................................................... [walk]
- 4.1 Narshe Mines ................................................. [4.001]
- 4.2 Narshe: Arvis' House ......................................... [4.002]
- 4.3 Narshe: Mines (Escaping from Narshe Guards) .................. [4.003]
- 4.4 Narshe: Adventuring School ................................... [4.004]
- 4.5 Overworld: Narshe to Figaro Castle ........................... [4.005]
- 4.6 Figaro Castle ................................................ [4.006]
- 4.7 South Figaro Cave ............................................ [4.007]
- 4.8 Overworld: Around South Figaro ............................... [4.008]
- 4.9 South Figaro ................................................. [4.009]
- 4.10 Overworld: Sabin's Hut & Mt. Kolts ........................... [4.010]
- 4.11 Mt. Kolts .................................................... [4.011]
- 4.12 Overworld: Mt. Kolts to Returner Hideout ..................... [4.012]
- 4.13 Returner Hideout ............................................. [4.013]
- 4.14 Lethe River .................................................. [4.014]
- 4.15 Scenario Selection ........................................... [4.015]
- 4.16 Terra/Edgar/Banon: Lethe River and traveling to Narshe ....... [4.016]
- 4.17 Terra/Edgar/Banon: Narshe Mines .............................. [4.017]
- 4.18 Sabin: Shadow and traveling to the Imperial Camp ............. [4.018]
- 4.19 Sabin: Imperial Camp and Doma Castle ......................... [4.019]
- 4.20 Sabin: Overworld: Traveling to Phantom Forest ................ [4.020]
- 4.21 Sabin: Phantom Forest ........................................ [4.021]
- 4.22 Sabin: Phantom Train ......................................... [4.022]
- 4.23 Sabin: Overworld: Baren Falls ................................ [4.023]
- 4.24 Sabin: Veldt Part 1 .......................................... [4.024]
- 4.25 Sabin: Mobliz ................................................ [4.025]
- 4.26 Sabin: Gau and his Rages ..................................... [4.026]
- 4.27 Sabin: Crescent Mountain Cave ................................ [4.027]
- 4.28 Sabin: Serpent Trench ........................................ [4.028]
- 4.29 Sabin: Nikeah ................................................ [4.029]
- 4.30 Locke: South Figaro .......................................... [4.030]
- 4.31 Locke: South Figaro Cave (Revisited) ......................... [4.031]
- 4.32 Imperial Raid on Narshe ...................................... [4.032]
- 4.33 Narshe and traveling to Kohlingen ............................ [4.033]
- 4.34 Overworld (Around Kohlingen) ................................. [4.034]
- 4.35 Kohlingen .................................................... [4.035]
- 4.36 Jidoor ....................................................... [4.036]
- 4.37 Zozo ......................................................... [4.037]
- 4.38 Magic AP & Trip to Veldt ..................................... [4.038]
- 4.39 Jidoor Revisited ............................................. [4.039]
- 4.40 The Opera House .............................................. [4.040]
- 4.41 Blackjack .................................................... [4.041]
- 4.42 Southern Continent ........................................... [4.042]
- 4.43 Albrook ...................................................... [4.043]
- 4.44 Maranda ...................................................... [4.044]
- 4.45 Tzen ......................................................... [4.045]
- 4.46 Imperial Observation Post .................................... [4.046]
- 4.47 Vector ....................................................... [4.047]
- 4.48 Magitek Research Facility .................................... [4.048]
- 4.49 Zozo & Terra's History ....................................... [4.049]
- 4.50 Airship Fun .................................................. [4.050]
- 4.51 Narshe revisited ............................................. [4.051]
- 4.52 Mog can Dance! ............................................... [4.052]
- 4.53 Cave to the Sealed Gate ...................................... [4.053]
- 4.54 Vector Revisited & Imperial Banquet .......................... [4.054]
- 4.55 Getting to Albrook ........................................... [4.055]
- 4.56 Traveling to Thamasa ......................................... [4.056]
- 4.57 Area around Thamasa .......................................... [4.057]
- 4.58 Thamasa ...................................................... [4.058]
- 4.59 Burning Home ................................................. [4.059]
- 4.60 Esper Caves .................................................. [4.060]
- 4.61 Thamasa & General Leo ........................................ [4.061]
- 4.62 Preparing for the Floating Continent ......................... [4.062]
- 4.63 Imperial Air Force ........................................... [4.063]
- 4.64 Floating Continent ........................................... [4.064]
- 4.65 The World of Ruin ............................................ [4.065]
- 4.66 Solitary Island .............................................. [4.066]
- 4.67 Overworld: Southern Continent ................................ [4.067]
- 4.68 Albrook [WoR] ................................................ [4.068]
- 4.69 Tzen & Crumbling House ....................................... [4.069]
- 4.70 Serpent Trench ............................................... [4.070]
- 4.71 Mobliz [WoR] ................................................. [4.071]
- 4.72 Nikeah [WoR] ................................................. [4.072]
- 4.73 South Figaro [WoR] ........................................... [4.073]
- 4.74 Overworld: Figaro Continent .................................. [4.074]
- 4.75 South Figaro Cave [WoR] ...................................... [4.075]
- 4.76 Figaro Castle [WoR] .......................................... [4.076]
- 4.77 Overworld: North-Western Continent ........................... [4.077]
- 4.78 Kohlingen [WoR] .............................................. [4.078]
- 4.79 Coliseum ..................................................... [4.079]
- 4.80 Darill's Tomb ................................................ [4.080]
- 4.81 Maranda [WoR] ................................................ [4.081]
- 4.82 Intermission & Reference Point ............................... [4.082]
- 4.83 Overworld: South-Western Continent ........................... [4.083]
- 4.84 Opera House & Earth Dragon ................................... [4.084]
- 4.85 Jidoor & Auction House ....................................... [4.085]
- 4.86 Zozo [WoR] ................................................... [4.086]
- 4.87 Mt. Zozo ..................................................... [4.087]
- 4.88 Veldt [WoR] .................................................. [4.088]
- 4.89 Cave on the Veldt ............................................ [4.089]
- 4.90 Thamasa [WoR] ................................................ [4.090]
- 4.91 Coliseum & Shadow ............................................ [4.091]
- 4.92 Owzer's Mansion .............................................. [4.092]
- 4.93 Mobliz Revisited ............................................. [4.093]
- 4.94 Recruiting Strago ............................................ [4.094]
- 4.95 Sabin's Blitzes .............................................. [4.095]
- 4.96 Cyan's Dream ................................................. [4.096]
- 4.97 Overworld: Northern Continent ................................ [4.097]
- 4.98 Narshe [WoR] ................................................. [4.098]
- 4.99 Yeti's Cave .................................................. [4.099]
- 4.100 Cave to the Ancient Castle ................................... [4.100]
- 4.101 Ancient Castle ............................................... [4.101]
- 4.102 Esper - Quetzalli ............................................ [4.102]
- 4.103 Overworld: North-Eastern Continent / Dinosaur Forest ......... [4.103]
- 4.104 Overworld: Around Thamasa .................................... [4.104]
- 4.105 Lore Hunting ................................................. [4.105]
- 4.106 Ebot's Rock .................................................. [4.106]
- 4.107 Phoenix Cave ................................................. [4.107]
- 4.108 Stealing all around the world ................................ [4.108]
- 4.109 Triangle Island & Zone Eater's Belly ......................... [4.109]
- 4.110 Cultists' Tower .............................................. [4.110]
- 4.111 Excalipoor & Gilgamesh ....................................... [4.111]
- 4.112 Coliseum Revisited & Siegfried ............................... [4.112]
- 4.113 Gigantuar .................................................... [4.113]
- 4.114 Leviathan .................................................... [4.114]
- 4.115 Gau's Father ................................................. [4.115]
- 4.116 Narshe & Ragnarok / Cursed Shield ............................ [4.116]
- 4.117 Kefka's Tower ................................................ [4.117]
5) Frequently Asked Questions .......................................... [faqs]
Appendix A - Battle Commands ........................................... [appa]
Appendix B - Items ..................................................... [appb]
Appendix C - Equipment ................................................. [appc]
Appendix D - Relics .................................................... [appd]
Appendix E - Espers .................................................... [appe]
Appendix F - Magic ..................................................... [appf]
Appendix G - Coliseum .................................................. [appg]
Appendix H - Rages ..................................................... [apph]
Appendix I - Lores ..................................................... [appi]
6) Copyright ........................................................... [copy]
7) Conclusion .......................................................... [conc]
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4) Walkthrough [walk]
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The ancient War of the Magi...
When its flames at last receded, only
the charred husk of a world remained.
Even the power of magic was lost...
In the thousand years that followed,
iron, gunpowder, and steam engines
took the place of magic, and life slowly
returned to the barren land...
Yet there now stands one who would
reawaken the magic of ages past,
and use its dread powers as a means
by which to conquer all the world...
... Could anyone truly
be foolish enough
to repeat that mistake?
You now see three people in some sort of machines (let's call them Magitek
Armor, just for fun) walk on the cliff.
Wedge: There's the city...
Biggs: Hard to believe an esper's been found frozen there a thousand years
after the War of the Magi...
Bah! Probably just another wild goose chase...
Wedge: I don't know... They wouldn't have let us use her unless they were
confident that the information was good.
Biggs: Ah, yes...our witch. I hear she fried fifty of our Magitek armored
soldiers in three minutes... Kinda makes your skin crawl, doesn't it?
Wedge: Relax. With that thing on her head, she's a mindless puppet. The
girl won't even breathe unless we tell her to.
We'll approach from the east. Move out!
You then approach Narshe. The goal here? To find this frozen "Esper", whatever
that may be.
People in your party include a mysterious Magitek Elite, named "??????". The
other two characters are Wedge and Biggs, which are Imperial Soldiers.
Note: I'll refer to ?????? as Terra from here on out, as that is her default
name.
First things first: Move all 3 characters to the Back Row. In usual
circumstances, putting people in the back row cuts their damage dealt in
half. But since you are riding Magitek Armors, which use elemental beams,
there is no penalty. The only "penalty" is that you take less damage...
horrible, I know.
There's not much for you to do, so just advance. You'll then be attacked by 2
Guards. Any offensive attack kills the enemy, so you really can't go wrong here.
There's an optional battle to the right, which is just a Silver Lobo
Keep advancing northward, and fight the 2 Silver Lobo, followed by 2 Guards.
To the north is a forced Pincer attack with a Silver Lobo and 2 Guards.
Move on to the next screen to the north, only to fight 2 Guards and
2 Megalodoth.
Keep going north to find the Narshe mines, where (according to the source of the
Empire) the frozen esper is. Enter.
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4.1 Narshe Mines [4.001]
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New Monsters:
#4 - Wererat
#5 - Spritzer
#6 - Bandit
#276 - Ymir (Shell)
#277 - Ymir (Head)
Monster Formations:
1st Cave:
- Wererat x3 (0 AP)
- Wererat, Bandit (0 AP)
- Ymir (Head), Ymir (Shell) [Boss] (0 AP)
2nd Cave:
- Bandit, Spritzer (0 AP)
- Spritzer x2 (1 AP)
- Wererat x2 (0 AP)
Items Found: None
Welcome to your first cave. As you can see above, I will let you know if you can
encounter any new enemies in each area. I will also list the enemy formations
you might encounter. The (X AP) is useless to you now (and will be for quite
some time), so just ignore that for now.
You'll come across a Save Point. If you step on it, let the game explain to you
what it does.
Just like before, the enemies all die to a single offensive attack, so you
should have no troubles here.
All the enemies in here can drop Potions, which you can use to heal yourself
obviously. If you're leveling up, make sure to keep some around.
One thing I should note about healing: Since you are in the Magitek Armors for
now (you'll lose that in a few minutes), you can simply use Healing Force to
heal each other. Save your Potions for when you really need them.
Approach the closed gate, and Biggs open it for you. As soon as you try to enter
the next cave: Boss Battle
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BOSS: Ymir
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Ymir (Shell) (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 4
- HP: 50000
- MP: 120
- Drops: Ether (Always)
Ymir (Head) (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 6
- HP: 1600
- MP: 1000
- Drops: Hi-Potion (Always)
As you can see, there are two parts to Ymir. Biggs tells you a little bit about
this creature. Apparently, Ymir absorbs lightning. They also tell you to not
attack the shell under any circumstances, but you still could if you wanted too.
This battle is not hard, as is the case with most 1st bosses of any game.
To win the battle, all you really have to do is defeat the Head, which only has
1600 HP. Some people want to take out the Shell to get that Ether, but that can
take a very long time, so it's really up to you.
Everytime you see the message "Ymir: Grawwwk...", stop attacking the head. The
head will then disappear into its shell, not to come out until you see the
Grawwwk message again.
If you attack the shell, Ymir counters with Megavolt. If you get hit by this,
make sure you heal the injured characters.
NOTE: If you're one of those that want to take out the shell, know that since
the Shell only has 120 MP, he'll only be able to fire off 6 Megavolts total.
After that, he'll run out of MP, which means no more Megavolt against you. As
long as you keep healing when necessary, you should easily be able to take out
the Shell. If you want the Hi-Potion AND the Ether, you'll have to take out both
the shell and the head in the same turn, so make sure you have a calculator
nearby when doing this.
Summary: Attack head only with any beams for Biggs/Wedge, but use Magitek
Missile with Terra.
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Once Ymir is defeated, enter the next cave and you'll find the frozen esper!
The Esper will somehow react to Terra. Somehow Biggs and Wedge are blown off the
screen, never to be seen again.
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4.2 Narshe: Arvis' House [4.002]
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Items Found:
- Elixir (Clock)
NOTE: 2 Sleeping Bags were added to your inventory.
You find yourself in a random bed. Wake up and talk to the old guy (Arvis).
Arvis has taken the liberty of removing the slave crown from your head, which
was used by the Empire to control you. Terra cannot remember anything because of
it. Arvis reassures you that your memory will return... eventually.
You get to name Terra now. Name her whatever you want, but her name is Terra, so
that's what I called her.
All of a sudden guards show up at Arvis' door, demanding he hand over the girl,
since she's a soldier of the Empire. Arvis tells you there's no time to explain
and shows you out the back door.
Don't forget to grab the Elixir on your way out.
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4.3 Narshe: Mines (Escaping from Narshe Guards) [4.003]
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New Monsters:
#278 - Guard Leader
Monster Formations:
- Bandit, Spritzer (0 AP)
- Spritzer x2 (1 AP)
- Wererat x2 (0 AP)
Protecting Terra from Soldiers:
- Megalodoth, Silver Lobo (1 AP)
- Silver Lobo x2, Guard Leader (0 AP)
Items Found:
- Phoenix Down -> Guard Bracelet (WoR)
- Sleeping Bag -> Elixir (WoR)
As you cross the bridge, Narshe guards will spot you below and run off. Enter
the mines.
If you want to do some leveling (I would suggest it, unless you're doing a LLG
[Low-Level-Game]), move Terra back to the front row. If you leave her in the
back she'll only deal 50% damage, but also take less damage. Moving to the front
does allow her to kill Spritzer and Bandit with one attack, though.
If you need to heal, either use a Potion you should be collecting if you're
fighting a lot, or use the spell Cure.
When you're facing more than one monster at a time, you could also use MT Fire
spell (MT means Multi-Target; Select Fire, then use the R button to make it
target all the enemies) to take care of them. Don't forget that your MP is
limited at this point of the game. If you do run out of MP, you *could* use your
Elixir, but it'd be better to save it for more desperate times.
After the Save Point, you'll come across a chest on a raised platform to the
right. Right now it contains a Phoenix Down, which is a nice item to have.
However, if you leave it now, it will change into a Pod Bracelet later (WoR).
You'll encounter several of these chests towards the beginning of the game.
Luckily for you, I'm here to tell you what they contain now, and what they'll
change to later. I suggest leaving the Phoenix Down and getting the Pod Bracelet
later.
To the left is another chest. This one contains a Sleeping Bag now, and turns
into an Elixir later (WoR). By the time you reach WoR you'll be able to have
tons of Elixirs, so go ahead and grab the Sleeping Bag, as its more useful to
you now than an Elixir will be to you later.
NOTE: When you're ready to move on, de-equip the Mythril Knife and Buckler.
When you continue along the path the Narshe Guards will catch up to you and
push you into a corner. Lucky for you, the floor underneath you breaks and you
fall through it. Unlucky for you, you pass out afterwards, but not before
having some flashbacks.
1st Flashback:
You'll be in Kefka's Throne Room. You see him put the Slave Crown on Terra's
head.
2nd Flashback:
Terra in a Magitek Armor facing 3 Imperial Soldiers. She uses Fire Beam and
instantly kills one of them. Kefka, who is happy with this performance, tells
her to burn them all to crisp, then laughs evily.
3rd Flashback:
Emperor Gestahl talking to a crowd (crowd meaning 14 Soldiers), informing them
that magic is on their side again [Terra]. Behind Emperor Gestahl are (from
left to right) Kefka, General Leo, and General Celes.
After this, the scene shifts back to Arvis' house. You now get to name Locke.
Guess what I named him?
Locke is a thief. I don't care if he prefers the term Treasure Hunter, he's a
thief. Locke has one of the most useful skills in the game - Steal. This allows
him to steal items/weapons/things from enemies.
You can read about it by searching for: [stel]
Arvis informs Locke that he met "the girl" *gasp*. He also mentions that Narshe
is not willing to join an underground resistance group like the Returners.
Locke's task is now to get "the girl" out of Narshe and to Figaro.
FYI: Arvis and Locke are both Returners.
The scene then changes back to where Terra lays unconscious. How did Locke know
where she was so quickly (After all, he gets there before the Narshe Guards get
there, and they only had to go one floor down)?
Speaking of the devil, the Narshe Guards appear at the other end of the cave.
Actually, it's just one (with 5 of his friends). You may be wondering how Locke
is going to handle all 6 enemies... but then two white creatures appear from
behind you. These are Moogles, and they're your friends. They will help you
fight the guards in order to protect Terra.
Taken from in-game:
You'll fight using 3 different groups. Press Select to switch between them.
Defeat the leader of the guards before hism en reach Terra, or the battle's
lost!
Now you'll have 3 groups. Here's each group:
NOTE: The level +X means the party's average level plus or minus that amount.
The game includes Locke when calculating the levels for the Moogles, so the
calculation is as follows. ((Terra's level + Locke's level) / 2) = average.
Locke's level is always 2 higher than Terra's, so you could really reduce it to:
Average level = Terra's level + 1
Each character's equipment is listed below their name
1st Group:
- Locke (Level: +2)
- Right Hand: Dagger
- Head: Leather Cap
- Body: Leather Armor
- Moglin (Level: +2)
- Right Hand: Mythril Spear
- Left Hand: Buckler
- Mogret (Level: +0)
- Left Hand: Morning Star
- Right Hand: Buckler
- Moggie (Level: +0)
- Left Hand: Mythril Claws
- Right Hand: Buckler
2nd Group:
- Mog (Level: +5)
- Left Hand: Mythril Spear
- Right Hand: Mythril Shield
- Molulu (Level: -3)
- Left Hand: Chain Flail
- Right Hand: Buckler
- Moghan (Level: +0)
- Left Hand: Mythril Sword
- Right Hand: Buckler
- Moguel (Level: +2)
- Left Hand: Moonring Blade
- Right Hand: Buckler
3rd Group:
- Mogsy (Level: +2)
- Left Hand: Chocobo Brush
- Right Hand: Buckler
- Mogwin (Level: +0)
- Left Hand: Mythril Spear
- Right Hand: Buckler
- Mugmug (Level: +0)
- Left Hand: Mythril Sword
- Right Hand: Buckler
- Cosmog (Level: +2)
- Left Hand: Boomerang
- Right Hand: Buckler
So what does all this tell you? Not much. I just felt like listing the
equipment, leave me alone.
Anyway, you should've unequipped the Mythril Knife and Buckler. Equip both these
on Locke to boost his stats a little bit.
I suggest you plan ahead and use Locke's group for the "Boss" battle. This
simply means you should use the other two groups to get rid of the 5 other
soldiers.
If any of the soldiers reach Terra, Locke says "No...! I failed her..." and you
get a Game Over. Don't let this happen.
The 5 soldiers are all: Silver Lobo, Megalodoth
The last one being: Silver Lobo x2, Guard Leader
After you win one battle with Mog, he will learn his first dance: Twilight
Requiem. Just like Locke has Steal, Mog has Dances. Each of Mog's dances has a
random effect of doing one of four different things. Twilight Requiem's attacks
are as follows:
7/16 - Cave In (Reduces enemy's HP to 25% of current HP)
6/16 - Snare (Kills one enemy)
2/16 - Will o' the Wisp (Fire-Elemental attack)
1/16 - Poisonous Frog (Poison-Elemental attack, Poisons enemy if still alive)
All very useful attacks, so go crazy with Mog's Dance. Mog can also learn many
other Dances throughout the game.
NOTE: Before you fight Guard Leader, remove Mog's Mythril Spear and Mythril
Shield. Give the Mythril Shield to Locke.
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BOSS: Guard Leader
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Guard Leader (0 EXP, 350 Gil)
- Level: 8
- HP: 420
- MP: 150
- Drops: Hi-Potion (Always)
- Steals: Mythril Knife (Common)
Why did I tell you fight this guy with Locke? Because Locke can Steal. You'll
want to steal the Mythril Knife here.
Make sure you only kill one Silver Lobo, not both. If you kill both, Guard
Leader will use Charge, which will do around 110 damage. As long as he's not
alone on the field, he won't use.
Summary: Kill Silver Lobo, leave other one alive. Steal Mythril Knife, kill
Guard Leader, kill other Silver Lobo.
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After the battle, Locke will thank the Moogles (who disappeared immediately)
and then takes Terra and walks through the caves to a secret exit, which he
triggers by a switch. REMEMBER THIS EXIT. You'll be back later and need to make
use of this exit, so remember where it is (I will still tell you where it is,
so you don't really have to remember where it is if you plan on using this guide
all the way through the game).
Terra just happens to wake up after Locke hits the switch to open the exit.
Locke promises to protect Terra until her memory returns.
Turns out this secret exit to the caves was to the west of the entrance of
Narshe. Cool.
Before you leave, talk to the guy standing outside the house you see. This is
"a school for the beginning adventurer", so why don't we take a look inside.
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4.4 Narshe: Adventuring School [4.004]
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New Monsters: None
Monster Formations:
- Silver Lobo
Items Found:
- Potion (Advanced Battle Tactics [West Room])
- Sleeping Bag (Battle Tactics [Middle Room])
- Ether (Field Science [East Room])
This house will just teach you a little bit about the game.
The Advanced Battle Tactics (West Room) teaches you about:
1. Image status
2. The three basic elements
3. Reflect Spell
4. Specialized Battle Commands (Runic, Trance, Dance, Rage)
5. Reraise & Regen
6. Undead Creatures
7. Status Effects (Invisibility, Imp, Zombie, Sleep, Confusion)
8. Short note about Bushido Techniques
9. Desperation Attacks (Briefly mentions them)
Also grab the Potion in the chest.
The Battle Tactics (Middle Room) teaches you about many things about the battle
menu. Grab the Sleeping Bag in the chest here.
The Field Science (East Room) has an Ether in the pot, and a battle with a
single Silver Lobo in the chest. This room teaches you about anything else the
other two rooms didn't teach you.
You might also want to "talk" to the bucket in the main room. This bucket will
somehow recover your HP and MP. How? Don't care, just be happy it does.
When you're ready to move on, leave this building and exit Narshe.
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4.5 Overworld: Narshe to Figaro Castle [4.005]
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New Monsters:
#7 - Leaf Bunny
#8 - Darkwind
#9 - Sand Ray
#10 - Alacran
Monster Formations:
Grass:
- Leaf Bunny (0 AP)
- Leaf Bunny x2, Darkwind (0 AP)
Forest:
- Leaf Bunny x2, Darkwind (0 AP)
- Leaf Bunny x2, Darkwind x2 (0 AP)
Desert:
- Sand Ray x2 (1 AP)
- Alacran x3 (1 AP)
- Sand Ray, Alacran x2 (1 AP)
- Sand Ray, Alacran x3 (1 AP)
Before you go anywhere, equip the Mythril Knife you stole from Guard Leader on
Terra, as well as a Buckler (the one that Locke had, before you gave him the
Mythril Shield).
Now, you can go out into the grass and fight two new weak enemies. You can steal
Potions from Leaf Bunny and Darkwind if you need them.
NOTE: Don't forget, if you need some healing (and you're willing to go back
Narshe), you can go back in the Adventuring School and get healed by that
bucket.
The same enemies appear in the Forest and Grass, but if you want to do some
leveling, you better go to the forest as you will encounter more (very easy)
enemies here.
The desert has slightly harder battles. I highly recommend stealing some
Antidotes from the Sand Ray (the Alacran just have Potions).
Fun Fact: There's a hidden Chocobo Stable in the forest south-west of Figaro
Castle. For just 100 gil, you can ride a Chocobo across the Overworld. This may
not be useful now, but later on you might find a few uses for it. While riding
on a Chocobo, you don't fight any random battles. To get off the Chocobo, simply
press B, but once you get off, it will return to the stable.
When you're done leveling up, or riding Chocobos around, or doing whatever you
were doing, enter Figaro Castle.
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4.6 Figaro Castle [4.006]
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Monsters: None
Items Found:
- Potion (East Shop [Left Chest])
- Antidote (East Shop [Right Chest])
- Gold Needle (West Shop)
- Phoenix Down (Room above Throne Room)
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/ Item Shop \ / Weapon Shop \
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| Potion (50 Gil) | | Auto Crossbow (250 Gil) |
| Ether (1500 Gil) | | Noiseblaster (500 Gil) |
| Antidote (50 Gil) | | Bioblaster (750 Gil) |
| Gold Needle (200 Gil) | |_____________________________|
| Echo Screen (120 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) |
| Sleeping Bag (500 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
|_____________________________|
Welcome to Figaro Castle. Head straight up to end up in the Throne Room, where
the king (Edgar) is just sitting there, doing nothing like a true RPG King.
King Edgar (from now on referred to as simply Edgar) has tried to be a player
his entire life. If he has ever succeeded, I cannot say, but he does try to hit
on Terra. Besides that, Edgar mentions that the Empire and Figaro are allies...
is that really a good thing? We'll see.
After Edgar's failed attempts at flattering you, he leaves, leaving you to
explore the castle. Go around and grab all the chests (one in the Item Shop, two
in the Weapon Shop, and one above the Throne Room [walk out of the Throne Room
and take either the left/right door to find the chest]).
Now head over to the shops. You can buy whatever you want (provided you have
money of course) in the Item Shop, but I recommend buying a Tent or two (only
if you can afford it). Over in the Weapon Shop, you should probably buy a
Noiseblaster and a Bioblaster. Don't buy an Auto Crossbow. Why? Well, you
somehow already got one by talking to Edgar. What is it with random things
showing up in your Inventory? Oh well, let's not complain.
Now you can go explore anything else you want. To advance with the story-line,
take the left path of the castle (out in the courtyard), go down the stairs,
head outside, and re-enter the castle to the left.
This room seems to be Edgar's bedroom - how nice. Talk to the High Priestess
here. She'll tell you that Edgar has a twin brother, and then go into a
flashback. Edgar's twin brother comes in and asks Edgar what's wrong with dad,
the king. Edgar calls him blind for not seeing how thin the king's face has
become, then walks off crying. You now get to assign a name to the twin brother.
His name is Sabin, so let's call him that. Apparently Sabin left the castle when
he was younger... we'll find out more about this later I'm sure.
After you've talked to the High Priestess, Edgar will be sitting in his chair
in the Throme Room again. Doing nothing, still. When you talk to him, Edgar
attempts to make small talk with Terra, but is rudely interrupted by a
messenger, announcing that someone from the Empire is here to talk to Edgar.
Probably Kefka, Edgar says. Kefka is one of the Empire's top generals, and
you'll be seeing him many times during the game. In fact, you see him now,
complaining about sand in his boots. Once Kefka is in the courtyard, you get to
control Edgar.
Edgar's level is determined by average party level +2. In other words:
Edgar's level = ((Terra's level + Locke's level) / 2) +2
He comes equipped with the following:
- Right Hand: Mythril Sword
- Left Hand: Buckler
- Head: Leather Cap
- Body: Leather Armor
First things first: Switch out the Mythril Sword with the Mythril Spear (which
you should've taken from Mog in the Narshe Mines). Edgar's special skill is
called Tools.
You can read about it by searching for: [tool]
There's not many places you can go now: Either up, or down. Locke blocks the
way up, so go down.
For some reason you can't talk to Kefka directly. You have to talk to BOTH of
the soldiers next to Kefka before Kefka talks.
Kefka says he's looking for "A girl of no importance". He seems to know she's
here at Figaro Castle, and wants Edgar to hand her over, since they have an
alliance and all. Yeah, right. Edgar just tells Kefka that there are more
females at Figaro Castle than there are grains of sand. Kefka leaves, but not
before saying "I hope nothing happens to your castle". In other words, something
bad is going to happen to the castle.
NOTE: If you want, you can take Edgar outside of the castle and level him up or
try out some of his Tools.
When you're ready to continue, talk to Locke up top. Terra shows up, and Edgar
tells Locke to take her to her room. You are now in control of Terra again, and
Locke tells you to follow him.
Before you do anything though: Terra should be equipped with a Mythril Knife
now. But you have a Mythril Sword (You got it from Edgar - remember?), so swap
those two items, as the Sword is stronger than the Knife.
Now go follow Locke. If you don't know where he went, go down and remember how
you went into the left wing earlier to find the High Priestess? Yeah, you'll be
doing the same thing, but on the right side. Head through the right door, into
the library and down the stairs, and then head outside. Enter the right wing of
the castle.
NOTE: If you have any other preparation you want to do, make sure you do it
before you talk to Locke.
Talk to Locke. He informs that on the surface, Figaro is the Empire's ally. But
in reality, Edgar is collaborating with the underground resistance group called
the Returners (This is the same group that Arvis in Narshe was talking about).
Terra is confused, as she thinks she's an Imperial soldier still. Locke tries to
comfort her by saying it's not her fault, since the Empire was controlling her.
Locke then leaves and everyone goes to bed. Next thing you know, Edgar wakes up
and runs into the courtyard. The castle is on fire! Apparently Kefka set the
castle on fire. So much for that alliance.
Head up and talk to the soldier. In record time, the soldier has run and gotten
three Chocobos from who-knows-where, and sent them to Edgar. Edgar jumps off the
castle wall onto a Chocobo (wouldn't that hurt?), and rides the Chocobos
around the back side of the castle. On the other side, the speedy soldier from
earlier has told Locke and Terra to wait on the bridge. Those two then jump off
the bridge (Ouch dammit!) and onto the Chocobo. Talk about an escape. But wait,
it gets better.
You ride around to the front of the castle, and Locke hits a switch, which then
enables "Figaro Dive Mode". The entire castle then proceeds to sink into the
sand. Talk about a badass castle.
Kefka is not too happy with the recent events, and sends two Magitek soldiers
after you.
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BOSS: Magitek Armor x2
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New Monsters:
#279 - Magitek Armor
Magitek Armor (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 8
- HP: 210
- MP: 250
- Drops: Hi-Potion
- Steals: Hi-Potion (1/8), Potion (7/8)
You get to fight two of these.
Edgar should be using Noiseblaser most of the time to confuse the Magiteks.
When they're confused and they use Magitek Laser, they attack themselves for
massive damage (80-100).
Have Locke try to steal that Hi-Potion, but get whatever you can.
If you use a physical attack on the Magiteks, they will no longer be confused,
so just have Terra use an MT Fire spell.
You can also get a rather funny scene after Terra uses a magic attack.
*Edgar jumps to the center of the screen, all wide-eyed.*
Locke: What's the matter, Edgar? What made you jump like that all of a sudden?
Edgar: D-d-did y-y-you just see what I saw? You did, right? Right!?
Locke: Yeah, this kid's really something, huh?
Edgar: Really... something!? That was magic! MA-GIC!!!
Locke: M-M-M-M-Magic!? She used magic!?
Edgar, Locke: *whisper, whisper* *whisper, whisper*
Edgar: Terra... Your name was Terra, right? What... what exactly was that just
now?
Terra: I'm sorry, I...
Locke: No, we should be apologizing. I didn't mean to make such a big deal out
of it...
Edgar: Nor did I, it just... surprised me. I mean, I've never actually seen
magic before! Where did you...?
Terra: ...
Locke: It doesn't matter, does it, Edgar? Terra can use magic, we can't. That's
all there is to it! The fact is... her magic could really help us right
now!
Terra: Thank you, Locke! Thank you, Edgar!
After this, the fight continues as normal. Keep confusing/attacking with Edgar,
Stealing with Locke, and using magic with Terra.
The fight should be over in no time. If you're lucky, you'll win up to two
Hi-Potions.
After the fight, you ride by Kefka again, who utters the line:
"Son of a sandworm!"
This line was changed from the SNES line (Son of a submariner), and this seems
to bother a lot of people. All I can say is: Oh well.
Running along, Edgar informs Terra they want her to meet someone. That someone
happens to be Banon, the leader of the Returners! Terra is still confused about
what she should do, but decides to go along with Edgar and Locke.
You are then told that you should make your way to the Cave to South Figaro.
This cave is to the south-east of the desert, so either make your way over then
with the Chocobo, or dismount and walk there.
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4.7 South Figaro Cave [4.007]
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New Monsters:
#11 - Foper
#12 - Hornet
#13 - Urok
Monster Formations:
1st Cave:
- Hornet x2, Foper x3 (1 AP)
- Hornet, Urok x2 (1 AP)
Everywhere else:
- Urok x3 (1 AP)
- Foper x2, Urok
- Hornet x2 (1 AP)
Items Found:
- Ether -> Thunder Rod (Up the West stairs in 2nd room)
- Ether -> Ether (East end of Main Cave)
- Phoenix Down -> X-Potion (West end of Main Cave)
Steals: Fopers and Hornets give out Potions. You should have plenty of these by
now. Urok also give out Potions, but they have a new Rare Steal - Remedy. If
you're lucky you might get one or two of these.
If you head straight up when you first enter the cave, you'll find a Recovery
Spring. Sweet. If you want to level up, this is the room to do it.
How to handle the monsters in here: Have Edgar use Auto Crossbow, it pretty much
owns anything in here. Doesn't really matter what you have Locke and Terra do.
I recommend you don't grab ANY of the chests. They all turn into better items
later on in the game (fairly soon actually), so just leave them closed for now.
Not much to say here. The enemies are all fairly easy (especially with Auto
Crossbow), and there's nothing else to this cave. Just walk through, ignoring
all the chests.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you're aiming for a 100% Bestiary, make SURE you encounter
all three monsters available here. In a little while, the monsters in this cave
WILL change and if you missed any of these three, you'll have missed them
forever. You've been warned.
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4.8 Overworld: Around South Figaro [4.008]
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New Monsters:
#14 - Belmodar
#15 - Unseelie
#16 - Mu
Monster Formations:
Grass:
- Belmodar (3 AP)
- Mu x2, Unseelie (1 AP)
- Unseelie x2 (1 AP)
Forest:
- Mu x4 (0 AP)
- Belmodar, Mu x2 (1 AP)
- Belmodar, Unseelie, Mu x2 (1 AP)
Steals: Belmodar's Rare Steal is Mythril Claws. Definitely get one of these for
later. Unseelie's Rare Steal is the Buckler. Don't bother stealing those. If
you really want one, you can buy one in a few minutes. Mu's Common Steal is
Antidote, which can't hurt, so try to grab a couple of those.
Edgar's Auto Crossbow is still useful. Belmodar is a little tougher, but will
still only take 2-3 hits to take down.
Once you've gotten one set of Mythril Claws and stolen however many Antidotes
you'd like to have, enter South Figaro.
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4.9 South Figaro [4.009]
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Inn Cost: 80 Gil
Monsters: None
Items Found:
[Outside]
- Potion -> Holy Water (West of Chocobo Stable [Top Barrel])
- Green Cherry -> Tent (East of Chocobo Stable [Middle Crate])
- Gold Needle -> Elixir (Southwest corner of town [Crate])
- Antidote -> Tent (North of Docks entrance [Top Barrel])
- Eye Drops -> Remedy (North of Docks Entrance [Top Crate])
- Potion -> X-Potion (Between Armory Entrances)
- Teleport Stone -> Phoenix Down (On top of town wall, South-West end [Barrel])
- Phoenix Down (By back entrance of Rich Man's house*)
* Enter big house in northwest part of town. Exit out the right door, and search
the bottom barrel
[Indoors]
- Potion (Basement in Old Man's house [Bucket])
- Elixir (Basement behind Rich Man's House [Clock]*)
- Hyper Wrist (Hidden tunnel below Rich Man's house **)
- Hermes Sandals (Hidden tunnel below Rich Man's house **)
- 500 Gil (Clock room below Rich Man's house***)
- 1000 Gil (Clock room below Rich Man's house***)
- 1500 Gil (Clock room below Rich Man's house***)
- Empty (Clock room below Rich Man's house***)
* Enter northwest house. Exit out the right door, and walk around the house to
enter a secret room. Search the clock.
** Enter northwest house. Go upstairs. Enter left room. Go down secret stairs
behind bookcase. Go down again. Go right until you hit a wall, then straight
down and right to go down secret staircase. Get the chests from the prison
cells
*** Follow above instructions up until you go downstairs twice. Enter the east
room and open Left Chest (500 Gil), the chest to the right of it (1000 Gil),
and the two chests on the east side of the room (Left one is 1500 Gil, Right
chest is Empty)
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/ Item Shop \ / Weapon Shop \
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| Potion (50 Gil) | | Dagger (150 Gil) |
| Antidote (50 Gil) | | Mythril Knife (300 Gil) |
| Gold Needle (200 Gil) | | Mythril Sword (450 Gil) |
| Eye Drops (50 Gil) | | Great Sword (800 Gil) |
| Echo Screen (120 Gil) | | Noiseblaster (500 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) | | Bioblaster (750 Gil) |
| Sleeping Bag (500 Gil) | |_____________________________|
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
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/ Armor Shop \
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| Buckler (200 Gil) |
| Heavy Shield (400 Gil) |
| Hairband (150 Gil) |
| Plumed Hat (250 Gil) |
| Cotton Robe (200 Gil) |
| Kenpo Gi (250 Gil) |
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Welcome to South Figaro. First, let's hit the shops.
Item Shop: Buy a couple Gold Needles, you might need some soon. 2-3 should do.
Weapon Shop: Buy a Mythril Sword for Locke. And a Great Sword for Terra.
Armor Shop: Buy two Heavy Shields (Terra, Edgar). Three Plumed Hat (All three).
Buy a Cotton Robe (Terra). Lastly, one Kenpo Gi (Locke).
Your equipment should be as follows now:
Terra: Great Sword / Heavy Shield / Plumed Hat / Cotton Robe
Locke: Mythril Sword / Mythril Shield / Plumed Hat / Kenpo Gi
Edgar: Mythril Spear / Heavy Shield / Plumed Hat / Leather Armor
If this isn't your equipment, you haven't been following this guide. Shame on
you.
Then go into the Relic Shop (Same door as the Inn). You will get a little
tutorial on Relics:
Relics can grant you a variety of abilities. For example...
1. Sprint Shoes double your walking speed.
2. A gauntlet lets you hold a weapon with both hands to increase damage.
3. The Knight's Code makes you shield others in combat.
4. Dragon boots allow you to perform jump attacks.
A person can equip up to two relics at the same time.
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/ Relic Shop \
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| Sprint Shoes (1500 Gil) |
| Silver Spectacles (500 Gil) |
| Star Pendant (500 Gil) |
| Jeweled Ring (1000 Gil) |
| Knight's Code (1000 Gil) |
|_____________________________|
Get three Star Pendants (One for each). I'd get at least one Sprint Shoes to be
able to walk twice as fast (Note that in the Config menu you can set Auto-Dash
on, which is like a permanent Sprint Shoes equipped, but Sprint Shoes will still
speed you up even with Auto-Dash on). Also, get a Jeweled Ring or two.
Now that the shops are out of the way, it's time to get some items. As you can
see above, the items outside all change except for the last Phoenix Down. Out
of the other ones that are outside, I would only grab the Green Cherry. Leave
all the other ones and get them after they change (they change once you get to
WoR; don't worry about it for now).
Then there's the items that are indoors, which don't change, so you might as
well go get them now. From where you got the Phoenix Down, walk around behind
the Rich Man's house, and enter the secret room. Search the clock for an Elixir.
Go back inside, and head upstairs in the Rich Man's house. Take the left door
(take note of the Rich Man writing a letter...). There's a hidden staircase
behind the bookcase on the west wall here. Descend both sets of stairs. From
here, go all the way right, then all the way down. It will seem like you have
disappeared into the wall. Just go right and you'll descend *another* secret
staircase. Here you can get the Hyper Wrist and Hermes Sandals, two rather nice
relics. Equip them both on two characters, doesn't really matter who.
Go back up the secret staircase and enter the east room. This is where you'll
find the chests containing 500 Gil, 1000 Gil, 1500 Gil, and nothing (Empty).
Also, remember this room for later.
Let's get out of this Rich Man's house now, you've robbed him of enough things
for now. Head over to the Old Man's house (which is in the south-east corner
of town). Go downstairs and examine the bucket for a Potion.
There, wasn't that fun?
Head over to the Pub now. You'll see a guy dressed in black standing at the
bar (he has a dog as well). Talk to this guy to get a rather amusing line from
Locke:
"Right, ignore us and maybe we'll just disappear..."
At least I thought it was funny. Leave me alone. Anyway, you'll get to name
this guy, whose name happens to be Shadow (Trivia: Shadow's dog's name is
Interceptor). Shadow is an assassin, who would even "kill his own best friend
for the right price". Damn. That's all there is to him for now, but since we
just got to name him, you know he'll show up again later (RPG logic).
That's about it for South Figaro this time around. Make sure you're rested up
(Inn costs 80 Gil), and head out when you're ready.
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4.10 Overworld: Sabin's Hut & Mt. Kolts [4.010]
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Items Found:
- Potion
After leaving South Figaro, go straight north and enter the little Hut you see.
When you walk into the hut, Edgar starts noticing things.
Edgar: Hmm...? What's that smell...?
Examine the flowers by the entrance:
Edgar: These flowers... He always liked these...
Examine the cabinet to the left of the two beds:
Edgar: These dishes... They're just like the ones he always used!
Examine the stove:
Edgar: This tea... It was his favorite.
Examine the bucket next to the stove:
Obtained Potion! (Gotcha.)
You can take a nap in the beds if you want. When you try to leave, Edgar finally
reveals what the hell he's talking about:
Edgar: Could Sabin be living here...?
It seems his long-lost twin brother might be living here. After you exit, a
random old guy has appeared in front of the well. Talking to him reveals that
Sabin indeed did live there. Unfortunately, Master Duncan, Sabin's mentor, has
been killed. Sabin went up to the mountains because of this (Seems logical,
right? Your mentor is killed, let's go to the mountains).
Also, Duncan's son, Vargas, is also missing. Hmm.. weird coincidence?
Anyway, leave the area after this. Make your way towards Mt. Kolts, which is
north-east of South Figaro.
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4.11 Mt. Kolts [4.011]
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New Monsters:
#17 - Zaghrem
#18 - Trillium
#19 - Gorgias
#20 - Cirpius
#280 - Vargas
#281 - Ipooh
Monster Formations:
Caves:
- Zaghrem x2 (1 AP)
- Gorgias x2 (1 AP)
Slopes:
- Cirpius x3 (1 AP)
- Gorgias, Cirpius x3 (1 AP)
Area where you fight Vargas (After the Save Point):
- Trillium x2 (1 AP)
- Trillium, Gorgias, Cirpius x2 (1 AP)
- Vargas, Ipooh x2 [Boss] (0 AP)
Slopes after Vargas (Go through cave and exit):
- Zaghrem, Trillium, Spritzer x2 (1 AP)
- Gorgias x2 (1 AP)
Items Found:
- Main Gauche (Hidden passage South-East of main cave)
- Gigas Glove (Hidden passage North-East of main cave)
- Tent (First Cave after bridge)
- Tent (Cave after you fight Vargas)
Steals: Zaghrem's Rare Steal is Bandana. You might want to get 3 (Locke, Terra,
and a new character shortly), but that might take a while since it *is* a
Rare Steal. I'd still get 3 if I were you. Trillium has Remedy for a Rare Steal
again. Gorgias' Rare Steal is Hi-Potion, which is nice. Cirpius' Rare Steal is
... Potion? Yeah. But Common Steal is Antidote.
Like I said above, if you want and have the time for it, you can get 3 Bandanas.
They are slightly better Headgear to have. It's up to you, really.
How to handle the monsters: Zaghrem is no nothing big here. Gorgias, however,
is a different story. Every time you use a physical attack on them, they have a
1/3 chance of countering with Gore, a pretty strong physical attack. Use Auto
Crossbow and MT Fire against them. Cirpius are nothing dangerous, either. They
can be taken care of with Auto Crossbow. If they somehow last three turns, they
*may* use Beak, which will instantly petrify a character (This is why I told you
to get a couple Gold Needles, in case this happens, which it shouldn't).
Lastly, Trillium. These guys aren't too difficult. The only bad thing about
them is their Poison Touch attack, which they don't even use that much. This
attack will automatically poison you... except not. All of your characters
should have Star Pendant equipped, which prevents poison.
Pass through the first room to be on the slopes (in case you didn't know).
Re-enter the cave and notice a square-ish block in front of you. Go down and
around it to bypass it and exit the cave to get the chest outside: Main Gauche.
Equip this on Locke.
Go back in the cave, and notice the first bridge ahead. Don't cross it, but go
to the right of it. There's a hidden passage here you can't see. Follow it to
get the Gigas Glove. This is a better Relic than Hyper Wrist. It boosts phyiscal
damage by 25%, which is why you should equip it on Edgar to boost the already
strong Auto Crossbow. Backtrack to the bridge, and cross it to find yourself
outside... but wait, did you just see a shadow or something? Nah.
Continue along the slopes and enter the first cave you see. Cross this cave and
go outside to find a Tent. Get back on the slopes and enter the next cave you
see. Just cross the bridges to go back outside. Just continue on, until you get
to the next cave, which has a Save Point. This means we're close to the end.
Exit the cave, and you'll be on a long slopes area. Simply travel towards the
bottom, where the scene will shift to the right real quick, and you'll see
someone jumping down the slopes. Continue along and prepare for a boss fight.
This guy (same guy you thought you saw earlier) is Vargas, Master Duncan's son.
He thinks you have something to do with Sabin, who he doesn't seem to like very
much. All of a sudden, he attacks you. How rude.
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BOSS: Vargas
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Vargas (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 12
- HP: 11600
- MP: 220
- Drops: None
- Steals: Mythril Claws (1/8), Potion (7/8)
Ipooh x2 (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 11
- HP: 360
- MP: 60
- Drops: None
- Steals: Hi-Potion (Always)
You shouldn't have to steal the Mythril Claws from Vargas, since you already
stole some from Belmodar earlier, right? Good. Definitely steal both Hi-Potions
from the Ipooh's (what a weird name).
To get to Vargas, you gotta go through both Ipoohs. After you steal the
Hi-Potion from one of them, finish them off with an ST Fire spell and some
physical attacks, they're not too difficult and only have 360 HP. Their attacks
include Claw, a simple physical attack.
Vargas will use Gale Cut every now and then, which does about 50 HP damage to
all three characters. After about a minute, Vargas will taunt you by saying:
"Come one! What's the matter?" Ignore this fool if he says that.
Once the Ipooh's are gone, you're free to damage Vargas. Don't be intimidated by
his high HP, you don't have to get his HP to 0. Once you do a total of 720
damage to Vargas, he will say:
"Enough of this! I'll send you all to the great beyond!"
It seems this is the cue for a new character to appear:
"That's enough, Vargas!"
Vargas: Ah, if it isn't Sabin!
Sabin: Why, Vargas? Why did you kill Master Duncan? How could you kill your own
father!?
Vargas: The fool snubbed me, his only son! He chose you as his successor!
Sabin: That's not true! Our master-
Vargas: It's true and you know it! It's written in that ugly sneer across your
face!
Sabin: He wanted you to be his successor, not me! He knew you had the most
potential...
Vargas: I'm sick of listening to your lies! I've got far more than just
potential! Why don't you see for yourself?
Then Vargas uses Blizzard Fist, which blows everyone off the screen - except
Sabin!
After a few more lines from Vargas and Sabin, you have to fight Vargas with
Sabin (he's by himself).
You will also see a counter above Sabin's head. The counter starts at 60 and
counts down to 0. If the counter reaches 0, Sabin automatically dies, which
results in a Game Over. Needless to say, don't let this happen.
Just have Sabin attack Vargas a couple times. Once Sabin has done 512 damage to
Vargas, Vargas says it's time to end this. Sabin says in order to win, he must
use a blitz technique.
VERY IMPORTANT: READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AFTER THIS CAREFULLY! For some reason,
many people have a very hard time performing a blitz technique for the first
time. In case you skip over this screen (which I'm convinced a lot of people
do), I give you the following two links:
Screenshot of the instructions the game gives you:
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5702/howtoblitztu4.png
Link to Yoshi6400's Blitz Guide (very useful):
http://
db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/final_fantasy_vi_advance_blitz.txt
In case that doesn't do it for you, this is how you do a Blitz:
1. Move the cursor onto Blitz.
2. Push A.
3. Push Left. Let go of Left Button.
4. Push Right. Let go of Right Button.
5. Push Left. Let go of Left Button.
6. Push A.
Ta-da! I don't know why people have so much trouble with it, but I have now
given you three different ways of explaining how to do it. If you still can't
figure it out, I can't help you.
Anyway, doing this Blitz will have Sabin use "Raging Fist" against Vargas.
Vargas can't believe you already learned "that" technique. For some reason, this
Raging Fist defeats Vargas (who still had over 10000 HP left, but oh well).
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After the fight, Edgar and Sabin reunite. Terra (somehow) had mistaken Sabin
for a bear, which boosts Sabin's confidence. Edgar briefly tells Sabin what you
guys are up to, which causes Sabin to want to join you.
Sabin's level is determined the same way as Edgar's and Locke's were:
Average Party Level + 2
Sabin's equipment is as follows:
- Right Hand: Metal Knuckles
- Left Hand: Nothing
- Head: Leather Cap
- Body: Kenpo Gi
Last, but not least, Sabin's battle command is Blitz (duh).
You can read about it by searching for: [bltz]
Now to change Sabin's equipment. Give him the Mythril Claws in his Right Hand,
and a Buckler in the Left Hand. Should you have gotten several Bandanas earlier,
and you still have one, give it to Sabin now. His Kenpo Gi will have to do, as
you don't have anything better than that right now. You might as well give him
the Hyper Wrist Relic as well.
Going through the cave Vargas was guarding, you'll find the last item of
Mt. Kolts: a Tent. Exit the cave, and you'll be on the last slopes area of this
mountain, which is also where you can find Spritzer again, which seems kind of
random.
Exit Mt. Kolts for good.
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4.12 Overworld: Mt. Kolts to Returner Hideout [4.012]
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New Monsters: None
Monster Formations:
- Belmodar (3 AP)
- Mu x2, Unseelie (1 AP)
- Unseelie x2 (1 AP)
You've seen these enemies before. These are the same enemies that appear in the
grass around South Figaro (Where you stole the Mythril Claws).
Before going on to the Returners' Hideout, there's a little scene you can get,
now that you have Sabin in your party. If you really want to see it, head back
to South Figaro (all the way back through Mt. Kolts again) and talk to Duncan's
Wife. Duncan's House is the house in the south-east corner of town. If you don't
feel like walking all the way back to South Figaro, I will show you the scene
below:
Duncan's Wife: Sabin, where are Vargas and Duncan...?
Sabin: Vargas... turned on our master... Vargas, he...
Duncan's Wife: Oh, Vargas... Why would he do such a thing? But my husband was
able to pass his techniques along to you, Sabin... I'm sure he'd
have no regrets.
Sabin: For the past ten years you've treated me like a son. I'll never forget
all the things you've done for me!
And that was it. Go back through Mt. Kolts and enter the Returners' Hideout.
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4.13 Returner Hideout [4.013]
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Inn Cost: Free
Monsters: None
Items Found:
- Phoenix Down (In the room you first wake up in)
- Green Cherry (Next to statue in main room [Pot])
- Hi-Potion (Banon's room)
- Phoenix Down (Storeroom [Bottom-Left Chest])
- Air Knife (Storeroom [Bottom-Right Chest])
- Knight's Code (Storeroom [Top Left-Left Chest])
- Antidote (North wall of Storeroom [Bucket])
- Ether (North wall of Storeroom [Pot])
- White Cape (Hidden passage in east wall of Storeroom)
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/ Item Shop \
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| Eye Drops (50 Gil) |
| Potion (50 Gil) | Nothing really all that useful here. You can
| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) | buy Potions for the first time, but you should
| Ether (1500 Gil) | have plenty if you've been Stealing a lot.
| Echo Screen (120 Gil) |
| Sleeping Bag (500 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
| Sprint Shoes (1500 Gil) |
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Upon entering (always wanted to use the word "upon") the Returners' Hideout,
a fellow Returner will lead you to Banon. Enter the door. Carrier pigeons have
kept this guy up to date (yeah...), which is just a plot device used so you
don't have to explain everything. Banon has also heard that Terra killed 50
Imperial Soldiers in three minutes (I'd like to see how a pigeon told him that).
But nonetheless, he tells Terra that her power is not a curse, but rather a
gift. Weird fella.
You then wake up and find yourself in a room with Locke and a chest. Talk to
Locke and open the chest. You'll have to talk to each Locke, Edgar and Sabin
before moving on in your quest for... we don't know yet. Anyway, the chest
contains Phoenix Down, nice. Exit the room and enter the room north-west of your
room.
This is the storeroom, which has a total of 6 items for you to get. Grab all the
chests for an Air Knife, Phoenix Down, and a Knight's Code. The bucket and pot
by the north wall contain Antidote (Bucket) and Ether (Pot). Now head over to
the right and you should find a secret passage in the wall, heading east. At the
end lies a chest with the White Cape.
Leave the storeroom and head over to the main room (with the big table). The
pot in the top-right corner has a Green Cherry. The room above the main room
(the same room where you talked to Banon) has a Hi-Potion. Also talk to Edgar
while you're here. Leave the room and talk to Sabin in the main room.
NOTE: Below the main room is the Inn, where you can rest for free.
One last thing to do: If you examine the top-right corner of the table, you'll
find a scrap of paper lying there. You can either "Toss it in the trash." or
"Leave it." If you toss it, nothing else happens. Lame. Choose to Leave it.
After you've talked to all three of your companions, talk to the Returner in
front of the entrance. He'll move aside and let you go outside, where you can
find Banon.
Talking to Banon is interesting, as you can produce several different results.
If you talk to him, he will ask you if you've made your decision on helping the
Returners.
You will basically have to decide between the Gauntlet and the Genji Glove.
Get the Genji Glove, it's much better.
Saying Yes -> Banon gives you the Gauntlet. Then he will have a meeting (See
Scenario: Meeting below).
Saying No once/twice -> You will head back inside. You can get the Genji Glove
from the Returner in the Storeroom if you want it. If you go outside and say
Yes, you'll get the Gauntlet (but only if you didn't get the Genji Glove). Then
Banon will have a meeting (See Scenario: Meeting below).
Saying No three times -> Terra heads back inside, saying "How could anyone put
their hope in me?" Read on at "CONTINUE HERE:"
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Scenario: Meeting
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Banon will then have a meeting with everyone. If you left the scrap of paper:
Banon: Who threw this here? Don't you people know what a wastebasket looks like?
He then proceeds to throw it away himself. If you threw the paper away, he won't
say this. The meeting reveals that the Empire has had scholars going around,
researching Espers. Esper and Magitek seem to be linked in only one way: The War
of the Magi. *gasp* Banon is guessing that they are on the verge of a 2nd War
of Magi.
A theory claims that humans were infused with energy taken from espers. Edgar
suggests that they need Magitek weapons of their own to fight the Empire. Banon
has a much better idea: Talk to an esper. And since Banon is the leader of these
guys, his idea is automatically much better.
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CONTINUE HERE:
Suddenly a wounded Returner stumbles in. He informs everyone that the Empire
has taken South Figaro and is headed their way. Locke goes off to slow down the
Empire in South Figaro. Everyone else will escape down Lethe River and then make
their way to Narshe.
If you said No three times, a Returner will give you the Genji Glove at this
point.
You will now be in a little hallway. To know exactly where you are, I suggest
you head up. Notice how you're now in Banon's room? Yeah, there's a secret door
in south end of the room. Remember this door. Anyway, head back through that
door.
You've obviously noticed that Locke left to slow down the Empire at South
Figaro. Replacing Locke is Banon. This is the only time in the game you'll
Banon's level = Average Party Level - 3
His equipment is as follows:
- Right Hand: Punisher
- Left Hand: Nothing
- Head: Magus Hat
- Body: Silk Robe
You can't get this equipment, simply because the game won't let you. Oh well.
Banon's special "skill" is Pray. Pray casts Cura (a MT healing spell) on the
entire party. At least he's good for something.
One last thing to do before you advance:
Head back to Terra's Room (The room right next to the Storeroom). In bed is the
wounded soldier you just saw. Step on the square South-West of the chest to
witness a small cutscene:
Soldier: The Empire! The Empire's invading!
You: !
*You walk to the door and shake your head.. can't be*
You: What the...? Sleeptalking?
Now just make sure you're rested up (the Inn is free), and go through the door
in Banon's room. Go south through this room to come to the raging Lethe River.
NOTE: Locke's equipment is in your inventory.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Make SURE you have the following monsters in your Bestiary:
#11 - Foper
#12 - Hornet
#13 - Urok
They are found in the South Figaro cave. If you missed these, and you care about
having a complete Bestiary, hike back to South Figaro cave to get them. After
you jump into the river, you will never see these monsters again. You have been
warned.
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4.14 Lethe River [4.014]
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New Monsters:
#21 - Lesser Lopros
#22 - Nautiloid
#23 - Exocite
#282 - Ultros
Monster Formations:
- Nautiloid, Exocite (1 AP)
- Lesser Lopros, Exocite x2 (1 AP)
- Lesser Lopros x2 (1 AP)
- Nautiloid, Exocite, Lesser Lopros (1 AP)
- Ultros [Boss] (0 AP)
Items Found: None
Steals: What? You don't have Locke, silly.
Things to do before jumping in the River: Make sure Edgar has Gigas Glove. You
can give him whatever you want for the 2nd slot (I chose Hermes Sandals). Sabin
should have Hyper Wrist and Knight's Code (make SURE to do this. Sabin will
protect Banon in case Banon gets close to dying). You can give Terra the White
Cape and anything else you want (I chose Silver Spectacles).
Now hop into the River on a piece of wood.. uh, I mean the raft!
If Banon dies in this place, it's Game Over for you. This is why you equipped
the Knight's Code on Sabin (right?).
How to handle the monsters you meet here:
- Nautiloid are nothing to worry about. Their special attack is Ink, which just
sets Darkness status on you. Darkness makes your physical attack miss 50% of the
time.
- Exocite is weak as well. It doesn't do anything special attack-wise.
- Lesser Lopros are your main worry here. They can use Fireball (MT-Fire spell)
which will do about 160 damage to each character! They have another attack
called Wing, which gives the target the Seizure status. Any character with
Seizure status will take damage every few seconds. You should keep these guys
confused with Noiseblaster.
Alternate strategy to finish these guys off quickly: Sabin. Depending on your
level, either use Aura Cannon or Rising Phoenix. Sabin learns Aura Cannon at
level 6, which is why you should already have it. He learns Rising Phoenix at
level 15.
1. Aura Cannon is a ST-Holy attack. The command for it is: Down, Down, Left.
2. Rising Phoenix targets every monster, and is quite powerful. The command
to use it is: Left, Left, Down, Down, Right. Rising Phoenix will kill off most
monsters in one hit here. Easy.
If you ever get low on health, have Banon use his Pray command. Pray casts Cura
on the entire party. Not too bad for the old guy.
After you hop on, you will fight a battle or two, then be forced to choose a
direction (Left/Straight/Right). The shortest way is Left, the longest is
Straight. I'd choose Straight if I were you. The battles aren't hard, and you
might as well get the experience (unless you're doing a LLG of course).
After a few more battles, you'll come to a cave with a Save Point. You can cure
your guys with Darkness status here with a Remedy if you want. Since Remedys
are still quite rare, I wouldn't suggest this and just wait till you get to an
Inn. It shouldn't hinder you all that much anyway.
After you hop back on, you'll come to another choice of either Up or Left.
NOTE: This is where the old "Lete Leveling Trick" from the SNES days comes in.
If you choose Up here, you'll loop back around to this same spot. You can keep
going up, and loop back around forever. People in the SNES days have leveled up
multiple times using this trick. So if you want, you can do this as well. Keep
healing with Banon and you should have no problem whatsoever pulling off this
trick.
Obviously, if going Up loops you back around to the same spot, go Left to
continue. You'll come to another cave, with another Save Point. Get on the raft
one last time and prepare for a boss fight in a minute.
You'll fight one or two more battles, before being stopped by an octopus.
Enter: Ultros
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BOSS: Ultros
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Ultros (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 13
- HP: 3000
- MP: 640
- Drops: None
- Steals: None
You'll meet the octopus Ultros for the first time here. During the entire game,
you fight him a total of four times.
Ultros likes to talk. When the battle first starts, he says:
"Gwee-hee-hee... You're up the creek without a paddle! And I'm not gonna let you
through! ...Does that make me a bad octopus?"
After this he'll attack a random character with a physical attack.
After 10 seconds, he'll say: "Oh, that one's a tasty morsel! I'd love to get my
tentacles around her... *sluuuuuurp*!" Then he'll attack Terra with Tentacle,
which will do over 200 damage!
After more time has passed, he'll say: "Muscle heads? Hate 'em!" Guess who he's
going to attack now? Sabin.
As you can see, his Tentacle attack is something to watch out for. Make sure
you keep healing with Banon, or you will have characters die here. Don't forget:
If Banon dies, it's Game Over.
He can also use the Ink attack you saw earlier, which casts Darkness status on
the target.
If you attack him with a Fire Spell or Rising Phoenix, he'll say "Yeeeouch!
Seafood soup is NOT on the menu!" and attack the person who attacked him in the
first place (Terra for Fire, Sabin for Rising Phoenix) with Ink.
Strategy to defeat him is simple: Edgar should use Auto Crossbow, Sabin should
use Aura Cannon or Rising Phoenix if you have it. Terra should throw out Fire
spells, and Banon should just use Pray every turn.
If you do the above you should have NO problems with this guy. Since you're
being healed every turn by Banon you shouldn't have to worry about anyone dying.
After he dies he says: "*sploosh*! *blub blub*..." Yeah.
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Afterwards Edgar thinks Ultros is simply hiding under water. Something is stuck
to Terra's leg, which grosses her out. Edgar, being the gentleman that he is,
helps her out. Sabin is still not happy with Ultros and jumps into the water to
go find it! Banon, who has only known Sabin for a few minutes, assures Edgar,
who happens to be Sabin's twin brother and has known him his whole life, that he
will be fine. Go figure.
Back on the river, the group on the raft sees Sabin floating down the river.
Unfortunately, Sabin was floating to the right, and the raft goes to the left,
splitting them up.
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4.15 Scenario Selection [4.015]
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Now you'll come to the Scenario Selection screen. You will have to choose
between:
- Locke: His mission was to slow down the Empire in South Figaro
- Terra/Edgar/Banon: Simply head back to Narshe (shortest and easiest one)
- Sabin: Head back to Narshe (longest one)
I suggest doing them in the following order:
Terra/Edgar/Banon -> Sabin -> Locke
Why? Let's see.
Terra/Edgar/Banon is the shortest out of the three, obviously the easiest, and
you have the ability to de-equip your characters at the end.
Some people might argue that Sabin's should be done last because you could
obtain more Rages that way. I say that's dumb. The rages you might get from
Locke's scenario are not that good, so I won't advise you to get them. You have
already met all the best Rages you can get for now. Can also de-equip at the
end.
Locke's is last. Mainly it's because you don't meet any good Rages here, but
also because you can't de-equip at the end of his scenario.
The walkthrough will cover the scenarios in this order mentioned above:
Terra/Edgar/Banon -> Sabin -> Locke
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4.16 Terra/Edgar/Banon: Lethe River and traveling to Narshe [4.016]
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New Monsters: None
Monster Formations:
- Same as in Lethe River, just go look there.
"Fleeing the Empire's troops, Banon, Edgar, and Terra ride the rapids toward
Narshe. But the going won't be easy..."
The battles might last a little longer, now that you don't have Aura Cannon or
Rising Phoenix to help you out, but you still shouldn't have a problem. You
only have to wait about 2-4 more battles. Just use Auto Crossbow and Fire spells
from Terra to win.
Afterwards, you'll find yourself on the Overworld again. I'll list the monster
formations just so you don't have to scroll all the way up to find them again:
Grass:
- Leaf Bunny (0 AP)
- Leaf Bunny x2, Darkwind (0 AP)
Forest:
- Leaf Bunny x2, Darkwind (0 AP)
- Leaf Bunny x2, Darkwind x2 (0 AP)
Desert:
- Sand Ray x2 (1 AP)
- Alacran x3 (1 AP)
- Sand Ray, Alacran x2 (1 AP)
- Sand Ray, Alacran x3 (1 AP)
These guys die to pretty much anything. Auto Crossbow, MT Fire, you name it.
Well, that's about all you can name, but that's all you really need.
Just head to the left a little bit then go up and into Narshe.
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4.17 Terra/Edgar/Banon: Narshe Mines [4.017]
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New Monsters:
#30 - Valeor
#31 - Wild Rat
Darkside, Specter, Eukaryote - Do not have Bestiary entries
Monster Formations:
1st Cave:
- Wererat x3 (0 AP)
- Wererat, Bandit (0 AP)
After the 1st cave, cross the Snow Path and enter the next:
- Wild Rat x3, Valeor x2 (1 AP)
- Valeor, Wild Rat (1 AP)
- Valeor x3 (1 AP)
Security Checkpoint (Take the wrong path and fail to hit the Yellow Star):
- Darkside x2 (1 AP)
- Darkside, Specter, Eukaryote x3 (1 AP)
After Security Checkpoint:
- Bandit, Spritzer (0 AP)
- Spritzer x2 (1 AP)
- Wererat x2 (0 AP)
Items Found:
- Rune Edge -> Ribbon (West end of Moogle Cave)
Steals: Do you have Locke? Then it doesn't matter. You'll want to come back
later, though. Specter has an Ice Rod which you might want.
You're back in Narshe, where it all started. If you try to walk in the front
door (gate, whatever), three Narshe guards will harass you and not let you in.
You'll get your payback later, don't worry.
So what do we do? Remember that secret entrance I told you to remember way back?
The one I told you you didn't really have to remember because I would remind you
where it was? Well, I lied. I'm not gonna tell you where it is.
Just kidding. Go to the left of the entrance and press A on the rock wall to
open it up. But you remembered that without my help, right?
Enter here and walk through the first cave. Easy monsters, no problem. Exit
this cave and you'll be on some snowy slopes. Head left and up the stairs to
re-enter the next cave. This is where you'll find the new enemies (Valeor and
Wild Rat).
How to handle the monsters: There's nothing difficult about Valeor and Wild Rat.
Just kill them.
After you walk through this first cave, you'll come to the Security Checkpoint.
Upon (there's that word again) entering, Edgar will inform you that this place
was used to test new Narshe Guards. So to be a Narshe Guard, you had to follow
a light through a tiny room? No wonder they're idiots that won't let you
through.
I would make a visual representation of it, but it would look horrible. I can
give you the steps to take though:
Up x2, Left, Up, Left x4, Up x3, Right x3, Up x3, Right x3, Down x3, Right,
Down x3, Right x3, Up x7, Left x4, Up x3, Left, Up
But don't get through this thing yet. There's some important stuff we need to
find here. You can fight three monsters here that DO NOT appear in the Bestiary.
Why is that important? Because they DO have Rages, and one Rage is rather good.
How do we get these monsters? Well, take a wrong turn in this room. When you do,
you will find 9 stars surrounding you. One of them is yellow. In order to
continue in this "maze", the game tells you to hit the Yellow Star. If you don't
hit the Yellow Star, you have to fight a battle.
This battle is what we want. So just take a wrong turn, mess up on purpose and
you'll fight either Darkside x2 or a Darkside, Specter, and Eukaryote x3.
Darkside is the one we're interested in, but go ahead and encounter the 2nd
formation while you're at it. Defeating these guys is easy. Auto Crossbow /
MT Fire Spell should do the job.
After the fight, you'll be back at the beginning of the room. Once you've
encountered at least Darkside, walk through here and continue on.
If you go through the door in the middle of the next room, you'll end up in a
familiar area. This is the same area where you protected Terra from the Guard
Leader at the beginning of the game. Walk through here and go through the north
door to find the area where the Moogles live.
Mog is the just standing there at the north wall. All he says is "Kupo" ...
I wish he would learn how to talk! *hint hint*
Anyway, head west, walk through the wall and go south. You'll find a chest which
contains the Rune Blade. I recommend leaving it and coming back later to find
a much more useful Ribbon.
Go through the door you see here to continue. You should notice this area from
the beginning as well. The left chest is probably already open, as it contained
the Sleeping Bag back then. The other chest still contains a Phoenix Down, but
we're waiting for that to change to a Pod Bracelet, so leave it alone again.
Continue south and to get out of the Mines. Cross the bridge and enter Arvis'
house through the back door.
NOTE: Before heading into the south room of the house, make sure you de-equip
everyone. That way you can use any of the equipment in the other scenarios.
Don't forget to strip Terra and Edgar of their Relics as well.
Arvis is happy to see Banon, King Edgar, and even Terra again. Banon asks Arvis
how things are going in Narshe, and Arvis informs him that Narshe is still not
ready to side with the Returners yet. But maybe with the leader of the Returners
here and even the King of Figaro...
Banon tells Arvis the plan (have Terra talk to an Esper). If they approach the
townspeople the right way, they might let Terra see the frozen Esper.
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4.18 Sabin: Shadow and traveling to the Imperial Camp [4.018]
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New Monsters:
#32 - Stray Cat
#33 - Aepyornis
#34 - Nettlehopper
#35 - Chippirabbit
Grass:
- Chippirabbit x3 (1 AP)
- Aepyornis, Chippirabbit x2 (1 AP)
- Aepyornis (1 AP)
Forest:
- Nettlehopper x2, Stray Cat x2 (1 AP)
- Aepyornis x2, Stray Cat (1 AP)
- Chippirabbit x5 (1 AP)
- Aepyornis, Stray Cat, Nettlehopper x2 (1 AP)
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| Potion (50 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
| Plumed Hat (250 Gil) |
| Shuriken (30 Gil) |
| Invisibility Scroll (200 Gil) |
| Shadow Scroll (400 Gil) |
| Sprint Shoes (1500 Gil) |
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"What dire fate has befallen Sabin, who leapt from the raft after the fight
with Ultros...?"
Sabin was last seen floating down the river... let's see what has happened to
him since then.
First things first: Give him the Mythril Shield. I like to give him White Cape
and Hermes Sandals, but you could also give him the Hyper Wrist over Hermes
Sandals, or even the Genji Glove. Also note that the Aepyornis you meet here
can poison you, so you might decide to even have a Star Pendant as the 2nd
Relic.
Then head over to the house, in case you didn't do that yet. You'll immediately
see a green merchant guy riding a Chocobo. Count to 3 and he'll be gone again!
Damn. If you want to buy stuff from him (which you do), leave the house to be
back on the Overworld and re-enter. Quickly talk to him to buy stuff from him.
What to Buy: Definitely buy 99 Shuriken.. what? Yeah. You'll see why in a
minute, I promise. 99 Shuriken only costs you 2970 Gil, so it's not that bad.
Then buy 5 Invisibility Scrolls (buy 10 if you have extra money). Lastly, buy
5 Shadow Scrolls (again, buy 10 if you have extra money).
Now let's find out why we bought all that stuff no one we know can use. To the
left you'll see Shadow, the guy we met in the Pub at South Figaro! Talk to him
and he will join you (If you said No, shut off the game).
Shadow's level = Average Party Level + 1
(Average Party Level includes all the other characters, even though you can't
use them right now)
His equipment is as follows:
- Right Hand: Kunai
- Left Hand: Nothing
- Head: Nothing
- Body: Ninja Gear
This guy's a ninja? Sweet. Ninjas are always cool.
Second things second (Already used first things first in this section):
Give Shadow the Buckler you took from Sabin. Also give him a Plumed Hat (if you
don't have any for some reason, the traveling merchant you just met has some).
Relics should include Gigas Glove and Hyper Wrist.
Shadow's special skill is Throw. Throw allows Shadow to (believe it or not)
throw things. That's why we bought the Shuriken, as they will do some nice
damage.
You can read the Throw command by searching for: [thrw]
If you go into the house, you'll meet a crazy old guy. Examine the stove to hear
the man talk about his dislike for kids. Talking to him just confirms that he's
crazy... first he thinks you're the clock repairman. Talk to him again to now
be a lawnmower repairman. Then you're supposed to fix the stove. Then you fix
the bed. Then it loops back around to being a clockmaker. Whatever, just leave.
I hope we never meet this guy again...
Leave the house to tackle the Overworld. During your first battle, have Shadow
throw an Invisibility Scroll. This will give shadow Invisible status, which
makes him immune to any physical attack. Invisible status makes you immunte to
physical attacks, and guess what? The enemies you meet here all have physical
attacks, making Shadow immune to all of them. Sweet.
Sabin is not so lucky, unfortunately. Have him attack with Aura Cannon or Rising
Phoenix if you have it.
On the Overworld map, head east until you see a forest to the south, then keep
heading south. Your destination is the Imperial Camp, which is located right
next to that small desert patch you'll see.
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4.19 Sabin: Imperial Camp and Doma Castle [4.019]
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New Monsters:
#36 - Captain
#37 - Imperial Soldier
#38 - Templar
#39 - Satellite
Officer, Soldier - Do not have Bestiary entries
Doma Castle:
- Imperial Soldier x2 (0 AP)
- Captain [Boss] (0 AP)
Imperial Camp:
- Doberman x3 - Kick the chest (Not listed in Bestiary) (0 AP)
- Doberman x2 - Kick the chest (Not listed in Bestiary) (0 AP)
- Imperial Soldier x2, Magitek Armor (1 AP)
- Satellite - Monster-in-a-Box (0 AP)
- Templar x2, Imperial Soldier x2 (0 AP)
Cyan fighting (with Sabin's help):
- Soldier x3 (1 AP)
- Soldier x4 (0 AP)
- Officer, Soldier x2 (0 AP)
After you hop in Magitek Armor:
- Magitek Armor (1 AP)
- Imperial Soldier x2, Magitek Armor (1 AP)
- Magitek Armor x2 (2 AP)
Items Found:
- Star Pendant (North-Eastern Tent)
- Mythril Glove (South-Western Tent [Right Chest])
- Green Beret* (South-Western Tent [Left Chest])
- Barrier Ring (Behind South-Western Tent)
- Remedy (Doma Castle; East end of south hallway [Pot])
* Fight Satellite to get Green Beret
Welcome to the Imperial Camp. Take one step forward to trigger a cutscene.
You'll find Soldier A and Soldier B (I'm not making this up, these are their
actual names) talking about something. Apparently, whatever their talking about
will not make Kefka happy. So we can assume Kefka is here. The soldiers claim
Kefka is plotting to get General Leo out of the camp, so he can take over as
general. Then Kefka walks out of a tent and threatens the guards real quick,
before walking off again. The soldiers do mention that General Leo has all the
good qualities and Kefka has everything else (aka the bad qualities). Maybe this
General Leo isn't so bad after all..?
A Captain shows up to tell Soldier A & B to get ready for the attack on Doma
Castle.
The scene then shifts over to Doma Castle. You will see the soldiers begin their
attack on Doma Castle, which includes running into the castle wall, bouncing off
of it, and falling down. One should note that they are persistent - they get
right back up and run into the stone wall again, and again, and again...
Somehow this running into stone wall thing seems to be working, as we see a Doma
Sentry informing another that they cannot keep them all out. The Sentry
immediately loses all hope... but not before a mysterious "Wait!" echoes through
the hall. Another character, whom you get to name now, appears out of another
room. Let's call him Cyan. Cyan's believes that if they kill their commander,
the other soldiers should withdraw. Cyan volunteers to meet the commander in
battle. What a guy!
You now get to control Cyan, the Samurai.
Cyan's level = Average Party Level + 2
His equipment is as follows:
- Right Hand: Ashura
- Left Hand: Buckler
- Head: Leather Cap
- Body: Leather Armor
Cyan's special skill is called Bushido.
You can learn about it by searching for: [bshd]
Equipping Cyan: If you have a Heavy Shield, give it to Cyan. A Plumed Hat would
also go nice on his Head. You don't really have anymore useful Relics to give
to Cyan at the current time. You could give him a Genji Glove, but that would
take away his shield, so I don't recommend it.
Cyan will have the following Bushido Techniques available:
#1 - Fang: ST physical attack
#2 - Sky: Allows Cyan to counterattack next time he's attacked
#3 - Tiger: Halves target's HP and sets Seizure status
#4 - Flurry: Attacks with four physical attacks in a row
If Cyan is below level 15, he won't have #4 - Flurry.
You can fight the eight soldiers outside (note that they don't give any EXP
though). Each one is a battle with two Imperial Soldiers. The only useful
Bushido technique you have right now would be:
#1 - Fang, and
#4 - Flurry
Since waiting for Flurry to charge up takes a while, I recommend sticking with
Fang for now. It's strong enough to kill any enemy with one hit for now.
If you don't want to fight these Imperial Soldiers (and since they don't give
EXP, it's understandable), just go ahead and confront the Captain.
Defeating the Captain is simple. One or two Fangs should take care of it.
After the Captain dies, everyone else retreats. The scene then switches back to
Sabin and Shadow in the Imperial Camp.
Talk to the soldier walking around to the left to trigger a battle against
two Imperial Soldiers, and a Magitek Armor. Attack with the same as usual:
Throw Shurikens with Shadow, and Aura Cannon/Rising Phoenix with Sabin.
NOTE: If at any time Shadow loses his invisible status, make sure to throw
another Invisibility Scroll as soon as possible.
Now head over to the Tent to the right. Inside the tent is a chest, but it won't
open when you examine it. You now have three options.
- Kick it. This will allow you to fight two/three Doberman. THIS IS THE ONLY
PLACE IN THE ENTIRE GAME TO FIND DOBERMAN. Doberman does not have a Bestiary
entry, but it does have a Rage. If you want to get as many rages as possible,
make sure you encounter Doberman here.
- Hit it. The soldiers will hear you yell "Ow!" after punching the chest. You
fool them by pretending to be a cat... I'm not making this up.
- Leave it. You leave it, but why would you?
Obviously you'll want to Kick it and get the item - a Star Pendant! You should
already have several of these, but it can't hurt to have one more, can it?
Now head across the bridge to the south. You'll witness a cutscenen now. You
watch how General Leo tells a soldier to value his life more. See, he's not that
bad of a guy after all.
Then another soldier appears and informs Leo of a message from Emperor Gestahl,
brought by a carrier pigeon. The emperor is summoning Leo. Leo prepares to
leave, which then means Kefka is in charge.
Wait a minute, isn't this what the soldiers we first saw when we got here were
talking about? Kefka planning to get General Leo out of the camp, so he can take
over? Weird coincidence. I'm sure it's nothing.
You're in control again. Advance a few more steps, only to witness another
cutscene. Kefka shows up, and Leo tells Kefka not to do anything dirty. Leo then
leaves.
It seems Kefka has readied some poison, and he plans to dump all of it into the
river! That poison will kill anyone who comes into contact with it at Doma
Castle. Kefka then tries to leave, but you decide to step in. Then Kefka fights
you!
This is not as hard as you might think, I promise. All you have to do is attack
Kefka once. Kefka attempts to escape, but Sabin says "Wait!". Kefka replies with
a rather funny line:
Kefka: "Wait," he says... Do I look like a waiter?
Then Kefka runs. Where does he run too? 6 whole steps away, wow!
In order to advance in the story, you would have to confront Kefka again. But
there is more of the camp to explore.
To the left of Kefka there is a tent. Behind this tent is another tent (To get
to this tent, walk behind the first tent and you'll jump off the ledge). Grab
the Barrier Ring out of this tent. Hop back up the ledge (same way you jumped
off) and enter this tent now. The right chest contains Mythril Glove. The left
chest has a monster to fight!
You'll be fighting Satellite. There is only one other place to find a Satellite,
and you won't get that until after you beat the game (for those who want to
know: Soul Shrine). Make sure you encounter it here.
Just so you know: Satellite has 1800 HP.
Chances are, Satellite will use a magic-based attack that will hit Shadow. This
will unfortunately remove Shadow's Invisible status. Also, anytime Sabin uses
a Blitz attack on him, Satellite will counter with Mega Berserk. This makes
Sabin go Berserk (literally). A character with Berserk status cannot be
controlled, and will usually use Fight attacks. Berserk status does give a
character a 50% damage bonus, so that's not too bad.
Just throw a couple Shuriken, have Sabin use Aura Cannon/Rising Phoenix.
Satellite should die after only a few turns. Your reward will be a Green Beret.
Replace Sabin's Bandana (or whatever else he was wearing on his Head) with the
Green Beret. Also swap out Sabin's first relic with Mythril Glove.
That's about it for the camp. Go back and talk to Kefka. He'll run away again,
so follow him and talk to him again. Kefka is out of breath after walking those
15 steps or whatever it is. You'll battle him again. Since Shadow is probably
not Invisible right now, throw an Invisibility Scroll on him and attack Kefka
with Sabin to end the battle as fast as it started.
After the battle, talk to him one last time. He will now send someone else after
you. This battle includes two Templar and 2 Imperial Soldiers. Fight them the
same way you've been fighting everything else in here (Blitz + Shuriken).
Now you will witness a pretty horrible cutscene. Kefka pours the poison into the
river! Back at Doma Castle, everyone falls over dead. Everyone except Cyan of
course, because Cyan doesn't need water like the rest (and therefore did not
come in contact with the potion).
Cyan quickly recognizes the cause of all the deaths: Poison. He fears the worst,
and has to warn the king! Go through the door straight ahead, down the stairs,
and into the throne room next to you. The king is not dead yet, but he dies in a
minute anyway. That sux. Cyan and the only surviving Doma Sentry decide to split
up and look for survivors.
Get out of the throne room, and enter the south-east door of this room. Examine
the pot in the top right corner for a Remedy. Go left and enter the door next to
the Sentry... only to find that none have survived.
Exit out of this room and head into the north-east room, which is Cyan's room.
Cyan enters, only to find his wife and child have both passed away. Needless to
say, Cyan is furious with the Empire for doing this to him.
We now see Cyan entering the Imperial Camp, ready to take on anyone who dares
attack him. Sabin also shows up with the intention of helping Cyan.
If you talk to Cyan by standing to the right of him (therefore standing in
between him and the two soldiers), Cyan will say:
Cyan: Grrr! Art thou an enemy as well!?
Sabin: Ouch! Probably shouldn't hav
e gotten in the middle of that...
Talk to Cyan from any other direction to help him out fighting the two soldiers.
The first two fights will only have Soldiers to fight, but the last one will
also throw in an Officer.
You can't control Cyan here, so just repeat the same old thing you've done with
the other two.
After three fights, Sabin directs you to some Magitek Armors. Sweet. You will
get your first glimpse of how Cyan fears anything that has to do with
technology. You now get to control all three characters for the first time.
Just like in the very beginning of the game, any attack will kill any enemy, so
just enjoy using Magiteks once more. Make sure to heal with Healing Force every
now and then. Head back to the beginning of the Imperial Camp, and you will
automatically dismount the Magiteks. Leave the camp.
NOTE: You will NEVER be able to return here, so I hope you followed this guide
and got everything you could.
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4.20 Sabin: Overworld: Traveling to Phantom Forest [4.020]
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New Monsters: None
Monster Formations:
Grass:
- Nettlehopper x3 (1 AP)
- Aepyornis, Stray Cat, Nettlehopper x2 (1 AP)
- Stray Cat x3 (1 AP)
Forest:
- Nettlehopper x2, Stray Cat x2 (1 AP)
- Aepyornis x2, Stray Cat (1 AP)
- Chippirabbit x5 (1 AP)
- Aepyornis, Stray Cat, Nettlehopper x2 (1 AP)
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Save here. Save after every fight. Shadow has a 1/16
chance of leaving your party for quite some time after every battle. There will
be a time in the not so distant future where he won't run away, but until then,
he has a small chance of leaving after every single battle. Make sure you Save
after every single battle. In that case, if he runs away, you can simply reload
and continue on, hoping he won't run away this time (and chances are slim that
he'll run away two times in a row).
You *could* prevent Shadow from running by either killing him, or even running
from every battle, but why waste the EXP and Gil you can gain? Saving works just
as well, so I'd stick with that if I were you.
First things first: Make sure everyone has good equipment. Also make sure
everyone has two Relics. There's not much to watch out for here, so just equip
whatever you feel like.
You could go visit Doma Castle to the south-west, but it's blocked by three
Imperial Soldiers, who tell you this area is off-limits. Maybe we'll get access
to this castle. Don't you love my sneaky hints?
Go across the bridge to the east of Doma Castle. You'll see a little passage in
between mountains. Walk here to enter Phantom Forest.
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New Monsters:
#40 - Ghost
#41 - Poplium
Monster Formations:
1st and 2nd Area:
- Ghost (3 AP)
- Ghost, Poplium x2 (1 AP)
3rd and 4th Area:
- Ghost x3 (1 AP)
- Ghost x2, Poplium x3 (1 AP)
- Ghost (3 AP)
Items Found: None
Welcome to Phantom Forest.
NOTE: Shadow can still run, so keep saving.
How to handle these monsters: Just pretty much keep doing what you've been
doing. Fang (#1) with Cyan, throw Shurikens with Shadow, and Aura Cannon/Rising
Phoenix with Sabin.
You start off in Area #1. Head to the right and go up to get to Area #2. You'll
automatically walk up to a Recovery Spring, like the one you found in the South
Figaro Cave. Nice. Head to the right and go down to get to Area #3. You'll have
a choice between going up and down. Going down takes you back to Area #1, which
is just a waste of time, so let's go up to Area #4. At the end of Area #4 you
can see a train in the background. This is our destination, so head up to get
out of the Forest and enter the Phantom Train.
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4.22 Sabin: Phantom Train [4.022]
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New Monsters:
#42 - Cloud
#43 - Angel Whisper
#44 - Oversoul
#45 - Bomb
#46 - Living Dead
#47 - Apparition
#48 - Siegfried
#284 - Phantom Train
Monster Formations:
Outside the Train Carts:
- Bomb (1 AP)
- Angel Whisper x2, Cloud (1 AP)
- Angel Whisper x4 (1 AP)
- Bomb x3 (1 AP)
Inside the Train Carts:
- Angel Whisper, Cloud x3 (1 AP)
- Angel Whisper (1 AP)
- Living Dead x3 (1 AP)
- Ghost x3 - Talk to Ghost (Some don't attack) (1 AP)
- Ghost - Talk to Ghost (Some don't attack) (3 AP)
After you detach part of the train:
- Oversoul x2 (1 AP)
- Angel Whisper, Cloud x3 (1 AP)
- Oversoul, Living Dead x2 (1 AP)
Carts with Compartments/Suites:
- Angel Whisper (1 AP)
- Bomb x2, Cloud x2 (1 AP)
- Angel Whisper, Living Dead, Cloud x2 (1 AP)
- Siegfried (0 AP)
- Apparition (Monster-in-a-Box) (0 AP)
- Phantom Train [Boss] (2 AP)
Items Found:
- Tent (North-West corner in Conductor's Room [Hidden chest])
- Earring (West End of the dining car)
- Tent (2nd Suite, examine North-West corner [Hidden chest])
- Phoenix Down (4th suite, Far Right)
- Sniper Eye (4th suite, Mid-Right)
- Phoenix Down (4th suite, Mid-Left)
- Hyper Wrist* (4th suite, Far Left)
* Fight Apparition (Monster-in-a-box) to get Hyper Wrist
Move onto the platform to find out this is one of Doma's trains, all of which
Cyan thought had been derailed some time ago. Let's investigate. Walk a little
further onto the platform and you will automatically approach the door. Sabin
rushes inside while Cyan flips out... saying something about it being the
Phantom Train. I'm sure that's not important.
You'll find yourself inside. Try leaving through the same door you came in.
NOW Cyan explains what this train does: it carries souls of the departed to
their final destination (on a side note: If you haven't seen the Final
Destination movies, you should watch them. Very cool movies). Basically, this
just means the train is a one-way trip to the afterlife, as Sabin points out for
you. The party decides to make its way to the engine to see if they can't stop
this train.
How to handle the monsters here:
- Cloud is no problem at all. It casts Drain every once in a while, but for some
reason it does no damage at all. Their physical attack is called Unseen Strike,
which is nothing to worry about.
- Angel Whisper can be a problem. They use an attack called Gravity, which cuts
the HP of the target in half! Other than that it just uses a physical attack.
- Ghost. You fought these in the Forest, you know what to do.
- Oversoul are a little more dangerous. They will use Dread Gaze, which will
Petrify the target. The only way to cure Petrify Status right now is through a
Remedy or Gold Needle. When Oversouls are alone on the field, they will cast
Insanitouch, which will confuse the target. All around nasty creatures. Take
care of them as fast as possible with the usual methods.
- Bomb are little round fireballs. Their special attack is Blaze, a strong Fire
attack. Handle the same way as Ghosts. Note that Bombs absorb Fire-elemental
attacks, so don't use Rising Phoenix on them unless you want to heal them.
NOTE: Some of these monsters are one-time only. Make sure you encounter each
monster here before finishing off the Phantom Train.
Anyways, let's tackle this train (not literally. Well, later, maybe). First off
head to the right. You'll find yourself outside. Make sure you fight at least
one Bomb out here for the Bestiary. Head right into the next cart.
Talk to this Ghost here. He will join your party! His level seems to be the
Average Party Level + 0/1/2 (I'm not exactly sure). Nonetheless, his level will
be similar to yours.
His only equipment is a single Relic: the Lich Ring. This Relic turns the wearer
into an undead creature. Not really sure why an undead Ghost would need this
Relic, but that's just how it is.
His battle command is Possess.
You can read more about it by searching for: [poss]
NOTE: Once the Possess command is successful, the Ghost will no longer be in
your party. Choose well when you use it. You also cannot use it against the boss
of this train, simply because the Ghost automatically leaves you before you get
to the boss.
Enter the little cabin in this cart. Examine the floor in the north-west corner
to find a hidden Tent. Examine the switch in the north-east corner of the room
to get another scene about Cyan's fear of machines.
The man in this room is the Conductor. You can talk to him and ask him the
following questions.
- Tell us about the train. "The Phantom Train ferries the soul of the departed
to the other side. Once the souls arrive, they are granted their eternal
rest."
- How do we stop this thing? "You want to stop the train? Search every corner of
the engineer's compartment... I'm sure there's a way.
- Nothing, sorry to bother you
So if we can reach the engineer's room, we might be able to find a way to stop
the train. Sounds like a plan to me.
After you're done, head back to the cart to the left (The cart you started out
at).
One of the ghosts in here actually has items for sale!
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| Potion (50 Gil) |
| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) | Stock up on Shuriken again if you want.
| Antidote (50 Gil) | Buy anything else you think you might, like
| Green Cherry (150 Gil) | Hi-Potions and Phoenix Down.
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) |
| Sleeping Bag (500 Gil) |
| Shuriken (30 Gil) |
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Talking to any of the other ghosts triggers a battle between one/three Ghosts.
Continue left and into the next cart. There's another ghost that's selling items
in this cart. Same items, too. Another boring cart. Move on to the next one
(the door is on the front of the cart, not on the side).
As soon as you enter this cart, you'll notice another ghost block the door.
Looking around, there doesn't seem to be anything interesting in this cart.
Only way out is the way you came in. Talk to the ghost by the entrance and
you'll have to fight him. After the fight a cutscene will play.
You're standing outside the cart, and suddenly several ghosts come and surround
you, all chanting ". . . N o . . . e s c a p e . . ." Yeah, kinda scary.
Lucky for you, there's a ladder here which you then climb. Once on the roof,
head to the left to continue this cutscene. Apparently, this is *the* time to
put Sabin's training to the test.
Watch as Sabin's runs, jumps, and clears the entire gap between the trains. But
that's not all! He keeps running, jumps the next gap, and... falls. Oh well,
it was good while it lasted. So now you've escaped these ghosts, sweet.
Head to the left into the cart. You'll hear "N o . . . e s c a p e . . ." again.
Then all the ghosts show up again! Head inside the cart to the left and hit the
switch on the north wall. This will conveniently detach the trains you just left
behind, leaving all the ghosts as well. Phew.
Head back inside, and hit the *same* switch. Somehow, this switch's function has
changed into opening the barrier in front of you. Don't ask questions.
NOTE: This is the ONLY cart in which you'll find the Oversoul monsters. Make
sure to encounter one before moving on.
Once you've added Oversoul to your Bestiary, move on to the next cart to the
left. This is the dining room cart. It's time to take a break and eat. Have a
seat at the center table.
You will then witness a small cutscene. I will not describe what goes on, so
just enjoy it yourself. After the meal, your HP and MP are restored, and all
Status effects are removed. Not bad for a ghostly meal. Once you're done, head
back out the right side.
Walk around the train and re-enter on the left side. Open the chest for the
Earring Relic. Continue your quest left.
This cart has a couple cabins in it. Let's go in the first one. If you approach
this chest from the bottom, you will hear someone say "Hold it right there!"
Enter: Siegfried. He claims to be the greatest swordsman in all the world.
Siegfried and Sabin exchange a couple lines, then it's time to battle.
This battle is a joke. He will do less than 10 damage to each of your characters
and he only has 100 HP! What a joke. If you can't beat this guy, please quit.
After the battle he takes whatever was in the chest and runs off.
FYI: What was in the chest? Absolutely nothing.
In the next suite, search the north-west corner for a hidden Tent. In the SNES
days there used to be a Fairy Ring in the space next to the Tent, but since you
could never face that square it was impossible to get. It is unknown if that
item is still there in this version, but it's likely. We may never know.
On we go to to the left. We're almost there, I promise. The first cabin in here
contains nothing, so let's go in the second one instead. This one obviously is
not empty. The far right chest contains a Phoenix Down. The next one contains
a Sniper Eye, then a Phoenix Down next to that.
The last one contains a Monster-in-a-box: Apparition.
Apparition is an undead monster with 1500 HP. His attacks include Blizzard (a
weak Ice attack), Lightning (an even weaker attack), and Leech, which will
drain your HP a little bit. All in all, nothing to be worried about.
There are several ways to defeat Apparition:
Cheap Strategy #1: Use a Phoenix Down on him. Since he's an undead monster, and
Phoenix Down revives dead people, it will actually instantly kill Apparition.
Cheap Strategy #2: If you still have your Ghost, you may want to use his Possess
skill to instantly kill Apparition. Ghost is going to leave you in a minute
anyway, so you might as well get rid of him.
However, if you don't want to use any of these cheap strategies (I don't), you
can always beat him the old fashioned way, which is: Basically the same strategy
as with everything else. Fang with Cyan, Aura Cannon/Rising Phoenix, and
Shuriken-throwing with Shadow.
You get a Hyper Wrist after you defeat Apparition.
Exit out to the left and take a few steps. If you still have Ghost in your
party, he will leave you now. It's been fun *waves*. The next cart has a Save
Point. You know what this means, right? Boss fight. Finally. Make sure you're
not missing any Bestiary entries before moving on ahead.
Give Sabin the Earrings, and give Cyan the White Cape.
Enter the next and last cart:
"This is the engineer's compartment. We've gotta find a way to stop this thing,
fast!" Now either examine the north-east or south-east part of this train:
"To stop the train, shut the first and thrid pressure valves, then throw the
switch located by the smokestack."
Now do just that. Hit the first and third switch, head outside, and (ready for
Boss Battle), hit the switch by the smokestack.
All of a sudden, the train talks to you:
Phantom Train: So! You're the ones who have been slowing me down!
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BOSS: Phantom Train
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Phantom Train (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 14
- HP: 1900
- MP: 350
- Drops: Tent (Always)
Phantom Train's attacks include Acid Rain (MT-magical attack), Diabolic
Whistle, an attack that only Phantom Train can use. When you attack the train,
he has a 1/3 chance of countering with Wheel.
Phantom Train is similar to Apparition, in the sense that this train is also
Undead. Meaning, there is another cheap strategy to use:
Use a Phoenix Down on the train to instantly kill it. But that's cheap, so don't
do that.
Instead, use Aura Cannon (it does more damage than Rising Phoenix). Throw
Shurikens like always, and use Fang as always with Cyan. Same old strategy, I
know. But it works (for now at least).
After you defeat the train, you get a Tent.
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The Phantom Train decides to let you go (good choice, train). He drops you off
at another platform. All of a sudden you see a line of people board the
train. Now that we know what this train is, we can assume these are souls,
getting ready to head to the afterlife for their eternal rest.
But who is among these souls? Cyan's wife and son! Then the train leaves, and
Cyan runs along next to the train, trying to say good-bye to his family.
Touching scene. At least he got to see them one last time... after this, just
stand on the platform and mourn/wait. After a few seconds, you'll be off to
continue your quest.
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4.23 Sabin: Baren Falls [4.023]
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New Monsters:
#49 - Opinicus Fish
#285 - Rhizopas
Monster Formations:
- Opinicus Fish x5 (1 AP)
- Rhizopas [Boss] (1 AP)
Items Found: None
NOTE: These monsters are found in Baren Falls, not on the Overworld while going
to Baren Falls. I didn't want to make a whole separate section for traveling
there as you've seen the monsters before (See section 4.20), and it's only a
very short hike to Baren Falls.
NOTE2: De-equip Shadow before you enter Baren Falls.
Go down and around the mountains to end up at Baren Falls. Once you get there,
simply head through the cave. If you still have Shadow in your party, he will
leave you now, and there's nothing you can do about it.
Once Shadow is gone, the only way to continue is to jump off the cliff. Do so.
When falling you will have to fight monsters as well. The only monster you will
see for the first 60 seconds is Opinicus Fish. These appear in formations of
two, then after you defeat those two, three will appear. After you defeat those
three, it will switch back to two and repeat.
This goes on for 60 seconds. After 60 seconds, Rhizopas (the Boss) appears.
NOTE: If you wanted to, you could just sit there, wait 60 seconds, kill off the
two Opinicus Fish and face Rhizopas. But that's cheap, and we're not cheap.
How to handle these monsters: Opinicus Fish are a joke. They only have 10 HP
and only seem to attack you physically. Just keep killing them to eventually
fight Rhizopas.
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BOSS: Rhizopas
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Rhizopas (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 13
- HP: 775
- MP: 39
- Drops: Remedy (Always)
Rhizopas' attacks include Blizzard (weak Ice attack), Megavolt (weak MT
lightning attack), Bite, and the most dangerous: El Niño. El Niño will do
anywhere from 220-250 damage on EACH character. Make sure to heal after he uses
this.
This guy isn't that tough though. With the only danger being El Niño, make sure
to use Aura Cannon (and NOT Rising Phoenix) and Fang to finish him off.
If you get hit by El Niño, make sure to heal with Hi-Potion, unless you're sure
you will kill him soon after the attack.
Killing him gives you a Remedy.
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4.24 Sabin: Veldt Part 1 [4.024]
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New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: Any formations you've encountered in the past. I'll explain
later.
Items Found: None
You will find yourself floating down a river and reaching land. All of a sudden,
a young boy appears and checks you out. You also get to name him here. Shall we
call him Gau?
After you wake up and talk to him, Gau runs away. Strange kid. Leave this area.
Welcome to the Veldt. This is one of the strangest areas in the game. As you
walk through it, you will encounter any enemy you've ever encountered so far.
The purpose of this area is to gain Rages for Gau (more on that later).
Also, you might see Gau after any battle. He will say that he's hungry, but for
now there's nothing you can do about that. The only way to make him go away is
to hurt him, horrible as that may sound.
Your next destination is the town of Mobliz, which is in the east corner of the
Veldt.
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4.25 Sabin: Mobliz [4.025]
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Inn Cost: 100 Gil
Monsters Found: None
Items Found:
- Elixir (Clock in Carrier Pigeon's House)
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/ Item Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Dried Meat (150 Gil) | You MUST buy at least one Dried Meat. Just do
| Potion (50 Gil) | it.
| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) |
| Eye Drops (50 Gil) | Obviously stock up on anything else you might
| Green Cherry (150 Gil) | need (Hi-Potions, Phoenix Down, Sleeping Bag,
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) | or even Tent)
| Sleeping Bag (500 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
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/ Weapon Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Mythril Knife (300 Gil) | I suggest buying two Kotetsu for Cyan. You won't
| Mythril Sword (450 Gil) | regret it.
| Mythril Claws (800 Gil) |
| Kotetsu (800 Gil) |
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/ Armor Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Buckler (200 Gil) | Buy a couple Heavy Shields, Plumed Hats, Magus
| Heavy Shield (400 Gil) | Hats, and Iron Armors.
| Plumed Hat (250 Gil) |
| Magus Hat (600 Gil) |
| Bandana (800 Gil) |
| Iron Helm (1000 Gil) |
| Kenpo Gi (250 Gil) |
| Iron Armor (700 Gil) |
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/ Relic Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Sprint Shoes (1500 Gil) | If you have over 12,500 Gil, buy one or two
| White Cape (5000 Gil) | White Cape. Regardless, make sure you have 2,500
|____________________________| Gil after you're done shopping.
Give Cyan the Genji Glove Relic, which will let him equip the two Kotetsu. Equip
everything else with Optimize.
After all this shopping, head into the carrier pigeon's (from now on referred to
as the mailman) house. Search the clock for an elixir. If you talk to the
mailman himself, he will simply tell you that he can send letters for you.
A note about healing: Instead of paying 100 Gil at the Inn, you can rest for
free in the bed in the back of the Relic Shop (north end of town).
Now head into the north-west house of the town. Talk to the Injured Lad to learn
that he's a soldier from Maranda, but was forced to join the Imperial Army when
their town was overrun by the Empire. He didn't want to attack Doma, so he tried
to run away, but the Empire came after him, and he barely survived. He can't
move at all and won't ever see his sweet-heart Lola again.
But there is a letter on the desk from her. He asks you to read it to him. Walk
over to the desk and grab the letter. After you read it to him, the soldier says
"I'd like to write her back, but I don't even have the strength to pick up a
pen."
Guess who's going to write the letter? Head over to the mailman's house and talk
to him. You'll need 500 Gil to send a letter, but go ahead and send it anyway.
Now you must wait for Lola to reply, and there are several things you can do to
make her reply:
- Talk to any salesman at any of the 4 Shops (Item, Weapon, Armor, Relic)
- Sleep at the Inn
- Talk to the guy on the east-side of the mailman's house and have him show you
the Serpent Trench
Do any of these things and check back in the Injured Lad's house to find a new
letter. Read it to him, then head over to the mailman to send a new letter.
In total, you will send 5 letters: A letter, a record, a Potion, another letter,
and finally, a book.
After you send the book, there won't be another letter. Talk to the soldier
anyway. He will give you a Tintinnabulum as a reward for sending all those
letters to Lola. He has no strength to lift a pen, but he can give you this
Tintinnabulum? I see.
This relic will heal you with every step you take. The amount you are healed is
calculated as follows: Stamina / 4
Note: The formula uses base Stamina
It's a pretty useless Relic, so don't use it unless you're looking for a filler
Relic.
When you're ready, head back out to the Veldt (you did get at least one Dried
Meat, right?).
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4.26 Sabin: Gau and his Rages [4.026]
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New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: Any formation you've encountered in the entire game so far
You need to find Gau now. Remember how he was hungry? We now have a Dried Meat
we'd like to give him, just because we're nice like that. He should show up
after 1-3 battles.
Simply use the Dried Meat on him. Since you fed him, he will decide to join you.
This will also trigger a very long cutscene, which I'm not gonna bother to type
out for you. I will tell you this though: Gau says something about SHINY SHINY,
which catches the interest of Sabin and Cyan. They decide to follow Gau to see
this shiny item.
After everyone walks off the screen, a Kappa will appear and explain how to
build up Gau's Rage skills.
1. Choose "Leap," a command that appears only when you are on the Veldt.
2. Keep fighting on the Veldt, and eventually Gau will reappear.
3. When he reappears, he will have learned the attacks of the monsters you were
fighting when he leapt, as well as those you were fighting when he returned!
4. Choose "Rage" to have Gau use any of the attacks he has learned.
Let's take a look at Gau first. Gau's level = Average Party Level + 2
His equipment is as follows... wait, he has nothing equipped! Let's change that.
Simply equip him with Optimize (which will most likely result in Gau receiving
a Buckler, Bandana, and Kenpo Gi).
Now on to Gau's special skill: Rage.
You can learn about it by searching for: [rage]
Basically, to summarize: Gau can learn attacks (Rages) from other monsters. To
do this, use the Leap command (only on Veldt). When Gau leaps, he will learn the
Rage of every monster on-screen when he left. After a random amount of battles,
Gau will come back, and also learn every Rage of every monster on-screen.
Once you use a Rage in battle, Gau will continue to use that same Rage until
the battle is over, or until Gau dies.
Gau starts off with a few Rages already:
- Zaghrem (Stone)
- Angel Whisper (Gravity)
- Wererat (Poison)
- Belmodar (Megavolt)
- Silver Lobo (Chomp)
- Hornet (Iron Stinger)
- Cartagra (Poison Barb)
- Exocite (Pincer)
- Magitek Armor (Magitek Laser)
Check out the Rage Section to get more info on what each Rage does.
Before you move on, I highly suggest you get the following Rages:
- Guard Leader (Wind Slash)
- Alacran (Numb)
- Mu (Snare)
- Trillium (Bio)
- Darkside (Blizzara)
- Stray Cat (Cat Scratch)
- Cloud (Thundara)
- Bomb (Blaze)
- Oversoul (Will o' the Wisp)
- Cirpius (Hastega)
- Templar (Fira)
- Satellite (Sonic Boom)
Chances are it will take you a while to get all these Rages. But it is worth it.
Gau can be one of the best characters to use in the game when given the right
Rages.
Note: Satellite drops a Green Beret after every time you fight him. Equip these
on each of your three characters.
Once you're ready to move on, head to Mobliz to heal, then head back out to the
Veldt and go south. There is a cave here in the mountains you can enter.
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4.27 Sabin: Crescent Mountain Cave [4.027]
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New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found: None
As you can see above, not much going on in this cave. It might be a nice break
from constant (and probably frustrating) battles on the Veldt. Your mission here
is to find this shiny item Gau was talking about when he first joined your
party.
If you step on certain squares, you will get a small cutscene. The first one is
three steps up from the entrance:
Sabin: Cyan! That "shiny, shiny" thing of Gau's is in here.
Cyan: And where exactly might it be found, Sir Gau?
Gau: Gau... forget!
Sabin: Shall we look around?
Cyan: It seems we have no choice!
4 steps north and 1 step east is the next cutscene:
Sabin: Doesn't seem to be over here...
Yeah, that was long. Head over to the left where that 2x2 block is:
Sabin: A potion...
Cyan: C-could this be Sir Gau's treasure!?
Head north and onto the ledge on the north wall. Head to the left to get the
next scene:
Sabin: What is it, Gau...? Did you see something?
Gau: WAOU!!!
Sabin: Gah! My money pouch! There was five hundred gil in there!
Gau, you little...!
Cyan: Oh, dear... Sir Sabin, please let it go... For all of our sakes.
Sabin: Grrrrr!
Note: 500 Gil have now been removed from your wallet.
Head right across the bridge and then go south. You'll come across... Gau's
shiny item:
Cyan: Is this it? The shiny treasure?
Gau: Treasure, treasure!
Cyan: 'Tis nothing but a dirty glass bowl...
Sabin: Kind of looks like it would fit over your head...
Hmm...! I wonder if we could use this?
It might let us breathe underwater.
All right, let's go!
*You automatically head outside*
Cyan: These rapids look quite... rapid.
Sabin: No kidding. But it's the only way to make it in time to meet up with the
others...
All right, let's go!
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4.28 Sabin: Serpent Trench [4.028]
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New Monsters:
#50 - Anguiform
#51 - Aspiran
#52 - Actinian
Monster Formations:
- Actinian x3 (1 AP)
- Anguiform (1 AP)
- Anguiform, Actinian, Aspiran (1 AP)
- Actinian, x3, Aspiran x2 (1 AP)
- Anguiform x2 (1 AP)
Items Found:
- X-Potion (Take first right)
- Green Beret (Take second right)
Welcome to Serpent Trench. This is similar to the Lethe River. You fight random
monsters, you have to choose which way to go, but you can also find two items
here, which you couldn't in the Lethe River.
How to handle the monsters:
- Anguiform use a physical attack called Garotte, which will do close to 200
damage to one character, so watch out for that. When they are alone, they will
use Aqua Breath, a strong MT attack. You can best take them out with Cloud,
as Anguiforms are weak to Lightning.
- Aspiran can be a problem if you're not appeared. Whenever you attack with
anything other than "Attack" (meaning you attack with Blitz/Rage/Bushido), it
has a 33% of countering with Gigavolt. Make sure you only Attack these guys.
They do have a weakness to Fire, so if you think you can kill them in one hit
(they have 220 HP), abuse that.
- Actinian are easy. They use Clamp (which Gau can also learn through the
Actinian Rage), a weak physical attack. Take them out with Fang,
Aura Cannon/Rising Phoenix, and Templar/Bomb/Oversoul. Yeah, these guys have a
Fire weakness.
Now on to the Serpent Trench itself. If you take the first right, you will come
to a cave that has an X-Potion. You can also heal yourself in this cave, if you
need too.
If you take the second right, you will come to another cave. Walk through the
first cave and step on the switch in the south corner of this cave. The switch
will drain the water in the pool next to you. Step on the black hole in this
pool. Go up onto the platform to get another Green Beret. Equip this if you
didn't give each of your 3 characters one. Leave the cave and finish off the
Serpent Trench.
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4.29 Sabin: Nikeah [4.029]
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Inn Cost: 150 Gil
New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found:
- Elixir (Clock in the Inn)
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/ Item Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Potion (50 Gil) | By this time, I had over 75 Potions and
| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) | Hi-Potions (mainly due to the Veldt). You
| Echo Screen (120 Gil) | shouldn't need any of those.
| Smoke Bomb (300 Gil) |
| Green Cherry (150 Gil) | Buy about 20 Smoke Bombs. You might not use them
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) | now, but later you'll find them much more
| Sleeping Bag (500 Gil) | useful.
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
|_____________________________| Buy any Phoenix Down you think you might need.
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/ Weapon Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Mythril Claws (800 Gil) |
| Kotetsu (800 Gil) | Buy nothing here.
| Mythril Spear (800 Gil) |
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/ Armor Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Heavy Shield (400 Gil) |
| Plumed Hat (250 Gil) | With the exception of Silk Robe, you've seen all
| Magus Hat (600 Gil) | these items at Mobliz.
| Bandana (800 Gil) |
| Iron Helm (1000 Gil) | Buy 2 Silk Robe (for Terra and someone else).
| Kenpo Gi (250 Gil) |
| Silk Robe (600 Gil) |
| Iron Armor (700 Gil) |
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/ Relic Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Silver Spectacles (500 Gil) | Fairy Ring is the same as a Star Pendant (Poison
| Star Pendant (500 Gil) | Protection), but also has Darkness Protection.
| White Cape (5000 Gil) | Get one if you want.
| Fairy Ring (1500 Gil) |
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If you haven't noticed, the shops are all outside. The Relic Shop is even run by
a kid!
There's a hidden Elixir in the north-east corner of the Inn (in the clock).
There's really only one more thing to do here, and it's by no means necessary.
Head to the Pub and talk to the Dancer standing at the bar:
Dancer: Hey, you handsome young thing... Why don't you come have a drink with
me? Tee-hee!
Cyan: H-how dare you!? Licentious howler! Off... off with thee!
Dancer: Oh, don't be a stick in the mud! Let's just have some fun!
Hey, do you like these? I call this one Humpty, and this one Dumpty!
Cyan: H-Humpty!? D-Dumpty!?
Sabin: Cyan, you're too easy!
Cyan: Th-thou art unaffected by these... charms!?
Sabin: One of the benefits of all my years of ascetic training!
Dancer: Oh, don't leave me standing here all alone!
Cyan: Enough of that! A proper woman should have modesty, and... and decency!
And... ...*rant*...*rant*...*rant*...
Sabin: Oh, Cyan...!
Take note of the Humpty and Dumpty line... I wonder, what could she be referring
to? Hehe.
Now head to the port. Take off everyone's equipment and Relics. Yes, the
scenario is *finally* over. Talk to the man, who will take you to South Figaro.
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4.30 Locke: South Figaro [4.030]
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New Monsters:
#24 - Heavy Armor
#25 - Commander
#26 - Vector Hound
Cadet - Not in Bestiary
Monster Formations:
Around the City:
- Heavy Armor (Difficult to defeat; Not Recommended) (1 AP)
- Merchant (Not in Bestiary) (0 AP)
- Birthday Suit (Not in Bestiary; You don't fight him) (0 AP)
- Cadet (Not in Bestiary) (0 AP)
Secret passage (After winding the clock):
- Commander x3 (2 AP)
- Vector Hound x2 (0 AP)
- Vector Hound x2, Commander (0 AP)
Items Found:
- X-Potion (Hidden sub-basement, North-East [Chest])
- Ribbon (Hidden sub-basement, South of X-Potion [Hidden Chest])
- Hi-Ether (Hidden sub-basement, South)
- Iron Armor (Escape tunnel, West)
- Earring (Escape tunnel, South-West)
- Great Sword (Escape tunnel, North-East)
- Heavy Shield (Escape tunnel, North-East)
"Locke has worked hard to stymie the efforts of the Imperial troops in South
Figaro. But now he desperately needs to escape..."
And now for the last scenario! This one isn't as long as Sabin's, I promise.
First things first: Locke has nothing equipped as of now. For Relics, give him
the Genji Glove and Gigas Glove. For equipment, give him the Air Knife, Main
Gauche, Green Beret, and Iron Armor.
NOTE: If anyone has ever wondered how the Kutan Glitch (SNES version) [Credits
to Novalia_Spirit for discovering this bug] works, it can be done here. It
should probably be called Moghan now, though. It involves skipping the entire
section here about getting out of South Figaro. You can do it by going to the
right where the soldier is pacing back and forth. Wait till he walks all the
way up and stands still. Stand about two spaces away from him. Now, as soon as
he walks back towards you, press Start + Up at the same time. If done
correctly, you should still see him walk towards you. Keep holding Up and exit
out of the menu with B. If you did all of this right, you'll end up walking
right THROUGH this guy! You could now leave South Figaro if you wanted too.
This causes all sorts of glitches, however, you completely skip over one of the
major characters. Just don't do it.
Locke has somehow stopped the Imperial Army from reaching the Returner Hideout,
and now needs to escape South Figaro. You start out in front of Duncan's House.
To the left you'll find a Magitek Soldier. If you talk to this guy, you will
trigger a battle with a single Heavy Armor. His normal attack will do over 100
damage, and his special attack (Metal Knuckles) will do 1.5 times more damage
than his normal attack. Just to note: Heavy Armor has 495 HP, so unless you're
at a fairly high level (I *barely* beat him at level 15), I wouldn't recommend
fighting him.
Obviously, that's not your only way of advancing. Instead, head to the item
shop (go up the stairs here). Talk to the merchant standing there. He will
accuse you of being "that infamous thief", and we already know Locke prefers
the term Treasure Hunter. Normally, Locke would just correct him and move on,
but since we have to move on in the game somehow, Locke fights him.
Merchant is not listed in the Bestiary. He only has 119 HP. But don't defeat
him (if you do, simply head outside the shop and re-enter to restart the
battle). Instead, use Steal on him. Once you're successful, you'll not only
steal his item (Common: Plumed Hat, Rare: Main Gauche), you will also take his
clothes! Locke dressed as a merchant, nice.
Now go into the house south of the item shop and head downstairs. Talk to the
kid blocking your path and he will let you pass (if you weren't wearing merchant
clothes the kid would say that he only lets merchants through). Head outside
through the back door.
To get further out of town, it'd be nice to have Soldier's clothes. Head to the
north-east part of the town to get on the Town Wall. Walk towards the crates
where you could've gotten the Teleport Stone earlier (it's on the west side of
the city, on the wall). There you will find a green soldier, talk to him.
Cadet is also not in the Bestiary. He has 102 HP, and his Steals are:
Rare: Hi-Potion
Common: Potion
Yeah, I liked the merchant better. Anyway, steal this guy's clothes as well.
Now you're dressed as that green soldier. Head over to the soldier standing
right below the rich man's house (there's also a Magitek Soldier nearby). Talk
to that soldier, and he'll think you're here to end his shift, and walk away.
Whatever works, right?
Head inside the Pub. Go down the right stairs, and talk to this merchant to
fight him. Steal his clothes AGAIN to become a merchant. You will automatically
grab the Cider. This is what we went through all the trouble to get.
Head back through the back door of the house with the kid by the stairs. Head
upstairs, and instead of leaving out the front door, go to the west side of the
house and talk to the old man. Now that you've got some cider, he'll talk to
you. He'll talk about a secret passage that runs from his house to the rich
man's house. He tells you to go downstairs and tell the kid the password, which
is... he can't remember!
Go downstairs and talk to the kid, who will give you one of three choices.
NOTE: If you pick the wrong password, you'll have to do all this ALL OVER. Just
kidding, though it may look like it. All you have to do is steal the first
merchant's clothes and go back to the kid to guess another password.
I'll just go ahead and save you some time and tell you the password is: Courage.
The kid will then show you the secret passage, which was in front of you the
whole time. Argh!
Whatever, let's just be glad we found it. Enter it to find yourself in the
hidden basement of the rich man's house. Exit this basement, walk around the
house, and re-enter. The soldiers in the house say something about an inside
informant. Hmm... who could it be?
Go upstairs, enter the left room, and talk to the Rich Man:
"Oh, what have I done? I betrayed my town to the Empire! All I could think of
was the money..."
Bastard. We saw him writing the letter to the Empire, remember? You don't? Oh
well. You'll just have to trust me that we could have seen him then.
Walk behind the bookshelf on the west wall to go down to the hidden basement.
Go to the right and you'll be given an option to take off your disguise, or
leave it on. It doesn't really matter which one you choose.
Once you pass the first room on the right, a cutscene will occur. The scene will
shift to inside the room. Here we see a soldier and a chick, who appears to be a
traitor. We get to name her now. Celes seems like a good name.
Apparently Celes has betrayed the Empire.
NOTE: In the SNES version, the soldier beat Celes. That was taken out and
replaced with "Shaddup!" so little american kiddies won't get bad ideas.
One of the soldiers leaves, and tells the other one to watch her, who replies
by saying he can stay awake for days. If you've been playing RPGs for years, you
know he actually means the exact opposite. I bet he's asleep by the time we get
in that room.
Outside of the room, we see the other soldier leaving. Locke has somehow jumped
up to the beams by the ceiling. After the soldier leaves, Locke jumps down. Head
inside the room. Traitors of the Empire are our friends.
See the sleeping soldier? Told you. "Talk" to Celes to get an option to either
"Remove her bindings." or "Just keep looking." Both are pretty kinky, but let's
remove her bindings.
Celes used to be a general in the Empire. Locke promises he will protect Celes
from the Empire, and wants to take her with him. Celes says the sleeping soldier
might have something to help you get out of this place. That just means you
better get whatever the soldier has, or you won't go anywhere.
Get the clock key from the soldier.
By the way, Celes is now in your party. Her starting level is the same as your
Average Party Level (+0)
Her equipment isn't looking to good right now. She only comes with a Hairband.
Equip her with: Great Sword, Mythril Shield, Green Beret, Silk Robe.
Give her the White Cape and another filler relic (I gave her another White
Cape).
Her special skill is Runic. Read about it here: [runc]
Now let's get out of this place, once and for all. Once in the hallway, go in
the far east door. You've been here before, collecting treasures. Head to the
clock in the north-east corner of the room to find it not ticking. Wind it with
the clock key you got from the soldier, and a secret entrance will open! Sweet.
You'll find monsters in this room! I'll repost the formations since I first
listed them waaay up there:
Secret passage (After winding the clock):
- Commander x3 (2 AP)
- Vector Hound x2 (0 AP)
- Vector Hound x2, Commander (0 AP)
Steals: Yes, it's back. Now that you have Locke, you can still again, finally.
Sadly, both monsters only have Potions.
How to handle these guys: These guys aren't that tough. Vector Hound's special
attack is Bite, which will do 150% damage. Commander's special attack is
Desperate Strike, which will even do 200% damage! Take care of these guys
as fast as possible. Anytime a Vector Hound is all by himself, chances are that
it will Flee.
This area can be a little confusing. It is filled with invisible walking spaces.
To get to most chests, you'll have to walk through walls to get to them. I'll
try my best to describe where each item is:
- Iron Armor: Simply go right and down to grab it. Easy.
- Great Sword/Heavy Shield: Simply follow the path to the two items.
- Hidden Basement (Stairs): From the two above items, go up, and stand in the
top left corner here. Take 13 steps down. Left x3, then straight down to get
to the stairs.
In the basement, go straight down to get the Hi-Ether. Go up and around to open
the chest for a X-Potion. Stand under this chest, walk straight down, and press
A to find a hidden chest with a Ribbon! This Relic is one of the most useful
ones, as it protects you from all status ailments (effects). Go back upstairs,
go straight up, 3 steps right, and down to see yourself once more.
Go to the south-west corner of the room to grab the last item: Earring.
Head to the east side to go up the stairs.
NOTE: If you're wondering how you get to the south-east stairs: You can't. At
least not here. These stairs are actually the same stairs that you find in
Duncan's House. If you go down the stairs through Duncan's House, you will see
a Save Point here.
Anyway, ascend the stairs and approach the door to get a small cutscene.
Celes: Why are you hepling me?
Locke: You remind me a lot of someone...
What's the matter, anyway? I'm hepling you because I want to!
Yeah, anyways. Head outside.
Great. You're back at the same place you started, except you're a bit further
north. You started out on the south-side of Duncan's house, and you end up on
the north side.
Anyway, the goal was to escape South Figaro, and guess what? A couple steps to
the right is your escape.
NOTE: You can talk to the wandering soldier, and he will say the same thing as
always. Isn't it a bit weird that he can't figure out that you're on the other
side of him? Or that you have a famous general of his own army with you?
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4.31 Locke: South Figaro Cave (Revisited) [4.031]
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NOTE: If you want to see the enemies you will encounter on the way to South
Figaro Cave, see Section [4.08]
NOTE2: I warned you twice. Here it is: If you didn't get Foper, Hornet, or Urok
in your Bestiary, you have now officially missed them. The monsters in this cave
have now changed, and you will never see the above three monsters again.
New Monsters:
#27 - Cartagra
#28 - Acrophies
#29 - Gold Bear
#283 - Tunnel Armor
Monster Formations:
- Gold Bear, Acrophies (1 AP)
- Acrophies x2 (1 AP)
- Cartagra, Acrophies x2 (0 AP)
- Cartagra x3 (0 AP)
Items Found:
- X-Potion (West End of Main Cave)
- Ether -> Hi-Ether (East End of Main Cave)
- Thunder Rod -> Hero's Ring (Up the West stairs in 2nd to last room)
Steals:
- Cartagra has Antidote (Common) and Potion (Rare)
- Acrophies has Eye Drops (Common), and Antidote (Rare)
- Gold Bear has Potion (Common), and Hi-Potion (Rare)
Nothing too special here.
Welcome back to the South Figaro Cave. As mentioned above, the monsters have
changed.
How to handle these monsters:
- Cartagra. Their special attack is Poison Barb, which can poison you. Luckily,
Celes knows Poisona, so you don't have to waste an Antidote.
- Acrophies is just annoying. Their special attack, Numbclaw, can cause you to
Stop, which is just annoying. A simply Blizzard can do nice things here.
- Gold Bear can do 250% damage with Gouge, it's special attack. Take care of
these guys as fast as possible. Blizzard also works nicely here.
On to the cave itself. You know where to go. Once you get to the big room, go
west and collect the X-Potion. That item won't change anymore, so it's safe to
get it now. The chest on the east side is still an Ether, but it will change
into something better later.
Now the last chest is something to think about. If you leave it now, it changes
into Hero's Ring later (a very good relic to have). However, if you grab the
Thunder Rod now, you can use it to instantly kill the boss coming up. It's
really up to you, but I recommend leaving it for the Hero's Ring. The boss isn't
that hard to beat, so there's no need to waste the Thunder Rod on it.
Once you get to the room with the Recovery Spring, Locke will say something
about some noise. Weird. Make sure you heal at the Recovery Spring before
attempting to leave. Note I said attempting. Boss Battle!
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BOSS: Tunnel Armor
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Tunnel Armor (0 EXP, 250 Gil)
- Level: 16
- HP: 1300
- MP: 900
- Drops: Elixir (Always)
- Steals: Bioblaster (Rare), Air Knife (Common)
As soon as you start the battle, Celes will tell you a little about Tunnel
Armor. It seems to have quite powerful magic attacks. Lucky for you, Celes has
her Runic ability, which can absorb all magic.
The battle is pretty easy. Always use Runic with Celes, and I suggest you try
to steal that Bioblaster from Tunnel Armor, but it is quite rare to get it, and
you might get beat up too badly to successfully steal it.
If you still have Locke equipped with the Genji Glove, you obviously know he'll
attack twice, which should speed up the battle a little.
Tunnel Armor's special attack is Drill, which will attack you for 200% damage.
If your HP ever gets dangerously low, have Celes cast Cure on both of you.
This battle really isn't that difficult. Once you kill off Tunnel Armor, you'll
always receive an Elixir as a reward.
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After the battle with Tunnel Armor, the scenario ends with Locke and Celes
automatically leaving the cave.
"The three groups have arrived in Narshe, and now a decisive battle is about to
unfold..."
Elder: I understand what you're saying. But... you're asking us to spill our
blood for you.
Arvis: That's not what we asked!
Elder: What you ask is the same.
Banon: Ha! You're absolutely rigth.
Arvis: Banon!
Banon: We're asking you to spill your blood.
Emperor Gestahl is racing to acquire ever greater Magitek power. That's
the reason he wants the esper that was discovered here. If we allow the
Empire to continue amassing weapons of Magitek destruction... history's
greatest mistake will be repeated.
Elder: The War of the Magi...
Soldiers: "The legendary conflict that laid waste to the world..."
"You're saying it could happen again?"
Elder: I had thought humans to be wiser creatures...
Sabin: Edgar!
Edgar: Sabin! You're all right! Who have you brought along?
Cyan: I am Cyan, a warrior of the kingdom of Doma.
Gau: Uwao... Gau!
Sabin: The Empire killed everyone in Doma, down to the last child...
Cyan: Kefka... poisoned them...
Elder: Barbaric!
Banon: Elder!
Elder: But... that was because Doma was collaborating with the Returners. As
long as we remain neutral, we have nothing to fear from the Empire.
Locke: Think again!
Terra: Locke!
Locke: The Empire's poised to attack Narshe as we speak!
Edgar: What!?
Banon: Locke, where did you manage to get your hands on information like that?
Locke: Celes here was one of the Empire's gener--
Cyan: So it is her! I thought she looked familiar. Sir Gau, step aside!
The infamous General Celes... The woman single-handedly responsible for
the decimation of Maranda... Stand and meet thy judgment, Imperial b--
Locke: Wait! Celes has promised to join the Returners! She's fighting on our
side now!
Cyan: Be that as it may...!
Locke: I promised I'd protect her, and I won't give up a woman I've sworn to
protect!
Edgar: Locke... You still haven't gotten over that, have you...?
Terra: I was also an Imperial soldier.
Cyan: WHAT!?
Edgar: The Empire is evil, but that doesn't mean that all of its citizens are.
Sabin: I'm going to have to defer to my brother on this one...
Messenger: The Empire is here! We're under attack!!!
Kefka: I don't care what you have to do, just get me that esper!
Soldier: Kefka, sir... What about the civilians?
Kefka: What about them? Kill them all!
Soldier: But, sir, Narshe is a neutral city...!
Kefka: Idiot! Read my lips -- mercy is for wimps! There's a reason "oppose"
rhymes with "dispose" ... If they get in your way, kill them! March!
Elder: It seems the choice has been made for us. Let us make ready for war!
Banon: They're here for the esper...
Elder: We moved it up into the cliffs above the valley.
Edgar: Then that's where we'll make our stand!
*While everyone is heading towards Narshe Cliffs*
Edgar: Locke has a complicated past... Don't go falling for him now, thinking he
was protecting you out of love back there.
Celes: Thanks for your concern, but I'm a soldier, not some love-starved twit.
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4.32 Imperial Raid on Narshe [4.032]
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New Monsters:
#53 - Fidor
#54 - Corporal
#55 - Hunting Hound
#286 - Hell's Rider
#287 - Kefka
Monster Formations:
Green Soldier:
- Corporal x4 (0 AP)
- Hunting Hound, Corporal x2 (1 AP)
Brown Soldier:
- Heavy Armor, Corporal x2 (2 AP)
- Fidor, Corporal (1 AP)
Fast Brown Soldier:
- Hell's Rider (2 AP)
- Kefka (0 AP)
Items Found: None
Steals:
- Fidor has Phoenix Downs (Common), which are very nice. Hi-Potion (Rare) never
hurt as well
- Corporal has Potion (Common), and Mythril Sword (Rare)
- Hunting Hound has Hi-Potion (Always), so be sure to steal that. One can never
have enough Hi-Potions (unless you have 99 of course)
- Heavy Armor has Potion (Common), and Iron Helm (Rare)
- Hell's Rider has Mythril Vest (Common), and Elixir (1/8). Both are nice, so
make sure to steal either one
- Kefka has Hi-Ether (Common), and Elixir (1/8). Like Hell's Rider, both are
nice, so be sure to grab either one
IMPORTANT NOTE: Fidor and Hunting Hound can *ONLY* be found in this area of the
game. Be sure to encounter both, before beating Kefka. I highly suggest you save
at the Save Point above you before the fight, and if you don't get both
formations before you reach Kefka, reset. You have been warned.
How to handle the monsters: Fidor is weak to Fire, so abuse that if you can.
Corporal are weak to Poison, so release Edgar's Bioblaster on him for an easy
kill. Hunting Hound is weak to Fire like Fidor. Hell's Rider is weak to Fire
AND Poison.
After that rather long cutscene, you will now have to defend Narshe (well,
you're really defending the Frozen Esper, which has been moved to the Narshe
Cliffs) from Kefka and his buddies.
First you'll have a chance to equip each character. If you've been following
this walkthrough and getting everything I've suggested, just go through each
character and choose Optimize. Make sure to equip Relics on every character
as well.
Once you're ready, talk to Banon. You'll get another explanation from a Mog,
which is pretty much the same as the explanation you got while protecting Terra
from Guard Leader at the beginning of the game. You will split your party up
into 3 parties, and defend Banon from Kefka's soldiers. If Banon dies, it's
Game Over. Now onto the three parties.
The key here is to not put all your best character's into one party, since you
have two other parties that would not like to die. I suggest something like
this:
1st Party: Terra, Gau
2nd Party: Locke, Sabin, Cyan
3rd Party: Edgar, Celes
Gau will be awesome here with all his Rages (if you bothered to get them, I hope
you did).
Locke is for stealing mostly, and Sabin (for Blitz) and Cyan should be able to
handle the enemies while Locke steals.
Edgar is strong because many of the monsters are weak to Poison (Bioblaster).
Celes... well she had to go somewhere.
After you're done selecting parties, press Start to begin.
You will see your three party leaders lined up and ready to go. Then you'll see
a total of 6 Green Soldiers and 6 Brown Soldiers, along with Kefka appear.
As mentioned earlier, if anyone reaches Banon, it's Game Over. If you want to
be on the safe side, you can leave all three parties at the top, and position
them so that it's impossible for the enemy to reach the side Banon is all (just
by blocking all the paths with each party). However, it's not hard to simply
venture out and meet everyone head-on either. Do whichever you prefer.
If you missed the important note above, here it is again: Fidor (Brown Soldier,
75% of encountering) and Hunting Hound (Green Soldier, 25% of encountering) are
ONLY found here, so make sure to fight them or you'll miss them forever.
Gau's Rages should be mainly Lesser Lopros (Fireball), as most enemies here are
weak to Fire. Sabin's Rising Phoenix (Left, Left, Down, Down, Right) is also
Fire-elemental, so abuse that as well.
As soon as you're done, approach the racing brown soldier, preferably with
Locke as you'll want to steal a Mythril Vest from him. Make sure to heal
before the battle.
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BOSS: Hell's Rider
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Hell's Rider (400 EXP, 1290 Gil)
- Level: 14
- HP: 1300
- MP: 170
- Steal: Mythril Vest (7/8), Elixir (1/8)
- Drops: Remedy (Always)
Hell's Rider has a very strong Silver Lance attack, which deals 300% damage.
It also sometimes uses Reverse Polarity, an unblockable magic attack. Lastly,
Hell's Rider has an attack called Venomist, a weak attack in itself, and also
not so accurate. But when it hits, it can Poison you.
Don't forget: He's weak to Fire AND Poison, so Lesser Lopros Rage, Rising
Phoenix, Fire spell, anything works well against him.
Definitely try to get a Mythril Vest. It's better than most items you have now.
Hell's Rider is not all too difficult, it just may take a while to take him
down.
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BOSS: Kefka
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Kefka (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 18
- HP: 3000
- MP: 3000
- Steal: Hi-Ether (7/8), Elixir (1/8)
- Drops: Peace Ring (Always)
For this battle I suggest you use your Terra & Gau party.
Have Gau use the Alacran Rage, which casts Numb (which in turn casts Stop on
Kefka) on Kefka. That should make it quite a bit easier to take him down.
Have Terra use Fire spell. You should also hope that Gau attacks physically,
since there's no need to re-apply Stop.
As long as Kefka stays Stop'd, you shouldn't have much to worry about.
If you used any other parties, follow the following pattern:
Locke should steal either item, they're both pretty nice.
Sabin can continue using Rising Phoenix or Aura Cannon
Cyan can stick with Fang (Bushido #1)
Edgar should be using Auto Crossbow
Celes should constantly use Runic in order to absorb Kefka's magic attacks. If
you don't cast Stop on Kefka with Gau, his magic will give you quite a bit of
trouble.
You'll get the Peace Ring if you win.
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After the battle, Kefka warps away.
The Esper is chilling (bad pun, I know) at the top of the Cliffs, so everyone
goes to see it... or something.
While they are discussing if it's possible for the Esper to be alive, Terra
somehow reacts to it, and blasts everyone away, almost sending them to their
doom off the cliff.
Then you see Terra seemingly talking to the Esper (who's name is Valigarmanda
if you caught the name in the bottom left). After failed attempts at warning
Terra to get away from the Esper, the two begin to glow.
Terra then transforms into some pink form with lots of hair! Cool. What's not
so cool is that Terra then takes off, and flies around the World Map for quite
a bit.
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4.33 Narshe and traveling to Kohlingen [4.033]
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Inn Cost: 200 Gil
New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found:
- Hyper Wrist (Treasure house, north [left])
- Thief's Bracer (Treasure house, north [middle])
- Reflect Ring (Treasure house, north [right])
- Thief's Knife (Treasure house, south [left])
- Earring (Treasure house, south [right])
- 5000 Gil (Treasure house, south [bottom])
- Elixir (Clock in Elder's House)
Next thing you know, you wake up in the same bed Terra woke up in the beginning
of the game (in Arvis' house). You are informed that Terra turned into...
something... and took off. Apparently she looked like an Esper (how anyone
could know just what an Esper looks like after only seeing one (frozen in ice,
no less) is beyond me, but work with me here).
Witnesses said Terra went streaking (bad choice of word here...) westward
across the sky, beyond Figaro.
Locke says they've got to hurry and find Terra, since he promised to protect
her. The rest of the group says the Empire will be back, and someone has to
look after Banon. They decide to split up. Edgar says Figaro Castle can
transport one party to the western continent, while another party stays in
Narshe to protect from further Empire attacks.
Now you'll have to choose up to 4 characters between 6 characters.
NOTE: If you only choose 3 characters, you can recruit Shadow for 3000 Gil (he
claims that's enough to feed his dog, Interceptor; he must have expensive
taste). However, remember a long time ago in Sabin's Scenario, when I warned
you about a 1/16 of Shadow leaving after every battle? Yeah, Shadow has the
same chance of leaving here as well. I suggest you go ahead and choose 4
characters, as it's really not worth the risk of walking around with one less
character after Shadow leaves, which he probably will eventually.
Even if Shadow doesn't leave on the Overworld, he will leave as soon as you get
to the Opera House (which isn't very far from when you recruit him at all).
This will also leave you with only two characters (Celes will be busy) to take
out a couple enemies AND fight a boss battle. In other words: It's not worth
it, don't recruit him.
So yeah, choose 4 character unless you have some fetish for Shadow. But who to
pick?
I recommend the following:
- Sabin (Aura Cannon + Rising Phoenix = Awesome)
- Edgar (is just awesome)
- Gau (Rage = Awesome)
- Locke (Steal = Useful^2)
If you're not using Gau and his Rages (shame on you), you can replace him with
Celes (for healing, mostly). Your only other choice would be Cyan, and he's
most definitely your worst character at the moment.
After you've chosen your party, it's time to finally explore the city of
Narshe.
Note: If you never grabbed the Elixir in the clock in Arvis' house, you can do
so now.
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/ Item Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Potion (50 Gil) |
| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) | You should still have tons of Potions. If not,
| Ether (1500 Gil) | fill up here.
| Gold Needle (200 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) | Phoenix Downs are also nice to have, though I
| Smoke Bomb (300 Gil) | had over 20 at this point from stealing from
| Sleeping Bag (500 Gil) | Fidor.
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
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/ Armor Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Mythril Shield (1200 Gil) |
| Magus Hat (600 Gil) | Mythril Shields are for everyone. Buy 4.
| Bandana (800 Gil) |
| Iron Helm (1000 Gil) | That is all.
| Silk Robe (600 Gil) |
| Iron Armor (700 Gil) |
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/ Weapon Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| The only things of interest are the Chain Flail
| Great Sword (800 Gil) | and Morning Blade. Chain Flail is for Terra and
| Mythril Claws (800 Gil) | Celes. Terra is gone, so Celes. However, Celes
| Kotetsu (800 Gil) | cannot use Runic if she equips this (you must
| Mythril Spear (800 Gil) | have a Sword equipped to Runic), but if you
| Air Knife (950 Gil) | think it's worth it, buy one. If you don't even
| Chain Flail (2000 Gil) | have Celes, obviously don't buy one.
| Moonring Blade (2500 Gil) | The Moonring Blade is a nice weapon for Locke,
|_____________________________| but you'll find an even better weapon soon.
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/ Relic Shop \
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| Sprint Shoes (1500 Gil) |
| Jeweled Ring (1000 Gil) | Don't bother coming here.
| Fairy Ring (1500 Gil) |
| Barrier Ring (500 Gil) |
| Mythril Glove (700 Gil) |
| Knight's Code (1000 Gil) |
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Just for fun, go through each character and "Optimize" to get something better
you may have missed.
Now on to get the items. Head over to the Elder's House (located west of Relic
Shop). Grab the Elixir in the clock. Now let's go find this Treasure House.
Go to the east part of town and up those three ladders. You'll end up in front
of Arvis' House (just for reference). Head south to find the Treasure House.
Inside are a total of 7 chests. One of them is locked. Maybe we'll find out
later what's up with that? (If you haven't caught on yet, I'm basically
predicting the future when I ask questions like that) Grab all the other six
unlocked chests for: Hyper Wrist, Thief's Bracer, Reflect Ring, Thief's Knife,
Earring, and 5000 Gil! Nice.
Equip Thief's Knife on Locke (this is why you didn't buy the Moonring Blade).
Also *definitely* equip the Thief's Bracer. This DOUBLES your stealing rate.
NOTE: This doesn't actually refer to common/rare steals. The game uses a
separate formula to even determine if you have a chance of stealing. The Thief's
Bracer doubles this rate. If it turns out you are able to steal, THEN the
common and rare steal rates (7/8 or 1/8, respectively) come into play.
Now we have to make our way to the western continent. How do we get there?
Edgar said something about using Figaro Castle... let's head there for now.
*waits a minute*
Welcome back to Figaro Castle! If you've been following this guide, you should
have both Sabin and Edgar in your party. This will cause a couple scenes here,
which will provide some more back-story on the two brothers.
Sabin: Ah, this is just like old times! I'm gonna wander around for a bit!
Now go rest at the Inn (for free).
*Sabin walks towards throne*
Sabin: Hmm... Castle hasn't changed much... And yet it's different... Mom and
Dad are gone... Nothing can ever really be the same... Not after what
happened...
*Two soldiers murmuring together*
...tonight...
...worst he's been...
...so...if he should...
*Flashback begins*
Sabin: No...! Y-you're wrong! ...It's not true!
Soldier to Priestess: Priestess... The king, he's...
*Edgar chasing after Sabin*
Edgar: Sabin... Sabin...!
*Sabin standing in courtyard*
...Dad...couldn't have...
*Edgar shows up*
Sabin: Edgar... ...*sob*...*sniffle*...
Edgar: So...Dad...didn't make it...
High Priestess: Edgar! There you are! Your father just said he would entrust
Figaro to the two of you. Those were his...final words.
Sabin: You all make me sick! Everyone's saying that the Empire had Dad
poisoned... and the only thing any of you can think about is who'll be
the next king! No one's even sad!
None of you probably cared when Mom died after we were born, either...
High Priestess: That's not --
Sabin: You're just as bad as the rest of them!
Edgar: Sabin...
Sabin: Empire of murderers...! They won't get away with this!
Edgar: Priestess... Leave us.
*Edgar and Sabin on the top of the tower*
Sabin: Let's leave this place! Let's forget this crazy kingdom, and live our
lives how we want to! You said you didn't want to be a king, right?
Edgar: A life of freedom, huh...? ...What do you think would happen to Figaro
if both of us left? There'd be no one to take the throne. Dad was
counting on us to take care of the kingdom...
Sabin... Let's settle this with the toss of a coin. Dad gave me this
one. If it's heads, you win. Tails, I win. The winner chooses whichever
path he wants...no regrets, no hard feelings. Okay?
Here we go...!
*Edgar tosses up coin...*
*Flashback ends*
*Back in the throne room*
Edgar: And... you chose your freedom. It's already been ten years... that
little shrimp has grown into a whopping lobster!
Sabin: And you're a king crab!
Edgar: Sabin... Do you think Dad would be proud of me?
Sabin: Don't you ever doubt that! I'm sure he's beaming with pride, wherever he
is.
Edgar: Ten years...
Sabin: Where has the time gone...?
Edgar: Here's to a couple of confused grownups! Drink!
Here's to Dad!
Sabin: To Mom! And... to Figaro!
Well, there you have it. Now we know a little more about the two brothers, and
the infamous coin toss that the chancellor kept mentioning.
Anyway, on to the Shops.
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| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) |
| Ether (1500 Gil) | The Item Shop has been upgraded. Potions are now
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) | Hi-Potions, Phoenix Downs are new, Holy Water
| Holy Water (300 Gil) | is new, as are Eye Drops.
| Antidote (50 Gil) |
| Eye Drops (50 Gil) | Buy whatever you feel necessary.
| Gold Needle (200 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
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| Auto Crossbow (250 Gil) | Two new Tools for Edgar: Flash (MT magical
| Noiseblaster (500 Gil) | attack) and Drill (physical attack).
| Bioblaster (750 Gil) |
| Flash (1000 Gil) | Buy both.
| Drill (3000 Gil) |
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After you've bought the two new Tools, there's only one thing left to do.
Edgar said Figaro Castle would help you get to the West Continent. The secret
to Figaro Castle is that it can sink into the sand and travel underground (it's
a video game, just accept it)!
From the entrance of the castle, go through the first door and you will find a
set of stairs to the left and right. Go down the left stairs and talk to the
man here. Tell him you want to go to Kohlingen, and he'll flip a switch, then
witness the impossible. The castle simply sinks into the sand, moves under
some mountains that were blocking your access to the western continent, and
re-surface in another desert area. We call this video game logic.
Head outside.
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4.34 Overworld (Around Kohlingen) [4.034]
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New Monster:
#56 - Fossil Dragon
#57 - Vulture
#58 - Iron Fist
#59 - Bloodfang
#60 - Rock Wasp
#61 - Paraladia
Monster Formations:
Grass:
- Vulture x2 (1 AP)
- Bloodfang x2 (1 AP)
- Bloodfang x2, Vulture (1 AP)
Forest:
- Iron Fist x2, Rock Wasp x2 (2 AP)
- Paraladia x2, Rock Wasp x3 (1 AP)
- Paraladia, Vulture, Iron Fist (1 AP)
Desert:
- Sand Ray, Alacran x2 (1 AP)
- Fossil Dragon (2 AP)
- Sand Ray x2 (1 AP)
Steals:
- Fossil Dragon has Holy Water (Common), and Remedy (Rare)
- Vulture has Hi-Potion (Common), and Phoenix Down (Rare)
- Iron Fist has Potion (Common), and Twist Headband (Rare)
- Bloodfang has Potion (Always)
- Rock Wasp has Gold Needle (Common) and Potion (Rare)
- Paraladia has Hi-Potion (Common) and Remedy (Rare)
How to handle these monsters:
- Fossil Dragon. Watch out for this guy. They are weak to Fire, Ice, Holy, and
Water. Gau can use any Fire or Water rage (Templar, Lesser Lopros, etc.) and
Sabin's Aura Cannon will work as well. Edgar can use Drill, and Locke should
just Steal, hoping for a Remedy.
OR, since it's an Undead Monster, you can use a Phoenix Down to kill it. With
the money you win from the battle, you can buy three Phoenix Downs, so you still
come out ahead.
- Vulture and Bloodfang die to the usual: Your favorite offensive Rage, Aura
Cannon or Rising Phoenix, Drill, and keep stealing with Locke. These are the
basic attacks you should be using and I won't bother listing them very much
in the future, just stick to these unless otherwise noted.
- Iron Fist, Rock Wasp and Paraladia are both weak to Fire. Otherwise, just the
usual will do.
After you've collected all six new Bestiary entries, and you've had your share
of battles, enter Kohlingen to the north (or if you've wandered off somewhere,
it's north-west of Figaro Castle).
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4.35 Kohlingen [4.035]
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Inn Cost: 200 Gil
New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found:
- Green Beret (Back door of Old Man's House)
- Elixir (Clock in Rachel's House)
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| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) |
| Ether (1500 Gil) |
| Holy Water (300 Gil) | Stock up on everything.
| Antidote (50 Gil) |
| Green Cherry (150 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) |
| Sleeping Bag (500 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
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/ Armor Shop \
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| Mythril Shield (1200 Gil) |
| Magus Hat (600 Gil) |
| Bandana (800 Gil) | Nothing to see, folks, move along.
| Twist Headband (1600 Gil) |
| Iron Helm (1000 Gil) |
| Silk Robe (600 Gil) |
| Iron Armor (700 Gil) |
|_____________________________|
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/ Weapon Shop \
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| Air Knife (950 Gil) | If you have 4 party members, move along.
| Chain Flail (2000 Gil) |
| Moonring Blade (2500 Gil) | If you have 3 party members, I assume you did
| Shuriken (30 Gil) | that on purpose and are hiring Shadow. Stock
| Flame Scroll (500 Gil) | up on his Shuriken, and buy a couple Scrolls.
| Water Scroll (500 Gil) | They are expensive and are one-time uses, so
| Lightning Scroll (500 Gil) | just get a few.
| Invisibility Scroll (500 Gil) |
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No Relic Shop.
Anyway, let's get items first (both of them).
Cross the bridge to get behind the north-east house of the town. There's a back
door you can enter. Search the chest for another Green Beret (equip this if any
of your characters don't have one).
The other item is in the house in the north-west part of town. As soon as you
enter, a cutscene revealing Locke's story triggers:
Locke: I... I couldn't protect her...
*Flashback begins*
*Girl and Locke are walking into a cave*
Rachel: Locke! What are we off to find today?
Locke: It's almost your... There's supposed to be an amazing treasure hidden
somewhere in this mountain. We're gonna find it!
*Tremors begin*
Rachel: Locke! Look out!
*Rachel pushes Locke off the bridge, then the bridge collapses, with Rachel
still on it*
Locke: RACHEL!!!
*Locke standing beside Rachel's bed*
Locke: Rachel! Are you awake?
Rachel: ... ...? I... I can't remember anything...
*Locke being pushed out of Rachel's house*
Rachel's Father: Get out of my house! It's your fault Rachel lost her memory!
Locke: Wait! Just let me talk to her...!
Rachel: Please, just go away! I don't know who you are, but my parents get upset
whenever you come here!
*Stranger talking to Locke*
Stranger: Rachel would be better off without you hanging around, Locke. She's
going to have to make a new start of it. With you here, she can't
even do that...
*Flashback end*
Locke: A year went by... When I finally returned, I found out that Rachel had
been killed in an Imperial attack. Her memory had returned just before
she died. The last thing she said was... my name. I never should have
left her side. I... I failed her...
This is called character development. Also, this little cutscene about his lost
love Rachel explains why he keeps promising to protect random girls (Terra,
Celes).
Search the clock to steal Locke's dead ex-girlfriend's Elixir. This game stops
at nothing, let me tell ya.
Anyway, head back to the north-east house (through the front this time).
Descend to the basement.
Man: Oh, Locke! It's been a while! Ages even! Oh, that? Worry not, worry not!
Your treasure's quite safe! Hee-hee-hee...
Observe the dead body laying in the middle of the room:
Man: It's a good thing I'd just happened to have finished this herbal
concoction back then! Now she'll never age a day! Hee-hee-hee... Had to
use my herbs, I did! Couldn't very well refuse with you begging me like
that...
*Flashback begins*
Locke: Rachel... You're sure the stuff will work?
Man: Of course, of course! The love of your life will sleep here just like this
forever... ...and ever...and ever! Hee-hee-hee...
Locke: If there were a way to...call her spirit back...
Man: A way to call her back, eh? ...You mean like that legendary treasure?
Hee-hee-hee... Oh yes, I suppose if you had that...you might be able to
bring her around! Gwee-hee-hee-hee!
*Flashback ends*
Locke: I... failed her...
NOTE: If you have Celes with you, she will come back downstairs after everyone
goes upstairs, walk over to Rachel's bed, bow her head and say "Locke...".
So, let's summarize: When Rachel died, Locke begged this old guy to keep her
dead body in his basement, somehow preserving her with herbs so she never ages.
And now Locke has been looking for this legendary treasure to bring her soul
back. I'm sure we'll never hear anything about it again!
If you're wondering about the destroyed house: It was destroyed by a "glowing
monster". Well, that just so happens to fit the description of Terra's new
look.
Lastly, if you head to the Inn, you'll find Shadow sitting there. If you have
less than 4 party members, you can recruit him for 3000 Gil. He will have a
chance of leaving after every battle (1/16), but the only way you could have
less than 3 party members is if you did it on purpose, or... I'm not even sure.
Since you chose only 3 members on purpose, you already knew about recruiting
Shadow, making this paragraph worthless.
If you talk to the guy walking around outside the Inn, he'll tell you that the
glowing creature we call Terra took off southwards, toward Jidoor.
Let's pay a visit to Jidoor!
I won't bother making a whole separate section for traveling to Jidoor. The
monsters in the previous section 4.34 that have the monsters that are around
Kohlingen are actually all the same up until Jidoor, so refer to that section
for the info.
Items found:
- Hero's Ring (South-West Pot in Dragon's Neck Cabin)
Before heading to Jidoor, you can make an optional trip to the north. You will
come across a small house, with a man wanting to build a Coliseum. If you check
out the south-west pot in the house, you can get a Hero's Ring, a relic that
boosts both physical and magical attack. Not bad. This is an optional trip by
the way, we just came up here to get the location for the future Coliseum and
the Hero's Ring.
Jidoor is straight south of Kohlingen. You'll run into a mountain pass, so hug
the coastline and keep going south. After a while you'll reach Jidoor.
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4.36 Jidoor [4.036]
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Inn Cost: 250 Gil
New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found:
- Ether (Pot in North-East Corner of Owzer's House)
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| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) |
| Ether (1500 Gil) |
| Antidote (50 Gil) | Stock up on everything.
| Gold Needle (200 Gil) |
| Holy Water (300 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) |
| Echo Screen (120 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
|_____________________________|
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/ Armor Shop \
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| Mythril Shield (1200 Gil) |
| Twist Headband (1600 Gil) | Buy a Mythril Shield for everyone in your
| Mythril Vest (1200 Gil) | party. Do the same for Mythril Vest.
| Ninja Gear (1100 Gil) |
| White Dress (2200 Gil) | Also buy two White Dresses for the future.
|______________________________|
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| Kiku-ichimonji (1200 Gil) | If you have Cyan (why??), buy a Kiku-ichimonji.
| Kaiser Knuckles (1000 Gil) | Pick up a Kaiser Knuckles for Sabin.
| Kodachi (1200 Gil) |
| Moonring Blade (2500 Gil) | If you still have Shadow (consider yourself
| Flame Scroll (500 Gil) | lucky), buy a Kodachi for him and get a couple
| Water Scroll (500 Gil) | more scrolls.
| Lightning Scroll (500 Gil) |
| Shadow Scroll (500 Gil) |
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| Peace Ring (3000 Gil) | Earrings! But they cost 5000 Gil. Nonetheless,
| Barrier Ring (500 Gil) | bring your total Earring count up to 4 if you
| Mythril Glove (700 Gil) | can afford it.
| Earring (5000 Gil) |
| Knight's Code (1000 Gil) |
| Sniper Eye (3000 Gil) |
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So this is Jidoor. This is a town full of rich people. All rich people, and no
poor people? Well, if you talk to the Residents, they will talk about the
residents of Zozo. One could say that all the poor people from Jidoor all moved
to Zozo. Also, the people in Zozo don't have an ounce of decency in them, so
don't trust anything they say! The last thing you can learn here is that Terra
(the girl bathed in light) flew towards the northern mountains... guess where
our next location is going to be?
Head to the house in the north end of the town. This huge mansion belongs to
Owzer. Go up the stairs to the right and check the north-east corner (a pot) to
get an Ether.
To the left is a room full of paintings. Two paintings you should remember:
- The top right one with the pink flowers. This is an easily missed enemy
encounter later in the game (though you can still encounter them at the very
end of the game).
- The painting of Ultros. Just remember this painting will play a small role
later in the game
There is an auction house here which you'll get quite a few things from later.
For now, "today's auction is over".
Leave town and head north-east then north to eventually reach Zozo.
The enemies are almost *exactly* the same as from Kohlingen to Jidoor. The
only difference are in the Grassland monsters, but I'll list them here real
quick anyway.
Grass:
- Vulture, Iron Fist (1 AP)
- Rock Wasp x4 (2 AP)
- Iron Fist x2, Rock Wasp x2 (2 AP)
Forest:
- Iron Fist x2, Rock Wasp x2 (2 AP)
- Paraladia x2, Rock Wasp x3 (1 AP)
- Paraladia, Vulture, Iron Fist (1 AP)
If you need strategies for these guys, refer to 3.34
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4.37 Zozo [4.037]
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New Monsters:
#62 - Harvester
#63 - Hill Gigas
#64 - Gobbledygook
#65 - Veil Dancer
#288 - Dadaluma
Monster Formations:
Outside:
- Harvester, Gobbledygook x2 (2 AP)
- Gobbledygook x4 (2 AP)
- Hill Gigas (1 AP)
- Hill Gigas, Harvester (2 AP)
Inside:
- Harvester (3 AP)
- Veil Dancer, Harvester x2 (2 AP)
- Veil Dancer (1 AP)
- Veil Dancer, Gobbledygook x3 (2 AP)
- Dadaluma [Boss] (0 AP)
Items Found:
- Chainsaw (Beyond the clock puzzle [6:10:50])
- Ether (Storeroom above the Pub)
- Potion ("Armor Shop" in North-West of town)
- Brigand's Glove (Lower storeroom in big tower)
- Ether (Western tower, North-West corner [Left Chest])
- Hi-Potion (Western tower, North-West corner [Right Chest])
- Burning Fist (Upper storeroom in big tower)
- Hermes Sandals (Top of big tower [Left])
- X-Potion (Top of big tower [Right])
Steals:
- Harvester has Silver Spectacles (Common), and Dragoon Boots (Rare). Make sure
you get at least one of the Dragoon Boots, they will make a later character
awesome
- Hill Gigas has Gigas Glove (Rare)
- Gobbledygook has Eye Drops (Common), and Phoenix Down (Rare)
- Veil Dancer has Hi-Potion (Common), and Thief's Knife (Rare). If you have
Locke using the Genji Glove, grab a 2nd one so he can equip both.
How to handle these guys:
- Harvesters are annoying. Every third turn, they will Throw (same as Shadow's
Throw command) a Mythril Knife, which will do a fairly large amount of damage.
If you make your characters invisible (see Gobbledygook below), Harvester can't
damage you. Don't forget to try to steal a Dragoon Boots (see Note).
- Hill Gigas are huge physical monsters. They have 1200 HP and just attack
physically. Again, if your characters are invisible (see Gobbledygook below),
he can't touch you. To get rid of him fast, use the Mu Rage (Snare; instant
Death).
- Gobbledygook are very simple to beat. However, there is a way you can use
them to help you out here. Use Edgar's Noiseblaster to confuse them. Each
Gobbledygook now has a 1/3 chance of using Vanish. If used on one of your
characters, it gives him Invisible status, which if you remember from Shadow in
Sabin's Scenario, makes that character immune to all physical attacks. This
will help tremendously since Harvester's throwing won't hurt you! Note that
if Vanish is cast on an invisible character, it will remove the status. If
you're extremely lucky you can get all 4 characters invisible, but try to get
at least 2 invisible.
- Veil Dancer are the most dangerous here. Especially if you meet the formation
that has them by themselves. If alone, they will use either Blizzara, Thundara,
or Fira, all of which are MT and will deal over 200 damage to EVERY character.
They are weak to Poison, so use Bioblaster.
NOTE: Dragoon Boots. A very useful relic, but even better when paired with
Dragon Horn (gotten later in the game). Dragoon Boots changes the Fight command
to the Jump command. Jump obviously makes the character jump (and disappear off
screen). While in the air, you avoid most attacks. Once you land, you attack
with the same Fight command, but you never miss. The Dragon Horn gives you a
3/4 of landing twice (therefore attacking twice), a 3/16 (18.75%) of attacking
three times, and a 1/16 (6.25%) of attacking 4 times! You can easily see why
this is a nice setup.
This is the only city in the game where you find random battles. This can
probably be explained by the chaos and the crazy people living here, but that's
not our concern. We're still trying to find Terra.
Let's collect some items first. Enter the first building (the Pub). Go up the
two stairs and go through the right door (left door takes you to a balcony,
and nothing else). Go up the stairs and check the left door: it's rusted shut.
Maybe we'll figure out how to "unrust" it someday (We will). Enter the right
door and grab an Ether. Leave the Pub.
Head towards the north-west part of town. If you check out the Inn, you'll find
nothing but a clock where you have to set a time. In a few minutes, we'll
solve that puzzle and get a very awesome Tool for Edgar.
Continue past the Inn and go west (you walk behind the tall building). Enter
the Armor Shop (the right building) to find a chest with a Potion.
Now let's solve that clock puzzle to get that Tool! Remember that someone in
Jidoor told you Zozo residents lie? Basically, you have to talk to everyone,
and since everyone is lying, whatever they say is wrong. Eventually, every
option except one will be given, which makes that the correct one.
The first clue: In the Weapon Shop next to the Armor Shop. The guy behind the
counter says "That clock doesn't have a minute hand. Of course, it never points
to the right time, anyway!" *That* clock is the clock in the north wall. Examine
it to see the clock's hand pointing at 2. Since the guy said there is no minute
hand, we have to assume it actually IS referring to the minutes. The 2 on the
clock is referring to 10 minutes past the hour. The man behind the counter says
it never points to the right time... so we know that 00:10 minutes IS actually
the right time.
Now we just have to find the hours and the seconds.
Man behind counter in Pub: "The second hand on my watch is pointin' at 30."
So we know it's not :30.
Now head into the tower in the south-west corner. Head outside up the stairs,
up these stairs and back inside. There are a total of 7 guys walking here, and
they go on forever. Five of them give clues:
1. It's 2:00
2. It's already 12:00
3. Oh, it's 10:00! I'd better be getting home.
4. Don't listen to the others! Trust me, it's 8:00!
5. Time, you say? It's 4:00.
Since the only one not listed it's 6:00, we can assume that is the hour. So far
we have: 6:10:XX
Go up the stairs to the north to be outside again. Head up the first set of
stairs and look down to see the hook. This is how the game allows you to leave
the tower. I guess they thought you couldn't leave through the hallway because
of all 7 guys walking... but if you stand in front of the door, the press Up
to enter the door, and while the screen is black, start pressing Right, you
can go down the stairs and walk through the guys walking up the stairs. Then
simply stand in front of the stairs and wait for all 7 guys to line up in front
of you. When this is done, walk around them and run through the hallway (all
7 will be walking up the stairs) without disturbance. But yeah, we'll just use
the crane.
Anyway, go up two more flights of stairs after the crane and enter the door to
the right. Collect the Brigand's Glove. This is a nice Relic that changes the
Steal command into Mug. Mug is a command that combines Fight + Steal, so you do
damage while attempting to steal. Pretty sweet. Equip it if you want to use
this.
Go back out and go left to find... a wall? What?
Go back down two flights of stairs and notice the black spot to the left. Go
in there and press Left to find yourself jumping between the balconies!
Re-enter the tower. Go up and to the left to find three pots and one bucket.
The top two pots hold Ether (left) and a Hi-Potion (right). Continue down, and
talk to the guy behind the counter: "My watch's second hand is pointing at the
4." This means the seconds are NOT :20 (4 on a clock is 20). Go outside,
upstairs, and the guy will tell you the seconds are divisible by 20. You know
what this means: the seconds are NOT divisible by 20. So we're left with :10,
and :50. Unfortunately, these are all the clues you get, but we've narrowed it
down to two possibilities: 6:10:10 or 6:10:50. Since we are halfway done with
this tower, we might as well finish it and get the Tool later (you'll be using
Bioblaster for the boss here anyway).
Jump back to the right tower, and go up the stairs. Go outside, climb two
sets of stairs, and enter the room to collect the Burning Fist. This is a better
weapon for Sabin which boosts his Attack by a lot.
Climb up more stairs and prepare for a boss battle.
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BOSS: Dadaluma
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Dadaluma (0 EXP, 1210 Gil)
- Level: 22
- HP: 3270
- MP: 1005
- Steal: Jeweled Ring (Common), Thief's Bracer (Rare)
- Drops: Twist Headband (Common), Thief's Knife (Rare)
Dadaluma is a strange boss. It may be some buff martial arts fighter or
something. Whatever, that doesn't concern us.
If you have characters with Clear status still, good for you. They'll be
relatively safe from this battle.
First off, to make this battle much easier, have Gau use Alacran or Acrophies.
This will set Stop status on Dadaluma, preventing him from doing much of
anything. Now you can just attack him with Bioblaster (he's weak to Poison),
Aura Cannon/Rising Phoenix, and steal from him. Chances are you'll kill him
fairly quickly.
That's the easy way to the battle. If you don't have Alacran, you'll have to
fight the battle normally, which still isn't hard. He casts Shockwave, which
does over 100 damage to a ST. After you get his HP to a certain point
(somewhere below 50%), he'll use Potion and Hi-Potion on himself, and cast Safe
and Protect on himself as well. If you attack him physically a few times, he'll
start throwing weapons at you (Dagger and Mythril Knife again).
If the battle is taking too long, he'll summon two Iron Fists to join him.
Simply dispose of them ASAP if they show up (chances are good you'll kill
Dadaluma before he summons these guys). Dadaluma can summon them again if the
battle lasts even longer still, but that really shouldn't happen.
Trillium Rage is Bio (Poison-Elemental) which will deal MASSIVE (I'm talking
1500+) damage to Dadaluma. Two of those and some other attack will take care of
him easily.
If you don't have Trillium either (aren't you regretting not using Gau?), use
Cat Scratch. If you don't have that either, you probably don't even have Gau
in your party.
Anyway, like mentioned earlier, stick with Bioblaster for Edgar. Sabin can use
his favorite Blitz. Locke should be stealing.
All in all, not to hard of a boss. Rather pathetic, if you ask me.
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After he's done, head up the last flight of stairs and enter the door. Check
the left and right side of the rooms for Hermes Sandals (left) and X-Potion
(right).
Head up to find... Terra!
The dialogue that follows depends on who is in your party, but I shall
summarize.
Ramuh appears as an old man. He is actually an Esper, taking the form of a
human in order to live amongst the humans without revealing himself. He informs
you that when Terra transformed and took off in Narshe, she was using a power
she didn't know she had, and it overwhelmed her and she went crazy. Now her
body isn't listening to what she says. Ramuh then tells you that humans and
espers are incompatible, but it wasn't always so. Humans and Espers used to
live together in harmony... until the War of the Magi, the ancient battle
between espers and humans who had been infused with magical powers extracted
from other espers (Celes, anyone?).
After the war, the espers lived in their own world, minding their own business.
Then, 20 years ago, humans stumbled upon the entrance to the hidden world.
And thus began the hunt for Gestahl (the Emperor) to track down the espers.
As soon as the espers got word of Gestahl's plan, they created a massive gate
to keep humans out.
Ramuh then says the espers that were caught are now in the Empire's Magitek
Research Facility, being drained of their powers. Ramuh escaped the Facility,
and is now chilling with you guys.
You then find out that it was Ramuh who called Terra to Zozo, and she responded
to the call. Guess that makes Terra an Esper... well, she's different from
normal espers Ramuh says. She's in pain now because she doesn't understand what
she is, but maybe she'll be able to control that someday.
Ramuh says his buddies in the Magitek Research Facility may be able to help
her. Then he begins his suicidal thoughts and says you can't force a power from
an Esper; that only weakens them. Only when they become magicite their powers
can be transferred in full. Ramuh is going to turn himself into a magicite so
he can lend you his strength. Aww, how nice.
What is a Magicite though? Magicite is an esper's power in its purest form.
When an esper dies, magicite is all that is left behind...
Shortly before Ramuh commits suicide, he shows you his three friends he took
out of the Research Facility. This leaves you to collect a total of 4 Espers.
Not bad for a start.
Once you can control your characters again, collect all 4 (from left to right):
Kirin, Siren, Cait Sith, and Ramuh.
Go down now to find the two party members you didn't pick way back when. Talk
to either one of them to continue.
Everyone now descends the tower stairs (I guess the monsters don't want to
attack all of a sudden?).
Once at the bottom, the party decides to split up again (for the same reason as
last time; one party for defending Narshe and the other to sneak into the
Magitek Research Facility and free the Espers). The only difference this time
is that out of the 4 party members you can choose, Locke and Celes are forced
into your party, so you only get to choose two more.
Your choices are Cyan, Edgar, Sabin, and Gau. Cyan is out, he's just not that
good.
If you've been using Gau (as you should), he's an obvious choice. Which leaves
you with Edgar or Sabin. I recommend choosing Edgar over Sabin. Edgar has
powerful Tools (Noiseblaster to confuse, Bioblaster for those Humanoids, Drill
for nice damage) and Sabin just doesn't match up to that with Aura Cannon or
Rising Phoenix (the next Blitz you learn is at Lvl 23, and it is a horrible
Blitz; a healing spell which heals everyone but Sabin by the amount of
(Sabin's HP / (# of targets - 1)).
Of course, if you haven't been using Gau because you've been lazy, you'll
obviously be bringing the Figaro brothers.
Locke notes that if you need to change party members, you can head to Narshe.
After the 2nd party leaves, your party hints that there might be a way to get
to the Southern Continent (where Vector [the Imperial Capital] and therefore,
the Magitek Research Facility are) if you check around Jidoor.
NOTE: You'll notice a ghost walking around. Talk to him to get an explanation
on Espers, since no one told you anything about it. But since I want this to be
a complete walkthrough, I'll copy the ghost's explanation and add my own:
= How to use an Esper =
To use an esper, you must first equip its magicite. Select "Abilities" from
the main menu, then select "Espers." To summon the esper in battle, select
"Magic," press Up, then select the esper with the A Button. You can only call
upon a particular esper once per battle.
= Learning Magic =
A character learns spells over time when an esper is equipped. The set of
spells each esper teaches is different. The higher a spell's acquisition rate,
the faster it will be memorized. Some espers also permanently increase an
attribute of the character equipping them when the character gains a level.
I'll add my own explanations for the Espers in the next section. There is one
last thing to do: The clock puzzle. Head to the Clock Tower.
We've narrowed it down to 6:10:10 or 6:10:50. I wonder which one it is?
Let's try 6:10:50. Oh wow, it worked. (Btw, I could've just told you the answer
way back when, but then people would ask questions "How did you know that?" so
I showed you how you're supposed to know). Entering the correct time will raise
the wall to the right. Go up the stairs to get: Chainsaw.
Chainsaw is a strong tool, and even better: it has a 25% of instantly killing
the target. Sweetness.
Now, time to do some optional (but recommended) things.
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4.38 Magic AP & Trip to Veldt [4.038]
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Before we head on in the story, I strongly suggest making a trip to the Veldt.
Make your way towards the South Figaro Cave, which was south of Narshe(South to
Jidoor, North-East to Kohlingen, enter Figaro Castle, take underground across
mountains, re-surface, exit castle, and head south to South Figaro Cave).
While you walk all that way, I'll explain AP a bit.
Let's take a look at the enemy formations for inside Zozo buildings:
Inside:
- Harvester (3 AP)
- Veil Dancer, Harvester x2 (2 AP)
- Veil Dancer (1 AP)
- Veil Dancer, Gobbledygook x3 (2 AP)
So you've probably noticed the AP thing after every single formation up till
now. Well, now it's all going to make sense. AP stands for... I really have no
idea, but that's ok.
NOTE: I've been informed it may stand for Acquisition Points.
AP gained is based on formations, NOT enemies (every formation is different).
From now on out, you'll gain AP for every formation that gives 1 or more AP.
Note: You only get AP when you have at least one Esper equipped. Actually, you
also get AP when Terra is in your party, as she needs AP so she can
use Trance (the more AP she gets, the longer she stays Trance'd). [Thx to
blusiryn for pointing this out]
Note2: To unequip an Esper, equip a blank spot (go to a blank spot and press
A) You wouldn't believe how often this gets asked
So first we need to equip an Esper. Go into the main menu -> Abilities ->
Espers to see your current list of espers. Press A on an Esper to see a list of
spells that specific esper teaches. The first column lists the spell name. The
2nd column has the Acquisition Rate. 3rd column is your progress on learning
that spell.
The Acquisition Rate is what we're interested in. When you gain AP after each
battle, your Progress % is increased by: AP gained x Acquisition Rate
In other words, let's say you equip Ramuh, who teaches Thunder at x10 Rate and
Thundara at a x2 Rate. You fight a battle consisting of a single Harvester (I'm
using the above copied enemy list). That particular formation gives 3 AP.
After the battle, if you looked at the Esper screen for Ramuh, you would see
that Thunder's progress is now 30% (3 AP x 10 Acquisition Rate) and Thundara is
6% (3 AP x 2 Acquisition Rate).
The same works for every character and every esper. Once progress reaches 100%,
you will see a line saying "Celes learned Thunder!" (obviously Celes and Thunder
are replaced by the name and the spell learned).
That's about all for AP. There is one more thing regarding Espers, though.
As you should know by now, your character's stats stay the same. They only
increase because you are wearing equipment that temporarily increases a stat.
The base stats always remain the same, though.
There are certain Espers that can increase these stats. Let's take a look at
Ramuh again. Under the list of spells he teaches, it says:
"At level up: Stamina + 1"
This means that when a character levels up while Ramuh is equipped on him/her,
that character's base Stamina stat will go up by 1.
Now take a look at Siren. Siren's level up bonus is "HP + 10%". Each character
naturally increases its HP (and MP) at a level up. While Siren is equipped,
that character will gain a 10% bonus. This does NOT refer to HP Total for the
bonus, just on the level up. Let's say a character gains 100 HP at level up.
With Siren, they would gain 110 HP instead of 100 (100 + 10% = 110).
This allows players to plan ahead and max out a character's stat using the
Espers and all sorts of goodies. The average player will not do this and just
enjoy the added bonuses these espers give.
Anyway, enough babbling. You should be near South Figaro Cave now. If you
hadn't guessed, we're making our way toward the Veldt to learn some very
awesome rages for Gau.
Enter South Figaro Cave (heal at Recovery Spring), go through it, bypass
South Figaro, and enter Mt. Kolts. Go through the whole mountain, exit, head
north and enter the Returner Hideout (don't forget Trillium can Poison).
Go to Banon's room (if you forgot, the north-east room of the place) and walk
into the South wall to find that hidden door. Walk through here to get to the
Lethe River, remember this? Hop aboard the raft that is conveniently placed.
Don't worry, no Ultros battle at the end this time. Make sure to thank Lesser
Lopros for providing his Rage which you've used so many times.
Go south when you're dropped off and head across the bridge where the Imperial
Camp used to be. Go a little south then back across another bridge to the west.
If you're wondering: Doma Castle is blocked off by Imperial Soldiers.
Enter Phantom Forest and cross through it (no Phantom Train anymore). Don't
forget to heal at the Recovery Spring. Once through the Forest, go around and
enter Baren Falls (no battles this time).
Welcome to the Veldt. Finally.
Here's the list we really want to get:
- Anguiform (Aqua Breath)
- Aspiran (Gigavolt)
- Gobbledygook (Vanish)
- Hill Gigas (Magnitude 8)
- Veil Dancer (Blizzara)
The most interesting ones are Anguiform and Aspiran. This will make the Magitek
Research Facility SO much easier if you get those. Vanish is nice as you know,
since you abused the Gobbledygook's ability to cast it by confusing them and
having them cast it on you.
The nice thing about the Veldt is that you also gain AP for these fights, but
no EXP. This may not seem so nice to some people, but people playing a LLG
find it great.
Once you get all the above rages, it's time to move on. Go to the south end of
the Veldt and enter Crescent Mountain Cave (there are no enemies in here). Go
through the cave and exit to jump into Serpent Trench. You will end up on the
docks of Nikeah. Talk to the guy on the boat to get taken to South Figaro.
Just think. The boat goes SO close to the Southern Continent. Why couldn't it
just keep going south instead of turning west to get to South Figaro? Ah well,
video game logic.
Speaking of which, here's some more for you. Since South Figaro is still
occupied by the Empire, you are forced to cram yourself into a chest and be
carried to safety in South Figaro. How does a 4 person party fit into one chest?
Again, video game logic.
Anyway, you're back outside South Figaro. Now we need to get back to Jidoor.
So head back through South Figaro Cave (if you want to switch your party for
whatever reason, you can head to Arvis' house in Narshe and talk to any of the
members walking around to rearrange your party), take Figaro Castle
underground, and head south to reach Jidoor.
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4.39 Jidoor Revisited [4.039]
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New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found: Any ones you might've missed last time
Welcome back to Jidoor after that long re-route to the Veldt and back. It'll be
worth it later, trust me.
So what to do here? Nothing seems new, and the Auction House is still closed.
Maybe there's something in Owzer's Mansion...
Talk to the man running back and forth at a high rate of speed. This is the
Impresario of the Opera House. He mistakes Celes for Maria, the opera singer.
Apparently, Celes is a spitting image of Maria. The Impresario mumbles
something about being in trouble and runs off.
As you leave, you'll find a letter on the floor. Pick it up and you'll be told
the guy who just ran off is the director of the troupe that performs at the
opera house. The Impresario has been uptight since that letter arrived. You
then proceed to read the letter:
Dearest Maria,
I've decided to take you as my wife, so
I'll be coming to kidnap you.
The Wandering Gambler
Short, and straight to the point. I love it.
Locke questions the man on who the Wandering Gambler is. Then the scene shifts
to some airship type thing with a man standing on the front of is. This is
probably the Wandering Gambler. You now get a naming screen for him. His name
is Setzer. You should notice that everytime you gave a character a name, they
later joined your party. Is it possible this Setzer guy will join you?
Setzer owns the worlds only airship. The group decides to set up a meeting with
Setzer to see if he could fly them to the southern continent. Time to head to
the Opera House! It's located straight south of Jidoor.
Note: The monsters on the way to the Opera House are the same as listed at the
bottom of section 4.36
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4.40 The Opera House [4.040]
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New Monster:
#66 - Stunner
#67 - Goetia
#289 - Ultros
Monster Formations:
- Goetia, Stunner x2 (3 AP)
- Stunner x3, Goetia x2 (3 AP)
- Ultros (0 AP)
Items Found: None
Steals:
- Stunner just has a Common Hi-Potion
- Goetia has Hi-Potion (Common), and Antidote (Rare)
How to handle these monsters:
- Stunners are weak to Fire, so use Lesser Lopros, Templar, Spritzer, or any
other Fire-elemental. Those who went to the Veldt earlier and used their time
wisely by teaching their characters the spells of all espers can cast Fire
(taught by Siren if you're wondering) as well. The only problem with Stunners
is that they tend to call more Goetias when they are by themselves, so get rid
of them as fast as possible.
- Goetia is weak to Ice. Veil Dancer wins this one, or cast Blizzard with
Celes.
Welcome to the Opera House. In case you're wondering, you won't find these
monsters until a little bit later. First, we have another important thing to
do, which many consider to be one of the best parts in this game. I, however,
don't see what makes this scene so great, but that may just be me.
Once you enter, talk to the Impresario. He says Setzer will probably appear
at the climax of the first act, because he loves to make an entrance. Locke
informs him the group will nab him after he appears. The Impresario is torn
between wanting to make the performance a success and not wanting to lose
Maria.
Locke comes up with a brilliant plan: Have Celes be Maria (since she just
happens to look almost exactly like Maria), and let her be abducted. The rest
of the group will follow him onto the airship. The Impresario loves this!
But Celes doesn't, and runs off... straight into the dressing room. Nice. She
practices her singing and... it doesn't go well.
You also see Ultros real quick. He then throws a letter over to where everyone
is standing, apparently trying to do it like Setzer. Unfortunately for him,
no one sees the letter and just walks off. Ultros = pwned!
Let's go watch some Opera. No, really, let's. I won't bother typing up the
story of the Opera or anything, simply because I don't want to. So there.
After Draco sings for a little bit, you get control over Locke. You can talk to
your characters, who will each say something different:
Cyan: Where art thou going? Thou should relax and enjoy the show!
Edgar: Go on! Give her some encouragement!
Gau: Uwao! Pretty song, pretty song!
Sabin: Huh? Why's everyone singing?
*If you brought Shadow, he leaves you here. Talk to the Impresario: Your friend
left. Said he'd fall asleep if he had to sit here for more than five minutes...
Leave through the right door, go down the stairs, and go up the east stairs
again. You'll be in front of the dressing room. Enter.
Talk to Locke. I will type up THIS dialogue:
*Locke turns deep red [Like when he's Berserk'd]
Locke: Have you... always been that pretty?
Celes: Locke... Why did you stand up for me when you did?
Locke: ...Because I'm tired of standing by and doing nothing while I lose girls
I like
Celes: Am I just a replacement... for her?
Locke: ... That ribbon looks nice on you.
Celes: I have to go on stage soon. This next scene's an important one. Maria
starts to worry that something's happened to Draco, and pours her
feelings into song.
Locke: Shouldn't you check the score one last time?
To answer Locke's question: Yes, you should. Well, you don't have to, since
I will do the work for you once more.
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Scene 1
O my hero, my beloved,
Shall we still be made to part,
Though promises of perennial love
Yet sing here in my heart?
I'm the darkness, you're the starlight
Shining brightly from afar.
Through hours of despair,
I offer this prayer
To you, my evening star.
Must my final vows exchanged
Be with him and not with you?
Were you only here to quiet my fear...
O speak! Guide me anew.
... This is where you pick up the
flowers. Climb the stairs and toss
the flowers from the highest balcony.
(Be sure to finish by the end of
the interlude! There isn't much
time before the start of Scene 2.)
- Impresario
Scene 2
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Now head up through the right door and enter the stage. If you weren't reading
this file, you'd have to write down the script somewhere to know which phrase
is the correct to enter, but obviously, you ARE reading this file. Plus points
for you.
You don't have much time to enter the phrases, so be quick. The phrases are
(in this order):
1. Right: O, my hero...
Wrong: Alas, Draco... = Alas, Draco! You have left me... START OVER
2. Right: I'm the darkness...
Wrong: I wish I... = I wish I... uh? START OVER
3. Right: Must my...
Wrong: Prince Ralse... = Princes Ralse will be my groom. I know... START OVER
Then Celes walks up the stairs, and Draco appears. Walk over to him, and talk
to him three separate times. Talk to him a fourth time, and he turns into
flowers. Quickly grab the flowers with A, walk up the stairs ahead of you and
walk onto the balcony. Done.
NOTE: If you mess up on any of these (Give the wrong line, or you take too long
with the whole walking thing), you fail and find yourself outside the Opera
House on the Overworld. Re-enter to get another chance. If you mess up three
more times after that (why??), it's Game Over. Yeah.
Watch the rest of the scene. Then it fades back to Locke (who thinks Celes did
wonderful... aww). Attempt to leave the changing room, but don't leave yet
because there's a letter on the floor. Read it.
"I owe you guys one, so I'm gonna jam up
your opera!
Ultros"
So THAT'S what Ultros wanted. Locke says he better tell the Impresario. Head
back into the seating area and tell the Impresario. When you talk to him, all
he says is "What!?" (one could argue Locke never said anything, but we can't
assume that). The scene then shifts back to the Opera at hand.
Then the scene shifts to Ultros on the rafters above where Celes is standing.
He's standing next to a 4 Ton weight! But it's heavier than Ultros thought (how
heavy did he think 4 Ton would be?), so it's going to take him EXACTLY 5
minutes to push it off the edge.
This means you'll have 5 minutes to stop him. The Impresario tells you to talk
to the stagehand in the room in the north-east corner.
So head up to the north-east corner and enter that room. The stagehand will
tell you to lower the far-right switch.
If you lower any other switches:
- Far left = Nothing
- Second from left = Lights get turned off and you see the eyes of all the
people watching the Opera)
- Third from left = Fall through trap door and end up on the stage. You quickly
jump through the crowd and end up in the Foyer of the Opera House. Head up
the stairs to the right to be back at a familiar place
- Far right = Seemingly nothing, but another door has been opened.
Leave this room, and head back toward the Impresario. Now head to the north-west
corner of the room. Enter this room and go up the stairs to enter this door.
If you had come here before hitting the switch, this door would be locked.
You'll find yourself on top of the rafters. This is also where you'll fight
Goetia and Stunners, so refer to the top of this section for a refresher on how
to deal with them.
NOTE: Time is still running during these battles, so be quick.
Make your way along the rafters (it's not hard to find your way). There are
about five or six battles before reaching Ultros. Once you do reach Ultros talk
to him, and he'll push you and himself off the rafters, and you'll land on the
stage.
You then proceed to fight Ultros on stage.
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BOSS: Ultros
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Ultros (0 EXP, 2 Gil)
- Level: 19
- HP: 2550
- MP: 500
- Steal: White Cape (Common)
- Drops: None
Now it's time to fight Ultros again.
His attacks this time are Ink (may cause Darkness) and Tentacle (about 500
damage), like last time. Unlike last time, you CAN attack him with Fire without
having him counter it. Some of his other attacks are Fire, Lv. 3 Confuse (which
confuses every character who's level is divisible by 3), Imp Song (causes Imp),
Megavolt, and Drain.
One thing to note about Ultros: Every once in a while, Ultros will change his
position on the field. His position also depends on which attacks he will use:
Top = Fire
Middle = Ink or Tentacle
Lower Left = Lv. 3 Confuse
Lower Right = Megavolt or Drain
He uses Imp Song at every position in the battle.
This may all look like a tough battle, but it's really not:
One strategy involves casting Stop (Alacran) on him, then attacking him until
he dies, which shouldn't take that long at all. Use Drill with Edgar, have
Locke steal that White Cape if you want, and have Gau use your favorite Rage.
The easiest strategy by FAR is this: Have Gau use Aspiran Rage. That's it.
Chances are VERY good it will kill him in one hit. Once he uses Gigavolt (50%),
Ultros dies. Easy.
If you don't have either of that, make sure you have Ramuh equipped on somebody.
Summon him for around 1500 damage. After that, use Drill/Chainsaw with Edgar,
simply attack with Locke and use your favorite Rage with Gau, or your favorite
Blitz with Sabin.
Not so hard, was it? You get nothing for winning (he has no Drops). Well, you
DO get 2 Gil! Nice.
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After this, someone screams Halt! Then Setzer comes out of nowhere, spins Celes
around in an impressive move which gets rid of her Opera clothes, and then
lifts her out of the Opera. Of course, he thinks he just kidnapped Maria.
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4.41 Blackjack [4.041]
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New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found: None
On the Blackjack, Setzer drops Celes off in a room, says he'll "deal" with her
later (interpret that as you wish), and leave. Then your other three party
members pop up.
Locke compliments Celes *AGAIN* (you'd think Locke has feelings for Celes or
something, sheesh).
Setzer shows back up. He promptly puts 2 and 2 together, and figures out Celes
isn't Maria. Celes asks Setzer for his help, but he refuses. He starts to walk
away, but the group quickly decides to throw compliments his way, after which
he decides to talk to the group. This is what each character says:
Celes: We heard that your ship is the finest vessel in the world.
Locke: And that you were the world's greatest gambler...
Cyan: I am a warrior of Doma. Please, I humbly beg for thy aid!
Edgar: I'm the king of Figaro. If you help us, you'll be well rewarded...
*Gau doesn't have a line*
*NOTE: Sabin will only speak if Edgar isn't here. If you bring Edgar & Sabin,
Edgar will say his line but Sabin won't say anything (it would be kind
of redundant, don't you think?)
Sabin: My brother's the king of Figaro. If you help us, I can ask him to reward
you.
Now you get control of the party and can explore the ship if you want. This is
optional, but you may choose so just for interest.
On the very east side of the room you're in, there's a man who will unequip
some party members. You can choose to unequip members not in your party if you
want that.
NOTE: While we're talking about unequipping... don't forget to EQUIP Celes.
She unequipped everything for the Opera scene, but now it's time to get back
to business (fighting), so beef her up a bit (Optimize for equipment, and
probably two White Capes for Relics would be best).
If you go north one room, you'll be outside. Later on in the game you'll be
able to control the Blackjack from this very same wheel. Cool.
Go back inside and head south two rooms. If you were on the ground, you could
go outside by going through the south door in this room. Since you're in the
air, this wouldn't be a good idea.
The guy on the left will heal you. The guy on the right is actually an Item
Shop:
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/ Item Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) |
| Ether (1500 Gil) | This is the first area where Remedies are
| Holy Water (300 Gil) | purchasable. I had 150,000+ Gil at this point,
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) | so if you're the same way, go crazy on the
| Remedy (1000 Gil) | Remedies.
| Smoke Bomb (300 Gil) |
| Teleport Stone (700 Gil) | Teleport Stones are also a first here, so buy
| Tent (1200 Gil) | a couple of those.
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Pretty cool little shop they have set up here. Anyway, head back to Setzer and
talk to him.
He says business has been slow due to the Empire. Celes tells him he's not the
only one that's been suffering. The next lines depend on who is in your party
again:
Celes: The Empire has been toppling towns and villages left and right...
Locke: They're abusing their Magitek power and trying to take over the world.
Cyan: I lost my friends, my family...
Edgar: My kingdom was allied with the Empire... until recently.
*Gau doesn't have a line*
Sabin: Maybe you want to be a slave to the Empire, but I sure don't.
Celes tries to convince him
to help by saying how everyone has been suffering, in towns and villages and
all that.
Setzer pulls a RANDOMNESS CARD (I just made that up, it means he says something
completely random. If this phrase becomes popular someday, know that you saw it
here first) and says Celes might even be cuter than Maria. He then proposes
a deal: If Celes agrees to become his wife, he'll help the group. If not, then
he won't help. Of course, Locke has something to say about that, but Celes
quickly agrees... with a condition.
NOTE: If Edgar is present, Celes goes over to talk to him real quick. We can
assume she gets the coin from him (read NOTE below to find out more).
She wants to flip a coin. If it's heads, Setzer has to help them. If it's
tails, she'll marry him. Setzer agrees, since he IS a gambler. If Cyan is
present:
Cyan: There is no telling what manner of dishonorable things he might do to
thee...
She flips the coin, and... Heads! Setzer examines the coin and likes the idea
of a double-headed coin. But a deal is a deal, and Setzer agrees to hold up his
end of the deal.
NOTE: This coin is the very same coin that was used by Edgar & Sabin to
determine who gets to choose between Freedom and Kingdom. If Sabin AND Edgar
are present, Sabin will say "That coin...!? Edgar! Don't tell me...!" after
Setzer says the coin is double-headed (since this means Edgar tricked Sabin
10 years ago into winning, since he knew Sabin wanted freedom. *sigh*
Brotherly love, I tell you).
He agrees to help them. You have now found your way to the Southern Continent,
and anywhere else for that matter.
The group decides to land far away from the Capital as to not alert them of
their arrival, and Setzer agrees to stay on board once they do land.
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4.42 Southern Continent [4.042]
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New Monsters:
#68 - Litwor Chicken
#69 - Joker
#70 - Don
#71 - Wyvern
#72 - Grasswyrm
#74 - Bug
Monster Formations:
Grass (South Part of the Continent [Albrook, Maranda]):
- Don, Joker (1 AP)
- Joker x3 (1 AP)
- Don, Wyvern x2 (2 AP)
- Litwor Chicken x5 (2 AP)
Grass (Around Vector, and Tzen):
- Grasswyrm x3 (2 AP)
- Don x2 (1 AP)
- Don, Wyvern x2 (2 AP)
Forest:
- Don, Wyvern, Litwor Chicken x2 (3 AP)
- Litwor Chicken x5 (2 AP)
Desert:
- Bug x6 (1 AP)
- Bug x3 (1 AP)
- Fossil Dragon, Bug x3 (2 AP)
- Fossil Dragon x2 (3 AP)
Items Found: None
Steals:
- Litwor Chicken: Potion (Common), Sleeping Bag (Rare)
- Joker: Potion (Common), Green Beret (Rare)
- Don: Potion (Common), Tiger Mask (Rare)
- Wyvern: Potion (Common), Dragoon Boots (Rare)
- Grasswyrm: Antidote (Always)
- Bug: Gold Needle (Common), Hi-Potion (Rare)
How to handle these monsters:
- Litwor Chicken are weak to Ice, which is where Veil Dancer's Blizzara comes
in handy. Blizzard from Celes also works, obviously. Their only real danger is
when you get one by itself, it has a chance to use Quake, which will cause
300-350 damage to every character who isn't floating, and chances are none of
your characters are floating. A MT Ice spell should easily take care of all two
or five you may encounter.
- Jokers are weak to Lightning and Poison. That means Bioblaster for Edgar and
Trilium (Bio) and Aspiran (Gigavolt) for Gau. Game Over.
- Don is just... there. It doesn't do much, except Tackle for only 150% damage
and the usual physical attack. It has no weaknesses, but it's no threat to
anything but characters with low HP, but that's true for every enemy in video
game history.
It DOES have a nice Rare Steal: Tiger Mask. This is a headgear for Gau and
Sabin, but it's up to you if you want to replace it with Green Beret (they are
both wearing Green Berets - right?) for slightly higher stats and lower Evasion,
or if you want to stick with the 12.5% HP boost of the Green Beret. I,
personally, like the Green Beret better. Your call, though.
- Wyvern are red Lesser Lopros. These guys can be dangerous if you let them
be, or if you're unlucky. Once they are alone, they have a small chance of
using Cyclonic, an MT attack which can reduce ALL your characters to 1/16 of
your current HP. That means you'll be closer to 0 than you'd like to be. If
one of them does it, it will probably hit only 1-2 characters, but that's 1-2
too many. If there is more than one, you have nothing to worry about (except
the Sap status their special attack Wing Sap causes) and you can attempt to
steal the rare Dragoon Boots if you don't already have a few.
NOTE: Once you get back to the Veldt, you can learn their Rage, which is also
Cyclonic and use it yourself. Look forward to it.
- Grasswyrm are red Nettlehoppers. They are weak to Fire. They're also weak to
Wind (Aqua Breath [Anguiform] is also Wind elemental, so that's a good choice;
or if you have Guard Leader, and you should if you've been following the guide,
that's an even better choice.
- Bugs are just bugs, nothing big. They are weak to Ice (Veil Dancer, Blizzard)
and Water (Anguiform). Who am I kidding, a simple Auto Crossbow will even take
care of these guys.
- Fossil Dragon isn't new, you've seen this guy in the desert around Kohlingen
before. Check Section 4.34 for strategy on him.
Welcome to the Southern Continent. These are all the monsters you will find on
this piece of ground. Note that there are two separate versions for Grass
monsters.
Anyway, there are five places of interest:
- Maranda (West)
- Tzen (North)
- Imperial Observation Post (East)
- Albrook (South)
- Vector (Center)
Obviously, we want to go to Vector to move on with the story. All the other
places are totally optional, but we'll visit them anyway. If you want to skip
those sections, head straight to section 4.47.
Keep referring to this section (4.42) if you have questions about the monsters
fought on the Overworld, I won't bother listing them again.
I will cover the areas in this order:
Albrook [4.043]
Maranda [4.044]
Tzen [4.045]
Imperial Observation Post [4.046]
Vector [4.047]
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4.43 Albrook [4.043]
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Inn Cost: 300 Gil
New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found:
- Ether (Pot in Weapon Shop)
- empty (Chest in Armor Shop)
- empty (Chest in Armor Shop)
- Hi-Potion (Barrel outside the Inn)
- Elixir (Clock in Pub / Relic Shop)
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/ Item Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) | Pretty much the same shop as on the Blackjack.
| Ether (1500 Gil) | If you didn't visit that shop: Buy Remedies,
| Eye Drops (50 Gil) | lots of them. Buy a couple Teleport Stones as
| Remedy (1000 Gil) | well.
| Holy Water (300 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
| Teleport Stone (700 Gil) |
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/ Armor Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Twist Headband (1600 Gil) | Priest's Miter is the same as Green Beret,
| Priest's Miter (3000 Gil) | except it raises MP instead of HP (by 12.5%).
| Mythril Vest (1200 Gil) | Buy a couple of these and equip it if you'd
| Ninja Gear (1100 Gil) | like.
| White Dress (2200 Gil) |
|______________________________|
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/ Weapon Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Kiku-ichimonji (1200 Gil) | Buy two Bastard Swords for Edgar and Celes.
| Venom Claws (2500 Gil) | If you have Sabin, buy Venom Claws for him.
| Bastard Sword (3000 Gil) |
| Sakura (3200 Gil) | The rest is for Shadow, which you don't have
| Shuriken (30 Gil) | right now, so it's useless (for now).
| Flame Scroll (500 Gil) |
| Water Scroll (500 Gil) |
| Lightning Scroll (500 Gil) |
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/ Relic Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| The main thing here is Reflect Rings, which cast
| Silver Spectacles (500 Gil) | Reflect on the wearer. Buy 4 of these (if you
| Peace Ring (3000 Gil) | can't afford them, go get some money until you
| Earring (5000 Gil) | can). Amulets are nice, but chances are your
| Sniper Eye (3000 Gil) | money supply isn't unlimited, and we can just
| Reflect Ring (6000 Gil) | buy them later anyway.
| Amulet (5000 Gil) | Bring your Earring count up to 4 if you hadn't
|_____________________________| already done so in Jidoor.
Welcome to Albrook. They have nice shops here, so go shopping before anything
else.
Time to get some items. Check the pot in the Weapon Shop for an Ether. The two
chests in Armor Shop are empty now, and always will be. Search the barrel
outside the Inn to get a Hi-Potion. Lastly, enter the Relic Shop and make your
way toward the Pub. On the way, you'll see a clock, which has an Elixir for you.
If you're one of those people that talks to everybody (good for you), then you
would've noticed the guy in the weapon shop. He talks about an ancient weapon
and an ancient monster, both sharing the same name. We'll come across this
again MUCH later in the game.
Last thing to note about this town: If you try to head to the ports, a Magitek
soldier will kick you out (literally). Oh well, we'll come back later.
Time to head to Maranda (in the west).
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4.44 Maranda [4.044]
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Inn Cost: 200 Gil
New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found:
- Holy Water (West of entrance [Bottom Crate])
- Remedy (South of eastern exit [Bottom Crate])
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/ Armor Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Priest's Miter (3000 Gil) | By this time you should have a ton of Green
| Green Beret (3000 Gil) | Beret if you fought lots of Satellite on the
| Mythril Helm (2000 Gil) | Veldt (I did, and had 19 total). Get some if
| Mythril Vest (1200 Gil) | you never bothered going to the Veldt.
| Mythril Mail (3500 Gil) |
|______________________________| Mythril Helm and Mythril Mail are both new
items, but the Helms aren't as great as Green
Beret (it raises Defense by 1, but lowers Evasion by 10, so stick with Green
Beret for all 4 characters. Buy 3 Mythril (Locke, Edgar, Celes). Gau and
Sabin (your only other two options you should have) can't equip them, so stick
with Mythril Vest for them.
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/ Weapon Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Mythril Spear (800 Gil) | Tridents are useful later on in the game, so
| Trident (1700 Gil) | don't waste your precious Gil on this weapon
| Venom Claws (2500 Gil) | just yet.
| Bastard Sword (3000 Gil) |
| Boomerang (4500 Gil) | Buy a Boomerang for Locke.
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No Item OR Relic Shop in this small town. Oh well.
Maranda. We know a little bit about this place already:
- Remember the injured soldier in Mobliz, who we sent letters for and eventually
got a Tintinnabulum as a reward? Yeah, he's from here. The girl you sent the
letters to (his girlfriend) lives here, too.
- Celes was the General in charge in taking over Maranda when she was still
working for the Empire.
Before going anywhere, see the two crates to the left? Yeah, the bottom one has
a Holy Water for you. The other item can be found by the two crates next to the
soldier chasing Aisha (the girl). The bottom crate has the Remedy.
Aside from shopping, the only other point of interest in this town is the
wounded soldier's girlfriend. Her house is to the right of the dog-fight, with
the mail-bird on top). If you sent all the items and got the Tintinnabulum,
she'll say "He sent me the book he'd been reading! I've been reading a little
bit every night before bed. I'll treasure it forever!"
Remember this girl, as she will play a vital role in gaining a character MUCH
later in the game.
That's it for Maranda. Off to Tzen we go (north).
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4.45 Tzen [4.045]
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Inn Cost: 350 Gil
New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found: None at all
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/ Item Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) |
| Ether (1500 Gil) |
| Eye Drops (50 Gil) | Stock up.
| Green Cherry (150 Gil) |
| Echo Screen (120 Gil) |
| Holy Water (300 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
| Teleport Stone (700 Gil) |
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/ Armor Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Priest's Miter (3000 Gil) |
| Mythril Helm (2000 Gil) | Nothing special here. Move along.
| Mythril Vest (1200 Gil) |
| Ninja Gear (1100 Gil) |
| White Dress (2200 Gil) |
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/ Weapon Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Air Knife (950 Gil) | Nothing special here, either, since you got
| Moonring Blade (2500 Gil) | the Boomerang for Locke in Maranda, right?
| Bastard Sword (3000 Gil) |
| Boomerang (4500 Gil) |
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/ Relic Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Earring (5000 Gil) | Still hold off on the Amulets, save your money.
| Hermes Sandals (7000 Gil) | You already have two Hermes Sandals, and plenty
| Black Belt (5000 Gil) | of Earring. If you still don't have 4 Earrings,
| Amulet (5000 Gil) | buy them here.
|_____________________________| If you already have a Black Belt and are
wondering where it came from, the Captains you
fought in Doma Castle in Sabin's Scenario have Black Belt as their common drop.
If you don't have one, but want one (there ARE better Relics to equip than
this), get one here.
Not much to do here. Small things of interest include the man standing west of
the Relic Shop: "My grandfather once told me there's a huge gate deep inside
the cave on the eastern edge of the continent." Hmm, maybe we'll find out what
that's about later (I could tell you now, but why ruin it?).
Next to this man is the lady standing in front of her house: "Where's that boy
of mine? I told him not to play outside! It's dangerous with all these soldiers
around..." Later on in the game you will find out why this is an ironic
statement.
Another random guy tells you a secret about an enemy called the Guardian,
which can't move, but is ridiculously powerful. We don't really want to, but we
could meet it rather soon.
Now head to our last location before entering Vector: the Imperial Observation
Post to the east. Hopefully you didn't forget what the old guy next to the
Relic shop said, about there being a gate in the cave on the EASTERN edge of
the continent? That may be what the Imperial Observation Post is guarding...
NOTE: There is a hidden Chocobo stable in the forest east of Tzen. You can pay
100 gil and ride the Chocobo to the Base if you're tired of the enemies here.
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4.46 Imperial Observation Post [4.046]
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New Monsters:
#76 - Sergeant
#78 - Proto Armor
#93 - Mega Armor
Monster Formations:
Walking Soldier:
- Sergeant x4 (1 AP)
Magitek Soldier:
- Mega Armor, Proto Armor (0 AP)
Items Found: None yet (you'll find a ton later)
Steals:
- Sergeant: Tent (Common), Mythril Vest (Rare)
- Proto Armor: Hi-Potion (Common), Mythril Mail (Rare)
- Mega Armor: Hi-Potion (Common)
How to handle these monsters:
- Sergeant is weak to Lightning and Water, so Gau can stick with Aspiran or
Anguiform. Anybody who's learned Ramuh's Thunder or Thundara will do as well,
although Thunder probably won't kill them in one hit. If you want Tents, make
sure to steal it before he kills you. Other than that, their defense is sky-high
so stick with non-physical attacks.
- Proto Armor is only weak to Lightning, so Aspiran and Thunder/Thundara will
do nicely. His special attack is Program 35, which will do 150% damage. It also
attacks with Magitek Laser fairly often, but it only does anywhere from
130-150 damage. As the Sergeant, his defense is high, so stick with magic.
- Mega Armor is weak to Lightning and Water, so Aspiran/Anguiform and Thundara
will work. His special attack is Mega Punch, which does 150% damage. That's
already about all this guy does. Unlike the previous two monsters, this Mega
Armor's defense are not that high (at least not as high as Sergeant/Proto Armor)
so you could attack with physical attacks if you wanted to.
NOTE: Sergeant eventually becomes one of those enemies that are permanently
missable, so make sure you encounter one here so you don't accidently miss him
forever.
You don't really have to come here, but for completion purposes, we will
anyway.
The Magitek Soldier is a little to the north. Simply dodge the one soldier that
could block your way to encounter it.
After each fight, you'll be thrown out of the Observation Post and back onto
the Overworld, but just re-enter to fight some more.
NOTE: If you find yourself using a lot of Tents (I personally never seem to use
them, at least not yet), you may want to stay a while and steal Tents off the
Sergeants (they're common steals).
After you've had your fair share of getting thrown out, head over to our final
destination (I already advertised the movies, but go watch them if you STILL
haven't seen them): Vector, which is located in the center of the continent.
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4.47 Vector [4.047]
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Inn Cost: 1000 Gil (it's free, but the Inn-guy steals 1000 Gil from you)
New Monsters:
#75 - Onion Knight
#77 - Belzecue
Monster Formations:
Walking Soldier, Soldiers guarding Magitek Research Facility:
- Belzecue x2, Sergeant (2 AP)
- Belzecue x2, Sergeant x2 (2 AP)
Magitek Soldier:
- Proto Armor, Onion Knight x2 (2 AP)
- Proto Armor x2 (4 AP)
Tell the Lady in very skinny house "No":
- Guard x2 (0 AP)
Items Found: None
Steals:
- Onion Knight: Potion (Common)
- Belzecue: Potion (Common), Phoenix Down (Rare)
How to handle these monsters:
- Onion Knight are weak to Lightning and Water (a lot of things in the next
area are weak to Water, and even more are weak to Lightning, which is why you
should have gotten Aspiran Rage). Have Gau take care of this, or Thundara.
The only "problem" you should have with these guys is that every other turn
they have a 2/3 chance of using Program 55, which will Imp one character. Also,
refrain from using the Fight command, as they'll have a 1/3 chance of using
Self-Destruct, which will kill the Onion Knight, but also damage you with the
amount of HP the Onion Knight had when he used the attack.
- Belzecue are simple creatuers. They don't do anything besides attack, and if
they are alone on the field, they have a 66% chance of using Program 65, which
will Confuse on character. These guys are also weak to Lightning and Water.
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/ Armor Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Twist Headband (1600 Gil) |
| Priest's Miter (3000 Gil) | Nothing new here, so move along.
| Mythril Vest (1200 Gil) |
| Ninja Gear (1100 Gil) |
| White Dress (2200 Gil) |
|______________________________|
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/ Weapon Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Kiku-ichimonji(1200 Gil) | Nothing new here, so move along.
| Venom Claws (2500 Gil) |
| Bastard Sword (3000 Gil) |
| Sakura (3200 Gil) |
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Welcome to the Capital of the Empire. The enemies can be found to the north, up
those large stairs. You have to dodge the walking soldiers to get to the
Magitek Soldier.
Note: Like in the Imperial Observation Post, after every battle you start back
at the entrance to Vector.
If you dodge ALL the enemies, and continue up the next set of steps, you'll
come to the entrance of the Imperial Palace. As you approach it, a soldier
comes running and you hide. If you try to leave now, a Mage will see and send
Guardian after you! This is the enemy the guy in Tzen tried to warn you about!
He can't move, but has extreme power.
You can't fight this guy. ALL your attacks will do 0 damage or miss, and he
will counter most physical attacks with it's own physical attack, which will
kill each of your characters in one hit.
This Guardian is the game's way of telling you: Don't go here
But I will tell you: Don't go here yet, we'll be back later
So unless you really want to see this Guardian, don't even bother going up
there to meet him.
Anyway, moving along. The Inn is free at first, but at night the owner (who
knows if that's the owner, but you know who I mean) will steal 1000 Gil from
you at night.
Not cool, right? But there's another place you can heal. Walk over to the
skinny house in between the Weapon Shop and the Inn. You'll find one person in
here asking if you're loyal to the Empire. Saying Yes does nothing ("Fine"),
but if you say No, you'll be attacked by... 2 Narshe guards! OMG! Cough on these
guys to kill them, and the lady will say "Hmm... You just might be able to do
it..."
Note: So if you can kill two Narshe guards, you might be able to take down the
entire Empire? I see.
Talk to her again, and she will heal you for free! Sweet.
Enough with the fun, on to business. Head over to the east side to find two
soldiers and a mage guarding the entrance to the Magitek Research Facility. I
guess this won't be as easy as simply walking into the Facility.
Instead, talk to the guy hiding behind the crates: "Shh! I'm a Returner. I've
heard all about you. I'll distract the soldiers. Use this box to climb up onto
those steal beams and sneak into the research facility. Are you ready?" Yes or
No.
So this guy's going to help you out. Cool. Once you're ready, say Yes and
witness this old fool doing some crazy dance type thing to distract the
soldiers. Whatever works. Climb up on the box and you'll automatically get on
the metal beams and jump back down.
NOTE: If you find that you still do want to leave, approach the three soldiers
and you will fight a battle, after which you'll be at the entrance to Vector
again.
Walk up and enter the Magitek Research Facility.
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4.48 Magitek Research Facility [4.048]
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NOTE: Since this place is so large (look at the New Monsters list below), I
will split the monster information into different sections (regarding Steals,
and how to handle the monsters).
New Monsters:
#79 - Trapper
#80 - Flan
#81 - General
#82 - Destroyer
#83 - Lenergia
#84 - Magna Roader (Purple)
#85 - Magna Roader (Red)
#86 - Chaser
#290 - Ifrit
#291 - Shiva
#292 - Number 024
#293 - Number 128
#294 - Right Blade
#295 - Left Blade
#296 - Crane
#297 - Crane
Monster Formations: Listed in each separate section
Like I mentioned above, I will be splitting this place up into several sections,
as listing the information for every new monster would be a very long list.
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1st & 2nd Room
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Monster Formations:
First Room:
- Belzecue x2, Sergeant x2 (2 AP)
- Belzecue x2, Sergeant (2 AP)
- Proto Armor, Onion Knight x2 (2 AP)
Second Room (After Remedy Chest):
- Proto Armor x2 (4 AP)
- Onion Knight x5 (3 AP)
- Belzecue x2, Sergeant (2 AP)
Items Found:
- Flametongue (West of Entrance)
- Ether (South of entrance; use Right Tube)
- X-Potion (West of first conveyor belt)
- Thunder Blade (East of first conveyor belt)
- Remedy (South of Thunder Blade)
- Dragoon Boots (South-West corner of 2nd Room)
- Golden Shield (Catwalk north of Dragoon Boots)
- Tent (South-East corner of 2nd Room)
- Golden Armor (Hidden in South Wall, near Tent)
- Golden Helm (Hidden in South Wall, west of Golden Armor)
- Zephyr Cloak (Pipes by crates in North-East of 2nd Room)
- Icebrand (Pipes by crates in North-East of 2nd Room)
Steals:
- Onion Knight: Potion (Common)
- Sergeant: Tent (Common), Mythril Vest (Rare)
- Belzecue: Potion (Common), Phoenix Down (Rare)
- Proto Armor: Hi-Potion (Common), Mythril Mail (Rare)
How to handle these guys (summary):
- Onion Knight: Weak to Lightning/Water
- Sergeant: Weak to Lightning/Water
- Belzecue: Weak to Lightning/Water
- Proto Armor: Weak to Lightning
NOTE: This is your last chance to get a Belzecue entry. I would find it very
hard to believe that you would NOT encounter it, but once you get through the
first two rooms, you won't ever find Belzecues again.
NOTE: First things you should do. Equip any Priest's Miter you might have. They
boost Magic Defense and Magic Evasion, which will be useful here. Equip two
Earrings on Gau (if you haven't been doing that already). Summoning Ramuh is
going to become quite useful in this place, so slap him on Gau for maximum
results. Most enemies have high defenses, so try to stay away from physical
attacks. Siren (esper) is also useful to Silence all enemies, meaning they
won't be able to use magic.
Anyway, that covers the monsters. Descend down the first two stairs to find
yourself next to some pipes. Enter the top pipe to come to a chest with a
Flametongue, a fire-elemental sword that randomly casts Fire on the target.
Give it to Edgar.
Use the crane above you to get back to the right platform. To the right you
will see two pipes. Enter the right one to get to a chest with an Ether. Go
back through the right pipe, then use the left pipe to continue on.
You'll come out next to a chest with an X-Potion. Use the conveyor belt to the
right to get to a chest with a Thunder Blade, the Thunder counterpart of
Flametongue. Give this to Celes.
Go south to find yet ANOTHER chest, this one containing a Remedy. Get on the
conveyor belt to the west of the Remedy.
NOTE: This is the area I considered the 2nd Room, just so you're wondering why
the enemy formations changed.
You'll be in a fairly large room, but don't worry. As long as you follow this
guide, you shouldn't get lost.
First, head to the southwest corner of the room to collect a pair of Dragoon
Boots (which you should have enough of anyway). Go up the stairs above you and
head all the way north to the wall and enter through the door. You'll be back
in the first room, but there's a treasure chest here with a Golden Shield.
Give this to Edgar or Celes, it's up to you. I gave it to Edgar, as he had less
Defense & Magic Defense than Celes.
Head back south to the chest with the Dragoon Boots. There are two doors to the
south (and a little to the east of the Dragoon Boots chest). Take the left door
and follow the path all the way until you find a chest above a set of stairs.
The chest has a Tent.
Go down the stairs and check the south wall (a few steps to the west of the
stairs) and you should see a door. In this room is a chest that is hidden from
your view. If you can't find it, follow these steps, starting point being the
bottom of the stairs: 5 West, 6 South, 3 West. Press A for the Golden Armor.
Go back out of this little room and keep heading west, until you come to another
set of stairs. There's another door to the south you might not see. Follow
these steps, starting point is bottom of stairs again: 2 West, 6 South,
2 West. Press A for a Golden Helm.
If you feel like giving up on the MP, Magic Defense, and Magic Evasion bonus
that the Priest's Miter gave you (or if you never had one to begin with), give
the Golden Helm to Edgar or Celes. Give Golden Armor to either of the same two
people. Again, Celes now had the lower defenses for me, so I gave it to her.
And if you're wondering, I didn't equip the Golden Helm, since I had 4 Priest's
Miter and had given everybody one.
Head up the stairs and go through the door to find yourself in the big room
again. Now make your way to the north-east corner of the room. You'll see a
bunch of crates against the wall. One space on the wall does not have a crate,
but instead has a Pipe reaching to it. Enter the pipe and go south and east
when you can to come to another room with two treasures. The right chest has a
Zephyr Cloak, the left one has an Icebrand.
Icebrand is the third counterpart to Flametongue and Thunder Blade, but unless
you have Terra and Celes with you, you've run out of people to equip it. It
leave Flametongue and Thunder Blade equipped, since there is no enemy in this
Facility that is weak to Ice, but several enemies that are weak to Fire and
Lightning.
Zephyr Cloak boosts Evasion and Magic Evasion, so find someone to wear that.
I didn't give it to anyone.
Leave this room and keep heading south in the pipes to drop off and pop up at
the starting point of the 2nd Room again.
We've found all the items, and by now you're probably tired of this room, so
let's move on in our quest to find Ramuh's friends. I have a feeling we're
close (in other words, we're close).
From where you dropped off, get on the conveyor belt you see that is heading
east. Go two steps south to trigger a little scene:
Kefka shows up and calls himself a god. He wants to collect MORE espers, and
extract all their magic. After that, he'll revive the Warring Triad (Whatever
that is). He then walks down to a blue creature with green hair, and calls it
useless because Kefka has all its powers. He then tosses said creature, plus
another one hiding in the shadows onto a conveyor belt. After that, he
mysteriously disappears.
Go down and use the same conveyor belt the creatures were pushed down.
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Basement
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Basement (Area where you meet two Espers):
- Flan x4 (1 AP)
- Flan, then Flan x2, then Flan x3 (1 AP)
- Shiva
- Ifrit
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is the only place in the game where you can find Flan.
There's really no way to miss it (but I've heard of people using a
"No Random Encounters" and missing it), if you don't encounter one in this
small room, you'll miss it forever.
Steals:
- Flan: Potion (Common), Magicite Shard (Rare)
How to handle Flans: First off, Flans are immunte to any Poison, Wind, Holy,
Earth, or Water. But that's ok, they're weak to Fire. Also, they have horrible
defenses, so unlike most monsters in this place, you can use physicals on these
guys. Their attacks simply include Sticky Goo (causes Slow) or their special
attack: Sapping Ooze (causes Sap).
You may want to try to steal a couple Magicite Shard off them. If you use a
Magicite Shard in battle, it will summon a random esper (even espers you don't
even have yet!). It's up to you.
The left door here has a Save Point, I suggest you use it. The right door is
currently being blocked by the blue creature with the green hair. However,
talking to him/her/it doesn't result in any response.
Before doing anything else, equip a Reflect Ring on every character. Then, talk
to the other creature. Oh yeah, in case you still haven't guessed, these two
creatures are both espers.
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BOSS: Ifrit & Shiva
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Ifrit (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 21
- HP: 3300
- MP: 600
- Steal: None
- Drops: None
Ifrit is the Fire Esper. His attacks include Blaze, Fire, Fira, and Firaga.
All of these (except Blaze) will bounce right back to him due to your Reflect
Rings, but it does end up healing him, though not by too much. It's better than
you taking the damage, anyway.
After three Magic attacks by you, he will cast Firaga on a random character,
but since you have the Reflect Ring, it ends up healing him.
Ifrit is weak to Ice, so use Veil Dancer (Blizzara) or cast Blizzard with
Celes. One thing to note if you're going to use Gau's Rages: As you'll read
here in a minute, Ifrit and Shiva switch out during the battle if you let them.
So if you use Veil Dancer to cast Blizzara, but Ifrit switches with Shiva (who
absorbs Ice spells), it will end up healing Shiva. But I would still go ahead
and use Veil Dancer, since you only need to defeat one of the two Espers to
finish the battle, so you can heal Shiva all you want as long as you go back
and lay the smackdown on Ifrit with it.
Shiva (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 21
HP: 3000
MP: 500
- Steal: None
- Drops: None
Shiva is the Ice esper. She is similar to Ifrit in many ways, as you will see
here in a second. Her attacks include Reflect, Snowstorm, Blizzard, and
Blizzara.
Shiva is weak to Fire, and the strongest spell you have at the moment is Fire
(since Gau is probably out their trying to cast Blizzara). If you use three
Magic attacks on her, she will cast Reflect on a random character... if it
weren't for the fact that all four of your characters are under permanent
Reflect status because of the Reflect Ring. Anyway, this means that all Ice
spells end up healing her.
But we're not too worried about that. Just so you know: Shiva won't damage you,
EVER. All her attacks are Ice based, which will bounce right off you. She
*does* have a special attack (Hit; 150% damage), but she never uses it.
Now on to the strategy for these two: We're obviously going to kill Ifrit, and
not Shiva, since Shiva won't ever hurt you. As I mentioned earlier, Ifrit and
Shiva will switch out during the battle, and here's when:
There is a counter that the game keeps track of. As soon as the counter reaches
5, the Espers will switch out. The only two ways of increasing the counter
are a) damaging the Esper, or b) Using the Magic attack on them
What does this mean?
a) You should kill Ifrit within 5 attacks
b) When Shiva shows up, quickly use 5 magic attacks on her in order to get
Ifrit back
In short, your battle should go like this:
Gau should use Veil Dancer, Celes uses Blizzard, everyone else simply attacks
or does nothing. You could just have Gau and Celes attack for maximum damage
if you want. Chances are you won't ever see Shiva in action, but if you do,
just wait until you force Ifrit to show up again.
After you defeat either Esper:
Shiva: Who are you...?
Ifrit: I sense a kindred spirit...
Ifrit: You have Ramuh's power...? Wait... We're......espers.
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After this, go talk to Shiva: "When they finish draining us of our powers, they
dump us down here to die. We haven't much time left..."
That was just for a little back-story. Go talk to Ifrit. He tells you that
there are many more Espers here. Ifrit and Ramuh were siblings, and if Ramuh
was willing to give you his strength, then Ifrit and Shiva will do the same.
Both espers then transform themselves into magicite.
NOTE: It is possible to miss the Ifrit magicite if you don't pick it up here.
If you were about to leave without picking it up, e-mail me. I'd like to know
who you are and ask you how you could possibly miss that.
Leave through the right door. Also, I suggest equipping Ifrit to learn Fira and
Drain and Shiva to learn Blizzard/Blizzara/Rasp/Osmose.
NOTE: Osmose might be one of your most used spells later. It practically
solves all your MP problems, since it absorbs MP from an enemy and adds it to
your MP. This means no more Ethers and practically unlimited MP.
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Stair Room
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Stair Room (Room after the Espers):
- General x2 (2 AP)
- Trapper x3 (2 AP)
- General, Onion Knight x2 (2 AP)
Items Found: None
Steals:
- Onion Knight: Potion (Common)
- Trapper: Auto Crossbow (Rare)
- General: Potion (Common), Mythril Shield (Rare)
How to handle these guys:
- Onion Knight: Weak to Lightning/Water
- Trapper is also weak to Lightning/Water. Their danger lies in the fact that
they can cast three very annoying and dangerous spells:
- Lv. 5 Death, which kills any character whose level is divisible by 5
- Lv. 4 Flare, which casts Flare on any character whose level is divisible by 4
NOTE: Flare will do more than 700 damage to every character, which will
mean Death in most cases.
- Lv. 3 Confuse, which Confuses any character whose level is divisible by 3
If your levels are any of the following: 12, 15, 18, 20 ... you may want to be
careful here. Take care of them with Anguiform or Thundara.
- General, like most Humanoids, are weak to Poison, so brush off the dust on
the Bioblaster and use it. Their special attack is Bio Attack, which causes Sap.
Every other turn they have a 1/3 chance of healing themselves with Cura.
Nonetheless, these guys should be NO problem whatsoever.
Just walk up all the stairs and enter the next room.
NOTE: Everything up until now has actually been the Magitek Factory, but I
choose to call the whole area Magitek Reserach Facility.
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Magitek Research Facility
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Magitek Research Facility (After Stair Room):
- Lenergia x2, Destroyer (2 AP)
- Destroyer x2 (2 AP)
- Lenergia (1 AP)
Steals:
- Destroyer: Flash (Rare)
- Lenergia: Green Cherry (Common), Hi-Potion (Rare)
Items Found:
- Stoneblade
How to handle these guys:
- Destroyers actually absorb Lightning, so refrain from using Aspiran or
Thundara. They don't really have a specific weakness either, but we don't need
a weakness to kill someone. They have a 33% of using Reraise every 3rd turn -
or they would if they had enough MP. Reraise costs 50 MP, and Destroyers only
have 35 to begin with. Their special attack is Poison Strike, which as you may
guess, causes Poison. You can use the good ol' Anguiform Rage to take them
down. Chainsaw/Drill also work nicely.
- Lenergia are nothing too worry about either. They also have no weakness, but
don't absorb anything either. Their special attack is Silence Strike, guess
which status it inflicts? These attack names aren't hard to figure out.
One thing to watch out for is when Lenergia is alone on the battlefield. If
alone, they will use Shamshir every single turn! If you don't know (and unless
you are an expert at this game [in which case, why are you in need of a guide?]
I don't expect you to know), Shamshir halves the targets HP. If Gau has 1000 HP
and gets hit by Shamshir, he now has 500 HP. Nothing too dangerous, but it can
be annoying.
Anyway, all these tubes you see here used to house Espers. We must be getting
close. Walk through this room and stand directly under the far-left tube and
walk down. There's a secret passage in the area, that has a chest on the west
side of the wall containing a Stoneblade. Stoneblade has better attack than
Flametongue/Thunder Blade/Icebrand, but it lowers Magic a little bit.
I equipped it on Edgar, since Stoneblade also has a chance to cast Break
on the target, which causes Petrify.
In the next room, you'll find another creature blocking off your way. Could
this be a boss battle?
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BOSS: Number 024
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Number 024 (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 24
- HP: 4777
- MP: 777
- Steal: Rune Blade (Common), Blood Sword (Rare)
- Drops: Icebrand (Common), Flametongue (Rare)
NOTE: Try to steal that Blood Sword. It's a nice sword that absorbs HP from
its victims. The Rune Blade, however, is also useful, since it deals criticals
by taking MP from the user.
Number 024 is an interesting boss. For the first 30 seconds he just attacks
physically, or has a 33% of using his special attack Overflow, which causes
Confusion.
After those 30 seconds are up, he'll use Barrier Change. This is where it gets
interesting. Barrier Change changes the targets (in this case, Number 024)
weakness to any of the following 8: Fire, Ice, Lightning, Poison, Wind, Holy,
Earth, or Water. Depending on what his weakness is, he'll use the following
attacks:
Weakness 33% 33% 33%
Fire: Blizzard Blizzard Blizzara
Ice: Fire Fira Fireball
Lightning: Aqua Breath Acid Rain Acid Rain
Poison: Cure Cure Cura
Wind: Magnitude 8 Magnitude 8 Cave In
Holy: Attack Attack Reverse Polarity
Earth: Sonic Boom Gale Cut Gale Cut
Water: Thunder Thunder Thundara
To find out what his weakness is at the moment, cast Libra.
If you hit his weakness, he'll use Barrier Change again. Also, he'll use Barrier
Change every 30 seconds of the battle. If you hit his weakness 3 times, he'll
have a "System Error!" and use any of the three following attacks over the next
3 turns: Sunbath (Healing spell), Arctic Hare (Healing spell), or Libra.
After those three turns, he'll go back to Barrier Changing.
Anyways, that's everything he will do. Look confusing? It doesn't have to be.
You have the first 30 seconds of the battle to swing this battle into your
favor. The easiest thing to do would be to cast Sleep on him. While he's asleep
he won't do much of anything. This gives you advantage.
To make this work the best, cast Sleep while he's casting Barrier Change
himself. Now check what his weakness is with Libra, and attack him with that
element for massive damage, and he can't do anything about it!
Here's what you should use in case you're not sure:
Fire: You should know by now what to use
Ice: Veil Dancer/Blizzard/Blizzara
Lightning: Aspiran/Thunder/Thundara
Poison: Trillium/Bioblaster
Wind: Anguiform/Guard Leader
Holy: You really don't have anything for Holy
Earth: Hill Gigas
Water: Anguiform
NOTE: Tapir sometimes shows up to wake Number 024 up. If he does so, just cast
Sleep as soon as possible again, and repeat the assault.
Also, you *could* just defeat him in those first 30 seconds, it's not that hard.
Hill Gigas (Magnitude 8) should be doing 1900-2000 damage to him, and just cast
your strongest Magic attacks with everyone else, and he'll go down real quick.
See? This battle isn't as hard as it looks.
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Equip the Rune Blade/Blood Sword on someone.
NOTE: In the SNES version, one could do certain things to affect which enemies
one fought in a Mine Cart ride that is coming up. I've run various tests in
this version, and it seems that is no longer possible. My opinion as of right
now is that it's totally random. If this makes no sense, just read on.
IMPORTANT: De-equip Celes, or she'll take all her equipment with her in a
second. We don't want that.
Enter the room Number 024 was guarding.
Wow. We see a total of six! espers floating around in their tubes. Well, we
came here to free them, so let's do that. Conveniently, there's a switch at the
top of the room. If you hit that switch , the Espers inform you that they want
to help you, but don't have long to live. All six then proceed to turn
themselves into magicite.
Then someone named Cid shows up. He then stares at the magicite and walks around
to look at each one of them. Obviously, the only conclusion is that when espers
die, they can leave behind the essence of their powers (duh!). The power of
these magicite is hundreds of times greater than the power they extract from
them.
Then all the magicite come to you, and you get all six of them. Huzzah!
General Celes seems to know Cid, and Cid asks her if Locke & Co. are her
underlings. Celes tries to tell Cid how it is, but he interrupts, asking if
it's true that Celes was a spy amongst the rebels? Locke can't believe this, and
needs to hear it from Celes.
Anyway, Kefka shows up and informs Celes they needn't keep up the charade any
longer. Locke asks Celes AGAIN if she tricked them, and she replies with "Of
course not! Please, trust me!" ... Not a very convincing argument if you ask
me.
For some odd reason unknown to mankind, that is ALL Celes says to defend these
accusations. Maybe she really is a spy...?
Kefka calls in Magitek soldiers to kill Locke and everyone else, but Celes
plans to protect Locke for once and maybe he'll believe her then. Yeah, we'll
see about that, Celes. Anyway, she transports Kefka and the Magitek Soldiers
out of there.
Suddenly the energy flow of the capsules was reversed by the blast, which I
guess throws the entire Factory into self-destruct mode? Video game logic,
don't try to understand.
Surprisingly, Cid helps you escape. Go to the right and stand on that narrow
elevator with Cid.
On the way down the elevator, Cid seems to have seen the error in his ways.
Side note: Cid has been draining life energy from espers basically for the last
15-20 years. And all of a sudden he thinks its wrong? Whatever, video game
logic.
Cid says he's going to try to talk to the Emperor and make him realize how
foolish this whole war is! Sounds good.
You'll be dropped off in a room with a Save Point. Make sure you have Reflect
Rings equipped on everyone and talk to Cid.
NOTE: Before jumping into the mine cart, you may want to assign some new Espers
to learn some new spells. Here's a list of your new Espers and what they teach:
- Unicorn (Cura, Esuna, Dispel, Protect, Shell)
- Maduin (Fira, Blizzara, Thundara)
- Catoblepas (Bio, Break, Death)
- Phantom (Berserk, Vanish, Gravity)
- Carbuncle (Reflect, Haste, Shell, Protect, Teleport)
- Bismarck (Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Raise)
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Mine Cart Ride
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Mine Cart Ride:
- Magna Roader (Red), Magna Roader (Purple) (2 AP)
- Magna Roader (Purple) x2 (2 AP)
- Magna Roader (Purple) (1 AP)
- Magna Roader (Red) x4 (2 AP)
- Number 128, Left Blade, Right Blade (5 AP) [Boss]
Steals:
- Magna Roader (Purple): Lightning Scroll (Common), Shuriken (Rare)
- Magna Roader (Red): Lightning Scroll (Common), Shuriken (Rare)
How to handle these Magna Roaders:
- Magna Roader (Purple) will attack with a normal physical attack or their
special attack Wheel (150%) damage on one turn, and attack with either
Fire (33%) or Fira (66%) on the next, then just repeat between those two.
All Fire spells will bounce back to the Roader, who happens to be weak to Fire.
Just use any Fire spell or simply attack physically to get rid of these guys.
- Magna Roader (Red) are similar. Except for casting Fire spells, they will
cast Blizzard (33%) or Blizzara (66%) every other turn. They are also weak
to Ice, so Veil Dancer/Blizzard/Blizzara works nicely. Of course, physical
attacks work too.
You don't control much of anything in this next stretch. Kefka is coming, so
Cid sends you off on this mine cart to escape. You will fight a total of 5
battles, before fighting another boss.
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BOSS: Number 128, Right Blade, Left Blade
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Number 128 (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 23
- HP: 3276
- MP: 810
- Steal: Kazekiri (Rare)
- Drops: Tent (Always)
Number 128 is not really that dangerous - if he's got his blades with him.
He only attacks physically or uses his slightly annoying special attack Blood
Feast (steals HP from you and heals himself with it).
If he's by himself, he'll cast Haste on himself and use either Gale Cut,
Atomic Ray, or a physical attack. If this happens, cast Slow on him to cancel
it out (Slow is taught by Siren).
Right Blade (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 21
- HP: 400
- MP: 150
- Steal: Ether (Rare)
- Drops: None
The first of the two blades. If you kill off the Right Blade, it will reappear
in 15 seconds, good as new. It's special attack is Rapier (150% damage), but
other than that it just dishes out physical damage.
Left Blade (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 22
- HP: 700
- MP: 470
- Steal: Ether (Rare)
- Drops: None
Left Blade also reappears, but not until 30 seconds have passed. In addition
to its special attack Slash (200% damage), it also has a 1/3 chance of using
Shamshir (halves targets HP!) every other turn.
So what should your strategy be? You may wish to get rid of the Blades, and
many of Number 128's spells will bounce back due to your Reflect Rings.
However, it's not necessary to get rid of those blades, just to have them come
back. If it weren't for one thing: Number 128's rare Kazekiri Blade. You will
Definitely want to steal this, no matter how long it takes. There are only two
of them in the entire game, and it will always be a great weapon to have.
NOTE: I just lied to you. Thanks to the Soul Shrine, there's an infinite amount
of Kazekiris, but you won't get them until the very end of the game, so I still
suggest getting this one here.
This takes care of what Locke does: Steal.
But which Rage should Gau be using? All three enemies absorb Ice, so Veil
Dancer is out of the question. We could throw a powerful Rage at him, but we
don't want to kill him without getting that Kazekiri. You can really choose
whichever Rage you want, but I didn't even use a single Rage until I had the
Kazekiri. That way, you don't have to worry about killing him before you get the
Kazekiri, which CAN take forever if you're unlucky. He can just sit around and
heal whenever necessary, while hoping Locke hurries up.
Edgar can just be using Auto Crossbow.
Once you do get the Kazekiri, it's time to let loose. Throw out a Hill Gigas,
Aspiran, or any other powerful Rage. Have Locke simply attack, and attack
Number 128 directly with Drill or Chainsaw.
If you do all that, it shouldn't take more than 2 Turns, 3 at most.
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After that you'll run into a Magitek Soldier standing on the tracks outside of
the entrance to the Magitek Research Facility.
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Escaping from Magitek Research Facility
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While escaping from Magitek Reserach Facility:
- Sergeant x4 (1 AP)
- Chaser, then Trapper x3 (2 AP)
- Chaser, Onion Knight x3 (3 AP)
- Onion Knight x4 (2 AP)
Steals:
- Onion Knight: Potion (Common)
- Sergeant: Tent (Common), Mythril Vest (Rare)
- Trapper: Auto Crossbow (Rare)
- Chaser: Bioblaster (Rare)
How to handle these guys:
- Onion Knight: Weak to Lightning/Water
- Sergeant: Weak to Lightning/Water
- Trapper: Weak to Lightning/Water
- Chaser are the new guys on the block, and they can be dangerous. Their special
attack is Program 17, which will cause Shell status (less damage from magic
attacks). It's other attacks include Plasma (a strong ST lightning attack),
Dischord (cuts target's level in half) and Magitek Laser, which you've seen many
times before. But of course, Chaser is also weak to Lightning and Water.
In short: Use Lightning attacks to take down every enemy here.
This little stretch is the only place you'll find Chaser until the very end of
the game, so if you don't want to have that blank spot in the Bestiary until
the very end, make sure to find it here.
One little note: If you kill off the three enemies Chaser has with him (either
Trapper or Onion Knight, he'll summon them right back).
If you head south and a couple steps west, Setzer shows up, saying he was
worried because you were taking too long. Pfft.
They all leave to head to the Blackjack then.
Kefka is not too happy about this recent turn of events, so he pulls out two
more enemies that you get to fight!
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BOSS: Crane, Crane
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Crane (Left) (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 23
- HP: 1800
- MP: 447
- Steal: Noiseblaster (Rare)
- Drops: None
Crane (Right) (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 24
- HP: 2300
- MP: 447
- Steal: Hi-Potion (Common), Debilitator (Rare)
- Drops: None
The left crane is lightning-based, and therefore absorbs all Lightning attacks.
He's weak to water. His attacks include Thunder, Thundara, and its special
attack Wrecking Ball (150% damage).
After you have damaged it three times in any way, it will cast Fira on the
right crane, which will begin its "Thermal Reaction" attack.
Likewise, if the right crane attacks the left crane with Thundara, it will
begin its "Electrification Level" attack.
The right crane, on the other hand, is fire-based. It's attacks are Fire, Fira,
and its special attack Wrecking Ball, but this one does 200% damage instead of
150%. After you have damaged it three times, it will cast Thundara on the left
crane.
For both cranes, after either Fira (for right), or Thundara (for left) have
been cast, they will begin their Thermal Reaction / Electrification Level.
They will then display three levels of charging up. After Level: 3 has been
reached, they will release either:
- Left Crane: Gigavolt on the entire party
- Right Crane: Firaga on the entire party
If you take down one of the two cranes, the remaining one will use Magitek
Barrier, which casts Protect and Reflect on the crane.
Lastly, after one minute, the message "The crane shakes the deck" message will
appear, followed by a Magnitude 8 attack. Hopefully by then, the battle will
be over.
Now onto the strategy itself: Setzer is in your team, but you had no chance
to equip him, so he's rather weak. You'll notice he has a Slot command, which
I will explain after the battle. For now, just do your best with it (and if
you can't figure out how to use it after using it once, you have problems).
Both Cranes are weak to Water, which is why the Anguiform Rage is GODLY in this
battle. Chances are it will do over 2500+ damage, killing either crane in one
hit. This is the easy way to end the battle (two Aqua Breath's later and the
battle is won).
If you don't have Anguiform, I suggest you focus on the Left Crane first, since
it is weaker. Attack it with Chainsaw (does slightly more damage than Drill)
and use your strongest non-lightning spells against it. If you're lucky, you can
take the left crane within three hits as to not start the right crane's Firaga
attack sequence.
After the left is gone, you can attempt to steal the right crane's rare steal:
Debilitator, another Tool for Edgar. If not, that's fine too, we'll get it
later anyway.
This crane is weak to Lightning AND Water, but there's just one problem: it now
has Reflect status due to Magitek Barrier. Just stick with the Chainsaw, and it
should take the right crane within 2-3 turns.
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After the battle, Blackjack takes off toward Zozo.
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4.49 Zozo & Terra's History [4.049]
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New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: Check Section 4.37
Items Found: No new ones, same old ones
You're automatically back at the bed where Terra is. One of the magicites
appears and Terra calls it Father. She suddenly remembers some things...
Terra was born in the esper world.
*Flashback begings*
You are now in control of an esper. Specifically, Maduin, who is also Terra's
father. You are about to witness the history of Terra and the esper world.
If you want, you can go around and explore the Esper World a bit. When you're
ready, head to the north to find a woman laying there. You then get a choice
of leaving her there or taking her with you. Obviously, leaving her there would
do nothing, so take her with you.
Next scene we find the woman laying in a bed, with an esper saying she's still
quite weak. Walk up to the bed to talk to the woman. She wakes up and asks
Maduin what that pendant around his neck is. So, logically, he gives it to her.
Video game logic.
Turns out the woman's name is Madeline, and she was sick of living in the human
world, because it's nothing but a vortex of greed and hate. She then wandered
into a storm, and BAM she's in the Esper World.
Maduin tells her what everyone's always said: Espers and Humans can't coexist.
Madeline asks Maduin if he wants her to go, and he says no, but that he's just
not sure what to do. And all of a sudden they both agree that Madeline will
return to her world tomorrow. I thought they were just talking about staying?
Things move quick in this world...
Madeline: You wan't me to stay?
Maduin: Sure
Madeline: Ok, I'll leave tomorrow
Maduin: Sounds good
Anyway, you wake up the next day in your own bed (You = Maduin). You can
go chat with the other espers if you want, or simply head north again where
you originally found Madeline. Talk to the youth to get by him, and head north
into the cave where the Gate is. Talk to Madeline.
Maduin offers her to stay if she wants too. Madeline counters with saying they
can't coexist, but Maduin wants to try it anyway.
Then both do this little weird dance thing, and a child is born! Random? Yeah.
Madeline chose the name Terra for this child.
Two years later...
Humans! You see Imperial soldiers entering the esper world and taking espers
with them! Some manage to retreat, luckily. Then Emperor Gestahl appears,
saying he has finally found it. He then offers riches to anyone who can grab an
esper and return to the human world.
You now find yourself next to Madeline in front of the bed where Terra is
laying. Go talk to the Elder (The guy with the blue wings at the table) and
he informs you that something must be done. That something meaning the magic
barrier. *gasp*
The Elder will create a tempest to sweep all the invaders out of their realm,
then seal the gate. The only catch is, only one bloodline of espers can seal
the gate, and the Elder is the last of them. And since he's quite old, he
won't survive. Oh well.
Madeline has to make a choice real quick about whether to remain in the esper
world forever, or go back into the human world. She chooses the esper world.
The elder leaves, and if you try to do the same, the other espers will accuse
Madeline of leading Gestahl to their world. Obviously, Madeline is just up the
stairs to the right, and can hear everything. She gets mad and storms out.
Guess where you gotta go now? That's right, follow Madeline. Leave the cave,
make your way west to familiar territory, and head north once more.
The Elder has already begun activating the seal, and it's too late for Madeline!
But Maduin doesn't care, so head north to where the gate is. Inside, you see
Gestahl and his soldiers being pushed out. Go across the bridge and talk to
Madeline.
Maduin tries to pull Madeline back, but she still ends up getting sucked into
the gate, along with Terra.
Gestahl then wakes up to find Madeline and Terra. He figures out that Terra
is a half human and half esper. He then strikes down Madeline after she tries
to get Terra back. Evil bastard!
*Flashback over*
You're back in Zozo, and Terra has returned to her normal self. The esper
magicite Maduin reacts once more to Terra, and Terra realizes why she has all
these powers (because she's half esper). Terra says she should be alright now,
as long as she only uses her powers in short bursts.
And thus, the Trance battle command was born. More on that later.
The group deduces that the espers they just nabbed from the Magitek Research
Facility were those same espers Gestahl kidnapped from the esper world. And
that also means that Celes' power came at the expense of one of those espers.
Terra asks how things in Narshe are (she's basically saying: Let's go to
Narshe). Setzer announces that the airship is ready to go.
Now you'll learn how to control the Blackjack. Sweet.
"Press the A Button to lift off or move forward. Press the B Button to land.
Press left or right to turn. Press up or down to adjust altitude.
Press Start to go amidships. There, you can change party memebers and purchase
items.
"Press Select to view the world map. Hold the L Button and left or the R Button
and right to make sharp, high-speed turns.
Hold down both the L and R Buttons and use the Control Pad to move without
turning. This is especially helpful when trying to land."
Now, at last, you have control over the Blackjack, and go anywhere in the
world you want! This opens up many things, all of which I will guide you
through.
But first, I want to talk about a few things:
Setzer is now in your party. His level is simply the average party level.
He comes equipped as follows:
- Right Hand: Cards
- Left Hand: Mythril Shield
- Head: Nothing
- Body: Mythril Vest
His slot ability can be pretty cool, but it's based a lot on luck.
You can read about it here: [slot]
Also, Terra has a new ability. It's called Trance and it allows her to
turn into an Esper for a certain amount of time.
You can read about Trance here: [trnc]
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4.50 Airship Fun [4.050]
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New Monsters:
#73 - Grenade
#94 - Briareus
#95 - Devourer
#96 - Chimera
#97 - Intangir
In this section we will go to many areas with the Airship that we couldn't go
before. Let's go!
First off, let me explain what all you can do with the airship. Obviously, you
can fly around. But when you press Start while in the air, you can enter the
ship. Inside, you can talk to anyone of your friends to change your party (you
will come to the screen where you can select which 4 party members you want to
use).
You can do this ANYTIME you have the ship at hand. Also, you can heal on board.
Anyway, let's go on to the first thing on the list: Getting Espers.
I hope you still remember where all the towns are! Don't worry, I'll point you
in the general direction.
First off, let's go to Jidoor. It's on the west continent, south of Zozo.
The Auction house is finally open! Head inside. Talk to the man at the entrance
to join in the bidding.
As of right now, there is a total of 5 items, two of which we want.
Angel Wings - 10,000 Gil
Zona Seeker magicite - 10,000 Gil
Golem Magicite - 20,000 Gil
Angel Ring - 20,000 Gil
Talkobo - Can't Buy
Angel Wings is a relic that casts Float on the wearer.
Angel Ring is also a relic, but it casts Regen on the wearer.
NOTE: You will a free copy of Angel Wings and Angel Ring later, so save your
money here.
Obviously, the two items we want are the Zona Seeker and Golem magicite. I hope
you have 30,000 Gil (I can't see why you wouldn't), so that shouldn't be a
problem. If you have tons of money left, might as well get the other two relics
as well.
NOTE: When the Talkobo is up for bid, some child will scream that he wants it.
His father says no at first, but the child keeps begging. And like most kids
in today's society (unfortunately), he will get what he wants. No matter if you
bid or not, the kid's father will offer 500,000 Gil for that Talkobo.
Just some quick stats on the espers:
Golem = Teaches Protect, Stop, and Cura (all at x5). At level up, he raises
Stamina by 2. His attack Earthen Wall protects the party by withstanding the
same amount of damage as the caster's HP (if person who summons Golem has 1000
HP, Golem will withstand 1000 damage)
Zona Seeker = Teaches Rasp (x20), Osmose (x15), and Shell (x5). At level up,
Magic is increased by 2. It's attack (Magic Shield) simply casts Shell status
on the entire party.
Osmose is what you'll want to learn, as it will be a permanent MP source for
you.
With two more espers in our collection, head to Tzen (north city on Southern
Continent). Head up to the Relic Shop, but go behind it. You should see a guy
walking in between the trees. This guy found a glowing stone in the Magitek
Research Facility and will sell it to you for just 3000 Gil.
If you want, you could wait till later in the game and buy this same stone for
just 10 Gil! However, by then it won't be as useful anymore, and 3000 Gil isn't
that much money anyway, so go ahead and buy it.
The stone is, obviously, an esper. Seraph is now in your party. This brings
your total esper count to 15 (Gotta catch' em all!). Seraph teaches Raise (x5),
Cura (x8), Cure (x20), Regen (x10), and Esuna (x4). It's attack (Angel Feathers)
restores HP to all allies.
That's all the espers we can get for now. If you take a look at your Bestiary,
you should have all monsters from 1 to 86... except #73! Now that we have the
airship, we can get #73 - Grenade. To find Grenade, fly to the small island
that lies to the west of the Veldt.
Grass:
- Nettlehopper x3 (1 AP)
- Aepyornis, Stray Cat, Nettlehopper x2 (1 AP)
- Stray Cat x3 (1 AP)
Forest:
- Bomb x6 (2 AP)
- Bomb (1 AP)
- Grenade (2 AP)
Steals:
- Bomb: Potion (Common), Hi-Potion (Rare)
- Grenade: Flame Scroll (Rare)
How to handle these monsters:
- Bombs are from the Phantom Train. They only have 160 HP and they only attack
33% of the time with Blaze. They also have a 33% chance of countering any
attack with Self-Destruct. They're weak to Ice and Water if you're wondering.
- Grenade are also weak to Ice and Water (Veil Dancer, any Blizzard spells).
Their special attack is Mesmerize, which causes Berserk. However, they only have
a 33% of using it every 3rd turn. They have a 33% of using Blaze every turn,
and a 33% of using Fireball every 2nd and 3rd turn, so beware of that. It's
best to simply cast a Blizzard spell (or use Veil Dancer), to take care of them
quickly.
You might be here a while, since there is only a 1/16 chance of Grenade showing
up. Every other battle will be fought against Bombs. Don't leave until you
encounter Grenade, though. If you don't care about fulfilling your Bestiary
(shame on you), then don't bother coming here.
Also, we're right next to the Veldt, so why not stop by there to do some
Rage-hunting? Actually, don't. We'll get there in a few minutes though.
First let's check out the east side of the Veldt. There's an island that you
weren't able to access before now:
Grass:
- Devourer, Briareus (1 AP)
- Briareus x2 (2 AP)
- Briareus (2 AP)
Forest:
- Chimera (2 AP)
- Devourer x3 (1 AP)
- Chimera, Devourer x2 (1 AP)
Steals:
- Briareus: Gaia Gear (Rare)
- Devourer: Hi-Potion (Common), Remedy (Rare)
- Chimera: Hyper Wrist (Rare)
How to handle these guys:
- Briareus are nothing to worry about. Their special attack, which they cast
33% of the time, is Claw (150% damage). They do get annoying if they are alone
on the battlefield, because they have a 33% of casting Snort, which removes the
target from battle. Very annoying.
- Devourer's Special Attack is Shell Slam (150% damage). Every other turn,
they have a 33% of using Tentacle (the same attack Ultros uses), which will
damage every character anywhere from 200-300. The nice thing is that if they
don't use Tentacle, they won't attack at all.
- Chimera has a few dangerous attacks. Its special attack is the least
dangerous (Romp; 200% damage). It can also cast Snowstorm, Fireball, Cyclonic,
and Aqua Breath. Cyclonic, if you remember, will lower every one of your guys'
HP to 6.25% of its current HP. Use your strongest (I shouldn't have to tell you
what YOUR strongest attacks are) to take him down. He has 2237 HP by the way.
There are two reasons we are here:
- Bestiary entries
- Gaia Gear
Gaia Gear is Briareus' rare steal. In the next cave or whatever you'd like to
call it you will meet Outcast, who casts Lifeshaver, a powerful Earth-elemental
attack. It takes the damage from you to heal the caster, in this case, Outcast.
If you have Gaia Gear equipped, it won't do a thing to you.
Oh, and in a few minutes we'll be getting the Quake rage, which hits ALL
characters on the field, including you. Except you'll have Gaia Gear equipped,
which means using Quake will actually heal you, while causing massive damage to
the enemies.
Two very good reaosns to steal 4 Gaia Gears. Yes, 4. I know it will probably
take a while, but it'll be worth it later on. Once you've got 4 Gaia Gear,
it's time for our next stop.
If you look on the map (press Select if you don't have a map) you should see
a triangular shaped island in the north-east corner of the map. This island
is called Triangle Island, because it is triangular.
Triangle Island
Grass:
- Leaf Bunny (0 AP)
- Leaf Bunny x2, Darkwind (0 AP)
- Intangir (10 AP)
Forest:
- Leaf Bunny x2, Darkwind x2 (0 AP)
Steals:
- Leaf Bunny: Potion (Always)
- Darkwind: Potion (Always)
- Intangir: Magicite Shard (Rare)
How to handle Intangir:
When you first get into battle with Intangir, you won't see him, because he has
inherent Invisible status. To make them visible, hit them with a magic attack.
However, Intangir absorbs all elements, so most spells you send his way will
actually heal him.
Everytime you attack Intangir, he counters with Meteor, which will damage every
character around 1000 damage, which means death in most cases.
So if he kills you when you attack, how do you beat him? Cast Stop.
You can either manually cast Stop on him (taught by Golem at x5 rate) or use
Gau (Alacran) like you've done in the past. I recommend simply casting Stop
manually, for many reasons. First of all, if you use Gau's Alacran Rage, you
have to make Intangir visible FIRST (Why? Because Alacran is a physical attack,
and physical attacks miss against Invisible targets). Casting Stop manually,
however, will work when he's invisible. Also, this allows Gau to use another
Rage (Stray Cat for example) to deal some damage to Intangir.
Anyway, once he's stopped, attack him with everything you've got. He has 32,000
HP, so keep at it. When he's released from Stop, cast it again. It might just
be best to cast it every turn, since you'll never know for sure when he'll
counter with Meteor, except of course watching him use Meteor against you,
which you won't want to see.
NOTE: Intangir casts Meteor when he dies, regardless of Stop or not. If your
party cannot survive this, read below and get the Destroyer (Reraise). Then have
Gau use Destroyer during battle, and it will cast Reraise on some party
members. This way, even if Meteor kills your characters at the end, some memeber
will get re-raised and you will win.
Edgar's Chainsaw works nicely. Gau's best Rage is Stray Cat (Cat Scratch).
Designate someone else to cast Stop every turn, and simply use Attack with
your last character (if your last character is Sabin, use his Meteor Strike
blitz: R, L, Down, Up; if your last character is Cyan, use Fang).
NOTE: Even if there was a way to defeat him without using Stop, he runs away
if his HP gets below 1280. You see why it's necessary to cast Stop?
Once that is done, it's time to head to the Veldt. The rages we are interested
in are as follows (in order of importance):
- Litwor Chicken (Quake)
- Destroyer (Reraise)
- Wyvern/Briareus (Cyclonic) [One or the other works]
- Bug (Stop)
- Chimera (Aqua Breath)
- Intangir (Transfusion)
- General (Cura)
- Rock Wasp (Sleepsting; Causes Sleep)
*waits for you to get all the Rages*
Alright, now that we've done all that, what do you say we return to the actual
game and story?
Fly to Narshe.
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4.51 Narshe revisited [4.051]
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New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found: None
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/ Item Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) |
| Ether (1500 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) | Stock up.
| Green Cherry (150 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
| Flame Scroll (500 Gil) |
| Water Scroll (500 Gil) |
| Lightning Scroll (500 Gil) |
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/ Armor Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Golden Shield (2500 Gil) | Buy 1 Golden Shield (you should have 1 already)
| Priest's Miter (3000 Gil) | and give both to Terra and Edgar.
| Green Beret (3000 Gil) | Buy 1 Tiara for Terra.
| Mythril Helm (2000 Gil) |
| Tiara (3000 Gil) | You should have Gaia Gear, so you won't be
| Golden Helm (4000 Gil) | needing Power Sashes.
| Mythril Mail (3500 Gil) |
| Power Sash (5000 Gil) |
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/ Weapon Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Poison Rod (1500 Gil) | Buy a Hawkeye for Locke.
| Trident (1700 Gil) |
| Boomerang (4500 Gil) | Also purchase a Trident for later.
| Morning Star (5000 Gil) |
| Hawkeye (6000 Gil) |
| Sakura (3200 Gil) |
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/ Relic Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Earring (5000 Gil) |
| Sniper Eye (3000 Gil) | We've seen all this before.
| Hermes Sandals (7000 Gil) |
| Reflect Ring (6000 Gil) |
| Black Belt (5000 Gil) |
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As soon as you enter the city, a Narshe guard will say they've been waiting
on you. You'll be taken to the Elder's house.
The people of Narshe have finally decided to fight the Empire! Sweetness.
Figaro and Narshe are teaming up against the Empire, but it's still not enough.
They have to open the Selead Gate, the gate to the esper world! Madness. Arvis
says they will never beat the Empire without the help of the espers. The Sealed
Gate lies to the Empire's east (if you're paying attention, you'll already know
where to go next, then).
Banon says the trust between humans and espers must be reestablished. And
there's only one person who could do that... Terra. She says to herself that if
humans and espers were truly incompatible, then she would never have been born.
Knowing this, the choice is very simple: She'll do it.
And with that, you are sent on your way. But wait, why don't we go recruit one
of the possible strongest characters in the game? No? Never mind then.
Just kidding. Head back to the Treasure House (South of Arvis' House). You
remember there was one treasure chest that was locked? Well, the thief Lone
Wolf has just stolen it, but you caught him in the act. Time to follow him to
get it back.
He went off towards the north, so follow him there. You'll have to go through
the Narshe Mines (take the first right you see). It's a one-way path through.
You'll come outside again, cross the bridge, enter the cave, exit the cave,
and head north to come to a familiar place. This is where you fought Kefka
during the Imperial Raid while protecting the esper.
Anyway, keep heading north, cross the bridge to finally find Lone Wolf! If you
try to approach him, he will say "That's far enough! Come one step closer and
the moogle gets it!"
What to do now? Just wait. If you try to approach Lone Wolf again, he'll say
the same thing. Just stand still for 5 seconds, and the moogle will begin to
free itself. He then struggles to free himself from Lone Wolf, and eventually
both get thrown to the left (moogle) and right (Lone Wolf).
You now have a choice. Lone Wolf informs you that the item he has is a Gold
Hairpin. But if you get the Gold Hairpin, the moogle (who is Mog) falls off the
cliff and you won't get Mog till MUCH later in the game.
Gold Hairpin is a Relic that cuts the magic cost for all spells in half. While
this may sound intriguing (sp?), I highly recommend getting Mog. Later on in
the game, you can get a better relic that cuts all magic cost to 1 MP (granted;
that is much later in the game) and you really don't need a relic to cut
magic cost since you have Osmose (steals MP from enemy and gives it to you)
at your disposal.
Anyway, I'm going to assume you choose Mog. As soon as you do so, Lone Wolf
falls off the cliff, along with the Gold Hairpin. You will now get to name
the moogle, whose name is Mog.
Mog: An old dude named Ramuh taught me your language, kupo! He kept showing up
in my dreams and telling me to help you, kupo! So... I'm gonna help you,
kupo!
Huh? What? Yeah, Mog can talk, apparently thanks to Ramuh. At least we won't
have to listen to his kupo mumble-jumble.
Anyway, Mog will wait back at the airship for you. Let's also head back to the
airship.
NOTE: The frozen esper is still chilling there, in the same spot. *sigh*
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4.52 Mog can Dance! [4.052]
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New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: Varies, depending on area
Items Found: None
Congratulations! You have recruited Mog into your party, and you will be glad
you did.
Once back on the airship, it's time to change the party and prepare for the
upcoming cave.
One obvious choice (well, maybe not so obvious to you now) is Mog. He joined
your team with +5 levels than everyone else, making him the strongest character
right now.
Your other three characters can be either:
- Terra (Recommended)
- Locke (Recommended)
- Cyan (No)
- Edgar (May be good, but cannot equip Gaia Gear, so he should sit out)
- Sabin (Also good choice, and can also equip Gaia Gear)
- Setzer (Not my favorite, but if you like him, go for it)
- Gau (Definitely a winner)
My party consisted of: Terra, Locke, Gau, and Mog.
Just for curiosity, my equipment:
Locke
- Hawkeye, Mythril Shield, Green Beret, Gaia Gear
Reflect Ring, Thief's Bracer
Terra
- Icebrand, Golden Shield, Tiara, Gaia Gear
Reflect Ring, White Cape
Mog
- Trident, Golden Shield, Golden Helm, Gaia Gear
Dragoon Boots, Reflect Ring
Gau
- Nothing, Mythril Shield, Green Beret, Gaia Gear
Reflect Ring, Earring
Now, let me explain Mog a little bit.
His battle command is Dance.
To learn more about Dance, search for: [dnce]
He can learn Dances by participating in battles that have different
backgrounds. If you've been following this guide word for word (good for you!),
then he should have learned Twilight Requiem way back at the beginning of the
game when you were protecting Terra from Guard Leader. He learned this because
you were fighting in a battle with the cave background.
We can have Mog learn several more dances now, thanks to the airship.
1. Fight a battle on the Overworld to have Mog learn Wind Rhapsody.
2. Fight a battle in a Forest to learn Forest Nocturne
3. Fight a battle in the desert to learn Desert Lullaby
4. Fly to Zozo and fight a battle there to learn Love Serenade
5. Fly to Mt. Kolts and fight a battle on the slopes to learn Earth Blues
6. If you never learned Twilight Requiem, fight a battle in the caves of Mt.
Kolts.
7. The last Dance we can obtain for now is Water Harmony, which is a little
trickier than the rest:
a. Land in front of Baren Falls (little to the north of the Veldt)
b. Jump down Baren Falls (no Opinicus Fish)
c. Go to south-east of Veldt where Crescent Mountain Cave is
d. Jump into Serpent Trench, fight battle and learn dance
e. Land at Nikeah. Head to north-east corner of town and rent a Chocobo
f. Ride Chocobo back to Baren Falls (head east, then south). You will follow
the same path Sabin took in his scenario (over bridge where Imperial
Camp used to be; past Doma Castle; through Phantom Forest)
You have now learned every dance Mog can learn but one. Again, take a look at
[dnce] to see what each dance can do.
Now head to the Imperial Observation Post (east end of Southern continent).
NOTE: Terra is a mandatory character here. If you enter the Observation Post
without her, your lead character will say "The espers wouldn't give us the time
of day without Terra... We'd better bring her along."
Anyway, head up the stairs to the north, go east, and go down those stairs to
enter the Cave to the Sealed Gate.
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4.53 Cave to the Sealed Gate [4.053]
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New Monsters:
#87 - Outcast
#88 - Provoker
#89 - Zombie Dragon
#90 - Antares
#91 - Lich
#112 - Ninja
Monster Formations:
First Cave:
- Lich x3 (1 AP)
- Lich, Provoker, Antares (1 AP)
- Provoker x2 (1 AP)
B1F:
- Provoker x2 (1 AP)
- Outcast x3 (2 AP)
- Provoker x2, Lich x2 (1 AP)
B2F:
- Zombie Dragon, Outcast x2 (2 AP)
- Antares x3 (1 AP)
- Zombie Dragon (2 AP)
B3F:
- Outcast x3 (2 AP)
- Zombie Dragon, Outcast x2 (2 AP)
- Zombie Dragon x2 (1 AP)
- Ninja (0 AP)
Items Found:
- Assassin's Dagger (Chest in First Cave)
- Kazekiri (Chest in Second Cave)
- X-Potion (North-East, Moving Bridge Cave)
- Heiji's Jitte (South-West, Moving Bridge Cave)
- Hi-Ether (South-West corner of Lava Cave)
- Genji Glove (Lava Island [Fall off the Bridge])
- Tent (Save Point Room)
- Invisibility Scroll (1 South, 1 West from grand stairs, in floor)
- Gold Needle (6 South from Invisibility Scroll, in floor)
- Water Scroll (4 North, 4 East from Gold Needle, in floor)
- Hi-Ether (South of Grand Stairway)
- 293 Gil (3 North from Hi-Ether, in floor)
- Elixir (North-East of grand stairway)
- Magicite Shard (Treasure Room, West Chest)
- Hi-Ether (Treasure Room, North-West Chest)
- Magicite Shard (Treasure Room, North Chest)
- Ultima Weapon (Treasure Room, North-East Chest)
- Magicite Shard (North-East Corner of Lava Cave)
Steals:
- Outcast: Amulet (Rare)
- Provoker: Holy Water (Common), Hi-Potion (Rare)
- Zombie Dragon: Phoenix Down (Common), Hi-Potion (Rare)
- Antares: Antidote (Common), Hi-Potion (Rare)
- Lich: Green Cherry (Common), Poison Rod (Rare)
- Ninja: Angel Wings (Rare)
How to handle these guys:
NOTE: The following monsters are all of the Undead type: Outcast, Provoker,
Zombie Dragon, and Lich. This means you can kill them with a Phoenix Down if
you wish. In other words, any enemy but Antares and Ninja can be killed with a
Phoenix Down.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Antares and Lich are permanently missable Bestiary entries. I
doubt you'll have trouble finding these guys, just make sure you do see at
least one of each for the Bestiary entries. This is your last warning regarding
this.
- Outcast is your main problem, or would have been if you didn't have the Gaia
Gear. Every other turn they have a 33% of using Lifeshaver, a powerful Earth
elemental attack that heals the user by the same amount of damage they dealt to
the target. Since you have Gaia Gear, you don't have to worry about it. They
are weak to Water, so use Anguiform or Water Harmony Dance with Mog to take it
out.
- Provoker have a 1/3 chance of countering any attack with Imp Song. Their
special attack is Sapping Touch (causes Sap). Luckily, they are weak to Ice,
and you should know what to do for Ice attacks by now.
- Zombie Dragon just attack physically. Every 4th turn, they have a 33% of
using their special attack Bone, which inflicts Zombie. You should have killed
them long before Turn 4 though. These guys are weak to Fire, so get rid of them
accordingly.
- Antares are no threat at all. Their special attack Dreamstinger can put you
to sleep. They have a 33% of casting Magnitude 8 after you kill them... if only
they had enough MP. They are weak to Ice if you're wondering.
- Lich love Fire. Their entire battle script consists of Fire, Fira, Firaga
and their special attack Insanitouch (causes Confusion). If you have Reflect
Rings (as you should), they won't hit you at all, but each Fire spell you bounce
back will heal them. They will start casting Firaga when they are alone, but
that shouldn't bother you. Kill them quickly with any physical attack. They are
weak to Holy, so if you brought Sabin, unleash Aura Cannon on each one for an
instant-kill.
- Ninjas can be VERY hard to kill right now, but not if you get rid of them
quickly. Ninjas can use Flame/Water/Lightning Scrolls, which will cause MT
damage in the range of 200-300! It's special attack is Stealth, which casts
Invisible on himself, but chances are you won't ever see it. I can pretty much
guarantee the Ninja getting in at LEAST 1 of his scrolls before you kill it, so
be prepared to take some damage. He is weak to Lightning, so Aspiran/Thundara
should kill him in 1-2 hits (Aspiran in 1, Thundara in 2). Also, you could use
Mu's Snare Rage to instantly kill him (though that is a 50% chance).
Head to the chest to pick up the Assassin's Dagger. This dagger is for Locke or
Shadow. If you already have Hawkeye on Locke, I suggest leaving Hawkeye, but
obviously it's up to you. Head through the door to the next room.
This is known as B1F, where you find Provoker, Outcast, and more Liches. Try to
steal some Amulets from Outcasts. It is their rare steal, so it may take a
while, but if you followed my advice and got Gaia Gear on everyone, you need
only worry about their physical attacks. Amulet is a relic that prevents Poison,
Darkness and Zombie. If you don't want to steal any, that's up to you.
Remember how I told you to steal a Kazekiri from Number 128, and I said there's
only two of them in the game (excluding the Soul Shrine)? The chest in the
south-west corner holds the 2nd one.
Exit through the south-west door to come to B2F. As soon as you enter the room,
nothing exciting happens. Take one step on the wooden bridge and watch the
bridges change position about every 2 seconds. Here I will list simple steps to
how to get both treasure chests and exit without getting lost:
From first bridge, run two spaces east, then 2 south to get a safe spot. When
you can, run on the stone platform. Run 2 south, 1 West, wait. Run 2 West, wait.
Quickly grab the Heiji's Jitte and move back one east (I'll explain what this
is in a minute). Run two east, wait. Back on the stone platform, wait.
From stone platform (take the north way), go 1 North, 1 East, 1 North, wait. Go
two east on the stone platform, and grab the X-Potion in the chest. Taking the
left of the two bridges going south, go 3 South, wait. 1 South, 1 West, wait.
Now RUN 1 South, 4 East, 1 South, wait. Stand on the last stone platform and
exit the room through the south door.
NOTE: Heiji's Jitte turns Setzers Slot command into Gil Toss. Everytime you use
this command, you actually use Gold (Amount of gold = Level * 30).
Search for [gilt] to learn more about it.
You'll now be in B3F, where you will only encounter Outcasts and Zombie Dragons.
Remember: Anguiform or Water Harmony for Outcasts
Fire spells for Zombie Dragon
OR Phoenix Downs for both
Anyway, head east first and around to get the Hi-Ether. Go back to the entrance,
take the stairs down and follow this path. You'll come across an incomplete
bridge to a chest. Ignore it. Following the path, up a diagonal path, and stand
on the bridge in front of a switch. Hit the switch and go west and follow the
path to the chest we just passed: Genji Glove. Nice.
NOTE: If you don't hit the switch, the little bridge allowing you to reach the
Genji Glove won't appear, in case you're wondering what the "distant sound" is.
Continue on and up north are two switches. Hit the left one to open a cave with
a Save Point and a chest with a Tent.
Hit the right one to prepare for battle with a Ninja. Kill him with Aspiran or
Mu. Read above for more info. Anyway, once you defeat him, he will say "And I
was just about to claim all the treasure buried in the ground beneath the big
stairway for my own..."
So there's treasures buried beneath some big stairway? Wonder where that is.
Probably nowhere near here.
Hit the switch on the bridge to reveal... a big stairway? Oh snap, that was
fast. Yes, this is indeed the stairway the Ninja is talking about. Lots of
treasures await us here.
Stand on the bottom stair (make sure you're on the stairs itself or the
directions will be off), and take 1 step South, and 1 West, hit A. You find an
Invisibility Scroll.
Go 6 South from here to find a Gold Needle.
Go 4 North and 4 East to find a Water Scroll.
Go open the chest on the ledge for another Hi-Ether. Stand above the chest, and
go 3 North to find 293 Gil! Wow!
That's all the hidden treasures for here. Go into the cave to the right and
navigate north. If you can't figure it out:
Starting point is in front of cave (with party still visible).
2 East, 6 North, 1 East, 3 North, 1 West, 2 North, 1 East, 2 North, 1 East.
You're out!
Collect the treasure for an Elixir. You'll come across two switches, both of
which are pointless. The left one opens up a staircase to your left, which
leads... nowhere. That bridge you see to your right, that is now broken? It was
intact until you hit the switch to reveal the stairs. I guess the game is
trying to make you figure out how to get that chest? Don't worry, I got your
back. Though you won't like the end results.
The right switch simply disconnects the bridge right above you (again, I guess
the game is telling you: Find another way). You *could* go around the switch
and open the chest early, but that would kill the suspsense.
Anyway, you don't have to press either one of them if you don't want too. Go
south then west to find a rather important looking switch. Press it, and a door
will open up.
In order, from left to right, the chests contain: Magicite Shard, Hi-Ether,
Magicite Shard, Ultima Weapon!
Remember the guy in Albrook, talking about a sword and a monster with the same
name? Well, this is the sword, called Ultima Weapon. If weapon + monster = same
name, guess what the monster is called?
Anyway, while you may think this weapon is ultimate right now, it's not. Wait
to equip it later. Just do it.
NOTE: Did you equip it? If you did, (shame on you) you will notice fairly
quickly that it only does about 500 damage... when you're at full HP! It will
do less damage the less HP you have, so that's why you shouldn't equip it now.
Head outside this little room, east and then across that bridge. Hit the switch
to raise the platform to your right up to your level. Cross that bridge, and hit
the switch again to raise the platform to your left to your level.
You can now access the chest, which contains... another switch? Don't flick it.
Did you flick it? The switch does nothing by the way, I was just seeing if
you're following this guide word for word or not.
NOTE: It DOES actually do something, but you won't notice unless you're
cheating, or VERY very unlucky. The bridge you cross before getting the
Magicite Shard will be disconnected if you flick this switch. However, the
bridge gets reset when you fight a battle. Therefore, if you're using a "No
Random Encounter" code, you will probably see this.
Anyawy, continue on (getting the Magicite Shard in the chest to the north).
Go through the door to the South-West... you're almost there. Go through here
to finally find the Sealed Gate.
I'll summarize the scene you witness here:
Terra approaches the Gate, and suddenly Kefka and two soldiers show up behind
you. You get to fight Kefka now. Before the battle, Kefka reveals that you've
been playing into their hands all along (by giving you Terra, and them following
you).
To win the battle, attack him once (he has 1 HP) to finish the battle. Or if
he casts Fira on his first turn, you'll reflect it back at him, also ending the
battle.
Terra transforms into an esper and calls the espers, which actually does open
the door. Kefka suddenly has a bad feeling about this, and everyone gets knocked
to the ground by some force.
That force being espers flying out of the Esper World!
After all the espers fly out, rocks fly towards the gate to block off the
entrance in the shape of a skull. How inviting!
Everyone asks where the esper went, but Terra suggests they go back to the
airship... NOW! This is easier said than done, as this was a fairly large
cav... hold on. Go south down the stairs to find a door that definitely wasn't
there before. Go through it to conveniently come to the very beginning of the
cave. Of course this is only revealed AFTER you went through the whole cave
(kinda like in math class when the teacher taught you how to do something the
hard way, only to tell you the easy way the next day; I always hated that <_<).
Go back through the Imperial Observation Post to be met by one of the guys
you didn't take with you on this trip. This same person tells you the espers
took off toward Vector. Cool.
You'll automatically fly to Vector. Terra suddenly feels the espers coming
closer... then they fly by dangerously close!
Terra somehow has turned into an all-knowing person and informs us the espers
were angry. Whoever is controlling the ship loses control of it and you make a
crash-landing near Maranda.
NOTE: You can go into the Blackjack and heal with the left guy if you want (the
right guy has the same Item Shop as listed in Section 4.41)
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4.54 Vector Revisited & Imperial Banquet [4.054]
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New Monsters: Imperial Elite
Monster Formations:
While trying to talk to 24 Soldiers:
- Mega Armor (2 AP)
- Sergeant (0 AP)
Banquet:
- Imperial Elite x3 (1 AP)
Items Found:
- Alarm Earring (South-West Storeroom [Left Chest])
- X-Potion (South-West Storeroom [Right Chest])
- Ether (West Barracks)
- Gale Hairpin (East Bedroom)
- Holy Water (East Bathroom)
We actually find ourselves outside of Maranda, but there's nothing new there.
Our next destination is Vector. You could either hike all the way over there
(it's not really all that long, but can be annoying), or you could go the easy
way and hop on a Chocobo and ride to Vector within seconds. The hidden Chocobo
stable is east of Maranda in the forest (right next to the Blackjack). The ride
does cost 100 Gil, but that shouldn't be a problem.
Once you get to Vector, enter.
Wow. Yeah, so it seems the Espers tore this place up quite nicely. All the
buildings are on fire. You even find tons of Returners walking around! Madness!
If you try to head into the Magitek Research Facility, you will find that...
nothing happens. You can walk towards the top of the screen as much as you want,
you won't enter anything. Oh well.
NOTE: The lady in the skinny house that healed you after you fought the Narshe
guards last time is still there! You can heal if you want, but someone should
notify her that her house is on fire or something... whatever.
NOTE2: Weapon and Armor Shop are still up and running. These guys don't close
down for anything.
Anyways, to move on, head straight up. Go up the big stairs and you can walk
freely this time (last time you were here any contact with soldiers was a
battle). In addition, if you made it past these guys without fighting a battle,
you may remember the battle with Guardian, which you couldn't win? And I told
you we'd come back later? Well, now is later, and we're back.
Banon is also here and can't believe the espers did this. Arvis just tells you
that it was like this when they got there ("I didn't do it!" anyone?).
Continue on and past where Guardian stopped you last time. Go up some stairs to
have a Messenger tell you the emperor is waiting on you. Word. Follow the
messenger to get access to the Imperial Castle.
Just head straight up as any other way is blocked by Imperial Guards for now.
Go up and talk to Emperor Gestahl. He's lost his will to fight ever since the
Espers came through and destroyed the whole city. Cid shows up and informs you
that the Emperor has had a change of heart. Can we believe him?
Apparently the Espers stopped by and wished to see their friends. However, their
friends weren't there anymore (since you have them!) and they went crazy and
destroyed the city. The soldiers in the background give up fighting as well.
Gestahl confesses he had no idea of the power the espers had. He's afraid they
will destroy the entire world if left unchecked, so "someone" needs to find a
way to calm their rage. After some words of wisdom by Cid (Men should never
lust after power they lack the means to control...), the Emperor leaves, but
not before inviting you to dinner tonight. Sounds cool.
This is where the Imperial Banquet sequence starts. Cid tells you there are
some soldiers who prefer to keep fighting and asks you to go around and talk to
them before dinner.
You now have 4 minutes to talk to as many soldiers as you can.
There are a total of 24 soldiers you can talk to. I'm going to do my best to
guide you through one of many paths that will work. I will also provide a link
to a wonderful map made by nJOY_CJ for the SNES version of this game so many
years ago: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/file/554041/44805
Check out that map for the general locations of all the soldiers. Also try to
follow along with my directions so you know where you are on the map.
Ignore all the treasure chests for now, we'll be able to get those later.
One last thing before we start: Now and later is known as the Imperial Banquet.
What you do now will earn you points, and after the Banquet you will get certain
prizes depending on how many points you got. This guide will tell you how to
get the maximum amount of points, obviously.
For reference: 1 Point = Talking to a soldier
5 Point = Winning a battle against a soldier
And you only have four minutes to talk to all 24 soldiers.
Quick reminder: Any battle you fight will be against Mega Armor or Sergeant.
Mega Armor is weak to Lightning and Water and has 1000 HP.
Sergeant is weak to Lightning and Water and has 580 HP.
IMPORTANT: Theoretically it IS possible, so here goes: This is your last chance
to ever see Sergeant in the entire game. Though chances are REALLY good you've
seen him by now, make sure you have in fact seen it for the Bestiary entry.
Anyway, let's do this:
- Head straight south to the next screen
- Talk to two Soldiers (2 soldiers)
- Go down little stairs and talk to the two Magitek Soldiers (4 soldiers)
- South and outside, down right stairs and talk to Magitek Soldier (5 soldiers)
- Back up stairs, down left side, talk to south-west soldier (6 soldiers)
- Talk to left Magitek Soldier for battle (7 soldiers)
- Head back inside and go left/west and through the door
- Ignore the door you see (it has two treasure chests)
- Head up the stairs and enter THAT door. There are a total of 6 soldiers in
this room, and one more in the back room on the toilet. The guy on the toilet
(Poo on peace!) will fight you, as will one of the soldiers in the room. You
should have talked to a total of 14 soldiers before leaving here.
- Head up the stairs and talk to a soldier (15 soldiers) before heading outside
- Talk to the soldier and Magitek Soldier to the left (17 soldiers)
- Go up the middle stairs and talk to two Magitek Soldiers (19 soldiers)
- Head inside and fight the soldier (20 soldiers)
- Head back down the middle stairs and talk to Magitek Soldier (21 soldiers)
- Head inside and down the stairs to the next room
- Go down one set of stairs and enter the door. Talk to the Mage in the red and
the soldier walking around (23 soldiers). One to go.
- In the south-west corner of this room is another bathroom with the last
soldier (24 soldiers).
All of this can be accomplished in about 3 minutes, leaving you with a minute
to spare. It depends on how fast you move and how long the battles take. Point
being, you should easily be able to talk to all 24 soldiers within 4 minutes.
After you're done, just wait for the Timer to run out.
NOTE: So yeah, that first part wasn't really a Banquet, but I'm just going to
refer to both parts as the Banquet as the points carry over.
When the Timer runs out, the REAL Banquet starts. Here, the Emperor will ask you
a serious of questions which you'll have to answer. Each separate answer has a
separate point value. Of course I'll tell you which answer is the best to
choose.
Anyway, you all have a seat, with Cid placing himself next to you.
If it's not obvious enough, pick the answer with the highest point value.
Gestahl: Let us make a toast! To what shall we raise our glasses?
2 Points = To the Empire.
1 Point = To the Returners.
5 Points = To our homelands.
Gestahl: As you may know, I've imprisoned Kefka for his crime of using poison
against Doma. What do you think should be done with him?
5 Points = Leave him in jail.
1 Point = Pardon him.
3 Points = Execute him.
Gestahl: I am truly sorry about what occured in Doma. No one ever dreamed Kefka
would use poison.
1 Point = What's done is done...
5 Points = That was inexcusable.
3 Points = Apologize again!
Gestahl: By the way... With regard to General Celes...
1 Point = Was she an Imperial spy?
5 Points = Celes is one of us!
3 Points = We trust her whether she spied or not
Gestahl: Was there anything else you wanted to ask?
NOTE: Remember which question you ask him now! Just choose the first question
to make it easier on yourself.
2 Points = Why did you start the war?
2 Points = Why do you want peace now?
2 Points = Why did we have to talk to your men?
Gestahl: With your permission, I'd like to move on to discussing the espers...
NOTE: Choose "I still have a few things to ask" to return to the above question.
Ask him a question you haven't asked him, then return again to ask him the
last question. If you ask him the same question twice, you'll lose points.
0 Points = I still have a few things to ask.
0 Points = Okay
0 Points = Okay, let's talk about the espers...
Gestahl: The Empire has been decimated by the espers that emerged from the
Sealed Gate. They're just too powerful... If we don't do something,
they'll tear the entire world apart!
5 Points = They have gone a bit too far...
2 Points = You're the one who brought them here in the first place!
Gestahl: By the way... what was that first question you asked me a minute ago?
NOTE: See? You get 5 Points for choosing correctly.
Why did you start the war?
Why do you want peace now?
Why did we have to talk to your men?
Cid: Why don't we take a short break?
TAKE A BREAK!
Now go around to Gestahl's side of the table and talk to any of the soldiers
there. You will have 2 minutes to fight 3 Imperial Elites. This is the ONLY
place in the entire game you will find these guys, so make sure you do this.
They are weak to Poison and sport 700 HP with average defenses. They are immune
to every status, so take care of them however you see fit. Two minutes is
plenty of time to defeat these three guys.
You also get 5 Points for beating these guys in time.
Sit back down to resume the conversation with Gestahl.
Gestahl: Is there anything you wish to hear me say?
3 Points = That you really want peace
5 Points = That your war is truly over
1 Point = That you're sorry
Gestahl: Would you please go on board?
3 Points = Yes
0 Points = No
Then General Leo shows up and informs you he will be waiting for you in
Albrook.
So to summarize: The Empire is sorry now that the Espers have destroyed their
town, and Gestahl wants to "borrow" Terra's power to calm the espers down.
Gestahl has a ship in Albrook waiting for you, and General Leo will accompany
you as well.
Locke and Terra are automatically chosen to go along on this mission. The rest
stay behind in case something fishy goes down. After all, it is kind of weird
that the Empire did a complete 180 and is now sorry for everything and asking
for your help, is it not?
Try to leave the castle now and you'll be stopped by another messenger, who
will award you with a variety of things, depending on how many points you got.
Let's review first:
24 soldiers x 1 Point (for talking to them) = 24
4 soldiers x 5 Points (for beating them) = 20
If you answered all questions correctly = 49
For a grand total of 93 (24 + 20 + 49) Points! If you did everything this guide
told you to do you'll have 93 points, don't worry. Here's how the rewards break
down:
90 - 93 Points: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
77 - 89 Points: 1, 2, 3, 4
67 - 76 Points: 1, 2, 3
50 - 66 Points: 1, 2
Anything else: 1
What do these numbers mean? Look below:
1 = All Imperial troops will be withdrawn from South Figaro immediately.
2 = In addition, Imperial forces will be withdrawn from the kingdom of Doma.
3 = We will also unlock the armory at the Imperial observation post to the east.
You are welcome to any of the weapons and armor within.
4 = And this is a personal gift from the emperor... Obtained Tintinnabulum!
5 = Finally, I was told to give you this because of your impeccable behavior at
dinner. Obtained Ward Bangle!
If you got all 93 Points (or even just 90), you basically just got this:
No more troops in South Figaro
No more troops in Doma Castle
Armory at Imperial Observation Post is open (tons of treasures inside for you)
A Tintinnabulum from the emperor, and a Ward Bangle from the messenger
You already know what a Tintinnabulum does (restores HP with each step).
Ward Bangle is another relic that lowers the rate of random encounters when
worn (25% less random encounters).
Your current party is Locke and Terra. Somehow, you also got the equipment of
everyone that was just standing around. I equipped my two guys as follows
(whether you do the same is up to you):
Terra:
- Right Hand: Stoneblade
- Left Hand: Golden Shield
- Head: Tiara
- Body: Golden Armor
- Relics: Reflect Ring, White Cape
Locke:
- Right Hand: Ultima Weapon
- Left Hand: Mythril Shield
- Head: Green Beret
- Body: Gaia Gear
- Relics: Reflect Ring, Thief's Bracer
Anyway, now it's time to pick up the treasures of this place. From the main
entrance, go left and into the door above you (the one I told you to ignore
earlier). Left chest has Alarm Earring, right chest has X-Potion.
By the way, Alarm Earring is a relic that prevents back and side attacks. Not
very useful, since there are a) Always better Relics to use than that, b) Back
and side attacks aren't that common anyway
Head outside and go up the stairs to the room with all the soldiers walking
around. The chest has an Ether for you.
Go back to the main entrance and head right this time. If you go in the door
above you, you will come to the jail cells where Kefka is locked up:
Kefka: Gah! How dare they put me in a place like this! ...Hmph!
I just can't believe it!
What a bore.
Yeah, so let him rot in jail. Leave the jail cells, go up the stairs and enter
the room where you found your last couple soldiers. To the north of this room
is the Gale Hairpin, and the Holy Water is in the bathroom in the South-West
corner of the room.
That's all the treasures for this place. Leave Vector now.
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4.55 Getting to Albrook [4.055]
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New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: See Monsters in Section 4.42
Items Found:
- X-Potion (North-Western Chest)
- Angel Wings (North Wall [Next to X-Potion])
- 8,000 Gil (Mid-West Wall)
- Hi-Ether (North-West of Center, or east of 8000 Gil Chest)
- Reflect Ring (West of the Buckets, or east of Hi-Ether Chest)
- 13,000 Gil (Easternmost Chest, or east of Reflect Ring Chest)
- Hermes Sandals (Center of room)
- Elixir (South-West of Hermes Sandals)
- 20,000 Gil (South-East of Hermes Sandals, or east of Elixir Chest)
- Angel Ring (South-West Corner)
- Alarm Earring (South Wall, east of Angel Ring Chest)
- Flametongue (Stove)
- Elixir (South-East corner of room [Hidden Chest])
To continue on with the story we could just head to Albrook. But there's a few
other things you can do.
First, head over to the Imperial Observation Post (east-end of continent).
Enter the lone house that exists here and head downstairs. This is the
Armory that has been unlocked for you. Sweet.
NOTE: If you remember back at the Auction House, I told you you'd be getting a
free copy of Angel Wings/Angel Ring. Here ya go.
Anyways, grab all the treasures and leave. Wasn't that fun?
The only thing left to do (which you don't even have to do) is hike all the way
back to Maranda where the Blackjack is. You can witness an amusing cutscene
involving Cid and Setzer as the latter tries to repair the ship. Of course,
since this is an all-inclusive guide, I will have done all this for you. Here's
the scene:
*Setzer tries to fix Blackjack, Cid walks around*
Cid: This is a nice ship you've got here!
Setzer: The shock from our crash really banged up the engine. It's gonna take
a while to fix...
Cid: Let me help you! I know my way around an engine!
Setzer: I think I'll pass.
Cid: You know, we could really speed this baby up if we axed the casino and
streamlined her a bit...
Setzer: ...That's not open to discussion. Now, will you please get out of here?
Cid: Oh well... Would've been at least twice as fast, too... Maybe three
times...
Terra: You really love this ship, don't you?
Setzer: It may be hard to believe, considering how I live now, but I used to
be a driven man.
Terra: ...Really?
Setzer: I wanted to make this the fastest ship in the world, and fly it across
the open sky... That was always my dream.
Terra: Is that any different from what you're doing now?
Setzer: Back then, there was a person who kept me working towards my dream...
The pilot of the Falcon, the fastest airship ever made.
At times we were friendly rivals, and at times we were simply friends.
We'd always talk about our dreams...
Like which of us would be the first to sail beyond the sky to the stars.
But then she vanished along with the Falcon, and that was the end of
youthful dreams.
... Darill...
NOTE: If you did decide to come all this way view the above scene, make use of
the healing guy.
That was just a little cutscene that is often missed because why would anyone
head to the Blackjack after the Banquet? Ah well, know that you haven't missed
it.
Head to Albrook (south of Vector).
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4.56 Traveling to Thamasa [4.056]
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New Monsters: None
Enemy Formations: None
Items Found:
- Teleport Stone (Bottom Crate by Docks Entrance)
Everything seems the same... at least until you head to the port entrance,
which is no longer being guarded by a Magitek soldier.
Check the bottom crate as soon as you enter the port area for a Teleport Stone.
Get on the boat and talk to General Leo. Another Imperial general and a man
Leo hired will be joining your small party of 2. Quick, who is he talking about?
General Celes and Shadow. If you got that right, have a cookie.
Locke tries to talk to Celes, but she runs off. Whatever. Talk to Shadow for a
funny line: "I'm working for the Empire. But don't worry... they didn't hire me
to kill you"
What a badass. Talk to Leo again to find out how to move on in the story. He
tells you to get some rest, so head to the Inn and rest (for free).
During the night a little cutscene will play. Locke gets out of bed and heads
outside, where Celes just HAPPENS to be at that particular time at night.
Video-game logic I tell you.
I might as well type out the scene for you guys:
Locke: Celes...
Please... Why won't you talk to me?
I know, I doubted you...if only for a moment. But... We can still be
friends, right...?
*Celes begins to walk away*
Celes!
*Celes leaves*
That was deep.
Anyway, rise and shine. If you're ready to go, talk to General Leo on the ship.
*sails for a while*
After a bit, Leo tells you you'll be arriving in the morning, and that you
should rest until then. So much resting going on these days. Locke and Terra
head off to go rest (yeah, that's worded a little perverse, but oh well) ...
and BAM! It's nighttime.
You have control of Terra, and the two soldiers on the side warn you about how
dangerous the engine room is. So talk to Leo. They have a nice little chat
about a few things (Terra's Emotions, the Empire, Kefka, Leo, Love) and Leo
leaves, only to be replaced b Shadow, who was eavesdropping (sp?) on your
conversation like a good Ninja should be doing. Terra begins to ask Shadow some
questions, but he stays out of it. He does inform her that "there are people in
this world who have chosen to kill their own emotions".
Since we can assume someone like Shadow wouldn't say that unless it applied
directly to him, we can begin to wonder about his past. We'll learn more about
it later.
Next person who appears (busy night) is Locke, who is sea-sick and throws up
a few times.
*sail some more*
You'll get control of Terra once more. Talk to Leo to get your mission briefing,
which is basically: Find the Espers. Then talk to Locke to be on your way! Oh,
and Shadow is going with you too, while Celes goes off with Leo.
NOTE: If you plan on fighting monsters on the Overworld (see next section), make
sure you equip Shadow. He won't be doing much attacking/defending without any
equipment. If you're not planning on fighting anything the Overworld, don't
bother equipping Shadow. Or you could
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4.57 Area around Thamasa [4.057]
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New Monsters: None (if you've been following this guide)
Monster Formations:
Grass:
- Devourer, Briareus (1 AP)
- Briareus x2 (2 AP)
- Briareus (2 AP)
Forest:
- Chimera (2 AP)
- Devourer x3 (1 AP)
- Chimera, Devourer x2 (1 AP)
Steals:
- Briareus: Gaia Gear (Rare)
- Devourer: Hi-Potion (Common), Remedy (Rare)
- Chimera: Hyper Wrist (Rare)
How to handle these guys:
- Briareus are nothing to worry about. Their special attack, which they cast
33% of the time, is Claw (150% damage). They do get annoying if they are alone
on the battlefield, because they have a 33% of casting Snort, which removes the
target from battle. Very annoying.
- Devourer's Special Attack is Shell Slam (150% damage). Every other turn,
they have a 33% of using Tentacle (the same attack Ultros uses), which will
damage every character anywhere from 200-300. The nice thing is that if they
don't use Tentacle, they won't attack at all.
- Chimera has a few dangerous attacks. Its special attack is the least
dangerous (Romp; 200% damage). It can also cast Snowstorm, Fireball, Cyclonic,
and Aqua Breath. Cyclonic, if you remember, will lower every one of your guys'
HP to 6.25% of its current HP. Use your strongest (I shouldn't have to tell you
what YOUR strongest attacks are) to take him down. He has 2237 HP by the way.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You've been here and fought these guys already if you've been
following this guide. The above is an exact copy/paste from Section 4.50,
which is when you first came here to steal Gaia Gear, remember?
Fight these guys as long as you want, but make your way to Thamasa, which is
located on the north-east corner of this island.
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4.58 Thamasa [4.058]
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Inn Cost: 1500 Gil (Later it will be 1 Gil)
New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found:
- Eye Drops (Next to the Item Shop [Middle Barrel])
- Gold Needle (Next to the Relic Shop [Barrel])
- Green Cherry (Next to Strago's House [Barrel])
- Echo Screen (Next to Mayor's House [Top Barrel])
- Phoenix Down (Next to the Inn [Top Barrel])
- Memento Ring (Strago's House, West of upstairs table [Hidden Chest])
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/ Item Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Potion (50 Gil) | Potions? lol
| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) |
| Ether (1500 Gil) |
| Remedy (1000 Gil) | Stock up.
| Teleport Stone (700 Gil) |
| Holy Water (300 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
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/ Armor Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Golden Shield (2500 Gil) | If you never did steal any Gaia Gear, you can
| Tiger Mask (2500 Gil) | buy some here for 6000 each.
| Tiara (3000 Gil) |
| Golden Helm (4000 Gil) | Buy 2 Mystery Veils.
| Mystery Veil (5500 Gil) |
| Power Sash (5000 Gil) | Buy a Power Sash if you plan on using Sabin
| Gaia Gear (6000 Gil) | soon.
| Golden Armor (10000 Gil) |
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/ Weapon Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Mythril Rod (500 Gil) | This is your place to buy Rods for now. Buy 1
| Flame Rod (3000 Gil) | Ice Rod.
| Ice Rod (3000 Gil) |
| Thunder Rod (3000 Gil) | Purchase a Heavy Lance (or 2 if you can afford
| Morning Star (5000 Gil) | it) and maybe some Darts if you like Setzer.
| Hawkeye (6000 Gil) |
| Heavy Lance (10000 Gil) |
| Darts (10000 Gil) |
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/ Relic Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Earring (5000 Gil) | You should have a couple Dragoon Boots by now.
| Sniper Eye (3000 Gil) | If not, buy one or two now.
| Hermes Sandals (7000 Gil) |
| Reflect Ring (6000 Gil) | You already have plenty of Reflect Rings.
| Black Belt (5000 Gil) | You should be good on Earrings as well.
| Dragoon Boots (9000 Gil) | So really, there's nothing to buy here, and I'm
| Sprint Shoes (1500 Gil) | just filling up this space right now.
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Welcome to Thamasa. As of now, the Inn is VERY expensive, so don't use it just
yet.
The only guy that in the entire Town Square tells you to check with the old man
who lives on the edge of town.
But first, let's get some treasures and see what's up in this town.
Check the middle barrel next to the item shop for some Eye Drops. Head over to
the Relic Shop and search the barrel for a Gold Needle. The top barrel next to
the Inn has a Phoenix Down. Above the Inn is the mayor's house. Check the top
right barrel for an Echo Screen. The last item for now is found next to Strago's
house (Who is that? You'll see in a minute).
Squeeze between the two houses in the north-east corner of town and you will
actually see a child perform a Fire spell! Oh snap! Kids doing magic around
here, how weird. Maybe we'll find out later what's going on. Check the barrel
for a Green Cherry.
Other weird things: Head to the left of the house you just got the Green Cherry
from (Strago's house) to watch a woman ALMOST perform Cure on her daughter, who
has an owie.
Seems that people are doing magic around here. Hmm... Anyway, let's enter that
house we've been dancing around. Talk to the old guy to meet him. You get to
name him now, so he'll be joining your party sometime during the game. His name
is Strago, by the way.
You ask Strago about Espers, and Strago gets all weird saying he knows nothing
about them. This goes along with the people outside performing magic...
something is going on here.
Then some girl (Strago's granddaughter) comes downstairs. We get to name her,
too! Her name is Relm. Relm asks Strago if "they" (meaning you) can use magic
too, and Strago hushes her real quick.
Relm then walks over to Interceptor and Shadow warns her that he bites. For
some reason, he won't bite her. Lots of weird stuff going on. She disappears to
her room and Interceptor follows her.
Strago continues to pull the "I don't know anything" route. Convinced that
something IS indeed going on, the group leaves Strago's house.
So what else is there to do? Well, you could walk around trying to figure it out
by yourself... or I could just tell you.
NOTE: De-equip Shadow of everything (don't forget his Esper if you equipped him
with one) NOW before doing anything. Yeah, you know what this means: He's
leaving again.
Head over to the expensive Inn. All of a sudden the Inn is only 1 Gil and the
Inn-keeper doesn't bug you about being foreign. Take a nap.
In the middle of the night Strago will come running in and knock you out of
your deep sleep. Apparently Relm is in trouble. He screams something about a
fire, then just begs you to help him again. Locke calls for Shadow to wake up,
but he won't wake up. After you leave, he suddenly jumps out of bed and wonders
where Interceptor disappeared too.
You find yourself in control of Locke and Terra outside the Inn. It's night
outside... oh, and that big mansion on the east-side of town is on fire!
Talk to Strago. He tells you Relm is actually inside the house, nice. The
flames start to get worse when Strago begins muttering some spell! The mayor
comes and reminds Strago that magic is forbidden, but Strago doesn't care
because Relm is in there.
That's when the entire village starts casting "Flames BEGONE" (whatever that
is)! So that's what was going on... everyone in this village can do magic. Cool.
Anyway, those weak spells everyone is casting aren't working, and the fire is
just getting worse. The mayor reveals the cause for the fire being a bunch of
Flame Rods that were stored in the house. Nice one!
So Strago decides to head inside, and of course you won't let him go inside
by himself.
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4.59 Burning Home [4.059]
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New Monsters:
#98 - Balloon
#298 - Flame Eater
New Lores: Self-Destruct
- Balloon (33% on 3rd Turn, 33% Counter when attacked by Fire)
Monster Formations:
- Balloon x3 (1 AP)
- Balloon x4 (1 AP)
- Balloon x6 (2 AP)
- Flame Eater [Boss] (4 AP)
Items Found:
- Flame Rod (Second door to the Right)
- Ice Rod (Third door to the Right)
Steals:
- Balloon: Phoenix Down (Rare)
- Flame Eater: Flametongue (Common)
How to handle Balloon:
- Balloon is, as you may have guessed, weak to Water and Ice, plus he absorbs
Fire. Every turn he has a 1/3 chance of doing nothing, so that's nice. Every
3rd turn he has a 1/3 chance of Self-Destructing (and a 2/3 of doing nothing).
If you attack him with a Fire-elemental attack, he will either Self-Destruct,
use his Special Attack (Flare Up; 150% damage), or do nothing at all.
Strago's Aqua Breath Lore (will explain Lores later) will do nicely against
anybody here. Other than that, you have Ice spells at your disposal to take
care of these Balloons.
First off, Strago is now in your party. He joins your party 2 levels higher than
your average party level, which is nice. He comes equipped with the following:
- Right Hand: Mythril Rod
- Left Hand: Mythril Shield
- Head: Plumed Hat
- Body: Cotton Robe
Give him that Ice Rod you bought earlier. Also give him a Green Beret and Gaia
Gear.
Strago's battle command is called Lore. You can learn more about Lore by
searching for: [lore]
In short: Strago can learn certain Lores, or simply attacks from enemies. How
does Strago learn these Lores? He sees them in battle. Yes, Strago simply has
to be there when a spell is used, and he will learn it. Certain monsters allow
you to learn certain Lores, and you can see where you can learn what when you
read at [lore].
Strago comes with the following Lores already: Aqua Breath, Revenge Blast, and
Stone.
NOTE: I will list which Lores can be learnt at the top of every section where
I list the monsters, etc. As you can see above, Strago can learn Self-Destruct
here as soon as a Balloon uses it.
Aqua Breath is the same as the Anguiform Rage. Obviously this is a water based
attack, and seeing as every monster in this dungeon is weak to water, Strago
can easily blast through here.
It's not necessary for you to learn Self-Destruct, as you will probably never
use it (it kills the user), so it's up to you whether you want to learn it or
not. Some people (like me) are completionists, so you'll probably learn it then.
LAST NOTE: If you want to make this dungeon even easier, equip the Phantom
esper on someone and summon it during any battle. Ghostly Veil will turn all
allies invisible, making you immune to any attacks until you reach the boss.
Anyway, on to the dungeon itself. The walls are lined with fire, and the
floating fire balls are the enemies. You could blow through every battle here
with Aqua Breath, but you can't forget that the spells Strago use do cost MP,
and Aqua Breath costs 22 MP everytime you use it. Not saying you still can't
run through here spamming Aqua Breath, just make sure you keep Strago's MP up.
Continue on a room or two until you come to a left and a right door. If you
choose the left door, you will have to fight 4 Balloons. Do so if you want too,
but go through the right door to advance.
In this room, take the right door to find a chest with a Flame Rod. Move on
through the left door.
Go through this right door to find another chest; this time with an Ice Rod.
Continue through the left door. Go up through the next door and prepare for
a very simple boss battle. Try to equip Reflect Rings on everybody, as this
boss (believe it or not) uses mainly Fire spells.
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BOSS: Flame Eater
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Flame Eater (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 26
- HP: 8400
- MP: 480
- Steal: Flametongue (Common)
- Drops: None
Here's basically what Flame Eater will do: He'll start out using Bomblet, which
summons 4 Balloons to his side. If you kill off those Balloons, he will use
Bomblet again, but it's a little more complicated how many aids come to his
side (and who) after the first Bomblet, so just know that he can summon more
help if he needs to.
After you damage him 6 times, he will cast Protect and Reflect on himself. If
this happens, most of your spells will bounce back towards YOU, so beware of
that (things like Aqua Breath will still work; Blizzara, however, WILL bounce
back to you, so stop using that after he casts Reflect on himself).
He has three different turns he will do:
1st Turn: 66% Fire, 33% Nothing
2nd Turn: 33% Fire, 66% Fireball
3rd Turn: 33% Fire, 33% Fireball, 33% Nothing
NOTE: Reflect Rings do NOT protect you from Fireball, so you WILL take damage
from that attack. Also note that any Cure/Cura spells will not work since they
will be reflected towards the enemy (likewise, if you cast Blizzara on yourself,
that will also get reflected towards the enemy).
So what is your strategy? For one, Strago should have an Ice Rod equipped, so
he already does decent damage to anyone. Strago obviously has Aqua Breath
which will make this battle a lot easier.
What about the backup Flame Eater keeps summoning? They shouldn't be bothering
you too much. Try to steal that Flametongue from Flame Eater if you want (it
shouldn't take more than a few tries anyway).
If you need it, cast Blizzard/Blizzara with Locke/Terra and attack physically or
with Aqua Breath with Strago and you should in no time at all. Don't forget that
once he casts Reflect on himself, stop using Blizzard/ara on him, as it will
simply bounce back to you. Aqua Breath still works great, though.
ALTERNATE STRATEGY (Thx to Fayt_Esteed for bringing this to my attention):
Flame Eater will die if his MP reaches 0. You can drain his MP by casting Rasp
or Osmose. Since Flame Eater only has 480 MP and you should be Rasping at
LEAST 100 MP per use, it should only take you at most 5 Rasp spells to kill
it (I say Rasp spell instead of turns because it's possible that Locke and
Terra both know Rasp, in which case it would only be around 3 turns).
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After the battle, Strago will bounce around the room wondering where Relm is.
The screen will shift up and you'll see Interceptor helping Relm out. It seems
they are too late, and everyone gets knocked out (by Fire or too much smoke?
Who knows) except Interceptor. Then Shadow appears and gets everyone out of
there by using a Smoke Bomb.
Back at Strago's house...
Relm wakes up and Strago makes sure she's ok. Strago also says their secret
about the magic is out... Locke asks how the whole village can use magic, and
Strago FINALLY spills the beans... to put it in his own words:
"Thamasa is the village of the magi. A long, long time ago, humans used magicite
to acquire magical powers. Those who gained the ability to use magic were the
people known as the magi. After the War of the Magi, the espers fled to a new
world beyond the Sealed Gate. They wished to live in peace, without fear of
their powers being used by others.
That left only humans in this world, and the ordinary ones feared the magi's
power. The horror of the war was still fresh in their minds. It soon turned
into an inquisition. Magi were hunted down and executed. Oh, there were trials,
of course... but they were merely for show. The few who managed to escape took
up shelter here. They were our ancestors.
Our powers have weakened as our magi blood has thinned, but they remain... in
some form or another."
Touching story. Terra asks Strago if he'd be willing to help them find the
espers. He agrees to help only because you saved Relm. Gee, thanks. Relm says
she wants to go, but Strago doesn't allow it. I'M SURE SHE'LL OBEY.
Strago seems to think that if the espers came that way, they may be hiding in
the mountains to the west. And what could his statement be but 100% accurate?
Those mountains are apparently a sacred place to the espers (Notice how Shadow
leaves after Strago says this).
The party agrees to check out these mountains and see if the espers really are
there. Before you go, stand to the left of the table on the west wall, face
left, and press A for a Memento Ring (a relic for Shadow [and someone else who
will join you soon enough] that prevents Petrification, Zombie and Instant
Death).
As you head outside, Shadow says he only saved you because he wanted his dog
back. Shadow then leaves with Interceptor, but not before Interceptor takes one
last look at Relm. He seems to like her for some reason.
Before you head off to the mountains, you may wish to rest at the Inn for the
comfortable price of 1 Gil.
When you're ready, leave and head west of Thamasa to find a cave that was
previously closed.
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New Monsters:
#99 - Bonnacon
#100 - Land Grillon
#101 - Adamankary
#102 - Mandrake
#103 - Venobennu
#299 - Ultros
New Lores: White Wind
- Venobennu (Uses it every 3rd Turn)
Monster Formations:
Caves:
- Bonnacon x5 (1 AP)
- Adamankary x2 (3 AP)
- Adamankary, Bonnacon x2 (2 AP)
Slopes:
- Venobennu x2 (1 AP)
- Mandrake x3 (2 AP)
- Mandrake, Land Grillon x2 (1 AP)
- Ultros [Boss] (0 AP)
Items Found:
- Healing Rod (West of Main Entrance)
- Chocobo Suit (Go North from North Trapdoor)
- Tabby Suit (Go West from North Trapdoor)
- X-Potion (Go through Eastern Trapdoor)
Steals:
- Bonnacon: Hi-Potion (Common)
- Land Grillon: Echo Screen (Common)
- Adamankary: Golden Shield (Rare)
- Mandrake: Hi-Potion (Always)
- Venobennu: Antidote (Common)
How to handle these monsters:
- Bonnacon are really simple creatures. Every turn they have a 33% of doing
nothing at all, otherwise they will attack physically, or with their special
attack (Digestive Fluid; inflicts Sap). Really nothing to worry about. They are
weak to Fire, so take care of them appropriately.
- Land Grillon are similar to Bonnacon: pathetic. They have a chance to use
their special attack (Wing Snap; inflicts Berserk) every other turn. Other than
that, they attack physically. They are weak to Fire and Wind (fun fact: Aqua
Breath is also Wind-elemental).
- Adamankary are actually not that pathetic. The biggest thing to note is their
almost-maxed out defense (225). Obviously, don't use physical attacks. Another
great reason not to use physical attacks is the fact they counter every physical
with a 33% of using Snort, which removes the target from battle. You can't do
anything about Snort, so don't even go there. Unfortunately for you, they have
no weakness, which simply means you stick with strong(er) magic attacks. They
do have a rare Golden Shield for steal if you're up for the challenge. Lastly,
Adamankary's special attack is Claw (150% damage), but it only uses it every
other turn (and even then, only 33% of it being used).
- Mandrake are rather annoying. They have a 33% of countering any attack with
Leech, a spell similar to Drain, but stronger. It will absorb your HP. It's
special attack, which it has a 1/3 chance of using every 3rd turn, is
Stonetouch, which inflicts Petrify. They are weak to Fire (and they absorb
Water).
- Venobennu is your basic creature. It attacks physically for two turns, then
uses White Wind, which you will learn if Strago is present (and he will be).
If you are facing a single Venobennu, they will try to Poison you with their
Featherdust special attack (33% as always). Like Adamankary, these guys don't
have a weakness, but their physical defense is simply average, unlike the
Adamankary's. Take care of them however you wish.
Before you go anywhere, I recommend a few Relic switches. Reflect Rings are no
longer necessary, since these monsters are mostly physical attackers. Give
Strago double-Earring setup to boost his magic. You only have one Ribbon right
now, and I gave mine to Terra (along with the White Cape). I had Locke wear a
Genji Glove and Thief's Bracer.
Let's conquer this cave. To your immediate left is a chest with a Healing Rod.
KEEP THIS! You'll find a very nice use for it later. If you want, you can go
out the door near this chest, but it will only take you to a door that is
north of the same chest (it just loops around).
To continue, go through the east door. Cross the Slopes and re-enter the Caves.
NOTE: If you look closely, you will see something red appear and disappear
quickly. If you look close enough, you can tell who or what this is. For those
who can't tell/don't know... wait and see.
Go through these caves to come to a room with three golden statues with a light
shining on them. Approach the statues to see Strago flip out again, calling
the statues The Warring Triad or something like that. Warring Triad? If you've
been paying VERY close attention, you'll have seen it mentioned before (quick,
CTRL+F Warring Triad to find out before I tell you) ....
Kefka mentioned this in the Magitek Research Facility, shortly before he
discarded Shiva and Ifrit where you found and collected them. Strago will
explain what these Warring Triad dudes are:
They're the legendary gods who created the power we know as magic. The gods of
magic you could say. These three gods are the creators of magic, which also
makes them the creator of espers. It's said that the espers once enshrined
images of the gods in a holy place.
Terra concludes that the espers must have been drawn to this place because of
the magic surrounding these Warring Triad statues. Locke asks what happened to
these three gods, and Strago says they turned themselves into stone.
Terra wonders if the espers are just up ahead since the statues are right here!
I'm sure she's wrong.
Just for fun, here are the inscriptions on each of the statues:
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Left Statue:
The dawn of magic...
Three gods descended from the heavens.
Fearing one another's power, the gods began to wage war.
Those mortals caught amongst their fighting became espers, and were forced
to fight endlessly as slaves to the gods.
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Right Statue:
Realizing their power begot naught but strife, the gods at last agreed to seal
away their strength. With the last of their fading magic, the gods returned the
espers' free will, then turned themselves to stone.
The last words they left to the espers were these:
"Never must we be woken."
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Middle Statue:
In reverence towards the gods were these statues made, and in prayer that
their power would ne'er again be stirred.
Let them serve as a warning to future generations of the three gods who once
descended from the heavens...
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A familiar friend is about to stop by. But first, let's prepare to make this as
easy as possible. Got a Flame Rod? [Yes.] Give it to Strago. Give Terra/Locke
either Flametongue or Thunder Blade. Also, if your Locke is sporting a Genji
Glove, give Locke the Hawkeye as well. You all set?
If you don't have the Stop spell, equip Reflect Rings.
NOW try to leave.
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BOSS: Ultros
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Ultros (0 EXP, 3 Gil)
- Level: 25
- HP: 22000
- MP: 750
- Steal: White Cape (Common)
- Drops: None
If you're looking at the data side of this battle (as I am), it gets rather
complicated. I'll try to make it as easy to understand as possible:
First things first, the battle opens with this message, sponsored by Ultros
himself: Thought you wouldn't see me again? I've got more lives than I do arms!
Every now and then, you will see Ultros move a little closer towards you. When
he does this, he will either attack with Ink, Tentacle, or a physical attack.
The next turn he will either attack physically (66%) or with Stone (Which is
also a Lore Strago already has), which will confuse you. The next turn after
that he will move closer again.
Once he has moved towards you a grand total of 8 times, he will either use
Magnitude 8 (66%) or Aqua Breath (33%). Once this happens, Ultros disappears
and reappears on the left side of the screen, and will start his 8-sliding
game all over again.
Also, if you hit him with 5 spells, a message will display "Ultros alters his
body composition! Use elemental attacks at your own risk!" This is not good.
It means that any Fire-spell you send towards him will be countered with Firaga.
Same goes for Thunder spells (Thundaga) and Ice spells (Blizzaga).
And one last thing: Every minute of the battle, Ultros will use Hailstone, an
attack that will remove 75% of the target's HP (if you had 1000 HP, you would
now have 250 HP).
Once Ultros' HP gets below 15360, he will cast Protect and Haste on himself.
If you want, you can counter it with your own Slow spell.
So this all sounds really hard, right? It's not really. He does have a lot of
HP, but you only need to lower it 10240, after which a cutscene will happen.
Your strategy should be mostly using physical attacks. One nice little trick
you may want to abuse is having one person cast Stop every round. Luckily for
you, Ultros is vulnerable to Stop. Technically, you could go all out with
your magic attacks, but I still advise against it (you never know what could
happen).
So if you want, cast Stop every turn and just belittle him with your physical
attacks (it works just as well without Stop). The reason I suggested you equip
Hawkeye is because Ultros has inherent Float status (Hawkeye can do x3 damage
to floating enemies). The Flametongue/ThunderBlade were to cover Ultros'
weaknesses for some extra damage.
ALTERNATE STRATEGY (Thx to blusiryn for bringing this to my attention): If you
don't have access to Stop (because you haven't had anyone learn it yet), you
can also equip Reflect Rings on everybody and bounce most of his spells back to
Ultros. This is especially useful since you can attack Ultros with magic as much
as you want, and his counter-attacks will simply bounce back to hurt Ultros, and
not you.
ALTERNATE STRATEGY (Thx to FallenStar for telling me about this): Ultros only
has 750 MP. If you a couple of Rasp or Osmose users in your party, you may want
to bring Ultros' MP to 0. This prevents him from using attacks such as Stone,
Magnitude 8, Aqua Breath, Hailstone, or any -aga spells. In other words, Ultros'
only attacks at this point are the physical attack, !Ink, and Tentacle.
Anyway, whichever strategy you use (Stop works wonders, just saying), bring
Ultros HP down to below 10240. Once you have done so, you'll see Relm drop in!
Remember that red "something" you've been seeing? Yeah, that was Relm.
Watch the scene (I won't bother to type it all out) and find out how Relm wants
to become a better painter and sparks up a conversation with Ultros!
Relm asks "Ulty" if she could draw his picture, and wants to jump off that
cliff when he says no! Kids these days, I tell ya. Obviously, this is just a
plan to get Relm to paint Ultros' picture (you'll see why).
Terra bashes Ultros for teasing that little girl... Ultros does indeed feel
bad and actually lets Relm paint Uncle Ulty's picture.
Now from this point on, Relm will be in your party. Her battle command is
Sketch, but more on that later.
NOTE: If you wanted to end this battle in a way the game didn't intend you to,
continue casting Stop and just attacking Ultros until he dies. Granted, the
dialogue afterwards won't make very much sense... but your choice!
To end this battle quickly, use Sketch with Relm on Ultros. If Ultros happened
to be Stopped when you Sketched, wait for him to be free again, and use Sketch
again. It may even miss, but the needed scene will be triggered.
Sketching Ultros will make Relm use Tentacle on Ultros, which immediately ends
the battle.
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After the battle, Relm begs to join your party. Since you JUST SO HAPPEN to
have an empty slot in your party, she might as well join you.
Relm joins at your average party level, and comes equipped with the following:
- Right Hand: Chocobo Brush
- Left Hand: Mythril Shield
- Head: Plumed Hat
- Body: Silk Robe
I suggest giving her your strongest Rod (Ice Rod for me), Mystery Veil instead
of that Plumed Hat, and some Gaia Gear. She comes equipped with another
Memento Ring, so just slap something else on her (like White Cape) for now.
Relm's battle command is Sketch, which you can read about by searching for:
[sktc]
In summary: Using Sketch will let you use a specific move that you normally
couldn't use. Most monsters have two attacks you could use (with 75% and 25% of
usage), but some only have one attack, in which case Sketch will always do that
attack (in case you're curious: the Ultros you just fought had a 100% of you
using Tentacle when Sketch'd, and the game makes it so that Ultros automatically
dies when he's hit with Tentacle, which is how that battle ended).
Anyway, continue on to the next room through the north-west door. This room
will have a Save Point, plus three tiles that you can actually fall through.
First, fall through the north trapdoor. Go out the door above you to find a
chest with a Chocobo Suit! If you want, you can equip this on either Relm or
Strago (it actually does boost the stats a bit).
Go back inside, and go out the west door to find a Tabby Suit. You can equip
it on whoever doesn't have the Chocobo Suit.
Head back inside and you can jump off the partial bridge to the south to land
on a familiar path. Go out the south-east door and go back to the room with the
save point.
Go fall through the east trapdoor to come to a chest with an X-Potion. Go back
inside and fall off a partial bridge to the south just like you did a minute
ago.
Finally, fall through the south-west trapdoor and make your way across the
bridges and through the north door. Re-enter the caves to come to a very
important room.
This room is where all the Espers have been chilling. You'll meet one right off
the bat when you enter. Tons more espers show up after a minute. Terra had no
idea there were this many espers, and Locke tells Strago to take Relm and leave.
He agrees, and they both leave... if they weren't backed in by more espers
that came from behind.
Suddenly, someone named "Yura" yells to wait. Strago begins to sense something
more incredible than magic inside Terra. Terra and Yura stand across from each
other and have some kind of connection...
Somehow Yura sensed that Terra was an esper and everyone turns friendly ASAP.
It just so happened that the espers were on their way to help their friends,
when you (and Terra) showed up and Terra opened the door for the espers. As
soon as the espers came into our world, they lost control of their powers (just
like Terra did a while ago). Yura apologizes for all of them taking out an
entire city along with some innocent people.
Locke lets Yura know the Empire wants to make peace, and invites them to come
with them. So it's agreed that the espers come back to talk to General Leo.
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4.61 Thamasa & General Leo [4.061]
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Back in Thamasa, Locke sort of introduces the espers to General Leo.
The espers and Leo begin to exchange names and apologies, and Locke believes
true peace is finally upon them (fool).
All of a sudden Kefka shows up. How did he get out of jail so quickly? He
wastes no time summoning three Magitek Soldiers, who knock everyone to the
ground (except General Leo, who seems to be immune to the same attacks that
took out your entire party [This is called plot device]).
General Leo asks Kefka what's going on, and Kefka says he's acting on the
Emperor's orders to turn all these espers into magicite. Craziness!
To make matters worse, Kefka is not lying. He proceeds to turn the three espers
on-screen into magicite, then orders the Magitek Soldiers to burn everything.
Leo tells him to stop, but finally gets knocked onto the ground by a Magitek
Soldier.
You are now in control of General Leo. Enjoy these few minutes, because there
seem to be many people who really like General Leo (there are tons of rumors
involving General Leo becoming a permanent playable character, all of which
are false, I promise you).
Let's look at his equipment first:
- Right Hand: Crystal Sword
- Left Hand: Aegis Shield
- Head: Golden Helm
- Body: Golden Armor
- Relics: Gigas Glove, Master's Scroll
His equipment is awesome. Master's Scroll is a sweet relic you will be able to
get later in the game. It allows you to attack 4(!) times with the Attack
command instead of the usual one attack.
His level is also very good. He joins you 5 levels higher than your average
party level.
If you try to leave town in any way right now, you'll fight the invincible
Guardian again. Simply run away from it, as you can't do anything. Again, this
is the game telling you: You are not leaving town.
Guess there's only one thing left to do: Talk to Kefka.
Leo announces that he will no langer watch as Kefka does his evil, and the two
begin to battle.
The battle itself is really stupid. Just keep attacking (anything works) and
Kefka will eventually be "beaten". However, he's not really beaten. He pulls
some stunt where he pretends to be Emperor Gestahl. Kefka appears and laughs
at Leo for thinking he actually beat Kefka.
Kefka then proceeds to kill General Leo! (Yes, he does actually kill him)
After witnessing this, the remaining espers in the Esper World go nuts, and
break through the Sealed Gate! They all fly towards Thamasa to teach Kefka a
lesson, but Kefka is too powerful for them. He somehow neutralizes their powers,
then goes on to turn every single esper into a magicite. He also comments now
that the only thing left to do is get "that final treasure beyond the Sealed
Gate" (he's talking about the Warring Triad if you don't get it).
The next scene involves Terra, Locke, Strago, Celes, and Relm burying General
Leo. Interceptor also shows up, and he appears to be injured. I guess we're
supposed to assume the Empire betrayed Shadow as well. Bastards. Locke now says
he's worried about the others back at Vector, so they go to check it out.
Actually, the rest of the gang just comes to you. Setzer informs you that it's
been a trap the whole time - the emperor was lying to you. Somehow they all
managed to escape because of Edgar (Some lady who was bringing him tea tipped
him off).
During the course of this conversation, Strago and Relm are also added to your
party for good. One very weird and possibly scary line occurs here:
Relm: What's wrong, lover-boy?
Edgar: ... How old are you?
Relm: Ten... Why?
Weirdo. I'm going on ahead, okay?
Edgar: Not even a lady yet... Here's hoping you're still around in eight years,
kid.
Yeah, so Edgar is into 10-year-olds as well. Scary stuff.
You'll now find yourself on the Overworld outside Thamasa, with the Blackjack
next to you. Board it now.
Setzer informs you that the Imperials were heading towards the Sealed Gate.
Something about having found some statues. Strago immediately recognizes that
they've found the Warring Triad statues. The scene switches to Gestahl and
Kefka standing by the Sealed Gate for a second.
Back at the Blackjack, Terra senses something's wrong. Next thing you know,
an entire piece of land has broken off and started to lift into the air!
Gestahl and Kefka are on this landmass, admiring the Warring Triad statues.
You can see how the three statues are facing each other. This is to keep each
of their powers in check. If they were ever to be moved, the resulting power
would destroy the earth.
Now you'll be back in control of your character. You will notice a third option
when trying to take control of the airship:
- Head to the Floating Continent.
The Floating Continent is that landmass that just lifted itself into the air.
Before we go there, though, we need to do a couple other things, as we won't be
able to return to most of the areas ever again.
NOTE: In case you're interested as to what land the Floating Continent consists
of, then take a look at your Map when on the Overworld and notice how anything
east of the Imperial Observation Post is no longer on the map.
Just so you know, you can go to the Floating Continent anytime by going to the
airship and selecting "Head to the Floating Continent".
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4.62 Preparing for the Floating Continent [4.062]
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First things first: Head back inside Thamasa and find some old guy wearing red.
Talk to him with Strago in your party to get this conversation:
Gungho: I am Gungho, Thamasa's most renowned monster hunter. I come back here
for the first time in ages, and the place looks like it's been through
a war! What in the world happened?
Strago: G-Gungho!?
Gungho: Oh, Strago! Have you come back to hunt Hidon?
You haven't changed a bit, have you?
Back when you were young, you tried so hard to hunt down Hidon... but
then you gave up and quit before you found him.
Strago: I didn't quit! It's just... I sort of... I mean... The thing lives in
Ebot's Rock, and after the place sunk, well...
Gungho: Always have to make excuses, don't you?
You're pathetic!
That's about it for Thamasa.
Now it's time to get more Lores and more Rages. How fun!
These are the Lores you'll want to get (and how to get them):
- Dischord. Encouter either Satellite (guaranteed to use) or Chaser (33% on
his 2nd Turn and every 4th Turn after that) to learn it.
- Doom. Find Zombie Dragon on the Veldt and Leap him to learn the Rage, then use
the Rage in battle.
- Lv.3 Confuse. Learn from Trapper. Either learn his Rage then use the Rage in
battle, Sketch them to learn it (75%), or wait for it to use it (33% every
3rd Turn) in battle.
- Lv.4 Flare. Wait for Trapper to use in battle (33% on 2nd Turn and every 3rd
Turn after that)
- Lv.5 Death. Trappers again. Sketch them for it (25%) or have them use it in
battle (33% on 1st Turn and every 3rd Turn after that)
- Roulette. Bring Relm and find Onion Knight on the Veldt. Sketch it for a 75%
of having it use Roulette (which obviously means Strago learns it).
- Transfusion. You can simply rage Intangir to learn this lore.
- Traveler. Make sure someone has the Confuse spell, which is taught by Cait
Sith at x7, or bring Edgar with a Noiseblaster. Head over to South Figaro and
walk around outside until you find an Unseelie. Confuse him and he will use
Traveler, which Strago will learn after the battle.
And these are the Rages you'll want to pick up:
- Zombie Dragon (Doom)
- Outcast (Lifeshaver)
NOTE: These rages aren't all that important, so if you get tired of trying to
find these guys (bad luck happens), simply move on. These aren't crucial rages
or anything.
One more thing to do real quick: Head to Doma Castle (slightly north and west
of Veldt). Since the Imperial Banquet, the soldiers have been removed from
this castle. You can now enter to get some treasures. Enter Cyan's room (where
he found his wife and kid dead) to get an X-Potion. Check the Alarm Clock in
the Barracks for an Elixir. The chest next to the clock has a Hi-Ether. Hop
on the castle walls and walk around to find a little storage room with two
chests: Prayer Beads (right) and Phoenix Down (left). Prayer Beads is a relic
that boosts Evasion by 20. Not all that useful.
Believe it or not, that's all there is to do for now. Here is a quick checklist
so you're sure you're ready to move on (I'll say it again: You'll never be able
to return to this world after you've finished the Floating Continent):
[ ] Mog has 7 out of 8 Dances learned (missing Snowman Rondo)
[ ] Strago has the following Lores: Doom, Roulette, Aqua Breath, Revenge Blast,
White Wind, Lv.5 Death, Lv.4 Flare, Lv.3 Confuse, Traveler, Dischord,
Stone, Self-Destruct, Transfusion
[ ] Bestiary should include 1-103 (You might have #112 - Ninja if you fought
him in the Cave to Sealed Gate) and 276-299
[ ] Make sure you have the following Espers: Golem, Zona Seeker, Seraph
- Golem and Zona Seeker are both found at the Auction House in Jidoor
- Seraph can be found in Tzen (Man in the back of the woods sells it)
[ ] Make sure you have a full set of Gaia Gear, Earrings, Green Beret, etc.
You're going to have to form a party of 3 when you go to the Floating Continent,
so let's think about who we'll use:
- Terra. Good magic user and can also be very powerful when Trance'd
- Locke. A usual must-have for stealing (and you'll want to steal on the FC)
- Cyan. Sux.
- Edgar. Not as useful as he used to be, huh? Good choice if only he could
equip Gaia Gear.
- Sabin. Not all that useful except for his Blitzes. There are better options.
- Celes. Yeah, there's one thing about Celes: If you don't bring her, she will
be forced into your party later on anyway. So if we don't bring her now,
she'll join you later, and you actually get a 4 person party. So she's out.
- Strago. Can be quite useful with all his Lores.
- Relm. Yeah, not a big fan of Relm and Sketch isn't all that great.
- Setzer. Still don't like him, your choice.
- Mog. Can be very useful with all his Dances.
- Gau. Usefulness depends on his Rages. If you've followed this guide and got
all the Rages I suggested you get, he'll be good.
I, personally, am bringing this party:
- Terra: F/I/T*, Golden Shield, Mystery Veil, Gaia Gear, Ribbon & White Cape
- Locke: Hawkeye, Hawkeye, Green Beret, Gaia Gear, Genji Glove & Thief's Bracer
- Gau: Mythril Shield, Nothing, Green Beret, Gaia Gear
* F/I/T = Flametongue/Icebrand/Thunder Blade
Last possible preparation: Make sure your three characters you bring know a lot
of spells (specifically the -ara spells, some White Magic (curing spells), and
some Grey Magic (Slow, Protect, Stop, etc.)
Might I also suggest that you head over to Kohlingen and pick up about 10-15
Flame Scrolls, and 10-15 Lightning Scrolls. They'll come in handy later on.
Once you think you're ready, Rest up (you can rest for free on the airship) and
head onto the Blackjack and select "Head to the Floating Continent".
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4.63 Imperial Air Force [4.063]
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New Monsters:
#104 - Sky Armor
#105 - Spitfire
#300 - Typhon
#301 - Ultros
#302 - Air Force ----|
#303 - Laser Gun |___ You get these 4
#304 - Missile Bay | in the same battle
#305 - Bit ----|
New Lores: None
Monster Formations:
- Sky Armor x2, Spitfire (2 AP)
- Sky Armor, Spitfire (2 AP)
- Typhon, Ultros (0 AP)
- Air Force, Laser Gun, Missile Bay, Bit [Boss] (3 AP)
Items Found: None
Steals:
- Sky Armor: Ether (Common)
- Spitfire: Ether (Common), Elixir (Rare)
- Typhon: Dagger (Common)
- Ultros: White Cape (Common)
- Air Force: Elixir (Common)
- Laser Gun: X-Ether (Common)
- Missile Bay: Debilitator (Rare)
- Bit: Amulet (Rare)
How to handle Sky Armor & Spitfire:
- Sky Armor will use Magitek Laser most of the time. He might Silence you with
his special attack Reverse Thruster (33% every other turn). When Sky Armor is
by itself, it has a 33% each of using Reverse Thruster/Magitek Laser/Missile.
These guys are weak to Lightning and Wind, so take them out accordingly. For
Wind-based attacks, your options are: Mog's Wind Rhapsody, Gau's Guard Leader,
Cyan's Kazekiri, Gau/Strago's Aqua Breath, Sabin's Razor Gale (only if Sabin is
Level 30 or higher).
- Spitfire are a little more dangerous. Every turn they will either use
Absolute Zero (a strong MT-ice attack), it's special attack (Propeller; 150%
damage) or nothing at all. When they are by themselves, they have a 33% of
using Diffractive Laser (a decent MT-lightning attack). Spitfires are also weak
to Lightning and Wind, so just take them out the same way you took out the Sky
Armors.
So you are on your way up to the Floating Continent, when you get interrupted
by some guys known as the Imperial Air Force.
You have to fight a total of four battles. After each battle, however, you can
pause and heal and do any last-minute preparations if you want.
After four battles:
"There's something strange up ahead! It's coming this way!"
You then fight two more IAF (Imperial Air Force) battles. After a total of six
battles, head to the right of the ship to find Ultros sitting there.
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BOSS: Ultros & Typhon
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Ultros (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 26
- HP: 17000
- MP: 8000
- Steal: White Cape (Common)
- Drops: None
Typhon (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 26
- HP: 10000
- MP: 40000
- Steal: Dagger (Common)
- Drops: None
This battle starts off with Ultros saying "No, really! This is our last battle!
Honest!"
This battle is MUCH easier compared to the other Ultros battles. Also, this IS
indeed your last battle with Ultros, so enjoy it.
Ultros is real simple this time. He only attacks with a physical attack,
Tentacle (like always), and his new special move (Octopus Ink; inflicts
Darkness). That's pretty much ALL he does.
When his HP gets below 12800 (which means you only have to do 4200 damage), he
will call forth Typhon, his buddy: "Looks like I lose again! But today I brought
along a buddy of mine! Mr. Typhon! Come on down!!!"
Typhon is nothing dangerous at all. The only thing he attacks with is Fireball
and a physical attack.
So your strategy should be REAL easy: Attack Ultros with Bio 2-3 times to
trigger Typhon's appearance. Once Typhon appears, you have two choices:
1) You can defeat Ultros, then go after Typhon
2) Or you could just defeat Typhon, and ignore Ultros to end the battle
Either way, the battle ends when Typhon is defeated. Do whichever you wish.
Ultros is weak against Poison and Fire, so just keep attacking with Bio or
Fire spells if you wish.
Typhon, on the other hand, absorbs Fire, but is weak to Ice and Water. This
calls for Aqua Breath (Anguiform/Lore) or Blizzara. Just finish him off.
After you defeat Typhon, he will use Snort on your entire party.
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You just got blown off your airship because of Typhon's Snort... what's next?
How about another (hard) Boss Battle?
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BOSS: Air Force & Co.
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Air Force (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 25
- HP: 8000
- MP: 750
- Steal: Elixir (Common)
- Drops: Princess Ring (Always)
Laser Gun (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 24
- HP: 3300
- MP: 335
- Steal: X-Ether (Common)
- Drops: None
Missile Bay (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 25
- HP: 3000
- MP: 7000
- Steal: Debilitator (Rare)
- Drops: None
Bit (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 25
- HP: 420
- MP: 285
- Steal: Amulet (Rare)
- Drops: None
Just for reference: Air Force, Laser Gun (right), and Missile Bay (below), and
Bit is a little dot floating apart from the whole structure (you can't miss it
is what I'm trying to say).
Now, on to what these guys do:
1. Air Force itself only attacks with Magitek Laser and Diffractive Laser.
2. Laser Gun attacks with the same above two attacks, but can also use Atomic
Ray (a MT-fire spell)
3. Missile Bay will attack with either Launcher or Missile throughout the whole
battle
4. Bit won't attack. Ever. It's sole purpose is to absorb all magic attacks you
throw at it. So when Bit is around, do not use magic, but rather attack it
physically to kill it.
Bit will be released once you kill Laser Gun. Once Bit is out, Air Force will
start counting down from 6, by saying "Count: 6!" then "Count: 5!" etc. Once he
counts down to 0, he will use Wave Cannon, a strong MT-lightning attack which
will do over 500 damage to every character. If you heal completely before this
happens, you should be alright.
So what should your strategy be in this fight where you are always fighting
at least 3 monsters at a time? Well, lucky for you, all 4 parts of this boss
are weak to the same elements: Lightning and Water.
What does that mean for you? Anything out of the following list should work just
fine: Thundara, Anguiform (or Chimera), Aspiran, Chaser, Cloud, Ghost, Aqua
Breath, etc.
As you can see, you have a lot of options (yeah, a lot of those are Rages, but
that's why Gau is awesome).
Anyone whose name isn't Air Force is vulnerable to Stop in this battle, so feel
free to abuse that. Your first target should be Missile Bay (below Air Force).
I suggest casting Stop on Laser Gun (and even Missile Bay if you want) and
concentrate your attacks on Missile Bay. After a few attacks that it's weak to,
it should go down.
After Missile Bay is gone, focus on Laser Gun. Again, this should only take a
few attacks. After that, Bit will appear. Bit only has 420 HP, though, so it's
really a joke.
Honestly, the easiest way to win would be to use Anguiform/Chimera Rage. Bit
cannot absorb Aqua Breath, so even if he does show up, he'll die after one hit
by this attack. Plus, if Gau is lucky enough to use it about every turn, you
will be dealing a lot of damage, even to the parts you're not attacking!
Once Missile Bay, Laser Gun, and Bit are gone, simply attack Air Force for a bit
to take him out. Like mentioned above, after Gau was nailing those Aqua Breath
on everyone, it only took me one attack to finish off Air Force.
You'll get a Princess Ring for winning. It's a useless Relic you'll never use.
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After this battle, you will be dropped off on the Floating Continent.
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4.64 Floating Continent [4.064]
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New Monsters:
#106 - Brainpan
#107 - Misfit
#108 - Apocrypha
#109 - Dragon
#110 - Platinum Dragon
#111 - Behemoth
#112 - Ninja (shouldn't be new to you, but this is where the game put it)
#113 - Naude
#306 - Gigantos
#307 - Ultima Weapon
#308 - Nelapa
New Lores: 1000 Needles
- Brainpan (33% of using it if by itself)
Monster Formations:
- Brainpan x2, Misfit, Apocrypha (5 AP)
- Brainpan x3 (4 AP)
- Platinum Dragon x3 (3 AP)
- Behemoth, Misfit x2 (4 AP)
- Apocrypha (2 AP)
- Dragon (5 AP)
- Behemoth x2 (6 AP)
- Behemoth (3 AP)
- Ninja x2 (5 AP)
- Apocrypha, Misfit x2 (4 AP)
- Apocrypha x3 (4 AP)
- Ninja x2, Platinum Dragon (6 AP)
Monster-in-a-Box:
- Gigantos (1 AP)
- Ultima Weapon [Boss] (10 AP)
While Escaping Floating Continent:
- Naude (3 AP)
- Nelapa [Boss] (3 AP)
Items Found:
- Murasame (West of First Warp Tunnel [Orb])
- Sasuke (Fight Gigantos and Win to get)
- Beret (North-East of Save Point Cave)
- Elixir (Escape Route [Approach from SOUTH-EAST])
Steals:
- Brainpan: Earring (Rare)
- Misfit: Alarm Earring (Rare)
- Apocrypha: Angel Ring (Rare)
- Dragon: Hi-Potion (Common), Genji Glove (Rare)
- Platinum Dragon: Dragoon Boots (Rare)
- Behemoth: Hermes Sandals (Rare)
- Ninja: Angel Wings (Rare)
How to handle all of these guys:
- Brainpan are annoying. When not alone, they have a 33% of using their special
attack Smirk, which will Stop the target. When they are alone, they have a 33%
of using 1000 Needles, a Lore for Strago if you brought him. Note that I'm
going to assume that you did NOT bring Strago here to learn this lore. They are
weak to Fire, Lightning, and Holy. Since you have Shadow, you can make use of
his Scrolls and throw them for some nice damage.
- Misfit are not as annoying as Brainpan if you brought Gaia Gear. They use
Lifeshaver fairly often, which will do nothing since your characters should all
have Gaia Gear by now. They are weak to Fire and Holy.
- Apocrypha are not that tough if you're careful. If there is more than one
present, they will ONLY attack physically (which you can dodge if you summon
Phantom). Once by themselves, they will counter anything with any of the Lv.
Lores (Lv.5 Death, Lv.4 Flare, Lv.3 Confuse), which still isn't that bad, but
can be annoying. These guys are weak to Lightning, Holy, and Water.
- Dragons are fairly dangerous. They attack with Revenge Blast, Tail (500%
damage), Snowstorm, and Freezing Dust (33% of using each attack; but only one
of these attacks can be used per turn). It also has a 33% of countering any
attack with Snort, removing the target from battle. These guys are vulnerable
to Stop, so make SURE to abuse that. The one nice thing about Dragons is their
rare steal (Genji Glove). Genji Gloves are limited in this game, so try to steal
as many from Dragons as you can (while keeping them stopped of course). Dragons
are weak to Lightning.
- Platinum Dragon use their special attack (Wing; 200% damage) 33% of every
turn. Otherwise, they just attack physically (Phantom, anyone?). When they are
by themselves, they have a 33% of using Cyclonic, so be careful about that one.
If you want, they are vulnerable to pretty much any status, so you could either
Snare (Mu rage) them each, or cast Stop on all of them, or even confuse them.
Your choice.
- Behemoth are also dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. They simply
attack physically and with their special attack (Beatdown; 300% damage). If
they are by themselves, they will counter anything with a 66% of using Beatdown.
Lastly, if you summon anything (like an esper or something), they have a 66%
of countering with Meteor. Now how to beat him? Well, they are weak to Ice. They
are also weak to Instant Death attacks (i.e. Mu Rage), which would be the
easiest way to take them out.
If you can manage to go into a battle with Invisible status on everyone,
Behemoth will not be able to damage you. At all. Unless you summon something,
but why would you do that?
- Ninja are old news to you. Well, you fought at least one in the Cave to the
Sealed Gate. You may remember they throw lots of Scrolls at you, just like
you'll be doing with Shadow in this dungeon. Ninjas are weak to Lightning
and Holy.
Welcome to the Floating Continent. We are here to stop Emperor Gestahl and Kefka
from essentially destroying the world. As you can see in the monster listings
above, there are LOTS of monsters here and a LOT of them are dangerous. And
we will probably meet some other dangerous things here (in other words: we will)
When you first get here you'll be dropped off by a save point. You'll also see
someone laying there on the floor... Shadow?! If you talk to him, he'll say
that the Empire double-crossed him... then someone (there's no name attached
to the dialogue) will tell him to join you guys, and he does (not before asking
about Interceptor, who is chilling in Thamasa by the way).
So this is why you only got a 3-man party when coming here (because Shadow was
going to join you).
NOTE: Shadow needs to be equipped. Assassin's Dagger/Mythril Shield/Green Beret/
Gaia Gear is what I gave him. He will get a better weapon in a minute, so don't
worry too much about that.
This place can get kind of confusing because the path is not always clear. There
are many parts where you have to walk against the wall to actually make it move
and thus providing a path for you. I'll do my best to guide you through with
the least amount of confusion. Know that you can get a *tiny* bit lost, and at
the end of the dungeon there is a chest you can miss if you take the wrong
way, but more on that later.
Head right and up the stairs to see the first wall move for you. Continue on
down and you'll see another wall move for you; follow it. Go north here to see
a blue orb-like thing. These are the treasure chests for the Floating Continent.
This one contains a Murasame, a sword for Cyan.
You could move on by going to the little platform to the right of the chest
(stairs will appear) ... but there's another thing we could do (and get another
item). If you go past that little platform, another set of stairs will appear,
which lead to another chest. Before you open this chest, make sure all your
characters are invisible (summon Phantom in a battle before opening the chest).
Now, open the chest.
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BOSS: Gigantos
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Gigantos (7550 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 25
- HP: 6000
- MP: 1120
- Steal: X-Potion (Common), Elixir (Rare)
- Drops: Sasuke (Always)
Gigantos is a giant dude (palette swap from a Hill Gigas from Zozo) who attacks
physically. Hard. VERY hard. He'll start the battle with three of his special
attacks: Throat Job, for 500% damage. I'm talking 600+ damage per hit. And he
uses it thrice. The next turn, he'll use a simple Attack command, then go back
to using three Throat Jobs (then back to Attack, etc.)
His battle script is simple: Use three special attacks (Throat Job; 500% damage
[doing 600+ damage PER HIT]) on one turn, then use a simple physical attack on
the next. Repeat. He will counter anything you throw at him with two physical
attacks and another Throat Job.
That's all there is to him. If you've been paying attention (or just following
this guide), you know how to get around this guy: All his attacks are physical.
If you made everyone invisible (Phantom summon), you are untouchable for this
fight. He won't be able to hurt you. At all.
Wow, so easy. If you don't want to be that cheap (or can't), you could always
instant death him. Lv.5 Death from Strago works if you have it, or simply use
Gau, or you could even use Death spell if you have it. Anything works.
If you don't want to use either of those, you can spam poison attacks (Bio spell
or Trillium rage) to defeat him. I'm not sure how you're going to survive those
hard-core Throat Jobs he's going to stuff down your throat, but if you don't
want to use the previous two strategies, I'm sure you can figure something out.
Since you can be untouchable in this battle, you might as well try to steal that
rare Elixir. If not, you'll get an X-Potion, which is still nice.
You get a Sasuke for beating Gigantos. Equip this on Shadow.
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Head up on the platform to the left of you now. This is what I will call a warp
tunnel (it really just swallows you underground and spits you out somewhere
else, but work with me here). Enter the warp tunnel. Go south, down the small
stairs, and you'll come to a seemingly dead-end. There's a switch to the north
that will expand the land, allowing you to cross.
There's nothing up north, so continue down south where you'll come to another
set of stairs. You can't go anywhere down there for now, but we will in a
minute. Head east and enter the warp tunnel (if you look closely, you can see
the Blackjack for a second floating beneath you).
You'll be spit out by two more warp tunnels. The right one takes you...
nowhere. Take the left one instead (obviously). Step on the switch to the
south, and it will lower some land for you. Go up north, up the stairs and step
on that switch to lower the land beneath you. Cross it and you'll end up in a
familiar area. Go down two sets of stairs.
You'll now be at the landmass you just lowered a second ago. Continue along
the one-way path until you come to a switch (if you see a orb-chest, you've gone
too far. Back up about 3 seconds).
Hit the switch to open up a warp tunnel near you. Before going in it, head east
to the orb-chest thing. Open it to find a Beret (a helmet for Relm to increase
the success rate of Sketch). If you find Sketch useful and have Relm in your
party, equip it.
Head south to come to a warp tunnel which actually leads you to a save point.
Save if you wish, then enter the yellow beam to be transported above ground
again. Now go up and enter the warp tunnel you activated with the switch (if
you went to the Save Point room you'll have to use the switch again).
Continue on to be presented with an option to leave the Floating Continent and
return to the Blackjack. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU STILL WANT TO DO, NOW IS YOUR
ONLY CHANCE.
I mean, if there is *ANYTHING* you'd like to do, do so now. The world will
change forever (towns, shops, monsters, etc.) in a few minutes, and now will be
your last chance to get anything from this world. You have been warned.
NOTE: If you first say no, you can always walk over that same square to be
presented with the option to leave, so it's not a one-time choice or anything.
Head to the left and go up to open the wall. Walk up to find a monster blocking
your path. Boss time.
Before you head in, make sure everyone is wearing Reflect Rings. Also make sure
your party has Gaia Gear (if not, Float those that can't wear it). I suggest
bringing the Zona Seeker into this battle as it will be very helpful.
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BOSS: Ultima Weapon
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Ultima Weapon (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 37
- HP: 24000
- MP: 5000
- Steal: Elixir (Common), Ribbon (Rare)
- Drops: Elixir (Always)
Ultima Weapon has pretty much three separate parts of the battle to him (well, I
separated them into three parts to make it easier). I will explain each one:
1st Part:
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
This is the part you fight first. He will start off with the message:
"My name is Ultima... I am power both ancient and unrivaled... I do not bleed,
for I am but strength given form... Feeble creatures of flesh... Your time is
nigh!" After this, he will switch off between the following two turns:
1st Turn: Attack (66%) or Flare (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (33%) or Flare (33%) or Blaze (33%)
Repeat until HP <= 12800
2nd Part:
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
This is when Ultima Weapon's HP is between 6145 and 12800
1st Turn: Bio (33%) or Quake (33%) or Meteor (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (33%) or Special Attack [Full Power; 200% damage] (66%)
3rd Turn: MT Fira
4th Turn: Mind Blast
5th Turn: Message says: Focusing energy.
Gains Shell, Protect, and Haste status. This makes him faster, while
making him take less physical AND magical damage. He also flashes.
6th Turn: Flashes again
7th Turn: Flashes for a long time, then uses Flare Star
Repeat until HP is <= 6144
3rd Part:
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
This part happens when Ultima Weapon's HP is 6144 or lower
1st Turn: Attack (33%) or Graviga (66%)
2nd Turn: Rasp (33%) or Tornado (33%) or Blaze (33%)
Counterattack: Flare (33%)
Repeat until Ultima Weapon = Dead
So this is Ultima Weapon. First, remember the guy in Albrook who talked about
an ancient weapon and an ancient monster that share the same name? Well, you
found the weapon "Ultima Weapon" in the Cave to the Sealed Gate, and now you
are facing off against the creature with the same name! Craziness.
Anyway, on to fight this guy. As you can see, his 1st Part is the easiest to
deal with. With Reflect Rings, you won't be damaged by Flare (but Blaze will
hurt every character about 250+ damage). Now is also the best time to use one
of the more cheap methods to beat this guy:
MP KILL METHOD: Ultima Weapon dies when his MP reaches 0. The problem is he has
5000 MP, and you need to get rid of that somehow. You can use Rasp and Osmose
spell to suck up Ultima's MP. This is best done in the 1st part of the battle
as he is the least dangerous then. Absorbing 5000 MP will probably take you
a while, but it's playing the safe side. Obviously, heal when necessary.
If you're not going to use this method, make sure to summon Zona Seeker ASAP
to increase the party's magic defense. Also, cast Slow on Ultima Weapon.
Attack him by casting -ara spells on him. It seems Blizzara does a tiny bit
more damage, so use that if you wish. I definitely recommend throwing Scrolls
with Shadow (they all seem to do the same damage on average) as that will do
more damage than anything else he can do (even more than Fuma Shurikens if you
got one from a Ninja).
Keep doing this for a while until the 2nd part of the battle triggers. This is
good since you've taken out about half of Ultima Weapon's HP. Pray that he uses
Quake as his first turn since this will heal all those with Gaia Gear. Free
healing. Watch out for Meteor (600+ to each character) or his special attack
Full Power (1000+ damage to one character). Make sure you keep everyone's HP
up (don't heal with Cura if you have Reflect Rings; you'll heal Ultima instead).
His MT Fira will bounce back so don't worry about that.
His Mind Blast attack will affect four random targets with one status ailment
chosen randomly out of the following list: Berserk, Confuse, Darkness, Doom,
Imp, Petrify, Poison, Sap, Sleep, Slow, Stop, Zombie. After this happens, cast
Dispel on anyone who got hit to cure them of the most important statuses.
Ultima Weapon will cast Haste on himself after this, so Slow him again. You now
have a free turn to get in as much damage as possible, as long as you have
enough HP to survive Flare Star. But how would you know this?
Flare Star's damage is as follows: (random target's level * 80) / 4
So if your party is around level 25, you can expect:
25 * 80 = 2000 / 4 = 500 damage to each character. Obviously, you'll need to
heal again after Flare Star. Hope that he uses Quake after this to get a quick
heal for Gaia Gear wearers.
Once you get his HP below 6144, you'll be in the final stretch of the battle.
Tornado will lower the target's HP to 1/16 of it's current total, so beware of
it. Graviga will lower the target's HP to 1/4 of it's current total. If you
have Celes in your party (why??), have her Runic every turn to absorb both of
those spells, leaving you to worry about Blaze and Rasp, which aren't as
dangerous.
For those who don't have Celes (you shouldn't), simply attack the same way you
did in Part 1 (-ara spells and scrolls) to end this battle for good. Don't worry
about the Counterattack as your Reflect Ring will leave you unharmed.
Usually, if you summon Zona Seeker and cast Slow on your first few turns,
chances are you won't ever see Ultima Weapon use Mind Blast OR Flare Star (I
had to stop attacking to see these attacks).
If you think you can afford to do it, try to steal that Ribbon from Ultima. It's
a rare steal, but you might get lucky, right?
You'll get an Elixir for winning.
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After the battle, Shadow immediately leaves your party, saying how he can't
fight at your side after he sold himself to the Empire.
Head up to finally meet Gestahl and Kefka.
You will find Gestahl and Kefka standing in front of the legendary Warring
Triad statues. Insane. Gestahl will say one line ("Well look who's here")
before Celes shows up! This is why you didn't pick Celes as one of your three
before you came here, since Celes now automatically joins your party, otherwise
you'd be stuck with a 3-man instead 4-man-woman party.
Anyway, Gestahl says you're just in time to die. Gestahl then seems to absorb
power from the Warring Triad. Celes pleads with Gestahl to stop, but he decides
otherwise and casts her aside, while casting some spell on your 3 other party
members (paralyzing spell or something that disables them).
Gestahl then proceeds to offer Celes a deal: "Why don't I give you and Kefka
the task of creating progeny to populate my new Magitek empire?" Wow, I bet
Kefka wouldn't mind...
To show her loyalty, Kefka wants Celes to kill the others, then offers her a
sword. She takes the sword, then approaches your 3 party members. As she raises
her sword to strike your party down.... she turns around and runs up to Kefka
and stabs him instead! Owned.
After this, Kefka is pissed (understandably I guess). He talks to the Warring
Triad and commands them to show him their power! He then begins to stand in the
middle of the statues. The statues aren't doing much to please Kefka, so he
demands one last time to show him their power.
Gestahl steps in and warns Kefka that if he revives them, they might destroy
the same world they want to rule together!
Then Kefka tells Gestahls to shut up. Word.
The scene shifts to a battle-like screen with Gestahl and Kefka on opposing
sides. Gestahl asks if Kefka's mad, but Kefka counters that this is the perfect
opportunity to show your party the power of the Warring Triad! Gestahl seems
to have enough and is "just going to use this power you [Kefka] has unleashed
to put you [Kefka] to sleep" .... it would have more effect if Kefka weren't
laughing so hard.
Gestahl wants to know what's wrong, but Kefka doesn't answer. So Gestahl tries
to cast Firaga on Kefka, with no result. Then he tries Flare. Nothing. Meltdown
also results in nothing.
Gestahl obviously would like to know how Kefka is dodging these powerful spells,
and he finally reveals it to him: By standing in the center of the Warring
Triad. They absorb ALL magic, leaving Kefka unharmed.
Then Kefka turns out and presents the Warring Triad with their first victim:
Emperor Gestahl!
This time the Triad listens, but they miss. Kefka admires their power just as
they unleash another bolt, which misses again. They miss two more times (while
getting closer), and finally one hits Gestahl dead-on. Kefka then proceeds
to laugh and even kicks Gestahl's body off the Floating Continent!
You can't deny it, Kefka is a badass.
Anyway, Kefka is still chilling in the center of the Warring Triad. Celes tries
to stop him, but he almost pushes her off the Floating Continent.
What does Kefka do then? He moves one of the Warring Triad statues! If you've
been following the dialogue closely, you should have heard/seen Strago say
that if the balance of the Warring Triad is disturbed the world will go crazy!
Kefka moves the other two statues to completely mess up their balance.
Next we see Shadow coming out of no where to save Celes from falling off the
Floating Continent. Shadow then moves the statues so that Kefka is trapped, and
the spell your 3 other party members had will be lifted and they'll be able to
move again. Shadow tells you to forget about him and go!
You then see a spark fly somewhere else (we'll find this later; it's another
new enemy).
You now have 6 minutes to reach the end of the Floating Continent (where you
will have to fight a boss, so spare some time for that). First things first:
Equip Celes. Time is still running in the pause menu so act fast. Simply
Optimize her equipment and throw some quick relics on her.
This is the part where you will only fight Naude in random encounters, so I'll
tell you here how to take Naude out:
Well, there's many ways to take Naude out. The possible easiest one being:
Cast Imp. Naude will use its next turn to cast Imp on itself (to get rid of the
status) and then Flee immediately afterwards.
NOTE: If Naude flees, you will NOT get the Bestiary entry. Make SURE to beat her
at least once just to get the bestiary entry.
You have to remember that the point of Naude is to waste time, so you may want
to just Imp it constantly to quickly end the battle. It's also weak to Fire,
Lightning, AND Holy, so there's a variety of attacks you can use to take it
down. If you have Strago, Lv.4 Flare works nicely.
Also, you could Rasp her MP away (it only has 195 MP). This should take only
one or two Rasps, so that's another easy way to defeat it.
In case you're wondering, here's what Naude will do in a battle:
1st Turn: Attack (33%), Freezing Dust (33%), Hit [200% damage] (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (66%), Blizzara (33%)
3rd Turn: Attack (33%), Blizzara (33%), Snowstorm (33%)
If you attack with Magic command: 33% of countering with Silence
Anyway, defeat Naude's quickly to move on. As you walk on, you'll see a chunk
of the Floating Continent break off. Damn.
After you go down your first set of stairs, you should see a blue-orb chest to
your right. DO NOT APPROACH IT DIRECTLY! If you do, the piece of land in front
of it will break off and you won't be able to get the chest.
Instead, continue south and go around the whole and then approach the chest.
Open it for an Elixir.
Now examine the spark to fight this dungeon's final boss, which is actually
very easy.
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BOSS: Nelapa
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Nelapa (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 26
- HP: 2800
- MP: 280
- Steal: None
- Drops: None
Nelapa starts off by saying "Mwa-ha-ha...You think I'm going to let you escape?"
and then casting Doom on all four characters.
Here's what Nelapa does:
1st Turn: Attack (66%), Fira (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (33%), Fireball (33%), Firaga (33%)
3rd Turn: Attack (66%), Fira (33%)
If you attack with the Attack command, it will have a 33% of countering with
its own Attack. If you Attack 6 times, it will use Roulette.
That's all there is to it. I actually couldn't get it to show me Roulette,
since I always off'd it before the 6 Attack commands were executed. You should
have the same "problem".
You could also attack with Ice, Lightning, or Holy... except that Nelapa has
inherent Reflect status, so be careful what you attack with. I suggest just
attacking with the Attack command and it should die before you see Roulette
being used.
An alternative strategy *could* be to drain its MP, which is only 280. However,
Rasp gets reflected back to you, but you can use Osmose to slowly drain its MP.
However, I still suggest just using Attack until it dies. It's just faster.
ALTERNATE STRATEGY (Thx to blusiryn for bringing this to my attention): Nelapa
is vulnerable to Instant Death. This means you can use weapons like Chainsaw
or Assassin's Dagger, or if you're wearing Reflect Rings you can bounce Death
spells off your characters (if you don't bounce them off your own characters,
the Death spell will simply bounce back to you since Nelapa has Reflect).
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After you beat Nelapa, you'll be at the end of the Floating Continent.
If you approach the edge, you will get the option to Jump or Wait.
DO NOT JUMP.
If you jump, you kill Shadow. Simple as that. If you don't care about Shadow,
go ahead and jump.
If you do care about Shadow (and you should), just choose Wait. If you approach
the edge again you will get the option "Gotta wait for Shadow..."
Contrary to popular belief, you don't HAVE to select this option to actually
get Shadow to appear. After some annoying testing, I've figured out what you
can and can't do while waiting for Shadow. All you have to fulfill is:
1. You have to have approached the edge at least once and selected Wait
2. If you're in the Pause Menu when the timer hits 0:04, you can still save
Shadow as long as you exit the menu before the timer hits 0:00
3. After you Wait, you can walk around all you want. Where you stand when the
timer hits 4 seconds (0:04) is the important part. Basically, you can wander
around in your little square, as long as you don't go past the point where
Terra stands in this picture:
http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shadowwaitod1.png
If you go any further to the left than where Terra stands, you will not get
Shadow. As you can see in that picture, you can stand away from the edge and
still have Shadow appear (see him flying in from the left? lol).
NOTE: If you stand past the square from the picture when the timer hits 4
seconds, Shadow's dead. You have to be in the "Safe Zone" by the time the timer
hits 4 seconds
Anyway, the above was just for people who claim this or the other about Shadow,
so I was forced to do some testing to show everyone where you can and can't go.
Just approach the ledge, select Wait, and just wait for the timer to come down
to 4 seconds.
Shadow will jump in from the left and say "I'd never be able to rest in peace
if I died without collecting my pay..." and then you all jump off the Floating
Continent and onto the Blackjack.
You land on the Blackjack and ask if there's no way to stop the Warring Triad's
magic... but there isn't. They unleash their magic which splits aparts lands
and totally reshapes the continents of the world.
Unfortunately, the Blackjack also splits apart (would be kinda weird if it
survived all this, wouldn't it?) and everyone falls off the ship.
You get a cool little view of the Earth blowing up everywhere before splitting
in some places.
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4.65 The World of Ruin [4.065]
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On that day
the world was changed forever...
Kefka has disturbed the balance of the Warring Triad, and they unleashed their
power which ultimately re-formed the entire Earth and all its landmasses and
oceans.
The Blackjack has also been destroyed by their magic and everyone you know fell
off... will you ever see them again?
NOTE: The old world is called World of Balance, and this new world is called
World of Ruin (WoR for short)
You see an ocean passing under you... eventually you see a small island in the
middle of the ocean.
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4.66 Solitary Island [4.066]
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New Monsters:
#116 - Peeper
#119 - Landray
#121 - Black Dragon
Monster Formations:
Wasteland:
- Peeper x2 (1 AP)
- Peeper x3 (1 AP)
Desert:
- Land Ray, Peeper x2 (1 AP)
- Black Dragon (3 AP)
Items Found: None
Steals:
- Peeper: Elixir (Rare)
- Land Ray: Megalixir (Rare)
- Black Dragon: Holy Water (Common)
NOTE: You don't have Locke right now so you can't steal anyway. I listed them
here anyway because you can return with Locke later.
How to handle these guys:
- Peeper are... stupid? They have inherent Sap status, and they only have 1 HP
to start off with, so they will die a few seconds into battle. If they do
attack, it's either physically (33%), with Tail [150% damage] (33%), or with
White Wind (33%) ... if they only had enough MP to use it. Silly creatures.
They do have a rare Elixir for when you return with Locke.
- Land Ray are just like Peeper. 1 HP + inherent Sap status = death within
seconds. The only attack they use is their special attack Poison Tail which
poisons you.
- Black Dragon are the only possible threat here. Celes is by herself, which is
the only reason this might be difficult. It's only two types of attacks are:
1st Turn: Attack (66%) or Sandstorm (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (33%) or Sandstorm (33%) or Bone Powder [inflicts Zombie] (33%)
However, Black Dragons are undead, so use a Phoenix Down for a quick kill if
you wish. If you don't like that one, they are weak to Fire and Holy, while also
being vulnerable to things like Confuse, Death, Slow, Stop, etc.
Here we are, one year after the earth was changed forever by Kefka. We find
ourselves on a small island (Solitary Island) with a simple beach and a lone
hut.
Inside the hut, Celes is just getting out of bed. It seems Cid found Celes
when the Blackjack was destroyed and decided to take care of her. Celes has
been sleeping a whole year. Celes asks Cid where everyone else is, but he
doesn't know.
All the plants and everything have been slowly dying. Even all the people have
begun flinging themselves off cliffs in desperation. Celes is worried that
everyone else may be dead, and Cid comforts her, after which Celes calls him
grandfather, which makes him proud. Aww.
But granddaddy is dying. He hasn't eaten since he fell ill three days ago.
Celes offers to get him some food, and Cid tells her fish is the only food
around.
Now a little mini-game begins. Basically, you have to feed Cid fish in order to
keep him alive. The longer you wait, the worse he gets. Also, the faster the
fish, the more it heals him.
The only catch is, it's pretty much impossible to win this without save-stating
an emulator or being EXTREMELY lucky. You'd have to feed Cid about 6-10 fast
fish in a short amount of time (amount of fish depends how long it takes you)
to heal him for good.
You get the fish by leaving the house and going south one screen. It's possible
to not see any fish at all, or just slow-moving ones. If you want to try to
save him, go back and talk to Cid, and the fish will be reset.
I'm going to save you lots of time and tell you NOT to save Cid. The game plot
makes more sense if you DON'T save Cid. This mini-game is probably just a little
fun thing the developers threw in.
NOTE: Before you do any of this, step out onto the Overworld map (go right one
screen from the hut). While you're out here, Cid's health won't decrease and
you can get the three bestiary entries now rather than later. IMPORTANT: Equip
Celes, but make SURE to give her either a Ribbon or an Amulet, as both these
Relics protect against Poison and Zombie. Land Ray's will poison you and if you
get Zombie'd by a Black Dragon, it's an automatic Game Over.
Anyway, since I bet you are interested what happens when you DO save Cid, I will
provide the dialogue that occurs after you save Cid. But first, here's what
happens when you do NOT save Cid:
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If you don't save Cid
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Celes: Granddad... You have to eat, or...
Wh-what's the matter? Granddad...
Cid...
*Celes falls to her knees*
Celes: No! ...No!!! You promised you'd stay here with me!
Granddad, answer me! Tell me you're just joking!
*Celes walks to the cliffs*
Walk up and examine the dead bird
*Celes remembers Cid's words...*
*Cid: The other people who were here with us all gave up hope...
One after the next, they flung themselves from the northern cliffs
in despair...*
*Celes backs up to the cliff*
Celes: Everyone's gone... Even Locke... There's nothing left for me in this
world.
*Celes jumps off the cliff*
*Celes is laying on the beach of the same island and is awoken by a bird*
Celes: Uhhh... Were you watching over me? Why would you want to help someone
like me? I've already given up hope...
This bandana... It couldn't be...!
Hey, little bird... Where'd you come from?
Is the person who wrapped your wound still alive? Please, tell me...!
*Bird flies off*
Celes: He's alive... Locke's alive!
Walk into the house to find a letter that mysteriously appeared
Letter: You must leave this island. Somewhere out there, your friends are
waiting for you. Go down the stairs by the stove.
The road to your freedom awaits...
Love, Granddad
Go down the stairs and examine the raft to automatically drag it upstairs and
to the beach.
Celes: I'll make you proud of me, Granddad...
*Celes gets on raft and takes off*
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If you do save Cid
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Cid: I'm all better now! Thank you, Celes!
Celes: What is it?
Cid: Celes... I finally finished the little project I've been working on at
night.
Go on downstairs and take a look!
*Celes walks downstairs and finds raft*
Celes: Granddad...
Cid: Celes... You have to leave this place.
I'm sure your friends are still alive somewhere, waiting for you!
Celes: ... I know they are. I'll go. But I'll be back! And I'll bring them all
back to see you!
Cid: You bring that Locke fellow, too, now, you hear?
*Celes takes raft to the beach, waves good-bye to Cid, pulls the raft into the
water, and takes off...*
As you can see, letting Cid die adds more character development to Celes.
Besides, like I said earlier, it's nearly impossible to save Cid without using
save-states on an emulator since chances are VERY slim of you finding so many
fast fish. Some people do get lucky and get it on their first try, but know
that is not a normality. Anyway, it's up to you to do.
Now you may be thinking: Does keeping Cid alive change any gameplay?
Answer: No! If you keep him alive, he'll say "I'm all better now! Thank you,
Celes!" even if you come back later in the game. Worthless.
After you've done all this, the raft takes you out to a new place!
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4.67 Overworld: Southern Continent [4.067]
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New Monsters:
#114 - Fafnir
#115 - Killer Mantis
#117 - Murussu
#118 - Gigantoad
#120 - Luna Wolf
#122 - Rukh
Monster Formations:
Grass:
- Fafnir x2 (1 AP)
- Killer Mantis, Fafnir (1 AP)
Wasteland (East):
- Luna Wolf x2 (1 AP)
- Murussu, Gigantoad x2 (1 AP)
Wasteland (West):
- Luna Wolf, Rukh (1 AP)
- Rukh, Murussu, Gigantoad (1 AP)
Forest:
- Fafnir x4 (1 AP)
- Killer Mantis x2, Fafnir (2 AP)
Desert:
- Land Ray, Peeper x2 (1 AP)
- Black Dragon (3 AP)
Steals:
- Fafnir: Antidote (Common)
- Killer Mantis: Venom Claws (Rare)
- Murussu: Hi-Potion (Common)
- Gigantoad: None
- Luna Wolf: Hi-Potion (Always)
- Rukh: None
How to handle these monsters:
- Fafnir are weird because they have 66% of fleeing when they are NOT by
themselves. They have no other attacks, unless they are by themselves, in which
case they will Attack 33% of the time and use their special attack Tongue Lash
(inflicts Sap) the other 66%. They have a 33% of countering any physical attack
with Tongue Lash. They are weak to Ice if you need to know.
- Killer Mantis attack 66% of the time. That's it. Well, they counter any Attack
with their special attack Kama (150% damage) 33% of the time. These guys are
worthless like Fafnir. Killer Mantis are weak to Fire.
- Murussu attack physically 66% of the time and can use their special attack
Carapace (150% damage) 33%. If they are by themselves, they have a 33% of
countering anything with Snort, so beware of this annoyance. They are weak to
lightning.
- Gigantoad has a variety of attacks. Every turn they have a 66% of attacking
physically. On their first turn (and every 4th turn after that), they have a
33% of using Croak [200% damage]. On their third (and every 4th) turn, they have
a 33% of using Sticky Goo [inflicts Slow]. They also have Rippler in their
attack script, but they don't have enough MP to use it, so it's useless.
They are weak to Ice.
- Luna Wolf attack one turn, then Attack (66%) or use Face Chomp [inflicts
Darkness] (33%) the next turn, then just repeat. That's all there is to them.
They have no weakness, so just Stop them and get rid of them (by the way, Stop
works on all the enemies here).
- Rukh attack physically for two turns, then they have a 33% of using Beak
(which inflicts Petrify) or attacking physically again. They can counter any
Magic attack with Shamshir (33%) [halves target's HP!]. Obviously, you'll want
to refrain from using Magic against Rukh. It is weak to Ice, just like Fafnir
and Gigantoad
The very first thing you should do is apply Invisible status to Celes. You can
do this with Phantom esper if you don't know how. Second thing you should do is
make sure Celes has either a Ribbon (preferred) or a Jeweled Ring on. This is
to protect from the Petrify status you might receive from Rukh on it's 3rd turn.
NOTE: If for some reason you don't have a Ribbon OR a Jeweled Ring, you can go
to Albrook (See Section 4.68) and buy a Jeweled Ring for 1000 Gil.
As you can read above, most all attacks by these monsters are physical attacks,
which is where being invisible comes in handy. Don't forget: Celes is by herself
so she has to take care of these guys by herself and will be the sole target of
the monsters. I gave her a Genji Glove along with her Ribbon so she could attack
twice and take monsters out quicker. It's up to you if you want to do the same.
One last helpful hint if you equip a Genji Glove: Stick an Icebrand and
Flametongue on her, as this will do extra damage on enemies weak to Ice and
Fire.
Sticky Goo and Shamshir can remove your invisible status, so be sure to re-apply
the status if this happens. All in all, if you're smart about this, you
shouldn't take any damage from anyone here.
Anyway, after you've had all your fun here, enter Albrook. It's on the southern
tip of the continent.
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4.68 Albrook [WoR] [4.068]
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Inn Cost: 300 Gil
New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found: No new ones. If you missed any earlier, you can get them here.
See Section 4.43
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/ Item Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) |
| Ether (1500 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) | Stock up.
| Holy Water (300 Gil) |
| Remedy (1000 Gil) |
| Sleeping Bag (500 Gil) | You may want to get a Sleeping Bag or two since
| Smoke Bomb (300 Gil) | you're on your own for now.
| Teleport Stone (700 Gil) |
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/ Weapon Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Flametongue (7000 Gil) | This is going to be your supply to deal crazy
| Icebrand (7000 Gil) | damage later (if you throw them). They're a
| Thunder Blade (7000 Gil) | little expensive now, so leave for now.
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NOTE: If you've been wondering who "that guy in Albrook" is that I keep
referring to, he's still walking around in the Weapon Shop, and he's still
talking about the two Ultima Weapon there are.
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/ Armor Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Golden Shield (2500 Gil) |
| Priest's Miter (3000 Gil) | You shouldn't need anything here.
| Green Beret (3000 Gil) |
| Golden Helm (4000 Gil) |
| Golden Armor (10000 Gil) |
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/ Relic Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Sprint Shoes (1500 Gil) |
| Gigas Glove (5000 Gil) | The only thing you *might* need is a Jeweled
| Earring (5000 Gil) | Ring.
| Barrier Ring (500 Gil) |
| Mythril Glove (700 Gil) |
| Knight's Code (1000 Gil) |
| Reflect Ring (6000 Gil) |
| Jeweled Ring (1000 Gil) |
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So this is your first visit to a town since the destruction of the earth. It
doesn't look too good. One man walking around tells you about some ancient
monsters that were released when the world was ripped apart: Humbaba, Deathgaze,
and 8 legendary dragons. I'm sure we'll never meet any of those.
You can see two Zozo-look-alike residents warming themselves by a fire. One of
them tells you that your town will be destroyed by the Light of Judgment if
you oppose Kefka. Looks like Kefka's still around then...
Another old man sitting in between some trees says: "The sparkle in your eye
reminds me of the young martial artist who visited here not long ago." In other
words: this man is trying to tell you one of your friends was here. A young
martial artist? Sounds like Sabin to me.
That's aboout it for Albrook. Yeah, pretty exciting nowadays.
Where to next? If you remember, there were a total of 5 locations in the WoB
(World of Balance) days:
Albrook = Just visited there, so we know it's still there
Maranda = Is now on the west continent, so can't get there now
Vector = Vector has been replaced by a big tower you may have seen when walking
around outside of Albrook. This is Kefka's Tower, and it's actually the
final tower, so we won't go there for a while
Imperial Observation Post = What? You don't remember? It got lifted into the
air as part of the Floating Continent, silly.
Tzen = Tzen is the only place besides Albrook still around. Let's head there.
Tzen is north of Albrook. You'll pass Kefka's Tower on the way there, if you
haven't seen it yet (it's only accessible by air, so don't worry about
accidently going in it).
NOTE: To make this upcoming house a little easier, make yourself invisible
before entering Tzen.
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4.69 Tzen & Crumbling House [4.069]
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Inn Cost: Free (just find the damn child <_<)
New Monsters:
#123 - Zokka
#124 - Nightwalker
#125 - Scorpion
IMPORTANT NOTE: These three monsters are permanent missables. Make SURE you
encounter all three before leaving the house (there have been reports of people
never seeing the Scorpion while here, and they have missed them forever).
Monster Formations:
- Zokka x2, Nightwalker (2 AP)
- Scorpion x3 (2 AP)
- Nightwalker x4 (3 AP) [Monster-in-a-Box]
Items Found:
- Healing Rod (North-East Corner, 1st Floor)
- Ether (North-West Corner, 1st Floor)
- Fight Nightwalker x4 (By Stairs, 1st Floor)
- Holy Rod (Center, 1st Floor)
- Hyper Wrist (South-West Corner, 1st Floor)
- Magicite Shard (North-East Corner, Basement)
- Fight Nightwalker x4 (North-West Corner, Basement)
- Bloodsword (South, Basement)
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/ Item Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) | Stock up.
| Ether (1500 Gil) |
| Green Cherry (150 Gil) | Super Balls are very expensive items that you
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) | can throw and deal some random damage. Don't
| Echo Screen (120 Gil) | get any now as you'll want to save your money,
| Holy Water (300 Gil) | plus their damage is too random to use
| Sleeping Bag (500 Gil) | effectively.
| Super Ball (10000 Gil) |
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/ Weapon Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Kaiser Knuckles (1000 Gil) | Shop until you have two Venom Claws and two
| Venom Claws (2500 Gil) | Burning Fists (you should already have one of
| Flametongue (7000 Gil) | the latter).
| Icebrand (7000 Gil) |
| Thunder Blade (7000 Gil) |
| Burning Fist (10000 Gil) |
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/ Armor Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| If you somehow missed the Beret on the Floating
| Golden Shield (2500 Gil) | Continent, grab one here.
| Beret (3500 Gil) |
| Tiger Mask (2500 Gil) | Snatch a Tiger Mask if you don't already have
| Golden Helm (4000 Gil) | one. Same goes for Power Sash.
| Power Sash (5000 Gil) |
| Golden Armor (10000 Gil) |
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/ Relic Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Dragoon Boots (9000 Gil) | Thief's Bracer are for sale for the first time
| Thief's Bracer (3000 Gil) | ever, but you shouldn't need another one.
| Black Belt (5000 Gil) |
| Alarm Earring (7000 Gil) | Nothing else of interest here, though.
| Sniper Eye (3000 Gil) |
| Peace Ring (3000 Gil) |
| Jeweled Ring (1000 Gil) |
| Amulet (5000 Gil) |
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Welcome to Tzen. The person to your immediate left tells you that the Serpent
Trench is no longer filled with water, but it's above the surface now. There's
also some new organization called Cult of Kefka who seem to have built a tower
on the Serpent Trench. That's cool, we'll worry about that later.
As soon as you head up the steps, something crazy happens. Walk around and try
to talk to the rushing villagers to find out that they refused to bow down to
Kefka, so he just unleashed his Light of Judgment on them (just like the
Zozo-wannabe in Albrook told you).
Another man tells you that house is about to collapse, but that there are
monsters in the house who will petrify anyone who tries to go in to help.
NOTE: As soon as you step on the square in front of the door to the Crumbling
House, you will have to go in and rescue the child (you'll only have 6 minutes).
If you wish to shop, do so before stepping in front of the house.
Before beginning this sequence though, I suggest the following equipment for
Celes:
Right/Left Hand: Flametongue and Stoneblade/Icebrand/Thunder Blade
Head: Mystery Veil
Body: Golden Armor/Gaia Gear
- Golden Armor has more Defense, while Gaia Gear has higher Magic Defense.
Ribbons: Genji Glove and Ribbon
Esper: Phantom (important unless you know Vanish)
When you're ready, step on the square in front of the door to the Crumbling
House. After the two greet each other, Celes offers to help, but Sabin warns
that the house will collapse if he moves, and tells you to hurry up and save
the kid inside!
You now have 6 minutes to go inside, save the kid and get back outside.
NOTE: If you run out of time, Sabin will say the following while he dies:
Sabin: I can't... hold out...
...any longer...
Brother...the rest is up to you!
I'm going to post the monster formations again, just so you don't have to scroll
up and see them again:
Monster Formations:
- Zokka x2, Nightwalker (2 AP)
- Scorpion x3 (2 AP)
- Nightwalker x4 (3 AP) [Monster-in-a-Box]
Steals: (It is possible to have Locke at this point if you did certain events in
different order)
- Zokka: Hi-Potion (Common)
- Nightwalker: X-Potion (Rare)
- Scorpion: Potion (Always)
How to handle these guys:
- Zokka will attack physically for two turns. On his third turn, he has a 33%
of using Net (causes Stop), otherwise still attacking physically. If Zokka is
by itself, it has a 33% of countering anything with Rock (inflicts Petrify).
Since you have a Ribbon, you should be safe from these statuses and hopefully
you are invisible, so you won't take damage from Zokka. Zokka is weak to Water,
but you have nothing for that unless you're using Bismarck. Simply get rid of
it ASAP.
- Nightwalker have a 33% of using Drain on their first turn (if not Drain, they
will attack physically). Same deal for their 2nd turn except they can use
Sapping Touch (inflicts Sap) instead of Drain. They have a 33% of countering any
Attack with Drain. They are weak to Fire and only have 265 HP each, so a simple
MT Fire (not Fira, Fire) spell will take care of them (useful for the
Monster-in-a-Box encounter).
- Scorpion starts out with Lethal Sting (inflicts Doom) and a physical attack.
It will attack physically for the next 7 turns, then start over with Lethal
Sting. I hope to God you won't let it get that far. If you're invisible, they
won't touch you. They have 290 HP each, so a Genji-Glove'd Celes should take
one out each turn, which still makes this battle slightly longer than you'd
like (don't forget, you have to hurry). You might think of using a MT spell,
but their magic defense is sky-high, so just stick to physical attacks.
IMPORTANT REMINDER: Don't forget, these three guys are permanent missables.
I find it highly unlikely that you won't encounter both types of formations,
but apparently it's possible.
Ok, you need to hurry. If you want to try your luck, you could try wearing the
Ward Bangle to reduce enemy encounters, but that means you have to get rid of
the Ribbon (I wouldn't advise it) or the Genji Glove. Your choice.
Anyway, head straight up from the beginning to get the Healing Rod. Next head
all the way west to get the Ether. Walk back to the room you just passed (the
room to the east of the skinny hallway) and enter it from the top and grab the
chest for a Holy Rod. Proceed south out of the room, and head to the south-west
corner to grab a Hyper Wrist. Enter the room above you.
Only open this chest if you have a lot of time. It's a battle with 4
Nightwalkers (a single MT Fire spell kills them all). You can skip it if you're
pressed for time.
Either way, head downstairs. Go to the south-east room first to grab the Blood
Sword from the chest. Head up to the north-west of the room (avoid this chest
if you don't want to fight Nightwalker x4 again!). Grab the kid (He'll say "I'm
scarred!") and go east to grab the Magicite Shard out of the chest.
And that's it. Head back up the stairs in the south-east corner of the basement
and leave the house (go north, east, then south) through the front door.
Sabin steps out from under the house and it collapses as promised. Celes is
glad that Sabin is alive (Sabin: Of course I am!). This sparks some new hope
in Celes that the others may be alive as well. After they find everyone, the
gang still has to defeat Kefka (can't forget about him now).
As of now, Sabin is now in your party again. Sweet.
NOTE: Check your Bestiary. Got all 3 entries? No? Well, you'll have that blank
forever then. I warned you.
First things first: We have to equip Sabin.
- Left/Right: Burning Fist x2
- Head: Tiger Mask
- Body: Power Sash/Gaia Gear
Relics: Genji Glove, Ribbon
Now where should we go... if you talk to the guy walking around east of the
mother and her son, he'll inform you that a terrifying monster named Humbaba
took up residence around Mobliz. Talking to other people reveals that Kefka has
already used his Light of Judgment on Mobliz... I guess we shouldn't be
expecting much when we get there.
But where is Mobliz?
It's at the end of the (now above surface) Serpent Trench. On the map, the
Serpent Trench is the entire, horseshoe-like landmass just east of the
southern continent (where you are right now).
Also, just by looking at the map you may not see a way to get there. But there
is actually a small bridge that connects these two continents. Head
north-east from Kefka's Tower (which is in between Albrook and Tzen) and you'll
find the bridge.
Cross the bridge and you'll be on the Serpent Trench.
NOTE: If you need help with the monsters you encounter until you cross the
bridge, refer to section 4.67
QUICK RECAP: You got Sabin back. It's possible you haven't used Sabin in a VERY
long time, so you may not remember his Blitzes. Here's a quick re-cap for you:
1. Raging Fist - Left, Right, Left
- ST physical attack; Strength 110
2. Aura Cannon - Down, Down, Left
- ST-holy attack; Strength 68
3. Meteor Strike - R, L, Down, Up
- ST physical attack; Strength 180
4. Rising Phoenix - Left, Left, Down, Down, Right
- MT-fire attack; Strength 42
5. Chakra (LEARNED AT LEVEL 23) - R, L, R, L, Up, Down
- MT-healing, removes Darkness, Poison, Silence, Sap
6. Razor Gale (LEARNED AT LEVEL 30) - Up, Up, Right, Right, Down, Down, Left
- MT-wind attack, Strength 78
You may have learned Chakra (don't ever use it though, it sucks), and I doubt
you have learned Razor Gale, but I put it up in there in case some people like
to power-level.
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4.70 Serpent Trench [4.070]
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New Monsters:
#126 - Delta Beetle
#127 - Vampire Thorn
#128 - Lizard
#129 - Devoahan
Monster Formations:
Grassland/Forest:
- Vampire Thorn x2, Lizard (2 AP)
- Vampire Thorn x2 (2 AP)
- Devoahan (1 AP)
Wasteland (North):
- Devoahan, Lizard (1 AP)
- Vampire Thorn x2, Delta Beetle (1 AP)
- Delta Beetle x4 (1 AP)
Wasteland (South):
- Devoahan, Delta Beetle x2 (1 AP)
- Delta Beetle x4 (1 AP)
Desert:
- Black Dragon (3 AP)
Steals:
- Delta Beetle: Potion (Common)
- Vampire Thorn: Echo Screen (Rare)
- Lizard: Blood Sword (Rare)
- Devoahan: Ether (Common), Diamond Vest (Rare)
How to handle these guys:
- Delta Beetle will either attack physically (66%) or use Slam [150% damage]
(33%) on his first turn. For its second turn, it attacks physically (66%) again
or uses Megavolt (33%). It's weak to Fire, so Rising Phoenix works well.
- Vampire Thorn are a little different. They can use Life Drain (inflicts
Zombie) on their 2nd Turn (33%), and can use Bio (66%) on their 3rd Turn. Any
other time is just attacking physically. The problem with Vampire Thorn is that
it has 254 Defense AND 254 Magic Defense. However, they only have 12 HP. Also,
they are Undead so a simple MT Cure spell will get rid of them. They are also
weak to Fire if you prefer that (i.e. Rising Phoenix)
NOTE: FallenStar2565 suggests that you can also equip the Ultima Weapon, which
is Defense ignoring, and kill Vampire Thorns that way. Thx.
- Lizard have a 33% of starting the battle with Imp Gaze (inflicts Imp),
otherwise they'll just attack physically. They will attack physically for two
more turns, before looping back around to the beginning. They are weak to Ice
and sport 1280 HP each, so a Blizzara should do it.
- Devoahan attacks physically for four turns. On the 5th turn he uses his
special attack Rage (150% damage) followed by two more physical attacks. Then
he starts over. He has a 33% of countering any magic attack with Sunbath, so
keep magic away from this guy. He is weak to Fire, and Water, so act
accordingly.
- Black Dragon. Phoenix Down = Win. Check 4.66 if you really need help.
Once again, make your party invisible when traversing Serpent Trench. Megavolt
by Delta Beetle and Life Drain/Bio from Vampire Thorn can remove the status,
but it should help against the other ones. I hope you've learned Vanish by
now, as summoning Phantom all the time can get expensive.
Anyway, make your way all the way to the end of the Serpent Trench (the east
end, that is).
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4.71 Mobliz [WoR] [4.071]
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New Monsters: Humbaba (but you won't get the Bestiary entry)
Monster Formations:
- Humbaba (0 AP)
Items Found:
- Phoenix Down (Next to the Soldier's House [Top Barrel])
Enter the village and advance a few steps. Two dogs will come out, followed by
a kid who will run away as soon as he sees you. Weird.
We already know this place has been hit by the Light of Judgment (and actually,
I didn't tell you about it, but another person in Tzen mentions that all the
parents died saving their children). So we should know there will be no adults
here, just kids. How are they surviving? Who knows.
Before going anywhere, go grab the Phoenix Down from the top barrel then head
up to the broken down Relic Shop. There's a bed in the back you can use to heal.
NOTE: Before going anywhere else, switch out Sabin's Burning Fists for a pair
of Venom Claws. The next boss is weak to Poison.
Head into the house to the east of the soldier's house (the same house the kid
came out of). Enter the door here to find... a room full of children!
Try to enter and one of the kids will tell you you'll have to fight to get in.
Silly child, so innocent... obviously doesn't know who you are. Before you get
ready to bash this kid's face in, Terra shows up!
Terra is obviously glad to see you again. Someone (again, no name attached to
this dialogue) asks Terra to come with them and save the world from Kefka once
and for all. Terra thinks about it then takes off to the back room...
Follow her and talk to her. She says she can't fight anymore... she tells you
what you already knew: Kefka used his Light of Judgment on the town, and all
the parents died saving their children. The kids all clung to Terra as soon as
she arrived. The kids need Terra.
Some kid (Duane) comes in and says you can't take Terra from them. Katarin
comes in after him, and Duane runs out. Katarin tries to explain to you that
Terra is the person holding this village together, and if she left, the village
would fall apart.
Terra can't explain it either, but as soon as she saw that the kids needed her
she had no more desire to fight, but rather to take care of these children.
She actually feels like she's on the verge of understanding something
important, and the harder she tries to find the answer, the less she wants to
fight.
You'll now be in control again. Before you leave this room, make sure you're
ready for a boss fight. By that, I mean fully equipped with Venom Claws and all
that. Leave as soon as you're ready.
Some kid yells that Humbaba is coming! If you remember (or if you don't), some
guy in Albrook (it seems like all the all-knowing people are in Albrook) told
you about a couple of ancient creatures that got released when the earth split
apart... Humbaba was one of them.
Terra goes outside to protect the village from Humbaba.
This IS a boss battle, but it's a mostly scripted battle, so I won't bother
making it all "boss-like". You'll fight this guy sooner or later, don't worry.
Anyway, when you control Terra, you can do whatever you want. Everything will
do 0 damage (Thunder will heal him, and you'll gain HP from Drain) and you'll
lose within 2-3 turns.
You rush over to help Terra, but Humbaba comes again!
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BOSS: Humbaba
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Humbaba (0 EXP, 0 Gil)
- Level: 31
- HP: 28000
- MP: 10000
- Steal: None
- Drops: None
1st Turn: Attack (66%) or Solar Plexus (33%)
2nd Turn: Thundara (66%) or Thundaga (33%)
3rd Turn: Thundara (33%) or 1000 Needles (33%) or Solar Plexus (33%)
This is all Humbaba will do. Once you get his HP down to 20480 (which is only
5520 damage), he will flee.
So how to do 5520 damage? Sabin. He has dual Venom Claws, which Humbaba is weak
to, so he will do tons of damage (2000+ damage per turn). Simply have Celes
Runic those Thunder spells so you don't take as much damage. It shouldn't take
you more than 3 turns to defeat Humbaba... or make him flee.
Not very hard, was it?
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After the fight, Terra will be in bed and say "I guess I really don't have the
strength to fight anymore..." seeing as she just got her ass handed to her by
some ancient monster.
Terra says she's going to stay in Mobliz with the children since they need her.
But maybe "after a little time has passed" (what do you think that means) she
might understand what's going on and may be willing to fight.
As you begin to leave, some kid will give you something that fell off the chain
around his neck. It's actually the Fenrir magicite! It teaches Teleport (x10),
Banish (x5), and Stop (x3). The new spell here is Banish, but the nicest thing
about Fenrir (for now) is it's level up bonus: MP + 30%
Make use of this if you wish.
Now on to your next destination. We are at one end of the Serpent Trench... why
not head to the other end?
There just happens to be another town at the other end: Nikeah.
NOTE: If you want (you probably do), there is a hidden Chocobo stable in the
forest south of Mobliz (it's on the west-side of the forest). So you can pay
100 Gil to ride that Chocobo the entire way if you don't want to fight a ton of
annoying random encounters.
On your way, you'll see some tower surrounded by some mountains. This is the
tower the Cult of Kefka built. If you don't remember, some guy in Tzen
(surprisingly not from Albrook) told you about this tower. Obviously, it's only
accessible by airship.
Nikeah is to the north of this.
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4.72 Nikeah [WoR] [4.072]
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Inn Cost: 150 Gil
New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found: None
As soon as you enter, a former Returner recognizes and talks to you. He informs
you that four espers escaped the Magitek Research Facility before you ever got
there. He doesn't know if they're still alive, however.
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/ Item Shop \
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| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) |
| Ether (1500 Gil) | Stock up.
| Gold Needle (200 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) |
| Holy Water (300 Gil) |
| Remedy (1000 Gil) |
| Sleeping Bag (500 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
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/ Weapon Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Rune Blade (7500 Gil) | Ready? Buy 3 Enhancers. Yeah, 30000 Gil.
| Flametongue (7000 Gil) | Equip two on Celes right now. Know that
| Icebrand (7000 Gil) | Enhancers rock, so it's worth it.
| Thunder Blade (7000 Gil) | We'll come to an area with plenty of Gil for us
| Enhancer (10000 Gil) | soon enough.
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/ Armor Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Diamond Shield (3500 Gil) | Buy a lone Diamond Vest and equip it on
| Priest's Miter (3000 Gil) | someone.
| Green Beret (3000 Gil) |
| Diamond Helm (8000 Gil) |
| Gaia Gear (6000 Gil) |
| Power Sash (5000 Gil) |
| Diamond Vest (12000 Gil) |
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/ Relic Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| White Cape (5000 Gil) | There's nothing to buy here, but I'd like to
| Angel Ring (8000 Gil) | point out: The Auction House was selling Angel
| Zephyr Cloak (7000 Gil) | Rings for 20000 Gil, and you can buy them here
| Gale Hairpin (8000 Gil) | for just 8000 Gil.
| Hyper Wrist (8000 Gil) |
| Prayer Beads (4000 Gil) | Just a little fun fact. They're still useless.
| Amulet (5000 Gil) |
| Princess Ring (3000 Gil) |
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Welcome back to Nikeah. This place actually looks pretty decent just a year
after the world was destroyed.
After doing your shopping, talk to some of the people around. Figaro Castle has
had an accident and is stuck at the bottom of the desert. There's a group of
thieves in the Pub that escaped from the Figaro Castle cells.
Enter the Pub. You immediately see the four thieves that apparently escaped.
Talk to each of them to learn what happened.
"By some freak chance, the dungeon ended up right next to a sandworm nest when
the castle stopped. A crack opened up in the wall, so we crawled through and
followed the worm tunnels back to the surface!"
"We lost our old boss that day... he's feeding the sandworms now. We met Gerad
here in town. He's our new boss!"
"The boss wants to sneak into Figaro Castle to take back our booty. They've got
it all in a storeroom there."
"We're gonna go into the castle through a secret cave that nobody else knows
about!"
In summary: Figaro Castle had an accident and stopped in the desert. The dungeon
where the thieves were being held happened to be right next to a sandworm nest,
who proceeded to open the wall far enough for the thieves to crawl out to the
surface. Their boss died, now they met some new guy Gerad who wants to sneak
back into the Castle to get their treasures.
After you talk to everyone, someone should say "All right, let's go!" and one
of the guys will leave. Leave the pub and make room for the other three to
follow. They're going to the ship (you can go there if you want, they just tell
you to Scram) to wait for Gerad, their new boss.
You can just go up to find a new person standing around that wasn't there
before. Talk to him to find out it's Gerad! Something's fishy though... Celes
asks him if he isn't Edgar? Gerad then walks down towards the docks a bit.
Follow him and talk to him again.
Celes asks again if he is Edgar, but he denies it again. He walks some more, so
go talk to him once more. Celes is starting to get annoyed and asks if he lost
his memory or something, since this Gerad guy looks exactly like Edgar.
NOTE: If you're wondering what's up with Gerad... it's just Edgar's name
re-arranged ;) But does that mean it's him?
And to make it even more obvious: Gerad flirts with Celes before he leaves.
This guy has GOT to be Edgar. Follow him to the ships.
You see Gerad talking to his thieves for a second while Celes sneaks onto the
ship.
Once you hit land, everyone will leave. You should do the same. You are now in
South Figaro.
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4.73 South Figaro [WoR] [4.073]
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Inn Cost: 80 Gil
New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found:
These items can only be found if you left the items in South Figaro way back
when.
- Holy Water (West of Chocobo Stable [Barrel])
- Tent (East of Chocobo Stable [Crate])
- Elixir (South-West corner of town [Crate])
- Tent (Just north of Docks entrance [Barrel])
- Remedy (Just north of Docks entrance [Top Crate])
- X-Potion (Between Armory entrance [Barrel])
- Phoenix Down (On top of Town Wall, South-West end [Bottom-Right Barrel])
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/ Item Shop \
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| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) |
| Ether (1500 Gil) | Stock up.
| Eye Drops (50 Gil) |
| Echo Screen (120 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) |
| Holy Water (300 Gil) |
| Remedy (1000 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
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/ Weapon Shop \
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| Trident (1700 Gil) | Don't buy anything for now (so expensive)
| Heavy Lance (10000 Gil) |
| Enhancer (10000 Gil) |
| Golden Spear (12000 Gil) |
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/ Armor Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Diamond Shield (3500 Gil) | Buy 2 Diamond Armor. Yeah, that's 30000 more
| Priest's Miter (3000 Gil) | Gil, and you're probably running low by now,
| Green Beret (3000 Gil) | but just hold out for a little while longer.
| Diamond Helm (8000 Gil) |
| Gaia Gear (6000 Gil) |
| Diamond Vest (12000 Gil) |
| Diamond Armor (15000 Gil) |
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/ Relic Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Silver Spectacles (500 Gil) | If you don't have 2 or more Hermes Sandals, buy
| Star Pendant (500 Gil) | some until you have 2 (you should've found 3 in
| Fairy Ring (1500 Gil) | various chests by now).
| Amulet (5000 Gil) |
| Hermes Sandals (7000 Gil) | Also, add up your Ribbons and Amulets. Is it
| Reflect Ring (6000 Gil) | more than 4? Then good. If not, buy some Amulets
| Angel Ring (8000 Gil) | so you have a total of 4 (we're trying to
| Princess Ring (3000 Gil) | protect against Zombie status here).
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After you've done some shopping, go around and pick up any treasures (if any)
that you never picked up way back when. There are some in the crates and barrels
above the docks entrance, around the Chocobo stable, in the south-west corner
of town, and on the town wall. The reason I don't specifically tell you where
to get them is because there is no telling which treasures are even there. They
only appear if you did NOT get them in the WoB.
Just for a little fun: On the east side of town in the trees you'll find a
couple doing... well, I think you know. Here's what they say:
"Lives may be lost, but new lives can be born as well! I'm just doing my part!"
So yeah, what's this game rated? I don't even know to be honest.
Also, you can still go behind Duncan's house to find that crazy basement with
all the hidden walls. You can even fight Vector Hound and Commander there! One
note though: If you didn't get the hidden Ribbon in the chest in the
sub-basement, do so now. Check section 4.30 on its location.
Head around the front to talk to Duncan's wife... Duncan is still alive!? He's
off training to the north of Narshe. Craziness. Does anyone else think that
maybe Sabin should've been happy that his old master is not actually dead? But
no, he doesn't say anything. (I know, he doesn't have a line because he's not
a necessary character, don't e-mail me telling this, I'm being sarcastic)
To move on to the story, head into the Inn and enter the right room to find
Gerad. Celes asks him one more time if he's Edgar or not, but one of the
thieves comes in before he can answer.
The thieves' and Gerad left, so let's leave as well. Where to? South Figaro
Cave. Haven't been there in a while, after all.
By the way, Mt. Kolts is no more.
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New Monsters:
#130 - Sandhorse
#131 - Cancer
#132 - Oceanus
#133 - Desert Hare
Monster Formations:
Grassland:
- Desert Hare x3 (2 AP)
Forest:
- Oceanus (1 AP)
- Oceanus, Desert Hare x3 (1 AP)
Wasteland:
- Cancer x2, Desert Hare x2 (1 AP)
Desert:
- Cancer x3 (1 AP)
- Sandhorse x2 (1 AP)
- Sandhorse, Cancer x2 (1 AP)
Steals:
- Sandhorse: Hi-Potion (Common)
- Cancer: Potion (Common)
- Oceanus: Gaia Gear (Common)
- Desert Hare: Remedy (Common)
How to handle these guys:
- Sandhorse have a 66% of using Sandstorm every turn. Every other turn, they
also have a 33% of using Clamp (500% damage). If they are by themselves, they
have a 66% of attacking physically and a 33% of using Clamp again. As you can
see, these guys are the most dangerous for this area. They are weak to Ice and
Water, so that would be one way to take care of them. They also die when their
MP reaches 0, and they only have 100 MP, so a single Rasp should kill one
Sandhorse.
- Cancer attack physically for one turn, then have a 33% of using Pincer [150%
damage] or a 66% of attacking physically again. When by itself, it will attack
twice in a row, both times with a 66% of doing Pincer and a 33% of doing
nothing. They are weak to Ice, Lightning, and Water, so finish them off
accordingly.
- Oceanus have two different turns they can use. One is simply a 33% of using
Magnitude 8, the other is a 66% of using Magnitude 8 and a 33% of using
Corkscrew (150% damage). If you cast Float on all your characters, Magnitude 8
won't hit them, making this battle easier already. They are weak to Lightning.
- Desert Hare are kinda cool. They can attack either physically (66%) or with
Carrot [150% damage] (33%), their special attack. Their second turn is just a
physical attack, then it loops. The cool thing about them is they will counter
any attack with the Attack command with the following: Cure (33%), Cura (33%),
or Esuna (33%). Yeah, so they will actually heal you after you attack them.
They are weak to water if you want to know, but they only have 75 HP so anything
will kill them.
Make sure to cast Float on your team before fighting these guys (mainly because
of Oceanus' Magnitude 8).
As soon as you're ready, head into the South Figaro Cave, which is located
south-west of South Figaro itself.
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4.75 South Figaro Cave [WoR] [4.075]
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New Monsters:
#134 - Humpty
#135 - Cruller
#137 - Neck Hunter
#138 - Dante
Monster Formations:
From entrance up to Recovery Spring Room:
- Neck Hunter, Cruller, Humpty x2 (2 AP)
- Dante (2 AP)
Recovery Spring Room:
- Humpty x4 (1 AP)
- Neck Hunter x2 (1 AP)
- Dante (2 AP)
Room after Turtle-jumping:
- Neck Hunter x2 (1 AP)
- Humpty x3 (1 AP)
- Cruller, Humpty x2 (1 AP)
Items Found:
These chests, like in South Figaro, are only available if you left them alone
in the WoB
- Hi-Ether (East end of Main Cave)
- Hero's Ring (Up North-West stairs)
Steals:
- Humpty: Green Cherry (Common)
- Cruller: Potion (Common)
- Neck Hunter: Black Cowl (Rare)
- Dante: Diamond Helm (Rare)
How to handle these guys:
- Humpty only has two turns: First, he'll have a 66% of attacking physically.
The next turn he'll have the same, with the addition of a 33% of using Hug,
which inflicts Confusion. Humpty are just fat creatures that are weak to Fire
and Holy, AND they're Undead. This leaves you tons of ways to get rid of them
(Aura Cannon is Holy-elemental in case you forgot).
- Cruller has three separate turns at its disposal:
1st Turn: Fira (33%) or Attack (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (66%) or Sticky Goo (33%)
3rd Turn: Attack (66%) or Brainstorm [inflicts Confusion] (33%)
Looks like everyone wants to confuse you here. But you have Ribbons, right?
Anyway, Cruller is weak to Fire and Holy so get rid of it before it tries to
use Brainstorm.
- Neck Hunter has a 33% of starting the battle with Mad Sickle (inflicts
Confusion; see? I wasn't kidding) or a physical attack (33%). It will just
attack physically for the next three turns, before looping back around. This
guy is actually weak to Poison, like most Humanoids.
- Dante will start off with a physical attack (66%) or with Crystal Lance [300%
damage] (33%). The next attack it will simply attack physically, then start
it all over. It has a 33% of countering any magic attack with Lv.3 Confuse.
If none of your character's level is divisible by 3, you have nothing to worry
about. He is a Humanoid, which means he's weak to Poison. The weird thing is,
he's also Undead, so a Phoenix Down will take him down as well.
You know all about this cave by now. You may also remember all those chests
I told you to skip (well, there were only 2) because they changed into better
items later (like they did in South Figaro itself) ? Now it's time to get
those as well.
First you'll meet up with an old friend: Siegfried from the Phantom Train! He
tells you to wait there while he goes ahead and clears out all the monsters.
Yeah, right. Simply follow him.
Go to the east end of the cave to grab the Hi-Ether. If you never got the
X-Potion on the west end of the cave, do so now. Continue on and go up the
north-west stairs to collect a Hero's Ring (unless you grabbed the Thunder Rod
to defeat Tunnel Armor during Locke's Scenario).
Go into the next room once you got all that to find the band of thieves' and
Gerad having a problem: the path out is stuck. But one of the Henchmen used
to have a pet turtle, so he lures the turtle over to the right a little bit,
allowing them to jump across the turtle and into... whatever is on the other
side. You can also see Siegfried following them.
Follow them to come into another room that you never knew existed. Follow
the path (you'll pass 4 chests that Siegfried also got before you) into the
next room.
Go to the top of the room to find Siegfried take off with another chest item
you will never have. He then runs off (for good this time). Go to the west
side of the room and go down through a hidden door.
You're now in Figaro Castle.
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4.76 Figaro Castle [WoR] [4.076]
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New Monsters:
#136 - Dropper
#310 - Tentacle
#311 - Tentacle
#312 - Tentacle
#313 - Tentacle
Monster Formations:
Figaro Castle, B2F:
- Humpty x4 (1 AP)
- Neck Hunter x2 (1 AP)
- Dante (2 AP)
Engine Room:
- Humpty x4 (1 AP)
- Dropper x3 (1 AP)
- Dante (2 AP)
Items Found:
- Gravity Rod (South-East Room [Left Chest])
- Crystal Helm (South-East Room [Right Chest])
- Hi-Ether (South-West Room [Left Chest])
- X-Potion (South-West Room [Right Chest])
- Royal Crown (Up Western Stairs)
- Soul Sabre (Center of the Treasury [Statue])
Steals:
- Dropper: Ether (Common)
- For everyone else, check section 4.75 (the one above this one)
How to handle these guys:
- Dropper only do one thing: use Crazed Signal (inflicts Confusion) 66% of the
time. They also counter any Attack with their own Attack. That's all for these
guys. Like most machines, they are weak to Lightning and Water. You can also
drain all their MP (only 80) to kill them if you'd rather do that (they do have
1000 HP).
- For everyone else, check section 4.75 (the one above this one)
So now you're in Figaro Castle. Head a few steps down to see Gerad being
awfully friendly to a soldier. This guy has GOT to be Edgar... but why the
whole Gerad thing then? And why sneak into your own castle? So many questions,
so little answers.
Go talk to the soldier if you want: He's having trouble breathing, since the
castle has been stuck under the sand for who knows how long. Go up the stairs
and go down the western stairs right next to that to find the guy who always
transported you between Kohlingen and Figaro Desert (he can't breathe either).
Go down the next stairs to get to B2F. This is where you'll start seeing
monsters. Go down the north-east stairs and head south a room. This is where
you'll find most of the treasures (from left to right): Hi-Ether, X-Potion,
Gravity Rod, and Crystal Helm. You can't equip the Gravity Rod, and both your
characters have better Helms than Crystal Helm (Mystery Veil and Tiger Mask).
Go through the north-west door, up the stairs, and through the north-west door
again. Open the chest for a Royal Crown, an even better Helm than Tiger Mask
for Sabin, so equip it on him. Go back downstairs to the room with the four
treasure chests and take the center door this time.
Go through this next door to come to the Engine Room of Figaro Castle.
If you talk to Gerad you will have to fight a boss battle next, so let's get
ready first:
- Equip Hermes Sandals and Reflect Rings on Celes and Sabin
That's all you really need to prepare. Make sure everything else is equipped,
and talk to Gerad to begin. He will tell the thieves' to go onto the treasury
to grab the treasures, then ask Celes to give him a hand with these Tentacles.
So it was Edgar the whole time!
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BOSS: Tentacle x4
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NOTE: I'm going to add each Tentacles weakness/absorbs right here, so it's
easier to differentiate them since they are all very similar.
Tentacle (0 EXP, 0 Gil) [Bottom-Right]
- Level: 31
- HP: 7000
- MP: 800
- Steal: None
- Drops: None
- Weaknesses: Ice, Water
- Absorbs: Fire
Tentacle (0 EXP, 0 Gil) [Top-Right]
- Level: 33
- HP: 5000
- MP: 600
- Steal: None
- Drops: None
- Weaknesses: None
- Absorbs: Lightning, Water
Tentacle (0 EXP, 0 Gil) [Bottom-Left]
- Level: 32
- HP: 6000
- MP: 700
- Steal: None
- Drops: None
- Weaknesses: Fire
- Absorbs: Ice, Water
Tentacle (0 EXP, 0 Gil) [Top-Left]
- Level: 34
- HP: 4000
- MP: 500
- Steal: None
- Drops: None
- Weaknesses: None
- Absorbs: Earth, Water
NOTE: Edgar will join you, but you had no chance to properly prepare him, so
just do your best with him. If he goes down, it's no big deal since I highly
doubt Celes or Sabin are going to have any trouble with all 4 Tentacles by
themselves.
This battle may look confusing, but it's not. Especially not since you prepared
with Hermes Sandals and Reflect Rings. I shall explain what each Tentacle WOULD
have done had you not equipped those:
Whenever a character is inflicted with Slow status, a Tentacle will Grab it.
When a character is grabbed, the Tentacle slowly drains their HP. Also, that
character can't attack until it is released, which takes about 30 seconds.
Each Tentacle's special attack is Stun (inflicts Slow). They also have another
attack called Entwine which also causes Slow. You should be able to see that
they will try to Slow you with Stun then automatically Grab you and drain your
HP for 30 seconds before releasing you again.
But this won't work on Celes and Sabin, since they have Hermes Sandals, which
gives them permanent Haste status. This means that ALL of their attempts to
Slow you with Stun and Entwine will fail.
Each Tentacle also attacks with Poison and Bio, BOTH of which will bounce off
your Reflect Rings. This means that the ONLY way for Celes and Sabin to get
hurt at all is off their physical attacks, which they don't even use that much.
If you hurt the Lower Left and Lower Right Tentacle in any way, they both have
a 33% of answering with a physical attack (the other two answer with a 33% of
Stun, which will fail).
This means you don't have much to worry about at all. Well, if you worry about
Edgar you might, since you had no chance to prepare him. But like I said above,
do your best with him, it'll be fine if he falls (he lied to you for so long
anyway, bastard).
So how do you take these guys down? Well, one at a time, obviously.
Edgar should be on permanent Drill duty (focus on the same Tentacle obviously
until it dies). Like I said, if Edgar dies, oh well. Also, if any of your
character's get poisoned, don't bother curing them since the battle will not
last very long and you'll just waste a turn curing them of poison.
If Sabin is level 30, use the Razor Gale (Up, Up, Right, Right, Down, Down,
Left) Blitz. Otherwise, stick with Meteor Strike (R, L, Down, Up) or just
Aura Cannon (Down, Down, Left).
Celes should focus on the Bottom Right one herself with a well-targeted ST
Blizzara (or if the Bottom Left is already dead, you can make it MT). Likewise,
she could ST Fira the Bottom Left one, or make it MT if the Bottom Right is
dead. Blizzara and Fira will work well on the other two as well.
In the end, a lot goes on in this battle since you're fighting 4 Tentacles. Just
stick with this simple plan:
Edgar = Drill the same Tentacle as Celes
Sabin = Razor Gale if possible, otherwise Meteor Strike or Aura Cannon
Rising Phoenix works if Bottom Right is dead
Celes = ST Blizzara for Bottom Right, unless Bottom Left is dead, then MT
ST Fira for Bottom Left, unless Bottom Right is dead, then MT
Blizzara and Fira for the other two will do well
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After the fight, Celes finally confronts Edgar about him acting like he didn't
know her. Edgar explains that he heard Figaro was in some kind of trouble. He
wanted to help, but he couldn't help since the castle was stuck beneath sand.
He heard of the rumor that some thieves had escaped from the dungeon, so he
disguised himself as Gerad to be their boss. Edgar then used the thieves to
show him how to get into the castle.
Then the thieves come back from the treasury and wonder where their boss is.
They just shrug him off, thinking he died and leave. Edgar lets them leave
and doesn't even care about the treasures they took. He's more worried about
Kefka.
Edgar then joins your party. Check out his equipment and make changes if you
wish (the game automatically Optimized his equipment for you before the battle;
see why we bought 3 Enhancers? Two for Celes and one for Edgar) and give him
some Relics and an Esper.
Enter the treasury to find all chests empty. Check the statue in the middle for
a Soul Sabre. Equip it if you want, but Enhancers are better.
From the Engine Room, go down two rooms and go through the north-east door and
up two sets of stairs to find the guy in charge of driving South Figaro inform
you that the engine is working again.
Let me summarize what basically happened:
Edgar heard his castle was in trouble, but couldn't help since it was stuck
underground. He hears about these thieves escaping from his own castle and
decides to use them to get him back in. He disguises himself as Gerad (he
can't tell them who he is, since he's the one who locked them up) and pretends
to be their boss and allows them to show him how to get in the castle. Once in,
Edgar lets the thieves have the treasures in the treasury while he (with your
help) takes care of the problem: the Tentacles. Now it's fixed, and the engine
works again.
Why did I summarize that? You'd be surprised how many people won't make the
connection that the tentacles were the reason Figaro Castle was stuck.
Anyway, the old man takes you up above the surface in Figaro Desert.
Before we go anywhere, let's check out the castle a bit. First go for some free
healing at the Inn.
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/ Item Shop (West) \
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| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) |
| Ether (1500 Gil) | Stock up.
| Antidote (50 Gil) |
| Eye Drops (50 Gil) | You can get a 50% discount if Edgar is your
| Echo Screen (120 Gil) | lead person.
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) |
| Remedy (1000 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
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/ Item Shop (East) \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
| Auto Crossbow (250 Gil) | If you didn't steal a Debilitator from a Crane
| Noiseblaster (500 Gil) | or from Missile Bay, you can buy one here.
| Bioblaster (750 Gil) |
| Flash (1000 Gil) | Make sure to put Edgar in the lead to only pay
| Debilitator (5000 Gil) | 2500 Gil for it.
| Drill (3000 Gil) |
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Note on the Debilitator: This tool gives the target a random elemental weakness.
It may not sound useful, but it has certain situations where it comes in pretty
useful.
Before you go, take note of one last thing: One of the ladies in the Inn where
you sleep says: "Several residents of our castle left to join the Cult of
Kefka. Maybe they'd return if a loved one went and pleaded with them..."
This may not seem important now, but this game is known for throwing out random
things at seemingly random times, and making them important later. In other
words: What this lady says will help you do something further on down the road.
You don't really need to know this, since I'm going to tell you how to do
whatever it is, but I'm just mentioning it for the people who ask "How are you
supposed to know how to do that without a guide?"
But now what? We could go to Narshe... or not. Narshe is now located on a
separate continent.
That means we've covered this continent. Let's go to the next one: Off to
Kohlingen! Talk to the old guy to get there.
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4.77 Overworld: North-Western Continent [4.077]
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New Monsters:
#139 - Bogy
#140 - Marchosias
#141 - Deepeye
#142 - Mousse
Monster Formations:
Grassland:
- Marchosias (2 AP)
- Mousse (1 AP)
Forest:
- Marchosias, Deepeye x2 (1 AP)
- Deepeye x6 (3 AP)
- Mousse x3 (1 AP)
Wasteland:
- Bogy x2 (1 AP)
- Deepeye, Mousse x2, Deepeye (1 AP)
Desert:
- Sandhorse x2 (1 AP)
- Cancer x3 (1 AP)
- Sandhorse, Cancer x2 (1 AP)
Steals:
- Sandhorse: Hi-Potion (Common)
- Cancer: Potion (Common)
- Bogy: Hi-Potion (Common)
- Marchosias: Phoenix Down (Rare)
- Deepeye: Eye Drops (Common)
- Mousse: Magicite Shard (Rare)
How to handle these guys:
- Sandhorse & Cancer: Check Section 4.74 for these two
- Bogy attacks only 66% of the time on its first turn with a physical attack.
The next turn it attacks with Growl [200% damage] 33% of the time, the other 66%
going to the same physical attack. That's all they do. They don't have any
weakness, but are vulnerable to everything but Petrify, so a simple Death spell
will take care of it if you'd rather go that route.
- Marchosias has four different turns, and each turn it has a 66% of attacking
physically. It can also use Aero (33% on 2nd Turn), White Wind (33% on 3rd
Turn), and Talon [150% damage] (33% on 4th Turn). After that it just loops
those four turns. It's weak to Wind, and at the moment, the only wind-elemental
attack you can do is a Razor Gale Blitz (which Sabin learns at level 30, so if
you're below that, you can't use it). It has 1418 HP, so if you can't use Razor
Gale, simply use Drill/Chainsaw and it should go down in one hit.
- Deepeye is even easier than the others. On one turn it will attack you
physically (66%) or try to put you to sleep with Dreamland (33%). The next
turn it will have a 33% of fleeing. That's all it does, so it tries to flee
every other turn, or you could say you get a free turn to attack every other
turn. They are weak to Fire.
- Mousse do separate things depending on if they are alone or not.
- If not alone: It will attack physically (33%), use Transfusion (33%), or
use Gunk [inflicts Slow] (33%). It will have a 33% of countering any Magic
attack with Transfusion.
- If alone: It will attack physically (66%) or with Gunk (33%). It will
counter any Magic attack with a physical attack 33% of the time.
They are also immune to all elements except Fire, Ice, or Lightning. Either
take them down an MT -ara spell, or you could drain their 100 MP with Rasp to
kill them as well.
So that covers this new continent. To the far north is the Coliseum, a new
place of interest which we will cover later.
There are two other places to go: Darill's Tomb and Kohlingen.
Kohlingen is to the north-west of where Figaro Castle dropped you off (or
north-east of the big forest). That's where we're going first (Darill's Tomb
doesn't have anything for you right now).
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4.78 Kohlingen [WoR] [4.078]
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Inn Cost: 200 Gil
New Monsters: None
Monster Formations: None
Items Found: None
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/ Item Shop \
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| Hi-Potion (300 Gil) |
| Ether (1500 Gil) | Stock up.
| Antidote (50 Gil) |
| Phoenix Down (500 Gil) |
| Holy Water (300 Gil) |
| Remedy (1000 Gil) |
| Sleeping Bag (500 Gil) |
| Tent (1200 Gil) |
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/ Weapon Shop \
|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| Can you guess who we're going to find next?
| Darts (10000 Gil) |
| Dice (5000 Gil) | Get a Golden Spear for Edgar and slap some
| Viper Darts (13000 Gil) | Dragoon Boots on him.
| Enhancer (10000 Gil) | Buy one Dice as well.
| Golden Spear (12000 Gil) | If you can afford it, buy 2 Viper Darts.
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ABOUT DICE: Dice are kinda cool because they are a little different than what
you're used to. When you use Dice, damage is calculated as follows:
Damage = 1st Dice * 2nd Dice * 2 * Your Level
That's unblockable damage as well, and the target's defense is completely
ignored when you use Dice. Unfortunately, some numbers appear more often than
others. 1-4 have a 18.75% (3/16) of appearing and 5-6 only have a 12.5% (1/8)
chance of appearing.
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/ Armor Shop \
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| Diamond Shield (3500 Gil) | Buy a Diamond Shield and a Diamond Armor.
| Priest's Miter (3000 Gil) |
| Green Beret (3000 Gil) |
| Diamond Helm (8000 Gil) |
| Diamond Vest (12000 Gil) |
| Diamond Armor (15000 Gil) |
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Welcome back to Kohlingen. Talk to the Narshe guard walking around to find out
that Narshe has been over-run with monsters... that sucks.
The lady standing next to the Inn/Pub will give you a quick flashback of what
Kohlingen was like before Kefka destroyed the world.
Keep talking to more people to find out other things:
- "A charming man with a mustache came through town recently. He kept saying
"thou" to everyone! I think he said he was headed for Maranda..." This young
lady is referring to Cyan if you can't guess it.
- "There's a real tough fellow fightin' in the coliseum. Seems he's tryin' to
get a weapon called an "Itchy Gecky." This will come in handy later, I'm
just letting you know so you know "Oh, so that's why this happens" later on
in the game.
You might've guessed who we're about to meet based on the weapons in the Weapon
Shop: Setzer. Head into the Inn/Pub to find Setzer sitting there.
Celes tells Setzer to come with them, but he says he doesn't have the drive to
do that kind of stuff anymore. Basically, he's depressed about the world being
like it is and that his airship was destroyed. Eventually Celes gets through to
Setzer and he talks about paying a visit to Darill's tomb. The game will then
show you where Darill's Tomb is (it's like, right there; not hard to miss).
Setzer is now in your party. Equip him with that Diamond Shield and Diamond
Armor you just bought, along with a Green Beret and the Dice (or Cards if you
don't feel like gambling with Dice).
Last thing we should check up on: Remember that house where that crazy old guy
is keeping Rachel (Locke's girlfriend) restored so she doesn't rot? It's the
north-east house of the town. Go downstairs and the guy will tell you that
Locke is probably searching for that fabled treasure... "in other words, you
find where that treasure's hidden, and that's where you'll find Locke!"
He's actually speaking the truth, but we won't get to that for a while yet.
Now it's time to check out that Coliseum up north. If you need help with the
monsters on the way there, check section 4.77 (the one before this one)
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4.79 Coliseum [4.079]
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Inn Cost: 400 Gil
Welcome to the Coliseum. I didn't do the usual "New Monsters" section because
you can meet as many new monsters as you want (to an extent), even though it
may not be a good idea since you'll probably lose. Anyway, more on that later.'
This place is called the Dragon's Neck Coliseum. If you may remember, this
place used to be a simple house where we found a Hero's Ring back in the day.
The owner of the house wished to build a Coliseum some day, and obviously he
was successful.
You can find Ultros as the receptionist! That's right, you won't fight him
anymore because he'll be busy working here at the Coliseum. You'll find out
that "Mr. Typhon" is also here by talking to Ultros (more on that later as
well).
Head up the stairs and you'll see an Imperial soldier walking around! Talk to
him and he'll say something about "Talk to the emperor twice." (This will play
a role later, I'm just pointing it out now so you know where it comes from
later).
There's an Inn through the north-east door, but it's kind of expensive and you
shouldn't really need to heal. If you walk around in the Inn you can also find
the guy who built the Coliseum. If you talk to him he'll only explain why
Ultros is here: he couldn't pay off a debt, so the owner put him to work as the
receptionist.
Back to the main room, go through the north-west room to meet someone you think
you know: Siegfried. He says that an imposter has been masquerading as him
recently... let me explain: The Siegfried we've been seeing is just an imposter
to this guy, the real Siegfried. The imposter is trying to be as great as this
Siegfried, but he'll never be as good as him. Later on you'll get to fight
Siegfried and you'll see how strong he is (and make no mistake, he is strong!)
Anyway, enough of that. You're probably wondering: What exactly is the
Coliseum?
The Coliseum is simple:
1. You bet any item out of your inventory
2. You fight an enemy (which one depends on the item)
3. If you win, you get another item (or sometimes you get the same item back)
If you lose, you lose the item you bet
If it's a draw (the battle ends without either of you dying [with Sneeze
for example]), you don't win anything but you lose your item either.
What's the catch? For one, you have no control over the battle. It's all
controlled by the computer. This means that whoever you send into battle can
use any attack (or Magic/Rage/Lore/etc.) at random. Think: Confused character,
except you always attack the enemy and never yourself.
As you can imagine, this makes for some unpredictable battles. The challenge
for you is to give a character the right equipment in order to increase its
chance of success. Obviously, you need to know who you'll fight in order to do
that. It'd also be nice to know what item you should bet to get some nice items
back. Normally, you'd have to just bet random items and see what happens. Lucky
for you, I've done all the work for you.
Check Appendix G to see this list. Search for [appg] to get there now.
Obviously, you don't have access to all those battles, and most of those
monsters are to strong too fight (for now). Here are some items of interest
(sorted by easiest to hardest):
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Bet: Elixir
Fight: Cactuar
Win: Rename Card
Elixir may be precious, but Rename Cards can only be found here.
NOTE: Actually, there is ONE (only one) that can be found in a chest in the
last dungeon of the game. Minor technicality, but I claimed it could only be
found in the Coliseum, which isn't totally true.
What is it? It's a card that lets you rename your characters (why anyone would
want to do this is beyond me, but that's not my concern). If you'd rather save
your Elixir because you don't need to rename anyone, skip this battle.
How to win? Easy. Give Setzer Dice. Cactuar have 255 Defense AND 255 Magic
Defense, but they only have 3 HP. The thing about Dice is that they ignore
defense, meaning a guaranteed one-hit kill as long as he attacks physically.
(For curiosity: The minimum amount of damage Dice can do is 2 * Your level,
which is obviously going to amount to more than 3)
NOTE: Cactuar usually starts the battle with 1000 Needles (which does 1000
damage), but I'm guessing Setzer has more than 1000 HP so it shouldn't be a
problem.
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Bet: Phoenix Down
Fight: Cactuar
Win: Magicite Shard
You can buy Phoenix Downs everywhere, so you lose nothing in this battle. You
do gain Magicite Shards though. I've never found Magicite Shards useful myself,
but other people might, so I include this battle here.
Setzer + Dice = win
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Bet: Tintinnabulum
Fight: Dark Force
Win: Growth Egg
Tintinnabulum is pretty useless and you've probably never used it, so you
shouldn't miss it. Growth Egg is a MUCH better item: It doubles the amount of
EXP the wearer receives.
How to fight Dark Force, an enemy you weren't supposed to meet until the final
tower of the game? It is vulnerable to instant Death. I had you buy two Viper
Darts earlier for this purpose (if you could only afford one, it'll work as
well but it might take longer). Viper Darts have a 25% of instantly killing
an enemy. Make sure you save before the battle (on the Overworld) and then go
into battle and keep fighting until Setzer randomly kills Dark Force.
Enjoy your Growth Egg.
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Bet: Ward Bangle
Fight: Yojimbo
Win: Dragon Horn
Ward Bangle is the relic you got after the Imperial Banquet that lowers random
encounters. That may sound good, but Dragon Horn sounds WAY better. This is a
relic that helps characters who Jump (Dragoon Boots or an esper you'll get in
the future). When the wearer jumps, there's a 75% chance he'll come down and
attack the target twice, a 18.75% he'll come down three times, and even a 6.25%
he'll come down 4(!) times!
Getting it is the hard part (for now). Yojimbo, like Dark Force, isn't supposed
to be encountered until the final tower. It has 7050 HP and is NOT vulnerable
to instant death. It is weak to Poison, so that calls for a double Venom Claw
Sabin to step up, along with some Prayer Beads (+20 Evasion).
Now on to the battle. Sabin should be doing 1400-1500 x2 damage each turn,
meaning it will take another 3 turns minimum to win. Yojimbo attacks with Wind
Slash quite often, which will do around 500 damage. It also uses Doom (sets
a counter to 20 after which you die), but don't worry about it since the battle
will be over before the counter reaches 0. As a matter of fact, you should hope
he uses Doom as it gives you a free turn.
The attack you need to watch out for is Eye for an Eye, which instantly kills
you. This is where the Prayer Beads come in handy. With the boosted Evasion you
have a better chance of evading the attack (makes sense, right?). All you can
do is hope that Sabin attacks quite often and that Eye for an Eye misses.
NOTE: Yojimbo ALWAYS casts Eye for an Eye when he dies, so you'll have to
survive at least one for sure. It can also cast it randomly during battle.
If you use Prayer Beads, it shouldn't take you that long really. I tried a good
50-60 times without Prayer Beads and always died to Eye for an Eye. Once I
equipped Prayer Beads I got my Dragon Horn on the 3rd try.
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Bet: Murasame
Fight: Glasya Labolas
Win: Masamune
Murasame is a sword for Cyan, but Masamune is a stronger sword for Cyan. The
only catch is fighting Glasya Labolas. If Sabin has less than 1400 and/or is
not above level 30, I don't even recommend attempting this. My Sabin was Level
29 at this point and I ended up winning after about 50 tries (and I don't even
like Cyan).
If you do want to attempt this, use the following setup: Venom Claws x2, Royal
Crown, Diamond Vest, with Genji Glove and Sniper Eye. Sniper Eye is important
since it makes all physical attacks hit and Glasya Labolas's Evasion is quite
high. Save as always, then enter the battle.
Problems you'll be facing: Glasya Labolas' Uppercut does anywhere from 1200 to
1500 damage, so you'll only survive 1 of those. Pray that he doesn't use this
(and if he does, only once). Another problem is obviously that Sabin needs to
attack physically every turn and not use any Spells/Blitzes.
Glasya Labolas has has 4771 HP, and each hit with Venom Claws will do close to
1000 damage (this is around level 30). Since you have two Venom Claws, you'll
do roughly 2000 damage per turn, meaning you'll need three turns to kill him.
See how this is tough? In those three turns you'll want:
1. Sabin to attack physically every turn (hopefully at least one Poison thrown
in)
2. Glasya Labolas can only use Uppercut once in three turns
Again, if you're around level 30, I don't recommend this, especially since I
won't advice you to use Cyan that much (simply because I don't like him, you
can obviously still use him if you want).
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That's about all that's worthwhile right now. Later on this place will be like
a gold mine to you.
Don't forget to re-equip your character's if you changed anything around.
NOTE: You'll probably want to try out your Dragon Horn (if you got one), but
it won't be handy in the dungeon since you need two take up both Relic spots
(Dragoon Boots + Dragon Horn) to make that system work, and you'll be using at
least one spot in the next dungeon to protect against other bad things.
Now it's time to get ourselves a second airship so we can travel wherever we
want too!
Head to Darill's Tomb. Where is it? The game showed you before you came here,
but if you forgot: It's west of Kohlingen (north-west of the big forest that
lies to the west of Kohlingen. It's a tiny place on the overworld so you might
miss it)
Again, if you need help with the monsters on the way, check section 4.77
Before you enter the tomb, make sure your entire party is covered in Ribbons
or Amulets, since you probably don't have 4 Ribbons. This tomb is filled with
monsters who want to turn you into a Zombie (seems fitting, since it's a tomb
and all). Ribbons and Amulet protect against both.
NOTE: If Setzer has Viper Darts, you may want to switch that out for something
else. As you know, Viper Darts have a 25% of instantly killing an enemy. Well,
if you instantly kill an Undead enemy (as most are in this tomb), they die and
come back revived.
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4.80 Darill's Tomb [4.080]
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New Monsters:
#143 - Borghese
#144 - Malboro
#145 - Cloudwraith
#146 - Exoray
#147 - Skeletal Horror
#314 - Angler Whelk (Shell)
#315 - Angler Whelk (Head)
#316 - Dullahan
Monster Formations:
B1F:
- Skeletal Horror (1 AP)
- Borghese x2 (1 AP)
- Borghese, Cloudwraith x2 (2 AP)
B2F:
- Malboro, Exoray (3 AP)
- Cloudwraith (1 AP)
- Exoray x3 (2 AP)
B3F:
- Cloudwraith, Exoray x2 (2 AP)
- Malboro (1 AP)
Items Found:
- Genji Helm (Through South-East Doorway)
- Crystal Mail (Through South-West Doorway)
- Regal Gown (Bottom of Stairs)
- Growth Egg (Hidden Path East of Regal Gown)
- Man-Eater (North-East of Save Point)
- Dragon Claws (Fight Angler Whelk [Monster-in-a-Box]
North-West of Save Point)
Steals:
- Borghese: Amulet (Rare)
- Malboro: X-Potion (Rare)
- Cloudwraith: Hi-Potion (Common), Diamond Vest (Rare)
- Exoray: None
- Skeletal Horror: Remedy (Rare)
How to handle these monsters:
- Borghese won't attack normally. Every turn it may use Zombie Touch up to
3 times (inflicts Zombie), but that doesn't affect you at all. If damaged in
any way, it may counter physically (33%). It also has a 33% of countering magic
attacks with Bio. These guys are weak to Fire and Holy, like most anyone in
here. A Phoenix Down will also kill it.
- Malboro is the only monster that may cause some problems. It can attack with
Bad Breath (33%) on its first turn, which is an attack that sets Darkness,
Poison, Imp, Silence, Confuse, AND Sleep. Yeah, not good. They can also attack
you with Drool [inflicts Sap] (33%) on their second turn. Any other time they
will just attack physically. These guys are only weak to Fire and are NOT
undead. Be careful about using Water or Poison attacks, since Malboro absorbs
both these elements.
- Cloudwraith will attack you (66%) physically or drain your HP with
Mysterious Dance (33%) on its first turn. The only other turn it has involves
attacking physically once more (66%) or using Soul Extraction [inflicts Zombie]
(33%). These guy go down just like everyone else: Weak to Fire, Holy, also
Undead, or if you feel like Rasping 360 MP that works as well.
- Exoray are as harmless as everyone else. They will either attack (66%)
physically or fail to poison you with Venomist (33%) [Ribbon and Amulets both
protect against poison]. After that it will do the same thing as before, except
it will try to Zombie you with Deadly Pollen instead of poison you. Like
everyone else, they are weak to Fire and Holy and are Undead.
- Skeletal Horror can attack you (33%) or try to Zombify you with Moldy Bone
(33%) on its first turn. Next turn it will attack (66%) or try to make you a
Zombie again with Crypt Dust. Same thing for the next turn, after which it
loops back around. There are many ways to take this guy down:
1. He's weak to Fire and Holy
2. He's undead, so a Phoenix Down kills him
3. You can Rasp his 143 MP away
Approach the tomb and hear Setzer talk about Darill a little bit. He opens the
grave and warns you that anything could be in there.
NOTE: I shouldn't have to say it, but just in case you forgot: Celes can just
spam Fira spells all over the place, Sabin should be sporting double Burning
Fists or using Phoenix Rising, Edgar can take out single targets with Drill or
Chainsaw, and Setzer can just do his thing (you choose what it is). The point
of this paragraph is that EVERY monster in here is weak to Fire, so abuse that
and you should have no troubles here at all.
B1F is only one room long. Borghese and Skeletal Horror can only be found here,
so don't advance without seeing each one at least once. Head south a room
to come to B2F, and what a room it is.
There is a door in each corner of the room plus a door in the center of the
room. Head through the south-east door first to find a Genji Helm. Give this
to Setzer (or whoever else has a below average helm at the time).
Let's continue on through the north-east door. Examine the tombstone to lower
the wall right behind it just enough to allow you to enter the next room.
Go straight up in the next room and hit the switch, which will raise some water
in the room. This also raises the water in the center room back in the big
room, but we'll worry about that later.
Now head to the south-west room. Grab the Crystal Mail (replace anyone's
Diamond Armor with this [Sabin can't wear it]) and go down the stairs. Open
this chest for a Regal Gown (Relm only). There's also a hidden passage here:
Find it in the south-east corner of the room and make your way through the wall
towards another chest, which houses a Growth Egg! That makes two if you got
one at the Coliseum (by betting the Tintinnabulum).
Walk through the door above the Regal Gown chest. Walk up and hit the switch
to open a door on a ledge high above you. Make your way back to the main room.
Now enter the center door and use the turtle to go into the next room. You'll
see another turtle, but head south first and through the door. There are four
tomb stones in here. Examine them all:
Top Left = ERAU
Top Right = QSSI
Bottom Left = DLRO
Bottom Right = WEHT
What does this mean? I'll explain in a minute. Head back to the big room and
go through the north-west door. Examine the tombstone to find out that you need
to inscribe something into it. It then gives you a choice of what to inscribe
first.
But what to inscribe? Well, take a look at the letters you found on the four
tombstones earlier (I put them underneath each over for a reason). Read it
from bottom to top... see it? No?
Read it BACKWARDS from bottom to top. If you still can't get it, it reads:
WEHT = The W
DLRO = orld
QSSI = is sq "The World is Square"
ERAU = uare
Enter this into the tombstone in the above listed order... you'll see a message:
"I have hidden the Growth Egg in the side room on the third basement level..."
But you know what? We already got the Growth Egg. I didn't want you to have to
come all the way back here, so I just had you get it earlier.
NOTE: Technically you didn't even have to do the whole "inscribe the tomb"
thing, but it's a pretty cool riddle and I didn't want you to miss out on it.
Plus, this was another one of these things where I show you how you're supposed
to know about that secret room with the Growth Egg.
Go back through the center door and use the turtle to come to the next room.
If you haven't already done so, hit the last switch next to the door to raise
the water up to your level. Ride the turtle across the water and go through
the door you opened earlier.
You'll come to a room with a Save Point and two chests. Open the right chest
for the Man-Eater, a weapon that deals double damage to Humanoid monsters.
Check the Bestiary to find out which those are. I suggest giving this to Setzer
as he's probably struggling along with Darts (since you didn't leave the Viper
Darts on him - right?) and everyone else already has decent weapons.
Head over to the Save Point and save. The left chest contains a
Monster-in-a-Box, which is actually a boss.
Before you open the chest, cast Float on your whole party (You can do this out
of battle). I highly suggest you equip Catoblepas on someone.
NOTE: Save before you start the battle. Just do it.
Then proceed to open the chest to face what might be the shortest boss battle
you'll ever face.
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BOSS: Angler Whelk (Head & Shell)
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Angler Whelk (Shell) (0 EXP, 1000 Gil)
- Level: 19
- HP: 9230
- MP: 1600
- Steal: None
- Drops: Dragon Claws (Always)
The Shell will attack you physically (66%) on one turn, and use Megavolt (33%)
or 1000 Needles (33%) the next turn.
If the Head is tucked into the shell it will use Magnitude 8 (66%), which is
why you Float'd your party before the battle.
It has a 33% of countering anything with Gigavolt.
Angler Whelk (Head) (0 EXP, 1000 Gil)
- Level: 31
- HP: 9845
- MP: 1600
- Steal: None
- Drops: Dragon Claws (Always)
The Head will attack you physically (66%) or with Megavolt (33%) one turn, and
attack physically (33%), with El Niño (33%), or with Petriblast [inflicts
Petrify] (33%).
After you damage the head twice, it will retract into its shell for 20 seconds,
after which it will appear again and do the same stuff over again.
So that's what they do. Unlike Ymir (remember? The first boss battle you ever
fought), Angler Whelk's shell attacks instead of just countering like Ymir's
shell. But that doesn't bother us.
See those Dragon Claws both of them always drop? We're interested in those. The
only problem is that the only way to get BOTH of them is to kill the head AND
the shell on the very same turn. Ok, so you could just go on about the battle,
keep track of how much damage is done, and try your best to kill them both at
the same time.
But why go through all that trouble? For some reason, this boss (and both
parts, too) are vulnerable to Instant Death. So if there was a way we could
throw a MT instant death spell or something of the sort at both parts, and they
both hit, we could get both Dragon Claws. This leaves us with two options:
Banish or Catoblepas. Banish is only taught by Fenrir, so if you haven't learnt
that yet, simply summon Catoblepas (you did equip it on someone, right?).
There is a chance that Catoblepas (who uses Demon Eye) will miss either the
head or the shell, which is why I told you to save before the battle. It hits
more often than it misses, so it should take you no more than three tries,
but chances are good you'll get it on the first or second try.
Congratulations, you finished off this boss AND got two Dragon Claws.
HOWEVER, if you feel this is cheap (it's not really, we just want two Dragon
Claws instead of one), I will tell you how to fight it the normal way:
All you need to keep in mind is that you only have to defeat one part to win
the whole battle. Which you go for is totally up to you.
Both parts are weak to Fire, so Sabin with dual Burning Fists will do tons of
damage. Have everyone else simply cast Fira spells, or if they don't have it,
just attack physically or heal or something.
As you can see, this battle is very easy. You shouldn't have to worry about
any of the Angler Whelk's attack since the battle will be over before you know
it with all the fire attacks available to you.
To take the least amount of damage, I suggest doing the following:
1. Attack the head twice (be it with Dual Burning Fists or Fira) and wait for
it to retreat into its shell
2. It will be gone for 20 seconds, and the shell's only attack will be
Magnitude 8, which will miss since your party is all floating. Don't do
anything at all during this time (except heal if you want).
3. When the head comes out, attack it twice more.
4. Wait 20 more seconds.
5. Repeat until head is dead.
6. Collect Dragon Claws and 1000 Gil.
I still suggest using Banish/Catoblepas in order to receive 2 Dragon Claws
instead of just one (this enemy is the only place to get them from until you
visit the Soul Shrine, which is at the very end of the game).
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